Committee of the Whole / Comité plénier

2009 Budget Motion/Motion du budget 2009

Dept./Service :

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Branch/Direction:

Operating/Fonctionnement

Capital/Immobilisation

Increase/Augmentation: $2.1M

Decrease/Réduction:

Moved by/

Motion de: Councillor Clive Doucet

Seconded by/

Appuyée par: Councillor Alex Cullen

RE: Pilot U-Pass

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has been trying to establish a universal student pass for ten years; and

WHEREAS other major Canadian city have long established a universal student U pass all of which are les costly than the $125 per semester pass proposed by the University of Ottawa; and

WHEREAS there is disagreement over what is a revenue neutral universal student pass; and

WHEREAS the only way to ascertain what would be the true costs is to establish one-year pilot; and

WHEREAS the University of Ottawa students have undertaken a great deal of research and have held a university wide referendum which was supported at $125 for a universal pass;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council implement in 2009 a pilot U-pass project for University of Ottawa students at $125 per semester based on full university participation; and

be it further resolved THAT the $2.1 million cost of implementing this program in 2009 be added to the net transit levy requisition.