Item - 2021.IE26.15
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on December 15, 2021 with amendments.
- This item was considered by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on December 2, 2021 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on December 15, 2021.
IE26.15 - Update on Pedestrian Scale Street Lighting
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on December 15, 16 and 17, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to undertake an assessment of the general condition of existing pedestrian scale lighting, including those with specialized and heritage characteristics and to include funding for staff oversight and third party consulting costs of $1.0 Million within the 2022 Operating Budget submission for Transportation Services.
2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate the necessary amendments to the existing Street and Expressway Lighting Agreement with Toronto Hydro to include lighting styles, any required lighting asset standards, and any related funding impacts.
3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back on the comprehensive state-of-good-repair plan for existing pedestrian scale lighting, including those with specialized heritage characteristics and ten year plan for new pedestrian scale lighting as part of the 2023 Budget process.
4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to include as broad and comprehensive a list as possible of heritage and Victorian lighting in their assessment of styles as part of the negotiations authorized in Part 2 above, including but not limited to:
a. the cast iron Victorians that are in many places in St. Lawrence such as Front Street, Wellington Street East and Church Street;
b. the older metal pole lights with a bulb luminaire;
c. the 1980 era metal pole short lights with ‘square’ luminaires in streets;
d. the 2000 era concrete pole lights with similar square luminaires; and
e. the lights fastened to tall poles at about the 12 foot level.
5. City Council direct General Manager, Transportation Services to include standards for lighting of pedestrian-scale sidewalks and parks lighting in any new Service Agreement with any service provider.
6. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with Toronto Hydro, the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation and the local Councillor, to review options to achieve lower level illumination standards on the Toronto Islands in sensitive residential and parkland areas and to negotiate any necessary amendments to the Street and Expressway Lighting Agreement.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-173621.pdf
Communications (Committee)
Motions (City Council)
That:
1. City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 1 by adding the words “including those with specialized and heritage characteristics” so that the recommendation now reads as follows:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to undertake an assessment of the general condition of existing pedestrian scale including those with specialized and heritage characteristics and to include funding for staff oversight and third party consulting costs of $1.0 Million within the 2022 Operating Budget submission for Transportation Services.
2. City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 3 by adding the following “including those with specialized heritage characteristics ” so that the recommendation now reads as follows:
3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back on the comprehensive state-of-good-repair plan for existing pedestrian scale including those with specialized heritage characteristics and ten year plan for new pedestrian scale lighting as part of the 2023 Budget process.
That:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to include as broad and comprehensive list as possible of heritage and Victorian lighting in their assessment of styles as part of the negotiations authorized in Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 2, including but not limited to:
a. the cast iron Victorians that are in many places in St. Lawrence such as Front Street, Wellington Street East and Church Street;
b. the older metal pole lights with a bulb luminaire;
c. the 1980 era metal pole short lights with ‘square’ luminaires in streets;
d. the 2000 era concrete pole lights with similar square luminaires; and
e. the lights fastened to tall poles at about the 12 foot level.
2. City Council direct General Manager, Transportation Services to include standards for lighting of pedestrian-scale sidewalks and parks lighting in any new Service Agreement with any service provider.
3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with Toronto Hydro, the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation and the local Councillor to review options to achieve lower level illumination standards on Toronto Islands in sensitive residential and parkland areas and to negotiate any necessary amendments to the Street and Expressway Lighting Agreement.
IE26.15 - Update on Pedestrian Scale Street Lighting
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to undertake an assessment of the general condition of existing pedestrian scale lighting assets and to include funding for staff oversight and third party consulting costs of $1.0 Million within the 2022 Operating Budget submission for Transportation Services.
2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate the necessary amendments to the existing Street and Expressway Lighting Agreement with Toronto Hydro to include lighting styles, any required lighting asset standards, and any related funding impacts.
3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back on the comprehensive state-of-good-repair plan for existing pedestrian scale lighting and ten year plan for new pedestrian scale lighting as part of the 2023 Budget process.
Origin
Summary
The purpose of this report is to provide the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with information as requested, pertaining to the City's existing street lighting service agreement with Toronto Hydro Corporation, addressing street lighting standards, accessibility and safety specifically in the context of pedestrian scale lighting.
This report provides a strategy to address the concerns raised for adding and replacing pedestrian-scale lighting where the sidewalks are dark at night and require additional lighting and for adding new lighting standards.
It is anticipated that any changes proposed may require amendments to the existing Street and Expressway Lighting Agreement with Toronto Hydro.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-173621.pdf
Communications
Speakers
Jamie Smith , Toronto Island Community Association