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Parkdale Hub Project - Advancing to Phase Three

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2021-12-15 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on December 15, 16 and 17, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to include the creation of replacement space for Toronto Artscape Inc. within the residential block(s) of the proposed Parkdale Hub development, including nine live-work units, an art gallery and community space. 2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to initiate lease negotiations with Toronto Artscape Inc.

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to secure the ongoing delivery of their program within the proposed Parkdale Hub. 3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to continue negotiations to acquire fee simple interest in the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West, as listed in Appendix A to the report (November 23, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and shown on the maps attached as Appendix B to the report (November 23, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management (the "Property"), and City Council authorize the initiation of expropriation proceedings for the Property, for the purposes of affordable housing units and operating space for community-based organizations, programs and services. 4. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West, to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for inquiries received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for its consideration. 5. City Council authorize the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the City Librarian, Toronto Public Library and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to lead Phase 3 of the Parkdale Hub project, which will include: a. preparation of design documents suitable to support a City-initiated rezoning process for the Parkdale Hub, including the Housing Now site(s), based on the Demonstration Plan prepared in Phase 2; b. the submission of a business case for the future Housing Now site(s) to the CreateTO Board; and c. the competitive procurement of a non-profit affordable rental housing development partner. 6. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachments 1, 2 and 3 to the report (November 8, 2021) from the Vice President, Land and Development Planning, CreateTO following the closing of all purchase and/or sale and/or transaction(s), as they pertain to a proposed or pending acquisition or sale of land for municipal or local board purposes and a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachments 1, 2, and 3 to the report (November 8, 2021) from the Vice President, Land and Development Planning, CreateTO remain confidential at this time, in accordance with the City of Toronto Act, 2006. Confidential Attachments 1, 2, and 3 to the report (November 8, 2021) from the Vice President, Land and Development Planning, CreateTO will be made public following the closing of all purchase and/or sale and/or transaction(s), as they pertain to a proposed or pending acquisition or sale of land for municipal or local board purposes and a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.

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As the city filed it

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council authority for City Staff to take the necessary actions to advance the Parkdale Hub project to Phase three. On November 22, 2021, the CreateTO Board adopted RA27.6 (the "CreateTO Board Report") that presented the Feasibility Study (Phase two) for the Parkdale Hub project and recommended that, subject to City Council approval, CreateTO lead Phase three of the Parkdale Hub project in collaboration with Corporate Real Estate Management, City Planning, Housing Secretariat, Parks, Forestry & Recreation, Toronto Public Library, and Social Development, Finance & Administration.

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Details of Phase two, including the Feasibility Study as well as an overview of the work program for Phase three are presented in the CreateTO Board Report and its Confidential Attachments. This report also seeks authority to initiate expropriation proceedings for a fee simple interest the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West (the "Property") for the purposes of new affordable housing and community program space. The Parkdale Hub project is a strategic city-building initiative, and therefore it is appropriate that this City companion report and the CreateTO Board Report be considered jointly by Executive Committee.

Staff recommended

The Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to include the creation of replacement space for Toronto Artscape Inc. within the residential block(s) of the proposed Parkdale Hub development, including nine live-work units, an art gallery and community space. 2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to initiate lease negotiations with Toronto Artscape Inc.

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to secure the ongoing delivery of their program within the proposed Parkdale Hub. 3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to continue negotiations to acquire fee simple interest in the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West, as listed in Appendix A and shown on the maps attached as Appendix B (the "Property"), and authorize the initiation of expropriation proceedings for the Property, for the purposes of affordable housing units and operating space for community-based organizations, programs and services. 4. City Council grant authority to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West, to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for inquiries received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for its consideration.

Considered

  • 2021-12-07 · Executive Committee · amended

    Decision as filed

    The Executive Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to include the creation of replacement space for Toronto Artscape Inc. within the residential block(s) of the proposed Parkdale Hub development, including nine live-work units, an art gallery and community space. 2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to initiate lease negotiations with Toronto Artscape Inc.

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    to secure the ongoing delivery of their program within the proposed Parkdale Hub. 3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to continue negotiations to acquire fee simple interest in the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West, as listed in Appendix A to the report (November 23, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and shown on the maps attached as Appendix B to the report (November 23, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management (the "Property"), and City Council authorize the initiation of expropriation proceedings for the Property, for the purposes of affordable housing units and operating space for community-based organizations, programs and services. 4. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the property municipally known as 1337 Queen Street West, to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for inquiries received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for its consideration. 5. City Council authorize the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the City Librarian, Toronto Public Library and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to lead Phase 3 of the Parkdale Hub project, which will include: a. preparation of design documents suitable to support a City-initiated rezoning process for the Parkdale Hub, including the Housing Now site(s), based on the Demonstration Plan prepared in Phase 2; b. the submission of a business case for the future Housing Now site(s) to the CreateTO Board; and c. the competitive procurement of a non-profit affordable rental housing development partner. 6. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachments 1, 2 and 3 to the report (November 8, 2021) from the Vice President, Land and Development Planning, CreateTO following the closing of all purchase and/or sale and/or transaction(s), as they pertain to a proposed or pending acquisition or sale of land for municipal or local board purposes and a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.

  • 2021-12-15 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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