Transportation Committee

WHEREAS a number of community concerns were raised in response to the patio application of Erling’s Variety Restaurant, the applicant, at 225 Strathcona Ave; and, WHEREAS the location of the proposed patio is immediately adjacent to a residential community; and, WHEREAS, the applicant and a group of residents have met to work out a compromise; and, WHEREAS, the applicant has agreed, in addition to the conditions set out below, to direct his staff and patrons to smoke closer to Bank St, and away from the neighbouring residences, to install a ‘butt stop’ ashtray in this area and to ensure that suppliers do not block traffic or make deliveries on Sunday mornings; and, WHEREAS, the Ward Councillor will continue to work with staff to delineate the angled parking and identify that there should be no parking that would obstruct the City lane, and implement solutions that would minimize bumper overhang on the angled parking, and shift the location of the parking permit dispenser; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the recommendation in the staff report be amended to make the approval – “conditional upon having the patio cleared by 9:00 pm, signage that indicates same, and the installation of a privacy screen on the side of the patio next to the residences. ”

BE IT RESOLVED THAT, given the abbreviated time period for this matter caused by the possibility that a Bill may be

WHEREAS there are over 300 schools in the City of Ottawa and enhancing pedestrian and cycling safety for children in school zones has been an ongoing priority for City Council; and WHEREAS the Highway Traffic Act allows for the doubling of speed-related fines within identified Construction Zones and Community Safety Zones; and WHEREAS school area and school speed zone signage is already in place in the vicinity of schools ; and WHEREAS installing Community Safety Zone Signage in a school zone would add signage clutter, be very costly and detract from the prominence of school area signage, potentially decreasing safety and WHEREAS amending the Highway Traffic Act to allow the doubling of fines in school areas is a common sense approach to enhance the safety of our children as they walk or bicycle to school; and WHEREAS the dissolution of the provincial Legislature to hold the 2014 provincial election resulted in Bill 173 - Keeping Ontario’s Roads Safe Act dying on the order paper; and WHEREAS a Bill that is the same or similar to the Keeping Ontario’s Road Safe Act may be reintroduced in the Ontario Legislature as part of the upcoming session; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Transportation Committee recommend that City Council approve that, should a Bill similar to the Keeping Ontario’s Roads Safe Act be introduced in the Legislature, the City Clerk and Solicitor be directed to send a letter to Ontario’s Minister of Transportation requesting that the Highway Traffic Act be a

That Transportation Committee approve that the following new item be introduced pursuant to Subsection 84(3) of the Procedure By-law, due to the potential timelines for construction and the summer schedule.

WHEREAS this term of Council has demonstrated leadership with respect to supporting active transportation options by providing record levels of funding and resources with respect to improving cycling facilities and connectivity throughout Ottawa; and WHEREAS St. Patrick provides a key east-west link between the communities of Rockcliffe, New Edinburgh, Vanier, Lindenlea, and Manor Park to the East with Lowertown and the ByWard Market to the west as well as the Rideau River Eastern Pathway; and WHEREAS significant additional funding would be required for St. Patrick Street between the Vanier Parkway and King Edward to facilitate the implementation of bike lanes east of Cobourg Street in a manner that meets safety standards acceptable to the City; and WHEREAS staff have advised that there is the potential to improve cycling connectivity in this area both earlier and more cost-effectively; and WHEREAS staff have also advised that it is their belief that this could be accomplished within the current construction season and within existing budgets; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Transportation Committee recommend that City Council approve that staff be directed to advance the design of a 3-metre wide multi-use pathway on the north side of St. Patrick Street between Cobourg Street and Beausoleil Drive that would see the removal of the existing sidewalk allowing pedestrians and cyclists to share this off-road pathway facility, within existing budgets, such that the design of this