Report to: Committee of the Whole
Date
of Meeting:
SUBJECT
PREPARED BY: Peter Veiga, Supervisor, Waste Management x 3700
RECOMMENDATION
WHEREAS shopping carts
abandoned within the Town of Markham constitute a public nuisance in that they
may be a traffic hazard, impede sidewalks and street maintenance, may be a risk
to public safety and are unsightly;
NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT the report
entitled “Shopping Cart
Control Strategy” be received;
AND THAT staff be authorized, as part
of the Strategy, to conduct a Phase 1 communication and education program
concerning abandoned shopping carts;
AND FURTHER THAT staff hold an
information meeting in the Fall of 2006 and report back to Council early in
2007 on the Shopping Cart Control Startegy, includign a shopping cart control
by-law to replace By-Law 278-97.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Not applicable
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Not applicable