Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall-1841 Argyle Street
Minutes: April 27, 2017 Transportation Standing Committee Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 23, 2017
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
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations
10.3.1 Ben Wedge – Rethinking HRM’s parking "problem" with parking benefit districts
10.3.2 Jeff Blair, It’s More than Busses – Designing for Ridership: Integrating Wayfinding, Information, Maps and Signage into public spaces
11. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD
12. REPORTS
12.1 STAFF
12.1.1 Alternate Side of the Street Parking [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee recommends that Regional Council:
1. Direct the CAO to instruct staff to begin removal of overnight parking restrictions related to street cleaning activities in those areas where daytime parking is minimal and switch to daytime sweeping operation in those areas;
2. Direct the CAO to instruct staff to continue overnight sweeping operations in those areas where high-demand daytime parking exists using the new, quieter sweeper equipment to determine if operations would still impact residents as it pertains to noise; and,
3. Direct the CAO to instruct staff to continue to assess street sweeping routes on an on-going basis to identify any further areas that could be moved to daytime operations because of minimal daytime parking demands.
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council direct staff to:
1. Draft amendments to Administrative Order #39 so that; Licensing Decals are displayed inside the front passenger and back passenger areas of a vehicle for hire to identify the license number of a vehicle.
2. Create an Request For Proposal (RFP) toward an in-depth industry review and jurisdictional scan including recommendations not limited to the following:
• Incorporating new industry technologies, e.g., in taxi video / audio recording systems, GPS real-time tracking systems, smartphone applications; etc.
• License restrictions;
• Sensitivity and Safety Training;
• Passenger/Driver safety measures, e.g., in car shields, emergency alarm buttons and passenger trip logs;
• Standards of professional, moral and ethical conduct of license holders; and
Conditions that would result in an automatic suspension or revocation of a license
12.2 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE – NONE
12.3 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE
12.4 ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE
13. MOTIONS
14. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
14.1 Approval of In Camera Minutes – March 23, 2017
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee approve the In Camera Minutes of March 23, 2017 as presented.
15. ADDED ITEMS
16. NOTICES OF MOTION
17. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – May 25, 2017 – 1:00 p.m., Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax.
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS