Transportation Committee

Comité des transports

 

Disposition 39 / Suite à donner 39

 

Wednesday 6 January 2010

Le mercredi 6 janvier 2010

 

 

Note:      1.     Due to the urgency of Item 1, Council will be requested to consider this item at its meeting of 13 January 2010 in Transportation Committee Report 35.

                2.     Other reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 27 January 2010 in Transportation Committee Report 35-A.

 

Nota :     1.     Compte tenu qu’il est urgent de traiter l’article 1, on demandera au Conseil d’étudier cet article, contenu dans le rapport no 35 du Comité des transports, lors de sa réunion du 13 janvier 2010.

2.     Les autres rapports nécessitant un examen par le Conseil municipal devraient être présentés au Conseil le 27 janvier 2010 dans le rapport no 35-A du Comité des transports.

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES /
Ratification dU PROCÈS-VERBaL

 

Minutes 37 – 2 December 2009

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Responses to Inquiries: / Réponses aux demandes de renseignements:

 

TRC 06-09      Implementation of pilot east-west segregated cycling lane / Mise en oeuvre du projet pilote de voie cyclable séparée est-ouest

TRC 07-09      Cycling Safety near the Pretoria Bridge / Sécurité des cyclistes à proximité du pont Pretoria

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 


1.         HUNT CLUB COMMUNITY PATHWAY CONNECTION TO SOUTHEAST TRANSITWAY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMANDATIONS DE L'ÉTUDE D'ÉVALUATION ENVIRONNEMENTALE concernant un sentier piétonnier entre le secteur Hunt Club et le Transitway Sud-Est

ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0011                      Gloucester-Southgate (10); River/Rivière (16)

 

That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve:

 

1.                  The Environmental Assessment study's recommended plan for the pathway connection between the Hunt Club community (at Cahill Drive West) and the Southeast Transitway (at the South Keys Transitway station) as detailed in this report; and

 

2.                  The finalization of the Environmental Study Report for the Hunt Club Community Pathway Connection to the Southeast Transitway project and posting of the Notice of Study Completion.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

2.         MONTRÉAL ROAD CLOSURES

FERMETURE À LA HAUTEUR DU CHEMIN Montréal

ACS2010-CCS-TRC-0001                                                                     Rideau-Vanier (12)

 

That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council direct staff in the Infrastructure Services & Community Sustainability Portfolio, Planning and Growth Management Department and the City Operations Portfolio, Public Works and Services Department to partner with the Quartier Vanier BIA and its consultants to provide support and assistance as needed to complete a study for the closure of certain streets on Montréal Road as previously identified in the City of Ottawa Official Plan.

 

BE IT RESOLVED that the following bullet be removed from the content of the report, as it is premature and pre-supposes conclusions of the study:

 

·         File application for road closure with the City of Ottawa

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED, as amended

 

3.         NEED FOR SEGREGATED BIKE LANES - MOTION

NÉCESSITÉ DE CRÉER DES VOIES CYCLABLES SÉPARÉES - MOTION

ACS2009-CCS-TRC-0013                                        City Wide / a l’échelle de la ville

 

That the Transportation Committee direct staff to undertake the following:

 

1.         Identify locations of potential pedestrian/cyclist/vehicle conflict using available information such as accident records and report back to Transportation Committee with a plan on how to minimize collisions at these locations in time for consideration as part of the 2011 Budget.

 

2.         As part of the above safety review, determine whether segregated bike lanes would be appropriate in these locations to improve safety and promote cycling as a mode of transportation.

 

3.         That staff be directed to review the presentations recently made by Inge Molenaar (Cycling in The Netherlands and the Hague) and Roger Geller (The Portland Story Benefiting from Bicycling) and report back to Committee on the transportation and financial advantages of investing in bicycle infrastructure that these cities have experienced.

 

                                                                                                               CARRIED, as amended

 

4.         90 GEORGE STREET – PROPOSED VALET PARKING - MOTION

            90, RUE GEORGE - SERVICE VOITURIER PROPOSÉ - MOTION

            ACS2010-CCS-TRC-0002                                                                     Rideau-Vanier (12)

 

That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve:

 

1.         That the Director of Real Estate Partnership and Development Office be authorized to enter into a License of Occupation agreement on behalf of the City with the Owner in accordance with the terms and conditions as set out in Document 1, which terms and conditions will provide a 10 year term for the License of Occupation agreement with a nominal yearly fee of $1.00 for the 10 year term, which will be subject to renegotiation for further renewals based on applicable City land lease policy in place thereafter.

 

2.         That the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability provide for the issuance of the required road cut permit to allow the Owner to undertake the proposed improvements subject to all technical matters related to the works being to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager and subject to any securities as set out in Document 1 being posted.

 

3.         That the following condition from the “Contents of License of Occupation Agreement” (Document 1):

 

“Should the City and/or Public Utilities operating within the Public Right of Way decide to renew or repair infrastructure below the surface of the Lands, the Owner must remove the improvements and repair or renew the surface of the lands at its expense upon the time specified within written notice from the City.”

 

be replaced with:

 

"Should the City or utility companies decide to renew or repair infrastructure below the surface of the lands, the City or utility company is responsible for compacting while the owners are responsible for removing and replacing the pavers within time periods specified in written notice from the City.

 

                                                                                                               CARRIED, as amended