Item - 2022.TE32.98

The Toronto and East York Community Council: 

1. Requested that Transportation Services report back to the May 26, 2022 meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council on the three recommendations adopted by City Council on June 29, 2020 in Item IE12.15 entitled "Updating School Pick-up and Drop-off Zones".

In March 2020, after budget cuts by the provincial government resulted in the TDSB changing the start and end times for 131 schools across the City, I moved the following motions:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to confirm with the Toronto District School Board the list of 131 schools and which ones require changes to the pick-up and drop off times.

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the appropriate Community Councils at their meetings of May 12, 2020 with a list of the schools with proposed new operating hours, broken down by Ward, and a workplan and timeline to ensure that all traffic and parking regulations and signage for student pick-up / drop-off areas are updated to reflect the new operating hours by the start of the new school year in September.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to advise the Toronto Police Service of the changes to pick up and drop off zones for each of the affected schools.

Transportation Services did not report back to Community Council in May 2020 and the changes to school start and end times continue to have a daily impact on surrounding neighbours.