Report
to/Rapport au:
Transportation
and Transit Committee
Comité-des transports et des services de transport
en commun
and Council/et au Conseil
28 June 2002 / le 28 juin 2002
Submitted by/Soumis par: Ned Lathrop, General Manager/Directeur général
Development Services Department
/ Services d’aménagement
Contact/Personne-ressource: Vivi Chi, Manager, Transportation
Infrastructure
Gestionairre, Infrastructure des transports
580-2424, ext. 21877, vivi.chi@ottawa.ca
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Ref N°: ACS2002-DEV-POL-0029
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SUBJECT: Transportation Master Plan - Work Plan
OBJET: PLAN DIRECTEUR DES TRANSPORTS – PLAN DE TRAVAIL
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation and
Transit Committee and Council receive this report for information.
RECOMMANDATION
DU RAPPORT
Que le
Comité des transports et des services de transport en commun et Conseil prenne
connaissance de ce rapport.
BACKGROUND
Staff responded
to the Ottawa 20/20 Smart Growth Summit initiative, held in June 2001, by
preparing a "Charting
a Course" document that sets out a framework for Ottawa's upcoming
Official Plan and other growth plans. On 13 February 2002, Council concurred with the presented schedule
for the development of, and public consultation on, the Official Plan and four
other growth management plans.
The development of an Official Plan for the City of Ottawa
necessitates the concurrent development of a supporting Transportation Master
Plan (TMP). The purpose of the TMP is to establish the policies,
infrastructure, and programmes necessary to support the Official Plan. It will
also identify priorities for implementation of required infrastructure and
services.
The TMP builds upon existing transportation policies contained
within the official plans of the former area municipalities and the Region’s
1997 Official Plan and TMP. The proposed work plan for the TMP is attached. Its
schedule has been specifically developed to provide for an integrated public
consultation process with that for the Official Plan development.
It is recognized that at the time of writing this report, the
principles set out in Charting a Course have not yet been ratified by
City Council, and that Planning and Development Committee has not yet received
the Preliminary Draft of the Official Plan submitted to initiate a public
consultation process, and that the Work Plan as attached may require subsequent
adjustments to reflect Council’s decisions.
DISCUSSION
As the Official
Plan and the TMP will have an influence on the evolution of each other, some
adjustments to both the approach and content of the TMP as identified at this
time can be expected. It is the
intention however, that both Plans be submitted for Council approval at about
the same time in conjunction with master plans for other City services.
The Work Plan is based upon making best
use of the background and foundation studies developed for a transportation
master plan prepared by the Region in 1997, supplemented where necessary by
additional studies and the development of new travel forecasts reflecting the land
use patterns, population projections and employment projections adopted for the
new Official Plan.
Some key issues to be addressed by the TMP are:
§
Minimizing automobile dependence. In
many ways, this issue represents the overriding purpose of the plan. The
alternatives to auto travel can be improved by providing needed infrastructure
and services, and by an integrated and multi-disciplinary strategy that
incorporates land use, public information and financial tactics to redirect
market forces.
§
Reducing transportation needs and
impacts through land use. The Charting a Course process has highlighted
the linkages between land use and transportation, and has shown that there are
many challenges to be overcome in creating a more sustainable city. However, there
are also significant opportunities such as creating stronger links between
employment opportunities and public transit service, and identifying urban
areas where creative redevelopment can have minimal transportation impacts.
§
Living within our means. The City is
extremely constrained in its ability to raise funds for transportation
investments. Without new sources of transportation funding, the City will have
to continue to make difficult trade-offs in managing the conflict between “what
is required” and “what is affordable.” Public-private partnerships and “user
pay” strategies do offer some potential for a more economically sustainable
transportation system, although neither will be easily accomplished.
§
Protecting established neighbourhoods.
The need to minimize transportation impacts on sensitive residential areas can
act as a real constraint on City activities such as locating new infrastructure
and optimizing arterial road operation. However, there are also real
opportunities to apply transportation management strategies that can help to
maintain neighbourhood quality of life.
§
Accommodating goods movement. The viability of the business community is
dependant upon the timely and efficient delivery of goods. Although over the
life of the Plan, the means of shipping to and from the City may shift towards
modes other than trucking, the arterial road system will continue to be the
backbone for the movement of goods within the City.
§
Addressing air quality and climate
change. The TMP can identify the degree to which transportation
contributes to these social and environmental challenges, and can also provide
direction for transportation strategies to help improve the situation.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no
immediate implications. However, a fundamental guiding principle for developing
the TMP is that of minimising impacts on the environment. The TMP will identify
a transportation system that would achieve this for the particular land use
pattern and growth projections adopted for the new Official Plan.
RURAL
IMPLICATIONS
There are no
immediate implications for the rural parts of the City. The TMP will address
the particular needs of Ottawa’s rural residents.
CONSULTATION
No public
consultation has been carried out to date. The interrelationship between the
TMP and the Official Plan requires a very close coordination of public
consultation activities. This, and the tight schedule for both Plans dictates
that most consultation will be undertaken on a joint basis, in accordance with
the proposed OP Consultation Framework as submitted to Planning and Development
Committee on 27 June 2002. Additional
consultation activities specific to the needs of the TMP are identified in the
attached Work Plan.
FINANCIAL
IMPLICATIONS
Funds are
available in Account No. 900283, Transportation Master Plan to undertake the
supplementary background studies identified in the Work Plan. Upon completion,
the TMP will identify capital, operating and service delivery costs and funding
alternatives.
ATTACHMENTS
Document 1 -
Transportation Master Plan, Work Plan, June 2002 (Printed separately)
DISPOSITION
Development
Services Department to coordinate Plan development, particularly public
consultation, with the Official Plan development process and the overall 20/20 framework.
Transportation
Master Plan, Work Plan, June 2002 Document
1
Transportation
Master Plan
Work Plan
Planning, Environment &
Infrastructure Policy Branch
Development Services
Department
City of Ottawa
June 2002
2.2 Work elements
The TMP will address a
wide range of topics including:
§
Setting
transportation goals
for system performance, transportation demands, environmental impacts, etc.
§
Travel
demand forecasting to
identify future travel patterns
§
Travel
mode policies
for city-wide travel (walking, cycling, transit, ridesharing, trucking, and
automobile) and intercity travel (bus, rail, air)
§
Infrastructure
requirements
addressing the location and form of facilities for walking and cycling, rapid
transit, transit priority, ridesharing and mixed traffic, as well as transit
fleet needs
§
Transit
service requirements
for bus and rail services, transit information systems
§
Neighbourhood
traffic management policies
to guide the use of various transportation tools in maintaining neighbourhood
quality of life
§
Land
use planning guidelines for
both general issues (e.g. live/work patterns, employment locations, mixed use
and density) and special generators (Central Area and other employment
districts, major shopping centres, colleges and universities)
§
Implementation
priorities for
infrastructure and services
§
Monitoring to track progress toward the
vision and key objectives
2.3 Vision, principles and
objectives
A vision statement for
transportation in the City of Ottawa will be established early in the TMP process,
using as a foundation the community vision of the new Official Plan (developed
through the Charting a Course process) and the transportation vision of
the former Region’s TMP. A set of clear, concise principles will also be
established to accompany the TMP vision statement. It is expected that
these will be similar to the four key principles behind the former Region’s TMP,
which emphasized minimizing the need for and impacts of transportation infrastructure
by:
§
Minimizing
the need for travel
§
Minimizing
the proportion of daily travel occurring in peak hours
§
Maximizing
the use of walking, cycling, public transit, and ridesharing
§
Maximizing
integration among walking, cycling, public transit, ridesharing, and driving
§
Accommodating
goods movement needs
The principles will also be
elaborated on through the development of key objectives that set more precise
targets and provide guidance for specific future actions.
2.4 Key issues
The TMP will address
several key issues, each of which presents its own opportunities and
challenges:
§
Minimizing
automobile dependence.
In many ways, this issue represents the overriding purpose of the plan. The
alternatives to auto travel can be improved by providing needed infrastructure
and services, and by an integrated and multi-disciplinary strategy that
incorporates land use, public information and financial tactics to redirect
market forces.
§
Reducing
transportation needs and impacts through land use. The Charting a Course process has
highlighted the linkages between land use and transportation, and has shown
that there are many challenges to be overcome in creating a more sustainable
city. However, there are also significant opportunities such as creating
stronger links between employment opportunities and public transit service, and
identifying urban areas where creative redevelopment can have minimal
transportation impacts.
§
Living
within our means.
The City is extremely constrained in its ability to raise funds for transportation
investments. Without new sources of transportation funding, the City will have
to continue to make difficult trade-offs in managing the conflict between “what
is required” and “what is affordable.” Public-private partnerships and “user
pay” strategies do offer some potential for a more economically sustainable
transportation system, although neither will be easily accomplished.
§
Protecting
established neighbourhoods. The need to minimize transportation impacts on sensitive
residential areas can act as a real constraint on City activities such as
locating new infrastructure and optimizing arterial road operation. However,
there are also real opportunities to apply transportation management strategies
that can help to maintain neighbourhood quality of life.
§
Accommodating
goods movement. The viability of the business community is
dependant upon the timely and efficient delivery of goods. Although over the
life of the Plan, the means of shipping to and from the City may shift towards
modes other than trucking, the arterial road system will continue to be the
backbone for the movement of goods within the City.
§
Addressing
air quality and climate change. The TMP can identify the degree to which transportation
contributes to these social and environmental challenges, and can also provide
direction for transportation strategies to help improve the situation.
3. PROCESS
3.1 Project
management
The development of the Master
Plan will be undertaken by the staff of the City’s Development Services
Department (DSD) with consultant assistance and the support of the
Transportation Utilities and Public Works Department (TUPW). A steering committee of management staff
from both Departments will provide overall project direction. Supplemental consultant support in specialized
areas will be sought as required.
3.2 Work flow
Among them, the plans of the
former Region and other municipalities incorporate a wealth of transportation
policies that have evolved over decades of study and consultation. These plans
do vary in a number of ways, as a consequence of differences among urban and
rural municipalities, the location of municipalities within the wider
metropolitan area, and their transportation roles and responsibilities. For
example, the Official Plan of the former City of Ottawa contains many
policies for downtown, but none for rural areas. The former Region of Ottawa-Carleton’s TMP contains many
policies that apply within the former area municipalities but they only pertain
to the small proportion of public streets that were owned and operated by the
Region.
In many cases, a review and
consolidation of existing plans and policies with minor refinements is likely
to meet the objectives of the new Official Plan and TMP. This is
generally true for the following subjects:
§
Walking
& cycling policies
§
Transit
policies
§
Inter-city
travel facilities & policies
§
Tourism
§
Special
generators
§
Goods
movement
§
Transportation
demand management
However, the challenge in
performing this consolidation is to respect the strengths of existing plans,
while addressing the new City’s diversity and broader jurisdiction. To do so,
the City’s approach in a given topic area will be to start its consolidation
using the policies in whichever existing plan addresses that topic most
comprehensively, then modifying and enhancing them to reflect the policies
found in other plans. Following this approach, different plans make sense as
the “starting points” for policy development in different areas. For example,
the previous City of Ottawa Official Plan provides a good basis for
walking policy, and the Region’s Transportation Master Plan is a
starting point for rapid transit plans.
For those areas where existing
plans and policies are readily consolidated, the results will be refined as
necessary to more fully reflect the City’s Official Plan and TMP objectives
and the findings of several technical projects to be conducted.
3.2.2 Policy
development: Revision & extension
In some topic areas,
consolidation and refinement of existing policies will not be adequate to meet
the needs of the TMP. Where there are fundamental conflicts among or
within existing plans, or where current circumstances demand entirely new
directions, an in-depth review of consolidated materials will be required,
likely followed by new technical work.
Consultation with other government agencies responsible for
transportation in the national capital region will be required to facilitate
coordination of all transportation programs. This is generally true for the
following areas:
§
Goal
setting
§
Roadway
classification
§
Rapid
transit
§
Transit
servicing requirements
§
Right-of-way
identification
§
Ridesharing
§
Area
traffic management, including traffic calming
§
Air
quality and climate change
§
Parking
3.2.3 Determination of infrastructure requirements
Infrastructure prescribed by the
new TMP will be determined through an analytical process that is based
on forecasts of future travel demand, taking into account population and
employment projections, the TMP’s guiding vision and principles, current
trends and network constraints. The forecasts will necessarily reflect the
application of judgment in specifying the likely potential of; activities such
as ridesharing and teleworking to reduce the demand for automobile travel, “peak spreading” to shift some portion of
rush hour traffic demands into other time periods, and attracting greater share
of travel to non-automobile modes.
The rapid transit infrastructure
prescribed by the TMP will be drawn from ongoing projects including the
Rapid Transit Expansion Study and the study of extension of rapid transit
services to South Gloucester. The need
for interprovincial bridges will be addressed in the TMP, however the
location issues will be addressed through subsequent joint federal/ provincial/
municipal study.
3.2.4 Consultation
strategy
The consultation strategy for the
TMP will enable the timely exchange of information with key
transportation stakeholders. The strategy adopts a highly targeted approach,
which is necessary due to the compressed timeframe of the TMP process.
The TMP consultation
strategy will occur in three phases:
§
First
phase – June 2002 to November 2002
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Inform
stakeholders of the TMP development process
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Identify
key issues of interest
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Pursue
two-way dialogue on key issues, as required, to inform TMP development
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Participate
in public consultation on the Preliminary Draft Official Plan
including its transportation policies and schedules
§
Second
phase – January 2003 to March 2003
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Participate
in public consultation on the final draft Official Plan including its
transportation policies and schedules
§
Third
phase – March 2003 to May 2003
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Inform
stakeholders of opportunity to review draft TMP
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Solicit
comments and suggestions
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Sort,
synthesize and assess stakeholder input
Annex
A provides detail on the four key elements of the consultation strategy, each
of which involves different stakeholders and different methods:
§
Consultation
with local, provincial and federal government agencies (the TMP
Intergovernmental Advisory Group)
§
Consultation
with the business sector (the TMP Business Sector Forum)
§
Consultation
with City of Ottawa Advisory Committees
§
Consultation
with the general public
3.2.5 Schedule
Annex B presents the project
schedule, including the following major milestones:
§
June
2002 – TMP Work Plan and the Preliminary Draft Official Plan.
§
September
and October 2002 – Public consultation on TMP Work Plan and draft
policies in association with Preliminary Draft Official Plan
§
December
2002 – Official Plan infrastructure requirements
§
March
2003 – Draft TMP
§
Spring
2003 – Consultation on draft TMP
§
Spring/summer
2003 – Final TMP
3.3 Relationship to other
transportation studies
3.3.1 Environmental
assessments and strategic transportation studies
The City is required by
Provincial legislation to undertake an environmental assessment (EA) for all
major transportation infrastructure projects. The City has several EAs that are
approved, for which projects are awaiting construction, as well as several
studies that are in progress. The TMP process will not revisit these
assessments – rather, it will consider them to have the same status as existing
infrastructure. Projects of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation will be
treated in a similar fashion. Several
other studies of a more strategic nature for major new infrastructure or
integrated community design and development are currently in progress,
including the Rapid Transit Expansion Study and the Extension of Rapid Transit
Service to the South Gloucester Urban Community. Formal and frequent liaison between the teams conducting these
studies and the TMP team will occur, to ensure the timely development of
a comprehensive harmonized plan.
3.3.2 Operational
studies
The City is also proceeding with
studies that could help to inform the policies and guidelines to be included in
the TMP, including:
§
The
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategy, being developed by
Transportation, Utilities and Public Works, that will identify short- and
mid-term objectives and actions for the City’s TDM program. In setting TDM
policy, the TMP should take into account the findings of the
implementation strategy as they pertain to target markets, objectives and
priority measures.
§
A
project to develop Area Traffic Management & Traffic Calming Guidelines,
being conducted by Transportation, Utilities and Public Works, that will
identify processes and priorities for mitigating quality-of-life concerns
arising from neighbourhood traffic. One challenge faced by this project is to
reconcile the sometimes very different approaches taken by former
municipalities to this issue, and the conclusion of that task could form an
important component of the TMP’s policies on area traffic management.
§
Transportation,
Utilities and Public Works also have two transportation infrastructure
management projects underway for the harmonization of both the maintenance
operations for all City roads and cross-section standards for collector and
local roads.
4. PLAN OUTLINE
This section presents a
preliminary outline of the contents of the new City of Ottawa Transportation
Master Plan.
1.
Directions
for the future
1.1
Vision
1.2
Principles
1.3
Objectives
2.
Policies
2.1
Person
travel
2.1.1
Intra-city
travel
2.1.1.1
Walking
2.1.1.1.1
Targets
2.1.1.1.2
Land
use
2.1.1.1.3
Infrastructure
design
2.1.1.1.4
Operations
2.1.1.2
Cycling
2.1.1.2.1
Targets
2.1.1.2.2
Land
use
2.1.1.2.3
Infrastructure
design
2.1.1.2.4
Operations
2.1.1.3
Transit
2.1.1.3.1
Targets
2.1.1.3.2
Land
use
2.1.1.3.3
Infrastructure
design
2.1.1.3.4
Operations
2.1.1.4
Ridesharing
2.1.1.4.1
Targets
2.1.1.4.2
Land
use
2.1.1.4.3
Infrastructure
design
2.1.1.4.4
Operations
2.1.1.5
General
traffic
2.1.1.5.1
Targets
(in the form of “Not more than…”)
2.1.1.5.2
Land
use
2.1.1.5.3
Infrastructure
design
2.1.1.5.4
Operations
2.1.1.6
Parking
2.1.1.6.1
Targets
2.1.1.6.2
Employment
locations
2.1.1.6.3
Personal
taxation
2.1.1.6.4
On-street
2.1.1.6.5
Revenues
2.1.1.6.6
Operations
2.1.2
Interprovincial
2.1.2.1
Transit
2.1.2.2
General
traffic
2.1.2.3
Ferries
2.1.3
Intercity
2.1.3.1
Bus
2.1.3.2
Rail
2.1.3.3
Air
2.2
Goods
movement
2.2.1
Targets
2.2.2
Land
use
2.2.3
Interprovincial
2.3
Tourism
2.3.1
Gateways
2.3.2
Wayfinding
and other signage.
2.3.3
Scenic
routes
2.3.4
Recreational
transportation systems/features
2.4
Generators
2.4.1
Central
Area
2.4.2
Village
Centres
2.4.3
Major
shopping centres
2.4.4
Continuous
employment districts
2.4.5
Colleges
and universities
2.4.6
Primary
and secondary schools.
2.4.7
Residential
neighbourhoods (traffic management)
2.4.8
Hospitals/health
centres
2.4.9
Other
generators as defined in the Official Plan
3.
Infrastructure
requirements
3.1
Sidewalks
and pathways
3.2
Cycling
system
3.3
Transit
system
3.3.1
Rapid
transit system
3.3.2
Park
and Ride lots
3.3.3
Transit
priority system
3.3.4
Garages
and maintenance facilities
3.3.5
Fleet
requirements
3.4
Road
system
3.4.1
Ridesharing
measures
3.4.1.1
Carpool
lots
3.4.1.2
High
occupancy vehicle lanes
3.4.1.3
High
occupancy vehicle priority measures
3.4.2
Arterial
road network
3.4.2.1
Urban
3.4.2.2
Rural
3.4.2.3
River
crossings
3.4.2.4
Controlled
access
3.4.2.5
Parkways
3.4.2.6
Scenic
3.4.3
Collector
roads
3.4.3.1
Urban
3.4.3.2
Rural
3.4.3.3
Scenic
3.5
Intercity
passenger terminals
4.
City
services
4.1
Transportation
information system
4.2
Public
transit services
4.2.1
Transit
service plan
4.2.2
Alternative
transit servicing
4.3
Area
traffic management
4.4
Transportation
demand management
4.5
Transportation
system management
4.6
Parking
management and services
4.7
Asset
management
5.
Implementation
program
5.1
Introduction
5.2
Capital,
operating and maintenance costs
5.3 Priorities
5.4 Funding
and revenue generation
5.5 Public
and private sector partnerships
5.6 Five-year
plan
5.7 Ten-year
plan
5.8 Horizon
year
6.
Monitoring
program
6.1
Objectives
6.2
System
performance measures and monitoring schedule
6.3
Intermediate
horizons
6.4
Plan
maintenance review and update needs
Annex A
Key elements of
consultation strategy
1. TMP
Intergovernmental Advisory Group
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Description of activity
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The TMP Intergovernmental Advisory Group
will meet at two or more points during the TMP process for the purpose
of information exchange. Agendas and minutes will be prepared and
distributed, but members will not be asked to make resolutions or decisions.
The group’s objectives will be:
§
To ensure awareness and information
exchange among interested government stakeholders at key points in the
planning process
§
To identify the need for detailed
one-on-one discussions with individual agencies
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Membership
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City
of Ottawa
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City
of Gatineau
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STO
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Planning department
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Federal
government
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National Capital Commission
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Public Works and Government Services
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Transport Canada
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Provincial
governments
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Ontario Ministry of Transportation
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Quebec Ministry of Transportation
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Neighbouring
municipalities
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§
County of Renfrew
§
County of Lanark
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County of Leeds-Grenville
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County of Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry
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County of Prescott-Russell
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Other townships, towns and villages
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Schedule
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July
2002
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§
Meet to review TMP work plan, identify key
issues, identify need for subsequent one-on-one meetings
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November
2002
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§
Meet to review preliminary results, input
to draft TMP preparation
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April 2003
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§
Meet to review draft TMP
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2. TMP Business
Sector Forum
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Description of activity
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A TMP Business Sector Forum will be held
once, early in the TMP process, as a means of information exchange and
issue identification. The agenda will include a staff presentation, followed
by a roundtable discussion or breakout groups on specific topics (e.g.
transportation’s relationship to economic growth, tourism, intercity travel,
etc.). The Forum’s objectives will be:
§
To ensure that stakeholders in Ottawa’s
economic development are aware of the TMP development process
§
To offer them an opportunity to identify
key issues of interest
§
To identify the need for detailed
one-on-one discussions with individual stakeholders
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Membership
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Intercity
transport operators
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§
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International
Airport Authority
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VIA Rail Canada Inc.
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Voyageur Corporation
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General Aviation Association
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Local
transport association
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§
Ottawa Taxi Owners & Brokers
Association
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Ontario Trucking Association
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Canadian Automobile Association
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Business
sector
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§
Business Development Branch, City of
Ottawa
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Central Area Parking Task Force
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Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
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Ottawa Economic Development Corporation
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Ottawa Tourism & Convention Authority
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Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation
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Schedule
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July
2002
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§
Meet to review TMP work plan and discuss
key issues, identify need for subsequent one-on-one meetings
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3. Consultation
with City Advisory Committees
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Description of activity
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Several
of the City’s Advisory Committees will likely have an interest in the TMP.
They will be offered a presentation on the TMP process and key issues,
to be followed by a question and discussion period. A written brief and list
of focus questions could be provided to all Committees ahead of the actual
meeting. The objectives of meeting with Advisory Committees will be:
§
To ensure that members (and the groups
they represent, where appropriate) are aware of the TMP development process
§
To offer them an opportunity to identify
key issues of interest
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List of Advisory Committees to be consulted
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§
Mobility Issues Advisory Committee
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Cycling Advisory Committee
§
Taxi Advisory Committee
§
Accessibility Advisory Committee
§
Environmental Advisory Committee
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Schedule
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July
2002
April 2003
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§
Consult with Committees to review TMP work
plan and identify key issues.
§
Consult with Committees to review Draft
Transportation Master Plan
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4. General
public consultation
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Description of activity
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It
is important to consult with stakeholders who have interests that may not be
represented by those that are involved in more targeted elements of the
consultation strategy. It is also important to coordinate with Official Plan
review consultation activities, avoiding wasteful duplication of resources,
time and effort on the part of City staff as well as the public.
The
OP Consultation Framework suggests several different means of engaging
individuals, community associations and other interested groups in a dialogue
on growth and development issues. Transportation is one of the major subjects
within the Official Plan, but the TMP will address a wider
scope of issues in greater detail. OP consultation activities offer an
opportunity to obtain public input on high-level transportation issues, but
“piggybacking” on them to conduct in-depth consultation on TMP issues
will not be appropriate.
The sole exception to this would be a
possible series of “targeted individual/group meetings” proposed for OP
consultation in September and October 2002 – these meetings hold great
potential to consult with a range of transportation stakeholders on both OP
and TMP issues. In fact, these meetings would be very timely as a
vehicle for the general public consultation component of the first phase of TMP
consultation. It is important to note that at the time of writing of this
Work Plan, the “Official Plan Consultation framework” is under discussion with
Ward Councillors. Therefore, any specific references to schedule and
consultation activity contained in the table below may change, subject to the
deliberation of Council. This may affect the nature of and opportunity for
joint consultation between the OP and TMP accordingly.
The
third phase of TMP consultation (i.e. public review of the draft TMP) would
occur in early 2003, and requires its own series of activities. Additional
consultation dedicated to public review and comment on the draft TMP will also
be required, at a later date.
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Tentative Schedule (“Official Plan Consultation
Framework” subject to change)
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Date
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OP consultation activity
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TMP component
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September
2002
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§
General information sessions to provide
general information on OP review and consultation activities
|
§
Mention transportation as OP component
§
Identify TMP as home of detailed
transportation policies, and note consultation on draft TMP in early 2003
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|
|
§
High school mixed group workshops
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§
Include transportation among workshop
topics, with an emphasis on youth issues
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September
to October 2002
|
§
Mixed group workshops – facilitated by
staff
|
§
Include transportation among workshop
topics. Cross-sectioning of attendees makes it difficult to target issues
|
|
|
§
Ward workshops and open houses –
Councillors given turnkey package enabling them to host the events
|
§
Include transportation among workshop and
open house topics
§
Request identification of ward-specific
transportation issues and priorities
|
|
|
§
Website feedback modules on key issues
|
§
Offer a transportation information module
and gather related feedback
|
|
|
§
Website live chats and discussion groups
|
§
Make transportation the topic of one
weekly chat, involving appropriate staff
|
|
|
§
Targeted individual/group meetings
|
§
Hold transportation-focused meetings with
key individuals and groups
§
Expand scope of discussion to TMP issues
|
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November
2002
|
§
Planning & Development Committee
public meeting on draft OP
|
§
Receive comments on transportation
component of OP
|
|
January
to March 2003
|
§
Public consultation on final draft OP
|
§
Receive comments on transportation
component of OP
|
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March
to May 2003
|
(None)
|
§
Notify public of draft TMP completion and
availability, and solicit feedback by a range of means
§
Transportation and Transit Committee
public meeting on draft TMP
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Annex B
Project schedule
