Authorization to Release Section 37 Funds from a development towards Public Realm and Streetscape Improvements related to "Manor Road Square" as prescribed in Official Plan Amendment 405 as a City-initiated Public Realm Move - by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle

These improvements will enhance the pedestrian experience and further animate the neighborhood's public realm. This Motion is urgent as it is a pre-approval condition for the applicant's site plan.

2263-2297 Yonge Street, 10 Eglinton Avenue East and 25R Roehampton Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700595) secured for streetscape improvements in the vicinity of the development site, in the amount of $711,800. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to negotiate, enter into and execute an agreement, or other means as deemed appropriate, with Rockport Yonge and Manor Inc., or its contractor and/or consultant to design and construct streetscape improvements to "Manor Road Square" in accordance with the approved Site Plan and Landscape Plans on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with City Planning and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, including the following: a. the improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the City's construction standards and with detailed plans approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services; b. all relevant City policies as applicable, including the City's Fair Wage Policy, the Labour Trades Construction Obligations in the Construction Industry Policy, and the Declaration of Compliance with Anti-Harassment/Discrimination Legislation Policy, if applicable, shall be complied with in constructing the streetscape improvements; and c. the negotiated fees and costs for all Agreements to design and construct the streetscape improvements of "Manor Road Square" shall be fair and reasonable in the opinion of the General Manager, Transportation Services, based on the work involved to implement the improvements and costs for similar work completed in the past. The total cost to design and construct all of the work shall be agreed upon, but shall not exceed $711,800.00 inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax.