Request for Allocation of a Portion of the

Existing Provincial Fuel Tax to Municipalities

to Fund the GTA Transit Systems.

The Urban Environment and Development Committee recommends that Council concur withthe action taken by the GTA Mayors and Regional Chairs Committee, as embodied in the following communication (June 19, 1998) from the GTA Mayors and Regional Chairs Committee:

GTA Mayors and Regional Chairs Committee

Friday, June 19, 1998

"Moved by:Mayor Hazel McCallion - Mississauga

Seconded by:Mayor Don Cousens - Markham

WHEREAS the Provincial Government transferred GO Transit to the GTA municipalities effective January 1, 1998; and

WHEREAS the Provincial Government has eliminated transit subsidies, both capital and operation; and

WHEREAS there is a need to expand the GTA transit systems, both GOTransit and local transit, now and in the future;

THEREFORE the GTA Mayors and Regional Chairs request that the Provincial Government allocate a portion of the existing fuel tax to the municipalities in order to adequately help fund the necessary expansion and operating costs, now and in the future, of the GTA transit systems; and

THAT the request of the GTA Mayors and Regional Chairs for the allocation of a portion of the provincial tax be referred to Premier Mike Harris, TheHonourable Ernie Eves, Minister of Finance, and The Honourable TonyClement, Minister of Transportation.

CARRIED."