ADOPT,
AS AMENDED, Moved by Councillor Keating, Seconded by Councillor Woolley, that
the SPC on Transportation and Transit Recommendations, except Recommendations
2 b) and 11, contained in Report TT2015-0811 be adopted, as amended, as
follows:
That Council direct
Administration to:
1. Proceed with
the Green Line project based on an initial phase that will include LRT;
2. Based on the
current anticipated funding of $4.59 billion and a long term financing approach,
plan on a phased approach which includes:
a) Downtown as an
initial phase; and
3. Complete the
north section functional planning study including the same elements as the Green
Line Southeast alignment and stations report, November 2015.
4. Complete the
central section (including the Downtown) functional planning study;
5. Prepare the
required business case for submission to the Government of Canada Public Transit
Fund for the Green Line LRT as per Attachment 1;
6. Prepare a
business case for the Government of Alberta on a collaborative and flexible approach
to matching funds;
7. Begin work
with Calgary Economic Development on global promotion of economic diversification
opportunities associated with the Green Line per the scope of work in Attachment
1;
8. Prepare a
recommendation for a procurement model;
9. Amalgamate all
Green Line project activity within a single team structured in anticipation
of funding approval for construction;
10. Prepare a
recommendation for a more streamlined reporting and decision making process
for Council to hear all Green Line related reports and potentially other
major projects to Council at their 2016 January 18 Strategic Meeting;
and
12. That Council
reconsider Recommendation 2 contained in the Land and Asset Strategy
Committee, Proposed Acquisition – (Auburn Bay) – Ward 12 (Cllr. Shane
Keating) File No: 18150 56 St SE (JS), LAS2015-29 and further, that
Recommendation 2, be amended, to report back no later than December 2016 as
part of the Green Line Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy report.
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