EC2026-0815

That with respect to Report EC2026-0815, the following be adopted: That Council: 1. Select the following shortlisted option for the Green Line Downtown Segment and direct Administration to advance planning, design, and procurement activities for the selected option: Option 3: 10 Avenue and 2 Street SW Surface Alignment and discontinue work on Option 1: Current Baseline 10 Avenue and 2 Street SW Elevated Alignment. 1. Direct Administration to bring forward the budget required to update and advance planning and design activities for the southeast extension to Seton for Councils consideration in the 2027-2030 business plans and budgets. 2. Direct Administration to bring forward the budget required to update and advance north corridor planning and design activities for Councils consideration as part of the 2027-2030 Service Plans and Budgets. 3. Direct Administration to bring forward, to the November 3 Executive Committee, capital cost estimates for the full build-out of the Max Green Bus Rapid Transit line from Keystone Hills to Downtown, including the associated transit assets required to sustain operations, together with the incremental costs associated with each phase of the build-out. Administration shall also report on the planning work required to define a downtown Bus Rapid Transit Loop/Station and develop future capital cost estimates. 4. Direct Administration to report to the November 3 Executive Committee on the estimated budgets required to advance the planning and design activities contemplated in Recommendations 2 and 3. 5. Direct Administration to develop a comprehensive public realm, streetscape, and mobility plan for 10 Avenue addressing the movement and integration of vehicles, parking, walking, and wheeling, and strengthening connections between the Green Line LRT, communities north of the CPKC corridor, and the Beltline. The plan shall respond to community needs and support the creation of a vibrant, well-connected, and integrated corridor and shall become part of the quarterly Green Line updates with a full scoping report to be delivered no later than Q1 2027. 6. Direct that the Confidential Attachment 3 remain confidential pursuant to Sections 28 (Local public body confidences), 29 (Advice from officials), 30 (Disclosure harmful to economic and other interests of a public body), and 32 (Privileged information) of the Access to Information Act until the transaction has been closed, to be reviewed 2039 December 3.