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 (2 motions)
2 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
Stage 2 Light Rail east construction has direct impacts on traffic in the east end; and WHEREAS City Council has delegated authority to the Rail Office to manage certain traffic and transportation matters, including road closures, as part of the Stage 2 light rail construction project to expedite construction, WHEREAS standard road closures for construction through public Works have strict criteria to ensure appropriate traffic information and digital signage are in place, and communications provided to affected Ward Councillors in advance, WHEREAS the project has gone far longer than anticipated and closures have taken place that are not scheduled well in advance, Whereas there are limited alternative routes in the area and closures are not fully accounting for current back to work traffic volumes, Whereas intersections continually are blocked and creating hours of additional traffic and polluting the environment as well as safety concerns, Whereas there is no police directing traffic, which may be required if it was through a standard road closure process, Whereas, the impacts of the Stage 2 construction on the entire east end has been tremendous, it is imperative that the City proactively undertake a post-mortem assessment of the past two years’ work, allowing both the City and OC Transpo to identify deficiencies, successes, and failures in how they have communicated on, and handled, closures; Therefore, be it resolved that staff in Public Works, in consultation with the R
Moved by T. Tierney Whereas
Carried
WHEREAS on October 24, 2024, Transportation Committee will consider a report titled, “Minor Amendments to the Traffic and Parking By-law to Enhance Accessible Parking Opportunities” (ACS2024-PWD-TRF-0004); and WHEREAS under her delegated authority, the Director, Infrastructure Services will work to issue a Technical Bulletin to correct an error in the chart found in section 3.1.2 of the City’s Accessibility Design Standards to ensure it properly aligns with section 80.36 of the provincial Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation; and WHEREAS the error also appears in Document 2 (Part C) of the report; and WHEREAS the recommendation of this report is to ensure consistency with the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation, and communicating these standards clearly to the public; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the chart found in Document 2 (Part C) of the report be replaced with the revised chart as follows: