Transit Commission

M. Qaqish WHEREAS the 2014-2018 Council Governance Review recommended that the Transit Commission meet eight times a year, retaining the ability to hold Special Meetings; and WHEREAS the Transit Commission received presentations from staff and from public delegations; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Transit Commission approves and recommends to Council a meeting schedule of eight times a year, retaining the ability to hold Special Meetings and that the Transit Commission meeting schedule be reviewed during the Mid-term Governance Review .

J. Leiper WHEREAS an increase to the regular cash fare is likely to most negatively impact vulnerable users of the system; and WHEREAS it is possible to eliminate the proposed increase to this fare class for 2015 and change the proposed increases to other fare classes in a revenue-neutral fashion for 2015; and WHEREAS staff have advised that the Commission must approve a fare table today, and the specific changes to the fare table cannot be ready in time for this meeting; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Transit Commission direct staff to prepare an alternative fare table for 2015 that would freeze the cash fare and amend the other fares such that the same revenues would be collected, and that this alternative fare table be provided to Members of Council in advance of the March 11, 2015 Council meeting.

J. Leiper WHEREAS an increase in revenue generated from user fares above the rate of inflation may create a disincentive to transit use, which would have broad negative impacts for all taxpayers; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Transit Commission recommends that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, consider freezing transit fares for 2015 and fund the $2.4 m revenue shortfall through increased taxation.

M. Qaqish That the Transit Commission recommends that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transit Commission 2015 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows: 1. Transit Services as follows: i) User fees (p. 9); ii) Operating Resource Requirement (p. 5); iii) Capital Budget (p. 15) [individual projects listed p. 16-33] .