The Decision Document is for preliminary reference purposes only.  Please refer to the Committee's Report to City Council or to the Minutes for the official record.   How to Read the Decision Document: Recommendations of the Committee to City Council appear after the item heading. Other action taken by the Committee on its own authority, which does not require Council’s approval, is listed in the decision document under the heading “Decision Advice and Other Information”. Declarations of Interest, if any, appear at the end of an item.  Minutes Confirmed – Meeting of May 5, 2009

 

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to expand organics collection, where possible, to all residential units above commercial premises.

 

2.         City Council approve the solid waste rates set out in the attached Table 1 for all residential units above commercial premises, beginning November 1, 2009.

 

3.         City Council  approve the solid waste rate for non-bulk multi-unit residential buildings, who receive a more frequent (weekly or twice weekly) curbside collection service and that exclusively use curbside extra large bins for collection as set out in the attached Table 2.

 

4.         The approved rates in recommendation 3 begin immediately upon Council approval.

 

5.         Property owners with commercial tenants currently enrolled in the Yellow Bag Program and receiving curbside collection be permitted to participate in the City’s volume-based rate bin collection system in lieu of the yellow bag program and be subject to the solid waste rates as set out in attached Table 1, beginning November 1, 2009.

 

6.         The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, in consultation with the local Business Improvement Areas and the Ward Councillors, inform commercial merchants/tenants of their collection options.

This report sets out Solid Waste Management Services plan to introduce and establish the solid waste rate structure to Residential Units Above Commercial (RUAC) establishments.

 

This report also requests authority to amend the solid waste rate for non-bulk multi-unit residential units that receive weekly or twice weekly curbside collection by use of only extra large bins for collection.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committe recommends that:

 

1.         City Council approve entering into a Municipal Access Agreement with DAScom Inc. to authorize the construction, installation, maintenance and operation of a telecommunications network comprising a distributed antenna system on existing utility poles, fibre optic cables, conduit and ancillary plant in the City of Toronto public highways, generally under the terms and conditions as set out in this report and such other terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the City Solicitor and General Manager, Transportation Services.

 

2.         City Council direct that the agreement specifically include the following requirements:

 

a.         that DAScom agrees that it will at all times ensure that the network is constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with:

 

i.          Industry Canada’s CPC-2-0-3 (“Radio Communication and Broadcasting Antennae Systems”, June 2007);

 

ii.          the City of Toronto Telecommunications Tower and Antennae Protocol (as amended by City Council in January 2009); and

 

iii.         the City of Toronto “Prudent Avoidance” Policy, respecting acceptable levels of radio frequency (RF ) exposure (endorsed by City Council March, 2008).

 

b.         that DAScom Inc. shall also be required to consult with City Planning Urban Design Division staff and Transportation Services Public Realm Section staff, with respect to developing design aesthetics for any proposed pole attachments which are satisfactory to the City’s Director of Urban Design and Transportation Services Director of Public Realm.

This report seeks Council approval to enter into an Agreement with DAScom Inc., to enable this telecommunications firm to install and maintain a “distributed antenna system” including small antenna and related equipment mounted on existing utility poles, fibre optic cables, conduit and ancillary plant in City of Toronto streets pursuant to the terms and conditions negotiated to address City interests. 

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council approve entering into a Municipal Access Agreement with Atria Networks L.P. to authorize the construction, installation, maintenance and operation of a telecommunications network comprising fibre optic cables, conduit and ancillary plant in the City of Toronto public highways, generally under the terms and conditions as set out in this report and such other terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the City Solicitor and General Manager, Transportation Services. 

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

 

A.        recommended to the Toronto and East York Community Council that:

 

1.         City Council approve the proposal and the regulatory amendments listed in Appendix "A" and "B" of the report (May 20, 2009) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, outlining the changes required to the parking regulations on the specific sections of Coolmine Road, Rusholme Road, Lisgar Street, Rusholme Drive, Beaconsfield Avenue, Gladstone Avenue, Sheridan Avenue, Brock Avenue, Marguereta Street, and St. Clarens Avenue listed in the attached appendices.

 

2.         Subject to approval by Toronto and East York Community Council of the regulatory amendments listed in Appendix "A" and "B" of this report, the City Clerk be directed to provide public notice in the local print media of the intent to adjust the permit parking regulations on the section of the streets within Permit Parking Areas 2, 3J and 3K outlined in the attached appendices.

 

B.         requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the July 6, 2009, meeting of City Council on the proposal by the Toronto Transit Commission to:

 

a.         extend the duration of the current stopping prohibition from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday to apply from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the north side of Dundas Street West; and

 

b.         extend the duration of the current stopping prohibition from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday to apply from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday to Friday, on the south side of Dundas Street West.

 

c.         prohibit left turns from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., daily by eastbound and westbound traffic on Dundas Street West at Dufferin Street;

 

d.         prohibit left turns at all times (TTC vehicles excepted) by eastbound traffic on Dundas Street West at Lansdowne Avenue;

 

e.         adjust the operational periods of the existing left-turn prohibitions on Dundas Street West at Brock Avenue, Gladstone Avenue, Rusholme Drive/Beaconsfield Avenue, St. Clarens Avenue and Sheridan Avenue to conform to the extended rush hour parking regulations outlined in a. and b., as applicable.

 

f.          implement "No Standing Anytime" regulations on Dundas Street West at the following locations to expedite clearance of queued traffic close to signalized intersections/transit stops:

 

-           north and south sides, from Brock Avenue to a point 60 metres east;

-           south side, from Brock Avenue to a point 60 metres west;

-           north side, from Brock Avenue to a point 74 metres west;

-           north and south sides, from Dovercourt Road to a point 60 metres west;

-           south side, from Dufferin Street to a point 90 metres east;

-           north side, from Dufferin Street to a point 88 metres east;

-           north and south sides, from Dufferin Street to a point 90 metres west;

-           north and south sides, from a point 90 metres east to a point 90 metres west of Lansdowne Avenue; and

-           north and south sides, from a point 60 metres east to a point 60 metres west of Sheridan Avenue.

 

C.        received, for information, the recommendations of the Toronto and East York Community Council contained in Item TE20.65.

Transportation Services is reporting to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, at the request of City Council, on a proposal from Councillor Adam Giambrone to introduce parking machine/meter parking on the commercial flankage of each local street intersecting with Dundas Street West, between Dovercourt Road and Lansdowne Avenue.  The intent is to enhance parking opportunity for patrons of local businesses on Dundas Street West.

 

Parking is allowed on the local streets but used predominantly by permit parkers resulting in low turnover. Adoption of the proposal will remove these areas from the area permit parking allotment. A pay-control mechanism will be installed that is expected to promote parking turnover, enhancing a more equitable use of the parking areas. A total of 51 parking spaces are impacted by this proposal.

City Council on April 29 and 30, 2009, adopted the following:   1.         City Council refer the Item to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee for consideration at its meeting on June 3, 2009, in conjunction with the alternative proposal as provided in the memorandum (April 28, 2009) from the Manager, Traffic Operations, Toronto and East York District (attached).   2.         City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee at its meeting on June 3, 2009, for consideration with this Item, on opportunities for the addition or conversion of parking on those streets that connect with Dundas Street West in Ward 18; and the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee forward any recommendations that would impact connecting streets to the Toronto and East York Community Council.   3.         The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee consider, as background to this Item, the staff report dated November 9, 2007, titled "Impact of Changes to On-street Parking Regulations – Dundas Street West, between Dovercourt Road and Sterling Road".

 

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:
 

1.         City Council grant authorization to enter into an agreement with the Toronto Transit Commission with respect to construction and maintenance responsibilities for streetcar and light rail tracks and right-of-ways within the City's public highways, generally in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the draft agreement attached to this report.
 

2.         City Council refer this report to the Toronto Transit Commission for information.

 

3          The appropriate City and Toronto Transit Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

This report seeks City Council approval to update and replace previous pre-amalgamation agreements respecting streetcar/light rail track construction and maintenance responsibilities that existed between the TTC, the former Metropolitan Corporation and the former cities of Toronto and Etobicoke prior to January 1, 1998 with a new agreement in the form appended to this report.

 

The new agreement will help to clarify roles and formalize the division of TTC and City responsibilities from both a funding and an operational perspective.  This will ensure that many outstanding issues are better aligned with the current needs and practices.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council grant authority for funds in the amount of $21,280,410.00 net of GST to be reallocated to CPW029-04  Milliken Reservoir Ext-Construction from CPW018-4 - Plant Winterization & Summerization, CPW039-06 - Business & Tech. Improvements, CPW052-01- Pumping Equipment, CPW059-04 - Gerrard St WM – Construction, CPW067-02 - Switchgears - Phase 2 Construction and CPW532-02 - Automated Meter Reading System, as indicated in the table contained in the Financial Impact section of this report.

 

2.         Subject to the approval of Recommendation 1 above, award Contract 09FS-42WS, Tender Call 59-2009, for the Milliken Pumping Station and Reservoir Expansion to Bondfield Construction Company Limited, in the amount of $89,652,666.67, net of GST, having submitted the lowest bid meeting specifications in conformance with the Tender requirements.

 

3.         City Council grant authority to amend Purchase Order No. 6024199 professional services with Associated Engineering (Ontario) Ltd. for provision of general office administration and site supervision services during construction by an additional amount of $510,900.00 net of GST, for a revised total of $2,210,900.00 net of GST, and extend the purchase order expiry date to December 31, 2013.

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Tender Call 59-2009 issued for the Milliken Pumping Station and Reservoir Expansion in accordance with specifications and drawings as required by Technical Services; to request authority to award a contract to the recommended bidder; and to amend the purchase order for professional engineering services with Associated Engineering (Ontario) Ltd.  

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council amend Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of:

 

a.         substantially as set out in Attachment 1 to this report, to require as a condition of cut permit approval that location certificates be submitted by all applicants, including utilities, to the City of Toronto within 60 days of completion of construction by the applicant installing underground equipment, plant or structures within the road allowance, subject to such technical or stylistic amendments as may be required by the City Solicitor; and

 

              b.       to include a definition of location certificate.

 

2.         City Council amend attachment 1 to the report (May 19, 2009) from the Executive Director, Technical Services, by replacing references to “as-built drawings” with “location certificate” where appropriate.

 

3.         As set out in Attachment 1, any applicant who fails to provide the location certificate as required shall pay the City’s cost of preparing them and shall be ineligible, except in the case of emergency or to perform work where otherwise required by the City, for the issuance of further permits for the performance of work within the City street in respect of the particular equipment, plant or structure for which the location certificate is outstanding until these requirements are complied with or the City’s costs of preparing the location certificate have been paid by the applicant.

 

4.         The Executive Director of Technical Services and the General Manager of Transportation Services be authorized to define standards for location certificates consistent with Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA) best practices and the evolving CSA standard for the mapping of buried utilities.

 

5.         The appropriate City officials be authorized to implement the foregoing, including the introduction of the necessary bill.

 

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the long-term initiative to improve the management of subsurface space in the road allowance and request an amendment to the Municipal Code that would require as-built drawings as a condition of road cut permit approval.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The Dufferin Waste Management Facility be redeveloped as a showcase integrated diversion facility which will include the new material recovery facility recommended in 2 a) below and the new community recycling centre recommended in 3) below.

 

2.         The strategy for processing the estimated 360,000 tonnes per year of single stream recyclable material that is expected to be collected in the City’s Blue Box programs over the 20 year period 2012- 2032, include:

 

a.         a new material recovery facility with a processing capacity of 240,000 tonnes per year, to be developed at the City’s Dufferin Waste Management Site to replace the existing material recovery facility at that site; and

b.         a request for proposals for up to 120,000 tonnes per year of third party contracted processing capacity for a period of up to 10 years.

 

3.         A new community recycling centre be developed at the Dufferin Waste Management Facility which will include:

 

a.         a public-access reuse centre;

b.         a public drop-off depot to support diversion of recyclable materials not collected via the blue box and other City recycling programs, e.g. large scrap metal items, Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment and Household Hazardous Waste; and

c.         a processing facility for the durable goods material stream to separate items for reuse or recycling.

 

4.         The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, be authorized and directed to issue the appropriate procurement document to procure processing services for up to 120,000 tonnes per year of single stream recyclable material for a period of up to 10 years, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director of Purchasing and Materials Management.

 

5.         The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, be authorized and directed to issue a RFP to procure contracted professional services in support of the development of the master plan for the redevelopment of the Dufferin Waste Management Facility recommended in 1) above, which will require the consultant/professional to: 

 

a.         prepare a project plan for a staged redevelopment of the Dufferin Waste Management Facility;

b.         prepare a site plan addressing all future facilities and functions including the new material recovery facility and community recycling centre recommended in 2 a) and 3) above;

c.         conduct engineering studies and prepare final designs required for the construction of new, or modifications of existing, utility servicing, storm and sanitary sewers, roads, weigh scales, surface water management features etc., as required to implement the site plan design;

d.         prepare the appropriate procurement document, as determined by the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, to retain a contractor to construct the site plan design; and

e.         provide contract administration and construction supervision services during the construction of the site plan design.

 

6.         The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, be authorized and directed to issue a RFP to procure contracted professional services in support of the development of the 240,000 tonne per year material recovery facility recommended in 2 a) above, which will require the consultant/professional to: 

 

a.         conduct preliminary design studies required for the new material recovery facility and decommission the existing MRF and convert to maintenance / storage functions;

b.         conduct engineering studies required for the demolition of the existing building at #75 Vanley Crescent;

c.         prepare the appropriate procurement document, as determined by the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, to retain a contractor to demolish the existing building at #75 Vanley Crescent, to design, build and operate the new material recovery facility; and to decommission the existing material recovery facility and convert to maintenance / storage functions ; and

d.         provide contract administration and construction supervision services during the demolition of the existing building at #75 Vanley Crescent and during the design, construction and commissioning of the new material recovery facility and decommissioning of the existing material recovery facility and conversion to maintenance / storage functions.

 

7.         The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, be authorized and directed to issue a RFP to procure contracted professional services in support of the development of the new community recycling centre recommended in 3) above, which will require the consultant/professional to: 

 

a.         conduct preliminary design studies required for the community recycling centre;

b.         prepare the appropriate procurement document, as determined by the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, to retain a contractor to design and build the community recycling centre; and

c.         provide contract administration and construction supervision services during the design, construction and commissioning of the community recycling centre.

 

8.         Prior to issuing the procurement document described in recommendation 5 d) above, the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, report back to the SSO and Recycling Infrastructure Sub-Committee with key terms of the procurement document.

 

9.         Prior to issuing the procurement document described in recommendation 6 c) above, the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, report back to the SSO and Recycling Infrastructure Sub-Committee with key terms of the procurement document.

 

10.       Prior to issuing the procurement document described in recommendation 7 b) above, the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, report back to the SSO and Recycling Infrastructure Sub-Committee with key terms of the procurement document.

 

11.       The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, be authorized and directed to apply for funding from Waste Diversion Ontario, Stewardship Ontario and any other agency offering funding to offset any eligible  costs of the new material recovery facility or the community recycling centre or any other eligible work arising from the redevelopment of the Dufferin Waste Management Facility.

The purpose of this report is to: recommend a strategy for the redevelopment of the Dufferin Waste Management Facility; recommend a long-term plan to  process single stream recyclable material (SSRM) collected through the City's Blue Box Programs including the development of a  new City-owned material recovery facility and the eventual decommissioning of the existing material recovery facility; to recommend a plan to develop a new community recycling centre which will include a public drop-off depot and reuse centre and also a facility to process the durable goods material stream to separate items for reuse and recycling; and to obtain authority to issue requests for proposals to implement the strategy.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services to execute an Agreement with the Regional Municipality of York for the Disposal of municipal and commercial waste from the Region of York at the Green Lane Landfill, at the prices and on the material terms set out in Attachment “A”, and otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to enter into an amending agreement with Republic Services, Inc., Republic Services of Canada, Inc., Republic Services of Michigan I, LLC, doing business as Carleton Farms, and Republic Transportation Services of Canada, Inc. to change the Alternate Disposal Site from the Brent Run Landfill in Genesee County Michigan, to the Sauk Trail Hills Landfill in Wayne County Michigan, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee requested:

 

1.         the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water, to report back to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the City's authority to require industries, commercial and institutional establishments within the City of Toronto to implement Pollution Prevention Plans submitted in accordance with 681-5 of Chapter 681 of the Municipal Code;

 

2.         the Medical Officer of Health to investigate whether the Pollution Prevention (P2) Program reporting component of the Sewers By-law could be electronically incorporated into the Toronto Public Health electronic reporting system required under their Environmental Reporting and Disclosure By-law; and

 

3.         the General Manager, Toronto Water, to include the results of a survey of businesses using Best Management Practices as part of the 2009 Sewers By-law Compliance and Enforcement report.

This report provides a summary of the activities undertaken by Toronto Water in 2008 with respect to compliance and enforcement of the Municipal Code Chapter 681-Sewers (the “Sewers By-law”). This report also addresses Council’s request for the General Manager, Toronto Water to report on compliance plans under the Sewers By-law. 

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The General Manager, Toronto Water, be authorized to enter into a Sole Source agreement, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, with Harbourfront Corporation for the purpose of operating and supervising the in-water cleaning activities along the City of Toronto waterfront.  The agreement will cover a period of one year, with an option to renew for two additional one year periods.

This report requests authorization for the General Manager, Toronto Water, to enter into a Sole Source agreement with the Harbourfront Corporation for a period of one year, with an option to renew for two additional one year periods.  Under the agreement, the Harbourfront Corporation will continue to carry out in-water cleaning operations along the City of Toronto lakefront.

The purpose of this report is to submit the 2007/2008 Mediation Agreement Interim Compliance Report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee by the General Manager of Toronto Water on behalf of the Implementation and Compliance Monitoring Committee (ICMC).

 

The Interim Compliance Report summarizes the ICMC’s concerns with respect to the implementation of the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Environmental Assessment Mediation Agreement and provides a set of responses for each concern raised in an attachment to this report. Toronto Water is committed to the implementation of these plans and to completing the few remaining tasks in order to fulfill the commitments contained within the Mediation Agreement.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to finalize negotiations with, enter into and execute any necessary amending agreement(s) with Veolia Water Canada, Inc. (“Veolia”), on terms and conditions based on the Term Sheet outlined in Attachment 1 of this report and otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor in relation to the following agreements between the parties:

 

a.         the Operation, Maintenance and Pellet Marketing Services Agreement made on September 27, 2007 (the “OM&M Agreement”);

 

b.         the Services Agreement for the design and construction of the Pelletizer Facility located at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (the “Services Agreement”); and/or

 

c.         the Amendment to the Services Agreement effective August 21, 2003 (the “Amendment”).

 

2.         Subject to the adoption of Recommendation 1, City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to pay a Per Tonne Price amount, as defined in the OM&M Agreement, for the pellet production generated by Veolia at the Pelletizer Facility for the period commencing December 20, 2008 and ending on the effective date of the amending agreement(s) cited in Recommendation 1.

 

3.         Subject to the adoption of Recommendation 2, City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to enter into and execute a Letter Amendment to the OM&M Agreement with Veolia, if necessary, to give effect to Recommendation 2 on terms and conditions satisfactory to him and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to seek Council approval and authority to enter into and execute any necessary amending agreement(s) with Veolia Water Canada, Inc. on the terms and conditions outlined in this report.  The full time operation of the Pelletizer Facility located at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (the “ABTP”) has been hindered by recent developments detailed in this report.

 

Secondary Testing of the Pelletizer Facility was completed on December 19, 2008.   The results indicate that the facility does not at this time process the 25,000 dry tonnes per year of pellets that is required under the City’s Services Agreement with Veolia for the design and construction of the Pelletizer Facility.

 

The Pelletizer Facility is now in production and, despite several equipment malfunctions, appears capable of processing biosolids at a rate of between 15,000 and 18,000 dry tonnes per year.  Toronto Water has put in place alternative plans to beneficially use and/or dispose of the biosolids that the Pelletizer Facility is unable to process.

 

Toronto Water has been in negotiations with Veolia to amend certain business terms within the Services Agreement for the design and construction of the Pelletizer Facility and the Operations, Maintenance and Pellet Marketing Agreement (the “OM&M Agreement”).   Negotiations have produced tentative agreement amendments, subject to Council approval, to allow for the full time operation of the facility to commence on a reduced production rate basis under the OM&M Agreement.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         The General Manager, Toronto Water, be authorized to finalize negotiations, enter into and execute an Energy Services Agreement with Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc., on terms and conditions based on the commercial principles outlined in Attachment 1, and otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

 

2.         Subject to the adoption of Recommendation 1, the General Manager be authorized to negotiate, enter into and execute any other related agreement(s) as may be necessary to give effect to Recommendation 1 on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to obtain City Council authority to finalize negotiations with Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. (“THESI”) and enter into an Energy Services Agreement between the City and THESI on terms and conditions based on the commercial principles outlined in Attachment 1 for the implementation of an 8.2 megawatt (“MW”) Cogeneration Facility, capable of being increased to 10 MW, utilizing biogas generated at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (the “Cogeneration Facility”).  

 

THESI proposes to design, construct, own and operate the Cogeneration Facility which would generate electricity and thermal energy to be located within the City’s Transportation Services yard at 7 Leslie Street.   It is proposed that the City and THESI enter into an Energy Services Agreement pursuant to which THESI would purchase from the City, and the Cogeneration Facility would use, as a fuel source, biogas produced at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (the “ABTP”) and the City would purchase thermal energy produced by the Cogeneration Facility and receive the benefit of standby electricity generation capacity for the operation of the ABTP.  The Cogeneration Facility is expected to provide green energy, emergency power for the ABTP and reduce CO₂ emissions.

 

City staff have previously been authorized by City Council, subject to a report back to Committee, to negotiate with THESI, on a sole source basis, the development of this Cogeneration Facility at the ABTP in accordance with conditions directed by Council at its meeting on March 3, 4 and 5 of 2008 and, specifically, THESI agreeing to, among other things, City ownership of any resultant emissions credits not required to be provided to the Ontario Power Authority (the “OPA”).

This report responds to a request by City Council to report on options to assist with downspout disconnection, the quantity of impervious area in the Basement Flooding Study areas, a suggestion to involve the community in catch basin cleaning and establishing a priority response for extreme basement flooding.

This report provides an update on the progress made in contingency planning and in advancing the work required to address the damaged section of the Coxwell Sanitary Trunk Sewer (the “CSTS”).

 

Preliminary work indicates a permanent by-pass is the preferred option, though this remains dependant on the results of the geotechnical studies that are expected to be completed in late June 2009.  The permanent by-pass, if that is the chosen option, will be implemented as expeditiously as possible.  As work considering by-pass options progresses, emergency measures to control discharge of sewage and mitigate environmental impacts in the event the CSTS was to fail, are being implemented; and the technical feasibility and limitations of implementing temporary by-pass/treatment options in advance of the construction of the permanent by-pass are also being assessed.

The Toronto Pedestrian Committee on May 19, 2009, considered a matter entitled "Motorized Bicycles on Sidewalks" and forwarded its recommendations to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee referred the letter (April 24, 2009) from the Etobicoke York Community Council to Deputy City Manager Richard Butts for consideration as soon as possible.

The Etobicoke York Community Council on April 21, 2009, referred the following motion from Councillor Palacio to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

 

1.         That the Deputy City Manager, in consultation with the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission, with input from the Chief, Toronto Fire Services, report back to the June 3, 2009 meeting of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, with further details of fire vehicle access along the St. Clair Right-of-Way within the Etobicoke York District.

 

2.         That the report include a detailed analysis of the project as it pertains to the Etobicoke York District identified in Deputy Chief Bob Leek’s April 9, 2008 report, including precise current and projected emergency response times along St. Clair Avenue West and a point by point response to the concerns raised including curb heights, access for emergency vehicles on and off the exclusive right-of-way and the drivability on the right-of-way in emergency situations.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1          City Council approve the installation of bicycle lanes on the following roadways:

 

a.         Bellamy Road North, from Porchester Drive to Brimorton Drive;

b.         Bloor Street West, from Mill Road to Beamish Drive;

c.         Brock Avenue, from a point 25 metres north of Seaford Avenue to Florence Street;

d.         Crescent Town Road, from Dawes Road to Victoria Park Avenue;

e.         Huntingwood Drive, from Victoria Park Avenue to Birchmount Road;

f.          Lansdowne Avenue, from Rideau Avenue to Dundas Street West;

g.         Moore Avenue, from Welland Avenue to Bayview Avenue;

h.         Rathburn Road, from Mimico Creek to Islington Avenue;

i.          The Westway, from Martin Grove Road to Royal York Road; and

j.          Trethewey Drive, from Jane Street to Black Creek Drive.

 

2.         City Council approve the installation of contra-flow bicycle lanes on the following roadways:

 

a.         Argyle Street, from Northcote Avenue to Lisgar Street, from Dovercourt Road to Ossington Avenue, and from Shaw Street to Givins Street;

b.         Bellwoods Avenue, from a point 90 metres north of Queen Street West to Robinson Street;

c.         Glen Cedar Road, from Dewbourne Avenue to Eglinton Avenue West;

d.         Fermanagh Avenue, from Roncesvalles Avenue to Sorauren Avenue;

e.         Florence Street, from Brock Avenue to Sheridan Avenue;

f.          Gladstone Avenue, from Waterloo Avenue to Argyle Street;

g.         Havelock Street, from Lindsey Avenue to Dewson Street;

h.         Lindsey Avenue, from Brock Avenue to Dufferin Street;

i.          Maitland Place, from Jarvis Street to a point 100 metres west of Homewood Avenue;

j.          Shaw Street, from Dundas Street West to Harbord Street;

h.         Waterloo Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Gladstone Avenue.

 

3.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to develop and implement the detailed design for the above noted bicycle lanes, including amendments to traffic and parking regulations, in consultation with the Ward Councillors.

 

4.         City Council approve amendments to the existing bicycle lanes on Rogers Road, from Old Weston Road to Oakwood Avenue, and amend the associated parking regulations in consultation with the Ward Councillors.

 

               a.      to provide parking on the south side of the road, between Blackthorn Avenue and Bronoco Avenue;

               b.      to relocate the parking from the north side of Rogers Road, between Nairn Avenue and Earlscourt Avenue, to the south side of the roadway; and

               c.      to relocate the parking from the south side of Rogers Road, between Chambers Avenue and Rosethorn Avenue, to the north side of the roadway.

 

5.         City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to complete the remaining sections of the bike facility along sections of the Hydro Corridor within Ward 17 in 2009, starting from the ravine south of Keele Street and Lavender Road to Ossington Avenue and connecting it with the Hydro Corridor, subject to final approvals by Hydro One and the Ontario Realty Corporation, wherever necessary.

 

6.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction of all necessary bills.

The purpose of this report is to obtain authority for installing 24.1 kilometres of new bicycle lanes which will form part of the Toronto Bike Plan – 2009 Bikeway Network Program.

 

In addition, authority is sought to amend the existing bicycle lanes installed last year on Rogers Road, from Old Weston Road to Oakwood Avenue, and amend the associated parking regulations, at the request of the Ward Councillors.

 

The affected Ward Councillors have been consulted regarding the bicycle lanes proposed in their respective Wards. The T.T.C has been consulted regarding the bicycle lanes proposed for streets with T.T.C. bus routes.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to undertake negotiations with the Public Bicycle System Company, as the sole respondent to the City’s Request for Expressions of Interest which was pre-qualified as a potential vendor capable of offering a public bicycle system not dependant on advertising within the street right-of-way, to develop a proposal to implement and operate a Toronto public bicycle system at no cost to the City and, if successful, to report back in Fall 2009 on a proposed draft agreement, in order to launch a public bicycle system in Spring 2010.

 

2.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

Transportation Services is seeking authority to enter into negotiations with the Public Bicycle System Company to develop a detailed business plan for launching and operating a Toronto public bicycle system at no cost to the City. If successful, Transportation Services will report back in Fall 2009 on a proposed draft agreement, in order to launch the public bicycle system in Spring 2010.

The Toronto Bike Plan makes recommendations for improving cycling conditions and encouraging cycling in six key program areas: building bicycle friendly streets policies; expanding the bikeway network; improving bicycle safety; promoting cycling for everyday travel; providing secure bicycle parking; and improving the links between cycling and transit. Progress has been made in implementing the Bike Plan’s recommendations in all six program areas.

 

Since the Bike Plan was adopted by City Council in 2001 there have been a number of important new cycling-related developments in the City and new bicycle planning trends in North American cities. In response to the experience of the first seven years of the Bike Plan’s implementation and these new trends, this report presents six new strategic directions for achieving the Bike Plan’s goals for the period 2009-11.

 

The Bike Plan new directions are to:

 

-           launch a Toronto Public Bicycle System by Spring 2010;

-           expand the downtown bikeways to support the Public Bicycle System;

-           accelerate construction of the Bikeway Network trails;

-           expand high-security bicycle parking facilities;

-           develop a comprehensive research and evaluation program; and

-           develop a new promotion and communications strategy.