Appendix C – Agency Consultation Kennedy Road Environmental Assessment between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive Regional Municipality of York | Kennedy Road Environmental Assessment Between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive Organization Name Position TRCA Harsimrat Pruthi Planner MNRF Emmanuel Ogunjobi Natural Resources Manager MECP Emilee O’Leary Environmental Planner CN Michael Vallins Public Works Manager MTO Frank Martins Manager MTO Margaret Mikolajczak Senior Project Manager 407ETR Maria Efimova Engineering Technician 407ETR Jeff Booker Manager Metrolinx Anna Krol Project Coordinator City of Toronto Benjamin Morell Assistant Planner City of Toronto Alan Filipuzzi Program Manager City of Markham Mark Siu Senior Capital Works Engineer City of Markham Marija Ilic Manager York Region Rapid Liza Sheppard Director Transit Corporation York Region Rapid Paul May Executive Vice President Transit Corporation York Region Edward Chiu Senior Project Manager York Region Jessica Lee Planning and Design Coordinator The following summarizes meetings with individual agencies, stakeholders, property owners/residents, and other interested parties throughout the duration of the Kennedy Road Environmental Assessment Study. Key correspondence and meeting minutes are included in this appendix. Records of all correspondence and meetings are documented in the Region’s project file. TRCA • TRCA Meeting #1: December 12, 2017 MNRF • MNRF Meeting #1: July 18, 2017 • MNRF Meeting #2: January 29, 2018 • MNRF Meeting #3: August 27, 2018 MECP (formerly MOECC) • MECP Meeting #1: December 11, 2017 CN • CN Meeting #1: February 15, 2018 • CN Meeting #2: August 20, 2018 • CN Meeting #3: April 4, 2019 Ministry of Ontario (MTO) and 407ETR • 407ETR Design Options Meeting: January 18, 2019 Metrolinx • Metrolinx GO Transit Meeting #1: August 11, 2017 Regional Municipality of York | Kennedy Road Environmental Assessment Between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive • Metrolinx GO Transit Meeting #2: July 20, 2018 • Metrolinx GO Transit Meeting #3: April 2, 2019 • Metrolinx GO Transit Meeting #4: April 23, 2019 • Stouffville Rail Corridor Grade Separations Project Technical Advisory Committee #1: May 24, 2019 • Metrolinx GO Transit Meeting #5: October 31, 2019 City of Markham Meetings: • City of Markham Meeting #1: June 1, 2017 • City of Markham Meeting #2: July 24, 2018 • Markham Heritage Meeting: August 16, 2019 • CN/Miller Avenue Extension: August 20, 2019 • City of Markham Meeting #3: October 29, 2019 • City of Markham Meeting #4: June 17, 2020 • City of Markham Meeting #5: December 15, 2020 • City of Markham Meeting #6: February 1, 2021 YRRTC • YRRTC Meeting #1: January 12, 2018 • YRRTC Meeting #2: February 13, 2018 • YRRTC Meeting #3: October 10, 2018 • YRRTC Meeting #4: November 4, 2019 • YRRTC Meeting #5: February 2, 2021 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) • TAC Meeting #1: July 13, 2017 • TAC Meeting #2: January 11, 2018 • TAC Meeting #3: October 30, 2019 Stakeholder Group (SHG) • SHG Meeting #1: October 24, 2017 • SHG Meeting #2: January 11, 2018 • SHG Meeting #3: June 6, 2018 • SHG Meeting #4: November 14, 2019 TRCA Meeting Minutes Kennedy Road Environmental Assessment between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive Regional Municipality of York | Kennedy Road Class EA between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive TRCA Meeting #1 Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes Project: Kennedy Road, Steeles Avenue to Major Mackenzie Drive, Environmental Assessment Subject: Kick-Off Meeting with TRCA (TRCA SLA Task# 1.4) Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Location: TRCA Office, 101 Exchange Avenue, City of Vaughan Attendees: Edward Chiu (York Region) Tara Erwin (HDR) Jessica Lee (York Region) Michelle Li (HDR) Teresa Li (York Region) Katherine Bibby (LGL) Scott Smith (TRCA- Planner II) Eric Wang (TRCA- Water Resources Analyst) Brad Stephens (TRCA- Ecologist) Jamie Milnes (TRCA- Ecologist) Topic Facilitator Action 1 Introduction HDR Project Team presented the Kennedy Road EA as per attached presentation slides. Project Background: this is the first meeting with TRCA to review the Kennedy Road Environmental Assessment (EA) study. The study corridor is from Steeles Avenue to Major Mackenzie Drive in the City of Markham The project is being undertaken as a Schedule ‘C’ Class EA and is currently in Phase 2 of the EA process. As per the Region’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP) the preferred solution is to widen Kennedy Road from Steeles Avenue to Major Mackenzie Drive to 6- lanes to accommodate transit and High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV), and to provide continuous Active Transportation facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. The existing Kennedy Road right-of-way (ROW) generally ranges between 36m to 43m, with right-of-way as narrow as 25m in some constrained locations. 2 Environmental LGL Multi-session field investigations were completed during summer 2017, including wildlife, vegetation, tree inventory, and fisheries surveys. HDR to A Natural Heritage Report (NHR) that documents the existing circulate findings will be circulated to TRCA for review No Provincially Significant Wetlands (PSWs) and no Areas of Natural and Significant Interest (ANSI) are within the study area Lands north of Major Mackenzie Drive, beyond the study area, are HDR to designated as Protected Countryside and Natural Heritage System review with TRCA suggested to review the Milliken Center Secondary Plan for CIty information regarding the wetland located near the Stouffville Go Rail Crossing north of Clayton Drive. The project team should discuss the related improvements and projected timelines with the City for consideration within the Kennedy Road EA study as hdrinc.com 100 York Boulevard, Suite 300, Richmond Hill, ON, CA L4B 1J8 (289) 695-4600 1 Regional Municipality of York | Kennedy Road Class EA between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive TRCA Meeting #1 Meeting Minutes Topic Facilitator Action required. TRCA suggested to minimize impacts and avoid work near the wetland located north of the Stouffville Go Rail Crossing north of Clayton Drive as possible. 3 Major Watercourse (Rouge River Crossing) HDR/LGL The existing bridge structure is a single span structure with 30.5m in length and 17.0m in width. LGL noted that fish habitats were observed within the Rouge River, numbers of bird species and wildlife species at risk (SAR) were identified in the study area. The study team is in the process of confirming the Redside Dace habitat at this crossing with MNRF; TRCA noted that no Redside Dace habitat is present within the corridor. HDR to The proposed road cross-section will be a 6-lane cross section with circulate active transportation facilities. Landscaping opportunities are Fluvial G reduced/eliminated at the crossing due to narrow ROW constraints Report and to minimize impacts to the watercourse. As per the Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment, the meander belt width of the reach ranges between 120 m to 270 m, and the 100-year erosion limit is 115 m. The meander belt width at the crossing is 120m. A span width of 30m – 45m is recommended for the crossing to address the Fluvial Geomorphic requirements. Under existing conditions the crossing meets the MTO Highway drainage design criteria of conveying a 100-year storm event; however, water is overtopping the road during regional storm event. Hydraulic assessment is to be completed based on 2-year to 100- year storm events, and to evaluate floodplain and backwater conditions based on the Regional storm event for the proposed preferred alternative. Options for bridge replacement or bridge widening are to be explored. It was acknowledged that the existing bridge span width is 30.5m. The project team is to come up a preferred recommendation based on best effort approach to balance the needs and impacts, with technical justification to support the decision. 4 Major Watercourse (Rouge River Tributary) HDR/LGL The existing culvert is a twin elliptical 900mm x 1400mm corrugated steel pipe (CSP), with a length of 48m. The tributary of the Rouge River provides coolwater habitat within the study area, but the timing window is still warmwater riverine habitat No meander belt assessment is undertaken as the watercourse upstream and downstream to the culvert is engineered as a ditch. Structural inspection of the culvert is to be undertaken. The design return period is 50 year storm event, no existing condition hydraulic assessment is available from the TRCA’s provided model. Hydraulic information is pending receipt from the HDR to City of Markham. confirm The existing culvert length is 48 m, options to accommodate RSD with roadway widening are to be determined. MNRF The proposed road cross-section will be a 6-lane cross section with active transportation facilities. Landscaping opportunities are hdrinc.com 100 York Boulevard, Suite 300, Richmond Hill, ON, CA L4B 1J8 (289) 695-4600 2 Regional Municipality of York | Kennedy Road Class EA between Steeles Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive TRCA Meeting #1 Meeting Minutes Topic Facilitator Action reduced/eliminated at the crossing due to narrow ROW constraints and to minimize impacts to the watercourse TRCA noted this crossing aligns with Tributary 5 west of crossing location. The project team shall confirm the Redside Dace boundary and plan related to Redside Dace Recovery with MNRF. TRCA noted there is a barrier upstream of this crossing, which is to be investigated. 5 Next Steps All An Impact Assessment will be prepared by LGL to document the mitigation recommendation