Item - 2024.MM24.6
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on December 17 and 18, 2024 without amendments.
MM24.6 - Increasing Green Space, Park Amenities and Local Active Transportation Connections - East-West Hydro Corridor Linear Park - by Councillor Amber Morley, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 3 - Etobicoke - Lakeshore
City Council Decision
City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and the local Councillor, to explore the feasibility of utilizing greenspace within the East-West Hydro Corridor in Ward 3 (between Islington Avenue and Royal York Road), as outlined in the attachment to this motion, for active recreational use and improving local active transportation connections, and to identify potential funding sources including but not limited to existing Section 37 funds, with a report back to the Etobicoke York Community Council by the third quarter of 2025.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-251463.pdf
Attachment 1
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-251600.pdf
Communications (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM24.6 be referred to the Etobicoke York Community Council. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.