recommendations are aimed at achieving the goals of the School Neighbourhood Policy while minimizing the loss of on-street parking spaces:

Giles Boulevard East

The only recommended change to on-street parking regulations on Giles Boulevard is to convert the existing no parking zone along the south side to a no stopping zone, as shown in Appendix 4.

School Warning Signage and Speed Limits

In recognition of the school and park in close proximity, Administration recommends reducing the speed limit on Mercer Street between Erie Street East and Giles Boulevard East to 40 km/h.

With this speed limit reduction, Mercer Street, McDougall Street and Giles Boulevard East would all be classified as school areas under the School Neighbourhood Policy. School warning signs are included in the cost estimate below.

Turn Restrictions

To assist with orderly operation of the on-site pick-up/drop-off area, it is recommended that left turns be prohibited at the pick-up/drop-off driveways on Mercer Street. This recommendation is reflected in the proposed amendments to Traffic By-law 9148 provided in Appendix 2.

Risk Analysis:

No critical or significant risks have been identified associated with the report recommendations.

There are moderate timing risks associated with the report recommendations: if the recommended parking restrictions on McDougall Street are not in place before James L. Dunn Public School is open, then undesirable traffic conditions may occur on McDougall Street (e.g. mid-block crossing associated with parent pick-up and drop-off). Administration recommends that this risk be tolerated, since the length of time until the school is open is significantly longer that the time typically required to process amendments to Parking By-law 9023.