Item - 2015.MM11.23

City Council on December 9 and 10, 2015, adopted the following:

1.  City Council endorse the following six principles for the Maintenance and Storage Facility for the Finch LRT:

a.  proponents responding to the Request for Proposals for the design and development of the Maintenance and Storage Facility are to consider a broad range of uses on the lands beyond the required functional and technical Maintenance and Storage Facility components;

b.  proponents are to propose an approach to minimize the footprint of the Maintenance and Storage Facility and identify areas where potential development could occur, especially along the Finch Avenue frontage;

c.  Metrolinx should establish an engagement protocol between bidders responding to the Request for Proposals and community members, prior to the selection of the successful consortium;

d.  proponents are to apply innovative approaches in the design and engineering of the site to optimize social, economic and environmental returns from this development in ways that achieve community benefits for the Jane-Finch community;

e.  proponents are to propose both a phased approach and a co-development approach to intensifying the lands, allowing for a broader range of uses and demonstrating under what conditions and general timeframe that additional development can occur; and

f.  proponents are to adopt Design Excellence as part of their responses for all aspects of the proposed development.

2.  City Council request Metrolinx to include these principles in the Request for Proposals for the Finch West LRT.

3.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to work with Metrolinx and the bidders during the design and tendering process of the Finch West LRT to promote the implementation of these principles by the winning bidder.