Minutes for 10/07/2015, Transportation Committee

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

MINUTES

October 7, 2015 – River Valley Room

PRESENT

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, *D. Iveson
*Mayor D. Iveson is a Committee Member pursuant to section 150(2), Procedures and Committees Bylaw 12300

ABSENT

None

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

B. Anderson, B. Esslinger, B. Henderson, A. Knack, D. Loken, M. Walters
S. McKerry, Office of the City Clerk
C. Johnston, Office of the City Clerk

ITEM	PAGE	DECISION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS 2 1.1 Call to Order 2 1.2 Adoption of Agenda 2 1.3 Adoption of Minutes 2 1.4 Protocol Items 3 2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS 3 2.1 Select Items for Debate 3 2.2 Requests to Speak 3 2.3 Requests for Specific Time on Agenda 3 3. COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 3 4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING 3 5. STATUS REPORT 3 5.1 Addressing Transit Security - Update 3 5.2 Traffic Signal - 127 Street and Yellowhead Trail 4 5.3 Widening of 50 Street - Plans and Timing 4 5.4 Traffic Shortcutting Issues - Interim Actions Taken 4 5.5 Air Conditioning on Edmonton Transit Vehicles (A. Sohi) 5 5.7 GPS Snow Removal (M. Walters) 5 6. REPORTS 6 6.1 Request for a Non-Statutory Public Hearing - Valley Line Vehicular Access Closures 6 6.2 A Case for Edmonton to Explore Bus Rapid Transit - Edmonton Transit System Advisory Board 6 6.3 Feasibility of Relocation of NAIT LRT Station 6 6.4 Metro Line (North LRT to NAIT) - Issues and Traffic Impacts 7 6.5 Impact of Cancellation Requirements and Seasonal Conditions - DATS 7 6.6 Yellowhead Trail - 149 Street Final Concept Plan 8 6.7 Complete Streets Policy Amendments - Implementation 8 7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 9 8. PRIVATE REPORTS 9 8.1 Metro Line LRT - Monthly Progress Report 9 9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE 9 10. ADJOURNMENT 9	Carried Carried See Minutes See Minutes None None None None Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Action Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried None Carried None

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM

PAGE

DECISION

1. CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS 2

1.1 Call to Order 2

1.2 Adoption of Agenda 2

1.3 Adoption of Minutes 2

1.4 Protocol Items 3

2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS 3

2.1 Select Items for Debate 3

2.2 Requests to Speak 3

2.3 Requests for Specific Time on Agenda 3

3. COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 3

4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE

MEETING 3

5. STATUS REPORT 3

5.1 Addressing Transit Security - Update 3

5.2 Traffic Signal - 127 Street and Yellowhead Trail 4

5.3 Widening of 50 Street - Plans and Timing 4

5.4 Traffic Shortcutting Issues - Interim Actions

Taken 4

5.5 Air Conditioning on Edmonton Transit Vehicles (A. Sohi) 5

5.7 GPS Snow Removal (M. Walters) 5

6. REPORTS 6

6.1 Request for a Non-Statutory Public Hearing -

Valley Line Vehicular Access Closures 6

6.2 A Case for Edmonton to Explore Bus Rapid Transit

- Edmonton Transit System Advisory Board 6

6.3 Feasibility of Relocation of NAIT LRT Station 6

6.4 Metro Line (North LRT to NAIT) - Issues and

Traffic Impacts 7

6.5 Impact of Cancellation Requirements and Seasonal

Conditions - DATS 7

6.6 Yellowhead Trail - 149 Street Final Concept Plan 8

6.7 Complete Streets Policy Amendments -

Implementation 8

7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 9

8. PRIVATE REPORTS 9

8.1 Metro Line LRT - Monthly Progress Report 9

9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY

NOTICE 9

10. ADJOURNMENT 9

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DECISION SUMMARY

ITEM

DECISION

CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS

1.1

Call to Order

Councillor M. Oshry called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.

1.2

Adoption of Agenda

Moved S. McKeen:

That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Committee meeting agenda be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons

Absent:

T. Caterina

1.3

Adoption of Minutes

Moved E. Gibbons:

That the September 16, 2015, Transportation Committee meeting minutes be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

1.4

Protocol Items

Allandale School (M. Oshry)

Councillor M. Oshry, on behalf of City Council, welcomed exchange students from Germany attending Allendale Jr. High School.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS

2.1

Select Items for Debate

The following items were selected for debate: 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 and 8.1.

2.2

Requests to Speak

There were no requests to speak.

2.3

Requests for Specific Time on Agenda

There were no requests for any items to be dealt with at a specific time.

COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

There were no Councillor Inquiries.

REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING - NONE

STATUS REPORT

5.1

Addressing Transit Security - Update

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of November 9, 2015, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Nov.9, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

5.2

Traffic Signal - 127 Street and Yellowhead Trail

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of October 28, 2015, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Oct. 28, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

5.3

Widening of 50 Street - Plans and Timing

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of October 28, 2015, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Oct. 28, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

5.4

Traffic Shortcutting Issues - Interim Actions Taken

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of January 2016, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by: Jan. 2016

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

5.5

Air Conditioning on Edmonton Transit Vehicles (A. Sohi)

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of October 28, 2015, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Oct. 28, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

5.6

Windrow Free and School Drop Off Zone (M. Walters)

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of October 28, 2015, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Oct. 28, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

5.7

GPS Snow Removal (M. Walters)

Moved D. Iveson:

That the revised due date of October 28, 2015, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Oct. 28, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

REPORTS

6.1

Request for a Non-Statutory Public Hearing - Valley Line Vehicular Access Closures

Moved D. Iveson:

Non-Statutory Public Hearing – Vehicular Access Closures

That a Non-Statutory Public Hearing be held at the November 9, 2015, Transportation Committee meeting at 1:30 p.m., on proposed vehicular access closures related to the construction and operation of the Valley Line LRT.

Transportation Svcs.

Due by:
Nov. 9, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Absent:

T. Caterina

6.2

A Case for Edmonton to Explore Bus Rapid Transit - Edmonton Transit System Advisory Board

I. Roux, Edmonton Transit System Advisory Board, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

Moved D. Iveson:

Rapid Bus Service - Transit Strategy

That Administration include consideration of rapid bus and/or super express service as part of the Transit Strategy to serve transit avenue services, crosstown services and consideration for LRT precursor service.

Transportation Svcs.

K. Koropeski, A. Homes and D. Wandzura, General Manager, Transportation Services, answered the Committee's questions.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

6.3

Feasibility of Relocation of NAIT LRT Station

Item 6.3 and 6.4 were dealt with together.

C. Walbaum and R. Gibbard, Transportation Services, made presentations and answered the Committee's questions. D. Wandzura, General Manager, and K. Koropeski, Transportation Services; A. McLaughlin, Community Services; and L. Cochrane, Acting City Manager, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved D. Iveson:

That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_2905, be received for information.

Transportation Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Moved D. Iveson:

That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_2906, be received for information.

Transportation Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

6.4

Metro Line (North LRT to NAIT) - Issues and Traffic Impacts

Item 6.4 and 6.3 were dealt with together.

6.5

Impact of Cancellation Requirements and Seasonal Conditions - DATS

R. Brokop, Transportation Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved S. McKeen:

That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_2062, be received for information.

Transportation Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

6.6

Yellowhead Trail - 149 Street Final Concept Plan

R. Gibbard, Transportation Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved T. Caterina:

That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_2560, be received for information.

Transportation Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

6.7

Complete Streets Policy Amendments - Implementation

S. McCabe, Transportation Services, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions. D. Wandzura, General Manager, Transportation Services; and
L. Cochrane, Acting City Manager, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved D. Iveson:

That Transportation Committee recommend to City Council:

That the revised policy C573A - Complete Streets, as set out in Attachment 1 of the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_1972, be approved.

S. McCabe, Transportation Services; and M.A. McConnell-Boehm, Sustainable Development, answered the Committee's questions.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

S. McKerry, Office of the City Clerk, answered the Committee’s questions.

RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES - NONE

PRIVATE REPORTS

8.1

Metro Line LRT - Monthly Progress Report

Moved T. Caterina:

That Transportation Committee meet in private pursuant to sections 24, 25 and 27 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the discussion of item 8.1.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Transportation Committee met in private at 2:17 p.m.

Moved D. Iveson:

That Transportation Committee meet in public.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

Transportation Committee met in public at 3:23 p.m.

Moved M. Oshry:

1. That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_2892, be received for information.

2. That the October 7, 2015, Transportation Services report CR_2892, remain private pursuant to sections 24, 25, and 27 of the Freedom of information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Transportation Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

M. Oshry, S. McKeen, T. Caterina, E. Gibbons, D. Iveson

NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE

Councillor M. Oshry asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

10.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 3:24 p.m.

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Chair City Clerk

No Item Selected

REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING - NONE

C. Walbaum and R. Gibbard, Transportation Services, made presentations and answered the Committee's questions. D. Wandzura, General Manager, and K. Koropeski, Transportation Services; A. McLaughlin, Community Services; and L. Cochrane, Acting City Manager, answered the Committee's questions.

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