TAMRMS#: B06
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Regional Transit Services
Presented by: Trevor Duley, Manager, Government Relations
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RECOMMENDED MOTION
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Whereas:
· The City of Beaumont, the Town of Devon, the City of Edmonton, the City of Fort Saskatchewan, the City of Leduc, the City of Spruce Grove, the City of St. Albert, and the Town of Stony Plain (the “Members”) have jointly agreed to establish a regional services commission for the provision of transit services in the Edmonton metropolitan region (the “Commission”);
· The Members’ Councils passed resolutions in February and March, 2020 supporting the adoption of a regulation under Part 15.1 of the Municipal Government Act (the “MGA”) as it then read, to establish the Commission;
· On June 11, 2020 an application was made on behalf of the Members, under the process in effect at that time, to establish the Commission;
· The application was under consideration by the Government of Alberta when, effective September 1, 2020, amendments to Part 15.1 of the MGA came into effect thereby changing the process for the establishment of regional services commissions;
· The amendments to Part 15.1 of the MGA now require a specific form of council resolution, and an order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs updating the list maintained by the Minister of all commissions active in the Province to include the Commission on that list, in order for the Commission to be established as a legal entity;
· Each of the Members remains committed to the establishment of the Commission and wishes to adopt a resolution in compliance with sections 602.02 and 602.03 of Part 15.1 of the MGA for submission to the Minister of Municipal Affairs
NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that:
The City of St. Albert agrees to establish a regional services commission jointly with the other Members and specifies that:
1. the name of the regional services commission is the “Edmonton Metropolitan Transit Services Commission”;
2. the names of the M...
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