Transportation Committee
Minutes 14
Wednesday, 04 May 2016
9:30 am
Champlain Room
Notes: 1. Underlining
indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by committee.
2. Except where otherwise indicated,
reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 11 May
2016 in Transportation
Committee Report 14.
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Present:
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Chair: Councillor K. Egli
Vice-Chair: Councillor C. McKenney
Members: Councillors D. Chernushenko, G. Darouze, M. Fleury, J. Mitic, S.
Moffatt, B. Monette, S. Qadri, M. Qaqish
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Absent:
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D. Deans
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See
specific Agenda Item for declaration: Item 3 of the Transportation Committee
Agenda (Veteran Parking on Remembrance Day).
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ACS2016-COS-PWS-0021
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CITY WIDE
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That Transportation Committee recommend that Council receive this
report for information.
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The
Committee received correspondence from Chris Klimek in response to the staff
report. A copy of his email dated 29 April is held on file.
The
Committee considered Items 1 and 2 together as one.
Phil
Landry, Manager, Traffic Services together with Rob Wilkinson,
Coordinator, Safer Roads Ottawa Program provided a brief overview of the
item. A copy of their PowerPoint presentation is held on file. Also in
attendance to answer questions was Superintendent Scott
Nystedt of the Ottawa Police Service.
Following
discussion and consideration of Item 2, the report recommendation was RECEIVED,
as presented.
2.
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ACS2016-CMR-TRC-0009
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CITY WIDE
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Referred by City Council at its meeting of 23 March 2016.
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COUNCIL MOTION No. 28/10
RECOMMENDATION
WHEREAS, despite the fact that the City of Ottawa uses multiple
initiatives to calm traffic and reduce the speed of traffic, residents
continue to identify that speeding on local streets is an on-going problem
and a significant safety issue in Ottawa; and
WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Chief has identified traffic enforcement as
one of his top three priorities and he has confirmed that he supports the use
of technology to help keep our roads safe, including speed monitoring devices
like photo radar; and
WHEREAS the Province of Ontario initiated the use of photo radar on
provincial highways in 1994, but this was discontinued following the change
of government less than one year later for what was considered by many to be
political rather than safety reasons; and
WHEREAS a number of municipalities in Ontario have asked the provincial
government to allow local governments to use photo radar and/or other
technology to address speeding on local streets and there is a benefit to
Ottawa residents to adding this ability to the City’s current toolkit to
address traffic and speeding in our neighbourhoods;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council, through the Mayor, formally
request that the Province of Ontario allow municipalities the option of using
photo radar on local streets; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this request be forwarded to all
local Members of Provincial Parliament.
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The following
correspondence in support of photo radar was received:
1.
Citizens for Safe Cycling letter dated 20
March 2016
2.
Paul Reid email comments dated 23 March 2016
3.
Fred Hostetter email comments dated 23 March
2016
4.
Lesley Pellerin email comments dated 29 March
2016
5.
Joan C. Stooke web comments dated 30 March
2016
6.
John Murray email comments dated 31 March
2016
7.
Lynette Chubb, Ottawa Safety Council email
comments dated 31 March 2016 and supporting documentation
8.
Patrick Fuller email comments dated 31 March
2016
9.
Val Jensen email comments dated 1 April 2016
10.
Mike Shaw email comments dated 1 April 2016
11.
Deana Maric email comments dated 2 April 2016
12.
Donald Clarke email comments dated 4 April
2016
13.
Michael Kologie email comments dated 5 April
2016
14.
Peter Kennedy email comments dated 5 April
2016
15.
Sheridan Schwartz email comments dated 13
April 2016
16.
John Groves email comments dated 25 April
2016
17.
Blackburn Community Association letter dated
26 April 2016
18.
Wayne Jenkinson email comments dated 2 May
2016
19.
Bel-Air Community Association letter dated 2
May 2016
20.
Active and Safe Routes to School letter dated
3 May 2016
21.
Gareth Davies email comments dated 3 May 2016
22.
Alayne McGregor email comments dated 3 May
2016
23.
Action Sandy Hill letter dated 3 May 2016
24.
Ottawa Centre Ecodistrict letter dated 3 May
2016
Committee
members also received a petition containing 390 names in support of photo
radar.
The following
correspondence in opposition to photo radar was received:
1.
John Goodin email comments dated 3 March 2016
2.
Ross Turek email comments dated 22 March 2016
3.
Catrina O’Leary email comments dated 23 March
2016
4.
Peter Hobday email comments dated 26 March
2016
5.
Chris Furman email comments dated 26 March
2016
6.
James Brunet email comments dated 26 March
2016
7.
Mark Riley email comments dated 28 March 2016
8.
John Halliday email comments dated 28 March
2016
9.
Doug Rochow email comments dated 29 March 2016
10.
Shannon Smith email comments dated 29 March
2016
11.
Neera Huckvale email comments dated 29 March
2016
12.
Justin Vezina email comments dated 29 March
2016
13.
Bob McMullin email comments dated 29 March
2016
14.
Ashley Harrison email comments dated 29 March
2016
15.
Dr. R. Sean Pemberton email comments dated 30
March 2016
16.
Geertje Vanderwal email comments dated 30
March 2016
17.
A. Rehman email comments dated 7 April 2016
18.
Christian Lambiri email comments dated 13
April 2016
19.
Jean Pelletier email comments dated 16 April
2016
20.
Chris Klimek email comments dated 19 April
and 3 May 2016
21.
Joseph Aziz email comments dated 22 April
2016
22.
Marian Buzdugan email comments dated 28 April
2016 and written submission, undated (also submitted a report entitled “Speed
or Greed: Does Automated Traffic Enforcement Improve Safety or Generate
Revenue?” by Hiroko Shimizu and Pierre Desrochers dated December 2015)
23.
The Family Anghel email comments dated 28
April 2016
24.
Stephen Budzinski email comments dated 29
April 2016
Correspondence of a
generic nature was also received from the following:
1. Nelson Millar
email comments dated 11 April 2016
2. Graham and
Millie Patterson email comments dated 1 May 2016
A copy of all
correspondence and presentations are held on file:
The
Chair asked the Vice Chair to introduce a Motion which would replace the Motion
originally referred by Council. He explained that this new Motion is an
attempt to respond to concerns raised by the public.
Moved by Councillor C.
McKenney
MOTION
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa
manages multiple road safety programs that support the City’s overall goal of
zero serious injuries and deaths due to traffic related incidents, including
the Safer Roads Ottawa Program and the Temporary Traffic Calming Program; and
WHEREAS despite the City of
Ottawa’s initiatives to calm traffic and reduce the speed of traffic, residents
continue to identify that speeding on local streets is an on-going problem and
a significant safety issue in Ottawa; and
WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Chief
has identified traffic enforcement as one of his top three priorities and he
has confirmed that he supports the use of technology to help keep our roads
safe, including speed monitoring devices like photo radar; and
WHEREAS the World Health
Organization has conducted research which indicates that slower vehicle speeds
cause less injury to vulnerable road users; and
WHEREAS a number of
municipalities in Ontario are considering the use of photo radar and/or other
technology to address speeding on local streets and there is a benefit to
Ottawa residents to adding this ability to the City’s current toolkit to
address traffic and speeding in our neighbourhoods; and
WHEREAS in recognition that
there is value to establishing parameters for such a program that would ensure
that safety on local streets, where there is less enforcement, is the priority
rather than on arterials, which tend to have a higher police presence;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
Transportation Committee recommends that City Council, through the Mayor,
formally request that the Province of Ontario allow the City of Ottawa the
option of conducting a pilot project to use photo radar in school zones with
the concurrence of and/or at the request of the Ward Councillor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
Transportation Committee recommends that City Council, through the Mayor,
formally request that the Province of Ontario allow the City of Ottawa the
option of conducting a pilot project that would reduce speed from the current
default of 50 km to 40 km on residential streets and would forego the current
requirement for sign installation with the concurrence of and/or at the request
of the Ward Councillor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a
copy of these requests be forwarded to all local Members of Provincial
Parliament; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that,
should the Province permit the City of Ottawa any options to conduct pilot
projects for the use of photo radar and/or speed reduction pilot, staff be
directed to provide a report to Committee and Council with options on
implementation, including the use of photo radar revenue to further road safety
and traffic calming initiatives at the earliest practicable opportunity.
Clarification
was requested on portions of the Motion and the Chair advised that staff could
speak to the specifics of the text during their presentation and as required,
amendments can be made to make it clearer.
Following the staff presentation for Item
1, the Committee received the following delegations who spoke in support of
photo radar:
Dr. Gerald Halpern*
Michael Powell*
Heather Shearer, Citizens for Safe Cycling
Charles Akben-Marchand
Kevin O’Donnell
Ward Vanlaar, Ph. D., Traffic Injury Research
Foundation*
Chelsey Wynne, Blackburn Community
Association
Wallace Beaton, Ottawa & Eastern ON Green
Communities Canada
Etienne Grall
Julianne Vogt, Ottawa Safety Council
Dianne Breton, The Council on Aging of Ottawa*
Douglas Kirkland*
Klaus Beltzner, Manotick Village and
Community Association
Chris Bradshaw
The Committee received the following delegation
who spoke in opposition to photo radar:
Alan Gullon
[ * 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.]
Phil
Landry, Manager of Traffic Services, together with Rob Wilkinson, Coordinator,
Safer Roads Ottawa Program and Superintendent Scott Nystedt of the Ottawa
Police Service, responded to questions posed by Committee members and other
members of Council who were present. Subsequently, and as a direct result of
concerns raised and suggestions made, the aforementioned Motion was amended.
Councillor
Darouze introduced the following Motion which the Committee agreed to consider
first:
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MOTION TRC 14/1
Moved by
Councillor G. Darouze
WHEREAS
the Province recently passed Bill 31, Transportation Statute Law Amendment
Act (Making Ontario Roads Safer Act) 2015, allowing the ability of
enforcement of a number of Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, infractions to be
enforced in out of province jurisdictions including red-light camera
infractions as set out in section 201.1 of the Transportation Statute Law
Amendment Act, 2015;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Transportation Committee recommend that City Council,
through the Mayor, formally request that the Province of Ontario provide the
City of Ottawa with the ability to enforce photo radar infractions incurred
by out-of-province vehicle owners, similar to the new authority for red-light
camera infractions as set out in section 201.1.3 of the Transportation
Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015.
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CARRIED
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The following Motion, as amended, replaces
Motion 28/10 from the Council meeting of 23 March 2016:
MOTION TRC 14/2
Moved by Councillor C. McKenney
WHEREAS
the City of Ottawa manages multiple road safety programs that support the
City’s overall goal of zero serious injuries and deaths due to traffic
related incidents, including the Safer Roads Ottawa Program and the Temporary
Traffic Calming Program; and
WHEREAS
despite the City of Ottawa’s initiatives to calm traffic and reduce the speed
of traffic, residents continue to identify that speeding on local streets is
an on-going problem and a significant safety issue in Ottawa; and
WHEREAS
the Ottawa Police Chief has identified traffic enforcement as one of his top
three priorities and he has confirmed that he supports the use of technology
to help keep our roads safe, including speed monitoring devices like photo
radar; and
WHEREAS
the World Health Organization has conducted research which indicates that
slower vehicle speeds cause less injury to vulnerable road users; and
WHEREAS
a number of municipalities in Ontario are considering the use of photo radar
and/or other technology to address speeding on local streets and there is a
benefit to Ottawa residents to adding this ability to the City’s current
toolkit to address traffic and speeding in our neighbourhoods; and
WHEREAS
in recognition that there is value to establishing parameters for such a
program that would ensure that safety on local streets, where there is less
enforcement, is the priority rather than on arterials, which tend to have a
higher police presence;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that Transportation Committee recommends that City Council,
through the Mayor, formally request that the Province of Ontario allow the
City of Ottawa the option of conducting a pilot project to use photo radar in
school zones with the concurrence of and/or at the request of the ward
councillor; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that Transportation Committee recommends that City Council,
through the Mayor, formally request that the Province of Ontario allow the
City of Ottawa the option of conducting a pilot project that would reduce
speed from the current default of 50 km to 40 km on residential streets and
permit the installation of gateway 40km/h speed limit signage leading into
local residential streets at locations recommended by the City of Ottawa’s
traffic and road safety staff and forego signing each residential street,
where recommended, with the concurrence of and/or at the request of the ward
councillor; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that Transportation Committee recommends that Council
approve that any photo radar pilot projects in the City of Ottawa be
implemented on the condition that all revenues from the program (net of
implementation costs) will be directed to a special account dedicated
exclusively to funding road safety initiatives in the City of Ottawa, and
that the Province be requested to ensure that municipalities are provided
with all necessary authority to permit this use; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of these requests be forwarded to all local
Members of Provincial Parliament; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that, should the Province permit the City of Ottawa any
options to conduct pilot projects for the use of photo radar and/or speed
reduction pilot, staff be directed to provide a report to Committee and
Council with options on implementation, including the use of photo radar
revenue to further road safety and traffic calming initiatives at the
earliest practicable opportunity.
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CARRIED
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DIRECTIONS TO STAFF
If the Transportation
Committee recommendations are approved by Council:
That staff examine
other measures in and around school zones or the ‘path’ kids take to school, to
make that walk safer for them.
That as part
of the report to come back, staff include how the City is going to roll it out
from an educational and public awareness perspective.
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ACS2016-COS-PWS-0019
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SOMERSET (14)
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DECLARATION OF INTEREST
Councillor
Mitic declared a potential, deemed direct pecuniary interest on Transportation
Committee Agenda 14, Item 3, Veterans Parking on
Remembrance Day, as his wife has Veterans licence plates on her
vehicle.
Councillor
Mitic did not take part in any discussion or vote on the Item.
REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS
That
the Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve that on
Remembrance Day of each year, for vehicles bearing a Veteran licence plate
issued by any province:
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1. Staff
not take any enforcement action with respect to the following sections of
By-Law 2003-530, as amended:
a.)
Section 21 (Use of Parking Payment Device); for all on-street parking pay
& display machines in the geographic area bounded by the Rideau Canal to
the east, Somerset Street to the south, Bank Street to the west, and the
Ottawa River to the north, save and except for tour bus meters, as described
in this report.
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2. All
vehicles bearing a Veteran licence plate and any person wearing an armed
forces uniform and/or displaying service medals also be granted free exit
from the City Hall parking garage, as described in this report.
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CARRIED
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ACS2016-COS-PWS-0020
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SOMERSET (14)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation Committee receive this report for information.
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RECEIVED
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PLANNING
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
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ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0088
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GLOUCESTER-SOUTHGATE(10), OSGOODE (20), GLOUCESTER-SOUTH
NEPEAN (22)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation Committee approve the Statement of Work for the
Leitrim Road Realignment and Widening (River Road to Bank Street)
Environmental Assessment Study, as detailed in Document 1.
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CARRIED
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The Committee
received an email dated 30 April 2016 from the Manotick Village and Community
Association, a copy of which is held on file.
Klaus Beltzner, Manotick Village and
Community Association spoke to a slide that illustrated the ultimate network
for roads to be added and widened. Using it as a reference, he asked that the
Earl Armstrong extension and widening be looked at in this Environmental
Assessment as one of the conditions. A copy of his slide is held on file.
Following questions to staff as a result of
the delegation’s comments and other concerns raised by Committee members, Vivi
Chi, Manager, Transportation Planning confirmed that Leitrim Road and Earl
Armstrong are two separate projects and one does not depend on the other in
terms of alignment development.
The report recommendation was then put to the
Committee and CARRIED as presented.
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ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0072
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CUMBERLAND (19)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation Committee recommend that Council authorize an
amendment to the front-ending agreement with Tamarack Mer Bleue Corporation,
in respect of Brian Coburn Boulevard, from Mer Bleue Road to Tenth Line Road,
to permit the payment of an additional $401,986 including applicable taxes
but without indexing, for a revised total upset limit of $3,426,016,
including applicable taxes, subject to the execution of an amending front-ending
agreement, being to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager, Planning and
Infrastructure, and the City Clerk and Solicitor.
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CARRIED
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ACS2016-CMR-CCB-0029
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RIDEAU-ROCKCLIFFE (13) ; ALTA VISTA (18)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation Committee recommend Council approve the
proposal to name the new pedestrian and cycling bridge over Highway 417 near
Coventry Road, the “Max Keeping Bridge”.
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CARRIED
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ACS2016-CMR-TRC-0008
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KANATA SOUTH (23)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Transportation Committee recommend to Council that all-way
stop control be installed at the intersection of Meadowbreeze Drive and
Wheatland Avenue.
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DEFERRED
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The Chair
advised that the Ward Councillor was seeking deferral of this matter as he was
in discussions with staff to try and resolve the issue. The Committee agreed
to deferral.
The meeting
adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
Original signed by Original
signed by
R. Theriault Councillor
K. Egli
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Committee Coordinator Chair