PRESENT:

Councillor S. Keating, Chair

Councillor E. Woolley, Vice-Chair

Councillor R. Pootmans

Councillor G-C. Carra

Councillor A. Chabot

Councillor S. Chu

Councillor B. Pincott

*Councillor D. Farrell

ALSO PRESENT:

General Manager M. Logan

Legislative Assistant D. Williams

1.

CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA

CONFIRM AGENDA, Moved by Councillor Woolley, that the Agenda for the 2017 June 21 Regular Meeting of the SPC on Transportation and Transit be confirmed.

CARRIED

2.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

2.1

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SPC ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT, 2017 MAY 17

CONFIRM MINUTES, Moved by Councillor Pincott, that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the SPC on Transportation and Transit held on 2017 May 17, be confirmed.

CARRIED

3.

ITEMS FROM ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES

3.1

STATUS OF OUTSTANDING MOTIONS, TT2017-0561

APPROVE, Moved by Councillor Pootmans, that the Administration Recommendation contained in Report TT2017-0561 be approved, as follows:

That the SPC on Transportation and Transit receives this report for information.

CARRIED

3.2

CALGARY TRANSIT PARK AND RIDE REVIEW - UPDATE, TT2017-0547

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

*Councillor Farrell notified the Chair of a particular interest in all remaining items on the Agenda and was entitled to vote on the items.

SPEAKER

Larry Heather

APPROVE, Moved by Councillor Chabot, that the Administration Recommendations contained in Report TT2017-0547 be approved, as follows:

That the SPC on Transportation and Transit recommends that Council direct Administration to:

1.   Use the strategy outlined in Attachment 2 of this report to evaluate and set park and ride

      plans with future Transit Oriented Development (TOD) applications with the goal of

      accommodating approximately 15 percent of weekday peak period transit trips and

      enabling TOD opportunities.

2.   Maintain a single fee structure for all reserved parking customers and continue to

monitor monthly reserved parking demand at Park and Ride lots. Additional reserved

parking fees for out-of-town customers should be revisited when demand for reserved

parking is higher and considering the priorities of the Growth Management Board.

Opposed:  D. Farrell

CARRIED

3.3

GREEN LINE LRT ALIGNMENT AND STATIONS:160 AVENUE N TO SETON, TT2017-0534

CLERICAL CORRECTIONS

At the request of the Administration, clerical corrections were noted in Attachment 3, of Report TT2017-0534, by deleting all the incorrect street numbers on Pages 24 – 33, and by substituting the correct street numbers accordingly, and further, by deleting the current Station names and by substituting the following names on:

• Page 24 - to “28 Avenue N Station”;
• Page 26 - to “40 Avenue N Station”;
• Page 28 - to “McKnight Boulevard N Station”;
• Page 30 - to “McKnight Boulevard N Station”; and
• Page 32 - to “Beddington Boulevard N Station”.

DISTRIBUTIONS

At the request of the Administration and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of the following, with respect to Report TT2017-0534:

• a letter from BILD Calgary Region, BOMA Calgary and NAIOP Calgary, dated 2017 June 21;
• a letter from the Crescent Heights Community Association;
• a letter from Ramsay Community Association, dated 2017 June 19;
• a letter from Arriva Board of Directors and Owners, dated 2017 June 20;
• a package of documents, entitled “3.6 TT2016-0703, Distribution”;
• a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Green Line LRT: 160 Avenue N to Seton”;
• a coloured booklet entitled “Green Line Urban Integration”; and
• a coloured booklet entitled “TT2017-0534 Attachment 3”.

SPEAKERS

1.    Peter Oliver, Beltline Neighbourhoods Association

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Peter Oliver and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of the following, with respect to Report TT2017-0534:

• a letter dated 2017 June 21, from the Beltline Neighbourhoods Association; and
• a coloured map entitled “See you in 2018”.

2.    Larry Heather

3.    Roy Wright, Calgary Stampede

4.    Richard Morden, BOMA Calgary

5.    Beverly Jarvis, BILD Calgary

6.    Kyle Mitchell, Crescent Heights Resident

7.    Jennifer Black, Crescent Heights Community Association

8.    Ian Cameron, Wexford Developments

9.    David Routledge, Oxford Properties

10. Brett Jackson, Lewis Lofts

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Brett Jackson and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of the following, with respect to Report TT2017-0534:

• a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Lewis Lofts and Green Line LRT Project”, dated 2017 June; and
• a letter dated 2017 June 10.

11. Christopher Fietz

12. Jamie Cooper

13. Geoff Granville

RECESS

The SPC on Transportation and Transit recessed at 12:00 p.m. to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.

The SPC on Transportation and Transit reconvened at 1:05 p.m. with Councillor Keating in the Chair.

14.  Cheryl Braunwarth

15.  Jeff Binks

CHANGE TIME OF SCHEDULED RECESS, Moved by Councillor Carra, that pursuant to Section 91(3) of the Procedure Bylaw 44M2006, as amended, the scheduled time of recess be changed in order to complete Item 3.3, Report TT2017-0534.

CARRIED

Councillor Keating left the Chair at 3:26 p.m. and Councillor Woolley assumed the Chair.

APPROVE, Moved by Councillor Carra, that the Administration Recommendations contained in Report TT2017-0534 be approved, as follows:

That the SPC on Transportation and Transit recommends that Council:

1.   Approve the recommended alignment and station locations for the Green Line Light Rail

      Transit (LRT) long-term vision from 160 Avenue N to Seton as per Attachment 1 and        corrected Attachment 3;

2.   Approve the recommended Green Line Urban Integration (GLUI) for the full Green Line

      LRT from 160 Avenue N to Seton as per Attachment 2;

3.   Direct Administration to report back no later than Q1 2018 with a Stage 1: 16 Avenue N

      to 126 Avenue SE project update including a recommended contracting strategy and

      future staging approach; and

4.   Direct Administration to bring this report forward to the 2017 June 26 Regular Meeting of

      Council along with the associated reports from the SPC on Community and Protective

      Services (CPS2017-0469) and the SPC on Planning and Urban Development

(PUD2017-0471).

CARRIED

4.

URGENT BUSINESS

No item of Urgent Business was added to today’s Agenda.

5.

URGENT BUSINESS IN CAMERA

No item of Urgent Business, In Camera, was added to today’s Agenda.

6.

ADJOURNMENT

ADJOURN, Moved by Councillor Pincott, that this meeting adjourn at 3:32 p.m.

CARRIED

CONFIRMED BY COMMITTEE ON 2017 JULY 19

   Sgd. S. Keating                                                          Sgd. D. Williams

   CHAIR                                                                        LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT

GREEN LINE LRT ALIGNMENT AND STATIONS:160 AVENUE N TO SETON, TT2017-0534

CONSENT:

CALGARY TRANSIT PARK AND RIDE REVIEW - UPDATE, TT2017-0547

The next Regular Meeting of the SPC on Transportation and Transit has been scheduled to be held on 2017 July 04 at 9:30 AM.