Transportation Committee

Comité des transports

 

Disposition 12 / Suite à donner 12

 

Wednesday, 02 November 2011, 9:30 a.m.

le mercredi 02 novembre 2011, 9 h 30

 

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West

Salle Champlain, 110, avenue Laurier ouest

 

 

 

Notes:     1.             Please note that any written or verbal submissions (including your name but excluding personal contact information) will form part of the public record and be made available to City Council and the public.

                2.             Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 23 November 2011 in Transportation Committee Report 11.

 

Nota :      1.             Veuillez noter que toute présentation écrite ou orale (accompagnée de votre nom, mais sans vos coordonnées) sera versée aux dossiers publics et sera mise à la disposition du Conseil municipal et de la population.

2.                    À moins d’avis au contraire, les rapports nécessitant un examen par le Conseil municipal seraient normalement présentés au Conseil le 23 novembre 2011 dans le rapport 11 du Comité des transports.

 

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES /
Ratification dU PROCÈS-VERBaL

 

Minutes 11 of the Regular meeting on 05 October 2011 were confirmed.

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS

 

Responses to Inquiries/ Réponses aux demandes de renseignements

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

1.                  BUS BAYS – OPERATIONAL AND PROCESS REVIEW

Voies d’arrêt d’autobus – examen des processus et des opérations

ACS2011-ICS-TRA-0010                                           CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

That Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve the principles, decision tools, and consultation and approval methods described in this report.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

2.       safer roads ottawa program

Programme d’amélioration de la sécurité des routes à Ottawa           

ACS2011-COS-PWS-0021                                          CITY WIDE/À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

This report will be presented to Council on 14 December 2011

Ce rapport sera présenté au Conseil le 14 décembre 2011

 

That Transportation Committee recommend that Council:

 

1.                  approve the City’s road safety program, as outlined in the Safer Roads Ottawa Program report and Ottawa’s Strategic Road Safety Action Plan attached as Document 1; 

 

2.                  approve the planned initiatives for 2012 as described in the 2012 Safer Roads Ottawa workplan attached as Document 2;

 

3.                  direct  staff to work with the Province to develop a new strategic Road Safety Plan for provincial highways; and,

 

4.                  direct staff to work with the Federal Government to require vehicle manufactures to include safety features, such as external vehicle detection and anti-roll technology, in all new vehicles sold in Canada.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

3.         WEST TRANSITWAY EXTENSION (SOUTHWEST TRANSITWAY TO PINECREST ROAD) PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY UPDATE AND RECOMMENDATIONS

étude de planification et d’évaluation environnementale du prolongement du TRANSITWAY ouest (du TRANSITWAY sud-ouest au chemin PINECREST) : mise à jour et recommandations

ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0178                                            Bay/Baie (7), College/Collège (8)

 

That Transportation Committee recommend that Council:

 

1.                  receive the update to the West Transitway Extension (Southwest Transitway to Pinecrest Road) Planning and Environmental Assessment Study and direct staff to proceed with the project in accordance with the approved 1996 Environmental Assessment Plan West Transitway Extension (Southwest Transitway to Pinecrest Road);

 

2.                  approve the cancellation of the acquisition program for the residential properties located on the south side of Roman Avenue; and

 

3.                  approve the interim transit improvements for the Highway 417 corridor as described in Figure 3, subject to approvals by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, to be funded with $1.1 million from Capital Account No. 903274, which is the savings achieved from the termination of the Roman Avenue acquisition program.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

4.         Status Update – Transportation Committee Inquiries and Motions for the period ending 24 October 2011

            RAPPORT DE SITUATION - DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS ET MOTIONS DU COMITE DES TRANSPORTS POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT en 24 octobre 2011

ACS2011-CMR-CCB-0087                                       City Wide / a l’échelle de la ville

 

That the Transportation Committee receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED

INFORMATION DISTRIBUÉE AUPARAVANT

 

A.                PLEASANT PARK ROAD - ONE YEAR REVIEW

CHEMIN PLEASANT PARK – EXAMEN D’UN AN

ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0195                                                                            ALTA VISTA (10)

 

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT SUBSEQUENT MEETING)

AVIS DE MOTION (POUR EXAMEN LORS D’UNE RÉUNION SUBSÉQUENTE)

 

Councillor / conseillER TIERNEY

 

WHEREAS shopping carts from malls create a hazard and an eyesore when taken off store property and left on City property; and,

 

WHEREAS the City spends countless hours and resources returning shopping carts to their respective stores; and,

 

WHEREAS there have been numerous reports to 3-1-1 and Councillor’s offices in this regard;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City take any carts retrieved from City property and bring them to the closest City yard for storage until such time as the respective store owner claims and picks up the carts; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a fee (suggested $20 per cart, or set by staff) be levied to the store to cover the City’s costs before their release.