Integrated Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Hybrid meeting- Virtual and Room 247 City Hall

1.
Members Present:

 

Pat Debly, Chair (BAAC), Lachlan Fraser, Naomi Campbell, Steve Shuta (BSAC), Michael Gioseffi, Tom Hayes, Jon Millman (Cycling), Irene MacDonald (joined at 7:38 a.m.)

2.
Member Regrets:

 

Andrea Grebenc, Sean Morrison (SDC)

3.
Others Present:

 

Dawn Jarvis (Manager of Transit Planning and Business Services), Tony Zhaung (Supervisor of Transit Planning and Service Design), Jim Young (Bfast), Councillor Stolte, Lisa Palermo (Clerk)

4.
Land Acknowledgement

 

The Chair read the Land Acknowledgement.

5.
Declarations of Interest:

 

None.

6.
Approval of Minutes:

 

7.
Delegation(s):

 

8.
Regular Items:

 

8.1
Transportation Planning and Active Transportation

 

a.
Submission regarding Bill 212 update

 

Transportation Planning staff collaborated with internal departments and advisory committees of council to prepare comment on Bill 212 – Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 – Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane (ERO Notice 019-9266). The consolidated comment package, dated Nov. 20, 2024 was forwarded to the Environmental Policy Office in Toronto for their consideration.  A copy of the submission was shared with Burlington council. Comments from ITAC and Cycling were appended to the staff submission.

b.
Downtown parking plan PIC update

 

Staff were not present to provide an update on the Downtown parking PIC. An update on the plan will be provided in the new year.

8.2
Traffic Signals and Operations

 

No update at this time.

8.3
Transit

 

a.
Fare Free study update

 

The fare free transit study staff report (TR-02-24) will be received by Committee of the Whole on Dec. 2, 2024. The report and study details are available through the city's online meeting calendar at www.burlington.ca/meetings

b.
Transit frequency network map

 

Dawn and Tony provided an update:

  • Burlington Transit (BT) staff are preparing a new network map identifying routes that are 15 minutes or less as well as routes with GO Transit connections. BT is encouraging riders to use the Trip Planner App to determine best routes and best connections for their ride.  BT attempts to align as much as possible with GO bus and GO trains schedules.

8.4
Work plan initiatives

 

The working group has launched the parent and guardian active transportation survey in the Halton public schools.  Surveys were sent to elementary school principals for distribution. Survey results and further discussion will take place at a future ITAC meeting.

9.
Advisory Committee Liaison Updates:

 

9.1
Sustainable Development Committee (SDC)

 

No update at this time.

9.2
Cycling Committee (Cycling)

 

No update at this time. In 2025, the Cycling Committee will be represented by Ellie Castonguay.

9.3
Seniors' Advisory Committee (BSAC)

 

BSAC members were advised about the Respect the Space program led by the Accessibility Advisory Committee.

9.4
Accessibility Advisory Committee (BAAC)

 

The Accessibility Advisory Committee has submitted 12 recommendations about the Downtown Parking Plan to the city's Accessibility Coordinator and Transportation Planning staff.

Pat, on behalf of BAAC, encouraged ITAC members to take Respect the Space brochures and place them under vehicle windshields when they notice individuals parking in an accessible parking space without an accessible permit.  This continues to be an issue across the city and the BAAC campaign attempts to inform individuals of the impact of parking in an accessible parking spot without a permit.

10.
Other Business:

 

10.1
Annual report, 2025 work plan and budget

 

Pat provided members with a draft 2024 annual report for their review and consideration. Upon review of the annual report, members passed the following motion:

MOTION: Accept the draft annual report with the opportunity to make clarifications to the content before submission in 2025.

Carried.

10.2
Chair comments

 

The Chair provided an outgoing message to the members.  Pat thanked members for their valued participation and personally acknowledged outgoing members and their contributions. 

11.
Adjournment:

 

Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:55 a.m.

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