City Council · 2025-07-24 15:12 PM
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Two-Thirds required - MM32.17 - Waive the referral
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Road safety is of vital importance to the City of Toronto. Our Vision Zero strategy includes a number of measures to achieve the goal of reducing traffic-related fatalities and injuries. One such tool is Automated Speed Enforcement technology. When Automated Speed Enforcement works well, it encourages drivers to be conscious of their speed. At the same time a driver must have the right to due process when appealing a ticket. The appeal process must be efficient and easy to navigate. However, many barriers can be faced during the process of appealing an Automated Speed Enforcement ticket. Residents have reported numerous issues: the website does not recognize their ticket number; tickets were sent out with outdated email addresses, the unstable phone line repeatedly dropped calls after 2 hours on hold. This is an overall lack of communication on the status of the ticket once the appeal form was submitted. This collection of experienced failures of the appeals process for Automated Speed Enforcement tickets undermines the legitimacy of the entire program. Therefore, I am requesting a full and thorough review of the appeals process for Automated Speed Enforcement tickets.
City Council · 2025-07-24 15:12 PM
Two-Thirds required - MM32.17 - Waive the referral
Rapid, frequent, reliable transit is essential to a livable, affordable, prosperous city. 60 percent of all transit trips in Toronto include surface transit (buses and streetcars). The Toronto Transit Commission Strategic Plan identifies traffic congestion as one of the key obstacles to improving the speed and reliability of surface transit. This includes parked cars. The Toronto Board of Trade has recommended that the price of parking be used to redirect parking away from arterial roads as a key measure to reduce congestion that hampers the movement of people and goods, including transit vehicles (See Breaking Gridlock). Recent consultations on parking and transit on Bathurst have highlighted how parked cars slow surface transit. This impact is exacerbated when on-street parking fees do not fairly represent the value of the public right of way or promote short term parking. Parking fees on arterial roads in Ward 11 with busy surface transit, such as Bathurst Street, should be reviewed. Local traffic rules, such as parking times and turn permissions, should also be reviewed on Bathurst between Bloor and Dupont, to identify local opportunities to make the afternoon northbound Bathu…
City Council · 2025-07-24 15:05 PM
Majority required - MM32.6 - Adopt the item
- O Canada - Moment of Silence
City Council · 2025-07-23 17:45 PM
Two-Thirds required - RM32.1 - Extend the meeting
In 2018, the City submitted a bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2026. Toronto, along with 15 other cities across the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico, will host the international football (referred to as soccer in North America) tournament. Hosting this Mega Event involves significant funding and involvement from multiple levels of government. The purpose of this project was to examine the City’s governance and cost control measures leading up to and during the execution of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Agreement. It also identifies opportunities for improvement for City Council and management on future Mega and large international events, as well as other City Council decisions requiring significant funding with financial support from multiple levels of government. This report aims to reinforce best practices for City Council and staff to help strengthen governance and guidelines for future Mega Events, as well as to address areas for improvement in hosting the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Toronto.
City Council · 2025-07-23 17:09 PM
Majority required - AU9.9 - Adopt the item as amended
RapidTO is a joint initiative by the City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) that aims to improve bus and streetcar travel time reliability for surface transit priority roadways along arterial roads using reserved lanes, intersection signal improvements, and regulatory changes. In February 2024, City Council endorsed, in principle, the RapidTO: Surface Transit Network Plan (RapidTO) as the basis of Transportation Services' planning and programming of surface transit priority projects in Toronto. The report directed staff to initiate four new roadway-specific studies in the near term (2024-2025), one of which was the RapidTO: Dufferin Street project. In June and July 2026, Toronto will host six FIFA World Cup™ (FWC26) matches at Exhibition Place. Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway are official venues for the FIFA Fan Festival™. The games are expected to draw over 300,000 visitors, and the mobility concept includes the provision of dedicated transit lanes to ensure frequent service along key roadways. As directed by Council in July 2024, the RapidTO: Dufferin Street and RapidTO: Bathurst Street projects have been accelerated as critical rou…
City Council · 2025-07-23 15:39 PM
Majority required - EX25.4 - Adoption of balance of the item
City Council · 2025-07-23 15:38 PM
Majority required - EX25.4 - Adoption of Recommendations 3 and 4 only
City Council · 2025-07-23 15:37 PM
Majority required - EX25.4 - Matlow - motion 1
City Council · 2025-07-23 15:36 PM
Majority required - EX25.4 - Bradford - motion 2b
City Council · 2025-07-23 15:35 PM
Majority required - EX25.4 - Bradford - motion 2a
I am writing to request your support to have Staff review the City’s Foundation Drainage Policy (the “Policy”). Through working closely with City Staff from Toronto Water and Development Review, along with industry leaders, we have identified potential improvements to the Policy that could support the viability of certain development sites without compromising sewer capacity or water quality. In November 2021, City staff implemented a Foundation Drainage Policy to preserve sewer capacity and meet growing demands for the City’s sewer systems by implementing a requirement that foundation drainage be managed on-site rather than being discharged to the City’s sewer system. The Policy applies to all development applications under the Planning Act, except for Committee of Adjustment applications, effective January 1, 2022. The Policy, as currently applied and implemented, requires a technical investigation to determine if a proposed building foundation will be within groundwater. Where there will be groundwater present, the project is required to manage the groundwater on-site. This can be accomplished using watertight foundation construction. The foundatio…
City Council · 2025-07-23 14:48 PM
Majority required - PH23.14 - Adopt the item