02-20-2019, 10:04 PM
(02-20-2019, 08:18 PM)jamincan Wrote: Councillor Davey: you have said that we need to see if proactive enforcement of snow removal bylaws is effective. When winter has passed, what would you lead you to conclude that proactive enforcement has been a success? What would lead you to conclude it is a failure? If you don't feel that you can make that conclusion after just one year, how long do we need?
Good question... staff are bringing back a report in April/May which will inform the discussion. I wish success could be measured based on averages in comparison to historical percentages of uncleared sidewalks here... and compared to other municipalities (including ones with full city-service). Unfortunately, that data isn't tracked and fails to account for differing weather by location or year to year. We are left with anecdotal evidence. Before anyone screams about killing the pilot (and it's data), remember the data collected would have been anecdotal as well (i.e. largely polling the residents). I'd just as soon poll other cities that do this service on their satisfaction-level... which I may still pursue as it would cost an order of magnitude less.
In some ways, I wish the pilot project had been approved. With the weather we've been having, there is no way we could have done much better than any other city (e.g. look at the road-clearing outcry right now as an example) I believe the data would have most certainly have proven my point with respect to service-quality, but I digress.
To answer your question-- I will need clear-indication from staff (with supporting data that)-- 1. they are, in fact, changing behaviours through proactive bylaw enforcement and-- 2. The time it will take to get that message through to all of the city's bad-actors is reasonable. Please note that either-way, I intend to push for the items in the point-formed list I had posted earlier in this thread.