Date:August 26, 1998

To:Urban Environment and Development Committee

From:City Clerk

Subject:TORONTO PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE: PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE

Recommendations:

The Toronto Pedestrian Committee on August 20, 1998, recommended that:

(1)the attached Proposed Terms of Reference be approved; and

(2)the Nominating Committee be requested to seek members for appointment to the Toronto Pedestrian Committee who will be active in promoting the work of the Committee and who will encourage other interested citizens to attend meetings.

Background:

At its meeting on August 20, 1998, the Toronto Pedestrian Committee, had before it the following:

(i) a joint report (June 29, 1998) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Executive Director, Urban Planning, containing recommended revisions to the proposed Terms of Reference for the Toronto Pedestrian Committee; and

(ii)Clause No. 4 of Report No. 6 of The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team, headed "Staffing Levels and Resources to Support Cycling and Pedestrian Programs", which was adopted, without amendment, by City Council on May13 and 14, 1998; such Clause containing the following recommendations:

(1)the adoption of Recommendations Nos . (1) and (2) embodied in the joint report (April 16,1998) from the Interim Functional Lead, Transportation and the Interim Functional Lead, Planning;

(2)that separate Cycling and Pedestrian Committees be established to be staffed within current budget; and

(3)that the Terms of Reference outlined in the communication (March 9, 1998) from Mr. Jack Becker, Metro Cycling and Pedestrian Committee; and the communication (February 20, 1998) from Ms. Joan Doiron, Chair, Toronto Pedestrian Committee, be adopted, in principle, and that the Interim Functional Lead, Transportation and the Interim Functional Lead, Planning be requested to report to the first meetings of each Committee on any necessary revisions.

Betty Gattoni,

Committee Secretary.

Att.

To:The Chair and Members

Urban Environment and Development Committee

From:Toronto Pedestrian Committee

Subject:PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE

Date:August 21, 1998

At its meeting on August 20, 1998, the Toronto Pedestrian Committee recommended that the attached Proposed Terms of Reference be forwarded to the Urban Environment and Development Committee for approval.

Joan Doiron, Chair,

Toronto Pedestrian Committee.

THE TORONTO PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE

PROPOSED TERMS OF REFERENCE

DEFINITION OF PEDESTRIANS:

Persons moving from place to place on foot (or at a walking pace; for example, users of mobility devices, children on tricycles).

OBJECTIVES:

1.To work for improved pedestrian safety and better pedestrian access to public transit, schools, workplaces, shops, libraries, community centres, parks, including roads and other public spaces.

2.To provide pedestrian-oriented input to the allocation, design and use of public space.

3.To provide staff with comments and recommendations relating to standards, guidelines, and general design of the public realm, including roads, with the understanding that Council may, from time to time, request direct input from the Toronto Pedestrian Committee on any general or specific issue it so choses.

4.To provide a forum for public consultation on pedestrian health and safety, including working with Community Councils on local neighbourhood concerns, and working with the TTC on transit-related issues.

5.To promote walking as the most environmentally friendly form of transportation.

6.The provision of educational programs to the general public and special needs groups.

MEMBERSHIP: (17)

Seventeen (17) representatives from the following groups:

Up to three (3) Toronto Councillors - one (1) to be the Co-Chair of the Committee.

Six (6) citizens appointed from Community Council Districts: East York, York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, and Toronto.

and the balance of representatives from the following:

"Feet on the Street" or other pedestrian advocacy groups;

Wheelchair users, physically-handicapped, blind or hearing-handicapped persons;

Older Women's Network or other seniors' group;

High school, college, or university student;

Walking/hiking organizations (e.g. Toronto Field Naturalists, Lakeshore Greenway Committee, Bruce Trail (Toronto Club);

Toronto Cycling Committee.

Membership may be expanded either to balance community membership or to include other interested persons. Organizations may also name alternates to stand in for the named member in their absence.

It is desirable that all committee members and alternates should be people who regularly walk and/or use public transit as their primary modes of transportation.

Should a member appointed to the Toronto Pedestrian Committee be absent for a minimum of three (3) consecutive meetings, or seven (7) of the (12) twelve regularly scheduled meetings, without providing the Committee with written or verbal notification and reason for such absence, that the member shall be deemed to have resigned from the position.

QUORUM:

The quorum shall be a majority of members.

STAFF RESOURCES

Assigned staff from the Transportation and Planning Departments. TTC, Police and Health officials to be invited as required or as interested. Recording secretary to be assigned from City Clerk's. Mailings for meetings to be continued.

MEETINGS:

Meetings to be held monthly, or at the call of the Chair. All meetings to be open to the public and advertised.

From time to time, the Committee should meet in different locations across the City to deal with local concerns and to promote walking.

Small working groups may be set up as needed. Also individual members may be designated to liaise with other groups or organizations (e.g. the Toronto Cycling Committee).

REPORTING:

The Pedestrian Committee will report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee.