Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chambers, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street
Minutes: August 24, 2023 Transportation Standing Committee Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
Updated: September 13, 2023 at 2:10pm to include presentation for 10.3.1
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 18, 2023
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations
10.3.1 Safety Message for Shared Road Spaces
11. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
12. REPORTS
12.1 STAFF
12.1.1 Summer Sunday Road Closures [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to draft amendments to S-300, the Streets By-law, to provide a clear process for requests for summer Sunday road closures on municipally owned roads, as outlined in the staff report dated August 8, 2023.
12.1.2 Halifax Transit 2022/23 Q4 KPI Report [PDF]
12.2 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
12.2.1 Windsor Street Exchange Redesign [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a staff report on the Windsor Street Exchange redesign to include:
a. Separated and wide sidewalks;
b. Separated and protected bicycle lanes;
c. Dedicated transit-only lanes for people using public transit;
d. Protected intersections that are safe for all vulnerable road users; and
e. Design for 40 KPH traffic speeds
12.2.2 Active School Travel [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a staff report on HRM developing and adopting an Active School Travel (AST) policy and plan, including considerations of partnering with other stakeholder agencies and allocating funding for necessary education and infrastructure.
12.3 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE
12.3.1 Councillor Cuttell [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee direct the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to provide a staff report to review HRM's Rural Transit Program to assess existing regional services, identifying gaps in regional service, conduct a rural/regional transit service need analysis, and identify and recommend potential rural transit models and opportunities, including aligning with the JRTA and connecting into the Halifax Transit network. Potential models should include looking at rural and regional transit through an equity and sustainability lens, as well as how inter-community regional transit can support goals of sustainable regional growth and development, rural economic development, and community and individual well-being.
13. MOTIONS
14. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) - NONE
1. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: Property Matter
15. ADDED ITEMS
16. NOTICES OF MOTION
17. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – September 28, 2023
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated July 4, 2023 re: Request to Present to the Transportation Standing Committee [PDF]
2. Strategic Road Safety Plan – 2023 Annual Report [PDF]
3. Free Transit During Car Free Day [PDF]
4. Traffic Speed for School Zones – 30 kph [PDF]