Appendix C3 Public Engagement Record: December 10, 2019 to September 16, 2020 Public Engagement Record: December 10, 2019 to September 16, 2020 • Website Screenshots Public Engagement Record: December 10, 2019 to September 16, 2020 • Ask-A-Question Submissions Ask A Question – January 23 to September 16, 2020 Comment title Comment body Response Future Is the western terminus of the line to be built so that it would be able to be We are currently advancing plans for the line between Exhibition/Ontario expansion extended north west at a later date? Thank you Place and the Ontario Science Centre. However, these plans don’t preclude future expansions that may be presented to improve access and meet demand. Thorncliffe Park Where is the station in relation to Overlea Blvd Teams are analyzing the 15 stations identified in the Initial Business Case to Station determine whether or not they should be built, looking at factors like the potential number of users, ease of construction, and cost, to name a few. Findings will be presented in the Preliminary Design Business Case, which we are aiming to complete by summer 2020.By using the GO corridor and building bridges across the Don River instead of tunneling underneath it, a route that is approximately twice the length of the Relief Line South can be built at a similar cost. Also, using the GO corridor will allow people to more easily connect between GO and TTC services that will both be accessible by street level, saving time compared to connections that would lead people into deep underground stations. We will be hosting another round of consultations in spring 2020 where we hope to share some more information from our findings. Meeting I would love to attend the Ontario Line event, but the time frame does not work Thanks for your feedback - we will share this with our project team. Our Accessibility for my schedule. I imagine that an evening time slot is difficult for commuters Metrolinx Engage portal is designed to give the community an opportunity to and parents who are responsible for preparing dinner for their families and ask questions and also review the same materials that were shared with childcare. Having a webinar for events such as these would make the communities at the Open Houses. You can find a digital version of the conversation more accessible to a wider range of Torontonians. Can we display boards on this website under the Ontario Line section. Feel free to consider adding a live webinar option and a moderator responsible for leave us more questions on Metrolinx Engage and we'll be happy to answer. answering questions that come from online participants? Thank you! You can also reach us directly at [email protected] or 416-202- 5100. Overlea Blvd Why is an elevated structure being built right outside residential buildings and Current plans for the line on Overlea Boulevard include at-grade or elevated Elevated condos on Overlea Blvd with no regard to the noise factor and view for tracks. The precise alignment of the Ontario Line will evolve throughout the Structure residential owners? This kind of structure does not belong in a residential design and procurement process as teams gather more information, community. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the meeting at the Science including details on ground conditions, community and environmental Centre and would love to receive some details on this plan. impacts. We will work with communities to ensure a comprehensive array of measures are in place to address any noise or vibration impacts and to ensure designs are sensitive and respectful of communities. All the boards from the Ontario Science Centre Open House are available on the Metrolinx Engage portal by going to the Ontario Line section and clicking Get Ask A Question – January 23 to September 16, 2020 Engaged -> Open Houses. Ontario Line . Why are you using Overlea as the route? The precise alignment of the Ontario Line will evolve throughout the design Route through If you can put the maintenance yard behind a Costco why not the train? and procurement process as teams gather more information, including Thorncliffe Park Or the hydro green? Or An elevated line done the DVP median or on the side? details on ground conditions, community and environmental impacts, and Or the North Go train line that cuts through ET Seton park already? potential for partnering with developers. We will continue to refine the exact Overlea is already overly trafficked.it is the only exit out of Thorncliffe Park and alignment as more planning work is done as part of the Preliminary Design entrance to the DVP. We are very well served by buses. The construction alone Business Case. We will work with communities to ensure a comprehensive will destroy a high needs neighbourhood struggling to keep itself from becoming array of measures are in place to address any noise or vibration impacts a ghetto. The local merchants who mostly reside here will be ruined. We cannot and to ensure designs are sensitive and respectful of communities. get a dime for a decent community centre with the highest numbers of children in Canada but we are getting a subway light rail line along Eglinton’s high end neighbourhood and another transit line just one block south but this one will be an above ground or ground level rail. How does this make any sense? Station stops How was King Street and Bathurst Street chosen for a Subway Station? Why would Metrolinx not choose City Place and Liberty Village for Subway Stations? Why would you have the subway raised going through Leslieville and Riverdale? Pape and What are your plans for the houses near the proposed bridge that will cross the We understand that residents and businesses want specific details about Minton DVP? Will you be expropriating homes on Minton? What can we expect by way impacts to their properties, and we will reach out individually to impacted of compensation in that event? What about the effect of the noise and vibration property owners once we have a firm understanding of what’s needed. We on the remaining homes? Homeowners here are frustrated by the lack of expect to have more detailed information to share in the coming months, information and consultation to date, given how directly we will be affected by when we will have completed further design work. By utilizing the rail your proposed plans. This is a quiet residential area (mature homes, big trees, corridor that already exists in the Leslieville area, we will be able to deliver older people, young families), which will be potentially devastated by the line. the Ontario Line quicker while reducing capital costs and serving even more Please involve us in the process. The Information Sessions held this week were communities. The precise alignment of the Ontario Line will evolve not informative at all; beyond "feedback forms", there was no chance to have throughout the design and procurement process as teams gather more one's voice heard. A more democratic forum is needed for involving information. We will continue to refine the exact alignment as more planning homeowners whose properties are on the line (pun intended). work is done as part of the Preliminary Design Business Case, which will in turn help us determine property requirements. Previously identified and newly affected property owners will be notified and advised of any property impacts, including owners of properties that were identified in the Relief Line South Environmental Report that are no longer required. We are consolidating all the feedback we've received and will be sharing it with our Ask A Question – January 23 to September 16, 2020 project team. Bridge over Can you please share with the public any work you have done to date to assess We know that residents have many questions about the future look and feel DVP at Minton the impact that building a bridge across the DVP and and a tunnel exit would of the line as well as their neighbourhoods, and we will share updates and have on the Pape and Minton area. The residents in the neighbourhood have seek feedback throughout the development of the project. There will be not been consulted and requests to Metrolinx for a consultation with residents many opportunities for people to provide input and learn more about what have thus far been ignored. the project means for them throughout its lifecycle. We will be sharing environmental studies and reports for review and comment throughout the formal EA process, as well as conducting many other engagement events outside of that process. We plan on hosting more Open Houses this spring where we'll be able to share some more information from our findings and solicit community feedback. A great deal of information is uncovered as a project evolves from the early analysis phase to the planning and design phase, through procurement, and onward to the delivery and operations phases. We use all the facts we have to update and improve evidence- based decisions about the project. The findings from our Initial Business Case can be found on our website at www.metrolinx.com/OntarioLine What happens How will Metrolinx address all the public comments? We are consolidating all the feedback we receive at our Open Houses and to our input? online. All the feedback will be shared with our project team. Answers to "At the top of this page it says ""We’ll post an answer to your question in 48 questions hours." Yet no questions have been answered including ones that were posted 5 days ago. Above Ground Can you share more details on the decisions around making certain parts of the Any decisions we make on alignment and station location are in the interest Portions of the Line above ground? Specifically, where the line comes above ground at the of improving the customer experience, increasing access to transit, Line Gerrard station and going south through a rich vibrant neighbourhood full of maximizing ridership, achieving travel time savings, and creating better families? Could it be underground? Could it be routed more East so that the access to jobs.