Item - 2021.IE24.6

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to negotiate, enter into and execute any amendments to the agreement(s) between the City of Toronto and Traffipax LLC to be able to operate the additional 70 Red Light Cameras that were added to the agreement in 2017 by:

a. increasing the value of the agreement by $6,494,430 net of all taxes and charges ($6,608,732 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) for the five-year option term (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026); and

b. increasing the value of the  agreement for an additional amount of $322,333 net of all taxes and charges ($328,006 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) for the maintenance of red light camera image processing services for 25 months following the end of the five-year option term from January 1, 2027 to January 31, 2029,

for a total potential increased cost of $6,816,763 net of all taxes and charges ($6,936,738 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute new operational agreement(s) with The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec, for the access and use of license plate registration information on terms and conditions generally as set out in the report (August 30, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to negotiate, enter into and execute new operational agreement(s) with the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators for the access and use of license plate registration information on terms and conditions generally as set out in the report (August 30, 2021) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee:

1. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the December 2, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the potential to increase the number of red light cameras at intersections across Toronto, with the report to include costing of the increase in locations.

This report seeks City Council's authority to increase the option term and maintenance term value of the agreement dated May 30, 2016 between the City of Toronto and Traffipax LLC in relation to Request for Proposal Number 9148-15-5000 to retain in-place 70 Red Light Cameras.

The original agreement awarded in 2015 was for the operation of 79 Red Light Cameras for a period of five years (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2021), with the option at the sole discretion of the General Manager, Transportation Services for an additional five year term (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026).  In 2017, City Council authorized an amendment of the agreement to operate an additional 70 Red Light Cameras (for a total of 149 Red Light Cameras) to the end of the original contract term of December 31, 2021.

This amendment is required to ensure the continued operation of the additional 70 Red Light Cameras during the option term and maintenance term that will reduce occurrences of killed or seriously injured collisions resulting from red-light running. This responds to City Council's previous approval of the Vision Zero 2.0 Road Safety Plan which sought to accelerate the implementation of road safety measures across the City of Toronto.

This report also seeks City Council authority to enter into operational agreements with the necessary license plate registrars in the Province of Québec in order to process red light camera tickets against vehicles bearing Province of Québec license plates.