Agenda

This meeting of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee will be held by electronic means and the proceedings of the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee will be conducted publicly. 

Committee members and participating City Officials will be provided with the video conference details closer to the meeting date.

To provide comments or make a presentation to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee

The public may submit written comments or register to speak to the Committee on any item on the agenda.

Written comments may be submitted by writing to taac@toronto.ca.

To speak to the Committee, please register by e-mail to taac@toronto.ca or by phone at 416-338-5089. Registered speakers will be provided with instructions on connecting to the meeting.

Special Assistance for Members of the Public: City staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416‑338-5089, TTY 416- 338‑0889 or e-mail taac@toronto.ca.

Closed Meeting Requirements: If the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee wants to meet in closed session (privately), a member of the Committee must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Committee has to meet privately. (City of Toronto Act, 2006)

Notice to people writing or making presentations to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee: The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its committees. The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails, presentations or other communications to the City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the City’s website. The City will also make your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you expressly request the City to remove it.

Many Committee, Board, and Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available.

If you want to learn more about why and how the City collects your information, write to the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-338-5089.

 toronto.ca/council

This agenda and any supplementary materials submitted to the City Clerk can be found online at www.toronto.ca/council. Visit the website for access to all agendas, reports, decisions and minutes of City Council and its committees. Items with original signatures are kept on file with the City Clerk's Office and are available for viewing. 

Speakers/Presentations - The speakers list will be posted online at 8:30 a.m. on September 5, 2023

Confirmation of Minutes - June 12, 2023

Communications/Reports 

Toronto Transit Commission staff will deliver a presentation to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee regarding Wheel-Trans service. Specifically, the presentation addresses the following:

Service planning changes that are being made to the Toronto Transit Commission's Wheel-Trans Service, including:

a.  rationale;

b.  equity analysis and consultation process;

c.  status of the re-registration process and how barriers to re-registration have been addressed; and

d.  comparison of projected financial costs of operating Wheel-Trans under Family of Services and the previous Wheel-Trans service model.

Councillor Jamaal Myers, Chair, Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee will give an update to the Committee on recent initiatives and updates.