December 4, 1998

Ms. Novina Wong

Clerk

City of Toronto

Station 1071, 7th Floor

Metro Hall

55 John Street

Toronto, Ontario

M5V 3C6

Dear Ms. Wong:

At its meeting on Wednesday, December 2, 1998, the Commission considered the attached report entitled, "Rail Safety Oversight."

The Commission adopted the Recommendation contained in the above report as listed below:

"It is recommended that the Commission:

i)Receive for information the attached letters of concurrence associated with the use of the services of the American Public Transit Association as the audit agency, which, through its Rail Safety Audit Program can provide the independent audit element of the external oversight process of the TTC. Independent audit of the TTC was identified in Recommendations No's 1 & 2 of the Coroner's Inquest into the Russell Hill accident, August 11, 1995.

ii)Forward this report to Toronto City Council for approval."

The foregoing is forwarded to the City Urban Environment and Development Committee and Toronto City Council for approval of the aforementioned proposal to use the Rail Safety Audit Program provided by the American Public Transit Association as the independent audit element for the TTC public safety oversight process.

Sincerely,

General Secretary

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