TORONTO CYCLING COMMITTEE

A G E N D A

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO

THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES.

PRESENTATIONS:

Respecting Item No. 3

Review of the 1998 Cycling Ambassador Program:

-Ms. Barbara Wentworth, Bicycle Safety and Education Coordinator, Urban Planning and Development Services and Mr. Sean Wheldrake, Cycling Ambassador Coordinator.

COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.

1.SUB-COMMITTEE MINUTES:

(i)Network Planning and Facilities Sub-Committee;

(ii)Education and Safety Sub-Committee;

(iii)Promotion and Development Sub-Committee; and

(iv)Communications Sub-Committee.

(PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO MATERIAL ATTACHED FOR ITEMS NOS. (i), (iii) AND (iv))

2.HYDRO/RAIL CORRIDOR BIKE TRAIL--PROJECT PRIORITY LIST.

Mr. Jack Becker, Chair

Network Planning and Facilities Sub-Committee

(January 22, 1999)

Advising that the Working Group on the Hydro/Rail Corridor Bike Trail Project requested that the Toronto Cycling Committee develop a priority list of projects that should be addressed first; and recommending that the Toronto Cycling Committee endorse the following priority list for the Hydro/Rail Corridor Bike Trail Project:

A.Top Priorities:

(1)Project 5/6 Finch North York Hydro Corridor/Finch Central Hydro Corridor from Don Trail to York University.

(2) Project 10 Abandoned CP PS Lead/CN Weston Sub from Davenport Rd. to Strachan Avenue.

(3)Project 13/35 CN Newmarket Sub/CN Beltline Spur from Street Clair Avenue to Downsview Lands and also connecting to the Belt Line.

(4)Project 14 CN Bala Sub/CN Leaside Branch from Edwards Garden to Betty Sutherland Trail.

B.Next Priorities:

(1)Project 16/17 Gatineau Central Hydro Corridor/Gatineau Easy Hydro Corridor from Meadowvale Rd. and the Rouge to the existing Gatineau Trail and to Eglinton Ave.

(2)Project 27 Finch/Highway No. 400 Hydro Corridor from York University/Black Creek Trail to Summerlea Park and the North Humber River Trail.

C.Quick Link Opportunity Priority List:

(1)(a) Project 15 Central Don Valley section from Don Trail/Taylor Creek Park to the Gatineau Hydro Corridor at Eglinton Ave. (staff to confirm if abandonment of the CN Bala Sub is required for this section to be implemented ).

(1)(b) Project 41 Victoria Park Toronto Cycling Committee Station section from Taylor Creek Park to Warden Woods Park.

(2)Project 16 Gatineau Central Hydro Corridor section from Eglinton Subway Station up the hydro corridor adjacent to the CN Uxbridge Sub to the Gatineau Trail.

(3)Project 5/6 Finch North York Hydro Corridor section from Bathurst Street to Dufferin Street as a demonstration trail connecting to the G. Ross Lord Park.

3.1998 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CYCLING AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

(DEFERRED FROM LAST MEETING)

(PRESENTATION ITEM)

Ms. Barb Wentworth

Bicycle Safety and Education Coordinator

(February 2, 1999)

Submitting, as requested by the Toronto Cycling Committee on September 22, 1998, the 1998 Cycling Ambassador Annual Report with information on the Cycling Ambassador Program, including SPACE, CAN-BIKE and the Anti-Sidewalk Riding Campaign.

4.TEN BEST CYCLING CITIES.

Ms. Barb Wentworth

Bicycle Safety and Education Coordinator

(February 2, 1999)

Submitting, for information, a press release and article from Bicycling Magazine, honouring the ten best cycling cities in North America; and advising that the City of Toronto has been ranked at number five--down from its number one position awarded in the last competition in 1995.

5.BICYCLE PARKING--STREET HARDWARE.

Ms. Karen Yukich

Toronto, Ontario

January 6, 1999

Submitting comments on bicycle parking facilities in the City of Toronto; and requesting that the appropriate City Department be instructed to consider multiple purposes in any future designs for bicycle parking street hardware.

6.HYDRO/RAIL CORRIDOR BICYCLE TRAILS.

Ms. Karen Yukich

Toronto, Ontario

January 6, 1999

Respecting the proposal to use railway corridors for bicycle trails; requesting that proper inventories are made of the land in question before any plans are finalized; commenting that with all the efforts that are being made to restore habitats, we need to take great care to preserve those that already exist; and recommending qualified experts, e.g., through the Ministry of Natural Resources, and naturalist groups be consulted before proceeding to alter these lands.

ANY OTHER MATTERS.