Item No. 11.1

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Council Report: C 87/2020

Subject: Lane Closures for Physical Distancing - Wyandotte BIAs - Wards 5 & 6

Reference:

Mayor and Members of City Council To:

Recommendation:

Recommendation: 1. That Administration BE DIRECTED to refer requests from Business Improvement Areas for Temporary Parking Pick-up Zones and Curb Lane Pedestrian Zones to the Special Events Resource Team (SERT); and,

2. That, in cases where these zones are supported by SERT, that the requests BE REFERRED to the Chief of Police to approve appropriate temporary parking restrictions as necessary to be in effect for the duration of the declared COVID- 19 emergency; and

3. That, where the requested zones are supported by SERT and the appropriate temporary parking restrictions have been approved by the Chief of Police, Administration BE DIRECTED to implement these zones though appropriate signage and temporary traffic controls.

Executive Summary:

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Background:

At its May 4, 2020 meeting, Council passed the following resolution:

CR168/2020—That administration BE DIRECTED to contact and work with both the Riverside and Pillette Village BIA’s to investigate lane closures in those BIA’s to accommodate social distancing and REPORT BACK to Council at the May 25, 2020 meeting; and further, That administration INCLUDE IN THAT REPORT a more robust section on social distancing including possible statements from BIA’s or individuals and any type of empirical evidence that includes evidence that social distancing is not in effect there.