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YORK REGION RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION

 

 

Minutes of

Meeting of Board of Directors

on June 14, 2012

 

 

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The Board of Directors of York Region Rapid Transit Corporation met at 10:05 a.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 Van Bynen

 

Also present:    

 

Regional Councillor Schulte

 

            Staff:

 

D. Albers, D. Clark, S. Hollinger, J. Ingram, P. May, A. Moras and M-F. Turner

 

Regional Staff:

 

L. Bigioni, J. Davidson, P. Casey, B. Hughes, J. Hulton,

K. Llewellyn-Thomas, B. Macgregor, C. Raynor and

A. Reid

 

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Declaration of Interest

 

None

 

 

12-19   Approval of Minutes of the May 3, 2012 Board Meeting

 

It was moved by Mayor Bevilacqua that the Board confirm the Minutes of the May 3, 2012 meeting of the Board of Directors of York Region Rapid Transit Corporation, which was Carried.

 

 

12-20   June 2012 Updates � Communications, BRT and Subway

 

Dale Albers, Chief Communications Officer. Paul May, Chief Engineer and Stephen Hollinger, Senior Project Manager, presented updates on communications plans and BRT and subway construction.

 

It was moved by Mayor Barrow that the foregoing presentations be received, which was Carried.

 

 

[The following links open .pdf files of the Communications]

 

12-21   Communication from Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Chair, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, dated April 27, 2012, regarding 'Naming of Steeles West Station'

 

It was moved by Mayor Bevilacqua that the foregoing communication be received and that the Board adopt the following:

 

WHEREAS:

 

The York Region Rapid Transit Corporation has received a Resolution of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority ("TRCA") passed April 27, 2012 that the TRCA request that the Toronto Transit Commission consider naming the station for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project on Steeles Avenue West as "Black Creek Pioneer Village (Steeles West)".

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

 

The York Region Rapid Transit Board endorse staff's recommendation that the above-mentioned station be named "Steeles West Station", being consistent with The Regional Municipality of York's station naming guideline that the name reflect the geographic location of the station.

 

which was Carried.

 

 

12-22  

Jesphine Mastrodicasa, President, Concord West Ratepayers Association, Gila Marrow, President, Beverley Glen Ratepayers Association and Pauline d'Urso, President, Glen Shields Ratepayers Association, dated May 8, 2012, regarding 'VivaNext Rapidway on Highway 7, Centre Street and Bathurst Street'

 

It was moved by Mayor Bevilacqua that the foregoing communication be received, which was Carried.

 

 

[The following links open .pdf files of the Reports, including Attachments]

 

12-23   Human Resources Policy: Policy No. 2012-1

 

A Report of the President, dated May 22, 2012, was presented recommending that:

 

1. York Region Rapid Transit Corporation adopts the human resources policy in the form or substantially in the form set out in Attachment 1.

 

It was moved by Mayor Van Bynen that the foregoing recommendation be adopted, which was Carried.

 

 

12-24   Naming of Viva BRT Station at Spadina Subway

 

A Report of the President, dated May 22, 2012, was presented recommending that:

 

1. The Board endorse "Vaughan Metropolitan Centre-Spadina Subway" as the name for the rapidway vivastation located at the intersection of Highway 7 and Millway Avenue in Vaughan.

 

It was moved by Mayor Bevilacqua that the foregoing recommendation be adopted, which was Carried.

 

 

12-25   The Board resolved into private session from 10:54 a.m. to 11:44 a.m.

           

There being no further business, the Board adjourned at 11:44 a.m.

 

 

 

           

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Regional Chair Bill Fisch, Chair    

 

 

 

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Janis Ingram, Secretary

 

 
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