The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with an overview of the governance and administrative requirements to expand the City of Toronto's Administrative Penalty System to include Red Light Camera and Automated Speed Enforcement violations effective November 1, 2024. The report requests City Council approval of several recommendations to establish an expanded Administrative Penalty System. Under the Highway Traffic Act and Ontario Regulation 355/22: Administrative Penalties for Contraventions Detected Using Camera Systems, the City can establish an administrative penalty and dispute resolution process for specific Highway Traffic Act violations issued through camera systems. This report responds to City Council's direction through Item 2022.IE27.8 – Update on Vision Zero Management Strategy and Related Initiatives to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with an update and any necessary recommendations to give effect to the operation of an Administrative Penalty System for the Red Light Camera and Automated Speed Enforcement programs. Adopting an administrative penalty structure for Red Light Camera and Automated Speed Enforcement disputes will move forward Vision Zero, increase public safety, and increase efficient dispute resolution with the additional benefit of allowing more efficient use of limited court time in provincial courts. It will also allow the City to better manage the addition of cameras to both programs as per Council's direction, while maintaining a speedier dispute resolution timeline. The Administrative Penalty System expansion project includes the procurement of a new adjudicative case management technology solution. The acquisition of a modern, robust, scalable, and versatile technology solution is necessary and will ensure the long-term viability of the City's Administrative Penalty System. The current case management system for parking violations is the Parking Tag Management System. This system was modified in 2017 to temporarily support the program and cannot be further modified to support expanded Administrative Penalty System operations. A new technology solution will allow for the efficient administration and management of administrative penalties for automated speed enforcement, red light camera, and parking and will allow for any future needed expansion of the Administrative Penalty System. Capital funding for a case management solution to replace the Parking Tag Management System has already been approved by Council through the capital budget.
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