TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Dartmouth Council Chamber
1st Floor, 90 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth (rear, waterside entrance)
1:00 p.m.
***Note meeting location***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – July 5 & August 8, 2012
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Correspondence
4.2 Petitions
4.3 Presentations - None
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5.1 Councillor Hum - Truck Route Traffic on Kearney Lake Road – August 8, 2012 meeting – information report dated July 12, 2012
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - None
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF
7.1.1 MusGo Rider Rural Public Transit Pilot
7.2 COMMITTEE MEMBERS - None
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)
8. MOTIONS - None
9. ADDED ITEMS
10. NOTICES OF MOTION
10.1 Councillor Watts
“That the Transportation Standing Committee request a staff report on the implications of priority clearing of bus stop shelters during winter snow events.”
10.2 Councillor Watts
“That the Transportation Standing Committee request an information report on how current Halifax Transit service standards have been decided upon.”
10.3 Councillor Hendsbee
“That the Transportation Standing Committee request a staff report on the feasibility of a double left-hand turning lane capacity off the MacDonald Bridge onto Wyse Road.”
11. NEXT MEETING - Thursday, October 25, 2012
Dartmouth Council Chamber, 90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth (waterside entrance)
12. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. Five Big Moves for Transit – Update – information report dated June 11, 2012
2. Winter Parking Ban – information report dated August 23, 2012
3. Traffic Assessment of Caldwell Road – information report dated September 17, 2012
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