Item - 2011.PG5.6
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Planning and Growth Management Committee on May 30, 2011. The Planning and Growth Management Committee postponed consideration of this item. Consult the text of the decision for further information on the deferral.
PG5.6 - Improving Public Transit on Sheppard Avenue East - Motion MM7.9, referred by City Council on April 12 and 13, 2011
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Deferred
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Planning and Growth Management Committee:
1. Deferred consideration of the item until such time as the Toronto Transit Commission's plans for improved public transit on Sheppard Avenue are known.
2. Referred the following motion by Councillor Vaughan to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as part of the Five Year Comprehensive Official Plan Review:
"Request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to produce a planning map that identifies all development sites and potential development sites along Sheppard Avenue East where the proposed subway is to run, including the major intersections where stations are likely to be built."
Origin
Summary
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Province of Ontario does not implement the Sheppard Avenue Light Rail Transit (LRT) and allows the City to pursue the financing and construction of a subway from Downsview Avenue to Yonge Street and from Don Mills Road to the Scarborough Town Centre. This plan leaves out TTC passengers east of the Scarborough Town Centre that were to have been served by the Sheppard LRT plan.
Further, the Sheppard Avenue subway proposal, currently unfunded, will involve substantial City investments. The City will also be responsible for the cancellation costs related to the sunk costs on Sheppard Avenue East (and Finch Avenue West). Any new proposal will need careful financial and transportation analysis including lost opportunity costs.
(Submitted to City Council on April 12, 2011 as MM7.9)
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-37655.pdf
(April 12, 2011) Notice of Motion MM7.9 - Improving Public Transit on Sheppard Avenue East - by Councillor Raymond Cho, seconded by Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2011/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-37656.pdf
Communications
(May 27, 2011) E-mail from Clarice Ondrack (PG.Supp.PG5.6.2)
(May 27, 2011) E-mail from Jane Caluag, Rougeville Community Association (PG.New.PG5.6.3)
(May 30, 2011) E-mail from Alex Dow, Malvern ANC (PG.New.PG5.6.4)
Speakers
Jamie Kirkpatrick, Toronto Environmental Alliance
Motions
That the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be requested to develop a comprehensive strategy of public input and advice from experts, including third party peer review as part of any decision related to Transportation Toronto, and to report back next month on such a process.
That the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be requested to produce a planning map that identifies all development sites and potential development sites along Sheppard Avenue East where the proposed subway is to run, including the major intersections where stations are likely to be built.
The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:
1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on transit and other transportation initiatives that can achieve better public transit for Scarborough residents since the Sheppard Avenue East LRT has been shortened and will no longer serve residents east of the Scarborough Town Centre; and further, that each option presented include a cost/benefit analysis.
That the following motion by Councillor Vaughan be referred to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as part of the Five Year Comprehensive Official Plan Review:
"Request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to produce a planning map that identifies all development sites and potential development sites along Sheppard Avenue East where the proposed subway is to run, including the major intersections where stations are likely to be built."