The First Parliament Site and Expropriation of City-owned Lands by Metrolinx for Transit Purposes

set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 13, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and direct it to the Land Acquisition Reserve Fund (XR1012), to be held in trust until the development and site plans for the First Parliament lands are finalized. 2. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 13, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning following the full and final determination of the compensation payable to the City for the expropriation of the properties at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and part of 44 Parliament Street, by arbitration or appeal or, if settled, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct the City Manager, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consult with the City-led First Parliament Working Group and the local Councillor on how the funds from the expropriation can be best used to achieve implementation and principles outlined in the First Parliament Master Plan. 4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with Toronto Public Library, to ensure that all interim relocation costs incurred by Toronto Public Library are accounted for in the final settlement offer from Metrolinx for the expropriation of 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and 44 Parliament Street. 5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to prioritize in the ongoing negotiations with Infrastructure Ontario with respect to the First Parliament Transit-Oriented Communities development the civic objectives outlined in the Master Plan and other local capital improvements, and to report back to the Executive Committee when the final Transit-Oriented Community development plan for First Parliament is presented, including but not limited to: a. parkland and/or park improvements; b. public realm improvements; and c. affordable housing. 6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to present alternative massing studies to Infrastructure Ontario on the Transit Oriented Communities proposals at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and 44 Parliament Street, and to report back to the Executive Committee on how City ideas and comments have been addressed when the final Transit-Oriented Communities development plan for First Parliament is presented. 7. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to negotiate the provision of affordable housing, consistent with the City's policies for Inclusionary Zoning and the Housing Now initiative, in addition to Provincial requirements for affordable housing in the Transit-Oriented Communities proposal at First Parliament/Corktown, and to report back to the Executive Committee on such affordable housing options, including the approach to funding it, when the final Transit-Oriented Communities development plan for First Parliament is presented. 8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to report back to the Executive Committee in a standalone report on the final Transit-Oriented Communities development plan for First Parliament. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 13, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information regarding a proposed or pending expropriation of City-owned land by Metrolinx. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 13, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning will be made public following the full and final determination of the compensation payable to the City for the expropriation of the properties at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and part of 44 Parliament Street, by arbitration or appeal or, if settled, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.