Toronto City Council
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CC13.21adopted
181-191 Eglinton Avenue East - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions Report
The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing into this matter currently scheduled to commence on February 12, 2024, for two weeks. The applicant appealed the proposed amendments to the Zoning By-Law to the Ontario Land Tribunal due to Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the Zoning By-law Amendment application appeal for the lands at 181-191 Eglinton Avenue East, and to continue to work with the Applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request in the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part, that the issuance of any final orders be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that: a. the final form and content of the Zoning By-laws are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the Applicant has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services has determined that holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law Amendment; and c. the Applicant has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry, Tree Protection and Plan Review as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Supervisor, Tree Protection and Plan Review. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement the decision of City Council. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2023) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, with the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM13.21adopted
Women's professional sports are on the rise in North America. The recent successes of teams such as Angel City Football Club in the American National Women's Soccer League demonstrate that professional women's sports franchises can draw significant crowds, generate economic activity, and build community. As Canada's largest city, Toronto has an opportunity to be a leader in promoting gender equity in sport. Toronto is home to many professional sports teams and will welcome a new Professional Women's Hockey League team in 2024. Project 8, led by two-time Olympic-medalist Diana Matheson, plans to launch a new Canadian professional women's soccer league in 2025. The league is structured to include eight teams across Canada competing in two conferences. Three teams have signed on to the league to-date, including AFC Toronto City, along with teams in Vancouver and Calgary. AFC Toronto City was founded earlier this year by an experienced team committed to growing the game of soccer in Toronto. Currently, AFC Toronto City is seeking a potential home field and associated facilities. As the City prepares to welcome the world to Toronto for the FIFA Men's World Cup in 2026, it is important to consider the broader legacy of the tournament. A key community-building opportunity is growing the participation of women in soccer. The City can work toward this objective by supporting the establishment of a professional women's soccer league in Toronto.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council express its support for the establishment of a professional women's soccer league in Toronto and its commitment to championing gender equity in sport. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, in consultation with the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat, to explore opportunities to support the establishment of a professional women's soccer team in Toronto, including helping to identify potential sites. 3. City Council request the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat to advance growing the participation of women in sport as a key legacy opportunity of hosting the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Toronto.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jaye Robinson, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow recommends that: 1. City Council express its support for the establishment of a professional women's soccer league in Toronto and its commitment to championing gender equity in sport. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, in consultation with the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat, to explore opportunities to support the establishment of a professional women's soccer team in Toronto, including helping to identify potential sites. 3. City Council request the FIFA World Cup 2026 Toronto Secretariat to advance growing the participation of women in sport as a key legacy opportunity of hosting the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Toronto.
CC13.22amended
The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the Ontario Land Tribunal appeal respecting the development application at 172-186 Finch Avenue West, 1-33 Grantbrook Street and 305-313 Hendon Avenue. The applicant appealed the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment to the Ontario Land Tribunal on November 30, 2022, due to Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff attached to Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng. 4. City Council direct that the balance of of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng, and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer as set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its final Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal until such time as the Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments implementing the Settlement Offer are finalized in a form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has addressed the matters identified in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated November 23, 2023, and any outstanding issues arising from the ongoing technical review (including the provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments application to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. in the event the updated servicing reports referred to in Part 2.b. above identify necessary upgrades or modifications to municipal infrastructure including the provision of servicing or functional items above, the owner shall enter into financially secured agreement(s) for the construction of any such improvements all to be completed at no cost to the City and to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; d. a Holding provision has been included in the implementing zoning by-law to ensure the necessary municipal infrastructure is in place before any development can proceed for the site; e. the owner has submitted a revised Travel Demand Management Plan, parking study, and vehicle maneuvering diagrams acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services and that such matters arising from such study be secured if required; f. the owner has submitted updated complete Toronto Green Standards Checklists and Statistics Templates to the satisfaction of satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; g. the applicant has submitted a plan of subdivision application, or has otherwise made appropriate arrangements to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, to secure the public street and required public conveyances to City standards; h. the owner has submitted a revised Heritage Impact Assessment that includes a conservation strategy to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; i. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 172 Finch Avenue West, substantially in accordance with the accepted Heritage Impact Assessment that includes a conservation strategy to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; j. the owner has submitted an application and gained approval in writing under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the proposed alterations to the heritage property at 172 Finch Avenue West; and k. the owner has provided a revised Pedestrian Wind Study, such report to be reviewed with recommendations implemented as part of the amending Official Plan policies and Zoning By-laws. 2. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the Owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the Owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to work with the applicant to explore the feasibility of providing an in-kind community benefit at the historical heritage building on the site, pursuant to 37(6) of the Planning Act, and to report back to City Council for further instruction if the applicant offers such an in-kind community benefit. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor and Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2023) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix A to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM13.22adopted
At its meeting on July 19, 2023, City Council adopted recommendations in the report (June 6, 2023) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District approving an amendment to Zoning By-law 438-86 and Zoning By-law 141-2005 to amend the Zoning By-law for Phases 4 and 5 of the Regent Park revitalization by amending the permitted uses, building heights and tower locations, and other performance standards. As the design for the first Toronto Community Housing Corporation building has progressed, a modification to Map 3 of the draft Zoning By-law amendment has been requested by Toronto Community Housing Corporation to allow for a building design that will better accommodate larger units and meet the needs of Toronto Community Housing Corporation tenant households. The modification amends the Tower Locations Map to locate Tower D a minimum of 20 metres from the Gerrard Street East frontage instead of 30 metres as originally proposed. The permitted location for Tower D is also revised to provide a longer dimension in the north-south direction (45 metres instead of 40 metres) and a narrower dimension in the east-west direction (35 metres instead of 40 metres). The maximum permitted height (90 metres and 26 storeys) and floorplate (800 square metres gross floor area) of the tower remain unchanged. The modification to Map 3 is in keeping with the vision of the development framework and Zoning By-law for Regent Park considered by City Council. The tower continues to be significantly set back from Gerrard Street East and would not result in substantially different impacts than the original proposal. Accordingly, it would be appropriate for City Council to approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law amendment without the added necessity for further public notice. The reason for urgency is that the Zoning was approved at the last meeting of City Council and these amendments are necessary to permit the development of the affordable housing to proceed without delay.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the Zoning By-law amendment substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to Item MM13.22. 2. City Council determine that, pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is required in respect of the proposed amendment to the Zoning By-law amendment.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council amend the Zoning By-law amendment substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to this Motion. 2. City Council determine that, pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is required in respect of the proposed amendment to the Zoning By-law amendment.
CC13.23amended
4174 Dundas Street West - Request for Directions
On August 31, 2021, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted proposing a 15-storey residential building with 117 units, a gross floor area of 13,194 square metres and a density of 6.4 times the area of the lot. On December 23, 2021, the applicant appealed the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Ontario Land Tribunal, citing City Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the prescribed timelines of the Planning Act. At its meeting of June 15 and 16, 2022, City Council directed the City Solicitor to oppose the application at the Ontario Land Tribunal. On July 22, 2022, the applicant submitted an Official Plan Amendment application in support of its Zoning By-law Amendment Application. This application was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal on November 21, 2022, and the two appeals were consolidated at the Ontario Land Tribunal. At its meeting of May 10, 11 and 12, 2023, City Council directed the City Solicitor to oppose the applications at the Ontario Land Tribunal. The City Solicitor requires further directions for the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing scheduled to commence on February 12, 2024. Given imminent procedural filing dates set out in the Procedural Order, and other deadlines addressed in Confidential Attachment 1, this matter is urgent and cannot be deferred.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Stephen Holyday. 2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, in order to prevent the residents of, visitors to, or tradespersons at 4174 Dundas Street West from obtaining a parking permit. 3. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix A and Revised Confidential Appendix B to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1 by Councillor Stephen Holyday. 5. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix B to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor were adopted as amended by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated December 5, 2023, set out in Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement. 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order(s) on the appeal until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan Amendment is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the final form and content of the Zoning By-law Amendments is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; c. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendments includes the existing holding ("H") conditions identified in Section 4(i) of Zoning By-law 717-2006, as amended, on the Site, including revisions as required, with the hold symbol not to be lifted until City Council is satisfied as to the availability of all road improvements, infrastructure, servicing and school capacity, to accommodate the proposed development; d. the owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing Report, a revised Stormwater Management Report, and a revised Geotechnical Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; e. the owner has provided a revised Transportation Impact Study to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; f. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with the City and has entered into the appropriate agreements for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management and Geotechnical Reports and accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the Traffic Impact Study accepted by the General Manager, Transportation Services; g. the owner has provided loading spaces, parking spaces and accessible parking spaces, as well as drive aisle widths and turning radii, in accordance with the supply and dimensional requirements of city-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; h. the owner has provided a revised Arborist Report, Tree Inventory and Preservation Plan, Natural Heritage Impact Study, and Landscape Plan which identifies and labels via shading and notation the areas to be conveyed/restored/renaturalised, the new property boundary and the fencing, and addressed all outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry, Tree Protection and Plan Review as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority; i. the owner agrees to restore and renaturalise the lands located below the long-term stable top-of-bank and the adjoining buffer zone lands located within 10 metres of the long-term stable top-of-bank to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority; j. the owner has satisfied the requirements of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority regarding requested revisions to reports, and policy and/or zoning revisions requested to address the long-term stable top-of-bank issue; k. the owner has satisfied the requirements of the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board regarding signage and warning clauses; and l. the owner revises the draft Zoning By-law Amendments to rezone the lands located below the long-term stable top-of bank and the buffer zone lands located within 10 metres of the long-term stable top-of-bank as Open Space-Natural Zone (ON), and revises plans to show a two metre building setback to the future ON zoned lands, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. 3. Prior to Site Plan Approval, the owner prepares all documents and conveys a 0.4-metre road widening along the frontage of the property on Dundas Street West, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the City Solicitor. 4. Prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit, the owner conveys all lands below the long-term stable top-of-slope and the adjoining 10-metre buffer from the long-term stable top-of-slope to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to the satisfaction of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 5. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to include the following as a Site Plan approval condition: a. the Owner shall insert the following advisory into all agreements of purchase and sale or agreements to lease and condominium declaration document(s) for each affected residential unit within the development: Purchasers acknowledge and agree that purchasers or residents of the development will not be eligible for on street-parking permits under the City of Toronto Municipal Code. Purchasers agree that, despite the status or availability of on-street parking permits for residents in the development area as of the date of this document, the availability of on-street parking permits in the development area for the purchasers or residents of the development may, at the discretion of City of Toronto Council, be modified, amended or removed at any time in accordance with the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as amended from time to time and its successors, and the City of Toronto Municipal Code. b. the Owner shall insert the following advisory into all agreements of purchase and sale or agreements to lease and condominium declaration document(s) for each affected residential unit within the development: The building contains 107 units, served on site by 147 total parking spaces, of which 132 are resident parking spaces, and 15 are visitor parking spaces. The total of 147 parking spaces includes 5 accessible parking spaces, one on each parking level. Additional parking for overflow, visitors and residents, including overnight, is of limited or no availability. For visitors: [insert the 5 closest locations that provide off-street parking, Green P on-street parking, or parking for more than 3 hours] For residents: [insert locations of 5 closest off-street parking locations that offer overnight or monthly parking] 6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A and Revised Confidential Appendix B to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor, and Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1 by Councillor Stephen Holyday are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix B to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix B to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor and the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 6, 2023) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix A, and Confidential Appendix B to this report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM13.23adopted
The purpose of this Motion is to seek on behalf of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, City Council's authorization to amend Purchase Order #6054610 and contract 23ECS-RD-09SP with Midome Construction Services Limited dated March 29, 2023, for the installation of new streetcar tracks and associated infrastructure on Adelaide Street, between York Street and Victoria Street. This work is a part of the planned streetcar detour around the Ontario Line Queen Street closure. The project, delivered by the City and funded by Metrolinx, is progressing well and is on schedule for completion by spring 2024. In accordance with Item 2023-GG2.16, approved by City Council on March 29, 2023, Midome Construction Services Limited was awarded a non-competitive contract totalling $40,240,992, exclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries to deliver the work. While the final approved agreement and purchase order from Metrolinx to the City includes contingency funds totalling $3,376,905.60, net of Harmonized Sales Tax, the original council-approved contract and Purchase Order did not include these contingency funds. This omission was due to the streetcar detour works agreement between the City and Metrolinx not being finalized and signed until March 29, 2023, the same day the construction contract was approved by Toronto City Council. To enable the utilization of the contingency amount within the awarded contract to Midome, City Council approval is required. The total value of the Purchase Order Amendment being requested is $3,376,905.60, net of Harmonized Sales Tax, revising the current Purchase Order value from $40,240,992 net of Harmonized Sales Tax to up to $43,617,897.60 net of Harmonized Sales Tax. The full value of this Purchase Order Amendment will be funded by Metrolinx, in accordance with the City's agreement with Metrolinx and the TTC dated March 29, 2023. Given the urgent nature of this work, the Metrolinx-funded works will temporarily be accommodated within the 2023-2032 Transportation Services Major Roads Rehabilitation capital budget (CTP 315-06) until a budget adjustment is made in the subsequent capital variance report. Reason for urgency: Construction work is currently taking place on Adelaide Street.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize an amendment to Purchase Order 6054610 and Contract 23ECS-RD-09SP with Midome Construction Services Limited for the installation of new streetcar tracks and associated infrastructure on Adelaide Street, between York Street and Victoria Street in the amount of $3,376,905.60 net of Harmonized Sales Tax, revising the current Purchase Order value from $40,240,992 net of Harmonized Sales Tax to up to $43,617,897.60 net of Harmonized Sales Tax.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Alejandra Bravo, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize an amendment to Purchase Order #6054610 and Contract 23ECS-RD-09SP with Midome Construction Services Limited for the installation of new streetcar tracks and associated infrastructure on Adelaide Street, between York Street and Victoria Street in the amount of $3,376,905.60 net of Harmonized Sales Tax, revising the current Purchase Order value from $40,240,992 net of Harmonized Sales Tax to up to $43,617,897.60 net of Harmonized Sales Tax.
CC13.24adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 66 Chares Street East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. The property at 66 Charles Street East is located on the north side of Charles Street East to the west of Church Street. Constructed in 1872 and remodeled in the Second Empire style by builder and property developer Arthur Coleman in 1886, the property bears a strong resemblance to the adjacent properties at 62-64 Charles Street East which were constructed by Arthur Coleman and Thomas Smith in 1884. Together with the neighbouring Part IV Designated properties at 62-64 Charles Street East, 628 Church Street, and 634-636 Church Street, the property at 66 Charles Street East forms part of a group of late nineteenth and early twentieth century residential structures that anchor the northwest corner of Church Street and Charles Street East. Between 1904 and 1910, the property was the home of noted cartoonist, journalist, poet, and lecturer John Wilson Bengough. Declared a National Historic Person by the Government of Canada in 1938, a commemorative plaque was installed at the property in 1983 by Parks Canada. The property continued to function as a residence until 1974 when it was purchased by lawyer Gerald Sternberg and converted to offices by 1980. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the property at 66 Charles Street East and determined that the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under the criteria for Design/Physical, Historical/Associative, and Contextual value. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource. A Committee of Adjustment application for a Minor Variance to convert the existing two-and-one-half-storey detached residential building at 66 Charles Street East into an 11-storey apartment building was submitted on September 6, 2023. The project will retain the main section of the existing residential structure and construct a nine-storey rear addition above and behind the rear third of the main structure. The first storey of the existing structure will be converted into an entrance lobby, while the second and third storeys will be converted into residential suites A Heritage Impact Assessment is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. A Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Philip Goldsmith dated November 3, 2023 was submitted as part of the Committee of Adjustment application. City staff recommend that to ensure the conservation conditions of a Site Plan that it be done through designation of the property under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. On November 28, 2022, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) received Royal Assent. Schedule 6 of the More Homes Built Faster Act which amended the Ontario Heritage Act and came into effect on January 1, 2023. As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application that would trigger a Prescribed Event, the property must be listed in the heritage register prior to the Prescribed Event occurring to designate a property. This requirement does not apply to a Prescribed Event that has occurred prior to January 1, 2023. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 66 Charles Street East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 66 Charles Street East (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (November 28, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in City Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 66 Charles Street East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 66 Charles Street East (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (November 28, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
MM13.24adopted
2150 and 2194 Lake Shore Blvd and 23 Park Lawn Road (the "Lands") is a phased, mixed use development approved by Council in 2022 that comprises approximately 7500 residential units, including affordable housing, as well as two on-site parkland dedications, a new GO station, and community facilities such as a new public library, community recreation centre, two child care centres and a community agency space. The required conveyance of lands for parkland purposes, pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990. C. P. 13, for the Lands, must be completed prior to the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit for the first building in Phase 2 and in Phase 3, respectively, in accordance with Chapter 415 of the Municipal Code. However, in discussions with the Owner, there are certain construction constraints within Phase 2 and 3 of the development, each of which comprises multiple high-rise towers and the construction of new public streets, that necessitates the delay of both parkland conveyances until first residential occupancy of the last building adjacent to each park site. Overall, the delayed conveyance of the parkland will allow for minimal disruption to the build out of the parklands and ensure safety and comfort to the park users once construction of the adjacent buildings have been completed. It is also intended to minimize disruption to traffic by allowing the Owner to use the future parkland for construction staging rather than seeking permission to temporarily close lanes on Lake Shore Boulevard and Park Lawn Road. The alternate conveyance timing would require the delivery of the parkland with Base and Above Base improvements fully completed. The Section 37 Agreement for this development has not yet been executed and registered, and as such, an Amending Agreement is not required; however, staff require revised instructions to implement alternate timing for parkland conveyance to be secured through the Section 37 Agreement. This Motion is urgent because, if adopted at the December 13, 14 and 15, 2023 City Council meeting, it will permit the City Solicitor to proceed with execution of the Section 37 Agreement for the Lands once all other outstanding matters have been addressed to the City's satisfaction.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the earlier of Registration of Plan of Condominium or first residential occupancy of the second tower adjacent to the Phase 2 parkland (Parkland A), the Owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication identified as the "local park located along Lake Shore Boulevard West" in the Christie's Secondary Plan having a minimum size of 2,500 square metres, with Base and Above Base Park Improvements completed, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 2. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the earlier of Registration of Plan of Condominium or first residential occupancy of the last tower in Phase 3, the Owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication identified as "the community park located east of Street B and north of Street D" in the Christie's Secondary Plan, also known as Parkland B, having a minimum size of 10,000 square metres, with Base and Above Base Park Improvements completed, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Amber Morley, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the earlier of Registration of Plan of Condominium or first residential occupancy of the second tower adjacent to the Phase 2 parkland (Parkland A), the Owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication identified as the "local park located along Lake Shore Boulevard West" in the Christie's Secondary Plan having a minimum size of 2,500 square metres, with Base and Above Base Park Improvements completed, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 2. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act prior to the earlier of Registration of Plan of Condominium or first residential occupancy of the last tower in Phase 3, the Owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication identified as "the community park located east of Street B and north of Street D" in the Christie's Secondary Plan, also known as Parkland B, having a minimum size of 10,000 square metres, with Base and Above Base Park Improvements completed, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor.
CC13.25adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property at 600 King Street West under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in connection with the development of the subject site and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property. The report also recommends that City Council approve the demolition of a small outbuilding at the rear of 600 King Street West under Section 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The development site, which is located at the north-east corner of the intersection of King Street West and Portland Street, is designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. It contains a four-and-a-half-storey brick-clad building that was constructed in 1901 to the designs of architects Chadwick & Beckett, in the Edwardian Classical style for the Beatty Manufacturing Company Ltd. In conjunction with the related Zoning By-law Amendment application, the proposal seeks to retain the heritage building and construct a five-storey addition above it. The resultant nine-storey building would rise to 36.5m (excluding the mechanical penthouse) and retain the existing restaurant and social club uses while adding a small hotel component and some office space. A single storey building at the rear of the site, which is not of heritage value, is also proposed to be demolished. Staff are of the opinion that the entire proposal conserves the heritage property at 600 King Street West and is consistent with the existing policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve: a. the alterations to the designated heritage property at 600 King Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a nine-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 8, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below; and b. the demolition of a single storey rear outbuilding of the designated heritage property at 600 King Street West, in accordance with Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a nine-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 8, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and subject to conditions as set out below. 2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to alter the designated property at 600 King Street West under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to the demolition of a building, being the single storey rear outbuilding of the designated heritage property at 600 King Street West, under Part IV, Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions: a. that the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and b. that prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 600 King Street West substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 8, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 600 King Street West prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. withdraw their appeal(s) of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, or advise the City Solicitor, in writing, that they shall not object to the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan and only maintain a monitoring brief of the hearing on the merits. c. that prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for the property located at 600 King Street West, the subject owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. pave obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 3. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 600 King Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 2.b.1. 2. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan. e. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.3, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the property at 600 King Street West in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 600 King Street West.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve: a. the alterations to the designated heritage property at 600 King Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a nine-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 8, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below; and b. the demolition of a single storey rear outbuilding of the designated heritage property at 600 King Street West, in accordance with Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a nine-storey (plus mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 8, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below 2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to alter the designated property at 600 King Street West under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to the demolition of a building, being the single storey rear outbuilding of the designated heritage property at 600 King Street West, under Part IV, Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions: a. that the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and b. that prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 600 King Street West substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 8, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 600 King Street West prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated October 16, 2023, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. withdraw their appeal(s) of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, or advise the City Solicitor, in writing, that they shall not object to the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan and only maintain a monitoring brief of the hearing on the merits. c. that prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for the property located at 600 King Street West, the subject owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. pave obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 3. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 600 King Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 2.b.1. 2. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan. e. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.3, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the property at 600 King Street West in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 600 King Street West.
MM13.25adopted
On November 8, 2023, the Committee of Adjustment refused a variance application (Application Number A0592/23TEY) brought by the owners of 300 Bloor Street West and 478 Huron Drive which sought to permit the following: · an increase in the maximum permitted gross floor area by 3,368 square metres; · an increase in the maximum permitted residential gross floor area by 3,384 square metres; · an increase in the maximum building height by 16.5 metres; · a reduction in the minimum required amenity space provided per dwelling units by 0.68 square metres; and · a reduction in the minimum required indoor amenity space provided per dwelling unit by 0.24 square metres. (Application Number A0592/23TEY). In a Staff report dated November 1, 2023, City Planning outlined that it has no objections to the proposed variances, provided that certain conditions are imposed that would be secured through a Section 45(9) Agreement under the Planning Act. This Motion will give the City Solicitor authority to attend the appeal of the Committee of Adjustment's decision at the Toronto Local Appeal Body in support of the appeal, and to request the imposition of the conditions set out in the Planning Report. This Motion is urgent as the City needs instructions for a Toronto Local Appeal Body appearance which can be scheduled at any time.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body in support of the appeal of the Committee of Adjustment's decision regarding Application A0592/23TEY respecting 300 Bloor Street West and 478 Huron Street. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the following conditions be imposed on the variance decision: a. a cash contribution of $450,000 for each increment of additional 1 to 745 square metres of additional gross floor area (representing additional height beyond the original approval) beyond the maximum permitted total gross floor area of 27,000 square metres permitted in Section 4(B), By-law 73- 2021, payable prior to building permit issuance, towards social services, community facilities, park improvements, road safety, active transportation, community and cultural facilities, and streetscape improvements in Ward 11, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; and b. the cash contribution referred to above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Residential Building Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Building Construction Price Indexes Table 18-10-0135- 01, or its successor, calculated from the date of this Committee of Adjustment decision to the date of payment.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body in support of the appeal of the Committee of Adjustment's decision regarding Application Number A0592/23TEY respecting 300 Bloor Street West and 478 Huron Street. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the following conditions be imposed on the variance decision: a. a cash contribution of $450,000 for each increment of additional 1 to 745 square metres of additional gross floor area (representing additional height beyond the original approval) beyond the maximum permitted total gross floor area of 27,000 square metres permitted in Section 4(B), By-law 73- 2021, payable prior to building permit issuance, towards social services, community facilities, park improvements, road safety, active transportation, community and cultural facilities, and streetscape improvements in Ward 11, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; and b. the cash contribution referred to above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Residential Building Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Building Construction Price Indexes Table 18-10-0135- 01, or its successor, calculated from the date of this Committee of Adjustment decision to the date of payment.
CC13.26amended
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street and the demolition of the building on the property at 47 Huntley Street with an entrance address of 2 Linden Street. The application proposes the redevelopment of the site which includes the addition of two new residential towers. All the heritage buildings on the site will be conserved and incorporated into the new development, with the exception of the building on the east side of the property at 47 Huntley Street, known as 2 Linden Street, which is proposed to be demolished. The proposed development is consistent with the relevant provincial and municipal policies, except for the removal of the building at 2 Linden Street. Despite this removal, staff are of the opinion that the cumulative impacts to the heritage resources on the site are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve: a. the alterations to the heritage properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of two new tall buildings on the subject lands with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 24, 2023 prepared by Arcadis/IBI Group Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated November 14, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below; and b. the demolition of the existing building on the designated heritage property at 2 Linden Street, in accordance with Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a new public park in connection with the approval of two new tall buildings on the subject lands substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 24, 2023 prepared by Arcadis/IBI Group Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated November 14, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to, and in accordance with, the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and subject to conditions as set out below. 2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to alter the designated properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to the demolition of a heritage building of the designated heritage property at 2 Linden Street, under Part IV, Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions: a. prior to any Ontario Land Tribunal Order issued in connection with the related Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeal, the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 24, 2023 prepared by Arcadis/IBI Group Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated November 14, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 2.a.2 below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street dated August 16, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. that prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 2,16 and 18 Linden Street, the owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.a.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. have obtained final approval for the necessary Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendments to have come into full force and effect. 3. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16 and 18 Linden Street, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16 and 18 Linden Street will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. provide an Interpretation Plan for the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16 and 18 Linden Street, including research into and representation of unique associative values for each heritage property in addition to significant area themes, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 2, 16 and 18 Linden Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building, as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner of the subject property shall: 1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 2.a.1 above. 2. have obtained final approval for the necessary Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, and such Amendments to have come into full force and effect. 3. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan. 5. provide full documentation of the existing heritage building at 2 Linden Street including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and d. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 2.c.4 above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in City Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve: a. the alterations to the heritage properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of two new tall buildings on the subject lands with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 24, 2023 prepared by Arcadis/IBI Group Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated November 14, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below; and b. the demolition of the existing building on the designated heritage property at 2 Linden Street, in accordance with Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a new public park in connection with the approval of two new tall buildings on the subject lands substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 24, 2023 prepared by Arcadis/IBI Group Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated November 14, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to, and in accordance with, the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and subject to conditions as set out below. 2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to alter the designated properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to the demolition of a heritage building of the designated heritage property at 2 Linden Street, under Part IV, Section 34(1) 2 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions: a. prior to any Ontario Land Tribunal Order issued in connection with the related Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeal, the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 24, 2023 prepared by Arcadis/IBI Group Architects and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated November 14, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2. a. 2 below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street dated August 16, 2023 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. that prior to Site Plan approval for the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 2,16 and 18 Linden Street, the owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. have obtained final approval for the necessary Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendments to have come into full force and effect. 3. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16 and 18 Linden Street, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16 and 18 Linden Street will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. provide an Interpretation Plan for the properties located at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16 and 18 Linden Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 2, 16 and 18 Linden Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building, as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner of the subject property shall: 1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 2.a.1 above. 2. have obtained final approval for the necessary Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, and such Amendments to have come into full force and effect. 3. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 2.a.2 including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan. 5. provide full documentation of the existing heritage building at 2 Linden Street including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and d. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 2.c.4 above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in City Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65 Huntley Street; 1, 3, 7, 9, 11 Selby Street and 16, 18 Linden Street.
MM13.26adopted
Councillor Parthi Kandavel was elected to the office of Councillor for Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest in a by-election held on November 30, 2023. As Councillor Kandavel does not have an appointment to a Standing Committee, this motion recommends he be appointed to the Planning and Housing Committee until the end of the first half of the term. Instead of replacing a currently appointed member of the committee, the Mayor has issued a Mayoral Decision to expand the membership of that committee by one member. This will be revisited at the half-term when committee memberships are reviewed for the second half of the term. Furthermore, this Motion recommends that Councillor Kandavel be appointed to other committees and boards in place of Members who have agreed. This will result in a more equitable distribution of workload among Members of Council. Reason for urgency: To allow the Member of Council to assume his duties as soon as possible.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Councillor Parthi Kandavel to the Planning and Housing Committee for a term of office ending on December 31, 2024 and until successors are appointed. 2. City Council appoint Councillor Parthi Kandavel to the following boards in place of the Member indicated, effective immediately, and for a term ending on December 31, 2024 and until a successor is appointed: a. Toronto Preservation Board (in place of Councillor Gord Perks); b. Heritage Toronto (in place of Councillor Paula Fletcher); and c. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (in place of Councillor Lily Cheng) 3. City Council treat the portion of the City Council meeting at which this Motion is considered as a special meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Community Housing Corporation, and adopt the following as resolutions of the shareholder of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation: a. City Council remove Councillor Jamaal Myers as a director of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation effective immediately; and b. City Council appoint Councillor Parthi Kandavel as a director of the Corporation for a term of office ending on December 31, 2024 and until a successor is appointed.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Councillor Parthi Kandavel to the Planning and Housing Committee for a term of office ending on December 31, 2024 and until successors are appointed. 2. City Council appoint Councillor Parthi Kandavel to the following boards in place of the Member indicated, effective immediately, and for a term ending on December 31, 2024 and until a successor is appointed: a. Toronto Preservation Board (in place of Councillor Gord Perks); b. Heritage Toronto (in place of Councillor Paula Fletcher); and c. Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (in place of Councillor Lily Cheng) 3. City Council treat the portion of the City Council meeting at which this Motion is considered as a special meeting of the Shareholder for Toronto Community Housing Corporation, and adopt the following as resolutions of the shareholder of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation: a. City Council remove Councillor Jamaal Myers as a director of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation effective immediately; and b. City Council appoint Councillor Parthi Kandavel as a director of the Corporation for a term of office ending on December 31, 2024 and until a successor is appointed.
CC13.27adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 171 Lowther Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value according to the Statement of Significance and description of Heritage Attributes found in Attachment 3. Located on the south side of Lowther Avenue between Walmer Road and Dalton Street, 171 Lowther is located within the West Annex neighbourhood. Constructed between 1901 and 1902, the three-storey house-form building is designed in a mix of the Queen Anne Revival and Edwardian Classicism styles. Staff have determined that the property at 171 Lowther Avenue meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under the categories of design/physical and contextual values. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application that would trigger a Prescribed Event, the property must be listed in the heritage register prior to the Prescribed Event occurring to designate a property under Section 29(1.2)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The property was listed on the City's Heritage Register on July 19, 2023. The City received a notice from the property owner objecting to the inclusion of the subject property on the Heritage Register. Following a review of the objection, staff are of the opinion that the property 171 Lowther Avenue holds cultural heritage value. On November 6, 2023, the Toronto Preservation Board recommended to the Planning and Housing Committee that City Council continue to include the property at 171 Lowther Avenue on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. That report will be considered by Planning and Housing Committee on November 30, 2023 and together with this report at City Council at its meeting on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023. An Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for the properties at 171-175 Lowther Avenue has been submitted, but not yet deemed complete. The application proposes the partial conservation of the building at 175 Lowther Avenue. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 171 Lowther Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 171 Lowther Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (November 28, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in City Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 171 Lowther Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 171 Lowther Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (November 28, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
MM13.27amended
Addressing Toronto, Ontario and Canada's housing crisis demands urgent action and new investments from all orders of government. It also requires a range of approaches and partnerships across all sectors focused on increasing housing supply, protecting existing homes and improving housing stability for residents. In terms of new supply, the City of Toronto recognizes that a range of new homes is needed across the full housing continuum to reduce pressures throughout the entire housing system, improve housing affordability and access, particularly for lower and middle-income households, and to support growth. In December 2022, City Council adopted the Housing Action Plan 2022-2026 (Housing Action Plan), which focuses on enabling both market, non-market and mixed income housing production in order to achieve or exceed the provincial housing target of 285,000 new homes over the next 10 years. Acknowledging that more specific and targeted approaches are needed to address the unmet housing needs of low-and-moderate-income households, at its meeting of November 8 and 9, 2023, City Council adopted Item EX9.3 - "Generational Transformation of Toronto's Housing System to Urgently Build More Affordable Homes", which updated the HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan (HousingTO Plan) and established a new supply target of 65,000 rent-controlled homes with a focus on increasing non-market housing supply. These homes will support and complement delivery of the Housing Action Plan targets. Item EX9.3 also outlined a range of actions and new and enhanced investments required from both the Government of Canada and Government of Ontario to complement City efforts and meet shared housing and growth targets. On March 17, 2023, the Government of Canada, through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation announced a new Housing Accelerator Fund as part of the National Housing Strategy. Housing Accelerator Fund will provide $4 billion in funding nationally to local governments and Indigenous communities until 2026-27 to accelerate the supply of housing across Canada, with a target of achieving 100,000 net new permitted housing units, over and above the estimated number of building permits that would have been issued without support from the program. In accordance with Council direction through Item - 2023.MM5.28, City staff submitted a Housing Accelerator Fund application to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on June 14, 2023, followed by a revised submission in September, 2023. The City's Housing Accelerator Fund application included an action plan with a list of eight initiatives (Attachment 2) focused on increasing the supply of new homes; protecting existing homes and renters; revitalizing neighbourhoods across Toronto; and enhancing the City's capacity to accelerate the review, approval, and delivery of new homes through organizational re-alignment and new technology tools. The attached report provides Council with an overview of the City's Housing Accelerator Fund application. It also seeks Council approval of the initiatives as well as proposed enhancements to address requests made by The Honourable Minister Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, to Mayor Olivia Chow, with respect to the City's Housing Accelerator Fund application. Further, the report seeks authority for the City to enter into a Contribution Agreement with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, subject to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's final approval of the City's Housing Accelerator Fund application. The attached report seeks City Council's approval of the recommendations for the City to receive approximately $471 million in anticipated funding over four equal annual installments, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023. This funding is critical to supporting Toronto and Canada's shared housing objectives, including advancing delivery of the City's Housing Action Plan, HousingTO Plan and the federal National Housing Strategy targets. Specifically, Housing Accelerator Fund investments will provide Toronto with a predictable funding stream over the next three years, which is pivotal to unlocking projects and accelerating the delivery of new homes, particularly purpose-built affordable rental homes near transit. In addition to scaling up new housing supply, federal Housing Accelerator Fund investments will enable the City to expand the Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition program which has been successful in supporting the non-profit housing sector to acquire and convert market rental properties into permanently affordable rental homes for lower income residents. This Motion is urgent as City Council approval is required for the City to start receiving the anticipated funding beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the City, a Contribution Agreement under the Housing Accelerator Fund (the "Contribution Agreement") and/or any related agreement(s) and amendments with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Government of Canada or any other federal entity necessary for the receipt and expenditure of funding under the Housing Accelerator Fund on the terms and conditions outlined in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, and such other or amended terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and in a form approved by the City Solicitor, subject to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's final approval of the City Housing Accelerator Fund application. 2. City Council approve receipt of the Housing Accelerator Fund program funds, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreement and any related agreements, directives or program guidelines. 3. City Council approve the initiatives outlined in Attachment 2 to the report (December 12, 2023), from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services as submitted to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in the City's application for the Housing Accelerator Fund, and the proposed enhancements to the City's application outlined in Attachment 3 to the report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, and City Council authorize the Mayor to submit the enhancements to the City's application outlined in Attachment 3 to the report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services in response to the letter from the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. 4. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to establish a Housing Accelerator Reserve Fund and direct all funding received through the federal Housing Accelerator Fund program to the Housing Accelerator Reserve Fund to support the implementation of the City's action plan as approved by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and/or all other initiatives/costs permitted under the Housing Accelerator Fund program, in each instance on terms satisfactory to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, with funding towards eligible projects and initiatives allocated through the annual budget process. 5. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, to consider the creation of a municipal Indigenous, non-profit and co-operative housing pre-development fund, to supplement existing Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's funding programs, and provide support to qualified housing organizations working to assist the City, to deliver net new rent-geared-to-income, affordable and market rent controlled homes, and report to the January 30, 2024 Executive Committee meeting, on the potential sources of funding and the mechanism to deliver the pre-development funds. 6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back in the second quarter 2024 on opportunities to permit more low-rise, multi-unit housing development through as-of-right zoning by-laws in neighbourhoods across Toronto, including permissions for four-storey multi-unit residential development, including multiplexes, and its potential to contribute to Toronto's housing supply; and permissions for residential buildings with up to six dwelling units, and authorize the Mayor to submit these planned enhancements to the City's application in response to the letter from the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. 7. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to make publicly available the approved designs for the Missing Middle Pilot at 72 Amroth Avenue once the project has achieved all necessary planning approvals in an effort to encourage missing middle housing development, and authorize the Mayor to submit the planned enhancements to the City's application in response to the letter from the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. 8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to undertake a review of the "no net new shadow" policies within Secondary Plans and Site and Area Specific Policies as appropriate in order to unlock new housing opportunities and expedite, where possible, further amendments to the Mid-Rise Design Guidelines, including the angular plane requirements, and authorize the Mayor to submit these planned enhancements to the City's application in response to the letter from the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. 9. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee on the British Columbia legislative approach on transit oriented housing permissions (Bill 47) and its applicability to Toronto's Major Transit Station Areas by second quarter of 2024. 10. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, at the discretion of the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services will be made public at the discretion of the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the following recommendations in the attached report (December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services: 1. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the City, a Contribution Agreement under the Housing Accelerator Fund (the "Contribution Agreement") and/or any related agreement(s) and amendments with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ("CMHC"), the Government of Canada or any other federal entity necessary for the receipt and expenditure of funding under the Housing Accelerator Fund on the terms and conditions outlined in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (dated December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, and such other or amended terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and in a form approved by the City Solicitor, subject to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's final approval of the City Housing Accelerator Fund application. 2. City Council approve receipt of the Housing Accelerator Fund program funds, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreement and any related agreements, directives or program guidelines. 3. City Council approve the initiatives outlined in Attachment 2 to the report (dated December 12, 2023), from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services as submitted to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in the City's application for the Housing Accelerator Fund, and the proposed enhancements to the City's application outlined in Attachment 3 to the report (dated December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, and authorize the Mayor to submit the enhancements to the City's application outlined in Attachment 3 in response to the letter from The Honourable Minister Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. 4. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to establish a Housing Accelerator Reserve Fund and direct all funding received through the federal Housing Accelerator Fund program to the Housing Accelerator Reserve Fund to support the implementation of the City's action plan as approved by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and/or all other initiatives/costs permitted under the Housing Accelerator Fund program, in each instance on terms satisfactory to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, with funding towards eligible projects and initiatives allocated through the annual budget process. 5. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (dated December 12, 2023) from the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, at the discretion of the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services.
CC13.28adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2111 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Located at the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Hillsdale Avenue East, two blocks south of Eglinton, the subject property comprises a square two-storey mixed-use building with ground floor commercial with residential above. Originally constructed for Charles Murphy to house his business, Charles Murphy & Sons Hardware, the building was constructed in two phases between 1906-1912 and 1924-1940, while the store operated at this location until 1940 in the Davisville neighbourhood. The brick clad building is topped by a decorative pressed metal cornice and parapet and has a modified two-storey commercial storefront with decorative pressed metal cornice which extends across the entirety of the Yonge Street (principal) elevation and wraps around the west corner of the Hillsdale Avenue East (north) elevation. The property at 2111 Yonge Street is in the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan Area and the Midtown in Focus planning study area. City Council included the subject property at 2111 Yonge Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register on October 2, 2017. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the property at 2111 Yonge Street and determined that the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under the categories of design/physical and contextual values. In September 2023, the City received Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for the properties at 2079-2111 Yonge Street, 9-11, 21, 31 Hillsdale Avenue East and 12-18 Manor Road East. The applications propose a 29-storey mixed-use building. All of the properties within the development site are proposed to be demolished, except for the building at 2111 Yonge Street, which will be integrated into the base of the development. A Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc, dated November 8, 2023, was submitted to the City on November 10, 2023. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to Planning Act applications that would trigger a Prescribed Event. Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. A Prescribed Event is a point of time when the application for an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application has been deemed complete and the City Clerk provides notice of that complete application to the public in accordance with the Planning Act. A complete application notice has not been issued yet. If the City Clerk's notice is issued on November 24, 2023, Council must make a decision at its February 6-8, 2024 meeting to provide sufficient time for the City Clerk to issue a notice of intention to designate prior to February 16, 2024. On November 28, 2022, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (Bill 23) received Royal Assent. Schedule 6 of the More Homes Built Faster Act which amended the Ontario Heritage Act and came into effect on January 1, 2023. As of January 1, 2023, should a property be subject to an Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and/or Draft Plan of Subdivision Application that would trigger a Prescribed Event, the property must be listed in the heritage register prior to the Prescribed Event occurring to designate a property. This requirement does not apply to a Prescribed Event that has occurred prior to January 1, 2023. A property may be designated under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, if it meets two or more of the nine criteria. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2111 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 2111 Yonge Street (Entrance Addresses at 1 and 5 Hillsdale Avenue East) (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (November 29, 2023) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in City Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2111 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 2111 Yonge Street (Entrance Addresses at 1 and 5 Hillsdale Avenue East) (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, November 29, 2023, from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
MM13.28adopted
The applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment requesting variances from Zoning By-law 569-2013 (Application Number A0579/23NY), including variances to front yard setback, maximum driveway width, rear yard setback, front yard landscaping area, front yard soft landscaping area, lot coverage, and canopy encroachment, to construct a new detached dwelling at 19 Forest Glen Crescent. In its report dated November 30, 2023, Community Planning Staff noted concerns with the variances relating to the proposed reduction in front yard setback and the proposed increase in lot coverage. Staff recommended that the variances relating to front yard setback and lot coverage be refused, should the Committee of Adjustment approve the Application. A copy of the Planning Staff Report is attached. On December 7, 2023, the North York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment approved a revised front yard setback variance and revised lot coverage variance for the property, with conditions of forestry. This Motion will authorize and direct the City Solicitor to appeal and to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body, along with appropriate City staff, in order to oppose the Committee of Adjustment's decision. This Motion will also authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in her discretion. This matter is time sensitive and urgent as the deadline to appeal the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to preserve the City's statutory right is December 27, 2023, and the City Solicitor requires instructions to appeal and attend the hearing for this matter.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to both appeal and attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body as a party, with appropriate City staff, in order to oppose the Committee of Adjustment's decision regarding the proposed development at 19 Forest Glen Crescent (Application A0579/23NY). 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution regarding Application A0579/23NY respecting 19 Forest Glen Crescent, and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City, at the City Solicitor's discretion, after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director, Community Planning, North York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jaye Robinson, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to both appeal and attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body as a party, with appropriate City staff, in order to oppose the Committee of Adjustment's decision regarding the proposed development at 19 Forest Glen Crescent (Application No. A0579/23NY). 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution regarding Application A0579/23NY respecting 19 Forest Glen Crescent and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City, at the City Solicitor's discretion, after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director, Community Planning, North York District.
MM13.29amended
In June 2020, City Council received a petition signed by close to 14,000 individuals calling for Dundas Street to be renamed, citing its namesake Henry Dundas' role in delaying the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In July 2021, City Council voted to rename Dundas Street (2021.EX25.1). Council directed the City Manager to convene a Community Advisory Committee to develop a shortlist of new names for Dundas Street and other City-owned assets bearing the Dundas name, and a transition plan to support impacted residents and businesses. A 20-person Recognition Review Community Advisory Committee (CAC) convening Black and Indigenous leaders, along with other diverse residents and business owners living and working along Dundas Street, was formed in fall 2021. Members were recruited through the City's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit and the Indigenous Affairs Office, in partnership with City Councillors representing wards that include Dundas Street. The membership of the CAC represents a broad spectrum of leaders from Toronto's Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving communities. The CAC met regularly over the past two years, with a brief hiatus over the municipal election. Working within a consensus decision-making model, after two years of broad consultation, research and discussion, the CAC at its December 12, 2023, meeting unanimously selected a new name for Yonge-Dundas Square. The proposed new name for this prominent city asset is Sankofa Square. The concept of Sankofa, originating in Ghana, refers to the act of reflecting on and reclaiming teachings from the past which enables us to move forward together. Reason for Urgency: This Motion is urgent as it relates to considerations for the 2024 budget process.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Yonge-Dundas Square Board, in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to adopt the new name Sankofa Square selected by the Recognition Review Community Advisory Committee and report to City Council through the Executive Committee as part of the report on the Governance Review of Yonge-Dundas Square, to adopt the recommended new name by the end of the second quarter of 2024. 2. City Council request the Toronto Public Library Board to rename the Jane/Dundas Library, in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and the two local Councillors, such that the name Dundas is removed, to be completed by the second or third quarter of 2024. 3. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to: a. rename the Dundas subway station in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and Toronto Metropolitan University such that the name Dundas is removed and there is no net impact on the City of Toronto's or the Toronto Transit Commission's budget, to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2024; and b. rename the Dundas West subway station in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and in consultation with the Recognition Review Community Advisory Committee such that the name Dundas is removed, to be completed within the Toronto Transit Commission's 10-year capital plan and preferably by 2025. 4. City Council direct the Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration, in collaboration with the General Manager of Economic Development and Culture, the General Manager of Transportation Services, and the Chief Communications Officer of Strategic Public and Employee Communications to undertake public education campaign and strategic communication efforts to acknowledge the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery in keeping with the International Decade for People of African Descent and report to the Executive Committee in the fourth quarter of 2024 aligned with an update on the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism, and request the Mayor consider $50,000 to fund this program in each of 2024 and 2025. 5. City Council direct the City Manager to pause work on the remaining recommendations in 2021.EX25.1 until Council provides direction to resume. 6. City Council request the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Advisory Committee to include among other candidates, as part of any future consultation to consider honouring and naming City of Toronto assets in the Dundas renaming process and in the development of the City's next Confronting Anti-Black Racism Action Plan: a. Dudley Laws - a Canadian civil rights icon who as Executive Director of the Black Action Defence Committee worked to combat anti-Black racism in policing and helped to establish Ontario's Special Investigation Unit; and b. Charles Roach - a civil rights lawyer and activist who was a prominent leader in Toronto's Black community who fought tirelessly for social justice and equality for marginalized communities.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Yonge-Dundas Square Board, in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to adopt the new name Sankofa Square selected by the Recognition Review Community Advisory Committee and report to City Council through the Executive Committee as part of the Report on the Governance Review of Yonge-Dundas Square, to adopt the recommended new name by the end of the second quarter of 2024. 2. City Council request the Toronto Public Library Board rename the Jane/Dundas Library, in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, such that the name Dundas is removed, to be completed by the second or third quarter of 2024. 3. City Council direct the Toronto Transit Commission Board to: a. rename the Dundas subway station in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and Toronto Metropolitan University such that the name Dundas is removed and there is no net impact on the City of Toronto's budget, to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2024. b. rename the Dundas West subway station in collaboration with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and in consultation with the Recognition Review Community Advisory Committee such that the name Dundas is removed, to be completed within the TTC's 10-year capital plan and preferably by 2025. 4. City Council direct the Executive Director of Social Development, Finance and Administration, in collaboration with the General Manager of Economic Development and Culture, the General Manager of Transportation Services, and the Chief Communications Officer of Strategic Public and Employee Communications to undertake public education campaign and strategic communication efforts to acknowledge the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery in keeping with the International Decade for People of African Descent and report to the Executive Committee in the fourth quarter of 2024 aligned with an update on the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism, and request the Mayor consider $50,000 to fund this program in each of 2024 and 2025. 5. City Council direct the City Manager to pause work on the remaining recommendations in 2021.EX25.1 until Council provides direction to resume.
MM13.30adopted
Applegrove Community Complex is a 7,911 square feet Association of Community Centres site which has served the Greenwood-Coxwell area since 1979. Applegrove Community Complex offers community development, family and child, child and youth and adult programming. Currently situated in Duke of Connaught School their lease with the Toronto District School Board has been in overhold since 2013. In 2020 City Council directed staff to look at a number of options for a permanent site, but cost, incompatible timelines and other issues continue to hamper this. City Staff have committed to a renewed search for a permanent home and this motion would empower them to begin immediately. Reason for Urgency: Applegrove Community Complex does not have a long term site secured, necessitating immediate work by city staff to prevent any potential opportunities being lost because of delay.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to report back to Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2024 on options for alternative suitable sites for Applegrove Community Complex, consistent with Items 2020.EC16.2 and 2020.TE16.5, including acquisition costs and approximate capital costs to ensure the site can accommodate programmatic needs.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to report back to Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2024 on options for alternative suitable sites for Applegrove Community Complex, consistent with 2020.EC16.2 and 2020.TE16.5, including acquisition costs and approximate capital costs to ensure the site can accommodate programmatic needs.
MM13.31adopted
Metrolinx has advised the continued operation of the Manse Road at-grade crossing in its current state has been assessed by its safety division as an unacceptable risk to the railway and the public that may traverse the crossing. To address these safety concerns, on November 23rd, without letting residents know in advance, Metrolinx began sounding the whistle as the GO trains approach the at-grade crossing at the intersection of Manse Road and Copperfield Road. The train whistles are disruptive and alarming for local residents, and during peak commuting times, is nearly constant. Metrolinx has requested the City of Toronto to implement safety improvements related to signage, lighting and removal of brush to improve the safety of their crossing. City staff are working as quickly as possible to conduct this work on behalf of Metrolinx. Recognizing the immense disturbance the whistles have on the community, this motion is to request that Metrolinx post a safety worker 24/7 at the crossing, if necessary, to observe and ensure safety so that the whistles can stop. This would provide relief to the community from the disruptive whistle noise as the City of Toronto works through Metrolinx's requests. The holidays are coming, and residents deserve silent nights and peaceful days with their family. Reason for Urgency: Metrolinx has initiated whistles at the Manse Road Rail Crossing and residents require relief from the noise disruption.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager to request Metrolinx to immediately work with City of Toronto staff on safety options that may be implemented quickly to stop whistles at the Manse Road crossing as soon as possible. 2. If such measures cannot be implemented quickly and in advance of the holidays, City Council direct the City Manager to request Metrolinx to post a safety worker at the Manse Road at-grade rail crossing to stop the whistles. 3. City Council delegate all necessary authorities to the City Manager to approve and implement safety measures requested by Metrolinx for their at-grade crossing on Manse Road as quickly as possible.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager to request Metrolinx immediately work with City of Toronto staff on safety options that may be implemented quickly to stop whistles at the Manse Road crossing as soon as possible. 2. If such measures cannot be implemented quickly and in advance of the holidays, City Council direct the City Manager to request Metrolinx post a safety worker at the Manse Road at grade rail crossing to stop the whistles. 3. City Council delegate all necessary authorities to the City Manager to approve and implement safety measures requested by Metrolinx for their at-grade crossing on Manse Road as quickly as possible.
MM13.32adopted
The Marlee Avenue corridor is currently facing an unprecedented onslaught of applications for new multi-residential buildings and a significant increase in development intensification. This new housing is desperately needed for the City of Toronto but it comes in the wake of the draconian Bill 23 in which the Province of Ontario radically reduced municipal powers and planning tools to manage growth in a comprehensive manner. The Marlee Avenue corridor is already experiencing the crush of overwhelming traffic (including the Allen Road); and a significant dearth of community and social infrastructure such as a community centre, library, daycares and other local government services. The Glencairn Subway Station Planning Study will identify these desperately needed improvements to ensure that this emerging, newly transformed community will be complete, inclusive and sustainable for its residents into the future. The Glencairn Subway Station Planning Study has an opportunity to incorporate all of these elements in a cross-departmental and multi-disciplinary way including from among the following previous Council approved motions. On February 2, 2022, City Council adopted item IE.27.14, directing the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Toronto Transit Commission to report back on a business case study for traffic and transportation improvement measures in the Marlee Avenue and Lawrence Avenue West corridor including, but not limited to, the use of adjacent lands and the North and Southbound access ramps to Allen Road. This report was to include and build-off recommendations and findings made in the Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Project and Transportation Master Plan. On March 9, 2022, City Council adopted item NY30.42 directing the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to prepare a work plan and draft terms of reference for a planning study generally within 800 metres of the Glencairn subway station in support of the City's Municipal Comprehensive Review. Further, on June 28, 2022, North York Community Council adopted item NY33.28 directing staff, amongst other matters to proceed with engaging a consultant team to undertake the Glencairn Subway Station Planning Study.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to issue the Request for Proposal for the Glencairn Subway Station Planning Study within the first quarter of 2024, such study to: a. include the identification of future social and community infrastructure that is needed within the study area to accommodate future growth; and b. investigate any traffic and transportation improvements in the Marlee and Lawrence Avenue West corridor as identified in item 2022.IE27.14 - Urgent Need to Support Comprehensive Transportation Study to Address the Hyper Gridlock and the Related Traffic Safety Issues at Lawrence Avenue West, Marlee Avenue, and the Allen Road.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Michael Colle, seconded by Councillor Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to issue the Request for Proposal for the Glencairn Subway Station Planning Study within the first quarter of 2024, such study to: a. include the identification of future social and community infrastructure that is needed within the study area to accommodate future growth; and b. investigate any traffic and transportation improvements in the Marlee and Lawrence Avenue West corridor as identified in item 2022.IE27.14 - Urgent Need to Support Comprehensive Transportation Study to Address the Hyper Gridlock and the Related Traffic Safety Issues at Lawrence Avenue West, Marlee Avenue, and the Allen Road.
MM13.33adopted
Canada has adopted 988, a National three-digit suicide and crisis hotline. Member of Parliament, MP Todd Doherty, Carlton-Prince George, has communicated with my office requesting if the City of Toronto would recognize the important initiative as well as advertise the 988 suicide prevention poster in all City of Toronto owned buildings, including and not exclusive to: Public Libraries, Community Centres and Police stations. https://988.ca/get-involved Advertising the posters could help save countless lives each day.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council recognize the significant and important initiative to ensure critical barriers are removed to those in a crisis and seeking help. 2. City Council continue to endorse the 988 crisis line initiative; and display the 988 crisis line information poster in all City-owned buildings.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council recognize the significant and important initiative to ensure critical barriers are removed to those in a crisis and seeking help. 2. City Council continues to endorse the 988 crisis line initiative; and display the 988 information poster in all City owned buildings.
MM13.34adopted
At its meeting on July 19 and 20, 2023 City Council declared gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic in Toronto. The Government of Canada highlights the scale of this problem with 44 percent of women or 6.2 million women aged 15 and older have reported some kind of abuse in their intimate partner relationship. Almost six in ten (56 percent) Indigenous women have experienced physical assault while almost half (46 percent) of Indigenous women have experienced sexual assault. Every six days, a woman in Canada is murdered by her intimate partner. There are elevated risks of violence for women who may identify as Indigenous, with disabilities, visible minority, and 2SLGBTQ+. To build on the work underway, staff from People and Equity, Indigenous Affairs Office, and Social Development, Finance Administration will engage gender-based violence and intimate partner violence community organizations in developing a terms of reference and quarterly meeting schedule for the working group. The group will be tasked with identifying key actions the City can take and engage other orders of government on. The actions will be incorporated into the City's Gender Equity Strategy, currently under development. Actions identified will also be incorporated into the work with Indigenous communities to implement Action 12 of City's Reconciliation Action Plan - Implement the Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWGT2S+). This motion is urgent as City Council voted unanimously on July 19, 2023 to declare Intimate Partner Violence to be an epidemic and 62 victims have died by femicide in Ontario to date in 2023. Last year 6,752 calls were made to the Assaulted Women's Helpline from women seeking safety in violence against women shelters in Toronto but only 10 percent of them secured a violence against women bed due to capacity.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief People Officer to assist Councillor Lily Cheng in the development of a working group which could include the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, gender-based violence and intimate partner violence community organizations, and relevant divisions and agencies and report back in the fourth quarter of 2024 as part of the Gender Equity Strategy report. 2. City Council request Chief People Officer to work with the working group to: 1. advise on developing key actions to align Intimate Partner Violence-related priorities across city divisions including but not limited to Social Development, Finance and Administration, People and Equity, Toronto Public Health, Toronto Police Service and 311 to ensure gaps identified by community organizations are addressed; 2. advise on measurable outcomes focused on collaborative synchronicity across divisions; and 3. advise on engaging the provincial and federal governments to support any key actions in need of their support.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief People Officer to assist Councillor Lily Cheng in the development of a working group which could include the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, the Executive Director, Social Development Finance and Administration, gender-based violence and intimate partner violence community organizations, and relevant divisions and agencies and report back in the fourth quarter of 2024 as part of the Gender Equity Strategy report. 2. City Council request Chief People Officer to work with the working group to: 1. advise on developing key actions to align Intimate Partner Violence-related priorities across city divisions including but not limited to Social Development, Finance and Administration, People and Equity, Toronto Public Health, Toronto Police Service and 311 to ensure gaps identified by community organizations are addressed, 2. advise on measurable outcomes focused on collaborative synchronicity across divisions, and 3. advise on engaging the provincial and federal governments to support any key actions in need of their support.
MM13.35adopted
Following consultation with Toronto's French-language school boards, the the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir and the Conseil scolaire Viamonde, I am recommending that Council appoint one trustee from each French board to the City School Boards Advisory Committee. Correspondingly, I recommend revising the number of Council Members on the Committee to three members, and removing the requirement for each community council area to be represented. This motion is urgent so the Committee may be established and ready to meet in the new year. REQUIRES RE-OPENING: Item 2023.MM11.34 (October 11 and 12, 2023, City Council meeting), as it relates to the Terms of Reference of the City-School Boards Advisory Committee.
City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend Part 2 of Section C, Composition and Term in the Council-approved Terms of Reference for the City-School Boards Advisory Committee by: a. reducing the number of Members of City Council from 4 to 2; b. deleting the requirement for each of Toronto's four Community Councils to be represented; and c. providing for one trustee from each of: conseil scolaire Viamonde and the conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir so that Part 2 of Section C reads as follows: 2. The Committee will be composed of up to seven (7) members: - Two (2) Members of City Council (one as Chair); - Two (2) Trustees appointed by the Toronto District School Board; - One (1) Trustee appointed by the Toronto Catholic District School Board; - One (1) Trustee appointed by the Conseil scolaire Viamonde; and - One (1) Trustee appointed by the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow recommends that: 1. City Council amend Part 2 of Section C, Composition and Term in the Council-approved Terms of Reference for the City-School Boards Advisory Committee by: a. reducing the number of Members of City Council from 4 to 2; b. deleting the requirement for each of Toronto's four Community Councils to be represented; and c. providing for one trustee from each of: conseil scolaire Viamonde and the conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir so that Part 2 of Section C reads as follows: 2. The Committee will be composed of up to seven (7) members: - Two (2) Members of City Council (one as Chair); - Two (2) Trustees appointed by the Toronto District School Board; - One (1) Trustee appointed by the Toronto Catholic District School Board; - One (1) Trustee appointed by the Conseil scolaire Viamonde; and - One (1) Trustee appointed by the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir.