Transportation Committee Comité des transports Minutes 12 / Procès-verbal 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 |
Present /
Présent : Councillors / Conseillers M. Wilkinson
(Chair / Présidente), B. Monette (Vice-Chair / Vice-président), R. Bloess,
D. Chernushenko, P. Clark, S. Moffatt, T. Tierney, D. Thompson,
M. Fleury
Regrets / Excuses : Councillor
/ Conseillère D. Deans
DECLARATIONS
OF INTEREST
DÉCLARATIONS
D’INTÉRÊT
No declarations of interest were filed.
CONFIRMATION OF
MINUTES /
Ratification dU PROCÈS-VERBaL
Minutes
11 of the Regular meeting on 5 October 2011 were
confirmed.
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS
Responses to Inquiries/ Réponses aux demandes de renseignements
RECEIVED
TRANSIT COMMISSION
COMMISSION DU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN
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
OThis item can be found at 0:01:54 on the Transportation Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve the
principles, decision tools, and consultation and approval methods described in
this report.
The Committee received a joint
PowerPoint presentation from Pat Scrimgeour, Manager, Transit Service
Design and Dennis Fletcher of Genivar Inc., the consulting
engineering firm retained to review the City’s existing policies and procedures
related to bus bays. A copy of their
presentation is held on file.
Following staff’s response to a number of
questions posed by members, the report recommendation was then put to the
Committee and CARRIED.
OPÉRATIONS
MUNICIPALES
PUBLIC
WORKS
TRAVAUX PUBLICS
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
OThis item can be found at 1:11:44 on the Transportation Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
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.
The Committee received the following written submission, a copy of
which is held on file with the City Clerk:
·
E-mail
dated 1 November 2011 from A. McGregor
The Committee received a joint
PowerPoint presentation from John Manconi, General Manager, Public Works and
Kevin Wylie, Manager, Traffic Management and Operational Support. Attending with staff and responding to
questions posed by Committee members were:
Inspector Mark Ford, Ottawa Police Services; Chief John deHooge, Ottawa
Fire Services; Chief Anthony Di Monte, Ottawa Paramedic Service; and, Sherry Nigro,
Manager, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Ottawa Public Health. A copy of the presentation is held on file.
David Gladstone spoke in support of the report.
The report recommendation
was then put to the Committee and CARRIED*.
* The report will be presented to Council on 14 December 2011 in
Community and Protective Services Committee Report 10A.
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET VIABILITÉ DES
COLLECTIVITÉS
PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT
URBANISME ET GESTION DE LA CROISSANCE
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)
OThis item can be found at 0:00:58 on the Transportation Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
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.
The following public delegations were present and concurred with the Committee’s decision to carry the item on consent:
·
Henry Swietch, President, Queensway Terrace
North Community Association
·
Paul Coma, resident of Roman Avenue
The report recommendation was put to the Committee and
CARRIED
on consent.
CITY
MANAGER’S OFFICE
BUREAU
DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL
CITY clerk and
solicitor
GREFFIER ET CHEF DU
CONTENTIEUX
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
OThis item can be found at 0:01:34 on the Transportation Committee Archived audiocast
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
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)
OThis item can be found at 0:01:43 on the Transportation Committee Archived audiocast
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.
ADJOURNMENT
LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE
The Committee adjourned the meeting at 11:23
a.m.
Original signed by Original
signed by
R. Theriault Councillor
M. Wilkinson
A/Committee Coordinator Chair