Other Items Considered by the Committee

(a)Publication of Cab Inspection Schedules by Toronto Licensing.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having referred the following communications to the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services for a report thereon to the Committee:

(i)(September 28, 1998) from Mr. Gene MacDonald, Publisher and Mr. Stan Steiner, Cab Connection, forwarding a copy of a letter (September 28, 1998) to Ms. Virginia West, Commissioner of Urban Planning Development, appealing the decision of the General Manager, Toronto Licensing, not to release the dates and times for the inspection of taxicabs in Toronto; and

(ii)(October 16, 1998) from Mr. Gene MacDonald, Publisher, Cab Connection forwarding a reply from the Corporate Access and Privacy Office of the City of Toronto relating to a request for the inspection schedules for taxicabs in the City of Toronto.

(b)Application for Relocation of the Delta Mayfair Bingo Hall from 525 Wilson Avenue (Ward 8) to 1860 Wilson Avenue (Ward 6), City of Toronto.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having deferred the following report and communication to its next meeting to be held on December 1, 1998:

(i)(October 15, 1998) from the Commissioner of Corporate Services and the City Clerk, recommending that City Council, in accordance with Provincial criteria and procedures for the establishment of Bingo Halls, approve the relocation proposal by Delta Mayfair Bingo; and

(ii)(October 26, 1998) from Councillor George Mammoliti, North York Humber, advising that it is with great reluctance that he will endorse this item to be accepted by the Committee; expressing his opposition to the process followed to place this item on the agenda as he was not consulted thereon; and that he is opposed to the relocation of the Delta Mayfair Bingo Hall, due to the fact that it will be in the vicinity of a provincial welfare office and another Bingo Hall within his ward.

(c)Parking Tag Issuance and Request to Discontinue Reports.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having received the following report and having endorsed the request outlined therein:

(October 7, 1998) from Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, advising that the Toronto Police Services Board on September 24, 1998, recommended that:

(1)the Emergency and Protective Services Committee receive the parking tag issuance results for the months April 1998 to June 1998; and

(2)the Committee discontinue the requirement that quarterly parking enforcement reports be submitted by the Police Services Board, as more timely statistics are prepared by City Finance Department staff.

(d)Proposed Unarmed Constabulary in the City of Toronto.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having referred recommendations 1 to 4 and 6 outlined in the following communication (October 30, 1998) from Councillor Feldman, North York Spadina, to the Chief Administrative Officer for a report to the next meeting of the Emergency and Protective Services Committee to be held on December 1, 1998:

(1)advising how this system works in Britain; and

(2)on the opportunity for an independent review of this matter.

(i)(August 28, 1998) from Councillor Norman Gardner, Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, advising that the Toronto Police Services Board on August 27, 1998:

(1)approved the establishment of a committee to review the issue of an unarmed traffic constabulary; and that the Committee will consist of representatives from the Toronto Police Services Board, the Toronto Police Service, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of the Solicitor General, the Ministry of the Attorney General and City Legal; and

(2)referred the Chief's report (dated July 23, 1998) to the proposed committee as well as deferred consideration of the following motions to the above-noted committee:

"1.That the Board advise the Minister of Transportation that we do not support the proposed unarmed constabulary program.

2.That the Chief prepare a report for the next meeting of the Board on the following issues:

(i)With an aggressive zero-tolerance 'Community Road Safety' enforcement campaign (red light runners, rolling stops at stop signs, speeding in residential neighbourhoods and school zones) what would be the estimated revenues that could be achieved?

(ii)With the estimated revenues how many officers could be hired?

(iii)The possibility of establishing a 'Community Road Safety' enforcement unit?"

(ii)(October 5, 1998) from Councillor Michael Feldman, North York Spadina, requesting that the Toronto Police Service be instructed to keep him personally informed as to the developments and findings of the newly struck committee.

(iii)(October 30, 1998) from Councillor Michael Feldman, North York Spadina, requesting that the Committee:

1.support the Police Services Board's recommendation to establish a committee to review the issue;

2.mandate the new committee to submit a report to the Emergency and Prtoective Services Committee outlining the feasibility of creating an unarmed constabulary WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF STOPPING VEHICLES;

3.require the committee to propose a tentative logistical schedule of implementing the 'unarmed constabulary' in the City of Toronto;

4.mandate the committee to investiage ways in which the revenues collected by the issuance of tickets by the 'unarmed constabulary' be used to fund the programme;

5.that my executive assistant be made a voting member of the newly formed committee, so as to keep me apprised of its developments; and

6.amongst other statistics, the committee provide the Emergency and Protective Committee specifically the following:

(i)the number of citations issued for stop sign violations by year for the past 10 years;

(ii)the number of accidents at 4-way stops by year for the past 10 years;

(iii)the number of restricted 'no entry' violations by year in the past 10 years;

(iv)the number of left turn and red light infractions by year in the past 10 years; and

(v)the amount of traffic violations challenged in Court.

(e)Legal Action Against Issuance of Fake Parking Tickets.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having received the following report for information:

(October 26, 1998) from the City Solicitor advising that a report requested by the Committee from the City Solicitor on this matter will be delayed until the next Committee meeting.

(f)Body Shops/Service Centres - Regulation of Hours of Operation/Ventilation.

The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having received the following report for information and having requested the City Solicitor to ensure that the issue of car washes in residential areas is included in the forthcoming report to the Committee:

(November 2, 1998) from the City Solicitor advising that the report as requested by the Emergency and Protective Services Committee at its meeting of September 8, 1998 (as amended at its meeting of October 6, 1998) on restricting the hours of operation of body shop garages, service centres and car washes will be submitted to the next meeting of the Committee.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNCILLOR DENNIS FOTINOS,

Chair

Toronto, November 3, 1998

Candy Davidovits

Tel: (416) 395-7362