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Home My WebLink AboutENG 11-18G/m DICKERING Report to Executive Committee Report Number: ENG 11-18 Date: June 18, 2018 From: Richard Holborn Director, Engineering Services Subject: Community Safety Zones and Bill 65 Update - File: A-1440 Recommendation: 1. That Report ENG 11-18 regarding an update on the status of Bill 65 with respect to the use of Automated Speed Enforcement technologies in school zones and community safety zones be received for information; 2. That the attached draft by-law be enacted to amend Schedule "14", Community Safety Zones, to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the addition of community safety zones on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of The Corporation of the City of Pickering, specifically to add community safety zones on portions of Major Oaks Road, Oklahoma Drive, Bushmill Street, and for an extension of the existing community safety zone on Glenanna Road for William Dunbar Public School; and 3. That the appropriate officials of the City of Pickering be authorized to take the necessary actions as indicated in this report. Executive Summary: On March 12, 2018, Pickering City Council passed Resolution #415/18 requesting staff to conduct a review of existing and potential community safety zones in the city, specifically in regards to local roads fronting schools, and to provide an update on the status of Bill 65. In response to Resolution #415/18, staff have reviewed all existing streets in Pickering for potential locations for additional community safety zones, and propose new and extended community safety zones on the following roads: • Major Oaks Road, from Middleton Street to Hollyhedge Drive (Valley Farm Public School) • Oklahoma Drive, from 30 metres west of Eyer Drive to Leaside Street (Fairport Beach Public School and Frenchmans Bay Public School) • Bushmill Street, from Liverpool Road to Maple Ridge Drive (Maple Ridge Public School) • Glenanna Road (extension of the existing community safety zone), from Heathside Crescent to Huntsmill Drive (William Dunbar Public School) ENG 11-18 June 18, 2018 Subject: Community Safety Zones Bill 65 Update Page 2 Also as an update to Bill 65: The Bill received Royal Assent on May 30, 2017, and was referred back to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) for the development of standards and regulations. The MTO, along with the Ontario Traffic Council (OTC), created an inter -municipal working group in an effort to create Automated Speed Enforcement Standards & Regulations intended to provide consistency throughout the province. The inter -municipal working group is currently drafting a joint Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the procurement of Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) equipment and operations. The City of Toronto is expected to issue the RFP in 2018 on behalf of the working group. The RFP evaluation process and contract award by all participating municipalities is expected to occur in early 2019 at the earliest, with the anticipated design and installation of the first ASE site taking up to one year after contract award. Financial Implications: The addition of community safety zones signs and posts can be accommodated within the 2018 Roads Current Budget. Expenditures and revenues related to participating in the Automated Speed Enforcement Program are not known at this time. Discussion: On March 12, 2018, Pickering City Council passed Resolution #415/18 (Attachment 1) for staff to conduct a review of the community safety zones policy, specifically in regards to local roads fronting schools, and to provide an update on the status of Bill 65. In response to Resolution #415/18 staff have reviewed Bill 65 and all existing streets in Pickering for opportunities for additional community safety zones. The following report details staff's findings. Summary of Bill 65 The intent of Bill 65, also known as the Safer Schools Zone Act, is to amend the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) to enact a new automated speed enforcement system (ASE). The additions to the HTA with respect to Bill 65 can be summarized as follows: • enables municipalities to establish reduced default speed limits in urban areas within municipal boundaries/neighbourhoods with speed limit signs posted at entry and exit points • amends the Highway Traffic Act ("HTA") to allow for the use of technology to enforce speeding offences (ASE) in community safety zones and in school zones • provides a streamlined process for municipalities to participate in Ontario's effective Red Light Camera program without the need for lengthy regulatory approval ENG 11-18 June 18, 2018 Subject: Community Safety Zones Bill 65 Update Page 3 Schedule for Implementation of Bill 65 The following is a estimated timeline for the implementation of Bill 65: 1. Bill 65 was introduced by the Provincial Government on November 15, 2016 and received Royal Assent on May 30, 2017. Subsequently, the Bill was referred back to Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), which, along with the Ontario Traffic Council (OTC), has formed an inter -municipal working group in an effort to create Automated Speed Enforcement Standards & Regulations intended to provide consistency throughout the Province. Some of the issues under consideration are: a) expected impact on court services as speeding is usually handled by municipal Provincial Offences Act courts. There is a concern that ASE infractions may overwhelm the court system. One option being considered is the use of the Administrative Monetary Penalties system, similar to what is used by parking enforcement in Pickering and some other municipalities b) fixed location vs mobile enforcement c) initial warning period d) enforcement thresholds e) common designations of school zones and community safety zones f) signage/markings 3. The inter -municipal working group is currently drafting a joint Request for Proposal (RFP) document for the procurement of ASE equipment and operations. The City of Toronto is expected to issue the RFP in 2018 on behalf of the working group. The committee envisions that an ASE program would work very similar to how red light cameras operate currently, which is: a) City of Toronto will operate a joint processing centre (sending out offence notices) on a cost recovery basis for any involved municipality b) municipalities will select candidate sites for implementation — each participating municipality would have a separate but similar contract with the selected vendor c) like red light cameras, municipalities would not own any equipment — contracts would include design, installation, operations and maintenance 5. The RFP evaluation process and contract award by all participating municipalities is expected to occur in early 2019 at the earliest, with the anticipated design and installation of the first ASE site taking up to one year after contract award (at the end of 2019 or early 2020). ENG 11-18 June 18, 2018 Subject: Community Safety Zones Bill 65 Update Page 4 It should be noted that in 2015, the Region of Durham conducted a detailed review of the red light camera system and declined the use of this type of enforcement within the Region at that time. Definition of School Zones and Community Safety Zones According to the Highway Traffic Act, a municipality can designate any road or section of road within 150 metres of a school, in either direction, as a school zone. The City of Pickering currently designates roads fronting public and catholic schools as school zones, and will designate school zones by private schools as well, where required. The purpose of a community safety zone, however, is to indicate to the motorist that they are within a zone where fines can be increased through a special designation under the Highway Traffic Act. Community safety zones are typically placed on sections of roadway where public safety is of special concern. In a community safety zone the fines for offences within the Highway Traffic Act (i.e. speeding, careless driving, etc.) may be doubled at the discretion of the police officer. Parking fines cannot be increased within a community safety zone. The Highway Traffic Act delegates authority to municipalities to designate a part of a highway under its jurisdiction as a community safety zone. The HTA requires that the community safety zone must be recognizable to the driver (by regulatory signs) as a special situation that warrants an increased awareness of community activity adjacent to the road right-of-way. Also, the ability of the Durham Regional Police Services to effectively enforce moving offences should be taken into consideration to make a community safety zone a successful traffic safety tool. The City of Pickering Currently Has Seven Community Safety Zones The City of Pickering does not currently have a policy for the installation of community safety zones. In 2008 however, the City of Pickering commenced a pilot project where community safety zones were installed on higher volume arterial roads that are adjacent to schools as part of a major amendment to the traffic and parking by-law. ENG 11-18 June 18, 2018 Subject: Community Safety Zones Bill 65 Update Page 5 The City of Pickering currently has seven community safety zones on municipal roads, located at the following locations: Road Limits Dixie Road Glenanna Road to Kitley Avenue Glenanna Road Heathside Crescent to Brookshire Square Glenanna Road Dixie Road to Listowell Crescent Rosebank Road Strouds Lane Sheppard Avenue Strouds Lane to Charnwood Court Autumn Crescent to Alder Court 135 metres east of Edmund Drive to Whites Road Twyn Rivers Drive Altona Road to 360 metres west of Ashwood Gate Adjacent School Vaughan Willard Public School William Dunbar Public School Vaughan Willard Public School Altona Forest Public School and St. Elizabeth Seaton Catholic School St. Elizabeth Seaton Catholic School and Highbush Public School Dunbarton High School St. Monica Catholic School These community safety zones are shown graphically from Attachment 2 to Attachment 5. Bill 65 allows for municipalities to install ASE in school zones and/or in community safety zones. As fines for offences under the Highway Traffic Act are doubled at the discretion of the officer in community safety zones, the inter -municipal working group expects that this doubling of fines will be applied on every infraction that is captured by an automated system. Therefore, it has been suggested by the inter -municipal working group that all school zones in the ASE area be designated as a community safety zone. The above notwithstanding, Engineering Services staff at the City of Pickering reviewed all existing community safety zone locations, and potential locations near schools that would benefit from the addition of a community safety zone. Based on the review, Engineering Services staff recommends community safety zones be installed on collector and local municipal roads where the following criteria is met: • where an existing school zone is present • where, through traffic studies, the 85th percentile speed of vehicles is at least 10 km/h greater than the posted speed limit during the school's peak pick-up and drop-off times, or, in an area where non-compliance of an existing traffic control is recognized ENG 11-18 June 18, 2018 Subject: Community Safety Zones Bill 65 Update Page 6 Also, it is recommended that existing community safety zones (in school zones) be extendable (up to 500 metres) to incorporate residential housing, parks, retirement communities and daycares, provided that the above criteria is met and there is community support for the change. Therefore, based on this criteria, it is recommended that community safety zones be added to the following roads. Road Limits Adjacent School Major Oaks Road Middleton Street to Hollyhedge Drive Valley Farm Public School Oklahoma Drive 30 metres west of Eyer Drive to Fairport Beach Public School Leaside Street and Frenchmans Bay Public School Glenanna Road Heathside Crescent to Huntsmill Drive William Dunbar Public School (extension of existing) Bushmill Street Liverpool Road to Maple Ridge Drive Maple Ridge Public School These proposed community safety zones are shown graphically in Attachment 6 to Attachment 9. The draft by-law amendment to Schedule 14 of By-law 6604/05, for the proposed community safety zone additions can be found in Attachment 10. Engineering Services staff will continue to address the need for additional community safety zones, as a tool for addressing traffic safety, and will provide updates to By-law 6604/05 as required. However, it should be noted that overuse of the community safety zone designation could become counter-productive to the goal of increased traffic and pedestrian safety. Attachments: 1. Council Resolution #415/18 2. Existing Community Safety Zones, Dixie Road and Glenanna Road 3. Existing Community Safety Zones, Rosebank Road and Strouds Lane 4. Existing Community Safety Zone, Sheppard Avenue 5. Existing Community Safety Zone, Twyn Rivers Drive 6. Proposed Community Safety Zone, Major Oaks Road 7. Proposed Community Safety Zone, Oklahoma Drive 8. Proposed Community Safety Zone, Glenanna Road (extension of existing) 9. Proposed Community Safety Zone, Bushmill Street 10. Draft By-law, Amendments to Schedule 14, Community Safety Zones to By-law 6604/05 ENG 11-18 June 18, 2018 Subject: Community Safety Zones Bill 65 Update Page 7 Prepared By: Approved/Endorsed By: Nathan Emery Richard Hol orn, P.Eng. Coordinator, Traffic Operations Diector, Engineering Services t Scott Booker Manager, Capital Projects & infrastructure NE:mjh Recommended for the consideration of Pickering City Council Tony Prevedel, P.Eng. Chief Administrative Officer 4, ze;k0 i" TA HMENT0 ._._ _ "OREPORr`# 10 D- ot D - Legislative Services Division Clerk's Office Directive Memorandum March 14, 2018 To:. Richard Holborn Director, Engineering Services From: Debbie Shields City Clerk Subject: Direction as per Minutes of the Meeting of City Council held on March 12, 2018 Notice of Motion Community Safety Zones on Local Roads Council Decision Resolution #415/18 Whereas in January 2003, new provincial legislation enabled the City of Pickering to implement a policy to regulate the installation of community safety zone roads in specified locations with a goal to target aggressive driving and to improve safety; Whereas on May 30, 2017, Ontario passed Bill 65, Safer School Zones Act to help municipalities target unsafe drivers and protect children, seniors, other pedestrians and cyclists; Whereas the new. Act will allow municipalities to implement and operate automated speed enforcement (ASE) technology to enforce speeding traffic offences in school and community safety zones on roads with a speed limit under 80 km/h using an opt -in approach enabling municipalities to enroll in a red light camera (RLC) program through a streamlined regulatory approval process; Whereas municipalities will be able to establish reduced default speed limits (RDSLs) in urban areas within municipal boundaries/neighbourhoods with speed limit signs posted at entry and exit points (i.e. perimeter signs); Now Therefore be it resolved that: 1. City staff conduct a review of the community safety zones policy, specifically in regards to local roads fronting schools; 2. Provide an update on the status of Bill 65; and 3. That staff report back no later than June. ATTACHMENT# NOM — Community Safety Zones TO REPORT# C') I I March 14, 2018 Page 2 Please take any action deemed necessary. 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Whereas By-law 6604/05, as amended, provides for the regulating of traffic and parking on highways, private property and municipal property within the City of Pickering; and Whereas, it is deemed expedient to amend Schedule 14 to By-law 6604/05 to provide for the regulation of community safety zones on highways or parts of highways under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Pickering, specifically t� add community safety zones on sections of Major Oaks Road, Oklahoma Drive, Bushmill Street, and to extend the existing community safety zone on a section of Glenanna Road. Now therefore the Council of The Corporation of the City of Pickering hereby enacts as follows: 1. Schedule 14 to By-law 6604/05, as amended, is hereby further amended thereto by the following: Schedule 14 Community Safety Zones Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Highway Limits (From/To) Prohibited Times or Days Delete Glenanna Road Heathside Crescent to Anytime Brookshire Square CN.L711- [ B By-law No. ;2 of Page 2 Schedule 14 Community Safety Zones Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Highway Limits (From/To) Prohibited Times or Days Add Major Oaks Road Middleton Street to Anytime Hollyhedge Drive Oklahoma Drive 30 metres west of Eyer Anytime Drive to Leaside Street Glenanna Road Heathside Crescent to Anytime Huntsmill Drive Bushmill Street Liverpool Road to Anytime Maple Ridge Drive By-law passed this 25th day of June, 2018. David Ryan, Mayor Debbie Shields, City Clerk