Update on Member Motion MM36.48 "Design Excellence in Riverside and Leslieville" - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Ausma Malik

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The decision

2022-12-14 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on December 14 and 15, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the January 31, 2023 meeting of the Executive Committee on the Metrolinx Noise Wall Design Competition, including consideration of whether the competition met City standards for consultation, procurement, and whether the selected design meets the City's Urban Design and Public Realm standards.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

At its meeting on October 1 and 4, 2021, City Council adopted Member Motion MM36.48 "Design Excellence in Leslieville and Riverside" which called on Metrolinx to work with City Staff on the specifications and design of the Lake Shore East Joint Corridor retaining and noise walls to ensure outstanding and public realm contribution, and to ensure the specifications on the noise wall are sufficient. Metrolinx embarked on a design competition that was scheduled to already have been concluded.

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While work on the Ontario Line progresses the local community has not had an update from Metrolinx on the Noise Wall competition. The community understands the need to ensure that the 2-kilometre above ground section of the Ontario Line is built in a way that mitigates the impacts as much as possible, even while many feel that the line should be built underground.

Staff recommended

Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Ausma Malik, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the January 31, 2023 meeting of the Executive Committee on the Metrolinx Noise Wall Design Competition, including consideration of whether the competition met City standards for consultation, procurement, and whether the selected design meets the City's Urban Design and Public Realm standards.

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