Item - 2019.TE4.34

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to grant a temporary permit to the Forest Hill Village BIA for the operation of a public installation within a parking space on the east side of Spadina Road, North of Lonsdale Road, in the location shown as a parklet zone on the drawing entitled "Schematic Site Plan" attached as Appendix A to the report (February 14, 2019) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture for the period of June 15, 2019 to November 14, 2019 inclusive, subject to the conditions listed in Appendix B.

2. City Council recind the traffic and parking regulations outlined in Appendix C – By-Laws to be Rescinded, and generally shown in the drawing entitled, "Plan View of By-Laws to be Rescinded during Pilot Program" attached as Appendix D to the report (February 14, 2019) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

3. City Council enact the traffic and parking regulations outlined in Appendix E – By-Laws to be Enacted, and generally shown in the drawing entitled "Plan View of By-Laws to be Enacted During Pilot Program" attached as Appendix F to the report (February 14, 2019) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

4. City Council direct that Spadina Road be returned to its pre-pilot project traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete in November 2019.

5. City Council temporarily close to vehicular traffic the eastern 2.6 metres of the northbound lane of Spadina Road from a point 17.9 metres north of Lonsdale Road to a point 6.7 metres further north for the period of June 15, 2019 to November 14, 2019, inclusive, to facilitate the construction and operation of the public parklet as described in Appendix A to the report (February 14, 2019) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

6. City Council direct that the General Manager, Transportation Services is authorized to establish any policies and procedures necessary to implement the temporary permit and/or street work processes set out in the report (February 14, 2019) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and may, as appropriate, adopt and adapt any requirements from City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743 for the purposes of issuing the public installation on a curb lane permit.

7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to the recommendations above and authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor in order to give effect to the reasonable operation of the Forest Hill Village Parklet Pilot Project.

8. City Council authorize the General Manager of Transportation Services, to enter into agreements, in a form satisfactory to the General Manager, and to execute the agreements associated with the issuance of a permit for the Forest Hill Village Parklet Pilot Project.

This report is required to enable the implementation and evaluation of a pilot project for the temporary installation of a parklet on Spadina Road in conjunction with other public realm improvements contained within the Streetscape Master Plan for Forest Hill Village.  City Council approval is required because Spadina Road has a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) route.

The pilot project will maintain the existing 2-way traffic lanes and will require no modifications to Spadina Road.

Staff from Transportation Services, Public Realm, Legal Services, Toronto Parking Authority and the Toronto Transit Commission  have been consulted in the preparation of this report.