Toronto City Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 60 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
BL22.1adopted
Introduction of General Bills and Confirming Bills
City Council will introduce General Bills and Confirming Bills.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, passed By-laws 988-2024 to 1116-2024, subject to Section 226.9 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006.
CC22.1adopted
Appointment of a Toronto Integrity Commissioner
I am pleased to transmit the report from the Selection Panel recommending the appointment of an Integrity Commissioner as identified in the confidential attachment. Toronto's Integrity Commissioner, Jonathan Batty, was appointed by City Council at its meeting on October 29, 2019 for a non-renewable five-year term. The Integrity Commissioner's term ends on November 30, 2024 or until the recruitment process for a new Integrity Commissioner is completed, whichever comes first. The Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel undertook a comprehensive recruitment process to recommend a preferred candidate to City Council. The Selection Panel was assisted by an independent external search firm. I want to thank the Selection Panel for their participation in the recruitment process and for their efforts to ensure a successful outcome for this very important position.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Paul Muldoon as Integrity Commissioner effective December 1, 2024, subject to and following written acceptance by the candidate of the prescribed Accountability Officer employment agreement offered by the City, for a 5-year non-renewable term ending on December 1, 2029, with all the powers and duties imposed upon the Integrity Commissioner by City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 3, Accountability Officers; for the purposes of ensuring transition, the employment contract for the candidate would state an employment start date of November 25, 2024, and an appointment start date of December 1, 2024. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel. The following Curriculum Vitae Summary for Paul Muldoon is now public: Employment History 2020 - present Member, Refugee Appeal Division, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2019 - present Part-Time Member, Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada 2014 - 2019 Associate Chair, Assessment Review Board 2018 - 2019 Alternate Chair, - Environment Lands Tribunal Ontario 2006 - 2016 Vice-Chair, Environmental Review Tribunal 1998 - 2006 Executive Director, Canadian Environmental Law Association Teaching Appointments Adjunct Professor - School for the Environment, University of Toronto Instructor - Sessional Lecturer, School of the Environment, University of Toronto (1990-2019) Instructor - Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (1993 to 2009) Instructor - Bar Admission Course - Public Law - Law Society of Upper Canada, (1994 to 2000, 2003) Education Certificate of Achievement, Stitt Feld Handy Group - Basic and Advanced Mediation Courses (2006) Bar Admission Course - Law Society of Ontario McGill University (Institute for Comparative Law) - LL.M. (Masters of Law) McMaster University (Department of Political Science) - M.A. (Masters of Arts) University of Ottawa (Faculty of Law) LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) Wilfrid Laurier University (Department of Political Science) Hons. B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel recommends that: 1. City Council appoint as Integrity Commissioner the candidate identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, effective December 1, 2024, subject to and following written acceptance by the candidate of the prescribed Accountability Officer employment agreement offered by the City, for a 5-year non-renewable term ending on December 1, 2029, with all the powers and duties imposed upon the Integrity Commissioner by Chapter 3, Accountability Officers, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code. For the purposes of ensuring transition, the employment contract for the candidate would state an employment start date of November 25, 2024, and an appointment start date of December 1, 2024. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report from the Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel, upon City Council's approval of the appointment.
MM22.1adopted
The new affordable housing development at 35 Bellevue Avenue in Kensington Market will create approximately 78 new rent-geared-to-income homes with social supports on what is now a parking lot but used to contain multiple affordable homes. To preserve long-term affordability, this modular building will be constructed by the City as a public builder on city land. Accordingly, it must meet the City (highest) tier of Toronto Green Standard Version 4. Vulnerable people, including the future residents of 35 Bellevue, tend to suffer the most from climate breakdown, and often have multiple health concerns. Ward 11 section 37 funds will enable the building to meet the City tier of Toronto Green Standard Version 4 as a Net Zero affordable housing development, and to provide a high quality of life to the future residents. The project will be constructed using mass timber building technology with high sustainability and energy efficiency performance, supporting the City's TransformTO Net Zero Strategy goals and shortening construction time. The design will maximize indoor air quality, tenant comfort and resilience, and minimize operating costs, air pollution and climate damage. It will also avoid future retrofit costs to comply with the city's planned Emission Performance Standard. Project features will include: 1. High performance building envelope components such as triple glazed windows and better insulation to maintain consistent, comfortable and draft-free indoor temperatures. 2. Freedom from fossil gas with air source pumps for heating and hot water, energy recovery ventilators, and energy-efficient electric appliances. 3. Solar-readiness, with a dedicated rooftop area for solar panels and space in the mechanical room for connections to support renewable energy enhancements such as an expanded solar PV system, on-site energy storage, and green roof. 4. Healthier indoor air, reducing respiratory issues and allergies, through no fossil gas combustion in the building, 'Low-VOC' (volatile organic compound) materials, advanced ventilation systems, and better air filtration. 5. Features that promote well-being, such as natural lighting, access to green spaces, and use of non-toxic materials. 6. Energy-efficient systems and appliances, better insulation, and water-saving fixtures reduce monthly utility bills, reducing costs for both tenants and the non-profit housing provider over time - savings that can put back into building maintenance and programming for residents. Overall, these sustainable features offer a range of benefits for communities and tenants making homes more efficient, comfortable, and healthier, aligning with the values of communities who expect a high-quality living experience.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to allocate $2,151,000 in funding, inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax and disbursements to the affordable housing project at 35 Bellevue Avenue fully funded from the following developments: a. 193-195 McCaul Street for the provision of affordable housing in the local ward, Ward 11 - University-Rosedale (Source Account: XR3026-3701328); and b. 316 Bloor Street West for provision of affordable housing (Source Account: XR3026-3701255). 2. City Council increase the 2025 Capital Budget for the Housing Secretariat by $2,151,000.00 gross, $0 net, to support the development at 35 Bellevue Avenue. 3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment and Climate, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to explore options for allocating funding in the 2026 budget for the solar panels and installation costs to achieve solar power operations at 35 Bellevue Avenue following construction completion.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Amber Morley, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to allocate $2,151,000 in funding, inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax and disbursements to the affordable housing project at 35 Bellevue Avenue fully funded from the following developments: a. 193-195 McCaul Street for the provision of affordable housing in the local ward, Ward 11 - University-Rosedale (Source Account: XR3026-3701328); and b. 316 Bloor Street West for provision of affordable housing (Source Account: XR3026-3701255). 2. City Council increase the 2025 Capital Budget for the Housing Secretariat by $2,151,000.00 gross, $0 net, to support the development at 35 Bellevue Avenue. 3. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment and Climate, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to explore options for allocating funding in the 2026 budget for the solar panels and installation costs to achieve solar power operations at 35 Bellevue Avenue following construction completion.
RM22.1adopted
- O Canada - Moment of Silence
CALL TO ORDER: 9:46 a.m. Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order. The meeting opened with O Canada. October 9, 2024 Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Chi Cheong Cheung Julia Cleveland David Perschy Rizuan Rahman Anna Sherlock, and Five Members of the Toronto Public Service from Toronto Shelter and Support Services Speaker Nunziata addressed Council as follows: I would like to take a moment on behalf of Council to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples of all the lands that we are on today. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships between nations and to deepening our own understanding of Indigenous peoples and their cultures. It is a moment to reflect on the importance of this land, which we each call home. We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. Speaker Nunziata advised Council of the following: For the benefit of those who are connected to the internet, the City Clerk has posted all of the agenda materials for today's meeting at toronto.ca/council. October 10, 2024 Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Robert Ashley
CC22.2adopted
Further to the January 2023 Memorandum of Understanding between the Toronto Police Service, Toronto Police Service Board, and Ombudsman Toronto, the purpose of this report is to brief City Council on the Ombudsman's Investigation into the Toronto Police Service's Communications about its Vulnerable Persons Registry. We are submitting our Investigation Report of September 2024 to City Council for consideration at its October 9-11, 2024 session. The Report was added to the agenda of the Toronto Police Service Board's public meeting on September 12, 2024.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council receive the report (October 2, 2024) from the Ombudsman for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Ombudsman recommends: 1. City Council receive this report for information.
MM22.2adopted
Transportation Services is responsible to enforce Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks. A young woman was tragically killed on Bloor Street in July 2024 close to a construction bin that was blocking the bike lane without a permit. Transportation Services issued several Provincial Offences Act tickets to the companies allegedly responsible for the bin, but these tickets will cost the companies as little as $200. Due to Council's failure to set a credible maximum fine for breaches of Chapter 743, or to authorize charges against officers and directors, Transportation Services could not do much more. This result is grossly inadequate, and shocks the conscience of the community. It also reveals that Toronto has no consistent, coherent approach to penalties for breaches of its Municipal Code, nor any explicit rationale for its inconsistencies. The City of Toronto Act gives Council unfettered authority to set a maximum fine, up to $100,000, for serious breaches of the Municipal Code. However, where Council has not specified a maximum fine, the default maximum for even the worst offence by the worst offender is set at $5,000 by the Ontario Provincial Offences Act. This $5,000 Provincial Offences Act maximum has remained unchanged for many decades, and is an insignificant deterrent for most businesses. This ceiling may be adequate in minor cases, and for those of limited means, but is far too low to deter offences by those who gain financially from their offence. Accordingly, most provincial statutes have set much higher fine maximums for their regulatory (non-criminal) offences. Ontario sets maximums such as $6 million/day for individuals (plus jail) or $10,000,000/day for corporations under s. 187 of the Environmental Protection Act, or $1.5 million for individuals (plus jail) or $2,000,000 for corporations under s. 66 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Vancouver sets maximum fines such as $1,000,000 under s. 46 of its Air Quality Management Bylaw 1082, and $200,000 under s.11 of its Tipping Fee and Solid Waste Disposal Regulation 379. Council has established maximum fines of $100,000 in many chapters of the Toronto Municipal Code, such as Chapters 349 (Animals); 354 (Apartment Buildings); 417 (Dust); 423 (Environmental Reporting and Disclosure); 447 (Fences); 497 (Heating); 546 (Licencing of Vehicles for Hire); 547 (Licensing and Registration of Short-term Rentals); 575 (Multi-Tenant Houses); 591 (Noise); 632 (Property, Vacant or Hazardous); 667 (Residential Rental Property Demolition and Conversion Control); 681 (Sewers); 693 (Signs); 742 (Sidewalk Cafes, Parklets and Marketing Displays); 760 (Municipal Land Transfer Tax) and 813 (Trees). Chapter 629 (Property Standards) authorizes corporate fines of up to $1,500,000. In some Chapters, Council has explicitly provided that corporate officers and directors may be charged for the offence, which is a critically important provision for increasing corporate compliance; for unspecified reasons, others are silent. For offences on streets and sidewalks, where vulnerable road users are most at risk of injury or death (Chapter 743), Council has taken no action. No maximum fine has been set and charges against officers and directors are not provided for. This inaction sends an important message to the courts, to potential offenders, and to the community. When charges are laid, judges determine the fine that is actually imposed, taking into account the circumstances of the offender and the circumstances and consequences of the offence. One important factor is the range of permissible fines, which gives the judge a clear message about the seriousness of the prohibited act and why it matters to the community. Higher maximum fines, combined with laying charges when warranted, are key tools in achieving higher levels of compliance. Prohibited acts on city roads and sidewalks can have very serious consequences, as illustrated by this tragic case. The people of Toronto rightfully expect the city to be willing and able to punish serious offences appropriately and in proportion to the circumstances. It is therefore time for Council to restore credible deterrence to Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, and former Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 313, Streets and Sidewalks, by setting a substantial maximum fine for offences contrary to these bylaws, subject to the maximum fine allowable under the applicable provincial statutes, and to consider authorizing charges against corporate officers and directors. Council should also ask staff to recommend credible maximum fines, and whether to authorize charges against corporate officers and directors, for other serious breaches of the Municipal Code, especially where no credible maximum fine has been established, such as Chapters 363 (Building Construction and Demolition); 415 (Development of Land); 433 (False Alarms); 463 (Firearms); and 548 (Littering and Dumping), or where the responsibility of officers and directors has not yet been addressed.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to City Council by the first quarter of 2025 with recommendations for credible maximum fines, and whether to authorize charges against corporate officers and directors, for serious breaches of the offence provisions in the Municipal Code chapters that Transportation Services enforces, including Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, and former Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 313, Streets and Sidewalks, subject to the maximum penalties allowable under applicable provincial statutes. 2. City Council direct the City Manager to report to City Council by the first quarter of 2025 with recommendations for maximum fines, and whether to authorize charges against corporate officers and directors, for serious breaches of other chapters of the Municipal Code, other than the chapters that Transportation Services enforces, subject to the maximum penalties allowable under applicable provincial statutes.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to City Council by the first quarter of 2025 with recommendations for credible maximum fines, and whether to authorize charges against corporate officers and directors, for serious breaches of the offence provisions in the Municipal Code chapters that Transportation Services enforces, including Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks, Use of, and former Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 313, Streets and Sidewalks, subject to the maximum penalties allowable under applicable provincial statutes. 2. City Council direct the City Manager to report to City Council by the first quarter of 2025 with recommendations for maximum fines, and whether to authorize charges against corporate officers and directors, for serious breaches of other chapters of the Municipal Code, other than the chapters that Transportation Services enforces, subject to the maximum penalties allowable under applicable provincial statutes.
RM22.2adopted
City Council will confirm the Minutes from the regular meeting held on July 24 and 25, 2024 and the special meeting held on September 5, 2024.
City Council confirmed the minutes from the regular meeting held on July 24 and 25, 2024 and the special meeting held on September 5, 2024.
CC22.3adopted
Appointment of Interim Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services
The purpose of this report is to recommend to City Council the appointment of an Interim Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services. The current Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services, Matthew Pegg will be retired from the City of Toronto on October 4th, 2024.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Larry Cocco as the Interim Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services for the City of Toronto until such time as a new Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services has been appointed. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary by-laws to give effect to City Council's decision.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Larry Cocco as the Interim Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services for the City of Toronto until such time as a new Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services has been appointed. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary by-laws to give effect to City Council's decision.
MM22.3adopted
This motion seeks to have the City support the maintenance of recreational and educational uses on the site of the current Ontario Science Centre located at 770 Don Mills Road. The Province has announced the closing of the Ontario Science Centre at its current location in Don Mills. Further, they have indicated it will be relocated to Ontario Place on the waterfront. As part of the New Deal between the City and the Province it was agreed "The Province agreeing to discuss partnership opportunities with the City for maintaining public, community-oriented science programming at the legacy Ontario Science Centre." Given that the Flemingdon Park area located next to the Science Centre has a population density of 110 people per hectare and already has approved development that will nearly double that density and population to just under 40,000 or 188 people per hectare and could increase to 60,000 residents or 278 people per hectare with applications under review, the need to develop complete communities has never been more important. Two Housing Now sites are planned for the corner of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue. East. The first will have 1,254 residential units spread over three towers on the southwest corner, which is currently the north parking lot of the Ontario Science Centre, the second Housing Now site consists of 840 residential units in two buildings at the southeast corner. Toronto needs places not only to live, but to play, visit, work and study. In short, we need complete communities. The residents of Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park have made this perfectly clear and the key role the Science Centre plays in the community.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council express its support for the remaining City-owned lands at 770 Don Mills Road (Ontario Science Centre), not covered by the proposed Housing Now site, to remain solely for recreational and educational purposes.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jon Burnside, seconded by Councillor Parthi Kandavel, recommends that: 1. City Council express its support for the remaining City-owned lands at 770 Don Mills Road (Ontario Science Centre), not covered by the proposed Housing Now site, to remain solely for recreational and educational purposes.
RM22.3adopted
Introduction of Committee Reports and New Business from the Mayor and City Officials
Report of the Executive Committee from Meeting 17 on October 1, 2024 Submitted by Mayor Olivia Chow, Chair Report of the Board of Health from Meeting 16 on September 9, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Chris Moise, Chair Report of the Civic Appointments Committee Meeting 18 on September 27, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Lily Cheng, Chair Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 15 on September 18, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Alejandra Bravo, Chair Report of the General Government Committee from Meeting 16 on September 17, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 16 on September 27, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Chair Report of the Planning and Housing Committee from Meeting 15 on September 26, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 16 on September 23, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Stephen Holyday, Chair Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 17 on September 24, 2024 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 16 on September 19, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Nick Mantas, Vice Chair Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 16 on September 25, 2024 Submitted by Councillor Chris Moise, Chair New Business submitted by the Mayor and City Officials
Committee Reports and New Business were presented to City Council for consideration.
CC22.4adopted
Union Station Enhancement Project, Package 1 - Metrolinx Expropriation
Pursuant to the Expropriations Act and the Metrolinx Act, Metrolinx has expropriated areas of Union Station from the City for the purpose GO Expansion of constructing a south concourse that will connect to Union Station, being the Union Station Enhancement Project. On or around March 6, 2023, Osmington (Union Station) Inc. as head lessee. Osmington filed a Notice of Arbitration and Statement of Claim for compensation under the lease agreement between it and the City to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Metrolinx is named as the respondent in Osmington's claim. On May 15, 2023, the City filed a Notice of Arbitration and Statement of Claim for compensation to the Ontario Land Tribunal in respect of the expropriations which also named Metrolinx as the respondent. The Ontario Land Tribunal has held three case management conferences in respect of the City's claim and Osmington's claim and has scheduled a 40-day hearing to commence on June 9, 2025 at which time the City's claim and Osmington's claim will be heard together. The Ontario Land Tribunal has ordered the City, Osmington, and Metrolinx to complete discoveries in the litigation on or before November 1, 2024. This report deals with litigation that affects the City and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The purpose of this report is to seek further direction regarding the litigation the information in this regard is being provided as confidential material.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as they contain advice and information that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) 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 and information that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) 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. 2. City Council direct that all information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 including Confidential Appendix A and the confidential recommendations are to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains advice and information which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.4adopted
On June 27, City Council approved the installation of site-specific pedestrian safety improvements on Avenue Road from Davenport Road to Dupont Street (Item 2024.TE14.38 ). The work is described in the attached Installation Notice. This motion recommends a $182,500 increase in the 2024-2033 Transportation Services Capital Budget and Plan, fully funded by Section 37 (Source Account: XR3026-3700460), to enhance the design and materials for Council-approved safety improvements on Avenue Road between Davenport Road and Dupont Street. This funding would support painting and artwork on barriers and enhanced paint materials for the pedestrian spaces, buffer space and corner radius improvements. Details are set out in Appendix 1. The implementation is targeted to begin shortly for fall 2024. This motion is urgent so funds can be released to support the imminent implementation timelines.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2024-2033 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services by $185,712 gross, inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax, $0 debt for delivery of enhanced materials and artwork for the approved safety improvements on Avenue Road between Davenport Road and Dupont Street (CTP724-03), fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 195 Davenport Road and 131 Hazelton Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700460).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Michael Thompson, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2024-2033 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services by $185,712 gross, inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax, $0 debt for delivery of enhanced materials and artwork for the approved safety improvements on Avenue Road between Davenport Road and Dupont Street (CTP724-03), fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 195 Davenport Road and 131 Hazelton Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3700460).
RM22.4received
Members of Council will declare interests under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
There were no declarations of interest.
CC22.5adopted
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. and the City of Ottawa have been negotiating the terms of a municipal access agreement, an agreement containing the terms upon which Rogers is permitted to install, maintain, and replace its infrastructure in the municipal right-of-way. Rogers filed an application with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission on the basis that it was not able to reach agreement with Ottawa as to some important terms of the municipal access agreement; it asks the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to approve Rogers' preferred terms in the municipal access agreement and require Ottawa to incorporate those terms in their municipal access agreement. The City is also in the process of negotiating a new municipal access agreement with Rogers regarding the installation, maintenance, and replacement of its infrastructure in the public highway in Toronto. Some of the proposed terms in the municipal access agreement between Rogers and Ottawa are the same as or similar to terms proposed by Rogers in respect of its municipal access agreement with the City. Confidential Attachment 1 provides further information and advice regarding Rogers' Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission application.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 3. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the City Solicitor, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) 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 confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) 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 confidential instructions to staff in the Confidential Attachment. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.5adopted
I am writing to request your support in reopening Item EY15.16 Bloor Street West - St. Clement Catholic School - Speed Limit Amendment. The following was adopted by City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024: 1. City Council rescind the existing School Speed Zone designation on Bloor Street West, between a point approximately 85 metres west of Mill Road and a point approximately 150 metres east of Forestview Road, in effect between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except public holidays and school professional activity days, September of one year through June of the next following year, inclusive. 2. City Council authorize a 40 kilometres per hour speed limit on Bloor Street West between, a point approximately 85 metres west of Mill Road and a point approximately 150 metres east of Forestview Road. It has been determined that a slight expansion of the new 40 kilometres per hour speed limit zone on Bloor Street West is required in order to meet the technical requirements to provide an option for the future installation of automated speed enforcement equipment. Requires Re-opening Item 2024.EY15.16 (July 24 and 25, 2024 City Council Meeting) only as it pertains to the speed limit zone set out in Part 2.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2024.EY15.16 by deleting Part 2. Part to be deleted : 2. City Council authorize a 40 kilometres per hour speed limit on Bloor Street West between, a point approximately 85 metres west of Mill Road and a point approximately 150 metres east of Forestview Road. and adopting instead the following new Part 2: 2. City Council authorize a 40 kilometres per hour speed limit on Bloor Street West between a point approximately 150 metres west of Mill Road and a point approximately 50 metres east of Markland Drive (east intersection).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Stephen Holyday, seconded by Councillor Vincent Crisanti, recommends that: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2024.EY15.16 by deleting Part 2. Part to be deleted : 2. City Council authorize a 40 kilometres per hour speed limit on Bloor Street West between, a point approximately 85 metres west of Mill Road and a point approximately 150 metres east of Forestview Road. and adopting instead the following new Part 2: 2. City Council authorize a 40 kilometres per hour speed limit on Bloor Street West between a point approximately 150 metres west of Mill Road and a point approximately 50 metres east of Markland Drive (east intersection).
RM22.5received
Members of Council may file petitions.
No petitions were filed during the Routine Matters portion of the meeting.
CC22.6adopted
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has charged the City of Toronto with the offence of discharging odour at Green Lane Landfill on November 9 and 10, 2021, contrary to the Environmental Protection Act. The City of Toronto denies that it contravened the Environmental Protection Act. Confidential Attachment 1 provides further information and advice regarding the legal proceeding.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 3. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the City Solicitor, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) 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 confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) 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 confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM22.6deferred
In Canada, the minimum voting age is currently 18 across all jurisdictions. Fourteen Canadian municipal councils and school boards have passed motions in support of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds, or studying the policy: 1. Pickering City Council, 2004 2. Lethbridge City Council, 2015 3. Edmonton City Council, 2016 4. Edmonton Catholic School Board, 2017 5. Edmonton Public Schools, 2017 6. Calgary City Council, 2018 7. Strathcona County Council, 2018 8. Winnipeg School Division, 2018 9. Victoria City Council, 2019 10. Vancouver City Council, 2021 11. Vernon City Council, 2021 12. Saanich City Council, 2021 13. Whitehorse City Council, 2024 14. Penticton City Council, 2024 Similar motions are currently anticipated in West Vancouver, Kamloops, Surrey, Halton Hills, and Cape Breton. While beneficial to building public support in communities across the country, these campaigns have been limited by provincial/territorial jurisdiction over municipal election law. The City of Toronto's polls for changes in a neighbourhood present an opportunity for the City to become the first in Canada to unilaterally allow 16- and 17- year-olds the opportunity to vote. This summary includes an overview of the evidence supporting the extension of voting rights to 16- and 17- year-olds, drawing from cognitive science, political science and young people's experiences. Electoral Competence of 16- and 17-Year-Olds Across the world, 17 countries have a voting age of 16 in elections for at least one level of government. These countries are Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Malta, Nicaragua, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and Wales. The three Crown Dependencies (the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey) also have a minimum voting age of 16. As the list of jurisdictions with a minimum voting age of 16 expands, a consensus is growing in the neuroscientific and social science literatures that 16-year-olds are sufficiently mature, informed and ready to exercise the right to vote. Research by scientists including Dr. Laurence Steinberg, a world leading expert in adolescence, has shown that the critical cognitive ability needed for voting-the ability to make decisions in unhurried and non-impulsive contexts- reaches maturity by 16 . Further research from Austria , Belgium , and Germany , three countries that have extended the voting age, shows that 16- and 17-year-olds also match adults in the quality of their vote choice. This research demonstrates that 16-year-olds make their voting decisions as effectively and as competently as adults. In Scotland, an analysis revealed that 16- and 17-year-olds do not merely adopt the voting prescriptions of their parents. Along with having sought out comparatively more sources of information than their non-enfranchised peers in the rest of the UK, more than 40 percent of Scottish 16- and 17-year-olds voted differently from their parents during the country's independence referendum. Canadian scholars have found that 16- and 17-year-olds are not less politically developed than adults, and, depending on the aspect being looked at, they are more knowledgeable or as knowledgeable as adults . Compared to 18- and 20-year-olds, they know as much about political institutions, the campaign promises, and the candidates. Research by Elections Canada has found that 16- and 17-year-olds are just as interested, if not more, in participating in various forms of political activity, including voting and non-electoral civic activities. During Prince Edward Island's referendum on electoral reform in 2016, the province allowed 16- and 17-year-olds the right to participate . During this referendum, 16- and 17-year-olds voted at a higher rate of turnout than those aged 18 to 44. International Experience Before they were allowed to vote for the first time during Scotland's 2014 pilot, public support for letting 16- and 17-year-olds vote stood at approximately 35 percent. After the election, when the views about youth as political actors had evolved, public support increased to 60 percent and the Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to make the change permanent. The Northwest Territories' chief electoral officer has recently recommended that the territory extend the voting age to 16. In jurisdictions where the voting age has been lowered to 16, the voting rate for 16- and 17-year-olds is higher than older first-time voters between the ages of 18-24. This may be partly due to still being at home, and being able to have conversations with parents, teachers, and peers more easily than when one is away or navigating the first challenges of adulthood. By allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to participate fully in the electoral process, it is demystified, removing a barrier to future participation in elections. There is a positive, lasting effect on turnout from extending the voting age. Social science research confirms that the "habit of voting" develops in a citizen's first one or two elections, meaning that a boost in youth voter turnout will continue into the long term , as citizens continue voting over the course of their lives. Youth Support In 2020, the Government of Canada commissioned 90 youth consultation sessions hosted by youth-serving organizations and youth facilitators. These sessions heard from a diverse cohort of young people on the priority areas established in Canada's Youth Policy. Nearly 1,000 youth from all over Canada contributed their experiences, perspectives, insights and expertise. This work culminated in Canada's first-ever State of Youth Report , which included a set of recommendations brought forward by youth under each of these priority areas. In the words of the report: [Y]outh want to be more involved across governments and have more opportunities to grow as leaders and sustain leadership opportunities. Furthermore, youth want to participate in the decisions that affect them and want those in the government and others to acknowledge and recognize their agency and autonomy. One of the five recommendations under the "Leadership and impact" heading was for the government to "Urgently prioritize lowering the voting age for youth from 18 to 16." Supportive youth-led and youth-affiliated organizations includes Apathy is Boring, the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, the Canadian Federation of Students, the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, Children First Canada, For Our Kids Canada, Generation Squeeze, New Majority, Toronto Foundation for Youth Involvement in Politics, UNICEF Canada, Young Canadians Roundtable on Health, Young Politicians of Canada, and Youthful Cities. In line with growing multi-partisan and grassroots support for this policy, a 2020 Elections Canada survey found that 50 percent of 16- and 17-year-olds actively support the idea of having the right to vote , with an additional 21 percent expressing no opposition to it. Neighbourhood Polls The City conducts polls to determine the opinions of property owners, residents and businesses that could be affected by a change in their neighbourhood. If the result of the poll is positive, the application may proceed through the approval process. Depending upon the type of poll, final approval by City Council may be required. All regulations concerning neighbourhood polls, including the minimum age to participate, are set independently by the City. Between September 13, 2023, and September 13, 2024, the City of Toronto opened 76 neighbourhood change polls. Forty-six of these polls were opened for Front Yard Parking requests, 20 were opened for Traffic Calming proposals, 9 were opened for Permit Parking proposals, and 1 was opened for a Business Improvement Area. Of these 76 polls, all but 11 received sufficient response rates for an actionable result. 16- and 17-year-olds have an interest in the safety, accessibility, and attractiveness of their communities. Changing the minimum age to participate in City polls from 18 to 16 will allow Toronto to substantively promote and advance the cause of youth voting rights. Two sections of the City of Toronto Municipal Code are relevant to considerations of this change. § 190-4. Polling list. The City Clerk's Office shall compile a polling list including names and corresponding addresses of those listed on the following documents as owners, residents and tenants of property located wholly or partially within the polling area: A. Current Returned Assessment Roll; B. Municipal Connect, Toronto Property System (TPS) or any other related geographic information system (GIS) developed using information from Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) and City records; and C. Affidavit delivered to the City Clerk during the polling period in a form prescribed by the City Clerk and asserting that the affiant is an owner, resident or tenant of property located wholly or partially within the polling area. § 190-9. Voting eligibility. No person shall be eligible to vote in a poll unless the person's name appears on the polling list and the person is 18 years of age or over , and is an owner, resident or tenant of property located wholly or partially within the polling area as of the closing date of the poll.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, deferred Item MM22.6 to the November 13, 14 and 15, 2024, meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Councillor Lily Cheng, recommends that: 1. City Council request the City Clerk to report to City Council on an approach to reducing the minimum age to vote in a neighbourhood poll from 18 to 16, such report to include the necessary changes required to implement the age reduction by the end of the first quarter of 2025.
RM22.6received
Presentations, Introductions and Announcements
Various presentations and announcements will be made at the City Council meeting.
Various presentations, introductions and announcements were made to City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024. October 9, 2024 Speaker Nunziata, during the morning session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to address City Council for a presentation in recognition of 150 years of firefighting in Toronto. Mayor Chow welcomed the following guests to the Council Chamber: Interim Fire Chief Larry Cocco; Deputy Fire Chiefs Jim Jessop, Paul Fitzgerald, Kevin Hamilton and Laura Boyko and other Toronto Fire Services Staff members; Toronto Professional Fire Fighters Association President James Reid and their executive team; Toronto Paramedic Services Chief Bikram Chawla; Toronto Police Service Staff Superintendent Brett Nicol; and members of the Toronto Fire Historical Society, the Toronto Fire Services Honour Guard, the Toronto Fire Services Pipes and Drums Band, and the Toronto Fire Services War Veterans Association Colour Guard. Mayor Chow gave remarks on 150 years of firefighting in Toronto, thanked Toronto Fire Services for its work and introduced a short video highlighting 150 years of firefighting in Toronto. The following Members, during the morning session of the meeting, rose to speak in recognition of 150 years of firefighting in Toronto: Councillor Fletcher Councillor Bravo, as Chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee Councillor Colle, and Deputy Mayor Malik Speaker Nunziata, during the morning session of the meeting, invited Kelly Matsumoto, Deputy City Solicitor, to introduce 6 new articling students from Legal Services who were present in the Chamber. They are Camilla Conte, Douglas LaForce, Yelda Nuri, Amanda Owusu, Isha Patel, and Nicole Voskuil. Councillor Bravo, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed the Participatory Democracy Group from the Davenport-Perth Neighborhood and Community Health Centre, which was present in the Chamber. Mayor Chow, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed Grade 5 Students from the Seneca Hill Primary School and their teacher, Virginia Luong, who were present in the Chamber. Speaker Nunziata, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed the Honourable J. David Wake, Integrity Commissioner of Ontario, who was present in the Chamber. Speaker Nunziata, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed Sean McConnell, a constituent, and his guests from Ireland, who were present in the Chamber. Speaker Nunziata, during the afternoon session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to address City Council to introduce Toronto's inaugural Youth Poet Laureate. Mayor Chow addressed City Council and introduced Shahaddah Jack, who was appointed by City Council as Toronto's first ever Youth Poet Laureate. Shahaddah Jack, Youth Poet Laureate, addressed City Council and presented a poem. Speaker Nunziata, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed former MP John Nunziata, who was present in the Chamber. October 10, 2024 Speaker Nunziata, during the morning session of the meeting, called upon Mayor Chow to address City Council in recognition of Paris 2024 Olympians and Paralympians from Toronto. Mayor Chow addressed City Council and recognized Team Canada athletes from Toronto and congratulated them on their performance in Paris. Mayor Chow welcomed Toronto Olympic and Paralympic athletes who were present in the meeting: medallists Aaron Brown, Sydney Payne, Brendon Rodney, Charity Williams, and Jesse Zesseu. Athletes Sydney Payne and Jesse Zesseu addressed City Council. Councillor Bravo, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that October 2024 was proclaimed Latin America History Month in Toronto and remarked on the significance of the proclamation Councillor Matlow, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed Grades 5 and 6 students from Cedarvale Community School, who were present in the Chamber.
CC22.7adopted
On July 24, 2024, City Council adopted Item PH14.1 , which included Official Plan Amendment 680. Official Plan Amendment 680 amends various Employment Area related policies to bring the Official Plan into alignment with the provincial definition of "Area of Employment" in the Planning Act, as amended by Bill 97 the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act ("Bill 97"). Council adopted recommendations which included a phased approach to the introduction of the bill for Official Plan Amendment 680 at a future date. Since the adoption of Item PH14.1 , the province announced on August 20, 2024, an October 20, 2024 proclamation date for Bill 97 as it pertains to the amended definition of "Area of Employment". With more certainty around this timing and process, a phased approach to bill introduction is no longer recommended. The City Solicitor recommends that City Council authorize the enactment of the Official Plan Amendment 680 bill at this Council meeting.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item PH14.1 by deleting part 2: Part to be deleted: 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to withhold the introduction of the necessary Bills until such time as: a. Subsection 1(1) of the Planning Act, as amended by Bill 97, has been proclaimed and is in full force and effect; and b. Official Plan Amendment 668 is in full force and effect with the exception of any outstanding site-specific appeals. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to submit the necessary bills at the October 9 and 10, 2024, meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item PH14.1 by deleting part 2: Part to be deleted: 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to withhold the introduction of the necessary Bills until such time as: a. Subsection 1(1) of the Planning Act, as amended by Bill 97, has been proclaimed and is in full force and effect; and b. Official Plan Amendment 668 is in full force and effect with the exception of any outstanding site-specific appeals. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to submit the necessary bills at the October 9, 10, and 11, 2024, meeting of City Council.
MM22.7adopted
Participatory Budgeting is a system of direct democracy where residents imagine how their neighbourhood could be improved, suggest potential ideas and then vote on how funds are spent to improve their community through capital projects. 2023 was the first year Participatory Budgeting was implemented in Toronto Centre to determine how community benefits funding should be allocated. Between May 25 to November 1, 2023, my office hosted online and in-person engagements with local residents and business improvement areas to crowdsource ideas. These ideas were then vetted for costing and feasibility with City staff and presented to the local community to vote on which projects they would like to see funded. In the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, nine projects were supported by the local community that fit within the allocated budget of $750,000. One of the projects, Custom vinyl-wrapped garbage receptacles, required additional review. The release of funds for these projects would allow for locally supported capital projects to move forward in a timely manner.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $20,000 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 89, 97 and 99 Church Street secured for capital projects (Source Account: XR3026-3701195), for the purpose of providing one-time capital funding to STEPS Public Art for the installation of custom vinyl-wraps onto 6 garbage receptacles in the business impact analysis (Cost Centre: NP2161), as outlined in Appendix A to Member Motion MM22.7. 2. City Council direct that $20,000.00 be forwarded to STEPS Public Art, subject to the organization signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $20,000 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 89, 97 and 99 Church Street secured for capital projects (Source Account: XR3026-3701195), for the purpose of providing one-time capital funding to STEPS Public Art for the installation of custom vinyl-wraps onto 6 garbage receptacles in the business impact analysis (Cost Centre: NP2161), as outlined in Appendix A. 2. City Council direct that $20,000.00 be forwarded to STEPS Public Art, subject to the organization signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
RM22.7amended
City Council will review the Order Paper.
October 9, 2024: City Council adopted the October 9, 2024, Order Paper, as amended and all other items not held on consent. October 10, 2024: City Council adopted the October 10, 2024, Order Paper.
CC22.8adopted
On July 9, 2021 the City received an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for 438-440 Avenue Road and 169-171B Balmoral Avenue to permit a 24-storey residential apartment building containing 223 dwelling units. A settlement hearing was held on May 18, 2023 with the Ontario Land Tribunal approving the settlement for a 21 storey residential building in principle (the "Original Approval"). No final order has been issued. Since the Original Approval, the applicant has acquired the neighbouring property at 173 Balmoral Avenue. The City Solicitor requires further direction.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle, dated September 17, 2024, and attached as Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor and the revised architectural plans, dated June 2024, prepared by Arcadis, and attached as Confidential Appendix B to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor (collectively, the "Settlement Offer"). 2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the Owner has provided a Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, including the Foundation Drainage Report satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water; c. the Owner at its sole expense has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, including the Foundation Drainage Report, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development; and d. the Owner has revised its wind study for the proposed development in accordance with the City's terms of reference for wind studies to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain 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 (September 24, 2024) 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 in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and 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.
MM22.8amended
The Premier of Ontario is proposing to tunnel under Highway 401, a major transportation route used by hundreds of thousands of Ontarians and Torontonians every day as they commute to work, visit family, and partake in other day to day tasks or events. The 401 is one of the busiest and widest highway corridors in the world with over 500,000 cars and trucks using it daily. This proposal for a tunnel is expected to be incredibly costly, with preliminary estimates ranging far above $50 billion. This massive cost does not include the expected impacts on hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents, businesses, and industrial spaces spread across 15 of the City's wards and hundreds of residential neighbourhoods. A tunnel would be disruptive, costly, and is not guaranteed to fix the congestion woes we are currently facing. Instead, the City of Toronto and other municipalities in the region will be better served by a proven transit and congestion management solution used in over 30 countries for the last 60 years - a reliable high speed rail system. High speed rail will help Toronto and Ontario reach our environmental targets, significantly reduce the travel time between Ontario's biggest cities, further integrate residential and business hubs across the Quebec City-Toronto corridor and allow Toronto to benefit from the thousands of permanent jobs created through transit expansion. Canada is the only G7 nation that does not yet have a high-speed rail system. Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area deserves a second opinion before over $50 billion dollars are spent to tunnel under the 401.
City Council on October 9 and10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to consider the feasibility of a high speed rail system instead of the disruptive and costly tunneling under Highway 401 running through the middle of Toronto. 2. City Council request the Minister of Transportation to conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the construction of a high speed rail system that would potentially connect cities like Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, and Montreal - increasing the frequency of trains and significantly reducing travel times for Ontarians and reducing congestion. 3. City Council direct the City Manager to provide a briefing note on the costs (in present day value) and timeframe of similar tunnelling projects, including the "Big Dig" in Boston and the State Route 99 in Seattle. 4. City Council request the Government of Ontario to explore the feasibility of buying back the 407 Express Toll Route instead of building a tunnel under the 401.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to consider the feasibility of a high speed rail system instead of the disruptive and costly tunneling under Highway 401 running through the middle of Toronto. 2. City Council request the Minister of Transportation to conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the construction of a high speed rail system that would potentially connect cities like Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, and Montreal - increasing the frequency of trains and significantly reducing travel times for Ontarians and reducing congestion. 3. City Council direct the City Manager to estimate the possible costs of tunneling under the 401, using examples such as the "Big Dig" in Boston and the State Route 99 in Seattle to inform their calculation.
CC22.9adopted
On November 9, 2021, the City received an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for 296-300 King Street East and 56-60 Berkeley Street to permit the construction of a 34-storey mixed-use building with 1,188 square metres of commercial uses and 364 residential units. The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its applications for the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, to the Ontario Land Tribunal on September 26, 2022. The City Solicitor requires further directions for upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal case management conference scheduled for November 4, 2024. This matter is urgent and cannot be deferred.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated September 19, 2024, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor and 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 until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the owner 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; c. in the event that improvements or upgrades and/or new infrastructure are required to support the development, the owner has entered into agreement(s) for the construction of any such improvements to such services, as required, at no cost to the City and to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; d. the owner has resolved matters related to the Pompadour Lane widening, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; e. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 296-300 King Street East and 56-60 Berkeley Street substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by architects Alliance, dated June 27, 2024, and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated November 5, 2021, revised July 2, 2024, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.f. below, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; f. the owner has provided a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation and demolition/reconstruction strategies set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc. dated November 5, 2021, and updated and re-issued July 2, 2024 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; g. the owner has secured an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan in accordance with Official Plan Policy 3.2.1.12 for tenants of the existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished, addressing financial compensation and other assistance to lessen hardship, and the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and implemented prior to the issuance of Notice of Approval Conditions for Site Plan Control approval; h. the owner has provided an undertaking or agreement to the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to secure the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan as required in Part 2.g. above; i. the owner has resolved its appeals of the King Parliament Secondary Plan (OPA 525) Ontario Land Tribunal Files OLT-21-001024 and OLT-21-001041, respectively (lead Case File OLT-21-001024) in accordance with the May 8, 2023 Ontario Land Tribunal Order to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and j. the owner has provided confirmation that the development will be constructed and maintained in accordance with Tier 1, Toronto Green Standard, and the owner will be encouraged to achieve Tier 2, Toronto Green Standard, or higher, where appropriate, consistent with the performance standards of Toronto Green Standards applicable at the time of the Site Plan Control application. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) 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 and 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.
MM22.9amended
Proposed Changes by the Government of Ontario to Supervised Consumption and Consumption and Treatment Services Sites in Toronto On August 20, 2024, the Ontario government announced changes to supervised consumption and harm reduction services in Ontario. These changes will result in the closure of five supervised consumption sites and consumption and treatment services in Toronto by March 31, 2025, including the supervised consumption sites at The Works, which is operated by Toronto Public Health and currently located at 277 Victoria Street. While the province also announced a $378 million investment for 19 new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs across Ontario, these hubs will not be permitted to offer safer supply, supervised consumption or needle exchange programs. These changes can be expected to have a detrimental impact on the health and well-being of all Torontonians, including: - Increased deaths from overdose - Last year alone, Toronto Public Health's supervised consumption services supported over 19,000 client visits and responded to approximately 500 overdoses. - Fewer pathways to treatment - While increased investment in treatment are welcome, the closure of supervised consumption sites will eliminate a key "front door" for people who use drugs to access treatment services. - Decreased community safety and well-being - supervised consumption site services, including needle-exchange are vital to ensuring the safety and well-being of the broader public, as well as people who use drugs. The recently announced changes can be expected to increase public use of drugs. - Increased strain on first responders and hospital emergency departments - supervised consumption sites provide a controlled setting where highly trained staff provide emergency first aid in the event of an overdose. The closure of these essential medical services will increase the pressures on hospital emergency departments and already over-burdened first responders, including paramedics and law enforcement. In light of these concerns, it is critical that the Government of Ontario continue to fund and support supervised consumption sites/consumption and treatment services as a key pillar in the response to the drug toxicity crisis, alongside prevention, treatment, and community safety and well-being.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council urge the Government of Ontario to protect community health, well-being and safety by continuing to fund all currently operating Supervised Consumption Services and Consumption and Treatment Services Sites beyond March 31, 2025. 2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to consider the inclusion of Supervised Consumption Services in their new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment program proposals that demonstrate outcomes for life-saving medical services, primary care, and increased pathways to treatment services and that include mandatory neighbourhood and operational safety plans.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Alejandra Bravo, recommends that: 1. City Council urge the Government of Ontario to protect community health, well-being and safety by continuing to fund all currently operating Supervised Consumption Services and Consumption and Treatment Services Sites beyond March 31, 2025. 2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to permit the co-location of Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs and Supervised Consumption Services and Consumption and Treatment Services sites to provide for live-saving medical services, primary care, and increased pathways to treatment services.
CC22.10adopted
8-10 Hyde Park Circle - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
On May 23, 2023, the City received an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application for 8-10 Hyde Park Circle to permit the construction of a 4-storey residential building containing 55 residential dwelling units with a gross floor area of 10,202 square metres. The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Zoning By-law Amendment, to the Ontario Land Tribunal on February 21, 2024. The City Solicitor requires further directions for the upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal hearing scheduled for February 24-28, 2024. For reasons set out in Confidential Attachment 1, this matter is urgent and should not be deferred.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated September 23, 2024, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) 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 and 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.
MM22.10adopted
Neshama Hospice is a non-profit hospice being constructed on property known municipally as 3 Cadillac Avenue. A building permit is expected to issue shortly. The facility will contain twelve (12) rooms where patients can live out their final days with loved ones within a community of compassion. It will provide the highest quality patient and family-centred, end-of-life care in a peaceful, comfortable environment where people are surrounded by compassion, community, and friendship. Neshama Hospice is a member of Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. Toronto is in desperate need of more options for end-of-life care, including through non-profit hospices. Development Charges By-law 1137-2022 specifically recognizes that non-profit hospices are not the type of development that warrants imposition of development charges (i.e., growth that should pay for growth). Through adoption of Item 2022.EX34.1, City Council exempted non-profit hospices from development charges, provided the facility is owned by a not-for-profit corporation and operated on a not-for-profit basis to provide accommodation and end of life or palliative care for terminally ill persons. Neshama Hospice meets this definition. While Neshama Hospice is exempt from development charges and other City fees as a non-profit hospice, the application of Section 42 of the Planning Act through Article III of the Article 415 of the City of Toronto of Municipal Code has resulted in a potential cash-in-lieu of parkland payment of $308,617.31. A non-profit hospice should not be burdened with such a payment, especially when the proposal includes generous and peaceful greenspace for use by the hospice's patients and their families. This motion would ensure that Neshama Hospice will not be subjected to parkland levy or dedication and enable this well-needed facility to proceed to construction.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 415, Development of Land, Article III, Schedule B, to include the lands known in the year 2024 as 3 Cadillac Avenue, provided the lands are developed as a non-profit hospice (Neshama Hospice).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 415, Development of Land, Article III, Schedule B, to include the lands known in the year 2024 as 3 Cadillac Avenue, provided the lands are developed as a non-profit hospice (Neshama Hospice).
CC22.11adopted
26-34 Nipigon Avenue - Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing - Request for Directions
On July 27, 2023, the City had a pre-application consultation with the applicant in respect of the site located at 26-34 Nipigon Avenue. On September 6, 2023, the City received Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for the Site to permit the construction of a 50-storey mixed use building containing 569 residential units and a residential gross floor area of 38,099.89 square metres, for an overall density of 17.0 times the area of the lot. On January 31, 2024, City staff submitted a Refusal Report to North York Community Council in respect of the Applications. The Refusal Report was considered at the City Council meeting of March 20 and 21, 2024, wherein City Council adopted staff's recommendations without amendment. On April 22, the applicant appealed City Council's refusal of the Applications to the Ontario Land Tribunal. However, pursuant to City Council's instructions to staff to use mediation, conciliation, or other dispute resolution techniques to attempt to resolve the Applications, the City Clerk did not forward the Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal until July 8, 2024. On July 24, 2024, Metrolinx served the registered owners of the Site with Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land in respect of the entirety of the Site for the planned Yonge North Subway Extension project. On September 10, 2024, the Ontario Land Tribunal held a first case management conference in respect of the Appeal. Metrolinx sought and was granted party status to the appeal. The Ontario Land Tribunal scheduled a second case management conference for October 23, 2024. On September 23, 2024, the City received a with prejudice settlement offer from the applicant's lawyers, Goodmans LLP, which is attached as Public Attachment 1. The revised plans associated with the Settlement Offer are attached as Public Attachment 2. The Settlement Offer will remain open until the end of the City Council meeting scheduled to commence on October 9, 2024. The City Solicitor requires further directions in advance of the second case management conference. This matter is urgent and should not be deferred.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the with prejudice offer to settle dated September 23, 2024, set out in Public Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) from the City Solicitor and 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 until the City Solicitor has advised that: a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has withdrawn its appeal of the Yonge Street North Secondary Plan (OPA 615) (By-law 1016-2022) in Ontario Land Tribunal Case OLT-22-004346; c. the owner has submitted revised sun/shadow and wind studies reflecting the proposal as approved in whole or in part, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review; d. the owner has demonstrated that the revised proposal associated with the Settlement Offer meets Tier 1 of Version 4 of the Toronto Green Standard; e. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry and Tree Protection and Plan Review as they relate to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; f. the owner has submitted a Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and associated plans to the City for review and acceptance, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; g. the owner has submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study to the City for review and acceptance, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; h. should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and/or the accepted Transportation Impact Study, then either: 1. a Holding Provision should be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment, as the case may be, not to be lifted until such time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; or 2. prior to the issuance of a final order, the owner has entered into an agreement or agreements or has otherwise secured for the design, construction, and the provision of financial securities for any required upgrades or improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; i. the Chief Planner has approved the Rental Housing Demolition application (24 103481 NNY 18 RH) under Chapter 667 Residential Rental Property Demolition and Conversion Control of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which allows for the demolition of the existing rental units on the sites, and the Owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary. 3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, the local ward Councillor, the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to continue to work with the applicant related to the provision of in-kind affordable housing units as a community benefit package pursuant to 37(6) of the Planning Act and to look at other opportunities to maximize affordable housing on site, using the Rental Housing Supply Program incentives and any other sources of City funding, and report back to City Council for further instruction on any offer of in-kind community benefits made by the applicant. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 24, 2024) 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 (September 24, 2024) 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 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.
MM22.11adopted
On August 1, 2024, the City of Toronto issued a news release announcing an intergovernmental partnership to fund the extension of the West Toronto Railpath multi-use trail. Under the funding agreement, the Government of Canada would provide $23 million, while the City would contribute the remaining $125.7 million. According to the release, the project would double the length of the 2.1 kilometre trail for a total project cost of $148.7 million - or nearly $75,000 per metre. Understandably, the significant price tag captured the attention of Torontonians, the media, and many members of Council. The cost of the extension has raised questions about the City's responsibilities, priorities, and evaluation of the use of valuable taxpayer dollars - and those questions merit answers. At $150 million, the two kilometre trail would cost double what it's costing to speed up the Gardiner Expressway rebuild by a year. With the same funding, two brand new community centres could be delivered for our communities. In fact, the cost has increased six-fold since 2016, when the extension project was budgeted at $23 million. The City has not made publicly available a detailed breakdown of the $150 million cost estimate, and questions about the due diligence process have gone unanswered. As a demonstration of transparency, this motion requests the City of Toronto's Auditor General to include a value for money assessment of the West Toronto Railpath Extension in the 2025 Work Plan.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Auditor General to consider including an audit of the $150 million West Toronto Railpath Extension in the Auditor General's 2025 Work Plan, including addressing the following matters: a. a breakdown of the due diligence process undertaken by the City of Toronto to find cost savings and efficiencies and ensure value for money; b. how this project was identified and prioritized for capital funding and requests for intergovernmental funding support; c. factors that led to the cost estimate increasing by at least $74 million over the previous projection; d. details of the impact of Metrolinx administrative costs on the increased estimate; and e. an assessment of the City's process for evaluating the budget increase and recommendations for improvement.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Auditor General to consider including an audit of the $150 million West Toronto Railpath Extension in the Auditor General's 2025 Work Plan, including addressing the following matters: a. a breakdown of the due diligence process undertaken by the City of Toronto to find cost savings and efficiencies and ensure value for money; b. how this project was identified and prioritized for capital funding and requests for intergovernmental funding support; c. factors that led to the cost estimate increasing by at least $74 million over the previous projection; d. details of the impact of Metrolinx administrative costs on the increased estimate; and e. an assessment of the City's process for evaluating the budget increase and recommendations for improvement.
CC22.12amended
On September 14, 2022, Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications were submitted with respect to 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street to permit a new mixed-use building. The applications proposed to demolish 33 Maitland Street and retain a portion of 37 Maitland Street. On March 31, 2023, the applications were appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal based on City Council's failure to make a decision within legislated timelines. On July 19 and 20, 2023, City Council stated its intention to designate the properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and enacted a designation by-law at its meeting of November 8 and 9, 2023, City Council. The applicant applied for permits to alter and demolish heritage attributes on the Site, which was considered by the Toronto Preservation Board on September 20, 2024. The focus of this report is to seek Council direction on the owner's revised application for a Zoning By-law and Official Plan Amendment to facilitate the development of a tower on the Site. The City Solicitor requires further direction with respect to upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal proceedings. This matter is urgent and cannot be deferred.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 30, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Chris Moise. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 30, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Chris Moise. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 30, 2024) 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 (September 30, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Chris Moise, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the with prejudice offer to settle dated August 7, 2024 set out in Public Attachment 1 to the report (September 30, 2024) from the City Solicitor (the "Settlement Offer"). 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the Settlement Offer and a revised proposal for the lands municipally known as 33 and 37 Maitland Street (the "Site") that is substantially in accordance with the revised plans attached as Schedule A to Public Attachment 1 to the report (September 30, 2024) from the City Solicitor, subject to the Parts below. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its final Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment until the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-law is to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. the Owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater, and traffic capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the Zoning By-law Amendment; c. the Owner has submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study or addendum, including streetscape and curb extension provisions and resolved matters related to access, road widenings, lane widenings and conveyances acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and that such matters arising from such study, be secured if required; the Transportation Impact Study or addendum will further include a parking study to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; d. the Owner has submitted a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with any required wind mitigation measures to be secured through the Site Plan approval process; e. the Owner has submitted a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with any required wind mitigation measures to be secured through the Site Plan approval process; f. the Owner has provided confirmation that no new construction will be undertaken within 3 metres of existing Toronto Transit Commission infrastructure; g. the Owner has provided 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 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated August 27, 2024, and revised August 27, 2024, for the properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; h. the Owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by BDP Quadrangle, dated July 26, 2024, on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated July 26, 2024, and revised August 27, 2024, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution and registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; i. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application 21 223798 NNY 16 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the thirty-six (36) existing rental dwelling units on the Site, and the Owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council's decision including: 1. replacement of the existing rental housing units, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size and with similar rents; and 2. an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. j. the Owner has entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act to secure the provision of an in-kind contribution, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor. 4. City Council approve: a. the alterations to the heritage properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a new mixed use building with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by BDP Quadrangle, dated July 26, 2024, submitted with the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated July 26, 2024, and revised August 27, 2024, 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 in Part 5 below; and b. the demolition of the heritage attributes of the existing buildings on the heritage properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, in accordance with Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the approval of a 44-storey tower on the subject lands substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by BDP Quadrangle, dated July 26, 2024, submitted with the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated July 26, 2024, and revised August 27, 2024, 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 in Part 5 below. 5. City Council consent to the application to alter the heritage properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and its consent to the demolition of attributes on the heritage properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street under Part IV, Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions: a. that the related Zoning By-law Amendment requiring the proposed alterations and proposed removal of the heritage attribute(s) has come into full force and effect; b. prior to issuance of any Ontario Land Tribunal final order in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the heritage properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, the owner shall 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 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated August 27, 2024, and revised August 27, 2024, for the properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; c. prior to issuance of any Ontario Land Tribunal final order in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, the owner shall enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street, substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by BDP Quadrangle, dated July 26, 2024, on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated July 26, 2024, and revised August 27, 2024, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution and registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; d. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part for the properties at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland 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 buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their 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; 2. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. submit a Landscape Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 4. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan, 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; and 5. 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. e. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required 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 approved 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; and 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. City Council request the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to consider the following when reviewing the Conservation Plan: a. heritage roofing materials (such as terra cotta or Spanish tile as per original architectural drawings) based on archival data are utilized for the restoration of both buildings; b. the historical window and door design be utilized on both buildings, reflective of their period of construction; and c. feasibility of placing the emergency stairwell exit at the base of the building at 33 Maitland Street on the side of the building to limit the number of new or enlarged openings on the heritage facade building. 7. City Council direct the appropriate City staff to report back to City Council, prior to consideration of the Rental Housing Demolition Application, with respect to valuation and acceptance of facilities, services or matters as an on-site in-kind contribution, being affordable housing, pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act; 8. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to enter into agreements pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act to address the provision of the in-kind contributions identified in Part 7 above, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, with such agreements to be registered on title to the Site, which shall be evidence of arrangements for the provision of the in-kind contribution that are satisfactory to City Council. 9. 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 property at 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street. 10. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 30, 2024) 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 (September 30, 2024) 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 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.
MM22.12adopted
In 2023, Toronto Animal Services received 13,900 calls for wildlife cadaver removals. While the target was to respond to 90 percent of requests within 48 hours, that standard was met for just 62 percent of calls. Despite being the third most submitted 3-1-1 service request, wildlife cadaver removal has the lowest Municipal Licensing and Standards service standard performance, with targets being met only 62 percent of the time - 10 percent below the average service standard of 72 percent . In response to long wait times, the target service standard for wildlife cadaver removal more than doubled from 48 hours to 5 business days in March 2024. According to the presentation by Municipal Licencing and Standards to the Service Excellence Committee on September 6 2024, the standard was lowered to set more realistic expectations for cadaver removal requests. Anecdotally, constituents attest that the current wait for the service is even longer than 5 business days. According to the September 2024 presentation, Municipal Licencing and Standards is experiencing a year-over-year increase in the number of animal-related service requests, which has affected Toronto Animal Services' service standard performance. Our constituents deserve better. Residents should not be expected to witness a cadaver decompose for more than a week, resort to hiring a private company, or - worst of all - attempt to handle the situation themselves. It's more than unpleasant and a nuisance. This is a public health and safety issue. When the City is not meeting service standards, the answer is to fix the service, not move the goalposts. It's time to reevaluate our priorities to ensure we meet the most basic service obligations to residents. This motion asks staff to propose a plan to reinstate the previous service standard of 48 hours for wildlife cadaver removal service requests, as part of the 2025 Budget process.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report as part of the 2025 Budget process on recommendations that update the service standard for wildlife cadaver removal, including the feasibility of returning to the previous standard of 48 hours. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to create a strategy for Toronto Animal Services to tackle the seasonal spike in animal cadaver removal service requests, including by considering this trend in preparation of the 2025 Operational Budget for Toronto Animal Services.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report as part of the 2025 Budget process on recommendations that update the service standard for wildlife cadaver removal, including the feasibility of returning to the previous standard of 48 hours. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to create a strategy for Toronto Animal Services to tackle the seasonal spike in animal cadaver removal service requests, including by considering this trend in preparation of the 2025 Operational Budget for Toronto Animal Services.
CC22.13adopted
On September 14, 2022, Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications were submitted with respect to 33 Maitland Street and 37 Maitland Street to permit a new mixed-use building. The applications proposed to demolish 33 Maitland Street and retain a portion of 37 Maitland Street. On March 31, 2023, the applications were appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal based on City Council's failure to make a decision within legislated timelines. The focus of this report is the owner's application under Section 33 and 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act which requests City Council's consent to alterations and demolition of a heritage attribute to the above noted properties. Council requires the advice of the Toronto Preservation Board in respect of matters which may impact a designated heritage property. The City Solicitor requires further direction with respect to upcoming Ontario Land Tribunal proceedings and this matter can not be deferred.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 5, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 5, 2024) 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. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 5, 2024) 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 and Confidential Appendix A to this report from the City Solicitor, at the discretion of the City Solicitor. 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.
MM22.13adopted
Council previously approved the release of Section 45 funds in the amount of $140,000 for the design and installation of streetscape improvements in Hillcrest Village Business Improvement Areas. This Motion seeks approval to release an additional amount of $51,555 in Section 45 funds for the design and installation of streetscape improvements in Hillcrest Village Business Improvement Areas. Hillcrest Village Business Improvement Areas has been working in partnership with the City, through the Business Improvement Areas Office on the redesign of the sidewalk in front of 803 to 815 St Clair Avenue West to make it accessible. The design proposal will include an accessible ramp, stairs, planters and integrated seating in front of the storefronts. Funds have been secured through a Committee of Adjustment decision for the development at 109 Vaughan Road for streetscape improvements in the area. The funds secured have been received by the City and sufficient monies remain uncommitted for this project.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2023-2032 Capital Budget and Plan for Economic Development and Culture by $51,555.00 gross and $0 debt, with a cash flow commitment of $51,555.00 in 2025, fully funded by Section 45 funds obtained in the development at 109 Vaughan Road (Source Account: XR3028-4500202), for completing streetscape improvements on St. Clair Avenue West, at Hillcrest Village Business Improvement Area (WBS Element: CED104-13 - PAR Hillcrest Village).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Alejandra Bravo, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2024-2033 Capital Budget and Plan for Economic Development and Culture by $51,555.00 gross and $0 debt, with a cash flow commitment of $51,555.00 in 2025, fully funded by Section 45 funds obtained in the development at 109 Vaughan Road (Source Account: XR3028-4500202), for completing streetscape improvements on St. Clair Avenue West, at Hillcrest Village Business Improvement Area (WBS Element: CED104-13 - PAR Hillcrest Village).
CC22.14adopted
The City initially received a Zoning By-law Amendment application for a mixed use development at 254-266 King Street East, 427-435 Adelaide Street East and 157 Princess Street in 2016. The proposed development consisted of two 32-storey residential towers connected by two multi-storey bridges, a base building with retail space on the ground floor and second floor and a new public parkette. The matter was appealed to the to Ontario Land Tribunal in 2017 and the City settled the appeal in 2018. In the intervening time, the property has changed ownership and the development proposal has undergone some changes, requiring further Council instructions.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2024) 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 (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated September 24, 2024, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor (the "Settlement Offer") and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to advise the Ontario Land Tribunal that the City supports the Settlement Offer as set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor, provided the following conditions are met: a. prior to issuance of any final order of the Ontario Land Tribunal approving the revised development, the owner shall: 1. submit a draft Zoning By-law in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and 2. enter into an amending Section 37 Agreement with the City (the "Section 37 Amending Agreement"), to amend the Section 37 agreement currently registered on title to the Site as Instrument AT5791663 (the "Existing Section 37"), to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, to secure the following: a. an additional cash contribution of $1 million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in addition to the existing commitment of $5.4 million dollars ($5,400,000.00) secured in the Existing Section 37, for a total of $6.4 millions dollars ($6,400,000.00) to be paid prior to issuance of any above-grade building permit, all of which shall be allocated for capital improvements to new or existing affordable housing in the subject ward, with specific allocation be determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; b. the additional cash contribution of $1 million dollars shall be increased by upwards indexing in accordance with the Non-Residential Construction Price Index for the Toronto CMA, reported by Statistics Canada or its successor, calculated from the date the Section 37 Amendment Agreement is executed to the date payment is made. The balance of the cash contribution shall be indexed in accordance with the terms of the Existing Section 37 Agreement; c. prior to the issuance of any above grade building permit for the Site, the Owner shall have the option to elect to make its full Section 37 contribution in the form of 16 affordable housing units as follows: 1. Affordability level: affordable units to meet the lower of the City's definition of affordable housing or the provincial affordable housing definition as published in the Provincial Affordable Housing Bulletin; 2. Affordability period: units to remain affordable for a period of 99 years; 3. Unit mix and sizes: the unit mix and minimum average unit size to be in line with the unit mix for the market units as follows: a. two studio units with a Minimum Average Unit Size of 39.5 square meters; b. seven one-bedroom units with a Minimum Average Unit Size of 51.1 square meters; c. five two-bedroom units with a Minimum Average Unit size of 79 square meters; and d. two three-bedroom units with a Minimum Average Unit size of 95.2 square meters; and 4. Tenure: affordable units will be rental in tenure. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (September 25, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (September 25, 2024) 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 (September 25, 2024) 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 and 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.
MM22.14adopted
There is a humanitarian crisis unfolding on streets in our cities, large and small, urban and rural, across Ontario. The time for words is over, we need immediate action at all levels of government, starting with the Province. The homelessness, mental health and addictions crisis continues to grow with 3,432 drug related deaths in Ontario in 2023 as well as with an estimated 234,000 Ontarians experiencing homelessness and over 1,400 homeless encampments across Ontario communities in 2023. While the province has provided additional funding for mental health, addictions and homelessness programs, it does not adequately address the growing crisis and the financial and social impact on municipalities and regions across the province. Municipalities and regions are stepping up and working with community partners to put in place community-specific solutions to address this crisis, but municipalities and regions lack the expertise, capacity, or resources to address these increasingly complex health care and housing issues alone. This is primarily a health issue that falls under provincial jurisdiction and municipalities and regions should not be using the property tax base to fund these programs. There is no provincial lead focused on this crisis leading to unanswered questions that span over a dozen ministries, and a lack of support to manage the increasing needs of those who are unhoused. The 'Solve the Crisis' Campaign can be found here: https://solvethecrisis.ca/
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council declare its support for Ontario's Big City Mayors 'Solve the Crisis' Campaign . 2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to: a. commit to immediate action to solve the Humanitarian Crisis that Ontario is facing as the numbers of unhoused individuals and those suffering with mental health and addictions grows exponentially; b. make homelessness a health priority; and c. appoint a responsible Minister and Ministry with the appropriate funding and powers as a single point of contact to address the full spectrum of housing needs as well as mental health, addictions and wrap around supports. 3. City Council request the Government of Ontario to strike a task force that: a. includes broad sector representatives including municipalities, regions, healthcare, first responders, community services, the business community and the tourism industry; b. reviews current programs developed by municipalities, regions and community partners that have proven successful in our communities, to ensure that solutions can be implemented quickly and effectively to tackle this crisis; and c. develops a Made in Ontario Action Plan. 4. City Council request the Government of Ontario to provide adequate and sustainable funding to ensure that municipalities have the tools and resources to support individuals suffering with mental health and addictions, including unhoused people and those from vulnerable populations that may be disproportionately impacted. 5. City Council request the Government of Ontario to invest in 24/7 community hubs and crisis centres. 6. City Council encourage the residents of the City of Toronto to join Council in appealing to the provincial government for support by visiting SolveTheCrisis.ca and showing their support by sending a letter to relevant ministers and their local provincial representative. 7. City Council forward this item for information to: a. The Premier of Ontario; b. The Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Health; c. The Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; d. The Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services; e. The Ontario Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions; f. Toronto Members of Provincial Parliament; and g. Ontario's Big City Mayors.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, recommends that: 1. City Council declare its support for Ontario's Big City Mayors 'Solve the Crisis' Campaign . 2. City Council request the Government of Ontario to: a. commit to immediate action to solve the Humanitarian Crisis that Ontario is facing as the numbers of unhoused individuals and those suffering with mental health and addictions grows exponentially; b. make homelessness a health priority; and c. appoint a responsible Minister and Ministry with the appropriate funding and powers as a single point of contact to address the full spectrum of housing needs as well as mental health, addictions and wrap around supports. 3. City Council request the Government of Ontario strike a task force that: a. includes broad sector representatives including municipalities, regions, healthcare, first responders, community services, the business community and the tourism industry; b. reviews current programs developed by municipalities, regions and community partners that have proven successful in our communities, to ensure that solutions can be implemented quickly and effectively to tackle this crisis; and c. develops a Made in Ontario Action Plan. 4. City Council request the Government of Ontario to provide adequate and sustainable funding to ensure that municipalities have the tools and resources to support individuals suffering with mental health and addictions, including unhoused people and those from vulnerable populations that may be disproportionately impacted. 5. City Council request the Government of Ontario to invest in 24/7 community hubs and crisis centres. 6. City Council encourage the residents of the City of Toronto to join Council in appealing to the provincial government for support by visiting SolveTheCrisis.ca and showing their support by sending a letter to relevant ministers and their local provincial representative. 7. City Council forward this item for information to: a. The Premier of Ontario; b. The Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Health; c. The Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; d. The Ontario Minister of Children, Community and Social Services; e. The Ontario Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions; f. Toronto Members of Provincial Parliament; and g. Ontario's Big City Mayors.
CC22.15adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the McNeel House at 125 Sylvan Avenue in connection with a renovation of the subject property. The McNeel House is a one-storey, mid-century modern home constructed in 1963 for Dr. Burdett Harrison McNeel and his wife Helen B. McNeel and designed by modernist architect James Albert Murray (1919-2008). The proposed alteration involves the demolition of the existing carport, its replacement with a new two-storey garage and the construction of a partial second storey addition above the house that connects to the second storey of the garage through an enclosed link. The proposed alterations conserve the subject heritage property and are consistent with the existing heritage policy framework. The impacts of the application are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 125 Sylvan Avenue, under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the replacement of the carport with a two-storey garage and the construction of a partial second storey addition above the house on the lands known municipally in 2024 as 125 Sylvan Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated July 24, 2024 prepared by E-Architecture Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following conditions: a. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 125 Sylvan Avenue, 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. provide building permit drawings, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. obtain all planning permissions as may be necessary including, but not limited to, obtaining a minor variance.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 125 Sylvan Avenue, under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the replacement of the carport with a two-storey garage and the construction of a partial second storey addition above the house on the lands known municipally in 2024 as 125 Sylvan Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated July 24, 2024 prepared by E-Architecture Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following conditions: a. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 125 Sylvan Avenue, 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. provide building permit drawings, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. obtain all planning permissions as may be necessary including, but not limited to, obtaining a minor variance.
MM22.15adopted
There is an opportunity to re-imagine how disaggregated workforce data is collected, analyzed and appropriately applied across the employee journey to help the City better identify and address potential barriers faced by Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving groups, and to enable more equitable outcomes for employees. As we evolve human resource processes and practices to better meet organizational needs, a stronger supporting data infrastructure, technologies and reporting toolset is required to enable evidence informed strategic planning and decision-making. This motion will support the City in exploring how it can leverage existing programs, expand platforms (e.g., Count Yourself In Survey) and introduce system enhancements to increase access, enable consistent collection, and support high-quality reliable analysis and reporting to capture all workforce data which can offer a more meaningful understanding and insights into the employee journey, particularly in relation to Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving applicants and employees.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief People Officer, in consultation with the Chief Technology Officer, the City Solicitor and the City Clerk, to report as part of the Data for Equity Strategy in the second quarter of 2025 on how the City can best collect and appropriately use disaggregated workforce data to better understand the experiences of Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving staff and enable the delivery of more equitable and transparent human resource services throughout the employee journey.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Michael Thompson, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief People Officer, in consultation with the Chief Technology Officer, the City Solicitor and the City Clerk, to report as part of the Data for Equity Strategy in the second quarter of 2025 on how the City can best collect and appropriately use disaggregated workforce data to better understand the experiences of Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving staff and enable the delivery of more equitable and transparent human resource services throughout the employee journey.
MM22.16adopted
This Motion seeks to contribute one-time capital funding amounted to $20,000.00 of Section 45 funds, to assist STEPS Public Art with the implementation of a mural on the side of 840 St. Clair Avenue West. STEPS Public Art is a charitable cultural organization that engages artists and communities to transform public spaces into vibrant places through public art, cultural planning, and artist capacity building supports. Together with their partners they help artists, community organizations, municipalities, and Business Improvement Areas push creative boundaries. STEPS is collaborating with local stakeholders to determine the project theme and has curated a shortlist of Toronto-based artists with cultural or geographical ties to the community. The project is both locally inspired and community-driven.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $20,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 45 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits at 829-835 St. Clair Avenue West (Source Account: XR3028-4500166) for the purpose of forwarding one-time funds to STEPS Public Art for a mural on the side of the building at 840 St. Clair Avenue West (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council direct that the $20,000.00 be forwarded to STEPS Public Art, subject to the organization signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Alejandra Bravo, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $20,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 45 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits at 829-835 St. Clair Avenue West (Source Account: XR3028-4500166) for the purpose of forwarding one-time funds to STEPS Public Art for a mural on the side of the building at 840 St. Clair Avenue West (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council direct that the $20,000.00 be forwarded to STEPS Public Art, subject to the organization signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
MM22.17adopted
City Council at its meetings on February 26, 2020, accepted the recommendations set out in PH13.1 - Housing Now - 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard - Zoning Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision - Final Report. As part of the development, the proponents will be dedicating an onsite park with a minimum area of 3,049 square metres, identified as Block 6 on the Plan of Subdivision, to satisfy the parkland dedication requirements of the four development blocks within the Plan of Subdivision. The proponents have requested City Council's approval to design and build the above base park improvements for the new park. In order to do so, the Parks and Recreation's component of the development charges, required upon issuance of building permit, would be directed to the above base park improvements through a Letter of Credit. Parks, Forestry and Recreation is agreeable to have the proponent design and build out the park, in consultation with Parks, Forestry and Recreation. The new park will be designed in consultation with the local community and the Ward Councillor. Parks, Forestry and Recreation is also agreeable to having tieback encumbrances within the future park. This matter is urgent as the lease associated with this Housing Now site will be executed by the proponents and the City in early November, and the lease will secure the Development Charge credit.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. 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 and Recreation, such development charge credit to 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 and 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. 2. City Council direct that, for the statutory parkland conveyance to the City, the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. 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 and Recreation, such development charge credit to 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 and 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. 2. City Council direct that, for the statutory parkland conveyance to the City, the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.
MM22.18amended
I am writing to express my concerns regarding the registration process for seniors in City of Toronto recreation programs. I believe that the current system is not equitable and presents significant challenges for seniors across the city. One of the primary issues is that seniors must compete with families at 7:00 a.m. to secure programming spots. This early registration time is particularly difficult for seniors who may not have access to computers or cell phones. Additionally, many seniors may not be able to rise at such an early hour, especially if they need to arrange transportation. Another concern is that seniors in the program area are not always able to obtain places in programs close to home, serving their community. A system prioritizing local residents first would address this concern, saving seniors travel time and enhancing their program experience. This is especially important for seniors in under-serviced communities. I propose that a separate registration time and possibly date be allocated for seniors, such as between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. This would allow seniors to register without the added stress and inconvenience of competing with families. Additionally, exploring options for onsite registration could further improve accessibility for seniors. I believe it is essential to respect and accommodate the needs of seniors in our communities across the city. By implementing a separate registration time and considering onsite registration, we can ensure that seniors have a fair opportunity to access the programs and services they deserve, especially those located close to their homes.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation to address local registration barriers in lower income neighbourhoods by developing a data-driven, community supports-based approach to implement Early Local Registration at twelve of the City's "free" community recreation facilities in consultation with the local councillor, ensuring geographical representation across all Community Council Areas, for implementation as soon as possible or by the June 2025 recreation registration following the launch of ACTIVENet, with a full roll-out to all 37 Free Centres no later than September 2025 and to report to the Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2026 on program outcomes and resources to sustain the early local registration model. 2. City Council request the Mayor to include the required resources under Parks, Forestry and Recreation through the 2025 Budget Process for consideration, to support the implementation of Early Local Registration at the City's "free" community recreation facilities.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to develop and implement measures that improve the registration process for recreational programs for seniors in the city, and report to the December 17, 18 and 19, 2024 meeting of City Council with an implementation plan for the 2025 registration period, such plan to include the following: Dedicated Registration Times for Seniors a. establish separate registration times for seniors, such as between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., to alleviate the burden of competing with families for program spots; Onsite Registration Options b. explore the feasibility of implementing onsite registration for seniors at designated recreation centers, providing a convenient alternative for those without access to computers or cell phones; Priority for Local Residents c. implement a system that prioritizes local residents in the registration process for recreational programs, ensuring that seniors have better access to programs within their communities; and Accessibility Review d. conduct a regular review of the registration process and accessibility measures to identify and address any emerging challenges faced by seniors.
MM22.19adopted
1641 Queen Street East (the "Property") is located within Ward 19, adjacent to the project at 1631 Queen Street East. As per the Housing Now Initiative Annual Progress Update report (Item PH28.2, 2021) it is anticipated that this site will prioritize Indigenous-led organizations in the development and operation process. Currently, the Property is occupied by a one-storey commercial building operating as a Harvey's/Swiss Chalet restaurant. The Property has an area of approximately 8,288 square feet and a frontage of 105 feet along Queen Street East. CreateTO and Housing Secretariat have completed preliminary due diligence on the opportunity for the strategic acquisition of the Property and have advised that the acquisition and redevelopment of this property would support the initiative at 1631 Queen Street East and create a more cohesive streetscape from an urban design perspective. Corporate Real Estate Management has held preliminary discussions with the owner of the Property and is prepared to continue negotiations for the fee simple acquisition of the Property. Pending the outcome of negotiations with the Property's owner(s), staff will enter into an agreement of purchase and sale, pursuant to existing authorities. Through the acquisition and redevelopment of the Property, the City will create a cohesive urban block along Queen Street East that provides essential and complementary land uses. If negotiations for this acquisition proceed, CreateTO will work with Corporate Real Estate Management, Housing Secretariat, City Planning and other applicable City divisions and agencies to develop a comprehensive development strategy for this Property.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2024-2034 Capital Budget and Plan for Corporate Real Estate Management by the amount identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.19, funded from the Land Acquisition Reserve Fund (XR1012), to support the fee simple acquisition of 1641 Queen Street East for the purposes of enhancing the adjacent City-owned property at 1631 Queen Street East to create new affordable housing units. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.19 remain confidential at this time, as it pertains to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City. 3. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.19 following the closing of any purchase transaction, as confirmed by the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2024-2034 Capital Budget and Plan for Corporate Real Estate Management by the amount identified in Confidential Attachment 1, funded from the Land Acquisition Reserve Fund (XR1012), to support the fee simple acquisition of 1641 Queen Street East for the purposes of enhancing the adjacent City-owned property at 1631 Queen Street East to create new affordable housing units. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion remain confidential at this time, as it pertains to a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City. 3. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion following the closing of any purchase transaction, as confirmed by the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.
MM22.20adopted
The recent news that the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit won't open in 2024 is yet another disappointing setback for the many Torontonians that live and work along the line that is at least a billion dollars over budget and has been delayed for years. Residents and businesses along 19 kilometres of Eglinton Avenue have been enduring over 12 years of hardship due to the endless construction. They have suffered incredible disruption and unmanageable traffic and safety issues as well as greatly reduced customer traffic, loss of revenue and in many cases business closure. Despite repeated calls by City Council demanding greater transparency and accountability, Metrolinx continues to refuse to explain the repeated delays, cost overruns and won't even set a forecasted completion date. It is unacceptable that residents whose real estate and business decisions based on the line opening in 2020 are still left waiting for the bus. Further to recommendations made in item 2023.MM2.1 , this Motion calls upon City Council to once again ask for a public inquiry into this project and request Metrolinx and the provincial Minister of Transportation to appear before the Executive Committee to publicly report on the status of the project.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to launch a public inquiry into the causes of the ongoing delays, the fractious relationship between Metrolinx and their Public-Private Partnerships-contracted consortium, Crosslinx, and increased costs in the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit. 2. City Council request the Mayor and the City Manager to invite the Provincial Minister of Transportation and the Chief Executive Officer, Metrolinx to the November or December 2024 meeting of the Executive Committee to make a presentation and answer questions regarding the current status of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit, including: a. the reasons for the continued delays; b. when the project is expected to be complete; c. what is the expected additional cost to the project; and d. the additional supports will they provide to affected residents and businesses.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Province of Ontario to launch a public inquiry into the causes of the ongoing delays, the fractious relationship between Metrolinx and their Public-Private Partnerships-contracted consortium, Crosslinx, and increased costs in the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit. 2. City Council request the Mayor and the City Manager to invite the Provincial Minister of Transportation and the Chief Executive Officer, Metrolinx to the November or December 2024 meeting of the Executive Committee to make a presentation and answer questions regarding the current status of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit, including: a. the reasons for the continued delays; b. when the project is expected to be complete; c. what is the expected additional cost to the project; and d. the additional supports will they provide to affected residents and businesses.
MM22.21amended
The City of Toronto has experienced an increase in violent crimes, with many incidents involving individuals released on bail under conditions that may not adequately prevent further offences. Ensuring the safety of Toronto's residents is a key responsibility of City Council, and collaboration within the justice sector among all orders of government is crucial to maintain the integrity of the justice system. Recent concerns have been raised regarding the risks posed to public safety by repeat offenders and those involved in violent and gun-related crimes. The Criminal Code of Canada guarantees the right to reasonable bail unless just cause for detention is demonstrated, requiring the court to balance the presumption of innocence with the need to protect public safety. Toronto's police services, along with many other stakeholders across the province, have identified significant challenges in the current bail system, particularly in cases where individuals accused of violent offences are released without adequate oversight or conditions to mitigate public risk. The Federal and Provincial governments have the authority to implement bail policy changes, including stricter provisions for repeat and violent offenders, increased resources for bail monitoring, and enhanced support for police and justice systems to enforce bail conditions. Toronto City Council recognizes that while justice reform is an ongoing necessity, it must strike a balance between protecting individual rights and ensuring public safety - all while doing a better job with limited resources
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario to come together to ensure that all bail reform changes made as part of Bill C-48 are being effectively implemented, resourced, and are meeting the goals and outcomes intended in the legislation. 2. City Council request the Government of Canada to work with the Province of Ontario and the Toronto Police Service to optimize the existing bail system using data-driven recommendations made by the Province and local police to best assist with law enforcement and public safety objectives. 3. City Council request the Province of Ontario to allocate additional funding and resources to support the Toronto Police Service and the City of Toronto as critical partners in our justice system, specifically to: a. improve monitoring of individuals released on bail to reduce the risk of re-offending; and b. develop and fund programs addressing the root causes of recidivism, including mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and rehabilitation programs. 4. City Council request the City Manager to collaborate with the Toronto Police Service and other relevant local stakeholder organizations to collect data on the impact of current bail policies on public safety and report to City Council with recommendations for reforms to both the Federal and Provincial governments. 5. City Council request the Attorney General of Ontario and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada to ensure that bail decisions take into account potential risks to public safety and that imposed conditions are enforceable and sufficient to protect the community. 6. City Council forward this item to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Premier of Ontario, the Attorney General of Ontario, and the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services for their consideration and necessary action. 7. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to report to the Economic and Community Development Committee in the first quarter of 2025 on how municipal governments and agencies can support more positive bail outcomes and enhance community safety by reducing recidivism and addressing its root causes.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario to come together to ensure that all bail reform changes made as part of Bill C-48 are being effectively implemented, resourced, and are meeting the goals and outcomes intended in the legislation. 2. City Council request the Government of Canada to work with the Province of Ontario and the Toronto Police Service to optimize the existing bail system using data-driven recommendations made by the Province and local police to best assist with law enforcement and public safety objectives. 3. City Council request the Province of Ontario to allocate additional funding and resources to support the Toronto Police Service and the City of Toronto as critical partners in our justice system, specifically to: a. improve monitoring of individuals released on bail to reduce the risk of re-offending; and b. develop and fund programs addressing the root causes of recidivism, including mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and rehabilitation programs. 4. City Council request the City Manager to collaborate with the Toronto Police Service and other relevant local stakeholder organizations to collect data on the impact of current bail policies on public safety and report to City Council with recommendations for reforms to both the Federal and Provincial governments. 5. City Council request the Attorney General of Ontario and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada to ensure that bail decisions take into account potential risks to public safety and that imposed conditions are enforceable and sufficient to protect the community. 6. City Council forward this item to the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Premier of Ontario, the Attorney General of Ontario, and the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services for their consideration and necessary action.
MM22.22adopted
The growth of pickleball in our City has seen rapid expansion and Parks, Forestry and Recreation have been working hard to create public spaces to keep up with the demand. Many of the pickleball courts that have been created are on outdoor Artificial Ice Rinks with painted lines, modified tennis courts or other areas that can be quickly repurposed to create more courts. The pickleball community is very active in organizing leagues and players and has expressed a need for more dedicated indoor spaces available year-round and locations that can host tournaments to meet the needs of this expanding sport. While currently Parks, Forestry and Recreation is undertaking upgrading many surfaces for pickleball in every ward of the city, there is one such dedicated location being built in Centennial Park which is very welcome. It would be great to have a dedicated facility in each quadrant of the City.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to identify potential suitable areas for standalone, indoor pickleball facilities and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the end of second quarter of 2025 with a longlist of potential sites that could accommodate such facilities.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to identify potential suitable areas for standalone, indoor pickleball facilities and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the end of second quarter of 2025 with a longlist of potential sites that could accommodate such facilities.
MM22.23adopted
The City of Toronto has received Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications on lands municipally known as 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West. The Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications have been appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal. As part of discussions with City staff, the applicant has requested clarification on Council's interest for an on-site parkland dedication. This motion provides further direction from Council to City staff related to the parkland dedication associated with the development at 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West. This motion also provides further direction from Council to the City Solicitor to report to the November meeting of Council on the outcome of discussions on the provision of parkland in the context of the appeals of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West. This matter is urgent as it relates to appeals before the Ontario Land Tribunal.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to negotiate with the applicant/owner regarding the provision of an on-site parkland dedication, with a minimum size of 585 square metres, in the context of the development at 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West and the Without Prejudice Block Plan on file with the City Solicitor under Section 42 of the Planning Act. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with City staff, to report to the November 13, 14 and 15, 2024 meeting of City Council on the outcome of discussions with the applicant/owner regarding the provision of parkland outlined in Recommendation 1 above, in the context of appeals of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West and the Without Prejudice Block Plan on file with the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to negotiate with the applicant/owner regarding the provision of an on-site parkland dedication, with a minimum size of 585 square metres, in the context of the development at 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West and the Without Prejudice Block Plan on file with the City Solicitor under Section 42 of the Planning Act. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with City staff, to report to the November 13, 14 and 15, 2024 meeting of City Council on the outcome of discussions with the applicant/owner regarding the provision of parkland outlined in Recommendation 1 above, in the context of appeals of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for 17-41 Henning Avenue and 50-90 Eglinton Avenue West and the Without Prejudice Block Plan on file with the City Solicitor.
MM22.24adopted
In June 2024, the applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment (the "Committee") requesting variances from site-specific By-law 1248-2022 for the property located at 3180-3202 Yonge Street (Application A0312/24NY) (the "Minor Variance Application"). Among other things, the Application seeks to permit four additional storeys, a taller mechanical penthouse, an increased maximum gross floor area, and a reduction in the amount of soft landscaping required to be provided. For context, the Ontario Land Tribunal approved a settlement between the applicant and the City in October 2022, which resulted in site-specific By-law 1248-2022. This by-law limited the permitted height on the subject lands to 11 storeys (36.9 metres; 41.9 metres with the mechanical penthouse). Among other things, the Minor Variance Application seeks to permit four additional storeys (49.13 metres without the mechanical penthouse; 58.13 metres with the mechanical penthouse); a mechanical penthouse that is nine metres in height (compared to the five metres that the mechanical penthouse was limited to in the site-specific by-law); and a maximum gross floor area of 15,922 square metres (compared to the maximum 12,000 square metres that was permitted in the site-specific by-law). In sum, the applicant is requesting a maximum height that is 16 metres beyond what the Ontario Land Tribunal approved in October 2022 on the basis of the applicant's settlement with the City. In a report from the Director of Community Planning, North York District dated July 18, 2024, Community Planning Staff recommended refusal of the Minor Variance Application on the basis that it does not meet any of the four tests for a minor variance under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act. The staff report is attached as Attachment 1. On August 29, 2024, the North York District of the Committee refused the Minor Variance Application. The Committee's Decision is attached as Attachment 2. The applicant has appealed the refusal of the Minor Variance Application to the Ontario Land Tribunal (the "Appeal). In addition, the applicant has appealed the City of Toronto's failure to make a decision within the prescribed timeframe in respect of the applicant's associated site plan control application (Application 21 162972 NNY 08 SA). Pursuant to Section 115 of the City of Toronto Act, these appeals can be heard together before the Ontario Land Tribunal. The applicant's appeal letter is attached as Attachment 3. This Motion will authorize and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal, along with appropriate City staff, to oppose the Appeal. This Motion will also authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in her discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director of Community Planning, North York District. The scheduling of this hearing is imminent and as such this Motion is urgent.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to seek party status at the Ontario Land Tribunal and to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing, with appropriate City staff, to support the North York District Committee of Adjustment's decision to refuse the variances requested in Application A0312/24NY respecting 3180-3202 Yonge Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal of the decision respecting 3180-3202 Yonge Street and to resolve the matter on behalf of the City at the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director of Community Planning, North York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to seek party status at the Ontario Land Tribunal and to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing, with appropriate City staff, to support the North York District Committee of Adjustment's decision to refuse the variances requested in Application A0312/24NY respecting 3180-3202 Yonge Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal of the decision respecting 3180-3202 Yonge Street and to resolve the matter on behalf of the City at the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director of Community Planning, North York District.
MM22.25adopted
The applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment to obtain consent to sever the property municipally addressed as 86 Harlandale Avenue into two residential lots (Application B0019/24NY) and to request variances from the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 with respect to minimum front lot lines (Application A0236/24NY and A0237/24NY) to construct a new dwelling on each of the newly created lots (the "Applications"). In August 1, 2024, the North York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment refused the Applications (Decisions in Attachments 1, 2 and 3). The applicant has appealed the refusal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body (the "Appeal"). In a report from the Director of Community Planning, North York District dated July 24, 2024, Community Planning Staff recommended refusal of the application for consent and the associated minor variances (Staff Report in Attachment 4). Planning Staff opined that the application for consent to sever fails to satisfy the consent criteria under Section 51(24) of the Planning Act and that the requested minor variance applications do not meet the four tests for a minor variance under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act. This Motion will authorize and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body, along with appropriate City staff, in order to oppose the Appeal. This Motion will also authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in her discretion. This motion is urgent as the Toronto Local Appeal Body has issued a notice of hearing for this matter; the deadline for the City to seek party status for this matter is October 17, 2024, the deadline for expert witness statements is November 18, 2024, and the hearing is scheduled to proceed on January 9, 2025.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to seek party status at the Toronto Local Appeal Body, and to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing, with appropriate City staff, in order to support the Committee of Adjustment's decision to refuse Consent to Sever application and the associated Minor Variance applications requested in Application B0019/24NY, A0236/24NY and A0237/24NY respecting 86 Harlandale Avenue. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt negotiate a resolution of the appeal of the decision in Application B0019/24NY, A0236/24NY and A0237/24NY respecting 86 Harlandale Avenue 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 of Community Planning, North York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to seek party status at the Toronto Local Appeal Body, and to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing, with appropriate City staff, in order to support the Committee of Adjustment's decision to refuse Consent to Sever application and the associated Minor Variance applications requested in Application B0019/24NY, A0236/24NY and A0237/24NY respecting 86 Harlandale Avenue. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt negotiate a resolution of the appeal of the decision in Application B0019/24NY, A0236/24NY and A0237/24NY respecting 86 Harlandale Avenue 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 of Community Planning, North York District.
MM22.26adopted
On August 29, 2024, the Committee of Adjustment (the "Committee") refused an application brought by the owner of 186 Thirtieth Street for variances to City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 to construct a new warehouse (the "Application"). A copy of the Committee's decision is attached as Attachment 1. On September 18, 2024, the owner appealed the Committee's refusal of the Application to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. The Application presents outstanding concerns including, but not limited to, excessive massing and insufficient setbacks. The Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing is expected to be scheduled imminently - as such this motion is urgent. This motion will authorize the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing along with appropriate City staff to oppose the appeal. This motion also authorizes the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the appeal and retain outside consultants as necessary.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body to uphold the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of Application A0218/24EYK respecting 186 Thirtieth Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt negotiating a resolution regarding Application A0218/24EYK respecting 186 Thirtieth Street, and that the City Solicitor be authorized to resolve the matter on behalf of the City, in her discretion, after consulting with the Ward Councillor and the Director, Etobicoke York District Community Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Amber Morley, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body to uphold the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of Application A0218/24EYK respecting 186 Thirtieth Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt negotiating a resolution regarding Application A0218/24EYK respecting 186 Thirtieth Street, and that the City Solicitor be authorized to resolve the matter on behalf of the City, in her discretion, after consulting with the Ward Councillor and the Director, Etobicoke York District Community Planning.
MM22.27adopted
In July 2024, the applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment (the "Committee") requesting variances from site-specific By-law 199-2022 for the property located at 1306 The Queensway (Application Number A0266/24EYK) (the "Minor Variance Application"). The Minor Variance Application seeks to vary the permissions for height, gross floor area, and loading. For context, By-law 199-2022 was enacted by City Council in March 2022. This by-law permits a mixed-use development consisting of 1,018 square metres of retail space at grade and 840 residential dwelling units. The development contemplated a 10-storey mid-rise building, and two towers of 24- and 25-storeys, connected by an 8-storey base building, with total gross floor area of 67,458 square metres (Floor Space Index of 5.72 times the area of the lands). The proposed development complied with angular plane requirements, and was designed to achieve an appropriate fit and transition with the surrounding context. The Minor Variance Application seeks an overall increase of 12-storeys and a gross floor area increase of 7,333 square metres, which penetrates angular plane requirements and casts additional shadows on the Neighbourhoods. In a report from the Director of Community Planning, Etobicoke York District dated August 19, 2024, Community Planning Staff recommended refusal of the Minor Variance Application on the basis that it does not meet any of the four tests for a minor variance under Section 45(1) of the Planning Act. The Staff Report is attached as Attachment 1. On August 29, 2024, the Etobicoke York District of the Committee approved the Minor Variance Application. The Committee's Decision is attached as Attachment 2. In order to preserve the City's appeal rights, the City Solicitor filed an appeal of the Committee's Decision on September 18, 2024 with the Toronto Local Appeal Body. This Motion will authorize and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body, along with appropriate City staff, to oppose the Appeal. This Motion will also authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in her discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director of Community Planning, Etobicoke York District. This Motion is urgent given that the appeal has already been filed and the Toronto Local Appeal Body will schedule next steps in the hearing process imminently.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to appeal the Minor Variance Application and attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body, with appropriate City staff, to oppose the variances requested in Application No. A0266/24EYK respecting 1306 The Queensway. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal of the decision respecting 1306 The Queensway and to resolve the matter on behalf of the City at the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director of Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Amber Morley, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to appeal the Minor Variance Application and attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body, with appropriate City staff, to oppose the variances requested in Application No. A0266/24EYK respecting 1306 The Queensway. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal of the decision respecting 1306 The Queensway and to resolve the matter on behalf of the City at the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director of Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.
MM22.28adopted
At its meeting held on July 19, 2022, City Council approved the Zoning By-law Amendment and Rental Housing Demolition applications to permit a mixed-use building at 91-101 Raglan Avenue at a height and density greater than otherwise permitted in the City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 in exchange for the provision of such facilities, services, and matters otherwise set out in the By-laws and the Schedules to the By-law. City Council enacted By-laws 1049-2022 and 1050-2022 at its meeting on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022 to permit the development. Technical amendments are required to correct an error that has come to City Planning's attention since the By-laws were enacted with regard to the size of the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space in the Schedules to By-laws 1049-2022 and 1050-2022. A technical amendment is required to modify to the size of the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space easement area from a minimum of 44.0 square metres to a minimum of 20 square metres in the Bylaws to accurately reflect the size of the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space easement area. This is to correct a mistake that the entirety of the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space was located on private property due to an error on the architectural plans, whereas a portion of the planned Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space was located on public property. The eastern half of the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space, approximately 20 square metres and located entirely on private property, will be considered as the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space easement area. The western half, within the Raglan Avenue right-of-way, will remain under City ownership, and the City cannot grant an easement in favour of itself on its own lands. The 44.0 square metre space is intended to be located on both the public and private lands, originally described as the Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Space, and will be constructed and designed as originally intended and noted in the Staff Report. The proposed development is not changing and these technical amendments are required to implement City Council's decision. City Planning is of the opinion that the technical amendments to By-laws 1049-2022 and 1050-2022, as set out in the Recommendations are appropriate, are good planning and do not require any further public notice. There are no other changes to the approved Zoning By-laws and all other Section 37 requirements will remain unchanged. The reason for urgency is that the applicant is imminently about to execute the Sec 37 Agreement but this minor metric needs to be corrected. They cannot obtain Site Plan approval without resolving this Zoning By-law Amendment and approval requirement.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend Schedule C, Section 37 Requirements Provision A. (g) of By-law 1049-2022 by replacing 44.0 with 20.0 substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to this Motion. 2. City Council amend Schedule A, Section 37 Requirements Provision A. (g) of By-law 1050-2022 by replacing 44.0 with 20.0 substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to this Motion. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required. 4. City Council determine that pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is to be given in respect of the proposed amendments to By-laws 1049-2022 and 1050-2022.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council amend Schedule C, Section 37 Requirements Provision A. (g) of By-law 1049-2022 by replacing 44.0 with 20.0 substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to this Motion. 2. City Council amend Schedule A, Section 37 Requirements Provision A. (g) of By-law 1050-2022 by replacing 44.0 with 20.0 substantially in accordance with Attachment 2 to this Motion. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required. 4. City Council determine that pursuant to Subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is to be given in respect of the proposed amendments to By-laws 1049-2022 and 1050-2022.
MM22.29adopted
This Motion seeks authority to enable staff to exempt the non-profit proponent from the payment of charges related to the Agreements under General Condition E of Appendix B of the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 213. This will be achieved by waving the requirement that any property interest granted pursuant to authority delegated pursuant to Chapter 213 of the Municipal Code reflect fair market value. Since the other terms and conditions are under negotiation, authority to enter into the Agreements will be secured through the authority delegated pursuant to Chapters 213 and 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code. The proposed development at 1117 Danforth Avenue is a 14-storey mixed-use development consisting of 108 affordable and rent-controlled market units, including 27 social housing replacement units by Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing. This project is supported through the City's Rental Housing Supply Program (the "Program"), which provides City incentives to eligible rental housing units such as exemptions from development charges, parkland dedication fees, community benefit charges, if not exempted by provincial legislation, and waivers of planning application and building permit fees, to eligible housing developments. The Program does not include the exemptions of fees and charges collected through real estate agreements. If City Council approves this motion authorizing the exemption to the fair market value requirement for the Agreements, the value will be secured through the Contribution Agreement. To maximize affordable housing, the 1117 Danforth Avenue development is proposed to be built to the property line shared with 1125 Danforth Avenue, which Toronto Transit Commission owns in its capacity as agent of the City and which includes a below-ground Toronto Transit Commission tunnel and an above ground childcare centre operated by Children's Services. A limiting distance agreement is an option under the Ontario Building Code to permit residential units facing the childcare centre to have operable windows and ensure sufficient separation between 1117 Danforth Avenue and any future redevelopment of 1125 Danforth Avenue. A limiting distance agreement will need to be in place to meet the Ontario Building Code and prior to issuance of a building permit. The potential need for a construction staging licence agreement and/or a crane swing licence agreement is currently under evaluation. Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing is a not-for-profit supportive housing agency with limited capacity to take on debt. The proposed exemption for this affordable housing project is a matter of financial viability. As of the date of this motion, Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing is the registered owner of 1117 Danforth Avenue. It is the intention of Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing to transfer title for this building to its related not-for-profit entity, 1117 Danforth Avenue Development not-for-profit prior to executing the Contribution Agreement. Background/Decision History: City Council adopted MM11.3 - New Housing Opportunities on the Danforth - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata on October 11 and 12, 2023: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.MM11.3 City Council adopted PH13.8 - Launching the Rental Housing Supply Program on June 26 and 27, 2004: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.PH13.8 This Motion is urgent as the aforementioned limiting distance agreement is required prior to the issuance of any building permit(s), anticipated in the first quarter of 2025.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the exemption of General Condition E of Appendix B of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 213, Real Property in respect of a limiting distance agreement, construction staging licence agreement and/or crane swing licence agreement (collectively, the "Agreements") regarding the property municipally known as 1125 Danforth Avenue between: a. the City of Toronto (and if deemed necessary by the City Solicitor, the Toronto Transit Commission in its capacity as owner of 1125 Danforth; and b. Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing and/or 1117 Danforth Avenue Development not-for-profit, in its capacity as owner of the abutting property municipally known as 1117 Danforth Avenue provided the foregone value is secured in the municipal housing facility agreement ("Contribution Agreement") between the City and Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing and/or 1117 Danforth Avenue Development not-for-profit.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the exemption of General Condition E of Appendix B of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 213, Real Property in respect of a limiting distance agreement, construction staging licence agreement and/or crane swing licence agreement (collectively, the "Agreements") regarding the property municipally known as 1125 Danforth Avenue between: (i) the City of Toronto (and if deemed necessary by the City Solicitor, the Toronto Transit Commission in its capacity as owner of 1125 Danforth, and (ii) Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing and/or 1117 Danforth Avenue Development not-for-profit, in its capacity as owner of the abutting property municipally known as 1117 Danforth Avenue provided the foregone value is secured in the municipal housing facility agreement ("Contribution Agreement") between the City and Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing and/or 1117 Danforth Avenue Development not-for-profit.
MM22.30adopted
City Council adopted Item 2023.CC2.1 - 2023 Housing Action Plan , which introduced a new regulatory framework for Multi-Tenant Houses. Through the adoption of this item, Council directed Staff to provide exemptions from certain City fees and charges for Multi-Tenant Houses. An exemption was not advanced for the parkland dedication requirement, under of Article II of the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 415, Development of Land. An amendment to the parkland dedication article of the Municipal Code to provide an exemption from the parkland dedication requirement for dwelling rooms within Multi-Tenant Houses is consistent with the exemptions that apply to other growth funding tools for this form of housing. At its meeting of July 24 and 25, 2024, City Council adopted Item 2024.MM20.30 which directed the General Manager Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director Municipal Licensing and Standards, City Solicitor and Chief Financial Officer to bring forward an amendment to the Municipal Code to provide an exemption from the parkland dedication requirement for Dwelling Rooms. Staff have advised that this report will be brought forward by the end of 2024. The property owner of 268 Seaton Street has applied for a Building Permit (23 216916 BLD 00 SR) to legalize an existing Multi-Tenant House under the City's new framework. This Motion would advance the City Council direction for a parkland levy fee exemption for Dwelling Rooms on this site in advance of the Municipal Code amendment in order to expedite the issuance of this building permit for this Multi-Tenant House. This motion is urgent because it contains a time-sensitive request so we can expedite the building of much-needed affordable housing.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council exempt 268 Seaton Street from the parkland dedication requirements in relation to Building Permit Application 23 216916 BLD 00 SR which proposes the development of Dwelling Rooms to be located in the Multi-Tenant House at this address.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Chris Moise, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council exempt 268 Seaton Street from the parkland dedication requirements in relation to Building Permit Application 23 216916 BLD 00 SR which proposes the development of Dwelling Rooms to be located in the Multi-Tenant House at this address.
MM22.31adopted
The applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment (Application No. A0177/24SC) (the "Application") to demolish the existing building and construct a new two-storey detached dwelling. More specifically, the Application requests one variance to the maximum permitted floor space area. City Planning and Urban Forestry provided a report to the Committee of Adjustment dated recommending the imposition of the conditions in the event the Committee of Adjustment approved the Application. At its hearing on September 18th, 2024, the Committee of Adjustment refused the Application (the "Decision"). The Notice of Decision is attached as Attachment 1. The applicant has appealed the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. This motion will authorize the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body ("TLAB") with appropriate City Staff or outside consultants, in order to oppose the minor variances requested in the Application. This motion will also give the City Solicitor authority to negotiate a settlement of the appeal and retain outside consultants as necessary. This matter is time sensitive and urgent as the City Solicitor requires instructions to obtain party status in the appeal and subsequently attend the hearing in opposition to the proposal.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing, with appropriate City staff, to oppose Application A0177/24SC for 228 Guildwood Parkway. 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 of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing, with appropriate City staff, to oppose Application No. A0177/24SC for 228 Guildwood Parkway. 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 of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
MM22.32amended
This motion requests authority from City Council to release $425,000 in Section 37 funding to Harbourfront Centre for the development of a new skating rink. As one of Toronto's iconic waterfront destinations, Harbourfront Centre serves as a year-round attraction, drawing a wide range of visitors and supporting the local economy through tourism and events. The previous skating rink, which had been a fixture at Harbourfront Centre for decades, was decommissioned last year as a result of significant maintenance and safety challenges. Its closure marked the end of an era for many who had fond memories of skating against the picturesque backdrop of Lake Ontario. A new rink will not only preserve the beloved tradition of skating at the lakefront, but also create a modern, safe, and accessible space for both locals and visitors. It will continue to provide a venue for outdoor activity and social engagement, supporting both physical health and community building in the colder months. The skating rink, alongside other public programming, will ensure that Harbourfront Centre remains a key element of the city's cultural and recreational landscape all year round. Reason for Urgency: This motion is urgent as funds are needed prior to the next regular meeting of City Council to ensure that the rink can be prepared in time for the winter season.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture on a one-time basis by $425,000.00 gross and $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained in the development at 64-86 Bathurst Street (Source Account: XR3026-3701279), for the purpose of forwarding funds to Harbourfront Centre for the installation of a skating rink (Cost Centre: AH0017). 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to enter into and execute a funding agreement with Harbourfront Centre that governs the use of the funds, on such terms deemed necessary and appropriate by the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Amber Morley, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture on a one-time basis by $425,000.00 gross and $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained in the development at 335, 355 King Street West and 119 Blue Jays Way (Source Account: XR3026-3701332), for the purpose of forwarding funds to Harbourfront Centre for the installation of a skating rink (Cost Centre: AH0017). 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to enter into and execute a funding agreement with Harbourfront Centre that governs the use of the funds, on such terms deemed necessary and appropriate by the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
MM22.33adopted
On May 22, 2024, City Council approved a new Terms of Reference for the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee aimed at co-creating an advisory body that reflects Indigenous governance practices, promotes self-determination, and has greater influence on Council decision-making. ( 2024.EX14.9 ). On July 24, 2024, City Council approved the recommended public member appointments to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee ( 2024.CA17.1 ). The Council-approved Terms of Reference state that the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee will be composed of up to 26 members and is composed of: - 1 member of City Council - up to 25 public members recommended by the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council and/or the City, and approved by City Council. The public members of the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee are appointed for a four-year term, coinciding with the term of City Council and the Council Member is appointed for a two-year term. The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee has already begun to meet, following the approval of the public member appointments in July. Expediting this appointment will allow the Council Member to immediately begin supporting the important work of the committee. Councillor Jennifer McKelvie has expressed interest and is supportive of the appointment.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Councillor Jennifer McKelvie to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee for a term of office until November 14, 2026.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie, recommends that: 1. City Council appoint Councillor Jennifer McKelvie to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee for a term of office until November 14, 2026.
MM22.34adopted
On October 15, 2024, the Audit Committee will receive a report from the City of Toronto's Auditor General entitled: Reinforcing the Importance of Openness, Fairness and Transparency in City Procurement: An Audit of the Procurement and Implementation of the PayIt Unsolicited Proposal. The objective of the audit was to review the procurement of the City's MyToronto Pay platform (delivered by the City's contracted vendor, PayIt LLC) and outcomes achieved to date, to identify lessons learned, and opportunities to clarify and/or improve the City's Unsolicited Quotations for Proposals Policy and Process for Receiving and Reviewing Unsolicited Quotations and Proposals. The audit report includes nine recommendations aimed at strengthening the oversight, and policy and process for receiving, reviewing, and responding to unsolicited proposals. The audit report also reinforces the importance of management's leadership and commitment to ensuring openness, fairness, and transparency in City procurement. In light of these recommendations, this motion seeks to ensure no additional City services or payment types are added to the MyToronto Pay platform during the remaining contract term.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Manager to ensure that no additional City services or payment types be added to the MyToronto Pay platform under the City of Toronto's contract with PayIt LLC until City Council considers AU6.2 Reinforcing the Importance of Openness, Fairness and Transparency in City Procurement: An Audit of the Procurement and Implementation of the PayIt Unsolicited Proposal and provides further direction.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor Olivia Chow, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Manager to ensure that no additional City services or payment types be added to the MyToronto Pay platform under the City of Toronto's contract with PayIt LLC until City Council considers AU6.2 Reinforcing the Importance of Openness, Fairness and Transparency in City Procurement: An Audit of the Procurement and Implementation of the PayIt Unsolicited Proposal and provides further direction.
MM22.35adopted
This motion is aimed at allowing for the partial demolition of a site as certain properties within the site are seeing increased vandalism and safety concerns. It also makes provisions for public art onsite. No tenants are currently onsite on these particular properties. At its meeting of May 10, 2023, Toronto City Council adopted Item TE4.6 approving a Rental Housing Demolition Application to demolish 12 rental dwelling units located at 152-164 Bathurst Street and 621-627 Richmond Street West, which included conditions that must be met prior to issuance of the rental housing demolition permit and residential demolition permit. These pre-conditions included a requirement that permits for excavation and shoring (conditional or full permit) for the approved development on the site had been issued. At the meeting of November 8, 2023, City Council re-opened and amended Item TE4.6 (MM12.21). The condition for excavation and shoring permits was removed for 3 vacant rental units at 156 Bathurst Street so the owner can complete required heritage façade retention work. Due to ongoing vandalism concerns within the properties, the applicant would like to demolish 7 additional rental dwelling units located at 623 and 627 Richmond Street West before the issuance of excavation and shoring permits for the approved development. The tenants that lived at these addresses have moved out and received tenant assistance and compensation, and the rental units are currently vacant. City Planning staff support the proposed amendments to the conditions. Reason for Urgency: This motion is urgent due to increased vandalism and safety concerns on the site. REQUIRES RE-OPENING Item MM12.21 (November 8 and 9, 2023 City Council meeting) as it pertains to Part 5 of Item 2023.TE4.6
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item MM12.21 and further amend Item 2023.TE4.6 by: a. amending Part 5.a. by deleting "9" and replacing it with "2", and by deleting the words "623 Richmond Street West, and 627 Richmond Street West"; and b. amending Part 5.b. by deleting "3" and replacing it with "10", and adding the words ", 623 Richmond Street West, and 627 Richmond Street West" so that Part 5 now reads as follows: 5. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 after all the following has occurred: a. for the demolition of 2 of the 12 rental dwelling units at 152 Bathurst Street and 156 Bathurst Street: i. all conditions in Recommendation 4 have been fully satisfied and secured; ii. the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment have come into full force and effect; iii. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; iv. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permits) for the approved development on the site; and v. the owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant. b. for the demolition of 10 of 12 rental dwelling units at 164 Bathurst Street, 623 Richmond Street West, and 627 Richmond Street West: i. all conditions in Recommendation 4 have been fully satisfied and secured; ii. the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment have come into full force and effect; iii. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, or as otherwise authorized by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and iv. the owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant. 2. City Council direct the applicant to provide, install, and maintain public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Chris Moise, recommends that: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item MM12.21 and further amend Item 2023.TE4.6 by: a. amending Part 5.a. by deleting "9" and replacing it with "2", and by deleting the words "623 Richmond Street West, and 627 Richmond Street West"; and b. amending Part 5.b. by deleting "3" and replacing it with "10", and adding the words ", 623 Richmond Street West, and 627 Richmond Street West" so that Part 5 now reads as follows: 5. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, after all the following has occurred: a. for the demolition of 2 of the 12 rental dwelling units at 152 Bathurst Street and 156 Bathurst Street: i. All conditions in Recommendation 4 have been fully satisfied and secured; ii. The Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment have come into full force and effect; iii. The issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006; iv. The issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permits) for the approved development on the site; and v. The owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant. b. for the demolition of 10 of 12 rental dwelling units at 164 Bathurst Street, 623 Richmond Street West, and 627 Richmond Street West: i. All conditions in Recommendation 4 have been fully satisfied and secured; ii. The Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment have come into full force and effect; iii. The issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 or as otherwise authorized by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and iv. The owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant. 2. City Council direct the applicant to provide, install, and maintain public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.
MM22.36amended
The City lease at Carmine Stefano Community Centre, the former St Basil-the-Great high school, is set to expire at the end of November 2024. The reason for urgency is that the current lease at Carmine Stefano Community Centre is ending on November 30th 2024. Councillor Perruzza would like to provide staff with this direction with enough time in advance of that date to act on the instruction.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to enter into an agreement for the continued use of the building municipally known as Carmine Stefano Community Centre (the "Building") on the sole condition that it includes the continued access to the adjacent sports fields on similar terms to the existing agreement, and with exclusive possession of the Building. 2. Should such an agreement in Part 1 above not be possible, City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to immediately relocate the current programming being delivered at Carmine Stefano Community Centre before the end of the term of the existing lease at Carmine Stefano Community Centre.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Mayor Olivia Chow, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to enter into an agreement for the continued use of the building municipally known as Carmine Stefano Community Centre (the "Building") on the sole condition that it includes the continued access to the adjacent sports fields on similar terms to the existing agreement, and without exclusive possession of the entire Building. 2. Should such an agreement in Recommendation 1 not be possible, City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to immediately relocate the current programming being delivered at Carmine Stefano Community Centre before the end of the term of the existing lease at Carmine Stefano Community Centre.
MM22.37adopted
On July 16, 2013, City Council adopted Item NY25.42, which amended the Official Plan and Zoning By-law for the lands at 5182-5192, 5200 and 5218 Yonge Street to permit the development of mixed used commercial and residential development. As a condition of the density permitted by the Zoning By-law Amendment, the owner had agreed to provide certain facilities, services or matters as permitted under Section 37 of the Planning Act. A copy of that decision is available here: Agenda Item History - 2013.NY25.42 (toronto.ca) A Section 37 Agreement was registered on title to the property at issue municipally known as 5220 - 5254 Yonge Street (the "Property") on February 5, 2015. An Amending Agreement was entered into and registered on title on November 19, 2021 authorized by MM35.50, adopted by City Council on July 14, 15 and 16, 2021. A copy of that decision is available here: Agenda Item History - 2021.MM35.50 (toronto.ca) This motion requests instructions from City Council related to the Section 37 Agreement applicable to the Property. This motion is urgent as it relates to potential litigation for which action is required before the next meeting of City Council.
City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.37. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.37.   3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.37 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it pertains to litigation that affects the City. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.37 were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council authorize an amendment to the existing Section 37 Agreement, related to the development at 5220 Yonge St. (the "Development"), satisfactory to the Director, Community Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to amend the terms related to the social facility space which would allow the City to approve the residential condominium (City File 23 196767 NNY 18 CD) (the "Condominium") for the Development prior to complete finishing and fit up of the Social Facility Space, which is defined below, on the following terms: a. G Group 5200 Yonge Street Ltd. (the "Developer") shall provide such further letters of credit, or other security in an amount and form acceptable to Corporate Real Estate Management, which shall not be less than $3.5 Million (which includes contingency and City's administration fee), to secure the proper finishing and fit up of the Social Facility Space; and b. the Developer shall enter into such further agreements as the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Director, Community Planning, consider to be necessary and appropriate to protect the City's interests. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to consult with the Ward Councillor regarding Finishing Plans of the Social Facility Space, as appropriate, and authorize the necessary amendments to the existing Section 37 Agreement, and the applicant consult with the Ward Councillor regarding the design with respect to the outdoor courtyard area. 3. City Council request the Director, Community Planning to amend the Notice of Decisions dated May 9, 2024 for Draft Plan of standard Condominium Application 23 196769 NNY 18 CD and 23 196812 NNY 18 CD to include a condition which requires that the Developer shall fully finish, to the City's satisfaction, the Social Facility Space prior to registration of said condominiums. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.37 remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation that affects the City. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to Member Motion MM22.37 will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers, recommends that 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion, if adopted by City Council.   3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this motion is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it relates to litigation which affects the City.