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{"text": "members members of Council please take your", "start": 657.72, "end": 662.56}, {"text": "seats members please rise if you're able and join me in observing a moment of", "start": 664.76, "end": 673.12}, {"text": "silence in memory of John Horgan and Linda McCarthy", "start": 675.36, "end": 682.72}, {"text": "thank", "start": 700.48, "end": 702.76}, {"text": "you members we do have a presentation this morning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Toronto flag", "start": 712.72, "end": 719.8}, {"text": "I would like to call upon mayor", "start": 719.8, "end": 723.32}, {"text": "CH today we are celebrating a very special Milestone the", "start": 736.639, "end": 743.279}, {"text": "50th anniversary of the official City of Toronto flag", "start": 743.279, "end": 749.72}, {"text": "uh a competition for a new flag was launched in 1974 by then mayor William", "start": 749.72, "end": 758.12}, {"text": "Denison um there should be a original um", "start": 758.12, "end": 763.68}, {"text": "there it is okay over 700 submissions were received for the competition and on November 6", "start": 763.68, "end": 772.399}, {"text": "1974 right here at this Council chamber by unanimous vote the new flag was", "start": 772.399, "end": 779.279}, {"text": "approved by the Toronto City Council behind me you will see the very first", "start": 779.279, "end": 786}, {"text": "prototype of the Toronto flag that was displayed in Council on that", "start": 786, "end": 793.32}, {"text": "day this is the one the winning design was submitted by Renee de santis who was", "start": 793.32, "end": 801.36}, {"text": "at that time a graphic art student at George Brown", "start": 801.36, "end": 806.92}, {"text": "College and at attend the age of of 21 um Renee is up there on his the", "start": 806.92, "end": 816.04}, {"text": "Rene's original applications on the screen okay and uh and Renee is here", "start": 816.04, "end": 823.24}, {"text": "with us today to celebrate 50 years later he is joined by his family friends", "start": 823.24, "end": 829}, {"text": "and colleagues give him a big round welcome Applause there he is", "start": 829, "end": 837.399}, {"text": "now Rene's iconic design included some very important elements this include the", "start": 842.56, "end": 849}, {"text": "beautiful sky the blue background the Twin Towers of City Hall in a white tea", "start": 849, "end": 857.92}, {"text": "shape Toronto yeah the r Red Maple Leaf of the flag of Canada which represents", "start": 857.92, "end": 866.68}, {"text": "the council chamber at the base of the towers the first official flag rising of", "start": 866.68, "end": 874.32}, {"text": "the new Toronto flag took place on November 7th", "start": 874.32, "end": 879.56}, {"text": "1974 on Nathan philli square and was presided over by then mayor David", "start": 879.56, "end": 888.079}, {"text": "cromby ah yes the the tiny perfect mayor right when amalgamation took place a", "start": 888.079, "end": 895.759}, {"text": "second design competition was launched in", "start": 895.759, "end": 901.04}, {"text": "1999 and the task was actually taken up by former celor duck holiday who is also", "start": 901.04, "end": 909.36}, {"text": "with us today welcome to the council", "start": 909.36, "end": 914.639}, {"text": "chamber now the public was invited to submit the signs there were hundreds of", "start": 917, "end": 922.8}, {"text": "them pouring in but in the end Council not just Council but with all", "start": 922.8, "end": 930.36}, {"text": "the people also at the council chamber chose to use the original", "start": 930.36, "end": 936.48}, {"text": "Toronto flag as the official flag instead of selecting the new one that's", "start": 936.48, "end": 943.88}, {"text": "how Timeless this flag this now this happened after Renee DeSantis suggested", "start": 943.88, "end": 950.56}, {"text": "modifying original winning designed to just the standard proportions just minor", "start": 950.56, "end": 956.04}, {"text": "tinkering and today the flag flies proudly across our city in many places", "start": 956.04, "end": 963.16}, {"text": "it is a familiar site to people who come here from all over the world think of", "start": 963.16, "end": 970.04}, {"text": "the half a million swifties that are in the city of Toronto right all over the", "start": 970.04, "end": 975.24}, {"text": "world and all our Civic centers as well our Parks our fairies our libraries our", "start": 975.24, "end": 981.68}, {"text": "community centers and all the Civic centers uh that's really quite amazing", "start": 981.68, "end": 987.519}, {"text": "the there are very I activities being planned to mark this very special", "start": 987.519, "end": 992.88}, {"text": "occasion I know that members of council have been providing flx the Cs and paper", "start": 992.88, "end": 998.68}, {"text": "flags and pins and we've been all wearing them we all feel very proud of", "start": 998.68, "end": 1004.68}, {"text": "the 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so fly to flag proudly thank", "start": 1146.36, "end": 1152.679}, {"text": "you and thank you Renee for being here thank you and thank you for all", "start": 1155.88, "end": 1162.12}, {"text": "your hard work and you remember we had t-shirts years ago right that we were", "start": 1162.12, "end": 1167.36}, {"text": "handed out uh some counselors received those t-shirts and counselor Cole did", "start": 1167.36, "end": 1173.36}, {"text": "you say you wanted to say something no I I just uh thank you", "start": 1173.36, "end": 1179.96}, {"text": "Madame mayor I just want Renee is uh a longtime constituent of mine and uh I", "start": 1179.96, "end": 1185.28}, {"text": "think ever since I've known him over the last 30 years there hasn't been a time he hasn't mentioned the flag so uh would", "start": 1185.28, "end": 1193.159}, {"text": "you keep quiet now Renee you happy finally anyways listen this is a great uh way can ensure we uh demonstrate our", "start": 1193.159, "end": 1201.799}, {"text": "pride in the people of Toronto and the City of Toronto so it's a great opportunity to just show our flag and", "start": 1201.799, "end": 1208.48}, {"text": "how much we care about the city so and I have a motion seconded by you too that we're going to be present later to ask", "start": 1208.48, "end": 1215.44}, {"text": "for possibly flying the flag at more City locations too thank", "start": 1215.44, "end": 1222.48}, {"text": "you okay members the city clerk has advised me that additional materials are", "start": 1222.48, "end": 1227.76}, {"text": "now available for members review in the clerk's meeting portal CC 23.1 uh respecting local democracy and", "start": 1227.76, "end": 1235.64}, {"text": "cities yesterday afternoon the city manager just submitted a supplementary Report with the recommendations members", "start": 1235.64, "end": 1242.96}, {"text": "we will now review and confirm the order paper once the order paper has been approved by Council any change will need", 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"the Tonto Public Library I went to one of the events it was storytelling and", "start": 2361.44, "end": 2367.4}, {"text": "and there were hundreds of uh young people older people they were making", "start": 2367.4, "end": 2372.839}, {"text": "bracelets and I got eight and we were exchanging bracelets it was all very", "start": 2372.839, "end": 2380.28}, {"text": "very uh people were connected with each other and they were having so much", "start": 2380.28, "end": 2385.88}, {"text": "joyous time um through music through stories through mixing things and it", "start": 2385.88, "end": 2391.96}, {"text": "really celebrates Toronto and celebrate the spirit of kindness and sharing because uh I I trade a few I even got", "start": 2391.96, "end": 2399.72}, {"text": "one that's a uh Taylor Swift Taylor bitl", "start": 2399.72, "end": 2406}, {"text": "uh go figure anyway and anyway so I just want to", "start": 2406, "end": 2412.76}, {"text": "thank the Toronto Librarians that are putting a lot 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2455.96, "end": 2461}, {"text": "a a fast announcement I do uh I'd like to take a moment and just wish all those", "start": 2461, "end": 2467.96}, {"text": "uh in our city who recently have celebrated Dali a happy Dali one billion", "start": 2467.96, "end": 2474.48}, {"text": "people on our planet celebrate Dali and it's a multi-week celebration and it", "start": 2474.48, "end": 2480.92}, {"text": "symbolizes the overcoming of Darkness with light and that is what we do here at Council together and so I'm also", "start": 2480.92, "end": 2488.359}, {"text": "proud to say this is the second year that we celebrated Dali in North York the North York Dali Fest was a homegrown", "start": 2488.359, "end": 2495.8}, {"text": "event that began with one of my staff members Nisha Maria and a local business", "start": 2495.8, "end": 2501.04}, {"text": "owner Rashmi Mera Mishra and together they launched this beautiful celebration", "start": 2501.04, "end": 2507.359}, {"text": "that is now a 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"end": 2562.359}, {"text": "thank you for this wonderful journey and I look forward to many things that we'll accomplish together and the last thing I", "start": 2562.359, "end": 2568.92}, {"text": "want to say is that today is the last day to sign up for the secret Santa for", "start": 2568.92, "end": 2574.72}, {"text": "counselors and mayor so please sign up because next month you don't want to be", "start": 2574.72, "end": 2579.839}, {"text": "left out on the first day of council when we will exchange gifts that feature local artisans in our W so please sign", "start": 2579.839, "end": 2587.04}, {"text": "up today and the drawing of names will happen tomorrow thank you okay let's uh we're going to the", "start": 2587.04, "end": 2594.72}, {"text": "mayor's key item which is pH 16.4 if you have questions to staff if", "start": 2594.72, "end": 2601.24}, {"text": "you can please put your name on the screen", "start": 2601.24, "end": 2605.92}, {"text": "questions to uh staff on the okay if you can put your name on the", "start": 2611.24, "end": 2617.44}, {"text": "screen you can't get on the screen oh you're on it", "start": 2617.44, "end": 2623.68}, {"text": "now count councelor Fletcher questions uh thank you very much I wanted to just", "start": 2625.24, "end": 2633.72}, {"text": "confirm that in this consultation I think I read somewhere 1500 tenants or", "start": 2633.72, "end": 2640.68}, {"text": "more that were involved in personal and online con consultation as well as", "start": 2640.68, "end": 2646.44}, {"text": "meetings is that right through the chair that is correct uh counselor through the", "start": 2646.44, "end": 2651.839}, {"text": "uh consultation process we had uh six uh public sessions uh one virtual session", "start": 2651.839, "end": 2658.599}, {"text": "uh as well as um uh uh an online survey More Than", "start": 2658.599, "end": 2664.28}, {"text": "14,400 People participated in the in the survey uh as well as um uh 100 100 uh uh", "start": 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{"text": "correct so what does a tenant leaving have anything to do with this program so", "start": 3110.4, "end": 3115.92}, {"text": "through the chair what we what we hear is you know quite often when a landlord provides a an n13", "start": 3115.92, "end": 3124.319}, {"text": "to a landlord uh sorry to sorry a landlord provides an N3 to a tenant", "start": 3124.319, "end": 3129.839}, {"text": "tenants frequently just leave without knowing their rights without exercising", "start": 3129.839, "end": 3136.44}, {"text": "their their their you know rights under the RTA so an n13 is a legitimate", "start": 3136.44, "end": 3142.119}, {"text": "process governed by the landlord tenant board sometimes landlords have to rent renovate sometimes they have to do work", "start": 3142.119, "end": 3148.72}, {"text": "sometimes they have to demolish the unit to put a bigger building up so thank you uh for the question through the chair", "start": 3148.72, "end": 3155.88}, {"text": "this byla does not 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{"text": "faith evictions Etc in addition to that we have our rights tool that is available online and we have an eviction", "start": 3573, "end": 3579.559}, {"text": "prevention handbook which we uh will continue to roll out into libraries Etc", "start": 3579.559, "end": 3585.359}, {"text": "community centers to support tenants okay um just one other question um so", "start": 3585.359, "end": 3592.24}, {"text": "when a landlord applies for a building permit um um the tenants that live in", "start": 3592.24, "end": 3599.039}, {"text": "the building are not aware that the landlord applied for this building permit and it's not until we issue that", "start": 3599.039, "end": 3607.599}, {"text": "building permit then the landlord starts giving notices to tenants so how how do", "start": 3607.599, "end": 3613.119}, {"text": "we get how do we communicate that to tenants because tenants don't know that they actually landlord has applied for", "start": 3613.119, "end": 3619.16}, {"text": "this building permit and once they get an eviction notice then they understand well we're being evicted so how how can", "start": 3619.16, "end": 3627.28}, {"text": "this be communicated to tenants in advance of us giving them a building", "start": 3627.28, "end": 3632.44}, {"text": "permit the chair thank you counselor for the for the question currently you're correct under the under the building", "start": 3632.44, "end": 3638.68}, {"text": "code act there is no provision to uh inform tenants of the building code uh", "start": 3638.68, "end": 3644.359}, {"text": "or or of a building permit having been issued or is in the process of being issued however we do currently have uh", "start": 3644.359, "end": 3652.4}, {"text": "an online portal that uh the public in general enal can access which uh", "start": 3652.4, "end": 3658.44}, {"text": "describes um or which outlines the status of building permit applications", "start": 3658.44, "end": 3663.799}, {"text": "uh by address so that is one resource tenants can can tap into um through you", "start": 3663.799, "end": 3669.92}, {"text": "know the the the licens bylaw um we are integrating um the processes with the", "start": 3669.92, "end": 3677.68}, {"text": "building permit where we will have an ability uh to inform tenants early on um", "start": 3677.68, "end": 3684.799}, {"text": "when when when building when license applications are are are applied for um", "start": 3684.799, "end": 3690.359}, {"text": "so tenants will will have that information uh well in advance uh you", "start": 3690.359, "end": 3695.88}, {"text": "know as opposed to what what they're Avail what what is available right now he thank you thank you speaker uh next", "start": 3695.88, "end": 3704.68}, {"text": "questioner is Council Burnside one second", "start": 3704.68, "end": 3709.68}, {"text": "please why thank you um through you there you go can I start yes please yes", "start": 3710.44, "end": 3716.279}, {"text": "you're on thank you thanks so much um so just to be clear what is the purpose of the", "start": 3716.279, "end": 3722.078}, {"text": "bylaw through the chair thank you for the question counselor really the BW aims to curve bad faith evictions that", "start": 3723.2, "end": 3730.64}, {"text": "displace tenants um you know create the loss of affordable housing um and um", "start": 3730.64, "end": 3737.88}, {"text": "really seeks to protect tenants uh where where they're be being evicted due to", "start": 3737.88, "end": 3743.96}, {"text": "renovations to to ensure that that the the con that Ren eviction is actually", "start": 3743.96, "end": 3749}, {"text": "legit and requiring vacant occupancy okay so so that that that's the sole purpose so uh if someone's doing a", "start": 3749, "end": 3757.559}, {"text": "renovation that that requires that the tenant leave uh the unit there's not bad", "start": 3757.559, "end": 3764.039}, {"text": "faith about that as long as they come back in through the chair that is correct okay so is there not part of", "start": 3764.039, "end": 3769.559}, {"text": "this where the uh the landlord has to pay uh for their moving expenses and", "start": 3769.559, "end": 3776.039}, {"text": "those sorts of things to the chair uh there is an element in the Via that uh requires an accommodation or", "start": 3776.039, "end": 3783.16}, {"text": "compensation plan to be submitted as part of the the uh license application", "start": 3783.16, "end": 3788.599}, {"text": "this principle is is not new uh it it is mered in the RTA uh as well as the the", "start": 3788.599, "end": 3795.119}, {"text": "demolition uh rental bylaw as well uh and and in fact it it does closely align", "start": 3795.119, "end": 3801.92}, {"text": "with the tono's uh uh rental demolition uh by right so I didn't respectfully I", "start": 3801.92, "end": 3807.359}, {"text": "wasn't asking through the speaker whether it was new I was trying to understand and I did elicit that a", "start": 3807.359, "end": 3813}, {"text": "purpose of the bylaw this seems to be going outside the reach of the", "start": 3813, "end": 3818.44}, {"text": "purpose uh through the chair what we heard through uh through consultation", "start": 3818.44, "end": 3823.76}, {"text": "was that the um compensation that's provided through the RTA is inadequate", "start": 3823.76, "end": 3830.92}, {"text": "for individuals being displaced through um um Ren ations whether good faith you", "start": 3830.92, "end": 3837.44}, {"text": "know or bad faith do so there's so through the speaker then there's actually there's more than one purpose", "start": 3837.44, "end": 3842.68}, {"text": "here well I think I I through the chair it's it it provides with a a a whole", "start": 3842.68, "end": 3850}, {"text": "some solution to to an issue of renovation okay well I guess we can", "start": 3850, "end": 3857}, {"text": "agree to disagree on that so um have you done any uh or as part of your study", "start": 3857, "end": 3863.24}, {"text": "have you looked at the uh the cost that a landlord of a single", "start": 3863.24, "end": 3869.76}, {"text": "unit what that cost would be if someone were to if they were to have to move out", "start": 3869.76, "end": 3875.2}, {"text": "for a month two months three months like what is the impact because we're trying to we're trying to understand or we're", "start": 3875.2, "end": 3880.4}, {"text": "trying to pre uh protect rental housing but where there's a financial impact we can naturally assume that people may not", "start": 3880.4, "end": 3887.64}, {"text": "be so willing to rent out units if the burden the overall burden is too great", "start": 3887.64, "end": 3893.16}, {"text": "so what studies have you done can you provide to let us uh to help inform this", "start": 3893.16, "end": 3898.359}, {"text": "uh discussion to the chair uh we have done that analysis and uh I'm going to ask staff to just maybe go through the", "start": 3898.359, "end": 3904.72}, {"text": "numbers thanks thank you thank you counselor for the question uh Madam speaker we did take a look at that the", "start": 3904.72, "end": 3911.4}, {"text": "answer is is that it would be really variable as to what the cost to a landlord would be the newer units would", "start": 3911.4, "end": 3918.119}, {"text": "pay less the older units may have to pay a little more there would be moving costs in every case but as far as a rent", "start": 3918.119, "end": 3926.44}, {"text": "Gap payment or anything along those lines it's it would be very it would be", "start": 3926.44, "end": 3932.52}, {"text": "quite variable much on the facts so there would the speaker we like", "start": 3932.52, "end": 3939.359}, {"text": "we really don't know we're we're we're putting in this framework where we", "start": 3939.359, "end": 3944.48}, {"text": "really don't understand the impact is that correct um do this speak I can give you an example uh we looked at example", "start": 3944.48, "end": 3951.44}, {"text": "so if a tenant is uh living in a two-bedroom apartment their rent is around $2,000 a month if they had to", "start": 3951.44, "end": 3958.559}, {"text": "move out for 6 months including moving expenses the moving allowance you'd be looking at uh between 10 and 11,000 as a", "start": 3958.559, "end": 3966.559}, {"text": "cost for the landlord that's an example as my colleagu said okay cool that's great thank you thank you very much okay", "start": 3966.559, "end": 3971.76}, {"text": "so then I just have one more question and that's very helpful I appreciate it um my understanding is the province", "start": 3971.76, "end": 3978.48}, {"text": "has made changes but they have not enacted the regulations is that correct", "start": 3978.48, "end": 3984.24}, {"text": "that is correct the province has has introduced Bill 97 uh but the regulations um um uh pertaining to those", "start": 3984.24, "end": 3991.92}, {"text": "have yet to be introduced city council has on on uh I believe back in June made", "start": 3991.92, "end": 3998}, {"text": "a recommendation to the province to enact uh regulations to prevent Renovations those have okay so then my", "start": 3998, "end": 4005.079}, {"text": "final question would then be if they were to enact the regulations", "start": 4005.079, "end": 4010.119}, {"text": "how would that impact this program or proposal would it", "start": 4010.119, "end": 4015.16}, {"text": "uh nullify its the need or how do you see that through the uh", "start": 4015.16, "end": 4022.119}, {"text": "chair uh counselor uh as we don't have those regulations in front of us so", "start": 4022.119, "end": 4027.16}, {"text": "we'll certainely definitely have to review what the what the exact content of those regulations are but there there", "start": 4027.16, "end": 4032.88}, {"text": "is possibility that some elements of this byw uh may be redundant uh uh once", "start": 4032.88, "end": 4038.799}, {"text": "once the province introduces those legislations I can also advise that uh in BC um uh West uh West Minister um uh", "start": 4038.799, "end": 4050.559}, {"text": "repealed the bylaw once the province uh introduce the", "start": 4050.559, "end": 4056.16}, {"text": "legislation thank you councelor", "start": 4057.96, "end": 4066.078}, {"text": "centi uh thank you speaker uh so did you uh uh say earlier that uh this report", "start": 4067.559, "end": 4077.079}, {"text": "and recommendations are following uh a model uh created by the city of", "start": 4077.079, "end": 4083.2}, {"text": "Hamilton just want to verify that um thank you for the question uh counselor", "start": 4083.559, "end": 4088.92}, {"text": "through the chair um in June uh staff were directed uh to come uh forward with", "start": 4088.92, "end": 4095.76}, {"text": "a Hamilton style uh renovation Vias this particular B uses that", "start": 4095.76, "end": 4101.96}, {"text": "appropriates okay so do we know since it's been it that's happened in June do we have any current uh stats or data", "start": 4101.96, "end": 4111.08}, {"text": "that would indicate how well their uh uh their policies are are are working", "start": 4111.08, "end": 4117.359}, {"text": "within the city within Hamilton uh to the chair counselor uh the Hamilton", "start": 4117.359, "end": 4123.159}, {"text": "bylaw comes into effect uh in January 2025 So currently uh we do not have that", "start": 4123.159, "end": 4129.838}, {"text": "information uh as that bot is not in forc yet all we have right now is an idea a suggest gestion has been approved", "start": 4129.839, "end": 4137.4}, {"text": "no data uh but yet we're following that model not knowing how successful it may", "start": 4137.4, "end": 4145.798}, {"text": "be um through the speaker I would add that a number of other jurisdictions uh similar to Hamilton like New West New", "start": 4145.799, "end": 4153.52}, {"text": "New Westminster and BC introduce similar types of legislation and an effort to curb these kind of bad faith evictions", "start": 4153.52, "end": 4161.04}, {"text": "in BC we saw the provincial government follow up um because they were successful they followed up with", "start": 4161.04, "end": 4167}, {"text": "provincial legislation uh amending the residential tency act and and thereby", "start": 4167, "end": 4172.278}, {"text": "removing the need for many of the municipalities to have their own bylaws um so I think it's reasonable for us to", "start": 4172.279, "end": 4178.88}, {"text": "um assume that implementation of a byaw at a municipal level here in Ontario would could have a similar", "start": 4178.88, "end": 4186.199}, {"text": "effect all right thank you um just want to uh ask a couple of", "start": 4186.199, "end": 4191.52}, {"text": "questions around the expenses and responsibility of of the landlord not", "start": 4191.52, "end": 4196.8}, {"text": "not so much a tenant but the landlord in terms of expenses so can you explain how", "start": 4196.8, "end": 4202.88}, {"text": "the rent Gap formula works and why are we providing a rank Gap formula an", "start": 4202.88, "end": 4209.719}, {"text": "opportunity to the tenant in this B certainly um Madam", "start": 4209.719, "end": 4217.36}, {"text": "speaker the rank app formula is there to do exactly that to allow a tenant who is", "start": 4217.36, "end": 4224.64}, {"text": "facing EV ition due to renov due to renovation the ability to afford a", "start": 4224.64, "end": 4230.52}, {"text": "market rent a current market rent the rent that they're paying maybe from many years ago it's been increased at", "start": 4230.52, "end": 4236.88}, {"text": "increments that have not kept up with the market rate so what the bylaw would", "start": 4236.88, "end": 4242.12}, {"text": "require is for the payment from the landlord to the tenant to be that gap", "start": 4242.12, "end": 4248.32}, {"text": "between what they're currently paying and what would allow them to find a", "start": 4248.32, "end": 4253.36}, {"text": "comparable rental unit Within the city of Toronto okay but should the tenant not", "start": 4253.36, "end": 4259.679}, {"text": "return or decide not to return to the unit um there's an additional burden on", "start": 4259.679, "end": 4265.92}, {"text": "the landlord to pay compensation equal to it says you're equal to three months of rent can can", "start": 4265.92, "end": 4273.04}, {"text": "you elaborate on that please so that's an enhancement counselor and speaker um", "start": 4273.04, "end": 4279.08}, {"text": "that is an enhancement over the requirements of the residential tencies act would require up to a 3-month", "start": 4279.08, "end": 4284.92}, {"text": "payment uh that would allow the tenant that's being displaced to pay deposits first", "start": 4284.92, "end": 4290.92}, {"text": "and last month's rent again at Mark rent the residential Tendencies act would allow up to three months of the rent", "start": 4290.92, "end": 4297.56}, {"text": "payments of their current rent which again could be way below market value so what this bylaw would require is that", "start": 4297.56, "end": 4304.76}, {"text": "that rent Gap be paid for a period of three months so that that tenant would", "start": 4304.76, "end": 4310.08}, {"text": "be able to make first and last month's rent as well as any other miscellaneous cost so it's it", "start": 4310.08, "end": 4315.84}, {"text": "it follows the framework of the residential Tendencies act but again is an enhancement to it and again it's it's", "start": 4315.84, "end": 4322.6}, {"text": "it's it's uh designed to assist the tenant and it falls on the uh shoulders of the landlord to assist the tenant to", "start": 4322.6, "end": 4329.44}, {"text": "ensure that they have the financial ability to move into another unit that that is the way the bylaw is", "start": 4329.44, "end": 4336.32}, {"text": "set up it would be a requirement of the license yes additionally um regardless of the option that the tenant chooses", "start": 4336.32, "end": 4343}, {"text": "for the tenant accommodation or Compensation Plan the landlord is also", "start": 4343, "end": 4349.4}, {"text": "uh um asked to provide an additional allowance that I think it's called a", "start": 4349.4, "end": 4355.04}, {"text": "moving allowance up to 2500 uh that would vary depending on the", "start": 4355.04, "end": 4360.44}, {"text": "size of the units counselor and Madam speaker uh it would be $1,500 for a studio or one-bedroom", "start": 4360.44, "end": 4367.36}, {"text": "apartment and $2500 moving allowance for a two-bedroom or larger depart that was", "start": 4367.36, "end": 4374.08}, {"text": "your last question", "start": 4374.08, "end": 4377.12}, {"text": "councelor", "start": 4379.92, "end": 4382.4}, {"text": "mantis C mantis are you there are you", "start": 4387.199, "end": 4395.639}, {"text": "there I guess he's somewhere out there I have no idea where he is uh I don't know", "start": 4396.679, "end": 4403.48}, {"text": "um okay mayor CH to", "start": 4403.48, "end": 4407.719}, {"text": "speak we'll go to speakers mayor Chow um first off I want to thank", "start": 4408.639, "end": 4415}, {"text": "councelor Paula Fletcher for her advocacy on this uh bylaw uh and", "start": 4415, "end": 4422.04}, {"text": "protecting the tenants for many years actually fighting for tenants in her community and sharing the protection of", "start": 4422.04, "end": 4429.56}, {"text": "affordable rental subcommittee and spearheading uh this bylaw on Council I also want to", "start": 4429.56, "end": 4436.92}, {"text": "acknowledge uh councelor perks for his leadership on the planning and housing committee the members of the committee", "start": 4436.92, "end": 4443.199}, {"text": "and of course City staff that done a lot of work to put this bylaw together thank", "start": 4443.199, "end": 4449.159}, {"text": "you for let getting us to this moment for renters across the city and as you", "start": 4449.159, "end": 4456.56}, {"text": "know um 50% of torontonians are renters and um", "start": 4456.56, "end": 4465.76}, {"text": "there have been a group of mentors that have been organizing and been pushing", "start": 4465.76, "end": 4471.679}, {"text": "the city to get this done and we want to thank their efforts also you've heard", "start": 4471.679, "end": 4477.28}, {"text": "here that uh I lived in a rental apartment building when I first arrived to Toronto and um with one salary uh one", "start": 4477.28, "end": 4487.4}, {"text": "of my mom uh with a as a maid and and a cleaner of a hotel we were able to", "start": 4487.4, "end": 4493.76}, {"text": "afford a two-bedroom apartment apartment that's on the heard of now um but the second part of it is that", "start": 4493.76, "end": 4500.719}, {"text": "um my dad continued to liveed there till um his 80s and through those several", "start": 4500.719, "end": 4509.6}, {"text": "decades the apartment uh have gone through a lot of renovation I recall", "start": 4509.6, "end": 4516.159}, {"text": "helping him moved his kitchen cabet around because they were renovating the kitchen and then after that the balcony", "start": 4516.159, "end": 4523.44}, {"text": "uh because some of the concrete were not stable so it was a major work um the", "start": 4523.44, "end": 4529.76}, {"text": "carpet was changed at different places the elevator were reconstructed the lobby changed through all that", "start": 4529.76, "end": 4537.199}, {"text": "renovation he was never asked to leave he did not have to vacate his unit so", "start": 4537.199, "end": 4545.32}, {"text": "right now what we're hearing is that a lot of renters are being asked to", "start": 4545.32, "end": 4550.679}, {"text": "leave uh when there's renovation in their apartment in in the", "start": 4550.679, "end": 4557.32}, {"text": "units well because why um because there's a loophole right now if they get", "start": 4557.32, "end": 4563.84}, {"text": "evicted if they live in an apartment that have been built before 2018 they're", "start": 4563.84, "end": 4569.719}, {"text": "protected by rent control but once you leave you go into a new place there's no", "start": 4569.719, "end": 4578.199}, {"text": "rent control so they may be seeing their uh rent double", "start": 4578.199, "end": 4585.44}, {"text": "or triple because they were at a place that was rent controlled and then", "start": 4585.44, "end": 4590.639}, {"text": "because of Ren notion we now even have a word for it um they their rent all of a", "start": 4590.639, "end": 4597.84}, {"text": "sudden get doubled or tripled and and some of them said where am I going to go", "start": 4597.84, "end": 4602.92}, {"text": "they end up being homeless because they can't afford it so what this bylaw does", "start": 4602.92, "end": 4608}, {"text": "is to protect these kind of tenants now for landlords that have no attention or", "start": 4608, "end": 4615.44}, {"text": "never do this kind of thing that uh because they don't want to because they", "start": 4615.44, "end": 4620.84}, {"text": "didn't need to recate a unit to do any renovation this bylaw has nothing to do", "start": 4620.84, "end": 4628.08}, {"text": "with them okay we're just talking of a few folks that see this loopholes they", "start": 4628.08, "end": 4635.159}, {"text": "are evicting people for no good reasons as an excuse so they could jack up the", "start": 4635.159, "end": 4640.6}, {"text": "rent and earn more money those are the landlord that we are saying wait a second if you really are doing it you", "start": 4640.6, "end": 4647.84}, {"text": "need to you have to get a building permit anyway in your building permit the city is going to look at the", "start": 4647.84, "end": 4653.6}, {"text": "building permit and say what do you really need to vacate the unit for the kind of work you're doing maybe you", "start": 4653.6, "end": 4659.92}, {"text": "don't or do you so once they actually submit that we can then keep an eye on", "start": 4659.92, "end": 4666.4}, {"text": "it so needless renovation uh evictions can be prevented secondly um and they", "start": 4666.4, "end": 4674.679}, {"text": "that if they have to evict folks I get it sometimes if you making the entire", "start": 4674.679, "end": 4680.96}, {"text": "unit you have to renovated then um that uh they will offer the unit back to the", "start": 4680.96, "end": 4688.159}, {"text": "tenants and uh which then is a win-win situation for both and that while the", "start": 4688.159, "end": 4693.96}, {"text": "construction is taking place they help the tenant out a little bit um so that", "start": 4693.96, "end": 4700.08}, {"text": "that works for folks that are doing Ren uh renovation for on their buildings so uh", "start": 4700.08, "end": 4708.84}, {"text": "now if we have real rent control for all buildings not just the ones that are", "start": 4708.84, "end": 4714.12}, {"text": "built before 2018 we probably would need to do this um that would end 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big difference in the lives of many people and as I look at this report and think about how to", "start": 4769.12, "end": 4775.88}, {"text": "cast my vote on it I really want to try to understand how many people will", "start": 4775.88, "end": 4781.04}, {"text": "benefit from this work and I think both you and I can agree you know bad faith", "start": 4781.04, "end": 4786.239}, {"text": "eviction should never happen in the circumstances including Renovations but do we know how many", "start": 4786.239, "end": 4793.76}, {"text": "times this happened well because the city is not at all involved in it because we don't have a", "start": 4793.76, "end": 4800.239}, {"text": "ven eviction bylaw we have no idea however just putting this bylaw in place", "start": 4800.239, "end": 4806.28}, {"text": "will prevent landlord to do bad faith", "start": 4806.28, "end": 4812.92}, {"text": "evictions so how many people are going to stop that you and I will never know", "start": 4812.92, "end": 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{"text": "right so landlords that don't issue an n13 we have no idea nope but the report", "start": 4867.199, "end": 4873.639}, {"text": "gives us a hint that they're expecting about 160 applications and that kind of", "start": 4873.639, "end": 4879.08}, {"text": "lines up with all the other numbers I found on the internet it sounds reasonable of The 100", "start": 4879.08, "end": 4885.28}, {"text": "60 likely many of them are legitimate so I'm just trying to get to the heart at", "start": 4885.28, "end": 4891.12}, {"text": "you know how many bad faith evictions this is going to stop based on the", "start": 4891.12, "end": 4897.56}, {"text": "limitations that we've got I'm just trying to wait against because a very expensive program well Cil holiday we", "start": 4897.56, "end": 4904.28}, {"text": "will never know in terms of prevention we really can't tell um you can guess", "start": 4904.28, "end": 4910.88}, {"text": "but 160 that's only if tenants know their rights there are many", 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know their rights right so so I mean I agree it's very sensitive", "start": 4960.88, "end": 4967.92}, {"text": "and it's very difficult but if we don't know why why are we investing all this", "start": 4967.92, "end": 4973.239}, {"text": "money and how will we know it was prudent", "start": 4973.239, "end": 4980.4}, {"text": "well you and I were talking about yesterday housing", "start": 4980.44, "end": 4985.76}, {"text": "crisis I heard from enough tenants that their lives some of them", "start": 4985.76, "end": 4991.92}, {"text": "are seniors seniors that have lived in a building for three four decades right", "start": 4991.92, "end": 4999.159}, {"text": "and they all their friends are in that neighborhood they can't they don't drive", "start": 4999.159, "end": 5004.199}, {"text": "NE necessarily because some of them are older they may not want to drive and", "start": 5004.199, "end": 5010.6}, {"text": "that's where they shop that's where they are that's where the communities and for 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5118.44}, {"text": "to keep them affordable if not our crisis will get worse thank you okay", "start": 5118.44, "end": 5124.6}, {"text": "councelor Burnside you have a question uh thank you uh through you uh", "start": 5124.6, "end": 5130.36}, {"text": "Madam speaker I understand the first part of um what you said about the bad faith", "start": 5130.36, "end": 5136.199}, {"text": "evictions and this bylaw addressing that 100% agree with that it's the second", "start": 5136.199, "end": 5141.36}, {"text": "part um where you mentioned that uh landlord has to temporarily displace", "start": 5141.36, "end": 5148.52}, {"text": "someone they fix up the unit uh and then they bring them back in and it's a win-win situation to quote you so my", "start": 5148.52, "end": 5156.92}, {"text": "question is if you're a landlord you have a basement apartment and you have to go through this let's say it's a two", "start": 5156.92, "end": 5162.32}, {"text": "bedroom apartment as uh Miss Bond mentioned and 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6072.76, "end": 6078.678}, {"text": "speak thank you madam speaker uh more than half of the residents of my ward", "start": 6079.56, "end": 6084.84}, {"text": "are tenants and we have had a disturbing number of incidents where bad landlords", "start": 6084.84, "end": 6092.56}, {"text": "used pretend re renovations to evict tenants and just as", "start": 6092.56, "end": 6099.04}, {"text": "Council Fletcher has said once evicted those tenants are in very difficult circumstances with really long-term", "start": 6099.04, "end": 6106.04}, {"text": "lasting effects this bylaw doesn't prevent Renovations uh all the members of this", "start": 6106.04, "end": 6112.52}, {"text": "Council know know how important it is that we get Energy Efficiency Renovations of our building stock that", "start": 6112.52, "end": 6119.92}, {"text": "is an essential pillar of our transform to goals air quality climate as well as", "start": 6119.92, "end": 6126.88}, {"text": "keeping the long-term cost of occupation 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"go to Deputy Mayor Malik while the speaker just sort something out before she speaks thank you uh hang on one", "start": 6178.28, "end": 6185.04}, {"text": "second please thank you very much um I want to", "start": 6185.04, "end": 6191.32}, {"text": "begin again also by echoing um the appreciation for the leadership of you", "start": 6191.32, "end": 6197.56}, {"text": "counselor uh Fletcher as well as my colleagues uh on Council who have been working uh at at uh ensuring that we are", "start": 6197.56, "end": 6205.84}, {"text": "able to use this tool to make a dramatic difference in the lives of approximately", "start": 6205.84, "end": 6212}, {"text": "50% of Toronto residents those residents that are tenants and renov as we have", "start": 6212, "end": 6218.239}, {"text": "heard and we understand and folks in every single neighborhood in our city", "start": 6218.239, "end": 6224.32}, {"text": "I'm sure if your offices are like mine are being reached out to about the", "start": 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{"text": "rent evicted and then seeing their Apartments back on the market at Double", "start": 6276.08, "end": 6281.52}, {"text": "or even more the rent and this tactic doesn't only deprive tenants of their", "start": 6281.52, "end": 6289}, {"text": "homes and communities that they are deeply connected to where they want to be close to work and close to what makes", "start": 6289, "end": 6296.159}, {"text": "life in the city worthwhile but also contributes to that critical decline in", "start": 6296.159, "end": 6301.8}, {"text": "the affordable housing stock in our city and the proposed bylaw in front of us offers a comprehensive approach a", "start": 6301.8, "end": 6308.88}, {"text": "comprehensive solution to this issue of Ren evictions and we have to take that", "start": 6308.88, "end": 6314.08}, {"text": "seriously and by implementing strict reg regulations on renovation permits tenant", "start": 6314.08, "end": 6319.4}, {"text": "compensation and relocation assistance we can 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6368.239, "end": 6373}, {"text": "yes a quorum call oh we can do a quorum call thank you", "start": 6373.96, "end": 6382.08}, {"text": "I don't know how but I think the clerk does my first Quorum call very", "start": 6383.639, "end": 6393.159}, {"text": "exciting has it started", "start": 6406.48, "end": 6410.8}, {"text": "councelor C here", "start": 6418.239, "end": 6421.36}, {"text": "online members the uh voting panel is open would you please indicate your", "start": 6436.48, "end": 6441.639}, {"text": "present in the in the chamber by pressing the button speaker nzi we", "start": 6441.639, "end": 6447.47}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 6447.47, "end": 6451.68}, {"text": "will councelor Thompson we will update the system for you thank you very much", "start": 6470.44, "end": 6477.04}, {"text": "I'm here", "start": 6477.04, "end": 6480.4}, {"text": "[Music]", "start": 6498.5, "end": 6501.899}, {"text": "you in favor of yourself being here Deputy speaker Deputy speaker cor oh you're in", "start": 6504.639, "end": 6512.199}, {"text": "favor of him being here there are 22 members in the chamber thank you so much uh there we", "start": 6512.199, "end": 6519.719}, {"text": "go that was that wasn't voting for the item that was are you here thank you uh", "start": 6519.8, "end": 6525.88}, {"text": "speaker just one second while I get you set up thank you", "start": 6525.88, "end": 6531.638}, {"text": "you're on thanks okay thank you I do have an amendment um we'll put it on the", "start": 6537.32, "end": 6544.44}, {"text": "screen that city council adopt the following recommendation in the supplement report November 12th 2024", "start": 6544.44, "end": 6552.04}, {"text": "from the executive director housing Secretariat and Chief Building official and executive director Toronto building", "start": 6552.04, "end": 6558.76}, {"text": "ph1 16.4 a amended to read as follows and and then you have my Amendment there", "start": 6558.76, "end": 6564.679}, {"text": "is a city council direct the executive director housing Secretariat and other relevant City divisions to direct the", "start": 6564.679, "end": 6571.599}, {"text": "resources identified in the supplementary report November 12th from the executive director of housing", "start": 6571.599, "end": 6577.48}, {"text": "Secretariat and Chief Building official and executive director Toronto building for implementing enhancements to the", "start": 6577.48, "end": 6584.719}, {"text": "Toronto tenant Support Program beginning in November 2024 and request any", "start": 6584.719, "end": 6591.04}, {"text": "additional additional resources required through the 2025 budget process so", "start": 6591.04, "end": 6596.599}, {"text": "that's my Amendment um just to speak on it um we um this bylaw uh We've uh we've", "start": 6596.599, "end": 6604.36}, {"text": "been working on it for quite a while and I actually came to council a couple times so this is not new this bylaw um", "start": 6604.36, "end": 6612.88}, {"text": "it came to planning and housing and then it came to council so this is nothing", "start": 6612.88, "end": 6618.08}, {"text": "new um it finally the bylaw came forward at planning and hous at the last meeting", "start": 6618.08, "end": 6624.52}, {"text": "and I here for Council for approval Now problem is is that as", "start": 6624.52, "end": 6631.8}, {"text": "councelor Fletcher mentioned these landlords are a landlords where they", "start": 6631.8, "end": 6637.92}, {"text": "have three or four floors of units and uh and and what they're doing in", "start": 6637.92, "end": 6643.28}, {"text": "particular my ward I'll give you an an example and staff attended my meeting a", "start": 6643.28, "end": 6648.96}, {"text": "couple weeks ago where I have a building in my ward where the landlord applied", "start": 6648.96, "end": 6654.36}, {"text": "for a building permit and the building permit that he applied for was just to", "start": 6654.36, "end": 6660.28}, {"text": "replace a 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protect um and some of these tenants has advised me as well", "start": 6758.48, "end": 6765.639}, {"text": "they're willing to come back and pay additional rent but they haven't been given the option they were told they had", "start": 6765.639, "end": 6771.56}, {"text": "to leave um so these are the tenants that we need to protect and you know not", "start": 6771.56, "end": 6777.8}, {"text": "all landlords are like that uh but there are some landlords out there that are slum landlords and are doing this and", "start": 6777.8, "end": 6784.76}, {"text": "they're making a habit of doing it and you're going to get a lot more landlords applying for these building permits", "start": 6784.76, "end": 6790.8}, {"text": "before the bylaw is passed because they know they can do it and there's not", "start": 6790.8, "end": 6795.92}, {"text": "there's nothing that we can do to stop them so we need to protect these tenants and help these tenants that are in this", "start": 6795.92, "end": 6802.52}, {"text": "vulnerable stage at this time thank you thank you and thank you for taking on", "start": 6802.52, "end": 6807.679}, {"text": "that situation so well speaker uh the next speaker is the chair of the", "start": 6807.679, "end": 6814.159}, {"text": "committee is there anybody else who wishes to speak prior to the committee chair just asking once going", "start": 6814.159, "end": 6820.48}, {"text": "once I know I'm seeing if anybody wishes to speak and as you're the last speaker", "start": 6820.48, "end": 6826.199}, {"text": "counselor pardon me other Shelly shell okay thank you I'm", "start": 6826.199, "end": 6834.4}, {"text": "going to put you on chair hang on one second also I've had a message from uh", "start": 6834.4, "end": 6842.88}, {"text": "if I can before you start uh chair perks that councelor Bravo was at a conf", "start": 6842.88, "end": 6848.84}, {"text": "conference in Rio and the conference room has lost all internet so she's going back to the hotel in order to be", "start": 6848.84, "end": 6855.639}, {"text": "able to vote so I'm hoping that we'll be able to just hold this and vote when she's got her internet back in Brazil", "start": 6855.639, "end": 6864.4}, {"text": "pardon you're sorry to hear that that she's in Brazil without internet is that", "start": 6864.4, "end": 6869.679}, {"text": "what you're sorry to hear okay I'm sure she'll be happy to know thank you uh", "start": 6869.679, "end": 6875.199}, {"text": "councelor perks one second microphone thank you", "start": 6875.199, "end": 6881.719}, {"text": "Deputy speaker uh members I do have a motion on this it's a motion if I could", "start": 6881.719, "end": 6887.32}, {"text": "have a little order have to you're going to want to understand what I'm doing guys it's complicated she's there got", "start": 6887.32, "end": 6894.079}, {"text": "the votes speaker can we get order oh I'm I'm sorry about that I'm starting you", "start": 6894.079, "end": 6899.96}, {"text": "again hang on oh order I'm sorry could we have some", "start": 6899.96, "end": 6906.599}, {"text": "order oh I have a gavel oh my God who gave councelor Fletcher a gavel thank", "start": 6906.599, "end": 6913.04}, {"text": "you okay if we could start my time thank you so much all right let's start you", "start": 6913.04, "end": 6918.4}, {"text": "again I'm going to close that and I'm going to start you again okay members I wanted to draw your attention to the", "start": 6918.4, "end": 6924.48}, {"text": "motion that I'm putting up uh it's it's fairly", "start": 6924.48, "end": 6930.239}, {"text": "length and my time okay so uh this was drafted by staff from the Buildings", "start": 6933.44, "end": 6940.04}, {"text": "Department what it does is recognize that we have two different things going on at the same time that might create a", "start": 6940.04, "end": 6946.56}, {"text": "bit of a push pull we're trying to get people who have illegal multi-tenant", "start": 6946.56, "end": 6951.88}, {"text": "homes in the city of Toronto to convert them and we're trying to provide", "start": 6951.88, "end": 6957.679}, {"text": "assistance so they will make those conversions and if we do the ren eviction thing at the same time it", "start": 6957.679, "end": 6963.84}, {"text": "creates some complications so this sorts out the complications just for those", "start": 6963.84, "end": 6969.04}, {"text": "multi-tenant homes as we are bringing them into a legal uh legal status with", "start": 6969.04, "end": 6974.8}, {"text": "the city of Toronto that's the effect of the motion it's pretty straightforward if you have any questions I'd be happy", "start": 6974.8, "end": 6980.36}, {"text": "to answer um also I want to uh indicate my very", "start": 6980.36, "end": 6986.04}, {"text": "strong support for the motion that councelor nunziata moved it's quite helpful and uh we'll help the city to", "start": 6986.04, "end": 6993.32}, {"text": "make sure that in this interim period before the bylaw comes 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when they're evicted from their homes and if you're not sure about it just go take a look at the", "start": 7040.04, "end": 7046.639}, {"text": "tents in one of the parks in the city of Toronto and you understand the stakes", "start": 7046.639, "end": 7052.639}, {"text": "for people who are evicted in a bad faith way I don't need to go it through", "start": 7052.639, "end": 7058.599}, {"text": "all the arguments with you you know them and I I hope that if you are uh", "start": 7058.599, "end": 7063.84}, {"text": "representing the people in your W and good conscience you will support both the Amendments and this incredibly", "start": 7063.84, "end": 7071.599}, {"text": "important step forward in tenant rights in the city of Toronto and with that I'll", "start": 7071.599, "end": 7078.44}, {"text": "conclude thank thank you okay so let's put the motion motion", "start": 7083.56, "end": 7088.96}, {"text": "on the screen", "start": 7088.96, "end": 7095.92}, {"text": "oh is she back online", 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involveed seniors in a motor vehicle and one of those involved a", "start": 7234.56, "end": 7240.119}, {"text": "motorcyclist okay so if we Sorry if that was fast if we cut out the the the the", "start": 7240.119, "end": 7246.239}, {"text": "people in the car the two senior citizens just for the sake of this not to diminish what happened how many", "start": 7246.239, "end": 7252.04}, {"text": "fatalities were there I think you said two cycling two pedestrian and one motorcyclist so five but this is really", "start": 7252.04, "end": 7259.079}, {"text": "a comprehensive Road Safety Improvement approach to this project so it's not specifically related to one type of Road", "start": 7259.079, "end": 7264.76}, {"text": "user oh okay so I was but from my perspective I was concerned about the", "start": 7264.76, "end": 7271.44}, {"text": "particular Road users just U from my perspective um in terms of the the pedestrians and the hold on Council", "start": 7271.44, "end": 7279.199}, {"text": "Burnside there is too much noise councelor Pastor please try to keep it", "start": 7279.199, "end": 7285.56}, {"text": "down come on Harley um thank you okay go ahead go ahead just um in terms of the", "start": 7285.56, "end": 7291.8}, {"text": "pedestrians and the cyclist what direction of travel were they I don't have the specifics of those", "start": 7291.8, "end": 7298.239}, {"text": "collisions what we're referring to here are fatalities and serious injuries there are five involving um vulnerable", "start": 7298.239, "end": 7305.159}, {"text": "Road users that were not in a vehicle and two were in a vehicle okay would you be able to get the direction of", "start": 7305.159, "end": 7310.76}, {"text": "certainly I just don't have them in me at that level of detail okay but for the for this debate would I be able to get", "start": 7310.76, "end": 7316.32}, {"text": "it while this is going on or um we will give we will endeavor to get that okay thank you appreciate", "start": 7316.32, "end": 7324.8}, {"text": "it councelor past questions yes thank you mad speaker", "start": 7331.32, "end": 7336.56}, {"text": "through you to staff um the budget for this project is 7.5 million and can you", "start": 7336.56, "end": 7343.52}, {"text": "parse out the the bike lane piece the uh the budget for the project", "start": 7343.52, "end": 7350.199}, {"text": "is at a conceptual level we wouldn't be able to parse out specifically uh for the cycling infrastructure at this stage", "start": 7350.199, "end": 7355.88}, {"text": "it is a comprehensive Road Safety strategy project and and the cycling component is only one", "start": 7355.88, "end": 7361.76}, {"text": "element well we budget bike Lanes all the time I mean I've done enough in my award that we give we we have a spending", "start": 7361.76, "end": 7368.4}, {"text": "envelope for bike Lanes uh would you say it's a third of this", "start": 7368.4, "end": 7374.04}, {"text": "or through the speaker we are at a conceptual level of design the the recommendation before council is to", "start": 7374.04, "end": 7380.44}, {"text": "authorize staff to continue to work on the project and design and we'd be able to have more detail on the budgeting at", "start": 7380.44, "end": 7385.48}, {"text": "a later stage we don't have that level of detail today okay and through the through the speaker we would actually be back to council with that design for", "start": 7385.48, "end": 7392.239}, {"text": "approval before we move forward to implement anything all right um I think my next", "start": 7392.239, "end": 7398.599}, {"text": "question should really go to the city manager the province has made it quite clear through Bill 212 that they're", "start": 7398.599, "end": 7405.04}, {"text": "going to pull out bike Lanes uh that are built on roadways that uh negatively", "start": 7405.04, "end": 7411.04}, {"text": "affect traffic flow um is it prudent to go forward with and I couldn't break out", "start": 7411.04, "end": 7417.56}, {"text": "with the bike lane part is to a $7.5 million project that we may have to", "start": 7417.56, "end": 7423.8}, {"text": "dismantle at a later date so through the speaker I mean we we", "start": 7423.8, "end": 7428.92}, {"text": "haven't seen the language of what actually will be in the legis ation nor the regulations so we're still waiting", "start": 7428.92, "end": 7433.96}, {"text": "on that and my understanding is at this point we're moving the project forward but we're not starting construction", "start": 7433.96, "end": 7439.44}, {"text": "immediately so my sense is that uh in the absence of understanding what the", "start": 7439.44, "end": 7444.84}, {"text": "legislation actually says uh moving things forward in the planning mode is not uh is not something that would be", "start": 7444.84, "end": 7451.76}, {"text": "inconsistent uh because this project is not starting construction in that case I may agree with you we should take a", "start": 7451.76, "end": 7457.76}, {"text": "pause and see what it is in this case I don't see any reason to slow it down so when it comes to uh staff time and", "start": 7457.76, "end": 7465.36}, {"text": "design work and and third party contractors we actually will be incurring costs as we go to the next", "start": 7465.36, "end": 7471.52}, {"text": "stage for something that could be torn out uh by by the end of next year", "start": 7471.52, "end": 7477.8}, {"text": "through the speaker again because this is comprehensive if this was only a project of bike Lanes then perhaps that", "start": 7477.8, "end": 7483.76}, {"text": "would be there but this is as as described by staff uh a larger look at safety and the roadway so again I think", "start": 7483.76, "end": 7490}, {"text": "the design work is is not exclusive to bike lanes and uh you know my advice is", "start": 7490, "end": 7495.88}, {"text": "right now is we're waiting for the legislative language that uh you know we don't want to stop 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counselor", "start": 7540.239, "end": 7547.4}, {"text": "that's a a fantastic Point um to emphasize city council and Toronto Community Council have approved a series", "start": 7547.4, "end": 7554.199}, {"text": "of safety improvements on Parkside Drive that have been already implemented and we have not seen the safety improvements", "start": 7554.199, "end": 7561.32}, {"text": "at the extent that really are needed here on the street we continue to see um speeds that are higher than what's", "start": 7561.32, "end": 7567.679}, {"text": "posted um and risky driving behavior resulting in injury and death okay thank", "start": 7567.679, "end": 7574.199}, {"text": "you thank you", "start": 7574.199, "end": 7578.4}, {"text": "councelor Chen questions thank you Madame speaker uh", "start": 7582.159, "end": 7587.44}, {"text": "just wondering what will be the loss of street parking on Parkside Drive because", "start": 7587.44, "end": 7592.84}, {"text": "we changed parking access uh for uh High 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parking uh for on Street introduced", "start": 7639.079, "end": 7646.28}, {"text": "on the west part side of Parkside Drive some of those spaces would be lost but we need to determine the number through detailed design and when they were", "start": 7646.28, "end": 7653.28}, {"text": "proposed to be installed uh through Toronto and East York Community Council it was identified in that report that um", "start": 7653.28, "end": 7659.48}, {"text": "it would likely be a temporary parking provision with the anticipated recommendations that were coming through", "start": 7659.48, "end": 7666.44}, {"text": "this study which is already well underway so how many spots were added in", "start": 7666.44, "end": 7672.639}, {"text": "that in this temporary window uh less than two dozen like", "start": 7672.639, "end": 7678.92}, {"text": "probably about 13 okay okay thank you those are all my", "start": 7678.92, "end": 7685.8}, {"text": "questions councelor chanti thank you speaker", "start": 7695.119, "end": 7702.559}, {"text": "um so through you speaker to staff uh so how long has uh this study uh been", "start": 7702.559, "end": 7710.159}, {"text": "taking place when did it start and and what prompted the study at that", "start": 7710.159, "end": 7715.36}, {"text": "time uh thanks councelor the the study was directed to begin by Council in", "start": 7715.36, "end": 7720.96}, {"text": "November of 2021 and and uh it started uh shortly thereafter so it has been a", "start": 7720.96, "end": 7726.079}, {"text": "few years underway um with deep engagement with the local community and and uh through the speaker", "start": 7726.079, "end": 7732.36}, {"text": "the impetus actually councelor kenti had to do with the um Parkside uh the High", "start": 7732.36, "end": 7739}, {"text": "Park movement strategy was part of the work the broader work that uh we were working on with Parks forestry and", "start": 7739, "end": 7744.52}, {"text": "Recreation about improvements to High Park 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to the problem have we monitored to see what's", "start": 7874.92, "end": 7880.4}, {"text": "happened with driver behavior and speeding where are we currently today compared to prior to these uh uh", "start": 7880.4, "end": 7889.8}, {"text": "implementations through the speaker that's a great question counselor we have seen some improvement in vehicle", "start": 7889.8, "end": 7894.84}, {"text": "speeding so that we do see uh in the southbound Direction vehicle speeds have decreased by about 177% so from 62 kilm", "start": 7894.84, "end": 7902.48}, {"text": "an hour as the 85th percentile to 51 and Northbound they've decreased from by", "start": 7902.48, "end": 7907.8}, {"text": "approximately 133% so from 55 km to 48 but we still are the 85th percentile is", "start": 7907.8, "end": 7914.4}, {"text": "still 8 to 11 km above the speed limit and there is still outside of those um", "start": 7914.4, "end": 7921.199}, {"text": "those majorities we do still see aggressive driving at much 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traffic uh posted speed", "start": 8007.639, "end": 8013.239}, {"text": "limit would be appropriate on Parkside dive so it wouldn't be recommended by staff thank you okay members we have", "start": 8013.239, "end": 8019.679}, {"text": "councelor Bravo um available to vote on this so if we can ring the bells then", "start": 8019.679, "end": 8024.76}, {"text": "we'll go then we'll come back councel Bradford to you um ring the bell so we can vote on that item", "start": 8024.76, "end": 8032.84}, {"text": "thank you very much speaker R [Music]", "start": 8032.84, "end": 8050.229}, {"text": "evictions okay so we'll put the motion on the", "start": 8051.599, "end": 8056.239}, {"text": "screen motion by motion by councel", "start": 8057.76, "end": 8063.039}, {"text": "perks you want a recorded vote okay recorded", "start": 8064.32, "end": 8069.88}, {"text": "vote and Deville in favor affirmative [Music]", "start": 8080.199, "end": 8093.97}, {"text": "clerks did you get my [Music]", "start": 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$7.5 million the supplemental report", "start": 8316.12, "end": 8322.08}, {"text": "for cc 23.1 estimated that we spent 27 million to build just over 20 km of bike", "start": 8322.08, "end": 8328.319}, {"text": "Lanes on blur University in young is that correct thank you that's correct okay so", "start": 8328.32, "end": 8335.84}, {"text": "how long is this section of Parkside Drive where these lanes are being", "start": 8335.84, "end": 8341.08}, {"text": "proposed I believe it's 1.9 kilometers I will just clarify that the reason the", "start": 8341.16, "end": 8346.319}, {"text": "costs are so high is because it proposes a reconstruction of the intersection of Lake Shore and Parkside Drive with", "start": 8346.32, "end": 8352.518}, {"text": "significant utility relocations and civil work required as well as a partial reconstruction of the blure and Keel", "start": 8352.519, "end": 8359.24}, {"text": "Parkside Drive intersection in order to facilitate safety improvements uh and traffic 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thank you for that question so we have improved sidewalks to the extent", "start": 8403.359, "end": 8410.12}, {"text": "that's possible on the west side of Parkside Drive with some um segments of sidewalk where there is space to do so", "start": 8410.12, "end": 8416.6}, {"text": "on the park side um but it does not involve um widening existing sidewalks", "start": 8416.6, "end": 8423.12}, {"text": "um it does involve making The Pedestrian space feel safer because of the reduction and be safer because of the", "start": 8423.12, "end": 8429.88}, {"text": "anticipated reduction in speed of Motor Vehicles on the corridor which is the primary reason why pedestrians have", "start": 8429.88, "end": 8436.16}, {"text": "reported feeling unsafe so s sidewalks was one of the top concerns though we all agree on that and you know I", "start": 8436.16, "end": 8441.76}, {"text": "acknowledge that the conditions don't necessarily exist but it it says in the report quote in midblock segments no", 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that it", "start": 8644.88, "end": 8651.6}, {"text": "could be installed given the design work that's underway is anticipated to be 2026 so there is quite a bit of time for", "start": 8651.6, "end": 8657.76}, {"text": "staff to look further at this and bring the recommendation to council for", "start": 8657.76, "end": 8662.84}, {"text": "implementation thank you councelor perks questions thank you", "start": 8662.84, "end": 8671.64}, {"text": "uh councelor Burnside was asking some questions about uh collisions serious", "start": 8671.64, "end": 8676.68}, {"text": "injuries and deaths uh across different modes um is it the case that by separating", "start": 8676.68, "end": 8684.64}, {"text": "cyclists you make all modes safer", "start": 8684.64, "end": 8689.76}, {"text": "yes Council perks that's our experience so so the trying to draw a conclusion", "start": 8690.439, "end": 8696.6}, {"text": "that only the cycling deaths or injuries count would be wrong in this instance in", "start": 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preferred it was put forward as a corridor in the major Citywide cycling Network as part of the 2025 to 27", "start": 8744.76, "end": 8751}, {"text": "near-term plan approved by Council yeah my memory is that uh between the original report and 21 that report you", "start": 8751, "end": 8758.84}, {"text": "talked about and an initial design report Council has voted three times uh", "start": 8758.84, "end": 8763.96}, {"text": "to support the concept of reconfiguring Parkside to make it safer is that", "start": 8763.96, "end": 8769.359}, {"text": "correct there have definitely been multiple Council decisions endorsing Parkside Drive being safer um and I'll", "start": 8769.359, "end": 8775.84}, {"text": "emphasize that what we're asking here of council today is to endorse us to continue on the that design process it's", "start": 8775.84, "end": 8781.479}, {"text": "not an authority to deliver the project the um there were some questions looking", "start": 8781.479, "end": 8788.6}, {"text": "at alternative interventions which we've made many but is would your advice to", "start": 8788.6, "end": 8795}, {"text": "council be that physical design changes are the best way to create Safe Streets", "start": 8795, "end": 8801.92}, {"text": "for pedestrians cyclists and Automobiles through the speaker that's", "start": 8801.92, "end": 8807.72}, {"text": "precisely it we've made significant changes already in posted speed limits in having automated enforcement along", "start": 8807.72, "end": 8814.04}, {"text": "the corridor um and small scale design changes at specific locations New signals short segments of sidewalk but", "start": 8814.04, "end": 8820.399}, {"text": "it's really transformative design change that's going to make the difference in having this road be safer for residents", "start": 8820.399, "end": 8825.479}, {"text": "there was a question about the possibility of using High Park uh city is also doing concurrently with this a", "start": 8825.479, "end": 8832.6}, {"text": "high Park movement strategy a couple of things out of that first uh the posted speed in High Park is 20 kilm an hour", "start": 8832.6, "end": 8840.24}, {"text": "hour is that correct correct as a Park Road that's the appro spe so it's not really suitable as a as a", "start": 8840.24, "end": 8847.6}, {"text": "commuting uh option it's more for recreation that's correct and in fact", "start": 8847.6, "end": 8854.479}, {"text": "City staff are considering interventions to deliberately slow cyclists in the", "start": 8854.479, "end": 8860.68}, {"text": "park down this is a concern that we hear about the speed of cyclist in High Park it's it's something that we'd like to", "start": 8860.68, "end": 8866.479}, {"text": "see addressed and finally uh there were questions about the legis ation uh the", "start": 8866.479, "end": 8872}, {"text": "legislation that the province has brought in does not say uh that the city of Toronto is not allowed to put bike", "start": 8872, "end": 8878.56}, {"text": "infrastructure in rather it uh says currently that if you're doing it we", "start": 8878.56, "end": 8884.04}, {"text": "want certain kind of information is that correct that's correct at this stage the", "start": 8884.04, "end": 8889.359}, {"text": "legislation says that if motor vehicle lanes are being removed we'd have to seek approval to install cycling", "start": 8889.359, "end": 8894.64}, {"text": "facilities that require a removal of motor vehicle traffic Parkside Drive if we build this", "start": 8894.64, "end": 8901.08}, {"text": "cycling infrastructure will also be an important connection between two of the most important cycling routes in the", "start": 8901.08, "end": 8907.279}, {"text": "city of Toronto the BL bike lane and the Martin Goodman Trail is that correct that's correct it's a it's a direct", "start": 8907.279, "end": 8913.24}, {"text": "linkage between those two uh major Citywide corridors is there anywhere uh between", "start": 8913.24, "end": 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8969.92}, {"text": "was your last question cor and often not contiguous thank you thank", "start": 8969.92, "end": 8975.479}, {"text": "you councelor holiday questions uh thank you Miss Hayward um you mentioned that", "start": 8978.2, "end": 8984.479}, {"text": "this is coming back in 2026 is the timing of this report at", "start": 8984.479, "end": 8989.72}, {"text": "Council today in any way related to Bill", "start": 8989.72, "end": 8994.8}, {"text": "212 uh no counselor that the anticipated timeline was based on what we committed to the public and in fact some would", "start": 8995.399, "end": 9001.24}, {"text": "would refer to it as delayed H someone asked what the I'm going to paraphrase what was the purpose of this work and", "start": 9001.24, "end": 9008.64}, {"text": "the answer was to address speeding and aggressive behavior is it the policy in", "start": 9008.64, "end": 9014.12}, {"text": "the approach of the city to install or sorry to remove a traveled Lane of traffic and to install", "start": 9014.12, "end": 9020.479}, {"text": "bicycle infrastructure to address issues of speeding and aggressive driving through the speaker I would say that", "start": 9020.479, "end": 9026.68}, {"text": "it's the policy of our complete streets and Council adopt division zero plan to look at roads where we have these kinds", "start": 9026.68, "end": 9032.439}, {"text": "of situations and look at a complete approach to how uh to best um design the", "start": 9032.439, "end": 9038.88}, {"text": "road to accommodate the community's needs and address the network connectivity and also look at what we", "start": 9038.88, "end": 9045.88}, {"text": "can do to slow speeds we've done a lot to slow speeds so far we've done AO ated enforcement we have fairly wide Lanes", "start": 9045.88, "end": 9052.68}, {"text": "out here and so we will always look at how we can bring our infrastructure into compliance with our standards and then", "start": 9052.68, "end": 9059.279}, {"text": "we 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Parkside Drive as being a forlane Aral Road um but it really", "start": 9099.72, "end": 9106.439}, {"text": "doesn't operate that way it's not approved by Council to operate that way the the Northbound curb Lane is permit", "start": 9106.439, "end": 9113.279}, {"text": "parking for the almost the entirety of the corridor fully parked up at all times so Northbound it only operates", "start": 9113.279, "end": 9119.04}, {"text": "with one lane in that direction today y um and in the southbound condition there's parking on on some sections", "start": 9119.04, "end": 9124.92}, {"text": "particularly in the South area there are no turn Lanes um but it has 21,000 Vehicles a day operating um about", "start": 9124.92, "end": 9132}, {"text": "equally in Northbound and southbound residential directly onto the street on one side and a and a park uh one of the", "start": 9132, "end": 9138.16}, {"text": "city's biggest parks on the other so I think those are quite interesting characteristics for it the proposed design would not only maintain the one", "start": 9138.16, "end": 9145.12}, {"text": "northbound lane that exists today and and have a full southbound lane but also provide turning Lanes at intersections", "start": 9145.12, "end": 9151.359}, {"text": "to improve the way those operate why is that street so busy or or", "start": 9151.359, "end": 9156.68}, {"text": "is the fact that High Park is sort of a block a mass in the center and if you", "start": 9156.68, "end": 9162.08}, {"text": "are trying to connect to the major eastwest routes which are along the lake", "start": 9162.08, "end": 9168.399}, {"text": "shore whether it's the Garden or the lake lak Shore Queens Way or so on you that that is a major uh access point to", "start": 9168.399, "end": 9175.479}, {"text": "the broader GTA area for residents maybe I'm answering my question you know why", "start": 9175.479, "end": 9180.88}, {"text": "is this street so busy why is it so critical Parkside Drive certainly does and will continue to function as an", "start": 9180.88, "end": 9187.52}, {"text": "important arterial connecting people who get off of Lake Shore The Gardener and want to come up into the city via VIA", "start": 9187.52, "end": 9193.56}, {"text": "park side and continue North on ke or on to blure what have you it will continue to operate as an important arterial um", "start": 9193.56, "end": 9199.6}, {"text": "but we believe that with 21,000 vehicles that volume is very well accommodated in", "start": 9199.6, "end": 9205.2}, {"text": "a one lane per Direction and a turn Lanes at intersections design that kind of a design is um operates with 21,000", "start": 9205.2, "end": 9214.04}, {"text": "Vehicles across the world um those kind of volumes are appropriate for two for one lane in each Direction this says", "start": 9214.04, "end": 9219.399}, {"text": "part of it becomes a class f Road I think it literally uses the word bottleneck in the report that's correct", "start": 9219.399, "end": 9225.72}, {"text": "right I read that right there there is um a concern with um further intersection design to address the", "start": 9225.72, "end": 9232.319}, {"text": "capacity that we think we can do at a detailed design level it's part of the reason why we're not seeking approval from Council to implement today we're", "start": 9232.319, "end": 9238.279}, {"text": "seeking the authority to continue that design process and close out the study recommendations itself finally I took a", "start": 9238.279, "end": 9244.16}, {"text": "peek online at the data that's offered from The Watcher speed signs I know they're not scientific but they are a", "start": 9244.16, "end": 9250.08}, {"text": "fairly good proxy it seems to me that things are a lot better uh and I", "start": 9250.08, "end": 9255.319}, {"text": "wondered if you could comment what the report says about what the 80 is it the the 80th percentile that you've cited", "start": 9255.319, "end": 9261.68}, {"text": "forgive me I don't remember 85th maybe you've cited some statistics about the operation of the road the", "start": 9261.68, "end": 9267.84}, {"text": "characteristics could you confirm those to council and could you compare those to other major arterial roads I got lots", "start": 9267.84, "end": 9274.64}, {"text": "in a tobico that are 21,000 cars could you compare those to us I want to", "start": 9274.64, "end": 9279.72}, {"text": "understand the problem we're trying to solve thanks C I don't have the comparisons in front of me today but I", "start": 9279.72, "end": 9285.24}, {"text": "can say yes it has gotten better um as we stated we've seen 177% Improvement vehicle speeds um in terms of decreasing", "start": 9285.24, "end": 9291.96}, {"text": "in the southbound Direction and 13 in Northbound Direction still higher than the posted speed and the the experience", "start": 9291.96, "end": 9297.88}, {"text": "of pedestrians um on the street has been heard very loudly through the community and through infrastructure environment", "start": 9297.88, "end": 9304.04}, {"text": "committee deputations that and the data shows that the the incidents of speeding continue to be a road safety problem", "start": 9304.04, "end": 9311.279}, {"text": "thank you I can ask thank", "start": 9311.279, "end": 9316}, {"text": "you okay let's put the speak list", "start": 9317.439, "end": 9322.359}, {"text": "up do we have any speakers councelor Melby is the last", "start": 9333.6, "end": 9339.64}, {"text": "speaker councelor Melby do you want to take your name off you're the only name that's up", "start": 9339.64, "end": 9344.92}, {"text": "there you want to speak first no I thought you wanted to speak", "start": 9344.92, "end": 9351.279}, {"text": "last well I'm sure they're all going to put their names up okay councelor holiday to", "start": 9351.279, "end": 9359}, {"text": "speak go ahead thank you speaker I'll be voting no on this uh and I want to point", "start": 9359.24, "end": 9366.08}, {"text": "out a couple of things I understand what happened in 2021 that was a terrible crash I also", "start": 9366.08, "end": 9373.92}, {"text": "understand the politics about what's going on in the area and advocacy from the community it's kind of like the", "start": 9373.92, "end": 9380.359}, {"text": "advocacy around High Park where a lot of local people said you know we don't like it this way we want it", "start": 9380.359, "end": 9386.84}, {"text": "changed but when you make a change like that it's more than just a handful or", "start": 9386.84, "end": 9392.8}, {"text": "collection of people around it when you're talking about a really important piece of infrastructure that serves a", "start": 9392.8, "end": 9398.399}, {"text": "larger area just like High Park lots of a toico residents are very upset with what happened over there because it was", "start": 9398.399, "end": 9405.84}, {"text": "their park too this road and you can see the numbers in here is a", "start": 9405.84, 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you're going to see people", "start": 9456.84, "end": 9463.24}, {"text": "doing stupid things driving 100 kilometers an hour at 3:00 a.m. you're going to see people taking", "start": 9463.24, "end": 9470.359}, {"text": "chances that they shouldn't take and that's because there's more and more people using that road and statistically", "start": 9470.359, "end": 9477.12}, {"text": "speaking you're going to bring them in and so the the question before us becomes well you know what is the", "start": 9477.12, "end": 9483.96}, {"text": "trigger point that you start to bring in different changes to the road understanding that these roads exist all", "start": 9483.96, "end": 9490.92}, {"text": "over the city and you're going to have people doing stupid things all over the place you don't like it don't like it", "start": 9490.92, "end": 9496.04}, {"text": "hope they get a big ticket for it but the the answer here creatively to", "start": 9496.04, "end": 9502.399}, {"text": "try to deal with the complaints about this road is to take out a lane of it and constrict it more it it literally", "start": 9502.399, "end": 9508.8}, {"text": "says bottleneck in the report so do we think that that is life", "start": 9508.8, "end": 9515.479}, {"text": "life is going to become better for the people that are using this street I perhaps if some people will think that", "start": 9515.479, "end": 9522.08}, {"text": "but all you're going to do is is cause more and more congestion on the street", "start": 9522.08, "end": 9527.439}, {"text": "create more and more frustration the report cour tells us 35% of the cars are going to go somewhere else they're not going to just leave the car at home and", "start": 9527.439, "end": 9533.72}, {"text": "give up they're going to go some other route to where they're going to go rones veils can thank city council if there's", "start": 9533.72, "end": 9541.359}, {"text": "more volume on that street because it says 18% was going to go there and so these are 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that the posted limit is truly reflect of the conditions on the road", "start": 9584.68, "end": 9591.52}, {"text": "but it's the limit that that has been put out there but that is a heck of a lot closer than some of the things that", "start": 9591.52, "end": 9597.52}, {"text": "we hear and worry about about what's happening at 3:00 a.m. or off peak hours", "start": 9597.52, "end": 9602.92}, {"text": "so I'm not sure that these bike lanes are going to become a Panacea to solve all of that because you're still going", "start": 9602.92, "end": 9609.359}, {"text": "to get people doing silly things at 3 in the morning at midnight uh and maybe even busier times in the day but what", "start": 9609.359, "end": 9616.68}, {"text": "you certainly are going to see because the report tells us is is that part of this road would become a class F", "start": 9616.68, "end": 9621.84}, {"text": "performing Road a bottleneck a congested area and what I have seen is when it", "start": 9621.84, "end": 9628.16}, {"text": "happens like that in other parts of the city drivers do other very bad things like cut through neighborhoods like take", "start": 9628.16, "end": 9634.88}, {"text": "other chances take out their frustration in another point and the traffic get shifted elsewhere so I don't think that", "start": 9634.88, "end": 9642}, {"text": "this is a wise decision this particular element I'm not saying that we ignore Parkside Drive I'm not saying that we", "start": 9642, "end": 9647.479}, {"text": "should not care about it but throwing in some bike Lanes as a creative answer to trying to deal with speeding which", "start": 9647.479, "end": 9654.2}, {"text": "happens all over this city is unsustainable and it's picking a spot and it's responding to something local", "start": 9654.2, "end": 9660.56}, {"text": "when this is a regional issue thank", "start": 9660.56, "end": 9664.76}, {"text": "you councelor morle to speak thank you Madame speaker um I just", "start": 9670.359, "end": 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"possible and while I appreciate um the points from my colleague about how some", "start": 9716.279, "end": 9721.359}, {"text": "of the measures have started to Trend in the correct direction I don't think that that's an indication or a time for us to", "start": 9721.359, "end": 9727.279}, {"text": "take our foot off the pedal um we need to continue to prioritize safety for all", "start": 9727.279, "end": 9732.84}, {"text": "Road users in our busy and growing city we are a worldclass city and we will", "start": 9732.84, "end": 9737.92}, {"text": "only continue to be a world class City if we can implement the kind of measures that support and provide um a sense of", "start": 9737.92, "end": 9744.84}, {"text": "safety uh inclusion and equity on our streets so I I thank staff again I thank", "start": 9744.84, "end": 9750.439}, {"text": "the local counselor for his leadership uh uson Nanny up the street and Parkside Drive was my main go-to uh to get to and", "start": 9750.439, "end": 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all the problems we've been having there it's on the news every week there are real", "start": 10338.279, "end": 10344.76}, {"text": "problems with speed particularly on the hills in in", "start": 10344.76, "end": 10350.92}, {"text": "park uh High Park and City staff because of those problems with speed are", "start": 10350.92, "end": 10358.16}, {"text": "designing physical obstructions to slow bicycles down on those Hills so that", "start": 10358.16, "end": 10363.96}, {"text": "pedestrians wandering around High Park are safer", "start": 10363.96, "end": 10369.2}, {"text": "so none of the arguments you've heard against this hold water and frankly if", "start": 10369.2, "end": 10374.479}, {"text": "you want to listen to the people in the city of Toronto who overwhelmingly supported this when we did our public", "start": 10374.479, "end": 10380.88}, {"text": "consultation and you want to make city streets safer you will support", "start": 10380.88, "end": 10388.278}, {"text": "this thank you", "start": 10388.88, "end": 10393.16}, {"text": "councelor melie to speak thank you madam speaker", "start": 10399.2, "end": 10406.359}, {"text": "um I I have never seen a more compelling case for needing safety improvements", "start": 10406.359, "end": 10411.8}, {"text": "than Parkside Drive there have been three fatalities five seriously injured", "start": 10411.8, "end": 10417.6}, {"text": "and the residents that came forward brought photographs of the crashes and", "start": 10417.6, "end": 10422.76}, {"text": "it's horrific and it's horrific that these are families that have been walking along Parkside Drive with their", "start": 10422.76, "end": 10429.439}, {"text": "children uh people with their children that have seen these accidents what was", "start": 10429.439, "end": 10434.6}, {"text": "also horrific was to hear the stories of the near misses the stories of people", "start": 10434.6, "end": 10441.84}, {"text": "having a truck pass by them Mount up onto the side past the 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everyone please take your seats", "start": 17074.36, "end": 17080}, {"text": "order this meeting is now resumed councelor", "start": 17080, "end": 17085.958}, {"text": "pra can you please take your", "start": 17085.958, "end": 17089.6}, {"text": "seat okay members we do have a presentation this afternoon for the lifting of the name ceremony to give the", "start": 17093.04, "end": 17099.958}, {"text": "name of an island and park in the Portlands I would like to call upon mayor CH and Elder Shelley Charles to", "start": 17099.958, "end": 17107.28}, {"text": "speak", "start": 17107.28, "end": 17110.28}, {"text": "yesterday Council approved an item about an in-depth process undertaken by indigenous", "start": 17118.92, "end": 17125.798}, {"text": "communities in collaboration with City staff to choose a name for the island", "start": 17125.798, "end": 17132.04}, {"text": "that has now been formed in the lower Dawn river through the Portland's flood", "start": 17132.04, "end": 17139}, {"text": "protection project this work was called for by councelor", "start": 17139, "end": 17144.2}, {"text": "Paula Fletcher in response to the reconciliation action plan and it's very", "start": 17144.2, "end": 17150.2}, {"text": "Innovative and collaborative approach to place naming we're here today to gratefully", "start": 17150.2, "end": 17157.718}, {"text": "accept and celebrate two new meaningful place names on a", "start": 17157.718, "end": 17164.08}, {"text": "waterfront names that connect us to our past present and future relationships", "start": 17164.08, "end": 17169.92}, {"text": "with the land water and with each other this is the final step in the", "start": 17169.92, "end": 17177.12}, {"text": "process led by indigenous communities and Elder Shirley", "start": 17177.12, "end": 17182.36}, {"text": "Charles to reflect on Discover and determine names for the island and park", "start": 17182.36, "end": 17189.28}, {"text": "in the Portlands that are rooted in the land in history and in indigenous", "start": 17189.28, "end": 17196.52}, {"text": "culture languages and values that deserve more recognition celebration and prominence", "start": 17196.52, "end": 17204.92}, {"text": "in our city it's not every day that we have a new island pop up that needs a", "start": 17204.92, "end": 17213.798}, {"text": "name not every day indeed we envision this place as a vibrant inclusive and", "start": 17213.798, "end": 17220.32}, {"text": "unique area that is inspired and informed by recogn reconnecting with the", "start": 17220.32, "end": 17226.24}, {"text": "land and water starting with the rebirth and the renaturalization of the mouth of", "start": 17226.24, "end": 17235.04}, {"text": "the Dawn River while this is the final step in this place name naming initiative it is", "start": 17235.04, "end": 17242.36}, {"text": "just the beginning of the Journey of reconciliation two weeks ago we were", "start": 17242.36, "end": 17249.44}, {"text": "gifted these names from 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Charles to share a few words with Council and lead us in a", "start": 17362.28, "end": 17367.92}, {"text": "ceremony to lift up the names of the island and park and then after let's join in this", "start": 17367.92, "end": 17376.958}, {"text": "ceremony Elder come and say a few words", "start": 17376.958, "end": 17382.636}, {"text": "[Applause]", "start": 17383.65, "end": 17392.62}, {"text": "M SEO", "start": 17397.28, "end": 17403.4}, {"text": "M mus", "start": 17403.4, "end": 17407.4}, {"text": "n uh hello everyone this is a very uh special moment in time", "start": 17438.04, "end": 17445.44}, {"text": "it is uh um this is a recognition of work that we", "start": 17445.44, "end": 17453.44}, {"text": "have done together alongside the city of Toronto uh along with the uh indigenous", "start": 17453.44, "end": 17460.76}, {"text": "Affairs office and support from several departments across the city of Toronto", "start": 17460.76, "end": 17467.24}, {"text": "we have worked together in circle this is the first the very first time that we", "start": 17467.24, "end": 17473.718}, {"text": "have done this uh the lifting up of a name and it is such a a special time for", "start": 17473.718, "end": 17481.16}, {"text": "indigenous people I myself lifted up the words in oju and I am OJ and a name for", "start": 17481.16, "end": 17489.16}, {"text": "us is so important it is how we carry ourselves it speaks to the Future and it", "start": 17489.16, "end": 17496.44}, {"text": "it we came to the name o in mining we came to that name together", "start": 17496.44, "end": 17505.16}, {"text": "we thought about uh uh the history of the land before the", "start": 17505.16, "end": 17512.52}, {"text": "industrialization and we came we came full circle and ended up uh where we", "start": 17512.52, "end": 17518.32}, {"text": "started and and and realized that this island truly is in the place of the", "start": 17518.32, "end": 17526.68}, {"text": "black cherry trees oan mining and then as 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farther than we can see n in farther than we know so we have", "start": 17636.798, "end": 17646.2}, {"text": "asked the indigen Affairs office staff to help us with this work and we are", "start": 17646.2, "end": 17651.4}, {"text": "going to for those that are able if you would like to be part of this you could", "start": 17651.4, "end": 17656.84}, {"text": "stand in your place we are going to be looking to the east which is directly to", "start": 17656.84, "end": 17662.52}, {"text": "my right I guess my far right and then we're going to be turning after we", "start": 17662.52, "end": 17669}, {"text": "say sing then we're going to turn to the South and then we'll turn to the west", "start": 17669, "end": 17676.638}, {"text": "and we'll finish where we started", "start": 17676.638, "end": 17681.798}, {"text": "so we'll we'll do that", "start": 17683.28, "end": 17686.876}, {"text": "[Music] together min", "start": 17696.37, "end": 17701.718}, {"text": "thank you all for uh helping us lift up uh this name at this very important time", "start": 17731.08, "end": 17738.08}, {"text": "and thank you to um to our mayor thank you to our mayor for making this", "start": 17738.08, "end": 17744.08}, {"text": "possible and a very big special Lao Chim uh to counselor Paul Paula Fletcher who", "start": 17744.08, "end": 17752.32}, {"text": "has been a driving force and uh in the work that we do and in the bringing", "start": 17752.32, "end": 17758.2}, {"text": "together of community it is so very important today now more than ever", "start": 17758.2, "end": 17763.638}, {"text": "before to bring all peoples together from the four directions to work on something that is so positive and so", "start": 17763.638, "end": 17770.878}, {"text": "life aspiring such as the birthing the naming of this new island o mining Mig", "start": 17770.878, "end": 17780.65}, {"text": "[Applause]", "start": 17780.65, "end": 17792.208}, {"text": "thank you okay members I have reviewed a number of virt motions without notice to", "start": 17809.08, "end": 17816.2}, {"text": "be added to the", "start": 17816.2, "end": 17819.04}, {"text": "agenda sax counselor sax", "start": 17824.68, "end": 17830.636}, {"text": "just waiting for the", "start": 17837.52, "end": 17840.4}, {"text": "motion right um yes I have a a motion here the court services have asked for", "start": 17843.04, "end": 17849.36}, {"text": "six extra weeks to have their administrative monetary penalty system ready all in favor carried", "start": 17849.36, "end": 17857.558}, {"text": "administrative monetary penalty system ready fure yes thank", "start": 17857.558, "end": 17863.2}, {"text": "you I have a couple there we", "start": 17863.2, "end": 17870.24}, {"text": "go this is just to uh have non-motorized craft year round in a one of those", "start": 17876.48, "end": 17883.718}, {"text": "things called Caboose I don't forget what container container Cherry Beach", "start": 17883.718, "end": 17891.44}, {"text": "carried you have another one councel Fletcher yes I do for a permit uh that", "start": 17894.2, "end": 17901.08}, {"text": "was severely impacted by the bridge the Port Authorities Bridge being up uh all", "start": 17901.08, "end": 17906.718}, {"text": "for four or five months to look at some permit fee reimbursement from Parks which they agree with on in favor", "start": 17906.718, "end": 17913.878}, {"text": "carried", "start": 17913.878, "end": 17916.878}, {"text": "I can I introduce it oh PA Paula sorry Council Fletcher can you introduce the", "start": 17921.718, "end": 17927.68}, {"text": "motion I'm moving and you second it it's ad", "start": 17927.68, "end": 17933.76}, {"text": "gville uh very relevant about N3 notices to revoke a building permit uh councelor", "start": 17941.08, "end": 17947.92}, {"text": "speaker NAD is very busy trying to maintain the residents of AD gville in", "start": 17947.92, "end": 17953.558}, {"text": "their Apartments thank you all in favor", "start": 17953.558, "end": 17958.798}, {"text": "carried Council pra you're", "start": 17960.28, "end": 17965.04}, {"text": "next uh yes I have a motion uh that I would like to introduce and uh uh it's", "start": 17965.92, "end": 17972.48}, {"text": "basically uh to um uh to introduce a motion to reopen and amend mm 22.3 36 uh", "start": 17972.48, "end": 17981.718}, {"text": "alternative space for recreation programming at carmeno stano Community", "start": 17981.718, "end": 17986.76}, {"text": "Center and uh the reason for the urgency is that our lease in that facility um is", "start": 17986.76, "end": 17994.08}, {"text": "expires at the end of this month", "start": 17994.08, "end": 17999.84}, {"text": "carried councelor melvie thank you madam speaker I have a motion for appointment", "start": 18002.28, "end": 18009.84}, {"text": "of Fire Chief and general manager and uh it's urgent to to give", "start": 18009.84, "end": 18016.2}, {"text": "authority to the uh city manager to finish the 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{"text": "able to have turning movements and so uh a effort into addressing those issues to", "start": 22143.32, "end": 22149.92}, {"text": "work for every so so by analogy ask us to", "start": 22149.92, "end": 22156}, {"text": "take let's run the TTC without the subway that was your last question I", "start": 22157.12, "end": 22162.44}, {"text": "think that's a reasonable comparison thank", "start": 22162.44, "end": 22167.52}, {"text": "you councelor sax", "start": 22167.52, "end": 22172.878}, {"text": "questions yeah thank you very much to staff uh for the", "start": 22172.878, "end": 22178.44}, {"text": "report down area very large number of people don't drive cars that information don't you yes I I", "start": 22180.958, "end": 22189.24}, {"text": "would agree with that through the speaker I would agree with that councel sex I think it's um over 50% of the people who live in downtown don't uh", "start": 22189.24, "end": 22195.638}, {"text": "don't have a car right and they need safe ways to get around and that's a we", "start": 22195.638, "end": 22202.32}, {"text": "can offer them are walking cycling and Transit correct correct and if people", "start": 22202.32, "end": 22207.4}, {"text": "own have to own a personal car it's going to cost them more than $1,300 a", "start": 22207.4, "end": 22212.44}, {"text": "month to own and look after and park a personal car in downtown that's correct", "start": 22212.44, "end": 22218.24}, {"text": "there there are certainly costs associated with owning a car right and at a time when affordability is of an", "start": 22218.24, "end": 22223.638}, {"text": "enormous challenge to people across the city and certainly to many people downtown providing bike Lanes is one of", "start": 22223.638, "end": 22230.24}, {"text": "the key tools the city has for allowing people to meet their Mobility needs while keeping the cost living down", "start": 22230.24, "end": 22236.84}, {"text": "that's correct and I I just wanted to add a footnote councelor saak that outside of the downtown that car", "start": 22236.84, "end": 22242.04}, {"text": "ownership uh is 28% of the people outside of the downtown don't own a car right so those people count also correct", "start": 22242.04, "end": 22248.32}, {"text": "now in terms of the importance for local businesses one of the newly", "start": 22248.32, "end": 22254.08}, {"text": "constructed um bike Lanes is on blur Street in my ward which includes going", "start": 22254.08, "end": 22259.28}, {"text": "through the BL Annex Bia um what does the evidence show is the impact on local business businesses", "start": 22259.28, "end": 22265.68}, {"text": "of having a bike lane on the Main Street in front of them uh thank you for the councelor", "start": 22265.68, "end": 22271.878}, {"text": "question sock through the speaker quite a bit of analysis was done back in 2016 when the blur Street pilot Project Bike", "start": 22271.878, "end": 22277.638}, {"text": "Lan was done and it found that both based on Merchant surveys as well is um point of sale Payment Processing that we", "start": 22277.638, "end": 22284.798}, {"text": "total customer spending in the area of the bike Lanes increased more than", "start": 22284.798, "end": 22291}, {"text": "the characteristics right and we've also had a recent statement by the BL Annex", "start": 22291.6, "end": 22296.958}, {"text": "business Improvement is um strongly objecting to the", "start": 22296.958, "end": 22302.36}, {"text": "province's wrong-headed approach because it will cost them business right that's", "start": 22302.36, "end": 22307.798}, {"text": "correct and we also having bike lanes in an area increase increases our ability", "start": 22307.798, "end": 22312.92}, {"text": "to attract that's correct and it also increases the value of local homes", "start": 22312.92, "end": 22319.28}, {"text": "because it's desirable for people to live there correct that's correct and the province's idea that you can just", "start": 22319.28, "end": 22325.2}, {"text": "move bike Lanes onto side streets uh in order to provide safe bike Lanes on side streets we still have to take out a lane", "start": 22325.2, "end": 22331.92}, {"text": "of traffic right that that's correct and and I would also say our experience because we have a pretty extensive", "start": 22331.92, "end": 22338.28}, {"text": "cycling Network plan as you know and it carries into all areas of the city is it is it is still a very Dynamic and", "start": 22338.28, "end": 22344.16}, {"text": "challenging conversation with residents on local roads to integrate bike Lings right and in fact the impact is greater", "start": 22344.16, "end": 22352.04}, {"text": "because if you have a Broad Street with multiple Lanes you take one away and still have traffic going in that", "start": 22352.04, "end": 22358.84}, {"text": "direction on a side street like Palmerston if you take a lane of traffic out all that's left is one way right yes", "start": 22358.84, "end": 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mentioned it's an affordable way to get around um and uh and they believed that it was", "start": 22448.12, "end": 22455.68}, {"text": "valuable for for that as an employer to be able to have people access their I just squee one last question the", "start": 22455.68, "end": 22462.28}, {"text": "province um alleges that our bike Lanes on University young and Avenue were", "start": 22462.28, "end": 22468.52}, {"text": "University were poorly planned were they poorly planned they were not poorly planned no we planned them for for quite", "start": 22468.52, "end": 22474.32}, {"text": "some time with l lots of information and data we did pop them up quite quickly during covid because we had already uh", "start": 22474.32, "end": 22480.68}, {"text": "examined that we could put them in", "start": 22480.68, "end": 22485}, {"text": "what I want to remind members of council that we", "start": 22487.878, "end": 22493.2}, {"text": "are dealing with CC 23.1 and mm", "start": 22493.2, "end": 22498.798}, {"text": "2314 okay just so councelor understand that councelor holiday qu question", "start": 22498.798, "end": 22506.958}, {"text": "okay question to the mayor okay yep can we just hold my time till the mayor", "start": 22507.36, "end": 22514.12}, {"text": "can mayor um if I", "start": 22516.2, "end": 22521.52}, {"text": "may it's your motion mayor I I I suspect you've heard much of the same feedback", "start": 22522, "end": 22528.44}, {"text": "that I've heard from community members out in the West End of the city whether it's Ward three or ward two or Ward one", "start": 22528.44, "end": 22535.4}, {"text": "would you agree that you've heard a lot of things there's a lot of people really upset with the installation on BL", "start": 22535.4, "end": 22542.68}, {"text": "street so um if we could get the microphone on it would be great um what", "start": 22542.68, "end": 22549.12}, {"text": "are we going to do about it there's a rift that's growing wider and wider and wider 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some of the traffic that are backed up", "start": 22603.638, "end": 22609.44}, {"text": "the traffic signals are changing right turn left turn to ease the traffic flow", "start": 22609.44, "end": 22615.798}, {"text": "and that's also been done so there's a a group of things been done the other", "start": 22615.798, "end": 22621.36}, {"text": "thing is that um they said can we put the they said they're not against the", "start": 22621.36, "end": 22627.718}, {"text": "bite Lane per se but they against losing the car Lane okay so in the area that", "start": 22627.718, "end": 22633.958}, {"text": "causes the major pain major grief you call it we said that uh I asked the", "start": 22633.958, "end": 22642.04}, {"text": "staff can you look at any possibility of bringing back the Carling", "start": 22642.04, "end": 22648.68}, {"text": "because some of the bit Ling is wide wider than usual and there are places", "start": 22648.68, "end": 22655.08}, {"text": "where there's median uh are the 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possible to look at communities who have got to this I call it a Tipping Point who have got to", "start": 23067.6, "end": 23074.52}, {"text": "this Tipping Point and found found ways to to to amarate some of the problems", "start": 23074.52, "end": 23081.638}, {"text": "but continue on with an agenda that brings about the modal ship that you need um would that be better than", "start": 23081.638, "end": 23089}, {"text": "just throwing down a piece of legislation and walking backwards uh we collaborate we get examples and", "start": 23089, "end": 23095.68}, {"text": "learnings from from cities who maybe got to this point and they found ways to address so I I through the speaker I", "start": 23095.68, "end": 23103.4}, {"text": "think yes absolutely we are in touch with and work quite directly with a lot of other cities that I would uh suggest", "start": 23103.4, "end": 23110.24}, {"text": "are uh more advanced than we are in terms of building those connected networks um in fact I 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"contemplate removing the bike Lanes in their entirety no that's not what we're proposing okay questions to the mayor", "start": 23240.638, "end": 23248.762}, {"text": "please do you recall what day that you met with the local businesses along blur", "start": 23250.84, "end": 23255.958}, {"text": "Street in tobico uh first or second week of October was it October 7th I don't", "start": 23255.958, "end": 23263.08}, {"text": "recall the exact date thereabouts I think it was October 7th um would you agree that you know why are you asking", "start": 23263.08, "end": 23269.92}, {"text": "I'm just confirming okay um do you recall if you committed to those those", "start": 23269.92, "end": 23275.638}, {"text": "small business owners that you would remove the bike lanes and restore the vehicle Lanes in that meeting no okay", "start": 23275.638, "end": 23281.798}, {"text": "would it surprise you to hear that it was their understanding that you made that commitment in that meeting no that", 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23339.24, "end": 23345.12}, {"text": "subsequently there was a bit meeting in that she called I think it was 16 or", "start": 23345.12, "end": 23350.16}, {"text": "17th uh would have said so so then and I also just one other thing counselor I", "start": 23350.16, "end": 23357.6}, {"text": "would not contradict the local counselor's", "start": 23357.6, "end": 23362.958}, {"text": "wishes publicly it would always be a collaborative approach if it is in your", "start": 23362.958, "end": 23369}, {"text": "W counselor I will respect what you want and then priv L have a conversation is", "start": 23369, "end": 23375.878}, {"text": "there something I can do to assist so then it would be fair to say that the local businesses in that meeting", "start": 23375.878, "end": 23381.718}, {"text": "misunderstood your commitment to remove the bike Lanes my Comm their misunder was that I would work with them and", "start": 23381.718, "end": 23390.04}, {"text": "bring them in to look at those drawings and have a", "start": 23390.04, "end": 23395.36}, {"text": "conversation together with the city staff because they said they had no opportunity or that there wasn't enough", "start": 23395.36, "end": 23402.718}, {"text": "opportunity to work together with our staff to deal with that fitling so we", "start": 23402.718, "end": 23410.4}, {"text": "had a motion I would we had a motion do so and make sure there is opportunity", "start": 23410.4, "end": 23415.718}, {"text": "for the dialogue between the Bia uh and our staff and of course the", "start": 23415.718, "end": 23420.84}, {"text": "local counselor we had a motion in June from councelor holiday to remove the blur Street West bike Lanes do you", "start": 23420.84, "end": 23426.32}, {"text": "recall how you voted on that I voted against them okay uh you've directed staff to take a look at some different", "start": 23426.32, "end": 23432.798}, {"text": "design configurations as a result of the October 7th meeting uh did you give them a 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was and so I I don't know the whole list of bike lanes", "start": 23619.638, "end": 23625.478}, {"text": "that are now the Target but I think that you probably have done some looking how", "start": 23625.478, "end": 23630.718}, {"text": "much would that cost then if I saw 48 million to remove those that would be a fairly Hefty chunk of change to take", "start": 23630.718, "end": 23638.16}, {"text": "those bike Lanes out in my ward and councel Bradford's Ward would it not be yeah yes we haven't included the", "start": 23638.16, "end": 23644.68}, {"text": "Danforth in in the in the high level calculations in the report but yes it would be a another significant", "start": 23644.68, "end": 23651.32}, {"text": "increment um so we're just looking at millions and millions and millions of dollars correct and these have generally", "start": 23651.32, "end": 23658.558}, {"text": "I'm just talking about our lanes they were quite a special project there were some objections at the beginning but it", "start": 23658.558, "end": 23665.2}, {"text": "does appear that parking 247 is a what can I call it a benefit", "start": 23665.2, "end": 23672.32}, {"text": "that we talked about before they went in but for merchants 247 without getting", "start": 23672.32, "end": 23678.16}, {"text": "towed is a pretty big deal y would you agree with that I would agree and if we", "start": 23678.16, "end": 23683.36}, {"text": "heard from businesses or Tavia that yes thank you my customers aren't coming out and finding there's no car", "start": 23683.36, "end": 23690.52}, {"text": "there correct and I don't know if anybody from economic development is here but that really is that question as", "start": 23690.52, "end": 23697.2}, {"text": "far as having access for small business on our main streets to park and I I know", "start": 23697.2, "end": 23703.878}, {"text": "they're bike Lanes but people still Park you would agree with me yes I would", "start": 23703.878, "end": 23708.92}, {"text": "there's 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was some delay and there was a capital project that was coming forward and they will be", "start": 23952.558, "end": 23958.878}, {"text": "reinstituted in the boulevard uh in the capital project right uh my point being we do here in the city of Toronto make", "start": 23958.878, "end": 23965.32}, {"text": "the decision to remove bike Lanes it's not always done it's not done at Queens Park over the there's been one or two", "start": 23965.32, "end": 23971.76}, {"text": "where we've made that decision based on right so there is a news report that the", "start": 23971.76, "end": 23976.92}, {"text": "province is footing the bill to remove certain bike Lanes is that correct the report that we have seen so", "start": 23976.92, "end": 23984.44}, {"text": "far uh there's what's in the legislation which is still in development and and", "start": 23984.44, "end": 23989.92}, {"text": "fairly Broad and then there's um the conversation that's being had so i' I've heard about that second part as 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24122.52}, {"text": "the province in case of Jarvis or sorry that wasn't it was directed by the council Council yes that's true thank", "start": 24122.52, "end": 24131.798}, {"text": "you thank", "start": 24136.08, "end": 24139.36}, {"text": "you okay that's it for the questions so we'll go to speakers", "start": 24141.28, "end": 24148.32}, {"text": "um mayor child to speak thank you", "start": 24148.32, "end": 24154.12}, {"text": "um picture this I'm a cyclist as you know and do you have a motion oh", "start": 24154.12, "end": 24161.16}, {"text": "yes you put it on the uh agenda right", "start": 24161.16, "end": 24166.44}, {"text": "there is it on the screen yet here we are uh I will go through this Motion One", "start": 24166.44, "end": 24173.6}, {"text": "by uh every there's eight part to it and I will speak to it uh each of them okay", "start": 24173.6, "end": 24179.76}, {"text": "so I'll uh explain the Motions in a minute but let me just do an introduction um I I was because my 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going to open the door however a few", "start": 24236.36, "end": 24243.558}, {"text": "months later this time not the driver this time is the passenger of another car", "start": 24243.558, "end": 24251.28}, {"text": "again opened a door and um I didn't slam on it that much because I was now very", "start": 24251.28, "end": 24259.08}, {"text": "cautious and still I fell and cut my fingers that the the scar is mostly gone", "start": 24259.08, "end": 24266.24}, {"text": "now uh that's quite a many years ago this is before the installment of bik", "start": 24266.24, "end": 24272}, {"text": "Lane you were see in this report that it said that there's a 56% reduction in", "start": 24272, "end": 24278.04}, {"text": "accidents which is true once the L bite Lane went in it became a lot safer for", "start": 24278.04, "end": 24284.958}, {"text": "cyclists it's a lot easier for the driver also because they know where the cyclist are they're not weaving in and", "start": 24284.958, "end": 24291.08}, {"text": "out of cars right so everybody knows what to expect with each other I what I", "start": 24291.08, "end": 24296.12}, {"text": "want to do is actually go down the motion in front of you to explain each", "start": 24296.12, "end": 24301.558}, {"text": "uh parts of it and I believe the motion should already be in on your um on your", "start": 24301.558, "end": 24310.68}, {"text": "website oh okay the first part of the motion talks about expressing our", "start": 24310.68, "end": 24316.36}, {"text": "opposition to Bill TW 212 um no matter where you stand whether", "start": 24316.36, "end": 24322.718}, {"text": "you support bite Lanes or no don't support bite Lanes I think it's important that this Council and the", "start": 24322.718, "end": 24330.04}, {"text": "people of Toronto have the respect they", "start": 24330.04, "end": 24335.398}, {"text": "deserve and that once we have made a decision in not in fact not once twice", "start": 24335.398, "end": 24341.84}, {"text": "three or four times through this Council through the staff through all the", "start": 24341.84, "end": 24346.878}, {"text": "consultation that the local counselor have done different counselors have gone through depends on where the bite lanes", "start": 24346.878, "end": 24353.638}, {"text": "are many counselors have gone through hours and hours of public consultation", "start": 24353.638, "end": 24360.2}, {"text": "discussion with their Bas discussion with staff once a decision is made we", "start": 24360.2, "end": 24367.718}, {"text": "deserve the respect because we are a level of government duly each council is duly", "start": 24367.718, "end": 24375.16}, {"text": "elected by your constituents okay so if", "start": 24375.16, "end": 24380.958}, {"text": "you look at recommendation one it's really about respect to local democracy", "start": 24380.958, "end": 24387.28}, {"text": "and respect to local Council right here and torontonians recommendation two said", "start": 24387.28, "end": 24394.08}, {"text": "let us work collaboratively let's look at the data let us address congestion", "start": 24394.08, "end": 24399.68}, {"text": "and roow safety and let us do that together okay", "start": 24399.68, "end": 24404.958}, {"text": "the last time we collaborated hey the Garner is now one", "start": 24404.958, "end": 24411.52}, {"text": "year faster in terms of our reconstruction we're four months ahead", "start": 24411.52, "end": 24417.08}, {"text": "of schedule because we work collaboratively with the provincial government so we've done it before we", "start": 24417.08, "end": 24423.08}, {"text": "can do it again recommendation three some of you are saying is there any", "start": 24423.08, "end": 24428.36}, {"text": "grounds for litigation we don't know because the regulations are not totally", "start": 24428.36, "end": 24433.398}, {"text": "out yet and the bill hasn't passed so uh if there are", "start": 24433.398, "end": 24440.24}, {"text": "regulations or the bill that is P that may or may not pass if it passed the the", "start": 24440.24, "end": 24447.92}, {"text": "solicitor will bring back to city council what legal means means we have", "start": 24447.92, "end": 24453.718}, {"text": "we don't know yet depends on what the regulations say okay uh so that's about", "start": 24453.718, "end": 24459.638}, {"text": "the legal choice we may have in front of us recommendation four and five gets to", "start": 24459.638, "end": 24466.12}, {"text": "the meat of the conversation it said that safety has the as I said 56% reduction", "start": 24466.12, "end": 24475.2}, {"text": "in accidents and in terms of congestion in one part of the bite Lanes okay I think", "start": 24475.2, "end": 24483.558}, {"text": "may may I have an extension of time because it's an extensive no I'll move I'll move a", "start": 24483.558, "end": 24490.76}, {"text": "motion to extend okay counc past's moving a motion to extend all in favor", "start": 24490.76, "end": 24497.558}, {"text": "Carrie thank you thank you where is it's right there um so so the recommendation", "start": 24497.558, "end": 24504.32}, {"text": "four and five talk about the city representing us to um give the evidence", "start": 24504.32, "end": 24513.478}, {"text": "to Bill 212 and also uh submitting our comments", "start": 24513.478, "end": 24519.398}, {"text": "comments that would tell the province that um there's reduction in accidents", "start": 24519.398, "end": 24525.878}, {"text": "that the ridership in some of the lanes went up by 600% folks 600% that's how many people", "start": 24525.878, "end": 24532.28}, {"text": "when you build it they actually will come now some of the bike lanes that in question the ones that are causing most", "start": 24532.28, "end": 24538.92}, {"text": "pain just went in okay so sometimes that the the beginning uh when things are", "start": 24538.92, "end": 24544.798}, {"text": "just starting uh it's uh sometimes it it's a problem okay um and but it it", "start": 24544.798, "end": 24552.92}, {"text": "actually it said that your report said that it taking cars Offroad because if", "start": 24552.92, "end": 24558.44}, {"text": "that many people are now cycling they're not driving right um it also said that", "start": 24558.44, "end": 24565.04}, {"text": "if we are going to rip those Lanes out it'll be closing the road for nine", "start": 24565.04, "end": 24571.958}, {"text": "months which means that we're going to cause congestion let's say on University it's", "start": 24571.958, "end": 24578.6}, {"text": "going to be one lane only rather than two right now each way on BL we just put", "start": 24578.6, "end": 24584.44}, {"text": "in the a new area if we rip it out again it will be one lane and it will take at", "start": 24584.44, "end": 24590.76}, {"text": "least nine months to take it out and repave Etc and it will cost my God $48", "start": 24590.76, "end": 24600.558}, {"text": "million okay it and the sun cost we already", "start": 24600.558, "end": 24605.878}, {"text": "spent 27 million mayor I'm almost done I'm at recommendation six I have two", "start": 24605.878, "end": 24612.558}, {"text": "more to go we should not pay for any of it all right recommendation said that if", "start": 24612.558, "end": 24618.24}, {"text": "the province choose to do so they should pay all of it okay we we do have a", "start": 24618.24, "end": 24623.28}, {"text": "question for you mayor I'm not done yet uh okay recommendation seven is about", "start": 24623.28, "end": 24628.68}, {"text": "respect number eight is transparency okay I'm done and by the way I just want to leave you with", "start": 24628.68, "end": 24634.36}, {"text": "this 48 million is enough to feed every kid in school8 minutes done okay A", "start": 24634.36, "end": 24643.92}, {"text": "little I know I know excuse me you might have missed U counselor pass the next", "start": 24643.92, "end": 24649.2}, {"text": "motion to extend she she gets two plus two she", "start": 24649.2, "end": 24655.798}, {"text": "get councelor move on councelor Bradford question", "start": 24655.798, "end": 24663.478}, {"text": "yeah and I would just say on a point of order we have to clarify that because my understanding according to clerks is it's 2 minutes it's not often used but", "start": 24663.478, "end": 24671.2}, {"text": "it's two minutes so on maybe I'll check with Mr elage is that can you clarify", "start": 24671.2, "end": 24676.958}, {"text": "that for the council chamber just so I stop getting chirped by folks", "start": 24676.958, "end": 24681.6}, {"text": "here a question I do actually yeah so some of us are just seeing this big", "start": 24682.558, "end": 24688.24}, {"text": "motion for the first time here and um I wanted to tee up on number", "start": 24688.24, "end": 24693.44}, {"text": "two um city council requests The Province work collaboratively with cities to address congestion um that", "start": 24693.44, "end": 24700.718}, {"text": "would obviously include Toronto in my questions to you earlier you indicated that you haven't actually had any", "start": 24700.718, "end": 24706.76}, {"text": "conversations with them yet despite this being in front of us and in the news and in the media for a number of weeks what", "start": 24706.76, "end": 24713.958}, {"text": "would your proposal be to work collaborative collaboratively with the province to remove the bike Lanes on", "start": 24713.958, "end": 24719.2}, {"text": "blur Street West well number one we would", "start": 24719.2, "end": 24724.36}, {"text": "submit uh all the information in this report so they understand uh the", "start": 24724.36, "end": 24730.76}, {"text": "implications right now there's a lot of very important information in here it", "start": 24730.76, "end": 24737.2}, {"text": "also has some data that we cannot make public uh recommendation 8 that uh we", "start": 24737.2, "end": 24746.52}, {"text": "asking them to give us the opportunity but as our chief negotiator and working", "start": 24746.52, "end": 24752.12}, {"text": "coll to try to answer that", "start": 24752.12, "end": 24757.2}, {"text": "question so number one look at the ask them to look we send", "start": 24757.2, "end": 24764.2}, {"text": "data we'll send information that they should have number two that report that", "start": 24764.2, "end": 24772.12}, {"text": "actually show how many cyclists are actually riding in a city because everybody have different numbers they", "start": 24772.12, "end": 24778.28}, {"text": "have different numbers we have different numbers let's get the numbers out in public right so that's number two number", "start": 24778.28, "end": 24785.84}, {"text": "three we will look at the uh the", "start": 24785.84, "end": 24791.08}, {"text": "drawings of our staff you talked about BL Street West we will take what we have", "start": 24791.08, "end": 24797.558}, {"text": "in December to say here's a plan would it work would it not work and we'll look", "start": 24797.558, "end": 24803.6}, {"text": "at that there may be other ones if they are interested in looking at University", "start": 24803.6, "end": 24808.878}, {"text": "for example University Northbound uh there hasn't the installation hasn't quite finished yet is there a way to", "start": 24808.878, "end": 24816.2}, {"text": "redesign it that would make it easier that would have less um congestion we", "start": 24816.2, "end": 24821.92}, {"text": "could have that discussion also when I read item two and again I apologize because we weren't circulated", "start": 24821.92, "end": 24828.76}, {"text": "on this as colleagues but Bill 212 the last sentence if you look at the last", "start": 24828.76, "end": 24834.398}, {"text": "sentence in your motion it says the highway traffic act contain in Bill 22", "start": 24834.398, "end": 24839.638}, {"text": "and instead um or actually they should finish uh Bill 212 if we stop right so", "start": 24839.638, "end": 24847.08}, {"text": "I'm just I'm just clarification of the motion I just and instead I don't know if we want to fix that or it's been", "start": 24847.08, "end": 24854.878}, {"text": "fixed it's tyght pull oh great okay thanks M", "start": 24854.878, "end": 24860.36}, {"text": "speaker okay that's it Council Brer yeah", "start": 24860.36, "end": 24866.398}, {"text": "okay yeah you do have five minutes councel", "start": 24866.398, "end": 24873.12}, {"text": "holiday questions just one moment let me turn", "start": 24873.12, "end": 24880.16}, {"text": "your let me turn your mic on okay go ahead thank you speaker to the mayor", "start": 24880.16, "end": 24885.6}, {"text": "there's a number of uh elements in here and I'd even argue number eight they're", "start": 24885.6, "end": 24890.798}, {"text": "all tailored towards fighting the legislation and that's your intent is to", "start": 24890.798, "end": 24896.2}, {"text": "to fight this to have it struck down removed ended that's what you're really", "start": 24896.2, "end": 24901.638}, {"text": "getting at with this this motion do I understand that right you asked me about recommendation", "start": 24901.638, "end": 24907.84}, {"text": "number eight no all of them okay all them there mean they're all tailored towards fighting back at the Province", "start": 24907.84, "end": 24913.718}, {"text": "against this legislation I think collectively after spending $27", "start": 24913.718, "end": 24920.52}, {"text": "million and uh Council putting in a", "start": 24920.52, "end": 24926.6}, {"text": "huge number well I think it went through we're talking about at least five or six", "start": 24926.6, "end": 24933.52}, {"text": "years of conversation where collectively duly", "start": 24933.52, "end": 24938.878}, {"text": "elected councilors and Mayors came to a conclusion I think we", "start": 24938.878, "end": 24945.6}, {"text": "deserve the respect as elected representative to represent the city the citizens of", "start": 24945.6, "end": 24953.2}, {"text": "Toronto because bike climes planning really belong to the perfu of the", "start": 24953.2, "end": 24960.398}, {"text": "municipal government not the provincial government if you want to talk about congestion go ahead and please open up", "start": 24960.398, "end": 24968.44}, {"text": "the Anton LRT cross town uh maybe the fin LRT it once that's open I'll guarantee", "start": 24968.44, "end": 24976.638}, {"text": "you it has a lot to do with congestions you will see a lot of people using those", "start": 24976.638, "end": 24982.798}, {"text": "lines and the congestions in those areas e so what's more important to you in", "start": 24982.798, "end": 24990.718}, {"text": "this motion the appearance of fighting The Province or actually", "start": 24990.718, "end": 24996.04}, {"text": "winning I'm not sure I understand the question well what's more important what's the bigger value is to mount a", "start": 24996.04, "end": 25003.638}, {"text": "fight and have the appearance of mounting a fight or actually winning the fight I think what is important most is", "start": 25003.638, "end": 25012.16}, {"text": "a respect for people of Toronto respect of this Council decision number", "start": 25012.16, "end": 25020.04}, {"text": "two is there's a lot of facts in this report we need to communicate this fact", "start": 25020.04, "end": 25027.878}, {"text": "so that the province of Ontario of and all its members are very", "start": 25027.878, "end": 25034}, {"text": "clear how much it will cost what kind of chaos will happen when those bite lanes", "start": 25034, "end": 25040.6}, {"text": "are being ripped out I think it's important that we uh have these discussions based on facts and", "start": 25040.6, "end": 25048.44}, {"text": "not um information that may be incorrect let's say the element in here about", "start": 25048.44, "end": 25055.398}, {"text": "taking the province to court is successful we go to court we spend a", "start": 25055.398, "end": 25060.68}, {"text": "bunch of money the legislation is struck down and the lanes in BL Street", "start": 25060.68, "end": 25067}, {"text": "remain is that really a good outcome is that going to make the community happier", "start": 25067, "end": 25072.878}, {"text": "and what will we do then considering how fractured things are how will we ever", "start": 25072.878, "end": 25078.36}, {"text": "repair the situation uh in recommendations three it did not say that tomorrow we're going to", "start": 25078.36, "end": 25084.32}, {"text": "go to court it does say that it will report back the solicitor will come back", "start": 25084.32, "end": 25090.76}, {"text": "to this council at that point that conversation that you are just the", "start": 25090.76, "end": 25096}, {"text": "question you just asked would be relevant at this point it isn't it said the", "start": 25096, "end": 25101.718}, {"text": "potential to challenge we may or may not do so we don't know yet we are asking", "start": 25101.718, "end": 25109.84}, {"text": "the solicitor when things become clear when if and when there is a reculation", "start": 25109.84, "end": 25116.52}, {"text": "let us look at the alternative you expect me as your mayor to explore all", "start": 25116.52, "end": 25123.2}, {"text": "different Alternatives so that when it comes to council we will be informed out", "start": 25123.2, "end": 25130.08}, {"text": "by our expert our solicitor so we know clearly", "start": 25130.08, "end": 25135.958}, {"text": "precisely what we what's what's the alternative in front of us at that point we will make a", "start": 25135.958, "end": 25142.878}, {"text": "decision so I've seen those report backs before I'm sure you have many times in", "start": 25142.878, "end": 25147.92}, {"text": "in your life dealing with these types of things and the bar is often quite low and that's actually a scary answer is", "start": 25147.92, "end": 25154.558}, {"text": "likely we could go to court and spend a whole pile of money and then what are we going to do when that report comes just", "start": 25154.558, "end": 25160.2}, {"text": "given the resolve you've given me in the answers and the determination to have this legislation struck", "start": 25160.2, "end": 25167.28}, {"text": "down that report is likely to lead us to a place I mean how far does it go how much money do we spend fighting The", "start": 25167.28, "end": 25173.718}, {"text": "Province Council holiday I wasn't here uh on Council when this council with the", "start": 25173.718, "end": 25179.718}, {"text": "previous mayor Mayor John Tori said that they would go to court because Council", "start": 25179.718, "end": 25186.638}, {"text": "the number of counselors were in the middle of an election were cut by half", "start": 25186.638, "end": 25192.76}, {"text": "and I don't know who voted for what I don't know what was your voting record on that I didn't vote for that you", "start": 25192.76, "end": 25198.24}, {"text": "didn't vote for that I'm not surprised but majority of councilors did and uh", "start": 25198.24, "end": 25203.958}, {"text": "and it I think councils felt that they were being disrespected that in the", "start": 25203.958, "end": 25209.24}, {"text": "middle of election that the council number number of councils all of a sudden got cut by", "start": 25209.24, "end": 25215.478}, {"text": "half okay thank", "start": 25215.478, "end": 25219}, {"text": "you counselor fide", "start": 25223.04, "end": 25228.638}, {"text": "questions yes of the mayor thank you um so in I agree with pretty much everything", "start": 25228.638, "end": 25235.32}, {"text": "you have here other than number three I think that's probably a waste of the solicitor's time given what you've", "start": 25235.32, "end": 25241.958}, {"text": "referenced but be that as it may um have you had the opportunity to talk to the premier about all these various issues", "start": 25241.958, "end": 25250.16}, {"text": "that are in this motion no I have not had an opportunity to talk to him I was focusing on the", "start": 25250.16, "end": 25258.76}, {"text": "matter uh that we passed yesterday today I said to the premier uh and to the", "start": 25258.76, "end": 25265.398}, {"text": "housing Minister that we have a very very exciting plan to stimulate the", "start": 25265.398, "end": 25271.878}, {"text": "economy to build more rental housing and we know it will work because we've been", "start": 25271.878, "end": 25277.52}, {"text": "uh uh working with a lot of builders for the last six months because we saw the", "start": 25277.52, "end": 25284.12}, {"text": "market um being s to interrupt you so that you know my my priority is building", "start": 25284.12, "end": 25291.12}, {"text": "more housing so that's my conversation with the premier no no I'm not I'm not even arguing with that I'm just trying", "start": 25291.12, "end": 25297.08}, {"text": "to understand what's going on that's all I want to know um okay so you not have not had the opportunity um how do you", "start": 25297.08, "end": 25303.52}, {"text": "see in terms of the relationship between the city and the province would you like", "start": 25303.52, "end": 25309.718}, {"text": "do you not see your those private conversations you have with the premier", "start": 25309.718, "end": 25314.878}, {"text": "probably more worthwhile than I find than maybe a motion from", "start": 25314.878, "end": 25320.84}, {"text": "Council I'm just trying to understand like the focus of your efforts to roll", "start": 25320.84, "end": 25326.68}, {"text": "this back whether one agrees with bike Lanes or doesn't I think the larger issue is the the provincial uh big", "start": 25326.68, "end": 25333.478}, {"text": "footing of the city if if we can use that term so I'm just trying to understand this isn't a trick question", "start": 25333.478, "end": 25339.92}, {"text": "nothing like that I'm just trying to understand where you see the most value in your time or in terms of your", "start": 25339.92, "end": 25346.2}, {"text": "approach is it this motion or is it talking to the premier directly councelor I understand where", "start": 25346.2, "end": 25353.32}, {"text": "you come from but this council is not just me this council is all the counselors here so it's not just my", "start": 25353.32, "end": 25360.798}, {"text": "conversation with the premier or the transportation Minister that conversation is also collectively", "start": 25360.798, "end": 25367.958}, {"text": "because there are other counselors as you see counselor saxs and other counselors are interested in this issue", "start": 25367.958, "end": 25375.638}, {"text": "and just having a private conversation I I doubted it would", "start": 25375.638, "end": 25380.92}, {"text": "satisfi all other members of council because other members of council will", "start": 25380.92, "end": 25385.958}, {"text": "want to express their opinion on this bill bill 212 right and do you remember", "start": 25385.958, "end": 25392.28}, {"text": "this bill got introduced with great speed and um it was just done bang like", "start": 25392.28, "end": 25399.36}, {"text": "really quickly and they are trying to get it through in the next few weeks so", "start": 25399.36, "end": 25404.52}, {"text": "before the uh the legislation rise so you're looking at a very compressed just", "start": 25404.52, "end": 25410.12}, {"text": "a few weeks time uh and which is why uh okay so let me let me rearticulate the question um will", "start": 25410.12, "end": 25418.44}, {"text": "you be speaking to the premier about your concerns or are you yes I will okay", "start": 25418.44, "end": 25425.16}, {"text": "that's for okay after this council meeting okay after after Council gave me", "start": 25425.16, "end": 25430.36}, {"text": "directions cool so if if this motion were to fail and Council doesn't give you that", "start": 25430.36, "end": 25436.76}, {"text": "direction would you then not speak to the premier about your concerns I will", "start": 25436.76, "end": 25441.798}, {"text": "personally tell them what my personal opinion is but I would tell them that city council do not want to oppose Bill", "start": 25441.798, "end": 25448.44}, {"text": "212 okay thank you I mean uh I will be straight up I don't say one thing privately another thing publicly that", "start": 25448.44, "end": 25456.16}, {"text": "would that doesn't work oh okay thank you thank", "start": 25456.16, "end": 25461.32}, {"text": "you thank you I just wanted just to follow up in something that I heard Miss", "start": 25468.398, "end": 25473.68}, {"text": "Miss graay say and that was the letters from the hospitals in support of those", "start": 25473.68, "end": 25479.28}, {"text": "bike lanes and I'm wondering how powerful you think that is because I'm not sure anybody really realizes that", "start": 25479.28, "end": 25486}, {"text": "that was part of the introduction of them was support from sick kids from Mount Si from 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"University Avenue and you're right um a lot of the medical folks are saying", "start": 25542.04, "end": 25548.08}, {"text": "please protect this bite Lane for for safety for health and safety reasons for health and safety safety always comes", "start": 25548.08, "end": 25555.36}, {"text": "first and already um a lot of cyclists have died this year yes so just on that", "start": 25555.36, "end": 25562.2}, {"text": "I think that the importance of that medical community and saying we don't have a problem here like what problem", "start": 25562.2, "end": 25568.28}, {"text": "are you trying to solve because we've not heard from anybody there that they'd like to see them gone that I know", "start": 25568.28, "end": 25575.68}, {"text": "about I I know um which is why having this report is", "start": 25575.68, "end": 25584.04}, {"text": "very important because it has a lot of good data and a lot of good factual", "start": 25584.04, "end": 25589.16}, {"text": "information it also reflects the the the", "start": 25589.16, "end": 25594.92}, {"text": "the hard work both the staff and City councilors have done through the years", "start": 25594.92, "end": 25601.958}, {"text": "in getting these bik Lanes approved because University Avenue that was a long conversation this is before I came", "start": 25601.958, "end": 25608.718}, {"text": "became a mayor and there was a lot of conversation at this Council chamber which is why respect for those", "start": 25608.718, "end": 25616.478}, {"text": "discussions and all the sunk cost and the safety it now provide for all the", "start": 25616.478, "end": 25623.32}, {"text": "cyclists I was on University Avenue um on a on a bike going uh", "start": 25623.32, "end": 25632.16}, {"text": "traveling north from uh Union Station just two weeks ago and there's this is", "start": 25632.16, "end": 25639.28}, {"text": "in the evening and the weather is starting to get cold there were a large number of cyclists even as it was", "start": 25639.28, "end": 25646.84}, {"text": "getting darker uh so it so people are using it and it just got that bike lane", "start": 25646.84, "end": 25654}, {"text": "got in not that long ago and I what I've observed is that there is increasing", "start": 25654, "end": 25659.28}, {"text": "ridership as time goes on as people become more and more familiar with that bik lane thank", "start": 25659.28, "end": 25667.078}, {"text": "you councelor saxs to speak um um thank you madam speaker and", "start": 25676.638, "end": 25685.04}, {"text": "I don't know whether anybody in this chamber is open to having their mind changed on", "start": 25685.04, "end": 25691.76}, {"text": "this I think people are pretty clear councelor saxs if you have a motion please introduce it I'm sorry yes I have", "start": 25691.76, "end": 25697.92}, {"text": "a motion um at the request of Staff um that the confidential information remain", "start": 25697.92, "end": 25703.76}, {"text": "confidential as we heard from M gray the information that we would really like to", "start": 25703.76, "end": 25709.84}, {"text": "show the public the provinces preventing us from showing the public so we have to keep it confidential um we've mentioned a few", "start": 25709.84, "end": 25719.68}, {"text": "times we've mentioned a few times the issue of safety I just would like to remind members of council six people", "start": 25720.2, "end": 25727.958}, {"text": "have died this year who are on bicycles and killed by drivers of vehicles and", "start": 25727.958, "end": 25733.478}, {"text": "three of them occurred in my ward and none of the three of them would have died if they had been able to ride", "start": 25733.478, "end": 25741.44}, {"text": "in a safe bik Lan one of them was a gig worker newly arrived in Toronto", "start": 25741.44, "end": 25747.68}, {"text": "racialized highly vulnerable doing his absolute best to make a living in a very difficult and", "start": 25747.68, "end": 25753.718}, {"text": "expensive city and he was crushed by a construction truck one was riding for exercise and", "start": 25753.718, "end": 25761.6}, {"text": "health and one was a beautiful and much-loved young woman who was crushed", "start": 25761.6, "end": 25766.878}, {"text": "by a construction truck because a selfish contractor had blocked", "start": 25766.878, "end": 25772.878}, {"text": "the bike lane with their bin now we", "start": 25772.878, "end": 25778.44}, {"text": "know that those people each had valuable lives and they would not have died if we", "start": 25778.44, "end": 25785.84}, {"text": "had gave them a safe place to get around on their bikes we know that bike use is growing all year round we know that last", "start": 25785.84, "end": 25792.44}, {"text": "winter Bike Share use was up 100% in January and these things feed upon", "start": 25792.44, "end": 25799.84}, {"text": "themselves we've been building building spaces for cars for a hundred years and", "start": 25799.84, "end": 25804.878}, {"text": "pushing everybody else out of the way we really just started in the last few", "start": 25804.878, "end": 25809.92}, {"text": "years giving places for people like me and for the three constituents who were", "start": 25809.92, "end": 25815.92}, {"text": "killed to get around on two wheels which is better for everything the city says", "start": 25815.92, "end": 25821.32}, {"text": "we care about it's better for the cost of living and we know how important affordability is half the people in the", "start": 25821.32, "end": 25828.08}, {"text": "city saying they're struggling more than they were even at the beginning of the year to make hands meet it's essential", "start": 25828.08, "end": 25836.04}, {"text": "for life and health and safety it's essential for air quality it's essential for the speed of getting around the", "start": 25836.04, "end": 25842.32}, {"text": "Board of Trade has talked about how important it is for have Mobility downtown downtown it's faster to get", "start": 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move on to uh Deputy", "start": 25973.68, "end": 25979.04}, {"text": "Mayor Morley just give me one second please please thank you Madame Deputy speaker", "start": 25979.04, "end": 25987.6}, {"text": "thank you so much I will keep my comments brief because I think my colleague councelor saaks really did", "start": 25987.6, "end": 25993.08}, {"text": "perfectly articulate uh so much of the Crux of this issue here today um and again as always I would like to", "start": 25993.08, "end": 25999.36}, {"text": "recognize the really incredible work of our incredible Public Service specifically those leading our", "start": 25999.36, "end": 26004.6}, {"text": "transportation services team Barbara jacine uh and those that are working with", "start": 26004.6, "end": 26009.638}, {"text": "them this is a very interesting time and a very interesting conversation and debate that we are seized with and I", "start": 26009.638, "end": 26016.28}, {"text": "think it for me feels like a really important opportunity for us to demonstrate the kind of leadership that torontonians deserve at tobaco has roots", "start": 26016.28, "end": 26024.638}, {"text": "as a sleepy stable community um pre- amalgamation um you know not a lot of", "start": 26024.638, "end": 26029.718}, {"text": "growth in density was being targeted in our community that is no longer the case in a tobaco downtown at tobaco is well", "start": 26029.718, "end": 26037.28}, {"text": "underway and we've got numerous growth hubs uh for intensification buildings", "start": 26037.28, "end": 26042.798}, {"text": "are being approved we've got towers of up to 50 stories in this Corridor along blure we have thousands of units in the", "start": 26042.798, "end": 26051}, {"text": "pipeline already approved and more to come previous direction from the", "start": 26051, "end": 26056.12}, {"text": "provincial government has been around turning our minds to sustainable thinking approving these growth centers", "start": 26056.12, "end": 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confusion amongst", "start": 26279.798, "end": 26286.718}, {"text": "candidates people who are running in one Ward that Ward number ceased to exist in the middle of an election it was", "start": 26286.718, "end": 26293.44}, {"text": "absurd there have been successive um landuse planning uh legislations that", "start": 26293.44, "end": 26299.478}, {"text": "have been passed that affect our city without a single consultation with the", "start": 26299.478, "end": 26305.04}, {"text": "mayor or councel we read about it in the newspaper the day after it's been announced that's not how to run a city", "start": 26305.04, "end": 26312.32}, {"text": "or a province so while Doug Ford is focusing on micromanaging", "start": 26312.32, "end": 26317.76}, {"text": "Toronto he's neglecting a Health Care system that needs Improvement schools", "start": 26317.76, "end": 26322.958}, {"text": "that need fixing vulnerable people across this province who don't have a premier who's for the people but damn 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{"text": "frankly important as Toronto when we're basically just taking orders from whoever happens to be in the premier's", "start": 26684.08, "end": 26689.638}, {"text": "office so I am very much in support of both of these motions um and I'm just", "start": 26689.638, "end": 26695.798}, {"text": "grateful that I serve on a council with people who understand the importance", "start": 26695.798, "end": 26701.08}, {"text": "that Toronto is a city with its hopes its aspirations and we also need a", "start": 26701.08, "end": 26708.92}, {"text": "government that has the power to fulfill those hopes and aspirations thank you very", "start": 26708.92, "end": 26715.958}, {"text": "much so we have a huge agenda we're going to have to come back tomorrow deputy mayor Malik thank you very much", "start": 26724.878, "end": 26733.478}, {"text": "um I want to first of all thank staff for this report and as was mentioned here and as we've heard again and again", "start": 26733.478, "end": 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approve uh the capability for us to continue to", "start": 26961.28, "end": 26968.638}, {"text": "access the Canada Ontario housing benefit that allows us to move 300 people out of the shelter system", "start": 26968.638, "end": 26975.52}, {"text": "every month they could deliver Transit priorities that we desperately need on", "start": 26975.52, "end": 26981.76}, {"text": "time or finally and local governments across the province have to be able to", "start": 26981.76, "end": 26986.92}, {"text": "make decisions based on evidence and our residents voices to fulfill our obligations that we were sent here to do", "start": 26986.92, "end": 26995.12}, {"text": "to fulfill our responsibilities as a as a voice and the representation of our communities we have to take that", "start": 26995.12, "end": 27001.36}, {"text": "seriously and as the mayor has put forward in her motions I do invite the provincial government to be a partner in", "start": 27001.36, "end": 27008.398}, {"text": "this work instead of continually interfering with our Democratic processes at the detriment of the", "start": 27008.398, "end": 27015.52}, {"text": "residents and the citizens of Ontario that we share thank you very", "start": 27015.52, "end": 27021.76}, {"text": "much okay again I'm going to have to remind members of council we will be", "start": 27023.798, "end": 27029.318}, {"text": "back tomorrow councelor Bradford to speak", "start": 27029.318, "end": 27036.28}, {"text": "okay councelor Bradford to", "start": 27036.28, "end": 27040.476}, {"text": "speak sorry madam speaker can you restart my time there yeah go ahead thanks um Madam speaker I have a pretty", "start": 27042.478, "end": 27049.798}, {"text": "simple motion here uh and that is that city council Express to the province its", "start": 27049.798, "end": 27055.44}, {"text": "support for restoring two motor vehicle Lanes of travel in each Direction on blur Street Street West Beyond runny me", "start": 27055.44, "end": 27061.318}, {"text": "Road and Resurrection Road even if it requires removing or reconfiguring", "start": 27061.318, "end": 27066.558}, {"text": "cycling infrastructure I that's pretty straightforward and I think this will demonstrate to the residents of a toico", "start": 27066.558, "end": 27073.92}, {"text": "uh and the businesses along that stru section of blur Street West that city council is in fact listening to", "start": 27073.92, "end": 27081.878}, {"text": "them we don't always get everything in this chamber right sometimes uh Council and its", "start": 27082.04, "end": 27088.84}, {"text": "wisdom makes mistakes and that's not different than any other sector of work", "start": 27088.84, "end": 27094.16}, {"text": "that's not different than any other industry but I think what's important", "start": 27094.16, "end": 27099.92}, {"text": "when a mistake is made is having the humility to acknowledge that recognize", "start": 27099.92, "end": 27105.36}, {"text": "that things are not working as intended and make a commitment to fix it unfortunately we see this", "start": 27105.36, "end": 27114.08}, {"text": "Administration and this chamber double down on a bad take time and time again", "start": 27114.08, "end": 27120.638}, {"text": "and when it comes to bike lanes that actually undermines our ability to deliver effective safe convenient bike", "start": 27120.638, "end": 27129.478}, {"text": "Lanes on a go forward basis and why is that it's because we've undermined the", "start": 27129.478, "end": 27134.638}, {"text": "trust and confidence of the people here in Toronto in a city of 3 million people", "start": 27134.638, "end": 27141.52}, {"text": "major metropolitan area there needs to be uh active Transportation", "start": 27141.52, "end": 27146.798}, {"text": "infrastructure there needs to be bike Lanes there needs needs to be Transit and yes there needs to be capacity to", "start": 27146.798, "end": 27153.52}, {"text": "move uh Motor Vehicles I think when we pursue ideology", "start": 27153.52, "end": 27158.84}, {"text": "around these decisions rather than safe and sensible Solutions we a in the wrong", "start": 27158.84, "end": 27164.36}, {"text": "direction and we lose the confidence and Trust of the public and blur Street West", "start": 27164.36, "end": 27169.76}, {"text": "is exhibit a for that I have never seen such a vocal and consistent and", "start": 27169.76, "end": 27176.958}, {"text": "passionate backlash against a decision of Council as I have with that and I", "start": 27176.958, "end": 27182.68}, {"text": "recognize you know there were many of us including myself that voted for that and that's okay but what we have seen since", "start": 27182.68, "end": 27190.92}, {"text": "then would suggest to me that that was the wrong decision and we have had multiple opportunities to correct that", "start": 27190.92, "end": 27198}, {"text": "including a motion that my colleague Steven holiday moved in June of which the mayor and the majority of council", "start": 27198, "end": 27204.84}, {"text": "voted against to remove them so fast forward 6 months there's been a lot of conversation and dialogue there was a", "start": 27204.84, "end": 27211.04}, {"text": "meeting with the mayor on October 7th with businesses on blur Street West and in tobaco and it sounds like there was a", "start": 27211.04, "end": 27217.36}, {"text": "misunder understanding about commitments that were made or not made about removing the bike Lanes uh and here we", "start": 27217.36, "end": 27222.798}, {"text": "are today where the provincial government is advancing legislation to remove those very bike Lanes now I don't", "start": 27222.798, "end": 27230.08}, {"text": "need the premier of Ontario to tell me that the blur Street West bike lanes are", "start": 27230.08, "end": 27235.24}, {"text": "not working I can go out there and ride them myself and I have and it's a pretty", "start": 27235.24, "end": 27240.44}, {"text": "wonky bike Lan and so I think it behooves all of us to just acknowledge", "start": 27240.44, "end": 27245.68}, {"text": "when something's not working roll that back and chart a different path forward", "start": 27245.68, "end": 27252.36}, {"text": "and if you really do care about the success of active Transportation infrastructure in this city if you", "start": 27252.36, "end": 27258.16}, {"text": "really do care about building safe and sensible bike Lanes then we have to", "start": 27258.16, "end": 27263.44}, {"text": "recognize when we haven't gotten it right and make a commitment to the people of the city that we can do better on a go forward basis and I will tell", "start": 27263.44, "end": 27270.398}, {"text": "you that vote today on Parkside is another step advancing Us in", "start": 27270.398, "end": 27276.318}, {"text": "the wrong direction because it is going to be very difficult when we remove", "start": 27276.318, "end": 27281.52}, {"text": "additional Lanes of traffic on a key north south arterial going down to lak Shore and the gardener in an area that's", "start": 27281.52, "end": 27288.08}, {"text": "already very congested when we remove that and you put in bike Lanes there immediately beside existing cycling", "start": 27288.08, "end": 27296.478}, {"text": "infrastructure in High Park which a lot of us who have ridden it and I I know that's not everybody in this chamber", "start": 27296.478, "end": 27301.638}, {"text": "would tell you as a much more comfortable safer convenient place to go residents are going to have a lot of", "start": 27301.638, "end": 27308.04}, {"text": "concerns and they're going to be frustrated and so this is provincial overreach these decisions should rest", "start": 27308.04, "end": 27315.958}, {"text": "with local municipalities but this Administration has demonstrated time and time again", "start": 27315.958, "end": 27322.36}, {"text": "that despite having the tools to fix these things there is a lack of leadership and a commitment to do that", "start": 27322.36, "end": 27327.6}, {"text": "and so I hope we can we can change course today make a commitment to those folks in a tobico to do the right thing", "start": 27327.6, "end": 27334.24}, {"text": "and uh if that's your alignment and your belief on it as well you can support my motion thanks Madam", "start": 27334.24, "end": 27339.558}, {"text": "speaker you we do have a question for you", "start": 27339.558, "end": 27347.84}, {"text": "counselor Mory three minutes thank you Madame speaker through you um to my", "start": 27348.28, "end": 27353.718}, {"text": "colleague I just uh had a question with respect to uh the suggestion in your", "start": 27353.718, "end": 27359.2}, {"text": "motion that uh the lanes need to be removed in order to restore the traffic", "start": 27359.2, "end": 27366.2}, {"text": "um in your experience is the removal of bike Lanes the only way to improve", "start": 27366.2, "end": 27372.04}, {"text": "corridors that have had complete streets infrastructure go in not necessarily", "start": 27372.04, "end": 27377.558}, {"text": "which is why the the motion says even if it requires removing or reconfiguring cycling infrastructure but I would say", "start": 27377.558, "end": 27384.12}, {"text": "to be clear I think on blur Street West you do have to remove them because the width of the RightWay and the sort of", "start": 27384.12, "end": 27390.68}, {"text": "grass and concrete median down the center would make it very challenging to restore two lanes of motor vehicle", "start": 27390.68, "end": 27396.638}, {"text": "traffic in both directions like they had it before even if you take the standard 3.4 meter width of a lane and you narrow", "start": 27396.638, "end": 27403.558}, {"text": "that down to 3 MERS I still think it would be challenging to fit all of that in the corridor so it's probably best to", "start": 27403.558, "end": 27409}, {"text": "just remove it uh in your estimation do you think there's a future if this were to go forward that 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holiday", "start": 27455.16, "end": 27463.44}, {"text": "questions speaker councelor Bradford is one of them east of the Humber", "start": 27463.44, "end": 27469.718}, {"text": "people and uh I I'm I'm refreshed that somebody from east of the Humber knows", "start": 27469.718, "end": 27475.76}, {"text": "and cares about a tobaco what what has led you to believe", "start": 27475.76, "end": 27482.28}, {"text": "or understand what the problem is and how bad is it out in the West End of the", "start": 27482.28, "end": 27488.04}, {"text": "city that it would necessitate you to move a motion like this to put Lanes back", "start": 27488.04, "end": 27493.718}, {"text": "in it's been a number of things I mean it started I guess shortly after they went", "start": 27493.718, "end": 27499.36}, {"text": "in I I went out to the Starbucks just west of uh Royal York there on the south", "start": 27499.36, "end": 27504.558}, {"text": "side of blure and had a coffee with a local resident who had reached out and I actually rode a bike share uh all the", "start": 27504.558, "end": 27511.16}, {"text": "way from City Hall out there and so that was my first opportunity to see the bike lane after it shortly shortly after it", "start": 27511.16, "end": 27517.718}, {"text": "been installed and what I saw was obviously a lot of congestion I saw", "start": 27517.718, "end": 27522.798}, {"text": "people sitting through light cycles not moving forward uh three four Cycles uh", "start": 27522.798, "end": 27528.44}, {"text": "at the traffic lights and I actually saw Vehicles driving into the bike lane not dissimilar from from what you see on a", "start": 27528.44, "end": 27534.68}, {"text": "section of Dundas and region park because the the the bike lane is so wide that Vehicles actually think that's", "start": 27534.68, "end": 27541.2}, {"text": "another car Lane and they drive into the bike lane so that was my first experience with it uh that that raised", "start": 27541.2, "end": 27546.798}, {"text": "some alarms for me and then subsequent conversations with uh local businesses things I've read in the news", "start": 27546.798, "end": 27552.28}, {"text": "conversations with residents of a toico many friends I have out there they say it's very challenging uh to get around", "start": 27552.28, "end": 27558.08}, {"text": "and it's led to delays and obstruction of emergency vehicles and and other things that would suggest it's a problem so those are the objective but I mean", "start": 27558.08, "end": 27564.76}, {"text": "just how bad has the political situation become in terms of how offside people", "start": 27564.76, "end": 27570.878}, {"text": "feel council is on this it strikes me is you you're an East End counselor East", "start": 27570.878, "end": 27576.76}, {"text": "the young anyways but if you're hearing about it across the city is it in your", "start": 27576.76, "end": 27582.318}, {"text": "estimation a ex a very very bad situation and I'm just talking about the", "start": 27582.318, "end": 27588.6}, {"text": "purest political sense about people's confidence in government and confidence", "start": 27588.6, "end": 27593.798}, {"text": "in Council and their decision making and their their resolve not to change", "start": 27593.798, "end": 27599}, {"text": "anything thing or remove these Lanes they dug the heels in over and over again are they frustrated yeah it's it's", "start": 27599, "end": 27604.958}, {"text": "unprecedented frustration and I think the fact that you've got a provincial government stepping in and Swinging uh", "start": 27604.958, "end": 27611.52}, {"text": "saying they're going to come and remove them and and I would I would agree that that is overreaching but it has reached", "start": 27611.52, "end": 27617.28}, {"text": "such a point that this is an issue at Queens Park uh that they feel compelled to respond to and I you know I haven't", "start": 27617.28, "end": 27622.798}, {"text": "seen anything like that before so for all the outrage about them intervening you know there should also be some", "start": 27622.798, "end": 27628.478}, {"text": "reflection on why is that the casee why do they feel that they need to do that is this what they want they just want", "start": 27628.478, "end": 27633.798}, {"text": "the lanes back they just want it back to the way it was no tinkering no curves no fooling around with paint just put it", "start": 27633.798, "end": 27640.6}, {"text": "back to the way it was it worked it wasn't broken before is that all they're asking for that was your last question", "start": 27640.6, "end": 27646.718}, {"text": "my understanding is they want it restored to the configuration prior to the installation of the bike Lanes", "start": 27646.718, "end": 27653.398}, {"text": "now Lyn so can I just clarify from the", "start": 27662, "end": 27668.84}, {"text": "speaker am I I had originally put my name on the list to speak on the larger", "start": 27668.84, "end": 27674.04}, {"text": "motion not on can I just clarify am I at this", "start": 27674.04, "end": 27679.16}, {"text": "moment like I had put my name on the list to speak to um mayor Chow's motion", "start": 27679.16, "end": 27684.718}, {"text": "am I in the queue to speak to yes you are I'm okay all right", "start": 27684.718, "end": 27689.76}, {"text": "thank you we're we're dealing with yeah we're dealing with two", "start": 27689.76, "end": 27696.878}, {"text": "items okay I can speak to all can I speak to all of it actually okay okay so then uh first I just want to speak to uh", "start": 27696.878, "end": 27704.68}, {"text": "counselor Bradford's motion I would I would be in favor of your motion if it if it spoke to how we", "start": 27704.68, "end": 27712.318}, {"text": "were reconfiguring the bike lanes because my concern with your motion is that a bike lane may end and we know", "start": 27712.318, "end": 27719.52}, {"text": "what happens when there's an obstruction to a bike lane and bikes suddenly go on into incoming traffic not only does it", "start": 27719.52, "end": 27725.878}, {"text": "slow like from a physics standpoint it slows traffic but also it presents danger to cyclists so I would rather see", "start": 27725.878, "end": 27733.878}, {"text": "an alternative solution and ultimately I do believe that alternative Solutions if we have to go to those are best done at", "start": 27733.878, "end": 27740.28}, {"text": "the local and so now I'll speak to and where we get local voice on that and so now I will speak to um the larger motion", "start": 27740.28, "end": 27747.68}, {"text": "at at at uh on the floor I want to say that first of all I agree with my colleagues that", "start": 27747.68, "end": 27753.478}, {"text": "there's this is a clear in issue of provincial over overreach where the government of Ontario is yet again", "start": 27753.478, "end": 27759.44}, {"text": "undermining our Municipal decision- making first and foremost I have always", "start": 27759.44, "end": 27765.958}, {"text": "believed in using data driven and community- based approaches when it comes to decisions that we make um in in", "start": 27765.958, "end": 27774.2}, {"text": "places like City Hall um and particularly when it comes to Safe cycling infr structure planning in", "start": 27774.2, "end": 27780.318}, {"text": "Toronto um because we have to consider where bike Lanes will be best used and we have to consider not just the", "start": 27780.318, "end": 27786.52}, {"text": "minimizing the impacts on vehicular traffic but also prioritizing safety safety of cyclists but also safety for", "start": 27786.52, "end": 27794.44}, {"text": "drivers as a driver myself um it's really important that I don't want to hit anybody else at the end of the day I", "start": 27794.44, "end": 27801.398}, {"text": "think we can all agree that it should be torono residents and transportation experts that are contributing to these local decisions and not a provincial", "start": 27801.398, "end": 27809.12}, {"text": "cabinet Min Minister from Brampton I was elected with a strong mandate by the residents of Don Valley", "start": 27809.12, "end": 27815.718}, {"text": "West because I am a local voice I live in the ward and I have experience", "start": 27815.718, "end": 27821.24}, {"text": "representing our community's priorities um as I've done with the TDSB and which I will now do uh at the city but as I", "start": 27821.24, "end": 27828.6}, {"text": "knocked on thousands of doors over the last few months if there was one thing I really had that was a very clear", "start": 27828.6, "end": 27835.36}, {"text": "takeaway it is that residents in our city care about their neighborhoods and they want to be involved in local", "start": 27835.36, "end": 27841.958}, {"text": "decision making the issue of provincial overreach is not only limited to active", "start": 27841.958, "end": 27848.52}, {"text": "transportation we have Su we have seen a sustained erosion of City council's role", "start": 27848.52, "end": 27853.638}, {"text": "and by extension committ Community input in the planning process the province", "start": 27853.638, "end": 27859.08}, {"text": "also made the unilateral decision I will remind everyone behind closed doors and without any prior Community consultation", "start": 27859.08, "end": 27865.92}, {"text": "to shutter the Ontario Science Center a decision that I was firmly opposed to", "start": 27865.92, "end": 27871.558}, {"text": "and that my community and I and 74% of uh GTA residents that were opposed to in", "start": 27871.558, "end": 27877}, {"text": "an opsu poll rather than expending nearly $50 million in taxpayer dollars", "start": 27877, "end": 27882.798}, {"text": "tearing up Toronto streets I'm calling for more accountability on the province's end endlessly delayed", "start": 27882.798, "end": 27888.878}, {"text": "Eglington cross town LRT construction project which has called caused significant traffic congestion and", "start": 27888.878, "end": 27895.68}, {"text": "infiltration in Ward 15 and I know other neighboring w words uh for more than a", "start": 27895.68, "end": 27900.92}, {"text": "decade I would point out the residents of Toronto ultimately must have a voice on the issues that impact them directly", "start": 27900.92, "end": 27907.92}, {"text": "and that includes active Transportation infrastructure development new Transit projects and the future of the Ontario", "start": 27907.92, "end": 27914.958}, {"text": "Science Center as City councilors we know our communities best and the people", "start": 27914.958, "end": 27920.36}, {"text": "we represent should be at the heart of our decisionmaking thank you great", "start": 27920.36, "end": 27926.71}, {"text": "[Applause]", "start": 27926.71, "end": 27934.07}, {"text": "oh is it my turn Okay um so Madam", "start": 27945.398, "end": 27952.04}, {"text": "speaker BL Street also is part of my ward on the east side and I can say to", "start": 27952.04, "end": 27958.12}, {"text": "you that we have have great cycling infrastructure in and around my ward and is well", "start": 27958.12, "end": 27964.52}, {"text": "utilized One Life lost is One Life to many build it and there will", "start": 27964.52, "end": 27970.958}, {"text": "come I about three or four weeks ago I was in Copenhagen with uh Barbara gray", "start": 27970.958, "end": 27977.958}, {"text": "and 80% of people in Copenhagen ride their bikes is incredible to", "start": 27977.958, "end": 27984.76}, {"text": "see people are always at the heart and the center of everything that they", "start": 27984.76, "end": 27990.878}, {"text": "do and I think it's important that we change our mindset here in this city and in this province as to how we interact", "start": 27990.878, "end": 27999.44}, {"text": "with people that are on foot that are on bites and also to in Copenhagen cars are", "start": 27999.44, "end": 28006.76}, {"text": "invited into the spaces it's a privilege to be in that space it's not a", "start": 28006.76, "end": 28012.16}, {"text": "right and based on the conversation we're having in this chamber it sound to", "start": 28012.16, "end": 28017.24}, {"text": "it sounds like car are king and they are", "start": 28017.24, "end": 28022.92}, {"text": "not we need to put people at the heart of all of our decisions it breaks my", "start": 28022.92, "end": 28028.718}, {"text": "heart to see that PE six people have died in the C Toronto so far this year", "start": 28028.718, "end": 28034.92}, {"text": "and last year several people in my own Ward have died you know it's heartbreaking to have", "start": 28034.92, "end": 28040.76}, {"text": "to go to these um memorials and seeing the look of Despair on the faces of", "start": 28040.76, "end": 28048.2}, {"text": "loved ones when we know that all of these deaths are", "start": 28048.2, "end": 28054.318}, {"text": "preventable so we have a social responsibility here in this chamber to", "start": 28054.318, "end": 28059.878}, {"text": "ensure that all our citizens are safe the young the old and everyone in", "start": 28059.878, "end": 28067.478}, {"text": "between and that's what I want to convey here today I really uh appreciate the", "start": 28067.478, "end": 28073.638}, {"text": "mayor's motion here and also to councelor um sack is um advocacy on this", "start": 28073.638, "end": 28082.558}, {"text": "issue I myself am am a cyclist now last year you know my partner broke their arm", "start": 28082.558, "end": 28090.16}, {"text": "as a result of uh a car and so again like I have seen how", "start": 28090.16, "end": 28097.6}, {"text": "this impacts uh people you know real time basis", "start": 28097.6, "end": 28102.958}, {"text": "so I want to expand bike Lanes across the city of Toronto especially in my ward I mean one of the things I'm", "start": 28102.958, "end": 28109.16}, {"text": "looking at you know is Jarvis Street I like to have that change and put bik Lings on that and I swear 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paid by Toronto you know what he's doing he's cutting everybody in Ontario a check for", "start": 28427.84, "end": 28434.318}, {"text": "200 bucks you know in the hopes of what in the hopes that they forget all the other stuff on that he has an answer on", "start": 28434.318, "end": 28441.2}, {"text": "and what is his answer on the other stuff on affordability zil 5 Seconds 5", "start": 28441.2, "end": 28449.76}, {"text": "Seconds that's where it's all about there's a stormcloud coming for", "start": 28449.76, "end": 28455.718}, {"text": "him thank you thank you thank you thank you thank", "start": 28455.718, "end": 28462.92}, {"text": "you thank you [Applause]", "start": 28462.92, "end": 28468.76}, {"text": "very good counselor holiday to speak well", "start": 28468.76, "end": 28474.798}, {"text": "before uh counselor holiday speaks um", "start": 28474.798, "end": 28482.16}, {"text": "marelle um um given that we are ending at six", "start": 28482.16, "end": 28489.24}, {"text": "right um let us uh take a break and come back I'm just looking at there's only 26", "start": 28489.24, "end": 28497.318}, {"text": "items so there's not a huge amount of stuff let us try to uh come back uh I", "start": 28497.318, "end": 28506.76}, {"text": "believe we we at 6 6 6:30 we come back", "start": 28506.76, "end": 28511.84}, {"text": "at 6:30 we will or we could leave at 6:30 and come back at 7 uh either way", "start": 28511.84, "end": 28517.878}, {"text": "what uh do people well let's just do at 6 and come back at 6:30 that's what we normally", "start": 28517.878, "end": 28523.398}, {"text": "do huh and your motion is to complete the", "start": 28523.398, "end": 28529.52}, {"text": "agenda uh yes okay oh or can we do the 6:30 and", "start": 28529.52, "end": 28536.798}, {"text": "come back at 7 because we can I want to this item to just finish this item we we it's at 5:25 if we can just get this", "start": 28536.798, "end": 28544}, {"text": "item done if not we lose momentum um 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"6:30 okay counselor I have aase well we're not doing that now Council lecture", "start": 28607.16, "end": 28614.08}, {"text": "we're in the middle of an item okay councelor holiday to", "start": 28614.08, "end": 28620.798}, {"text": "speak go ahead speaker Council broke it", "start": 28621.52, "end": 28626.84}, {"text": "they broke BL they broke it real bad that's why we're here", "start": 28626.84, "end": 28632.558}, {"text": "today you know the irony is bike Lanes doesn't even appear the words don't even", "start": 28632.558, "end": 28638.318}, {"text": "appear in the notices of motion you know why because it's about politics Council", "start": 28638.318, "end": 28644.718}, {"text": "has done a better job in its speeches today than the NDP opposition at Queens", "start": 28644.718, "end": 28650.28}, {"text": "Park we just we just heard it from councelor peruta the loyal opposition taking a fight at Queens", "start": 28650.28, "end": 28657.958}, {"text": "Park people have tried to characterize this about what about the $48 million my", "start": 28657.958, "end": 28663.878}, {"text": "question is is how did Council spend $27 million on paint and flexi posts and", "start": 28663.878, "end": 28670.478}, {"text": "cement curbs if Council can't see how bad it's", "start": 28670.478, "end": 28676.36}, {"text": "become how much of a riff there is out in the West End how much of a break in", "start": 28676.36, "end": 28682.76}, {"text": "the Fidelity between the relationship of a counselor and the electorate and what they expect of their elected officials", "start": 28682.76, "end": 28689.84}, {"text": "to do to represent them in this chamber and you've lost the fundamentals of the", "start": 28689.84, "end": 28694.92}, {"text": "job you know citizens feel insulted they feel upset they feel like they've been", "start": 28694.92, "end": 28701.798}, {"text": "Gaslight because they've been stuck in traffic paralysis only to be told what it's just a few seconds or the 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chamber oh boy everything goes up why is there a double", "start": 28756.92, "end": 28763.36}, {"text": "standard why is it not okay the other way around Council does this all the the time they apparently step in to fix", "start": 28763.36, "end": 28772}, {"text": "things the most disturbing though is the other double standard I I asked", "start": 28772, "end": 28777.558}, {"text": "questions of the mayor and and and I asked about her got into her position on this and she says you know well I I take", "start": 28777.558, "end": 28784.16}, {"text": "the position of the local counselor on this I hope councel Morley's got big shoulders to carry the weight of this", "start": 28784.16, "end": 28791}, {"text": "item because people are incredibly upset about this and the mayor has just put it on councelor Morley's shoulders because", "start": 28791, "end": 28798}, {"text": "the mayor says that she's there to support what councelor Morley is going to do with this you know what councelor Morley 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the residents not in", "start": 28848.44, "end": 28853.84}, {"text": "support of you broke at Council Madam speaker", "start": 28853.84, "end": 28859.08}, {"text": "Council won't fix it just step aside and let somebody else fix it for you it's the easiest way out", "start": 28859.08, "end": 28866.16}, {"text": "of it thank", "start": 28866.16, "end": 28871.478}, {"text": "you thank", "start": 28871.478, "end": 28874.76}, {"text": "you councelor co to speak I have a motion okay", "start": 28880.24, "end": 28887.92}, {"text": "does the staff have your", "start": 28888.28, "end": 28891.396}, {"text": "Motion City Council city manager report back on the feasibility of placing signs on City roads where there are traffic", "start": 28900.558, "end": 28907.6}, {"text": "delays resulting from the provincial mandate to remove bike Lanes from Toronto roads and that these signs would", "start": 28907.6, "end": 28913.04}, {"text": "read the road congestion and traffic delay as a result of Premier 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bike Lanes I said okay but I do", "start": 29013.798, "end": 29022.24}, {"text": "understand their frustration because there is a serious problem of congestion but what the worst thing", "start": 29022.24, "end": 29028.638}, {"text": "about this approach that the premier has taken it takes away from the", "start": 29028.638, "end": 29034.36}, {"text": "solutions that are not quick fix silver bullet Solutions like God forbid he", "start": 29034.36, "end": 29042.08}, {"text": "should complete the effen Eglington cross toown after 13 years you think he would", "start": 29042.08, "end": 29050.92}, {"text": "focus in on finding out why the Egon cross town tunnel is", "start": 29050.92, "end": 29056.28}, {"text": "sinking why wouldn't he concent imagine the congestion that causes if we had the Egon cross town running the finch LRT", "start": 29056.28, "end": 29065.478}, {"text": "running and if he ever moved the trucks up to the 407 you can imagine that would", "start": 29065.478, "end": 29071.878}, {"text": "do something but no so after five weeks of holidays where Queens Park didn't even sit the first thing they do when", "start": 29071.878, "end": 29078.36}, {"text": "they come back to Queens Park bike Lanes not Health Care uh not the", "start": 29078.36, "end": 29085.318}, {"text": "homeless not the uh catastrophe in housing no the highest unemployment in", "start": 29085.318, "end": 29091.798}, {"text": "Canada is in Ontario no bike lane so he's convinced everybody", "start": 29091.798, "end": 29097.878}, {"text": "that this is the ultimate solution to all of the problems the most important", "start": 29097.878, "end": 29103.2}, {"text": "problem that we have in Toronto will be solv by his bulldozing bike", "start": 29103.2, "end": 29109.24}, {"text": "lanes and this is why we have to I think take the tone of Mayor Chow sit down", "start": 29109.24, "end": 29117.52}, {"text": "with the minister of uh Transportation who's from Brampton where if you want to", "start": 29117.52, "end": 29122.958}, {"text": "see congestion go up to Bramton he I'm sure he's a real expert expert on congestion in Toronto too he's", "start": 29122.958, "end": 29131.08}, {"text": "been a three-month minister so let's at least sit down with him and say here", "start": 29131.08, "end": 29137.28}, {"text": "there are things we can do yes there are bike lanes that need to be improved altered sure let's do that but let's not", "start": 29137.28, "end": 29148.36}, {"text": "basically try to uh surrender the fact that we are", "start": 29148.36, "end": 29153.958}, {"text": "trying to deal and our staff's trying to deal with this reality of congestion in a meaningful way on a daily basis", "start": 29153.958, "end": 29160.958}, {"text": "whether it's the TTC in all their efforts whether it's our transportation this what's happening with the gardener", "start": 29160.958, "end": 29166.84}, {"text": "con these are real issues we got to continue to Grapple with but let's not buy 10 seconds councelor", "start": 29166.84, "end": 29173.92}, {"text": "call but let's not okay thank you councelor Cole counc", "start": 29173.92, "end": 29182.558}, {"text": "Cole we spoke last night that's not what you told me last night", "start": 29182.558, "end": 29189}, {"text": "count coun councelor CH councelor Chang to", "start": 29193.04, "end": 29199.2}, {"text": "speak yes what what's your privilege you know by that comment you are basically imputing my Integrity no I'm not I want", "start": 29199.2, "end": 29206.68}, {"text": "you to withdraw that okay I'll withdraw it and don't do it", "start": 29206.68, "end": 29212.636}, {"text": "again I'm just telling the truth councelor Chang minut okay I withdraw it", "start": 29212.718, "end": 29220.12}, {"text": "I withdraw it God that's fine councelor Chang to speak councelor Chang to speak not fine", "start": 29220.12, "end": 29227.52}, {"text": "what you're doing I withdraw the comment I I said I withdraw it councelor Chen to", "start": 29227.52, "end": 29233.68}, {"text": "speak thank you madam speaker uh Deputy Mayor Cole's words are a hard act to", "start": 29233.68, "end": 29239.12}, {"text": "follow but Deputy Mayor Malik encourag me to share my thoughts on this very", "start": 29239.12, "end": 29244.76}, {"text": "important matter and you know in 201 18 I signed up to run for city council for", "start": 29244.76, "end": 29250.12}, {"text": "the first time I printed T-shirts got together a team for w", "start": 29250.12, "end": 29255.638}, {"text": "29 only to see the map that I printed on all my materials disappear with a stroke", "start": 29255.638, "end": 29261.798}, {"text": "of a not withstanding clause fast forward to 2024 and", "start": 29261.798, "end": 29268}, {"text": "thankfully I am a city counselor now my w has mixed feelings about bike Lanes", "start": 29268, "end": 29273.76}, {"text": "which we are not sure will be implemented with this legislation however my strong commitment was", 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we now have E", "start": 29323.04, "end": 29329.36}, {"text": "Scooters and ebikes zipping across our sidewalks endangering the lives of our", "start": 29329.36, "end": 29334.52}, {"text": "seniors and pedestrians we have to to build a future that listens the best way", "start": 29334.52, "end": 29341.76}, {"text": "forward for these decisions including the pain points currently experienced on blor West is to listen to the community", "start": 29341.76, "end": 29349.92}, {"text": "and chart a path forward is it messy yes it is is it", "start": 29349.92, "end": 29355.398}, {"text": "painful sometimes it is but that is what democracy is and that is what we're fighting for the provincial override", "start": 29355.398, "end": 29363.638}, {"text": "could deny me the opportunity to work in a meaningful way with my community to", "start": 29363.638, "end": 29368.878}, {"text": "come up with a safe and inclusive transformation for young street but this", "start": 29368.878, "end": 29374.318}, 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