Item - 2026.MM41.26
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 20 and 21, 2026 with amendments.
MM41.26 - Review of Public Parking Access at Scarborough GO Station - by Councillor Parthi Kandavel, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 20 - Scarborough Southwest
Caution: Motions are shown below. Any motions should not be considered final until the meeting is complete, and the decisions for this meeting have been confirmed.
Recommendations
Councillor Parthi Kandavel, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers, recommends that:
1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with other applicable City of Toronto divisions and provincial counterparts, including Metrolinx, to review options to expand access to public parking at Scarborough GO Station, including the feasibility of utilizing unused or underused lands owned by Metrolinx south of the existing commuter parking lot as well as the Metrolinx-owned lands associated with the GO Transit Track Maintenance Yard at 3620 St. Clair Avenue East, and to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2027 with findings, considerations, and recommendations, together with an assessment of how expanded public parking access could help reduce spillover parking on nearby residential streets, improve local road operations, reduce congestion, and increase transit ridership in Scarborough.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, need to be waived to permit introduction of Motion MM41.26. A two-thirds vote of Council Members present is required to waive notice.
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM41.26 be referred to the Scarborough Community Council. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That:
1. City Council amend Recommendation 1 by deleting the words "General Manager, Transportation Services, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management" and replacing them with the words "Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning", so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with other applicable City of Toronto divisions and provincial counterparts, including Metrolinx, to review options to expand access to public parking at Scarborough GO Station, including the feasibility of utilizing unused or underused lands owned by Metrolinx south of the existing commuter parking lot as well as the Metrolinx-owned lands associated with the GO Transit Track Maintenance Yard at 3620 St. Clair Avenue East, and to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2027 with findings, considerations, and recommendations, together with an assessment of how expanded public parking access could help reduce spillover parking on nearby residential streets, improve local road operations, reduce congestion, and increase transit ridership in Scarborough.