The Decision Document is for preliminary reference purposes only.  Please refer to the Committee’s Report to City Council or to the Minutes for the official record.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council authorize staff to participate in the expanded Transfer of Review Program and pilot project which will include additional storm water management works as described in the report (April 30, 2010) from the Executive Director, Technical Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water.

2.         City Council delegate authority to staff designated in writing by the Executive Director of Technical Services and the General Manager of Toronto Water to sign on behalf of the City any application forms required by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) as part of the Transfer of Review Program under the Ontario Water Resources Act.

3.         City Council authorize staff to negotiate and enter into a revised Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the provincial government as required to implement the expanded Transfer of Review Program, as well as any additional or revised MOU required to include the pilot project works in the Program on a permanent basis, and that the Executive Director of Technical Services be authorized to execute any required MOU on behalf of the City.

4.         City Council authorize the amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, to include the new Transfer of Review Program fees, currently set at $2,200 for reviews of facilities designed to attenuate stormwater runoff peak flow rate or volume or for managing stormwater runoff quality, and $2,000 for reviews of storm and sanitary pump stations and forcemains and sanitary sewage detention chambers or oversized sewers, as set by the provincial government in Ontario Regulation 364/98, and further that the City Solicitor be authorized to submit bills to amend the amount of these fees at such future time(s) as the provincial government adjusts them.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee held a public meeting on May 18, 2010, and notice was posted on the City's website for a minimum of 5 days.  No one appeared before the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council to implement the Ministry of the Environment’s ("MOE") expanded Transfer of Review Program (the "Program") under the Ontario Water Resources Act. Council authority is also sought for making the necessary revisions to Section 441 of the Toronto Municipal Code (“Fees and Charges”).

The Program will benefit the City because storm water management works applications currently reviewed directly by the MOE will be reviewed by City staff under the expanded Program, thereby saving the City the expense of application fees payable to the MOE and expediting the mandatory review process.

The Program will also benefit the City by streamlining the development review process. The construction of stormwater management infrastructure cannot be initiated until the necessary approvals have been secured. The direct submission review process to the MOE is longer than the Transfer of Review program delegated to the City, and developers will be able to secure the required approvals sooner.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council implement a new user fee, effective immediately, to recover the cost of administration and conducting technical reviews undertaken by the City in accordance with the Municipal Drinking Water Licensing Program, mandated by Ontario’s Safe Water Drinking Act, such fee being set at $2,300.00 per application for all applications for establishing or alteration of the City of Toronto drinking water system, and further that the current fee for such applications, which the City is no longer entitled to charge due to changes to provincial law, be repealed.

2.         City Council amend Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, to give effect to these fee changes, and grant authority for the introduction of the necessary bills.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee held a public meeting on May 18, 2010, and notice was posted on the City's website for a minimum of 5 days.  No one appeared before the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council to implement a new user fee to recover the cost to the City of conducting technical reviews of drinking water works required under the new Provincial Municipal Drinking Water Licensing Program ("Licensing Program") and for administration of the Licensing Program.

The provincial government is changing the way drinking water systems are regulated in Ontario, as a result of Justice O'Connor's Report of the Walkerton Inquiry. The recommendations include the Ministry of Environment ("MOE") replacing the current Certificate of Approval Program (and the concurrent Transfer of Review Program) with a new Licensing Program under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

When the new Licensing Program came into effect (upon the issuance of the City's first Drinking Water Works Permit and Licence on February 17, 2010), the City was required to undertake reviews of proposed drinking water works, similar to the review it currently performs on behalf of the MOE under the MOE's Transfer of Review Program ("TORP"). However, because of changes to provincial legislation, the City will no longer be able to collect the fee set by the MOE for this service. It is therefore necessary for the City to implement a new user fee to replace the current fee and ensure continued cost recovery.

This report is in response to a Councillor Notice of Motion related to mandating gas stations and auto service centres to recycle.  The report sets out why the City should take no action at this time in expanding recycling requirements to gas stations and auto service centres located in Toronto in light of the current Provincial review of the Waste Diversion Act, 2002.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council receive, for information, the report (March 31, 2010) from the General Manager, Toronto Water.

2.         City Council approve the Beneficial Use Option as outlined in the Biosolids Master Plan Update Environmental Assessment, dated September 2009, for the Highland Creek Treatment Plant and direct the appropriate staff to implement the recommended beneficial use biosolids management strategy contained therein.

3.         City Council approve the completion of the Scarborough Waterfront Trail [Option C in the report (March 31, 2010) from the General Manager, Toronto Water] with an additional $2 million for fisheries habitat improvements and authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to make the necessary provisions in the 2011 Capital Budget to expedite the implementation of the Scarborough Waterfront Trail, funded at a rate of $7 million/year.

This report summarizes the findings contained in the Biosolids Master Plan (BMP) Update for Highland Creek Treatment Plant and recommends an accelerated implementation of the preferred biosolids management option to reduce existing greenhouse gas emissions and realise certain cost savings. Some of the savings are to be applied to the implementation of emission scrubbing technologies that will allow the City to set, for this facility, voluntary emissions standards that are more stringent than the applicable regulatory standards.  

The purpose of the BMP Update is to plan for the future management of biosolids from each of the City’s four wastewater treatment plants in a manner that is sustainable, reliable, environmentally sound, cost effective and flexible.  The BMP Update was undertaken as a Class Environmental Assessment to fulfill the requirements of Phase 1 and 2 of the Municipal Engineers Association Class Environmental Assessment Master Planning process.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council authorize the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to apply to use the funds available in the approved Toronto Water 2010 Capital Budget to complete acquisitions for properties identified in the confidential list dated May 3, 2010, included as Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 3, 2010) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, and the Chief Administrative Officer, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

2.         City Council direct that TRCA complete the acquisitions according to the criteria set out in the Policy and Finance Committee Report 7, Clause 37, as adopted by City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 26, 2005 in a form and manner acceptable to City officials.

3.         City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Attachment 1 to the report (May 3, 2010) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, and the Chief Administrative Officer, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, after the acquisition of the properties by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has been completed.

4.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

This report has been prepared jointly with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to provide an update on land purchased in 2009 using Toronto Water Capital funding and seek approval to revise the previously approved Property Acquisition List to add additional properties.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council direct that the median shoulder of the Don Valley Parkway between Lawrence Avenue East and a point four-hundred and fifty-eight metres north of York Mills Road, in both the northbound and southbound directions, be incorporated into the travelled portion of the roadway as traffic lanes and be reserved for the exclusive use by authorized GO Transit Vehicles.

2.         City Council grant authority for the City to enter into such agreement(s) with Metrolinx as may be necessary to implement Recommendation 1 on such terms and conditions generally as set out in Appendix 2 and Appendix 3 of the report (May 4, 2010) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and on such other terms and conditions as may be deemed appropriate by the General Manager of Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and that the General Manager of Transportation Services be authorized to execute any such agreements on behalf of the City.

3.         City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services to report on the costs and feasibility of implementing bus bypass lanes on the Don Valley Parkway in the sections between Pottery Road and Don Mills Road and between Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East if and when Metrolinx makes a request to the City for their implementation.

4.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto and grant leave for the introduction of any necessary Bills in Council to give effect thereto.

City Council, in 2007, in adopting a staff report entitled, “Sustainable Transportation Initiatives: Short Term Proposals (Item PW9.2)” endorsed the implementation of bus bypass ‘shoulder’ lanes on the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) between Lawrence Avenue East and York Mills Road for GO Transit bus service.  With this proposal, GO Transit buses would use the shoulders of the DVP to bypass any traffic congestion on this section of the highway which would result in improved efficiency of bus service without any reduction in the traffic carrying capacity of the DVP.

It has been determined, however, that the Highway Traffic Act does not currently have a provision that gives the authority to the City of Toronto to designate lanes that would serve as both a shoulder for general traffic as well as a driving lane for specific types or classes of vehicles.  Therefore, in order to implement the concept of bus shoulder lanes previously endorsed by City Council it is necessary to convert the shoulder into part of the travelled portion of the highway and reserve its use for authorized GO Transit vehicles only.  Accordingly, this report seeks City Council approval to convert the median shoulder on the DVP (i.e. to the left of the general traffic lanes) between Lawrence Avenue East and a point four-hundred and fifty-eight metres north of York Mills Road in both the northbound and southbound directions, into a lane of traffic for the exclusive use of authorized GO Transit vehicles.  The implementation of these “bus bypass lanes” would be funded entirely by Metrolinx.  

Authority is also being sought to pursue an agreement between the City and Metrolinx based on the principles included in Appendix 2 to this report which will delineate the roles and responsibilities of the parties from both a funding and operational perspective and in Appendix 3 to this report which will provide the framework for an operating protocol for the use of the bus bypass lane by authorized GO Transit vehicles.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

1.         In accordance with Section 71-11.1.C. of the City of Toronto Municipal Code (Financial Control By-law), amended Purchase Order No. 6026485 for the Dufferin Street Jog Elimination Project, Dufferin Street/CN/GO Transit Underpass at Queen Street by an additional amount of $609,523.80 net of all taxes ($614,887.61 net of GST and HST Recoveries).

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council approve the proposed use of lands approximately as shown in the dark outline on Appendix "A" to the report (May 3, 2010) from the City Solicitor, the General Manager, Toronto Water, and Deputy City Manager Richard Butts, for a Toronto Transit Commission Light Rail Vehicle maintenance and storage facility ("LRV facility").

2.         City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to report to the Commission and City Council, prior to final approval of the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (ABTP) site, on the potential use of the Unilever site.

3.         In the event that the ABTP site is selected by the Toronto Transit Commission and City Council, City Council request  that all design work and landscaping ensure the integration of the site with Leslie Greening,  the Leslie Street Spit and the Martin Goodman Trail and Lakeshore Blvd and be of the highest quality; that all designs meet the excellence standards set by Urban Design and the Design Review Panel; and that the engagement of the local community and local councillors and stakeholders such as the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)  and Friends of the Spit be guaranteed.

4.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City staff to take the necessary steps to give effect thereto.

The City entered into a mediation which resulted in an Agreement in relation to an Environmental Assessment (“EA”) conducted on operations at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (“ABTP”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the City completed a conceptual landscape plan (the “Plan”) for the ABTP site. The City now wishes to permit a portion of the land covered under the Plan to be used for a proposed TTC Light Rail Vehicle maintenance and storage facility. The Agreement requires that any new proposed use of ABTP lands must be raised with the Neighbourhood Liaison Committee (“NLC”), a committee created under the Agreement. If the NLC has significant concerns, such proposed use must be approved by City Council. The NLC has been consulted on the proposed TTC use, and opposes it. Council approval of the proposed use is therefore required. Toronto Water advises that the lands are not required for its operational purposes.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee deferred consideration of Item PW33.10 to its next meeting on June 15, 2010, to enable Councillor Cesar Palacio to discuss this matter with the appropriate staff.

The purpose of this report is to advise on the over expenditure of Contract No. 08TE-01RD, Tender No.164-2008, by $3,500,000.00 net of GST, which represents a 16.2% increase of the current contract value of $21,553,662.00, net of GST for a new total amount of $25,053,662.00, net of GST. This increase is a result of additional item quantities required to complete the reconstruction of TTC track allowance and watermain replacement due to the understatement of bid item quantities included in the form of tender.

In 2007, Council approved the creation of a Residual Waste Working Group (the "RWWG").  The RWWG consists of members of the public who provide assistance and input to Solid Waste Management Services (SWMS) and report directly to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on residual waste issues.  The original mandate of the RWWG was to work with SWMS until the completion of the Residual Waste Planning Study.

With the completion of the Residential Waste Planning Study (May and August 2009), the purpose of this report is to recommend that the RWWG's mandate be amended so that they can continue to provide assistance to SWMS on the mixed waste processing facility project including advice on procurement process and up until one year after the mixed waste processing facility has been commissioned.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to execute an Agreement with the Region of Peel for the Transfer of Region of Peel residual non-hazardous waste through the Disco Transfer Station on terms and conditions substantially as set out in the draft agreement in Attachment 1 to the report (May 3, 2010) from General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor for a term from July 12, 2010 to December 31, 2015.

The current contract between the Region of Peel (Peel) and the City of Toronto to transfer Peel residual non-hazardous waste through the City of Toronto’s Disco Transfer Station will be expiring in July 2010.  Peel has requested that the current arrangement continue for approximately an additional 5 years and 6 months under the same general terms and conditions.

The purpose of this report is to obtain City Council approval to enter into a contract with Peel, for the transfer of Peel residual non-hazardous waste through the City of Toronto’s Disco Transfer Station, for a term ending on December 31, 2015 under the same general terms and conditions as the existing contract.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council grant authority for the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to enter into a Biogas Pilot Project Agreement with Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc to supply, install, own and operate a biomethane system, substantially on the terms set out in Attachment 1 to the report (May 3, 2010) from the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and such other terms as may be satisfactory to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and that the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services be authorized to execute the Biogas Pilot Project Agreement on behalf of the City.

2.         City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, or his delegate, to administer and manage the Biogas Pilot Project Agreement, including the provision of any consents, approvals, notices and notices of termination, provided that the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services may, at any time, refer consideration of such matters (including their content) to City Council for its determination and direction.

3.         City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to report on the results of the Biogas Pilot Project to City Council.

4.         City Council direct that subject to the execution of an agreement between Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., and the City as set out in Recommendation 1, the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, investigate options for funding the cost of the Pilot Project through cost savings resulting from displacing natural gas with biomethane or some other means.

5.         City Council direct that in the event the Biogas Pilot Project Agreement is not executed by September 1st, 2010, the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, be authorized, at his sole discretion, to terminate negotiations with Enbridge.

The purpose of this staff report is to obtain City Council authority to enter into a Biogas Pilot Project Agreement with Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (“Enbridge”) to supply, install, own and operate a biomethane system (“BMS”) at the Dufferin Waste Management Facility.  The pilot project will determine if biogas produced at the Dufferin Organics Processing Facility ("DOPF") can be converted into a refined biogas, via the BMS, that is capable of being distributed across Enbridge's natural gas distribution system (the "Pilot Project").

At its meeting on November 30, December 1, 2, 4 and 7, 2009, City Council directed the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to enter into discussions with Enbridge regarding the development of biogas refining systems at the new SSO Facilities and to report back on a recommended course of action for the procurement of a contract to design, build, own and operate biogas refining systems at the SSO Facilities.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:

1.         In accordance with Section 71-11.1.C. of the City of Toronto Municipal Code (Financial Control By-law) amended Purchase Order No. 6025412 issued for Contract 08TE-16RD to Four Seasons Site Development Ltd., by an additional amount of $4,448,000.00 net of all taxes, ($4,689,236.55 net of GST and HST Recoveries).

The purpose of this report is to request authority to amend Purchase Order No. 6025412, issued to Four Seasons Site Development Ltd., for the reconstruction of pavement, curb and sidewalk and construction of traffic signals, street lighting, landscaping, irrigation system and soil cell system on Bloor Street from 45 metres west of Avenue Road to St. Paul's Square. The total amount requested is $4,448,000.00 net of all taxes ($4,689,236.55 net of GST and HST Recoveries), revising the current contract value from $19,718,592.20 net of GST to $24,166,592.20 net of all taxes ($24,407,828.75 net of GST and HST Recoveries). This increase is a result of unforeseen site issues during construction.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee referred Item PW33.15 to the General Manager, Transportation Services, for a report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee meeting on June 15, 2010.

This motion seeks clarification from City Council on a Motion for PW 9.1 about turning prohibitions at the intersections of Steeles Avenue East at Tapscott Road and at Staines Road relating to the Markham By-Pass.

Council Speaker and Councillor Sandra Bussin, Ward 32 – Beaches-East York, requesting that the Class Environmental Assessment Study that assessed options for the disinfection of wastewater affluent for the Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant be brought forward to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee and City Council before being released to the public in summer/fall of 2010.