The Hamilton Chamber Commerce’s Commitment to the LRT Project Keanin Loomis, President & CEO Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee August 11 th.

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The Hamilton Chamber Commerce’s Commitment to the LRT Project Keanin Loomis, President & CEO Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee August 11 th 2015

Agenda History and Mandate of Chamber LRT Taskforce Composition of LRT Taskforce Pledge to you and the Hamilton Community Mitigation of LRT Construction Getting Hamilton Rapid Ready MITL Complete Streets Report

Mandate & History of LRT Taskforce Mandate: Assess Hamilton’s LRT project from a business perspective i.e. provide input to and assess the return on investment of LRT in Hamilton Engage Chamber members and the business community to provide input to the LRT project Provide input on how LRT is a strategic infrastructure investment for Hamilton Assess development options along the LRT corridors (ex. Zoning; incentives) Activities and outcomes: Assessed available evidence and informing the work of MITL and City Staff ( ) Provided a forum for Public and Private Sector stakeholders. Several letters and meetings with provincial Ministers, MPPs and the Premier.

Composition of LRT Taskforce: Hamilton City Councillors (3) McMaster University Mohawk College McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics CAA City of Hamilton staff Realtors Association of Hamilton and Burlington Hamilton-Halton Homebuilders Association Vrancor Big Bee Strategic Interchange International Village BIA Downtown Hamilton BIA Hamilton Port Authority Sonic Unyon/Supercrawl Chamber Division Chairs: Ancaster, Dundas, Glanbrook and Young Entrepreneurs & Professionals (YEP) Hamilton HIVE Korlon Strategic Services

Pledge to you and the Hamilton Community: To provide leadership To communicate with and work to mitigate the impacts to the Downtown business community To communicate with and work to mitigate the impacts to businesses along the corridor To ensure that we do everything to maximize the economic uplift associated with the project

Getting Hamilton Rapid Ready

McMaster Institute for Transportation & Logistics Report: The North American Light Rail Experience

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