Minutes - 2011-09-24

CCC September Meeting

September 24^th, 2011 at 7:00pm at Dalhousie Community Centre

Present: John Verbaas – Chairperson, Action Sandy Hill; Leslie Kirk – Vice-chair, Old Ottawa East Community Association; Jordan Charbonneau – Centretown Citizens Community Association; Roland Dorsay, Island Park Community Association Ida Henderson, Dalhousie Community Association; and George Wright, Glebe resident.

1. Administrative

a. Agenda Approved with addition of 2 pieces of other business

b. Leslie volunteered to be meeting secretary

c. June 29th 2011 minutes approved

2. Election of Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary for 2011-2012

a. John – selected as Chair

b. Jordan – vice-chair

c. Leslie – Secretary

3. Alta Vista Transportation Corridor

- Restart of initiative to remove Phases 2 and 3 from the next Transportation Master Plan (TMP)

- Pierre Sadik (David Chernushenko’s office) to arrange a meeting in near future

- John to attend representing Action Sandy Hill

- Jordan and Leslie to represent CCC

4. Pedestrian Bridge Updates (John)

a. Rideau River Crossing at Strathcona park: report from second public open house to be available soon

b. Canal Crossing at 5^th Avenue/Clegg Street: second open house to be held sometime this fall

5. Downtown E-W LRT Updates & Downtown Moves Study

a. Tunnel Re-alignment along Queen Street

- The re-alignment will result in shallower stations, more flexible construction options aimed at making it easier to stay within budget

- The RFP to be issued to 3 companies/consortiums

b. Kick-off of Downtown Moves Consultation process

- Downtown street renewal intiative due to LRT project

- Jordan to be CCC representative for this consultation process

- John is Action Sandy Hill representative

6. Ottawa River East End Bridge Phase 2B

a. Results from public consultations meetings: Meetings were held in June in the communities where the proposed bridge might be located

-the lead project manager has changed

-east end communities are now arguing that an east end bridge seems unlikely to provide a definitive resolution to the downtown truck traffic issue

-the lack of feedback from truckers was discussed

b. PCG report September 14, 2011

c. Review of stated position of elected representatives

7. Update on LRT W Corridor Selection

-evaluation of the 15 route option combinations continues

-meeting where evaluation results and preferred corridor to be presented

-discussed the NCC’s letter from the summer about the parkway not being an option at this time

8. Road Re-development Projects Update

a. Rideau Street (Sussex to Rideau River): next meeting to be in a few weeks; the street lights will be interesting

b. Scott Street

9. Interprovincial Transit Study

- Study report more than 6 months overdue

- Apparently report to be made available before the end of 2011

10. Report on Sustainable Transportation Breakfast Seminar (John)

11. Any other business

a. Traffic Impact Study (Roland)

- Developers must provide traffic impact studies to the City when they are applying for approvals

- The developers hire the consultants who conduct the studies

- The developers pay the consultants for this service

- Almost never does the project require any developer costs to improve the local transportation network

- This does lead to an appearance of conflict which can erode public confidence in the process

- Is there a way that this process can be changed to avoid the appearance of conflict? Is there a role for the CCC in such a reform effort?

ACTION: Jordan to ask Diane about this to get some informal feedback

John to send Roland a link to City document about traffic studies

Roland to lookup traffic impact study for a project near Westboro Station

OBJECTIVE: Get comments from community associations, work towards a meeting with relevant City staff person(s) to discuss issue, suggest ways to avoid appearance of impartiality,

b. George reported that Cam appreciates the well wishes received

c. Island Park Drive

- Was scheduled for re-paving but this has been delayed

- Gives an opportunity to implement simple redesigns including a traffic signal at Island Park/Iona, Island Park/Carling intersection improvement, redesign of Island Park/Parkway intersection to create a break in the flow of traffic

d. Gladstone O-train Station

- There will be a passing track built near Gladstone

- Has the Centretown Citizens CA has written a letter in support of this initiative?

- CCC would be able to write a letter in support of this suggestion

e. Lansdowne Live

-George attended the last Lansdowne presentation; says there will be an appeal of Superior Court decision

Next Meeting: October 26, 2011