Transit Commission

Transit Commission

Agenda 15

Wednesday, June 17 2020
9:30 a.m.

Electronic Participation
This Meeting will be held through Electronic Participation in accordance with Bill 187, the Municipal Emergency Act, and an Order in Council of March 28, 2020, which amended the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and prohibits organized public events of more than five people


This Meeting may be viewed online on the Ottawa City Council YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUR3i_hvk3-3i8vtrPg6v1Q


The City of Ottawa continues to take COVID-19 seriously, and in following the advice of provincial and federal governments, is making significant changes to services and programming to help protect health and wellbeing of the community. City Hall is temporarily closed to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In-person Committee and Council meetings have been cancelled. Such meetings, as warranted, will be held electronically until further notice. For more information about service disruptions, please visit our COVID-19 webpage: https://ottawa.ca/en/health-and-public-safety/covid-19-ottawa.

 

Persons wishing to provide comments on any of the items contained herein should refer to the process detailed and attached to this agenda as Annex A.

 


Christopher Zwierzchowski, Commission Coordinator
613-580-2424 x21359
Christopher.Zwierzchowski@ottawa.ca


 

Commission Members:

Chair: Councillor A. Hubley
Vice-Chair: Councillor J. Cloutier
Councillors:
R. Brockington, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, C. McKenney, J. Sudds, T. Tierney
Public Members: A. Carricato, M. Olsen, L. Williams, S. Wright-Gilbert


Simultaneous interpretation in both official languages is available for any specific agenda item by calling the committee information number at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.

 

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Minutes 11 - Meeting of Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Minutes 13 - Meeting of Monday, 1 June 2020 (Special Meeting)

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Response to Inquiries

 

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TTC 01-20 - QUERY RE: RESTRICTIONS ON CHAIR
CALLING TRANSIT COMMISSION MEETINGS

 


 

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

VERBAL UPDATE

 

1.

CONFEDERATION LINE AND BUS SERVICE UPDATE

 

 

FINANCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

REVENUE SERVICES

2.

GENERAL ACCOUNTS – TRANSIT WRITE-OFFS 2019

 

ACS2020-FSD-REV-0003

CITY WIDE

 

That the Transit Commission receive this report on the 2019 general accounts write-off of $880 as required by the Delegation of Authority By-law 2019-280.

 

 

CORPORATE FINANCE

3.

2020 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET Q1 TRANSIT COMMISSION STATUS REPORT

 

ACS2020-FSD-FIN-0013

CITY WIDE

 

That the Transit Commission receive the 2020 Q1 Status Report for information.

 

 

4.

CAPITAL ADJUSTMENTS AND CLOSING OF PROJECTS – TRANSIT COMMISSION

 

ACS2020-FSD-FIN-0014

CITY WIDE

 

That the Transit Commission recommends Council:
1.         Authorize the closing of capital projects listed in Document 1;
2.         Approve the budget adjustments as detailed in Document 2;
3.         Permit those projects in Document 3 that qualify for closure, to remain open; and
4.         Approve the return to source or (funding draw) for the following funding balances and eliminate debt authority resulting from the closing of projects and budget adjustments:
a)         Transit Capital Supported Reserve: $6,438,668;
b)         Provincial Gas Tax Reserve: $2,078
c)         Development Charge Reserve: $1,510,426
d)         Debt Authority: $123,719.

 

 

MOTIONS OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN

COMMISSIONER A. CARRICATO

 

5.

LAUNCH OF ADVERTISING ON THE CONFEDERATION LINE

 

ACS2020-CCS-TRA-0004

CITY WIDE

 

That the Transit Commission direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to commence a procurement process, consistent with the City’s procurement policy, to identify potential revenue opportunities from advertising in stations and inside train cars on O-Train Line 1, and that staff report the findings to the Transit Commission at the conclusion of the process, expected to be in Q4 2020.

 

IN CAMERA ITEMS*

 

NOTICES OF MOTIONS (FOR CONSIDERATION AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING)

 

INQUIRIES

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

NEXT MEETING

Wednesday, September 16 2020

 


 

*Notice

In Camera Items are not subject to public discussion or audience.  Any person has a right to request an independent investigation of the propriety of dealing with matters in a closed session.  A form requesting such a review may be obtained, without charge, from the City’s website or in person from the Chair of this meeting. Requests are kept confidential pending any report by the Meetings Investigator and are conducted without charge to the Requestor.

 

Note:   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 24 June 2020 in Transit Commission Report 5. 

3.   Items listed under Communications and Information Previously Distributed do not form part of the regular Agenda and will not be discussed by the Committee unless added to the Agenda pursuant to Subsection 89.(3) of the Procedure By-law.


Annex A – Remote Participation Details

This particular meeting will be hosted in Zoom. Participants may join the meeting by calling a toll-free telephone number, or using Zoom software on a computer or mobile device.

Members of Committee/Commission and Council and Required City Staff

The Commission Coordinator will send a Zoom link and password prior the meeting to Members of Committee and Council, and staff who are required to participate. 

Other City Staff, Media and General Public

Staff not participating in the meeting, the media and the general public must view the meeting via the Ottawa City Council YouTube channel: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUR3i_hvk3-3i8vtrPg6v1Q

Submissions to the Commission

Members of the public may provide submissions to the Members of Commission and Council for this meeting, as follows:

Written comments (encouraged): Members of the public may submit written comments by email to the Commission Coordinator, or by calling the Commission Coordinator to have their comments transcribed. Both written and oral comments are given equal consideration by the Commission.

The deadline for written comments is 4:00 PM on Tuesday June 16.

Oral comments: Members of the public may register, by calling or emailing the Commission Coordinator, to provide oral comments during the meeting using Zoom. They must include their name, telephone number and email address. Registration is required so that the Coordinator may provide Zoom meeting information to the speaker.

The deadline to register to speak is 9:00 AM on Wednesday, June 17.

The deadline for any submitting visual presentations is 4:00 PM on Tuesday, June 16.

Neither a computer, nor a video sharing device, is required to participate in the meeting via Zoom.  You may join the Zoom meeting by calling a toll-free number.

After the above deadlines have passed, members of the public may submit comments to the appropriate standing committee (if applicable) and/or submit written comments to Council (if applicable).

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