RT rpt 7 2003

THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

REPORT NO. 7

OF THE REGIONAL

RAPID TRANSIT PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP STEERING COMMITTEE

MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2003

For Consideration by

The Council of The Regional Municipality of York

on September 18, 2003

Chair: Regional Chair B. Fisch

Members: Mayor Wm. F. Bell

Mayor D. Cousens

Mayor M. Di Biase

Regional Councillor D. Humeniuk, Vice-Chair

Also Present: Regional Councillor B. Hogg

Staff Present: S. Cartwright, P. Casey, M. Garrett, D. Gordon, E. Hankins, P. May, K. Price, K. Schipper, B. Tuckey, M. F. Turner, and E. Wilson

Others Present: L. Erskine, D. Gracey, G. Karjala, S. Perrin, S. Zimmerman, York Consortium;

D. Ferguson and B. McLellan, Weir Foulds

The Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee began its meeting at 11:25 a.m. on September 10, 2003.

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[The following links open .pdf files of the reports and attachments]

1 DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS' INSURANCE FOR YORK REGION RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION

2 PROGRESS REPORT - YORK RAPID TRANSIT PLAN

3 FUNDING AGREEMENTS

4 AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT - QUICK START YEAR TWO AND FULL SYSTEM PLANNING YEAR TWO

5 COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY

[see also Attachment 1]

6 FEDERAL PROVINCIAL BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE AND FINAL NETWORK CONFIGURATION TECHNICAL REPORT

7 HIGHWAY 7 CORRIDOR AND VAUGHAN N-S LINK - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENT

[see also Attachment 1]

[see also Attachment 2]

[see also Attachment 3]

[see also Attachment 4]

[see also Attachment 5]

[see also Attachment 6 (Page 1), (Page 2), (Page 3), (Page 4)]

8 SPADINA SUBWAY EXTENSION ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

[see also Attachment 1]

9 UPDATE - COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS

The Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee advises Council of the following matters having been considered by Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee with the following action:

PRESENTATIONS

1. The following presentations were made to Committee: Progress Report; Mary-Frances Turner, Executive Co-ordinator, Rapid Transit Plan; Funding Agreements; Mary-Frances Turner, Executive Co-ordinator and Paul May, Director, Infrastructure Planning; Quick Start Update, Sam Zimmerman, York Consortium; Amended and Restated Agreement - Year Two, Mary-Frances Turner, Executive Co-ordinator; Communications Strategy, Sallye Perrin, York Consortium; Federal Provincial Business Plan Update and Final Network Configuration Technical Report, Mary-Frances Turner, Executive Co-ordinator; Highway 7 Environmental Assessment, Paul May, Director and Lynton Erskine, York Consortium; Spadina Subway Extension Environmental Assessment, Paul May, Director; and Next Steps, Mary-Frances Turner, Executive Co-ordinator. Received. (A copy of the slide presentation is on file in the Office of the Regional Clerk.)

OTHER BUSINESS

2. Committee directed staff to schedule a meeting with Committee members for further discussions regarding the Communications Strategy and other matters.

3. Committee directed staff to forward to each of the Clerks of the Towns of Aurora, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill and the City of Vaughan, for distribution to their Council members, prior to the public meetings scheduled for September 18, 19 and 20, 2003, the information relating to the results of the evaluation of alignment alternatives for the Highway 7 Corridor and Vaughan North-South Link Environmental Assessment.

PRIVATE SESSION

4. Committee resolved into Private Session at 1:40 p.m. to consider a legal matter and resumed in Open Session at 2:10 p.m. with no report.

The Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee adjourned at 2:12 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

September 10, 2003 B. Fisch

Newmarket, Ontario Chair

(Report No. 7 of the Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee was adopted, as amended, by the Council of The Regional Municipality of York at its meeting on September 18, 2003.)