October 8, 1998

Ms. Novina Wong

Clerk

City of Toronto

Station 1071, 7th Floor

Metro Hall

55 John Street

Toronto, Ontario

M5V 3C6

Dear Ms. Wong:

At its meeting on Wednesday, October 7, 1998, the Commission considered the attached report entitled, "New Bus Garage Design City of Toronto Council Motions Of July 8, 9 And 10, 1998."

The Commission received the above report for information and requested that it be forwarded to the City of Toronto Urban Environment and Development Committee for information in response to items raised by City of Toronto Council at its meeting on July 8, 9 and 10, 1998.

The foregoing is forwarded to the City of Toronto Urban Environment and Development Committee for information.

Sincerely,

Vincent Rodo

General Secretary

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Attachment

TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION

REPORT NO. 21

MEETING DATE:October 7, 1998

SUBJECT:NEW BUS GARAGE DESIGN

CITY OF TORONTO COUNCIL MOTIONS OF

JULY 8, 9 AND 10, 1998

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Commission receive this report for information and that it be forwarded to UEDC in response to items raised at the July 8/9/10, 1998 City of Toronto Council meeting.

FUNDING

Sufficient funds are included in project 3.9 - Buildings & Structures, under section for Bus Garage Replacement Program (as set out on pages 377-389, State of Good Repair) of the TTC 1998-2002 Capital Program which was approved by the City of Toronto Council at its meeting of April 29, 1998.

BACKGROUND

In 1995, a bus garage replacement study recommended the purchase of property in a centrally located industrial area for construction of a new 250 bus garage to replace Eglinton and Danforth bus garages. At its July 8/9/10 meeting this year, City of Toronto Council requested that TTC address several issues related to the construction of the new bus garage. Subsequently, at its July 22, 1998 meeting, City of Toronto Council approved the purchase of property at Comstock Road and Lebovic Road (south of Eglinton between Warden and Pharmacy).

DISCUSSION

The following outlines steps taken or to be taken to address each of the items raised by Council:

1."As part of the Site Plan Control Application, the Toronto Transit Commission be requested to address air quality, noise concerns and urban design."

TTC is currently recruiting an acoustical consultant to conduct a noise study. An air quality study is being conducted by TTC staff. Both reports resulting from these studies will be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and will be included in the Site Plan application process. Urban design issues are being addressed through extensive consultation with City staff as well as local residents. (See attached report.)

2."The Toronto Transit Commission be requested to agree that vehicle servicing shall not take place within 45 metres of Comstock Road, as provided for in the Zoning By-Law."

This requirement has been incorporated in the conceptual design which was accepted by City staff on July 29, 1998.

3."The Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission be requested to submit a report to Urban Environment and Development Committee on any future routing changes as a consequence of the new TTC bus garage relocating in Scarborough."

Preliminary routing changes will be identified and submitted as part of the traffic impact study currently underway to address item 5 below.

4."The Chief Administrative Officer and the Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission be requested to submit a report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on changes to current protocol of the Toronto Transit Commission to provide that City Councillors representing Wards in which initiatives are being considered and that will have an effect on the local community are kept informed of intentions/progress prior to any final decisions at the Commission."

The attached report has been submitted to the UEDC meeting of October 5, 1998.

In summary, the report indicates that at the completion of the conceptual and prior to completion of detailed design phases, TTC staff will:

Abrief and obtain input from local Councillors;

Apresent the design to the Commission;

Apresent the design to the public;

Aadvise the Commission of any design issues.

During the latter part of the design, a Site Plan application will be finalized so that an agreement can be executed prior to construction.

5."The Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services, in consultation with appropriate staff of the City of Toronto and the Chief General Manager of the Toronto Transit Commission, be requested to submit a further report to the Urban Environment and Development Committee on any necessary improvements to the road system to facilitate the operation of this facility."

A traffic impact study is currently underway to investigate, analyze and report on the impact of the bus garage on intersection/roadway operation and recommend operational or physical road and intersections improvement. The traffic impact study will be concluded by the end of September. Commissioner of Works in consultation with City staff and the CGM will submit a report to the UEDC in November 1998 regarding improvements to the road system to facilitate the operation of this facility.

CURRENT STATUS

TTC staff met City staff on July 29, 1998 and September 18, 1998 to present the project concept and to incorporate any concerns related to zoning, by-laws and community concerns into the project's overall concept, where possible.

Design of the utilities and site services contract has been completed and construction is anticipated to commence this year. The preliminary design for the new bus garage is underway and scheduled to be completed later this year.

Input from local Councillors, the Commission and the community will be obtained upon completion of the preliminary design and again prior to completion of the detailed design as shown in the attached project schedule.

JUSTIFICATION

This report is being submitted to the Commission to address items raised by City of Toronto Council at its July 8/9/10, 1998 meeting.

September 22, 1998

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