Item - 2023.TE5.46

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council request that prior to Metrolinx accessing Jimmie Simpson Park to remove the retaining wall that the City receive a formal written undertaking for replacement of the wading pool, replacement of the playscape and without the public release of the planned replacement wall.

2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services to report to the July 5, 2023 meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on the current issues faced by Fontbonne Ministries and the tenants related to the construction of the above ground Ontario Line, and replacement of rooming houses and low income tenants facing eviction with the construction of the Ontario Line.

3. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to report back to the July 6, 2023 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee on how a formal project labour agreement for the Ontario Line can be secured to create measurable construction hour targets for apprentices and pre-apprentices from groups previously identified by the City.

Metrolinx’s Ontario Line will be approximately 15.6 kilometres in length and will include 15 stations along its route. The Ontario Line will connect to other higher-order transit options including the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Line 1, Line 2, and to the GO network, in addition to numerous TTC streetcar and bus routes. The purpose of this report is to provide additional information requested by the Subcommittee on Metrolinx's Ontario Line Construction within the boundaries of Toronto and East York Community Council (TEYCC), including details on:

- costs of awarded contracts and the companies that make up the consortiums delivering     the work;

- federal funding;

- provincial plans for community benefits;

- engagement with Business Improvement Areas and available supports for businesses      along the alignment;

- ongoing activities to manage traffic congestion, including traffic management plans        and permit conditions, and other construction impacts;

- noise and vibration levels;

- plans for tree retention and to approaches to mitigate impacts to parks during                  construction; and

- details of affordable housing plans and impacts to housing, amongst other matters.