Toronto City Council
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BL23.1adopted
Introduction and Enactment of General Bills and Confirming Bills
City Council will introduce and enact General Bills and Confirming Bills.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, enacted By-laws 601-2020 to 670-2020.
CC23.1adopted
Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report
Pursuant to section 173(2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 3, the Ombudsman is required to submit an annual report on the activities of her office directly to City Council.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council receive the Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Ombudsman recommends that: City Council receive the Ombudsman Toronto 2019 Annual Report for information.
MM23.1adopted
At the conclusion of the City Council meeting scheduled for July 28 and 29, 2020, City Council will be recessing until its meeting of September 30 and October 1, 2020. During that period it is likely that there will be decisions arising from applications to the Committee of Adjustment which will be matters of concern to the City and would warrant the City's attendance at the Toronto Local Appeal Body (or the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal where there is a related appeal) either on an appeal by the City itself or on the applicant's appeal to the tribunal. The purpose of this Motion is to delegate temporary authority during this period to the Ward Councillor to instruct the City Solicitor, and appropriate City staff, to attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body (or the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal where there is a related appeal) on the application, provided the Ward Councillor has first consulted with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate. This would include the authority to direct the City Solicitor to file an appeal of a decision and retain outside experts as necessary. It also authorizes the City Solicitor to resolve matters in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at hearings on appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions or to appeal a Committee of Adjustment decision on behalf of the City of Toronto at the request of the Ward Councillor after consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, during the period from the completion of City Council's July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting to the start of City Council's September 30 and October 1, 2020 meeting; the delegation shall include the authority to direct appropriate City staff to attend at the hearing and for the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary; and shall authorize the City Solicitor to take all steps necessary to bring resolution to the matter in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Ana Bailão, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at hearings on appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions or to appeal a Committee of Adjustment decision on behalf of the City of Toronto at the request of the Ward Councillor after consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or designate, during the period from the completion of City Council's July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting to the start of City Council's September 30 and October 1, 2020 meeting; the delegation shall include the authority to direct appropriate City staff to attend at the hearing and for the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary; and shall authorize the City Solicitor to take all steps necessary to bring resolution to the matter in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
RM23.1adopted
- O Canada - Moment of Silence - Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
CALL TO ORDER: 9:31 a.m. Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order. Speaker Nunziata advised that, as Council is conducting an electronic meeting today, it would dispense with the National Anthem. Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Speaker Nunziata further advised that today is the fourth meeting of City Council held with Members participating remotely and that the City Clerk has confirmed that a quorum of Members is present. Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Joseph (Joe) Colafranceschi Denise L. Graham Albert Francis Lintern Jack Murray Vickie Rennie, and Errol Weiser Speaker Nunziata acknowledged that City Council was meeting on 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. Speaker Nunziata also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit. 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 slash council. Members, before I begin our opening routines, I want to emphasize that today's Council meeting is being conducted publicly and is being streamed live on YouTube. I want to welcome the public who are watching our meeting this morning. Members, you will have dedicated IT support throughout today's meeting. If you need to reach them, the City Clerk has provided you contact information. Staff will also be available to answer questions and will appear on the meeting console as needed. Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered: Michelle Greene
CC23.2amended
2450 Victoria Park Avenue - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions
On October 30, 2017, the applicant submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment Application for the lands municipally known as 2450 Victoria Park Avenue. The Zoning By-law Amendment Application proposes to redevelop the lands with a total of four residential buildings containing retail uses on the ground floor ranging in height from 11 to 44 storeys, for a total of 1,247 residential units and 1,606 square metres of ground floor retail space. The proposed total gross floor area is 96,405 square metres, which results in a proposed density of 4.99 times the area of the lot. A total of 1,266 vehicle parking spaces and 952 bicycle parking spaces are proposed. A new 2,915 square metre on-site public park and two new east-west private roads are also proposed as part of the application. The existing seven-storey (7,755 square metres) office building on the lands is also proposed to be demolished. The applicant also proposed that a Class 4 noise area classification be applied to the proposed development, as set out in the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change's Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources (NPC-300) as the site is in proximity to stationary noise sources such as the Enbridge head office located opposite the site, on the north side of Consumers Road, which operates under an existing Environmental Compliance Approval for the air cooled condenser units, exhaust fans, and cooling towers on site. On March 23, 2018, the applicant appealed their proposal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") due to Council's failure to make a decision within the statutory timeframe. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the fifteen-day LPAT hearing that is scheduled to commence August 10, 2020. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1 by Councillor Shelley Carroll. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1, as amended by motion 1 by Councillor Carroll, and Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) 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 (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1 by Councillor Shelley Carroll, were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated June 18, 2020 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, subject to Parts 2 to 10 set out below. 2. City Council accept an on-site parkland dedication pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act having a size of 2,850 square metres, generally as shown on page 3 of Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, with the exact size, location and configuration of the on-site parkland dedication to be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation (the "Public Park"); the Public Park would be conveyed to the City in accordance with the City's Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands and constructed to base park conditions, prior to the earlier of: a. the first above grade building permit for the last building on the Property; b. the registration of the first Description for any condominium under the Condominium Act for any building on the Property; and c. the first occupancy of any building on the Property; and in any event no later than three years after the first above-grade building permit for any building on the Property to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 3. City Council accept the registration of a restriction pursuant to Section 118 of the Land Titles Act on Public Park lands in favour of the City, with priority of title, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, prohibiting the sale or charge of the Public Park lands without consent of the City, with such consent not be unreasonably withheld and which, for greater certainty, shall not be withheld to facilitate financing of the larger Property and developments thereon, provided that such consent may be subject to terms and conditions necessary, in the opinion of the City Solicitor, to ensure that the City's right to acquire the Public Park lands is enforceable against the transferee or chargee, as the case may be; it is acknowledged that the purpose of the Section 118 restriction is to ensure the future conveyance of the Public Park lands to the City for parkland purposes. 4. 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; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry 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. 5. City Council accept the conveyance of a proposed new 18.5 metre public street from Hallcrown Place easterly to Victoria Park Avenue, across the central portion of the Property as generally shown on page 3 of Confidential Attachment 3 and detailed in Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, with the exact location, alignment and configuration to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services (the "Road"); the Road conveyance is over an existing 15 metre wide easement, currently in favour of the City; the conveyance of the proposed public Road to be transferred to the City, with obligations and timing for conveyance and construction to be determined through an application for draft plan of subdivision for the Property, and shall be free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, except as noted above, in an acceptable environmental condition and subject to the following: a. the owner shall, at its own cost, design, build and convey to the City, the portion of the public Road from Hallcrown Place to the eastern limit of the Private Drive (shown diagonally hatched on Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor), with the exact design and alignment to be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services, to permit snow plows to turn around and drive back in a forward motion onto the Road and to Hallcrown Place (West Segment); the owner shall, at its own cost, landscape and convey to the City the remaining portion of the Road (shown vertically hatched on Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor), from the western limit of the West Segment to the eastern property limit of the Property (East Segment) to facilitate a future connection to Victoria Park Avenue (shown hatched as Future East Road Connection on Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor); and the East Segment will be conveyed as public highway, landscaped at the owner's expense, kept as open space and reserved for future road construction to connect the Road to Victoria Park Avenue; b. the Road will be approximately 18.5 metres in width, generally as shown on Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, including intersection improvements and any identified new signals or signage and/or pedestrian/cycling infrastructure, should they be required, all in accordance with the City's applicable policies, standards and guidelines for public streets, the precise location and specifications of which are to be secured in conjunction with site plan approval and/or draft plan subdivision approval, and including any required environmental assessments, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; c. the owner shall, at its own cost, ensure that all required water mains and sanitary sewers, and appropriate appurtenances, within the new public Road in Part 5, have been installed and are operational and such timing to be in accordance with the Draft Plan of Subdivision application, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and d. prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for any part of the Property, the owner shall provide securities and a satisfactory irrevocable letter of credit of 120 percent of the value required to secure the design, construction over parts of the Road and the entire conveyance to the City of the Road identified in Parts 5.a. and b. above, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services. 6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services to prioritize the review of the future connection of the Road to Victoria Park Avenue, detailed and defined in Part 5 above from the City Solicitor and to use reasonable best efforts to secure approvals from the Ministry of Transportation to permit the future connection of the Road to Victoria Park Avenue. 7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as follows: a. the community benefits offered in the Settlement Offer and recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement are as follows: i. a cash contribution of three million ($3,000,000.00) dollars to be paid by the owner prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for any building on the Property and to be used towards public art, streetscape improvements, affordable housing and/or multi-purpose community agency space at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; ii. the cash contribution referred to in Part 7.a.i. above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Residential or Non-Residential, as the case may be, Building Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Building Construction Price Indexes Publication No. 327-0058, or its successor, calculated from the date of the Agreement to the date of payment; iii. in the event the cash contribution referred to in Part 7.a.i. above has not been used for the determined purpose within three years of the amending Zoning By-law coming into full force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, provided the purpose is identified in Official Plan Policy 5.1.1 and will benefit the community in the vicinity of the lands; iv. the provision of a non-profit licensed 62 space child care centre to be located within the Property, on the ground floor of Building "D" with the precise location, capacity and related matters to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Children Services, and such child care centre shall generally be in accordance with the following: A. shall be of a resulting gross floor area of approximately 929 square metres with an accompanying outdoor play area of 279 square metres and be constructed, finished, furnished and equipped by the owner; B. shall be designed to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Children's Services; C. will accommodate children of all ages, including infants, toddlers and preschoolers, generally in accordance with the City of Toronto's Child Care Development Guidelines; D. the minimum capacity and size of the Child Care Facility may be reduced at the sole discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with the General Manager, Children's Services; and E. the details of the lease term and other matters as described in this City Council decision, such as phasing, timing, location, obligations and any such matters to implement the Child Care Centre, in respect of the non-profit licensed child care centre community benefit will be finalized between the owner and the City and will be substantially in accordance with the City of Toronto's Child Care Development Guidelines (2016), including a provision of one hundred and eighty thousand ($180,000.00) dollars for start-up operating costs and equipment costs and one hundred and fifty thousand ($150,000.00) dollars for a replacement reserve fund; and b. the following matters are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to support development: i. the statutory parkland dedication referred to in Parts 2 and 3 above and the above base park improvements for the statutory parkland dedication and the development charge credit referred to in Part 4 above; ii. the new public street identified in Part 5 above, as necessary, to secure such requirements to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and General Manager, Transportation Services; iii. two Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Spaces, with one located to the east of Building "A" being a minimum 3.0 metre walkway connection between Consumers Road south to the new public street and the second a minimum 8 metre wide strip to include a 4.0 metre walkway and 2.0 metres of planting on either side along the south property line adjacent to the Public Park and connecting to Victoria Park Avenue as generally shown on the Site Plan on page 3 of Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor as may be required, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; prior to the issuance of Site Plan Approval, the owner shall convey to the City, for nominal consideration, easement(s) along the surface of the lands, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, which shall constitute the Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Spaces; the owner shall own, operate, maintain and repair the Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Spaces and install and maintain a sign, at its own expense, stating that members of the public shall be entitled to use the Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Spaces at all times of the day and night, 365 days of the year; and the specific location, configuration and design of the Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Spaces shall be determined in the context of a site plan approval pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, and secured in a Site Plan Agreement with the City; iv. the minimum of 6,203 square metres of non-residential gross floor area, representing a minimum of 80 percent of the existing non-residential gross floor area on the Property, with the non-residential gross floor area to be provided to prior to or concurrent with the provision of residential gross floor area for the Property; for greater clarity, the implementing Zoning By-law would allow the childcare in Part 7.a.vi. above, to form part of the replacement non-residential gross floor area; v. secure the signalization of the intersection of Hallcrown Place and Consumers Road and a designated left turn lane on Hallcrown Place, and any other recommended improvements and/or Transportation Demand Management measures identified in the Traffic Impact Study and the revised Transportation Demand Management Memorandum at the sole cost of the Owner, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; the intersection improvements of Hallcrown Place and Consumers Road, including the designated northbound left-turn lane on Hallcrown Place, and the westbound left-turn lane on Consumers Road and any other recommended improvements shall be installed and operational prior to the earlier of: 1. the first above grade building permit for the last building on the Property; 2. the registration of the first Description for any condominium under the Condominium Act for any building on the Property; and 3. the first occupancy of any building on the Property and in any event no later than three years after the first above-grade building permit for any building on the Property to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the City Solicitor; vi. secure a gratuitous temporary access easement, to the benefit of the City over the lands representing the Private Driveway (shown diagonally hatched on Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor), to facilitate a turning loop for City-owned vehicles to circulate over the Road, until such time as the Road is extended to Victoria Park Avenue, all in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor and at the owner's sole cost and expense; vii. secure any recommended mitigation measures identified in the peer reviewed Environmental Noise Assessment Report required by Part 9.c.vi. below, in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor; and viii. secure a minimum of 30 percent of the total number of residential units as 2-bedroom units, with a minimum 25 percent of these 2-bedroom units having a minimum size of 87 square metres of gross floor area and a minimum of 10 percent of the total number of residential units as 3-bedroom units, with a minimum of 25 percent of these 3-bedroom units having a minimum size of 100 square metres of gross floor area. 8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to ensure that through the Site Plan Approval process the 8.0 metre wide Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Space walkway along the south property line identified in Part 7.b.iii. above and any private on-site open space on the lands be of a high quality landscaping and amenity, and to ensure that the Privately-Owned Publicly-Accessible Open Space walkway is integrated with the surrounding area, where appropriate, so as to permit pedestrian permeability from the southern property line. 9. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to attend the hearing before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the settlement in principle of the Zoning By-law Amendment and to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold issuance of its final Order until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment(s) are in a form and with content satisfactory to the City, including securing the non-residential replacement identified in Part 7.b.iv. above, securing the minimum percentage of bedroom types and minimum unit sizes as identified in Part 7.b.viii. above; and other appropriate Section 37 provisions in Part 7 above, satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. b. a Section 37 Agreement satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, has been executed and registered to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, securing the benefits and matters of legal convenience outlined in City Council's decision; c. the owner has, at its sole cost and expense: i. submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report, including confirmation of water and fire flow, sanitary and storm water capacity, Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Report (the "Engineering Reports") to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; ii. secured the design and the provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure and/or new municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades and/or new infrastructure are required to support the development; iii. made satisfactory arrangements with Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for the construction of new infrastructure or any improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that new infrastructure and/or upgrades/improvements are required to the existing infrastructure, to support this development, and that the applicant has entered into a financially secured agreement to pay for and construct any necessary municipal infrastructure; iv. submitted a revised Traffic Impact Study and Transportation Demand Management Memorandum acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and that any matters arising from the Traffic Impact Study and the and Transportation Demand Management Memorandum be secured, if required, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and General Manager, Transportation Services; v. submitted a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and that such matters arising from the Pedestrian Level Wind Study be secured, if required, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and vi. facilitated the City undertaking a peer review of the submitted Environmental Noise Assessment Report, and secured any recommended mitigation measures in the amending by-laws and the Section 37 Agreement, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, including classifying the Property as a Class 4 noise area pursuant to relevant provincial noise guidelines Publication NPC-300 (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Environmental Noise Guideline- Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning), if appropriate; d. City Council has classified the Property as a Class 4 noise area pursuant to relevant provincial noise guidelines Publication NPC-300 (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Environmental Noise Guideline- Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning), should the peer review of the Environmental Noise Assessment Report, identified in Part 9.c.vi. above, conclude that a Class 4 noise area designation of the Property is appropriate; e. the owner's outstanding appeal of the City's Official Plan Amendment 393 (Consumers Next Secondary Plan) has been withdrawn to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and f. the owner has submitted an application for Draft Plan of Subdivision for the Property to implement the Settlement Offer and to secure matters such as lands to be conveyed to the City, new public streets, parkland dedication, easements and any required municipal infrastructure, as well as any required phasing of development on the Property, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services. 10. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other City staff to take such actions as necessary to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to the report (June 23, 2020) 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 (June 23, 2020) 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 (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Attachment 2, Confidential Attachment 3 and Confidential Attachment 4, to the report (June 23, 2020) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 23, 2020) 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.
MM23.2adopted
On January 31, 2018, through Item EX30.2, "Implementing Tenants First - Toronto Community Housing Corporation Scattered Portfolio Plan and an Interim Selection Process for Tenant Directors on the Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board", City Council approved the transfer of ownership of Toronto Community Housing Corporation's Agency and Rooming Houses to qualified non-profit housing operators for the purpose of operating affordable housing. In order to proceed with the transfers, some properties require dividing land into separate lots through a plan of subdivision or a land severance. A number of properties are also in needed of repair and renovations to improve the quality of the homes for existing and future residents. Given that these homes are rented as affordable rental housing (with many providing deeply affordable rental homes), it is recommended that Council approve an exemption from planning application and building permit fees to allow Toronto Community Housing Corporation to proceed with any required renovations and/or future transfer of these properties.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide a waiver of all planning and building permit fees for the affordable rental properties located at: a. 33 and 39 Aberdeen Avenue; b. 85A Brooklyn Avenue; c. 230 and 232 Carlton Street; d. 362 Coxwell Avenue; e. 60 and 62 Fairford Avenue; f. 259 Hastings Avenue; g. 2 Lindsey Avenue; h. 101-143, 143A, 143B, and 143C Stephenson Avenue; I. 133-147 Beverley Street, 37-41 D'Arcy Street, 370 Dundas Street West; j. 41-47 Rose Avenue; k. 37-39 Rose Avenue, 26-38 Prospect Street; l. 265-283 Wellesley Street East; and m. 310 Dundas Street East, 237-285 Sherbourne Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Ana Bailão, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide a waiver of all planning and building permit fees for the affordable rental properties located at: a. 33 and 39 Aberdeen Avenue; b. 85A Brooklyn Avenue; c. 230 and 232 Carlton Street; d. 362 Coxwell Avenue; e. 60 and 62 Fairford Avenue; f. 259 Hastings Avenue; g. 2 Lindsey Avenue; h. 101-143, 143A, 143B, and 143C Stephenson Avenue; I. 133-147 Beverley Street, 37-41 D'Arcy Street, 370 Dundas Street West; j. 41-47 Rose Avenue; k. 37-39 Rose Avenue, 26-38 Prospect Street; l. 265-283 Wellesley Street East; and m. 310 Dundas Street East, 237-285 Sherbourne Street.
RM23.2adopted
City Council will confirm the Minutes of the regular meeting held on June 29 and 30, 2020.
City Council confirmed the Minutes of Council from the regular meeting held on June 29 and 30, 2020.
CC23.3amended
Update on the City's Response to COVID-19 and Financial Impacts
This report provides an update on the City's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the City of Toronto's response continue to be: (1) preventing loss of life, (2) preserving the capacity of the healthcare system, and (3) minimizing the social and economic impacts of the pandemic. As the City progresses through containment of the virus to recovery, the balance between these objectives is assessed and adjusted. This report provides an update on the City's activities to support these objectives as businesses and services gradually reopen. The City's estimated budget shortfall for tax supported programs in 2020 is $1.9 billion. This report details the work the City has been undertaking to address the expenses, loss of revenue, and the unprecedented financial challenges resulting from the pandemic. The report recommends continuing current mitigation strategies, and adopting additional cost savings strategies including workforce and spending restraints that are expected to achieve additional savings. However the City is still projecting a budget shortfall within our tax-supported programs of $1.350 billion by year-end. The City has been engaging with their Federal and Provincial counterparts to obtain funding support for municipalities to offset projected deficits resulting from COVID-19 related financial impacts and longer-term commitment to support Toronto into 2021. The City is optimistic that funding is forthcoming from the Provincial and Federal governments but there is still uncertainty about the extent to which it will offset the remaining 2020 budget pressures and likely shortfall for 2021. This report recommends the City Manager report to City Council in September 2020 with an update on any funding received from the Province of Ontario and Government of Canada that would offset the 2020 budget pressure and any further mitigation options required to address COVID-19 financial impacts. These options may include reduced funding directed to operating services, reductions in capital funding, sale of City assets, and/or revenue measures.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council continue to advocate for $1.350 billion in COVID-19 funding support from the Federal and Provincial Governments to fund the anticipated remaining 2020 COVID-19 financial impacts to the City's tax supported programs following offset generated by the City primarily through cost mitigation strategies; advocate for further funding support to fund impacts to City programs that are not directly supported through the property tax base; as well as funding support for ongoing City-wide COVID-19 related financial impacts anticipated in 2021 and future years. 2. City Council direct the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to continue to engage with their Federal and Provincial counterparts to obtain funding support for municipalities to offset projected deficits resulting from COVID-19 related financial impacts and to report to City Council in September 2020 on the results of these discussions, noting any full or partial offsets to the projected year-end deficit. 3. City Council authorize the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to take actions as required to preserve the City's ability to secure intergovernmental funding opportunities that may arise, including entering into any necessary agreements with other levels of government, to receive such funding during the period from the completion of the July 28 and 29, 2020 meeting of City Council to the start of the September 30 and October 1, 2020 meeting of City Council. 4. City Council direct the City Manager to report to City Council in September 2020 on any commitments of financial support received from the Federal and Provincial Governments to the City; to continue to explore opportunities to achieve greater 2020 budget efficiencies or offsets; and to provide recommendation in the September 2020 report on any further mitigation options needed to address any remaining 2020 COVID-19 financial impacts. 5. City Council request the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, as part of the report back to the September 30 and October 1, 2020 meeting of City Council on COVID-related budget challenges, to include cost implications of, and potential savings, that can be found for all capital projects in excess of $500 million in the current capital plan. 6. City Council, despite Municipal Code Chapter 223, Section 1.1: a. rescind the annual cost of living adjustment salary increase received by Members of Council from January 1, 2020; and b. set the annual salary increase for Members of Council at zero (0) percent for the year 2020; and City Council request the Director, Pension, Payroll and Employee Benefits to make the necessary adjustments to Members' pay to give effect to City Council's decision. 7. City Council approve general annual salary range increases, representing cost of living adjustments for Accountability Officers, and Management/Non-union employees in the Toronto Public Service for 2020 as 0 percent effective January 1, 2020. 8. City Council authorize the City Manager to cancel the Pay for Performance program effective immediately, such that there will be no Pay for Performance increases or re-earnable performance-based lump-sum payments effective January 1, 2021 (based on 2020 performance). 9. City Council approve the implementation of a Voluntary Separation Program for permanent bargaining unit, non-union exempt and management staff who are eligible to retire with an unreduced pension; the program will provide for a lump sum payment of up to three (3) months' salary to eligible employees and will be subject to the terms set out in the program guidelines. 10. City Council approve the City funding the Voluntary Separation Program (for City divisions) and any subsequent separations, including any ancillary payments for vacation and sick leave, from the savings to be generated from either holding the positions that become vacant as a result of this program vacant for a minimum of six months and/or permanently eliminating vacated positions, where feasible. 11. City Council direct that the Employees who wish to be considered for participation in the Voluntary Separation Program be required to complete and submit an application to the People and Equity Division no later than Monday, August 31, 2020; all Employee departures under this program must take place by December 31 2020. 12. City Council request Boards of the City's Agencies and Corporations as appropriate to approve and apply the changes set out in Parts 7 and 8 above to their staff. 13. City Council request that should any Agency or Corporation Board approve a voluntary separation program for their staff, such program be similar to the provisions of the City's proposed Voluntary Separation Program and that Agency Boards submit a report to the Executive Committee through the Budget Committee regarding such proposed program. 14. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to add temporary provisions requiring the operators of establishments that serve food or drink in either indoor or outdoor areas, to implement additional measures necessary to decrease the risk of COVID-19 transmission, as set out in Appendix A to the supplementary report (July 28, 2020) from the Medical Officer of Health and the City Solicitor, such licensed establishments to include: Eating or Drinking Establishments (includes restaurants, cafes, bars and pubs with eat-in or take-out food), Entertainment Establishments/Nightclubs, Adult Entertainment Clubs, Places of Amusement (includes bowling alleys), and Billiard Halls. 15. City Council enact a temporary By-law requiring the owners or operators of apartment buildings and condominium corporations to have a policy to ensure masks or face coverings be worn by individuals in the enclosed common spaces, such as lobbies, elevators and laundry rooms, of their apartment building or condominium building respectively, subject to appropriate exemptions for individuals who are unable to wear a mask or face covering for medical reasons, children under two years old, and other reasonable accommodations; the policy shall include corresponding signage and training for staff on the requirements of the By-law. 16. City Council direct that the amendments and By-law in Parts 14 and 15 above come into force one week after being enacted, and expire at 12:01 a.m. on the first day after the completion of the first Council meeting after the summer recess (currently scheduled for September 30 and October 1, 2020), unless extended by Council. 17. City Council amend Physical Distancing By-laws 322-2020 and 323-2020, making minor modifications to align with updated provincial orders and guidance, and City Council authorize a further extension of the By-laws to provide that they remain in effect until the end of the first Council meeting after the summer recess (currently scheduled for September 30 and October 1, 2020), unless extended by Council. 18. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills and apply for set fines to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, or technical amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, in order to give best effect to the Medical Officer of Health's recommendations for the protection of the public as described in the supplementary report (July 28, 2020) from the Medical Officer of Health and the City Solicitor. 19. City Council request the City Manager and the Chief People Officer, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, to report back to the September 30 and October 1, 2020 City Council meeting on a possible change to the ratio of full-time to part-time paramedics so that more paramedics have paid sick days to decrease the likelihood of paramedics working in other positions that may expose them to greater risk. 20. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to ensure that in reports to City Council with a Financial Impact section that the proposal be clearly identified as discretionary, critical, priority or essential, as contemplated in the Mitigation Strategies and Budget Offsets section of the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Manager, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Chief People Officer. 21. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to ensure in every report to City Council with a Financial Impact section, that proposals which augment, replicate or co-operate with any Federal or Provincial program, service or funding stream be clearly indicated as such.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer recommend that: 1. City Council continue to advocate for $1.350 billion in COVID-19 funding support from the Federal and Provincial governments to fund the anticipated remaining 2020 COVID-19 financial impacts to the City's tax supported programs following offset generated by the City primarily through cost mitigation strategies; advocate for further funding support to fund impacts to City programs that are not directly supported through the property tax base; as well as funding support for ongoing City-wide COVID-19 related financial impacts anticipated in 2021 and future years. 2. City Council direct the City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to continue to engage with their Federal and Provincial counterparts to obtain funding support for municipalities to offset projected deficits resulting from COVID-19 related financial impacts and to report to City Council in September 2020 on the results of these discussions, noting any full or partial offsets to the projected year-end deficit. 3. City Council direct the City Manager to report to City Council in September 2020 on any commitments of financial support received from the Federal and Provincial governments to the City; to continue to explore opportunities to achieve greater 2020 budget efficiencies or offsets; and to provide recommendation in the September 2020 report on any further mitigation options needed to address any remaining 2020 COVID-19 financial impacts. The City Manager and Chief People Officer recommend that: 4. City Council approve general annual salary range increases, representing cost of living adjustments for Accountability Officers, and Management/Non-union employees in the Toronto Public Service for 2020 as 0% effective January 1, 2020. 5. City Council authorize the City Manager to cancel the Pay for Performance program effective immediately, such that there will be no Pay for Performance increases or re-earnable performance-based lump-sum payments effective January 1, 2021 (based on 2020 performance). 6. City Council approve the implementation of a Voluntary Separation Program for permanent bargaining unit, non-union exempt and management staff who are eligible to retire with an unreduced pension. The program will provide for a lump sum payment of up to three (3) months' salary to eligible employees and will be subject to the terms set out in the program guidelines. 7. City Council approve the City funding the Voluntary Separation Program (for City divisions) and any subsequent separations, including any ancillary payments for vacation and sick leave, from the savings to be generated from either holding the positions that become vacant as a result of this program vacant for a minimum of six months and/or permanently eliminating vacated positions, where feasible. 8. City Council direct that the Employees who wish to be considered for participation in the Voluntary Separation Program be required to complete and submit an application to the People and Equity Division no later than Monday, August 31, 2020; all Employee departures under this program must take place by December 31 2020. 9. City Council request Boards of the City's Agencies and Corporations as appropriate to approve and apply the changes set out in Recommendations 4 and 5, to their staff. 10. City Council request that should any Agency or Corporation Board approve a voluntary separation program for their staff, such program be similar to the provisions of the City's proposed Voluntary Separation Program and that Agency Boards submit a report to Executive Committee through the Budget Committee regarding such proposed program.
MM23.3referred
Gasoline-powered leaf blowers and other types of small engine equipment are powered by inefficient two-stroke engines. The process of incomplete fuel combustion generates dangerous hydrocarbon 500 times that of an average automobile and produces toxic aerosol (including carcinogenic particulates) for us to breathe in. These machines have shown to be heavily polluting which can lead to the destruction of our ecosystem. Recently published studies observed a dramatic loss of insect populations across the globe. Just within the past three decades, the number of flying insects had declined by more than 75 percent in sixty of Germany's protected area. Based on available researches, 40 percent of insect species are undergoing major declines around the world. Our local bee populations are facing similar threats. This rapid decline is largely attributed to habitat loss and fragmentation, with gas-powered garden equipment as a major contributing factor due to its heavily polluting nature. It destroys habitats either by harming the soil biology or absorbing small animals and insects through suction. Experts warn that if this trend continues, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystem will collapse with profound consequences on our health and wellbeing. Increasingly, private landscapers are using leaf blowers to remove grass clippings outside the fall season, i.e., from May to September, when no leaves are on the ground. This unnecessary step exposes our neighbourhoods to a greater range of air pollutants and destroys insect populations with adverse impacts on our local ecosystems. Banning or severely restricting gas-operated leaf blowers have been successfully implemented in over 90 cities/municipalities in California and more than 100 other cities in the USA. In Canada, the West End of the City of Vancouver and Beaconsfield have bans to address air and other pollutions. Portland supported a transition to electric operations in 2021 in addition to a ban. Most recently, the findings of the insect population decline have led to a similar proposals in Germany. In the most recent study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, breathing in combustion aerosols and fine particulates compromise those with lung disease and significantly raise the risk of death from COVID-19.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, referred Motion MM23.3 to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, to report back in the first quarter of 2021 on the environmental and associated health impacts of gasoline-powered two-stroke engine leaf blowers and other similarly operated garden equipment, including the feasibility of a year-round ban or a ban from May to September.
RM23.3adopted
Introduction of Committee Reports and New Business from City Officials
Deterred Items: North York Community Council Item NY14.1 North York Community Council Item NY14.5 Scarborough Community Council Item SC12.4 Scarborough Community Council Item SC12.6 Report of the Executive Committee from Meeting 15 on July 21, 2020 Submitted by Mayor John Tory, Chair Report of the Board of Health from Meeting 18 on July 2, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Joe Cressy, Chair Report of the Civic Appointments Committee from Meeting 13 on July 22, 2020 Submitted by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 14 on July 20, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Chair Report of the General Government and Licensing Committee from Meeting 14 on July 7, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 14 on July 9, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Planning and Housing Committee from Meeting 15 on July 13, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Ana Bailão, Chair Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 16 on July 14, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 16 on July 15, 2020 Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 16 on July 17, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, Chair Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 16 on July 16, 2020 Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair New Business submitted by City Officials
Committee Reports and New Business were presented to City Council for consideration.
CC23.4adopted
Annual Report of the Toronto Lobbyist Registrar for the Year 2019
Attached is the Annual Report of the Toronto Lobbyist Registrar for the Year 2019.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council receive the Annual Report of the Toronto Lobbyist Registrar for the Year 2019 for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Lobbyist Registrar recommends that: 1. City Council receive the Annual Report of the Toronto Lobbyist Registrar for the Year 2019 for information.
MM23.4adopted
The area that encompasses St. Conrad Catholic School (5 Exbury Road) has a growing population and an increasing number of children and young families. The school and community require safe and new playgrounds facilities to meet the needs of the neighbourhood that has been neglected for a long time. The Toronto Catholic District School Board has identified a need for capital investments on the site, in the form of a renewed playground. This facility can continue to be used by community members to supplement their access to local outdoor play space outside of school hours. In consultation with parents, students and community, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and St. Conrad Catholic School devised a plan to redesign the St. Conrad's schoolyard which includes new different play areas, new outdoor furniture, improved and safer landscaping and additional sport courts. The schoolyard will be accessible to the community after school hours. This Motion seeks Council authority to release $30,000 of Section 37 funds to the Toronto Catholic District School Board for the purpose of funding school ground improvements at St. Conrad Catholic School located at 5 Exbury Road. The City of Toronto secured funds under Section 37 of the Planning Act with the owners of the development at 3100 Keele Street to be used towards capital improvements to parkland in Ward 9 (now Ward 6) at the discretion of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry Recreation and the Ward Councillor. Council approved Implementation Guidelines for Section 37 provide state that: "Cash contributions toward the capital improvement of school board playgrounds are eligible S.37 community benefits where the playground serves as a local park, where the public will continue to have reasonable access for the foreseeable future, and where there is no local City-owned parkland performing a similar function in the same community that could otherwise benefit from the cash contribution." The Toronto Catholic District School Board will sign an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements prior to the funds being released from the City.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $30,000.00 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 3100 Keele Street (Source Account: 220096) for the purpose of providing one-time capital funding to the Toronto Catholic District School Board for playground improvements at St. Conrad Catholic School located at 5 Exbury Road. 2. City Council direct that the $30,000.00 be forwarded to the Toronto Catholic District School Board upon the signing of an Undertaking by the Toronto Catholic District School Board governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $30,000.00 gross, $0 net, (Cost Centre: NP2161) fully funded by Section 37 funds obtained in the development at 3100 Keele Street (Source Account: 220096) for the purpose of providing one-time capital funding to the Toronto Catholic District School Board for playground improvements at St. Conrad Catholic School located at 5 Exbury Road. 2. City Council direct that the $30,000.00 be forwarded to the Toronto Catholic District School Board upon the signing of an Undertaking by the Toronto Catholic District School Board governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
RM23.4received
Members of Council may file petitions.
No petitions were filed during the Routine Matters portion of the meeting.
CC23.5adopted
445 - 451 Adelaide Street West - Appeal of Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Decision
On April 14, 2020, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") issued a decision approving, in part, the Zoning By-law Amendment Application made pursuant to subsection 34(11) of the Planning Act for the properties at 445-451 Adelaide Street West (the "Development Site"). The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act allows the parties to a hearing to seek leave to appeal a decision of the LPAT to the Divisional Court. The City Solicitor requires further directions.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2020) 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 (July 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2020) 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 and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2020) 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 to the report (July 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2020) 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 (July 21, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM23.5adopted
For those residents without Cottages the City's beaches are an important destination. Cherry Beach is one of these very popular destinations for Toronto families, especially during the hot weather. Access to Cherry Beach remains difficult as there is limited transit service on Cherry Street and none on Unwin Avenue. Also much of the beachfront is on lease to sailing clubs and that includes private parking lots. Regatta Road is one road on which parking can be accommodated. It is owned by the City and like other parks sites, Green P can be introduced, provided the Toronto Parking Authority agrees. Currently the signage that says No Parking is covered with foliage and those families who do not own cottages, or who are not members of the sailing clubs who have parked on Regatta Road have received $100 tickets for a day at the beach.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to remove the No Parking signage on Regatta Road and establish parking conditions as contemplated in sections 27 and 30 of Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks, in consultation with the Toronto Parking Authority as necessary, and to develop, in consultation with the local Councillor, an interim parking policy that provides parking to visitors to Cherry Beach. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to verify that the No Parking signage on Regatta Road has not been visible and to notify Court Services and the Administrative Penalty Tribunal that the signage has not been visible from the road due to foliage. 3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to arrange for the installation of parking meters on Regatta Road as necessary, to enter into such agreements for the parking meters and the enforcement and administration of this parking as the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation deems appropriate, and to ensure that the Administrative Penalty Screening Office, the Administrative Penalty Tribunal, and the Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit are notified of any and all changes made to the parking policies and regulations on Regatta Road as soon as such changes are made.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to remove the No Parking signage on Regatta Road and establish parking conditions as contemplated in sections 27 and 30 of Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks, in consultation with the Toronto Parking Authority as necessary, and to develop, in consultation with the local Councillor, an interim parking policy that provides parking to visitors to Cherry Beach. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to verify that the No Parking signage on Regatta Road has not been visible and to notify Court Services and the Administrative Penalty Tribunal that the signage has not been visible from the road due to foliage. 3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to arrange for the installation of parking meters on Regatta Road as necessary, to enter into such agreements for the parking meters and the enforcement and administration of this parking as the General Manager deems appropriate, and to ensure that the Administrative Penalty Screening Office, the Administrative Penalty Tribunal, and the Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit are notified of any and all changes made to the parking policies and regulations on Regatta Road as soon as such changes are made.
RM23.5received
Presentations, Introductions and Announcements
Various presentations and announcements will be made at the City Council meeting.
July 29, 2020 Councillor Fletcher, during the afternoon session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that, further to Councillor Colle's Member Motion MM23.31, which referenced a noose being found at an Eglinton Crosstown construction site, a person has been found responsible, fired from their job and disengaged from their union, and it was unclear whether hate crime charges would be laid in the incident.
CC23.6adopted
At its meeting on May 24, 2017, City Council adopted the College Street Site and Specific Policy Official Plan Amendment ("OPA 379"), which was the recommended Official Plan Amendment resulting from the College Street Study (the "Study"). The Study reviewed the policy context for College Street (generally from University Avenue to Bathurst Street) (the "Study Area') to address land use and the inclusion of institutional uses within mixed-use buildings; building scale and height; and public realm, including special places and pedestrian improvements. OPA 379 clarifies the expectations for the built form for new developments falling within the Study Area. While OPA 379 provides general direction for the entire Study Area, it also provides further direction specific to development in six distinct Character Areas (A through F) to reflect the unique characteristics of each respective Character Area. Council also adopted the College Street Urban Design Guidelines (the "Guidelines"), which are intended to support OPA 379 and be used as a tool to evaluate proposed developments in the Study area so as to ensure that such development is compatible with the existing context. The Governing Council of University of Toronto (the "University") appealed City Council's decision to adopt OPA 379 to the Ontario Municipal Board (the "OMB"), now known as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"). The University was of the view that OPA 379 and the accompanying Guidelines did not sufficiently recognize the unique urban design circumstances of the University's St. George Campus and the concurrent planning processes undertaken by the City with respect to the St. George Campus. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions with respect to the University's appeal. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Attachment 2 and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 16, 2020) 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 (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated July 16, 2020 in Confidential Attachment 2 the report (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to modify and partially approve Official Plan Amendment 379, substantially in accordance with Confidential Appendix A to Confidential Attachment 2 the report (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the Director, Urban Design to amend the College Street Urban Design Guidelines, substantially in accordance with Confidential Appendix B to Confidential Attachment 2 the report (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the University of Toronto's appeal of Official Plan Amendment 379 be allowed in part, on the basis of the requested modifications to and partial approval of Official Plan Amendment 379. 5. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision. Confidential Attachment 2 and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (July 16, 2020) 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 (July 16, 2020) 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 (July 16, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, and authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 2, and Confidential Appendices "A" through "C" to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM23.6adopted
On September 30, 2015, City Council authorized the Director, Affordable Housing Office (now the Housing Secretariat) to negotiate the purchase of two new one-bedroom units in Alexandra Park at below market cost on behalf of the Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. The purchase of these properties fulfilled Toronto Community Housing Corporation's Section 37 Agreement under the re-zoning of the Alexandra Park revitalization. The purchase and transfer of the two units at 80 Vanauley Street were completed on June 29, 2020. Given that these units are to be rented as affordable rental housing by Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. (at or below 80 percent average market rent), it is recommended that City Council approve an exemption from taxation for municipal and school purposes for the term of 25 years. Additionally, to assist Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. with operational costs related to these two units, it is recommended that a one-time allocation of $3,000, in form of a grant, be provided from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund (XR1058).
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council exempt the two new affordable rental homes at 80 Vanauley Street (being units 309 and 409), gained through a Section 37 Agreement on the property, from taxation for municipal and school purposes for the term of 25 years. 2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to negotiate, enter into and execute on behalf of the City, a municipal housing facility agreement (the City's Contribution Agreement) with Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. to secure the financial assistance, being provided and to set out the terms of the development and operation of the new affordable rental housing, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to execute, on behalf of the City, any City security documents including any postponement, confirmation of status, discharge or consent documents where and when required during the term of the municipal housing facility agreement, as required by normal business practices, and provided that such documents do not give rise to financial obligations on the part of the City that have not been previously approved by City Council. 4. City Council authorize City staff to cancel or refund any taxes paid from the date the By-law exempting the property from taxation is enacted. 5. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide $3,000 in one-time funding, inclusive of HST and disbursements, from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund (XR1058) as a grant to Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. to be used to fund operating expenses related to the two new affordable rental homes at 80 Vanauley Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that: 1. City Council exempt the two new affordable rental homes at 80 Vanauley Street (being units 309 and 409), gained through a Section 37 Agreement on the property, from taxation for municipal and school purposes for the term of 25 years. 2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to negotiate, enter into and execute on behalf of the City, a municipal housing facility agreement (the City's Contribution Agreement) with Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. to secure the financial assistance, being provided and to set out the terms of the development and operation of the new affordable rental housing, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to execute, on behalf of the City, any City security documents including any postponement, confirmation of status, discharge or consent documents where and when required during the term of the municipal housing facility agreement, as required by normal business practices, and provided that such documents do not give rise to financial obligations on the part of the City that have not been previously approved by City Council. 4. City Council authorize City staff to cancel or refund any taxes paid from the date the By-law exempting the property from taxation is enacted. 5. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide $3,000 in one-time funding, inclusive of HST and disbursements, from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund (XR1058) as a grant to Atkinson Housing Co-Operative Inc. to be used to fund operating expenses related to the two new affordable rental homes at 80 Vanauley Street.
RM23.6amended
City Council will review the Order Paper.
July 28, 2020: City Council adopted the July 28, 2020, Order Paper, as amended, and all other Items not held on consent. July 29, 2020: City Council adopted the July 29, 2020, Order Paper.
CC23.7adopted
The purpose of this report is to request further instructions with respect to RioCan's appeal of its Zoning By-law Amendment application. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Revised Settlement Offer dated July 17, 2020 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to approve the site specific Zoning Amendment for the site, substantially in accordance with the revised plans in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor, subject to Parts 3 to 7 below. 3. City Council accept an off-site parkland dedication of 376 square metres at 21 Southvale Drive, in satisfaction of the owner's required parkland contribution pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with the final location and configuration of the off-site parkland to be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; the off-site parkland to be transferred to the City shall be free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments and is to be conveyed to the City prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the City Solicitor. 4. 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 above base park improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the above base park improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of the development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, as follows: a. the community benefits recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement are as follows: i. a cash contribution of Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,700,000.00) to be paid by the owner prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the proposed development and to be allocated toward community services and facilities, local parkland acquisition and improvements, and/or public realm improvements within the vicinity of the subject property, at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; ii. a cash contribution of One Hundred and Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000.00) to be paid by the owner prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for improvements to the greenspace located at the northwest corner of Bessborough Drive and Eglinton Avenye East; iii. the cash contributions referred to in Parts 5.a.i. and ii. above are to be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-Residential Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Building Construction Price Indexes Table 18-10-0135-01, or its successor, calculated from the date of the agreement to the date of payment; and iv. in the event the cash contribution referred to in Part 5.a.i. and ii. above have not been used for the determined purposes within three years of the amending Zoning By-law coming into full force and effect, the cash contributions may be redirected for another purpose(s), at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, provided the purpose(s) is identified in Official Plan Policy 5.1.1 and will benefit the community in the vicinity of the site; and b. the following are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to support development if approved by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal: i. the above base park improvements for the off-site parkland dedication referred to in Part 3 above, along with the development charge credit referred to in Part 4 above; and ii. the release of the existing sewer easement over the site, provided the existing pipe is relocated as requested by City staff at the owner's expense. 6. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold issuance of its Order until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment(s) are in a form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. a Section 37 Agreement satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, has been executed and registered to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, securing the benefits and matters of legal convenience outlined in City Council's decision; and c. the Owner has satisfied the requirement of Engineering and Construction Services, as set out in its September 6, 2016 memorandum. 7. City Council direct that a community working group be established, in consultation with City Planning and the local Councillor, for the Site Plan process, to review matters as they relate to the proposed rear landscaping area and tree preservation. Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to the report (July 22, 2020) 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 (July 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, and authorize the public release of Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM23.7adopted
In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, C40 Mayors from across the world launched a Global Mayors COVID-19 Recovery Task Force "to rebuild our cities and economies in a way that improves public health, reduces inequality and addresses the climate crisis." The Task Force recognizes that the pandemic has fuelled not only a health crisis, but a social and economic one, and aims to use the principles of the Global Green New Deal to support cities in building a green and just recovery. Mayor John Tory has formally endorsed the Task Force's Statement of Principles, which include fuelling recovery by investing in public services and community resilience; investing in measures that improve resilience and protect against future threats including the climate crisis; and recognizing that climate action can help to accelerate economic recovery and improve social equity. The Principles also include a commitment to work towards ensuring that national governments, and regional and international institutions, provide cities with the necessary supports to deliver a healthy, equitable and sustainable recovery. Importantly, the Task Force's first Principle is that COVID-19 recovery should not lead to "business as usual": A path that - when it comes to the other global crisis, the climate crisis - has us on track for worldwide catastrophe. C40 Mayors, climate experts, and activists alike agree that in the effort to recover, we have been presented with the opportunity to build a greener, more resilient economy that leaves no one behind. The forthcoming report from the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild can help our City to put this into action. By incorporating these recommendations, as well as recovery proposals being put forward by local environmental organizations and climate experts into our plan for recovery, the City can take the bold action required to build a more resilient, equitable, and low-carbon Toronto.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request that the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild's report to Council be guided by the C40 Cities' COVID-19 Recovery Task Force's Statement of Principles, and City Council request the City Manager to include actions that address the three key components of the C40 Mayors' Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery (jobs and an inclusive economy, resilience and equity, and health and wellbeing) into future reports on Toronto's Strategy for Recovery and Rebuild.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request that the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild's report to Council be guided by the C40 Cities' COVID-19 Recovery Task Force's Statement of Principles, and City Council request the City Manager to include actions that address the three key components of the C40 Mayors' Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery (jobs and an inclusive economy, resilience and equity, and health and wellbeing) into future reports on Toronto's Strategy for Recovery and Rebuild.
CC23.8amended
On August 11, 2017, an application for this site was submitted to the City to amend the Zoning By-law to permit a mixed-use development containing retail uses at grade and office uses above grade. A six-storey building was proposed to front King Street West (at 582-590 King Street West), connected to a 12-storey building located at 471-473 Adelaide Street West and 115 Portland Street. The applicant appealed City Council's failure to issue a decision on the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) and a Request for Direction Report (May 18, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, was considered by City Council at its meeting on June 26, 27, 28 and 29, 2018. The report recommended that City Council authorize City staff to oppose the application in its current form and continue discussions with the applicant. A 20-day hearing before the LPAT was scheduled to begin on May 5, 2020. The hearing was subsequently adjourned due to the Covid 19 pandemic and it is anticipated that new dates will be scheduled in the late fall of 2020. In advance of the May hearing dates the parties agreed to LPAT led mediation, and following a mediation that took place in December, 2019 and January, 2020, the applicant revised their plans, and on May 20, 2020 submitted a with prejudice settlement offer to the City for a revised development proposal. The City Solicitor seeks direction on this matter no later than the completion of the City Council meeting on July 28 and 29, 2020.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1 by Councillor Joe Cressy. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1 by Councillor Joe Cressy and City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1 by Councillor Joe Cressy, were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Offer to Settle as set out in Public Appendix 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor and City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing in support of the revised proposal. 2. Should the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal approve the Zoning By-law Amendment application, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold the issuance of the final Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal until such time as: a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and the City Solicitor; b. the owner addresses all outstanding comments outlined in Part I, Zoning By-law Amendment Application, in the memorandum from the Manager, Development Engineering, Engineering and Construction Services, dated December 21, 2017; c. the owner pays for and constructs any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the Functional Servicing Report, to be submitted for review and acceptance by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements to such infrastructure are required to support this development; d. the owner has entered into an Agreement with the City pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as follows: i. prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit, the owner shall make a cash contribution in the amount of $1,000.000.00 to be directed towards the provision of community services and facilities, parkland improvements and/or public realm improvements in the vicinity of the site to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; ii. the cash contributions referred to in Part 2.d.i. above shall be increased upwards by indexing in accordance with the Statistics Canada Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date of registration of the Section 37 Agreement to the date the payment is made to the City; iii. in the event the cash contributions referred to in Part 2.d.i. above has not been used for the intended purposes within three (3) years of the By-laws coming into full force and effect, the cash contributions may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, provided that the purpose is identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the community in Ward 10; and iv. the following matters are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to support development: 1. prior to the commencement of any demolition, shoring or excavation work, the owner agrees to submit, and thereafter implement, a construction management plan to address such matters as noise, dust, street closures, parking and laneway uses and access; such plan shall be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor; e. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 582 King Street West, including 590 and 592 King Street West and 471 and 473 Adelaide Street West, substantially in accordance with plans and drawings prepared by prepared by KFA Architects and Planners Inc. dated March 13, 2020, and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by GBCA Architects dated February 28, 2020, 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 substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the Lands dated February 28, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and g. the owner has withdrawn their appeal(s) of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, as it relates to the development site. 3. Prior to Final Site Plan approval for the Lands, or any part of the Lands, City Council require that the owner shall: a. provide final site plan drawings, including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.f. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and c. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the buildings on the subject property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Prior to the issuance of any permit for all, or any part of the Lands, 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, City Council require that the owner shall: a. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.f. above 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 b. 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, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 5. Prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 4.b. above, City Council require that the owner shall: a. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation, lighting and interpretation has been completed in accordance with the relevant approved plans and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and b. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the City Solicitor's confidential recommendations are adopted by City Council, then City Council authorize the public release of the recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 (with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege).
MM23.8adopted
This Motion recommends the release $20,000 in Section 37 Planning Act funds to St. Stephen's Community House for the purpose of undertaking capital upgrades to their facilities at 260 Augusta Avenue. St. Stephen's Community House is a unique, community-based social service agency that has been serving the needs of Kensington Market and other neighbourhoods in Toronto since 1962. The building at 260 Augusta Avenue is focused on providing urban health and homelessness services, including nutritious meals, showers, access to telephones, computers and a mail registry. They also offer assistance with finding affordable housing, substance use and crisis counselling, primary health care, HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, mental health case management and a financial trustee program. Major repairs to the transformer vault in the basement of 260 Augusta Avenue required by Toronto Hydro represent an extraordinary expense for St. Stephen's Community House. The work includes the need to replace waterproofing protecting the concrete vault and to restore damage to the north and south entryways directly above the vault. Funds have been secured from the development at 57 Spadina Avenue as community benefits through Section 37 of the Planning Act, to be allocated towards community services and facilities and public realm improvements in the Ward, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor. The funds identified have been received by the City.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $20,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Funds) community benefits from 57 Spadina Avenue (Source Account: XR3026- 3700954) for transfer to St. Stephen's Community House for capital upgrades to their facilities located at 260 Augusta Avenue (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council forward the $20,000.00 to St. Stephen's Community House, subject to St. Stephen's Community House signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the Approved 2020 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $20,000.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Funds) community benefits from 57 Spadina Avenue (Source Account: XR3026- 3700954) for transfer to St. Stephen's Community House for capital upgrades to ther facilities located at 260 Augusta Avenue (Cost Centre: NP2161). 2. City Council forward the $20,000.00 to St. Stephen's Community House, subject to St. Stephen's Community House signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
CC23.9adopted
Janet and Victor Minas (the "Applicants") are the owners of the property municipally known as 20 Sandringham Drive (the "Subject Site"), which is located on the east side of Sandringham Drive, north of Wilson Avenue. The property is zoned R3 under the former North York Zoning By-law No. 7625 and RD (f18.0;a690) in the City of Toronto Zoning By-law No. 569-2013. A portion of the rear yard of the property is located in a ravine. The Subject Site currently contains a single detached residential dwelling and has a total lot frontage of 49 metres and a lot area of 4,971.08 square metres. In 2016, the Applicants submitted a Consent to Sever application to the Committee of Adjustment, North York Panel, (the "Committee") proposing to sever the Subject Site to create a new residential building lot (municipal file no.: B0060/16NY) (the "Consent Application"). The existing dwelling was proposed to be maintained on the retained lot. The retained lot was proposed to have a lot frontage of 19.6 metres and a lot area of 3,990.12 square metres. The conveyed lot was proposed to have a frontage of 29.4 metres and a lot area of 980.96 square metres. Both the retained and conveyed lots created by the proposed severance are in compliance with the minimum requirements for lot frontage and lot area under both applicable zoning by-laws. City Planning staff submitted a report to the Committee dated March 13, 2017, expressing concern with the configuration of the proposed severance in the Consent Application (the "Staff Report"). Planning noted that the configuration of the two proposed lots would create a situation where the conveyed parcel would be situated substantially in front of the retained parcel, creating a 'house behind a house' condition. The Staff Report also noted that while no building plans for the conveyed lot were submitted with the Consent Application, any new house constructed on the conveyed parcel would likely require front and rear yard variances. As a result, the Staff Report recommended refusal of the Consent Application as configured at that time. At its hearing on March 22, 2017, the Committee refused the Consent Application. The Committee's decision was appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (the "OMB") (now the "Local Planning Appeal Tribunal" or "LPAT"). The original OMB hearing regarding the Consent Appeal was scheduled to be heard in September 2017, but was adjourned to allow the Applicants time to revise their proposal. A new hearing date in January 2018 was again adjourned to allow time for revisions. In 2019, the Applicants submitted a related Minor Variance application to the Committee (municipal file no.: A0246/19NY) (the "Minor Variance Application"). The Minor Variance Application sought a rear yard setback variance for the existing dwelling on the retained lot from the minimum requirement of 20.74 metres (under the By-law 569-2013) to 8.66 metres. The variance was now required because of revisions to the proposed Consent Application, which included a dedication of a portion of the rear yard located in the ravine to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority ("TRCA"). This would have the effect of moving up the rear property line, causing the rear of the existing dwelling to no longer meet the minimum rear yard setback distance and necessitating the variance requested. At its hearing on June 5, 2019, the Committee decided to defer consideration of the Minor Variance Application. The Committee's decision was appealed to the LPAT. The minor variance appeal was consolidated with the existing consent appeal (the "Appeals"). The Appeals are known as LPAT Case No. PL170431. A 3-day LPAT hearing for the consolidated Appeals was scheduled for May 27, 2020. However, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Province of Ontario's emergency order under Ontario Regulation 73/20, the LPAT hearing was cancelled and will be rescheduled in the future. The purpose of this report is to request instructions regarding the LPAT Appeals. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 4. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 2 to report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the without prejudice Settlement Offer dated July 14, 2020, in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor, subject to Parts 2 to 4 set out below. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the revised proposal as set out in the Settlement Offer dated July 14, 2020 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor , subject to Parts 3 and 4 set out below. 3. City Council's acceptance of the Settlement Offer dated July 14, 2020 is subject to the Owner confirming to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning the following matters: a. the Owner shall submit and obtain a zoning review from the City confirming that no variances are required for the conveyed lot and that no additional variances apart from the rear yard setback variance shown on the Revised Plans are required for the retained lot. 4. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal's Order regarding the consent application be conditional on the Owner fulfilling the following conditions of consent approval: a. confirmation of payment of outstanding taxes to the satisfaction of the Revenue Services Division, in the form of a statement of tax account current to within 30 days of an applicant's request to the Deputy Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment to issue the Certificate of Official; b. municipal numbers for the subject lots indicated on the applicable registered reference plan of survey shall be assigned to the satisfaction of the Supervisor, Surveys, Engineering Support Services, Engineering and Construction Services; c. one electronic copy of the registered reference plan of survey integrated to NAD 83 CSRS (3 degree Modified Transverse Mercator projection), delineating by separate Parts the lands and their respective areas, shall be filed with, and to the satisfaction of, the Manager, Land and Property Surveys, Engineering Support Services, Engineering and Construction Services; d. one electronic copy of the registered reference plan of survey satisfying the requirements of the Manager, Land and Property Surveys, Engineering Support Services, Engineering and Construction Services shall be filed with the Deputy Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment; e. prepare and submit a digital draft of the Certificate of Official, Form 2 or 4, O. Reg. 197/96, referencing either subsection 50(3) or (5) of the Planning Act if applicable as it pertains to the conveyed land and/or consent transaction to the satisfaction of the Deputy Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment; f. once all of the other conditions have been satisfied, the applicant shall request, in writing, that the Deputy Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment issue the Certificate of Official; and g. within one year of the date of the giving of this notice of decision, the applicant shall comply with the above-noted conditions. Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 20, 2020) 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 (July 20, 2020) 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 (July 20, 2020) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice subject to solicitor-client privilege. 4. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 2 to this report, if the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report are adopted by City Council.
MM23.9adopted
At its meeting on June 29 and 30, 2020, City Council provided direction to take the next steps in planning and implementing a safe-seating plan, fencing and tree planting, and any other safety improvements deemed necessary at Maryport Parkette and de Havilland (Mossie) Park. This Motion requests authority from City Council to amend the Council Approved 2020 Capital Budget and 2021-2029 Capital Plan for Parks, Forestry and Recreation to create a new capital sub-project for improvements to Maryport Parkette and deHavilland (Mossie) Park, with a project cost of $0.120 million and cash flow commitments of $0.050 million in 2020 and $0.070 million in 2021 for the purposes of completing the aforementioned safety improvements. The improvements will be fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 3100 Keele Street. Section 37 funds have been received and are eligible for these purposes. Operating impacts, if required, will be submitted for consideration through future budget submissions.
City Council on July 28 and 29, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the Approved 2020-2029 Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget and Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as Maryport Parkette and de Havilland (Mossie) Park Improvements in the Park Development project, with a project cost of $0.120 million, and cash flow commitments of $0.050 million in 2020 and $0.070 million in 2021, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 3100 Keele Street (Clearing Account: 220096) for the purpose of improvements to the parkette and park.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mark Grimes, recommends that: 1. City Council amend the Approved 2020-2029 Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget and Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as Maryport Parkette and de Havilland (Mossie) Park Improvements in the Park Development project, with a project cost of $0.120 million, and cash flow commitments of $0.050 million in 2020 and $0.070 million in 2021, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 3100 Keele Street (Clearing Account: 220096) for the purpose of improvements to the parkette and park.