Item - 2024.MM19.18
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on June 26, 2024 with amendments.
MM19.18 - Ensuring Increased Access for All Toronto Residents to the Toronto Islands While Saving Toronto Taxpayers Money - by Councillor Jon Burnside, seconded by Councillor Parthi Kandavel
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Caution: Motions are shown below. Any motions should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the City Clerk has confirmed the decisions for this meeting.
Recommendations
Councillor Jon Burnside, seconded by Councillor Parthi Kandavel, recommends that:
1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, to consider the option of a fixed link to the Toronto Islands and to report on the cost of a fixed link compared to the cost of continued ferry fleet service to the Toronto Island, such report to include the number of pedestrians and cyclists that could be accommodated year-round, and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee prior to Standing Committee or City Council consideration of the next ferry procurement contract.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
(June 24, 2024) E-mail from George Bell (MM.Supp)
(June 24, 2024) E-mail from Sean Cooper (MM.Supp)
(June 25, 2024) E-mail from April Engelberg (MM.Supp)
(June 27, 2024) E-mail from George Bell (MM.New)
Motions (City Council)
That City Council delete MM19.18 Recommendation 1.
Recommendation to be deleted:
1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, to consider the option of a fixed link to the Toronto Islands and to report on the cost of a fixed link compared to the cost of continued ferry fleet service to the Toronto Island, such report to include the number of pedestrians and cyclists that could be accommodated year-round, and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee prior to Standing Committee or City Council consideration of the next ferry procurement contract.
and, adopt instead the following:
1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and other relevant City Officials, Agencies and Boards, including CreateTO, Ports Toronto, Waterfront Toronto, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to conduct a review of proposals, feasibility studies, and traffic studies for improved active transportation access to Toronto Island, including possibilities for an active transportation connection across the Eastern Gap for further consideration, and to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2025.
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM19.18 be referred to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.