Other Items Considered by the Committee.
(a) Contracts Nos. T-6-98, T-7-98, T-21-98 and T-22-98:
General Maintenance of Metropolitan Roads.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the following report:
(December 16, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending the award of contracts Nos. Nos. T-6-98, T-7-98, T-21-98 and T-22-98, for general maintenance on major arterial roads.
(b) Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995
--Due Diligence Checklist Update.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having received the following communication:
(December 17, 1997) from the General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission, addressed to the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto, 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.
(c) Membership of the
Urban Environment and Development Committee.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having received the following communication:
(January 9, 1998) from the City Clerk of Toronto advising that City Council, at its meeting held on January 2, 6 and 8, 1998, appointed the following as members of the Urban Environment and Development Committee, for a term of office expiring on May 31, 1999, and/or until their successors are appointed:
Councillor F. Faubert
Councillor I. Jones
Councillor B. F. Kinahan
Councillor P. Li Preti
Councillor P. McConnell
Councillor R. Moeser
Councillor H. Moscoe
Councillor J. Sgro
Councillor M. Silva
Councillor M. Tzekas
Mayor M. Lastman, ex-officio
Councillor J. Pantalone, Committee Chair
(d) Agenda of the Urban Environment and Development Committee.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having requested the City Clerk to assign a number or letter to the section of the Committee Agenda, entitled "Any Other Matters"; and to advise the Chair of the Committee should this request be in conflict with the Council Procedural By-law.
(e) Bell Canada Telephone Booth Advertising.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having:
(1) deferred consideration of the following communications until its next meeting, scheduled to be held on February 9, 1998;
(2) requested the Interim Functional Lead for Transportation:
(a) to submit a comprehensive report thereon to such meeting; and
(b) to meet with Mr. Ron Barr, Executive Director, Community/Government Relations, Gould Outdoor Advertising, to discuss his concerns; and
(3) directed the City Clerk to invite Members of the Community Councils and all other interested parties to appear before the February 9, 1998, meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee regarding illuminated commercial advertising on telephone booths:
(December 23, 1997) from the Metropolitan Clerk 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.
(December 10, 1997) from the Assistant City Clerk of Toronto 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:
(a) 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
(b) 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.
Mr. Ron Barr, Executive Director, Community/Government Relations, Gould Outdoor Advertising, appeared before the Urban Environment and Development Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.
(f) Contracts Nos. T-2-98, T-3-98, T-4-98 and T-5-98:
Permanent Repairs to Utility Road Cuts.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the following report:
(December 16, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending the award of contracts Nos. T-2-98, T-3-98, T-4-98 and T-5-98, for Permanent Repairs to Utility Road Cuts.
(g) Contracts Nos. T-43-98 and T-44-98:
Minor Bridge Repairs on Metropolitan Roads.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the following report:
(December 16, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending the award of contracts Nos. T-43-98 and T-44-98, for minor bridge repairs on major arterial roads.
(h) Contract No. T-8-98:
Bathurst Street Bridge Over the Toronto Terminal Railways
South of Front Street--Structure Rehabilitation.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having:
(1) recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, and Council, the adoption of the following report;
(2) requested the Interim Functional Leads for Transportation and Planning to initiate the necessary studies for a pedestrian/bicycle overhead link between the foot of Tecumseth Street and the Fort York lands; and
(3) requested the Interim Functional Lead for Transportation to give consideration to any public art opportunities during Part "B" of Contract No. T-8-98:
(i) (December 15, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation recommending that financing be approved for this project; that pre-budget approval be granted to accommodate the rehabilitation of the Bathurst Street bridge; the award of 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; the retention of D. S. Lea Associates Ltd. to perform the construction supervision for this project; and that the appropriate City of Toronto officials be directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.
(ii) (January 8, 1998) from Councillor Joe Pantalone, Toronto - Trinity Niagara, recommending that the eport (December 15, 1997) from the Commissioner of Transportation regarding Contract No. T-8-98 be approved; and, further, that the Commissioners of Transportation and Planning be requested to initiate the necessary studies for a pedestrian/bicycle overhead link between the foot of Tecumseth Street and the Fort York lands.
(i) Status Report on Short-Term Pro-Transit Strategy; and
Establishment of Sub-Committee on Pro-Transit Initiatives.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having:
(1) decided to establish a Sub-Committee on Pro-Transit Initiatives with the following Terms of Reference:
(a) to review initiatives, proposals, and reports related to the support and promotion of public transit and related modes of travel, and to ensure that these are considered in light of Official Plan objectives and policies addressing multi-modal integration and financial and environmental sustainability;
(b) to provide opportunities for input on pro-transit-related topics from other levels of government, agencies, municipalities, business representatives and members of the public; and
(c) to represent City of Toronto interests in the support and promotion of public transit to other levels of government and other municipalities; and
(2) requested the Chair of the Urban Environment and Development Committee to canvass the Members of the Committee in order to determine their interest in sitting on the Sub-Committee on Pro-Transit Initiatives:
(September 26, 1997) from the Metropolitan Clerk 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.
(j) Identification of Eglinton Avenue West,
from the W.R. Allen Road West to Dufferin Street
and Beyond, as a High Priority Area.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Interim Functional Lead for Transportation with a request that he submit a report thereon to the meeting of the Committee scheduled to be held on March 23, 1998; such report to include a list of the high priority items already being considered by the Transportation Department:
(October 16, 1997) from the Metropolitan Clerk 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."
(k) Toronto Transit Commission:
Chief General Manager's Report
Period 10--October 5 to November 1, 1997.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having:
(1) received the following communication; and
(2) requested the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission, to submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee regarding the time lost due to workplace injuries in Plant Maintenance, which was 142 percent over target for the first nine months of 1997:
(December 17, 1997) from the General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission (Commission), advising that the 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.
(l) Sheppard Streetscape Report and
Yonge Street Median Construction Phase Two.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having:
(1) received the following communication; and
(2) directed that a copy thereof be forwarded to the Public Art Policy Advisory Committee and the Toronto Transit Commission for information and any attention deemed necessary:
(October 3, 1997) from the Commissioner of Planning, City of North York, 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.
(m) Standing Committee Briefings.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having received, with thanks, presentations from the following City officials regarding the programs and services under the responsibility of the Committee:
- Ms. Virginia West, Member of the Implementation Task Force responsible for the Urban Environment and Development Committee;
- Mr. Lorne Ross, Interim Functional Lead for Planning;
- Mr. Yuman Uzumeri, Interim Functional Lead for Building;
- Mr. Doug Floyd, Interim Functional Lead for Transportation; and
- Mr. Ralph Walton, Interim Lead, Secretariat, Clerk's Department.
Councillor John Adams, Toronto - Midtown, appeared before the Urban Environment and Development Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.
(n) Unauthorized Parking by Heavy Vehicles on Residential Streets.
The Urban Environment and Development Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Interim Functional Lead for Transportation with a request that he submit a report thereon to the Urban Environment and Development Committee:
(Undated) from the City of York 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.
Respectfully submitted,
COUNCILLOR JOE PANTALONE,
Chair
Toronto, January 12, 1998
Nancy Rickford
Tel. (416) 392-4274
