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December 20, 1999+
To: Works Committee
From: City Clerk
Re: Proposed Road Classification
Recommendation:
The North York Community Council on December 2, 1999, recommended to the Works Committee
that:
(1) the speed limit on Finch Avenue East, between Bayview Avenue and Don Mills Road and
on Bayview Avenue, between Cummer Avenue and Steeles Avenue East, be reduced to 50
km per hour;
(2) the original designations of the following roads be maintained; and the staff
recommendations regarding reclassification on these roads not be adopted:
Spring Garden Avenue from Wilfred Avenue to Bayview Avenue,
Bishop Avenue from Willowdale Avenue to Maxome Avenue,
Madawaska Avenue from Dumont Street to Yonge Street,
Moore Park Avenue from Yonge Street to Cactus Avenue,
Greenwin Village Road from Cactus Avenue to Bathurst Street,
Ellerslie Avenue from Senlac Road to Bathurst Street,
Hilda Avenue/Talbot Road from Hendon Avenue to Steeles Avenue;
(3) the following roads be classified as Local:
(a) (i) Blithfield Road;
(ii) Citation Drive;
(iii) Bayview Mews;
(iv) Hawksbury Drive from Elkhorn to Sheppard Avenue;
(v) Burbank Drive;
(vi) Ruddington Drive;
(vii) Tollerton Avenue; and
(viii) Heathview Avenue; and
(b) McNicoll Avenue from Gordon Baker Road to Bayview Avenue; be classified as a
Collector Road
provided that snow clearing, sanding and salting on these roads is not affected; and
that the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and Emergency
Services, report on any reduction to the level of snow clearing, sanding and salting
service for the 1999/2000 program resulting from the changes in classifications, prior
to the matter being considered by City Council.
(4) That the following roads be classified as Collector Roads, as recommended in Table 1,
entitled Review of Proposed Road Classification - North York, attached to the report
(November 18, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and
Emergency Services:
(i) Cassandra Boulevard;
(ii) Fenside Drive;
(iii) Lyndock Crescent;
(iv) Roywood Drive;
(v) Three Valleys Drive
And that the request to reclassify these roads to Local, be withdrawn;
(5) That Sloane Avenue be classified as a Minor Arterial, as recommended in Table 1, entitled,
Review of Proposed Road Classification - North York, attached to the report (November 18,
1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and Emergency
Services; and that the request to reclassify this road to Collector, be withdrawn.
(6) the following changes be made to TABLE 1 attached to the report (November 18, 1999)
from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and Emergency Services,
entitled, - Review of Proposed Classifications - North York:
(a) from Collector Road to Local Road:
(i) Item No. 4 in Table 1 - Davean Drive,
(ii) Item No. 7 in Table 1 - Fifeshire Road: Knollwood Street to Toba Drive;
(b) from Local Road to Collector Road:
(i) Item No. 29 in Table 1 - Truman Road: Bayview Avenue to Gerald Street,
(ii) Item No. 35 in Table 1 - Woodsworth Road: Davean Drive to Bannatyne
Drive;
(c) Add/clarify:
(i) Item No. 6 in Table 1 - that the section column be amended to read,
"Bayview Avenue at Fifeshire south,
(ii) Item No. 8 in Table 1 - that the section column be amended to read,
"Bayview Avenue at Fifeshire north";
(d) Add:
(i) Item 29A to Table 1 to read as follows: Truman Road: Gerald Street to
Northdale Road, to remain classified as a Local Road;
The North York Community Council reports for the information of the Works Committee and
Council having requested the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Transportation
Services Division to report on the feasibility of upgrading the designation of Blaney Crescent
from a Local Road to a Collector Road.
Background:
The North York Community Council had before it the following:
(a) report (November 18, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy,
reporting on requests for the review of proposed road classifications put forward by
Members of the North York Community Council at its meeting held on October 12, 1999,
and recommending that the report be received as information;
(b) report (October 8, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy,
providing further information as requested by the North York Community Council and
recommending that the report be received as information;
(c) communication (July 14, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Works Committee at
its meeting held on July 14, 1999, referred the report (June 29, 1999) from the Commissioner
of Works and Emergency Services respecting a Proposed Road Classification System to all
Community Councils for consideration and requested that comments be submitted to the
Works Committee for consideration at its November 3, 1999 meeting; and
(d) communication (December 1, 1999) from Ms. Helen Hansen, Toronto Pedestrian Committee,
recommending that:
(i) the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer itemize sidewalk installation projects
(missing sections and new) in subsequent budget submissions; and
(ii) the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report back on the following:
(a) funding recommended in the 2000 budget for missing sections of sidewalks
on arterial and collector roads;
(b) the 1999 spending on missing sections of sidewalks on arterial and collector
roads; and
(c) phased approach for funding the completion of missing sections of sidewalks
on arterial and collector roads.
Ms. Helen Hansen appeared before the North York Community Council in connection with the
foregoing matter, and filed a copy of her submission made to the Works Committee on December
1, 1999.
City Clerk
North York Community Council
Attachment
Francine Adamo/cp
Agenda. Item No.: 9
   
December 21, 1999
DIRECTOR, TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMMING AND POLICY
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION
WORKS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
The North York Community Council had before it the following:
(a) report (November 18, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy,
reporting on requests for the review of proposed road classifications put forward by Members
of the North York Community Council at its meeting held on October 12, 1999, and
recommending that the report be received as information;
(b) report (October 8, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy,
providing further information as requested by the North York Community Council and
recommending that the report be received as information;
(c) communication (July 14, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Works Committee at
its meeting held on July 14, 1999, referred the report (June 29, 1999) from the Commissioner
of Works and Emergency Services respecting a Proposed Road Classification System to all
Community Councils for consideration and requested that comments be submitted to the
Works Committee for consideration at its November 3, 1999 meeting; and
(d) communication (December 1, 1999) from Ms. Helen Hansen, Toronto Pedestrian Committee,
recommending that:
(i) the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer itemize sidewalk installation projects
(missing sections and new) in subsequent budget submissions; and
(ii) the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report back on the following:
(a) funding recommended in the 2000 budget for missing sections of sidewalks
on arterial and collector roads;
(b) the 1999 spending on missing sections of sidewalks on arterial and collector
roads; and
(c) phased approach for funding the completion of missing sections of sidewalks
on arterial and collector roads.
Ms. Helen Hansen appeared before the North York Community Council in connection with the
foregoing matter, and filed a copy of her submission made to the Works Committee on December
1, 1999.
The North York Community Council on December 2, 1999, recommended to the Works Committee
that:
(1) the speed limit on Finch Avenue East, between Bayview Avenue and Don Mills Road and
on Bayview Avenue, between Cummer Avenue and Steeles Avenue East, be reduced to 50
km per hour;
(2) the original designations of the following roads be maintained; and the staff
recommendations regarding reclassification on these roads not be adopted:
Spring Garden Avenue from Wilfred Avenue to Bayview Avenue,
Bishop Avenue from Willowdale Avenue to Maxome Avenue,
Madawaska Avenue from Dumont Street to Yonge Street,
Moore Park Avenue from Yonge Street to Cactus Avenue,
Greenwin Village Road from Cactus Avenue to Bathurst Street,
Ellerslie Avenue from Senlac Road to Bathurst Street,
Hilda Avenue/Talbot Road from Hendon Avenue to Steeles Avenue;
(3) the following roads be classified as Local:
(a) (i) Blithfield Road;
(ii) Citation Drive;
(iii) Bayview Mews;
(iv) Hawksbury Drive from Elkhorn to Sheppard Avenue;
(v) Burbank Drive;
(vi) Ruddington Drive;
(vii) Tollerton Avenue; and
(viii) Heathview Avenue; and
(b) McNicoll Avenue from Gordon Baker Road to Bayview Avenue; be classified as a
Collector Road
provided that snow clearing, sanding and salting on these roads is not affected; and
that the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and Emergency
Services, report on any reduction to the level of snow clearing,
sanding and salting service for the 1999/2000 program resulting from the changes in
classifications, prior to the matter being considered by City Council.
(4) That the following roads be classified as Collector Roads, as recommended in Table 1,
entitled Review of Proposed Road Classification - North York, attached to the report
(November 18, 1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and
Emergency Services:
(i) Cassandra Boulevard;
(ii) Fenside Drive;
(iii) Lyndock Crescent;
(iv) Roywood Drive;
(v) Three Valleys Drive
And that the request to reclassify these roads to Local, be withdrawn;
(5) That Sloane Avenue be classified as a Minor Arterial, as recommended in Table 1, entitled,
Review of Proposed Road Classification - North York, attached to the report (November 18,
1999) from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and Emergency
Services; and that the request to reclassify this road to Collector, be withdrawn.
(6) the following changes be made to TABLE 1 attached to the report (November 18, 1999)
from the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Works and Emergency Services,
entitled, - Review of Proposed Classifications - North York:
(a) from Collector Road to Local Road:
(ii) Item No. 4 in Table 1 - Davean Drive,
(ii) Item No. 7 in Table 1 - Fifeshire Road: Knollwood Street to Toba Drive;
(b) from Local Road to Collector Road:
(i) Item No. 29 in Table 1 - Truman Road: Bayview Avenue to Gerald Street,
(ii) Item No. 35 in Table 1 - Woodsworth Road: Davean Drive to Bannatyne
Drive;
(c) Add/clarify:
(i) Item No. 6 in Table 1 - that the section column be amended to read,
"Bayview Avenue at Fifeshire south,
(ii) Item No. 8 in Table 1 - that the section column be amended to read,
"Bayview Avenue at Fifeshire north";
(d) Add:
(i) Item 29A to Table 1 to read as follows: Truman Road: Gerald Street to
Northdale Road, to remain classified as a Local Road;
The North York Community Council reports for the information of the Works Committee and
Council having requested the Director, Transportation Programming and Policy, Transportation
Services Division to report on the feasibility of upgrading the designation of Blaney Crescent from
a Local Road to a Collector Road.
City Clerk
North York Community Council
Attachment
Francine Adamo/cp
Agenda. Item No.: 9
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