The parking of vehicles on both sides of the road.tn the 3000 Block York Street dangerously reduces the width of .the road. The road surface in this section of Yerk Street consists of a pavement width slightly more than 6 meters and shoulder widths of 0.3 meter and ! meter on the west and east sides respectively. During regular ball games at McLean Park, vehicies park on both sides of this section of York Street and at times, even obstruct the driveway to 1788 Manning Avenue. When this occurs, this section of York Street is virtually reduced to an uncomfortable one~way traffic fane. The Committee feels that the request for parking restrictions on the east side of York Street from Coquitliam Avenue to Manning Avenue is justified. The condition of the ditch on the.west side of the 3000 Block York Street as of August 8th, 1983 Is dangerous to both motorists and children. The dangers which the delegation refer to.are as follows: a. the culvert wingwalls extended into the pavement surface thereby widening the ditch and reducing the road pavement width. ‘the ditch slopes are sloughing and In some areas undermining the road shoulders. the disposal of storm water [n this ditch is largely by ground percolation only. The ditch - invert is such that water entering the ditch does not flow downstream until it reaches a depth of “approximately | meter at the deepest spot. According to the delegation, because of the silting that has taken place in the ditch, it usually takes a fong period of time after a storm before the water finally disappears in the ditch. Some araas In the ditch are perpetually wet and are considered to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Since local children play near this ‘ditch, the possibility of drowning also exists. The Committee would ilke to report that items (a) and have now been corrected to a condition consistent with the level of ditch maintenance for other parts of the City. The deftegation have expressed satisfaction with the recent improvements to this ditch during the Committee meeting. (bd) Regarding Item (c), the delegation Is correct in stating that the disposal of storm water in this ditch is largely by ground percolation. Two feasible alternatives exist to correct this problem. The first is to storm sewer York Street from Manning Avenue to Coquitiam Avenue and fill in the existing ditch. The cost of this alternative is approximately 3 TOTO RAED AC Seaton gssa nA ab aed gad ta ett IEE PAE