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TABIA TASK FORCE ON CRIME: PREVENTION AND SOLUTIONS Over the years, violent crime has increased in the Greater Toronto Area and TABIA members often are the victims and witnesses of such crime. Like the police officers on the beat, our members are often on the front line of these situations. As the city continues to grow, it has become essential that TABIA be more directly involved in the decision making process concerning the business of crime. TABIA has recently formed a new commission that will investigate and gather information regarding these situations. The opinion of TABIA will now be a guiding force to the legislators, politicians, and community groups and together we will make our business communities and neighbourhoods safer and better places to live. One of the Task Force’s first initiatives was an email survey developed by JW Strategic Solutions seeking BIA opinions on business and community security issues. The survey results gave an indication of the initiatives that the business community believed were needed to help make Toronto streets more secure. Major priorities and related Task Force activities include: Support for security cameras in public areas. • A conference on Video CCTV equipment, sponsored by the Downtown Yonge BIA. • Information meetings with providers of security camera technology, to understand the costs and benefits of the technology and ensure there is compatibility across the city. Lobbying by TABIA of the various levels of government for enforceable crime policies and legislation. • A meeting with Police Chief Blair and Senior Command Team in February, 2006 to outline small business priorities of security cameras in public areas and the need for more foot patrol police presence in business communities. In 2006 the police added 250 new officers to the force and have redeployed many others to communities. We will continue to maintain communication between TABIA members and the police. • Meetings with city councilors to plan how to work together to assist youth and make our streets safer. • Development of a TABIA question on safety and security that was asked at every all candidates meeting in the 2006 Federal & municipal election campaigns. • Reporting to TABIA on community safety forum recommendations (2007). • Advising field study, Centre of Criminology University of Toronto & Carleton University. Support for local youth initiatives that offer young people opportunities for employment and community involvement with small business. • TABIA sponsored 200 youth in the City Youth Ambassador Program to volunteer at the Doors Open Toronto Festival (May 2006). • Development of a TABIA Youth Employment Pilot Proposal with Toronto Economic Development Department and Youth Employment Partners. • Neil Wright attends Antibes Multicultural Festival to promote Community volunteerism. 13
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Parking and Transportation Policy for TABIA TABIA supports the principal of a diverse transportation system, utilizing several modes of transportation. Parking and transportation within the city are linked activities. The City should work to make each form attractive, functional and accommodating for Toronto’s many neighbourhoods. TABIA requests that the TTC allow the use of transfers for hopping off and back on while traveling in one direction. • Thousands of TTC riders pass by neighbourhood shops and restaurants as they travel, unable to drop in. Couples cannot meet up at a local restaurant for a meal, or meet their spouse near work, before they head home. Children cannot meet up with their parents on the way to their destination. Yet, the cost of allowing this family based, neighbourhood access, use of the transfers would cost very little. • The cost of a monthly TTC pass is far too high to attract new users. Several pricing packages should be available to meet individual needs. TABIA requests utilizing the Toronto Parking Authority, and adopt its policy of using courtesy envelopes, for policing public street parking. • Parking metering was originally established to create more parking by creating turnover in parking places. The workers at the shops were parking all day in the best spots. Short-term parking allowed more people to share the available spaces. Today pay and display parking is a revenue stream with an aggressive police force working to quotas. This manner of enforcement creates a negative impression for customers of businesses on public streets. • Parking by residents on public streets, in permit areas, is far below value. An increase could offset any loss from courtesy envelopes. • The Parking Authority should be encouraged in the creation of more off street parking in neighbourhood commercial areas. TABIA requests a charge or tax on free parking spaces provided by commercial retailers. • Current trends in retail have created a car culture lured by “acres of Free Parking”. Free parking puts public shopping streets at a great disadvantage and erodes neighbourhood shopping. The use of land for retail malls and big box stores with free parking encourages automobile use. The free parking areas are considered undeveloped land and not taxed appropriately. The property tax paid by this form of retail development is far less than a typical neighbourhood retail street of the same size, provides to the city. TABIA requests that incentives for high-efficiency, hybrid, fuel cell and electric automobiles be part of the transportation strategy within the City of Toronto. TABIA requests that the use of handicapped parking permits should be more carefully issued and limited in time to a 1-hour period when used in No Parking areas of our public streets. 14
Page 2 and 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS THE BIA STORY ___
Page 4 and 5: TORONTO FACT SHEET • Set on the n
Page 6 and 7: TABIA WEBSITE Visit www.toronto-bia
Page 8 and 9: TABIA ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Mr. LION
Page 10 and 11: TAX COMMITTEE The provincial budget
Page 12 and 13: TAX COMMITTEE - YOUR TAX BILL EXPLA
Page 16 and 17: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE The Transp
Page 18 and 19: GEOGRAPHIC BASED BIA SUPPORT SYSTEM
Page 20 and 21: TABIA MILESTONES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Page 22 and 23: TABIA DISCOUNTS & SAVINGS PROGRAMS
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