Item - 2019.TE4.48

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council approve the continuation of the closure of the sidewalk and a portion of the eastbound curb lane on the south side of Davenport Road, between Hazelton Avenue and a point 35 metres west and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the eastbound curb lane, from March 27, 2019 to April 30, 2020.

2. City Council direct the applicant to continue posting a 24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

3. City Council direct the applicant to continue providing and installing public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

4. City Council direct the applicant to continue sweeping the construction site daily and nightly, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

5. City Council direct the applicant to continue pressure washing the construction site and adjacent sidewalks and roadways weekly, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

6. City Council direct the applicant to continue ensuring that the existing sidewalks or the proposed pedestrian walkway have proper lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night.

7. City Council direct the applicant to continue consulting and communicating all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local business improvement areas and resident associations in advance of any physical road modifications.

8. City Council direct the applicant to continue installing appropriate signage and converging mirrors to ensure that pedestrians, cyclists and motorists safety is considered at all times.

9. City Council direct that Davenport Road be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

As the Toronto Transit Commission operates a transit service on Davenport Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

Clark Construction Management is constructing a 9-storey condominium building at 128 Hazelton Avenue. The site is located in the south-west corner of Davenport Road and Hazelton Avenue. The sidewalk and a portion of the eastbound lane on the south side of Davenport Road fronting the site are currently closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the development.

City Council, at its meeting on January 31 and February 1, 2018, approved the subject construction staging area on Davenport Road, from February 7, 2018 to February 7, 2019. A time extension of the construction staging area on Davenport Road for an additional 13 months (i.e. from March 27, 2019 to April 30, 2020), in order to complete the construction of the development.