Update 5:53PM: Part 3 of Motion 11A has been updated since first posted.
Here are the motions made by Councillors James Pasternak and Frances Nunziata on item CC17.1:
11a - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor James Pasternak (Final)
That:
1. City Council request the City Manager, the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission, and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, in conjunction with Metrolinx, to report to the TTC and City Council on a long-term transit strategic funding solution for future transit projects and include but not be exclusive to completing the Sheppard Avenue subway from Don Mills Station to Scarborough Town Centre and from Downsview Station to Yonge and Sheppard.
2. City Council direct the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on a strategic path for disposing of non-performing real estate assets used for TTC purposes, such report to address whether revenues from such disposals could be directed to funding the Sheppard Avenue subway plan, and the feasibility of allocating 20 percent of all net proceeds from the sale of City of Toronto assets to new subway and above-grade LRT construction.
3. Should savings be realized on the Eglinton Cross Town line as a result of confirmation by City Council to have a portion of the Eglinton East line constructed at or above grade, City Council request the Province of Ontario and Metrolinx to apply approximately
$880 million $650 million of the savings to the extension of the Sheppard subway east from Don Mills Station to Victoria Park as identified in the KPMG report entitled "Sheppard Subway Extensions: Analysis of Funding Options for Toronto Transit Infrastructure Limited and the City of Toronto".
4. City Council request the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission, to report to Council on the feasibility of allocating 20% of the TTC annual capital budget to the design and building of new subway and above-grade LRT track.
5. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to report to Council on the implications of dedicating not less than 50% of the City's future annual surplus to the construction of new subway or above-grade LRT construction.
6. City Council affirm a goal of creating no less than one kilometre of new subway or above-grade LRT routes on an annual basis.
7. City Council request the Mayor to urge the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to work with the federal government on a national strategy for funding urban and regional transit.
8. City Council request the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, in consultation with the Chief General Manager, Toronto Transit Commission, to commence negotiations on a federal funding package for our next generation of urban transit.
11b - Motion to Amend Motion moved by Councillor James Pasternak (Final)
That motion 3b by Councillor Stintz be amended by deleting the word "determine" and replacing it with the word "advise City Council" and adding the words "and with projected funds" after the words "the funds currently allocated" so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council request the City Manager to establish an expert advisory panel regarding transit on Sheppard Avenue that will report back to a Special Meeting of Council no later than March 21, 2012.
The advisory panel will
advise City Council the most effective means of delivering rapid transit to the greatest number of riders with the funds currently allocated and
with projected funds for a public transportation project on Sheppard and Council requests that the City Manager request the following participants for the expert advisory panel:
- senior representatives from Metrolinx,
- senior representatives from the Toronto Transit Commission,
- senior representatives from the Toronto Board of Trade,
- senior representatives from the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance,
- David Crombie,
- Eric Miller, and
- Dr. Gordon Chong.
12 - Motion to Amend Motion moved by Councillor Frances Nunziata (Final)
That motion 6 by Councillor Mammoliti be amended by adding the words "underground to Jane" after the words "Eglinton Crosstown LRT" so that motion 6 now reads as follows:
That City Council request Metrolinx to use the funds previously allocated for the Finch West LRT and redirect them to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT underground to Jane, the Sheppard subway and for an upgraded bus route along Finch Avenue; City Council direct the City Manager to immediately enter into discussions with the Toronto Transit Commission, Metrolinx, the Province of Ontario and the Federal government on setting the stage for a further subway along Finch Avenue; and City Council affirm a commitment to a subway along Finch Avenue.
Posts
