7:00pm, May 25, 2011 CCC Meeting at Dalhousie Community Centre, 755 Somerset Street West, Room 33
Present: John Verbaas - Chair, Action Sandy Hill; Leslie Kirk - vice-chair, Old Ottawa East Community Association; Cam Robertson, Dow’s Lake Residents Association ; Jordan Charbonneau, Centretown Citizens Association
1. Administrative a. Meeting Secretary – Leslie volunteered b. Approval of April 28, 2011 minutes – minutes approved
2. Alta Vista Corridor: Report on meeting with David Chernushenko/Diane Holmes (Jordan/John) -meeting was about proposal to work together on removal of Phase 2 & 3 of AVTC from TMP -Jordan attended; lots of other community associations represented as well -David lead the meeting -David has not given up on stopping the funding in next year’s budget for Phase 1 (hospital link) -removing Phase 2 and 3 will require a lot of political work -Jordan did not see what the role of community associations would be in this initiative -any traffic engineers that would like to volunteer would be very welcomed to help with technical arguments -apparently David McGuinty is opposed to the AVTC -the meeting did not result in clear next steps -John followed-up with Pierre Sadik (David Chernushenko’s office); Pierre thinks that getting a committee together would be a good idea ACTION: John to follow up with David’s office to confirm that the Councillor’s office’s support and to confirm their involvement in organizing; learn about the technical requirement to remove planned roads from TMP (hoping for guidance from Diane Holmes’ office).
-CCC discussed/brainstormed some of the best arguments against AVTC (how can Queensway/Nicholas take extra volume; effect on access road to AVTC; quality of life for Lees apartments residents; induced traffic; demonstrating that “need” for this project is less clear than projected)
3. Mid-town (Glebe-OECA) canal pedestrian bridge update (Leslie) -first public open house to be held June 22, 2011 at St. Paul University
4. 417 Widening: Nicholas to the split (John) -notice of project commencement has been issued -apparently funding for this project is in 2012 Ontario budget -a City Finance and Environment Committee report mentioned that the acceleration of LRT depends on the widening -there will be a study examining how the widening will affect City infrastructure -John described the project and it is a major undertaking
5. Other business a. Purchase of more O-trains: Allan Mercier mentioned buying 6 more trains and extending O’train service to Riverside South, a report will be made, CCC preliminary thoughts are that this expansion are a positive but it is in no way a substitute for North-South light rail b. LRT acceleration: City is speeding up the project; plan is to have preliminary design in October 2011 (5 months earlier than original plan), stations open for public viewing in Spring 2017 and operational in 2018. -City to meet new targets by having a single contract for the design, build and maintenance -the prerequisites to move forward are: getting regulatory approval, developing staging and routing plan, finalizing agreements with federal and provincial governments & property acquisition (81 parcels of land to be transferred none of which are residential, 27 of the parcels worth more than $1M – City manager wants to get statutory authority to sign contract up to $2M to speed up this process) c. Next year’s CCC leadership/format -who will be chair, vice-chair for next year (there is a “guideline” that a Chair should not serve more than 2 consecutive terms -get more reps from member community associations to attend meeting - possibility of meeting every 2nd month
Next Meeting: Wednesday June 29, 2011 – 7pm (Dalhousie Community Ctr – Room 6)
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