Cummer Station - Response to Council Motions

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2023-12-13 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council forward Attachment 1 of the report (November 21, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to the Province of Ontario and request the Province to reconsider funding the delivery of Cummer Station as part of the Yonge North Subway Extension project. 2. City Council request the Province of Ontario to: a.

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formally respond to "The Case For Cummer Station" (November 2023) prepared by Toronto's Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion; b. include Cummer Station in the Metrolinx stage gate design process; and c. receive the letter attached to this Motion from community organizations and council representatives advocating for the fully funded construction of Cummer Station.

The vote

Amend Item · Carried, 20-0

Absent (6)Anthony Perruzza, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Michael Thompson, Paul Ainslie, Vincent Crisanti

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This report responds to a number of motions from City Council regarding a potential future subway station at Yonge Street and Cummer/Drewry Avenues (i.e., Cummer Station) as part of the Yonge North Subway Extension (YNSE). Originally planned as part of the Province of Ontario's YNSE project, Cummer Station and another station at Royal Orchard Road in the City of Markham were descoped by Metrolinx following the completion of their Initial Business Case analysis and prior to the further planning and design of the project.

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However, Metrolinx later agreed to deliver Royal Orchard Station despite its poorer performance relative to Cummer Station. At present Cummer Station remains out of scope for the YNSE. City staff were directed through MM11.19 Last Chance to Urge Province to Build Cummer Station for the Future of North York, to prepare a business case for Cummer Station which will form the basis for another request to the Province to include Cummer Station in the YNSE's base scope. As such, City staff have developed the preliminary business case included in Attachment 1 to this report. EX5.3 Update on Metrolinx Subways Program - Second Quarter 2023 also included motions related to Cummer Station. This report also responds to these motions.

Staff recommended

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion recommend that: 1. City Council forward Attachment 1 of this report (The Case for Cummer Station) to the Province of Ontario and request the Province reconsider funding the delivery of Cummer Station as part of the Yonge North Subway Extension (YNSE) project. 2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director,

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City Planning to engage with the Province to explore how Transit Oriented Communities (TOCs) could be leveraged in the vicinity of Cummer Station as a partial funding tool to offset the capital cost of delivering the station as part of the YNSE and report on the progress of these explorations through the next status report on TOCs, recognizing that the value of TOC contributions as outlined in this report are limited.

Considered

2023-12-05 · Executive Committee · forwarded without recommendation
Decision as filed
The Executive Committee forwards the Item to City Council without recommendation.
Clerk’s note
The Executive Committee directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to report to the December 13, 14 and 15, 2023 meeting of City Council on the potential funding sources for $70 million to cover the cost of designing the construction of headwalls and the necessary utility relocations to
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protect for a future Cummer Station and include the headwall installation in the current Yonge North Subway Extension Tunnel Request For Proposal, while continuing to advocate for the province to fund the full implementation.
2023-12-13 · Toronto City Council · amended

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