Meeting with Councillor Paula FletcherAugust 3, 2010, 1-2pm

Present: Councillor Paula Fletcher, Susan Serran (Executive Assistant), Dan Egan (City of Toronto, Manager of Cycling Infrastructure), Michelle St-Amour (SoDa/BikeSauce), Anne Burbidge (SoDa)

Eastern Ave. - Paula asked what we thought of Eastern Ave. issue. Anne replied it has great potential as a connector to downtown.- Paula requested Paul's office to look into options for extending Eastern- Dan mentioned it was not in Bike Plan.- Paula and Dan agreed it might connect best to Adelaide, downtown- Paula said she would like to see sharrows there all the way to Broadview- Dan suggested we could install bike lanes instead of sharrows.- Michelle added truck space is to be considered when it interrupts bike lanes.- Dan said truck space and bike space could be accommodated here- Paula said she would like the extension of Eastern to be at least over to Knox St.- Dan & Paula expressed interest in removing the centre median on Eastern and installing centre bike lane across Eastern overpass

Leslie Street- Paula said design selection is underway for Leslie and whoever wins it has to improve road up to Queen- She added there is a right-of-way issue that needs to be considered & that Paul Young has info on this (near Price Choppers).- Big picture goal is to get up to Queen St., Paula said- August 4th & 10th there is a public consultation put on by TTC. (Planning to attend event on 10th.)- Paula suggested we arrange a meeting w TTC point person, Lito Romano to state our interests. (We sent email.)

Danforth- Report is underway on this. Huge project – 24kms, 14 BIAs & 10 wards involved.- In September, Paula noted, there will be an opportunity to learn about the Bloor-Danforth Environmental Assessment.- She said to keep in touch with Dan to become involved in process, learn points of entry, legal considerations etc. of EA

Survey- Michelle reported the survey respondents were concerned about all main streets - Broadview, Queen, Dundas... As well, respondents saw chances to improve connecting bike traffic across bridges to downtown- She said Nigel was helping to crunch data from the survey and more info should be available on this subject next month

Paula's Idea re: TTC Subway Stations- Bike storage is something she thinks should be figuring in plans at TTC stations with second exits so as to encourage commuting to work by bike.- She sees a chance to use some of "all that $" going to the TTC to be directed to such storage- Donlands station, Greenwood & Woodbine all are going to commission and we can support this

storage idea by writing to Susan (Paula's EA) so Paula can present our/her ideas to the commission. This way storage will be on the agenda. Andy Perruza might help in this regard since he's on the commission.- This idea is an important part of Paula's platform in the upcoming election & she sees it as a key "advocacy piece"- Michelle suggested the "No Bikes (at certain hours)" sign on TTC stations be redesigned so as to encourage multi-modal transportation. She added not many people know of the times when bikes are permitted in the system.- Paula suggested a graphic designer we know could submit a design to clarify this point.