Joint Meeting

Transportation Committee and

Transit Committee

 

Réunion conjointe du

Comité des transports et du Comité du transport en commun.

 

Disposition 4/ Suite À donner 4

 

Wednesday 21 November 2007, 1:30 p.m.

le mercredi 21 novembre 2007, 13 h 30

 

 

 

Notes:    1.     Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by Committee.

2.     Due to the urgency of Items 1 and 2 Council will be requested to consider these items at its meeting of 28 November 2007 in Joint Transportation Committee and Transit Committee Report 4.

 

 

Nota :     1.     Le soulignement indique qu'il s'agit d'une nouvelle recommandation ou d'une recommandation modifiée approuvée par le Comité.

2.        Compte tenu qu’il est urgent de traiter les articles 1 et 2, on demandera au Conseil d’étudier ces articles, contenus dans le rapport conjoint no 4 du Comité des transports, et du Comité du transport en commun, lors de sa réunion du 28 novembre 2007.

 

 

 

1.                  REVIEW OF URBANDALE CORPORATION’S LRT NETWORK PROPOSAL AND NEAR-TERM TRANSIT INVESTMENT OPTIONS                                                                                   

EXAMEN DE LA PROPOSITION DE TLR D’URBANDALE CORPORATION ET OPTIONS D’INVESTISSEMENT À COURT TERME DANS LES TRANSPORTS EN COMMUN   

ACS2007-PTE-POL-0063                                  CITY-WIDE/A L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE               

 

That the Joint Transportation and Transit Committee recommend Council:

 

1.                  Receive this report on the review of the Urbandale LRT Network proposal;

 

2.         Whereas the Urbandale Report, the Report of the Mayor’s Transportation Task Force, the current Transportation Master Plan (TMP) and the current review of the TMP provides the basis for a go forward strategy on public transit; and

 

Whereas the go forward strategy will require, for some elements, further planning and Environmental Assessments and some other elements of the strategy have already completed the required Environmental Assessments and planning approvals and are ready to be implemented should funding be in place; and

 

Whereas it is clear that to fund key transit improvements such as completing the Transitway as per Council’s approved strategic direction, the construction of the downtown transit tunnel, implementation of rapid transit using the Cumberland Transitway alignment and the implementation of LRT to the City’s south-eastern growth areas will require a further investment by the Federal and Provincial Governments; and

 

Whereas the Federal Government has announced ‘The Building Canada Infrastructure Plan’, a new funding source that is designed to provide funding for key national priorities of core national highways, water, wastewater, green energy and public transit; and

 

Whereas it is estimated that $1.876 Billion will be available to fund key national priorities in Ontario;

 

Therefore be it Resolved that the previously allocated funding for the North-South LRT Project, (200-Fed/200-Prov/200-Mun) and any new transit funding from the recently announced Building Canada Plan be allocated to the following projects:

 

·                    Completing the Transitway as per Council’s approved Strategic Direction

·                    Construction of the Downtown Transit Tunnel

·                    Implementation of rapid transit using the Cumberland Transitway alignment

·                    Implementation of the LRT to the City’s south-eastern growth area.

 

Further be it resolved that the projects in this strategic plan be implemented as the approvals (Environmental Assessment or otherwise) are obtained and with the concurrence of funding partners;

 

And further be it resolved that the City communicate to the Province of Ontario and the Federal Government that these projects are City Council’s priority projects for transit funding under the National priorities section of the Building Canada Plan;

 

And Further be it resolved that the approved priorities be communicated to all Federal and Provincial Representatives and the appropriate Federal and Provincial Staff.

 

3.         Direct staff to enter into discussions with the Federal and Provincial agencies on funding for these priority transit projects;

 

4.                  Direct staff to report back on the status of these negotiations, funding availability and financial implications.

 

                                                                                                           CARRIED, as amended

 

 

2.         Downtown Ottawa Transit Tunnel – statement of work

TUNNEL SERVANT AU TRANSPORT EN COMMUN AU CENTRE-VILLE – éNONCé DE TRAVAIL

ACS2007-PTE-POL-0060         Rideau-Vanier (12), Somerset (14), Kitchissippi (15)               

 

That the Joint Transportation and Transit Committee approve the Statement of Work for the Downtown Ottawa Transit Tunnel Environmental Assessment as detailed in Document 1; and

 

That this report be forwarded to City Council for consideration.   

 

                                                                                                                       CARRIED, as amended