8 December 1998

To:Chairman and Members of the North York Community Council

From:Roberto Stopnicki,

Director, Transportation Services - District 3

Subject:School Bus Loading Zone: Lamberton Boulevard

North York Black Creek

Purpose:To install a school bus loading zone on Lamberton Boulevard, adjacent to the Lamberton Public School.

Source of funds:

All costs associated with the installation of the loading zone are included within the 1998 operating budget.

Recommendations:

That By-law #32759, of the former City of North York, be amended to install a school bus loading zone on the south side of Lamberton Boulevard, from a point 85 metres west of Clayhall Crescent to a point 40 metres westerly thereof.

Council Reference/Background/History:

Currently, stopping is prohibited on the south side of Lamberton Boulevard, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, adjacent to Lamberton Public School. Parking is permitted for up to a maximum of three hours on the north side of the street.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

Staff of the Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency Services Department are in receipt of a request from Bill Zumpano, Manager of Transportation Services, Toronto District School Board, to install a school bus loading zone adjacent the Lamberton Public School.

Mr. Zumpano has indicated that the school bus loading zone is required to accommodate the loading and unloading of three large school buses, which provide transportation services to the Lamberton Public and surrounding schools. Currently, based upon provincial requirements, bus operators must activate the flashing beacons, thereby stopping traffic in both directions on Lamberton Boulevard.

Conclusions:

In order to accommodate Mr. Zumpano=s request and to reduce traffic delays on Lamberton Boulevard, this division would support the installation of the school bus loading zone on the south side of Lamberton Boulevard, adjacent to the Lamberton Public School.

Contact Name:

Allen Pinkerton, Supervisor of Traffic Investigations

395-7463 (telephone)

395-7482 (facsimile)

ajpinker@city.north-york.on.ca (E-Mail)

Roberto Stopnicki,

Director, Transportation Services, District 3

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