Light Rail Sub-Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:
10
Date:
Time:
-
Location:
Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation
Present:
  • Chair Steve Desroches, 
  • Vice-Chair Cathy Curry, 
  • Councillor Tim Tierney, 
  • Councillor Jeff Leiper, 
  • and Councillor Theresa Kavanagh 
Absent:
  • Councillor Glen Gower 

Notices and meeting information are attached to the agenda and minutes, including: availability of simultaneous interpretation and accessibility accommodations; in camera meeting procedures; information items not subject to discussion; personal information disclaimer for correspondents and public speakers; notices regarding minutes; and hybrid participation details.


Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.


Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on September 4, 2024 in Light Rail Sub-Committee Report 10.


The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on August 28, 2024, and the deadline to register to speak by email is 8:30 am on August 29, 2024.

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

File No. ACS-TSD-RCP-0004 – City-wide

At the outset of the discussion, the Chair shared opening remarks, thanking Michael Morgan, Director, Rail Construction Program, for his years of service with the City of Ottawa.

The following Transit Services Department staff presented an overview of the report and answered questions from the Committee.  A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk:

  • Renée Amilcar, General Manager, Transit Services
  • Micheal Bartlett, Manager, Rail Infrastructure
  • Jacelyn Daigle, Manager, Construction Management
  • Eric Dubé, Manager, Rail Systems
  • Richard Holder, Director, Engineering Services
  • Troy Charter, Director, Transit Service Delivery & Rail Operations

Pat Scrimgeour, Director, Transit Customer Systems and Planning, Bart Cormier, Director, Strategic Communications and External Relations, and Amanda Thompson, Manager, Transit Strategic Communications, also answered questions.

Artur Estrela Da Silva (Carleton University Students' Association) spoke before the Committee and provided comments on the item. There were no written submissions on this item.

Following discussions, the Committee considered the report recommendation(s) as follows:

  • Report Recommendation(s)

    That the Light Rail Sub-Committee receive this report for information.

    Received

There were no in camera items.

There were no Inquiries.

There was no other business.

Next Meeting:  November 29, 2024.

The meeting adjourned at 11:50 am.