Item - 2025.IE20.8

REVISED

That:

1. City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 1 by:

a. deleting the word "request" after the words "City Council" and replace it with the word "direct"; and

b. adding the word "including" after the words "Project Management Framework" and adding the following new parts:

a. selecting the preferred design;

b. proceeding to structural testing and pre-design work;

c. bundling procurement work to allow for earlier completion of the different phases; and

d. consider all procurement models and selecting an appropriate approach that prioritizes accelerated design and construction schedule without compromising the structural safety of the bridge/

so that Recommendation 1 reads as follows:

1. City Council request direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to investigate options to accelerate the installation of barriers and related construction on the Leaside Bridge, in line with the new Enhancing Capital Construction delivery program and Integrated Project Management Framework, including:

a. selecting Alternative 6 (Attachment B6) as the preferred design;

b. proceeding to structural testing and pre-design work;

c. bundling procurement work to allow for earlier completion of the different phases; and

d. consider all procurement models and selecting an appropriate approach that prioritizes accelerated design and construction schedule without compromising the structural safety of the bridge.

2. City Council amend Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 2 by:

a. deleting the word "request" after the words "City Council" and replace it with the word "direct"; and

b. adding the words "on the permanent design and structural work, including updated procurement timelines" after the words "an update".

so that Recommendation 1 reads as follows:

2. City Council request direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, and Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with Toronto Public Health, to implement immediate safety measures where possible and report back to September 26, 2025 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee with an update on the permanent design and structural work, including updated procurement timelines, and plans for further interim safety measures, including potential costs and timelines for installation.

That City Council delete Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommendation 4:

Recommendation to be deleted: 

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Procurement Officer to consider using sole-source procurements where possible in order to accelerate the design and / or construction of safety infrastructure on the Leaside Bridge.

and replace it with the following new recommendations:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Procurement Officer to award a contract for the design and related engineering services for the safety infrastructure on the Leaside Bridge on a non-competitive basis to RV Anderson Associates Limited in an amount not to exceed the amount identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion, and authorize the Chief Engineer & Executive Director, Engineering & Construction Services to negotiate and execute the agreement on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief Engineer & Executive Director, Engineering & Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion remain confidential in its entirety, as it pertains to ongoing negotiations between the City and the engineering design consultant, until such time that the agreement is executed and the amount can be disclosed to the public.

That Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:

1. City Council request the the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to investigate options to accelerate the installation of barriers and related construction on the Leaside Bridge, in line with the new Enhancing Capital Construction delivery program and Integrated Project Management Framework.
 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, and Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with Toronto Public Health, to implement immediate safety measures where possible and report back to September 26, 2025 meeting of Infrastructure and Environment Committee with an update and plans for further interim safety measures, including potential costs and timelines for installation.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with Toronto Public Health, to request the Provincial Deputy Minister of Transportation, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, and Deputy Minister of Health help fund the implementation of suicide prevention infrastructure in Toronto.

That Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Procurement Officer to consider using sole-source procurements where possible in order to accelerate the design and / or construction of safety infrastructure on the Leaside Bridge.