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City of Toronto Council and Committees |
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All Council and Committee documents are available from the City of Toronto Clerk's office. Please e-mail clerk@city.toronto.on.ca.
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OUTSTANDING ITEMS
JANUARY, 1997 TO DECEMBER, 1997
FORMER METROPOLITAN CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE
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Minute # |
24 |
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Meeting Date |
February 19, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Rouge Park Trail Development and Management Plan. |
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The Committee:
(1) directed that the Acting Commissioner of Parks and Culture be advised of the Committee's strong support for the following:
(a) an east-west on-road connection across the Rouge Park for cyclists;
(b) the provision of 15 to 30 kilometres of trails suitable for mountain bikes in Rouge Park;
(c) improvements to the Meadowvale bicycle path and road crossing design;
(d) paved shoulders on Plug Hat and Beare Roads suitable for use by cyclists;
(e) the installation of bicycle racks in Rouge Park parking lots, including those at Twyn Rivers and Rouge Beach;
(f) improved directional signage throughout the Park; and
(g) the installation of seasonal lockers; and
(2) requested that the Acting Commissioner submit a report to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee on the feasibility thereof.
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Minute # |
32 |
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Meeting Date |
February 19, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Bicycle Racks for Buses. |
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The Committee requested the Commissioner of Transportation to design the pamphlet respecting the exemption of bicycles from various regulations in consultation with members of the Security, Safety and Education Sub-Committee and to allow the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee final review of such pamphlet prior to its printing and distribution. |
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Minute # |
35 |
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Meeting Date |
April 1, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Shared Issues and Possible Joint Programs. |
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The Committee and the Toronto City Cycling Committee established a Working Group to draft a governance plan proposal which will ensure the interests of cyclists and pedestrians are supported and strengthened within the structure of the new City of Toronto; and requested:
(1) the Working Group to:
(i) forward its draft of the governance plan proposal to the existing Cycling Committees for review and comment within one month's time, for subsequent endorsement by their respective Councils; and
(ii) explore, in consultation with Ms. Lesley Wood, Co-Coordinator of Bike to Work Week, the feasibility of announcing the governance plan proposal during Bike to Work Week;
(2) Councillor Jack Layton, Chair, Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee, and Councillor Dan Leckie, Co-Chair, Toronto City Cycling Committee, to review the suggestions put forth at the joint meeting for a major route enhancement or development, and to prepare a priority listing for further discussion and subsequent public promotion;
(3) Mr. Phil Piltch, Chair of the Security, Safety and Education Sub-Committee, and Mr. Steve Beiko, Member of the Toronto City Cycling Committee, to develop strategies for enhancing public education with respect to effective and safe cycling, as well as the expansion of CAN-BIKE training courses throughout Metropolitan Toronto, including the possibility for a CAN-BIKE course for seniors, and submit a report thereon to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee and the Toronto City Cycling Committee;
(4) Mr. Alan Burke, Chair, Transit Integration Sub-Committee, to convene a meeting with the following individuals to discuss the development of a community outreach plan for the promotion of cycling issues such as skills training, cycling in abandoned rail and hydro corridors, and multi-modal commuting:
- Mr. Dan Egan, Policy Planner, Toronto City Cycling Committee;
- Mr. Peter Duckworth-Pilkington, Community Bicycle Network; and
- Ms. Marlene Van Laetham, Member, Toronto City Cycling Committee; and
(5) Ms. Joan Doiron, Member of the Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee, to explore with representatives of the Cities of Etobicoke and Scarborough, the feasibility of establishing a cycling and pedestrian committee in their respective cities, and to extend the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee's offer to co-sponsor their initial meetings.
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Minute # |
46 |
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Meeting Date |
April 16, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Report of the Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee. |
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The Committee referred the matters of the "Pedestrian Bill of Rights" and the request to the Environment and Public Space Committee respecting Metro Parks leaflets replacing driving instructions with details of transit, bike parking-rentals, and other information on environmentally sound recreation and transportation, back to the Pedestrian Issues Sub Committee for further consideration with a request that the Sub-Committee submit recommendations thereon to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee. |
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Minute # |
52 |
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Meeting Date |
May 15, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
In-Line Skating Review -Transportation Association of Canada Report. |
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The Committee requested totten sims hubicki associates to forward the Phase II In-line Skating Report to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee, through the Metro Transportation Department, as soon as possible after it has received final approval by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC). |
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Minute # |
61 |
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Meeting Date |
June 25, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Rights and Privileges of Pedestrians at Unprotected Road Crossing. |
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The Committee referred the communication (May 13, 1997) from the City Clerk, City of Burlington to the Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee for report thereon to the next meeting of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee to be held on August 6, 1997, respecting a petition to the Minister of Transportation to review the rights and privileges of pedestrians at unprotected road crossings in Ontario. |
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Minute # |
66 |
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Meeting Date |
June 25, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Outstanding Matters Raised by the Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee (Reduction of Car Use During Smog Days). |
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The Committee requested the Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee to research mechanisms for the progressive reduction of car use during smog days which may have been implemented in other cities, and submit a report thereon to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee.
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Minute # |
75 |
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Meeting Date |
August 6, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Planning and Transportation Committee
- Treatment of Widened Curb Lanes |
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Planning and Transportation Committee on July 29, 1997 received a report dated June 20, 1997 from the Commissioner of Transportation responding to a request of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee re widening curb lanes to accommodate cyclists.
Request of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee will be specifically addressed in the study program proposed in the "Discussion Paper Regarding Ways of Improving Speed Limit Compliance on Metro Roads".
Results will appear in a future report together with the results of the consultation effort. |
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Minute # |
78 |
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Meeting Date |
August 6, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Report of the Security, Safety and Education Sub-Committee |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee that the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), be requested to submit a report to the Planning and Transportation Committee on the implementation of a public awareness campaign whenever there are changes made to roads, such as the addition of a bicycle lane, and further that TTC drivers be instructed, where a bicycle lane exists, to utilize such lane to pick-up and drop-off passengers.
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Minute # |
80 |
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Meeting Date |
August 6, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Consistency of Cycling Provisions in Area Municipal Zoning By-laws |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee that the Acting Commissioner of Planning be requested to review the adequacy of cycling provisions in the City of Toronto's Zoning By-law in relation to the Zoning By-laws of the other Area Municipalities and report thereon to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee. |
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Minute # |
83 |
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Meeting Date |
August 6, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Response from the Network Planning Sub-Committee to "Discussion Paper on Improving Speed Limit Compliance on Metropolitan Roads". |
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The Committee:
(1) referred the communications from Mr. Jack Becker (July 20, 1997) and Mr. Phil Piltch (July 17, 1997) to the Commissioner of Transportation for inclusion in his forthcoming report on this matter; and
(2) requested the Commissioner of Transportation to contact the City of Guelph regarding the issue of motor vehicle speed on the road to the University of Guelph before and after bicycle lanes were installed.
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Minute # |
84 |
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Meeting Date |
August 6, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Bicycle Path - Ontario Hydro Corridor Lands. |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee:
(1) that the Planning and Building Committee of The Corporation of the City of Scarborough be requested:
(a) to include a continuous bicycle path for the future use of the full length of the Ontario Hydro Corridor lands parallel to Warden Avenue from McNicoll Avenue to Lawrence Avenue; and
(b) to give consideration to installing a paved path and not a soft material pathway system in order to facilitate in-line skaters and wheelchair users, and to not limit the use of the pathway in the wet period of spring and fall; and
(2) that this matter be forwarded to the City of Scarborough Planning and Building Committee for its meeting scheduled to be held on September 4, 1997.
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Minute # |
87 |
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Meeting Date |
August 6, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
The Effect of Provincial and Municipal Budgetary Cutbacks on Recycling Initiatives. |
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The Committee requested the Security, Safety and Education Sub-Committee to review the matter of the possible increase in broken glass on Metropolitan roads and sidewalks due to provincial and municipal cutbacks to recycling programs and to report thereon to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee. |
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Minute # |
91 |
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Meeting Date |
September 17, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee Issues - "Discussion Paper on Improving Speed Limit Compliance on Metropolitan Roads". |
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The Committee had before it communication (September 4, 1997) from the Metropolitan Clerk advising that the Planning and Transportation Committee at its meeting held on September 3, 1997, referred the Committee Transmittal (August 7, 1997) from the Metropolitan Clerk embodying the following recommendations adopted by the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee at its meeting held on August 6, 1997, to the Commissioner of Transportation with a request that he give consideration thereto in the preparation of the previously requested report, due in December, 1997, on the results of various tests and the consultation effort with respect to improving speed limit compliance on Metropolitan roads:
(1) a major public education program be initiated and implemented to counter the social acceptability of speeding and to make zero tolerance of driver misbehaviour the norm in Metro Toronto;
(2) the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board and other concerned community institutions be requested to make this zero tolerance of speed fully realizable;
(3) the necessary steps be taken to ensure that Metropolitan-owned vehicles (including transit buses on suburban routes) set an example to the public by never speeding;
(4) a vehicle number and a telephone number be prominently displayed on all Metropolitan-owned vehicles to provide an opportunity for public comment; and
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Minute # |
96 |
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Meeting Date |
September 17, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Status Update on the Final Report of the Toronto Transit Commission Bike and Ride Study; Bicycle Racks for Buses Pilot Projects. |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee that:
(1) the Toronto Transit Commission, GO Transit and the appropriate Metropolitan Officials, be requested to submit a report to the appropriate committee of the New City of Toronto Council on methods of promoting the use of bicycles in the suburbs as a convenient means of accessing subway and rapid transit stations; and
(2) the Toronto Transit Commission be requested to submit a report to the appropriate committee of the New City of Toronto Council on the feasibility of providing safe indoor bicycle parking at transit stations that would allow parking overnight.
The Committee also requested the Transit Integration Sub-Committee to submit a report to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee on:
(a) a more expedient method to revise the hours in which bicycles are permitted to travel on the subway, other than through an amendment to the Toronto Transit Commission's By-law No. 1, Item 17, which requires Ontario Municipal Board approval;
(b) the feasibility of permitting bicycles on Toronto Transit Commission vehicles travelling in the non-peak direction during peak periods on the University Subway Line, north of Dupont Station;
(c) the feasibility of providing bicycle parking locations at transit stops; and
(d) the provision of bicycle parking at the Sheppard Subway Station which ensures safe and easy access and egress.
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The Planning and Transportation Committee on November 25, 1997 (Clause No. 12 of Report No. 21) recommended to Council for its meeting on December 10, 1997, that Recommendations Nos. (1) and (2) be adopted. |
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Minute # |
97 |
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Meeting Date |
September 17, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Investigation of Bicycle Fatalities by the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee and Metropolitan Council that the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto be requested to:
(1) conduct a full inquest into recent cyclist deaths in order to fully air the circumstances and to establish prevention strategies;
(2) advance, on an interim basis while the inquest is being prepared and conducted, all recommendations respecting cycling fatalities, including those contained in the brief dated June 17, 1997, from Metropolitan Toronto and the City of Toronto, the following recommendations of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee, and other cycling groups, in order that work to prevent further cycling deaths can proceed immediately;
(3) recommend immediately:
(a) to the Toronto Transition Team that a cycling and pedestrian committee including citizens, interest groups and elected Councillors be incorporated into the design of the new megacity decision-making structure and that this committee be adequately staffed in order to be able to effectively pursue cycling and pedestrian safety initiatives;
(b) to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board that improved liaison be established with the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee to pursue a wide range of joint initiatives; and
(c) to the appropriate Committee of the New City of Toronto Council that a complete system of bicycle lanes be developed and that education programs for cyclists and motorists be planned to target certain key groups such as truck and other large vehicle drivers;
(4) replace the word "accident" with the word "collision" in all reports and recommendations of the Regional Coroner; and
(5) include the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee in the consultation process and any other processes that are recommended.
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Minute # 97 (Cont'd.) |
The Planning and Transportation Committee on November 25, 1997 (Clause No. 2 of Report No. 21) recommended to Council for its meeting on December 10, 1997, that:
(1) Recommendations Nos. (1), (3)(b) and (4) be adopted;
(2) Recommendations Nos. (2) and (3)(c) be referred to the appropriate Standing Committee of the new City of Toronto Council;
(3) Council endorse Recommendation No. (3)(a) and refer it to the appropriate Standing Committee of the new City of Toronto Council; and
(4) Recommendation No. (5) be received; and
(5) a copy of this Clause be forwarded to the Transition Team for information.
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Minute # |
98 |
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Meeting Date |
September 17, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Right-Hand Turns on Red Lights. |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee that:
(1) the Commissioner of Transportation be requested to submit a report to the appropriate committee of the new City of Toronto Council on the feasibility and the impact of enacting legislation to prohibit motorists from making right turns on red lights; and
(2) the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service be requested to give a higher priority to the enforcement of that section of the Highway Traffic Act which requires motorists to stop and yield before making a right turn on a red light.
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Planning and Transportation Committee on November 25, 1997 (Clause No. 11 of Report No. 21) recommended to Council for its meeting on December 10, 1997, that Recommendation No. (2) be adopted. |
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Minute # |
103 |
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Meeting Date |
October 29, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Cycling Network Plan - System-wide Grid of Bicycle Facilities |
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Draft proposal from Mr. Jack Becker, Chair, Network Planning Sub-Committee on a system-wide grid of bicycle facilities. |
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This proposal is in first stage; comments have been invited from Committee Members and Metropolitan staff. |
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Minute # |
106 |
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Meeting Date |
October 29, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Action of the Planning and Transportation Committee Respecting TTC Public Awareness Campaign and Utilization of Bicycle Lanes by TTC Drivers. |
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The Committee, inter alia, requested the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission, to submit a report to the appropriate standing committee of the New City of Toronto Council on the implementation of a public awareness campaign whenever there are changes made to roads, such as the addition of a bicycle lane. |
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Minute # |
112 |
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Meeting Date |
October 29, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Missing Sidewalks on Metropolitan Roads; Relocation/Replacement of Sheet Metal Sign on Refuge Island |
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The Committee referred the following communication to the Commissioner of Transportation with the request that he submit a report thereon to the appropriate Committee of the New City of Toronto Council:
"(October 29, 1997) from Ms. Helen Hansen on behalf of the Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee advising that at its meeting held on October 28, 1997, the Sub-Committee requested the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee to refer the following matters to the appropriate Metro Transportation staff:
(1) missing sidewalks on:
(a) McCowan Avenue, south of Sheppard Avenue, north of the Scarborough City Centre; and
(b) Yonge Street, south of Highway No. 401, west side of Yonge Street (to connect with sidewalk south of off-ramp); and
(2) sheet metal signs installed on refuge island at eye level at Sheppard Avenue West (Beecroft at new Subway site) are a clear hazard to pedestrians and should be relocated one metre or more from end of island; or, alternatively, the end of the island should be painted yellow, or a bollard installed (red-framed sign at bus stops used by the Toronto Transit Commission)."
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Minute # |
115 |
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Meeting Date |
October 29, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Establishment of a Cycling and Pedestrian Committee in the New City of Toronto |
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The Committee recommended to the Planning and Transportation Committee that the Metropolitan Solicitor be requested to submit a report to the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee for its meeting scheduled to be held on December 10, 1997, on a mechanism whereby the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee could continue to convene meetings until such time as a cycling and pedestrian committee is constituted as part of the committee structure of the New City of Toronto Council.
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The Planning and Transportation Committee on November 25, 1997 (Clause No. (14) (e) of Report No. 21) recommended to Council for its meeting on December 10,1 997, that the Committee Transmittal (October 31, 1997) embodying the foregoing recommendation be received; and noted that Councillor Layton will facilitate informal meetings of the Members of the Committee as an interim measure. |
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Minute # |
120 |
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Meeting Date |
December 10, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
1998 Toronto International Bicycle Show. |
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The Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee:
(1) struck a Working Group composed of: Ron Hart, Joan Doiron, Jack Becker, and Phil Piltch (alternate Steve Beiko); and
(2) requested the aforementioned Working Group, in consultation with other municipal cycling and pedestrian committees, to develop a theme and undertake any necessary administrative tasks required to be taken at this time and submit a report thereon to the appropriate committee of the new City of Toronto Council which deals with cycling and pedestrian issues.
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Minute # |
121 |
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Meeting Date |
December 10, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
"Moving the Economy" 1998 Conference. |
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The Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee requested the Metropolitan Clerk to forward to the City Clerk of the new City of Toronto, for submission to the appropriate committee of the new City Council which deals with cycling and pedestrian issues, the following recommendation:
"It is recommended that:
(1) the appropriate committee of the new City of Toronto Council which deals with cycling and pedestrian issues participate in the "Moving the Economy Conference" from July 9 to 12, 1998, in Toronto; and
(2) this matter be referred to the appropriate committee(s) for further investigation and a recommendation to the new City of Toronto Council respecting the level and type of participation."
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Minute # |
122 |
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Meeting Date |
December 10, 1997 |
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Subject Matter |
Governance Plan - Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian
Committee and Toronto City Cycling Committee and
Future Meetings of the Committee. |
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The Assistant Committee Secretary forwarded the aforementioned report and communication to Councillor Jack Layton and Mr. Becker, Co-Chairs of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee for information and any action deemed appropriate. |
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Please note that council and committee documents are provided electronically for information only and do not retain the exact structure of the original versions. For example, charts, images and tables may be difficult to read. As such, readers should verify information before acting on it. All council documents are available from the City Clerk's office. Please e-mail clerk@city.toronto.on.ca. |
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