Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (5 motions)
5 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to Subsection 89(3) of the Procedure By-law, Transportation Committee approve that R esponse to Inquiry ( TRC 03-19 - Road Surfacing ) be added to the agenda for consideration at today’s meeting.
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to Subsection 89(3) of the Procedure By-law, Transportation Committee approve that Response to Inquiry ( TRC 04-19 - Prince of Wales Bridge for Transit ) be added to the agenda for consideration at today’s meeting.
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to Subsection 89(3) of the Procedure By-law, Transportation Committee approve that Communication ( Memo - Start of Negotiations to Acquire the Beachburg and Walkley Rail Corridors ) be added to the agenda for consideration at today’s meeting.
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Carried
WHEREAS the report “Community Safety Zone Implementation Plan” (ACS2019-TSD-TRF-0008) recommends approving the proposed Community Safety Zone By-law in Document 1; and WHEREAS there were clerical and typographical errors in Document 1, as the by-law must include the posted speed limits and correct signage placement measurements; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the draft by-law contained in Document 1 of the report ACS2019-TSD-TRF-0008 be replaced with the attached revised Community Safety Zone By-law [1] ; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Table 1 in the report “Community Safety Zone Implementation Plan” ACS2019-TSD-TRF-0008 be amended to include any clerical and typographical errors corrected in the attached revised Community Safety Zones table described in the attached Document 1 as Schedule “A” [2] .
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper
Carried
WHEREAS the Government of Ontario passed new legislation, in May 2017, that amends the Highway Traffic Act to allow municipalities to implement Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) in School Zones and Community Safety Zones where the speed limit is below 80 km/h; and WHEREAS the ASE Provincial Legal Working Group has evaluated the Regulations governing the requirements for School Zone signage and deemed it incompatible with the evidentiary requirements for ASE, thus eliminating the use of ASE within School Zones established as per Provincial Regulations; and WHEREAS the only remaining option for ASE implementation is within Community Safety Zones; and WHEREAS the Regulations require bilingual jurisdictions such as the City of Ottawa to install English and French Community Safety Zone signs side-by-side, resulting in 1.35 m signage that does not fit within the right-of-way in the vicinity of many schools within the City; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa recognizes School Zones as locations warranting the same level of disincentive for speeding and other Highway Traffic Act offenses as Community Safety Zones and Construction Zones; THEREFORE be it resolved that City Council, through the Mayor, formally request that the Province of Ontario: • Modify the Highway Traffic Act to allow for doubling of fines within School Zones without the need for additional Community Safety Zone signage; • Modify the Regulations to ensure that School Zone signage meets the evidentiary requirements for u