Motion by Councillor Del Grande on CC20.1

5:51 p.m. Update Councillor Del Grande has revised his motion since it was originally posted online.

Councillor Mike Del Grande has made the following motion on item CC20.1, the report of the Expert Panel on Sheppard Avenue East transit options.

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Mike Del Grande

That:

1. a. City Council confirm that subway is the preferred rapid transit mode for Sheppard Avenue, and complete by 2020, an extension of the Sheppard Subway line from Don Mills Station to Scarborough Town Centre along the McCowan Road alignment.

b. City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a Master Agreement on behalf of the City with Metrolinx, and the TTC, to implement City Council's decisions in regard to transit expansion including without limitation all Council decisions regarding transit expansion on Sheppard Avenue, Eglinton Avenue, Finch Avenue, and the Scarborough RT, and that the City Manager be authorized to enter into any agreements or documents between the City, Metrolinx, and any other parties, as may be required, desirable or necessary in relation to the implementation of such Council decisions, all on such terms and conditions as are approved by Council and as are satisfactory to the City Manager, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and any other relevant official, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council commit to a program of continuous and ongoing expansion of Toronto's rapid transit network using dedicated City revenue tools and partner funding, when the latter is available, as follows:

a. the City will commit to perpetual funding for rapid transit expansion of up to $100 million annually from dedicated City revenue tools; and

b. the City will solicit Provincial, Federal and private sector partners to leverage City funding to facilitate faster and more extensive expansion of the rapid transit network.

3. City Council direct the City Manager to establish a Rapid Transit Planning Office with a mandate to assess Toronto's ongoing rapid transit needs, develop plans, lead and manage the ongoing expansion of rapid transit infrastructure in order to help reduce congestion and commuting times in Toronto; the Rapid Transit Planning Office to work co-operatively with City of Toronto's Finance, Planning and Transportation Divisions, the Toronto Transit Commission, Metrolinx, Infrastructure Ontario and Public Private Partnerships Canada as well as other potential partners to:

a. complete by 2020, an extension of the Sheppard Subway line from Don Mills Station to Scarborough Town Centre along the McCowan Road alignment;

b. assess and prioritize, on an ongoing basis, Toronto's existing and emerging rapid transit needs, including:

i. a subway connection from the Yonge-Sheppard Station to the University-Spadina-York University line,
ii. a Downtown Relief Line,
iii. rapid transit service for the Waterfront and Portlands,
iv. an eastward extension of the Sheppard Line to Malvern and the Toronto Zoo,
v. a westward extension of the Bloor-Danforth Line to Sherway Gardens,
vi. a westward extension of the Eglinton Crosstown Line to Pearson International Airport, and
vi. additional North-South routes along major highway, rail or hydro rights of way;

 c. develop and deliver future rapid transit expansion projects to address these priorities.

4. City Council direct that the Rapid Transit Planning Office be funded initially with $10 million consisting of funds to be solicited from the Provincial and Federal governments and the City's contribution to be recovered from future parking levy revenues.

5. City Council direct the City Manager to prepare, as part of the 2013 Operating Budget, a new revenue tool in the form of a non-residential parking levy that would generate up to $100 million per year on an ongoing basis and that all revenues from this levy be used to create a Rapid Transit Legacy Fund dedicated to building rapid transit infrastructure.

6. City Council direct the City Manager to complete a plan to use currently available Federal and Provincial funds (previously committed for a Sheppard LRT) plus Parking Levy proceeds to begin the procurement process for the Sheppard Subway extension to Scarborough Town Centre.