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Title: Bad Leadership 101: Toronto Man Builds Stairway for $550 Instead of $65,000 -- and the City Blocks It
Source: Inc
URL Source: https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/af ... onto-man-builds-park-stai.html
Published: Jul 20, 2017
Author: Minda Zetlin
Post Date: 2017-07-20 14:30:01 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1386
Comments: 9

Adi Astl's stairs made things much safer. That wasn't good enough for city government.

As a leader, what should you do when someone thinks outside the box, ignores the rules, and solves a pressing problem for $64,450 less than expected? However you respond, don't do what the City of Toronto just did.

Tom Riley Park is frequented daily by mothers with baby strollers, people practicing yoga, bike riders, dog walkers, and members of a community garden. Although the park has an official entrance, many people take the most direct path into the park from its parking lot, which means walking down a steep slope. Until recently, that path had only a yellow rope to hang onto to keep people from falling on their butts.

That seemed unsatisfactory to Adi Astl, a retired mechanic in the neighborhood who uses the community garden along with his wife. He contacted the city about installing a stairway in that spot and was told the estimated cost to the city of such a project would be between $65,000 and $150,000. For approximately eight steps.

That didn't seem very reasonable to Astl, and he decided there must be a better way. So he took up a collection around the neighborhood, hired a homeless man to help with the construction, and built a simple but serviceable wooden stairway for a grand total of $550. Cost to the city: $0.

Problem solved?

That seems like it should have been a happy ending, but the city promptly put up yellow tape around Astl's stairway and declared it unsafe. City officials also told Astl he had violated a bylaw by building it. It made plans to tear down the stairway, although people were still using it, tape or no tape.

Why did the city close down the stairway? "Liability issues," a local reporter was told by city officials. It's worth noting that many people had fallen down the path before the stairs were built and one community garden member broke her wrist there. It seems clear the stairs are a lot safer than the former path, even if they lack a foundation and were not built to code.

However that former path was safer for the city, in that if someone got hurt and filed a lawsuit, it could defend itself by saying the path was never meant to be used. It appears Toronto was indeed concerned about liability, and not at all concerned about actual safety.

But then something wonderful happened: A local TV station showed up, flew a chopper over the stairs, and made the whole story very public. After that the city changed its mind. It now says it is committed to working with Astl's stairway and will find ways to bring it up to city safety standards.

So the story does have a happy ending after all. But you have to wonder what would have happened if the TV cameras hadn't arrived.

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

Hmm. A basic understanding of leverage does not appear to be Mr. Astl's forte.

VxH  posted on  2017-07-20   15:04:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: VxH, Deckard (#1)

That sure looks like an accident waiting to happen. Then in time the wood will rot and the unsupported ends will break under load.

Justified  posted on  2017-07-20   16:00:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Justified (#2)

Then in time the wood will rot....

They don't have treated wood on your planet? Surely you've heard of it, haven't you?

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul

Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.

Deckard  posted on  2017-07-20   17:28:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Justified (#2)

Then in time the wood will rot.

Not if it's pressure treated with copper chrome Arsenate.

rlk  posted on  2017-07-20   18:02:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: rlk (#4)

Not if it's pressure treated with copper chrome Arsenate.

And some family pet will chew on it and die and the city will be sued for $10 million.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-07-20   18:11:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Deckard (#0)

"Although the park has an official entrance, many people take the most direct path into the park from its parking lot"

Yeah. They have to step over a barrier to get access. That should be the first hint that they're not supposed to go that way.

Rather than steps, they should have simply erected a fence there. Electrified. Then people would use the official entrance. Like they're supposed to.

$65,000 - $150,000 to accomodate people who are violating park rules. Insane.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-07-20   18:19:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: misterwhite (#5)

And some family pet will chew on it

I doubt it.

rlk  posted on  2017-07-20   18:34:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: misterwhite (#5)

You belong on a padded cell so you don't hurt yourself gramps.

A K A Stone  posted on  2017-07-20   19:42:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: misterwhite (#6)

" Rather than steps, they should have simply erected a fence there. Electrified. Then people would use the official entrance. Like they're supposed to. "

You are insane !

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Stoner  posted on  2017-07-20   20:44:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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