Toronto City Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 61 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
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MM28.28adopted
The Lawrence Heights community continues to experience high rates of crime, and social media is one of the tools being used to perpetuate these acts of violence in the community. Governments should take a lead on helping to draw the line between prohibited and allowable content on social media platforms in an effort to make our communities safer. The purpose of this Motion is to explore all means possible on how young people, especially in our vulnerable communities, can be better protected from the continual harassment, threats, and hate speech that is being perpetrated 24/7 on various social media platforms. Secondly, this Motion will recommend certain legislative or regulatory steps that might be taken to make social media platforms and their corporate owners more accountable for what they allow on their platforms that may lead to acts of violence.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on any possible measures that might be taken by the City of Toronto or other levels of Government and various institutions like the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to stem the growing role that social media platforms and servers have in profiling violence, hatred and intimidation that affect at-risk and vulnerable communities.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata, recommends that: 1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the Executive Committee on any possible measures that might be taken by the City of Toronto or other levels of Government and various institutions like the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to stem the growing role that social media platforms and servers have in profiling violence, hatred and intimidation that affect at-risk and vulnerable communities.
MM28.29deferred
Through the COVID-19 pandemic small businesses have closed due to Provincial orders and suffered great financial hardship.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, deferred consideration of Motion MM28.29 to the Special City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report through the 2021 Budget Process on options to aid licensed businesses impacted due to COVID-19 closures, including, but not limited to the following: a. reducing or eliminating 2021 renewal fees; and b. extending the 90 day licence cancellation period to 120, 150, 180, and 365 days.
MM28.30adopted
Bill 108 was given Royal Assent in June 2019 but Schedule 11 has not been proclaimed. Neither have the Regulations required by Bill 108 been issued. Proclamation of the Act and filing of the Regulations were expected on January 1 2021, however this did not happen, and there has been no explanation provided by the Government and no announcement as to any revised schedule. The proposed legislation will have significant impacts to the City relating to heritage conservation (identification, notification, application processes, timelines and protection). Most importantly, it will remove Council's final authority for Part IV designations. Staff have reported to Toronto Preservation Board on the delay in the implementation of the Ontario Heritage Act legislation and also the failure to issue an update of the Heritage Toolkit, which was required to assist staff in dealing with the administration of the changes. During the Toronto Preservation Board discussion it was noted that the changes would have a serious impact on City Planning's Heritage Planning section. It is important that City Council intervene as soon as possible and before Schedule 11 has been proclaimed to ensure City Planning have the tools available to them to continue to protect our heritage properties.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to write to the Province of Ontario, requesting: a. clarity of its plans in relation to the filing of the regulation required for implementation of Schedule 11 of the Ontario Heritage Act; b. public consultation regarding the proposed Regulation; and c. the revised Heritage Toolkit be made public before the Regulation is filed.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to write to the Province of Ontario, requesting: a. clarity of its plans in relation to the filing of the regulation required for implementation of Schedule 11 of the Ontario Heritage Act; b. public consultation regarding the proposed Regulation; and c. the revised Heritage Toolkit be made public before the Regulation is filed.
MM28.31amended
The property at 130 Bloor Street West includes an apartment on its 13th and 14th floors that is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and subject to a Heritage Easement Agreement. The purpose of the Heritage Easement Agreement is to conserve the "historical, architectural, contextual, aesthetic, scenic and cultural heritage characteristics and conditions" of the property in perpetuity. The "Torno" apartment, named for its original owners, is one of very few residential properties in Toronto to include interior features as heritage attributes. The subject apartment was constructed in 1960 and is a rare example of Modern architecture associated with the internationally-recognized architect Philip Johnson and, as noted in the Heritage Impact Assessment by ERA Architects Inc., it is "a landmark of Toronto residential architecture." Philip Johnson is best known for his work within the periods of Modern and Post-modern architecture and the Torno apartment is a rare example of his design aesthetic in Canada. The apartment is also a unique example of residential design reflecting a Modern aesthetic as expressed through interior heritage attributes. The applicant proposes to alter the subject apartment and remove a number of the interior attributes identified in the Heritage Easement Agreement. The Heritage Easement Agreement requires that the City make a decision in respect to the proposed changes within 90 days of receiving all the information. City Council authority is also required under s.33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and City staff do not have delegated authority to approve or deny these alterations under the Municipal Code Chapter 103 - Heritage. The Toronto Preservation Board considered this matter at its meeting of January 29, 2021, and supported the staff recommendation that the City Council approval of the proposal be limited to certain works. In order to ensure that the owner has received notice of the Council's decision within the required 90 day period, it is necessary for a Council decision to be made at its meeting on February 2 and 3, 2021.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve alterations to the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West, Instrument AT1381354 dated February 20, 2007, substantially in accordance with the Heritage Impact Assessment, dated September 25, 2020 and prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the plans and drawings prepared by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. attached as Appendix 4 to the Heritage Impact Assessment, all on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning subject to the following condition: a. prior to alterations taking place, the owner shall provide a Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment, dated September 25, 2020 and prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the plans and drawings prepared by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. attached as Appendix 4 to the Heritage Impact Assessment, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, who will review the submission expeditiously. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West, Instrument AT1381354 dated February 20, 2007 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, if deemed necessary by Heritage Planning, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce any necessary bill in City Council to amend the Heritage Easement Agreement for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Mayor John Tory, recommends that: 1. City Council consider the report (February 1, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
MM28.32adopted
Queen Street West - Lane Designation - by Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton
The westbound curb lane on Queens Street West, east of Ossington Avenue and the eastbound curb lane, west of Shaw Street currently operate as right-turn lanes. The Toronto Transit Commission has reported that they are running a bus replacement service on Queen Street West and the buses that serve the nearside stops have to go straight through these intersection, and requested that the lane designations be changed to exclude buses. This Motion is urgent to immediately support existing Toronto Transit Commission operations on Queen Street West.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the existing lane designation on the northerly curb lane on Queen Street West, from Ossington Avenue to a point 30.5 metres east, for westbound right turns only, to exclude buses. 2. City Council amend the existing lane designation on the southerly curb lane on Queen Street West, from Shaw Street to a point 30.5 metres west, for eastbound right turns only, to exclude buses.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council amend the existing lane designation on the northerly curb lane on Queen Street West, from Ossington Avenue to a point 30.5 metres east, for westbound right turns only, to exclude buses. 2. City Council amend the existing lane designation on the southerly curb lane on Queen Street West, from Shaw Street to a point 30.5 metres west, for eastbound right turns only, to exclude buses.
MM28.33adopted
Woodsworth Housing Co-operative Incorporated (the "Tenant") is a non-profit housing provider that leases the City-owned land located at 133 Wilton Street (the "Property"). On November 24, 1977, the City and the Tenant entered into a 99-year ground lease, with a term commencing on December 8, 1977 and expiring on December 7, 2076 (the "Lease"). The Lease was authorized by Clause No. 71 of Executive Committee Report No. 29, as amended and adopted by former Toronto City Council at its meeting held on July 25 and 27, 1977, on the terms set out in Clause Nos. 70 and 71 of Executive Committee Report No. 29, Clause No. 60 of Executive Committee Report No. 30, as amended, Clause No. 58 of Executive Committee Report No. 30, as amended and Clause No. 115 of Executive Committee Report No. 30, as amended, all of which were adopted by former Toronto City Council at its meeting held on July 25 and 27, 1977. The terms of the Lease were subsequently amended by Clause No. 6 of Committee on Neighbourhoods, Housing, Fire and Legislation Report No. 21 in Executive Committee Report No 48, as amended and adopted by former Toronto City Council at its meeting held on November 21, 1977. The Lease provides that the Tenant shall construct a building to be used for the purposes of non-profit housing. In order to construct the building, the Tenant received financing from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ("CMHC"). The Tenant completed the construction of the building, which it owns separately from the City's land, and the building now requires capital investment to maintain and repair. In order to complete the required capital work, the Tenant requires financing and is seeking a loan from Peoples Trust Company (the "Leasehold Mortgagee"). The Leasehold Mortgagee has advised that in order to grant the loan to the Tenant, it requires that the City and the Tenant enter into the Agreement with the Leasehold Mortgagee, which includes certain material amendments to the Lease. Corporate Real Estate Management staff is currently finalizing the terms of the Agreement with the Tenant and the Leasehold Mortgagee and requires City Council's authority to approve and execute the Agreement substantially on the terms set out in Appendix A to the Motion. Corporate Real Estate Management staff and Housing Secretariat staff consider the terms and conditions of the Agreement to be fair and commercially reasonable. This Motion is urgent in order to permit the required capital repairs to be undertaken without further delay.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to amend the ground lease agreement (the "Lease") between the City of Toronto and Woodsworth Housing Co-operative Incorporated (the "Tenant") by approving and executing a tripartite and lease amending agreement (the "Agreement") between the City, the Tenant and Peoples Trust Company for the property known as 133 Wilton Street, substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix A to Motion MM28.33, and including such other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or designate, to execute the Agreement, and any related documents on behalf of the City of Toronto, as required.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to amend the ground lease agreement (the "Lease") between the City of Toronto and Woodsworth Housing Co-operative Incorporated (the "Tenant") by approving and executing a tripartite and lease amending agreement (the "Agreement") between the City, the Tenant and Peoples Trust Company for the property known as 133 Wilton Street, substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix A to this Motion, and including such other terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or designate, to execute the Agreement, and any related documents on behalf of the City of Toronto, as required.
MM28.34deferred
This Motion requests City Council to confirm the City's support for a consent application at 2165 Gerrard Street East (application B0035/20TEY) which has been appealed to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. Community Planning staff have confirmed that the application is supportable and did not file a report to the Committee of Adjustment with respect to the consent application. A consent application to sever the existing lot into two at 2165 Gerrard Street East was heard before the Committee of Adjustment on December 2, 2020. The Committee of Adjustment refused the application and the committee's decision has been appealed by the owner to the Toronto Local Appeal Body with a hearing date scheduled for June 8, 2021. The consent application was made in order to enable the existing single-family detached dwelling to be build, as-of-right, into a pair of semi-detached triplexes with a laneway suite at the back of each semi-detached dwelling, for a total of 8 new units. The as-of-right development that would have been permitted if the consent was granted is a good example of missing middle housing and exemplifies the kind of gentle density and sensitive intensification that will be critical to meeting Toronto's current and future housing needs. City Planning staff had not raised concerns about the application to the Committee and confirming's the City's support through this Motion confirms the City's existing position. With the City in the midst of a critical conversation about housing affordability, and embarking on important work to thoughtfully and sensitively modernize prohibitive zoning through the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods study, it is important that we take a clear and consistent approach to applications that fulfill existing missing middle needs. Going forward, as the City works to meet the diverse housing needs of all our residents, it is our duty to ensure we are breaking down the barriers to building new housing and support real-world examples of our policies being implemented. This matter is deemed urgent because of the date of the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing and the City's desire to indicate support for the consent application.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, deferred consideration of Motion MM28.34 to the Special City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that: 1. City Council confirm the City's support for a consent application at 2165 Gerrard Street East (B0035/20TEY), and support approval of the consent application at the Toronto Local Appeal Body subject to the City's standard conditions for a consent application and those conditions set out in any City staff communication to the Committee of Adjustment on the application.
MM28.35adopted
There has been community and City-wide concern expressed over the potential impact of the 78-90 Queen's Park application on the cultural heritage landscape of Queen's Park. At the advice of Toronto Preservation Board, Community Council was advised to refer the report until there was time to fully consider heritage impacts of the application. At Toronto and East York Community Council, I moved to refer the final report for 78-90 Queen's Park Crescent back to Community Planning until a comprehensive study of the Queen's Park cultural heritage landscape could be completed. Based on this Motion, Toronto and East York Community Council deferred consideration of the Final Report. The applicant then appealed the rezoning and site plan applications for non-decision. The purpose of this Motion is to provide staff direction for the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal appeal and is urgent because the first hearing for this file is scheduled for March 3, 2021. Background Information: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.TE19.2
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, including relevant staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal case management conference scheduled for March 3, 2021 and to formally request and engage in mediation with all parties in an effort to resolve the outstanding matters related to the rezoning application, and to report back to City Council on the outcome of the mediation and to seek direction for the hearing of the appeals. 2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to immediately undertake a cultural heritage landscape study of the Queen's Park precinct.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, including relevant staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal case management conference scheduled for March 3, 2021 and to formally request and engage in mediation with all parties in an effort to resolve the outstanding matters related to the rezoning application, and to report back to City Council on the outcome of the mediation and to seek direction for the hearing of the appeals. 2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to immediately undertake a cultural heritage landscape study of the Queen's Park precinct.
MM28.36deferred
470-530 Wilson Avenue is an approved 12 storey condominium building and 12 storey purpose built rental building comprised of 589 units, 110 of which are rental replacement units. A final order was issued on September 25, 2020, as the result of settlement between the City of Toronto and 500 Wilson Avenue LP (previously 2186836 Ontario Inc.). This redevelopment is one of a select number of projects enrolled as a Tier 2 project in Version 3 of the Toronto Green Standards. Thermal performance of the building envelope is a critical requirement in the Toronto Green Standards per GHG 1.2 Building Energy Performance. Detailed design has revealed that the applicant requires relief on the rear setbacks of the building on the ground and second floor by a range of 0.27 metres and 0.28 metres, and separation distances between the facades of the building by 0.20 metres to 0.30 metres to accommodate building materiality request by Urban Design and wall assemblies necessary to meeting the stringent requirements of Tier 2 in Version 3 of the Toronto Green Standards. Extensive energy modelling has been done on this project where different mechanical systems along with cladding assemblies have been tested in order to meet Toronto Green Standards Tier 2. The requested relief on the setback and separation distances range from 0.20 metres to 0.30 metres. No additional gross floor area will be secured by accommodating these amended setbacks and stepbacks. As the proposal would not result in increased development density or otherwise modify the remaining development standards established through the rezoning of this property, City Council's authorization for submission of a minor variance application at this time is warranted as the zoning by-law was issued last year and the 2 year Minor Variance Moratorium remains in place. This is an urgent matter as excavation is underway and compliance with the site specific By-law is required to secure foundation permits in April 2021. A delay in the issuance of permits will delay the provision of the replacement rental units, the majority of which are designated as affordable housing.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, deferred consideration of Motion MM28.36 to the Special City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. Pursuant to Subsection 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, City Council permit an application for minor variances with respect to the property municipally known as 470-530 Wilson Avenue for relief from the requirements of Former City of North York Zoning By-law 7625, as amended by By-law 977-2020, to amend the associated development standards only as they relate to the setbacks and stepbacks for Building A.
MM28.37deferred
The Toronto Transit Commission has informed the residents of Toronto that the Scarborough Rapid Transit - Scarborough Line 3 - will no longer run past 2023. This is 3 years sooner than what City Council was previously told and would leave Scarborough residents on long bus rides for 7 years if the province builds the still unfunded Scarborough Subway on time. The Toronto Transit Commission has estimated that the discontinuation of Scarborough Rapid Transit service will result in a loss of ridership due to an eighteen minute average increase in commute time. It is estimated that this inferior service will cost over $300 million in additional capital and operating costs. Further, the Toronto Transit Commission states that the increase in buses will cause traffic delays and impacts on local residential neighbourhoods. Given the significant impact this discontinuation of service will have on Scarborough residents, and the City as a whole, it is incumbent upon City Council to explore every option to mitigate the impact of this service disruption. That's why, given new information, this Motion requests the City Manager to provide a technical assessment of the Scarborough Light Rail Transit, and options to use the existing Scarborough Rapid Transit right-of-way to run a faster, more efficient bus service. This Motion also requests the release of a Bombardier report from 2018 on the Scarborough Rapid Transit that is critical for City Council and the public to have access to given the Toronto Transit Commission's announcement that Scarborough Rapid Transit service is being discontinued in 2 years. This Motion is urgent given the significant impact to the City's transit operations by the projected discontinuation of the Scarborough Rapid Transit as detailed in the Toronto Transit Commission report entitled "Scarborough Rapid Transit Life Extension Project Options Analysis" just released and, as a result, the considerable work required of Staff that this Motion proposes.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, deferred consideration of Motion MM28.37 to the Special City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie, recommends that: 1 City Council request the City Manager to report to the June 1, 2021 meeting of Executive Committee on options for Scarborough transit that includes a: a. technical assessment of moving forward with the Scarborough Light Rail Transit, including length of construction time and new platform location at Kennedy Station; b. feasibility study and cost estimate of converting the elevated Scarborough Rapid Transit structure to an above-grade Bus Rapid Transit; and c. feasibility study and cost estimate of removing the elevated Scarborough Rapid Transit structure and operating a Bus Rapid Transit at-grade. 2. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to release the "Integrity Assessment for Life Extension/Continued Operation" report by Bombardier, in partnership with WSP Canada Inc. and CH2MH, referenced in the Fleet Life Extension - Line 3 Scarborough report to the Toronto Transit Commission Board on May 8, 2018 to City of Toronto residents as a public attachment to the aforementioned item on the Toronto Transit Commission's website.
MM28.38deferred
Yesterday Thomas Walkom, in the Toronto Star, describes how the Federal Government can use its powers to increase domestic production of the COVID-19 vaccine. Recent announcements of delays in deliveries of vaccines to Canada from Pfizer and Moderna threaten the pandemic recovery and the health of all Canadians. The Federal Government must take every action available so that Canadians can receive COVID-19 vaccines in the greatest possible numbers as quickly as possible. However, the Federal Government has delayed in encouraging domestic manufacturing of the vaccine and has not imposed Compulsory Licencing, a law that would authorize cheaper generic copies of the COVID-19 vaccine to be manufactured without the need to negotiate with patent holders.
City Council on February 2, 3 and 5, 2021, deferred consideration of Motion MM28.38 to the Special City Council meeting on March 10, 2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Anthony Perruzza, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Canada to invoke their Compulsory Licensing law(s) that would allow "Ottawa to authorize generic copies of the COVID-19 vaccines" in an effort to increase national production. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to contact local generic drug producers and encourage them to request the Government of Canada to increase national production of COVID-19 vaccines. 3. City Council circulate this Motion to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.