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.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

1.         In accordance with Section 195-14C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code (Purchasing), awarded Contract 09FS-66WP, Tender Call 214-2009 for the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (ABTP), D Building Upgrade in the amount of $85,130,380.80 net of GST and HST Recoveries, to Kenaidan Contracting Ltd., having submitted the lowest bid meeting specifications in conformance with the Tender requirements.

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Tender Call 214-2009 issued for the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant, D Building Upgrade in accordance with specifications and drawings as required by Technical Services and to request authority to award a contract to the recommended bidder.

The purpose of this report is:

a.         To explain the reasons why the City incurred additional repair costs at the location of a storm sewer failure and road collapse that happened in July 2009 on Finch Avenue West between Dufferin Street and Wilmington Avenue after incurring repair costs on permanent remedial measures following a previous road collapse in the same vicinity in 1980.

b.         To present the feasibility of sharing the costs of the remedial work with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

1.         received for information the report (March 31, 2010) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Chair, Residual Waste Working Group; and

2.         received the presentation by the Residual Waste Working Group Chair.

The Residual Waste Working Group (“RWWG”) Terms of Reference, approved by City Council in November 2007, require an annual status report submitted jointly with the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services.  This annual report summarizes RWWG work and activities in 2009.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee deferred consideration of Item PW32.4 to its next meeting on May 18, 2010, for public participation and debate.

This report is in response to a Councillor Notice of Motion related to mandating gas stations and auto service centres to recycle.  The report sets out why the City should take no action at this time in expanding recycling requirements to gas stations and auto service centres located in Toronto in light of the current Provincial review of the Waste Diversion Act, 2002.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager of Solid Waste Management Services to negotiate and execute an agreement for a formal rate with Miller Waste Systems for the collection of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) material from the multi-residential locations that receive front-end collection service on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, provided that the prices shall not exceed the fees identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 31, 2010) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services.  The rate will be negotiated in approximately 12 months, at which time sufficient data on actual volumes collected and resources required will be available to facilitate negotiation of a set per tonne rate for the collection of WEEE.

2.         City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 31, 2010) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, once the appropriate agreement resulting from approval of Recommendation 1 is finalized to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

3.         City Council direct the 3-1-1 Project Management Office, in consultation with the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to expedite the updates to the 3‑1‑1 system that are necessary to implement the roll-out of a Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection service to multi-residential locations in Toronto.

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the results of the 2009 Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste (MHSW) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection pilot in multi-residential locations and to provide information on WEEE program roll-out to all multi-residential locations in Toronto.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council increase the general no stopping prohibition at all times to within 15 metres on the approach side to a Pedestrian Crossover (PXO) at all PXOs located on a major or minor arterial roadway in the City of Toronto and at all PXO locations located on a local or collector roadway in the City of Toronto where signs are posted in accordance with Recommendation 2.

2.         City Council authorize the General Manager of Transportation Services to post signs to prohibit stopping at all times within 15 metres on the approach side to a Pedestrian Crossover (PXO) at any PXO located on a collector or local roadway in the City of Toronto where the General Manager of Transportation Services determines through investigation that:

a.         The 85th percentile speed of traffic approaching the PXO is equal to or greater than 50 kilometres per hour; or

b.         The 85th percentile speed of traffic approaching the PXO is less than 50 kilometres per hour and the sight line stopping distance in advance of the PXO is less than 60 metres.

3.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager of Transportation Services, to prepare and submit the appropriate Bill(s) to Council to give effect thereto.

This report seeks approval from City Council to prohibit stopping within 15 metres of a “Pedestrian Crossover” (PXO), on the approach side to the crosswalk, at all pedestrian crossover locations on major and minor arterial roads to enhance operational safety, as outlined in staff reports and approved by City Council in 2006. 

City Council also is being requested to prohibit stopping within 15 metres of a PXO, on the approach side to the crosswalk at PXO locations on collector and local roads where an authorized sign is posted indicating such prohibition and delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, the authority to post such signs where the General Manager has determined, using the criteria outlined in this report, that the operational characteristics of the road and/or advance sight lines between motorists and pedestrians are less than satisfactory to ensure safe operation of the PXO.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council delegate to the Toronto Police Services Board the authority to regulate parades on highways in the City of Toronto and to prevent the obstruction of highways during parades, including the authority to issue permits for parades.

2.         City Council request that the Toronto Police Services Board, in carrying out its delegated authority pursuant to Recommendation 1 above, act by way of by-law and that such by-law be drafted by the Toronto Police Services Board in consultation with the General Manager of Transportation Services.

To report on the regulation of parades and to seek Council authority to delegate to the Toronto Police Services Board the authority to regulate parades and issue permits for them.  Historically, the Toronto Police Service has issued parade permits pursuant to By‑law No. 71, being a by-law "To regulate parades on highways, and for preventing the obstruction thereof during parades or public demonstrations".  The authority for By-law No. 71 was previously contained in section 235, paragraph 1 of the former Municipal Act, which paragraph authorized boards of commissioners of police to pass by-laws for the regulation of parades and processions, preventing the obstructions of highways during public processions or public demonstrations and various other matters involving traffic and use of roads.  However, when Municipal Act, 2001 came into force, repealing the old Municipal Act, it did not contain a similar authority.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council declare the public bicycle program to be a municipal capital facility related to the provision of a transportation system and recreational facilities for City purposes and public use pursuant to Section 252 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, and pass a by-law to authorize the entering into of an agreement for the provision of the facility, and request that the City Clerk give notice of the municipal capital facility by-law as required under the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

2.         City Council authorize staff to negotiate and finalize an agreement with Public Bike System Company (PBSC) for the supply and operation of a public bicycle program for a term of approximately ten years based on the terms and conditions as contained in the Attachment to the report (April 1, 2010) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, and including such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, the City Solicitor and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

3.         City Council grant authority to provide to the Public Bike System Company's financial institution a capital loan guarantee in the amount of $4,800,000.00 (inclusive of all interest costs payable by PBSC), for a ten year term commencing on November 30, 2010 until November 30, 2020, on the following conditions:

a.         In accordance with the City's Capital Loan and Line of Credit Guarantee Policy, the City shall enter into a tri-party agreement with PBSC and its financial institution, in respect of the recommended capital loan guarantee;

b.         The guarantee and all related agreements be secured in accordance with the proposed Terms of Agreement attached to the report (April 1, 2010) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, and with any additional terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, and that the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be requested to negotiate appropriate and adequate safeguards, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

c.          The Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be authorized to reduce the loan guarantee as the loan is paid off;

d.         PBSC provides the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer with their 2011 to 2020, inclusive, audited financial statements when they become available; and

e.         The capital loan guarantee be deemed to be in the interest of the municipality.

4.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to relocate and adjust bicycle station locations, where necessary, in consultation with the Toronto Parking Authority, Parks Forestry and Recreation and other affected parties.

5.         City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the Budget Committee in time for the 2012 Operating Budget process to include future year costs related to theft and vandalism within its operating budget targets, if necessary.

6.         City Council authorize staff to provide Public Bike System Company with reasonable access to  available means by which the public bicycle program may be promoted at locations and in media that are controlled by the City, including the City website, newsletters, bulletins, bulletin boards, direct mailings and signage.

7.         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 Manager, Cycling Infrastructure and Programs, Transportation Services, gave a presentation to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the Proposed Public Bicycle Program.

The purpose of this report is to advise City Council on the outcome of negotiations with Public Bike System Company (PBSC), as directed by Council, to provide, install, operate and maintain a public bicycle program for Toronto.

City Council, at its meeting on August 5 and 6, 2009, authorized staff to negotiate an agreement with PBSC to implement and operate a Toronto public bicycle program “at no cost to the City.” During negotiations with PBSC, it became clear that the City would need to share the financial risk with PBSC to ensure the viability of the project.

City staff and PBSC have negotiated the draft terms of an agreement whereby PBSC would enter into a 10-year agreement with the City to be launched May 1, 2011.  When the program is deployed, Torontonians and visitors would have access to 1,000 bicycles via 80 fully automated and conveniently located “bicycle parking stations” in the downtown area during the first year of operation with the potential to expand the system to other areas in the future.  PBSC would be responsible for the $4.8 million capital investment to manufacture and install the public bicycle infrastructure and for the operation of the program, and the estimated $1.3 million average annual operating cost. In return, the City would provide a loan guarantee to assist PBSC in securing favourable financing.  The City would be responsible for the cost of replacing the bicycles and stations due to vandalism and theft in excess of a six percent threshold.

The proposed agreement between the City and PBSC provides Toronto with a significant program which aligns well with the City's sustainable transportation and environmental objectives, with minimal cost or financial risk. The draft terms of agreement are very favourable to the City in comparison to other cities around the world with similar public bicycle programs.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

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

a.         Bay Street, from Queens Quay West to Front Street West and from Dundas Street West to College Street;

b.         Lansdowne Avenue, from Bloor Street West to Dupont Street;

c.          Rathburn Road, from Mimico Creek to Kipling Avenue;

d.          Spadina Crescent, from Spadina Avenue South to Spadina Avenue North;

e.         York Mills Road, from Scarsdale Road to Lesmill Road;

f.           Westhumber Boulevard, from Martin Grove Road to Kipling Avenue; and

g.         Ellis Avenue, from Morningside Avenue to The Queensway.

2.         City Council approve modifications to the existing bicycle lanes on Annette Street between Runnymede Road and Westholme Avenue, and between Beresford Avenue and Runnymede Road, to provide additional parking along the north and south sides of the street, respectively.

3.         City Council approve modifications to the existing bicycle lanes on Pharmacy Avenue, to move the start of the bicycle lanes from a point 30 metres south of Alvinston Road to Alvinston Road.

4.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to undertake a pilot project to install and evaluate protected bicycle lanes on University Avenue and Queens Park Crescent between Queen Street West and Wellesley Street West / Hoskin Avenue, for a period not to exceed 12 weeks between July and September 30, 2010, in consultation with the Ward Councillors and a Stakeholder Advisory Group established for the sole purpose of the pilot project.

5.         City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the results of the evaluation of the University Avenue/Queens Park Crescent protected bicycle lane pilot project.

6.         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.

7.         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 Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

1.          deferred the installation of bicycle lanes on Brunswick Avenue, from College Street to Bloor Street West, for further community consultation.

2.          requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the following proposals for the installation of a bike network in the downtown core:

a.         separated bicycle lanes on the west side of Sherbourne Street from Elm Avenue in Rosedale, just north of the Sherbourne Street bridge, all the way to Queens Quay;

b.         creating the above separated bicycle lanes as a continuous (i.e. no gaps) network, protected from traffic by bollards and with bicycle traffic signals, like in Holland, where required;

c.          commiting to snow removal from this core network of bicycle lanes and the adjacent sidewalks;

d.         a timetable for completion of the East Don Regional Trail for inclusion in the capital budget; and

e.         other options for expanding the bike network while improving bike safety:

-            through separation of bikes on roadways by allowing bikes on sidewalks; and

-           looking at other jurisdictions where this is done, such as Seattle, and consider a pilot project.

3.         referred the submission (April 20, 2010) from Yvonne Bambrick, Executive Director, Toronto Cyclists Union, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, for consideration as part of the 2011 Bikeway Network Program.

4.          requested the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on a reporting system to collect data on cycling/pedestrian conflicts.

The Manager, Cycling Infrastructure and Programs, Transportation Services, gave a presentation to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the 2010 Bikeway Network Program. 

The Transportation Services Division's 2010 Bikeway Network Program focuses on expanding both the on-street bikeways in the downtown area and the off-street bikeway trails in the North York and Scarborough Districts. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the 2010 Bikeway Network Program; to obtain authority for installing several new bicycle lanes; and to make minor modifications to the existing bicycle lanes on Annette Street and Pharmacy Avenue.  In addition, Transportation Services is seeking authority to undertake a pilot project to install and evaluate protected bicycle lanes on University Avenue and Queen's Park Crescent, between Richmond Street West and Wellesley Street West / Hoskin Avenue.

The affected Ward Councillors have been consulted regarding the bicycle lanes proposed in their respective Wards.

The Toronto Pedestrian Committee on February 16, 2010, considered a presentation by Mike Brady, Manager, Traffic Safety Unit, Transportation Services, regarding the Pedestrian Collision Summary Report – January 1 to March 31, 2009, and submitted recommendations to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.

The Toronto Pedestrian Committee on March 2, 2010, considered a presentation by Bruce Zvaniga, Manager, Traffic Control and Safety Systems, Transportation Services, regarding traffic control signal operations and submitted recommendations to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.