Item - 2025.TE19.28

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, in consultation with General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to review all ways that City can reinstate its portion of the Levy for these properties Metrolinx has expropriated and report to the March 19, 2025 meeting of the Executive Committee.

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to continue outreach for residents to have a pre-condition survey/Building Condition Assessment and request City staff to include the outreach and uptake rate in the next quarterly report.

3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to continue to work with Transit Expansion and the Housing Secretariat to identify tenants previously relocated by Metrolinx whose current tenure may end, have not yet been housed, or who remain in vulnerable circumstances to ensure that these individuals do not become shelter residents or worst case homeless.

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to beautify the properties on Pape in concert with Urban Design and City’s mural program.

5. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to assist the Toronto District School Board with traffic management due to the relocation of Pape School to Jones Avenue.

6. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to request Metrolinx to review a potential permit parking area for the residents of Muriel Avenue and Gertrude Avenue, which would include the ability for them to park in permit area 8A, for the duration of the permit parking loss on Gertrude Avenue and Muriel Avenue due to Ontario Line construction.

7.  City Council request the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to update all future Ontario Line reports to the Toronto and East York Community Council to ensure that:

a.  the Information pertaining to community benefits is obtained and highlighted;

b.  the report responds clearly to the recommendations laid out in the report from the Subcommittee on Metrolinx’s Ontario Line Construction from July 2023; and

c. the report back on the naming process for stations and how feedback from community stakeholders is being considered, highlighting the status of Exhibition Station specifically.

The purpose of this report is to provide updates on the status of construction activities on the Ontario Line project within the boundaries of Toronto and East York Community Council. This report includes:

- Updates on key early works and the four major packages of work Metrolinx has procured to deliver the Ontario Line. All four packages have been awarded and work is underway. Construction of the Ontario Line began in December 2021 and according to current schedules from Metrolinx, is expected to be complete by 2031.

- Updates on the resolution of station-specific issues at:

- Pape Station, including property expropriations, removal of parking, and construction impacts on the community; and

- Exhibition Station, including a response to City Council direction from TE16.56 - Liberty Village Traffic Action Plan Update[1] to provide an update on plans for delivering Liberty New Street and managing traffic congestion in the area.

- Other construction updates, including general construction impacts and mitigation, business supports and community engagement.

This report is supplementary to the November 18, 2024 report from the Executive Director of Transit Expansion with the same title1, and provides updated timelines and impacts of Ontario Line construction since the original report was drafted. This includes: the temporary relocation of Pape Avenue Junior Public School; parking in the Pape-Danforth area; the launch of three new Construction Liaison Committees by Metrolinx; and an update on Metrolinx’s Community Benefits program. This report also includes an update on the implementation of recommendations from TM2.1 - City of Toronto Recommendations for Metrolinx's Ontario Line Construction2 and EX15.2 - Priorities in Transit Expansion and Transit-Oriented Communities Projects3.

The purpose of this report is to provide updates on the status of construction activities on the Ontario Line project within the boundaries of Toronto and East York Community Council. This report includes:

-Updates on key early works and the four major packages of work Metrolinx has procured to deliver the Ontario Line. All four packages have been awarded and work is underway. Construction of the Ontario Line began in December 2021 and according to current schedules from Metrolinx, is expected to be complete by 2031.

-Updates on the resolution of station-specific issues at:

-Pape Station, including property expropriations, removal of parking, and construction impacts on the community; and

-Exhibition Station, including a response to City Council direction from TE16.56 - Liberty Village Traffic Action Plan Update4 to provide an update on plans for delivering Liberty New Street and managing traffic congestion in the area.

Other construction updates, including general construction impacts and mitigation, business supports and community engagement.