Transportation Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:

13

Date:

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Time:

9:30 A.m. - 2:30 P.m.

Location:

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Present:

• Chair: Councillor Tim Tierney, 
• Councillor Jessica Bradley, 
• Councillor George Darouze, 
• Councillor Steve Desroches, 
• Councillor Sean Devine, 
• Councillor Laura Dudas, 
• Councillor Glen Gower, 
• Councillor Laine Johnson, 
• Councillor Wilson Lo, 
• Councillor Matt Luloff, 
• and Councillor Ariel Troster 

Absent:

• Vice-Chair: Councillor Catherine Kitts 

Transportation Committee

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

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Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on July 10, 2024 in Transportation Committee Report 13.

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These “Summary Minutes” indicate the disposition of items and actions taken at the meeting. This document does not include all of the text that will be included in the full Minutes, such as the record of written and oral submissions. Recorded votes and dissents contained in the Summary Minutes are draft until the full Minutes of the meeting are confirmed by the Committee. The draft of the full Minutes (for confirmation) will be published with the agenda for the next regular Committee meeting and, once confirmed, will replace this document.

2.

Announcements / Ceremonial

2.1

Bruce Timmermans Awards

3.

Declarations of Interest

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

4.

Confirmation of Minutes

4.1

TRC Minutes 12 – May 23, 2024

• Carried

5.

Responses to Inquiries

5.1

TRC 2024- 02 Speed Display Boards

6.

Public Works Department

6.1

On-street Parking Rate Changes

File No.  ACS2024-PWD-RPS-0001 - City-wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Receive, for information, the on-street rate changes due to inflationary increases and the implementation of a demand-based pricing model;
  2. Receive, for information, the Implementation Plan for current rate changes and the demand-based parking model in supporting Document 2  
     
     
  Received

6.2

Kitchissippi Parking Study Update

File No.  ACS2024-PWD-RPS-0003 - Kitchissippi (15) Bay (7)

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That Transportation Committee Recommend Council:

  1. Approve the introduction of paid on-street parking in Westboro and Wellington West as outlined in this report.
  2. Receive, for information, the Kitchissippi Parking Study Update as attached as Document 1 and the recommendations unrelated to the implementation of paid parking as contained in this report.
  Carried
• Motion No. TRC 2024-13-01
  Moved by L. Johnson

  WHEREAS the recommendation of Kitchissippi Parking Study Update report ACS2024-PWD-RPS-0003 includes the implementation of paid on-street parking, including along 
  the main street corridor on Somerset Street West, Wellington Street West and much of Richmond Road in Kitchissippi ward; and
  WHEREAS the recommended implementation is in alignment with the Rate Setting 
  Guidelines within the Municipal Parking Management Strategy approved by Council; and,
  WHEREAS the businesses located on these streets have become reliant on the 
  availability of street parking in proximity to their location for staff and owner parking; and
  WHEREAS concerns have been raised by businesses related to accommodating parking for employees when paid parking is implemented which coincides with a requirement to find alternatives to private vehicle parking, including using alternate 
  modes of transportation; and,
  WHEREAS Westboro is not yet served by light rail, and will not be served by light rail until at least the end of 2026;
  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the commencement of paid street parking in the areas recommended in this report not begin until the Stage 2 extension of light rail enters revenue service.

  For (3)	M. Luloff, G. Darouze, and J. Bradley
  Against (8)	L. Dudas, G. Gower, T. Tierney, L. Johnson, S. Devine, A. Troster, S. Desroches, and W. Lo

  Lost (3 to 8)

6.3

Parking Services 2023 Annual Report

File No. ACS2024-PWD-RPS-0002 - City wide

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council:

  1. Affirm the allocation funding method and updated parameters for the Parking Initiatives Grant Program amounts as outlined in this report
  2. Retain the full current balance of the Parking Reserve Fund to accommodate for future planned Capital Program Plan spending 
  Carried

7.

Councillors’ Items

7.1

Councillor Gower - Fernbank Area Speed Reduction

File No. ACS2024-OCC-CCS-0059 - Stittsville (6)

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That the Transportation Committee recommend to Council that all sections of Abbott Street East, Cope Drive, Rouncey Road, and Cranesbill Road, located between Terry Fox Drive and Robert Grant Avenue and with a posted speed limit of 50km/h, be reduced to 40km/h. 

  Carried

8.

In Camera Items

There were no in camera items.

9.

Information Previously Distributed

9.1

Kanata North Transitway Environmental Assessment

File No. ACS2024-PDB-TP-0004 - Kanata-North (4)

10.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

There were no Notices of Motion.

11.

Inquiries

There were no Inquiries.

12.

Other Business

There was no other business.

13.

Adjournment

Next Meeting: August 22, 2024

The meeting adjourned at 11:22 am.