THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

REPORT NO. 3

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES COMMITTEE

MEETING HELD ON MARCH 2, 2011

For Consideration by

The Council of The Regional Municipality of York

on March 24, 2011

Chair:               Mayor W. Emmerson

Members:          Mayor R. Grossi

Regional Councillor J. Jones

Regional Councillor G. Rosati

Regional Councillor V. Spatafora

Mayor T. Van Bynen

Regional Chair B. Fisch (ex officio) 

Also Present:     Regional Councillor D. Schulte

Staff Present:    L. Bigioni, I. Buchanan, P. Casey, L. Cheah, C. Clark, P. Jankowski,

S. Kemp, R. Leary, K. Llewellyn-Thomas, B. Macgregor, I. McNeil,

L. Russell, B. Tuckey, E. Wilson

The Transportation Services Committee began its meeting at 9:02 a.m. on March 2, 2011.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1  2010 GREENING STRATEGY ACHIEVEMENTS [3.3MB]

2  FOREST CONSERVATION BY-LAW SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION, DRAPER PROPERTY, TOWN OF GEORGINA

3  FOREST CONSERVATION BY-LAW SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION, BEACON HALL GOLF COURSE, TOWN OF AURORA

4  FOREST CONSERVATION BY-LAW SPECIAL PERMIT, ADENA NORTH INC., TOWN OF WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE [3MB]

5  INFORMATION UPDATE - TRAFFIC NOISE ASSESSMENT TESTON ROAD, CITY OF VAUGHAN [3MB]

6  REQUEST TO TRANSFER NASHVILLE ROAD, HIGHWAY 50 TO HIGHWAY 27, CITY OF VAUGHAN

7  TRUCK PROHIBITION RESULTS, NASHVILLE ROAD, CITY OF VAUGHAN

8  PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT, DUFFERIN STREET AND KING VAUGHAN ROAD INTERSECTION, CITY OF VAUGHAN

9  PRESTO SMART CARD LAUNCH FOR YRT/VIVA

10  YORK REGION TRANSIT (YRT/VIVA) UPDATE - FARE CATEGORY DEFINITIONS FOR PRESTO IMPLEMENTATION

11  UPDATE - COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

The Transportation Services Committee advises Council of the following matters having been considered by the Transportation Services Committee with the following action:

PRESENTATIONS

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1. Ian Buchanan, Manager, Natural Heritage and Forestry Services, regarding 'York Region Forest Conservation By-Law Special Permit Review Process and Past Decisions' (Please refer to Clauses 2, 3 and 4)  Received.

2. Angela Gibson, EDA Collaborative Inc., regarding 'South Yonge Street Corridor Streetscape Master Plan'  Received.

3. Paul Jankowski, General Manager, Transportation Services, Roads, regarding 'Traffic Noise Assessment, Teston Road, City of Vaughan'  (Please refer to Clause 5)  Deferred to a future date.

4. Rajeev Roy, Manager TMS, Transportation Services, regarding a 'PRESTO Demonstration' in the Great Hall  Received.

COMMUNICATIONS

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5. Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas, Commissioner of Transportation Services, forwarding memorandum from Marko A. Oinonen, City of Toronto, Transportation Services - Scarborough District, dated January 21, 2011, regarding 'Request to Install Traffic Control Signals - Steeles Avenue East at Ninth Line'  Received.

6. Jeffrey A. Abrams, City Clerk, City of Vaughan, dated January 31, 2011, regarding 'Communications Respecting the Extension of GO Train Commuter Service Through Woodbridge and Points North in Vaughan'  Received.

OTHER BUSINESS

7. Memo from Commissioner Llewellyn-Thomas and attached January 2011 Monthly Ridership Statistics  Received and requested staff to break out the information by municipality.

8. Regional Councillor Spatafora introduced Ms. Terry Ricketts, the new Director of Environmental Services for the Town of Richmond Hill.

9. The Committee supports:  1) the funding allocated for the positions of a Superintendent - Pavement Marking and two Maintenance Workers - Nuisance Signs being reinstated in the Transportation Services Department's 2011 Operating Budget; and 2) that the Commissioner of Transportation Services report to the Committee by June 2011 on the three proposed positions and delivery mechanisms for pavement marking and nuisance sign removal.

(See Recommendation 6 in Clause 1 of Finance and Administration Committee Report No. 3.)

The Transportation Services Committee adjourned at 12:26 p.m. 

Respectfully submitted,

March 2, 2011                                                                                     W. Emmerson

Newmarket, Ontario                                                                            Chair

(Report No. 3 of Transportation Services Committee was adopted as amended, by the Council of The Regional Municipality of York at its meeting on March 24, 2011.)