NORTH WEST TRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
AGENDA

October 8, 2008
Boardroom 1, Sackville Planning Office
636 Sackville Drive
7:00 - 9:00 pm

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 11, 2008

3. APPROVAL OF ORDER OF BUSINESS AND ADDITIONS/DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
4.1 Status Items

4.1.1 Sackville Park and Ride/Link Bus and Parking at the Terminal
4.1.2 2007 Load/Ridership Counts - Comparison with 2006 Data (Mr. Chaffey)
4.1.3 Letter to Wal-Mart re: Bus Shelter (Mr. Cox)
4.1.4 Barrington Bus Stop (Artz Street)
4.1.5 Bedford Waterfront Visioning Update - Mr. John Merrick (Verbal)

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS

5.1 Gas Tax: Update and Funding Allocation (Regional Council report dated May 9, 2007)

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS

6.1 Correspondence

6.1.1 Route # 88 - Duke Street - E-mail dated August 15, 2008 from Mr. Walter Regan.

6.2 Petitions
6.3 Delegations

7. REPORTS

7.1 Halifax Transit Five-Year Plan - Mr. Dave McCusker

8. ADDED ITEMS

9. NEXT MEETING DATE - November 12, 2008

10. ADJOURNMENT

Information Items

1. Committee’s Request to add a Q & A Section to the agenda: E-mail from Acting Municipal Clerk.

2. Transit Policing System - News Release from Mayor Peter Kelly dated July 31, 2008.

3. THE Coast Article on Creating a Transit Friendly City Dated August 7, 2008.