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7.POLL RESULTS: PROPOSAL FOR ON-STREET PERMIT PARKING ON WINONA DRIVE, BETWEEN
VAUGHAN ROAD AND
EGLINTON AVENUE WEST - WARD 28, YORK-EGLINTON.
City Clerk
(May 7, 1998)
Purpose:
To show results of a poll conducted to determine majority interest regarding the above proposal.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
None.
Recommendations:
For consideration and direction of York Community Council.
Council Reference/Background/History:
Clause No. 7(t) embodied in Report No. 2 of the York Community Council.
York Community Council, at its meeting held on February 18, 1998, directed that residents be polled to determine interest
in this proposal.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
The following is a breakdown of residents polled based on the number of replies received:
Total No. Polled:342
No. of Replies Received:14 or 4%
No. of Replies Not Counted:0
No. of Replies In Favour:7 or 50%
No. of Replies Not In Favour:7 or 50%
The following is an overall breakdown of responses, according to resident owners, non-resident owners and tenants:
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Total
#
Polled |
No. of
Replies
Received (%) |
No. of Replies
in Favour (%) |
No. of Replies
Opposed (%) |
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|
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| Resident
Owners |
86 |
7 (8%)
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3 ( 43%) |
4 (57%) |
| Non-
Resident
Owners |
15 |
2 (13%) |
1 (50%) |
1 (50%) |
| Tenants |
241 |
5 (2%) |
3 (60%) |
2 (40%) |
| TOTAL |
342 |
14 (4%) |
7 (50%) |
7 (50%) |
Comments from residents are attached hereto as Appendix 1.
Conclusions:
For the consideration of York Community Council as residents are equally in favour and opposed to the proposal for
on-street permit parking on Winona Drive, between Vaughan Road and Eglinton Avenue West.
Contact Name:
Steve Brown, Operations Services - Traffic Division
394-2655
394-2758 (fax)
or
Valerie D=Alessandro, Assistant Committee Secretary
394-2522
394-2803 (fax)
Appendix 1
Page 1
Poll Results: Proposal for On-street Permit Parking on Winona Drive, Between
Vaughan Road and Eglinton Avenue West
Comments from Residents:
In Favour:
(a)We have no objection for the above subject.
(b)This proposal is one of the best ways to solve some traffic problems in this area.
Not In Favour:
(a)No way!
(b)Permits are not necessary. There is ample parking in this area. Many people do not have access to a driveway.
(c)I would not like to see my friends get tickets when they come to visit nor would I like feeling nervous about it should I
need to park on the street. The projected revenue suggested ($4200) could certainly be raised by ticketing people who:
i)enter the street between 7-7 who do not live in the community
ii)come up the wrong way on this street
iii)speeders (I=ll bet no one has ever been stopped for this)
iv)litter on the street.
(d)How can you consider this? Even now when cars (including police) park illegally on the street outside the donut store
and elsewhere you can=t drive through on Winona. It becomes one lane and there are two lanes of traffic needed. Why
don=t you concentrate on more important things: i.e.: delay the traffic light at Eglinton so we don=t have gridlock at 8 - 9
a.m. workdays. You could avoid all the gridlock and problems by taking away the one-way street signs and cars would then
fan out instead of clogging several unfortunate streets.
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