Item - 2023.IE7.3
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on November 8, 2023 with amendments.
- This item was considered by Infrastructure and Environment Committee on October 25, 2023 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on November 8, 2023.
- See also By-law 1130-2023
IE7.3 - Free-Floating Car-Share Program - Increase Access to the Number of Permits
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on November 8 and 9, 2023, adopted the following:
1. City Council authorize up to 1000 Free-Floating Car-Share parking permits be issued to a car-share organization/company on a first-come, first-served basis.
2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, as follows:
a. by deleting from Section 925-5.1 A(2) the number "500" and inserting the number "1000"; and
b. by deleting from Section 925-5.1 B(5) the number "500" and inserting the number "1000".
3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or General Manager, Transportation Services in order to give effect to Parts 1 and 2, above.
4. City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to evaluate opportunities to make free-floating shared cars available to people throughout the city where on-street permit parking exists, or off-street parking opportunities exist, or in legal locations established through the Community Council, and to report back to the May 2, 2024 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services inform all car-share organizations applying for City of Toronto permits under the Free-Floating Car-Share or Car-Share Vehicle Parking Area programs of the City’s climate goal of being net-zero by 2040 and the need to reduce the number of gas-powered vehicles on Toronto’s streets.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-239847.pdf
Communications (Committee)
(October 23, 2023) E-mail from Kyle Pakeman (IE.Supp)
Motions (City Council)
That City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 4 by adding the words "and to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by May 2, 2024" so it now reads as follows:
4. City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to evaluate opportunities to make free-floating shared cars available to people throughout the city, and to report back to the May 2, 2024 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
That City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 4 so that it now reads as follows:
4. City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to evaluate opportunities to make free-floating shared cars available to people throughout the city where on-street permit parking exists, or off-street parking opportunities exist, or in legal locations established through the Community Council.
IE7.3 - Free-Floating Car-Share Program - Increase Access to the Number of Permits
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:
1. City Council authorize up to 1000 Free-Floating Car-Share parking permits be issued to a car-share organization / company on a first-come, first-serve basis.
2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, as follows:
a. by deleting from Section 925-5.1 A(2) the number "500" and inserting the number "1000"; and
b. by deleting from Section 925-5.1 B(5) the number "500" and inserting the number "1000".
3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to Recommendations 1 and 2, above.
4. City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to evaluate opportunities to make free floating shared cars available to people throughout the city.
5. City Council request that the General Manager, Transportation Services, inform all car-share organizations applying for City of Toronto permits under the Free-Floating Car-Share or Car-Share Vehicle Parking Area programs, of the City’s climate goal of being net-zero by 2040 and the need to reduce the number of gas-powered vehicles on Toronto’s streets.
Origin
Summary
The purpose of this report is to seek City Council approval to increase the number of free-floating car-share permits an individual car-share organization / company can acquire under the free-floating car-share program. The current program allows individual companies to purchase a maximum of five hundred (500) free-floating car-share permits out of the total two thousand (2000) permits made available by the City of Toronto. If approved, individual companies would be able to acquire up to one thousand (1000) free-floating car-share permits each on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-239847.pdf
Communications
(October 23, 2023) E-mail from Kyle Pakeman (IE.Supp)
Speakers
Stuart Bustard, Communauto
Councillor Paula Fletcher
Councillor Stephen Holyday
Motions
That Recommendation 2 be amended by replacing "1000" with "1800" so that Recommendation 2 now reads as follows:
2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, as follows:
a. by deleting from Section 925-5.1 A(2) the number "500" and inserting the number "1800"; and
b. by deleting from Section 925-5.1 B(5) the number "500" and inserting the number "1800".
Vote (Amend Item) Oct-25-2023
| Result: Lost (tie) | Majority Required - Motion to Amend Item by Councillor Saxe |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 3 | Members that voted Yes are Mike Colle, Amber Morley, Dianne Saxe |
| Total members that voted No: 3 | Members that voted No are Jennifer McKelvie (Chair), James Pasternak, Anthony Perruzza |
| Total members that were Absent: 0 | Members that were absent are |
That Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:
1. City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to evaluate opportunities to make free floating shared cars available to people throughout the city.
That the Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:
1. City Council request that the General Manager, Transportation Services, inform all car-share organizations applying for City of Toronto permits under the Free-Floating Car-Share or Car-Share Vehicle Parking Area programs, of the City’s climate goal of being net-zero by 2040 and the need to reduce the number of gas-powered vehicles on Toronto’s streets.