Transportation Committee

Comité des transports

 

Disposition 18 / Suite à donner 18

 

Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 9:30 a.m.

le mercredi 2 mai 2012, 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 May 2012 in Transportation Committee Report 17.

 

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 mai 2012 dans le rapport 17 du Comité des transports.

 

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES /
Ratification dES PROCÈS-VERBaUX

 

Minutes 17 – 4 April 2012

 

                                                                                      CONFIRMED

 

COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS

 

Response to Inquiries/ Réponses aux demandes de renseignements

·         TRC 04-12      Interprovincial Crossings – Truck Study / Étude des passages interprovinciaux de camions

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED *

* See Motion at Additional Item 9

 

1.         PRESENTATION – OTTAWA ON the MOVE

PRÉSENTATION – OTTAWA, ON SE DÉPLACE                                                          

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

2.         TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT (TDM) STRATEGY

STRATÉGIE DE GESTION DE LA DEMANDE EN TRANSPORT (gdt)

ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0016                                        City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

 

That Transportation Committee recommend Council approve the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategy, including the proposed three-year action plan, as detailed in Document 1.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

3.         EAGLESON ROAD RIGHT TURN LANE EXTENSION FROM 320 METRES NORTH OF FERNBANK ROAD TO 50 METRES NORTH OF FERNBANK ROAD

PROLONGEMENT DE LA VOIE DE VIRAGE À DROITE DU CHEMIN EAGLESON SUR UNE DISTANCE ALLANT DE 320 MÈTRES AU NORD À 50 MÈTRES AU NORD DU CHEMIN FERNBANK

ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0109                                                              kanata south /sud (23)

 

That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve the advancement of the design and construction of the extension of the Eagleson Road right-turn lane as described in this report with an upset limit of $1,025,000, as amended by revised page 15 in the staff report.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED, as amended

 

4.         2011-2014 CITY STRATEGIC PLAN

PLAN STRATÉGIQUE DE LA VILLE D’OTTAWA 2011–2014

ACS2012-CMR-TRC-0004                                       City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

                                                                                                                                               

That the Transportation Committee consider and recommend to Council, approval of Appendix B to the 2011-2014 City Strategic Plan.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

5.         City of Ottawa transportation system management strategy

LA sTRATÉGIE DE GESTION DU SYSTÈME DE TRANSPORT DE LA VILLE D’oTTAWA

ACS2012-COS-PWS-0007                                        City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

 

That Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve the Transportation System Management Strategy and Action Plan as attached in this report.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

STAFF DIRECTION:

 

            That staff bring forward a report on before and after statistics for red light cameras.

 

            That staff report back periodically on the effectiveness of roadside speed indicators.

 

6.         PARKING OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH 2011 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2012 BUSINESS PLAN

RAPPORT ANNUEL DE 2011 ET PLAN D’ACTIVITÉS POUR 2012 – DIRECTION DE L’EXPLOITATION ET DE L’ENTRETIEN DES STATIONNEMENTS

ACS2012-COS-PWS-0008                                        City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

 

That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council:

 

1.                  Receive the Parking Operations, Maintenance and Development Branch 2011 Annual Report; and,

 

2.                  Receive the Parking Operations, Maintenance and Development Branch 2012 Business Plan.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

STAFF DIRECTION:

 

            That staff provide a breakdown of the parking revenues in terms of areas of the city.

 

 

7.         abandoned shopping carts on city property - Options

LES CHARIOTS DES CENTRES COMMERCIAUX ABANDONNÉS SUR LES TERRAINS DE LA VILLE - OPTIONS

ACS2012-CMR-LEG-0004                                       City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

 

MOTION

 

WHEREAS abandoned shopping carts on City property can cause a nuisance for residents and visitors to the City; and

 

WHEREAS abandoned carts on the City’s roadways are of particular concern to the City given their potential for causing obstacles, visual distractions, and other unsafe situations for users of the roadway; and

 

WHEREAS municipalities in Ontario have used a variety of non-regulatory methods to address abandoned shopping carts on municipal property, including community involvement to track abandoned carts and report their location to retailers, educational programs to prevent the removal of carts from retail properties, and cooperative arrangements for the pick-up and retrieval of the carts by retailers; and

 

WHEREAS there would be road safety benefits to implementing similar measures to prevent individuals from removing shopping carts from the private property on which they are being lawfully used and from abandoning them on City property;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff consult with the Business Advisory Committee as well as representatives from retailers, grocers, property managers and other stakeholders to develop non-regulatory options for preventing carts from being removed from private property and abandoned elsewhere, and also for the pick-up and retrieval of abandoned shopping carts from City property, including educational programs, cooperative solutions with retailers, and community-led initiatives, together with fees for retrieval of the carts and potential costs for the City.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED, as amended

 

STAFF DIRECTION:

 

That this be done as a pilot project in Wards 11 and 12 only and that for purposes of the pilot, the number of carts found in these two wards be recorded and reported on-line through 311 or Service Ottawa.

 

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

POINTS SUPPLÉMENTAIRE

 

8.         SOMERSET STREET WEST – INSTALLATION OF BENCHES AND REFUSE CONTAINERS

                                                                                                                         somerset (14)

 

MOTION

 

WHEREAS Somerset Street West is designated a Traditional Main Street in the City’s Official Plan, which is a street where the Official Plan encourages “streetscape enhancements”; and

 

WHEREAS the ongoing Somerset Street West Reconstruction project (ISD10-5217) is between Booth Street to the east and Preston Street to the west; and

 

WHEREAS this project includes new distinctive benches and refuse containers; and

 

WHEREAS this will result in a temporary discontinuity of the streetscape furnishings east of Booth Street until Somerset Street West east of Booth Street requires reconstruction; and

 

WHEREAS the area of Somerset Street east of Booth Street is not scheduled for reconstruction in the foreseeable future; and

 

WHEREAS the length of Somerset Street from Preston Street to Bay Street is covered by the Somerset Street Chinatown Business Improvement Area and City policies encourage a consistent look and feel in BIAs and along Main Streets; and

 

WHEREAS without approval of this motion, the reconstruction project will leave these City policies unfulfilled; and

 

WHEREAS the Somerset Street West Reconstruction project budget can accommodate the estimated $63,000 cost of providing distinctive benches refuse containers along the section of Somerset Street West between Booth Street and Bay Street;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Transportation Committee recommend Council approve up to $63,000 to provide distinctive benches and refuse containers on Somerset Street West between Booth Street and Bay Street in order to fulfill the Traditional Main Street directions contained in the Official Plan.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

9.         INTERPROVINCIAL BRIDGE TRUCK STUDY

                                                                                    City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

 

MOTION

 

WHEREAS City Council in July 2010 requested that the Interprovincial Crossing Study proponents undertake a comprehensive study of the diversion of all trucks from the KERWN corridor and that this study:

 

i)          Includes an economic analysis of such a diversion on truck traffic;

ii)         Includes consultation with the affected business interests;

iii)        Includes analysis of safety considerations of continuing to mix heavy (articulated intercity transports) trucks in the Central Area given the availability of a proposed alternative;

iv)        Determines how the corridors under study would provide a viable alternative for intercity heavy trucks so that all such trucks could be diverted from the KERWN corridor;

v)         Becomes a direct input into Phase 2B analysis;

vi)        Is completed prior to the selection of a recommended corridor; and

vii)       Completion of the truck origin-destination study for inclusion in Phase 2B.

 

AND WHEREAS, the response to date states The National Capital Commission and its consultant team are very committed to addressing the truck traffic issues,

 

AND WHEREAS, the consultant, Roche-Genivar, has indicated that they would undertake analysis of the impact of diversion of truck traffic as a qualitative measure rather than an economic analysis..."

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Transportation Committee recommend to Council that it reiterate its position that the proponents of the Interprovincial Crossing Study comply with Council’s July 2010 directive.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED

INFORMATION DISTRIBUÉE AUPARAVANT

 

A.                USE OF DELEGATED AUTHORITY DURING 2011 BY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BRANCH

UTILISATION DE POUVOIRS DÉLÉGUÉS PAR LA DIRECTION DE LA PLANIFICATION DES TRANSPORTS EN 2011

ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0108                                        City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED