Status Update - Toronto-Ontario Transit Responsibilities Realignment Review

City and Toronto Transit Commission staff have met with staff from Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario several times throughout the end of April and month of May to gain an understanding of the Provincial transit proposal. The conceptual plans that the Province has presented to City and Toronto Transit Commission staff have some positive aspects that could improve Toronto Transit Commission's rapid transit service and merit more analysis. The Ontario Line concept proposed by the Province is at an early stage of design. The Province has also committed to the Line 2 East Extension as a multiple-stop option, similar to that considered by Council in July 2016 (Item 2016.EX16.1). The Province has confirmed its support for two of the City's priorities for Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan - Public Transit Infrastructure Fund Phase 2 funding: the SmartTrack Stations Program and the Bloor-Yonge Capacity Improvement project. Toronto's endorsement of the additional Provincial transit priorities for Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan - Public Transit Infrastructure Fund Phase 2 is subject to the completion of the assessment and further direction from City Council. This report also provides an overview of Bill 107 - Getting Ontario Moving Act, which affects the City of Toronto's transit responsibilities. When enacted, Bill 107 will give authority to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to designate rapid transit projects by regulation as either "Sole Responsibility Projects" of Metrolinx or as being subject to Ministerial authority. On May 15, 2019 the Province posted a draft regulation that would designate three projects as being Sole Responsibility Projects: the Relief Line (North and South); the Line 2 East Extension; and the Line 1 Yonge Extension. Continued engagement with the Province remains critical to providing City and Toronto Transit Commission staff the opportunity to discuss a wide-range of ongoing topics including: - conducting the assessment of the Province's transit proposal; - intergovernmental funding decisions under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Plan - Public Transit Infrastructure Fund Phase 2; - funding requirements for the state of good repair of the existing network; and - ensuring meaningful public consultation is conducted including the necessity of consultation with local communities regarding the Province's transit proposal. This report was prepared in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Transit Commission.