Transportation Committee

WHEREAS the Staff Report on the Ottawa’s Electric Kick Scooter Strategy and Pilot Project ( ACS2020-TSD-PLN-0003 ) listed as Item 2 on today’s Transportation Committee Agenda includes nine supporting documents; and WHEREAS draft versions of Document 3 (Ottawa Public Health and E-scooter Injury Epidemiology) and Document 5 (February 25, 2020 Memo from Accessibility Advisory Committee on Kick E-Scooter Pilot Project) were unintentionally included with the Transportation Committee Agenda distributed on May 25, 2020; and WHEREAS revised versions of Documents 3 and 5 were distributed to Council and posted to Ottawa.ca on May 29, 2020; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Transportation Committee approve that Documents 3 and 5 be replaced with the revised documents 3 and 5, and included in the report to Council.

WHEREAS the city has declared a climate emergency and needs to encourage the use of public transportation, especially as ridership has waned due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS a study published by MDPI in 2019 demonstrated that bike share was the optimal method for “last-mile” transportation associated with public transit when the last-mile is 3 km or less; and WHEREAS the bike share industry first launched in Ottawa in 2009, wasn’t profitable and failed; and WHEREAS a bike share program was re-introduced in 2014, and from 2014 to 2018, the City of Ottawa has been served by multiple bike share vendors, without any providing long-term service to the residents of Ottawa; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has continued to provide favourable terms to bike share companies to operate in the city and on city property; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has, nonetheless, did not have a bike share service in 2019 and does not have prospects for a bike share service for the 2020 season; and WHEREAS the private sector has not been able to reliably provide the City of Ottawa with a bike share program; and WHEREAS a non-profit bike share organization has offered stepped in to rescue Hamilton’s bike share program after it was cancelled by Uber earlier this year; and WHEREAS with the introduction of an e-scooter pilot project, the opportunity presents itself for the city to integrate an e-scooter share program with a bike share program; therefore BE IT RESOLVED THAT that city council direct

BE IT RESOLVED THAT, pursuant to Subsections 89(3) and 83(4)(a) of the Procedure By-law, the Transportation Committee waive the Rules of Procedure to receive the verbal update from staff of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development (PIED) Department regarding opportunities for retail operations to operate at today’s meeting, and dispense with the requirement for staff to provide a separate written report on this verbal update and presentation; and That Transportation Committee suspend the Rules of Procedure to permit the introduction of the following motion, in order to respond in a timely manner to support the local economy as a result of restrictions imposed to address the COVID-19 pandemic:

WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and is causing significant economic effects across the world and locally in Ottawa; and WHEREAS on March 17, 2020, an emergency related to the COVID-19 outbreak was declared in the whole of the Province of Ontario, pursuant to Section 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, as set out in Order in Council 518/2020; and WHEREAS as part of the emergency declaration, retail stores have been significantly limited in their operations, which has resulted in substantial local economic impacts; and WHEREAS due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation and the anticipated capacity restrictions from the Province of Ontario and associated recommendations from Ottawa Public Health that physical distancing be practiced in order to decrease transmission, which will limit the number of customers into store fronts compared to previous years; and WHEREAS the Use and Care of Roads By-law 2003-498, limits merchandising on the right of way; and WHEREAS local businesses and the Economic Partners Task Force have advocated for less regulation to help small businesses as part of the recovery efforts; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa can support the local economy by permitting merchandising on the right of way with retail pop-up spaces and retail patios, BE IT RESOLVED that Transportation Committee recommend that Council approve the following : Waive the provisions of the Use and Care of Roads By-law, for 2020 only, such that a business owner