DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.
1. STANDING COMMITTEE BRIEFINGS.
Ms. Virginia West and Mr. Barry Gutteridge,
Members, Implementation Task Force
General orientation and briefing regarding the responsibilities of the Urban Environment and Development Committee.
2. BELL CANADA TELEPHONE BOOTH ADVERTISING.
Metropolitan Clerk
(December 23, 1997)
Advising that the Metropolitan Council on December 10 and 18, 1997, directed that Clause No. 1 of Report No. 21 of The Planning and Transportation Committee, headed "Bell Canada Telephone Booth Advertising", be struck out and referred to the appropriate Committee of the new City of Toronto Council for consideration, with a request that the Commissioner of Transportation review the revenue streams and report thereon following consultation with the Community Councils on the anticipated impact on local by-laws and advertising policies.
2a. Assistant City Clerk of Toronto.
(December 10, 1997)
Advising that the Council of the City of Toronto on December 8, 1997, gave consideration to Clause No. 2 of Report No. 26 of The Executive Committee, entitled "Advertising Signage on Outdoor Telephone Booths - Metropolitan Toronto Road Allowance"; and stating that City Council took the following action:
(1) requested Metro Council to defer its consideration of Bell Canada's proposal to erect signage for the purposes of third party advertising on outdoor telephone booths within the rights-of-way of certain Metro roads until the new City of Toronto Council has had an opportunity to review this request in light of the decision of the former City of Toronto to not permit this type of signage within the City's road allowances; and
(2) directed that, if Metro Council chooses to permit these signs on outdoor telephone booths, it exclude those portions of the Metropolitan rights-of-way that exist within the former City of Toronto boundaries from any agreement.
3. STATUS REPORT ON SHORT-TERM PRO-TRANSIT STRATEGY; AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON PRO-TRANSIT INITIATIVES.
Metropolitan Clerk
(September 26, 1997)
Enclosing Clause No. 4 of Report No. 19 of The Planning and Transportation Committee, headed "Status Report on Short-Term Pro-Transit Strategy", which was adopted, without amendment, by the Council of The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto at its meeting held on September 24 and 25, 1997; and advising that, in adopting the Clause, the new City of Toronto Council is being requested to:
(a) reconstitute the Sub-Committee on Pro-Transit Initiatives as a sub-committee of the appropriate standing committee of the new City of Toronto Council; and
(b) direct that a copy of the following Clause and report be placed on the agenda for the first meeting of the aforementioned standing committee of the new City of Toronto Council:
(i) Clause No. 3 of Report No. 5 of The Planning and Transportation Committee, headed "Short-Term Pro-Transit Strategy and Transportation Funding", which was adopted, as amended, by the Council of The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto at its meeting held on March 27, 1996; and
(ii) (July 31, 1997), entitled "Status Report on Short-Term Pro-Transit Strategy", from the Acting Commissioner of Planning.
4. INVESTIGATION OF BICYCLE FATALITIES BY THE
REGIONAL CORONER FOR METROPOLITAN TORONTO.
Metropolitan Clerk
(December 23, 1997)
Enclosing Clause No. 2 contained in Report No. 21 of The Planning and Transportation Committee, headed "Investigation of Bicycle Fatalities by the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto", which was adopted, as amended, by the Council of The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto at its meeting held on December 10 and 18, 1997; such Clause containing, inter alia, the following recommendations:
`(2) that the following Recommendations Nos. (2) and (3)(c) of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee be referred to the appropriate Standing Committee of the New City of Toronto Council:
"that the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto be requested to:
(2) advance, on an interim basis while the inquest is being prepared and conducted, all recommendations respecting cycling fatalities, including those contained in the brief dated June 17, 1997, from Metropolitan Toronto and the City of Toronto, the following recommendations of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee, and other cycling groups, in order that work to prevent further cycling deaths can proceed immediately; and
(3)(c) recommend immediately to the appropriate Committee of the New City of Toronto Council that a complete system of bicycle lanes be developed and that education programs for cyclists and motorists be planned to target certain key groups such as truck and other large vehicle drivers;";
(3) that Council endorse the following Recommendation No. (3)(a) of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee, and refer such Recommendation to the appropriate Standing Committee of the New City of Toronto Council:
"(3)(a) that the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto be requested to recommend immediately to the Toronto Transition Team that a cycling and pedestrian committee, including citizens, interest groups and elected Councillors, be incorporated into the design of the new megacity decision-making structure, and that this committee be adequately staffed in order to be able to effectively pursue cycling and pedestrian safety initiatives;"'.
5. ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE DISMANTLING OF
THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY; AND ESTABLISHMENT OF
TASK FORCE ON THE GARDINER/LAKESHORE CORRIDOR.
Assistant City Clerk of Toronto
(October 3, 1997)
Advising that the Council of the City of Toronto on September 22 and 23, 1997, amended and adopted Clause No. 1 of Report No. 8 of The Economic Development Committee, entitled "Economic Benefits of the Dismantling of the Gardiner Expressway"; and, in so doing:
(1) recommended that the Council of the new City of Toronto make the creation of a plan dealing with the Gardiner/Lakeshore Corridor a priority and create a broad-based process to move the planning forward, including funding to ensure this work;
(2) recommended that a Task Force on the Gardiner/Lakeshore Corridor, similar to the one presently in place at the City of Toronto, be created by the new City of Toronto, including appropriate staff support and an operating budget;
(3) requested the new City of Toronto Council to ensure full public participation on the impact of dismantling of the Gardiner Expressway, by instituting full public meetings in the community east of Leslie Street; and
(4) reiterated the vital importance of the Lakeshore/Gardiner Corridor to the GTA's economy, and requested that every possible effort be made to ensure that traffic capacity not be lost in the transition period if and when the Gardiner Expressway is removed.
6. REMOVAL OF KING STREET RESERVED STREETCAR LANE.
General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission
(December 17, 1997)
Advising that the Toronto Transit Commission (Commission) on December 16, 1997, received report No. (26k) from the Chief General Manager, entitled "Follow-up to Commission Enquiry: Evaluation of King Street Reserved Streetcar Lane", and requested that it be forwarded to the Urban Environment and Development Committee of the new City of Toronto with a recommendation that the King Street Reserved Lanes be removed.
7. IDENTIFICATION OF EGLINTON AVENUE WEST, FROM
THE W.R. ALLEN ROAD WEST TO DUFFERIN STREET
AND BEYOND, AS A HIGH PRIORITY AREA.
Metropolitan Clerk
(October 16, 1997)
Advising that the Metropolitan Council on October 8 and 9, 1997, adopted, without amendment, the following Motion:
Moved by: COUNCILLOR DIGIOVANNI
Seconded by: COUNCILLOR LAYTON
"WHEREAS Eglinton Avenue West in the vicinity of the end of the Allen Road requires significant traffic management strategies; and
WHEREAS the business community and the local residents are eager to work together to maintain the vitality of the portion of Eglinton West from the Allen Road towards Dufferin Street and westward; and
WHEREAS the work of organizing the business association and developing a plan for the streetscape and economic renewal of this area is now in the early stages, showing signs of positive development;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the section of Eglinton Avenue West from the Allen Road, west to Dufferin Street and beyond, be identified as a high priority area for attention by the appropriate committees and departments of the new City of Toronto Council."
8. UNAUTHORIZED PARKING BY HEAVY VEHICLES
ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
City of York
(Undated)
Advising that the Council of the City of York on October 1, 1997, adopted Clause No. 125 of Report No. 15 of The Works and Parks Committee, headed "Unauthorized School Bus Parking"; and, in so doing, inter alia, encouraged the new City of Toronto Council to adopt a uniform traffic by-law and procedures to cover all heavy vehicles, including all school buses, restricting them from parking on residential streets, and permitting active police enforcement of the by-law, without the need for street signage.
9. CONTRACT No. T-8-98:
BATHURST STREET BRIDGE OVER THE TORONTO TERMINAL RAILWAYS SOUTH OF FRONT STREET - STRUCTURE REHABILITATION.
Commissioner of Transportation
(December 15, 1997)
Recommending that:
(1) financing in the amount of $2,161,173.58 gross, $1,253,173.00 net, to be debentured (if necessary) for a term up to, but not exceeding, 20 years, be approved for this project;
(2) pre-budget approval be granted in the amount of $2,161,173,58 gross, $1,253,173.00 net, to accommodate the rehabilitation of the Bathurst Street bridge;
(3) Part "A" of Contract No. T-8-98, for the rehabilitation of the Bathurst Street bridge over the Toronto Terminal Railways south of Front Street, be awarded to Grascan Construction Ltd. and Torbridge Construction Ltd. who submitted the lowest price bid in the amount of $1,909,813.58;
(4) D. S. Lea Associates Ltd. be retained to perform the construction supervision for this project; and
(5) the appropriate City of Toronto officials be directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto;
and advising that approximately $908,000.00 is recoverable from Bell Canada, Toronto Hydro, CN Railways and the Toronto Transit Commission.
10. CONTRACTS Nos. T-43-98 AND T-44-98:
MINOR BRIDGE REPAIRS ON METROPOLITAN ROADS.
Commissioner of Transportation
(December 16, 1997)
Recommending that Contracts Nos. T-43-98 and T-44-98, for minor bridge repairs on major arterial roads, be awarded to Pave-Tar Construction Limited who submitted the lowest price bids in the amounts of $312,012.00 and $317,469.00, respectively; advising that funds have been provided in the Municipal Maintenance Management System Account within the 1998 Current Budget Estimates; and that monies have been allocated within the Department's interim appropriation to accommodate these expenditures.
11. CONTRACTS Nos. T-2-98, T-3-98, T-4-98 AND T-5-98:
PERMANENT REPAIRS TO UTILITY ROAD CUTS.
Commissioner of Transportation
(December 16, 1997)
Recommending that the contract for Permanent Repairs to Utility Road Cuts be awarded to the following tenderers who submitted the lowest price bid:
Contract No. Name $ Amount
T-2-98 Ferpac Paving Inc.,
John Ferzoco Ltd., J. F. Paving Ltd. 760,491.80
T-3-98 Pave-Tar Construction Ltd. 619,503.25
T-4-98 Pave-Tar Construction Ltd. 390,753.30
T-5-98 Brennan Paving and Construction Ltd. 647,246.64;
advising that the aforementioned contracts are based on estimated quantities that can vary considerably, depending on the level of utility company activity in 1998; that all costs are fully recoverable from the appropriate utility company; that funds have been provided in the Department's 1998 Current Budget Estimates; and that monies have been allocated within the Department's interim appropriation to accommodate these expenditures.
12. CONTRACTS Nos. T-6-98, T-7-98, T-21-98 AND T-22-98:
GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF METROPOLITAN ROADS.
Commissioner of Transportation
(December 16, 1997)
Recommending that the contracts for general maintenance on major arterial roads be awarded to the following tenderers who submitted the lowest price bids:
Contract No. Name $ Amount
T-6-98 Brennan Paving and Construction Ltd. 1,016,214.63
T-7-98 Pave-Al Limited and Orlando Corporation 952,468.53
T-21-98 Warren Bitulithic Limited 894,299.49
T-22-98 Brennan Paving and Construction Ltd. 1,002,436.15;
advising that funds have been provided in the Municipal Maintenance Management System Account within the 1998 Current Budget Estimates; and that monies have been allocated within the Department's interim appropriation to accommodate these expenditures.
13. TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION -
CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT:
PERIOD 10 - OCTOBER 5 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1997.
General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission
(December 17, 1997)
Advising that the Toronto Transit Commission on December 16, 1997, received for information report No. (1), entitled "Chief General Manager's Report: Period 10 - October 5 to November 1, 1997, and, inter alia, requested that a copy of the full report be forwarded to the new City of Toronto Council for information.
(A COPY OF THE FULL CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT FOR PERIOD 10 IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.)
14. RUSSELL HILL SUBWAY TRAIN ACCIDENT OF AUGUST 11, 1995
- DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST UPDATE.
A communication from the General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission,
addressed to the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto
(December 17, 1997)
Advising that the Toronto Transit Commission on December 16, 1997, received the updated Due Diligence Checklist contained in report No. (3), entitled "Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995 - Due Diligence Checklist Update"; such report providing a status report on the progress toward closing the Coroner's Jury Recommendations and the TTC's Internal Team Recommendations; and, further, requested that a copy be forwarded to the Chief Coroner of Ontario, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto and the Province of Ontario for information.
(A COPY OF THE UPDATED DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLIST IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.)
15. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
FOR HIGHWAY TRANSFERS.
A communication addressed to the
Metro Commissioner of Finance and Treasurer
from the Minister of Transportation of Ontario
(December 15, 1997)
Advising that, as part of the allocation of the Community Reinvestment Fund, the Province of Ontario has increased by a further $50 million the funding allocated for highways transferred to municipalities; and stating that Metropolitan Toronto will receive a one-time unconditional payment of $1,571,150.00 in addition to the compensation previously committed.
16. SHEPPARD STREETSCAPE REPORT AND
YONGE STREET MEDIAN CONSTRUCTION PHASE TWO.
Commissioner of Planning, City of North York
(October 3, 1997)
Forwarding the Sheppard Streetscape report, and the Yonge Street Median Construction Phase 2, which were approved by the Council of the City of North York on September 17, 1997.
(A COPY OF APPENDICES 1-9 TO THE SHEPPARD STREETSCAPE REPORT, AND APPENDICES 1-3 TO THE YONGE STREET MEDIAN CONSTRUCTION PHASE 2, HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND SELECT OFFICIALS ONLY, AND A COPY THEREOF IS ALSO ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.)
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