Item - 2024.CC24.3
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on December 17, 2024 with amendments.
CC24.3 - SmartTrack Stations Program - Update
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Caution: Motions and votes are shown below. Any motions or votes should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the City Clerk has confirmed the decisions for this meeting.
Recommendations
The City Manager recommends that:
1. City Council confirm the priority for the delivery of following three stations through the SmartTrack Program: East Harbour, Bloor-Lansdowne, and St. Clair-Old Weston (the Prioritized Program Scope) in accordance with Option 2b as set out in this report, up to the current Program Budget of $1.689 billion (the Program Budget) inclusive of $878 million from the City of Toronto, $585 million from the Government of Canada, and $226 million from the Province of Ontario.
2. City Council direct the City Manager to request the Province of Ontario to identify a funding solution, including exploring funding opportunities with the Government of Canada, to deliver the remaining two stations in the Program scope, Finch-Kennedy and King-Liberty at no additional cost to the City.
3. City Council direct the City Manager to notify the Province, Metrolinx and the Federal Government of City Council’s decision as set out in Recommendations 1 and 2 above.
4. City Council direct the City Manager to request the Province ensure that the Government of Canada maintains its full funding commitment of $585 million towards the Prioritized Program Scope and convene ongoing tri-partite discussions between all three orders of government to confirm delivery of the Prioritized Program Scope within the Program Budget.
5. Subject to the Federal Government confirming its decision to maintain its full funding commitment of $585 million towards a Prioritized Program Scope, City Council authorize the City Manager, in consultation with the City Solicitor and any other relevant City Officials, to negotiate, enter into and execute a second amendment to the Revised Ontario-Toronto Agreement in Principle, as amended, with the Province necessary for the implementation of the Program (the Amending Agreement 2), in accordance with Recommendation 1 above, to reflect the funding solution, if any, identified by the Province to continue to deliver Finch-Kennedy and King-Liberty stations in accordance with Recommendation 2 above, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Manager and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
6. Subject to entering into the Amending Agreement 2, City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the SmartTrack Main Agreement with Metrolinx, in accordance with the Amending Agreement 2, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Manager, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
7. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential at this time, as it contains commercial information, supplied in confidence to the City, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization and involves the security of the property belonging to the City of Toronto, and contains information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Province of Ontario.
8. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 following the City Manager’s confirmation of completion of the Program.
Confidential Attachment - Commercial information, supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization; and security of the property belonging to the City of Toronto.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-251517.pdf
Attachment 1 - Decision History
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-251519.pdf
Attachment 2 - SmartTrack Technical Program Update
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-251520.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - SmartTrack Cost Pressures, Options Assessment and Incurred Costs
Communications (City Council)
(December 15, 2024) E-mail from Mark Greeno (CC.Supp)
Motions (City Council)
That:
1. City Council replace the names of the SmartTrack stations with the following names:
a. Boondoggle Station;
b. Too Good to Be True;
c. Won’t Get Fooled Again;
d. Ever Get the Feeling You’ve Been Cheated; and
e. Tory’s Folly.
That:
1. City Council amend Recommendation 2 by deleting "to deliver", and inserting after the words "Government of Canada" the words "and increasing the Provincial contribution commensurate with the City’s contribution to the SmartTrack program, to ensure delivery of" so that it now reads as follows:
2. City Council direct the City Manager to request the Province of Ontario to identify a funding solution, including exploring funding opportunities with the Government of Canada and increasing their Provincial contribution to match or exceed the City’s contribution to the SmartTrack program, to ensure delivery of the remaining two station in the Program scope, Finch-Kennedy and King-Liberty at no additional cost to the City.
That:
1. City Council request the City Manager to request the Province of Ontario to:
a. make public the cost escalation that Metrolinx is reporting since June 2023; and
b. conduct a third-party review of Metrolinx’s cost estimates, including risk assessment, for the five SmartTrack stations (East Harbour, Bloor-Lansdowne, St. Clair-Old Weston, Finch-Kennedy and King-Liberty SmartTrack) in accordance with the amended Subway Agreement in Principle.
2. City Council request the City Manager to inform the Province of Ontario that all five SmartTrack stations are important to meet the needs of housing and economic development in local communities.
That:
1. City Council request the City Manager to inform the Province of Ontario of the importance of Finch-Kennedy station to support local housing and economic development, as well as the costs incurred to date to support the Finch-Kennedy station as well as the work that has already been initiated for the grade separation work.
That:
1. City Council direct the City Manager to request Metrolinx to fulfil initial plans of a direct, protected and accessible pedestrian/cycling connection over the rail corridor between Sudbury Street and Joe Shuster Way as part of ongoing corridor work on the Kitchener Line, whether or not it is included as part of the King-Liberty GO Station construction which is pending a provincial capital funding contribution.
That:
1.City Council delete Recommendations 1 to 6 in the report (December 10, 2024) from the City Manager and adopt instead the following recommendation:
1. Given the out-of-control cost overruns associated with the Smart Track Station Program and the City's loss of confidence in Metrolinx's ability to deliver major transit projects on time and on budget, City Council direct the City Manager to begin the process of ending the City's support for Smart Track, thus ending any future funding of the Smart Track Stations by City of Toronto Taxpayers.
That Councillor Mike Colle be permitted to withdraw his motion 5.
Vote (Withdraw a Motion) Dec-18-2024 7:14 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 19 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Alejandra Bravo, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Mike Colle, Vincent Crisanti, Stephen Holyday, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Dianne Saxe |
| Total members that voted No: 4 | Members that voted No are Jon Burnside, Lily Cheng, Paula Fletcher, Anthony Perruzza |
| Total members that were Absent: 3 | Members that were absent are Shelley Carroll, Parthi Kandavel, Michael Thompson |
Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) Dec-18-2024 7:15 PM
| Result: Carried | Majority Required |
|---|---|
| Total members that voted Yes: 20 | Members that voted Yes are Paul Ainslie, Brad Bradford, Alejandra Bravo, Jon Burnside, Lily Cheng, Rachel Chernos Lin, Olivia Chow, Vincent Crisanti, Stephen Holyday, Ausma Malik, Nick Mantas, Josh Matlow, Jennifer McKelvie, Chris Moise, Amber Morley, Jamaal Myers, Frances Nunziata (Chair), James Pasternak, Gord Perks, Dianne Saxe |
| Total members that voted No: 3 | Members that voted No are Mike Colle, Paula Fletcher, Anthony Perruzza |
| Total members that were Absent: 3 | Members that were absent are Shelley Carroll, Parthi Kandavel, Michael Thompson |