The official, approved minutes of the city Corporate Services and Economic
Development Committee have been received by Citizens for Safe Cycling and
are available from the City Clerk's office. They show that Councillor
Peter Hume did in fact vote against a city cycling advisory committee on
March 21, as did Councillor Herb Kreling. This is what CfSC previously
reported here.
The following week, on March 28 at the City Council meeting, Peter Hume
spoke about citizens advisory committees. He did not correct or change his
stated position at Committee, and in fact spoke at length against adding
more citizens advisory committees.
Tom, you and other cyclists who live in Peter Hume's Alta Vista ward, and
in Herb Kreling's Orleans ward might want to get back to your elected
representatives to ask them to be more supportive of cycling in the future
and noting your disapointment with their past lack of support.
This is especially important with budget deliberations and approvals in
the next few weeks that will affect city cycling programs. CfSC will be
posting an update here soon about the cycling budgets and how one $150,000
item (approximately 1/3 of the total support for cycling programs) is
incorrectly $0 this year's budget. I hope you and others will respond to
that upcoming Bulletin and again tell your elected representatives that
support for cycling should not be reduced in the new city, but in fact
should be expanded.
For now, here's where to contact the two councillors who voted against a
city cycling advisory committee:
Peter Hume [EMAIL PROTECTED] 580-2488
Herb Kreling [EMAIL PROTECTED] 580-2471
Many other city councillors spoke very supportively of citizens advsiory
committes during the MArch 28 Council meeting. We will report more of
thoser details in the CfSC email list / newsgroup.
We are not perfect but as the city's most experienced and leading cycling
advocates and educators, we work very hard to get the facts straight, time
after time.
Brett Delmage
Past President, Citizens for Safe Cycling
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The following is excerpted from official Corportate Services and Economic
Development Committee meeting minutes of March 21 meeting.
"Moved by M. Meilleur
That the Advisory Committees suggested by staff as outlined in Attachment
9 of the report (page 66 of the agenda) be adopted as amended by the
following:
A Cycling Advisory Committee separate from the Mobility Issues Advisory
Committee that would report to the Transportation and Transit Committee.
CARRIED
(Councillors H. Kreling
and P. Hume dissented)"
On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Citizens for Safe Cycling wrote:
> > Members of the City of Ottawa Corporate Services and Economic
> Development Committee voted on March 21 to create an official
> Cycling Advisory Committee in addition to the "mobility issues"
> committee which was already being considered to deal with walking,
> a public transit and other transportation issues.
> ...
> > Who voted for a cycling committee -- and who didn't
>
> > The following two councillors voted AGAINST a cycling advisory committee:
> > Peter Hume 580-2488 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The original information was obtained from the committee
> co-ordinator/secretary before being published. It was observed at the
> meeting that Chair Bob Chiarelli noted that the many motions to vote on
> were confusing, as did the committee co-ordinator afterward. We would
> agree, after observing the process and after everyone was fatigued after 5
> hours of meeting prior to the vote. It is entirely possible that the
> information we received and reported on Mr. Hume's position was incorrect.
> If so, we apologize for the error and are glad to hear that Mr. Hume
> supports cycling.
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:50:49 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: "Hume, Peter E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [obc] Cycling committee disappointment
>
> Dear Mr. Hume,
>
> Thank you for that correction.
>
> Tom
>
> On 25 Mar 2001, at 12:44, sayeth Hume, Peter E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Dear Sir,
> > I think that you must be mistaken. It was a long night but I don't think
> > that I voted against the creation of cycling committee.
> >
> > Peter Hume
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom A. Trottier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: March 24, 2001 12:30 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Cycling committee disappointment
> >
> >
> > I hope that next time you will vote to promote cycling issues in
> > Ottawa. As a bicycle commuter, I would like to urge you to support
> > cycling considerations when you look at roads and employers' shower
> > and security facilities.
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