Item - 2026.MM43.35

City Council on July 29 and 30, 2026, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to negotiate and sign an Agreement with The Bentway Conservancy, Waterfront Business Improvement Area and Old Town Business Improvement Area, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor,  for The Bentway to lead the design and construction of “new baseline” improvements, as described in 2024.IE12.5, including the teamways under the Union Station Rail Corridor East at Lower Jarvis Street and Lower Sherbourne Street and the intersections under the Gardiner Expressway at Lower Jarvis Street and Lower Sherbourne Street, to be funded through the Capital Cost Share Streetscape Improvement Program and the approved City Planning and Waterfront Secretariat capital budgets.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to negotiate and sign, on behalf of the City, an Agreement with The Bentway Conservancy, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor for the Bentway to lead the design and construction of “new baseline” improvements at the intersections of Lower Parliament Street at Lake Shore Boulevard East and Cherry Street at Lake Shore Boulevard East, to be funded by the City Planning and the Waterfront Secretariat capital budget.

3. City Council amend Waterfront Revitalization’s 2026-2035 Capital Budget and Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as Gardiner Gateways East Project with a total project cost of $1,094,007.50 gross and $0 net in 2027, funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the following developments:

a. $300,798.70 from 31 Parliament Street (Source Account: XR3026-3701366), 

b. $168,614.84 from 55,60 Mill Street (390 Cherry) (Source Account: XR3026-3700337),

c. $493,552.22 from 75 the Esplanade (Source Account: XR3026-3700975),

d. $105,713.40 from East Bayfront – West Precinct: 130-132 Queens Quay E., 143-177 Lake Shore Boulevard E., & 26 Richardson St. (Source Account: XR3026-3700842),

e. $25,328.34 from 162 Queen’s Quay East (Source Account: XR3026-3701299), and

f. $2,992.50 from 215 Lake Shore Boulevard East (Source Account: XR3026-3701414)

4. City Council request Metrolinx to coordinate their ongoing improvements to the Union Station Rail Corridor with any improvements generated as a result of this work.