5. SOMERSET STREET WEST – INSTALLATION OF BENCHES AND REFUSE
CONTAINERS RUE SOMERSET OUEST – INSTALLATION DE BANCS ET DE
POUBELLES |
That
Council approve up to $63,000 to provide distinctive benches and refuse
containers on Somerset Street West between Booth Street and Bay Street in order
to fulfill the Traditional Main Street directions contained in the Official
Plan.
Recommandation du ComitÉ
Que le Conseil approuve
un budget maximum de 63 000 $ pour l’installation de bancs et de
poubelles distinctifs sur la rue Somerset Ouest entre la rue Booth et la rue Bay afin de respecter les directives liées aux rues
principales traditionnelles contenues dans le Plan officiel de la Ville.
1.
Transportation Committee report dated 4 May 2012 (ACS2012-CMR-TRC-0005)
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SUBJECT:
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SOMERSET STREET WEST – INSTALLATION OF BENCHES AND
REFUSE CONTAINERS |
OBJET :
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RUE SOMERSET OUEST –
INSTALLATION DE BANCS ET DE POUBELLES |
That Council approve up
to $63,000 to provide distinctive benches and refuse containers on Somerset
Street West between Booth Street and Bay Street in order to fulfill the
Traditional Main Street directions contained in the Official Plan.
Que le Conseil approuve un budget maximum de
63 000 $ pour l’installation de bancs et de poubelles distinctifs sur
la rue Somerset Ouest entre la rue Booth et la rue Bay
afin de respecter les directives liées aux rues principales traditionnelles
contenues dans le Plan officiel de la Ville.
At
its meeting of 2 May 2012, the Transportation Committee approved the following
Motion, raised as an additional agenda item by Councillor Clark, on behalf of
Councillor Holmes:
WHEREAS
Somerset Street West is designated a Traditional Main Street in the City’s
Official Plan, which is a street where the Official Plan encourages
“streetscape enhancements”; and
WHEREAS
the ongoing Somerset Street West Reconstruction project (ISD10-5217) is between
Booth Street to the east and Preston Street to the west; and
WHEREAS
this project includes new distinctive benches and refuse containers; and
WHEREAS
this will result in a temporary discontinuity of the streetscape furnishings
east of Booth Street until Somerset Street West east of Booth Street requires
reconstruction; and
WHEREAS
the area of Somerset Street east of Booth Street is not scheduled for
reconstruction in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS
the length of Somerset Street from Preston Street to Bay Street is covered by
the Somerset Street Chinatown Business Improvement Area and City policies
encourage a consistent
look and feel in BIAs and along Main Streets; and
WHEREAS without approval of this motion, the
reconstruction project will leave these City policies unfulfilled; and
WHEREAS
the Somerset Street West Reconstruction project budget can accommodate the
estimated $63,000 cost of providing distinctive benches refuse containers along
the section of Somerset Street West between Booth Street and Bay Street;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Transportation Committee recommend Council approve up to
$63,000 to provide distinctive benches and refuse containers on Somerset Street
West between Booth Street and Bay Street in order to fulfill the Traditional
Main Street directions contained in the Official Plan.
The
length of Somerset Street from Preston Street to Bay Street is covered by the
Somerset Street Chinatown Business Improvement Area and City policies encourage
a consistent look and feel in BIAs and along Main Streets. Without approval of this recommendation, the
reconstruction project will leave these City policies unfulfilled.
N/A
Notice of this meeting was posted on the City’s
website as per Section 77 of the Procedure By-law.
Councillor
Holmes brought the Motion forward for the Committee’s consideration on 2 May
2012 and is in support of the recommendation.
There are no
legal impediments to implementing the recommendations of this report.
There
are no risk management implications with respect to implementing the
recommendations set out in this report.
Funds are
available within 906002 Somerset Street West (Preston – Booth).
There
are no accessibility implications with respect to implementing the
recommendations set out in this report.
There
are no environmental implications with respect to implementing the
recommendations set out in this report.
N/A
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The provision of decorative waste receptacles and
benches promotes the Somerset - Chinatown theme and local economy.
Document 1 - Extract of Draft Minutes, 2 May 2012
Following
Council approval, staff in Planning and Infrastructure will install the benches
and waste receptacles as recommended.
ADDITIONAL
ITEMS
POINTS
SUPPLÉMENTAIRE
SOMERSET
STREET WEST – INSTALLATION OF BENCHES AND REFUSE CONTAINERS
RUE SOMERSET
OUEST – INSTALLATION DE BANCS ET DE POUBELLES
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MOTION TRC
18/1
Moved by Councillor B. Monette
That the Transportation Committee approve the addition of this item for
consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to section 84(3) of
the Procedure By-Law (being By-Law 2006-462).
CARRIED
MOTION TRC
18/3
Moved by Councillor P. Clark
WHEREAS Somerset Street West is designated a
Traditional Main Street in the City’s Official Plan, which is a street where
the Official Plan encourages “streetscape enhancements”; and
WHEREAS the ongoing Somerset Street West Reconstruction
project (ISD10-5217) is between Booth Street to the east and Preston Street to
the west; and
WHEREAS this project includes new distinctive
benches and refuse containers; and
WHEREAS this will result in a temporary
discontinuity of the streetscape furnishings east of Booth Street until
Somerset Street West east of Booth Street requires reconstruction; and
WHEREAS the area of Somerset Street east of
Booth Street is not scheduled for reconstruction in the foreseeable future; and
WHEREAS the length of Somerset Street from
Preston Street to Bay Street is covered by the Somerset Street Chinatown
Business Improvement Area and City policies encourage a consistent look and
feel in BIAs and along Main Streets; and
WHEREAS without approval of this motion, the
reconstruction project will leave these City policies unfulfilled; and
WHEREAS the Somerset Street West
Reconstruction project budget can accommodate the estimated $63,000 cost of
providing distinctive benches refuse containers along the section of Somerset
Street West between Booth Street and Bay Street;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Transportation
Committee recommend Council approve up to $63,000 to provide distinctive
benches and refuse containers on Somerset Street West between Booth Street and
Bay Street in order to fulfill the Traditional Main Street directions contained
in the Official Plan.
CARRIED