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REPORTS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES

AND OTHER COMMITTEES

As Considered by

The Council of the City of Toronto

on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998

URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

JOINT REPORT No. 1

1Item Considered by the Committees.

City of Toronto

JOINT REPORT No. 1

OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

(from its meeting on September 29, 1998,

submitted by Councillor Joe Pantalone, Chair)

As Considered by

The Council of the City of Toronto

on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998

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Other Items Considered by the Committees.

(City Council on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998, received this Clause, for information.)

(a)Proposed Fixed Link to the Toronto City Centre Airport.

The Urban Environment and Development Committee and the Economic Development Committee report having jointly:

(A)endorsed the report (September 18, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer, subject to striking out Recommendation No. (1)(c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(1)(c)the implications of selecting either a bridge or a tunnel as a fixed link to the City Centre Airport;";

so that the Recommendations embodied in the aforementioned report, as amended by the Committees, now read as follows:

"(1)that the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with appropriate staff and after meeting with the Toronto Harbour Commissioners and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, be requested to report further on:

(a)the question of the future role of the City Centre Airport within the regional air system in support of the regional economy;

(b)ensuring that the future role of the City Centre Airport is in keeping with the City's objective of balancing and harmonizing airport operation with the other uses and activities currently existing along the waterfront; and

(c)the implications of selecting either a bridge or a tunnel as a fixed link to the City Centre Airport;

such report to be submitted to the November 30, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee;

(2)the recommendations contained in the May 6, 1998 report of the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services to the Urban Environment and Development Committee, be deferred until such time as the report requested in Recommendation No. (1) of this report is submitted; and

(3)the Toronto Harbour Commissioners be requested to revise the 1998 Business Plan for the City Centre Airport in accordance with the comments contained in Section 7 of this report, and to submit the revised Business Plan to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for review and report to the Budget Committee in October 1998.";

(B)requested the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with the appropriate officials, to submit a report to the November 30, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee on:

(1)the differences between the maintenance and repair costs for a tunnel versus a bridge to the Toronto City Centre Airport;

(2)the possibility of the proposed tunnel connection being a portion of a waterfront streetcar loop connecting Union Station with the Island Airport, Ontario Place and the existing Exhibition Place streetcar line;

(3)the option for a tunnel from Bathurst Street to the Toronto City Centre Airport;

(4)the alternatives available to provide fuel to the Toronto City Centre Airport with the tunnel option;

(5)the projected staffing requirements for:

(a)a bridge to the Toronto City Centre Airport;

(b)the proposed emergency back-up system; and

(c)maintenance of the proposed emergency back-up system;

(6)the requirement for another Environmental Assessment in the event that the footprint of the proposed bridge to the Toronto City Centre Airport is changed;

(7)the degree of increased risk of a boating accident arising from each type and design of fixed link to the Toronto City Centre Airport;

(8)the extent to which marine use of the Western Gap will be impaired with each type and design of fixed link to the Toronto City Centre Airport;

(9)the outcome of the meeting which was held in September 1998 between representatives of the Coast Guard and the Tour Boat Operators;

(10)operational restrictions that could be included in the Tripartite Agreement; and

(11)the potential plans for locating a Fire/Ambulance Station in the immediate vicinity of Harbourfront, and the impact on the emergency response abilities of the Toronto City Centre Airport;

(C) requested the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services:

(1)to consider integrating the various motions which were deferred from the May 19, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee into the staff recommendations; and

(2)to obtain Coast Guard information on whether the Western Gap may be left open to non-motorized boats;

(D)requested the Chief of Police to submit a report to the November 30, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee on the approximate costs which would be incurred should an accident occur either in a tunnel or on a bridge to the City Centre Airport;

(E)deferred consideration of the following motions by Councillor Kelly to the November 30, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee:

"(2)that the concept of a fixed link be forwarded to Council for approval at its meeting scheduled to be held on October 28, 1998; and

(3)that the concept of a "signature" bridge be referred to the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services with a request that she consult with relevant stakeholders and submit a report thereon to a joint meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee and the Economic Development Committee to be convened in November, 1998."; and

(F)referred the following reports, together with all communications and submissions, to the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services for consideration and report thereon to the Urban Environment and Development Committee, if required:

(i)(August 5, 1998) from the Toronto Police Services Board; and

(ii)(May 19, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services:

(i)(September 18, 1998) from the Chief Administrative Officer recommending that:

(1)the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with appropriate staff and after meeting with the Toronto Harbour Commissioners and Greater Toronto Airports Authority, be requested to report further on:

(a)the question of the future role of the City Centre Airport within the regional air system in support of the regional economy;

(b)ensuring that the future role of the City Centre Airport is in keeping with the City's objective of balancing and harmonizing airport operation with the other uses and activities currently existing along the waterfront; and

(c)the implications of (a) and (b) above on the preferred type and design of a fixed link to the City Centre Airport;

and such report to be brought back to the November 30, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee;

(2)the recommendations contained in the May 6, 1998 report of the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services to the Urban Environment and Development Committee be deferred until such time as the report requested in Recommendation No. (1) of this report is submitted; and

(3)the Toronto Harbour Commissioners be requested to revise the 1998 Business Plan for the City Centre Airport in accordance with the comments contained in Section 7 of this report, and submit the revised Business Plan to the Chief Financial Officer for review and report to the Budget Committee in October 1998.

(ii)(May 6, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services explaining the findings of the Federal Environmental Assessment concerning the Fixed Link (bridge) to the City Centre Airport; and submitting various recommendations with respect thereto.

(iii)(June 1, 1998) from the City Clerk setting out the actions taken by the Urban Environment and Development Committee on May 19, 1998, with respect to the proposed Fixed Link (bridge) to the City Centre Airport.

(iv)(May 8, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that City Council, at its Special Meeting held on April 29 and 30, 1998, in adopting the 1998 Operating and Capital Budgets, directed, inter alia, that the 1998 Capital Program pertaining to the Toronto Harbour Commission (No. 60) be amended, and setting out the amendments made thereto.

(v)(May 7, 1998) from the City Solicitor responding to a request from the Chair of the Urban Environment and Development Committee.

(vi)(May 19, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, respecting the Toronto City Centre Airport; and recommending that this report be received for information.

(vii)(undated) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, respecting a Fixed Link to the City Centre Airport; and recommending that this report be received for information.

(viii)(June 11, 1998) from Mr. Craig Mather, Chief Administrative Officer, The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, referring to a motion moved by Councillor Moscoe, on behalf of Councillor Chow, at the May 19, 1998 meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee, regarding the formation of a "Work Group" to develop a comprehensive Waterfront Policy; and requesting, should such a Work Group be formed, that the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority be included as one of the stakeholders.

(ix)(June 15, 1998) addressed to Staff Sergeant Clare Edgar, Marine Unit, Toronto Police Services, from Ms. Laurie Bruce, Project Manager, Dillon Consulting Limited, summarizing the conclusions of a meeting held on June 11, 1998, with Canadian Coast Guard representatives and representatives of the Toronto Police Marine Unit.

(x)(August 5, 1998) from the Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board, responding to a request made by the Urban Environment and Development Committee for a report regarding the impact on the Toronto Police Marine Unit of the proposed fixed link to the City Centre Airport.

(xi)(September 23, 1998) from Mr. Norman B. Ferrier, Supervisor - Quality Service Review, Toronto Ambulance, outlining areas of specific concern to both Toronto Ambulance and its patients, with respect to the City Centre Airport.

(xii)(September 25, 1998) from the City Solicitor, providing a confidential report.

(xiii)(September 24, 1998) from the Chair, South East Toronto Industrial Advisory Committee, advising that the Committee, at its meeting of September 23, 1998, adopted a motion supporting the further development of the City Centre Airport for business travel and urging City Council to approve the construction of a fixed link to the airport as soon as possible.

(xiv)communications and briefs from the following individuals and organizations:

-(May 14, 1998) from Mr. Donald J. MacLean, Regional Director, Programs, Ontario Region, Transport Canada;

-(May 20, 1998) and ( June 15, 1998) from Mr. Malcolm Horne, Heritage Planner, Cultural Programs Branch, Archaeology and Heritage Planning Unit, Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation;

-(May 18, 1998) from Mr. Gary F. Reid, General Manager, The Toronto Harbour Commissioners (THC);

-(May 12, 1998) from Mr. Kevin Psutka, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Owners and Pilots Association;

-(May 13, 1998) from Mr. Roger D. Wilson, Toronto;

-(May 15, 1998) from Dr. C. Douglas Creelman, Toronto;

-(May 19, 1998) from Ms. Joan Doiron, Co-Chair, Environmentalists Plan Transportation;

-(May 19, 1998) from Ms. Freya Godard, Toronto Island;

-(May 15, 1998) from Ms. Kittie Fells, President, Mid-City Naturalists' Group;

-(May 25, 1998) from Mr. Dennis I. Bryant, Toronto;

-(June 4, 1998) from Mr. Harve Sokoloff, Toronto;

-(June 9, 1998) from Mr. Simon Miles, Toronto;

-(June 8, 1998) from Miss Jean Macdonald, Toronto;

-(June 11, 1998) from Ms. Helen Hanson and Mr. Robert Hanson, Toronto;

-(June 12, 1998) from Mr. Robert I. Mitchell, Toronto;

-(June 7, 1998) from Mr. Paul M. Grant, Toronto;

-(undated) from Dr. Peggie Sampson, Professor Emeritus, York University;

-(June 11, 1998) from Mr. Carson Woods, Architect and Town Planner, and Representative of the Ontario Boating Forum;

-(June 10, 1998) from Mr. Jack Taylor, Maple, Ontario;

-(June 16, 1998) from the Controller and CFO, The Toronto Harbour Commissioners;

-(June 15, 1998) from Ms. Laurie M. Bruce, Project Manager, Dillon Consulting;

-(June 16, 1998) from The Toronto Harbour Commissioners, headed "A Presentation to the Urban Environment and Development Committee";

-(June 15, 1998) from Mr. R. Ross Dunsmore, Chair, and Ms. M. Elyse Allan, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Toronto Board of Trade;

-(June 15, 1998) from Mr. Timothy J. Dobson, Dobson Design Inc.;

-(June 16, 1998) from Mr. David Ophek, Toronto Bay Group;

-(June 24, 1998) from Mr. Jack Sands, Don Mills;

-(June, 1998) and (September 28, 1998) from Ms. Shirley Bush, Toronto;

-(August 27, 1998) from Mr. David Vallance, Chair, Confederation of Resident and Ratepayers Associations (CORRA);

-(August 29, 1998) from Mr. Boris Mather, Past President, Citizens for a Lakeshore Greenway (CFLAG);

-(September 1, 1998) from Mr. William L. Archer, Toronto;

-(September 18, 1998) from Ms. Joanna Kidd, Chair, Toronto Bay Initiative (a project of the Waterfront Regeneration Trust);

-(September 24, 1998) from Mr. Alexander M. Giannelia, President, The Airborne Sensing Corporation;

-(September 24, 1998) from Mr. E. Tom Sternig, Aircraft Electronics Ltd., City Centre Airport;

-(September 24, 1998) from Mr. B.R. Holmes, President, City Centre Aviation Ltd.;

-(September 23, 1998) from Mr. Randy J. Butcher, President, D&R Aviation Inc., and Mr. Bryan Andre Scanga, Director of Operations, Airventures Aviation;

-(September 27, 1998) from Major Johal, Toronto;

-(September 28, 1998) from Mr. Mark Millen, Toronto;

-(September 28, 1998) from Ms. Mary Richardson, Toronto;

-(September 28, 1998) from Mr. Fred Braida, Carlton International;

-(September 29, 1998) from Dr. Bill Freeman, Toronto, submitting a brief dated September 29, 1998, headed "A Critique to the Fixed Link (Revised)";

-(September 29, 1998) from Mr. Arnold McMillan, Toronto;

-(September 29, 1998) from Ms. Gladys Lomax, Toronto; and

-(undated) from Mr. Fred Mayerhofer, Toronto.

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Mr. Paul Bedford, Executive Director and Chief Planner, Urban Planning Division, gave a presentation to the Urban Environment and Development Committee and the Economic Development Committee with respect to the foregoing matter.

The following persons appeared before the Urban Environment and Development Committee and the Economic Development Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

(1)Mr. Gary Reid, General Manager; Mr. John Morand, Director of Strategic Planning; Mr. Alan Paul, Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Stephan Rose, Auditor, The Toronto Harbour Commissioners, together with Mr. Don McKinnon, Dillon Consulting; and also filed various articles and communications with respect thereto;

(2)Mr. Louis Turpen, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Greater Toronto Airports Authority, and also filed a document, entitled "A Vision for the City Centre Airport";

(3)The Honourable David Crombie, Chair, Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid Corporation and Chair, Waterfront Regeneration Trust;

(4)Mr. Fareed Khan, Toronto Real Estate Board; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(5)Mr. Andrew Pascoe, on behalf of the Toronto Board of Trade; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(6)Mr. Steven Smith, President, Air Ontario;

(7)Mr. Rem Gaade, Senior Partner, Gaade and Associates;

(8)Dr. Lance Levy, Downtown City Airlines (DCA) Inc.; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(9)Mr. Manfred Humphries, City Centre Airport Association, NorthStar Aviation;

(10)Mr. Barry MacKinnon, Director, Airline Analysis, Regional Aircraft, Bombardier Inc.; and also filed a written brief and a copy of his presentation material;

(11)Ms. Marilyn Roy, Vice-Chair, Toronto Bay Initiative; and also a filed written brief with respect thereto;

(12)Ms. Carolyn Doris; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(13)Ms. Mary Hay, Toronto Waterfront Coalition; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(14)Ms. Victoria Piersig;

(15)Mr. Igal Holtzer;

(16)Mr. Randy Butcher, President, D & R Aviation;

(17)Ms. Brynne Teal, Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Association; and also filed photos of the Bathurst Quay area;

(18)Mr. Brian Holmes, President, Shell Aerocentre, Toronto City Centre Airport;

(19)Mr. Wilfrid Walker, Director, Transport 2000 Ontario;

(20)Mr. Alex Giannelia, President, Airborne Sensing Corporation;

(21)Mrs. Patricia Colenut;

(22)Mr. Michael Vollmer, President, Ontario Sailing Association; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(23)Mr. Timothy Dobson, Dobson Design Associates; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(24)Ms. Elizabeth Quance, Constituency Assistant, on behalf of Mr. Rosario Marchese, M.P.P. for Fort York; and also filed a copy of Mr. Marchese's written brief with respect thereto;

(25)Mr. Peter Smith, Co-Chair, Portlands Citizens Action Committee;

(26)Mr. Mark Millen, Official Navigator, Mariposa Cruise Lines;

(27)Ms. Leida Englar;

(28)Mr. Bob Toop, National Representative, Toronto Civic Employees' Union (CUPE), Local 416; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(29)Mr. Richard James, Ship's Captain in Toronto Harbour;

(30)Mr. Shan Dhingra; and also filed a diagram, headed "Innovative Alternative Access";

(31)Ms. Maggie Keith; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(32)Mr. Victor Pappalardo, representing Stolport Corporation and Trans Capital Air Limited; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(33)Dr. Bill Freeman;

(34)Mrs. Lois James; and also filed a written brief with respect thereto;

(35)Mr. Robin Dawson, Robin Dawson Consulting;

(36)Mr. Jack Jones, Shoreline Engineering Ltd.;

(37)Mr. David Hutcheon; and

(38)Councillor Olivia Chow, Downtown; and also filed a copy of a confidential report (September 23, 1998) addressed to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services.

(City Council on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998, had before it, during consideration of the foregoing Clause, a confidential report (September 25, 1998) from the City Solicitor, such report to remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act.)

Respectfully submitted,

JOE PANTALONE,

Chair

Toronto, September 29, 1998

(Joint Report No. 1 of The Urban Environment and Development Committee and The Economic Development Committee, consisting of one Clause only and including an addition thereto, was received, for information, by City Council on October 28, 29 and 30, 1998.)