Councillor Bruce presented the Decision Note on the Traffic Calming policy and asked that Council consider amending the policy as presented to remove the requirement for a final survey after the temporary traffic calming measures have been removed. She added that she feels that the requirement for the final survey of neighbours seems to be a waste of resources and could negatively affect the end result.
The Deputy City Manager of Planning, Engineering and Regulatory Services provided Council with the rationale for the final survey. He recommended keeping the survey in place to allow residents the opportunity to provide feedback on the temporary traffic calming measures that were put in place as it will determine whether it would become a permanent installation. He also noted that if a street is unsafe, those concerns would come directly to Staff in the Department.
After a great deal of discussion by members of Council, it was suggested that having the Manager of Transportation Engineering, Amer Afridi, present to answer questions on this, and allowing all members of Council to be in attendance to share their thoughts would be best way forward versus voting on an amendment to the policy at today's meeting.