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Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee, meeting 2, June 4, 2019
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Well,
good
morning,
everyone,
as
you
may
have
noticed,
I'm,
not
Kristyn,
wong-tam,
she's,
otherwise
occupied
which
I
will
explain
it
well
shortly.
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
the
meeting
today,
both
the
committee
members,
members
of
City
Toronto's
staff,
and
to
the
members
of
the
general
public
and
deputies.
A
You
can
follow
the
agenda
and
the
debate
on
your
computer
tablet
or
smartphone
@ww
Toronto
CA
/
Council.
If
you
wish
to
do
so,
the
Toronto
accessibility
Advisory
Committee
wishes
to
acknowledge
at
this
time
the
land
that
we're
meeting
on
is
the
traditional
territory
of
many
nations.
Those
include
the
Mississauga's
of
the
credit,
the
Anishinaabe,
the
Chippewa,
the
hood
nashoni
and
the
wind
at
people's
Toronto
is
now
also
home
to
many
diverse
First,
Nations,
Inuit
and
métis
people's.
A
A
Are
there
any
declarations
of
interest
under
the
municipal
conflict
of
interest
acts
for
any
of
the
proposals
forward
today,
if
any
of
you,
as
members,
need
to
declare
an
interest
under
the
musical
conflict
of
interest,
Act
or
MCI
a
you
are
now
also
required
to
file
a
written
declaration
with
the
clerk
the
clerk's
staff
have
forums
here.
If
you
need
to
do
so
either
today
or
at
any
other
meeting.
So
next
up
is
a
proposal
to
confirm
the
minutes
from
our
last
meeting.
April
11
2019
could
I
have
a
motion
to
do
so.
A
A
Once
I
get
them
all
right,
chairs
report
Christian,
as
always,
has
had
a
busy
period
Kristin
attended
the
Toronto
for
all
campaign,
launch
feeling
left
out
on
April
25th.
She
spoke
at
the
7th
Toronto
Toronto
for
all
campaign
launch.
Excuse
me
the
highlighted
access
issues
faced
by
persons
with
disabilities
and
the
event
was
held
by
the
City
of
Toronto
in
partnership
with
the
Center
for
Independent
Living
Kristin
on
April
25th
was
also
at
TTL
taxi
drivers.
A
She
met
with
representatives
from
the
drivers
group
to
hear
their
concerns
regarding
the
city
of
Toronto's
current
accessible
plate
licensing
regime.
A
follow
up
meeting
was
held
with
municipal
licensing
and
standards
staff,
May,
13th
tronto
public
health
cuts.
The
next
item,
as
you
all
know,
that,
following
the
provincial
governments,
announcements
regarding
cuts
to
public
health
Kristen's
participated
in
multiple
press
conferences,
along
with
fellow
councillors,
to
express
opposition
to
the
new
funding
schemes.
Thank
you
for
that.
A
May
14th
15th
meeting
a
City
Council
voted
to
require
building
owners
and
operators
to
maintain
a
list
of
volunteered
contact
information,
identifying
tenants
who
may
need
assistance
during
building,
evacuations
or
temporary
shutdowns
of
vital
services,
and
that,
of
course
affects
people
living
with
disabilities.
Are
the
focus
of
this
committee?
That's
why
that's
being
brought
up
variety
village
on
May
21st,
she
met
with
variety
village
to
discuss
the
expansion
of
recreational
activities
in
the
City
of
Toronto
for
persons
with
disabilities
and
with
their
support
to
support
a
variety
village.
A
Also,
she
disgusts
at
that
time
the
potential
for
an
employment
placement
program
at
the
City
of
Toronto
for
variety
village.
Members
Kristin
also
attended
various
flag,
raisings
and
proclamations
on
April
15th.
The
neurodiversity
flag
was
raised
over
the
City
of
Toronto
to
raise
awareness
of
neurodiversity.
The
ceremony
took
place
at
11
a.m.
A
Next
on
May
14th,
the
City
of
Toronto
proclaimed
apraxia
Awareness
Day
on
and
apraxia,
for.
Those
of
you
who
do
not
know
is
a
motor
speech
disorder
that
makes
it
difficult
for
children
to
speak
upcoming
and
ongoing
consultations.
The
City
of
Toronto
is
inviting
comments
on
housing,
specifically
affordable,
housing,
long
term
care
homes
and
services.
There's
the
public
consultation
that
will
run
from
March
the
29th
to
July
1st,
and
that
is
ongoing.
There
is
one
addendum
to
the
chairs
report.
A
A
E
G
H
H
J
C
K
Good
morning,
everyone,
as
I
said
my
name-
is
Alan
mattress
off
I'd
like
to
thank
the
chair
and
the
committee
members
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
today
to
discuss
the
issue
of
on-demand
accessible
transportation
in
the
city
of
Toronto
on
behalf
of
Checker's,
taxi
charters
taxis
a
family-run
brokerage
with
over
30
years
experience.
Our
focus
has
always
been
on
accessible,
taxis
and
private
transportation.
K
Currently
we
are
the
only
brokerage
in
Toronto,
with
a
100%,
fully
accessible
taxi
fleet
from
2014
to
2018.
We
have
provided
a
1.5
million
trips
and
it's
important
to
note
that
not
one
person
had
to
identify
that
they
needed
to
special
any
special
assistance
on
this
trip.
They
just
requested
a
taxi
and
we
provided
service.
K
The
owner
of
checkers,
taxis,
Alex,
matrosov
his
accolades
and
awards
address
his
dedication
in
accessible
transportation.
He
has
been
recognized
by
the
Lieutenant
Governor
David
Onley
and
was
awarded
with
the
Lifetime
Achievement
and
Humanitarian
Award
by
the
International
Association
of
transportation
regulators.
K
Over
the
past
few
months,
I
presented
and
participated
in
MLS
public
consultation
meetings,
I
met
with
councillors
and
their
staffs
sat
down
with
the
chair
of
MLS
and
executive
committee
members,
I've
spoken
with
various
stakeholders,
organizations
and
disability
rights
advocacy
groups.
In
each
meeting
there
was
one
common
concern:
the
lack
of
on-demand
accessible
transportation
and
training
in
Toronto.
K
The
proposal
I'm
about
to
present
follows
a
similar
path.
The
city
took
in
2014,
which
was
to
make
all
taxis
in
the
city
accessible
the
difference
between
now
and
then
is,
rather
than
forcing
the
drivers
to
make
the
transition
from
a
sedan
to
accessible
we're
encouraging
them.
The
three
points
go
hand-in-hand
I'm
in
this
presentation.
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
please
at
the
end,
they
kind
of
all
come
together.
So
the
first
point
is
a
taxi
brokerage
2.0.
This
brokerage
is
an
inclusive
design.
K
Brokerage
we'd
like
to
ask
the
city
to
create
a
new
classification
or
designation
brokerage
that
is
recognized
by
the
vehicle
for
hire
in
by
law
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
The
new
taxi
brokerage
is
100%
inclusively,
designed
transportation
service
in
taxi
brokerage
2.0.
This
means
that
all
vehicles
in
this
brokerage
are
100%
inclusively,
designed
with
operators
that
are
sufficiently
trained.
K
As
long
as
we
encourage
any
brokerage
to
join
this,
and
that's
the
push
of
this
is
to
have
more
brokerages,
be
100%
inclusively
designed
as
long
as
a
new
or
current
brokerage
meets
the
requirements
they
could
obtain.
This
designation
do
the
requirements
and
suggestions
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
a
number
of
vehicles
in
the
brokerage,
a
percentage
of
total
number
of
on-demand
vehicles
outside
the
contract,
work
technology
and
training.
K
The
second
point
of
this
president
in
the
presentation
I
gave
to
all
the
stakeholders
and
committee
members,
is
incentivizing
and
promoting
100%
inclusive
design
service
business.
This
proposal
is
a
no-cost
solution
to
the
city
right
now.
The
industry's
concern
are
the
owner
operators.
Concerns
are
the
cost
of
vehicles
are
too
high.
We
have
heard
from
many
possible
solutions
by
Emmel
and
us
to
address
this
issue.
One
of
them
is
that
the
city
could
cover
the
cost
of
conversion
that
would
help
lower
the
cost
of
the
vehicles
conversion.
K
This
money
would
be
coming
from
the
accessibility
fund
and
that
the
city
has
been
collecting
since
the
introduction
of
ride-sharing
services.
We
believe
this
is
a
short-term
fix
to
the
issue.
We
believe
that
the
accessible
funds
should
be
given
as
a
handout
to
us
or
at
hand
up,
not
a
handout.
By
that
we
mean
the
fair
could
be
given
to
the
riders
by
lowering
the
cost
of
the
fare.
This
will
increase
business
to
the
drivers
and
it
will
lower
the
ride
for
the
end-user.
K
Our
proposal
comes
again
as
a
no-cost
solution
to
the
city
that
has
longevity
it
has.
It
asked
the
city
to
support
an
increased
business
traffic
by
making
brokerage
2.0
its
preferred
taxi
transportation
provider,
and
by
that
I
mean
Eddy
transportation.
Contracts
such
as
hospitals,
wheel,
trans
nursing
homes
can
only
be
awarded
to
provide
brokerage
2.0
fleets.
This
is
a
supply
and
demand
approach
that
will
encourage
more
owner
operators
to
invest
in
accessible
vehicles.
K
We
are
asking
the
city
that
MLS
have
flexibility
on
the
number
of
accessible
taxi
plates
issued,
that
is
to
say
that
if
a
broker
can
demonstrate
that
demand
for
accessible
vehicles
are
high,
that
MLS
release
a
series
of
accessible
plates
to
meet
that
demand.
This
will
help
control
the
demand
service
we
have
in
the
city.
K
My
third
point
is
a
grassroots
approach,
so
outreaching
to
surrounding
municipalities
with
an
AODA
AODA
decal,
we
are
asking
our
city
councillors
to
join
and
work
with
other
municipalities
and
allow
inclusive
design
vehicles
from
brokerage
2.0
to
obtain
an
AODA
permit
that
allows
them
to
pick
up
outside
of
the
city
limits.
This
also
creates
and
access
a
reliable
transportation
to
and
from
the
city,
because
surrounding
municipalities
don't
have
the
adequate
amount
of
accessible
vehicles.
K
A
G
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation.
It's
really
covering
an
area
that
we
think
is
important,
just
a
question
on
the
number
of
brokerages,
so
your
proposal
would
be
that
this
new
system
would
be
set
up
and
how
many
brokerages
do
you
think
realistically
could
could
apply
and
could
could
be
part
of
this
this
new
entity.
Thank
you.
K
A
H
Okay,
thank
you.
A
couple
of
quick
questions.
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
inclusive
design
in
terms
of
you
know,
because
people
different
people
have
different
understandings
of
what
it
means
exactly
and
if
you've
consulted.
The
other
thing
too,
that
I
was
gonna
say
is
I
did
participate
back
earlier
this
winter,
when
the
MLS
was
doing
the
vehicle
for
hire.
K
Yeah
to
address
your
first
question,
what
we
mean
by
inclusive
design
right
now,
inclusive
to
what
we're,
including
as
inclusive
design,
is
what
covers
with
TTL
plates,
so
a
ramp
seating
with
benches
web
clamps
be
regulated
in
the
vehicles,
we're
also
open
to
suggestions
and
creating
a
groundwork
for
a
conversation
of
what
else
might
be
included
when
I
met
with
stakeholders.
We
spoke
about
differ
from
different
groups,
and
so
it's
really
an
open
approach
that
we're
taking
to
this
solution
and
for
your
second
question,
insurance
insurance
right
now
is
at
an
all-time
high.
K
It
is
very
difficult
to
get
insurance,
but
the
reason
for
it
is
because
we
they
need
training
drivers
and,
if
the
city
were
to,
if
the
city
were
to
help
the
brokerage
2.0
create
generate
business.
This
would
cover
the
insurance
concerns
that
the
operators
have
today.
So
again.
The
idea
here
is
to
create
a
revenue
stream
for
the
drivers
to
cover
their
costs
and
earn
an
income
I
hope
that
answers
your
questions.
Thank
you.
D
D
How
would
how
do
you
envision?
Maybe
this
isn't
something
that's
been
thought
out
yet,
but
what
is
the
complaints
mechanism
in
the
new
structure?
So
if
there
are
complaints
from
consumers
about
whether
or
not
a
brokerage
is
providing
a
hundred
percent
accessible
service?
Where
do
you
envision
that
being
managed,
and
where
has
this
idea
been
presented
previously
and
what
kinds
of
responses
have
you
heard?
Thank
you.
K
Checkers
taxi
would
play
a
role
as
any
other
brokerage
would
we're
not
looking
for
exclusive
rights
or
anything.
We
are
with
our
history
and
accessible
transportation
in
the
back.
We've
always
been
an
advocate
and
champion
for
an
inclusive
design
system,
and
we
hope
the
city
felt
the
same
way
in
2014
the
complaints
process
that
we
brought
up
during
our
presentation.
K
Up
to
today's
technology
is
what
we're
hoping
to
see
and
once
everything
is
logged,
and
you
have
all
the
right
information,
then
you
could
possibly
go
to
tribunals,
track
information,
place,
complaints
against
operators
and
that's
still
something
we
could
always
work
out
with
stakeholders,
committee,
members
and
and
MLS
absolutely.
Your
third
question
was
who
we
met
with
absolutely
so
we
sat
down
with
Parkinson
Canada.
They
were
a
very
big.
K
K
We
spoke
briefly
with
spinal
cord
injury
Ontario.
They
were
interested
in
our
proposal.
We
have
to
the
province
in
regards
to
different
licensing
standards
that
includes
ride-sharing
services
and
taxi
services
to
make
training.
At
a
certain
level,
we
met
with
councilor
long
Tam's
office,
we
met
with
MLS
and
the
executive
chair,
Carlton
grant,
and
and
if
there's
there's
others
that
we
spoke
to.
Oh.
C
Firstly,
to
see
my
emphasis
on
the
training
of
drivers,
because
I
feel
that
drivers
may
not
necessarily
have
an
understanding
of
how
to
be
inclusive
towards
all
people
with
disabilities
and,
secondly,
I
wanted
to
ask
you
in
your
proposal
what
kind
of
accommodations
have
been
provided
for
deaf
individuals
specifically,
because
we
can
talk
about
physical
accessibility,
which
is
very
important.
But
if
I
as
a
deaf
person
struck-
oh
it's
booked
in
the
cab,
then
it
defeats
I'll
put
this
off
from
getting
the
cab
in
the
first
place.
K
Training's
absolutely
one
of
the
major
topics
we
spoke
with,
all
our
consultation
them
all.
Our
consultations
included
sensitive
sensitivity,
training,
securement
training,
the
City
of
Toronto
and
MLS
has
created
a
great
framework
in
their
2014
training.
It
was
world-renowned
we're
looking
to
build
off
that
with
stakeholders,
we're
actually
creating
a
steering
committee
with
different
organizations
and
advocacy
groups,
mainly
because
this
helps
us
create
a
more
inclusive,
more
sorry,
a
more
inclusive
training
program.
That's
given
to
us
by
the
community
and
in
more
of
a
grassroots
approach
and
in
terms
of
non
physical
disabilities.
K
We
we
are
very
much
pushing
technology.
This
will
help
riders
with
not
only
hearing
issues
or
visual
issues,
but
cognitive
issues
as
well
or
assistance
so
again,
but
we
are
reaching
out
to
different
sectors
to
give
us
feedback.
We
are
again
working
with
a
grassroots
approach,
we're
looking
for
feedback.
If
this
motion
were
to
pass
in
the
city
were
to
adopt
these
recommendations,
we
are
looking
from
feedback
rouser,
rather
than
working
with
what
we
have
or
relying
on
the
internet.
A
H
A
K
Absolutely
this
was
one
of
the
issues
that
we
spoke
about
in
our
presentation
with
the
stakeholders.
The
long-term
approach
we're
looking
again
is
for
creating
or
generating
business
for
these
operators,
and
so
right
now
the
city
collects
the
accessible
fund
from
ride-sharing
services
and
what
we're
asking
is
for
the
driver
get
paid
the
meter
fair,
but
that
fare
to
be
reduced
by
a
certain
percentage
from
the
accessibility
fund.
This
is
going
to
be
a
more
cost.
A
D
J
H
J
A
C
D
L
A
A
L
No
okay,
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
me
here
this
morning.
I
just
wanted
to
give
everybody
a
brief
update
on
something
that's
happening.
This
is
the
letter
to
the
committee
it's
to
councillor
a
long
time
but,
as
we
know,
she's
very
busy
this
morning
with
a
tiny
new
baby,
this
is
to
councillor
Christian
counselor
counselor
Kristyn
wong-tam,
chair
trying
to
accessibility,
Advisory,
Committee,
Toronto,
City,
Hall,
100,
Queen,
Street,
West,
re
accessibility
and
dog
off
leash
areas.
L
Dear
chair
and
members
of
the
accessibility,
Advisory
Committee
one
of
my
constituents
who
is
visually
impaired
and
uses
a
cane,
took
a
serious
fall
while
using
the
dog
off
leash
Dola
at
Greenwood
Park.
My
constituent
was
understandably
hesitant
to
use
the
Dola
and
was
then
given
a
ticket
by
the
city
for
having
her
dog
off
leash
in
the
park.
This
unfortunate
incident
brought
to
my
attention
the
need
for
a
review
of
accessibility
standards
for
dog
off
leash
areas
in
city
parks.
L
The
Rick
Hansen
foundation
describes
pea
gravel
surface
as
inaccessible
and
calls
for
them
to
be
replaced
in
place
services.
A
2005,
Safe,
Kids
Canada
report
notes,
pea,
gravel
surfaces
can
be
hard
to
walk
on
and
cannot
be
used
with
wheelchairs
or
other
mobility.
Aids
I
also
have
a
constituent
using
the
same
dog
Park
who
is
in
a
wheelchair,
and
it
does
not
feel
that
the
concrete
strip
along
the
south
side
of
the
fence
gives
him
the
access
he
needs.
L
In
April
city
council
approved
a
plan
to
redo
the
Dola,
with
artificial
turf,
bringing
it
in
line
with
accessibility
standards
from
other
cities.
I
am
sure
this
issue
goes
beyond
Greenwood
and
impacts
resident
and
dhola's
across
Toronto.
As
you
are
a
citizen
group
giving
advice
to
council
I
wanted
to
bring
this
matter
to
your
attention.
I
am
sure
you'll
be
interested
in
the
outcome
of
the
renewed
surface
of
a
dog
park.
So
that
is
simply
what
I
wanted
to
bring
to
the
committee
today.
L
There
is
an
accessibility
committee
in
the
parks
department,
but
it's
not
a
public
committee.
Your
that's
put
together
by
staff.
You
are
put
together
as
citizens
who
give
advice,
and
this
has
been
a
simmering
issue
for
a
long
time.
My
great
constituent
was
taken
to
court,
but
they
let
her
off.
She
didn't
have
to
pay.
L
The
fine
I
testified
on
her
behalf
about
this
situation,
and
this
then
really
pushed
this
forward
to
look
at
how
people
who
have
accessibility
issues
are
able
to
bring
their
animals
their
pets,
their
companions
into
dog
parks
like
any
other
citizen,
so
this
sure
will
be
happening.
I
know
they
would
like
to
come
and
speak
to
you.
I
just
didn't
know
if
this
was
appropriate
at
this
committee
or
not
so
I'll,
be
guided
by
you,
mr.
chair
and
you're,
doing
a
very
good
job
this
morning
being
thrown
in
to
that
role.
Thank.
A
You
and
I
certainly
am
thankful
that
you
brought
this
forward
to
as
councillor
Fletcher.
It's
certainly
an
important
issue
and,
as
you
mentioned,
it
is
something
that
the
specialization
is
with
Parks
and
Rec,
of
course,
but
is
theek.
Is
the
total
accessibility
Advisory
Committee
in
favor,
of
having
a
brief
discussion
of
this,
and
perhaps
with
emotion
to
the
effect
that
we
support
the
idea
of
this
and
that
that
we
forward
the
recommendation
for
action
to
the
city
parts
of
Eck.
A
A
A
G
Yes,
Thank
You
councillor,
so
we've
heard
that
at
this
initiative
has
been
undertaken
at
Greenwood
Park.
Is
there
currently
a
plan
to
have
this
also
implemented
in
other
parks
in?
If
so,
do
we
know
what
parks
that
would
be,
and
if
not,
how
do
we
implement
a
study
to
see
what
parks
would
be
the
most
appropriate
for
this
artificial
turf,
Thanks.
L
Not
that
I'm
an
expert
on
dog
parks,
but
I
did
chair
the
original
people,
dogs
and
Parks
Committee,
which
set
up
dog
parks
in
the
City
of
Toronto.
This
is
just
currently
at
Greenwood.
It
has
been
very
hard
to
move
the
needle
on
this
and
there
has
been
I
believe
that
Parks
and
Rec
are
going
to
be
reviewing
their
accessibility
standards
and
their
surfaces,
because
pee
gravel
is
currently
the
standard.
L
L
L
Numbers
of
committees
such
as
yourselves
in
selecting
and
redoing
dog
parks
that
require
that
I,
don't
know
if
that
answered
your
question
number
one
is
Greenwood:
it's
been
heavy
lifting
to
get
it
and
I
have
to
pay
for
it
all
out
of
my
own
parks
money.
The
staff
are
very
resistant
to
shifting
over.
It's
not
been
used
in
Toronto
before
it
is
used
in
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Vancouver.
It's
used
in
very
many
other
cities.
It's
never
been
tested
in
Toronto.
So
there's
a
bit
of
a
hesitancy
just
for
your
information.
L
A
C
A
L
I
know
that
there
is
a
committee
at
Parks
and
Rec,
but
I
feel,
like
you
are
the
committee
that
answers
to
City
Council,
the
other
committee
answers
to
staff
and
that's
why
I'm
here
this
morning
to
explain
to
you
what's
happening
and
I?
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
strong
support,
I
think
you're
having
strong
support.
Yes,
seeing
thank.
G
A
A
L
A
I
So
what
I'm,
really
going
to
be
doing
today
is
sort
of
giving
you
a
background
on
what
our
plans
intention
is
and
giving
you
an
option
for
further
feedback,
more
detailed
comment
in
the
future
I'm
just
to
start
off
and
through
our
presentation
that
was
sent
earlier,
we
do
provide
a
disclaimer.
The
City
of
Toronto
does
not
have
an
official
policy
or
position
around
automated
vehicles
as
of
yet
so
all
of
the
views
and
opinions
create
included
here
are
of
staff
opinion,
but
just
to
provide
an
update
on
our
work
to
date.
I
So
most
of
the
research
around
automated
vehicles
has
been
staff
discussions
and
strategizing.
We
have
an
inter
divisional
working
group
on
automated
vehicles.
That's
been
our
main
forum
for
discussion.
A
few
members
are
here
today.
So
thank
you
for
joining
us,
but
it
really
started
when
City
Council
gave
us
direction
in
2016
to
research
the
impacts
of
this
technology
to
make
sure
the
city
was
prepared
for
this
technology.
I
So
for
two
years
our
group
was
working
on
this
and
as
of
2018
a
January,
we
went
back
to
committee,
so
the
public
works
in
Infrastructure,
Committee
and
eventually
City
Council,
where
we
took
them
a
report
with
our
based
on
our
research
and
they
came
back
to
us
with
a
few
additional
requests
so
included.
In
that
report
we
had
a
framework
for
a
strategic
plan.
What
we're
now
calling
the
automated
vehicles
tactical
plan,
and
they
asked
us
to
come
back
with
something,
a
bit
more
comprehensive
which
were
aiming
to
do
in
fall
of
this
year.
I
So
we
are
planning
to
go
back
to
committee
and
we
believe
October
with
a
more
detailed
and
comprehensive
plan,
and
so
a
very
basic
introduction
to
what
automated
vehicles
are.
So
many
people
know
of
autonomous
vehicles,
so
cars
that
are
completely
driverless
can
essentially
get
anywhere
on
their
own,
but
there
are
actually
five
different
levels
of
automation.
Low
levels
are
already
on
our
roads
today,
level,
1
and
2
is
our
lane
keeping
blind
spot
detection
some
of
the
basic
features
and
vehicles
level.
I
3
is
when
we
begin
to
let
go
of
the
driver,
control
and
the
car
can
really
drive
in
certain
capacities
on
its
own,
but
there
is
still
a
requirement
of
full
driver
involvement.
A
piece
of
interest
is
the
probe.
The
province
of
Ontario
actually
has
legislation
around
autonomous
and
automated
vehicles
already,
so
they
are
allowing
driverless
testing
on
our
roads,
so
without
a
driver
in
the
vehicle
whatsoever
and
level
3
will
be
commercially
available
as
well.
I
So
if
car
companies
are
able
to
sell
this
type
of
technology,
the
general
public
will
be
able
to
buy
it,
so
the
city
is
really
just
ensuring
that
we're
speaking
to
the
correct
stakeholders
voicing
our
concerns
and
also
preparing
for
any
opportunities
and
reg
regulations
and
sort
of
strategic
policies
that
we
need
to
put
in
place
to
introduce
this
technology
in
a
way
that
works
best
for
us.
So,
a
bit
of
background
on
our
working
group,
we
have
about
31
divisions
involved
right
now.
I
We
have
everyone
from
public
health
to
environment
and
energy
who's,
seen
an
impact
from
this
technology
and
have
really
been
working
throughout
the
year
with
us
on
showing
how
their
operations
may
be
impacted.
So
it's
really
been
a
collaborative
effort
on
bringing
together
each
of
the
perspectives
of
these
divisions
to
focus
on
what
we
need
to
for
the
specific
plan.
I
So
our
tactical
plan
is
actually
based
on
a
foundation
of
our
existing
strategic
policies,
so
we
started
off
by
looking
at
our
existing
plan,
so
we
looked
at
vision,
zero,
the
equity
diversity
and
human
rights
plan,
the
senior
strategy
or
the
official
plan,
and
we
really
try
to
identify
any
policies
that
may
be
impacted
by
automated
vehicles
and
also
also
identify
any
gaps
that
we
may
have
where
we
need
to
supplement
certain
documents
with
additional
policy.
So
this
is
all
to
say
that
none
of
our
plan
is
meant
to
supersede
what's
already
out
there.
I
We
really
just
want
to
make
sure
that
anything
that
needs
to
be
added
is
done
through
this
tactical
plan.
We're
at
the
point
now,
where
we've
actually
done
quite
a
bit
of
consultation,
I,
actually
see
a
few
familiar
faces
from
our
workshops
in
March
of
last
year,
so
we
really
first
reached
out
to
stakeholders
in
March
2018.
We
held
nine
workshops
where
they
were
all
able
to
provide
their
opinions
on
automated
vehicles
and
what
they'd
like
to
see
and
we
it
was
focused
on
community
associations.
I
I
So
a
few
of
the
stakeholders
that
attended
our
workshop
that
may
be
relevant
to
the
committee.
Today
we
invited
the
Alliance
for
equity
of
equality
for
blind
Canadians,
the
Canadian
National
Institute
for
the
blind,
the
learning
disabilities,
Association
of
Toronto,
the
Canadian
Association
of
Retired
Persons,
the
Canadian
Council
of
the
blind
city
of
Toronto's
disability
issues
committee.
So
we
had
I
think
about
20
17
organizations
that
were
invited
and
11
were
in
attendance.
I
So
we
wanted
to
ensure
that
we
had
all
the
perspectives
involved
to
provide
a
bit
of
background
on
really
the
structure
of
the
plan.
There
are
about
four
different
levels
at
this
point,
so
on
slide,
9
right
right
now
and
so
the
highest
level,
a
very
high
level.
Strategic
sort
of
focus
is
our
direction,
so
the
one
I've
included
on
slide
nine
is
on
social
equity
and
health
and
you'll
see
the
statement
there
is.
I
The
City
of
Toronto
will
encourage
the
adoption
of
driving
automation
systems,
which
is
essentially
automated
vehicles
in
a
manner
that
improves
social
equity
in
health.
So
we
have
about
seven
directions
that
are
like
this,
that
are
extremely
high
level,
but
set
out
sort
of
our
focus
and
then
below
that
we
have
a
2050
goal.
So
this
isn't
to
say
that
we're
trying
to
apply
these
goals
in
2050.
I
We
want
to
make
sure
when
we
have
a
high
amount
of
these
vehicles
on
our
roads,
that
all
of
our
actions
are
hopefully
achieved
to
matter
that
we're
happy
with.
So
what
we've
included
here
is
one
of
our
goals,
which
is
ensuring
barrier-free
access
and
the
statement
is
in
2050.
The
city
will
have
harnessed
the
widespread
adoption
of
abs
or
automated
vehicles
to
ensure
all
users
have
barrier-free
access
to
personal
mobility
services,
so
this
is
really
our
goal,
for
as
it
relates
to
social
equity
and
health.
I
The
most
important
I
think
part
of
the
plan
are
the
actions
below
this,
which
we're
calling
tactics,
and
this
is
really
how
we
hope
to
achieve
those
2050
goals.
So
we
have
about
I,
think
70
to
80
tactics
at
this
point
and
they
vary
again
from
equity
to
environment,
to
road
safety.
The
one
we've
included
here
is
access
for
individuals
with
disabilities,
so
we
do
state
that
we
want
to
develop
and
implement
a
policy
to
ensure
that
shared
automated
vehicle
fleet
companies
provide
an
appropriate
level
of
barrier-free
access
and
ensure
that
unnecessary
limitations
are
avoided.
I
So
what
we
will
say
is
that
these
tactics
are
included,
but
we're
spending
the
next
three
years
investigating
what
some
of
these
things
could
look
like.
So,
for
although
we
have
a
direction
and
specific
actions
we'd
like
to
take,
we
have
an
iterative
iterative
process
below
that
to
really
form
what
our
solutions
will
be.
So
the
very
last
level
is
our
sort
of
three
or
horizon
for
these
actions
and
they
vary
from
researching
to
implementing
a
solution
to
maintaining
it.
I
So
we
know
there
are
different
timelines
and
some
of
our
actions
and
when
trying
to
take
that
into
account
as
well,
based
on
what
our
variety
of
divisions
are
currently
working
on,
so
on
slide
10.
This
is
just
a
high-level
introduction
to
what
our
seven
direction
r10
areas
of
research
and
the
goals
below
it
are
so
I'll
just
quickly
go
through
the
high-level
directions.
We
have
social
equity
in
health,
where
we
speak
to
barrier-free
access,
mobility,
equity
and
promoting
health.
We
have
environmental
sustainability,
so
oftentimes
with
automated
vehicles.
I
Electric
vehicles
are
in
the
same
discussion,
so
we
are
trying
to
bring
them
together
through
this
plan.
Our
third
direction
is
economic
sustainability.
So
looking
of
course,
at
innovation,
expanding
employment
opportunities,
expanding
sectors
related
to
automated
vehicles
is
sort
of
that
third
focus.
Our
fourth
is
privacy.
So
data
protection
data
security
is
a
huge
issue
around
this
technology.
So
we've
dedicated
a
section
to
this,
and
we've
worked
with
our
Information
and
Technology
division
to
ensure
that
we're
trying
to
get
mechanisms
in
place
prior
to
high
spread
of
this
technology.
I
Our
fifth
is
road
safety
and
security.
It's
really
highly
built
off
of
visit
vision,
zero,
so
preventing
collisions.
Looking
at
our
emergency
response.
Looking
at
our
existing
infrastructure
is
the
focus
there.
Our
sixth
is
integrated
mobility,
so
looking
at
automated
vehicles
and
how
they
can
help
improve
our
transportation
system
as
it
currently
works.
There's
a
concern
that,
as
this
technology
becomes
more
popular,
that
there
will
be
increased
congestion
that
there
may
be
more
single
occupant
drivers
on
our
roads
and
we
really
want
to
push
our
transit
focus
that
we
have
as
a
city.
I
We
want
to
push
our
existing
shared
modes,
ensure
that
we're
focusing
on
the
ways
that
can
move
the
most
people
in
the
most
efficient
manner
and
our
very
last
direction
is
a
transportation
system.
Efficiency
on
slide
11
speaks
to
some
of
the
same
aspects
is
the
one
before
this,
but
it's
about
looking
at
managing
system
demand
as
well,
so
those
are
the
seven
high-level
directions.
We
also
have
three
additional
sections
that
speak
to
more
of
our
internal
operations,
our
future
proofing.
Looking
at
additional
research,
we
may
need
to
do
so.
I
Those
c
sections
are
our
public
service
vehicles,
additional
research
and
future
proofing
and
governance,
so
how
we're
really
going
to
manage
plan.
So
our
next
few
slides
really
just
speak
to
some
of
the
tactics
that
could
be
relevant
to
this
committee
today.
So
I'm
not
gonna,
go
into
too
much
detail,
but
I've
included
our
social
equity
and
health
tactics
and
are
the
five
tactics
that
are
relevant,
that
we've
included
our
access
for
individuals
with
disabilities,
access
to
transit
for
individuals
with
disabilities.
I
I
We
also
have
increasing
mobility
equity
under
this,
so
we
speak
to
equitable
service
coverage,
equitable
performance
standards
and
mobility,
neutrality,
so
really
ensuring
we
have
equity
and
the
way
people
move
and
the
very
last
tactic,
I've
included
here
is
healthy
mobility,
so
Toronto
Public
Health
has
been
a
great
support
and
a
lot
of
our
work
as
well
and
they're
actively
looking
at
what
some
of
the
impacts
to
health
will
be.
So
we've
incorporated
that
into
our
plan
as
well
on
slide
14.
I
We
have
our
road
safety
and
security
tactics,
so
we
speak
to
the
transition
to
abies,
as
it
relates
to
transit.
So
really
looking
at
some
of
the
dedicated
lanes
that
we
may
have
need
with
transit
and
automated
automated
transit
vehicles,
ensuring
that
the
transition
is
smooth,
as
we
see
a
mix
of
the
various
methods
of
travel
and
then
we
also
have
a
tactic
on
vulnerable
road
users
and
then
again,
AV
integration
as
it
relates
to
transit
to
speak
still
a
lot
of
the
same
aspects
of
the
one
before
it.
I
Under
our
integrated
mobility
direction
on
slide
15,
we
have
for
relevant
tactic,
so
transit
priority,
active
transit
transportation,
priority
transit,
centric
mobility
as
a
service
and
micro
transit.
We
do
have
detailed
sort
of
actions
on
each
of
these
I
know
my
high
level
descriptions
don't
provide
too
much
detail,
but
based
on
the
time
we
have
here,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
introduce
you
to
some
of
the
areas
that
may
be
relevant
to
you
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
I
We
do
have
an
opportunity
for
more
detailed
comment
where
you
can
speak
to
exactly
what
your
your
group,
what
you'd
be
interested
in,
and
then
our
very
last
section
that
I've
included
here
is
our
transportation
system,
efficiency
and
public
service
vehicles.
So
again
we
speak
to
some
of
our
incentives,
around
transit
and
our
AV
fleet,
as
well.
So
if
trans
automation
is
introduced
into
transit
vehicles,
how
we're
really
addressing
all
of
the
needs
of
our
citizens
through
that
I'm.
I
So
my
very
last
slide
before
I
take
questions
is
slide
17
and
we
really
just
wanted
to
provide
next
steps.
So
we've
posted
our
most
updated
draft
of
the
tactical
plan
report.
As
of
yesterday
for
a
public
comment-
and
this
is
not
high-level
at
all-
like
I've
included,
it's
very
detailed-
we
speak
to
the
breakdown
of
the
plan
in
more
detail.
We
also
provide
some
background
on
each
of
the
tactics.
I
So
what
the
intention
is
what
some
of
the
research
shows,
what
our
next
steps
are
for
the
next
three
years,
so
it's
available
on
our
website.
Wwe
know
you
see
a
backslash,
automated
vehicles,
which
we're
also
happy
to
send
to
the
committee
to
share.
If
that's
easier,
we
also
have
PDFs
that
we
can
share
as
well
via
email.
So
we
have
an
accessible
format
and
we
have
a
graphically
designed
format
as
well,
so
you're
able
to
provide
comment
in
any
method.
That's
easiest
for
you!
I
We're
taking
emails,
Word
documents,
comments
directly
on
the
PDFs
and
you're
able
you'll
be
able
to
provide
your
detailed
feedback
which
will
incorporate
into
the
very
final
version
of
our
plan
which
we're
hoping
to
take
to
committee
in
October,
so
committee
consideration
should
be
a
public
at
our
new
infrastructure
and
Environment
Committee
on
October
17th
and
then
from
there
we'll
see.
If
we
need
to
go
to
City
Council
as
well.
A
G
You
very
much
thanks
for
your
presentation.
A
couple
of
questions,
I
think
are
somewhat
related.
You
mentioned
I
think
that
it's
either
stage
3
or
level
3
of
the
project
would
mean
that
vehicles
would
be
totally
autonomous
but
would
require
some
driver
intervention.
Are
you
able
to
elaborate
on
that
and
then
have
you
envisioned
how,
during
the
transition,
automated
vehicles
would
share
the
road
with
vehicles
with
drivers
and
how
that
would
be
managed?
G
I
Yes,
so
you
raised
two
very
great
points:
I
didn't
articulate
the
levels
as
clearly
as
I
should
have
so
level.
Three
I
think
is
the
city's
biggest
concern.
You
begin
to
see
higher
levels
of
automation,
but
it's
really
a
matter
of
it's
kind
of
like
the
Tesla's
that
are
out
there
right
now,
where
they
can
drive
by
themselves
for
a
limited
period
of
time.
I
But
that
does
not
mean
the
driver
should
be
lacks,
should
not
be
fully
aware,
but
many
people
are
treating
it
as
a
completely
autonomous
vehicle
and
you
don't
get
to
complete
autonomy
until
you're
at
level
four
or
five
level.
Four
is
sort
of
closed
in
to
specific
geographic
environments,
level,
fine
level,
five
we'll
be
able
to
learn
any
environment.
It's
in
so
that's
sort
of
the
differentiation
between
those
two
highest
levels,
but
you
only
get
to
full
complete
autonomy
at
level
four
and
five
with
level
three.
I
So
this
is
where
we're
looking
to
the
transition
to
abies.
So
we
have
a
few
tactics
around.
This
were
envisioning
that
perhaps
in
the
near
term,
it
may
be
that
these
higher
levels
of
Technology
are
segregated
to
certain
areas.
They
may
be
a
geographic
area,
they
may
be
a
specific
Lane,
but
as
we
begin
to
have
all
of
these
vehicles,
transition
over
a
lot
of
companies
are
already
looking
into
a
fully
autonomous
vehicle.
So
we
think
there
will
be
a
major
shift.
I
D
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
It's
really
interesting
stuff,
I
have
a
question
and
then,
when
we
come
to
comments,
I
have
a
comment
as
well.
Could
you
speak
a
little
bit
more
about
what
barrier
free
access
means
in
terms
of
the
user
interface
of
the
vehicles
themselves,
for
people
with
disabilities
so
generally,
what
we
see
is
that
systems
are
developed
and
the
the
making
accessible
of
the
interface
comes
much
later.
So
is
this
something
that
is
being
considered
in
the
early
development
phases,
or
is
it
something
that
will
also
be
retrofit
so.
I
This
is
where
some
of
our
work
has
limitations
and
so
we're
doing
our
best
as
a
municipality
to
get
ahead
of
the
policy
and
get
ahead
of
what
we,
what
is
within
our
jurisdiction
as
a
city.
So
what
we
can
control,
which
is
our
transit
vehicles,
which
is
sort
of
the
way
the
roads
are
shaped,
the
where
the
infrastructure
communicates
with
these
vehicles,
but
the
technology
in
and
of
itself
is
is
coming
from
the
companies.
So
what
we're
doing
our
best
to
do
is
have
those
relationships
and
go
to
these
meetings.
Have
these
consultations
voice?
I
H
I
was
gonna
say
thank
you
as
Wendy
said,
a
very
fascinating
presentation.
I
wonder
if
this
is
maybe
a
bit
on
the
premature
side
but
I'm,
just
thinking
about
like
say,
city
services
like
say
wheeled
trans,
for
example
or
paramedic.
You
know,
is
that
something
down
the
road
where
we're
going
to
see
fully
autonomous
wheel,
trans
vehicles
or
fully
autonomous
paramedic
vehicles
and.
I
I
E
E
My
sense
is
that
the
technology
is
designed
around
typical
averages
in
terms
of
patterns
of
traffic
use
and
that
sort
of
thing.
How
will
we
ensure
that
people
who
are
using
the
roads,
particularly
pedestrians
and
people
using
mobility
devices,
aren't
endangered
by
vehicles
which
are
designed
for
for
sort
of
typical
users?
So.
I
Is
we've
been
looking
at
our
maintenance
of
our
infrastructures
so
the
way
that
our
our
road
signs
are
and
the
way
that
the
the
paint
on
our
roads
are
included
that
sort
of
improves
the
way
that
the
technology
can
go
through
our
traffic
system,
which
will
in
turn,
result
in
increased
safety.
I.
Think
a
lot
of
the
messaging
around
automated
vehicles
is
that
it
improves
safety
altogether,
which
it
will
not
always
be
the
case,
especially
in
the
early
stages.
So
we're
definitely
taking
everything.
I
That's
been
said
with
a
grain
of
salt
and
ensuring
that,
despite
what
the
province
is
allowing
if
we
see
these
higher
levels
of
automation,
that
was
in
the
City
of
Toronto,
all
of
our
our
standards,
our
regulations,
our
policy
sort
of
speak
to
some
of
the
issues
that
you've
raised
so
I
think
a
lot
of
the
concern
is
that
we
are
definitely
ahead
of
where
the
technology
is
that
people
expected
those
high
levels
to
be
here
a
lot
sooner
than
they
are
right
now.
So
the
benefit
is
that
we
get
to
begin
investigating.
I
Some
of
these
concerns
and
begin
begin
to
put
our
voice
in
to
what
the
industry
is
already
looking
into.
The
disadvantage
is
that
we
still
need
to
wait
to
see
what
some
of
these
problems
are
and
how
we
can
sort
of
integrate
it.
So
one
thing
I
should
mention
is
our
plan
is
meant
to
be
a
flexible
document,
we're
hoping
to
look
at
it
again,
every
three
years
and
sort
of
updated
based
on
where
the
technology
is
at,
where
the
needs
of
the
city
are
at
so
that'll
be
something
we
actively
look
into
moving
forward.
H
I
We
think
there's
public
education,
that
sort
of
various
levels:
there's
education
around
the
safety
of
these
vehicles,
this
education
to
our
sort
of
drivers
within
the
city,
the
staff
that
are
dealing
with
vehicles
themselves,
there's
also
a
lot
of
Education
needed.
It's
simply
around
what
automated
vehicles
are
so
again,
based
on
our
operations
within
the
city,
we're
trying
to
see
where
we
can
integrate
sort
of
those
mechanisms
from
the
start.
I
So
if
a
person's
riding
in
an
automated
vehicle,
that's
controlled
by
the
city,
for
example,
there
should
be
sort
of
education
around
that
as
we
get
to
level
3
and
where
some
of
those
concerns
that
may
be
raised,
we
want
to
actively
be
educating
around
that
as
well.
Thankfully,
the
province
is
already
looking
into
sort
of
driver's
education
and
what
those
impacts
may
be.
One
thing
we
do
know
is:
we
think
we
need
to
work
with
sort
of
nonprofits
industry
staff
in
the
education
process,
because
we're
only
a
fraction
of
what's
happening
with
this
technology.
I
D
Thank
you
again.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
you
know
I'm
pretty
new
to
this
idea
of
automated
vehicles
as
I
think
everybody
is
frankly,
but
I
want
to
just
highlight
a
concern
I,
and
it
relates
to
my
questions.
So
if
we
don't
have
some
way
of
defining
barrier-free
as
being
connected
to
the
user
interface
of
the
vehicles
themselves,
then
what
we're
going
to
see
I
think
potentially
is
a
development
of
a
set
of
vehicles
that
aspire
to
be
barrier
free,
but
they
are
vehicles
that
cannot
be
operated
by
people
with
disabilities.
D
So
an
example
of
this
might
be,
for
example,
if
you
think
about
the
internet
right,
so
the
internet
sort
of
grew,
and
it
grew
quite
quickly,
because
we
didn't
really
have
the
foresight
to
think
about
the
technology
that
people
with
disabilities
were
using
or
would
have
to
use
to
access
the
Internet.
It
just
sort
of
happened,
and
then
we
had
to
go
back
and
develop
the
w3c
guidelines
to
make
the
internet
available
in
a
way
that
people
who
use
technologies
or
have
disabilities
can
access.
A
B
Okay,
good
morning,
everyone
and
congratulations
to
councilor
wong-tam
I'm
Deirdre
Boyle
on
one
of
the
accessibility
consultants
and
giving
you
this
update.
For
two
reasons
really
I
know.
Many
of
you
are
new
members
and
I
just
sort
of
give
a
summary
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
also
to
get
some
input
from
the
Committee
on
guidelines
as
we
move
forward
with
the
multi-year
accessibility
plan.
B
So
who
are
we
briefly?
We
are
a
new
division.
We
are
part
of
a
new
division
called
people
equity
in
human
rights.
This
division
was
established
in
January
of
this
year
and
we
are
an
integration
of
we
now
work
in
the
same
division
as
what
was
formerly
Human
Resources.
So
this
has
provided
an
opportunity
for
us
and
put
us
in
a
very
I
think
opportunity
in
a
good
place
that
we
work.
We
can
work
very
closely
with
our
colleagues
and
Human
Resources.
B
Our
executive
director
is
Alma
Kent,
akin
10,
who
was
the
previous
director
for
equity,
diversity
and
human
rights.
So
we
are
still
equity,
diversity
and
human
rights,
but
we
are
no
longer
an
independent
division.
We
are
part
of
PE
HR.
However,
our
mandate
remains
the
same:
we're
essentially
advisors
to
city
staff,
to
the
44
divisions
of
the
city,
and
we
provide
advice
and
support
to
staff.
That's
our
primary
role,
so
our
mandate
hasn't
changed
despite
the
the
change
in
you
know,
in
in
reporting
and
so
on,
our
director
Waheeda
Raman
white.
B
She
could
not
be
here
today
because
she
is
celebrating
Eid
but
sends
her
regards
to
the
committee
and
looks
forward
to
meeting
you
at
a
future
meeting.
If
you
haven't
already
met
her,
and
so
that's
where
the
accessibility
team
lives.
So
we
live.
We
work
here
at
City
Hall.
There
are
two
accessibility,
consultants,
Ian
Brown
and
myself
and
Mark
Kim,
who
is
helping
me
with
my
slides,
is
our
project
manager.
B
So
that
is
the
accessibility
team,
although
I
would
say
that
there
are
leads
throughout
the
city
who
also
think
we
we
said
we
we
rely
on
to
support
the
work
such
as
Lorraine
Bodi,
I'm,
here
who's
with
us
from
parks,
forestry
and
Recreation.
Who
does
a
lot
of
work
in
that
division?
And
there
are
many.
We
have
many
allies
throughout
the
that
throughout
the
city
within
our
office.
There's
also
an
equity
and
diversity
unit,
as
well
as
a
Human
Rights
office,
and
that
that
makes
up
our
team.
B
Okay.
So
what
do
we
do
so
now?
I'm
just
going
to
talk
about
the
accessibility
team
and
our
work
and
we've
tried
to
bundle
our
work
into
a
couple
of
different
buckets.
The
first
one
is
accessibility,
guidance
and
support,
so
we
provide
regular
advice
every
day
to
city
divisions
and
staff
on
best
practices,
on
understanding
what
their
obligations
are
under
the
legislation
and
how
to
do
things
better.
B
So
that's
a
huge
piece
of
our
work.
We
also
do
interact
with
members
of
the
public
less
so,
but
we
do
we're
not
involved
in
the
accommodation
process
in
any
way,
but
we
may
advise
members
of
the
public
who
are
looking
for
some
support
and
maybe
pointing
them
in
the
right
direction
and
connecting
them
with
the
right
people
and
helping
them
understand
the
services
that
the
city
has
and
then
the
next.
B
The
next
bucket
is
awareness,
training
and
capacity
building,
and
here
I've
included
Toronto
accessibility,
Advisory
Committee,
because
I
see
this
committee
as
really
important
for
us
as
we
guide
and
as
we
advise
the
city
divisions
a
lot
of
that
comes
from
from
you.
So
that
is
a
big
piece.
We
established
an
employee
disability
Network
recently
on
December
3rd
2018,
and
that
has
been
quite
successful.
B
We
also
work
with
an
inter
divisional
staff
team
so
about
a
hundred
and
fifty
city
staff
come
together
about
six
times
a
year
and
they're
representatives
from
all
of
the
divisions,
and
this
is
where
we
share
information
share.
Best
practices
share
council
directives,
anything
related
to
access
and
equity,
and
it's
not
necessarily
disability
specific.
But
certainly
these
are
some
of
our
champions.
B
Last
week
in
to
celebrate
accessibility
week,
we
had
a
forum
for
staff
that
was
really
quite
successful.
We
had
two
keynote
speakers
we
had
members
from
the
employee,
disability
Network
speak
to
senior
leaders.
It
was
very
well
attended
and
I
think
an
indication
of
the
momentum
that
is
happening
at
the
city
and
we
also
had
the
Toronto
for
all
campaign
and
that
Canadians
silt
Center
for
Independent
Living
Toronto
that
works
with
our
colleagues
in
another
division,
social
development,
finance
and
administration
and
partnered
on
that
campaign.
B
So
that's
an
example
where
we
don't
necessarily
have
a
lot
of
external
programming,
but
we
would
advise
our
colleagues
and
other
divisions
on
you
know
some
of
the
messaging
and
the
approaches
and
best
practices.
And
finally,
the
third
bucket
is
compliance
monitoring
and
reporting.
So
this
also
takes
a
lot
of
our
work
is
in
how
do
we
collect?
B
You
know
from
44
divisions
over
thirty
four
five
thousand
staff
coordinating
our
reports
making
sure
we
have
a
report
due
to
the
province
this
December,
so
you
know
how
to
working
to
ensure
that
we
are
reporting
confidently
accurately
and
honestly,
that's
a
big
piece
and
then
we
are
also
right
now
working
on
the
Toronto
accessibility
design
guidelines.
They
are
very
close
to
completion,
they
are.
We
are
really
working
out
now
the
policy
side
and
how
they
will
be
implemented,
and
you
will
hear
more
about
those
in
the
coming
coming
meetings.
B
It
is,
it
applies
to
city
divisions,
but
it
does
not
apply
to
agencies
and
corporations.
So,
for
example,
the
police
have
their
own
multi-year
accessibility
plan
and
they
do
their
own
reporting
to
the
province.
Likewise,
the
TTC
has
their
own
plan
and
does
the
reporting
and
that's
for
and,
as
you
know,
the
terms
of
reference
for
TAC
really.
It
is
really
linked
to
our
work
on
this
on
our
accessibility
planning,
and
so
that's
why
TTC
issues
are.
B
We
often
will
refer
to
a
cat
and
appreciate
the
chair
of
a
cat,
the
Advisory
Committee
on
accessible
transit
for
being
here
today,
the
previous
our
myapp.
We
call
it
was
really
based
on
AODA
compliance.
The
integrated
accessibility
standards
regulation
was
really
just
you
know:
here's
the
the
regulation.
Do
we
meet
it?
Yes,
no,
but
this
update
is
really
an
opportunity
to
make
it
a
little
more
robust,
its
opportunity
to
develop,
to
figure
out
how
we
can
go
beyond
compliance
with
with
minimum
standards.
B
So,
where
we're
heading,
so
the
new
plan
will
continue
to
be
structured
around
the
integrated
accessibility
standards
placed
at
standards
regulation,
but
really
as
a
starting
place.
We
want
to
go
beyond
the
minimum
compliance
and
we
want
to
have
measurable
goals
and
we
want
to
add
guiding
principles,
and
that's
really
what
I
want
to
talk
to
you
today
about
and
also
to
the
plan,
will
also
highlight
the
important
role
of
TAC
as
we
move
forward
on
this
journey.
B
So
the
structure
here
is
going
to
look
a
lot
like
previous
versions,
and
this
would
what
I
have
on
the
screen
would
look
like
a
table
of
contents,
so
it
would
start
off
with
an
introduction.
This
is
where
we
would
provide
the
legislative
framework,
the
policy
framework,
the
commitment
of
City
Council
and
the
city
manager
and
then
the
guiding
principles
which
we'll
get
to
in
a
moment,
and
then
the
different
sections
would
will
include
the
general
accessibility
initiatives,
those
that
are
multi
service
area.
B
Things
like
procurement,
that
really
cut
across
all
divisions
in
all
service
areas,
and
how
do
we
ensure
those
processes
are
accessible?
We
will
have
information
and
communication.
We
work
closely
with
digital
accessibility,
team
in
information
and
technology,
division
and
employment
transportation,
the
design
of
public
spaces.
This
will
really
focus
again
on
the
on.
How
do
we
implement
tagged,
the
Toronto
accessibility
design
guidelines?
How
will
we,
how
will
we
use
them
and
and
and
so
and
and
how
will
we
enforce
the
use,
those
kinds
of
things
and
then
customer
service?
B
An
example
is
we're
working
on
updating
customer
service
guide,
we're
going
to
be
working
on
guidelines?
We
have
a
guide
to
good
practice,
which
is
for
staff
and
we're
looking
to
update
those
as
a
few
examples.
I
could
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
this,
but
I
I
want
to
really
focus
on
the
guideline,
so
we'll
keep
going
so
the
structure
of
the
sections
really
it's
about
what
identifying.
What
we
want
to
I,
don't
want
to
achieve
what
we
think
we
can
achieve
and
and
how
we're
going
to
do
that
and
the
outcomes
and
timelines.
B
So
just
as
an
example,
a
priority
could
be.
You
know
the
city
will
foster
cultural
change
within
the
Toronto
Public
Service
to
to
encourage
inclusion
and
awareness,
and
then
you
know
an
activity
for
that
would
be.
How
do
we
embed
access
and
accessibility
lens
in
all
of
the
training,
all
employee
training
and
maybe
a
earning
strategy
for
employees?
And
then
the
outcomes
would
be.
You
know,
looking
at
the
training
result
to
know
the
targets,
and
you
know
what
what
is
what
has
been
where
we've
gotten
80%
of
staff
have
taken
this
training
and
so
on.
B
These
will
be
the
foundation
the
building
blocks
to
our
plan.
So
if
a
staff
is
working
on
a
project
and
maybe
the
details
of
that
project
or
what
what
they
need
to
do
isn't
laid
out
in
the
plan
if
they,
if
they
can
go
to
these
guidelines,
these
these
principles
and
have
that
help
them
make
their
decision,
you
know
which,
if
I
go
depending
on
which
way
which
which
way
which
path
is
more
aligned
with
these
principles.
So
I
think
these
are
really
important
piece
and
I
as
I
go
through
them.
B
I
would
ask
that
you,
you
know,
think
about.
Is
this?
Do
they
reflect
what
the
Toronto
accessibility,
Advisory
Committee
would
want
to
see
in
our
plan?
And
if
there
are,
if
there's
some
things
missing,
if
they're,
you
know,
if
they
speak
to
you,
if
they
don't
I'm,
really
welcome
feedback
on
this.
So
I
have
highlighted
here
the
AODA
principles
they
were.
B
B
They
also
came
from
looking
at
some
of
the
feedback
that
we
received
in
2017,
and
also
some
of
the
messaging
I've
heard
we've
heard
from
this
committee
as
well
so
accessibility
by
design,
and
this
really
means
that
it's
not
a
checkbox,
it's
something
that
is
going
to
be
integrated
into
our
planning
and
to
all
of
the
things
we
designed
from
every
stage.
So
it's
not
an
afterthought.
It's
it's!
It's
something!
B
That's
all
along
the
process
of
any
project,
any
planning
activity
we
also
get
people
with
disabilities
will
not
be
an
afterthought
so
that
it
will
be
built-in
and
accessibility,
accommodation,
work
together.
And
what
I
mean
by
this
is
that
our
goal
will
to
be
to
create
permanent,
inclusive
solutions.
But
we
also
have
to
recognize
that
we
also
need
to
have
an
accommodation
process
that
is
accessible
and
inclusive
and
and
easy
to
navigate
and
that
the
more
inclusive
we
build,
the
less
individual
accommodations
we
will
be
will
be
necessary.
B
But
we
will
also
always
have
to
have
that
and
have
them
work
in
harmony,
and
we
know
that
there
with
there
is
no
one-size-fits-all.
So
we
will
also
always
have
have
that
and
then
the
social
model
approach.
Really.
This
comes
from
looking
at
thinking
a
way.
How
do
we
approach
disability
a
lot
of
times?
We
are?
B
You
know
we
still
see
a
medical
approach
in
some
of
the
accommodation
processes
and
sometimes
that's
necessary,
but
overall
we
really
want
to
look
at
how
we
can
change
the
environment
and
in
looking
at
not
not
thinking
about
accessibility
and
disability
as
an
individual
health
condition,
but
really
thinking
about
how
we
can
the
problem
and
the
barrier
is
what
what
is
the
problem
and
the
environment
needs
to
change.
So
I
won't
say
more
about
that,
but
that's
about
it.
I
think
that's
integral
piece
of
it
for
us,
okay
and
then
the
next
one
is
leadership.
B
We
want
the
City
of
Toronto
to
be
a
leader
and
lead
by
example,
and
our
motto:
diversity.
Our
strength
speaks
to
that
and
I
think
it
was
Wendy
porch
in
the
Toronto
for
all
campaign.
I
saw
quoted
as
saying
something
like
a
city
people
with
a
Toronto
that
includes
people
with
disabilities
is
a
stronger
Toronto
I,
don't
know
if
I
said
saying
that,
except
exactly
but
I
think
that's
that's
sort
of
the
sentiment
here
and
that's
also
included
in
our
workplace
culture.
B
B
We
want
to
foster
cultural
change
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
and
that's
including
perceptions,
attitudes
and
behaviors
and
finally,
collaboration
and
engagement,
and
this
is
really
about
you-
know-
ensuring
that
everyone's
voice
counts.
Ensuring
understanding
that
accessibility
in
the
Toronto
Public
Service
is
not
just
the
responsibility
of
the
accessibility
team.
It's
really.
We
need
a
collaborative
approach
to
make
this
work.
B
A
D
Thanks
TJ
I
wanted
to
just
ask
a
clarification
question,
so
the
AODA
principles
that
you
had
in
there,
including
dignity
and
independence,
and
then
the
the
myapp
principles
that
you're
proposing
as
well
are
you?
Are
they
cumulative?
Are
they
all
together,
so
the
proposed
principles
to
guide
this
would
include
all
of
those
principles
or
is
it
the
second
half
that
you're,
including
I,.
B
Think
I
mean
at
this
stage
we're
early
draft
stage.
I
think
we
I
would
definitely
want
all
of
them
to
be
included,
so
I
think
that
they
would
all
be
important,
but
I
started
with
AODA,
but
that
didn't
quite
with
what
was
in
the
it,
didn't
quite
think
that
that
covered
everything
we
needed
so
I,
see
if
the
suggestion
is
maybe
to
to
include
all
of
them
as
equally
important
that
that
would
be
taken.
H
B
Thank
you
for
that
I.
So
the
forum
itself
was
just
for
city
staff,
senior
city
staff,
I.
The
point
is
taken
about
the
request
for
more
visibility
in
in
terms
of
our
work
on
our
our
small
team.
Our
our
focus
is
as
advisors
to
city
divisions
and
city
staff,
but
that's
not
to
say
that
that
visibility
isn't
needed,
and
thank
you
for
that
yeah,
but
as
with
the
Toronto
for
all
campaign,
although
we
advised
on
it,
we
weren't
necessarily
the
leading
division.
C
Hi
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
we're
talking
about
the
composition
of
different
committees
or
subcommittees
within
the
structure,
Amanda
can
add
a
ratio
of
people
with
disabilities
versus
people
without
disabilities.
Like
I
said
that
the
AODA
has
such
a
ratio
so
am
I
going
to
do
more
or
less
than
that
was
she,
oh.
That
was
already
suggested.
A
M
M
M
Accommodations,
my
name
is
Miguel
Avila
I've
been
coming
to
City
Hall
for
the
last
ten
years.
My
teacher
says:
disability
will
never
stop
me
only
discrimination.
So
last
December,
the
5th
2018
security,
corporate,
copper,
II
security,
sorry
implemented
a
new
enhancement
services
on
the
third
floor
of
City.
Council.
Has
anybody
being
here
at
third
floor
city
council?
M
No?
Okay!
When
you
go
to
the
third
floor
city
council,
there
is
a
metal
detector
and
a
screen
with
a
magic
one.
They
search
your
pockets,
they
ask
they
ask
you
to
empty
everything.
So
it's
like
a
second
level
screening
compared
to
the
one
in
them
in
the
main
lobby,
where
you
are
asked
to
search
your
bag.
M
On
the
third
floor,
what
happiness
you
had
to
empty
all
your
pockets,
any
mental
things
that
you
have
with
you
and
then,
when
they're
satisfied
were
searching
your
pockets
and
everything
they
let
you
in
into
City
Council
and
to
enjoy
it
City
Council
meetings
which
I've
been
doing
for
the
last
ten
years.
So
again,
I
have
two
disabilities,
one
invisible
and
one
visible
disabilities.
M
The
one
that
is
physical
requires
me
to
go
to
the
wash
and
many
times
because
I
have
diabetes,
so
it's
not
my
fault
that
I
had
to
get
up
from
the
city
council
chambers
and
go
to
the
washing.
No,
my
heart
wasn't
assembly.
The
fitness
is
following.
This
is
a
true
story.
I
was
asked
after
finishing
using
the
washing.
They
told
it
to
get
a
screen
out
again,
and
this
happens
three
times
during
the
day.
I
had
to
get
myself
screamed
like
anybody.
M
M
It
offends
me,
it
makes
me
feel
second-class
citizen,
so
members
of
this
committee
I
want
to
I,
want
you
to
show
me
your
leadership
and
make
changes
for
the
comfort
and
barrack
use
of
the
facilities
for
everybody,
not
just
people
asper,
everybody
else.
Thank
you
so
much
because
this
is
our
home,
this,
our
home.
We
make
decisions
for
everybody
to
improve
our
society.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
H
Okay,
there
we
go.
Thank
you.
I
was
gonna,
make
a
quick
comment.
I've
noticed
that
same
thing
as
well,
where,
if
I've
come
in
from
one
entrance
and
I
say,
go
to
the
other
side
to
the
library,
I've
got
to
get
screened
again
as
well
and
I'm.
Just
wondering
and
I
know
what
this
is
emotion,
but
maybe
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
workaround
solution
where
there's
like
say
a
wristband
or
a
hand
stamp.
H
A
H
Thank
you
just
to
add
to
Michael
suggestion,
possibly
a
visitor
pass
for
people
that
come
regularly
even
for
committee
members,
because
I
can
also
speak
to
that.
That
I've
often
been
stopped
many
times
just
to
even
get
into
this
room
here.
So
I
think
it
is
something
that
does
need
to
be
addressed.
Somehow.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
F
It's
a
requirement
of
the
Planning
Act.
It's
also
a
requirement
of
the
Planning
Act
to
review
the
official
plan
every
five
years.
So
this
is
the
process
that
we're
going
through
now
the
particular
review
the
city's
going
through
now
was
split
into
different
topic
areas,
transportation
being
one
of
them.
The
transportation
component
started
in
2013
and
we're
in
a
second
phase
of
the
review.
F
Now
the
official
plan
sets
out
at
a
high
level
what
the
city
is
trying
to
achieve
largely
from
a
physical
perspective,
but
there
are
some
policies
that
address
programs
around
the
physical
aspects
of
the
city
that
are
complementary
to
the
physical
aspects.
It
doesn't
describe
specific
steps
by
which
you
had
achieved
the
vision,
that's
described
in
the
plan,
but
high
level
policies
that
provide
a
framework
for
that.
The
official
plan
in
the
City
of
Toronto
was
written
as
a
quite
integrated
document.
F
There
isn't
a
specific
section
for
transportation
to
gather
all
of
the
transportation
policies
you
do
have
to
read
the
whole
document.
A
the
bulk
of
the
policies
are
contained
in
sections
2.2
and
2.4.
However,
so,
if
you
want
a
relatively
good
perspective
of
the
city's
transportation
policies,
you
can
stick
to
just
those
two
sections.
F
The
key
objectives
of
the
transportation
policies
in
the
plan
are
threefold.
The
first
is
to
maintain
the
existing
network
and
that's
really
a
state
of
good
repair
issue,
making
sure
that
every
element
of
the
the
network
functions
at
a
high
level
so
that
everyone
can
make
use
of
it.
The
second
is
to
improve
the
existing
network,
so
we
we
heard
through
our
consultation
many
times
that
there
are
concerns
about
the
quality
of
the
transit
network.
So
this
is
one
example
where
it
is
an
aspect
of
the
C's
transportation
system
that
we're
trying
to
improve.
F
So,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
transportation
component
of
the
review
started
in
2013.
We
passed
a
first
phase
of
the
review
in
2014
just
prior
to
the
mayoral
election,
and
it
covered
a
few
different
sections
of
policy,
but
there
were
policies
that
were
left
behind
since
2014.
A
number
of
things
have
happened.
I
should
have
said
earlier
that
the
official
plan
is
just
one
element
of
the
city's
overall
policy
framework.
There
are
many
other
guidelines,
policies,
plans
and
other
documents
that
complete
the
policy
framework
and
the
policy
framework
is
constantly
evolving.
F
So
since
2014
many
other
pieces
of
work
have
happened
that
have
contributed
to
the
policy
framework
and
continue
to
happen
now.
So,
although
we
are
focused
on
a
relatively
small
section
of
transportation
policy
of
the
city,
now
we're
always
happy
to
receive
feedback
on
any
section,
because
it's
quite
likely
that
there
is
something
going
on
the
city,
that's
relevant
to
any
other
aspect
of
policy.
F
So
we've
added
that
as
a
fourth
area
of
policy
review,
we're
also,
incidentally,
looking
at
things
like
water,
wastewater
and
stormwater
transportation,
and
the
main
reason
for
me
being
here
today
is
that
we're
trying
to
refresh
the
way
that
we
look
at
accessibility
in
the
official
plan
so
from
a
transit
transit
perspective.
We
had
a
few
key
objectives
when
we
moved
into
the
official
plan
review
about
what
we
were
trying
to
achieve
here.
F
The
first
was
really
that
we
wanted
to
provide
more
guidance
for
how
the
city
should
make
decisions
about
how
it
expands
its
rapid
transit
network
and
so
in
this
direction.
We've
added
a
number
of
policies
that
lay
out
a
framework
by
which
you
would
make
decisions
in
that
area.
We're
also
extent
expanding
our
language
on
the
state
of
good
repair.
Currently,
the
official
plan
only
speaks
to
state
of
good
repair
from
a
transit
perspective.
F
We're
also
adding
language
to
the
state
of
good
repair
section
to
address
some
of
these
accessibility
issues
with
respect
to
cycling.
The
key
objective
here
was
to
provide
an
overarching
goal
for
the
cycling
network
for
the
city.
The
official
plan
doesn't
currently
have
one
and
the
goal
that
we're
trying
to
achieve
or
introducing
is
to
bring
every
area
of
the
city
within
one
kilometre
of
a
dedicated
cycling
facility.
F
The
policies
will
also
be
strengthened
to
improve
the
language
related
to
the
convenience
or
attractiveness
of
the
cycling
network,
and
also
to
improve
language
around
safety.
The
policy
is
trying
to
recognize
that
road
safety
is
everyone's
responsibility
and
not
the
sole
responsibility
of
individual
users
for
automated
vehicles
and
shared
mobility.
As
you
heard
earlier
from
Shaggy
Thea.
This
is
an
area
of
key
interest
to
the
city.
Unfortunately,
it's
still
relatively
early
in
the
development
of
the
technology,
so
it's
difficult
to
say
much
concrete
about
it.
F
We
weren't
proposing
any
new
changes
here,
we're
recognizing
changes
that
had
already
been
endorsed
by
council
in
some
way,
either
through
the
endorsement
of
an
environmental
assessment,
a
transportation
master
plan
or
other
policy
document.
So
these
are
typically
relatively
small
and
local
changes.
We
aren't
proposing
anything
new
or
city
wide,
so
moving
on
to
accessibility.
F
This
is
the
area
that
I'm
I
would
be
very
grateful
to
get
feedback
on
what
we're
proposing
right
now
the
official
plan
uses
terms
like
access,
accessible
or
accessibility
in
at
least
three
different
ways,
and
it's
it
can
be
quite
confusing.
As
you
read
the
policy
to
interpret
which
of
the
meanings
is
intended.
F
The
first
meaning
is
the
the
one
that
gets
associated
with
the
access
front
area
loans
with
Disabilities
Act
that
everyone,
regardless
of
whatever
personal
aspects
they
have,
that
they're
able
to
access
city
services
and
every
aspect
area
of
the
city.
The
second
is
more
of
a
technical
use
of
the
term
within
the
transportation
planning
field.
F
So,
within
the
the
slide
deck
that
was
hopefully
circulated
to
all
of
you
on
slide
10,
there
was
a
draft
policy
there,
and
that
speaks
specifically
to
what
we're
hoping
to
achieve
with
the
transportation
network,
with
respect
to
accessibility
and
I
be
very
happy
to
get
feedback
on
this
policy,
we've
been
continually
evolving
the
policy,
so
our
current
draft
isn't
quite
what
was
circulated
in
the
slide
deck
on
sub
policy
B.
We
said
that
transit
stations
and
facilities
would
become
accessible
over
time.
F
We're
planning
to
delete
the
words
over
time,
so
policy
deed
that
speaks
to
encouraging
vehicles
for
hire,
to
be
accessible,
we're
trying
to
strengthen
that
policy
and
we're
working
with
MLS
right
now
to
come
up
with
final
language
for
that
policy,
but
I'm
quite
happy
to
receive
feedback
on
any
of
those
policies
going
forward.
We're
planning
to
report
to
planning
and
Housing
Committee
in
July
with
our
recommended
Official
Plan
amendment.
F
In
order
to
satisfy
the
requirements
of
the
Planning
Act
under
Section
26,
we
have
to
make
the
recommended
Official
Plan
Amendment,
publicly
available
on
June
12th.
So
we
will
do
that.
An
accessible
version
will
be
posted
to
our
website
and
a
hardcopy
will
be
available
in
City
Hall.
If
everything
goes
well,
Council
will
be
approving
the
Official
Plan
amendment
in
the
July
cycle.
The
approval
Authority
for
Opa
is
under
Section.
26
is
the
Minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
and
housing,
and
they
get
210
days
to
review
the
the
OPA.
F
So
if
the
review
goes
smoothly,
these
policies
would
be
enforced
by
approximately
February
of
next
year.
I
should
also
note
that
under
Section
26,
there
isn't
an
opportunity
to
appeal.
So
if
you
would
like
your
feedback
incorporated
into
the
update,
it
would
be
best
to
get
it
to
me
as
soon
as
possible,
or
you
can
speak
to
your
counselor.
I,
really
appreciate
you
having
me
here
today
and
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and.
D
Thanks
for
the
presentation
can
I
just
know,
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
the
presentation
on
this
screen
throughout.
Of
course,
the
presentation
for
though
I
have
it
on
my
laptop,
but
for
some
folks
who
don't
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
see
it,
particularly
as
we're
discussing
a
policy
area.
That's
proposed
right,
so
you
have
a
draft
policy
on
slide
10
that
I
think
what
you're
asking
for
us
is
Claire
is
input
on
that
the
particular
language
of
that
policy
is
that
correct.
That's.
C
C
A
F
D
Should
have
asked
them
all
at
the
same
time,
my
apologies
can
I
ask
just
in
terms
in
the
language
that's
up
here
in
your
draft
policy,
so
it
says
the
transportation
system
will
be
developed
to
be
inclusive
of
the
needs
of
people
of
all
ages,
abilities
and
means
by,
and
then
you
have
the
range
of
options
that
you
have
here.
It
doesn't
actually
aspire
to
developing
an
accessible
transportation
system.
F
There
are
other
policies
in
the
plan
that
say
specifically
accessible
transit
system.
This
is
I,
guess,
historical
language
that
gets
used
in
the
official
plan.
It's
not
intended
to
be
anything
less
than
saying
an
accessible
transportation
system,
but
if
you
feel
that
it
does
imply
that
in
some
way
then
we're
quite
happy
to
change
the
language.
G
Jason,
yes,
thank
you.
Picking
up
on
on
Wendy's
point
I
think
it's
it's
very
important
things.
It's
going
to
be
the
plan
going
forward
for
the
city
to
have
the
language
as
strong
as
possible
and
more
mandatory,
as
opposed
to
permissive.
So
you
speak
about
encouraging
ride,
for
higher
programs
to
become
accessible,
wouldn't
a
better
word,
be
mandating
or
something
along
those
lines.
G
F
Completely
on
board,
with
making
the
policy
as
strong
as
possible,
and
that's
what
we're
working
with
MLS
to
achieve.
The
current
version
of
the
most
recent
version
of
the
language
that
we're
still
working
to
tweak
is
introducing
measures
to
ensure
equitable
access
to
vehicles
for
hire.
I
feel
that
it's
quite
a
bit
stronger
than
the
version
that's
included
in
the
slide
deck.
F
G
H
Gonna
echo
everyone's
comment
that
I
think
the
fact
that
we
thought
like
ensuring
modifying
supplementing
encouraging
you
know
we
need
to
sort
of
have
consistency
in
language,
though,
and
I
like
Jason's
point
of
having
either
mandated
or
required
it's
much
stronger
that
way,
but
even
with
what
I
find
where
I
look
at
number
II
requiring
adequate
crossing
time.
Even
you
know
from
a
definition
point
of
view.
How
much
time
is
adequate.
For
example,
you
know:
should
there
be
a
set
amount
of
time
or
flexible
time
in
in
that
way,.
D
We're
in
the
comments
right
can
I
can
I
ask,
so
we
have
text
here
before
us
in
our
slide
deck.
That
is
not
the
current
version
that
you're
working
from
right,
so
you're
you're
asking
the
committee
to
provide
you
with
specific
wordsmithing
recommendations
related
to
draft
policy
that
we
don't
have
the
current
version
of
and
I'm
finding
that
kind
of
problematic.
D
So
is
there
any
way
that
you
could
provide
the
text
of
the
current
policy
to
perhaps
tea
tree
and
and
the
folks
at
your
office,
which
could
be
disseminated
to
the
committee,
and
we
could
revisit
this
at
some
point.
I
think
that
this
committee
is
very
interested
in
providing
you
with
detailed
feedback,
it's
hard
to
hear
a
policy
and
comment
on
it.
It
would
be
good
to,
in
fact,
for
this
particular
committee
to
get
the
text
that
you
want
us
to
provide
the
feedback
on
in
advance
to
everybody.
F
The
the
version
of
the
policy
that
I
provided
was
the
most
current
as
of
the
deadline
for
getting
the
slide
deck
to
this
committee.
Unfortunately,
it's
a
very
live
policy
discussion
and
it's
just
shifted
in
the
two
weeks
since
the
deadline
I
recognize
that
that
makes
it
challenging
to
call
me
I'm
sorry
about
that.
Next
time
we
do
a
policy
review.
I
will
try
to
get
to
this
committee
much
earlier
in
the
process.
A
H
A
A
A
A
A
A
We
move
to
the
next
item
on
the
schedule,
which
is
or
should
be
di,
2.5
requests
for
presentation
to
the
Toronto
accessibility,
Advisory
Committee,
on
the
poverty
reduction
strategy,
and
this
comes
in
form
of
a
letter
from
Michael
Miceli
Michael.
Would
you
like
to
read
the
letter
Oh
Oh
everybody
got
it
so
I
hope
everyone
was
well-behaved
and
did
what
they're
supposed
to
and
read
it.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
or
comments
for
Michael
in
regard
to
his
request.
A
Motion
carried
the
next
and
now
last
item
on
the
agenda
is
di
2.6,
Toronto,
accessibility,
Advisory,
Committee,
outstanding
2014
to
2018
agenda
items.
Again
this
is
a
letter
from
Michael
Miceli,
and
the
highlights
version
is
a
request
that
some
point
in
this
current
year
that
the
committee-
sorry,
that
the
city
clerk
staff,
I
guess
it
would
be.
A
A
A
A
A
K
A
A
All
right,
that's,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
the
end
of
this
meeting.
Hallelujah
were
actually
done
early.
That's
incredible,
make
sure
if
you're
able
to
go
to
the
flag-raising
ceremony
outside
at
the
time
for
that
is
12:30,
so
we
have
oodles
a
time
to
grab
washroom,
and/or,
coffee
and
beverage
breaks
and
be
present
for
the
beginning
of
Pride
Month
celebrations.
Thank
you
again
for
putting
up
with
my
pauses
and
questions
and
thank
you
to
all
the
support
staff
who
helped
get
me
through
this
as
well.