Item - 2025.SC24.3

The Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, Development Review and Director of Urban Design, City Planning recommend that:

1. City Council adopt the Kennedy Station Public Realm Master Plan, substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to this report.

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and Executive Director, Development Review to use the Kennedy Station Public Realm Master Plan, attached as Attachment 1 to this report, in the evaluation of all current and new development applications as well as to inform public realm improvements that can be delivered as part of new developments in the Study Area.

3. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to use the Kennedy Station Public Realm Master Plan, attached as Attachment 1 to this report, to inform the review of the design and implementation of transit projects within the Study Area.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services and General Manager, Parks and Recreation to use the Kennedy Station Public Realm Master Plan, attached as Attachment 1 to this report, to inform the design and implementation of public realm improvements as part of capital works projects within the Study Area.

This report recommends City Council adoption of the Kennedy Station Public Realm Master Plan (the “Master Plan”), included as Attachment 1.

Initiated in Spring 2024, the Master Plan will guide decision-making and coordinate public realm improvements over the next 30+ years for the Kennedy Station Area (the “Study Area”) in response to transit investment and development potential.

The Master Plan envisions a cohesive, well-connected network of public spaces for everyone—residents, visitors, workers, and commuters—while improving mobility and connectivity, ensuring safety and comfort, promoting placemaking, and supporting sustainability and resilience. To implement the Master Plan, ten goals are outlined to guide public realm improvements that contribute to a multi-modal transportation network anchored by public transit, provide well-connected, safe, and accessible streets and open spaces, as well as strengthen placemaking and public art.

Conceptual design demonstrations for the Master Plan’s five core areas provide detailed area-specific guidance for the implementation of public realm improvements. The conceptual phasing approach outlines three timed phases and a future phase for implementing the Master Plan, helping to align public realm improvements with major infrastructure projects and anticipated shifts in travel demand. The Master Plan outlines 45 public realm improvements to be initiated over the next 30+ years, with the near-term phase (first seven years) advancing new and enhanced connections and multi-use trails, design elements that improve safety and accessibility, and wayfinding during on-going construction. These near-term actions will improve safety and physical connections for pedestrians and active mobility users.

The Master Plan is consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement, 2024 and advances the policy directions of Toronto’s Official Plan. The Master Plan was developed in collaboration with an inter-divisional and inter-agency Technical Advisory Committee and is informed by a two-stage public engagement process.

Next steps to implementation of the Master Plan include identifying funding opportunities, determining alignments with other initiatives, and advancing initiatives in collaboration with City divisions, agencies, other levels of government and relevant entities. Further studies would be required to enable some of the Master Plan’s recommendations for public realm improvements.

There are no immediate financial implications resulting from the recommendations included in this report, however there may be future financial implications that are driven by growth in users resulting from new transit infrastructure, service improvements, and increased density from future development.

The Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer has reviewed this report and agrees with the information as presented in the Financial Impact section.