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Clerk's Department

November 23, 1998

To:The Urban Environment and Development Committee

From:City Clerk

Subject:Sidewalk Snow Clearance

Recommendation:

The Toronto Pedestrian Committee, at its meeting held on November 19, 1998, recommended that (1) the Toronto City Council support the public funding for sidewalk clearance throughout the new City; and (2) that Joan Doiron, Co-Chair, be authorized to depute this matter at the Urban Environment and Development Committee.

Background:

The Toronto Pedestrian Committee had before it a communication (November 1, 19998) from Joan Doiron, Co-Chair, The Toronto Pedestrian Committee, advising that the former City of North York pedestrians have benefitted from public sidewalk snow clearance; that the new City of Toronto has indicated that it wishes to follow "best practices" of the former cities; that this is clearly a benefit since snow clearance significantly increases sidewalk safety for seniors and children; that in the past, snow clearance by owners and occupants of buildings has been very irregular; thus pedestrians face dangerous, icy conditions without public snow clearance; and that the taxpayer pays for road snow clearance, likewise sidewalk snow clearance should be publicly funded since 100% of residents are at one time or the other pedestrians.

City Clerk