Barrie Rail Corridor Expansion Transit Project Assessment Process Environmental Project Report Addendum New GO Stations Volume 1: Environmental Project Report Addendum – Main Report Appendix A: Stakeholder Consultation Report August 2018 Metrolinx – Regional Express Rail (Package 2) - Technical Advisory Services Stakeholder Consultation Report Issue and Revision Record Rev Date Originator Checker Approver Description 0 2018-08-02 Tina Charalambu Melissa Alexander Mark Armstrong Final Signatures: This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authorization of 4Transit being obtained. 4Transit accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequence of this document being used for a purpose other than the purposes for which it was commissioned. Any person using or relying on the document for such other purpose agrees, and will by such use or reliance be taken to confirm their agreement to indemnify 4Transit for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. 4Transit accepts no responsibility or liability for this document to any party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. To the extent that this report is based on information supplied by other parties, 4Transit accepts no liability for any loss or damage suffered by the client, whether through contract or tort, stemming from any conclusions based on data supplied by parties other than 4Transit and used by 4Transit in preparing this report. 4T-P2-00-000-SE-RPT-0002, Rev. 0 Page i Metrolinx – Regional Express Rail (Package 2) - Technical Advisory Services Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Overview of the Stakeholder Consultation Process ......................................................................... 3 2.1 Guiding Principles of Stakeholder Consultation Process ............................................................. 3 2.2 Project Organization and Consultation Process ........................................................................... 3 3. EPR Addendum Consultation Process .............................................................................................. 4 3.1 Consultation with the Director ....................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Master Contact List ....................................................................................................................... 5 3.3 Stakeholder Consultation .............................................................................................................. 6 3.3.1 Project Specific Website ..................................................................................................... 6 3.3.2 Public Meeting #1 – Spadina-Front and Bloor-Lansdowne GO Stations ............................ 6 3.3.3 Public Meeting #2 – Spadina-Front and Bloor-Lansdowne GO Stations ............................ 7 3.3.4 Public Meeting #1 – Innisfil, Mulock and Kirby GO Stations ............................................... 8 3.3.5 Online Town Hall – Spadina Front and Bloor-Lansdowne Stations .................................. 10 3.3.6 General Public Consultation ............................................................................................. 11 3.3.7 Property Owner Consultation ............................................................................................ 13 3.4 Indigenous Community and Organization Consultation ............................................................. 13 3.5 Agency and Municipal Consultation ............................................................................................ 16 3.5.1 Meetings with Regulatory Agencies, Conservation Authorities, Municipalities and Technical Advisory Committees ........................................................................................ 17 3.5.2 Meetings with Elected Officials ......................................................................................... 19 3.5.3 Agency and Municipal Correspondence ........................................................................... 20 3.5.4 Review of Draft Technical Reports and Draft Environmental Project Report Addendum ......................................................................................................................... 21 4. Incorporation of Stakeholder Comments ......................................................................................... 24 5. Notice of Environmental Project Report Addendum ...................................................................... 24 6. Commitments to Future Work and Consultation ............................................................................ 25 List of Figure Figure 1-1: New GO Stations planned along the Barrie rail corridor ............................................................ 2 List of Tables Table 3-1: Venue, Location and Date and Time of Public Meeting #1 ........................................................ 7 Table 3-2: Local Newspapers used to Advertise Public Meeting #1 ........................................................... 7 Table 3-3: Venues, Locations and Dates and Times of Public Meeting #2 .................................................. 8 Table 3-4: Local Newspapers used to Advertise Public Meeting #2............................................................. 8 Table 3-5: Venues, Locations and Dates and Times of Public Meeting #1 .................................................. 9 Table 3-6: Local Newspapers used to advertise Public Meeting #1 ............................................................. 9 Table 3-7: Dates and Times of Online Town Hall ....................................................................................... 10 Table 3-8: Local Newspapers used to Advertise Online Town Halls .......................................................... 10 Table 3-9: General Public and Property Owner Comment Themes and Responses ................................. 11 Table 3-10: Summary of Consultation with Property Owners ..................................................................... 13 Table 3-11: Summary of Meetings with Indigenous Communities and Organizations ............................... 16 Table 3-12: Dates of Meetings with Agencies ............................................................................................. 18 Table 3-13: List of Elected Officials Contacted Prior to Notice for the BRCE EPR Addendum .................. 20 4T-P2-00-000-SE-RPT-0002, Rev. 0 Page ii Metrolinx – Regional Express Rail (Package 2) - Technical Advisory Services Table 3-14: Draft Technical Reports and Draft Environmental Project Report Addendum Reviewed by Agencies...................................................................................................................................................... 22 List of Appendices Appendix A : Correspondence to identify Potentially Affected Indigenous Communities Appendix B : Master Contact List Appendix C : Public Meeting #1 Summary Reports C.1 SmartTrack Public Meeting #1 Report C.2 BRCE Public Meeting #1 Summary Report Appendix D : Public Meeting #2 Summary Report Appendix E : Public Meeting #3 Summary Report Appendix F : Correspondence with the General Public and Property Owners and Developers F.1 General Public and Property Owner Correspondence F.2 Developer Correspondence Appendix G : Correspondence with Indigenous Communities G.1 Notices of Public Meetings G.2 General Correspondence by Community G.3 Notification of Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment Review G.4 Notification of Environmental Project Report Review Appendix H : Meeting Minutes H.1 City of Toronto H.2 York Region H.3 County of Simcoe - Innisfil H.4 MOECC H.5 MTCS H.6 MNRF Appendix I : Additional Correspondence with Agencies and Elected Officials Appendix J : Agency Comments Appendix K : Notice of Environmental Project Report Addendum 4T-P2-00-000-SE-RPT-0002, Rev. 0 Page iii Metrolinx – Regional Express Rail (Package 2) - Technical Advisory Services Glossary of Terms and Acronyms AANDC Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada ATRIS Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Information System BRCE Barrie Rail Corridor Expansion EA Environmental Assessment EAA Environmental Assessment Act EAPB Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch EPR Environmental Project Report GGH Greater Golden Horseshoe INAC Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (formerly AANDC) LSRCA Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority MAA Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs MIRR Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation (formerly MAA) MNRF Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry MOECC Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change MP Member of Parliament MPP Member of Provincial Parliament MTCS Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport MTO Ministry of Transportation Notice Notice of Environmental Project Report Addendum OHT Ontario Heritage Trust O. Reg. Ontario Regulation PIN Property Identification Number PPUDO Passenger Pick-up and Drop-off ROW Right-of-Way RER Regional Express Rail 4T-P2-00-000-SE-RPT-0002, Rev. 0 Page iv Metrolinx – Regional Express Rail (Package 2) - Technical Advisory Services Glossary of Terms and Acronyms TAC Technical Advisory Committee TPAP Transit Project Assessment Process TRCA Toronto and Region Conservation Authority