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July 12, 2006

LRT gets the green light by a vote of 14-8

Terry Kilrea noted of the proceedings today:
"They were like students cramming for an exam with their line of last minute questioning. Now they're all hoping they did the right thing and that they graduate in November."

Here's how they voted on the $1Billion project :
Bob Monette — Yes
Jan Harder — Yes
Eli El-Chantiry — Yes
Janet Stavinga — Yes
Diane Deans — Yes
Georges Bedard — Yes
Diane Homles — Yes
Shawn Little — Yes
Maria McRae — Yes
Clive Doucet — Yes
Peter Hume — Yes
Rob Jellett — Yes
Doug Thompson — Yes
Bob Chiarelli — Yes

Ranier Bloess — No
Jacques Legendre — No
Peggy Feltmate — No
Alex Cullen — No
Rick Chiarelli — No
Michel Belmare — No
Glenn Brooks — No
Gord Hunter — No


The amendments which passed:
- exclude Lester Station
- include South Keys station
- bring station designs back to Transportation Committee and Council for approval.
- preclude eastward extensions into Sandy Hill, beyond Cumberland
- refer the question of extension to Hurdman back to Transportation Committee
- build the west Transitway Pinecrest to Bayshore.
- negotiate parking lot sharing at Barrhaven Town Centre
- the contract will be placed on the public record
- the contract will be open to revision by mutual agreement
- community working groups to be set up in affected wards (Somerset, Hintonburg, etc.)

Up for public process:
- the addendum EA for the U of O
- the heritage district consultations for the U of O
- the Hurdman question at Transportation Committee
- Public consultation on the O-Train replacement transit service
- review of the issues of the maintenance yard selection with community and interest groups
- the Interprovincial Transit Study
- The East West LRT EA report
- public review of the other two bidders' designs
- station designs at Transportation Committee
- Quarterly project report (in October)