Status Update Report on Transit Oriented Communities

Council authorize the City Manager or designate to execute a Memorandum of Understanding for the Eastern Transit Oriented Community proposal generally in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 30, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and on such other terms as may be satisfactory to the City Manager and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Manager or designate to execute a Memorandum of Understanding for the Exhibition Transit Oriented Community proposal generally in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (March 30, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and on such other terms as may be satisfactory to the City Manager and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 30, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning remain confidential at this time as they pertain to information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Province as represented by Infrastructure Ontario that will be applied to ongoing negotiations carried on or to be carried on by the City of Toronto. 5. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 30, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, following the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding with the Province for the Eastern and Exhibition Transit Oriented Communities projects. 6. City Council request Infrastructure Ontario to revise the Guildwood GO Transit Oriented Communities Proposal to achieve City building objectives and policies, including but not limited to: a. reviewing the massing to reduce heights of proposed towers to better respond to existing and future surrounding scale of buildings, parks, and open space; and incorporate enhanced building setbacks for public realm improvements; b. maintaining GO Station parking requirements; c. enhancing the size and configuration of proposed parkland and open spaces to meet City standards; d. ensuring that increased non-residential Gross Floor Area is designed for a mix of uses and at-grade community-oriented uses, prioritizing a full-scale grocery store and medical offices; and e. enhancing the size and configuration of the proposed parkland dedication, Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Spaces and other open spaces to meet City standards. 7. City Council request Infrastructure Ontario to hold all Guildwood GO Transit Oriented Community future public consultation and Local Advisory Committee meetings in person within the Guildwood community. 8. City Council request Infrastructure Ontario to ensure the Guildwood Transit Oriented Community project protects lands required for the Scarborough East Rapid Transit Line (Eglinton East LRT), including the Traction Power Substation and other essential infrastructure for this transit project. 9. City Council request Infrastructure Ontario to deliver benefits to the community that include, but are not limited to, improvements such as a daycare, library branch, recreation centre and a commitment to affordable housing units. 10. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to notify Infrastructure Ontario that a comprehensive rat management plan must be included as part of site plan approval in the Construction Management Plan for the Guildwood GO Transit Oriented Community project. 11. City Council direct that prior to the City Manager executing a Memorandum of Understanding for the Exhibition Transit Oriented Community, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning work with Infrastructure Ontario to secure a right of first refusal for the City for non-residential space in the Exhibition Transit Oriented Community, with such space to be appropriate to deliver community services including, but not limited to, public educational facilities, a library branch, a childcare facility, a community kitchen, or a community hub that includes some combination of these and other services. 12. City Council direct that, irrespective of the execution of the Exhibition Transit Oriented Community Memorandum of Understanding, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning continue to seek a firm commitment from Infrastructure Ontario on the number of affordable housing units to be included in the Exhibition Transit Oriented Community development, recognizing City Council's direction to staff to seek a commitment to 20 percent affordable housing. 13. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Director, Transportation Planning, to request an update from Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the status of Mimico GO Station, any plans for a future Transit Oriented Community at that location, and an outline of the risk assessment practices undertaken before entering into a Transit Oriented Community. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 30, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Province as represented by Infrastructure Ontario that will be applied to ongoing negotiations carried on or to be carried on by the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 30, 2026) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning will be made public following the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding with the Province for the Eastern and Exhibition Transit Oriented Communities projects.