WORKS COMMITTEE

A G E N D A

Date of Meeting:Wednesday, July 14, 1999Enquiry:Ms. Trudy Perrin

2nd Floor, City Hall

100 Queen Street West

Toronto

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO

THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES.

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DEPUTATIONS:List to be distributed at meeting.

DEPUTATION ITEMS.

1.PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP.

DEPUTATION ITEM - SCHEDULED FOR 10:00 A.M.

Mr. Ben Bennett,

Manager, Projects and Communications,

Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators

(June 2, 1999)

Respecting the announcement by the Minister of the Environment on the proposed Waste Diversion Organization; and requesting the opportunity to address the Committee with regard to the product stewardship issue.

2.COLLECTION OF SERVICE FEES -

SMALL COMMERCIAL GARBAGE SERVICE.

DEPUTATION ITEM - SCHEDULED FOR 10:15 A.M.

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

(June 30, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer proceed with the billing and collection of service fees in 1999 on a pilot basis from business operators receiving three, five and six garbage collections per week;

(2)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services report back as part of the 2000 Operating Budget on the pilot billing and collection program as described in this report and any changes required next year, including enforcement and operational issues;

(3)the current three times a week garbage collection service be maintained for commercial properties located on Lake Shore Boulevard West in the former City of Etobicoke; and

(4)the appropriate City officials be authorized to take all necessary actions to give effect to the above.

3.TORONTO'S INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PROCESS - REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - RESULTS OF

APPLICATION OF EVALUATION CRITERIA.

DEPUTATION ITEM - SCHEDULED FOR 10:30 A.M.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(July 5, 1999)

Advising that 32 responses to the Toronto Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Process Request for Expressions of Interest were received within three categories: proven diversion; proven disposal; and new and emerging technologies; further advising that of the 32 responses received, 23 are qualified to proceed to the Request for Proposals stage and cover the full range of proven and new and emerging waste management technologies and practices, at large and small project scales and involving facilities located in Ontario and the USA; forwarding a list of qualified Respondents and also a list of Respondents who have not qualified and the reasons for their non-qualification; noting that the next step is to undertake an additional phase of stakeholder consultation regarding the evaluation criteria for the RFP for proven disposal capacity, with a report on the results of this consultation process to be submitted to the Committee in September; and recommending that this report be received for information.

COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.

4.CARBON EMISSIONS CAP.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1) Council's action previously taken in establishing a goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent relative to 1990 levels by year 2005, be endorsed as a voluntary greenhouse gas emissions cap for the City of Toronto for activities carried out in the City proper;

(2) the Province of Ontario be requested to:

(i)join the City and establish a goal to reduce CO₂ emissions by 20 percent relative to 1990 levels by the year 2005;

(ii)enact a province-wide carbon dioxide emissions cap system in support of the Kyoto Protocol; and

(3) the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

4a.City Clerk

(June 29, 1999)

Advising that the Environmental Task Force, at its meeting on June 28, 1999, endorsed the recommendations as contained in the report dated May 28, 1999, from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services respecting the adoption of a carbon emission cap system.

5.ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE (OCAA) - RECOMMENDED EMISSION CAPS FOR ONTARIO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Recommending that City Council endorse Ontario Clean Air Alliance recommendations that the Government of Ontario be requested to:

(1) establish annual emission caps which will ensure that, commencing in the year 2002, Ontario's total (domestic and imported) electricity generation-related sulphur dioxide and air toxic emissions will not exceed the following levels:

Sulphur dioxide:17.5 kt

Arsenic:19 kg

Beryllium:9 kg

Cadmium:7 kg

Chromium:180 kg

Lead:24 kg

Mercury:45 kg

Nickel:228 kg

(2) establish annual emission caps and appropriate mechanisms which will ensure that starting in the year 2002 Ontario's total (domestic and imported) electricity generation-related greenhouse gas and nitric oxide emissions will not exceed the following levels:

Greenhouse Gas (CO₂)15,000 kt

Nitric Oxide (NO)25 kt

(3) issue a discussion paper and consult with the people of Ontario on the appropriate caps for Ontario's electricity generation-related greenhouse gas (CO₂) and nitric oxide emissions after the year 2002 in the context of a multi-sector strategy to reduce Ontario's greenhouse gas and nitric oxide emissions.

5a.City Clerk

(June 29, 1999)

Advising that the Environmental Task Force at its meeting held on June 28, 1999, endorsed the recommendations as contained in the report dated May 28, 1999, from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services headed "Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) - Recommended Emission Caps for Ontario's Electricity Sector to Improve Air Quality".

6.SUPPORT FOR FCM ACTION TO PROMOTE MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE MILLENNIUM BUDGET.

Councillor Jack Layton,

Don River

(June 28, 1999)

Recommending that the resolution embodied therein be adopted, which recommends that:

"THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Toronto endorses the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) call for a long-term national core municipal infrastructure program highlighting environmental benefits, in the federal Millennium Budget;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City of Toronto, through letters, personal meetings and/or other communications, will urge local Members of Parliament to support FCM's Millennium Budget proposal and to communicate their support to the Minister of Finance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City of Toronto through letters, personal meetings and/or other communications, will urge the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, other members of the federal Cabinet and members of the Government of Ontario to support FCM's Millennium Budget proposal;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City of Toronto will communicate the urgent need for a new municipal infrastructure program with environmental benefits to neighbouring communities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City of Toronto will communicate to local media and the public its support for FCM's Millennium Budget proposal."

7.WATER RATE HARMONIZATION AND UNIVERSAL METERING IN THE FORMER CITIES OF TORONTO AND ETOBICOKE.

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 30, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)with respect to the implementation of the Universal Metering Program, a voluntary program be implemented over a four year period to convert the remaining 85,000 flat rate accounts in the former City of Toronto and 1,500 flat rate accounts in the former City of Etobicoke, subject to the following conditions:

(i)the City install water meters free of charge to homeowners and provide one water efficiency kit per home;

(ii)as an incentive to installing a water meter, the flat-rate customers in the former City of Toronto and the former City of Etobicoke be eligible for a $60.00 subsidy towards the installation of a low flow toilet;

(iii)on January 1, 2004, the rate charged to flat-rate customers in existence at that time be increased by 100 percent, and by a further 100 percent in each successive year; and

(iv)effective January 1, 2004, any flat-rate customers that have not voluntarily participated in the meter conversion program be required to pay for the cost of the water meter if the customer then so chooses to convert to a metered service;

(2)with respect to funding the Voluntary Meter Conversion Program:

(i)the rate charged to flat-rate customers in the former City of Toronto and the former City of Etobicoke be increased by:

• 5.0 percent effective January 1, 2000;
• a further 10.0 percent effective January 1, 2001;
• a further 15.0 percent effective January 1, 2002;
• a further 20.0 percent effective January 1, 2003; and
• a further 100.0 percent effective January 1, 2004, and a further 100.0 percent in each subsequent year;

(ii) the rate decrease that would be realized by former City of Toronto's metered customers under the phased-in competitive rate structure be deferred for a period of three years, and effective November 1, 2002, the harmonized competitive rate structure be applied for metered customers in the former City of Toronto; and

(iii) the anticipated new revenue from the former City of Toronto, in the amount of $14.6 million from the three-year deferral of decreases respecting metered customers, and $11.6 million from the increases in flat-rate charges, be used to fund the Universal Metering Program ($21.0 million), and the balance be used to fund an incentive program directed at facilitating the conversion of residential flat-rate customers to metered service ($5.2 million or approximately $60.00 per residential flat-rate customer), and such an incentive program to include consideration of a subsidy towards low-flow toilets;

(3) a list of flat rate customers requesting conversion to metered service be established on a first come basis and tendered as a priority each year;

(4) the following be established as mandatory water meter installation criteria for the City to install a free of charge meter where no meter exists:

(i) homeowners who take out a plumbing permit to upgrade their household plumbing;

(ii)new home construction; and

(iii) purchasers of properties which are on a flat rate billing system agree, as a condition precedent to receiving a clearance letter from the City at the time of property ownership transfer, to having a water meter installed; and

(iv) as a condition of the City's Water Service Connection Repair Program, flat rate customers agree to having a water meter installed;

(5) Council redirect the provision of $21.0 million contained the 1999-2003 Capital Works Plan of the Water and Wastewater Program respecting Universal Metering to providing funding to the City's water efficiency programs and that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services report to Works Committee in the fall of 1999 on a Water Efficiency Plan for the new City and the use of these funds;

(6)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer prepare an annual report to the Works Committee and the Policy and Finance Committee on the annual progress and financial impact of the Voluntary Universal Metering Program and recommend any modifications to the financing and/or implementation plan described herein;

(7)the effective date for the first year water and sewer rates (of the four-year phase-in plan) for the former cities of East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York, be amended by changing the words "Effective September 1, 1999" to read "Effective November 1, 1999", to coincide implementation of the new water billing system;

(8)that a public awareness program be carried out over a 4 year implementation period of the Universal Metering Program at an estimated cost of $100,000.00 to inform homeowners of the benefits of a metered water supply and the metering incentives, described herein;

(9)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report to the Works Committee in the fall of 1999 regarding joint meter reading and billing opportunities and financing options for automated meter reading technologies;

(10)due dates for water billing be set at the discretion of the Treasurer, at least 21 days after the billing dates; and,

(11)the appropriate City Officials be granted the authority necessary to give effect thereto.

7a.City Clerk

(May 4, 1999)

Advising that City Council, at its Special Meeting on April 26, 27 and 28, 1999, in adopting, as amended, Clause No. 1 of Report No. 8 of The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, headed "1999 Operating Budget", referred a motion by Councillor Prue with respect to a harmonized water rate structure to the Works Committee for further consideration and report thereon to Council.

8.NEW WATER BILL DESIGN.

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(July 5, 1999)

Presenting the design for a new City of Toronto water bill which will replace the existing bills utilized at the former municipalities of East York, Etobicoke, North York and Toronto and the bill used by the former Scarborough Public Utilities Commission in the billing of water for the former Scarborough and York; and recommending that the design for the new water bill (attached as Appendix I) be approved.

(NOTE:A copy of Appendices G, H and I in colour has been forwarded to Members of the Committee only.)

9.WATER EFFICIENCY PLAN.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(July 5, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)authority be granted to amend the existing agreement with the firm of Renewable Energy in Canada (Consulting) Limited (REIC Consulting Limited) from $136,587.00 to $162,587.00 to complete the development of the City's Water Efficiency Plan as indicated in the revised scope of work and complying with the terms of the Main Treatment Plant Environmental Assessment Mediation Agreement pertaining to the Water Efficiency Plan which includes public consultation and the establishment of a Water Efficiency Plan Review Committee; and

(2)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

10.ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANTS TO UNDERTAKE WATER SUPPLY JOINT OPTIMIZATION STUDY.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 30, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the consulting assignment for the Water Supply Joint Optimization Study be awarded to the firm of Proctor & Redfern Ltd. at a cost not to exceed $955,000.00, including GST and a contingency allowance of $90,000.00, including GST to cover potential additional engineering work required if necessary and as authorized by the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services; and

(2)the appropriate City officials be authorized to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

11.1999 ULTRA LOW FLUSH (ULF) TOILET INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 23, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)authority be given to offer multi-residential property owners a financial incentive to replace existing high-consumption toilets with Ultra Low Flush toilets in the amount of $60.00 per floor outlet toilets using 13 to 20 litres per flush and $75.00 per back-outlet toilet using 20 litres per flush;

(2)the City pre-qualify through an RFP process approximately six Performance Contractors to undertake the ultra low flush toilet change out program as well as a showerhead and faucet aerator program in the multi-residential sector;

(3)the Solid Waste Management fees be waived for the disposal of all existing high-consumption toilets replaced through this program; and

(4)the appropriate City officials be granted the authority necessary to give effect thereto.

12.ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANTS - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND

SITE SUPERVISION SERVICES DURING DESIGN/BUILD OF

BIOSOLIDS PELLETIZATION FACILITY, MAIN TREATMENT PLANT.

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 23, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the firm of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited be engaged to provide general administration and site supervision services during the design, construction and commissioning of the pelletization facility at the Main Treatment Plant for an amount of $842,000.00 including GST for a design/construction period of up to 20 months, and a contingency allowance of $80,000.00 to cover extended services during the design and construction of the facility at a rate not to exceed $5,000.00 per week including disbursements and GST, if necessary and as authorized by the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services; and

(2)the appropriate City officials be directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

13.UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH USF CANADA ON THE

TRANSPORTATION, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF

PELLETS CONTRACT.

Councillor Jack Layton,

Don River

(June 30, 1999)

Requesting information and an update on the status of negotiations with USF Canada with respect to the transportation, marketing and distribution of biosolids pellets.

14.JOINT FLOOD PROTECTION STUDY: WEST DON LANDS.

(Don River)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Executive Director, Chief Planner of Urban Planning and Development Services

(June 29, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, the Toronto Region Conservation Authority and the Ontario Realty Corporation be authorized to:

(a)prepare a detailed terms of reference for the planning and design of flood protection works in the West Don Lands;

(b)engage a qualified technical consulting group to carry out the planning and design study, in accordance with standard City practice for the selection and hiring of consultants; and

(c)fund the City's contribution for the study from the 1999 Works and Emergency Services Capital Budget - Stormwater Management with such expenditures not to exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 40 percent of the total project study costs;

(2)Recommendation No. (1) be subject to the Toronto Region and Conservation Authority and the Ontario Realty Corporation agreeing to pay for the balance of the study costs above and beyond the City's maximum contribution;

(3)the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services report to the Works Committee in approximately six months with information on the results of the planning and design study and recommendations on the next steps; and

(4)the appropriate City officials be authorised and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

15.DUNKERS FLOW BALANCING SYSTEM MONITORING PROGRAM.

(Ward 13)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(July 5, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)authority be granted for an expenditure of $160,000.00 to jointly fund, in conjunction with Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment the performance assessment of the Dunkers Flow Balancing System servicing the Brimley Road Drainage Area over a two year monitoring period, subject to funding of $185,000.00 being provided by Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment and an additional expenditure of about $50,000.00 being provided by the Ontario Ministry of Environment for chemical analyses;

(2)authority be granted to enter into an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Environment and the Toronto and Region and Conservation Authority to have this assessment undertaken through the Stormwater Assessment and Monitoring Performance II (SWAMP II) Program; and

(3)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

16.HIGH RATE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS AND STORMWATER.

(Wards 1 and 2)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(July 5, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)authority be granted to enter into an agreement with the Federal Department of Environment, Burlington Environmental Technology Office, to jointly fund and undertake the Demonstration Projects for treatment of combined sewer overflows at the North Toronto Detention Tank and for stormwater treatment in Etobicoke; and the City's contribution of $175,000.00 toward the project is subject to equal funding of $175,000.00 being provided by Environment Canada and $60,000.00 being provided by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment; and

(2)the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

17.INDUSTRIAL WASTE SURCHARGE AGREEMENTS.

(Wards 5, 4, 2, 6 and 13)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 28, 1999)

Recommending that staff be authorized to enter into an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement with Cynar Dry Company Limited, 25 Enterprise Road; Confectionately Yours, Inc., 65Vickers Road; Planway Poultry Inc., 26 Canmotor Avenue; Scott's Restaurants Inc., 61Signet Drive, Toronto; and Winsun Laundry & Linen Supply Ltd., 689 Warden Avenue, Units 4 & 5, under terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor and Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services.

18.COMPLIANCE PROGRAM WITH MONETARY CONCESSION - CHRISTIE BROWN & CO. (Ward 19)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Recommending that a Compliance Program with Monetary Concession be granted to Christie Brown & Co., 2150 Lakeshore Boulevard West, as described therein, to allow for payment of 50 percent of their re-assessed surcharge for three years, subject to Christie Brown &Co.'s investment of the avoided surcharge payment in the purchase and installation of an on-site pretreatment system.

19.COGENERATION FACILITY AT THE HUMBER TREATMENT PLANT ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR EXTRA WORK - CONTRACT No. WPC-11-97.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 30, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)additional expenditures in the amount of $196,000.00 including Goods and Services Tax, be authorized for the performance of necessary additional work on Contract No.WPC-11-97 for the construction of the Cogeneration Facility at the Humber Treatment Plant, in accordance with the estimates listed in Appendix A attached; and

(2)the appropriate City officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

20.METROPOLITAN TORONTO WATERSHED AND LAKEFRONT POLLUTION ABATEMENT WORK - 1996-1997 REPORT.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Presenting to the Committee the biennial report from the former Industrial Waste Control (IWC) Branch, Water Pollution Control Division, detailing the most significant watershed point source pollution related problems found and resolved for the period 1996-1997; noting that this work will continue under the present Industrial Waste and Stormwater Quality Unit of the Water and Wastewater Services Division, with the generation of a similar report every two years; and recommending that this report be received for information.

(NOTE:A copy of the aforementioned biennial report has been forwarded to Members of the Committee only.)

21.CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR RESIDUE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES PROJECT - R.C. HARRIS FILTRATION PLANT.

(Ward 26 - East Toronto)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Respecting the progress to date of the Class Environmental Assessment for Residue Management Facilities at the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant; advising that following extensive public consultation through the environmental assessment process, a recommended solution has been identified for managing the residues from the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant in an environmentally responsible and cost-effective manner, and that the recommended solution consists of off-site treatment at the Main Treatment Plant, which includes construction of underground storage tanks at the R.C. Harris site, installation of a 600 mm forcemain from the R.C. Harris plant to the Main Treatment Plant, and further processing at the Main Treatment Plant; and recommending that this report be received for information.

22.GERRARD STREET WATER MAIN - ALTERNATIVES TO INCREASE SUPPLY PRESSURE.

(Ward 26 - East Toronto)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 30, 1999)

Providing results of a review of alternatives to increase the water supply pressure in the trunk water main servicing area bounded by Main Street, Gerrard Street, Victoria Park Avenue and Kingston Road, which matter was before the Committee at its meeting of May 19, 1999; advising that the alternative involving pressure district boundary change appears feasible but requires more detailed assessment; further advising that funding will be allocated in the 2000 Capital Works Program for implementation of further service upgrades in the event pressure improvements are not realized following local upgrades currently underway; and recommending that this report be received for information.

23.353/355/357 NAIRN AVENUE.

Councillor Rob Davis,

York Eglinton

(June 15, 1999)

Forwarding correspondence from constituents with respect to problems with the sewage system and flooding due to heavy rainfall in their area.

24.APPOINTMENTS TO TORONTO'S WET WEATHER FLOW MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE.

General Manager,

Water and Wastewater Services

(June 24, 1999)

Requesting that two members of the Works Committee be appointed as representatives to the Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan Steering Committee.

25.PROPOSED ROAD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

(All Wards)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Respecting the consolidation of the various road classification systems inherited from the amalgamated municipalities into a single, consistent system, and the clarification of the respective roles and responsibilities of Community Councils and various Standing Committees with respect to traffic operations policies in the context of the new classification system; and recommending that this report be referred to all Community Councils for consideration, and that their comments be submitted to the Works Committee for consideration at its November3, 1999 meeting.

26.CITY OF TORONTO BOUNDARY IDENTIFICATION SIGNS.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 17, 1999)

Recommending that during 1999:

(1)new City of Toronto identity signs described in this report be installed at major road boundary locations identified in Appendix 1;

(2)the existing signs identifying the previous local municipalities, at old boundary locations now within the amalgamated city, be removed;

(3)the general traffic regulation signs be amended to identify the City of Toronto; and

(4)the directional signs providing guidance to the civic centres be replaced with new legend signs.

27.GARDINER EXPRESSWAY/QEW/HIGHWAY 427/BROWN'S LINE INTERCHANGE MODIFICATIONS CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

(Lakeshore - Queensway)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 29, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)authority be granted to the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services to file the Environmental Study Report (ESR) for the Gardiner Expressway/QEW/Highway 427/Brown's Line Interchange Modifications Class Environmental Assessment with the City Clerk and to give public notification of such filing in accordance with the requirements of the Class Environmental Assessment for Municipal Roads Projects;

(2)approval be given to install traffic control signals at the intersection of the westbound Gardiner Expressway off-ramp and Kipling Avenue;

(3)the appropriate City of Toronto by-laws be amended accordingly;

(4)the introduction of any necessary bills be authorized; and

(5)the appropriate City of Toronto officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

28.PROPOSED EXIT DRIVEWAY FROM 2100 LAWRENCE AVENUE EAST.

(Scarborough Wexford)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 24, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the south left-turn movement from the driveway on the north side of Lawrence Avenue, on the north side of Lawrence Avenue, approximately 15 metres west of Crockford Boulevard, be prohibited at all times, as identified in Appendix 1 of this report;

(2)the eastbound left-turn movement into the driveway on the north side of Lawrence Avenue, approximately 15 metres west of Crockford Boulevard, be prohibited at all times, as identified in Appendix 1 of this report;

(3)the westbound right-turn movement into the driveway on the north side of Lawrence Avenue, approximately 15 metres west of Crockford Boulevard, be prohibited at all times, as identified in Appendix 1 of this report;

(4)all costs associated with construction of the driveway and signing the southbound, eastbound and westbound turn prohibitions at the driveway be borne by the owners of the property serviced by the driveway, namely 1282411 Ontario Limited; and

(5)the appropriate by-law be amended accordingly.

29.AUDIT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEASED LINE COSTS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 25, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the proposal received from Expense Recovery and Overhead Reduction Services (ERORS) Inc., to audit the past payments made to Bell Canada for leased telecommunications lines associated with the traffic signal control systems be accepted; and

(2)the appropriate City of Toronto officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

30.COMMUNITY SAFETY ZONES - STATUS REPORT ON STUDY.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 18, 1999)

Providing information on the status of studies to determine the effectiveness of Community Safety Zones (CSZ's) within the City of Toronto; advising that Transportation Services staff are presently in the process of collecting traffic operations data, as well as police enforcement data and records of related charges laid "after" the implementation of the subject CSZ's, and that at this time, the amount of data collected is not sufficient to provide any meaningful analysis; further advising that staff are presently on course to provide a comprehensive impact analysis for a report to the Committee in the fall of 1999; and recommending that this report be received for information.

31.ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE - CONTRACT No. 59714 RECONSTRUCTION OF PAVEMENT ON CHRISTIE STREET.

(Ward 21 - Davenport, Ward 23 - Midtown)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 28, 1999)

Recommending that approval be given for the expenditure of additional funds in the amount of $85,000.00, under Contract No. 59714, Reconstruction of Pavement on Christie Street from Bloor Street West to Dupont Street.

32.WINTER MAINTENANCE ON TORONTO ROADS, SALTING AND SNOW PLOUGHING, FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1999 TO APRIL 2003 - CONTRACT Nos. T-11-99 to T-17-99, TENDER CALL Nos. 99-1999 to 105-1999.

(All Wards)

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

(June 28, 1999)

Recommending that the following contracts for winter maintenance on Toronto roads, salting and snow ploughing, for the period October 1999 to April 2003, be awarded to the following Tenderers in the total amount of $54,682,639.57 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tenders received:

Contract/Tender Call No.TendererTender Price

T-11-99, 99-1999Gazzola Paving Limited$ 7,683,177.80

T-12-99, 100-1999Cruickshank Construction Limited$ 7,622,187.40

T-13-99, 101-1999D. Crupi & Sons Limited$ 5,655,442.20

T-14-99, 102-1999Fowler Construction Company Limited$11,205,304.29

T-15-99, 103-1999Steed and Evans Limited$ 8,466,995.60

T-16-99, 104-1999K.J. Beamish Construction Co. Limited$ 7,004,712.20

T-17-99, 105-1999Steed and Evans Limited$ 7,044,820.08

33.MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND RELATED DEVICES WITHIN CITY OF TORONTO - APRIL 1, 2000 TO JANUARY 31, 2003.

CONTRACT No. T-41-99, TENDER CALL No. 116-1999

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 30, 1999)

Recommending that:

(1)the existing contract No. T-27-96 for the maintenance of traffic control and related devices within the City of Toronto be extended for an additional three months from December 31, 1999 until March 31, 2000 to ensure contract continuity during the first three months of the new millennium (potential for Y2K operational problems);

(2)a new contract No. T-41-99 for the maintenance of traffic control and related devices within the City of Toronto for the period April 1, 2000 to January 31, 2003 be awarded to Stacey Electric Company Limited in the total amount of $12,489,825.16 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received; and

(3)the appropriate City of Toronto officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

34.ASPHALT RESURFACING, PAVEMENT REPAIR AND ASSOCIATED

CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND CURB REPAIR - DISTRICT No. 4 -

CONTRACT No. SC9954RD, TENDER CALL No. 76-1999.

(Agincourt, Malvern, Wexford, Scarborough City Centre,

Highland Creek and Scarborough Bluffs)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(May 10, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. SC9954RD, Tender Call No. 76-1999, for the asphalt resurfacing, pavement repair and associated concrete sidewalk and curb repair at various locations within District No. 4 for 1999, be awarded to Furfari Paving Co. Ltd., in the total amount of $2,856,001.20 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

35.ASPHALT RESURFACING OF REXDALE BOULEVARD - CONTRACT No. T-23-99, TENDER CALL No. 119-1999.

(Etobicoke Rexdale - Thistletown)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 22, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. T-23-99, Tender Call No. 119-1999, for the asphalt resurfacing of Rexdale Boulevard from Kipling Avenue to Precision Road be awarded to Fermar Paving Limited, in the total amount of $1,211,354.49 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

36.ASPHALT RESURFACING ON WARDEN AVENUE - CONTRACT No. SC9902RD, TENDER CALL No. 121-1999.

(Scarborough Wexford)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 18, 1999

Recommending that Contract No. SC9902RD, Tender Call No. 121-1999, for the asphalt resurfacing on Warden Avenue from Lawrence Avenue to Eglinton Avenue be awarded to D. Crupi & Sons Limited in the total amount of $1,280,553.95 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

37.ASPHALT RESURFACING ON YORK MILLS ROAD, EGLINTON AVENUE EAST AND PARKWOOD VILLAGE DRIVE - CONTRACT No. NY9905RD, TENDER CALL No. 128-1999.

(North York Centre South and Don Parkway)

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

(June 28, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. NY9905RD, Tender Call 128-1999 for the asphalt resurfacing on York Mills Road from Bayview Avenue to Leslie Street, Eglinton Avenue East from Don Mills Road to Wynford Drive and Parkwoods Village Drive from Victoria Park Avenue to York Mills Road be awarded to Osler Paving Ltd. in the total amount of $2,572,547.50 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

38.ASPHALT RESURFACING ON DUFFERIN STREET - TENDER No. NY9906RD, TENDER CALL No. 134 - 1999.

(North York Spadina)

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

(June 28, 1999)

Recommending that Tender No. NY9906RD, Tender Call No. 134-1999 for the asphalt resurfacing in District 3 be awarded to Osler Paving Ltd. in the amount of $1,011,770.60 including all taxes and charges being the lowest tender received.

39.RECONSTRUCTION OF TRACK ALLOWANCE AND PAVEMENT, SIDEWALK AND CURB ON QUEEN STREET EAST - CONTRACT No. TO9905RD (59731), TENDER CALL No. 88-1999.

(East Toronto)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 22, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. TO9905RD (59731), Tender Call No. 88-1999, for the reconstruction of track allowance and pavement, sidewalk and curb on Queen Street East from Coxwell Avenue to Lark Street, be awarded to CRCE Construction Limited, in the total amount of $1,236,785.00, including all taxes and charges, being the lowest tender received.

40.PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS - CONTRACT No. YK9905RD, TENDER CALL No. 90-1999.

(York Humber and York Eglinton)

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

(June 24, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. YK9905RD, Tender Call No. 90-1999, for pavement reconstruction at various locations, be awarded to Il Duca Construction Inc., in the total amount of $1,846,295.70, including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

41.ROAD RECONSTRUCTION OF ANGLESEY BOULEVARD CONTRACT No. EB9901RD, TENDER CALL No. 120-1999.

(Etobicoke Kingsway-Humber)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 25, 1999

Recommending that Contract No. EB9901RD, Tender Call No. 120-1999 for the road reconstruction of Anglesey Boulevard from Islington Avenue to Royal York Road be awarded to Sanan Construction Limited in the total amount of $1,927,164.66 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

42.REHABILITATION OF PHARMACY AVENUE BRIDGE OVER MASSEY CREEK - CONTRACT No. T-48-99, TENDER CALL No. 106-1999.

(Scarborough Bluffs)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 25, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. T-48-99, Tender Call No. 106-1999 for the rehabilitation of the Pharmacy Avenue Bridge over Massey Creek be awarded to Bridgecon Construction Ltd. and Bridgecon Holdings Ltd. in the total amount of $1,112,078.71 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

43.REHABILITATION OF KING GEORGES ROAD, INCLUDING STORM AND SANITARY SEWER RECONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADING NON-STANDARD WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS - CONTRACT No EB9903RD, TENDER CALL No. 126-1999.

(Etobicoke Kingsway - Humber)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 25, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. EB9903RD Tender Call No. 126-1999 for the road rehabilitation of King Georges Road from the Kingsway to Royal York Road including storm and sanitary sewer reconstruction and upgrading non-standard water service connections be awarded to G. Macera Contracting Ltd. in the total amount of $2,485,559.18 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

44.NEW STORM SEWER, SANITARY SEWER REPLACEMENT AND ROAD REHABILITATION FOR SOUTH END STREETS - DISTRICT 2, CONTRACT No.EB9904RD, TENDER CALL No. 130-1999.

(Etobicoke Lakeshore - Queensway)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 25, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. EB9904RD, Tender Call No. 130-1999 for new storm sewer, sanitary sewer replacement and road rehabilitation for south end streets - District 2 be awarded to Bridgecon Construction Ltd. in the total amount of $3,663,548.82 including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

45.CONSTRUCTION OF WATER MAINS ON CHURCH STREET AND LOMBARD STREET - CONTRACT No. 58555, TENDER CALL No. 111-1999.

(Downtown)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 22, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. 58555, Tender Call No. 111-1999, for the construction of water mains on Church Street from Queen Street East to Gerrard Street East and Lombard Street from Victoria Street to Jarvis Street, be awarded to KVC Construction Limited, in the total amount of $1,185,141.00, including all taxes and charges, being the lowest Tender received.

46.WATER MAIN CLEANING AND CEMENT MORTAR LINING ON VARIOUS STREETS, DISTRICT 1- CONTRACT No. YK9980WS, TENDER CALL No. 125-1999.

(Ward 27, York Humber and Ward 28, York Eglinton)

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services and

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(June 23, 1999)

Recommending that Contract No. YK9980WS, Tender Call No. 125-1999 for water main cleaning and cement mortar lining on various streets within the City of Toronto, District1, be awarded to New Tide Investments Limited in the total amount of $1,134,959.70, including all taxes and charges, being the lowest tender received.

47.GARBAGE PACKERS.

City Clerk

(April 19, 1999)

Advising that City Council on April 13, 14 and 15, 1999, directed that Clause No. 6 contained in Report No. 4 of The Works and Utilities Committee, headed "Garbage Packers", be struck out and referred back to the Works and Utilities Committee for further consideration; and that Council also adopted the following recommendation:

"It is recommended that the Chair of the Works and Utilities Committee, Councillor Shiner and the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services meet to discuss this matter prior to it being again considered by the Works and Utilities Committee."

(NOTE:A copy of the confidential report referred to in the aforementioned Clause has been forwarded to all Members of Council under confidential cover.)

48.REVIEW OF COMMISSIONER STREET TRANSFER STATION PROJECT EXPENDITURES.

City Clerk

(June 1, 1999)

Advising that the Audit Committee on May 25, 1999, recommended the adoption of the report dated April 24, 1999, from the City Auditor respecting the review of Commissioner Street Transfer Station Project Expenditures, wherein it is recommended that:

(1)the Chief Administrative Officer advise all department heads that the selection and engagement of all consulting services be made in accordance with the City's purchasing policies;

(2)the Chief Administrative Officer advise all department heads of the importance of providing accurate and complete cost estimates when submitting projects to Council for approval, ensuring that necessary due diligence and care is exercised when preparing these estimates, and that if changes in the scope of work are necessary, the details and implications of the changes, as well as additional funding requirements, be clearly communicated to Council for approval;

(3)as part of the 2000 and 2004 Capital Budget Process, the Budget Division, Finance Department advise all departments and local boards that all funds relating to a particular capital project be provided for in one capital account, so that the full funding requirements and expenditures for each project are more readily available and known; and

(4)this report be forwarded to the Works Committee and Budget Committee for consideration.

49.CITY-WIDE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON LITTER CLEAN-UP.

Councillor Elizabeth Brown,

Rexdale - Thistletown

(June 18, 1999)

Respecting problems with respect to litter on various boulevards in the north end of Etobicoke; and suggesting that a city-wide public awareness campaign be initiated through the Works Committee in order that schools, community agencies and neighbourhoods can become actively involved.

50.SOFT DRINK CONTAINERS ORIGINATING FROM VENDING MACHINES.

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 1, 1999)

Responding to a request from the Works and Utilities Committee to research specific issues related to plastic soft drink containers from vending machines; advising that it is not currently possible to determine the costs to the City for handling such containers, due to a lack of information on the quantities of such containers sold in Toronto and the quantities that end up in the City's recycling or waste streams; further advising that the licensing provision that is available to the City to require soft drink vending machine operators to operate two-way or reverse vending machines is to amend By-law No. 20-85 to make it a condition of licensing, but that such an amendment may be blocked by the provincial government, as was the case with Toronto's proposed deposit-return system for liquor and wine containers; and recommending that this report be received for information.

51.VEHICLE EMISSION TESTING.

(All Wards)

Commissioner of Works and

Emergency Services

(June 15, 1999)

Providing additional information on the provincial Vehicle Emission Testing program, as requested by City Council at its meeting of April 13, 14 and 15, 1999; and recommending that this report be received for information.

52.REVIEW OF SUB-COMMITTEES,

SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES.

City Clerk

(June 28, 1999)

Providing for the information of the newly formed Standing Committees a list of the various sub-committees, special committees, advisory committees and task forces which were formed under the previous Council-Committee structure; and recommending that the Standing Committees:

(1)determine whether the mandate and membership of those sub-committees listed under the column "Sub-Committees" in Schedule 1 attached thereto should be continued; and

(2)receive for information the balance of Schedule 1 regarding special committees, advisory committees and task forces established by Council.

(NOTE:A copy of Schedule 1 has been forwarded to Members of the Committee and Officials only.)

ANY OTHER MATTERS.