Council Report: S 149/2020

Subject: Specialized Transit - City Wide

Reference:

Date to Council: November 25, 2020
Author: Patrick Delmore
Executive Director, Transit Windsor
pdelmore@citywindsor.ca
(519) 944-4141 ext. 2232
Transit Windsor
Report Date: October 26, 2020
Clerk’s File #: MT2020

To : Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

THAT the Environment, Transportation & Public Safety Standing Committee sitting as the Transit Windsor Board of Directors and City Council:

  1. DIRECT ADMINISTRATION to re-negotiate an agreement with Handi-Transit; and,

  2. THAT the Chair of the Transit Windsor Board of Directors and the Executive Director of Transit Windsor BE AUTHORIZED to sign a contract with Handi-Transit satisfactory in form to the City Solicitor, in financial content to the City Treasurer, and in technical content to the City Engineer; and,

  3. THAT Administration BE DIRECTED to conduct a service review every three (3) years.

Executive Summary:
N/A.

Background:

In 2005, the Accessibility for O ntarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA)” came into effect. The AODA requires Ontario to be fully accessible to persons with disabilities by 2025 through the introduction of a series of standards over time.

Part IV of O. Reg. 191/11: Integrated Accessibility Standards under Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, c. 11 addresses Transportation Standards for both Conventional and Specialized Transit Services.