WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:07.360 Thank you for listening to Depictions Media Radio. 2 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.559 Welcome to Policy and Rights Show. 3 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:27.679 Welcome Government Policy, Human Joy. 4 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:59.479 This is Policy Rights, the show about government policy and 5 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:03.320 issue rights. I'm Kelly Reeburn or DJ Ray if you 6 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:05.719 want to refer to me as my host of Gums 7 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.640 and Maples. Today, I'm going to talk to you about 8 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:15.319 the options, my own opinions of why public transit is 9 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.879 better as you me or me know. On my last episode, 10 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.040 I talked about the clip of RFK Junior's report and 11 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:27.280 the autism in Australia. Thanks to Michael's rearranging on the 12 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:34.879 Community Living podcasts and his sharing sharing of my clip 13 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:38.480 to Poulising Rights Podcasts, and of course you can share 14 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:41.799 and like the podcast and to subscribe to this podcast 15 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:44.719 and more of some of the features that I'm working 16 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:50.120 on and Michael's working on towards the pictures media Radio 17 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:55.280 and anyways, on this edition of Paulsying Rights, I'm going 18 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.840 to be talking about the focus and the differences between 19 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:04.519 Adelaide's Metro Transit and the Greater Vancouver's Translink. For an example, 20 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:11.439 before I put in the two clips of both Adelaide 21 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.039 Metro's meeting, I'm not sure they have an actual meeting 22 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:20.759 or not in particular. And the translinks, I mean, they're 23 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:27.520 one of their translink meetings happened earlier around the year, 24 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.039 so I'm going to go on to that now. I mean, 25 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.680 here are some facts about the Adelaide metro transit system. 26 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.400 Adelaide has a frequent bus services going to in and 27 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:44.680 out of the city. They have about seven lines from 28 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.919 the city and of course the longest line is about 29 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:52.280 forty two kilometers from the city heading north. A major 30 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:58.159 component of the Adelaide metro bus services is the Ogubon 31 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:02.639 Guided Busway, which which carries out from Adelaide to Maudbury. 32 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:06.120 It's a suburb of Welbury, carry around nine million passengers 33 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:10.080 a year. From its opening date in nineteen eighty six 34 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:15.800 to about to twenty eleven, this was the longest bus 35 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.719 railway services that links from twelve kilometers. It remains the 36 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:25.599 world's fastest busway with a maximum permitted speed of ninety 37 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:31.840 kilumnars per hour. Their buses carries about three operating companies, 38 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:39.879 Torrents Transit Busways and Keiloi Downer which is known as SouthLink. 39 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:46.000 And finally, they do have a streetcar line going from 40 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.479 Adelaide to the shores of Glennelle, running every ten minutes 41 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.759 during the daytime and twenty minutes on evenings for Metro 42 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:58.960 Vancouver Translink not including of course, not including major roads 43 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:03.560 and bus in the Metro Vancouver has two operating companies, 44 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.800 coost Mountain Bus Company and the municipality of West Vancouver 45 00:04:08.039 --> 00:04:12.719 that also has a Sea Bus, Skytrain and West Coast Express. 46 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:17.079 I for myself as a writer, I've been writing on 47 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:24.079 public transit services for both sides of Vancouver and in Adelaide. 48 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:30.879 Now here's the difference between the two. Translink is funded 49 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:34.959 by the local government, city governments in Metro Vancouver and 50 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:40.680 the provincial government, whereas Adelaide Metro is funded by Adelaide 51 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:45.399 and the South Australian government. Translinke Metro buses in Metro 52 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:51.560 Vancouver are equipped with machine ramp for disabled wheelchair passengers, 53 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:56.680 whereas Metro Adelaide Adelaide Metro drivers have to get off 54 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:01.199 the cab the driver's cab to lift the handle and 55 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:06.040 unfold the ramp for wheelchair passengers. If you live in 56 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:09.920 the suburbs, some of the buses will do operate every 57 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:15.920 thirty minutes on weekends. In Metro Vancouver, whereas Adelaide will 58 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.279 run every sixty minutes on weekends. Adelaide Metro buses do 59 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.639 not carry bike racks on front of the buses, whereas 60 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:29.439 Translink buses will have bike racks in front of the buses. 61 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.680 As for the train services, if you were to ride 62 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:38.680 on Adelaide Metro to the suburbans on weekends, mostly they 63 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:42.360 will operate from every thirty to sixty minutes, depending on 64 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:47.360 your destination. If you're going from Adelaide to the northern 65 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:51.439 part of the suburban of Gower, it will be every 66 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.959 thirty minutes, heading back thirty minutes and heading back to 67 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.639 the city. It can be either the local stops or 68 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.920 the express bus. If you're saying you're going to stop 69 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:07.959 closer the city from that area, say Killbourn, it would 70 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:14.120 leave about every sixty minutes on weekends. Unless you're living 71 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.439 to the southern part of the city, whereas my mother 72 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:20.639 and I are living at most of the trains will 73 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:24.040 be leading We'll be leaving every thirty minutes with an 74 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.120 express service to Adelaide. Because there's a second line that 75 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:34.720 goes towards Flinders on the same line, splitting the line 76 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:39.560 into rain in the middle of the section of the line. 77 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:43.040 Another thing to note on Michael's going to be listening 78 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:47.160 to it, or if anybody's listening to podcast is in 79 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:51.519 the Metro Vancouver area where if you were to take 80 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:55.279 a bus from the southern part of Metro Vancouver, say 81 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:58.480 for example, you're leaving from white Rock to Langley, and 82 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.519 you would can't take the bus five point thirty one 83 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:06.759 to take from the metro city of white Rock over 84 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:09.160 to the city of Langling and it will take you 85 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:15.639 about forty minutes down there. Adelaide is completely different. Let 86 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:20.000 me tell you that. Anyways, in Adelaide, if you wanted to, say, 87 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.800 for example, want to leave from Scheidale Park or Helicove 88 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:31.920 Beach going towards Mount Barker area, chances are you're going 89 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:40.680 to take a train over to the city first and 90 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:46.399 then take another bus that goes connected to Mount Barker, 91 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:51.000 And of course the distance will be for that time 92 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:57.319 on weekends will be about close to about two hours, 93 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:00.839 whereas by car, if you weren't going to towards the city, 94 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:04.720 it would be about forty five minutes. That's that's a 95 00:08:04.959 --> 00:08:09.720 that's not not right, because I'm I'm of course I 96 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:15.079 am a transit passengerurnal I do want to do some 97 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:19.199 things for Mount Barker and especially if I wanted to 98 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:28.360 do this this proadcast to another radio UH community partners 99 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:34.240 with with with Mount Barker area. If I wanted to 100 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:39.080 do some some stuff, and I mean, I'd probably not 101 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.000 be the only one who's going to be doing this, because 102 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:46.720 I've probably mentioned from other people that they do live 103 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.919 in the suburban areas that they don't want to have 104 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.759 a bus that goes right towards the city linking another 105 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:58.360 bus to Mount Barker. So so there you go. Some 106 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:03.039 suggestions I did mention. One suggestion is to have a 107 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.679 rapid bus leave from the train service from Seaford and 108 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:15.360 leave from the Seaford area going towards Port Adelaide via 109 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:19.000 Commercial Yes there is a commercial Dyson Road Lonsdale. Yes 110 00:09:19.039 --> 00:09:21.799 there is a Linsdale, but it's not the key like 111 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:27.279 in North Vancouver Brighton Road stopping areas in Glen can 112 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.639 you change airport and to the station to port station 113 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:34.879 in Port Adelaide without entering the city of Adelaide for 114 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:39.440 that matter, Or again, another bus leaving from Seaford to 115 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:44.600 Mount Barker going through not going through the city. There 116 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:48.279 are six inner regions in Metro Adelaide in of course 117 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:52.759 it's the Outer South, North, South, East, West, Outer North, 118 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:57.120 Outer Northwest and the Hills. Not one bus will leave 119 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:02.799 from Outer South and going across the hills for bus 120 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:08.559 leaving to the Hills, going from the Hills to Outer North. 121 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.080 And don't get me started with the regional buses. If 122 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.679 I were wanting to go see my grandaunt who lives 123 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.960 in murray Bridge, again, I would have to do the 124 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:23.159 usual train or bus to the city, take another bus 125 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.519 going to Mount Barker, and then one of the regional 126 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:30.000 buses that'll go to murray Bridge. Keep in mind on 127 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.879 weekends the only about operate about three trips per day 128 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:42.039 on Saturdays and two trips on Sundays. Very difficult. And 129 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.279 I love my grandaunt so much. I think she's about 130 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:50.080 ninety six or ninety seventy years old now and she's 131 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.320 part of my life, part of my mom's life as well. 132 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:59.879 So there you go. I didn't get started on the 133 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.679 angel buses. I did mention about that. Of course, those 134 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:09.200 are the two different on both Adelaide and Vancouver. So 135 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.279 now I'm going to give you two clips of the. 136 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:14.360 Stuff. 137 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:17.399 One clip is on City of Adelaide. It's the clips 138 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:21.320 about an hour and twenty eight minutes on April twenty second. 139 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.039 I don't know if they're going to mention about public 140 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:24.279 transit service, but they might. 141 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.080 You never know. 142 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.799 In Adelaide the volume is a bit softer, so I 143 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:33.960 managed to increase the volume up on Audacity and then 144 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.399 the next clip will be, of of course, the Translate 145 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.840 Zoom meeting that happened on March twenty sixth. That estimated 146 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:43.919 times about one hour and forty minutes. So two clips 147 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.840 hopefully on transit issues. Now we'll talk to you again soon. 148 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:49.080 If you want to email me, you can email me 149 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:54.159 guns and Guns and Equals. That's g U M. 150 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.840 S A and D M A. 151 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:04.279 P l Es at gmail dot com. Or if you 152 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:08.960 want to contact Makeall for any other Depictions Media stuff, 153 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:13.799 you can go to his email address at Michael at 154 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:18.759 Depictionsmedia dot com. Look for in See you next time 155 00:12:19.320 --> 00:12:20.480 on policy rates. 156 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:31.399 Enjoy City of Adelaide Council meeting on Tuesday twenty second, 157 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.480 April twenty twenty five. The Lord Mayor is in the chair. 158 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:39.759 This council meeting will be streamed live and recorded for 159 00:12:39.840 --> 00:12:43.960 publishing to the Internet. Please note that an audio and 160 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:48.279 visual recording is being taken of this meeting. This means 161 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:51.840 that your presence at and any contribution you make to 162 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:57.279 the meeting may be collected, used, disclosed or published publicly 163 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:01.960 by the Council, including transfer outside Australia. 164 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:07.279 Good Evening Council acknowledges that we're meeting on the traditional 165 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.679 country of the Gharana people of the Adelaide Plains and 166 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.720 pays respects to elders past and present. We recognize and 167 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.879 respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. 168 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.679 We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the 169 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.240 Ghana people living today, and we also extend that respect 170 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:27.679 to the other Aboriginal language groups and other First Nations 171 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:31.440 people who may be with us this evening. The Council 172 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:34.240 acknowledges the vision of Colonel William Light in determining the 173 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:36.879 site for Adelaide and the design of the city with 174 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:40.759 its six squares and surrounding built of continuous park lands, 175 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:43.720 which is recognized on the National Heritage List as one 176 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.879 of the greatest examples of Australia's planning heritage. We pray 177 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.080 for wisdom courage, empathy and understanding and guidance in the 178 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:55.120 decisions that we make while seeking and respecting the opinions 179 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:59.960 of others. Maybe in this meeting, speak honestly, listen, attentively, 180 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:03.240 think clearly, and decide wisely for the good governance of 181 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:05.320 the city of Adelaide and the well being of those 182 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:09.759 we serve. I now ask all present to stand in 183 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:11.960 silence in memory of those who gave their lives in 184 00:14:12.039 --> 00:14:15.480 defense of their country at sea, on land, and in 185 00:14:15.559 --> 00:15:02.279 the air. So we had two apologies this evening, one 186 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:07.159 from Councilor Chorus and one from Councilor Abrahim Zaday. In 187 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:10.679 terms of the confirmation of minutes, because there were several 188 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:14.639 meetings conducted on the eighth of the fourth, the fourteenth 189 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:18.039 of the fourth, and the fifteenth of the fourth, there 190 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.240 are actually I think five minutes. 191 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.000 Counselor I was just wondering if we could send the 192 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:30.039 security ad home, given we probably don't need security support. 193 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:31.919 I saw them waiting in the center. Unless there's a 194 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.279 I'm not in joy. 195 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:36.879 For all of them. 196 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:39.000 I just I don't think we need to spend the 197 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.240 right payers money for a mob that's not going to 198 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:41.799 turn up. 199 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.960 Gold to ask if someone will be good enough to 200 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:52.240 move the all the minutes moved by by Counselor Martin, 201 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:55.879 seconded by Counselor Snape, all those in favor, all those against. 202 00:15:55.879 --> 00:16:00.679 That's carriage unanimously, thank you members. Presumably they will be 203 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:05.320 handled in a way yep. Does anyone have a declaration 204 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:10.960 of conflict of interest? No, I'll move on. We have 205 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.600 no deputations, we have no petitions. Then we'll move to 206 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:21.080 item eleven, which is the Ordit and Risk moved by 207 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:25.600 Counselor Martin, seconded by Councilor Snape. Is there in debate on. 208 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.120 I did just have a question in relation to this, 209 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.159 Lord Mars and having a look at the strategic Risk 210 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:35.159 Register that we're presented with, I noted that there's no 211 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:39.480 indication as to what the residual risk is after treatment. 212 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.720 So I may have read that incorrectly, but I was 213 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:46.360 just wondering whether that's intentionally blank, or whether that's a 214 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.120 piece of work it's about to be done. 215 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.279 My understanding was this was a draft format because the 216 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:54.960 Ordit and Risk Committee had complained about the way we 217 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:59.759 presented the risk, and they complained and suggested an amendment 218 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.960 to the format, and the way it was laid out. 219 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:07.039 So this meeting was just looking at the new format 220 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:10.039 without all the data populating the area. 221 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:16.559 Is that that's correct, Lord me, and so Lord Mayor 222 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:20.480 through you, when were the fully completed strategic riskerread just 223 00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.960 to be a viable for members. 224 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.359 I'll have to pass on that request. 225 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:26.920 Miss spartelis in terms of timing. 226 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:35.480 Through the presiding member, the intent is to take that 227 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:42.319 new format, engage with each of the risk owners and 228 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.480 to I guess, assess the effectiveness of those controls, to 229 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:50.599 look at that residual risk with a view to presenting 230 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:57.480 that to Sharia. I can commit to do that probably 231 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:01.759 in the next two meetings I believe, which is probably 232 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:05.319 a Dune Shurier meeting, and then we'll bring to audit 233 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:06.920 Risk Committee and then Council after that. 234 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:13.000 My understanding was the ARK said they liked the presentation 235 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:17.079 and requested the administration to populate it in the months ahead. 236 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:20.160 So councilor Davis, did I see your hand rise? 237 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.400 Yes? 238 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.759 With this goes a report has actually been tabled and 239 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:30.519 adopted by Council. Because I don't recall it coming to 240 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.400 this chamber. 241 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:34.680 I didn't quite hear the. 242 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:37.039 Question with this goes a report. 243 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:42.240 We saw a cut down, slided up version. But has 244 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.480 the full report of this of Ascosa been presented to 245 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:50.480 council and adopted with its recommendations adopted in full or 246 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.960 not through. 247 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.039 The presiding member? 248 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:57.559 My understanding is the draft of the business plan of 249 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:02.720 budget presented for consultation at committee this evening. Yeah, meet 250 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.119 the requirements of the Escosa review. 251 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:07.200 Yeah. So it's quite frustrating, CEO. 252 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.279 When I ask a question, I'm really asking for the 253 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:14.440 answer to that question. I'm asking has the Escosa report 254 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:18.920 in full been presented to this council? Have we acknowledged 255 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.400 that report and accepted its recommendations? 256 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:25.359 That'll happen at the special Council meeting on the twenty 257 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:26.400 ninth a day Priak. 258 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.920 Counselor, okay, so that's when we will be accepting the 259 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.920 Escosa report. 260 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:35.720 Questions or points to be made? Can I put that 261 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:37.680 to the voter? Do you launch a sum up counselor 262 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:43.720 all those in favor, all those against. That's carried. Thank you, members. 263 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:54.119 We will now move on to Item twelve and Counselor Martin, 264 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:57.839 I think you chaired this meeting. Are you happy to 265 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:59.720 take this on block? Or do you. 266 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.440 Wish I'm happy to take it on block load and do. 267 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:07.720 I have a second counselor Giles, do you wish to 268 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.799 comment on this? If not, or do you wish to 269 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:15.240 sum up? Sorry? 270 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.839 Sorry, just I didn't realize we're moving through it so rapidly. 271 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:20.960 Just did want to speak in relationships. 272 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.519 A bit naughty, I did. We've closed the debate. I'm sorry. 273 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:25.440 I just want to ask question of relation to the 274 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:28.599 Integrated Transport strategy, so i'd know that there were comments 275 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:30.440 made at the committee meeting last week. 276 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.440 There was an undertaking. 277 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:35.039 I'm making some amendments to the Integrated Transport strategy. I 278 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:36.119 can see that they haven't been. 279 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.160 Can we just. 280 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:46.839 We've given undertakings to make some amendments pride of moving 281 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.680 out the constution. 282 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:50.599 Okay, so that's why they're not in there yet. They 283 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.799 will be there before they go out. 284 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:55.880 Yeah, thank you all those council I'd like to speak 285 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.160 to it. 286 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:59.160 Well, we have closed the debate. If you have one 287 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.720 quick question we will take it. 288 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.119 But now let's speak to the motion. 289 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:09.599 I'm sorry, we've closed the debate. All those against that's 290 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:12.640 carrit Thank you members. I'm sorry I was going rather 291 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:19.440 fast thirteen. Item thirteen that's councilor Sement trips, City Finance 292 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:23.759 and Governance Committee. Do you wish to move it on block? 293 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:27.799 And I'm happy to move it on block, I'm expecting. 294 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:30.359 Do you wish to second it on block or do 295 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.400 you wish to look? 296 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:35.200 I have an amendment to seven point five, Lord Mira, 297 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:38.920 and I wonder if we might treat all of the 298 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:43.519 item as two items, that is all but seven point 299 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.279 five and seven point five separately. 300 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.319 Okay, So councilor Sement trip moving two, three and four, 301 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:53.240 that's sorry, recommendation one, two and three, could that be 302 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:56.559 seconded by counselor snape any debate on those three? All 303 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.279 those in favor. 304 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:59.240 I just do you want to speak to it briefly, 305 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.559 Lord mayor? 306 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.400 Around I didn't imagine sum up. 307 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:05.440 Just around the budget process. 308 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:08.680 So I think it's worth noting that we're obviously we 309 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.519 in a week's time we have the budget that will 310 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:13.519 be presented before us, and really recapping that we've been 311 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:16.720 through quite extensive process. Now, we started in December last year, 312 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:19.079 and by my itally we've had at least ten meetings, 313 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:22.240 including a number of special meetings across the course. There 314 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:25.839 We've looked at capital and strategic projects, operating costs. We've 315 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:29.079 seen the draft budgets for Ada Akma Catatilla. 316 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.720 We've had a rate review tonight. We've looked at the 317 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.599 scoes of finding. 318 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:35.359 So this has been through nearly what are we looking 319 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:40.640 now nearly five months worth of. 320 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.880 What is your point of order? 321 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:44.119 The point of order is going through the history of 322 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.400 It doesn't relate to the fees and charges, which is 323 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:49.240 the motion for the Council. If I was trying to 324 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:50.759 go on something like this, i'd been shut down and 325 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:53.200 kicked out. I think that that's the same rule be 326 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:55.279 applied to Council seven trip Counselor Davis. 327 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.440 You'll find that we're taking. 328 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:03.319 A rule against you, Counselor Davis, because this is emotion 329 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.160 about the business plan and budget, which is the whole thing. 330 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.880 So I think Council Sebentritt, who's the chair of the committee, 331 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.880 is actually on track. 332 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:15.519 I'm speaking specifically, Lord, they're just clarify for everyone's benefit. 333 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:19.079 I'm speaking sparticularly in relation and Recommendation number two, which 334 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:23.400 I believe does relate to endorses the finalist of strategic projects, 335 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:26.839 capital projects, et cetera. So I'm just talking to the 336 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:29.839 process that we've been through, noting that it's been very 337 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.880 thorough and rigorous, and we're looking forward to receiving the 338 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.720 budget before us in a week's time. 339 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.799 Thank you, Lord Mayor. 340 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:43.799 That is summing up, And unless there's any dissident view, 341 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:49.200 we'll put all those in favor all those against. That's 342 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.759 carrit So we'll now go to seven point five. 343 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:57.640 And yes, thank you Lord Miron. I do yes, I 344 00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:01.319 have an amendment to seven point five and I wish 345 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:04.480 to replace two. And I will read it slowly, and 346 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:08.960 I do apologize for not circulating it to the administration. 347 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.319 Oh you've got I think we have it here. This 348 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:20.480 must have counselor. I think it must have somehow miraculously 349 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.519 gone onto the screen without you knowing about it. 350 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:25.400 Well, no, I was going to table previously, so that's 351 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:30.759 probably why. So there's a new two and it requests 352 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:35.079 administration arrange social media training for council members with Wollman's 353 00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:39.640 lawyers prior to June thirtieth, twenty twenty five, to be 354 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:43.160 funded from the remaining twenty four to twenty five council 355 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:47.839 member Training Development budget. And I would like a second 356 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:55.039 Counselor Snape, thank you, Lord may Look, I have amended this. 357 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:00.920 It is an important subject and look, I want to 358 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:05.599 be the first to acknowledge that social media is an 359 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:09.920 invaluable tool for elected members in order to convey the 360 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:15.359 decisions of council and to participate in community discussions generally. 361 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:20.599 But Lord Mayor, and I'm speaking generally about local government 362 00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:23.440 in South Australia in my comments here. But Lord Mayor, 363 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:27.359 some terrible misinformation appears in social media from time to time. 364 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:32.119 Some of it is well, it's misinformation and it has 365 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:36.759 the potential to destroy confidence in point of topic institutions 366 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.039 like local government. 367 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:41.200 At BOD Counselor, I think we have a point of order. 368 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:45.519 How is waxing lyrical about misinformation appearing on social media 369 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.599 going to help with a council elected member scheduling to 370 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:53.480 receive training in thirty journe It's either we get the 371 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:57.759 training or we don't. 372 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.319 Yeah, so that's what it is. So why don't we 373 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:09.200 just move the motion? Move on? Where's councilors are. 374 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:14.519 Going to wax lyrical about it around on your Instagram? 375 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:16.799 If the councilor wishes to speak on his motion, I 376 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:18.240 think it's fair he does so well. 377 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:22.359 I just think it's disrespectful criticizing your instagrams. 378 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:27.640 Don't argue, Counselor I have I have actually asked you 379 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:30.319 to accept that I have not accepted your point of order. 380 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.039 I go back to Counselor Martin, who has the call, 381 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:35.559 has the flaw and is speaking to his motion. 382 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:40.640 Lord Miir, I'm let me make clear I'm not criticizing 383 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:45.160 your Instagram account or any of your posts. So thoroughly 384 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.240 enjoyed them, some of the more than others, Lord me, 385 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:51.519 some of the more than others. However, misinformation on social 386 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:55.720 media is a glaring problem, and I think it's important 387 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:59.359 for the elected members of this Council, for all of 388 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:04.440 us to understand what are our obligations and our responsibilities 389 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:08.240 to the community and to the Council. And the best 390 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:11.359 way to do that is to invite Warman lawyers to 391 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:14.759 conduct a session that will point out to us the 392 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:18.839 pitfalls and ways in which we can make social media 393 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:22.240 a positive tool for the City of Adelaide and for 394 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:26.440 local government in South Australia. It's just a training session. 395 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.680 I don't expect it to solve problems World Peace. 396 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:32.359 Lord Mayor but I do. 397 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:34.519 Think it will go someway to helping all of us 398 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.640 better engage with social media. 399 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:41.839 Could I just ask one question about Warmer's lawyers. Do 400 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:45.319 we normally identify the provider? I'm not quite sure how 401 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.200 we came upon Woman's. 402 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:54.359 We have identified Woman's based on a specific offering the 403 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:58.720 providing through the Local Government Association for this particular module 404 00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.119 a trade. 405 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:04.039 So just to recoup that this was a recommendation in 406 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:08.240 the previous advice to council a couple of months ago. 407 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:16.960 Thank you, sorry, I'm. 408 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.880 Going to move against the entirety of the motion, largely 409 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.720 because of the schedule aligns with four of our councilors 410 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:21.640 not being a member of the council. So it doesn't 411 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.559 it make a lot more sense to wait until our 412 00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:27.720 new comrades join us, rather than embarking on a training 413 00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:31.359 exercise without them. My suggestion would be that we amend 414 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:35.000 this schedule until after they elected and appointed as elected members. 415 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:38.759 So could I just from the chair ask the CEO 416 00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:42.640 if the decision about this is because there's remaining funding 417 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:48.319 in the budget. That is the case, Lord me, Thank you. 418 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:51.039 Would anybody else like to have a question? 419 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.680 A question? 420 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:56.440 Look councilor Davis, you want another question. 421 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:58.359 Why can't we just roll the budget, like roll any 422 00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:01.200 remaining training budget which is unspent in this year to 423 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:03.559 the next year with how many people would die as 424 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:06.480 a result of waiting until our counselors come back so 425 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:09.640 that they can participate in this training or and secondly, 426 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:14.640 what is a mad rush to have strategic sustainable debt understanding? 427 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:17.880 It's a question as a question, why we have a 428 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:19.920 mad rush? Why don't we wait until the. 429 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:27.559 New elective members join us? 430 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:31.680 Yes, thank you, lord, mayor look. 431 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:34.599 This, Sorry, there's a point of order. Point of order. 432 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.519 I have two questions. 433 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:41.839 One well, Lord, point of order requires the person point 434 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:45.079 of order point the local government's. 435 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:48.240 Counsel martin counselor Martin run the chair or the chair 436 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:51.279 runs a chair. My point of order is that I 437 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.519 had two questions and they won't answered. The first question 438 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:55.279 was why can't we roll over the budget to the 439 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:57.839 next year? And secondly, why can't we delay this training 440 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.720 to a more suitable time? 441 00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:01.319 I understood the question was this anyone going to die? 442 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:04.440 And I thought that was facetious. But if anyone can 443 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.039 answer this question, please help me. 444 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:10.480 In terms of the question regarding the roleover of the 445 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:14.640 training budget from the current financial year to the following. 446 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:21.519 We have a general financial principle supported by the Council 447 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:28.920 that we don't carry forward operational funds. 448 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.119 Yes, thank you, Lord may And look, the answer is 449 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:37.599 it is imperative we have this training before someone dies 450 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:43.480 of laughter or alternatively anxiety because of the social media posts. 451 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:45.440 That we all desperately. 452 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:48.680 Need to understand how to actually make and present in 453 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.400 local government in South Australia. 454 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:52.200 This is a small step. 455 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:54.519 The City of Adelaide I Hope is one of the 456 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:57.839 first councils to undertake this sort of media training and 457 00:30:58.359 --> 00:31:01.240 I do believe that all of it would be grateful 458 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:04.440 to the administration for arranging it as quickly as possible. 459 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:13.920 Thank you. The division has been called. 460 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:17.240 Members, The division has been called in relation to the 461 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.559 motion before you please stand in favor of the motion 462 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.799 until your name has been called. 463 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:24.559 Counselor Martin, councilor Snape, councilor Giles and Councilor of Steventry. 464 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.319 Thank you. 465 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.240 Move to fourteen point one, which is the appointment of 466 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:35.640 a counselor to the position of the Deputy Lord Mayor 467 00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:38.759 for the period twenty three April until the first meeting 468 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:43.319 attended by the newly sworn in Central Ward Councilors. Do 469 00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.559 I have any nominations? 470 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.839 Counselor sn I nominate counsel Martin. 471 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:52.599 Counselor Martin. Are you prepared to accept it? Thank you 472 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.720 very much. Any other nominations. 473 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:57.599 I'd like to scare a general conflict of interest and 474 00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.839 I'll leave the chamber. 475 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:05.920 Glarification. Could you actually tell me what is the type 476 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:07.839 of this conflict? 477 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.359 Given the public nature, I don't believe that a reasonable 478 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:15.480 person would consider that I would operate as a fair 479 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:17.759 minded individual in relation to voting for this item. 480 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:19.119 So I'll vacate the chamber. I thank you. 481 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:22.279 He doesn't have to, but if you go, we'll lose 482 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:24.200 the quorum. So I believe you don't have to leave, 483 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:30.759 and you haven't identified the cause of your conflict. It's 484 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:35.079 important that a member recognizes the rules require the member's 485 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:38.079 interest in the matter whether or not the member proposes 486 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:40.480 to stay. When we know who doesn't and what the 487 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.240 details were. We haven't been given that information, so I'm 488 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:56.960 not sure if that counts as a behavioral standard. Yeah, 489 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:08.240 I think we're unable to take a vote on that. 490 00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:11.440 I think we have a nomination, but we can't vote 491 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:14.000 because the councilor Martin will have to leave the room 492 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:23.720 and then we will be in quorate. So I'm going 493 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:26.720 to have to adjourn the meeting because the quorum collapses. 494 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:35.559 I'm sorry. So we're going to seek an adjournment of 495 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:39.279 that item, and you could vote for a German I suppose, 496 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:46.519 but all those in favor of adjournment, I'm sorry. Five minutes. Yes, 497 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:49.480 we could wait for five minutes, but I don't. Can 498 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:51.640 I just take advice. I don't believe he's going to 499 00:33:51.640 --> 00:34:02.599 come back. I'm sorry for the gallery. We're just trying 500 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:28.639 to work out the location of our council. So fourteen 501 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:33.800 point two. This was dependent I think on the Deputy 502 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:40.440 Lord Mayor's position. Oh sorry, this is a proxy. I apologize. 503 00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:43.400 So is anyone prepared to be the proxy council member 504 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:46.239 for the ordered to risk? It has no remuneration. 505 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:50.239 Councilor Giles, I'd like to nominate Counselor Martin. 506 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:53.679 Councilor Martin, are you prepared to take on that nomination? 507 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:56.559 Provided no one declares the general conflict gains? 508 00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:04.960 Thank you? So we will insert counselor Martin's name a 509 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:09.679 proxy member without remuneration. So could we take that to 510 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:12.400 the votal move? Can I just have a mover in 511 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:15.280 a second and move by councilor Giles, signed by councilor Snape, 512 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:18.679 all those in favor, all those against. That's carried. Thank you, 513 00:35:18.760 --> 00:35:30.559 Members one two point three. I'm seeking advices to which 514 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:34.400 counselor would be prepared to join the reconciliation committee. Councilor Giles, 515 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.840 are you nominating someone. 516 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:37.719 I'm our nominated counselor Snape? 517 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:43.199 Councilor Snape, are you prepared to accept it? Thank you? 518 00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:47.840 Could we put this is unremunerated again? So could I 519 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:50.639 ask people to move this to someone? To move this? 520 00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:57.159 All those in favor, all those against? Sorry, I think 521 00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.679 the councilor seven frisk second? 522 00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.960 Did it? 523 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:02.880 Counselor Giles move councilor seedentry second, all those in favor 524 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:09.119 those against. That's carry Thank you, members. Oh, the Lord 525 00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:14.239 Mayor's a report at number fifteen. Thank you. Many of 526 00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:17.480 you will have enjoyed the gather round in the last week. 527 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.840 It was Stella. I have to have so many happy 528 00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:25.599 visitors from interstate enjoying the locations, not just at the Oval, 529 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:29.159 but also Elder Park and Rundell Moore, as well as 530 00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:32.639 eating and drinking across the city. They were a cheerful 531 00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:37.800 and joyful group of people. The festival was a great 532 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:41.639 boon to the city in terms of economic benefit and interestingly, 533 00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:43.880 many of the people at the football also enjoyed the 534 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:48.039 Shahuli experience. I have to remind you that the outdoor 535 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:52.880 exhibition closes on Tuesday, April the twenty ninth, and you 536 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.079 still have a chance to visit either during the day 537 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:59.639 or in the evening. I was really delighted to go 538 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:02.880 to the openings of new businesses in the city, and 539 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:07.679 if you haven't attended these premises, please go to Reno's 540 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:10.760 on Pirie Street, which has a stellar menu and a 541 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:13.599 great kitchen. It's very close to the town Hall and 542 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.000 it's one of our locals. I also went to the 543 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:20.440 opening of Mr Sad Thompson's Plant and Landscaping store in 544 00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:23.960 Gillis Street and you can buy everything from wicking beds 545 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:29.199 to foods for plants. I recommend it. I should mention 546 00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:33.599 that Reno's is a great addition to the real Side property. 547 00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:39.280 Revamped forty five Pirie Street. It's one of our reuse 548 00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:43.599 projects in the city. With reuse and upgrading the building, 549 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:47.639 it saved more than fifty thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions, 550 00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:51.360 which is equivalent to taking eighty five thousand return flights 551 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:55.000 from Sydney to Adelaide. I also attended the Local Government 552 00:37:55.119 --> 00:38:00.000 Association's Metropolitan Mayor's Forum, which brought together mayors from across 553 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:04.199 the metro area. Could I ask someone to move my 554 00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:08.199 report be received? Councilor Giles moved, Counselor Snape seconded, all 555 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:11.360 those in favor with those against. Thank you members. I 556 00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:14.920 now move on to the council members reports. There is 557 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:21.000 a recommendation, but would anyone like to comment on their activities? Nope? 558 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:25.800 Could someone move the recommendation? Then move by counselor Snape 559 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:29.400 secreted by Counselor siventrit any comments, if not all those 560 00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:33.719 in favor all those against. That's carried. Thank you members. 561 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:37.079 So we have. 562 00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:45.960 Seventy point one. Councilor martin your motion. Do we have 563 00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:48.039 a second counselor seedentrit? 564 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:55.639 Yes, yes, certainly, just waiting for any declarations. But okay, 565 00:38:55.639 --> 00:39:02.719 that's good, Lord Mayor. Cop thirty one is coming and 566 00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:06.159 I think regardless of who wins the next federal election, 567 00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:11.280 it'll be difficult for any political party or government to 568 00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:16.480 not support Cop thirty one down Under. Now Admin notes 569 00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:20.000 in its commentary that a decision will come after the 570 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:24.239 federal election when the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 571 00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:27.760 Committee meets, I think in South America to decide who 572 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:32.760 will host the event. Australia and Turkey are said to 573 00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:37.880 be the main competitors. 574 00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.800 It will be a. 575 00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:43.599 Decision to decide between either Australia or Turkey, and I 576 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:46.960 would suspect that given that the Prime Minister has already 577 00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:52.519 endorsed the possibility of hosting it, but particularly the event 578 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:57.280 in Adelaide, assists the country enormously in this contest, and 579 00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:58.800 it's not entirely unexpected. 580 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:01.199 The State Lord Mayor has. 581 00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:05.760 Already commissioned an economic impact study, which is not widely available, 582 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.920 but I understand that from the State government's perspective, it's 583 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:14.639 likely that there will be fifty thousand delegates coming to Adelaide. 584 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.639 That would make it. 585 00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:21.599 The biggest conference or convention in Australia. Ever, it's huge, 586 00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:26.280 and in terms of economic impact, it's expected that it 587 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:30.480 will generate something like half a billion dollars for the 588 00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:35.480 local economy during the days of COP thirty one. It 589 00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:37.159 is so big, in fact, that it will have to 590 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:40.320 be held at multiple venues, and I understand that there's 591 00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:44.960 already discussion about harnessing Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Convention Center and 592 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:49.559 perhaps venues smaller such as the town Hall, in order 593 00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:52.880 to get all of the delegates into all of the sisions. 594 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.320 But of course the city will have to be ready, 595 00:40:56.280 --> 00:41:00.079 and that means a role for the City of Adelaide 596 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:05.599 in making sure that arrangements like access and even just 597 00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:10.360 services such that we provide currently are going to be 598 00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:11.639 able to cope with such. 599 00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.840 A large number of delegates. 600 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:16.280 We need to make sure also that our streets look 601 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:17.599 spick and span and. 602 00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:19.199 Look the part for the job. 603 00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:23.880 So Lord Merrit's been suggested to me that we probably 604 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:28.079 need to start turning our minds to this already. It's 605 00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:31.280 said that contemplating how we're going to handle this at 606 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:33.840 the end of the year or early next year will 607 00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:38.199 probably be too late, and so I've asked the administration if, 608 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:44.079 pending the nomination of Australia as the host, some information 609 00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:45.679 could be prepared for us. 610 00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:48.360 To be ready for the event. 611 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.840 Thank you, Lord Man. 612 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.199 Just like to speak briefly in support of this, and 613 00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:57.639 thank you to Counsel Martin for bringing this forward. I 614 00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:59.719 think for those tuning in and listening to this might 615 00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:01.440 be thing thinking what on earth is a cop It's 616 00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:03.639 a bit like the Olympic Games for everything that relates 617 00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:06.079 to climate change, and if climate change still remains one 618 00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:11.119 of the world's biggest priorities, from everything from global economic 619 00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:14.159 impacts through to conservation, this really is a significant and 620 00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:18.960 a serious event. So not only does it present an 621 00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:21.719 opportunity for many people visiting the city, but we will 622 00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:25.199 have global leaders from around the world coming together, coming 623 00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:27.719 into Adelaide to be part of this process. And it 624 00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:30.800 won't just be in the immediate time around the event. 625 00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:32.639 It'll be in the year leading up and about the 626 00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:35.199 you would expect at least the six months afterwards. 627 00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:37.239 So this really is a significant opportunity. 628 00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:40.400 And also it's a wonderful opportunity for City of Adelaide 629 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:44.119 to be here supporting the hosting of this, to be 630 00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:46.239 able to showcase a lot of the fantastic work we've 631 00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:49.559 been doing. So wholeheartedly support this. This is incredibly exciting. 632 00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:51.280 I know There's already been a lot of hard work 633 00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:53.519 that's gone into this and that will continue through to 634 00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:57.679 hopefully what will be an extraordinary event here in Adelaide. 635 00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:00.079 Snape and then Councilor Davis. 636 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:03.199 Thank you, Lord Mayor, and I wholeheartedly support this motion 637 00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:07.159 as well as well as Adelaide itself as South Australia 638 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:11.119 hosting COP thirty one along our island nation. 639 00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:13.119 Neighbors. 640 00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:18.559 However, you know well, Adelaide is a unique place. It 641 00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:23.000 is a city ring by parklands and a suitable venue 642 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:26.840 with our beautiful vistas would make a fantastic location. However, 643 00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.639 we almost also walk for walk as well as talk 644 00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:32.440 the talk, and I wouldn't. I'd be remiss if I 645 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:35.559 did not express my concerns about the ongoing attacks on 646 00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:39.719 our parklands by our current state government and their close 647 00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:47.679 ties to fossil fuel sponsors, including Saudi Arabia's oil funds, 648 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:52.599 live golf and of course Santos is tore down under. 649 00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:55.400 So I would use this, this position and this pulpit 650 00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:58.360 to urge the state government to walk for walk and 651 00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:00.320 not just talk to talk, and don't to be a 652 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.840 cop out. 653 00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:06.039 Councilor Davis. 654 00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:10.000 Yeah, one hundred percent agree with Counselors Snape. The government 655 00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:12.880 needs to show leadership in this regard. And I noticed 656 00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:15.800 that the COP I think it was this year and thirty, 657 00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:22.480 they destroyed a huge amount of protected Brazilian rainforest in 658 00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:24.039 order to get all their delegates there. 659 00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:28.039 So kind of defeats the port purpose in any ways. 660 00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:31.639 So I hope that Adelaide doesn't say it, you know, 661 00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:33.440 face the same thing, and we pave one of our 662 00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:37.159 park lands in order to accommodate the fifty thousand delegates 663 00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:38.960 that will swamp to our city. 664 00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:40.000 It would be very good. 665 00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:41.920 I think if the administration can look at ways that 666 00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:46.199 we can reduce our missions. Otherwise these things turned into 667 00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:51.760 massive carbon fossil fuel emissions centers and a reason to 668 00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:54.559 go against everything this is meant to stand for, like 669 00:44:54.599 --> 00:44:56.360 they're doing in Brazil at the moment. 670 00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:58.960 So if the administration could. 671 00:44:58.719 --> 00:45:01.079 Assist with those types of meta so we don't embarrass 672 00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:04.679 ourselves like Brazil had, I think that would be a 673 00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:06.199 good point of call. 674 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:10.599 Thank you counselor and listen to any other comments. Would 675 00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:13.199 you like to summon Lord Mia. 676 00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:16.639 I thank the counselor for his comments about carbon emissions. 677 00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:20.679 They are a dangerous thing, and we seem to have 678 00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:23.920 plenty of them around here. Look, I would urge members 679 00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:29.239 to support. This is a step in a very important 680 00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:31.599 process for the City of Adelaide, and I think to 681 00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:36.519 indicate our preparedness that we are thinking of Cop thirty 682 00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:38.800 one is I think the right signal for us to 683 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.280 be setting me. 684 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:44.679 Thank you, all those in favor, all those against. That's carriage. 685 00:45:44.719 --> 00:45:50.880 Thank you. Members. So now we've got Counselor Davis's motion 686 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.519 without notice. 687 00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:53.119 I have a motion with fatinatus. 688 00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:53.400 Thank you. 689 00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:56.480 It's quite a complicated motion. So I think what we 690 00:45:56.599 --> 00:46:00.400 might do is spend meeting procedures sure, so that we 691 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:04.239 can actually go through it and ask the administration just 692 00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:05.559 to inform us as. 693 00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:07.320 To because I think there's some changes as well. 694 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:11.079 I saw late this afternoon that, for example, four of 695 00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:12.920 the nets would be removed from Leigh Street. 696 00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:16.280 Can we just we can we spend meeting procedures? 697 00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:19.440 I was going to say, I'm happy to workshop administration. 698 00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:24.320 Yes, can I ask leave of the meeting to suspend 699 00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:29.119 meeting procedures for probably about ten minutes? All those in favor, 700 00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:32.320 all those against, that's carried. I think that as it's 701 00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:36.119 quite complicated, and the administration have been beavering away at 702 00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:41.199 this project for several weeks. I might ask Miss Padogliat 703 00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:45.360 to give us a briefing on what we've done to 704 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:47.719 date so that it's not we're not confused. 705 00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:50.039 Yeah, thank you, lord, ma'am. 706 00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:52.679 I'm certainly a very complex issue in dealing with wildlife 707 00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:55.920 in a city environment, and the teams collectively across the 708 00:46:56.000 --> 00:47:00.400 organization have been working, particularly with Green Adelaide as a 709 00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:03.360 leader in being able to provide us advice. We met 710 00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:06.480 as a group of government representatives last week and we 711 00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:09.920 have our first official working group meeting with broader stakeholders tomorrow, 712 00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:14.719 which includes our effectively important volunteer groups, including the South 713 00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:18.880 Australian Native Foreigner Rescue, who have been effectively manning Brundle 714 00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:21.280 Mall nightly to be able to support birds who are 715 00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:26.480 doing bird strike. We're also, as Counselor Davis mentioned, we've 716 00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:31.159 received device from Professor Chris Daniels who said we should 717 00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:33.760 look at removing the netting in Lee Street for four trees, 718 00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.760 and we will start that piece of work tomorrow morning 719 00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:42.920 through mister Hudiros's team. We've also had our place coordinators 720 00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:45.679 down in Lee Street today talking to the owners of 721 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:48.320 the businesses to make sure that they're aware of our 722 00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:54.679 activities in that space. And we are just looking at 723 00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:57.239 other opportunities in terms of adjusting lighting in and around 724 00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:59.960 the infrastructure and Rundell Mall, as well as supporting an 725 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.960 of the retailers for any additional window treatments which could 726 00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:05.840 include deckling in terms of that space. 727 00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:06.840 And we are. 728 00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:09.599 Meeting hopefully with an ornithologist tomorrow to help us in 729 00:48:09.599 --> 00:48:12.840 our immediate actions as well as work together collectively on 730 00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:15.320 what our medium and long term plans are before the 731 00:48:15.559 --> 00:48:20.639 next roosting season. But I'm happy to take further questions. 732 00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:25.559 I mean my view and you know at the Women 733 00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:28.840 of the Chamber, but my views that we should move 734 00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:31.440 emotion and I understand the administration to doing. 735 00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:33.679 Some of that work. So for example with the. 736 00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:37.880 With the nets, for example, to remove save four of 737 00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:40.519 them Lee Street rather than all of them. My view 738 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:42.360 is that we should go out to the community with 739 00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:47.519 emotion about what the council is doing and that that 740 00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:48.480 would give us a clear. 741 00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:50.239 Direction on what we're going to do forward. 742 00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:53.400 I think things like, for example, we can clarify a 743 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:55.199 lot of these points to. 744 00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:58.480 The effect that say, for the nets, for example, rather. 745 00:48:58.320 --> 00:49:01.239 Than emotion to remove all the nets, to remove the 746 00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:04.159 nets in line with the recommendation from Green Adelaide would 747 00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:05.880 be a suggestion that I would. 748 00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:10.480 Put in there, and anything else that would assist. But 749 00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:11.360 I think a lot of the. 750 00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:17.239 Motions in there I think are potentially thought about or 751 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:20.039 if not, on their way. But I think it would 752 00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:23.159 be good as a council for us to clearly set 753 00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:24.360 out what our action would. 754 00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:36.000 Be through the presiding member. I'm hearing an appetite to 755 00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:40.320 workshop the matter so that we do end up with 756 00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:46.280 a conclusive resolution of the council. Would counselor Davis be 757 00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:50.639 prepared to work with the administration between now and the 758 00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:54.000 close of noms for the motions for the next meeting 759 00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:58.719 a better report that might provide an update and suggest 760 00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:00.440 a pathway moving forward. 761 00:50:02.280 --> 00:50:06.079 Look, I think that the issue is that the footage 762 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:09.039 is extremely distressing on random Wall, which is why I 763 00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:13.199 think this is an urgent matter and there's a lot 764 00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:16.000 of questions in the community about what we're doing about it. 765 00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:20.480 I think so far as not egregious with what the 766 00:50:20.519 --> 00:50:21.639 planned approach is. 767 00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:24.519 If we could move these motions as a council. 768 00:50:24.599 --> 00:50:27.079 I think it would show leadership and show that the 769 00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:30.880 councilor is aware of the issue. And so for example, 770 00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:37.440 I'd recommend, like number one, for example, that at the 771 00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:42.400 end of it to add in line with Green Adelaide's 772 00:50:42.480 --> 00:50:46.360 recommendation for example, which we're aware of, so we could 773 00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:49.840 essentially make it a public motion, that would be my view, 774 00:50:49.920 --> 00:50:53.119 rather than waiting another two weeks for people to continue 775 00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:54.159 to ask what's going on? 776 00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:59.199 So could I just assist you, perhaps, counselor could it 777 00:50:59.239 --> 00:51:01.559 would it be better to say, remove some of the 778 00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:06.400 bird netting in line with Green Adelaide's recommendations, because that's 779 00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:10.920 exactly what's happening. Because there's actually been quite a lot 780 00:51:10.960 --> 00:51:14.039 of consultation over the last two weeks with Green Adelaide 781 00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:17.800 and the Department of the Environment and the property owners, 782 00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:26.239 and it's been a very collaborative series of communications and meetings, 783 00:51:26.679 --> 00:51:31.239 so that I think would tidy off on that one. 784 00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:34.639 The reason for some of the bird netting is the 785 00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:38.239 advice from Green Adelaide is that if you remove the netting, 786 00:51:38.280 --> 00:51:41.079 the birds won't go back because they're roosting somewhere else, 787 00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:46.079 and it's a period in the cycle of seasonal activity 788 00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:48.599 that they're locked into where they want to go at 789 00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:51.559 a moment, so that would actually tie in with their 790 00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:55.400 recommendations more clearly the counselors even do you want some 791 00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:56.320 questions to ask. 792 00:51:56.199 --> 00:52:00.320 Questions well as actually suggestions. I grew with Counselor that 793 00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:01.920 we want to send a clear message back to the 794 00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:04.000 community that we recognize as an issue here and we 795 00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:06.199 know what we're doing. But I wonder whether this is 796 00:52:06.199 --> 00:52:09.039 then aided by the first item is notes, and then 797 00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:11.519 it notes what Council is currently doing. Because we've said 798 00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:13.679 that we are doing we are taking a number. 799 00:52:13.440 --> 00:52:16.239 Of actions that's we're already committed to. It would be helpful. 800 00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:17.840 I think I don't know whether it's possible to do 801 00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:20.800 this now, but have a list of those items that 802 00:52:20.840 --> 00:52:22.880 we wish to note and then say, pray it out 803 00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:25.280 what we're already doing from any additional actions that we 804 00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:27.679 need to agree to. I recognize it's not ideal to 805 00:52:27.679 --> 00:52:30.800 do this during a meeting, but it's important we do 806 00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:33.119 send that clear message because, as you say, Lord Mayor, 807 00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:34.800 this matter has been worked on for a number of 808 00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:36.280 weeks already, and I think we need. 809 00:52:36.199 --> 00:52:40.159 To Davis, if you would be happy to have note 810 00:52:40.280 --> 00:52:43.280 the removal of some of would you be happy? Thank you? 811 00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:49.599 Counselor Davis is happy with that? And more questions, Counselor Martin. 812 00:52:50.719 --> 00:52:53.639 Yes, lord, may look, I think we're on the way. 813 00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:59.119 Why aren't we just noting the administration's actions which include 814 00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:02.239 and then list what's occurring, including the removal of the 815 00:53:02.280 --> 00:53:06.480 nets tomorrow, the assistance being rendered in terms of all 816 00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:11.320 of the other measures, and if anything remains unresolved. It's 817 00:53:11.360 --> 00:53:15.480 simply then adding and asks the administration too, and then 818 00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:19.440 it demonstrates to the community that our administration has been 819 00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:22.280 working on this for some time, that it's not just 820 00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:25.039 a motion that's come forward. This is a proactive council 821 00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:27.320 that's been dealing with this. And then we just added 822 00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:29.840 those points at the bottom that need attention. 823 00:53:30.320 --> 00:53:32.320 So I think we might move to that. But well, 824 00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:35.280 let's get some questions. Are any other questions about is 825 00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:37.039 everyone clear about what's happening? 826 00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:40.079 Council's here perhaps a father question then to help build 827 00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:42.400 on what council aren't set. Is there anything that's listed here? 828 00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:44.800 And again, thank you, counsel avers bring is forward. Is 829 00:53:44.800 --> 00:53:46.840 there anything that's listed here that we're not currently doing? 830 00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:53.079 I think that there's an interpretation of the temporary educational signage. 831 00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:56.679 As I understand it, there are signs that have been developed. 832 00:53:57.960 --> 00:53:59.920 I don't know if they're temporary. I don't know if 833 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:03.480 can I have advice on that. I thought there was 834 00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:07.320 some signage on some of the barriers and some stickers 835 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:10.679 and things going up. Is it through you little bit? 836 00:54:10.719 --> 00:54:13.920 I think we effectively want to make sure that there's 837 00:54:13.920 --> 00:54:19.400 additional signage that also responds to the volunteers needs and 838 00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:21.360 also the requests out of Green Adelaide. 839 00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:22.440 So what the. 840 00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:25.199 Team have suggested is some additional temporary signage that we 841 00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:27.440 can get up as of tomorrow, and that we add 842 00:54:27.519 --> 00:54:29.920 link to a QR code, which will also bump up 843 00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:32.039 an additional website for people to be able to find 844 00:54:32.039 --> 00:54:35.159 out more information and current information and be able to 845 00:54:35.159 --> 00:54:38.519 link through to Green Adelaide's website that also has current information. 846 00:54:38.639 --> 00:54:41.960 So we're bumping up additional information in support of people's needs. 847 00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:46.559 So my understanding is that moving on three and four, 848 00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:50.199 we're in constant contact with the Apple and Optus shop 849 00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:53.840 and they've been part of the meetings. 850 00:54:53.960 --> 00:54:57.239 Yeah through effectively rundle More Management, and tomorrow they've received 851 00:54:57.239 --> 00:54:59.960 a formal invitation to join us. They'll be joining effectively 852 00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:02.920 from teams because some of their team aren't based here 853 00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:05.840 and the Optus store. We believe that we have solved 854 00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:07.800 most of that problems in terms of where the birds 855 00:55:07.800 --> 00:55:10.199 we're getting in. So most of that stuff is again 856 00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:12.840 are watching brief daily based on bird behavior and what's 857 00:55:12.840 --> 00:55:13.639 happening in them all. 858 00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:17.320 So I think also having spoken to the volunteers and 859 00:55:18.239 --> 00:55:23.079 yourself last week, it's clear that we are working with 860 00:55:23.119 --> 00:55:28.519 the volunteer groups subsidizing their activities and getting parking for them. 861 00:55:28.679 --> 00:55:32.679 So that's again part of the stuff that's already I 862 00:55:32.760 --> 00:55:34.440 spoke to the volunteers last week. 863 00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:37.920 Yeah, and that's in train. We haven't formalized anything yet, 864 00:55:37.960 --> 00:55:39.880 but we have been working with him in terms of 865 00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:42.280 what's the what's the best way for them to be 866 00:55:42.320 --> 00:55:44.119 able to receive the support that we have. 867 00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:49.320 So I think that eight is slightly different. You're not 868 00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:54.679 engaging tree marting experts, you're engaging in ornithologists, so it's 869 00:55:54.719 --> 00:55:57.920 a very specific bird expert, so it's not actually a 870 00:55:57.960 --> 00:56:03.400 tree martin expert, but there they are bird experts. 871 00:56:03.519 --> 00:56:06.960 So because my understanding is that someone in Queensland who 872 00:56:07.079 --> 00:56:09.719 is who has done her doctorate in Cream Mountains, but 873 00:56:09.719 --> 00:56:11.840 I don't know a name, but that's the room and 874 00:56:11.840 --> 00:56:12.599 that's running around. 875 00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:15.079 I think that the plan was to have them there 876 00:56:15.199 --> 00:56:20.760 each day to supervise. So it's a slightly different interpretation. Yeah, 877 00:56:20.800 --> 00:56:21.000 so we. 878 00:56:21.239 --> 00:56:23.800 Were trying to The advice is to make sure that 879 00:56:23.880 --> 00:56:26.840 we have an ornithologist there daily to be able to 880 00:56:26.840 --> 00:56:30.000 help monitor the bird numbers and bird behavior. That will 881 00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:32.519 help us get through for any other remedial actions that 882 00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:35.400 we need to take and to this roosting season. 883 00:56:35.639 --> 00:56:39.440 Seek leave of a meeting for another five minutes, fives 884 00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:41.920 in favor, thank you, that's carried and then that will 885 00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:42.639 help us actually. 886 00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:45.039 And in terms of a bird management strategy, which could 887 00:56:45.039 --> 00:56:48.079 be another sort of expert that might as counselor David says, 888 00:56:48.159 --> 00:56:49.960 might be correct out of Queensland because they deal with 889 00:56:50.000 --> 00:56:50.800 similar issues. 890 00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:54.559 So I think that's under in train. So you've got 891 00:56:54.559 --> 00:56:59.360 a really good comprehensive list here. Accountslor Davis. Do you 892 00:56:59.800 --> 00:57:03.360 have been part of the working meetings for the last 893 00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:06.280 several weeks, haven't they? Because you need to get approval 894 00:57:06.320 --> 00:57:09.880 from you because these are protected animals and therefore you're 895 00:57:09.920 --> 00:57:13.119 not allowed to interfere with them unless you have legislative 896 00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:16.039 cover off of them. I got that right, yes, correct, 897 00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:21.199 and we have I don't know that it's called a 898 00:57:21.280 --> 00:57:23.440 Tree Martin Response working Group. 899 00:57:23.239 --> 00:57:24.360 But what you worship? 900 00:57:24.519 --> 00:57:28.199 Can I ask, is there anything in that motion which 901 00:57:28.239 --> 00:57:31.519 is egregiously different for what the administration is already doing, 902 00:57:32.159 --> 00:57:33.840 because this doesn't limit them in any way. 903 00:57:33.960 --> 00:57:36.480 No, No, I think the thing that they I haven't 904 00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:42.480 discovered that they're doing is number eleven. And I have 905 00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:47.760 a biodiversity survey from two oh three. Because I'm a 906 00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:50.039 jack Door will never throw anything away, and they do 907 00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:56.480 mention Tree Martins in that biodiversity survey. And as I 908 00:57:56.559 --> 00:58:00.400 understand it, at the time they were decreasing numbers in 909 00:58:00.440 --> 00:58:03.760 the parklands, but now they're coming in from suburbs where 910 00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:08.719 gorges and ravines are being built out, so that the 911 00:58:08.880 --> 00:58:12.960 numbers are increasing. So I think that checking out can 912 00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:17.719 missus redis don't we have an urban ecology strategy? 913 00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:18.280 Thank you? 914 00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:21.639 And through the chair the item eleven, in line with 915 00:58:22.199 --> 00:58:25.400 Counselor Davis's question on what is currently not being progressed 916 00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:30.119 on that list is the recent biodiversity survey that Council 917 00:58:30.199 --> 00:58:33.159 may recall was focused and you've touched on this point, 918 00:58:33.199 --> 00:58:36.880 Lord Mayor, on park lands related biodiversity and doesn't pick 919 00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:39.599 up the urban environment. The tree Martins, as we're aware, 920 00:58:39.599 --> 00:58:43.119 don't roost or spend time in the parklands, and so 921 00:58:43.280 --> 00:58:45.639 certainly through this work in any reports, if there are 922 00:58:45.639 --> 00:58:48.960 amendments or inclusions we can make to existing strategies, that's 923 00:58:48.960 --> 00:58:50.719 something we can take as our future action. 924 00:58:51.360 --> 00:58:55.320 So I think we need a counselor councilor. Davis has 925 00:58:55.360 --> 00:58:57.760 done a good job in covering often lots of things here. 926 00:58:57.840 --> 00:59:01.320 Can we assist in his idea that we should? 927 00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:07.400 Could we delete five, five, six, and seven? 928 00:59:07.639 --> 00:59:11.119 No, just five, because I want to go back and 929 00:59:11.159 --> 00:59:13.559 contact the volunteer organizations find out if they have any 930 00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:16.679 out of pockets five would issue them with the temporary permits. 931 00:59:17.239 --> 00:59:20.239 I think that the wording of that, that's the whole thing. 932 00:59:20.440 --> 00:59:21.639 So why don't we just remove that? 933 00:59:21.679 --> 00:59:25.400 If you're making parking arrangements for them, that's great. 934 00:59:25.400 --> 00:59:28.400 I'm happy with that. My preference would be to move 935 00:59:28.679 --> 00:59:29.079 all of this. 936 00:59:29.159 --> 00:59:32.559 There are some differences, like reaching out to optus, for example. 937 00:59:32.639 --> 00:59:35.599 I do think that it's very much worth the council 938 00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:39.239 formally from the Council chamber riding to Apple. I think 939 00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:42.760 that that might assist with their brand standards of birds 940 00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:47.719 flying into their windows. And I feel like the rest 941 00:59:47.719 --> 00:59:50.559 of it is essentially what's generally what's going on at 942 00:59:50.559 --> 00:59:52.239 the moment, But I think that this would send a 943 00:59:52.280 --> 00:59:54.519 clear message to the community, and I don't think there's 944 00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:58.480 any adverse overlap between the two. So with amendments number one, 945 00:59:58.599 --> 01:00:01.880 removal of five, an eight or anything else, it's there. 946 01:00:01.960 --> 01:00:05.039 I'd like to move the motion if I if I could, generally, 947 01:00:05.239 --> 01:00:12.599 unless there is any anything egregious in there, can we 948 01:00:12.679 --> 01:00:25.880 just I I think it's I do think it's really 949 01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:28.880 relevant for this council to understand how we got here. 950 01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:34.679 And I understand that it could be that might contain 951 01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:37.320 some advice, but I do really think it's important for 952 01:00:37.360 --> 01:00:40.599 the Council to understand what was the process that led 953 01:00:40.639 --> 01:00:44.039 us to this situation, what were the assumptions that we made. 954 01:00:44.559 --> 01:00:47.559 Because there's another report in there about. 955 01:00:47.320 --> 01:00:49.039 Well what can we do in future because we're gonna 956 01:00:49.039 --> 01:00:52.840 have to do with this next year, and so you know, 957 01:00:52.960 --> 01:00:56.039 if if the past report said well we have information ABC, 958 01:00:56.800 --> 01:00:58.639 and the new report says, well, we have a B 959 01:00:58.800 --> 01:01:02.719 C D well, we know we can actually compare the 960 01:01:02.760 --> 01:01:04.880 two what we've done in the past resulted in this effect, 961 01:01:05.400 --> 01:01:08.199 and what we would do in the future. So I 962 01:01:08.239 --> 01:01:10.199 think it's important to understand a bit of a lessons 963 01:01:10.239 --> 01:01:11.840 lant and the advice that we got into how we 964 01:01:11.920 --> 01:01:12.840 got to this position. 965 01:01:14.599 --> 01:01:18.760 Thank you, Caleselor. Can I just suggest that three and 966 01:01:18.880 --> 01:01:23.119 four are a bit retrogressive because it's snail mail when 967 01:01:23.159 --> 01:01:26.599 they're actually in communication. That seems to pointless writing letters 968 01:01:26.599 --> 01:01:27.800 when they're talking to each other. 969 01:01:28.320 --> 01:01:28.960 I mean we can. 970 01:01:29.159 --> 01:01:31.239 I mean you send an email by with a PDAF 971 01:01:31.239 --> 01:01:33.000 attachment from the City of Adelaide, and you could do 972 01:01:33.000 --> 01:01:35.599 that tomorrow, which I think would assist the store manager 973 01:01:35.639 --> 01:01:38.519 to go to their higher office if it's already in 974 01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:40.199 train that we're going to write to them. But my 975 01:01:40.280 --> 01:01:42.360 understanding is that there's when not taking those steps with 976 01:01:42.400 --> 01:01:44.880 the Opti store, which has a different circumstance. 977 01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:49.760 We have a sickly for another five love's in favor. 978 01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:53.159 Thank you, that's Karen. Can I ask mister p Dominic. 979 01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:55.239 My understanding is that the Apple store has been written 980 01:01:55.239 --> 01:01:59.400 to efectively by Rundlemore management and invited to join the 981 01:01:59.440 --> 01:02:03.039 formal working which they are attending tomorrow the optics store. 982 01:02:03.079 --> 01:02:06.159 I don't believe has because the advice from runder Will 983 01:02:06.159 --> 01:02:08.480 Manage was was that was solved. But if Counsel wants 984 01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:11.960 us to write, we can write and join other stakeholders 985 01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:13.159 into the working group. 986 01:02:16.320 --> 01:02:18.159 The councilor seven trip More questions. 987 01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:21.599 Yes, I suppose my question relates to coming back to 988 01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:23.400 what I'd said originally, which is what are these were 989 01:02:23.440 --> 01:02:25.800 already doing and then what aren't we doing? With the 990 01:02:25.840 --> 01:02:28.000 premise being that we want to note what we're already 991 01:02:28.039 --> 01:02:31.719 doing because there's no value in religating them, and then 992 01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:34.920 really focus on what's missing that we want to agree to. 993 01:02:35.039 --> 01:02:36.159 I thought that's where we got to. 994 01:02:38.079 --> 01:02:42.360 So I think that there is an opportunity to say. 995 01:02:44.800 --> 01:02:44.880 That. 996 01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:51.840 I think we've got a landing on the first part. 997 01:02:53.039 --> 01:03:01.320 What we're doing. Yeah, so we are. So the E 998 01:03:01.559 --> 01:03:06.719 News has gone out and explained that we had been 999 01:03:06.800 --> 01:03:12.400 working with Green Adelaide and the Presiding Member and the 1000 01:03:12.440 --> 01:03:16.880 suggestions that they have given us most recently have been 1001 01:03:16.920 --> 01:03:21.239 that we remove netting on four trees. We are just 1002 01:03:21.360 --> 01:03:26.199 the lighting, including around adjacent infrastructure in Rundelemore. We support 1003 01:03:26.280 --> 01:03:30.239 Rundlemore traders and retails in relation to additional window treatments, 1004 01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:35.559 and we engage the wildlife specialist and orthohologists to help 1005 01:03:35.559 --> 01:03:39.800 inform decision making into the future. So I think that 1006 01:03:39.800 --> 01:03:40.639 that's occurring. 1007 01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:47.880 Man, we're trying to get the call. Considering we're still 1008 01:03:47.880 --> 01:03:51.360 in workshop. I think that it would satisfy everybody if 1009 01:03:51.400 --> 01:03:54.159 we said at the very top of it that Council 1010 01:03:54.239 --> 01:03:57.360 notes and with the changes that we've discussed by you 1011 01:03:57.440 --> 01:03:59.480 going through each points, I think we're just pretty well 1012 01:03:59.559 --> 01:04:02.239 landed that we're noting all the things that have happened. 1013 01:04:03.400 --> 01:04:08.400 In terms of council Stephen Tretz comments, I haven't heard 1014 01:04:08.400 --> 01:04:11.719 anything come out that isn't in this motion, so maybe 1015 01:04:11.719 --> 01:04:14.639 we've got an agreement about that we note and then 1016 01:04:14.719 --> 01:04:20.800 have the motion. And also in terms of number nine, 1017 01:04:21.519 --> 01:04:24.000 my memory of this and I went back and had 1018 01:04:24.000 --> 01:04:26.159 to look at the minutes because I wasn't sure. But 1019 01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:33.000 this initially came from a question by Counselor about that 1020 01:04:33.119 --> 01:04:35.559 he asked for a report to be done on the 1021 01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:40.639 basis of the Lee Street traders complaining about the bird pooh, 1022 01:04:41.119 --> 01:04:47.760 excuse my French. Yeah, so yeah, it might be good 1023 01:04:47.880 --> 01:04:51.039 for us to look examine, examin In my view, anyway 1024 01:04:51.079 --> 01:04:54.199 to examine the way we make decisions, because if we 1025 01:04:55.000 --> 01:04:58.599 need to understand that when you make a decision about 1026 01:04:58.800 --> 01:05:02.719 protecting the table of diners, there might be other environmental 1027 01:05:02.719 --> 01:05:05.639 implications that we need to also consider. So I don't 1028 01:05:05.639 --> 01:05:09.000 have a problem with with nine, and I think that 1029 01:05:09.079 --> 01:05:10.880 we might be able to pass this if it says 1030 01:05:10.880 --> 01:05:12.440 that Council notes and then the whole motion. 1031 01:05:13.079 --> 01:05:15.639 So I'm sorry, I'm a little confused. 1032 01:05:15.559 --> 01:05:19.840 Just at the very stem, the stem that Council notes, 1033 01:05:24.400 --> 01:05:27.320 I see, and then then we note everything. 1034 01:05:27.719 --> 01:05:32.880 Yes, I have not commit. Would you be happy with that, 1035 01:05:33.000 --> 01:05:34.360 councilor not? Davis? 1036 01:05:34.960 --> 01:05:43.440 Yeah, just assist the Council notes, the administration will or. 1037 01:05:47.199 --> 01:05:53.679 That the Council notes the following actions undertaken by the 1038 01:05:53.760 --> 01:06:04.079 Council Administration in collaboration with Green Adelaide include. 1039 01:06:04.000 --> 01:06:08.360 Yeah, yeah, I'm And then I think point ten change 1040 01:06:08.360 --> 01:06:09.079 the word initiate. 1041 01:06:12.239 --> 01:06:21.239 Uh but I I would add a love include. 1042 01:06:22.559 --> 01:06:24.800 And you'd pull the first full bullet points here that 1043 01:06:24.840 --> 01:06:29.599 the news canst love removing knitting on four Tracy lace straight. 1044 01:06:32.840 --> 01:06:35.719 Yeah, I'm happy with the change. I think that's good. Yep. 1045 01:06:36.079 --> 01:06:39.320 So proposing those first full of bullets yep, yep. 1046 01:06:39.360 --> 01:06:47.679 Great, great, which might be like some of what follows 1047 01:06:47.719 --> 01:06:49.000 for them. 1048 01:06:49.079 --> 01:06:54.559 Yeah, I I'm sorry to keep doing this to you. 1049 01:06:54.599 --> 01:06:55.199 Can I have another? 1050 01:06:55.400 --> 01:06:57.400 Just go twenty minutes and then we can was sa ten. 1051 01:06:57.280 --> 01:07:01.599 Minutes, then ten minutes, meeting the first buller. 1052 01:07:01.559 --> 01:07:09.320 Number one with your man happy yep, okay, uh, we're 1053 01:07:09.320 --> 01:07:12.719 actually doing some work on sidings, probably said. 1054 01:07:16.400 --> 01:07:17.880 Writing to the Apple store. 1055 01:07:17.840 --> 01:07:21.960 Has already good that I would I do. I do 1056 01:07:22.000 --> 01:07:23.920 think it should come from the lord man, from the council. 1057 01:07:23.960 --> 01:07:25.079 But I'll live it in your hands. 1058 01:07:28.119 --> 01:07:32.559 If we're noting it can stain it is operational this. Yeah, 1059 01:07:33.199 --> 01:07:34.880 I think we should note that we did that. 1060 01:07:35.239 --> 01:07:36.400 Yeah, yeah, we are. 1061 01:07:36.519 --> 01:07:43.039 Yeah, I think it's so we I think we should 1062 01:07:43.039 --> 01:07:45.280 take three and four out because that's happening. 1063 01:07:45.440 --> 01:07:48.159 I'm not sure that except we're noting the man that's happening, 1064 01:07:49.239 --> 01:07:52.639 noting there in a tradition with the Apple Store, in 1065 01:07:52.760 --> 01:07:54.400 communication with the store. 1066 01:07:56.280 --> 01:07:58.280 Above councilor jobs. 1067 01:07:58.920 --> 01:08:04.079 Yeah, yeah, supporting. 1068 01:08:03.719 --> 01:08:05.280 Randall driders and retailers. 1069 01:08:05.800 --> 01:08:08.000 Yep, that's yeah. 1070 01:08:09.280 --> 01:08:09.679 Yeah. 1071 01:08:10.239 --> 01:08:13.360 Yeah, So let me just three up to allmer. 1072 01:08:18.159 --> 01:08:19.319 I think that's too complicated. 1073 01:08:19.479 --> 01:08:23.520 And we've got a system for six and and seven already, 1074 01:08:23.520 --> 01:08:29.359 haven't we. So that's all been occurring, so they could 1075 01:08:29.399 --> 01:08:30.760 go maybe. 1076 01:08:32.039 --> 01:08:36.000 Zero point seven is more of a longer term view 1077 01:08:36.199 --> 01:08:37.319 where these ambulances. 1078 01:08:38.239 --> 01:08:40.359 So can I tell you what for the if I 1079 01:08:40.439 --> 01:08:44.760 might speak from the chair. Having discussed this with the 1080 01:08:44.800 --> 01:08:49.000 experts at some length, it seems obvious, at least talking 1081 01:08:49.039 --> 01:08:51.600 to them, that there's been a dramatic change in development 1082 01:08:51.600 --> 01:08:56.560 in the metropolitan area. Tree martins apparently used to go 1083 01:08:56.640 --> 01:09:04.079 into ravines and and high walled areas, and with the 1084 01:09:04.119 --> 01:09:07.239 development in the suburbs, they've been forced into the city 1085 01:09:07.479 --> 01:09:10.279 and they appear to be roosting in places with narrow 1086 01:09:10.359 --> 01:09:16.319 streets and low traffic Lee Street and Rundlemore. And I 1087 01:09:16.359 --> 01:09:19.279 think that we're victims of our own success. We've planted 1088 01:09:19.319 --> 01:09:22.600 so many trees. There are more new habitats. Lee Street 1089 01:09:22.800 --> 01:09:27.079 is a new habitat that is Rundlemore. And clearly in 1090 01:09:27.119 --> 01:09:29.039 the future there are several things we need to do. 1091 01:09:29.479 --> 01:09:31.800 One is look at the kinds of trees we plant, 1092 01:09:32.880 --> 01:09:37.319 where they are, and how we manage the new biodiversity 1093 01:09:37.359 --> 01:09:40.039 that moves into the city, because, as mister Harida said, 1094 01:09:40.520 --> 01:09:43.800 our biodiversity surveys to date have been about the parklands, 1095 01:09:43.880 --> 01:09:46.920 not about the city. And this has added a whole 1096 01:09:47.000 --> 01:09:53.640 new dimension to our problems. So I do think that 1097 01:09:53.720 --> 01:09:56.359 the one part that I do think is important is 1098 01:09:56.439 --> 01:10:01.640 number eleven. And I think number eleven. 1099 01:10:01.319 --> 01:10:25.199 Is sorry, continue counselor, and we've not establishing We're actually 1100 01:10:25.880 --> 01:10:30.800 continuing it, aren't we. 1101 01:10:31.760 --> 01:10:32.279 Progress? 1102 01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:33.039 Progress? 1103 01:10:34.760 --> 01:10:43.359 It's not a stablished we're going to progress. Yes, I 1104 01:10:43.359 --> 01:10:50.000 don't think we want counselors on it, do we, unless 1105 01:10:50.000 --> 01:10:51.600 they're ornithologists. 1106 01:10:52.159 --> 01:10:54.399 I mean, I mean, I'm happy to take it out. 1107 01:10:54.479 --> 01:10:56.199 My view is that we should have counselors on it 1108 01:10:57.640 --> 01:11:00.600 because then you actually have a connection and someone who 1109 01:11:00.640 --> 01:11:02.560 can liaise with this chamber in future. 1110 01:11:02.640 --> 01:11:06.239 So I would love to be on it. But I 1111 01:11:06.279 --> 01:11:07.640 do think that we should actually have. 1112 01:11:07.520 --> 01:11:10.520 Someone there who's going to be able to kind of 1113 01:11:10.520 --> 01:11:12.760 bring any of these types of issues back to the council. 1114 01:11:12.520 --> 01:11:14.359 And actually I think that influencing future. 1115 01:11:15.680 --> 01:11:18.239 I think that it's quite reasonable we should have some 1116 01:11:18.359 --> 01:11:22.760 briefing from Green Adelaide that would be a better support 1117 01:11:22.800 --> 01:11:23.079 for us. 1118 01:11:23.159 --> 01:11:26.439 I think I'm happy to remove it if you so wish, 1119 01:11:26.479 --> 01:11:32.960 But I am a community member of anyone's needs an 1120 01:11:32.960 --> 01:11:33.720 extra person. 1121 01:11:36.520 --> 01:11:39.680 So I think that we've just changed the flavor of 1122 01:11:39.720 --> 01:11:41.720 it is do you think we've made a landing on this? 1123 01:11:44.479 --> 01:11:48.039 Can we just read through it again? Council notes the 1124 01:11:48.039 --> 01:12:00.840 following actions to undertaken by the administration. So I think 1125 01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:04.520 that number eight is Can I go down to number eight? 1126 01:12:04.600 --> 01:12:06.840 Number eight? We have already got that up in the 1127 01:12:06.920 --> 01:12:10.399 dock point at the top the ornithologist, So we probably 1128 01:12:10.399 --> 01:12:11.520 don't need it again, do we? 1129 01:12:20.920 --> 01:12:21.000 So? 1130 01:12:21.119 --> 01:12:24.039 Would you like to make nine slightly more progressive and 1131 01:12:24.159 --> 01:12:32.039 forward looking? A report detailing the future management of wildlife 1132 01:12:32.079 --> 01:12:34.239 in the city? Would that be help? 1133 01:12:34.359 --> 01:12:36.279 No, it's really I do want to understand how we 1134 01:12:36.359 --> 01:12:39.560 arrived at this particular point in time, and then my 1135 01:12:39.680 --> 01:12:41.840 understanding would be there would be a report frohen the 1136 01:12:41.840 --> 01:12:44.279 administration coming out. It's just so that we have our 1137 01:12:44.359 --> 01:12:46.439 lessons learned on how we got to this situation, so 1138 01:12:46.479 --> 01:12:49.560 that we can be better informed of what happened next time. 1139 01:12:52.640 --> 01:12:54.279 Yeah, this is what it's like. Yeah, it's bad, right, 1140 01:12:54.520 --> 01:12:56.119 Like we've got a whole bunch of birds running into things. 1141 01:12:56.159 --> 01:12:57.399 Why wouldn't we have a look. 1142 01:12:57.279 --> 01:13:00.119 At how we got here? The only way that you're 1143 01:13:00.119 --> 01:13:00.319 going to have. 1144 01:13:00.880 --> 01:13:03.720 I think that we've gone through this fairly extensively. Now, 1145 01:13:03.840 --> 01:13:06.920 Can I just ask if people want to move into 1146 01:13:07.319 --> 01:13:15.239 normal meeting procedures and take these one at a time. Council, I'm. 1147 01:13:19.520 --> 01:13:23.920 Question if we are noting that the administration has those 1148 01:13:24.039 --> 01:13:28.039 actions underway, and that is the sense of it, isn't 1149 01:13:28.039 --> 01:13:31.880 the counselor is doing those actions. The actions that follow 1150 01:13:31.960 --> 01:13:36.159 the dock points are also actions the administration has undertaken us. 1151 01:13:36.119 --> 01:13:44.239 That correct, Yes, h. 1152 01:13:54.920 --> 01:13:55.319 M hm. 1153 01:14:00.159 --> 01:14:03.960 Oh, ruther in the school, stay at your all, it just. 1154 01:14:05.520 --> 01:14:06.560 A day goes. 1155 01:14:08.920 --> 01:14:12.199 Yeah, don't tact contact. 1156 01:14:11.800 --> 01:14:16.760 Week, don't take week, panculation. 1157 01:14:17.239 --> 01:14:18.039 The Russian home. 1158 01:14:20.279 --> 01:14:22.119 Oh this is so sleep thing. 1159 01:14:23.760 --> 01:14:28.520 Fie preparation uh for preparation all when move the publish 1160 01:14:28.600 --> 01:14:31.319 week you say yeah. 1161 01:14:31.319 --> 01:14:33.880 Stuff like y I probably group and when you others 1162 01:14:34.680 --> 01:14:35.119 that's funny. 1163 01:14:38.600 --> 01:14:43.640 Continue to the day's yeah yeah, uh did. 1164 01:14:43.520 --> 01:14:44.560 You inclosion. 1165 01:14:49.039 --> 01:14:49.439 Christmas? 1166 01:14:49.640 --> 01:14:49.760 Uh? 1167 01:14:49.920 --> 01:14:51.680 And on yelling prior. 1168 01:14:51.560 --> 01:14:58.079 Rass all okay, come, that's good your ground counsel day, 1169 01:14:58.199 --> 01:15:13.359 so you have to Yeah, so people. 1170 01:15:08.000 --> 01:15:17.079 Agree much, thank you. 1171 01:15:17.439 --> 01:15:21.239 We're in a bit of an impossible decision situation anyways, 1172 01:15:21.520 --> 01:15:22.960 one that a politician ever wants to be. 1173 01:15:23.079 --> 01:15:26.199 And I suppose we have two very bad outcomes. 1174 01:15:27.000 --> 01:15:29.960 We have the tree muntains in Lee Street and very 1175 01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:34.000 negatively impacting traders there, and I've spoken with traders there 1176 01:15:34.039 --> 01:15:37.880 today who absolutely don't want to go back to what 1177 01:15:38.000 --> 01:15:41.560 they saw before. Likewise, we can't allow the situation to 1178 01:15:41.600 --> 01:15:46.119 continue in rundom Are given the occurrence that's there. These 1179 01:15:46.159 --> 01:15:49.800 tree muntains have a very long Many of them have 1180 01:15:49.880 --> 01:15:51.840 come from a very far away place in Papua New 1181 01:15:51.840 --> 01:15:54.119 Guinea some of them, and I think we owe it 1182 01:15:54.159 --> 01:15:56.720 to them to look after them. My assummation is that 1183 01:15:56.880 --> 01:15:59.880 they enjoy some way they can roost, like a tree 1184 01:16:00.079 --> 01:16:03.520 in between walled areas or a walled in area so 1185 01:16:03.680 --> 01:16:06.880 that they are safer from prevators. And it seems like 1186 01:16:06.920 --> 01:16:10.439 they would seek out alternative areas that are you know, 1187 01:16:10.720 --> 01:16:13.199 match that description, which is potentially why they're not roosting 1188 01:16:13.239 --> 01:16:16.520 in the botanic gardens for example. But merely my guess 1189 01:16:17.319 --> 01:16:19.720 I think the issue would be is if we start 1190 01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:21.920 putting nets over Rundall Mall, that they could move to 1191 01:16:22.199 --> 01:16:24.680 Gurja Street or Hut Street, or we simply move this 1192 01:16:24.760 --> 01:16:29.560 problem on to other places. I think that the public, 1193 01:16:30.039 --> 01:16:31.880 in looking at this motion, will be assured that the 1194 01:16:31.920 --> 01:16:36.079 City of Adelaide is taking every step necessary to address 1195 01:16:36.199 --> 01:16:39.600 the issues that are occurring on Roundau more that we 1196 01:16:39.680 --> 01:16:42.359 will also look to the future in terms of how 1197 01:16:42.399 --> 01:16:45.760 we can address these issues in future. Ideally we can 1198 01:16:45.840 --> 01:16:48.159 find a solution that will benefit the least street traders, 1199 01:16:48.199 --> 01:16:51.640 but also the Rundall Mall and perhaps the tree months 1200 01:16:51.640 --> 01:16:55.079 can showcase as a biodiversity icon in South Australian years 1201 01:16:55.159 --> 01:16:58.279 to come. This will take a lot of work and 1202 01:16:58.399 --> 01:17:01.159 it could actually be a coordinated effort across the city 1203 01:17:01.359 --> 01:17:03.760 to net and encourage the birds to go into a 1204 01:17:04.000 --> 01:17:07.720 more suitable location where they wish to wish to roost. 1205 01:17:08.279 --> 01:17:10.039 This will take a lot of effort by the administration 1206 01:17:10.199 --> 01:17:12.720 and by experts to solve this problem, but no doubt 1207 01:17:12.760 --> 01:17:17.680 an important one. The Council had concerns. I suppose that 1208 01:17:17.720 --> 01:17:19.760 they would move, but we didn't know exactly where they 1209 01:17:19.800 --> 01:17:23.279 would move to. So I believe that this motion we'll 1210 01:17:23.800 --> 01:17:26.239 send a clear signal to the people of South Australia 1211 01:17:26.279 --> 01:17:28.680 that we are taking this issue very seriously, that we're 1212 01:17:28.720 --> 01:17:30.600 moving forward on it, and that we will look to 1213 01:17:30.640 --> 01:17:32.760 a long term solution for lee straight and run. 1214 01:17:32.680 --> 01:17:41.239 The will thank you, sorry, councilor Martin. 1215 01:17:42.920 --> 01:17:43.239 Lord me. 1216 01:17:45.479 --> 01:17:49.039 Look, it pains me to say this, but the origins 1217 01:17:49.079 --> 01:17:53.159 of this terrible tragedy are within this chamber. I was 1218 01:17:53.279 --> 01:17:57.640 here when a former Councilor Hassam Abid, who was the 1219 01:17:57.720 --> 01:18:01.319 leader of a team adelaide Lord Me, raised this initially 1220 01:18:01.439 --> 01:18:03.399 in the chamber like a point of order. 1221 01:18:03.520 --> 01:18:06.039 Like at a time like this, when the Council needs 1222 01:18:06.079 --> 01:18:09.279 to come together, trying to attack. 1223 01:18:10.079 --> 01:18:10.800 Is a point of order. 1224 01:18:10.960 --> 01:18:14.039 I need to understan what is the act I'm making 1225 01:18:14.079 --> 01:18:14.760 a point of order? 1226 01:18:15.119 --> 01:18:17.720 He is just I'm making a point of order. I'm 1227 01:18:17.720 --> 01:18:18.800 making it an order. 1228 01:18:19.560 --> 01:18:22.880 It's Regulation twenty nine. I making Regulation twenty nine. 1229 01:18:25.319 --> 01:18:27.960 At a time like this, I believe that it's in 1230 01:18:28.079 --> 01:18:30.079 terms of the guiding principles of this Council, a time 1231 01:18:30.119 --> 01:18:34.000 for us to come together, to celebrate what we have 1232 01:18:34.039 --> 01:18:36.359 achieved as a council together and realize that we do 1233 01:18:36.479 --> 01:18:38.520 have difficulties. But I think a time now where we 1234 01:18:38.600 --> 01:18:41.159 need to look to leadership, not division, and we as 1235 01:18:41.159 --> 01:18:42.680 a council needs to look to our future, not to 1236 01:18:42.760 --> 01:18:44.800 our past, and not go and shit on past. 1237 01:18:44.840 --> 01:18:48.720 Members loveefully speech about goodwill to all men, but can 1238 01:18:48.800 --> 01:18:49.840 we carry on county? 1239 01:18:49.960 --> 01:18:50.399 Yes, Lord. 1240 01:18:50.840 --> 01:18:53.359 And it was in fact Councilor Davis who asked what 1241 01:18:53.439 --> 01:18:56.720 the history was. I was obliging him and reminding him 1242 01:18:57.159 --> 01:18:59.119 that it was the Deputy Lord Meyt at the time. 1243 01:18:59.199 --> 01:19:02.600 Has abby I have or raised the issue, and I 1244 01:19:02.680 --> 01:19:06.560 have point of order, Lord may I will ask, I will. 1245 01:19:06.439 --> 01:19:09.000 Ask for Regulation twenty nine if he continued. 1246 01:19:09.319 --> 01:19:12.159 I think, and it's fair to say, Counselor Davis, that 1247 01:19:12.439 --> 01:19:15.279 this is the question that was part of your motion 1248 01:19:16.520 --> 01:19:22.399 about the history and prepare them. 1249 01:19:22.840 --> 01:19:25.239 It's well, okay, if I can clarify then then no, 1250 01:19:25.399 --> 01:19:27.439 it's about the recent history of how we came to 1251 01:19:27.479 --> 01:19:29.600 put the nets on lee straight and then moving it 1252 01:19:29.680 --> 01:19:30.279 to run them more. 1253 01:19:31.079 --> 01:19:33.119 The point of order is that i'd ask the member 1254 01:19:33.199 --> 01:19:33.920 not to refer to me. 1255 01:19:34.359 --> 01:19:37.800 There's been previous rulings by your Lordship of members not 1256 01:19:37.840 --> 01:19:39.520 referring to each other in the chamber and referring to 1257 01:19:39.600 --> 01:19:40.600 you only through the chair. 1258 01:19:43.199 --> 01:19:44.760 He has to do the same name. 1259 01:19:44.880 --> 01:19:47.039 Yes, he did mention my name, he said, Counselor Davis 1260 01:19:47.079 --> 01:19:48.720 asked me to say this, so no, I didn't. 1261 01:19:48.840 --> 01:19:51.840 I don't believe he said anything disparaging about you. We're 1262 01:19:51.920 --> 01:19:58.439 all very grateful, We're very grateful for your leadership. Thank you, 1263 01:19:58.880 --> 01:19:59.720 Counselor Martin. 1264 01:20:02.920 --> 01:20:06.680 I always love it when the Lord Mayor look the 1265 01:20:06.880 --> 01:20:09.800 history was. It came from this chamber. It was how 1266 01:20:09.920 --> 01:20:13.039 Abiad who raised it and placed enormous pressure on the 1267 01:20:13.119 --> 01:20:17.399 Council to do something. And for years, many years in fact, 1268 01:20:17.439 --> 01:20:21.640 the Council did attempt to manage the problem. And when 1269 01:20:21.800 --> 01:20:25.119 Councilor Aby had left, he passed the bat and the 1270 01:20:25.199 --> 01:20:29.760 Councilor Abrahim today who successively raised motions in relation to 1271 01:20:29.880 --> 01:20:34.960 Lee Street, and ultimately the Chamber pressured the administration to act. 1272 01:20:35.119 --> 01:20:37.079 Just have a point of what the action was. I 1273 01:20:37.159 --> 01:20:37.920 have a point of order. 1274 01:20:38.479 --> 01:20:43.359 The it's what the councilor Martin would like to relitigate 1275 01:20:43.720 --> 01:20:46.600 is not this motion. This motion deals with the current 1276 01:20:46.640 --> 01:20:49.880 situation that's there, not the history of his personal gripes 1277 01:20:50.000 --> 01:20:53.680 with his old colleagues. What we're looking to look at. 1278 01:20:53.640 --> 01:20:57.039 This moment, this is I'm making a point of order. 1279 01:20:57.640 --> 01:20:58.800 I'm making a point of order. 1280 01:20:59.359 --> 01:21:00.560 I'm making a point of order. 1281 01:21:04.920 --> 01:21:11.199 Thank you, Lord Mayor. 1282 01:21:11.720 --> 01:21:15.199 It was pastor Councilor Abrahimzidae, who on behalf of Lee 1283 01:21:15.239 --> 01:21:19.800 Street traders, raised it on many occasions, and frankly, the 1284 01:21:19.960 --> 01:21:23.960 Chamber placed enormous pressure on the administration, which sought advice 1285 01:21:24.560 --> 01:21:29.159 and acted on the advice of wildlife experts. In installing 1286 01:21:29.239 --> 01:21:33.600 the netting, it has had adverse consequences. There is no 1287 01:21:33.760 --> 01:21:38.640 question about that, and indeed, I don't see that there 1288 01:21:38.760 --> 01:21:43.600 is an end in sight. However, however, we are, in 1289 01:21:43.800 --> 01:21:47.319 spite of ourselves, moving to do the best we can 1290 01:21:47.479 --> 01:21:48.600 in the circumstances. 1291 01:21:49.520 --> 01:21:51.680 And my only regret is that. 1292 01:21:51.760 --> 01:21:56.720 Councilor Davis hadn't asked the administration what it was doing before. 1293 01:21:56.680 --> 01:21:57.319 A point of order. 1294 01:21:57.439 --> 01:22:02.680 Before raising, Lord, members refer to each other with the interruption, 1295 01:22:04.000 --> 01:22:05.960 I would like to move. I would like to move 1296 01:22:06.079 --> 01:22:09.680 regulation twenty mins refer to me in respect of Councilor 1297 01:22:09.760 --> 01:22:10.840 Davis breaching. 1298 01:22:11.159 --> 01:22:12.399 Not to refer to me in his faith. 1299 01:22:14.039 --> 01:22:17.840 I think that we're responding to a debate. So Counselor Martin, 1300 01:22:17.880 --> 01:22:20.439 can you keep moving? You've got fifty four seconds. 1301 01:22:21.399 --> 01:22:26.199 Oh thank you, Lord met Yes, it's always important to 1302 01:22:26.239 --> 01:22:30.479 ask the administration for advice about how it's approaching these issues, 1303 01:22:30.800 --> 01:22:33.199 and I must say, I'm just delighted to hear that 1304 01:22:33.319 --> 01:22:37.159 there's been so much attention by the administration to the 1305 01:22:37.239 --> 01:22:40.880 issue and so many attempts plainly to resolve it. 1306 01:22:41.920 --> 01:22:42.840 I appreciate that. 1307 01:22:43.359 --> 01:22:46.520 I'm sure that the ratepayers of the city of Adelaide 1308 01:22:46.600 --> 01:22:49.760 will be pleased to hear that the Council has. 1309 01:22:49.680 --> 01:22:50.760 Been acting for some time. 1310 01:22:51.680 --> 01:22:54.199 It is important, however, that we find a solution to 1311 01:22:54.279 --> 01:22:58.800 the issue, and I regret that though this will help, 1312 01:22:59.760 --> 01:23:02.560 the longer story is that we need to find a 1313 01:23:02.760 --> 01:23:08.119 solution that doesn't involve knitting and the apparent demise of 1314 01:23:08.199 --> 01:23:12.399 birds in arundel Mare simply because we've diverted them there. 1315 01:23:13.199 --> 01:23:16.479 I regret very much what's happened, and I trust that 1316 01:23:16.640 --> 01:23:17.920 we find a solution. 1317 01:23:19.359 --> 01:23:22.199 You, Counselor Snape, thank you, Lord Mayor. 1318 01:23:22.239 --> 01:23:25.000 And I'm just going to start by actually acknowledging all 1319 01:23:25.119 --> 01:23:27.960 the hard work that the staff has put in to 1320 01:23:28.079 --> 01:23:32.520 this throughout well several years, but also in the last 1321 01:23:33.840 --> 01:23:36.960 four to five weeks as we've seen these tragic deaths happen. 1322 01:23:37.800 --> 01:23:43.039 I actually echo Counselor Martin's concerns and the pressure that 1323 01:23:43.119 --> 01:23:46.279 was put on staff by a former team ad laid 1324 01:23:46.359 --> 01:23:50.119 leader who saw Abiad and then we don't need to 1325 01:23:50.239 --> 01:23:53.800 keep pressing the point and the papologies, Lord Mayor, and 1326 01:23:54.119 --> 01:23:57.159 so now it's up to this council, this council to 1327 01:23:57.239 --> 01:24:00.520 fix that mistake, and we are doing so. Shouldn't have 1328 01:24:00.640 --> 01:24:03.680 been placed there in the first place. I certainly think so. 1329 01:24:03.840 --> 01:24:07.800 I'm certainly sympathetic to the traders on Lee Street. But 1330 01:24:08.159 --> 01:24:11.319 I do hope to see the nets removed next year, 1331 01:24:11.960 --> 01:24:16.840 in time well in their entire entirety, for the next 1332 01:24:17.199 --> 01:24:21.079 season of migrations. We can't see it. Let us happen again. 1333 01:24:21.199 --> 01:24:24.600 We talk about being a green city, environmental city, a 1334 01:24:24.720 --> 01:24:27.199 natural city surrounded by our parklands, and yet here we 1335 01:24:27.319 --> 01:24:31.239 go with this situation. But as I said, that being said, 1336 01:24:31.359 --> 01:24:35.840 I commend the staff on their hard work, their quick reaction, 1337 01:24:37.039 --> 01:24:43.279 their conversations with the traders, the conversations with experts, and 1338 01:24:43.840 --> 01:24:47.880 I really do despite it's happened, I commend the administration 1339 01:24:48.359 --> 01:24:51.319 on what was a bad decision by team Adelaide. Thank 1340 01:24:51.359 --> 01:24:51.800 you Lord. 1341 01:24:52.800 --> 01:24:55.560 But can I just make this point? Can I just 1342 01:24:55.680 --> 01:24:59.600 make this point that the notting was put in place 1343 01:24:59.760 --> 01:25:04.279 last Can I counselor can you please be quiet? You 1344 01:25:04.399 --> 01:25:07.880 don't need to help me. I'm making the point the 1345 01:25:08.000 --> 01:25:10.640 netting was put in place last year in response to 1346 01:25:10.720 --> 01:25:14.600 difficulties in Lee Street. There were unintended consequences, firstly of 1347 01:25:14.760 --> 01:25:17.439 planting so many trees. As I say, we're victim of 1348 01:25:17.520 --> 01:25:20.600 our own success here we've planted so many trees, we've 1349 01:25:20.680 --> 01:25:24.439 created micro environments that were never there before, and then 1350 01:25:24.520 --> 01:25:27.680 the unintended consequence is trying to protect our rate payers. 1351 01:25:27.760 --> 01:25:30.760 So I think that we've many people have been involved, 1352 01:25:30.760 --> 01:25:33.039 but at the end of the day, the administration have 1353 01:25:33.119 --> 01:25:36.920 done the very best they can in difficult circumstances, trying 1354 01:25:36.960 --> 01:25:41.680 to juggle everyone's wants and desires, to support the traders, 1355 01:25:41.840 --> 01:25:44.720 to look after the birds, and actually support the volunteers. 1356 01:25:45.119 --> 01:25:49.239 I've been absolutely overwhelmed by the care with which the 1357 01:25:49.399 --> 01:25:53.600 volunteers have been dealt with. They have been treated with 1358 01:25:53.760 --> 01:25:57.720 respect and helped and I just commend the administration for 1359 01:25:57.840 --> 01:26:00.600 the negotiations and the work they put in. So seven 1360 01:26:00.640 --> 01:26:01.760 Tripp then counselor. 1361 01:26:01.479 --> 01:26:04.399 Jile Well, I'll be very brief at the risk of 1362 01:26:04.399 --> 01:26:06.520 repeating some of what's already been said. Can I first 1363 01:26:06.640 --> 01:26:09.279 just note the work of the staff but also the volunteers. 1364 01:26:09.760 --> 01:26:12.000 I think the second point is it's not lost on 1365 01:26:12.119 --> 01:26:15.359 me it's an ecologist by training, that we've got an 1366 01:26:15.399 --> 01:26:18.640 important native species here, which is roosting in. Two different 1367 01:26:18.680 --> 01:26:20.920 species have introduced true and I think, as you've said 1368 01:26:21.840 --> 01:26:26.520 in some regards where we're working through the outcome of 1369 01:26:26.600 --> 01:26:28.720 some of our successes in past tree planning. But the 1370 01:26:28.760 --> 01:26:30.239 point I wanted to make is that's only going to 1371 01:26:30.359 --> 01:26:32.279 continue in the future as we continue to put more 1372 01:26:32.319 --> 01:26:34.640 trees in the city. And so the biggest lesson for 1373 01:26:34.760 --> 01:26:36.840 me that's going to come out of these is how 1374 01:26:36.880 --> 01:26:39.279 do we work together with scientists, with a department, with 1375 01:26:39.359 --> 01:26:41.479 the community. Because we will see our city go up 1376 01:26:41.479 --> 01:26:44.039 to thirty percent tree can it becover we'd expect we're 1377 01:26:44.039 --> 01:26:46.239 going to create a whole lot more habitat And rather 1378 01:26:46.279 --> 01:26:48.079 than seeing this as a divisive issue, it should be 1379 01:26:48.159 --> 01:26:51.640 one where where celebrating the fact that we have this species. 1380 01:26:51.239 --> 01:26:51.720 In the city. 1381 01:26:51.880 --> 01:26:54.119 We note that these challenges and how we manage it, 1382 01:26:54.279 --> 01:26:56.479 but we also recognize this sort of thing they continue 1383 01:26:56.479 --> 01:26:58.520 again in the future, and how do we do it 1384 01:26:58.600 --> 01:27:02.039 better in the future, particularly around the way we communicate 1385 01:27:02.079 --> 01:27:02.960 our management actions. 1386 01:27:08.560 --> 01:27:13.119 Just I would like us to reflect that the way 1387 01:27:13.199 --> 01:27:16.359 that we pulled together this motion tonight was one where 1388 01:27:16.880 --> 01:27:21.000 we actually went into problem solving mode. We acknowledged the 1389 01:27:21.039 --> 01:27:24.279 work of the staff. We came to an agreement about 1390 01:27:24.399 --> 01:27:26.680 what needs to be done in a really civilized way. 1391 01:27:26.880 --> 01:27:30.479 So I hope that we can sort of like continue 1392 01:27:30.560 --> 01:27:34.119 that as are the way that we go forward. I 1393 01:27:34.279 --> 01:27:36.840 do think that we do have really tricky problems in 1394 01:27:36.920 --> 01:27:42.159 the city when we're trying to encourage businesses to, you know, 1395 01:27:42.319 --> 01:27:45.199 to get out there and have outdoor dining and create 1396 01:27:45.239 --> 01:27:49.520 an atmosphere that's really beautiful for visitors and for locals 1397 01:27:49.640 --> 01:27:52.880 to eat and drink in. And we have trees planted, 1398 01:27:52.960 --> 01:27:55.720 and we have beautiful creatures coming in because we planted 1399 01:27:55.760 --> 01:27:58.119 our trees, and how do we balance all those needs? 1400 01:27:58.199 --> 01:28:00.680 So balancing is a major issue for us as a 1401 01:28:00.800 --> 01:28:04.680 city council that many councils don't have that same issue. 1402 01:28:04.880 --> 01:28:08.359 So it's been a great step forward, I think to 1403 01:28:09.079 --> 01:28:11.640 discuss this issue in a civilized manner and to come 1404 01:28:11.960 --> 01:28:17.840 to an agreement around what acknowledging what needs to be done, 1405 01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:19.920 and having a bit of a think about having a 1406 01:28:20.079 --> 01:28:25.000 strategy moving forward that takes on those tricky problems, those 1407 01:28:25.079 --> 01:28:31.600 wicked problems in a more sophisticated way. Acknowledging that just 1408 01:28:31.960 --> 01:28:36.600 responding to some complaints about something or some difficulties that 1409 01:28:36.760 --> 01:28:39.760 some group is having is not the way to go 1410 01:28:40.039 --> 01:28:44.439 if we all and if we don't also consider the 1411 01:28:44.560 --> 01:28:48.880 ramifications and the environment around that. So I think this 1412 01:28:49.079 --> 01:28:52.159 is a really good motion and shows that we're on 1413 01:28:52.319 --> 01:28:55.640 track to dealing with those tricky problems. And I also 1414 01:28:55.680 --> 01:28:58.479 think it's amazingly exciting to have these little birds in 1415 01:28:58.560 --> 01:29:01.520 our city. I didn't even know what a tree Martin 1416 01:29:01.680 --> 01:29:03.640 was to like join this council, and now I do, 1417 01:29:03.800 --> 01:29:05.199 and now I know a hell of a lot more 1418 01:29:05.239 --> 01:29:07.560 about them, and I think it would be really great 1419 01:29:07.560 --> 01:29:09.920 if we could play an active role as a council 1420 01:29:10.319 --> 01:29:12.840 in making sure that everyone goes through that experience and 1421 01:29:12.960 --> 01:29:16.119 we all get to really love our little tree mountains 1422 01:29:16.159 --> 01:29:20.920 and become something that something that people come to Adelaide 1423 01:29:20.920 --> 01:29:22.720 to have a look at and come to Lee Street 1424 01:29:22.760 --> 01:29:24.319 to have a look up at as well. 1425 01:29:25.760 --> 01:29:28.640 I would you like for some up Thank you very much, 1426 01:29:29.279 --> 01:29:32.960 counselor Sea Troupe and Counsel Jiles for your your comments tonight. 1427 01:29:33.479 --> 01:29:35.239 I do think that you know, there are other places 1428 01:29:35.279 --> 01:29:38.920 in the world which have taken quite negative initially what 1429 01:29:39.000 --> 01:29:43.279 they thought was a negative animal activity in the city 1430 01:29:43.359 --> 01:29:46.600 and turn that into a tourist destination. I think in America, 1431 01:29:46.600 --> 01:29:48.199 I think it might be our namesake. In fact, they 1432 01:29:48.199 --> 01:29:50.960 had a problem with bats and turn that into a 1433 01:29:51.079 --> 01:29:54.079 significant tourist destination of about eight million dollars with the 1434 01:29:54.199 --> 01:29:55.000 income from the state. 1435 01:29:55.880 --> 01:29:57.479 I did raise that idea with some of the Lee 1436 01:29:57.520 --> 01:30:00.800 Street traders. Not a big fan, remain in the hope. 1437 01:30:01.520 --> 01:30:04.079 I do hope that this motion will show leadership from 1438 01:30:04.079 --> 01:30:06.239 the City of Adelaide in terms of what we're going 1439 01:30:06.319 --> 01:30:08.920 to do going forward. And I really do think the 1440 01:30:09.000 --> 01:30:12.479 volunteers who have answered the call and gone out of 1441 01:30:12.520 --> 01:30:14.640 their way and done everything they need to do. I 1442 01:30:14.720 --> 01:30:18.119 think at least five per night who were there looking 1443 01:30:18.159 --> 01:30:20.800 after the birds, taking them to the vets, and also 1444 01:30:20.840 --> 01:30:24.039 those vets who are trying to nurse these poor birds 1445 01:30:24.079 --> 01:30:26.920 back to health. I think we've learned a lot as 1446 01:30:26.920 --> 01:30:30.800 a council from this. Ultimately, this was our decision. We 1447 01:30:30.920 --> 01:30:33.079 made the decision, we were brief done it last year, 1448 01:30:33.600 --> 01:30:35.920 and the responsibility whether as me you have made the 1449 01:30:35.960 --> 01:30:38.680 decision or administration, the buck does start with this council. 1450 01:30:38.720 --> 01:30:41.159 In this, with this chamber, I believe that we have 1451 01:30:41.319 --> 01:30:44.000 a good way forward and I think that this motion 1452 01:30:44.119 --> 01:30:45.760 will go a long way to inform in the public 1453 01:30:45.840 --> 01:30:48.119 on terms of what the council is doing to liaise 1454 01:30:48.920 --> 01:30:51.399 with key interest groups to make sure that we can 1455 01:30:51.439 --> 01:30:54.119 improve the plight of the bird, and I suppose next 1456 01:30:54.239 --> 01:30:57.239 year we will turn our minds to when they returned 1457 01:30:57.399 --> 01:31:01.359 to Adelaide, potentially with climate thirty one. We've copp thirty 1458 01:31:01.439 --> 01:31:05.479 one and we can showcase them and have a suitable 1459 01:31:05.520 --> 01:31:08.600 place for them to roost in future. And I'd also 1460 01:31:08.640 --> 01:31:10.640 like to thank Lord Mayor for your efforts behind the 1461 01:31:10.720 --> 01:31:14.840 scenes in terms of dealing with the administration and coordinating 1462 01:31:14.840 --> 01:31:18.760 efforts and often that as a signific amount of public 1463 01:31:18.840 --> 01:31:21.840 answers to what's happening. But I commend the administration on 1464 01:31:22.159 --> 01:31:25.800 their busy faeton what they've been doing to solve this 1465 01:31:26.359 --> 01:31:27.399 very alarming issue. 1466 01:31:27.560 --> 01:31:31.239 Thank you, Thank you, Counselor. Just before the vote, can 1467 01:31:31.319 --> 01:31:36.319 I just recommend seeing the murmuration, which is a wonderful 1468 01:31:36.359 --> 01:31:39.640 word and is a description of the way they fly 1469 01:31:39.840 --> 01:31:45.159 in in great flocks that weave and coil. So all 1470 01:31:45.199 --> 01:31:49.239 those in favor those against human animus, thank you Counselor 1471 01:31:49.319 --> 01:31:57.479 Davis for sorting them. Questions on notice. We have several 1472 01:31:59.199 --> 01:32:04.079 which are on your questions without notice. No, shall we 1473 01:32:04.199 --> 01:32:08.319 move on there? Can I ask someone to move the 1474 01:32:08.399 --> 01:32:14.640 exclusion for Item twenty two moved my council jibs signify 1475 01:32:14.840 --> 01:32:19.119 Counselor Martin, all those in favor, that's carriaging aanimously, and 1476 01:32:19.279 --> 01:32:21.159 can I have someone to move the exclusion of twenty 1477 01:32:21.279 --> 01:32:25.279 three move by Counselor Martin's seconded by Counselor Davis. All 1478 01:32:25.279 --> 01:32:28.560 those in favor, let's carried. Thank you members. So could 1479 01:32:28.600 --> 01:32:30.680 I ask members of the public who are in the 1480 01:32:30.720 --> 01:32:35.720 gallery to be to become absent now I don't know 1481 01:32:35.760 --> 01:32:36.960 if there are any members. 1482 01:32:42.279 --> 01:32:47.000 All right, good morning everyone. I'm Alan Seckel, vice Chair 1483 01:32:47.039 --> 01:32:49.560 of the Translink Board, and i'd like to welcome you 1484 01:32:49.680 --> 01:32:53.359 to Translinks March twenty twenty five open Board meeting. Thank 1485 01:32:53.439 --> 01:32:56.560 you all for joining us virtually today. I like to 1486 01:32:56.640 --> 01:32:59.279 call the meeting to order and begin by saying that 1487 01:32:59.399 --> 01:33:03.520 we respect the Indigenous nations within Metro Vancouver and acknowledge 1488 01:33:03.560 --> 01:33:07.319 all First Nations, Inuit and met people for their continued resilience, 1489 01:33:07.720 --> 01:33:10.920 sustainable stewardship, and as active members of the community for 1490 01:33:11.079 --> 01:33:15.039 generations to come. We recognize that in planning and managing 1491 01:33:15.119 --> 01:33:17.680 the region's transportation system, we have a role to play 1492 01:33:17.680 --> 01:33:23.359 in supporting reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Before we get started 1493 01:33:23.439 --> 01:33:25.760 with the formalities the meeting today, i'd like to welcome 1494 01:33:25.960 --> 01:33:29.319 Darlene Hyde, who joined the Translaning Board on January first, 1495 01:33:29.479 --> 01:33:33.119 twenty twenty five. Darlene is a seasoned business leader with 1496 01:33:33.239 --> 01:33:38.119 over thirty years of executive and board experience across real estate, energy, insurance, 1497 01:33:38.159 --> 01:33:41.960 and telecommunications in both the public and private sectors. She 1498 01:33:42.119 --> 01:33:45.560 currently serves as chair of the Stabilization's Central Credit Union, 1499 01:33:46.039 --> 01:33:48.960 chair of McGill's Women in Leadership in Philanthropy and Vancouver, 1500 01:33:49.479 --> 01:33:51.439 and as a board member for the Canada Mortgage and 1501 01:33:51.479 --> 01:33:55.479 Housing Corporation. Previously, Darlene was CEO of the BC Real 1502 01:33:55.560 --> 01:33:59.520 Estate Association, Executive director of the Metro Vancouver Commercial Real 1503 01:33:59.600 --> 01:34:03.119 Estate Devas Element Association, and Interim CEO of the Alberta 1504 01:34:03.239 --> 01:34:07.199 Insurance Council. She was recognized as the twenty twenty CEO 1505 01:34:07.319 --> 01:34:09.840 of the Year in the nonprofit sector by Business Vancouver, 1506 01:34:10.439 --> 01:34:12.800 and she also led the BC Real Estate Association to 1507 01:34:12.840 --> 01:34:16.439 be named a top national employer. Welcome Darling. We look 1508 01:34:16.479 --> 01:34:20.960 forward to all of your ideas and contributions, so thank you. 1509 01:34:22.119 --> 01:34:24.640 Moving to the agenda before we proceed, are there any 1510 01:34:24.720 --> 01:34:27.399 items on the consent agenda that any director wishes to 1511 01:34:27.479 --> 01:34:33.600 remove from consent for discussion? All right? Scene none. I 1512 01:34:33.680 --> 01:34:36.960 will now introduce Gordon Harris, who will present today's safety moment. 1513 01:34:38.359 --> 01:34:42.399 Thanks very much, Chair. British Columbia experience is about twenty 1514 01:34:42.439 --> 01:34:46.920 five hundred earthquakes a year. Unfortunately, the three earthquakes that 1515 01:34:47.039 --> 01:34:50.479 rattled our region over the last few weeks were relatively 1516 01:34:50.600 --> 01:34:53.840 mild ones, but they are a reminder that we all 1517 01:34:53.920 --> 01:34:56.760 live in a seismically active area and we need to 1518 01:34:56.800 --> 01:34:59.239 be prepared in case the next one is more severe. 1519 01:35:00.199 --> 01:35:03.800 Being prepared means having a plan, so start with family 1520 01:35:03.880 --> 01:35:08.039 and friends and an emergency communication plan. Plan for where 1521 01:35:08.079 --> 01:35:10.920 you and your circle can all safely meet up if 1522 01:35:10.960 --> 01:35:15.000 you get separated. Make sure everyone has an emergency kit, 1523 01:35:15.479 --> 01:35:18.079 one stocked with about three days worth of water and 1524 01:35:18.159 --> 01:35:22.359 non perishable foods, some healthy snacks, maybe a first aid kit, 1525 01:35:22.439 --> 01:35:25.720 a battery, radio, and a cell phone charger. It is 1526 01:35:25.920 --> 01:35:28.319 always a good idea, no matter what, to make sure 1527 01:35:28.359 --> 01:35:32.840 your cell phone is fully charged during an earthquake. Drop 1528 01:35:33.119 --> 01:35:36.079 cover and hold. We've all heard that for years. Drop 1529 01:35:36.199 --> 01:35:39.279 down so you don't risk falling over. Take cover under 1530 01:35:39.359 --> 01:35:42.399 something solid like a table or desk. Hold on to 1531 01:35:42.520 --> 01:35:46.119 that table or desk or other solid object. Stay away 1532 01:35:46.159 --> 01:35:49.560 from windows to avoid broken glass, and if you're outside, 1533 01:35:49.600 --> 01:35:52.000 try to get to an open area away from buildings, 1534 01:35:52.159 --> 01:35:56.479 power lines, and trees. If you're on transit, stay seated, 1535 01:35:56.960 --> 01:35:59.600 and if you're standing, hold on tight to the handrails 1536 01:36:00.079 --> 01:36:03.960 and follow the operators instructions. If you're driving, pull over 1537 01:36:04.479 --> 01:36:07.039 when it's safe to do so, and in an open area, 1538 01:36:07.760 --> 01:36:09.920 stay in your car with your seat belt on and 1539 01:36:10.159 --> 01:36:13.520 the engine off until the shaking stops. And listen to 1540 01:36:13.640 --> 01:36:18.359 local news for emergency information and updates. And finally, take 1541 01:36:18.439 --> 01:36:20.319 the time now to look around to pick a safe 1542 01:36:20.359 --> 01:36:23.520 place in your home and your workplace, put a pair 1543 01:36:23.520 --> 01:36:26.319 of sturdy shoes under your bed, talk to your family 1544 01:36:26.359 --> 01:36:29.600 and friends about their plan so everyone is ready just 1545 01:36:29.760 --> 01:36:31.840 in case the next one is a bigger one. 1546 01:36:32.359 --> 01:36:37.039 Thanks very much, Thank you, Gordon. So we've got lots 1547 01:36:37.119 --> 01:36:39.319 on the agenda today, so we'll proceed to our first 1548 01:36:39.399 --> 01:36:42.920 it in which are public delegations. We've got three people 1549 01:36:43.000 --> 01:36:47.640 who have enrolled for delegations and the first one is 1550 01:36:48.279 --> 01:36:52.039 Gabriel Dalton. Gabriel, are you. 1551 01:36:55.239 --> 01:36:55.760 Get them here? 1552 01:36:56.319 --> 01:36:58.720 I good, So thank you very much for taking the 1553 01:36:58.800 --> 01:37:01.279 time to come today and share your ideas with this table. 1554 01:37:01.640 --> 01:37:04.119 You have about five minutes to make your presentation and 1555 01:37:04.199 --> 01:37:06.479 I'll give you a gentle reminder if you get close 1556 01:37:06.520 --> 01:37:08.399 to that, it's all. 1557 01:37:08.279 --> 01:37:08.640 Over to you. 1558 01:37:10.560 --> 01:37:13.680 Thank you very much. Good morning, Chair and members of 1559 01:37:13.760 --> 01:37:16.199 the board. My name is Gabriel Dalton and I'm the 1560 01:37:16.279 --> 01:37:18.840 founder and CEO of Wastes of Change, Inc. An off 1561 01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:23.439 for profit dedicated to digital sustainability. I'm sixteen years old 1562 01:37:23.520 --> 01:37:26.600 and part of Generation Z, generation that will inherit the 1563 01:37:26.680 --> 01:37:30.960 consequences of today's environmental decisions. For years, I've been working 1564 01:37:31.039 --> 01:37:34.479 on making websites more energy efficient and raising awareness about 1565 01:37:34.520 --> 01:37:37.760 the environmental impact of the Internet. I've led initiatives that 1566 01:37:37.800 --> 01:37:40.239 have resulted in the planting of nearly nine thousand trees 1567 01:37:40.279 --> 01:37:43.119 across thirty different countries and the prevention of seven thousand 1568 01:37:43.199 --> 01:37:46.880 plastic bottles from entering the ocean. Sustainability is a passion 1569 01:37:46.960 --> 01:37:50.880 of mine. There's one area of sustainability that often gets 1570 01:37:50.880 --> 01:37:54.359 overlooked the digital world. Every time you visit a website, 1571 01:37:54.560 --> 01:37:57.039 stream your favorite movie, or send an email to your grandma, 1572 01:37:57.199 --> 01:38:01.960 it requires energy, and that energy use adds up. To 1573 01:38:02.000 --> 01:38:05.319 put it into perspective, the energy consumption from translink dot 1574 01:38:05.399 --> 01:38:09.560 CAA's estimated five million monthly visitors creates a digital footprint 1575 01:38:09.640 --> 01:38:12.920 equivalent to driving electric vehicle over five hundred and sixty 1576 01:38:13.039 --> 01:38:16.239 thousand kilometers, which is the same as completing more than 1577 01:38:16.279 --> 01:38:18.840 one thousand round trips on your full rapid bus between 1578 01:38:18.920 --> 01:38:22.760 UBC and Joystation and taking the six daily bus on 1579 01:38:22.880 --> 01:38:25.880 over five thousand round trips between downtown and the West End. 1580 01:38:26.600 --> 01:38:29.359 The good news as a way to reduce this impact 1581 01:38:29.439 --> 01:38:32.520 without changing how people use a site, just by optimizing 1582 01:38:32.560 --> 01:38:34.800 the things that are already there today, I'm going to 1583 01:38:34.840 --> 01:38:37.079 show you how Translink can cut its digital emissions without 1584 01:38:37.079 --> 01:38:41.079 sacrifices and performance, accessibility or user experience. All are reinforcing 1585 01:38:41.159 --> 01:38:45.479 its role as a sustainability leader in metro Vancouver. A 1586 01:38:45.520 --> 01:38:47.680 lot of people don't realize this, but the Internet is 1587 01:38:47.720 --> 01:38:52.000 responsible for about three point seven percent of global carbon emissions. 1588 01:38:52.600 --> 01:38:55.319 That's about the same as the airline industry. Every web 1589 01:38:55.359 --> 01:38:59.399 page reload requires electricity to process and transfer data. This 1590 01:38:59.560 --> 01:39:03.199 means that large, unoptimized websites end up consuming far more 1591 01:39:03.399 --> 01:39:07.520 energy than necessary, and the thing is this is entirely avoidable. 1592 01:39:08.079 --> 01:39:10.760 With better design choices, websites can be optimized to use 1593 01:39:10.800 --> 01:39:13.920 far less energy while still delivering the same information and experience. 1594 01:39:14.000 --> 01:39:17.840 To users. I've conducted a comprehensive analysis of translink dot 1595 01:39:17.920 --> 01:39:20.760 C eight using sustainability tracking tools, and the results who 1596 01:39:20.760 --> 01:39:24.520 are simply concerning. Each visit to the website generates approximately 1597 01:39:24.680 --> 01:39:26.840 zero point seventy four grands at CO two, which might 1598 01:39:26.920 --> 01:39:29.680 not seem like a lot at first. However, with an 1599 01:39:29.760 --> 01:39:32.920 estimated five million visits per month, this website admits nearly 1600 01:39:33.000 --> 01:39:36.319 thirty four thousand kill grands at CO two annually. To 1601 01:39:36.399 --> 01:39:38.560 put that into perspective, the energy use of the current 1602 01:39:38.560 --> 01:39:42.039 website is equivalent to charging nearly seven point three million 1603 01:39:42.119 --> 01:39:45.199 smartphones and the carbon absorbed by over fifteen hundred trees 1604 01:39:45.199 --> 01:39:49.279 in a year. And why is this happening? Large inefficient images, 1605 01:39:49.359 --> 01:39:54.039 excessive JavaScript files and unnecessary fonts. Every additional megabyte increases 1606 01:39:54.199 --> 01:39:56.760 energy use not just on translit servers, but also on 1607 01:39:56.840 --> 01:40:00.800 the device the devices of every user app exiting the site. 1608 01:40:02.000 --> 01:40:04.279 I want to be clear that Translate's website is already 1609 01:40:04.359 --> 01:40:07.760 well optimized in many ways. It's fast, accessible and served, 1610 01:40:08.199 --> 01:40:12.359 and essential public function. But the reality is it could 1611 01:40:12.399 --> 01:40:16.359 be much cleaner and more sustainable by implementing targeted improvements 1612 01:40:16.399 --> 01:40:20.760 such as compressing images, removing unnecessary scripts, and optimizing hosting 1613 01:40:20.800 --> 01:40:25.199 infrastructure vendsling can significantly reduce the energy the website's energy 1614 01:40:25.239 --> 01:40:28.920 consumption and carbon footprint. Studies show that optimizing images alone 1615 01:40:29.039 --> 01:40:31.239 can reduce data transfer by to thirty percent. 1616 01:40:31.399 --> 01:40:31.640 Well. 1617 01:40:32.199 --> 01:40:35.960 Eliminating unnecessary scripts and streamlining codes can further cut down 1618 01:40:36.039 --> 01:40:40.520 with usage and processing power. That's the equivalent of removing 1619 01:40:40.640 --> 01:40:43.239 thousands of kilograms of CO two every month, and it 1620 01:40:43.279 --> 01:40:45.479 wouldn't just be in an environmental win. It would mean 1621 01:40:45.600 --> 01:40:48.439 faster loading times, which improves the experience for all trans 1622 01:40:48.640 --> 01:40:52.600 users though we're bandwidth costs, saving money on, saving money 1623 01:40:52.640 --> 01:40:56.720 on infrastructure, and a stronger sustainability reputation aligning with TransLink's 1624 01:40:56.760 --> 01:41:01.359 digital footprint with its clean ener machine transit goals. At 1625 01:41:01.399 --> 01:41:03.319 the at the end of the day, Translink is leading 1626 01:41:03.359 --> 01:41:06.000 Metro Vancouver towards a more sustainable future. But this is 1627 01:41:06.000 --> 01:41:09.520 a major blind spot, one that is easily fixable. If 1628 01:41:09.520 --> 01:41:11.600 we don't act, the emissions will keep on adding up 1629 01:41:11.640 --> 01:41:13.960 with every single page view. But with the right changes, 1630 01:41:14.039 --> 01:41:16.560 Translink can set the standard for sustainable website design in 1631 01:41:16.800 --> 01:41:20.079 public transit. In conclusion, now is the time to take action. 1632 01:41:20.319 --> 01:41:21.520 I encourage you all. 1633 01:41:21.520 --> 01:41:25.479 To explore my full sustainability case study and tailored recommendations 1634 01:41:25.520 --> 01:41:29.479 at Gabriel Dalton dot com slash Translink. Thank you for 1635 01:41:29.520 --> 01:41:32.079 your time and consideration today and have an amazing rest 1636 01:41:32.119 --> 01:41:32.600 of the meeting. 1637 01:41:34.079 --> 01:41:37.640 Thanks Gabriel, really admire your passion for the environment and 1638 01:41:38.439 --> 01:41:40.439 I'll assure you that your ideas will be shared with 1639 01:41:40.560 --> 01:41:43.239 the right people at Translink. And thanks for coming today. 1640 01:41:43.880 --> 01:41:55.520 We'll now proceed to our next speaker, who is Elfrin Ordanza. Hello, Elfrid, 1641 01:41:56.399 --> 01:41:56.800 are you there? 1642 01:42:02.720 --> 01:42:02.920 Hello? 1643 01:42:03.039 --> 01:42:03.520 Can you hear me? 1644 01:42:03.880 --> 01:42:06.239 Okay? Now, oil friend? Yes, Thanks, go ahead. You've got 1645 01:42:06.279 --> 01:42:08.720 about five minutes and I'll give you a gentle reminder 1646 01:42:08.720 --> 01:42:09.760 if you get closer that time. 1647 01:42:12.600 --> 01:42:15.199 Hello, and thank you Bard for giving me the opportunity 1648 01:42:15.279 --> 01:42:18.760 to express my concerns and beliefs on the transit system 1649 01:42:18.800 --> 01:42:21.960 here in Metro Vancouver. I want to talk about the 1650 01:42:22.079 --> 01:42:26.159 fair system we currently have. The three zone fair system 1651 01:42:26.359 --> 01:42:29.560 dates back to the days of BC Transit, well before 1652 01:42:29.680 --> 01:42:32.800 Translink became the transit agency for the Metro bank for 1653 01:42:32.920 --> 01:42:38.039 Region in nineteen ninety nine. In particular, for someone who 1654 01:42:38.159 --> 01:42:41.479 has to travel between two stations with a fair zone border, 1655 01:42:41.920 --> 01:42:45.079 it costs more than what one that has to travel 1656 01:42:45.199 --> 01:42:49.399 between two stations without a fair zone border. For example, 1657 01:42:49.479 --> 01:42:52.680 it costs three dollars twenty cents to travel between Patterson 1658 01:42:52.840 --> 01:42:57.439 and Metrotown stations, but it costs four dollars and sixty 1659 01:42:57.560 --> 01:43:02.079 five cents to travel between Patterson and Enjoy stations. That's 1660 01:43:02.119 --> 01:43:05.079 the one dollar forty five cent difference between traveling in 1661 01:43:05.199 --> 01:43:09.279 these directions. This logic behind this fair structure does not 1662 01:43:09.479 --> 01:43:13.560 make any sense. On top of that, Transling has done 1663 01:43:13.600 --> 01:43:15.800 a fair review a few years back in hopes to 1664 01:43:15.920 --> 01:43:19.159 change the fare system. It was said to eliminate the 1665 01:43:19.239 --> 01:43:23.960 fare zones and implement distance based fares on Skytrain, SeaBus 1666 01:43:24.359 --> 01:43:28.279 and future rapid transit. That was all said in twenty eighteen, 1667 01:43:29.159 --> 01:43:32.039 But what year is it now? It's twenty twenty five. 1668 01:43:32.600 --> 01:43:35.560 This current fare structure is outdated and it has to 1669 01:43:35.640 --> 01:43:39.199 be changed sooner rather than much later. I'm not the 1670 01:43:39.359 --> 01:43:42.520 only one to wonder why the fair pricing method hasn't changed, 1671 01:43:43.039 --> 01:43:45.760 aside from the fare increases that seem to be happening 1672 01:43:45.880 --> 01:43:50.199 almost every single year. It's almost twenty six years since 1673 01:43:50.279 --> 01:43:55.000 Translinic took responsibility of the region's transit network. We even 1674 01:43:55.079 --> 01:43:58.319 have the technology such as the Compass card system to 1675 01:43:58.439 --> 01:44:01.479 change it. I don't see the fairness of this current 1676 01:44:01.520 --> 01:44:05.880 FRAS structure. I've been long hoping for change. Now, even 1677 01:44:05.960 --> 01:44:09.199 that we have the technology, I'm wondering if Translin is 1678 01:44:09.279 --> 01:44:12.479 willing and able to make the change. Has it not 1679 01:44:12.600 --> 01:44:15.399 been a priority since Translink takeover in nineteen ninety nine. 1680 01:44:16.159 --> 01:44:20.199 I'm just wondering where the opportunity opportunity was lost. Thanks 1681 01:44:20.239 --> 01:44:22.079 for listening, and I appreciate you for your time. 1682 01:44:23.840 --> 01:44:27.760 Thanks Alfrid, I appreciate your input and your passion for 1683 01:44:27.840 --> 01:44:31.039 their transportation system in Metro Vancouver. I can assure you 1684 01:44:31.199 --> 01:44:33.760 that your ideas will be shared with the right people 1685 01:44:33.840 --> 01:44:37.079 at Translink, and thank you so much for coming today. 1686 01:44:38.600 --> 01:44:40.439 And our third and last speaker is. 1687 01:44:41.359 --> 01:44:47.720 I appreciate you for your time, thanks alfriend, and your 1688 01:44:47.760 --> 01:44:48.279 passion for. 1689 01:44:48.319 --> 01:44:50.359 The transportations cocover. 1690 01:44:50.920 --> 01:44:53.560 I can shure you that your ideas will be shared 1691 01:44:53.560 --> 01:44:55.479 with the people, and. 1692 01:44:55.600 --> 01:44:57.399 Thank you so much to that. 1693 01:44:58.920 --> 01:45:04.520 All right, without interesting repetition for me, it is we'll 1694 01:45:04.600 --> 01:45:07.760 move to Nathan dividerates over to you. Nathan, you have 1695 01:45:07.800 --> 01:45:10.119 about five minutes, and I'll give you a gentle reminder 1696 01:45:10.199 --> 01:45:11.079 to people of that time. 1697 01:45:12.199 --> 01:45:13.199 Hallold, do you hear me? 1698 01:45:13.600 --> 01:45:13.800 You do? 1699 01:45:14.319 --> 01:45:14.720 Go ahead? 1700 01:45:15.600 --> 01:45:19.159 Oh? Okay, well, thank you the directors of the Board 1701 01:45:19.279 --> 01:45:25.039 of Handling. There are many items on this agenda. I 1702 01:45:25.239 --> 01:45:29.279 talked about the unfair first start to last year, but 1703 01:45:29.479 --> 01:45:34.000 nothing has changed the same fair stature that in twenty 1704 01:45:34.560 --> 01:45:41.159 fifteen your own CEO, Katy McLay acknowledge was unfair. Ken 1705 01:45:41.319 --> 01:45:46.680 Howdy t Ansling spokesmen before becoming an MP concerned no 1706 01:45:47.840 --> 01:45:53.239 changes to many good fell savings in twenty fourteen like 1707 01:45:53.359 --> 01:45:58.079 the family and then holiday pass that as usual, he 1708 01:45:58.319 --> 01:46:03.279 was wrong and he has done nothing to help Translink 1709 01:46:03.680 --> 01:46:09.279 six hundred million dollars operation deficit. While an MP. Now 1710 01:46:09.680 --> 01:46:14.680 he's retired without any legacy. It is the same as 1711 01:46:14.760 --> 01:46:19.800 many adult Transling staff, directors of the board, and civic 1712 01:46:19.880 --> 01:46:25.039 and provincial politicians. They've done very little or nothing to 1713 01:46:25.239 --> 01:46:30.000 help a transit system and will have no legacy. It's 1714 01:46:30.079 --> 01:46:34.760 been forty one years since the FIR structure was implemented 1715 01:46:35.239 --> 01:46:39.439 in nineteen eighty four. Vancouver transit riders that are the 1716 01:46:39.560 --> 01:46:44.359 account for fifty percent of the riders are paying way 1717 01:46:44.479 --> 01:46:50.239 above their fair shale of the transit budget. On Friday 1718 01:46:50.359 --> 01:46:54.439 August first, twenty twenty five, you might not receive the 1719 01:46:54.640 --> 01:47:00.319 taxes collected on your behalf by all the municipalities. They 1720 01:47:00.520 --> 01:47:06.399 all displeased and outraged at Translink. Pardlink is the worst 1721 01:47:06.520 --> 01:47:11.239 in Canada and our fells, compared to the sixth largest 1722 01:47:11.359 --> 01:47:15.960 system in Canada, are the highest. Just read the cut 1723 01:47:16.880 --> 01:47:21.720 twenty twenty three fact book. We are now in a 1724 01:47:22.039 --> 01:47:27.279 similar situation to twenty twenty where staff layoff and service 1725 01:47:27.439 --> 01:47:33.840 cuts were proposed. Minutes tell Selena Robinson managed to stop 1726 01:47:34.640 --> 01:47:40.960 the layoffs and cuts. However, former CEO Kevin Desmond tricked 1727 01:47:41.039 --> 01:47:45.960 her and adults by robbing Peter to pay Paul. However, 1728 01:47:46.199 --> 01:47:50.920 Selena Robinson has a legacy of being the second poor 1729 01:47:51.119 --> 01:47:55.800 transit minister in fifty years. The first one was the 1730 01:47:55.960 --> 01:48:01.359 late Jim Lomeer in the mid nineteen seventies. So let's 1731 01:48:01.439 --> 01:48:05.600 look again at all the many inequities, highest average fail 1732 01:48:05.720 --> 01:48:11.199 in Canada. Complicated unfail trees on fieses tructure since nineteen 1733 01:48:11.239 --> 01:48:15.520 eighty four, no special, free or very low fails for 1734 01:48:15.720 --> 01:48:20.920 seniors teens thirteen to eighteen years old, low income nineteen 1735 01:48:20.960 --> 01:48:26.439 to sixty four. Different fills for buses versus trained and SeaBus, 1736 01:48:27.079 --> 01:48:32.279 no faire integration with BC Transit, no fail caps, no 1737 01:48:32.520 --> 01:48:38.840 printed timetables or reference copies available at library. Longest average 1738 01:48:38.920 --> 01:48:45.239 trip time in Canada, very limited overnight bus services, inconsistent 1739 01:48:45.399 --> 01:48:49.039 hours of service on many bus routes and sea bus. 1740 01:48:49.840 --> 01:48:56.079 Very limited regional rail service, no was rooms, limited handed 1741 01:48:56.199 --> 01:49:02.239 out service, very few bike packades station, no funding for 1742 01:49:02.439 --> 01:49:07.039 bus shelter cancellation of over two hundred bus stop about 1743 01:49:07.159 --> 01:49:10.760 fifteen percent of all bus stops in the city of Vancouver. 1744 01:49:11.760 --> 01:49:15.840 One of the only big transit systems is out on 1745 01:49:16.039 --> 01:49:22.439 demand transit also called demand response transit. Lower hours of 1746 01:49:22.640 --> 01:49:29.159 service per capitat and whistle Victoria, Montreal and Toronto. We 1747 01:49:29.319 --> 01:49:33.680 still have transfer the only valid for ninety minutes, while 1748 01:49:33.760 --> 01:49:37.279 many other transit systems have one hundred and twenty minutes. 1749 01:49:38.399 --> 01:49:42.640 You are not supporting the BC Federation of label connecting 1750 01:49:42.840 --> 01:49:46.399 BC plan with doubling of the bus fleet in three 1751 01:49:46.520 --> 01:49:52.359 yels and tripling in six years. Do you even know 1752 01:49:52.760 --> 01:49:55.359 that three out of the seven members of the London 1753 01:49:55.479 --> 01:50:01.319 Transit Commission in Ontario resigned earlier this and now the 1754 01:50:01.600 --> 01:50:06.560 LTC is disbanded. So thank you for listening to me 1755 01:50:14.520 --> 01:50:18.760 reminder of the longdown times of condition to Antelio. 1756 01:50:18.439 --> 01:50:27.920 Resign Alan You're on mute. 1757 01:50:29.439 --> 01:50:32.680 Thanks Nathan. We appreciate your passion for the transportation system 1758 01:50:32.760 --> 01:50:36.199 and as always, your ideas will be shared within Translink. 1759 01:50:36.319 --> 01:50:39.640 And thank you for coming today. And that concludes our 1760 01:50:39.720 --> 01:50:42.520 public delegations for this meeting. So thank you for everyone 1761 01:50:42.600 --> 01:50:45.840 for taking the time to speak to us and share 1762 01:50:45.920 --> 01:50:49.359 your perspectives. That takes us item three on the agenda, 1763 01:50:49.399 --> 01:50:51.880 which is the CEO Report, and I'll turn it over 1764 01:50:51.960 --> 01:50:53.439 to our CEO, Kevin Quinn. 1765 01:50:56.439 --> 01:50:59.319 Great well, good morning everyone, Thanks so much, and I 1766 01:50:59.439 --> 01:51:02.159 also do want to offer a warm welcome to our 1767 01:51:02.239 --> 01:51:06.399 newest member of the board, Darlene Hyde. Darlene, welcome and 1768 01:51:07.319 --> 01:51:09.680 thanks all so much for having me today. It's great 1769 01:51:09.720 --> 01:51:13.119 to be here. In my report today, I'll be covering 1770 01:51:13.199 --> 01:51:17.279 the opening of Capston Station, our latest public engagements on 1771 01:51:17.439 --> 01:51:21.359 the Bus Rapid Transit program and the Barrard Peninsula Area 1772 01:51:21.479 --> 01:51:25.479 Transportation Plan, and our partnership with BC Hydro to electrify 1773 01:51:25.600 --> 01:51:29.319 Translink park and rides. Today we're also releasing our twenty 1774 01:51:29.439 --> 01:51:33.319 twenty four Accountability Report, our annual report that highlights progress 1775 01:51:33.520 --> 01:51:37.800 on social, environmental and financial responsibility and features key achievements 1776 01:51:37.840 --> 01:51:44.119 across the enterprise. Next side, please this year's accountability report 1777 01:51:44.479 --> 01:51:49.359 really underscores our continued commitment to providing essential transportation services 1778 01:51:49.399 --> 01:51:53.279 to Metro Vancouver, despite challenges from rapid regional growth in 1779 01:51:53.359 --> 01:51:57.600 the last few years, overcrowding and financial constraints. Thanks to 1780 01:51:57.680 --> 01:52:00.239 the short term funding provided by the twenty two twenty 1781 01:52:00.279 --> 01:52:03.880 four Investment Plan, we made modest but meaningful improvements to 1782 01:52:03.960 --> 01:52:07.800 the transit system to address overcrowding and reduce travel times. 1783 01:52:08.199 --> 01:52:11.840 This included launching the Our six rapid bus, advancing important 1784 01:52:11.880 --> 01:52:15.119 initiatives like extending Route six point nine to better serve 1785 01:52:15.319 --> 01:52:18.880 the Twasson First Nation community, and working with local government 1786 01:52:18.960 --> 01:52:23.199 partners to create safer, more pedestrian friendly streets, really promoting 1787 01:52:23.319 --> 01:52:26.600 active transportation and Plus, for the second year in a row, 1788 01:52:27.000 --> 01:52:31.560 we successfully reduced in service fleet greenhouse gas emissions by 1789 01:52:31.560 --> 01:52:36.239 approximately twelve percent through renewable fuels, while continuing to invest 1790 01:52:36.359 --> 01:52:39.199 in zero emissions and to do our part to strengthen 1791 01:52:39.279 --> 01:52:43.039 our financial sustainability. We unlocked new revenue streams through the 1792 01:52:43.119 --> 01:52:47.199 real estate development and transit friendly employer programs, and we 1793 01:52:47.319 --> 01:52:51.560 realized ninety million dollars in annual efficiencies identified through the 1794 01:52:51.640 --> 01:52:57.159 Management Action Plan next slide. Please, another important milestone from 1795 01:52:57.199 --> 01:52:59.840 twenty twenty four was the opening of the new caps 1796 01:53:00.359 --> 01:53:03.800 Skytrain station on the Canada Line, a huge milestone for 1797 01:53:03.880 --> 01:53:08.640 customers traveling to and from Richmond. The second time we've 1798 01:53:08.760 --> 01:53:12.800 constructed an additional skytrain station to serve an existing line. 1799 01:53:13.039 --> 01:53:16.800 Capston helps deliver more efficient, rapid transit in the rapidly 1800 01:53:16.920 --> 01:53:20.840 growing Capston Village area of Richmond, expected to be home 1801 01:53:20.920 --> 01:53:25.239 to roughly sixteen thousand residents as the area sees rapid growth. 1802 01:53:25.920 --> 01:53:28.640 The new station is the result of an innovative agreement 1803 01:53:28.760 --> 01:53:32.159 between Translink and the City of Richmond, established through a 1804 01:53:32.199 --> 01:53:37.439 precedent setting funding model involving the city and Capston Village developers, 1805 01:53:38.159 --> 01:53:41.800 where over half the construction costs for Capston Station came 1806 01:53:41.880 --> 01:53:45.800 from developer contributions. Translink worked closely with the City of 1807 01:53:45.920 --> 01:53:50.199 Richmond on station design with the community in mind. This 1808 01:53:50.359 --> 01:53:52.840 model is an excellent example of what we can do 1809 01:53:52.960 --> 01:53:56.000 when we work together to respond to rapid growth. And 1810 01:53:56.239 --> 01:54:01.560 it was great standing alongside director's Cunningham, Howard and Sandu, 1811 01:54:01.640 --> 01:54:04.760 as well as Mayors Brody and Harvey as we opened 1812 01:54:04.880 --> 01:54:07.840 this new station for our customers, and I'm so excited 1813 01:54:07.880 --> 01:54:10.439 to continue to see the community benefit from this new 1814 01:54:10.640 --> 01:54:16.479 transit connection. Thanks slide please. In January, we also took 1815 01:54:16.880 --> 01:54:20.640 a really important step forward with the Bus Rapid Transit Program, 1816 01:54:21.119 --> 01:54:25.600 highlighting routes and station locations for two of our projects 1817 01:54:25.640 --> 01:54:29.279 in Surrey, Maple Ridge and the Township of Langley. Our 1818 01:54:29.359 --> 01:54:33.359 BRT program will improve connections to growing communities, key destinations 1819 01:54:33.439 --> 01:54:37.119 and transit hubs in collaboration with our local government partners, 1820 01:54:37.159 --> 01:54:40.640 and as you know, BRT is key to unlocking connected 1821 01:54:40.680 --> 01:54:44.479 communities and access to opportunity for both workers and employers. 1822 01:54:44.920 --> 01:54:47.840 More than two hundred thousand residents and one hundred thousand 1823 01:54:47.960 --> 01:54:52.000 jobs are within walking distance of these corridors, further supporting 1824 01:54:52.079 --> 01:54:56.279 economic growth, affordability, and of course, housing development. We asked 1825 01:54:56.319 --> 01:54:59.479 for community input on the BRT program, including key features 1826 01:54:59.800 --> 01:55:03.760 like weather protected stations and real time information displays, which 1827 01:55:03.800 --> 01:55:06.760 were identified by the public as top priorities in last 1828 01:55:06.760 --> 01:55:10.359 summer's public engagement, and as part of this recent engagement, 1829 01:55:10.399 --> 01:55:13.199 we launched a survey which was completed by nearly fifteen 1830 01:55:13.319 --> 01:55:19.000 thousand respondents with strong representation from BRT communities. We also 1831 01:55:19.720 --> 01:55:22.399 are focused very much on the North Shore BRT and 1832 01:55:22.520 --> 01:55:25.439 additional engagement for the Metro town to North Shore. BRT 1833 01:55:25.720 --> 01:55:29.399 is anticipated for later this year. Overall feedback that we're 1834 01:55:29.439 --> 01:55:33.439 receiving is positive, with a strong majority majority of respondents 1835 01:55:33.479 --> 01:55:38.319 believing BRT will improve transportation in our region. Next slide please. 1836 01:55:39.840 --> 01:55:43.000 We also recently sought public feedback on Phase two of 1837 01:55:43.119 --> 01:55:47.800 the Barrard Area Barrard Peninsula Area Transport Plant, which identifies 1838 01:55:47.880 --> 01:55:51.600 transportation improvements in this specific area of the region guided 1839 01:55:51.720 --> 01:55:55.439 by Transport twenty fifty and Access for Everyone. Building on 1840 01:55:55.560 --> 01:55:59.520 insights from Phase one, where over four thousand residents, workers 1841 01:55:59.600 --> 01:56:03.520 and traveler shared how they use the transportation network, Translink 1842 01:56:03.640 --> 01:56:07.520 sought feedback on proposed actions for transit, cycling, walking, and 1843 01:56:07.600 --> 01:56:11.960 goods movement, including nearly sixty potential bus route changes, and 1844 01:56:12.039 --> 01:56:15.319 this feedback will really help shape the final area transport 1845 01:56:15.399 --> 01:56:18.399 plan set for release in twenty twenty six. During our 1846 01:56:18.399 --> 01:56:21.720 Phase two engagement, we received more than forty two hundred 1847 01:56:21.800 --> 01:56:26.800 survey responses, We completed operator engagements at Vancouver, Hamilton and 1848 01:56:26.880 --> 01:56:30.359 Burnaby transit centers, and we held thirty community events that 1849 01:56:30.479 --> 01:56:33.680 reached more than sixteen hundred members of the public. And 1850 01:56:33.800 --> 01:56:38.039 while proposed projects are currently unfunded, Translink will continue working 1851 01:56:38.119 --> 01:56:42.159 with local regional and provincial partners, including First Nations communities, 1852 01:56:42.640 --> 01:56:46.359 to refine and prioritize these proposals based on public interest 1853 01:56:46.479 --> 01:56:51.880 and future funding opportunities. Next five Please, in partnership with 1854 01:56:51.960 --> 01:56:56.880 BC Hydro, Translink, has launched two new electric vehicle fast 1855 01:56:57.000 --> 01:56:59.920 charging hubs at park and ride locations in Port Coquitlam 1856 01:57:00.119 --> 01:57:03.600 and South Surrey, making it even easier for EV users 1857 01:57:03.640 --> 01:57:07.239 to incorporate transit into their daily commutes. These new hubs 1858 01:57:07.279 --> 01:57:10.319 provide space for up to thirty eight evs to charge 1859 01:57:10.479 --> 01:57:14.319 simultaneously and offer a mix of level two and one 1860 01:57:14.439 --> 01:57:18.159 hundred eighty kilowat chargers to meet different charging needs. Level 1861 01:57:18.199 --> 01:57:20.920 two chargers are perfect for transit riders who want to 1862 01:57:21.000 --> 01:57:23.640 charge their EV while commuting, while the one hundred eighty 1863 01:57:23.680 --> 01:57:27.159 kilowat chargers provide a fast charging option for those needing 1864 01:57:27.199 --> 01:57:31.159 to charge right away. And by expanding EV charging infrastructure, 1865 01:57:31.279 --> 01:57:34.520 Translink is helping to build a more sustainable and convenient 1866 01:57:34.600 --> 01:57:38.600 transportation network that supports the growing number of EV drivers 1867 01:57:38.680 --> 01:57:44.079 in Metro Vancouver. Next side Place. This past Friday, the 1868 01:57:44.159 --> 01:57:47.560 Government of Canada committed to providing one hundred and fifty 1869 01:57:47.680 --> 01:57:51.479 million dollars in annual capital funding for Translink over the 1870 01:57:51.520 --> 01:57:54.680 next decade through the Metro Regional Agreement stream of the 1871 01:57:54.800 --> 01:57:58.439 Canada Public Transit Fund, and this funding commitment is conditional 1872 01:57:58.760 --> 01:58:02.479 on an executed agree signed by all parties. We continue 1873 01:58:02.479 --> 01:58:04.600 to work with government staff to get clarity on the 1874 01:58:04.680 --> 01:58:07.680 timing for assigned agreement and to understand what impact the 1875 01:58:07.800 --> 01:58:11.399 upcoming federal election could have. I do want to thank 1876 01:58:11.439 --> 01:58:14.119 the Government of Canada for their commitment to public transportation. 1877 01:58:14.680 --> 01:58:18.720 This announcement really reinforces public transit's importance to the region 1878 01:58:18.800 --> 01:58:21.239 and the economy, and we look forward to continuing to 1879 01:58:21.319 --> 01:58:23.880 work with the federal government to keep expanding transit to 1880 01:58:24.000 --> 01:58:27.680 support the growing needs of Metro Vancouver residents. While this 1881 01:58:27.760 --> 01:58:30.920 funding commitment is welcome news, I do think it's important 1882 01:58:30.960 --> 01:58:33.760 to understand that it does not solve our six hundred 1883 01:58:33.880 --> 01:58:38.439 million dollar annual operating funding shortfall. We continue to work 1884 01:58:38.479 --> 01:58:40.960 with all levels of government to secure funding for the 1885 01:58:41.039 --> 01:58:44.319 Access for Everyone plan, and separately to find a sustainable 1886 01:58:44.319 --> 01:58:48.520 funding model to solve our operating funding shortfall. Next line, Please, 1887 01:58:50.239 --> 01:58:52.760 before closing today, I'd be remiss if I didn't take 1888 01:58:52.760 --> 01:58:56.279 a moment to acknowledge that last week was transit operator 1889 01:58:56.359 --> 01:59:00.439 and worker Appreciation Day, a day is set to rerectize 1890 01:59:00.479 --> 01:59:05.000 the incredibly dedicated transit employees who keep our communities connected 1891 01:59:05.159 --> 01:59:10.000 every day. And from bus operators and skytrain attendance to mechanics, 1892 01:59:10.119 --> 01:59:14.640 maintenance crews and dispatchers, our frontline teams work tirelessly, rain 1893 01:59:14.880 --> 01:59:18.840 or shine to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient service across 1894 01:59:18.960 --> 01:59:23.000 Metro Vancouver. This year, we asked customers to join us 1895 01:59:23.199 --> 01:59:26.760 in recognizing our frontline employees and we got just so 1896 01:59:26.920 --> 01:59:31.039 many responses sharing heartwarming stories about how our teams don't 1897 01:59:31.239 --> 01:59:34.960 just move people, they support businesses, they bring families together, 1898 01:59:35.159 --> 01:59:38.319 and they contribute to a more sustainable region. And thanks 1899 01:59:38.399 --> 01:59:40.560 to all those who rode in and helped put a 1900 01:59:40.600 --> 01:59:43.479 smile on so many of our team spaces last week. 1901 01:59:44.159 --> 01:59:48.199 Next slide please, that concludes my report. Thank you so 1902 01:59:48.319 --> 01:59:50.319 much for your time today, and I'm happy to answer 1903 01:59:50.319 --> 01:59:51.479 any questions that you may have. 1904 01:59:51.800 --> 01:59:54.960 Thank you, Thanks Kevin. Do any board members have any 1905 01:59:55.039 --> 02:00:04.319 questions or comments about Heaven's presentation see none, Thanks Kevin. 1906 02:00:04.760 --> 02:00:07.600 And We'll then move to a report from the VC 1907 02:00:07.720 --> 02:00:09.960 Rapid Transit Company and I'll turn it to Sandy Zion, 1908 02:00:10.000 --> 02:00:11.239 the president and general manager. 1909 02:00:12.199 --> 02:00:15.640 Thank you, Director Cycle and Cherry Cunningham. I'm happy to 1910 02:00:15.720 --> 02:00:18.800 give you an update from VCRTC. We have a lot 1911 02:00:18.920 --> 02:00:21.680 going on at Skytrain as usual and really pleased to 1912 02:00:21.840 --> 02:00:24.319 give you a taste of everything we have on our 1913 02:00:24.399 --> 02:00:30.479 box next slide please, in addition to my comments on 1914 02:00:30.680 --> 02:00:34.840 delivering service, preparing for our future and our work culture, 1915 02:00:35.199 --> 02:00:37.359 today i'll give you a taste of our twenty twenty 1916 02:00:37.439 --> 02:00:41.119 five business plan. But if we flip to the next slide, 1917 02:00:41.800 --> 02:00:44.760 I will be starting with a very exciting development at 1918 02:00:44.800 --> 02:00:47.520 our end, which is that the Mark fives are now 1919 02:00:47.960 --> 02:00:52.399 testing during revenue service. This is a really important milestone 1920 02:00:52.520 --> 02:00:55.479 for us. It started a couple of weekends ago where 1921 02:00:55.560 --> 02:00:58.159 we are running the trains still in test mode, so 1922 02:00:58.399 --> 02:01:01.960 no customers on board, running the trains in amongst our 1923 02:01:02.000 --> 02:01:06.560 other revenue trains during service. This is a really important 1924 02:01:06.600 --> 02:01:10.079 step in making sure that the new trains interact well 1925 02:01:10.239 --> 02:01:12.399 with the other trains on the system and all our 1926 02:01:12.520 --> 02:01:17.800 other automatic train control systems and communications. So far, so good. 1927 02:01:18.000 --> 02:01:21.159 The early indications from the tests are very promising and 1928 02:01:21.279 --> 02:01:24.319 we are still on track to introducing the Mark fives 1929 02:01:24.439 --> 02:01:27.319 into revenue service in the first. 1930 02:01:27.159 --> 02:01:27.920 Half of this year. 1931 02:01:28.640 --> 02:01:31.880 The Mark fives will become the backbone of our fleet, 1932 02:01:32.000 --> 02:01:35.239 and so we're really excited to approach this milestone and 1933 02:01:35.359 --> 02:01:39.000 be able to offer larger, more comfortable trains with more 1934 02:01:39.039 --> 02:01:46.439 capacity for our customers. Next slide please. In February this year, 1935 02:01:46.680 --> 02:01:50.920 we introduced our twenty twenty five business Plan for BCRTC. 1936 02:01:51.479 --> 02:01:54.399 This is the document that we share with all our employees. 1937 02:01:54.479 --> 02:01:58.359 It's digital and it allows us to all make sure 1938 02:01:58.439 --> 02:02:05.119 that we all working on similar initiatives, coordinated across the organization, 1939 02:02:05.800 --> 02:02:09.479 breaking down silos to make sure that we're delivering on 1940 02:02:09.680 --> 02:02:12.319 what is coming in front of us. Some of the 1941 02:02:12.560 --> 02:02:15.479 very key items that will be occupying us in the 1942 02:02:15.560 --> 02:02:19.720 next twelve months include modernizing our maintenance division to be 1943 02:02:19.840 --> 02:02:23.840 more preventive rather than reactive, preparing for the huge event 1944 02:02:23.960 --> 02:02:26.520 next year, FIFA twenty twenty six coming to our region. 1945 02:02:27.000 --> 02:02:30.159 I mentioned launching the Mark fives into service, and we 1946 02:02:30.239 --> 02:02:33.199 have a couple of new facilities coming online which will 1947 02:02:33.279 --> 02:02:37.039 really change how BCRTC is doing its work. We also 1948 02:02:37.079 --> 02:02:40.880 have initiatives on our culture and training. All of that 1949 02:02:41.039 --> 02:02:43.680 is documented in our business plan. It's our one stop 1950 02:02:43.800 --> 02:02:47.600 shop for everything important going on at PCRTC and also 1951 02:02:47.720 --> 02:02:51.520 our way of working across silos and across divisions, just 1952 02:02:51.840 --> 02:02:54.720 for common initiatives that we want to make progress on 1953 02:02:56.039 --> 02:03:01.239 next Live please, our metrics remain very strong, really happy 1954 02:03:01.319 --> 02:03:06.119 to report that our customer satisfaction ratings, service delivery, on time, 1955 02:03:07.079 --> 02:03:09.720 on time performance are all trending in the right direction. 1956 02:03:10.760 --> 02:03:14.720 I'll point out our escalator and elevating elevator teams are 1957 02:03:14.760 --> 02:03:18.479 doing phenomenal work and doing preventive maintenance to keep our 1958 02:03:18.560 --> 02:03:21.920 elevating devices in a state of good repair. Our rail 1959 02:03:22.000 --> 02:03:25.600 grinding program in twenty twenty four caught up after our 1960 02:03:25.680 --> 02:03:29.000 hot summer and one hundred and ten kilometers of rail 1961 02:03:29.039 --> 02:03:32.760 grinding to improve noise and reduce the level of noise 1962 02:03:32.840 --> 02:03:37.199 that we impose on the region. And our boardings continue 1963 02:03:37.279 --> 02:03:40.159 to increase. We had a significant jump in boardings in 1964 02:03:40.239 --> 02:03:43.479 twenty twenty four. Early numbers in twenty twenty five are 1965 02:03:43.600 --> 02:03:47.960 also showing continued increase and boardings on Skytrain an old 1966 02:03:48.039 --> 02:03:51.880 testament to a region that really wants more Skytrain service, 1967 02:03:52.319 --> 02:03:56.479 and as we see improved density and increased housing around 1968 02:03:56.520 --> 02:04:00.119 our stations, we are finding the customer responding to our 1969 02:04:00.199 --> 02:04:04.159 product and driving Skytrain more and more. Our growth in 1970 02:04:04.239 --> 02:04:08.520 Skytrain boardings is well exceeding the population increase in the region. 1971 02:04:09.520 --> 02:04:10.159 Next slide. 1972 02:04:10.239 --> 02:04:15.920 Please, we did have some snow, one significant snow event 1973 02:04:16.000 --> 02:04:19.600 in February. Our snow plan performed really well this year. 1974 02:04:19.960 --> 02:04:23.239 Our team was very well prepared. We learned something new 1975 02:04:23.359 --> 02:04:26.159 from every snow event. If you recall in February, the 1976 02:04:26.319 --> 02:04:31.000 challenge this year was very difficult to predict snow. We 1977 02:04:31.399 --> 02:04:35.199 had different predictions of different amounts of snow on different days. 1978 02:04:35.319 --> 02:04:38.159 Sometimes the snow arrived when it was not predicted. At 1979 02:04:38.199 --> 02:04:40.880 other times it was predicted and did not arrive, keeping 1980 02:04:40.960 --> 02:04:44.960 our team on its stoes, and that lasted for about 1981 02:04:44.960 --> 02:04:48.840 a week again off again snow. So we took all 1982 02:04:48.920 --> 02:04:51.439 these learnings in as to when do immobilize, when do 1983 02:04:51.560 --> 02:04:55.039 we demobilize, and how do we remain alert when we 1984 02:04:55.199 --> 02:04:58.840 have these very marginal conditions which are difficult to predict. 1985 02:04:59.319 --> 02:05:01.880 By and large, the system performed really well. The teams 1986 02:05:01.920 --> 02:05:05.520 did excellent work and keeping Skytin moving and we, of 1987 02:05:05.600 --> 02:05:08.560 course we're all in all our learnings into next year's 1988 02:05:08.600 --> 02:05:16.159 winter plan. Next slide. In terms of other state of 1989 02:05:16.239 --> 02:05:20.279 good repair items, one of the most noticeable projects is 1990 02:05:20.399 --> 02:05:23.399 we have a very large escalator deplacement going on at 1991 02:05:23.439 --> 02:05:27.399 Commercial Broadway that is needing completion. I'm happy to report 1992 02:05:28.359 --> 02:05:31.119 we had to close a staircase as well, so we 1993 02:05:31.239 --> 02:05:34.600 did impose some inconvenience on our customers. We've now been 1994 02:05:34.640 --> 02:05:38.760 able to reopen the staircase which enabled the escalators to 1995 02:05:38.840 --> 02:05:41.760 be replaced, so that project should be wrapping up and 1996 02:05:41.920 --> 02:05:45.880 we should benefit from having new vertical circulation devices at 1997 02:05:45.960 --> 02:05:49.079 that station. Behind the scenes, we've done a lot of 1998 02:05:49.199 --> 02:05:55.239 work to improve the availability of maintenance resources during the 1999 02:05:55.319 --> 02:05:57.560 times when we can do the work. If you see 2000 02:05:57.600 --> 02:06:01.560 that picture of maintenance crews on the line overnight, we 2001 02:06:01.720 --> 02:06:05.159 tend to forget how much work happens on Skytrain during 2002 02:06:05.239 --> 02:06:08.159 the maintenance window overnight. So one of the items we 2003 02:06:08.279 --> 02:06:12.479 did last fall was better matching availability of maintenance re 2004 02:06:12.560 --> 02:06:16.239 sources with our maintenance windows, and now we're in a 2005 02:06:16.439 --> 02:06:18.960 much better place to be able to maximize the work 2006 02:06:19.000 --> 02:06:21.800 that we do when the system is available to us 2007 02:06:21.920 --> 02:06:31.760 for maintenance. Next slide please. We recently were very thrilled 2008 02:06:31.800 --> 02:06:35.199 to open upgrade at Brentwood station. This has been years 2009 02:06:35.319 --> 02:06:40.359 in the making. Customers at Brentwood now have significantly improved 2010 02:06:40.520 --> 02:06:46.720 vertical circulation with additional escalators and elevators, more retail opportunities, 2011 02:06:46.880 --> 02:06:49.159 a space for detail has been made available so that 2012 02:06:49.199 --> 02:06:54.439 will be coming soon. Improved faregates so more capacity, improved 2013 02:06:54.520 --> 02:06:58.600 integration with the Brentwood Mall so easier to move between 2014 02:06:58.640 --> 02:07:03.119 the station and the mall. And improved scepted client prevention 2015 02:07:03.279 --> 02:07:06.399 through environmental design. So all of these things have been 2016 02:07:07.119 --> 02:07:11.079 now open and available to our customers and happy to 2017 02:07:11.199 --> 02:07:14.720 see a vision coming to reality and allowing us to 2018 02:07:14.960 --> 02:07:20.199 provide better station environments for our customers. Next slide, please, 2019 02:07:22.560 --> 02:07:25.399 I mentioned the testing of the Mark fives. Behind the scenes, 2020 02:07:26.119 --> 02:07:29.920 we have several trains on the assembly line so to speak. 2021 02:07:29.960 --> 02:07:32.920 I mentioned one is now in system testing. We have 2022 02:07:33.720 --> 02:07:36.880 two other trains in the yard here at Edmunds. Three 2023 02:07:36.960 --> 02:07:40.760 more trains and various stages of being assembled and manufacturing 2024 02:07:40.840 --> 02:07:44.039 and transportation. So once we have the first train and 2025 02:07:44.159 --> 02:07:46.479 service a bit later this year, we expect to be 2026 02:07:46.560 --> 02:07:49.640 able to introduce an additional train every month or so 2027 02:07:50.239 --> 02:07:52.840 for the remainder of the year. So we're targeting to 2028 02:07:52.920 --> 02:07:55.800 have maybe around six to eight new trains and service 2029 02:07:55.880 --> 02:07:58.720 by year's end, and the teams are working hard with 2030 02:07:58.840 --> 02:08:04.880 our suppliers to make that happen. Next slide please. Another 2031 02:08:05.079 --> 02:08:08.439 huge change for us at BCRTC which is becoming real 2032 02:08:08.560 --> 02:08:10.479 as you can see in that photo, is our new 2033 02:08:10.560 --> 02:08:15.079 control center. So the building is now up. It's being outfitted. 2034 02:08:15.199 --> 02:08:18.279 The videal and console has been installed with all the 2035 02:08:18.359 --> 02:08:24.680 background electrical mechanical systems being tested. Our readiness planning continues 2036 02:08:24.760 --> 02:08:27.560 to move into that building and start operating towards the 2037 02:08:27.640 --> 02:08:30.159 middle of next year. So a lot of work going 2038 02:08:30.199 --> 02:08:33.000 on and really excited to finally move into our new 2039 02:08:33.520 --> 02:08:40.319 control home at Edmonds here next slide please, And on 2040 02:08:40.439 --> 02:08:45.359 the maintenance side, our first new maintenance facility, purpose built 2041 02:08:45.560 --> 02:08:47.960 for the Mark fives is taking shape. We call it 2042 02:08:48.079 --> 02:08:51.960 VMS three or Vehicle Maintenance Shop Free. We expect to 2043 02:08:52.039 --> 02:08:55.800 open this facility late this year. It has been designed 2044 02:08:55.840 --> 02:08:59.279 from the ground up with the necessary length and equipment 2045 02:08:59.399 --> 02:09:02.920 for Mark five maintenance and it allows us to be 2046 02:09:03.000 --> 02:09:06.840 able to expand and improve our train maintenance activities. 2047 02:09:08.079 --> 02:09:08.720 Next slide. 2048 02:09:08.760 --> 02:09:15.800 Please, you are well aware of the progress being made 2049 02:09:15.880 --> 02:09:19.439 by the provincial teams delivering Broadway Subway Project and Study 2050 02:09:19.479 --> 02:09:23.920 Language Skytrain. The BCRTC team continues to support the project 2051 02:09:24.000 --> 02:09:28.359 delivery teams. We review designs, we make sure the installations 2052 02:09:28.439 --> 02:09:31.520 are to our specifications and we work on real time 2053 02:09:31.640 --> 02:09:35.880 problem solving as the construction continues. Both projects, I'm happy 2054 02:09:35.960 --> 02:09:39.159 to report are own schedule. On our end, we have 2055 02:09:39.560 --> 02:09:42.359 a lot of activities on making sure we are staffed 2056 02:09:42.760 --> 02:09:45.720 and we are trained, and we have the equipment necessary 2057 02:09:45.800 --> 02:09:48.640 to be able to operate and maintain these two major 2058 02:09:48.720 --> 02:09:52.880 system expansions coming our Way Broadway Subway in twenty twenty 2059 02:09:52.920 --> 02:09:57.279 seven and Study Langley in twenty twenty nine. Next slide, please, 2060 02:09:59.359 --> 02:10:02.960 I will build on Kevin's comment around Canada Line. On 2061 02:10:03.159 --> 02:10:09.479 the customer facing side, the station at Capston includes significantly 2062 02:10:09.600 --> 02:10:14.199 improved vertical circulation amenities for our customers and also improved 2063 02:10:14.560 --> 02:10:18.399 crime prevention through environmental design as well as it's our 2064 02:10:18.479 --> 02:10:21.760 first all digital stations. Customer using that station, we'll see 2065 02:10:21.760 --> 02:10:26.560 a lot more usage of digital signage, which improves maintenance 2066 02:10:26.640 --> 02:10:29.920 and facilitates our ability to maintain a lot of the 2067 02:10:30.039 --> 02:10:34.039 features at the station and provide better and more real 2068 02:10:34.079 --> 02:10:37.720 time information for our customers. So really happy to see 2069 02:10:37.760 --> 02:10:40.600 the station come online, and thank you to our partners 2070 02:10:40.640 --> 02:10:45.600 at Canada Line who enabled this work to happen. Next slide, Please, 2071 02:10:46.600 --> 02:10:49.159 On the team side, a lot goes on all the 2072 02:10:49.239 --> 02:10:53.960 time at BCRTC. We recently completed a Certificate of Recognition 2073 02:10:54.039 --> 02:11:01.800 audit through the Workspace BC and we achieved in ninety 2074 02:11:01.880 --> 02:11:07.039 five percent audit score, which is remarkable. So really happy 2075 02:11:07.119 --> 02:11:11.079 with the team achieving that we on the environmental side 2076 02:11:11.279 --> 02:11:13.680 no reportable spills in the last quarter. That's something we 2077 02:11:13.800 --> 02:11:16.399 keep an eye on and we've launched a turnet off 2078 02:11:16.520 --> 02:11:20.239 campaign to do our part in making sure that we 2079 02:11:20.359 --> 02:11:24.239 are reducing our environmental footprint and reducing use of carbon. 2080 02:11:24.920 --> 02:11:30.279 On the readiness emergency readiness side with increased climate events 2081 02:11:30.479 --> 02:11:34.439 severe climate events, we ran a tabletop exercise to improve 2082 02:11:34.520 --> 02:11:37.159 our readiness for wind response. As you know, we have 2083 02:11:37.279 --> 02:11:41.439 the Skybridge exposed to significant wins and that's one of 2084 02:11:41.479 --> 02:11:44.560 the areas we need to be very ready for is 2085 02:11:44.600 --> 02:11:47.279 when we have severe wind events, how does the team respond. 2086 02:11:47.399 --> 02:11:51.800 So we ran a tabletop exercise for that event and 2087 02:11:51.920 --> 02:11:55.760 my final slide echoing the comments from Kevin. We had 2088 02:11:55.840 --> 02:12:00.800 both the Employee Recognition Day and the Transit Worker Ciation Day. 2089 02:12:01.560 --> 02:12:05.279 We took the opportunity to be on the system to 2090 02:12:05.399 --> 02:12:09.359 express our thanks to our teams. Everything I described is 2091 02:12:09.439 --> 02:12:12.680 only possible with our teams working really hard night and 2092 02:12:12.840 --> 02:12:15.479 day twenty four to seven to make it happen. We're 2093 02:12:15.520 --> 02:12:19.319 also very pleased with internal cooperation with other parts of 2094 02:12:19.399 --> 02:12:22.000 the Translink family. A couple of the photos in the 2095 02:12:22.039 --> 02:12:26.399 bottom left their show internal appreciation from Transit Police to 2096 02:12:26.479 --> 02:12:30.159 BCRTC employees for the very good collaboration that goes on 2097 02:12:30.720 --> 02:12:32.840 between our two groups. So that is also part of 2098 02:12:33.000 --> 02:12:38.039 us appreciating our teams and really being able to say 2099 02:12:38.640 --> 02:12:41.560 a heartfelt thank you to the teams that make all 2100 02:12:41.640 --> 02:12:45.680 this work happen. I believe that's my last slide, so 2101 02:12:45.880 --> 02:12:47.199 happy to take any questions. 2102 02:12:48.319 --> 02:12:52.199 Thanks Annie for that interesting and engaging presentation. Do any 2103 02:12:52.239 --> 02:13:00.399 board members have questions or comments for Sanny? All right, none, 2104 02:13:00.479 --> 02:13:03.720 thank you again. Well then turn now to a report 2105 02:13:03.760 --> 02:13:06.520 from Close Mountain Bus Company, and that's for Michael McDaniel, 2106 02:13:06.600 --> 02:13:10.760 the president and general manager. Michael great, thank. 2107 02:13:10.600 --> 02:13:16.640 You, Thank you, board and public watching today. Happy to 2108 02:13:16.680 --> 02:13:19.840 be here to present the president's report for CNBC. So 2109 02:13:19.960 --> 02:13:23.640 let's go to the next slide to see the action 2110 02:13:24.159 --> 02:13:27.640 packed agenda that I have as soon as it comes up, 2111 02:13:27.680 --> 02:13:34.840 of course, there we go. The suspense was part of it, 2112 02:13:34.920 --> 02:13:39.720 I think, so A handy dart and conventional bus update 2113 02:13:40.439 --> 02:13:44.399 for the board today, looking back on winter as well 2114 02:13:45.359 --> 02:13:48.920 for the bus company, a new battery electric bus that 2115 02:13:49.079 --> 02:13:52.000 we are testing right now as we speak, some big 2116 02:13:52.079 --> 02:13:54.960 news on the excuse me, big news on the trolley 2117 02:13:55.000 --> 02:13:57.680 bus front, an update on a couple of our major 2118 02:13:57.760 --> 02:14:02.560 projects as well, and reflections on recruitment, and I will 2119 02:14:02.640 --> 02:14:07.119 close with talking about staff recognition as well. So that's great, 2120 02:14:07.439 --> 02:14:12.119 Let's go to the next lot. So first off, on 2121 02:14:12.239 --> 02:14:14.560 your side there, we'll take you through our bus and 2122 02:14:14.760 --> 02:14:18.560 handi dart service and performance. On the conventional bus side, 2123 02:14:18.640 --> 02:14:22.239 CNBC delivered one hundred and one percent of service compared 2124 02:14:22.279 --> 02:14:25.560 to budget. This This is higher than one hundred percent 2125 02:14:25.960 --> 02:14:29.479 due to the early implementation of about seventy thousand annual 2126 02:14:29.520 --> 02:14:33.359 service hours from the twenty twenty four investment plan. For 2127 02:14:33.560 --> 02:14:37.760 January twenty twenty five, has continued the implementation of these 2128 02:14:38.079 --> 02:14:42.680 investments with additional service hours across more than thirty bus routes. 2129 02:14:43.479 --> 02:14:47.279 Improvements included a new route three three eight East Fraser 2130 02:14:47.399 --> 02:14:52.079 Heights in Surrey, which is a previously unserved community. Also, 2131 02:14:52.640 --> 02:14:56.920 we extended service span on fourteen routes and in addition 2132 02:14:57.000 --> 02:15:00.479 to that, six projects initiated by CNBC to address acute 2133 02:15:00.520 --> 02:15:05.880 problem areas and improved to improvements to frequency to address overcrowding. 2134 02:15:06.840 --> 02:15:09.279 On the handy dart side of things, we are returning 2135 02:15:09.319 --> 02:15:12.720 to normal in Q four twenty twenty four, following the 2136 02:15:12.760 --> 02:15:16.119 ATU job action that ceased at the end of September. 2137 02:15:16.920 --> 02:15:20.319 For Q four twenty twenty four, ninety eight percent of 2138 02:15:20.439 --> 02:15:25.079 requested trips were delivered. As always, this excludes client cancelations 2139 02:15:25.640 --> 02:15:27.880 and lastly, on time performance was ninety percent, which is 2140 02:15:27.960 --> 02:15:34.479 right on target for handy dart. Not excited, please, So 2141 02:15:35.000 --> 02:15:37.920 I think we now with the weather today, we've reached 2142 02:15:37.960 --> 02:15:39.720 the end of March and it's it's perhaps safe to 2143 02:15:39.760 --> 02:15:41.920 say that we had a mile to winter. However, we 2144 02:15:42.079 --> 02:15:44.600 did have a couple of days, a couple of opportunities 2145 02:15:45.319 --> 02:15:49.279 to test our few of our new winter prepared preparedness 2146 02:15:49.359 --> 02:15:52.319 items and initiatives. Regarding the Grip d tires that I've 2147 02:15:52.359 --> 02:15:54.880 mentioned in previous meetings, we now have five hundred and 2148 02:15:54.880 --> 02:15:59.680 seventy buses equipped with these new tires from Micheland. Our 2149 02:15:59.800 --> 02:16:03.520 end years have been continuing to track their performance, always 2150 02:16:03.560 --> 02:16:07.479 looking at all conditioned performance, not just snow but also 2151 02:16:08.119 --> 02:16:10.560 wet roads and dry roads, as well as durability and 2152 02:16:10.680 --> 02:16:14.359 impact on a fuel economy. Overall, these tires are performing 2153 02:16:14.520 --> 02:16:18.199 extremely well and we're receiving great feedback both from transit 2154 02:16:18.279 --> 02:16:22.319 operators and for maintenance staff. So that's good news there. Again, 2155 02:16:22.920 --> 02:16:25.760 in regards to our sixteen articulated buses that I mentioned 2156 02:16:25.840 --> 02:16:29.560 at a previous meeting, these buses were also assigned to 2157 02:16:29.680 --> 02:16:34.840 roads with challenging terrain, terrain that usually requires us to 2158 02:16:35.079 --> 02:16:39.799 pull our sixty foot buses off off the road. I'm 2159 02:16:39.840 --> 02:16:44.079 pleased to tell the board that these buses performed extremely 2160 02:16:44.200 --> 02:16:48.360 well and we pulled zero buses off the road during 2161 02:16:48.799 --> 02:16:52.440 our winter this last number of months, so that was 2162 02:16:52.479 --> 02:16:53.159 good news there. 2163 02:16:53.479 --> 02:16:54.399 Next, like please. 2164 02:16:57.799 --> 02:17:01.040 Now, you may have seen this looking bus on the 2165 02:17:01.159 --> 02:17:04.799 roads in Metro Vancouver over the past a few months. 2166 02:17:06.000 --> 02:17:10.600 We're starting we started last week even picking up some 2167 02:17:10.719 --> 02:17:14.000 customers for a free rider to around around the region. 2168 02:17:14.079 --> 02:17:16.959 We're testing this new type of zero mission battery electric 2169 02:17:17.040 --> 02:17:21.760 bus from Latenda, Quebec based manufacture, and we're really trying 2170 02:17:21.799 --> 02:17:25.000 to see how this might fit into our fleet and 2171 02:17:25.120 --> 02:17:27.760 help us with our climate to meet our climate goals, 2172 02:17:28.559 --> 02:17:31.239 called the elect Trip. It is a thirty foot bus 2173 02:17:31.360 --> 02:17:34.879 and as you might imagine, falls kind of halfway between 2174 02:17:34.920 --> 02:17:38.319 our forty foot conventional bus and a community shuttle. Next 2175 02:17:38.360 --> 02:17:40.280 week the trial will end and the bus will return 2176 02:17:40.319 --> 02:17:43.399 to Quebec, but our teams will look at the data 2177 02:17:44.239 --> 02:17:48.479 and see how everything went. So interesting interesting tests there 2178 02:17:48.840 --> 02:17:55.079 next slide please, So, as you may have seen in 2179 02:17:55.159 --> 02:17:58.840 the news earlier this month, we've signed a contract with 2180 02:17:59.000 --> 02:18:04.319 Celaris Bus and Coach for CNBC's next generation trolleybus fleet. Selearis, 2181 02:18:04.440 --> 02:18:08.079 a European manufacturer, was selected based on their proven track 2182 02:18:08.200 --> 02:18:12.200 record for service and ability to deliver cost effectively while 2183 02:18:12.399 --> 02:18:16.680 meeting our fleet replacement timelines. Timelines are so important these days, 2184 02:18:16.760 --> 02:18:19.000 and it was good to see that they could meet those. 2185 02:18:19.799 --> 02:18:23.600 We intend to replace the entire existing fleet of two 2186 02:18:23.719 --> 02:18:27.239 hundred and sixty two trolleybuses, but the contract does also 2187 02:18:27.319 --> 02:18:29.959 allow for some possible expansion if we if we choose 2188 02:18:30.000 --> 02:18:33.280 to do that, we expect to receive the first The 2189 02:18:33.360 --> 02:18:35.959 first bus actually in not too much time, about a 2190 02:18:36.040 --> 02:18:38.520 year a little over a year in mid twenty twenty six, 2191 02:18:38.959 --> 02:18:41.159 with the remaining buses starting to be delivered in twenty 2192 02:18:41.239 --> 02:18:44.399 twenty seven. We did get a taste of this Selari's 2193 02:18:44.440 --> 02:18:46.639 bus when we did a demo in summer of twenty 2194 02:18:46.719 --> 02:18:49.639 twenty three. That's pictured here on the slide with some 2195 02:18:49.760 --> 02:18:53.319 of our team. In addition to having air conditioning which 2196 02:18:53.799 --> 02:18:56.399 will make everyone a bit more comfortable on our trolleybuses, 2197 02:18:56.959 --> 02:18:59.520 the most exciting thing about the Celaris bus is that 2198 02:18:59.600 --> 02:19:03.040 they includ in motion charging. Now, as you know, our 2199 02:19:03.120 --> 02:19:07.159 current trolleybus fleet is powered by the overhead trolley wires, 2200 02:19:07.600 --> 02:19:09.920 but they cannot really go off wire for any great distance. 2201 02:19:10.079 --> 02:19:13.040 The new fleet will use the overhead wires for propulsion, 2202 02:19:13.440 --> 02:19:16.399 but also have a traction battery that charges while the 2203 02:19:16.440 --> 02:19:19.239 bus is in motion. This will allow Celaire's buses to 2204 02:19:19.479 --> 02:19:22.680 operate off wire for about twenty kilometers, whereas our current 2205 02:19:22.719 --> 02:19:26.280 fleet is really a couple hundred meters at most. This 2206 02:19:26.440 --> 02:19:29.840 will give our fleet planners schedulers more flexibility and we'll 2207 02:19:29.840 --> 02:19:33.280 be able to handle detours and blockages and unplanned issues 2208 02:19:33.319 --> 02:19:36.600 with ease. So very exciting times for our trolleybus fleet. 2209 02:19:37.000 --> 02:19:41.600 Next slide please, so just a couple updates on our 2210 02:19:41.639 --> 02:19:44.959 infrastructure projects. Marpole Transit Center, which is, as a reminder, 2211 02:19:44.959 --> 02:19:48.000 our next bus depot and maintenance facility that is currently 2212 02:19:48.159 --> 02:19:51.840 under construction in South Vancouver. The facility will be our 2213 02:19:51.879 --> 02:19:54.760 first purpose built battery electric bus depot, and we'll have 2214 02:19:54.879 --> 02:19:57.520 capacity of about three hundred battery electric buses at opening. 2215 02:19:58.280 --> 02:20:00.799 You see a picture here on the screen as is 2216 02:20:00.879 --> 02:20:03.879 construction just from the beginning of March made. Your work 2217 02:20:03.959 --> 02:20:07.760 so far been about driving piles into the ground, in fact, 2218 02:20:08.719 --> 02:20:11.040 a little over three thousand piles. You can see some 2219 02:20:11.159 --> 02:20:13.760 of the picture there on your screen. So lots of 2220 02:20:13.799 --> 02:20:16.520 work going on there for pork equivalent transit centers. To 2221 02:20:16.520 --> 02:20:19.200 a quick update, we finish early works and are moving 2222 02:20:19.239 --> 02:20:22.719 on to main works to renovate, expand and electrify that 2223 02:20:23.000 --> 02:20:28.120 transit center. Upgrades to PTC will add service capability for 2224 02:20:28.239 --> 02:20:31.360 battery electric buses and double decker buses and improve maintenance 2225 02:20:31.399 --> 02:20:35.200 capacity for expansion. Now regarding the last item for contact, 2226 02:20:35.280 --> 02:20:38.920 CNBC is currently either at or beyond capacity at our 2227 02:20:38.959 --> 02:20:41.760 transit center's meeting. We're really running out of room to 2228 02:20:41.840 --> 02:20:45.399 park to park buses. A pilot to mitigate this issue 2229 02:20:45.479 --> 02:20:48.479 will launch in June in a couple of months called 2230 02:20:48.520 --> 02:20:51.840 Satellite Parking, and buses will be cleaned, fueled, and any 2231 02:20:51.920 --> 02:20:56.079 necessary maintenance performed at a depot, but then moved to 2232 02:20:56.159 --> 02:20:58.440 an off site parking location. So they're poised and ready 2233 02:20:58.479 --> 02:21:02.079 to book out the next morning. In this particular case, 2234 02:21:02.600 --> 02:21:05.479 the area that's being used as an operator layover lot 2235 02:21:06.079 --> 02:21:11.360 near Newton Exchange in Surrey that we currently in. So 2236 02:21:11.440 --> 02:21:14.159 if this pilot is successful, satellite parking could be utilized 2237 02:21:14.559 --> 02:21:17.760 across our system as an ongoing strategy to help with 2238 02:21:17.879 --> 02:21:24.840 incremental expansion. Next slide. Please, So I've I've talked a 2239 02:21:24.879 --> 02:21:27.280 lot about future things, and the future would be nothing 2240 02:21:27.319 --> 02:21:30.319 without really great people, and so I wanted to share 2241 02:21:30.879 --> 02:21:34.959 some strategies around hiring these great people at CNBC. For 2242 02:21:35.040 --> 02:21:38.079 transit operator recruitment, things have come a long way over 2243 02:21:38.159 --> 02:21:41.360 the years. Our teams from Operations, HR, Training and others 2244 02:21:41.879 --> 02:21:46.559 have become experts at hiring transit operators, and this year 2245 02:21:46.680 --> 02:21:50.000 we will aim to hire the largest number of transit 2246 02:21:50.040 --> 02:21:53.319 operators in recent memory. Actually, in twenty twenty four we 2247 02:21:53.399 --> 02:21:55.799 hired six hundred and eighty transit operators and this will 2248 02:21:55.799 --> 02:21:58.879 grow to eight hundred and twenty new operators for twenty 2249 02:21:58.959 --> 02:22:02.360 twenty five. On the maintenance side, we are focusing on 2250 02:22:02.959 --> 02:22:08.000 increasing CNBC's hiring presence at external career fairs, secondary school 2251 02:22:08.040 --> 02:22:12.559 student presentations, shop and garage tours, hands on job shadowing 2252 02:22:12.600 --> 02:22:16.399 for groups such as bctc's Women in Trades program. We 2253 02:22:16.559 --> 02:22:19.840 know that kids begin to think about careers in high 2254 02:22:19.840 --> 02:22:22.319 school and college, and though it takes some time, we 2255 02:22:22.399 --> 02:22:26.239 are finding that peaking their interest early in life will 2256 02:22:26.440 --> 02:22:30.440 have big paybacks for us. Lastly, in twenty twenty four, 2257 02:22:30.520 --> 02:22:34.799 CNBC has crafted our own separate and unique voice on LinkedIn. 2258 02:22:35.360 --> 02:22:37.799 We have a couple of goals, building company pride of 2259 02:22:37.879 --> 02:22:42.319 course being one of them, but also helping highlight recruitment opportunities. 2260 02:22:42.479 --> 02:22:45.760 Each month, we highlight at least one job opportunity to 2261 02:22:45.879 --> 02:22:48.319 draw attention to positions that are either difficult to fill 2262 02:22:48.440 --> 02:22:50.559 or that we need to fill quickly, and we've shared 2263 02:22:50.559 --> 02:22:53.479 a number of job opportunities from different departments to showcase 2264 02:22:53.840 --> 02:23:00.360 the diversity of roles at CNBC Next Life. Please promised 2265 02:23:00.639 --> 02:23:05.159 another nod to our great staff. We close up the 2266 02:23:05.200 --> 02:23:07.879 month of March. March is a big month for staff 2267 02:23:07.920 --> 02:23:12.319 recognition throughout the transit industry. Not only did we celebrate 2268 02:23:12.360 --> 02:23:15.879 March seventh, National Employee Appreciation Day, but also March eighteenth, 2269 02:23:16.559 --> 02:23:19.399 the Transit Operator and Worker Appreciation Day. This year, we 2270 02:23:19.440 --> 02:23:22.360 took advantage to celebrate both days and show our employees 2271 02:23:22.360 --> 02:23:25.559 how much we appreciate them. On March seventh, executives and 2272 02:23:25.680 --> 02:23:29.520 leaders seventy actually from across the enterprise, We're out and 2273 02:23:29.600 --> 02:23:33.680 about thanking employees in person, both inside our facilities and 2274 02:23:34.280 --> 02:23:36.719 out on the system. I was able to make it 2275 02:23:36.760 --> 02:23:38.959 from the tricities to the north Shore to New Westminster. 2276 02:23:40.159 --> 02:23:41.520 It was a good day. 2277 02:23:42.920 --> 02:23:45.959 Saying hi to our staff. On March eighteenth, we celebrated 2278 02:23:46.040 --> 02:23:49.600 our employees with coffee, treats and other special items inside 2279 02:23:49.600 --> 02:23:52.799 our facilities. So just another shout out and a big 2280 02:23:52.879 --> 02:23:57.440 thank you to our six three hundred employees at CNBC 2281 02:23:57.600 --> 02:24:01.760 for everything they do every single day. And a last slide, 2282 02:24:01.840 --> 02:24:06.639 please that brings me to the end. That is a 2283 02:24:06.719 --> 02:24:09.120 picture of one of our managers, Gary, Thank you one 2284 02:24:09.159 --> 02:24:11.360 of our team. So that brings me to the end 2285 02:24:11.399 --> 02:24:13.639 of my presentation and I'm happy to answer any questions 2286 02:24:13.680 --> 02:24:14.040 you might have. 2287 02:24:14.399 --> 02:24:14.639 Thank you. 2288 02:24:15.079 --> 02:24:18.120 Thanks Michael for that presentation. Any board members have any 2289 02:24:18.200 --> 02:24:19.840 questions or comments for Michael. 2290 02:24:21.120 --> 02:24:29.879 Lorraenen, I just wanted to say, on behalf of the board, 2291 02:24:29.959 --> 02:24:33.399 how much we want to appreciate all the workers at 2292 02:24:33.479 --> 02:24:35.959 Translink as well. I've heard, you know, We've heard from 2293 02:24:36.040 --> 02:24:39.840 Kevin from Sanny and from Mike about this appreciation day. 2294 02:24:39.879 --> 02:24:41.440 And I just can't say. 2295 02:24:41.399 --> 02:24:44.840 Enough about how valuable our employees are and how much 2296 02:24:44.920 --> 02:24:46.920 the board appreciates the work that they do as well. 2297 02:24:48.440 --> 02:24:51.479 Thanks Laren, well said, any other comments or questions from 2298 02:24:51.479 --> 02:24:57.360 board members? All right, seeing none, Thank you, Michael, and 2299 02:24:57.719 --> 02:25:00.159 we'll turn now to report from the Transit Police, and 2300 02:25:00.239 --> 02:25:02.280 I turned over to Chief Suzannemuir. 2301 02:25:04.239 --> 02:25:08.799 Thank you so much, Director Secle, Good morning, Chair Cunningham, 2302 02:25:09.600 --> 02:25:14.280 Director's Board and everyone attending today. Very pleased to provide 2303 02:25:14.280 --> 02:25:16.239 you an update with the activities of. 2304 02:25:16.280 --> 02:25:17.280 The Transit Police. 2305 02:25:18.520 --> 02:25:21.840 We'll be sharing with you today some crime statistics and occurrences, 2306 02:25:22.920 --> 02:25:26.680 the important work of our explosive Detection Dog team of 2307 02:25:27.120 --> 02:25:30.879 they are the only dedicated explosion detection dog team in Canada. 2308 02:25:32.000 --> 02:25:37.200 Increased visibility. How our CSO program and Community Policing Center 2309 02:25:37.520 --> 02:25:41.920 volunteers are contributing and building on that theme and an 2310 02:25:41.959 --> 02:25:48.719 important one of employee recognition. Next lide, Please, this is 2311 02:25:48.799 --> 02:25:52.239 the second consecutive year where Transit Police is seeing a 2312 02:25:52.360 --> 02:25:56.120 decline in the volume of reported crimes, and this is 2313 02:25:56.159 --> 02:25:59.360 actually the third straight year we have seen declines in 2314 02:25:59.440 --> 02:26:03.440 crime rate. When you account for increasing passenger. 2315 02:26:03.040 --> 02:26:04.600 Volumes coming out of COVID. 2316 02:26:05.479 --> 02:26:08.959 Despite the decrease, there are some crime types where we 2317 02:26:09.120 --> 02:26:13.479 have seen increases, and those three are robberies, which are 2318 02:26:13.600 --> 02:26:16.760 up from twenty seven instants in twenty twenty three to 2319 02:26:16.959 --> 02:26:20.920 thirty seven in twenty twenty four, Sex assaults up from 2320 02:26:20.959 --> 02:26:23.639 seventy two in twenty twenty three to ninety eight in 2321 02:26:23.760 --> 02:26:28.079 twenty twenty four, and assaults against police, which were up 2322 02:26:28.159 --> 02:26:32.200 from fifteen incidents in twenty twenty three to twenty incidents 2323 02:26:32.760 --> 02:26:36.920 in twenty twenty four. Those are crime categories we look 2324 02:26:37.040 --> 02:26:41.120 to focus OFFICERIR efforts and look to continue to decrease 2325 02:26:41.200 --> 02:26:43.239 those numbers. Next life, please. 2326 02:26:46.680 --> 02:26:50.200 At around seven pm on February twenty fifth, twenty twenty. 2327 02:26:50.000 --> 02:26:53.840 Five, a passenger on board a skytrain leaving at twenty 2328 02:26:53.959 --> 02:26:58.360 nine Skytrain station reported a man holding a gun. Transit 2329 02:26:58.440 --> 02:27:03.559 police intercepted the train in shape object was actually a lighter. 2330 02:27:04.559 --> 02:27:08.479 This is just one recent example of reports which Transit 2331 02:27:08.520 --> 02:27:12.840 police regularly receives from passengers each month about lighters made 2332 02:27:12.879 --> 02:27:17.159 to resemble realistic firearms. In twenty twenty four a loan 2333 02:27:17.399 --> 02:27:21.319 we responded to thirty two such incidents. I will note 2334 02:27:21.440 --> 02:27:24.680 that these have been occurring as well throughout the different 2335 02:27:24.799 --> 02:27:27.959 jurisdictional areas in the Lower Mainland. 2336 02:27:29.120 --> 02:27:31.040 In January twenty twenty. 2337 02:27:30.879 --> 02:27:34.200 Five, correct proactively, we created a video on gun shaped 2338 02:27:34.239 --> 02:27:38.079 lighters by our communications team as we work to educate 2339 02:27:38.120 --> 02:27:41.200 the public that these devices should never be brought onto 2340 02:27:41.280 --> 02:27:45.079 the transit system. All reports of firearms on the transit 2341 02:27:45.159 --> 02:27:49.360 system are treated extremely seriously and the resulting police response 2342 02:27:49.559 --> 02:27:50.840 can put safety at risk. 2343 02:27:51.600 --> 02:27:53.479 We are all working to look to. 2344 02:27:53.520 --> 02:27:58.360 Have legislative changes made around possession of these items as well. 2345 02:27:58.959 --> 02:27:59.799 Next live please. 2346 02:28:03.639 --> 02:28:08.000 In twenty twenty four, our Explosive Detection Dog team made 2347 02:28:08.120 --> 02:28:12.559 over four five hundred proactive sweeps of the bus loops, trains, 2348 02:28:12.719 --> 02:28:18.159 transit platforms, stations and other transit infrastructure. They responded to 2349 02:28:18.280 --> 02:28:21.479 nearly one hundred calls for service related to concerns such 2350 02:28:21.559 --> 02:28:26.520 as suspicious packages or unattended and the majority of fifty 2351 02:28:26.600 --> 02:28:31.399 were suspicious packages and thirty two were unattended. To give 2352 02:28:31.399 --> 02:28:34.760 you contexts, an example from late January involved a passenger 2353 02:28:34.840 --> 02:28:39.040 reporting an unattended bag left under the stairs at Stadium station. 2354 02:28:40.079 --> 02:28:41.959 The station was closed and photos were. 2355 02:28:41.920 --> 02:28:44.719 Sent or a canine team member who was quickly deployed 2356 02:28:45.079 --> 02:28:47.879 and confirmed that the bag was not a concern and 2357 02:28:48.159 --> 02:28:54.200 the station was immediately opened thereafter. Beyond those sweeps and patrols, 2358 02:28:54.360 --> 02:28:57.639 they also assisted our patrol teams over two hundred and 2359 02:28:57.639 --> 02:29:01.479 fifty occasions, handling another one hundred and seventy one calls 2360 02:29:01.520 --> 02:29:06.840 for service, and provided mutual aid to jurisdictional police partners 2361 02:29:06.879 --> 02:29:12.799 and explosive threats events on three dozen occasions. Next live please. 2362 02:29:16.399 --> 02:29:17.440 In twenty twenty four. 2363 02:29:17.959 --> 02:29:20.760 It's the first year where we've had the full complement 2364 02:29:20.840 --> 02:29:23.239 of the twenty four Community Safety Officers out on the 2365 02:29:23.319 --> 02:29:27.760 transit system, and they've been working hard at ensuring transit 2366 02:29:27.840 --> 02:29:31.239 passengers employees are safe, including the checking the well being 2367 02:29:31.319 --> 02:29:35.360 of individuals who may need assistants. And again just to 2368 02:29:35.399 --> 02:29:38.440 give you context examples of the work they're out there 2369 02:29:38.520 --> 02:29:42.120 doing every day. In one instance, they were flged down 2370 02:29:42.159 --> 02:29:45.719 by citizens who reported a sexual assault and the Community 2371 02:29:45.799 --> 02:29:49.079 Safety officers took down a detailed description of the suspect. 2372 02:29:49.479 --> 02:29:53.799 It was communicated to our frontline police officers who located 2373 02:29:53.920 --> 02:29:59.879 and arrested the suspect While conducting fair enforcement. An individual 2374 02:30:00.000 --> 02:30:04.719 who was in emotional distress came forward to our CSO officers. 2375 02:30:05.159 --> 02:30:09.120 They assisted the individual ensuring they felt safe and comfortable 2376 02:30:09.159 --> 02:30:13.719 in the station environment until authorities could arrive and transport 2377 02:30:13.840 --> 02:30:19.360 this individual to hospital. A final example, they're out on 2378 02:30:19.520 --> 02:30:22.440 foot patrolling a station and they hear a local broadcast 2379 02:30:22.479 --> 02:30:25.440 about a theft that just occurred nearby, and they were 2380 02:30:25.440 --> 02:30:29.120 able to locate the suspects outside the station, communicating their 2381 02:30:29.120 --> 02:30:34.440 whereabouts until our police officers attended the scene. So excellent, 2382 02:30:35.040 --> 02:30:39.879 just their visibility and their observations that are occurring next light. 2383 02:30:43.079 --> 02:30:47.920 The Transit Police is community policing center. 2384 02:30:48.000 --> 02:30:51.200 It's based out of the Waterfront Station and it really 2385 02:30:51.319 --> 02:30:53.879 continues to play such an important role in the safety 2386 02:30:53.920 --> 02:30:56.639 and wellness of transit riders and persons who are in 2387 02:30:56.799 --> 02:31:00.319 vulnerable situations on or around the transit citation system. 2388 02:31:00.920 --> 02:31:02.639 At the end of twenty twenty four. 2389 02:31:02.600 --> 02:31:05.920 We've been able to advance the program to a total 2390 02:31:06.000 --> 02:31:11.399 of ninety six volunteers and combined approximately three thousand and 2391 02:31:11.520 --> 02:31:15.559 eight hundred volunteer hours spent engaging the public at events, 2392 02:31:16.319 --> 02:31:20.360 patrolling in downtown Vancouver on the North Shore, and partnering 2393 02:31:20.440 --> 02:31:23.920 with our neighborhood police officers and other specialty sections on 2394 02:31:24.000 --> 02:31:28.879 a range of projects. It is also a transition program. 2395 02:31:29.559 --> 02:31:34.360 Police to share that thirteen volunteers were successful in moving 2396 02:31:34.399 --> 02:31:37.600 into a career in public safety, including some of those here. 2397 02:31:37.479 --> 02:31:38.399 At Transit Police. 2398 02:31:39.079 --> 02:31:42.440 And this just really provides an excellent opportunity for those 2399 02:31:42.520 --> 02:31:45.159 who want to build their experience in public safety with 2400 02:31:45.280 --> 02:31:50.479 an interest in transit safety and law enforcement. So many 2401 02:31:50.559 --> 02:31:55.440 events they were engaged over fifty five community events in 2402 02:31:55.559 --> 02:31:59.639 twenty twenty four, interacted with one hundred and ninety vulnerable persons, 2403 02:32:00.840 --> 02:32:02.639 were able to give out one hundred and fifty coal 2404 02:32:02.719 --> 02:32:07.319 weather items to persons in vulnerable circumstances, and the important 2405 02:32:07.399 --> 02:32:12.920 eight seven seven seventh, Over ten thousand decals, cards and 2406 02:32:13.000 --> 02:32:17.879 slap band advertising on the tech service were distributed, creating 2407 02:32:17.920 --> 02:32:18.840 greater awareness. 2408 02:32:19.280 --> 02:32:20.360 Next Live please. 2409 02:32:24.040 --> 02:32:26.799 And finally, I also want to end just with the 2410 02:32:26.920 --> 02:32:31.600 importance of recognition. So you know, such an honor us 2411 02:32:31.760 --> 02:32:36.200 to participate in Employee Appreciation Day across the enterprise to 2412 02:32:36.280 --> 02:32:40.200 recognize our employees and those working hard across the system 2413 02:32:40.280 --> 02:32:44.639 and collaboration we all were able to also hear a 2414 02:32:44.719 --> 02:32:49.600 trans Police hold our own annual awards ceremony to recognize 2415 02:32:49.719 --> 02:32:53.239 Transit Police employees who made extraordinary efforts to serve the 2416 02:32:53.280 --> 02:32:59.360 public and their coworkers. A few examples for recognition. You 2417 02:32:59.399 --> 02:33:02.159 know to off us who ran into oncoming traffic to 2418 02:33:02.280 --> 02:33:05.280 shield a young child who was running into a busy roadway. 2419 02:33:05.959 --> 02:33:09.639 We had two officers who investigation into theft at Lululemon 2420 02:33:10.680 --> 02:33:14.959 location led over to one hundred thousand dollars in recovered 2421 02:33:15.000 --> 02:33:18.520 merchandise from across the region and these individuals were using 2422 02:33:18.559 --> 02:33:22.799 the transit system to move that product. And a civilian 2423 02:33:22.879 --> 02:33:26.479 professional crime analyst who successfully identified a suspect in a 2424 02:33:26.600 --> 02:33:31.879 series of reported sex offenses. This year was the first 2425 02:33:31.959 --> 02:33:34.479 year as well we introduced this Warren Officer of the 2426 02:33:34.600 --> 02:33:39.639 Year and Civilian Professional of the Year. And Constable Sunny 2427 02:33:40.239 --> 02:33:43.840 Ken was our inaugural sworn Officer of the Year and 2428 02:33:44.079 --> 02:33:47.559 incredible work he's doing in community at tending countless events. 2429 02:33:48.040 --> 02:33:51.399 He's the president of our Transit Police Social Club and 2430 02:33:51.799 --> 02:33:56.239 spent significant time outside in volunteer work hours working in 2431 02:33:56.319 --> 02:33:59.760 community raising over one hundred thousand dollars for cancer research 2432 02:34:00.799 --> 02:34:06.239 and care. And Kelly Steel are civilian professional. She has 2433 02:34:06.360 --> 02:34:08.959 been busy doing a lot of the training. We've shared 2434 02:34:09.559 --> 02:34:13.319 the full day of Indigenous experiential learning that all police 2435 02:34:13.399 --> 02:34:18.360 officers and their civilians were involved in and She's been 2436 02:34:18.639 --> 02:34:23.120 recently recognized as well for work with Oldheimer's BC to 2437 02:34:23.239 --> 02:34:25.479 develop dementia training for all. 2438 02:34:25.399 --> 02:34:29.920 Our officers in the organization. So it's a ward we 2439 02:34:30.000 --> 02:34:32.360 look to continue to build on each year. 2440 02:34:33.079 --> 02:34:35.040 And I'll just ask you to move to the final 2441 02:34:35.120 --> 02:34:38.920 slide and I'll welcome any questions anyone may have. 2442 02:34:39.280 --> 02:34:44.239 Thank you, thanks, Chief mir and thanks to you and 2443 02:34:44.399 --> 02:34:46.360 all of your everyone at trends ARE please for helping 2444 02:34:46.399 --> 02:34:49.440 to keep our system safe. Any do any board members 2445 02:34:49.479 --> 02:34:56.639 have any questions or comments for Chief Miir, I right 2446 02:34:56.760 --> 02:35:01.239 not seeing any. Thank you so much. Now we turn 2447 02:35:01.280 --> 02:35:04.719 to the part of our agenda are Committee's report. Our 2448 02:35:04.760 --> 02:35:07.479 four committees report on their meetings from last week. The 2449 02:35:07.520 --> 02:35:10.440 first of those committees is Finance and Audit Committee, which 2450 02:35:10.479 --> 02:35:13.920 I share, so I'll provide that report. We had a 2451 02:35:13.959 --> 02:35:17.159 busy meeting because it's the first meeting after the end 2452 02:35:17.200 --> 02:35:19.719 of the year. We considered some items that are on 2453 02:35:19.959 --> 02:35:23.600 the agenda later in this meeting, namely the transit tariff amendment, 2454 02:35:23.719 --> 02:35:28.239 a statutory annual report, audited financial statements, and the financial 2455 02:35:28.360 --> 02:35:31.319 and ear end financial and Performance Report. So we'll leave 2456 02:35:31.360 --> 02:35:34.799 those items to deal be dealt with later in our 2457 02:35:34.879 --> 02:35:37.319 consent in the consent agenda for today. There's also a 2458 02:35:37.440 --> 02:35:40.200 report that we considered which is about the maintenance and 2459 02:35:40.360 --> 02:35:45.719 operation of our bridges in the Translink system. Other matters 2460 02:35:45.760 --> 02:35:49.360 that we're discussed were the rail expansion program, a status 2461 02:35:49.440 --> 02:35:52.680 update on the work that is being done to prepare 2462 02:35:53.000 --> 02:35:58.719 for the Broadway Subway and Surrey Langley's scot Train extensions. 2463 02:35:58.959 --> 02:36:01.959 You heard quite a bit about in Sandi Zion's report, 2464 02:36:02.479 --> 02:36:04.600 and everything seems to be on track for opening day. 2465 02:36:05.440 --> 02:36:08.120 We also received the report on the status of the 2466 02:36:08.760 --> 02:36:13.680 provincially led work to construct those extensions on the Broadway 2467 02:36:13.719 --> 02:36:17.959 Subway and the Surrey Langley Skytrain. We had an overview 2468 02:36:18.159 --> 02:36:19.799 of the work in the past year on the real 2469 02:36:19.920 --> 02:36:23.120 estate development, so the Real Estate Development Annual Report and 2470 02:36:23.239 --> 02:36:29.040 quarterly update tequilar emphasis on the largely residential tower project 2471 02:36:29.559 --> 02:36:33.760 at Arbutus and Broadway in Vancouver. We always received the 2472 02:36:33.799 --> 02:36:37.079 safety update in these meetings because safety is important throughout 2473 02:36:37.120 --> 02:36:40.399 the Translink enterprise. The boards of each of the operating 2474 02:36:40.479 --> 02:36:43.319 companies also received reports on the safety records in each 2475 02:36:43.479 --> 02:36:46.879 of the rail and bus operations. We review the safety 2476 02:36:46.920 --> 02:36:49.559 goals for twenty twenty five and reviewed the public safety 2477 02:36:49.639 --> 02:36:55.760 campaign that trans conducted recently, we also considered emergency management. 2478 02:36:56.399 --> 02:36:59.479 Since the last report, activities by Translink and its operating 2479 02:36:59.559 --> 02:37:03.120 companies have included plining for and responding to winter weather, 2480 02:37:03.159 --> 02:37:05.600 and you heard a little bit about that earlier. And 2481 02:37:05.680 --> 02:37:09.360 then also large public gatherings, particularly like the Taylor Swift 2482 02:37:09.520 --> 02:37:13.719 concerts late last year, we learned about more about business 2483 02:37:13.799 --> 02:37:18.399 and continuity, integrated security and the training and exercise work 2484 02:37:18.440 --> 02:37:20.319 that goes on to make sure that we're always prepared 2485 02:37:20.319 --> 02:37:25.600 for emergencies. Emergency management personnel were also engaged in various 2486 02:37:25.719 --> 02:37:30.959 enterprise projects, including the Enterprise Resiliency Working Group, climate Adaptation 2487 02:37:31.600 --> 02:37:35.319 and seismic resiliency programs, all of which are important and 2488 02:37:35.399 --> 02:37:37.520 you heard some of that in the reports from the 2489 02:37:37.920 --> 02:37:42.719 various operations. And finally, we had an annual check in 2490 02:37:42.840 --> 02:37:46.200 on the status of the funds received and invested. When 2491 02:37:46.280 --> 02:37:49.959 toils were ended on the Golden Ear's Bridge, as you 2492 02:37:50.040 --> 02:37:52.639 may call over, was a significant payment from the province 2493 02:37:52.680 --> 02:37:55.639 at the time, and we make sure there were being 2494 02:37:55.680 --> 02:37:59.959 good stewards of those funds as according to previous board policy. 2495 02:38:00.559 --> 02:38:03.799 So that's what we considered at our last meeting. If 2496 02:38:03.840 --> 02:38:06.559 anyone has any questions for me, about that report, I'm 2497 02:38:06.559 --> 02:38:12.959 happy to entertainment see none takes us to the next 2498 02:38:13.000 --> 02:38:16.360 committee report, which is Planning Communities and Communications, and they'll 2499 02:38:16.399 --> 02:38:18.200 turn it over to the chair Andrew Rymer. 2500 02:38:19.040 --> 02:38:22.920 Thank you, Director Secle. So not unlike the Finance Committee, 2501 02:38:22.959 --> 02:38:25.600 we had a lot of our annual reports coming this cycle. 2502 02:38:26.479 --> 02:38:29.840 Those included the annual Accountability Report, which is on this 2503 02:38:30.000 --> 02:38:33.159 agenda and which you spoke to. The annual reports from 2504 02:38:33.319 --> 02:38:38.120 the user advisor committees for Accessible Transit, including the User 2505 02:38:38.159 --> 02:38:41.360 Advisory Committee and the Handy ed Art User Advisory Committee, also. 2506 02:38:41.200 --> 02:38:41.920 On this agenda. 2507 02:38:42.760 --> 02:38:45.600 Other annual things we did we received the annual and 2508 02:38:45.760 --> 02:38:48.399 discussed the annual Summary of customer. 2509 02:38:49.639 --> 02:38:50.120 Information. 2510 02:38:50.399 --> 02:38:54.200 We did the annual review of our terms of reference 2511 02:38:54.280 --> 02:38:56.799 and duties and responsibility of the Committee. 2512 02:38:58.000 --> 02:39:01.040 We also did well. 2513 02:39:01.079 --> 02:39:01.920 This one's interesting. 2514 02:39:02.840 --> 02:39:06.840 As we've moved through in the pandemic, we did a 2515 02:39:06.959 --> 02:39:12.000 ridership recovery on an almost daily hourly basis of those reports, 2516 02:39:12.040 --> 02:39:15.360 but definitely of re quarter. We've been sort of gradually 2517 02:39:16.120 --> 02:39:20.079 transitioning that and this most recent Planning Committee I think 2518 02:39:20.079 --> 02:39:25.120 probably marks the full transition to Metro Vancouver Transportation trends 2519 02:39:25.200 --> 02:39:28.760 twenty twenty four. I think what's most notable about this 2520 02:39:28.920 --> 02:39:31.680 report is that it includes trip diary information, which we 2521 02:39:31.760 --> 02:39:35.959 haven't had since twenty seventeen, so it was very I 2522 02:39:36.000 --> 02:39:39.040 would think of as a chunky report that we got 2523 02:39:39.079 --> 02:39:41.920 to kind of dive into some really good statistics looking at. 2524 02:39:41.840 --> 02:39:42.879 Trends in the region. 2525 02:39:43.920 --> 02:39:48.479 We also did our regular quarterly updates on government relations 2526 02:39:48.520 --> 02:39:53.879 and public affairs, communications and marketing, customer experience, and Indigenous relations. 2527 02:39:54.239 --> 02:39:57.559 I might note on that last one that a couple 2528 02:39:57.719 --> 02:40:00.879 significant events at the musk we Am. We're on hand 2529 02:40:00.920 --> 02:40:04.000 for the opening at Capstan, which I know the CEO 2530 02:40:04.239 --> 02:40:07.600 also spoke to, but to note that, and also the 2531 02:40:07.639 --> 02:40:12.159 first ever chancelling delegation in the memorial March on February 2532 02:40:12.239 --> 02:40:16.200 fourteenth for the missing and murdered Indigenous woman that takes 2533 02:40:16.239 --> 02:40:19.159 place in the downtown east Side. We also at every 2534 02:40:19.200 --> 02:40:23.159 meeting receive our Board correspondent summary the Planet committees where 2535 02:40:23.200 --> 02:40:26.639 that goes, so when people are getting ahold of the 2536 02:40:26.719 --> 02:40:30.440 Board through various avenues, that is where we receive that summary. 2537 02:40:30.559 --> 02:40:33.959 And then also the key construction projects update. And that 2538 02:40:34.360 --> 02:40:35.399 was it for our committee. 2539 02:40:36.719 --> 02:40:40.159 Thanks Andrea. Anyone have any questions or comments for Andrea 2540 02:40:43.319 --> 02:40:45.719 seeing none of that takes us to the report of 2541 02:40:45.760 --> 02:40:48.079 the Human Resources and Governance Committee. I'll turn it over 2542 02:40:48.159 --> 02:40:49.840 to the committee chair, Jen Chan. 2543 02:40:51.000 --> 02:40:51.600 Thanks Alan. 2544 02:40:52.120 --> 02:40:55.840 We also had a very productive meeting at the HRGC Committee. 2545 02:40:56.280 --> 02:40:58.879 We discussed and have made recommendations to the Board on 2546 02:40:59.040 --> 02:41:02.479 revisions to trans thinks Respectful Workplace policy, and that was 2547 02:41:02.559 --> 02:41:05.680 to clarify processes and procedures and to update information on 2548 02:41:05.760 --> 02:41:08.360 how to express a concern and those changes are in 2549 02:41:08.399 --> 02:41:11.799 the boards can sent agenda today. We also receive status 2550 02:41:11.879 --> 02:41:16.000 reports on some key initiatives, including the HR Digital Transformation Program, 2551 02:41:16.600 --> 02:41:20.319 and that involves adopting HR technologies to enable more data 2552 02:41:20.440 --> 02:41:25.159 driven decisions, improve processes, and increase efficiency, all with the 2553 02:41:25.200 --> 02:41:29.479 aim of improving employee experience. So this program is proceeding 2554 02:41:29.520 --> 02:41:33.319 well and continues to be under budget. We also receive 2555 02:41:33.399 --> 02:41:36.520 the People in Culture Department's quarterly report, and I'd like 2556 02:41:36.600 --> 02:41:38.680 to highlight just a few of the key efforts and 2557 02:41:38.760 --> 02:41:43.280 outcomes from that report, including continued work on leadership development 2558 02:41:43.360 --> 02:41:47.000 programs to support staff in growing in their careers, also 2559 02:41:47.120 --> 02:41:50.799 listening to employee interests and concerns through an employee engagement survey, 2560 02:41:51.760 --> 02:41:55.319 supporting employee resource groups to enhance our culture of inclusion 2561 02:41:55.399 --> 02:41:59.040 at Translink, and some targeted efforts to recruit some business 2562 02:41:59.120 --> 02:42:04.760 critical positions such as maintenance, cybersecurity, and engineering. The results 2563 02:42:04.799 --> 02:42:07.840 of those efforts were also things that we heard, including 2564 02:42:08.280 --> 02:42:11.319 decreasing voluntary turnover rates in each of the last three 2565 02:42:11.399 --> 02:42:14.879 years for the organization, as well some very strong interest 2566 02:42:14.959 --> 02:42:18.079 from applicants at our job fares and as Mike McDaniel 2567 02:42:18.120 --> 02:42:22.159 noted earlier, resulting in some great success hiring transit operators 2568 02:42:22.239 --> 02:42:25.520 and community shuttle operator positions, which are of course essential 2569 02:42:25.639 --> 02:42:30.000 for Transling. We also resumed materials in preparation for this 2570 02:42:30.120 --> 02:42:33.879 year's work, including the Committee's terms of reference, our completion 2571 02:42:34.040 --> 02:42:36.879 checklist for the Committee's duties from twenty twenty four, and 2572 02:42:37.000 --> 02:42:40.000 feedback on the effectiveness of the new director orientation program. 2573 02:42:43.479 --> 02:42:48.079 Thanks Jen. Any questions or comments for Jen, It's not 2574 02:42:48.319 --> 02:42:51.120 our fourth committee as the IT Committee and Alternative Chair 2575 02:42:51.280 --> 02:42:52.559 Tracy readies for her report. 2576 02:42:53.280 --> 02:43:00.319 Thank you Director Seckel. Again, another very busy meeting for 2577 02:43:00.639 --> 02:43:04.840 the IT Committee. Like all the other committees, we received 2578 02:43:04.920 --> 02:43:08.479 comprehensive reporting on the annual IT program and the status 2579 02:43:08.559 --> 02:43:13.000 of the major IT projects that the IT Committee is following, 2580 02:43:13.680 --> 02:43:18.559 including the HR Digital Transformation Program, that Director Chan spoke 2581 02:43:18.600 --> 02:43:24.159 about management is continuing to thoroughly monitor and mitigate the 2582 02:43:24.319 --> 02:43:28.920 IT risks that are out there, including cybersecurity. We also 2583 02:43:29.239 --> 02:43:34.040 received and discussed at length the Enterprise Digital Strategy and Roadmap, 2584 02:43:34.120 --> 02:43:37.840 which was very thorough and very well received by the committee. 2585 02:43:38.479 --> 02:43:41.719 This is a very exciting strategy and path forward for 2586 02:43:41.879 --> 02:43:47.639 the organization that is about leveraging the organization's digital strengths 2587 02:43:47.879 --> 02:43:53.520 and opportunities to improve the customer experience, enhance employee engagement, 2588 02:43:53.959 --> 02:43:57.520 and to optimize business processes. So I think we'll be 2589 02:43:57.600 --> 02:44:00.360 looking for some very interesting things to I'm out of 2590 02:44:00.440 --> 02:44:04.639 this strategy and roadmap in the years to come. Finally, 2591 02:44:04.719 --> 02:44:08.120 the IT Committee also receive reviewed its terms of reference 2592 02:44:08.360 --> 02:44:13.920 and conducted some other routine annual reviews. Thank you, mister Share. 2593 02:44:15.079 --> 02:44:20.520 Thanks Tracy. Any questions or comments or Tracy see none. 2594 02:44:20.920 --> 02:44:22.879 That takes us to the next part of our agenda, 2595 02:44:22.920 --> 02:44:26.520 which is a presentation on the Metro Vancouver transportation trends, 2596 02:44:26.600 --> 02:44:29.280 and I'll turn it over to Sarah Ross, our VP 2597 02:44:29.399 --> 02:44:33.040 of Transportation Planning and Policy, and Ellen Elgar, our director 2598 02:44:33.079 --> 02:44:34.319 of Research and Analytics. 2599 02:44:37.760 --> 02:44:39.680 Good morning, every thank you so much. 2600 02:44:40.639 --> 02:44:42.799 I'm very pleased to introduce Alan Elgar, who is our 2601 02:44:42.840 --> 02:44:45.399 director of Research and Analytics, who will lead our item 2602 02:44:45.520 --> 02:44:45.719 for this. 2603 02:44:47.520 --> 02:44:47.600 Hi. 2604 02:44:47.719 --> 02:44:51.200 Good morning everyone. So in this presentation, I'm going to 2605 02:44:51.280 --> 02:44:55.920 provide information about regional transportation trends from two sources. The 2606 02:44:56.040 --> 02:44:58.840 first one is early findings from the twenty twenty three 2607 02:44:59.000 --> 02:45:03.079 Triptari Regional Survey and the second one is findings from 2608 02:45:03.120 --> 02:45:07.360 our ongoing monitory of the transportation system. So with regard 2609 02:45:07.399 --> 02:45:10.319 to the Trip Diary, it is a large household survey 2610 02:45:10.399 --> 02:45:13.159 that we conduct every five years or so and that 2611 02:45:13.319 --> 02:45:17.040 provides us detailed information about trouvel behavior of people across 2612 02:45:17.120 --> 02:45:20.760 the region. This data is then used to inform planning 2613 02:45:20.799 --> 02:45:29.399 initiatives by translating municipalities and other regional authorities. Next slide. Please, So, 2614 02:45:29.559 --> 02:45:32.000 the last Trip Diary was conducted in twenty twenty three 2615 02:45:32.360 --> 02:45:35.079 and there are three important early findings that we would 2616 02:45:35.159 --> 02:45:37.639 like to share from it. The first one is that 2617 02:45:37.760 --> 02:45:40.079 the number of daily trips in the region increased by 2618 02:45:40.200 --> 02:45:43.440 eight point six percent between twenty seventeen and twenty twenty three. 2619 02:45:44.239 --> 02:45:46.280 This is a smaller increase than what we would have 2620 02:45:46.360 --> 02:45:49.680 expected based on the growth in factors such as population 2621 02:45:49.799 --> 02:45:52.879 and employment and or ownership in the region, and I'll 2622 02:45:52.920 --> 02:45:56.040 talk a little bit more about it later. The second 2623 02:45:56.399 --> 02:45:59.799 finding is that there was a substantial growth in sustainable 2624 02:46:00.239 --> 02:46:03.159 chair and in twenty twenty three it crossed for the 2625 02:46:03.239 --> 02:46:09.239 first time the thirty percent milestone. And then the third 2626 02:46:09.719 --> 02:46:13.239 fundings or highlight is that the number of vehicle kilometers 2627 02:46:13.280 --> 02:46:17.719 travel traveled or VKT decreased by close to five percent 2628 02:46:17.879 --> 02:46:21.079 between twenty seventeen twenty twenty three. This is the first 2629 02:46:21.120 --> 02:46:23.760 time that VIKT in the region decreased and is a 2630 02:46:23.799 --> 02:46:27.239 result of combination of two factors. The first one is 2631 02:46:27.319 --> 02:46:32.040 that the number of auto trips decreased by about one 2632 02:46:32.079 --> 02:46:35.440 and a half percent, and the second is that the 2633 02:46:35.559 --> 02:46:39.280 average distance of auto driver trips decreased by about three percent. 2634 02:46:40.040 --> 02:46:43.399 So the combination of the two of those led to 2635 02:46:43.479 --> 02:46:48.559 about five percent decrease in VTT. So the last two 2636 02:46:48.639 --> 02:46:52.399 points that I marked there are very encouraging, as increasing 2637 02:46:52.479 --> 02:46:55.879 sustainable modechair and reduction in VKT are two of the 2638 02:46:55.959 --> 02:47:00.360 main objectives of the Regional Transportation Strategy Transport twenty fifty 2639 02:47:00.760 --> 02:47:03.079 and the findings that the region a crossed the thirty 2640 02:47:03.079 --> 02:47:07.079 percent sus terrible mochair and experienced reduction in VCT are 2641 02:47:07.159 --> 02:47:14.280 significant milestones to reaching these objectives. Now about this line 2642 02:47:14.319 --> 02:47:17.559 that we see here in front of us. Going back 2643 02:47:17.600 --> 02:47:21.799 to the number of trips, the reason that we would 2644 02:47:21.840 --> 02:47:25.440 have expected larger growth in trips between twenty seventeen and 2645 02:47:25.479 --> 02:47:29.399 twenty twenty three is that, as can be seen, growth 2646 02:47:29.440 --> 02:47:32.840 in factors such as population, jobs, and auto ownership in 2647 02:47:32.959 --> 02:47:35.559 that during that period was similar to the growth in 2648 02:47:35.639 --> 02:47:39.799 these factors between twenty eleven and twenty seventeen. However, the 2649 02:47:39.879 --> 02:47:42.840 increasing the number of trips between twenty eleven and twenty 2650 02:47:42.879 --> 02:47:46.920 seventeen was close to twenty five percent, while the growth 2651 02:47:47.000 --> 02:47:49.520 in the number of trips between twenty seventeen and twenty 2652 02:47:49.600 --> 02:47:53.799 twenty three was below nine percent. So we have very 2653 02:47:53.879 --> 02:47:59.040 similar background factors that lead to fairly different results in 2654 02:47:59.159 --> 02:48:01.280 terms of the overall number of trips in the system. 2655 02:48:02.280 --> 02:48:03.040 So we think that. 2656 02:48:06.120 --> 02:48:09.879 The difference could be explained at least partially by the 2657 02:48:10.000 --> 02:48:13.799 significant significant increases in work from home and use of 2658 02:48:13.959 --> 02:48:18.840 delivery services. But there could be other reasons why people 2659 02:48:18.920 --> 02:48:22.360 make fewer trips and perhaps engage in fewer activities in 2660 02:48:22.440 --> 02:48:26.280 the region, and we'll try to look at it over 2661 02:48:26.399 --> 02:48:26.920 the next. 2662 02:48:27.360 --> 02:48:27.760 Year or so. 2663 02:48:29.280 --> 02:48:34.799 Next like please so as I mentioned before, sustainable motor 2664 02:48:34.959 --> 02:48:42.239 went increase significantly and crossed the thirty percent. Sustainable motare 2665 02:48:42.399 --> 02:48:46.360 is calculated as the sum of transit walk and bike 2666 02:48:46.479 --> 02:48:49.559 mode chairs, and as can be seen the graph, the 2667 02:48:49.879 --> 02:48:52.879 increase in sustainable motuair is mostly the result of a 2668 02:48:53.000 --> 02:48:56.399 large growth in walk mochair from about fourteen and a 2669 02:48:56.399 --> 02:49:00.239 half percent in twenty seventeen to two over eight eighteen 2670 02:49:00.239 --> 02:49:03.879 percent in twenty twenty three. The biking motor also went 2671 02:49:04.000 --> 02:49:08.000 up slightly during this period, but transit motor experienced a 2672 02:49:08.040 --> 02:49:14.000 small decrease. Another important observation from this graph is that 2673 02:49:14.200 --> 02:49:18.399 auto driver motor declined substantially from close to fifty five 2674 02:49:18.479 --> 02:49:22.440 percent in twenty seventeen to about fifty percent in twenty 2675 02:49:22.520 --> 02:49:29.799 twenty three. Next light, please, so here we are shifting 2676 02:49:31.280 --> 02:49:37.559 from talking about the trip diary to talking about the 2677 02:49:37.680 --> 02:49:42.319 ongoing monitoring efforts that we have so looking more at 2678 02:49:42.479 --> 02:49:47.639 the system in twenty twenty four, and the first thing 2679 02:49:47.719 --> 02:49:50.319 that we see is that the overall number of trips 2680 02:49:50.399 --> 02:49:54.479 in the system by all modes was fairly stable in 2681 02:49:54.520 --> 02:49:59.799 twenty twenty four. When talking about transit, last year, transit 2682 02:50:00.040 --> 02:50:03.680 leadership grew by three point three percent. This growth is 2683 02:50:03.959 --> 02:50:07.360 in line with the annual growth the transit system experience 2684 02:50:07.920 --> 02:50:11.280 in pre COVID years and suggests that the larger ridership 2685 02:50:11.360 --> 02:50:14.479 increases the region experience as part of the COVID recovery 2686 02:50:15.079 --> 02:50:20.959 is largely behind us, and going forward, ridership growth will 2687 02:50:21.000 --> 02:50:24.760 mostly depend unusual factors such as growth in population, jobs, 2688 02:50:24.799 --> 02:50:30.959 and economic environment. With regard to driving, daily traffic has 2689 02:50:31.000 --> 02:50:34.520 been mostly stable since twenty twenty two and even declined 2690 02:50:34.520 --> 02:50:38.639 slightly at the end of last year. At the same time, however, 2691 02:50:39.360 --> 02:50:43.639 travel speeds during peak periods have been trending down and 2692 02:50:43.719 --> 02:50:47.440 the reliability of travel times has been deteriorating. This means 2693 02:50:47.440 --> 02:50:50.200 that congestion has generally gotten worse in the region over 2694 02:50:50.280 --> 02:50:51.239 the last three years or so. 2695 02:50:53.280 --> 02:50:53.799 And then. 2696 02:50:55.280 --> 02:51:01.159 Talking about active modes, the main observations for active modes 2697 02:51:01.440 --> 02:51:05.879 is that the amount of cycling is significantly influenced by seasonality. 2698 02:51:06.440 --> 02:51:08.559 What I mean by that is that the number of 2699 02:51:08.719 --> 02:51:12.600 bikes our sensors count in the peak months of summer 2700 02:51:13.280 --> 02:51:16.159 is six to nine times higher than the number of 2701 02:51:16.280 --> 02:51:20.440 bikes we count during the lower lowest months of the winter. 2702 02:51:21.920 --> 02:51:29.239 Next slide please so, As I said earlier, ridership in 2703 02:51:29.319 --> 02:51:32.239 the entire system increased by three point three percent in 2704 02:51:32.360 --> 02:51:36.280 twenty twenty four. However, there was large variability in subregional 2705 02:51:36.360 --> 02:51:40.239 growth levels. The subregions with the fastest ridership growth where 2706 02:51:40.319 --> 02:51:42.639 the east part of the South of Fraser with eleven 2707 02:51:42.719 --> 02:51:46.399 percent radioship increase and Maple Reach Peak Meadows with six 2708 02:51:46.479 --> 02:51:49.879 percent increase. On the other hand, the Broad Peninsula and 2709 02:51:49.959 --> 02:51:54.680 the North Shore experienced limited ridership growth. Next slide. Please, 2710 02:51:57.639 --> 02:52:00.719 So that's it for the presentation. We just want to 2711 02:52:00.760 --> 02:52:04.440 head that their report we submitted to the board includes 2712 02:52:04.479 --> 02:52:09.200 information about these and other transportation metrics we track on 2713 02:52:09.239 --> 02:52:13.319 an ongoing basis and use for informing decisions. 2714 02:52:13.959 --> 02:52:14.879 And thank you very much. 2715 02:52:14.879 --> 02:52:16.600 I'll be happy to answer any questions you have. 2716 02:52:19.319 --> 02:52:26.120 Thanks Ellen, any discussion amongst board, Jen. 2717 02:52:28.680 --> 02:52:30.040 Thank you very much for the presentation. 2718 02:52:30.120 --> 02:52:30.399 Alon. 2719 02:52:31.440 --> 02:52:34.559 We understand from some previous reports that newcomers to the 2720 02:52:34.600 --> 02:52:38.280 region tend to be quite frequent users of public transit, 2721 02:52:38.399 --> 02:52:40.760 and I'm wondering if you could please speak to the 2722 02:52:40.920 --> 02:52:43.360 degree of confidence that we have in the trip diary 2723 02:52:43.520 --> 02:52:46.360 survey reaching people who are new to the region, so 2724 02:52:46.440 --> 02:52:49.799 that we can understand what their perceptions are as well, 2725 02:52:49.920 --> 02:52:52.719 particularly if they may speak a variety of languages. 2726 02:52:54.159 --> 02:52:58.079 Right, that's a really good question. So it's definitely a 2727 02:52:58.159 --> 02:53:03.920 challenge because it's such a big We're talking about sixteen 2728 02:53:03.959 --> 02:53:09.840 thousand households participated in the survey, and so that's probably 2729 02:53:09.840 --> 02:53:13.040 around forty thousand individuals, and so it takes us a 2730 02:53:13.120 --> 02:53:18.319 long time to clean the data and analyze it and 2731 02:53:18.440 --> 02:53:20.799 so on until it can get here, and so we're 2732 02:53:20.799 --> 02:53:26.680 already over a year behind when we actually collected the data. 2733 02:53:27.399 --> 02:53:31.559 We do our best to contact as many people as possible. 2734 02:53:32.319 --> 02:53:36.079 We actually, I think this time we set over seven 2735 02:53:36.200 --> 02:53:42.200 hundred thousand letters to inviting households to participate in the survey. 2736 02:53:42.280 --> 02:53:44.200 So I assume that at least half of the board 2737 02:53:44.319 --> 02:53:49.479 received those ZERRAI those letters. Sorry for participation in terms, 2738 02:53:50.719 --> 02:53:53.479 but there is a challenge in the sense that I 2739 02:53:53.639 --> 02:53:57.799 think newcomers to the regions are probably less likely to 2740 02:53:57.959 --> 02:54:01.719 participate just because they don't field yet part of the community. 2741 02:54:01.799 --> 02:54:11.719 Potentially in terms of language barriers, we did introduce Chinese languages, 2742 02:54:11.799 --> 02:54:17.479 Magarine and Cantonese as ways for people to participate in 2743 02:54:17.600 --> 02:54:23.079 the survey. Generally speaking, we tried we checked in previous 2744 02:54:23.200 --> 02:54:26.120 years how much of a language barrier there is, and 2745 02:54:26.200 --> 02:54:29.559 it didn't seem to be a big language barrier. Might 2746 02:54:29.680 --> 02:54:32.559 be more of a cultural barrier, or again, people that 2747 02:54:32.680 --> 02:54:36.000 are not feeling part of the community yet that are 2748 02:54:36.079 --> 02:54:38.040 less likely to participate in the survey. 2749 02:54:42.639 --> 02:54:48.879 Thanks, any other questions or comments on this topic, all right, 2750 02:54:48.879 --> 02:54:50.959 I don't stan any, So thank you Allen and Sarah 2751 02:54:51.079 --> 02:54:55.040 for the presentation. We're moving on to several ams to 2752 02:54:55.120 --> 02:54:59.440 deal with financial reports, and I'm turning it over to Patrice. 2753 02:54:59.479 --> 02:55:02.799 But before it just a reminder that the financial statements 2754 02:55:02.840 --> 02:55:05.879 that are being considered and approved are the financial statements 2755 02:55:05.879 --> 02:55:09.760 stated March twenty one, twenty twenty five. So the tray 2756 02:55:09.760 --> 02:55:10.559 self centered over to you. 2757 02:55:11.559 --> 02:55:12.639 Great, thank you so much. 2758 02:55:12.959 --> 02:55:13.639 I appreciate that. 2759 02:55:14.799 --> 02:55:18.760 With me is Olga Cousinsiba, our vice president financial services, 2760 02:55:18.840 --> 02:55:20.879 and she'll join me for this report and a few 2761 02:55:20.920 --> 02:55:23.639 of the following reports as well. Now, in our year 2762 02:55:23.719 --> 02:55:27.760 in Financial Performance report, we outline our key accomplishments in 2763 02:55:27.799 --> 02:55:30.360 twenty twenty four along with our financial results and our 2764 02:55:30.440 --> 02:55:33.440 performance trends, and so I'll summarize kind of some of 2765 02:55:33.520 --> 02:55:36.040 those key points in this presentation. 2766 02:55:36.360 --> 02:55:37.399 Next, I please. 2767 02:55:40.639 --> 02:55:44.280 Well, writership, as you heard growth in twenty twenty four 2768 02:55:44.440 --> 02:55:46.600 was steady with an overall increase of three point three 2769 02:55:46.680 --> 02:55:50.200 percent over last year, and that was driven by population 2770 02:55:50.360 --> 02:55:53.680 growth and more commuters turning to transit throughout the year. 2771 02:55:54.200 --> 02:55:57.399 This led to higher transit revenues, which grew by seven percent. 2772 02:55:58.520 --> 02:56:02.159 The cost of recovery rate show also improved by point 2773 02:56:02.200 --> 02:56:05.319 four percent, and that's despite continued inflation and labor cost 2774 02:56:06.319 --> 02:56:10.600 impacts and pressures on our costs. Expenses were favorable to 2775 02:56:10.719 --> 02:56:13.600 budget do in large part to almost twenty million dollars 2776 02:56:13.639 --> 02:56:16.000 of cost reductions that were identified as part of the 2777 02:56:16.079 --> 02:56:23.719 Management Action Plan. Next slide. Please Every week, nearly one 2778 02:56:23.799 --> 02:56:27.000 million people take transit at least once, which means around 2779 02:56:27.040 --> 02:56:30.639 one third of Metro Vancouver's population relies on transit every week. 2780 02:56:31.159 --> 02:56:33.520 In fact, the reliance on transit has grown so much 2781 02:56:33.719 --> 02:56:36.520 that we are now second in Canada in writership for capita, 2782 02:56:36.840 --> 02:56:40.120 behind only Montreal. A number of people who depend on 2783 02:56:40.239 --> 02:56:43.000 transit in this region as a testament to how integrated 2784 02:56:43.040 --> 02:56:46.120 transit is to everyday life and how important our service 2785 02:56:47.079 --> 02:56:55.280 is to Metro Vancouver's economy. Next slide, Please now keep 2786 02:56:55.360 --> 02:56:58.120 focus for twenty twenty four was to continue to prepare 2787 02:56:58.159 --> 02:57:02.319 for expansion. Will also increase our service hours. Now through 2788 02:57:02.399 --> 02:57:05.760 the twenty twenty four investment plan, we've been increasing those 2789 02:57:05.879 --> 02:57:09.520 hours service hours on the most overcrowded bus routes, and 2790 02:57:09.639 --> 02:57:12.239 it's heard from Sandy earlier, we've also been preparing for 2791 02:57:12.319 --> 02:57:16.479 the largest skytrain expansion in our history. So when in service, 2792 02:57:16.520 --> 02:57:19.920 the Broadway Subway and the Surrey Langley Skytrain extensions will 2793 02:57:19.959 --> 02:57:23.120 expand our skytrain system by twenty seven percent, which means 2794 02:57:23.120 --> 02:57:25.360 that preparations are already well under way to make sure 2795 02:57:25.399 --> 02:57:27.520 we have the facilities and the staff ready for the 2796 02:57:27.600 --> 02:57:31.280 opening of each line. And most notably, we look forward 2797 02:57:31.319 --> 02:57:34.719 to the new Skytrain cards, which Sandy's team are currently 2798 02:57:34.799 --> 02:57:40.840 testing as he mentioned next slide, Please so move on 2799 02:57:41.040 --> 02:57:44.040 to revenues. As I mentioned, we saw a three point 2800 02:57:44.079 --> 02:57:46.799 three percent increase in ridership and a seven percent increase 2801 02:57:46.840 --> 02:57:50.120 in transit revenues reflecting that additional service hours, and so 2802 02:57:50.280 --> 02:57:54.239 that shows us a positive variance to our budget. In 2803 02:57:54.319 --> 02:57:56.760 twenty twenty four, there was a one time property tax 2804 02:57:56.840 --> 02:57:59.760 increase of eighty million dollars which enabled investment in the 2805 02:58:00.000 --> 02:58:03.239 added service hours to dress over crowding. This increase in 2806 02:58:03.319 --> 02:58:07.040 property tax and the corresponding service investments were approved in 2807 02:58:07.120 --> 02:58:10.120 the twenty twenty four Investment Plan that took place after 2808 02:58:10.239 --> 02:58:13.159 the twenty twenty four budget was approved, so this revenue 2809 02:58:13.200 --> 02:58:16.879 shows as a positive variance to the twenty twenty four budget. 2810 02:58:18.159 --> 02:58:21.559 These additional revenues helped offset the lower fuel tax revenue 2811 02:58:21.719 --> 02:58:24.319 which continues to decline, and even more so than was 2812 02:58:24.399 --> 02:58:29.440 expected in the budget. Development cost charges were above budget 2813 02:58:30.040 --> 02:58:32.760 and that reflects delivery of capital projects, some of which 2814 02:58:32.799 --> 02:58:36.000 had been delayed in twenty twenty three. And just as 2815 02:58:36.000 --> 02:58:39.440 a reminder, these development revenues are restricted can only be 2816 02:58:39.559 --> 02:58:42.559 used for eligible capital projects, so they can't be used 2817 02:58:42.600 --> 02:58:47.120 for our operating expenses. And next slide and we'll turn 2818 02:58:47.239 --> 02:58:54.719 to operating expenses. Well across the organization. Given our funding challenges, 2819 02:58:55.120 --> 02:58:57.680 there was a real focus on prudent cost control and 2820 02:58:57.920 --> 02:59:02.639 financial optimization measures which resulted in operating savings in twenty 2821 02:59:02.760 --> 02:59:06.399 twenty four, and this included almost twenty million of cost 2822 02:59:06.479 --> 02:59:10.680 savings achieved through the Management Action Plan. So that meant 2823 02:59:10.719 --> 02:59:13.520 that even with our increased service hours approved in the 2824 02:59:13.559 --> 02:59:15.840 twenty twenty four Investment Plan, we were able to come 2825 02:59:15.920 --> 02:59:23.840 under budget in twenty twenty four. Next slide, now turning 2826 02:59:23.920 --> 02:59:28.200 to capital investments. This chart highlights the total investments that 2827 02:59:28.680 --> 02:59:31.399 are helping us to repair for our future expansion, the 2828 02:59:31.520 --> 02:59:37.520 largest investment areas being major construction, facilities and vehicles. Investments 2829 02:59:37.559 --> 02:59:40.280 in capital projects in twenty twenty four were eight hundred 2830 02:59:40.280 --> 02:59:43.079 and seventy six million dollars and that's a significant increase 2831 02:59:43.120 --> 02:59:47.360 over twenty twenty three, again based on those expansion plans. 2832 02:59:47.719 --> 02:59:51.319 In addition, there was eighty six million dollars in infrastructure 2833 02:59:51.319 --> 02:59:54.479 contributions to municipal programs. That was also an increase over 2834 02:59:54.559 --> 02:59:58.079 twenty twenty three. Sandy and Mike shared a number of 2835 02:59:58.120 --> 03:00:01.079 the major projects included in the in the capital program, 2836 03:00:01.159 --> 03:00:03.639 so we won't go through them all here, but just 2837 03:00:03.680 --> 03:00:06.280 a reminder the new mark for trains, our new cap 2838 03:00:06.360 --> 03:00:10.600 stand station. We had work on the operations and control 2839 03:00:10.719 --> 03:00:14.200 center to support the Broadway subbody project, and maybe just 2840 03:00:14.280 --> 03:00:17.399 also to add the transformation of one hundred and seventy 2841 03:00:17.479 --> 03:00:20.079 nine bus stops to wheelchair accessible and that exceeded the 2842 03:00:20.200 --> 03:00:28.239 target of one hundred and fifty next slide, please, So 2843 03:00:28.399 --> 03:00:32.200 just to summer summarize in twenty twenty four, while maintaining 2844 03:00:32.239 --> 03:00:36.200 fiscal prudence to manage those inflationary pressures. Transit continue to 2845 03:00:36.280 --> 03:00:40.879 invest in safety and reliability, with expenditure's target towards improving 2846 03:00:40.920 --> 03:00:43.680 our state of good repair and the perception of safety 2847 03:00:43.760 --> 03:00:46.360 on the transit system, as well as advancing those key 2848 03:00:46.440 --> 03:00:49.399 regional initiatives. And that's why it was so important that 2849 03:00:49.479 --> 03:00:52.399 we advanced not only an efficiency review in twenty twenty four, 2850 03:00:52.520 --> 03:00:56.760 but that set of cost optimization measures and revenue generating 2851 03:00:56.840 --> 03:00:59.520 actions to make sure that we're doing everything we can 2852 03:01:00.040 --> 03:01:04.639 independently to mitigate our funding gap. Those actions are well underway. 2853 03:01:04.959 --> 03:01:07.600 In the long run, we'll save costs or generate revenue 2854 03:01:07.600 --> 03:01:10.040 of an average of ninety million dollars per year for 2855 03:01:10.159 --> 03:01:14.840 the organization in twenty twenty four, with ridership and revenue 2856 03:01:14.879 --> 03:01:18.159 growth and target is savings. Through that efficiency review, investments 2857 03:01:18.200 --> 03:01:20.719 were made in preparing for expansion and an additional service, 2858 03:01:20.760 --> 03:01:24.559 while expenses were managed below budget. And as Transit continues 2859 03:01:24.600 --> 03:01:27.600 to work with the province to continue to address its 2860 03:01:27.600 --> 03:01:31.159 structural deficit and develop a sustainable financial model to support 2861 03:01:31.239 --> 03:01:33.399 growth in our region, we will continue to focus on 2862 03:01:33.520 --> 03:01:38.159 managing expenses and maintaining our services and with that a 2863 03:01:38.200 --> 03:01:41.639 will time turn it back to you any questions. 2864 03:01:43.920 --> 03:01:47.719 There's any questions on the arine financial performance report. 2865 03:01:51.879 --> 03:01:54.079 There we can thank you very. 2866 03:01:54.040 --> 03:01:55.680 Much and thank you very much for the report. 2867 03:01:56.239 --> 03:01:56.920 I'm just curious. 2868 03:01:56.959 --> 03:02:00.280 It's actually more I don't see the power point in 2869 03:02:00.399 --> 03:02:05.760 our deck and am I missing it or were we 2870 03:02:05.879 --> 03:02:07.239 provided with the slide duck? 2871 03:02:12.840 --> 03:02:15.360 I don't recall seeing it in my militarily there. 2872 03:02:15.239 --> 03:02:18.360 So okay, can can I just ask that that gets 2873 03:02:18.399 --> 03:02:19.600 sent sent out? 2874 03:02:20.479 --> 03:02:21.159 If that's okay? 2875 03:02:24.360 --> 03:02:24.520 Yes? 2876 03:02:24.840 --> 03:02:25.000 Yes? 2877 03:02:25.079 --> 03:02:26.239 Or will okay? 2878 03:02:26.399 --> 03:02:26.680 Thank you? 2879 03:02:29.319 --> 03:02:35.639 Any other questions or comments see none that takes us 2880 03:02:35.680 --> 03:02:39.920 to the twenty twenty four statutory annual report, which requires 2881 03:02:39.959 --> 03:02:41.600 a decision by the board. 2882 03:02:41.840 --> 03:02:46.479 So Patrice, Yeah, just to summarize that KPMG or external 2883 03:02:46.559 --> 03:02:51.079 auditors audited or consolidated financial statements. They've concluded that they 2884 03:02:51.319 --> 03:02:56.159 fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations 2885 03:02:56.200 --> 03:02:59.159 of the authority as of December thirty one, twenty twenty four, 2886 03:03:00.280 --> 03:03:03.239 and has noted the statements are dated March twenty first, 2887 03:03:03.319 --> 03:03:07.680 twenty five. Translink again received an unqualified audit opinion. And 2888 03:03:08.120 --> 03:03:11.719 I would just maybe take this moment to thank Olga 2889 03:03:11.959 --> 03:03:15.760 and her entire finance team for all the work throughout 2890 03:03:15.799 --> 03:03:19.799 this year end in completing the financial reporting and Altnate 2891 03:03:19.879 --> 03:03:20.200 back to you. 2892 03:03:20.479 --> 03:03:20.719 Thanks. 2893 03:03:21.639 --> 03:03:24.040 So there are two items to approve for us. One 2894 03:03:24.159 --> 03:03:26.159 is the actual annual report and then the others the 2895 03:03:26.159 --> 03:03:29.360 consolidated financial statements. So I don't know if anyone has 2896 03:03:29.399 --> 03:03:31.479 any questions about either of those items before we moved 2897 03:03:31.520 --> 03:03:36.680 to the to the resolutions. If not, The resolution for 2898 03:03:36.760 --> 03:03:39.959 the report is that the Translin Port of Directors approves 2899 03:03:40.000 --> 03:03:44.479 the twenty twenty four annual Statutory Annual Report mandaged dated 2900 03:03:44.520 --> 03:03:47.719 by the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Act has 2901 03:03:47.760 --> 03:03:51.319 presented in attachment one to the report and authorizes the 2902 03:03:51.399 --> 03:03:54.799 release of the twenty twenty four Statutory Annual Report to 2903 03:03:54.840 --> 03:03:58.200 the Mayor's Council on Regional Transportation to some make that 2904 03:03:58.319 --> 03:04:04.040 motion seconded by Lorraine. Any discussion on the motion if 2905 03:04:04.120 --> 03:04:10.159 not all in favor and he posed seeing none, that passes. 2906 03:04:10.840 --> 03:04:13.760 And then we also have the audited consolidated financial statements. 2907 03:04:13.799 --> 03:04:15.440 I don't know, Patrisia Older, do you have any other 2908 03:04:15.479 --> 03:04:20.639 comments about the statements or then the resolution we have 2909 03:04:20.760 --> 03:04:23.319 for that is that the Transling Board of Directors approves 2910 03:04:23.360 --> 03:04:27.639 that twenty twenty four audited consolidated financial Statements attached to 2911 03:04:27.719 --> 03:04:33.760 the report entitled twenty twenty four Audited Consolidated Financial Statements 2912 03:04:33.840 --> 03:04:36.920 dated March twenty one, twenty twenty five, and authorizes the 2913 03:04:37.000 --> 03:04:39.360 Board Chair and Finance and Audit Committee Chair to sign 2914 03:04:39.399 --> 03:04:43.360 the approved consolidated Financial Statements. To have someone to make 2915 03:04:43.399 --> 03:04:49.120 that motion, Lorraine, thank you, and seconded by Gordon and 2916 03:04:49.559 --> 03:04:56.760 all in favor and he opposed. Seeing then that Harris, okay. 2917 03:04:56.879 --> 03:04:59.239 That takes us to item fifteen then, which is the 2918 03:04:59.440 --> 03:05:04.360 Transit Tariff Amendment, and the Terresa roglove to speak to that. 2919 03:05:05.600 --> 03:05:08.559 I will take that and we've got the slide Terffic. 2920 03:05:09.159 --> 03:05:11.440 So this next is my final report. 2921 03:05:12.520 --> 03:05:13.159 We'll walk through. 2922 03:05:13.360 --> 03:05:17.479 It is the Transit Tiff Amendment which adjusts the transit 2923 03:05:17.559 --> 03:05:20.520 fares for twenty twenty five, so not to be confused 2924 03:05:20.600 --> 03:05:24.879 with trade tariffs. So we'll move to the next slide. 2925 03:05:24.920 --> 03:05:25.159 Please. 2926 03:05:28.399 --> 03:05:30.879 Has provided a bit of background on this year's fair increase. 2927 03:05:31.680 --> 03:05:35.399 Like household expenses, translinks expenses have been increasing with inflation. 2928 03:05:36.280 --> 03:05:40.040 The Translink has limited fare increases to an average of 2929 03:05:40.079 --> 03:05:43.079 two point three percent between twenty twenty one and twenty 2930 03:05:43.159 --> 03:05:47.440 twenty four to keep rates affordable. Since twenty twenty, fair 2931 03:05:47.520 --> 03:05:50.280 increases have either been canceled or capped under the rate 2932 03:05:50.319 --> 03:05:53.760 of inflation, which can has contributed to TransLink's revenues falling 2933 03:05:53.840 --> 03:05:57.559 below behind the growth and costs. So this year's four 2934 03:05:57.639 --> 03:06:00.920 percent increase, which will be effective July first, was approved 2935 03:06:01.079 --> 03:06:04.639 in the twenty twenty four investment Plan, so we're recommending 2936 03:06:04.760 --> 03:06:07.959 that to enact this by law to implement the twenty 2937 03:06:08.040 --> 03:06:10.559 twenty five fair increase. If you could go to the 2938 03:06:10.639 --> 03:06:15.840 next slide, just a little bit of background on historical fares. 2939 03:06:15.879 --> 03:06:18.559 You can see that the variation the fair increase over 2940 03:06:18.600 --> 03:06:22.440 the past few years and their relationship to inflation on 2941 03:06:22.600 --> 03:06:26.040 this chart, and the four percent increase will help our 2942 03:06:26.079 --> 03:06:29.280 revenues to catch up after being held below the inflation 2943 03:06:29.479 --> 03:06:33.120 rate for those past five years. Blue being inflation and 2944 03:06:33.239 --> 03:06:38.760 red being the fares on this chart. Next sign one more. 2945 03:06:41.479 --> 03:06:43.799 This is looking at a little bit a different way, 2946 03:06:44.360 --> 03:06:48.840 which is showing the cumulated increase in inflation over the years. 2947 03:06:48.920 --> 03:06:52.879 That's the blue line relative to the cumultive increase in fares, 2948 03:06:52.920 --> 03:06:55.200 which is the red line. So you can see here 2949 03:06:55.319 --> 03:06:58.200 that over the multi year impact where fares have not 2950 03:06:58.319 --> 03:07:01.239 kept up with inflation. So the twenty twenty five increase 2951 03:07:01.319 --> 03:07:03.959 will help narrow the gap that fares will continue to 2952 03:07:04.040 --> 03:07:06.319 be below the accumulated inflation over the year. 2953 03:07:08.319 --> 03:07:09.319 Next slide. 2954 03:07:10.639 --> 03:07:13.360 Does the summary of the fare increases. Concession fares will 2955 03:07:13.399 --> 03:07:16.159 increase ten to fifteen cents, and adult fares fifteen to 2956 03:07:16.280 --> 03:07:20.479 twenty five depending how many zones are traveled. Adult monthly 2957 03:07:20.600 --> 03:07:25.040 passes increase four dollars and thirty cents to seven seventy five, 2958 03:07:25.600 --> 03:07:29.040 and concession monthly passes increase two dollars and forty five cents. 2959 03:07:29.920 --> 03:07:33.520 So as comparison, even after these increased, translit does continue 2960 03:07:33.520 --> 03:07:35.559 to have some of the lowest fares of all major 2961 03:07:35.639 --> 03:07:39.920 transit agencies in Canada. Translate to new bus cash fare 2962 03:07:40.000 --> 03:07:43.040 will be equal to Toronto's and lower than Montreal, Calgary, 2963 03:07:43.559 --> 03:07:47.799 Edmonton and Ottawa. Customers who use stored value receive further 2964 03:07:47.879 --> 03:07:51.159 discounted rates, and even when factoring in zones only Edmonton 2965 03:07:51.239 --> 03:07:54.360 transit users will pay less than our riders due on average. 2966 03:07:55.360 --> 03:07:59.680 So that concludes my presentations, but did take any questions? 2967 03:08:00.280 --> 03:08:03.239 Thanks Patrice, any discussion. 2968 03:08:06.079 --> 03:08:10.559 Andrea, yeah, thank you and thanks for the presentation. First 2969 03:08:10.680 --> 03:08:13.520 comment slash question is if you can make the presentation 2970 03:08:13.680 --> 03:08:19.680 available on somewhere maybe asn't a shanned item linked to. Okay, 2971 03:08:20.159 --> 03:08:23.159 the written material is great that we've got, but maybe 2972 03:08:23.280 --> 03:08:27.760 not so easy to decipher for people reading about fair 2973 03:08:28.079 --> 03:08:32.360 transit teriff amendments for the first time. The second question 2974 03:08:32.719 --> 03:08:36.719 kind of relates back to the delegation earlier. I mean, 2975 03:08:37.479 --> 03:08:41.239 four percent can be tough for certain folks to absorb, 2976 03:08:41.399 --> 03:08:44.920 but in general, and you see this in board correspondence reports, 2977 03:08:46.000 --> 03:08:48.559 a probably more latent concern for people can be the 2978 03:08:48.680 --> 03:08:51.840 fairness to them individually. And so this question that was 2979 03:08:51.959 --> 03:08:56.440 asked about you know, going over one you're going one stop, 2980 03:08:56.520 --> 03:08:58.840 but you end up paying for two zones, and there's 2981 03:08:58.879 --> 03:09:02.440 other examples I could given the system. Can you talk 2982 03:09:02.479 --> 03:09:04.360 a bit about some of the limitations to us of 2983 03:09:04.600 --> 03:09:07.399 changing the fare of structure as it sits right now? 2984 03:09:08.760 --> 03:09:10.639 Yeah, I can start an and Sarah feel free to 2985 03:09:11.120 --> 03:09:13.879 jump in. One of the limits is with our current 2986 03:09:13.920 --> 03:09:18.719 system with Compass that can manage the zones. What was 2987 03:09:18.799 --> 03:09:22.639 brought up was the desire to move to distance based fares, 2988 03:09:23.000 --> 03:09:25.879 and that will be something that we will be looking 2989 03:09:25.959 --> 03:09:30.239 at as we look to replace the Compass Compass system 2990 03:09:30.319 --> 03:09:32.399 and go out to market for that. 2991 03:09:33.360 --> 03:09:34.879 Did you want to add anything, Sarah. 2992 03:09:36.000 --> 03:09:40.559 Just concur that we acknowledge that the current zone structure 2993 03:09:40.840 --> 03:09:45.799 is a crude proxy for distance and that within some 2994 03:09:46.000 --> 03:09:47.879 zones you can travel a long way and then if 2995 03:09:47.920 --> 03:09:49.879 you happen to do a short trip that crosses a 2996 03:09:50.000 --> 03:09:54.959 zone border, then you incur a higher fare for trips 2997 03:09:55.000 --> 03:09:58.000 on the gated system. Of course, on bus all regardless 2998 03:09:58.120 --> 03:10:01.159 of the distance, all bus trips are one zone. We 2999 03:10:01.280 --> 03:10:04.600 did a twenty seventeen fair review that recommended shifting to 3000 03:10:04.760 --> 03:10:11.000 distant space. That remains our policy approach and is something 3001 03:10:11.120 --> 03:10:13.680 that as we need to upgrade our compass system to 3002 03:10:13.760 --> 03:10:14.680 be able to achieve that. 3003 03:10:16.760 --> 03:10:18.000 Okay, that's super helpful. 3004 03:10:18.040 --> 03:10:20.760 And then the last question is around low income access 3005 03:10:20.840 --> 03:10:25.120 that if people simply can't absorb these fares into their 3006 03:10:25.360 --> 03:10:27.920 monthly or annual budget, can you talk a bit about 3007 03:10:27.959 --> 03:10:29.280 the options available to them. 3008 03:10:31.639 --> 03:10:39.840 Certainly I can do that. There Translink the province provides 3009 03:10:40.799 --> 03:10:43.879 options through the BC Bus pass that for people who 3010 03:10:44.079 --> 03:10:46.959 are low income and seniors or low income and people 3011 03:10:47.040 --> 03:10:52.840 with disabilities, and it is Translink. We have previously reported 3012 03:10:52.879 --> 03:10:57.040 to both the Board and the Mayor's Council on our 3013 03:10:57.159 --> 03:11:02.559 recommendation that that there should be further expansion of access 3014 03:11:02.760 --> 03:11:06.319 to people with people who are low for low income. 3015 03:11:07.879 --> 03:11:12.879 It's while transit is done differently in different cities and 3016 03:11:13.000 --> 03:11:17.040 in some places, it's and how support for low income 3017 03:11:17.079 --> 03:11:19.799 people beyond transit is done differently in different cities, and 3018 03:11:19.879 --> 03:11:23.639 so some agencies directly provide more discounts. 3019 03:11:23.959 --> 03:11:24.799 That's not the role. 3020 03:11:24.879 --> 03:11:28.319 That's not how things are structured in British Columbia. And 3021 03:11:28.559 --> 03:11:31.000 so we do recognize that we need to look at 3022 03:11:31.000 --> 03:11:33.479 affordability and that people who are very low income need 3023 03:11:33.559 --> 03:11:37.920 further support. We see that as the role of the 3024 03:11:38.239 --> 03:11:39.079 province to play. 3025 03:11:40.719 --> 03:11:41.280 That's helpful. 3026 03:11:41.360 --> 03:11:42.079 Thank you very much. 3027 03:11:43.840 --> 03:11:48.000 Thanks for that those clarifications. Any other questions or comments 3028 03:11:48.079 --> 03:11:51.760 on this item. It's not we have a resolution to 3029 03:11:51.879 --> 03:11:53.680 pass and I'll read it to you. It's that the 3030 03:11:53.760 --> 03:11:57.239 Transland Board of Directors on introduces and reads a first, second, 3031 03:11:57.280 --> 03:12:00.879 and third time the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority 3032 03:12:00.959 --> 03:12:03.879 Tariff by Law number one six zero Dash twenty twenty 3033 03:12:04.000 --> 03:12:07.920 five attached to this Reporter's attachment one effect of July first, 3034 03:12:07.959 --> 03:12:11.479 twenty twenty five and two reconsiders and finally adopts the 3035 03:12:11.559 --> 03:12:15.079 South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Tariff by Law number 3036 03:12:15.520 --> 03:12:21.319 one six zero Dash twenty twenty five. Someone make that motion, Darlene, 3037 03:12:21.600 --> 03:12:30.559 seconded by Lorraine any discussion, all in favor, and he opposed, 3038 03:12:31.680 --> 03:12:35.120 and that Carise, all right, thank you. And then I 3039 03:12:35.159 --> 03:12:37.319 think the remaining item we have to deal with is 3040 03:12:37.399 --> 03:12:39.639 our consent agenda. So could I have someone make a 3041 03:12:39.760 --> 03:12:44.719 motion to adopt and approve the consent agenda? Stephen, thank you, 3042 03:12:44.920 --> 03:12:50.760 and seconded by Tracy, all in favor and he posed 3043 03:12:51.920 --> 03:12:55.000 not that Carise, And that gets us to the conclusion 3044 03:12:55.040 --> 03:12:57.200 of our public meetings. So thank you everyone for joining 3045 03:12:57.280 --> 03:13:00.639 us today and we look forward to interacting with you 3046 03:13:00.719 --> 03:13:03.120 again in our next public media Thanks very much. 3047 03:13:30.799 --> 03:13:35.600 The show has been produced by Depictions Media. Please contact 3048 03:13:35.760 --> 03:13:39.520 us at depictions dot media for more information.