Whereas The City of Mississauga (the “City”) is implementing a limited Phase 1 Automated Speed Enforcement (“ASE”) Program with an anticipated start in July 2021, which was approved through the 2020 Budget Planning Process (the “ASE Program”);
And Whereas the ASE Program consists of operating 2 mobile ASE cameras that will be deployed to neighbourhood Community Safety Zones where known speeding concerns exist;
And Whereas the original timeline would not see additional cameras until 2022;
And Whereas the City adopted Vision Zero in 2018 with a goal of zero injuries or fatalities on our roads;
And Whereas Peel Regional Police have advised that speeding is a very serious concern in Mississauga and support the implementation of the ASE cameras;
And Whereas Mississauga’s Road Safety Committee has given its support for expansion of the ASE Program as soon as possible;
And Whereas surrounding municipalities have implemented the ASE cameras across their cities to help reduce speeding on their roads;
And Whereas limited judicial resources impact court administration’s ability to accommodate trial requests arising from tickets issued through the ASE program;
And Whereas Mississauga will continue to work towards eliminating factors which limit the ASE Program;
And Whereas the intent of the ASE program is to reduce speeding and save lives and should be prioritized;
And Whereas having 2 cameras in each ward (22 citywide) will provide a much greater coverage of the city;
And Whereas the City of Toronto, through a Request for Proposal on behalf of partnering municipalities, selected Redflex Traffic Systems (Canada) Limited (“Redflex”) for the supply, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of ASE systems (the “Services”);
And Whereas the City of Toronto has implemented a centralized municipal processing centre on behalf of Toronto and partnering municipalities and the City of Toronto will process the City’s ASE offence notices;
And Whereas the City entered into an agreement with Redflex on March 18, 2021 to provide the Services and the City is in the process of finalizing its agreement with the City of Toronto and other partnering municipalities for the processing of the City’s offence notices;
Now therefore, be it resolved that:
1. The ASE Program Budget for 2021 be increased in the estimated amount of $467,000 to expand the ASE Program from 2 mobile ASE cameras to 22 mobile ASE cameras in 2021.
2. The Purchasing Agent be authorized to increase the value of the City’s agreement (Contract No. 4600017966) with Redflex to provide the Services for 22 ASE cameras by an additional amount of $2,000,000, to a revised total estimated amount of $2,520,000 (excluding taxes) during the agreement term (until July 15, 2024).
3. That Council approve the following in 2021:
a. The expansion of 22 ASE cameras
b. The additional resources of four (4) permanent FTEs with a start date of July 1, 2021:
i. Three (3) traffic technologists (Grade E)
ii. One (1) communications coordinator (Grade E)
c. That the net budget be increased by $467,000 and be allocated to Cost Centre 23971.
d. That funding be allocated from the Tax Capital Reserve Fund (Account #33121) and will be reimbursed by the future Automated Enforcement Reserve Fund from the net revenues generated by the ASE Program.
4. Further increases to the ASE Program Budget beyond 2021 will be approved through the annual Budget process.
5. All necessary by-law(s) be enacted.
6. Staff continue to work towards exploring and developing ASE Program alternatives to allow for the expansion and future growth of the ASE Program.
7. That the Mayor send a letter to the Premier and Minister of Transportation requesting that legislation be implemented to have the ASE program be processed through the Administrative Municipal System (AMPS) as soon as possible.