York Region Rapid Transit Corporation

 

 

Minutes of

Meeting of Board of Directors

on April 5, 2012

 

 

The Board of Directors of York Region Rapid Transit Corporation met at 12:50 p.m. in Committee Room A, Regional Administrative Centre, 17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, Ontario.

 

 

 

Directors present at this Meeting:

 

Regional Chair Fisch � Chair

Mayor Bevilacqua � Vice Chair

Mayor Barrow

Mayor Scarpitti

 

Also present:   

Regional Councillor Schulte

 

Staff:

D. Albers, H. Babcock-Cormier, M. Cheong, N. Chipun,   A. Craciun, D. Clark, S. Hollinger, J. Ingram, P. May, A. Moras, M-F. Turner, K. Webber and A. Witty

 

Regional Staff:

L. Bigioni, P. Casey, B. Crowe, B. Hughes, K. Llewellyn-Thomas, B. Macgregor and C. Raynor

 

 

Declaration of Interest

 

None

 

 

[The following link opens the Minutes page]

 

12-13  Approval of Minutes of the March 1, 2012 Board Meeting

 

It was moved by Mayor Barrow that the Board confirm the Minutes of the March 1, 2012 meeting of the Board of Directors of York Region Rapid Transit Corporation, which was Carried.

 

 

[The following link opens a .pdf file of the Report and Attachment]

 

12-14  Yonge Subway Extension Conceptual Design - Final Report

 

Paul May, Chief Engineer, and Steve Hollinger, Senior Project Manager, Subways, presented conceptual designs for each station on the Yonge Subway Extension. There was also discussion on the removal of the Royal Orchard subway station.

 

A report of the President, dated March 21, 2012, was presented recommending that:

 

1. The Board endorse the findings of the Yonge Subway Extension (YSE) Conceptual Design Final Report.

 

2. The Board receive the comments submitted on the Draft Final Report from the stakeholder municipalities and agencies including Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham staff.

 

3. The Board authorize staff to complete the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) for the train storage facility within the remaining funds in the approved Conceptual Design Study budget.

 

It was moved by Mayor Scarpitti that the foregoing recommendations be adopted, with Recommendation 3 amended to read as follows:

 

3. The Board authorize staff to complete the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) for the train storage facility from funds within the approved Conceptual Design Study budget.

 

 which was Carried.

 

 

12-15  The Board resolved into private session from 1:27 p.m. to 2:37 p.m.

           

 

There being no further business, the Board adjourned at 2:37 p.m.

 

 

 

           

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Regional Chair Bill Fisch, Chair  

 

 

 

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Janis Ingram, Secretary