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City Council, meeting 6, April 16, 2019 - Part 1 of 2
Agenda and background materials:
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Part 2 of 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZFpXvyFc04#t=18m05s
Meeting Navigation:
0:15:59 - Call to order
2:36:04 - Public session
A
We
acknowledge
the
land
we
are
meeting
on
it
on
is
the
traditional
territory
of
many
nations,
including
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit,
the
Anishinaabe,
the
schipper
walls,
the
HUD
no
Shoni
in
the
wind
at
people's
and
is
now
home
to
many
diverse
First
Nations
Inuit
made
tea
peoples.
We
also
acknowledge
that
Toronto's
covered
by
treaty,
thirteen
with
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit
for
the
benefit
of
those
who
are
connected
to
the
Internet,
the
city
clerk,
has
posted
all
of
the
agenda
materials
for
today's
meeting.
A
Toronto
dossier,
/
Council
I,
will
now
call
for
motion.
B
A
D
The
executive
committee
certainly
felt
that
way
unanimously
and
I
think
it
is
something
that
the
people
of
Toronto
expect
us
to
move
forward
with.
I
make
no
apology
for
the
fact
that
we
have
tried
to
do
it
in
a
way
that
was
careful.
That
was
deliberate.
That
was
measured
as
many
ways
as
anything
could
possibly
be
measured
and
that,
when
you
take
all
those
measurements
into
account
and
take
into
account
the
impact
that
it's
had
on
people,
that
it
is
something
that
we
should
move
forward,
that
doesn't
mean
there
aren't
challenges
that
remain.
D
And
indeed,
if
you
look
at
the
recommendations,
there's
one
at
the
end
as
I
as
I
recall.
That
says.
We're
going
to
continuously
monitor
this
and
continuously
find
ways
to
continue
to
invest
in
the
street
in
the
public
realm
in
improving
the
transit
and
for
that
matter,
in
working
with
the
businesses
there
to
make
sure
that
they
are
thriving
in
the
king,
Street
remains
and
improves
is
a
is
improved
upon
as
a
destination
in
the
city
for
people
to
go,
whether
it's
residents
or
tourists.
D
But
is
now
working
better
for
84,000
people,
and
if
you
look
at
one
of
the
objectives
we
have
as
a
council
as
a
city
which
is
to
get
people
to
use
public
transit
more,
we
have
facilitated
that
with
this
with
this
initiative,
and
so
I
think
that
we
are
by
making
this
permanent,
making
in
and
of
itself
an
investment
in
King
Street,
an
investment
in
the
city
and
investment
in
public
transit
and
one
that
had
fairly
immediate
results
with
a
relatively
minimal
investment
in
dollars.
For
the
city.
D
Madam
speaker,
the
second
thing
that
will
address
today,
as
my
second
key
item,
is
the
report
coming
from
our
officials
on
transit
and
I
believe
that
what
we
will
do
today
is
continue
to
move
forward
our
transit
expansion
plans.
However,
obviously
there
has
been
some
further
consideration
that
we're
going
to
need
to
give
to
some
of
the
items
in
that
report
on
account
of
the
announcement
made
by
the
province
and
I
will
say
this
about
that
announcement.
D
First
of
all,
it
is
obviously
always
welcomed
when
any
of
the
other
governments
make
specific
announcements
of
billions
of
dollars
to
help
build
transit
in
Toronto
to
help
get
the
city
moving
and
to
help
address.
Some
of
the
issues
that
we
here
have
been
addressing
in
a
careful
way
for
some
considerable
period
of
time
and
I'm,
also
very
much
of
the
view
from
the
experience
that
I've
had
here
and
even
from
watching
from
some
distance
away.
D
When
I
was
a
head
of
civic
action
and
so
on
that
only
three
governments
working
together
can
get
transit
built
if
anyone
is
missing
or
if
anyone
is
trying
to
do
it
on
their
own.
It's
not
going
to
succeed
and
I
think
that
our
job
in
the
next
day
or
two
is
going
to
be
to
frame
a
number
of
questions,
and
there
are
quite
a
few
of
them
that
we
have
with
respect
to
last
week's
announcements,
because
we
were
moving
forward
on
a
plan
that
we
had
methodically
moved
forward.
D
And
there
were
some
disagreements
in
this
chamber
about
some
of
the
elements
of
that
plan.
But
the
bottom
line
is
I.
Think
everyone
has
conceded
in
the
last
number
of
days.
We
were
moving
that
plan
forward.
Now
there
are
some
proposals
to
alter
those
plans
and
we're
told
those
alterations
are
going
to
be
for
the
better
and
I.
Don't
think
we're
in
any
position
to
necessarily
judge
that,
certainly
not
in
the
absence
of
answers
to
a
lot
of
questions
about
those
plans.
D
A
E
You
speaker
that
the
report
from
meeting
four
of
the
board
of
health
listed
on
the
agenda
be
presented
for
consideration.
We
dealt
with
a
number
of
items
at
the
Board
of
Health
this
month,
but
I'll
highlight
a
couple
in
particular
because
it's
been
a
very
busy
month
and
few
months
at
the
board.
The
first
is
an
item
I
wish
we
did
not
have
to
deal
with,
but,
alas,
we
do
and
that's
vaccines.
E
Ever
since
we
began
tracking
the
medical
officer
of
Health
has
called
the
overdose
crisis,
the
most
significant
public
health
crisis
of
our
generation,
a
crisis
where
we
are
losing
11
people
every
single
day
in
this
country,
11
people
are
dying
every
single
day
of
deaths
that
are
preventable
and
in
that
crisis,
2
of
9
sites
located
in
the
City
of
Toronto
overdose
prevention
sites,
have
recently
lost
their
funding
and
being
told
to
close
down
it's
wrong.
It's
callous,
and
there
is
a
motion
on
the
agenda
to
reverse
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
C
A
C
B
A
F
And
good
morning,
speaker
good
morning,
everyone
that
the
report
from
meeting
three
of
the
economic
and
Community
Development
Committee
listed
on
the
agenda
of
council
be
presented
for
consideration.
A
speaker
I
would
just
like
to
add
comments
on
two
items
on
the
agenda.
The
first
is
the
poet
laureate
which
council
will
be
approving
today.
I
would
like
to
simply
thank
the
outgoing
laureates.
Sorry,
the
photo
laureate,
as
opposed
to
the
poet
laureate.
We
have
a
number
of
laureates.
It's
the
photo
laureate
that
we're
dealing
with
this
particular
meeting.
F
Jeffrey
James
want
to
thank
him
for
his
great
contribution
that
he
is
made
as
being
the
city's
first
photo
laureate
and
I'd
like
speaker
to
to
welcome
and
counsel,
will
hopefully
ratify
this
today,
Michelle
Pearson
Pearson
Clark,
as
the
second
photo
laureate
to
the
City
of
Toronto.
She
has
an
extensive
body
of
work
that
she
has
been
involved
with.
F
F
F
It
is
a
challenge
that
I
believe
that
they
have
not
gotten
it
perfectly
and
I
see
Carlton's
nodding
his
head
and
said
he
recognizes
that
I've
looked
at
all
the
other
bylaws
and
other
jus
were
six
in
New
York,
particularly
they
didn't
get
it
perfectly
either,
but
I
think
this
is
as
perfect
as
we
can
get
it
at
the
moment.
There
are
some
fun.
You
mean
that
has
to
be
done.
F
I
believe
we'll
be
able
to
do
that
here
today,
but
I
simply
wanted
to
acknowledge
the
great
work
that
the
staff
have
done
in
this
particular
area
and
to
simply
say,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
professionalism
and
thank
you
for
the
efforts,
the
time
all
the
meetings
that
we've
had
with
the
public
and
the
community
at
large
and
so
on.
In
order
to
try
to
get
this
issue
right,
it's
unfortunate
that
we
can't
have
an
absolutely
quiet
City,
but
with
respect
to
our
efforts
in
terms
of
creating
wealth
and
mobility,
and
so
on.
F
There
are
challenges.
There
are
ambient
noises
that
some
people
are
not
very
happy
with,
and
then
there
are
other
extensive
element
of
noise
that
we're
trying
to
deal
with
I
think
what
we
have
here
today
in
front
of
us
is
a
resolution
that
has
come
through
tremendous
amount
of
effort
and
so
on
with
the
staff
that
I
believe
is
in
the
right
direction
and
as
we
move
forward
clearly
it
will
be
doing
more
to
get
it
as
right
as
we
can
so
again.
Thank
you
to
the
staff
for
the
great
work,
Thank
You,
speaker,
Thank,.
C
A
A
I
E
A
There
any
declarations
of
interest,
please
indicate
the
committee,
the
item
or
motion
number
and
the
nature
of
the
interest,
and
remember
that
you
must
also
follow
a
written
declaration
of
your
interest
with
the
city
clerk.
So
if
you
can
put
your
name
up
request
a
question
staff,
if
you
a
counselor
lie,
oh.
C
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
today,
I
would
like
to
present
three
petitions
that
call
for
City
Council
to
build
the
Eglinton
East
LRT
to
melbourne
centre
combined.
The
petitions
contain
the
names
of
approximately
264
individuals
representing
20
wards
across
the
city
of
Toronto.
This
includes
66
residents
of
Ward
25
Scarborough
Rouge
Park
44
residents
of
Ward
20
Scarborough
Southwest
39
residents
of
Ward
24
Scarborough
Guildwood
22
residents
of
21
Scarborough
Centre
in
17
residents
of
Ward
23
scarborough
north.
In
addition,
my
office
has
received
an
additional
250
electronic
petitions.
C
The
petitions
read
on
May
7th
2018
meritorious
to
extend
the
Eglinton
East
LRT
from
Kennedy
to
Malvern
town
center.
The
Eglinton
East
LRT
would
bring
rapid
transit
and
economic
renewal
to
the
neighbourhoods
of
Kennedy
Park
Eglinton
East,
Scarborough,
Village,
Guildwood,
West,
Hill,
Highland,
Creek,
Morningside
and
Malvern.
The
project
will
also
connect
three
of
Scarborough's
anchor
institutions:
the
University
of
Toronto
Scarborough
Centennial,
College,
Morningside
campus
in
the
Toronto
Pan
Am
Center
to
rapid
transit.
It's
time
to
connect
the
communities
to
our
existing
rapid
transit
network.
They
go
to
nice.
C
Teller
T
could
be
built
faster,
less
expensively
than
a
subway
and
would
be
within
walking
distance
to
40,000
residents
if
delivered,
operated
and
maintained
publicly
by
the
TTC.
The
Eglinton
East
LRT
would
provide
better
access
to
jobs
across
Toronto
and
good
jobs
in
Scarborough.
Please
vote
to
fund
and
build
the
Eglinton
East
LRT
publicly.
Now.
Thank
you.
Man.
A
Members
I
will
not
review
the
order
paper.
The
mayor
has
designated
item
e^x
4.2
headed
the
future
of
King
Street
results
of
the
transit
pilot
and
item
e
x
4.1
had
a
drone,
Toronto's
transit
expansion
program
updated
next
steps
as
this
key
matters
for
this
meeting.
These
will
be
our
first
and
second
items
of
business.
Today,
members,
a
report
is
due
from
the
city
manager
on
the
mayor's
second
key
item,
which
is
ax
4.1.
A
If
council
reaches
that
item
before
the
report
has
been
provided
to
council
I'll
ask
the
mayor
if
he
consents
the
standing,
the
second
key
matter
down
until
the
report
has
been
provided
to
members
notices.
Emotions
are
scheduled
to
be
dealt
with
at
2:00
p.m.
tomorrow.
Only
if
the
mayor's
key
matters
are
completed,
I
propose
that
city
council
set
a
time
for
a
closed
session.
If
required
later
in
the
meeting,
the
city
clerk
has
noted
the
ight.
A
The
items
that
members
wish
to
hold
I
will
now
go
through
the
items
listed
on
the
order
paper
to
take
additional
holds.
I
will
recognize
requests
to
make
matters
urgent.
A
time
specific
after
I
go
through
the
items
for
additional
holds.
Once
the
order
paper
has
been
approved
by
council
any
change,
we
need
a
two-thirds
vote.
A
A
G
G
C
A
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
Speaker
I'd
like
to
hold
items,
see
a
five
point:
four
appointments
of
public
members
to
Exhibition
Place
board
and
see
a
five
point:
five
appointment
of
members
of
the
public
to
the
Toronto
Zoo
board
and
just
to
inform
clerks
I
think
we
need
to
go
in-camera
on
those
items.
E
K
A
A
A
L
I
H
A
A
Of
council
want
to
stress
the
importance
of
preparing
your
motions
in
advance.
The
clerk
staff
are
here
to
help
you
prepare
your
motions
in
particular.
If
you
intend
to
move
a
motion
during
the
release
of
holds,
I
will
insist
that
your
motion
be
prepared
in
advance
and
given
to
the
clerk.
If
you
do
not
have
your
motion
ready,
I
will
not
recognize.
You
and
I'm
also
remind
men,
reminding
members
that
you
must
state
your
motion.
First
before
you
speak
to
it.
A
Remember,
city
council
follows
the
routine
for
the
processing
and
adding
up
any
motions
without
notice
during
the
meeting.
Please
remember
that
emotion
without
notice
must
include
a
reason
for
her
j'en
see
if
you
have
an
urgent
motion
without
notice.
You
wish
to
bring
forward
at
this
meeting.
Please
give
your
motion
to
the
city
clerk
staff.
They
will
prepare
the
necessary
procedural
motion
for
my
review.
Along
with
your
motion,
the
chair
must
agree.
The
motion
is
urgent.
A
Before
you
can
seek
leave
to
introduce
it
at
this
meeting,
it
will
require
18
votes
that
emotion
without
notice
to
the
agenda
during
the
meeting.
Motions
added
to
the
agenda
in
this
way
are
not
subject
to
a
vote
to
waive
referral
to
a
committee
or
agency
I
will
be
reviewing
all
motions
carefully
and
will
advise
counsel
after
each
recess,
which
motions
need
a
motion
to
add
to
the
agenda.
A
J
J
L
Part
of
the
evaluation
of
the
pilot
project
we
collected
data
across
the
downtown
and
it
resulted
in
the
total
number
of
people
moving
east
west
of
the
downtown
has
increased
by
3
percent
during
the
morning
after
commutes.
So
we've
seen
an
increase
in
transit
mode
share
by
six
percent
in
a
reduction
of
vehicle,
no
chair
by
four
percent.
Sorry.
E
L
M
E
M
The
King
Street
pilot
from
a
value
for
money
basis
has
been
an
unprecedented
success.
I
think
the
uptick
and
interest
that
we've
seen
from
across
North
America
and
the
world
in
not
only
our
minimal
investment,
but
also
the
way
that
we
went
about
doing
this
to
create
bringing
the
creative
community
on
board
the
partnership
that
we've
created
that
will
last
as
well
beyond
this,
and
the
engagement
and
data
that
we've
looked
at
to
demonstrate
all
of
the
successful
components
of
this
project.
I
think
I
would
qualify
that
as
a
none
successive
success.
E
M
Inquiries
that
we've
received
to
present
at
conferences
that
we've
received
to
talk
about
how
we've
done
this.
The
people
in
my
position
have
come
to
visit,
to
look
and
see
how
we
did
the
King
Street
pilot
so
that
they
could
replicate
it
in
other
cities
like
New,
York,
City
and
other
places
where
they're
facing
similar
challenges,
and
they
want
to
invest
a
little
and
get
a
lot
back
out
of
it.
The.
E
Cities
around
the
world
are
coming
your
your
compatriot.
Your
people
in
your
position
around
the
world
are
now
looking
to
Toronto
to
model
what
we've
done
on
K.
Absolutely
all
right
improvements
going
forward
on
a
transit
basis.
Are
there
plans
to
improve
the
experience
for
transit
riders
to
make
the
pilot
better
just.
J
L
The
speaker,
the
opportunity
for
the
project
to
become
permanent,
provides
an
opportunity
for
us
to
provide
higher
quality
public
realm
in
the
curb
Lane
public
spaces,
including
permanent,
raised
patios,
attractive
and
durable
seating.
Enhanced
lighting
Park
lets
more
public
art,
seasonal
programming
and
wayfinding,
as
well
as
additional
wayfinding
signage
and
illuminated
LED
signs
and.
J
J
J
That
is
correct.
This
is
primarily
due
to
the
difficulty
in
enforcing
a
sedan
taxi
when
it
goes
through
the
pilot
zone.
I
do
want
to
add
that
this
amounts
to
about
30
customers
a
day
for
all
modes
between
bus,
exceptional,
transit
or
sorry,
accessible,
taxi
and
sedan
is
a
number
of
30,
pickups
and
drop-offs
per
day
on
King
Street.
So.
N
J
N
J
N
L
The
speaker
and
accessible
and
contracted
either
sedan,
taxi
or
accessible
van
taxi
would
be
another
vehicle
type
from
a
wheel
trans
bus
it
in
particularly
in
the
case
of
sedan
taxis.
It
would
be
impossible
for
an
officer
to
enforce
whether
that
taxi
was
providing
contracted
wheel,
trans
service
or
not
so.
N
N
M
The
speaker,
my
understanding
of
both
the
wheel,
Tran
and
the
sedan
taxis,
is
that
they're
going
to
pick
somebody
up
and
take
them
to
their
destination
point.
So
right
now,
wheel,
trans
buses
are
are
exempt
from
the
regulations.
They,
of
course,
have
to
follow
traffic
regulations,
but
they
are
going
to
be
a
point-to-point
destination
and
they're
going
to
plan
their.
N
Destination,
our
TTC
vehicles
and
TTC
partner
vehicles
that
are
moving
across
the
grid
on
King
Street
moving
people
with
disabilities.
Are
they
treated
at
the
same
or
one
says
you
can
go
right
through
and
the
partners
that
are
moved
doing
this
can't
I
go
right
through,
would
I
be
correcting
that
you're.
L
C
H
M
The
speaker
I
think
first
off
I
would
say
that
we
can,
under
the
right
conditions,
make
a
relatively
modest
investment.
We
can
install
a
project
of
this
magnitude
with
our
own,
largely
city
forces.
We
can
engage
the
creative
community
and
have
an
outcome
that
is
going
to
be
unprecedented
in
terms
of
travel
time
and
reliability.
M
H
M
Through
the
speaker
worked
ok
now,
through
the
partnership
that
we
filled
with
our
colleagues
at
the
TTC,
are
starting
to
look
through
a
surface
transit
plan
and
also
a
five-year
service
plan.
At
what
other
corridors
we
can
look
at
to
make
similar
style
investments
and
whether
it's
transit
signal
priority
or
far
side
stops
or
something.
M
M
So
that
we
could
implement
similar
improvements
in
other
locations,
of
course,
they're
all
quite
site-specific,
but
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
collected
as
much
data
as
we
did
was
because
we
really
wanted
to
test
in
live
time.
A
lot
of
these
improvements
to
see
how
they
would
work
so
that
we
could
replicate
them.
So.
H
M
We
have
leveraged
those
that
technology
we
have
purchased
it
as
part
of
the
pilot
project.
We
will
have
it,
we
can
move
it
to
other
locations
if
we
choose
to
which
will
really
be
beneficial.
When
we
want
to
look
at
another
project
for
a
project
similar
to
King
Street,
that
we
have
the
volume
collectors
that
are
video-based,
that
we
have
Bluetooth
readers,
we
have
a
lot
of
technology
that
was
critical
in
allowing
us
to
be
able
to
measure
the
success
and
performance
of
this
project.
We
will
be
able
to
leverage
that
yes,
so.
H
We've
made
that
investment
we
will
be
able
to
continually
monitor
King,
but
also
deploy
those
resources
elsewhere.
If
there
is
a
need,
that's
correct,
okay,
do
we
have
any
data
on
how
the
pilot
has
impacted
the
trips
four-wheel
Trans
vehicles
along
the
quarter
like
more
less
any
information
on
that
through.
J
J
The
speaker
from
again
from
a
transit
perspective,
I'll,
let
Jacqueline
speak
from
everything
else.
We
did
put
in
accessible
loading
zones
throughout
the
pilot
area,
and
this
was
done
in
consultation
with
our
customers
and
through
our
a
CAC
committee.
Through
all
the
accessible
components
of
the
sauce.
L
H
H
L
I
L
L
Terms
of
enforcement,
the
Toronto
Police
are
responsible
for
enforcing.
They
have
both
done
regular
enforcement
as
well
as
blitzes.
On
various
occasions,
we've
had
close
to
10,000
ticketed
violations
take
place
during
that
time
period.
We
would
recommend
that
additional
blitzes
take
place
going
forward,
that
improvements
to
compliance
can
be
achieved
through
LED.
Blank
out
signs
to
more
clearly
indicate
what
those
restrictions
are,
particularly
at
different
times
of
day
and
as
well.
We
would,
in
the
future,
look
to
use
automated
enforcement
methods
once
those
are
available
to
us
from.
M
M
You
absolutely
we've
created
a
very
strong
partnership
with
our
TTC
colleagues
and
able
to
be
collect
data.
Shared
data
be
able
to
identify
on
a
relatively
frequent
basis,
improvements
make
tweaks
to
situations
that
need
to
be
improved,
such
as
adding
transit
signal
priority.
We
didn't
start
the
pilot
with
transit
signal
priority.
M
We
were
really
able
and
working
together
to
be
able
to
test
those
things
and
see
what
actually
had
a
meaningful
impact
in
relatively
real
time,
and
so
this
protocol
that
we
use
for
Kingstree
parts
of
it
all
of
it
depending
on
locations,
are
things
that
we
can
certainly
use
in
the
future
to
be
able
to
test
how
things
are
working
and
I
think
that
that
has
helped
to
lead
to
improvements
over
time
in
the
in
the
pilot.
What's.
M
Surface
transit
network
plan
will
be
a
companion
to
a
five-year
service
plan
and
I'll.
Let
Kathleen
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
five-year
service
plan,
but
effectively
we
want
to
look
at.
We
have
a
surface
transit
plan
in
our
official
plan
of
the
city
and
there's
not
an
operation
'el
component
to
that.
So
we
really
want
to
start
to
look
at
how
we
would
invest
in
other
corridors
so
that
we
can
increase
transit,
speed
and
reliability
where
we
have
the
most
opportunity
to
do
that
quickly
and
cost-effectively.
So.
I
Let
me
paraphrase
that
we've
seen
such
great
success
in
the
King
Street
corridor
that
we're
now
saying
hey
what
lessons
could
we
learn
from
this
and
put
into
effect
elsewhere
to
speed
up
transit,
get
more
people
either
out
of
their
cars
or
on
transit
or
people
that
are
taking
another
means?
Absolutely.
C
F
You
very
much
speaker
through
you
to
staff
the
questions
by
my
colleagues
at
four
or
five
of
them
that
have
asked
primarily
around
the
improvements
and
the
benefits
to
writers
and
ridership,
and
so
on.
I
wonder
if
someone
can
help
me
to
understand.
We
know
that
there
is
an
impact
on
some
businesses
on
King
Street,
with
respect
to
the
pilot.
Would
that
be
corrected
to
to
make
that
statement
through.
L
F
So
those
numbers
tell
me,
then,
in
terms
of
the
actual
impact
on
businesses,
how
many
businesses
have,
for
example,
closed
now
I
understand,
closing
a
business
could
be
related
to
the
to
the
pilot,
and
maybe
it's
not
and
I,
don't
know
if
you
have
the
number
for
example
of
number
of
businesses
that
would
be
in
general
would
be
closed
in
the
City
of
Toronto,
let's
say
the
month
of
January
and
so
on.
Would
you
have
those
numbers
through.
L
The
speaker
I
can
reference
the
business
license
cancellation
rates
that
are
collected
by
our
municipal
licensing
service,
so
we
compared
the
King
Street
pilot
area,
cancellation
rates
for
businesses
to
the
surrounding
area
and
citywide.
The
King
Street
transit
pilot
area
consistently
had
a
lower
cancellation
rate,
although
it
did
increase
from
eight
point:
nine
percent
cancellations
in
2016
to
11.1%,
cancellations
in
in
2018.
The
surrounding
area
was
in
the
range
of
17
to
13
percent
in
those
years,
and
the
citywide
was
generally
at
about
13
percent
cancellations.
L
F
So
have
we
engaged
a
research
company,
for
example,
to
look
at
the
response
from
the
public
in
terms
of
those
who
are
writing
they
the
transit
system,
as
a
result
of
the
pilot,
because
we've
talked
about
the
increase
in
terms
of
ridership
and
how
those
individuals
are
utilizing
or
frequenting.
The
businesses
on
King
Street.
Is
that
something
that
we've
actually
done
in
order
to
be
able
to
garner
and
gather
that
type
of
information.
L
Through
the
speaker,
we,
we
did
have
some
metrics,
as
we
discussed
earlier
with
the
customer
spending
data
from
maneras
of
the
largest
point-of-sale
provider
in
the
country.
We
also
looked
at
some
surveys
of
the
way
that
people
use
public
space
and
we
found
that
the
three
of
the
new
curb
Lane
cafes
attracted
about
30%
of
all
use
in
public
spaces.
So
we
know
that
those
cafes
the
businesses
invested
in
with
us
to
animate
the
street,
we're
well
used
by
patrons
okay.
F
So
I
wonder
if
I
could,
through
you
speaker,
it's
questions
for
mr.
Williams
general
manager,
more
Economic
Development.
Mr.
Williams,
can
you
tell
me
what
are
the
plans
to
figure
out
ways
that
we
could
not
only
we
talked
a
little
bit
about
animation
but
to
figure
out
ways
that
we
can
actually
help
businesses
ongoing
to
improve
the
you
know.
The
opportunities
of
people
going
and
visiting
infrequent
needs
businesses,
because
we've
heard
from
them
that
there's
been
some
impact
with
respect
to
the
business
losses.
F
K
K
Visibility
and
positive
attitude
towards
the
businesses
in
that
area
to
increase
patronage
and
help
cars
and
or
sorry
help
patrons
find
and
get
to
the
restaurant.
Those
of
us
who've
done
that
have
figured
out
a
way
to
get
close
by
car.
So
it's
helping
all
the
patrons
to
do
that.
We've
also
used
ritual
and
an
incentive
plan
to
speed
that
process
up
in
the
past,
staff
have
already
talked
about
the
public
domain.
Improvements
that
can
become
permanent,
increasing
the
patio
space
also
is
important.
So.
F
If
the
decision
here
today
is
to
make
this
permanent
there's
going
to
be
ongoing
activity
and
work
to
try
to
increase
the
traffic
and
to
obviously
encourage
more
people
to
participate
and
visit
the
businesses
on
King
Street,
this
is
an
effort
that
you're
an
undertaking
you're
going
to
be
making
as
part
of
this
process.
Customer.
O
O
O
But
the
general
idea
is,
we,
you
know
through
long
term
work
and
analysis
about
where
transit
is
heavily
used
in
the
city
and
where
we
could
do
better.
We
already
have
in
hand
proposed
list
of
streets
which
we
from
time
to
time,
update
that
are
very
good
candidates
for
the
kind
of
cost-effective
investment
in
transit
that
we've
seen
on
on
King
Street
through
the
speaker.
That's
correct
and
I
again,
I
guess
to
the
general
manager
of
Transportation.
This
project,
you
said,
has
been
an
unprecedented
success
through.
M
M
The
speaker,
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
have
this
companion
effort
of
looking
at
the
five-year
service
plan
for
TTC,
as
well
as
this
surface
transit
network
plan
and
the
amount
of
data
and
the
things
that
we
tested
as
part
of
this
pilot
is
so
that
we
could
move
forward
with
the
next
set
of
corridors
with
a
real
operational
plan
to
get
that
minimum
investment
and
and
maximum
capacity
improvements.
Thank.
A
P
A
P
P
Alright,
my
friends
I
did
want
to
ask
questions
of
TTC
matters
because
we're
30
seconds
into
it.
I
know
I
just
want
to
talk
about
headway,
one
of
the
one
of
the
appendices
talks
about
headway.
If
I've
got
that
right,
that's
the
gap
between
streetcars
from
one
of
these,
you
don't
want
one.
That's
too
short,
you
don't
want
one.
That's
too
long,
too
short
means
they're,
bunched
together
too
long
means
people
are
waiting
with
clenched
fists
for
their
streetcars.
Was
the
headway
better
or
worse
through
the
project?
J
The
speaker,
a
number
of
changes,
happen
throughout
the
pilot
period
that
are
not
related
to
the
pilot,
such
as
the
conversion
of
streetcar
service,
from
our
smaller
legacy
fleet
to
larger
low-floor,
streetcars
and
as
part
of
the
low
floor
conversion
plan
on
all
of
our
routes.
The
headways
are
meant
to
widen,
and
that
is
not
related
to
the
pilot.
All.
P
J
P
P
And
were
there
other
things
going
on
throughout
this
project?
There's
something
in
here
about
side
loading
of
cars,
I
guess
there
was
something
in
here
about
changes
to
signals
and
timing
and
schedule
changes.
Is
it
fair
to
say
that
people
were
at
work
throughout
this
project,
making
changes
to
the
process
around
the
movement
of
streetcars
through
this
zone?
Significant
changes
through.
J
P
J
P
J
P
J
J
J
P
P
J
The
speaker,
we
had
variability
in
travel
time
and
performance
to
the
whole
pilot,
and
this
could
be
attributed
to
a
number
of
different
things,
including
the
unprecedented
increase
in
ridership,
as
well
as
the
conversion
of
street
cars
from
our
legacy
to
our
low
floor
fleet.
Of
course,
weather
and
other
instances
along
the
route
will
continue
to
impact
service.
P
P
J
A
E
E
In
fact,
we
passed
the
to
approve
the
pilot
the
day
before
sheep
passed
away,
and
so
four
decades
long
before
I
arrived
here,
people
have
called
for
improvements,
transit
improvements
to
King
Street
in
three
and
a
half
years,
and
with
just
17
months
of
the
installation
of
a
pilot,
we
have
demonstrated
by
nearly
every
measure
that
this
has
been
an
overwhelming
success,
unprecedented,
as
our
staff
have
said.
In
fact,
cities
around
the
world
are
now
looking
to
us
for
other
investments
in
transit.
That
can
make
a
huge
difference.
E
Was
it
perfect?
I
mean,
as
the
local
councillor
dealing
with
every
little
issue.
I
can
tell
you,
of
course
it
wasn't
perfect.
It's
a
pilot.
You
know
we,
we
changed
some
signals,
we
put
down
some
paint.
We
we
put
up
some
signs,
it's
a
pilot
for
a
reason.
It's
not
designed
to
be
perfect,
that's
what
happens
when
you
make
it
permanently,
and
so
the
time
has
come
to
do
just
that
to
make
the
king
street
pilot
and
to
make
it
better.
E
84,000
we
should
be
aiming
for
a
hundred
thousand
and
those
riders
are
now
moving
a
faster
and
more
reliable
streetcar,
and
so
this
experiment,
this
little
big
experiment
in
city
building,
has
demonstrated
that
when
you
take
bold
action-
and
you
take
a
big
leap,
you
can
make
this
city
work
better,
and
so
we
have
finally
a
streetcar.
That's
moving
more
people
faster
and
more
reliable.
E
We
even
noted
that
since
the
installation
of
the
King
pilot,
an
overall
increase
in
the
number
of
people
traveling
in
and
out
of
the
core,
a
three
percent
increase
in
the
number
of
people
traveling
in
and
out
of
the
core,
but
Adi
Griese
of
7%
of
the
number
of
people
driving
in
a
growing
city
which
is
adding
a
million
people
into
the
city
in
the
next
20
years.
That's
what
success
looks
like
moving
people
out
of
cars
and
into
active
transportation,
and
so
why
did
we
do
this?
E
E
I
will
say
that
success
was
felt
by
some,
but
not
by
all,
and
to
that
I
I
will
say
as
the
local
councillor
that
we
hear
you
and
our
commitment
is
to
transform,
transform
King
into
a
true
21st
century
destination,
Street
with
permanent
patios,
enhanced
street
lighting
and
improved
public
realm,
and
in
2023
when
track
replacement
comes.
We
have
an
opportunity,
then,
to
do
something
really
special
on
King
I'll
conclude
by
once
again
thanking
our
staff
and
the
mayor
and
I'll
note.
The
mayor
in
particular
for
his
unwavering
leadership
on
this
change
is
hard.
E
A
P
You,
madam
Speaker
I,
have
two
motions:
if
I
may
ask
that
they
be
presented
on
the
screen,
the
first
is
is
to
accept
what
is
described
as
the
compromise
solution
by
some
of
the
business
owners
and
that
is
to
allow
through
traffic
in
the
overnight
hours
after
7:00
p.m.
to
7:00
a.m.
the
next
morning
and
on
weekends.
P
In
the
second
motion,
a
little
different
is
to
exempt
green
or
electric
vehicles
along
the
King
Street
pilot
zone
and
we'll
talk
about
those
in
a
second
so
I
put
on
my
rose-colored,
glasses
and
I
know
they're
a
little
silly,
but
I
I
do
mean
to
be
symbolic
in
this,
and
I
really
think
that
councillors
need
to
take
off
their
rose-colored
glasses.
Just
once
in
a
while
and
filter
out
the
fanfare,
not
everything
is
always
positive.
P
The
report
itself
admits
that
in
the
morning
rush
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
time
savings
if
any
at
all,
and
that
there
was
some
in
the
afternoon
peak
period.
The
thing
that
surprised
me
the
most
was
by
removing
the
vehicles,
the
predominant
number
of
vehicles
on
this
stretch
of
King.
We
actually
didn't
do
better,
actually
didn't
be
even
better
than
what
we
did
and
so
I'm
a
little
dubious
about.
P
You
know
how
great
all
these
things
are,
and
if
you
look
deeper
into
the
details
here,
you'll
find
out
the
headways
aren't
as
good
as
what
they
were.
You
find
out
that
not
every
instance
resulted
in
a
time
saving.
We
don't
know
exactly
what
the
ridership
was
just
before
the
pilot
started.
It
skipped
a
month.
We
know
that
ridership
is
cyclical
through
the
year
I,
don't
know
if
they
did
the
September
count
on
frosh
week.
When
you
know
students
were
elsewhere.
P
Other
things
were
going
on,
I,
don't
know
how
the
integration
of
low
floor
street
cars
and
adjustments
to
schedule
improved
or
hindered
this
project
I,
don't
know
what
the
to
our
transfer
did
towards
the
end
of
it
is
ridership
up
all
around
that.
There
is
some
allusion
to
that
in
the
report.
So
the
lesson
learned
here
is
I'm,
not
convinced
that
it
is
as
magical
as
what
it
is,
and
the
thing
that
really
scares
me
is
the
section
in
here
that
talks
about
this
is
a
framework
for
change.
P
In
other
places
and
I
remember
when
this
boat
first
went
through
on
the
council
floor,
what
I
heard
from
my
colleagues
all
around
me
was
that's
a
good
start.
I
can't
wait
to
do
it
in
other
places,
I'm,
not
sure
that
that's
the
best
thing.
What
I
was
really
clear
about
was
what
I
heard
on
the
campaign
trail
during
the
last
election.
P
Not
everybody
in
this
city
thinks
this
is
a
great
idea,
and
so
you
know,
is
there
a
chance
to
make
some
improvements
for
transit
I'm,
a
transit
user
myself
I've
been
down
there
to
ride
King
Street
I'll
be
down
there
to
walk
on
King
Street
I've
had
a
good
look
at
this
over
time.
Maybe
there
is
some
improvements
during
the
day
that
we
could
do
with
some
of
these
changes.
But
what
I
also
heard
loud
and
clear
was
a
number
of
businesses
that
told
me
they
were
upset
about
this
and
that
their
prosperity
was
down.
P
So
could
a
compromise
perhaps
make
things
better,
I
wonder
what
a
compromise
not
harm
transit
I,
don't
see
how
it
could
if
the
issues
that
we're
experiencing
or
during
the
afternoon
peak
providing
people
some
relief
in
the
evening
hours
and
on
the
weekends
I
cannot
see
a
downside
to
that.
The
last
piece
I'll
just
mention-
and
it
was
a
thought-
I
had
a
while
back-
was
just
this
idea
of
electric
vehicles.
You
know,
on
the
same
day
that
we
approved
the
beginning
of
the
King
Street
pilot
at
Council.
P
They
also
approved
the
transform
tÃo
plan
and
what
happened
since
then.
We
had
this
great
thought
that
electric
vehicles
would
be
a
great
changer
in
that
plan.
It's
it's
written
in
that
that
colorful
waterfall.
That
was
in
the
plan
about
how
we're
gonna
achieve
carbon
reduction.
One
of
the
things
that
happened
was
there
were
some
cancellations
in
the
incentives
of
electric
vehicles,
so
that
got
me
thinking.
You
know:
what
can
we
do
as
a
city
to
encourage
the
advent
of
the
electric
vehicle?
You
know,
how
can
we
do
that
cost-effectively?
P
It
would
cost
us
almost
nothing
to
allow
electric
vehicles
to
use
this
corridor,
perhaps
as
a
premium.
Maybe
some
people
will
choose
that
type
of
technology,
notwithstanding
the
cost
that
are
given
to
them
and
recognize
this,
as
maybe
a
little
premium
thing
that
the
City
of
Toronto
can
do
I'm,
not
sure
it
would
really
change
things.
It
is
a
street
with
cars
on
it
today,
something
that
the
report
admits
that
you
know
there
is
right.
Turn
cars
that
go
through.
P
It's
not
like
they've
totally
disappeared,
so
a
few
extra
here
there
I,
don't
think,
are
going
to
make
a
big
difference.
They
have
a
GV
plate.
We
all
know
what
those
cars
are.
They're,
they're
quite
evident
as
they
go
by
so
I'm,
not
really
sure
it's
a
very
difficult
thing
to
enforce.
So
there
you
have
those
motions,
I
think
they're,
quite
reasonable
in
nature.
P
O
You,
speaker
I,
think
it's
actually
very
important
to
pause
and
reflect
on
the
fact
that
we
have
two
major
transit
reports
in
front
of
us
today.
This
one
and
one
dealing
with
whatever
it
is,
is
going
on
at
the
province
a
thing
always
worth
keeping
in
mind
when
dealing
with
transit
is
there's,
never
enough
money,
never
enough
money.
You
want
to
be
able
to
run
more
buses.
You
want
to
be
able
to
run
more
streetcars,
more
Subway's,
you'd
love
it
if
it
was
free,
but
there's
never
enough
money.
O
So
our
job,
when
looking
at
this
report
and
the
report
that
we'll
get
to
sometime
this
council
meeting,
is
to
ask
ourselves
what
moves
the
most
people
for
the
least
money
and,
as
you
heard
very
clearly
from
the
staff
over
there,
this
is,
without
a
doubt,
the
single
biggest
success
we
have
had
in
an
extraordinarily
long
period
of
time
here
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
It's
worth
also
noting
that
it
came
from.
O
It
came
from
an
analysis
that
our
staff
did
about
how
to
move
the
most
people
for
the
least
money
and
where
the
bottlenecks
in
the
system
lay
it
came
from
work
that
goes
back
frankly
to
decades
where
staff
have
been
saying
to
us
and
I
can
remember
a
previous
proposal
to
give
transit
priority
on
King
Street
Mel
last
name
was
mayor.
City
staff
have
been
telling
us
for
a
long
time.
You
have
a
limited
amount
of
money
and
you
have
to
choose
to
make
the
investments
that
give
the
biggest
return.
O
It's
the
kind
of
principle
I
know
that
our
budget
chief
keeps
close
to
his
heart
every
time
that
we
consider
our
annual
budget.
It's
the
true
efficiency.
If
anyone
ever
tells
you
that
they
want
more
efficiency
at
the
municipal
level
of
government,
you
say
you're
exactly
right.
We
should
do
more
things
like
the
King,
Street
pilot
and
fewer
things
like
drawing
great
big
maps
with
pencil
crayons
and
putting
them
forward
as
transit
plans.
That's
what
the
evidence
tells
us.
That's.
O
Why
I'm
delighted
to
hear
not
only
that
we've
been
successful
in
that
that
that
logic
has
been
borne
out
with
evidence
and
success,
and
that's
why
I'm
also
delighted
to
hear
that
there's
a
discussion
going
on
between
planning
the
TTC
and
our
transportation
staff
looking
for
ways
to
replicate
that
success?
It's
the
way
we
should
move
forward
with
all
of
our
transit
thinking.
We
shouldn't
be
asking
ourselves
who
deserves
transit,
but
we
should
instead
be
asking
ourselves
who
needs
transit
and
how
do
we
deliver
it
with
the
limited
amount
of
money?
O
We
have
that's
what
we
should
do
as
a
government,
and
we
should
direct
our
staff
to
provide
us
that
advice.
I
was
at
the
executive
committee
when
this
and
the
other
report,
where
it
were
asked
for
and
I
said
so
of
the
various
transit
proposals
that
you've
put
in
front
of
us
this
month,
which
ones
are
you
putting
forward
based
on
the
evidence
that
you
have
and
which
ones
are
you
putting
forward
based
on
things,
council
told
you
to
do
irrespective
of
the
evidence.
O
O
O
In
fact,
if
we
don't
take
what
they're
putting
here
in
front
of
us
seriously
and
instead
do
other
things,
we
are
deliberately
wasting
money,
we
are
deliberately
choosing
to
take
a
limited
amount
of
money
and
spend
it
inefficiently
and
get
less
done
and
get
fewer
people
riding
transit.
So
I
encourage
all
of
you.
Don't
it
don't
vote
for
the
amendments
vote
for
this
and
be
mindful
of
the
foundation
of
the
success
of
this
project
when
we
get
to
the
later
item.
Thank
you.
Thank.
H
Through
the
chair,
I'd
like
to
just
start
by
recognizing
all
the
work
that
staff
have
put
into
this
across
all
of
the
divisions
here
doing
a
pilot
is
not
easy.
That's
it
they're,
not
easy
for
politicians,
they're,
not
easy
for
staff,
there's
a
lot
of
deep
consultation
that
goes
into
that
ton
of
monitoring
a
ton
of
data,
evidence
and
work.
H
So
we
know
that's
a
you
know,
not
necessarily
the
most
straightforward
or
easiest
approach,
but
I
think
it
gets
us
to
good
outcomes
and
I
think
that's
what's
really
important
and
what
we
have
in
front
of
us
here
today.
This
project
shows
that
you
know
we
can
have
a
strong
vision
for
transit.
We
can
have
a
strong
vision
for
our
Main
streets
here
in
Toronto,
but
recognizing
that
it's
important
to
bring
people
bring
residents
bring
businesses
along
through
the
process,
consult
deeply
and
rely
on
the
evidence.
H
H
This
is
an
efficient
use
of
our
resources
and
it's
about
recognizing
that
we
have
unique
transit
challenges
in
this
city,
surface
surface
streetcars,
going
down
the
middle
of
some
of
our
main
streets,
presents
challenges,
and
so
what
we
have
is
a
made
in
Toronto
solution
that
that
is
really
focused
on
how
we
must
move
the
most
people
most
effectively.
I
think
you
know.
What's
impressive
here
is
for
a
relatively
modest
investment
of
1.5
million.
We
can
make
such
significant
improvements
to
transit,
but
also
to
the
road
safety.
H
When
we
went
through
the
report,
you
saw
that
people
using
King
Street
now
felt
safer
and
that
was
56
percent
of
transit
users,
54
percent
of
pedestrians,
68
percent
of
cyclists,
all
reported
feeling
safer
on
King
Street
during
the
pilot
I
think
that's
a
win.
We
definitely
know
that
we
need
to
make
our
streets
safer
in
Toronto.
We
need
to
have
these
sort
of
specific
interventions
that
also
facilitate
moving
people
moving
transit
but
creating
safer
Main
streets
for
everybody,
so
I
support
this
project.
H
N
Madam
Speaker,
we
do
have
two
standards
for
looking
after
people
with
disabilities.
One
standard,
if
you're
the
Toronto,
Transit
Commission
wheel,
trance,
you
were
able
to
go
right
through
not
a
problem.
If,
however,
you
are,
when
you
put
the
call
in
to
get
a
mobility
somebody
to
come
over
and
take
you
around
and
if
that's
a
partner,
be
a
cabbie
you're
not
able
to
go
right
through
so
in
order
to
make
that
feel
the
level
playing
field
in
in
the
TVC
Transit,
we
voted
that
the
other
vehicles
be
allowed
I'm
putting
the
same
motion
here.
N
It's
a
few
vehicles
that
that
go
through
and
I'm
looking
for
that
to
be
approved
by
all
and
I
hope
that
the
mayor
that
supported
this
is
answering
the
calls
of
the
people
that
sometimes
will
get
on
wheel,
trans
Transit,
Commission
bus,
and
sometimes
they
won't,
but
they
will
go
through
one
of
the
park.
They
don't
have
a
choice
as
to
who
picks
them
up.
We
make
the
decision
where
this
is
done,
and
we
should
also
make
sure
that
we
make
the
decision
that
these
people
are
treated
equally.
N
Madam
chair,
I
I
will
have
to
admit
that
I
was
leery
of
the
Kingston
project.
I
am
still
very
rich
and
when
I
speak
to
constituents,
they're
giving
me
such
things
as
we
can't
get
down
to
the
theatres
to
restaurants
are
are
suffering
and
in
when
you're
talking
to
the
businesses,
people
on
King
Street
they're
adjusting,
but
it's
taken
a
long
time
to
adjust
them.
They've
lost
a
major
amount
of
businesses,
so
this
is
something
that
it's
a
unique
situation.
N
When
I
hear
people,
we
can
take
a
look
to
doing
this
elsewhere
as
I'm
sure
they're.
Looking
at
and
I'm
dreading
and
I'm
going,
which
is
the
next
street,
is
they're
gonna,
be
Bayview,
my
good
friend,
or
is
it
you
have
when
you
wrote
that
we're
gonna
like
to
do
that
and
those
three?
So
certainly
if
we
do
that
on
them,
they're
gonna
be
hurting
the
businesses
I
mean
there's
enough
closed
stores
in
the
City
of
Toronto
that
we
don't
need
to
add
anymore.
G
N
G
N
N
G
N
I
I
This
is
why
I'm
actually
slightly
surprised
to
hear
from
my
colleague
councilor
holiday
that
he
doesn't
see
that
and
that,
in
fact,
he
thought
that
it
wasn't
enough.
When
our
staff
clearly
said
it
was
unprecedented,
the
the
impact
and
the
improvement
that
was
made
so
so
maybe
my
my
my
dear
councilor
colleague,
councilor
holiday,
can
have
his
prescription
checked
because,
obviously
he's
not
reading
the
report.
Maybe
he
also
needs
to
get
his
his
hearing
checked,
because
perhaps
he
didn't
hear
the
answers
from
staff
when
they
said
it
was
unprecedented.
C
I
It
people
are
gonna,
say
it's
just
a
couple
of
minutes,
it's
120
seconds.
Add
those
add
that
time
up
to
your
day
and
the
number
of
people
that
are
actually
benefiting
from
that
is
enormous.
This
is
a
major
change
and
we
should
be
proud
of
the
direction
that
council
took,
but
we
should
also
be
very
cautious,
very
cautious
about
any
changes
that
are
proposed
here
today.
I
So
let's
not
put
this
whole
project
at
risk
by
increasing
the
number
of
violations
by
enormous
amounts,
just
to
appease
the
very
few,
because
people
can
still
get
to
their
destinations
they're
still
able
to
navigate
around
the
downtown
core.
In
fact,
they're
able
to
do
so
more
efficiently.
Now
that
our
transit
vehicles
are
moving
better
through
the
downtown
core.
Finally,
while
I
was
the
neighboring
councillor
west
of
Bathurst,
there
weren't
many
there
weren't
many
significant
interventions
west
of
Bathurst,
just
because
of
the
way
the
roads
work
with
Richmond
Adelaide
as
go
through
streets.
I
It
wasn't
possible
to
do
some
of
the
same
things
West,
but
I
know
that
councillor
Kressley
and
councillor
McConnell
were
were
under
enormous
pressure
by
there
by
some
in
their
communities
to
take
a
different
course
and
I'd
like
to
thank
them
for
showing
their
their
bravery
and
their
convict's
ticking
their
conviction
about
helping
the
now
80,000
people
that
ride
on
a
regular
basis,
because
the
city
is
better
off
now
than
it
was
before.
Thank
you,
Thank.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
Speaker.
I
would
also
rise
to
to
give
my
thanks
to
staff
who've
been
working
on
this
particular
implementation.
I
think
that
it's
it
represents
to
me
the
very
best
of
the
city
when
we
work
together
the
divisions
coming
together,
TTC
transportation
services
and
City
Planning
and
and
then
seeing
the
outcome
manifests
itself
as
quickly
as
it
has
has
just
been
inspiring.
I
also
like
to
thank
previous
counselors
Vaughn
and
Meccano.
I
know
that
they've
been
big
champions
of
the
transit
corridor
along
King
Street
for
some
time.
B
Our
former
chief
planner
for
four
I
think
initiating
the
conversation
councillor,
Krusty
who's
who's
done
a
yeoman's
amount
of
work
on
the
pilot
and
a
meritorious
well
as
the
executive
committee
who
voted
unanimously
to
support
the
the
making
of
King
Street
pilot
permanent,
and
it's
actually
quite
telling
when
you
actually
have
really
good
outcomes
with
thoughtful,
careful
planning
and
how
its
implemented
and
where
people
can
go
with
it
and
I.
Think
that,
given
the
given
the
intervention,
that's
been
made
and
the
the
modest
amount
of
money,
we
have
seen
some
very
big
changes.
B
The
King
Street
pilot
transit
benefits
are
numerous
faster,
more
predictable
travel
times
more
people
taking
transit
along
King,
Street
ridership,
going
up
by
16%
from
72,000
to
84,000
boardings
per
day,
a
greater
customer
satisfaction
along
King
Street
and
with
the
operation
of
the
streetcar,
improved
efficiency,
reliability,
streetcar
operations
and
with
25
percent
more
customers
per
hour
per
service
by
all
accounts.
That
is
a
big
success.
Other
tangible
benefits,
I
think
that
we
don't
necessarily
talk
about
is
the
fact
that
we
had
to
make
a
move.
B
The
the
downtown
is
changing
and
how
we
need
to
get
people
to
and
from
work
to
and
from
their
places
of,
study
and
worship
and
home
have
to
change,
and
we
could
not
let
King,
Street
and
and
and
in
particular
King
Street
with
given
the
volume
of
people
who
need
to
get
to
where
they
need
to
go.
We
could
not
let
King
Street
stand
in
in
sort
of
situation
and
and
that's
a
big
big,
dramatic
improvement.
B
B
There
has
there's
not
too
many
other
projects
that
have
gone
through
this
level
of
scrutiny,
and
probably
this
this
amount
of
attention,
then
the
King
Street
pilot
project
and
I
think
that
if
we
are
going
to
be
making
evidence-based
decisions
found
it
on
good
data
and
data
collection,
which
was
central
to
how
staff
have
written
their
report.
I
think
that
we
would
have
to
support
this
project
and
make
it
as
permanent
as
possible.
They
collected
the
data
they
monitored,
they
evaluated.
The
recommendations
are
great
for
us,
I
think
we
should
adopt
it
without
any
amendments.
Q
Speaker
I
have
a
motion.
Perhaps
it
can
be
put
on
the
on
the
board
speaker
whenever
we
talk
about
mobility
or
moving
in
the
City
of
Toronto
I.
Just
I
was
just
diving
up
here.
For
example,
I
live
in
the
northwest
part
of
the
city
of
Toronto
and
I
worked
downtown
I'm,
not
alone
in
this
I'm,
not
the
only
person
who
lives
in
one
of
the
suburbs
and
comes
to
work
in
the
City
of
Toronto,
so
I
take
transit,
sometimes
and
you're.
Q
So
here's
what
it
takes
me
so
I
get
on
Islington
either
go
to
faint
your
steals.
If
I
catch
the
bus
right
away
and
I,
don't
have
to
wait
for
the
bus
right,
it's
a
six
minute
bus
ride,
tither,
steals
or
Finch.
Then,
if
I
catch
the
bus
right
away,
it's
a
35
to
45
minute
bus
ride
to
the
subway
station,
either
Finch
station
or
Black
Creek.
Q
Q
Welcome
to
my
world
folks
I'm,
not
the
only
person
in
this
that
that,
in
that
position,
I
live
in
the
City
of
Toronto
I
work,
downtown
Toronto,
that's
what
it
takes
me
on:
transit
I,
get
in
my
car
an
hour
and
15
minutes
an
hour
and
20
minutes
100
an
hour
and
25
minutes
depending
on
traffic.
I,
get
on
my
bicycle
just
a
little
over
an
hour
and
sometimes
under
an
hour
depending
quickest
way.
For
me
to
get
here
is
like
on
my
motorcycle
and
I
like.
Q
But
you
know
hearing
some
of
my
downtown
colleagues.
Sometimes
chat
about
this
and
transit
is
the
the
solution
to
it
all
yeah
I
agree:
ain't
gonna
make
it
much
faster
for
me
now
in
45
minutes
and
by
the
way,
that's
an
hour,
45
minutes
back
home
because
that's
the
that's,
that's
the
that's
the
give
of
it
on
transit.
Q
So
what
my
motion
asks
and
what
I've
been
asking
for
from
the
get-go
is
and
I
understand
that
motorcycle
users
and
scooter
users
are
a
very,
very
small
fraction
of
road
users
in
general.
So
because
it's
such
a
small
group,
it
never
it
never
factors
into
the
debate.
We
never
ever
consider
I.
You
know
people
who
are
using
some
mechanized,
a
bicycle
that.
Q
It
doesn't,
but
because
it's
got
a
license
plate
on
it
and
any
bike,
doesn't
they
go
the
same
speed
because
you're
going
light
to
light
and
you're
going
in
the
floor
traffic?
So
it's
not
like
the
speed.
Variables
are
any
different,
but
you
will
allow
the
ebike
because
it's
considered
a
bicycle,
but
you
won't
allow
the
Vespa
because
it's
got
a
license
plate,
that's
bizarre
and
we're
just.
We
really
were
talking
about
a
handful
of
scooters
and
motorcycles.
Q
D
Madam
Speaker
I
have
a
motion
and
it's
a
very
simple
little
motion
that
I
think
members
of
council
won't
have
trouble
with,
and
it
speaks
to
item
recommendation
number
7
and
right
now.
Recommendation
7
says
that
the
we
would
request
the
general
manager
transportation
services
to
further
monitor
and
assess
the
late-night
performance
of
the
King
Street
Transit
a
priority
corridor
and
I
would
just
rather
like
to
take
out
the
words
late
night
and
have
them
continuously
look
at
a
number
of
things,
including
some
of
the
issues
that
we've
heard
about
today.
D
With
regard
to
people
of
differing
abilities,
including
some
of
the
concerns
of
business,
because
we've
said
here
in
this
chamber
and
I
certainly
was
going
to
reinforce
in
my
own
remarks
the
fact
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
improve
this
and
I'd
like
to
make
sure
that
we
have
using
all
the
data
that
we
will
still
continue
to
collect.
You
know
have
regular
reports
and
that
the
general
manager
will
feel
quite
not
only
feel
free
but
feel
encouraged
to
bring
forward
observations
and
reports
on
the
overall
performance
of
this.
D
So
beyond
that
motion,
madam
Speaker,
what
I
certainly
wanted
to
start
by
doing
was
to
was
to
pay
tribute
to
the
staff
past
and
present,
who
have
worked
on
this
and
I
made
mention
at
the
executive
committee
and
I.
Think
it's
very
deserving
of
being
mentioned
that
the
staff,
including
the
PTC
and
planning
staff,
did
a
lot
of
work
before
this
pilot
project
even
started
and
Jennifer
Keyes
Matt,
for
example.
D
You
know
led
in
the
process
of
an
incredibly
big-
and
we
forget
these
things,
because
it
was
a
while
ago,
an
incredibly
robust
consultation
process
that
was
undertaken.
That
I
think
gave
us
some
of
the
foundational
information
on
which
to
try
and
maximize
the
chances
for
success
both
operationally,
but
also
with
the
public
I
mean
I
recall,
the
meetings
I
think
were
held
at
Metro
Hall
and
there
were
like
hundreds
of
people
there.
This
was
not
something
where
there
were.
D
Don't
think,
there's
ever
been
a
project
that
had
more
publicly
reported,
frequently
reported
data,
so
people
could
see
as
we
went
along
how
it
was
going,
and
the
bottom
line
was
that
pretty
well,
with
the
exception
of
obviously
some
challenges
that
exist
for
some
of
the
businesses
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
The
transit
part
of
this
was
successful
from
day
one
and
continued
to
be
successful
and
grew
on
its
own
success
as
time
went
on,
but
that
was
again
thanks
to
a
lot
of
hard
work
on
the
part
of
our
staff
and
I.
D
Thank
them
very
much
for
that.
You
know
there
are
people
who
are
critical
of
this
pilot
project
means
of
going
about
bringing
about
change.
I,
don't
apologize
for
it.
Not
only
do
I
not
apologize
for
it,
I
think
the
times
we've
used
it
on
issues
that
showed
some
potential
to
be
controversial
and
to
not
lend
themselves
to
a
consensus.
D
I
certainly
believe
my
job
is
the
one
person
here,
that's
elected
across
the
city
is
to
draw
a
consensus
and
I
think
what's
happened
as
a
result
of
the
fact
that
we
did
the
pilot
project,
we
had
a
lot
of
data.
We
had
consistent
and
frequent
reporting.
Is
that
over
time,
a
consensus
built
across
the
city
because
I
do
not
believe
what
we're
doing
here
today
is
something
that's
just
supported
by
people
who
live
around
King,
Street
or
otherwise.
I
think
people
across
the
city
have
come
to
understand
based
on
facts
and
measurements.
D
You
know
our
Kathy
birch
from
from
the
Toronto
Community
Housing
accessibility
committee
for
coming
today.
I
think
the
concerns
that
she
just
articulated
to
me,
which
had
more
to
do
with
the
ability
of
vehicles
to
stop
on
King
Street.
Then
the
ability
as
councillor
Matt
Lowe,
brought
out
to
have
people
delivered
at
the
same
place
are
things
we
should
look
at
and
our
staff
should
look
at,
but
I
think
that
there's
continuous
fine-tuning
we
can
do
to
make
this
work
better
for
everybody
and
I
hope
that
we
will
do
that.
D
But
the
bottom
line
for
me
speaker,
it's
working.
It's
working.
The
pilot
project
proved
that
the
data
proved
that
it's
working
in
the
broader
interests
of
the
public
in
Toronto,
the
traveling
public
and
everybody
else.
We
have
some
challenges
to
address
with
business
and
perhaps
with
people
with
differing
abilities.
We
will
address
those.
We
will
invest
in
this
corridor
in
terms
of
transit
in
terms
of
public
realm
and
making
this
better
for
everybody
and
I.
D
A
A
D
What
I'd
like
to
suggest
is
that
we
stand
down.
My
second
came
and
I
was
going
to
suggest
a
time
of
say
four
o'clock
this
afternoon.
We
can
proceed
with
other
business.
In
the
meantime,
my
understanding
is.
The
report
is
imminent,
so
that
that
would
give
people
several
hours
in
which
to
read
it,
including
over
the
lunch
break,
and
then
we
could
get
that
discussion
started
today,
because
I
think
that's
gonna
be
a
long
discussion
as
well.
D
G
G
I
submit
that
it
is
completely
unreasonable
for
an
item
of
this
importance
to
have
a
report
dropped
on
us
and
while
we're
in
a
meeting
where
we're
supposed
to
be
reviewing
and
addressing
the
issues
that
are
at
the
meeting
in
front
of
us,
be
expected
to
also
thoughtfully
review
and
understand.
The
report
that
we
are
about
to
receive
from
the
city
manager
on
the
very
day
that
it's
debated
so
I.
Ask
I'd
like
I'd
like
to
find
some
way
and
I.
Seek
your
advice
of
the
clerk's.
A
Thank
thank
you,
councilor
Matt
Lowe,
it's
the
mayor's
key
item
and
the
mayor
would
like
to
deal
with
the
item
at
four
o'clock
and
that's
what
we'll
deal
with
so
there's
no
debate
counts.
Councillor
Marlo.
You
already
had
your
point
of
order,
point
of
privilege,
Oh,
calcium,
aloe,
I'm.
Sorry,
you
had
your
point
of
order
and
point
of
privilege.
Let's
move
on
with
the
agenda.
That's
my
ruling.
A
Our
next
item
on
the
on
the
agenda
would
be
the
city's
tenants
first,
but
it's
my
understanding
that
Toronto
Housing
is
not
here
to
answer
the
questions
so
we'll
deal
with
that
after
lunch,
so
I'm
suggesting
that
we
go
in-camera
to
discuss
the
three
items
for
the
Civic
appointments
committee.
So
can
I
have
a
motion
to
go
in
camera,
moved
by
deputy
mayor
and
minna
wonk
on
favor
opal
done.
You
have
to
read
it.
Oh.
C
That
council
recess
its
public
session
to
meet
his
committee
of
the
whole
in
closed
session
to
consider
see
a
5.4
appointment
of
public
members
to
the
Exhibition
Place
Board
reason
for
confidential
information,
personal
matters
about
identifiable
individuals
who
are
being
considered
for
appointment
to
the
Exhibition
Place
Board
and
see
a
5.5
appointment
of
public
members
to
the
Toronto
Zoo
Board.
Reason
for
confidential
information
personnel
matters
about
identifiable
individuals
who
are
being
considered
for
appointment
to
the
Toronto
Zoo
Board.
C
A
C
A
Okay,
thank
you.
City
Council
has
completed
its
closed
meeting
consideration
of
item
c8
by
0.4
and
C
a
5.5
regarding
appointments
to
Exhibition
Place
in
the
Toronto
Zoo.
No
emotions
were
made
in
closed
session
members.
Counselor
Thompson
requested
that
he
be
present
for
the
public
debate
on
this
item,
so
I'm,
suggesting
that
we
propose
that
we
have
the
public
debate
on
this
item.
After
the
lunch
recess.
A
I
I
R
N
R
N
Have
we
given
any
consideration
to
having
a
staff
person
on
a
full-time
basis
that
would
look
at
and
help
you
with
decisions
that
we
make
regarding
refugees
and
all
the
influx
that
we
have
had
with
Assyrians
the
Haitians
and
everybody
else?
Are
you
recommending
that
we
do
have
a
staff
person
full-time
engaged
in
this
through.
N
What
work
are
we
able
to
do
now,
since
we
had
the
original
Syrian
refugees?
How
did
that
mindset
change
now,
we'll
do
that.
We
do
have
one
person
that's
pool
fully
looking
after
it
I
mean
what
was
the
mindset
that
changed
when
I
asked
the
same
question
back
when
the
Syrians
were
coming
in
and
I
recommend
that
we
have
a
have
a
personal
full
time?
What
that
what
took
place
that
actually
changed
that
changed
staff,
mine
or
your
mind
through.
R
The
speaker
that
experience
provided
both
the
city
and
the
non-governmental
organisations
the
opportunity
to
develop
very
good
working
relationships,
very
good
knowledge
of
the
respective
roles
within
the
system,
that
relationship
building
has
continued
as
we've
been
dealing
with
the
current
flows.
So.
R
N
R
The
moment
they
are
relatively
stable,
they
continue
at
a
high
level.
I
don't
have
the
the
numbers
immediately
in
front
of
me.
There
has
been
a
change
in
that
the
number
of
irregular
crossers
has
significantly
declined
in
country,
refugee
applications
have
continued
to
increase
or
relatively
high,
and
we
have
the
dynamic
of
secondary
migration
from
other
parts
of
the
country.
The
crossing.
N
R
A
N
B
Thank
you
very
much.
My
questions
are
also
largely
aligned
with
the
changes
that
are
coming
from
the
federal
government
around
the
omnibus
bill
and
the
the
probe
and
the
prohibition
of
allowing
asylum
seekers
to
to
apply
once
they've
already
applied
once
in
another
country,
did
did
the
Government
of
Canada
consult
with
this
particular
body,
or
perhaps
yourself
prior
to
making
those
changes.
R
B
Because
these
legal
changes
were
we're
done
largely
without
consultation,
and
it's
it's
usually
cities
that
have
to
work
through
the
the
physical
resettlement
process
for
the
asylum
seekers
who
have
sought
asylum
and
applied
in
there
in
the
first
country
of
contact.
They
may
be
here
as
well
what
happens
to
that
individual
now,
so,
if
they're
no
longer
permitted
to
apply
for
for
a
second
country
status,.
R
B
And
although
we
don't
have
purview
over
the
matter,
oftentimes
the
matter
Falls
up
to
us,
just
like
the
fact
that
we
are
housing,
individuals
who
are
asylum
seekers
in
the
shelter
system,
would
it
be
beneficial
and
maybe
perhaps
proactive
for
this
refugee
capacity.
As
this
this
Advisory
Committee
to
put
to
put
together
position
paper,
that's
that
sort
of
let's
the
federal
government
know
what
you
believe
is
required
in
order
for
us
to
expedite
clear
the
backlog,
move
the
system
along
and
somehow
overall
streamline
the
process
through.
B
Thank
you
very
much
that
bit
of
information.
What
is
the
role
of
the
province
in
all
of
this,
because
we
know
that
cities
are
managing
the
populations
as
they're
coming
in,
but
obviously
a
regional
coordinator,
profits,
a
province
wide
or
even
a
country
wide
coordinator
would
go
above
the
the
purview
of
the
city.
What
is
the
provincial
role
in
all
of
this.
R
There
are
specialty
programs
like
the
Provincial
Nominee
program,
where
the
federal
government
has
agreed
to
work
with
provinces
with
respect
to
certain
newcomers
to
the
country.
From
a
policy
perspective,
my
advice
to
Council
has
always
been
setting.
Policy
on
who
comes
into
the
country
is,
is
federal.
Our
interest
is
how
quickly
weak
and
effectively
we
can
settle
people
once
they're
here,
regardless
of
their
way
in
and
effective
settlement
requires
inter-government
governmental
collaboration
between
all
three
orders
of
governments,
so
the
province
does
has
traditionally
had
a
role
in
settlement.
B
B
So,
but
with
the
settlement
process
and
coordinating
all
the
settlement,
that's
taking
place
across
the
cities
and
local
township
in
Ontario,
the
provincial
government
has
a
role
they
have.
They
have.
They
can
participate
in
a
leadership
capacity
and
they're,
really,
probably
the
best
people
to
help
us
move
the
different
pieces
and
coordinate
the
conversations
because
I
know
that's
critically
important.
That's.
R
N
A
G
G
G
G
For
far
too
long
there,
it's
within
you
know,
within
Toronto's
homes
but
elsewhere
as
well.
There's
been
this
sort
of
traditional
task
task
focused
approach
to
dementia
care
where
residents
are
treated
like
patients
they're
there
they're
treated
like
children,
sometimes
they're
talked
around
or
at
or
over
rather
than
with,
and
recently
I've
had
the
privilege
to
visit
some
places
that
I've
seen
take
an
approach.
That
is
a
culture
change
that
I'd
like
to
see
and
I
believe
all
of
us
would
like
to
advocate
for
with
within
our
10
long-term
care
homes.
G
One
is
at
West
burn.
Manor
is
here
in
Toronto
in
Etobicoke.
Is
that
yours,
yes
in
in
cancer
holidays
word
and
what
they're
doing
is
remarkable
they've
changed
that
you
know
they've
they've
done
everything
from
changed:
the
color
of
the
walls
from
that
sort
of
like
white
institutional
Hospital.
Looking
setting
to
warm
and
bright
colors,
they
have
this
may
sound
silly,
but
dolls
and
robotic
animals
and
things
to
provide
comfort
in
a
sense
of
stability
to
those
who
need
it.
G
They've
been
reconfiguring
the
size
and
dimension
of
the
spaces
and
they've
done
that
on
their
own,
just
because
of
their
own
initiative,
but
it
wasn't
from
a
system.
It
wasn't
from
a
systems
place
and
that's
why
I
and
I
believe
most
of
you
would
like
to
see
us
take
a
leadership
role,
be
a
model
for
the
world,
so
people
can
come
here
and
say:
wow
Toronto
is
is
leading
the
way
with
an
emotion
focus
rather
than
just
task
oriented
approach.
G
I
also
visited
in
Peel
Region
at
at
Moulton
village
they've
become
internationally
renowned
for
what
they've
done,
because
what
they've
done
is
they've
taken
on
the
butterfly
approach,
and
even
if
you
visit
one
example,
you
go
through
the
hallways.
There
and
they've
actually
talked
to
each
of
the
residents
about
doorways
that
reflect
a
sense
of
home,
a
sense
of
stability,
something
that
they
find
comfort
in
and
then
they
take
vinyl
and
they
actually
will
redo
the
doors
in
a
way
that
it
feels
like
home
to
them.
It's
amazing
what
they
do.
G
This
is
the
culture
change.
This
is
the
approach
that's
been
recommended
from
from
really
everyone
who
understands
the
issues.
Even
the
consultants
recognized
that
a
culture
change
is
needed
and
well
she
didn't
prescribe
the
butterfly
approach
or
green
house
or
wondering
the
other.
She
did
agree
that
we
should
be
looking
at
how
to
improve
our
approach
and
improve
our
care
throughout
all
of
our
facilities.
G
Through
using
emotion-focused
approaches,
they've
also
seen
in
Peel
Region
can
attest
to
this
a
lower
rate
of
weight
loss
in
the
residents.
They've
seen
less
dependence
on
antipsychotic
drugs.
There
is
a
better
retainment
and
better
job
of
work
environment
for
for
the
for
the
support
workers,
and
they
also
have
a
better
ratio.
You
know.
Currently,
we
have
a
personal
support.
Worker
will
typically
be
a
ratio
during
the
day
1
to
12
and
night.
It
can
be
up
to
1
to
40,
which
is
like
absurd
I
mean.
G
If
you
talk
to
anyone
who
works
in
our
Laurent
long-term
care
here
in
Toronto,
they
will
say
that
just
doesn't
jive
with
the
reality
of
being
able
to
provide
more
than
just
a
few
minutes
for
each
one
of
those
residents.
God
forbid,
there
was
a
fire
or
a
safety
concern
that
they
needed
to
address
so
I
endorse
the
committee's
recommendations.
I
appreciate
the
committee
actively
listening
listening
to
our
recommendations
and
and
to
the
letter
that
I
submitted.
G
A
Item
on
terms,
okay,
let's
go
back
and
forth
councillor
well,
I
just
be
clear
for
the
clerk's:
it's
not
my
item,
I'm
not
holding
it,
but
I
do
have
a
motion.
Okay,
we're
dealing
with
four
members
of
council
on
page
three
x,
four
point:
three
cities:
cities,
tenants;
first,
okay,
yes
and
it's
the
city
manager.
E
A
A
A
C
C
E
A
E
On
a
point
of
personal
privilege
on
that
item
for
35
years,
Jane
Houston,
who
is
the
director
strategic
support
at
Toronto,
Public
Health
who's
standing
here,
has
served
in
our
city
and
has
played
roles.
She
started
out
as
a
public
health
nurse
and
has
played
every
single
role
imaginable
within
Toronto
Public
Health
I.
This
was
this
is
her
last
meeting
and
she
is
retiring.