Councillor Desroches dissented.
Councillor Lo dissented on paragraph 2.
Deborah Lightman, Program Manager, Active Transportation and Kalle Hakala, Senior Project Manager, Sustainable Transportation presented an overview of the report recommendations and answered questions from the Committee. A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk.
Vivi Chi, Director of Transportation Planning and Pat Scrimgeour, Director, Transit Customer Systems and Planning also responded to questions.
The Committee heard from the following public delegations:
• Neil Saravanamutoo
• Kerry Hodgins
• Valerie MacIntosh
• Betty MacGregor (Traffic and Safety Committee of the Ottawa South Community Association) *
• Brian Montgomery
• Brian Tansey
• Michael Holuj
• Patrick Flegel
• Mark Fried
• Linda Mathies (Parkways for people)
• Rob Samulack
• Dan Rubinstein
• Murray Weeks
• Henri Cheung
• William Van Geest
[ * Individuals / groups marked with an asterisk above either provided comments in writing or by e-mail; all submissions are held on file with the City Clerk. ]
The following correspondence is held on file with the City Clerk. A petition against removing vehicle lanes was also received and held on file with the City Clerk
• Betty MacGregor
• Carol Stephenson
• Christopher Mari
• Dina Namer
• Ian Johns
• Jack Marsala
• John Langstone
• Paul Sweeney
• Rob Samulack
• Sydney Gen
• Michel Haddad
• Vince Caceres
• Michal Samborski
At the conclusion of questions to the delegations and to staff, and following Committee discussion, the report recommendations were then put before Committee and were Carried with Councillor Desroches dissenting and Councillor Lo dissenting on paragraph 2.