TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Dartmouth Council Chamber
1st Floor, 90 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth (rear, waterside entrance)
10:00 a.m.
***Note change in meeting time and location***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 24, 2012
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Correspondence
4.1.1 Correspondence from Casino Taxi Ltd. dated June 12, 2012
4.2 Petitions
4.3 Presentations - None
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
6.1 Staff update & discussion on Commuter Rail Feasibility Study (deferred from May 24, 2012 meeting)
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF
7.1.1 SmartTrip E-Pass – 2013-14 Fiscal Year
7.1.2 Macdonald Bridge Sidewalk Deck Panels
7.1.3 Amendments to Administrative Order 39 and By-law T-180, Respecting the Regulation of Taxis and Limousines (to be circulated)
7.2 COMMITTEE MEMBERS
7.2.1 Councillor Watts – Update on Peninsula Bus Corridor Project (oral)
7.3 MATTERS REFERRED FROM REGIONAL COUNCIL – None
7.4 MATTERS REFERRED FROM STANDING COMMITTEES - None
7.5 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.5.1 Update from Councillor Watts (verbal)
7.6 ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.6.1 Update from Councillor Blumenthal (verbal)
7.6.2 Correspondence from the Accessibility Advisory Committee dated June 26, 2012 re: Halifax Transit Universal Accessibility Plan
8. MOTIONS - None
9. ADDED ITEMS
10. NOTICES OF MOTION
11. IN CAMERA
The Committee may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following:
11.1 In Camera Minutes – November 24, 2011
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of the November 24, 2011 Transportation Standing Committee meeting be approved as circulated.
11.2 Personnel Matter
Citizen and Councillor appointments to boards and committees in keeping with the Public Appointment Policy adopted by Regional Council in August 2011, to be found at: http://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/documents/Citizenrecruitmentpolicy.pdf
11.2.1 Citizen Appointment to the Accessibility Advisory Committee
Motion:
“That the Transportation Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council appoint Option 1 OR Option 2 to the Accessibility Advisory Committee to fill a vacant term position expiring November 30, 2012.”
Recommendations coming from In Camera will be ratified in the open session of the Transportation Standing Committee.
11. NEXT MEETING - Thursday, August 8, 2012
Dartmouth Council Chamber, 90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth (waterside entrance)
12. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. Taxi Medallion Proposal – Information Report dated June 18, 2012
