Environment, Infrastructure & Transportation Policies Committee

That Councillor Stroud be appointed to the position of Chair.

That Councillor Neill be appointed to the position of Vice-Chair.

That the Committee waive Rule 11.6 of the Council Procedural By-Law 2010-1 to grant addition time to Delegation (c), Michael Robinson, to present to the Committee.

That the agenda be amended to include the addendum and, as amended, be approved.

That the minutes of Environmental, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee Meeting 03-2020 from October 13, 2020 be approved.

That the Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee recommend to Council: That the 2019 Household Travel Survey results presented in the Daily Travel Characteristics analytical report be endorsed for transportation planning purposes; and That anonymized results be made available to the City of Kingston’s open data platform for public use.

That the Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee recommend to Council: That Council receive the Implementing Quiet Streets in Response to COVID-19 in Kingston, Ontario report, submitted by Kingston Coalition for Active Transportation, dated November 2020 attached as Exhibit A to Report Number EITP-21-006.

That the Environment, Infrastructure & Transportation Policies Committee recommend to Council: That Council direct staff to include $525,000 in the Transportation and Public Works capital budget submission (2021) and increase the operating budget starting in 2022 by $10,000 on an annual basis, for the ongoing maintenance and monitoring of the turtle crossing mitigation strategy for Princess Street at Collins Creek; and That subject to the approval of the grant application the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to enter into an agreement with the Province of Ontario, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the Species at Risk Stewardship Program in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal Services.

That the Environmental, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee recommend to Council: That staff complete an update of the tree inventory in 2021 for trees in public spaces such as parks and road right-of-ways, within the City’s urban boundary; and That a multi-year forestry operating plan be developed to support the goals outlined in the Urban Forest Management Plan and the Council Priority to Double the Tree Canopy; and That staff present the multi-year forestry operating plan to Council by December 2021; and That beginning in Q4 2022, staff provide an annual status report on the multi-year forestry operating plan to the Environmental, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee.

That the meeting of the Environment, Infrastructure & Transportation Policies Committee adjourn at 10:21 p.m.