Item - 2020.MM14.9

City Council on January 29, 2020, adopted the following:

1.  City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with CreateTO and the Toronto Transit Commission, to deliver a communication campaign in coordination with the local Councillor, to alert current users of the Toronto Transit Commission parking lot at 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard of the proposed change in use for that site, including:

a.  alternative parking options such as the commuter parking lots at Yorkdale Mall, Sheppard West, Finch West, Pioneer Village, Highway 407 and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Subway stations; and

b.  where commuters can access accurate and up-to-date parking lot capacity figures to help changing their parking routines.

 
2.  City Council request the Toronto Parking Authority Board and the Toronto Transit Commission Board to engage in discussions with Canada Lands Corporation, to temporarily transform the north section of the Downsview Park Merchants Market parking lot, and in close proximity to Downsview Park Subway Station, into a weekday pay-and-display commuter parking lot before and during construction phases at the 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard site, as outlined in Attachment 1 to this Motion.

3.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to report by the end of the third quarter of 2020 on the feasibility of improving community bus service and reinstating the cancelled Ward 6 Community Bus to service neighbourhoods that will be adversely affected by the removal of commuter parking stalls at the 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard, as outlined in Attachment 2 to this Motion.