Toronto City Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 103 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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MM9.22adopted
In July 2016, concerned community members became aware that the unique City-owned Modernist Pavilion in South Humber Park, known as the Oculus, was slated for extensive alteration due to safety concerns. Following outreach by the local Councillor, an on-line petition was launched and significant interest was generated. The City's Heritage Preservation Services Unit worked with staff from Parks, Forestry and Recreation to evaluate the Oculus for its cultural heritage value and condition and to review proposed changes in the light of the findings. Staff hired a heritage consultant to undertake a Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report to inform the decision-making process. The consultant's report provided extensive background research and concluded that the Oculus Pavilion was worthy of designation under Part IV of the Ontario Act. In addition, site rehabilitation and restoration was endorsed. To ensure that the site's cultural heritage values and attributes are conserved, and to guide future work in this location, the Oculus Park Pavilion should be reviewed by City Heritage staff to confirm the consultant's findings and to bring forward recommendations to Council as may be appropriate.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, in consultation with the Director, Parks Development and Capital Projects, to evaluate the Oculus Park Pavilion in South Humber Park, Etobicoke for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and report to the Toronto Preservation Board and the Etobicoke York Community Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mark Grimes, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, in consultation with the Director, Parks Development and Capital Projects, to evaluate the Oculus Park Pavilion in South Humber Park, Etobicoke for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and report to the Toronto Preservation Board and the Etobicoke York Community Council.
CC9.23adopted
BJL McCaul Inc. (the "Applicant") is the owner of the properties municipally known as 193-195 McCaul Street (the "Subject Property"). In 2017, the Applicant applied for a zoning by-law amendment to City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86 in order to facilitate a proposed redevelopment of the Subject Property (the "Application"). The Application included a 19-storey mixed use building with 266 residential units and 597 square metres of retail/service commercial space at grade. The overall height of the building would be 64 metres, inclusive of the wrapped mechanical penthouse, and the proposed floor space index is 12.15 times the area of the lot. The Application would require the demolition of the 2-storey former Silverstein's Bakery building on the site. The Applicant appealed the Application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT") on December 4, 2017 due to City Council's failure to make a decision. The appeal is known as LPAT File PL171476. A seven day hearing of this appeal is scheduled to be heard by the LPAT commencing on September 3, 2019. The City, the Applicant, Sinai Health System ("Sinai") and a local residents' association attended LPAT led mediation on April 16, 2019 and June 10 and 27, 2019. Sinai is a party to the proceedings before the LPAT and raised issues including matters relating to noise, impacts on Sinai's existing operations and the future redevelopment of the Sinai lands at 40 Murray Street. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report. The City Solicitor is bringing this report for the purpose of requesting instructions for the upcoming LPAT hearing.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor. The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated July 9, 2019 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor, subject to the Parts 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 proposed development set out in the Settlement Offer in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor and as shown on the revised materials in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor, subject to the Parts set out below. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold its Order on an implementing Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. noise mitigation matters have been secured to the satisfaction of the City through an executed tripartite Section 37 Agreement, a Zoning By-law Amendment with a holding provision, or in such other from satisfactory to the City Solicitor; b. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is in a form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; c. a Section 37 Agreement has been executed by the parties securing a contribution of $1,375,000 allocated towards streetscape improvements in the vicinity of the site and/or affordable housing in the local ward to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and; i. the $1,375,000.00 cash contribution is 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 Publication 327-0058, or its successor, calculated from the date of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal decision to the date of payment; all cash contributions will be payable prior to issuance of the first above-grade building permit; and ii. in the event the cash contribution referred to in Part 3.c. 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 will benefit the community in the vicinity of the lands; and d. a Construction Management Plan has been prepared to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 4. City Council classify the Subject Site being the properties municipally known as 193-195 McCaul Street as a Class 4 Area pursuant to Publication NPC-300 (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Environmental Noise Guideline- Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning). 5. City Council endorse the principle of equitable distribution of tower setbacks to achieve an appropriate tower facing distance along the relevant property lines of the Subject Site should be considered for any future redevelopment of the Sinai Health System lands at 40 Murray Street. 6. 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. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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. Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachments 2, 3 and 4 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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 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 that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and that Confidential Attachments 2-4 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
MM9.23adopted
In July 2019, the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area is proposing a parklet and greening project within the limits of existing street parking spaces along the east side of Victoria Street between Shuter Street and Dundas Street East. Parklets are sidewalk extensions that provide space and amenities for residents and visitors to stop, sit, and rest while taking in the activities of the street. Parklet installation have been implemented with great success in the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area catchment area over the last two years and have enhanced the area's general pedestrian and retail experience. All costs and insurance requirements associated with the parklets are to be borne by the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area and its agents. In July 2019, the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area is proposing a parklet and greening project within the limits of existing street parking spaces along the east side of Victoria Street between Shuter Street and Dundas Street East. Parklets are sidewalk extensions that provide space and amenities for residents and visitors to stop, sit, and rest while taking in the activities of the street. Parklet installation have been implemented with great success in the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area catchment area over the last two years and have enhanced the area's general pedestrian and retail experience. All costs and insurance requirements associated with the parklets are to be borne by the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area and its agents.
City Council on July 16 and 17, 2019 adopted the following: 1. City Council approve an exemption from Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks to permit within the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area, parklets in the northbound, east curb lane of Victoria Street, within existing street parking spaces in front of 249 and 251 Victoria Street, between the dates of July 25, 2019 and October 31, 2019, including set-up and take-down. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to issue a street occupation permit from July 25, 2019 to October 31, 2019 in the northbound, east curb lane of Victoria Street in front of 249 and 251 Victoria Street to facilitate the implementation of parklets and a complimentary greening strategy subject to terms and conditions to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council approve an exemption from Municipal Code Chapter 743, Streets and Sidewalks to permit within the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area, parklets in the northbound, east curb lane of Victoria Street, within existing street parking spaces in front of 249 and 251 Victoria Street, between the dates of July 25, 2019 and October 31, 2019, including set-up and take-down. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to issue a street occupation permit from July 25, 2019 to October 31, 2019 in the northbound, east curb lane of Victoria Street in front of 249 and 251 Victoria Street to facilitate the implementation of parklets and a complimentary greening strategy subject to terms and conditions to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services.
CC9.24adopted
The purpose of this report is to seek instructions respecting the appeal of the Zoning By-law Amendment application for 400-420 King Street West, currently before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"). On June 30, 2017, the City received a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit the development of a 47-storey mixed-use building with an overall height of 157 metres, inclusive of a 6 metre tall mechanical penthouse (the "Application"). The Application proposed an 11-storey base building containing retail floor space on the first and second levels, and residential uses on the remaining levels. The Application proposed a total Gross Floor Area of 42,980 square metres, comprised of 39,543 square metres of residential and 3,437 square metres of non-residential space. The overall Floor Space Index of the application was 16.5. The applicant appealed the Application to the LPAT, citing City Council's failure to make a decision on the Application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act. The purpose of this report is to seek instructions for the appeal of the Application. The LPAT has not yet scheduled a hearing. This report has been prepared in consultation with City Planning.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of: a. the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor; and b. Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated July 9, 2019 in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor, subject to the Parts set out below. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to advise the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal that City Council supports a settlement in principle for the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the property at 400-420 King Street West, as generally shown in the plans (the "Revised Plans") by Hariri Pontarini Architects, dated July 4, 2019, subject to modifications to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and subject to the following: a. the building have a maximum total gross floor area of 43,200 square metres, comprised of a maximum residential gross floor area of 39,850 square metres, and a minimum of 3,335 square metres of non-residential uses, including 930 square metres of office use on the second floor, and that the total number of dwelling units not exceed 633, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; b. a minimum of 34 percent of the dwelling units in the development will be 2 bedrooms or larger, and a minimum of 10 percent of the dwelling units will be 3 bedrooms or larger; c. indoor amenity space will be provided at a rate of at least 1.5 square metres per dwelling unit and outdoor amenity space will be provided at a rate of 2.6 square metres per dwelling unit; d. a minimum of 930 square metres of office space be provided within the first two storeys of the building, which will be conveyed to the City of Toronto as the Section 37 contribution, be provided in accordance with Parts 3.g. and h. below, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and the Director, Real Estate Services; e. a minimum of 105 vehicle parking spaces be provided for residential uses; f. the Owner agrees to sell to the City of Toronto freehold space within the building, together with appurtenant Easements for access/egress, support, and operations, containing not less than 22 constructed parking spaces and not more than 25 constructed parking spaces (the "Public Parking Garage") to be operated by the Toronto Parking Authority; the Public Parking Garage will be situate on the first parking level of the building below-grade, as shown on the Revised Plans, with all parking spaces (including accessible spaces) constructed in accordance with Zoning By-law 438-86 for the former City of Toronto, at a price of $75,000 per parking space payable upon the Public Parking Garage turnover; the parking spaces being purchased by the City/Toronto Parking Authority would neither be designed nor built to Toronto Parking Authority standards; the Public Parking Garage, however, will include City ownership of a service elevator, ground level lobby and stairwell providing direct street access to the Public Parking Garage at the southeast corner of the building fronting on King Street West, or if it is not physically possible to utilize the King Street West frontage, the Charlotte Street frontage could be chosen, subject to the final location being acceptable to Toronto Parking Authority; access to shared areas (entrance/exit ramps, stairwells, elevators, lobbies, corridors, walkways, mechanical areas) will be granted by the Owner to the City under registered Easements; any cost-sharing and maintenance/repair obligations in respect of shared areas of the building will be set out in a Reciprocal Agreement entered into on the Public Parking Garage turnover, concurrent with the transfer of the Public Parking Garage and Easements; the Public Parking Garage will not include any ancillary gross floor area space, such as storage rooms or washrooms; and the full particulars of the transaction will be set out in an Agreement of Purchase and Sale, subject to Toronto Parking Authority Board and City approval processes; g. in the event that the first parking level of the building, as currently depicted in the Revised Plans, cannot accommodate a minimum of 22 constructed parking spaces (as a result of the provision of a City-owned service elevator, ground level lobby and stairwell) City Planning staff will work with the Owner to move bicycle lockers currently shown on the Revised Plans on the first parking level to accommodate opportunities for additional vehicle parking spaces, to ensure that the minimum 22 constructed parking spaces are provided on the first parking level of the building; h. acceptance of the Settlement Offer is conditional on the entering into of an Agreement of Purchase and Sale between the Owner and the City of Toronto, as described in Part 2.f. above; if an Agreement of Purchase and Sale is not entered into, then the City Solicitor is directed to report back to City Council with alternate recommendations, if necessary; i. the parkland dedication requirement will be provided as cash-in-lieu of parkland, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; and j. bicycle parking will be provided in accordance with the standards in Zoning By-law 569-2013 or the Toronto Green Standard, whichever is higher. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold its Order on the Zoning By-law amendment until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law amendment is finalized to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the City Solicitor and the Owner; b. the Owner has addressed any outstanding items in Part A of the Engineering and Construction Services' memorandum dated June 26, 2018, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the Owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to the City for review and acceptance by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, with such report to review and determine whether the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the development proposed in the Revised Plans and whether upgrades or improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure are required; d. the Owner has entered into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to support the development, according to the approved Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, for review and acceptance by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; e. the Owner has withdrawn its appeal of Official Plan Amendment 352 and Zoning By-laws 1106-2016 and 1107-2016; f. the Owner has submitted a revised Noise Impact Study, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture; g. the Owner and the City have entered into a Section 37 agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor to secure the following benefits: i. the conveyance of 930 square metres of office space for cultural uses, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and the Director, Real Estate Services; h. the Section 37 Agreement will also secure the following matters as a legal convenience to support the development: i. the Owner will comply with the City's Tree By-laws to the satisfaction of the Supervisor, Tree Protection and Plan Review, Urban Forestry, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; ii. the Owner will provide and maintain a Privately-Owned and Publicly-Accessible Space with an approximate area of 115.9 square metres at the southwest corner of the property, with the specific location, configuration and design secured in a Site Plan Agreement with the City to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as amended and as applicable, Section 41 of the Planning Act, as amended; and iii. prior to the issuance of Site Plan Approval, the Owner shall convey to the City for nominal consideration a public pedestrian easement over the three-metre unobstructed pedestrian clearways along both King Street West and Charlotte Street, to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, and registered to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 4. 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 and 3 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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 9, 2019) 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 Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of: a. the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1, with the remainder of the Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential, as it contains advice subject to solicitor-client privilege; and b. Confidential Attachments 2 and 3.
MM9.24adopted
On Wednesday July 3rd, City Hall was placed in a hold and secure scenario. Thousands of City staff, members of the public, and Members of Council were in City Hall when the lock-down procedure was initiated due to an incident involving a firearm outside of the building. The lock-down initiation left many confused and unsure on what actions should be taken in a security incident. Many members of our City Hall community took an active role in supporting colleagues and implementing the procedures of the lock-down. Their actions should be commended. While no direct harm was caused in this most recent incident, it provides an opportunity for us all to learn and be informed on the appropriate emergency responses. The recommendation in this Motion asks for staff to communicate and tailor the existing, often detailed protocols and procedures into plain-language so that all members of the City of Toronto community can feel better prepared when emergency situations arise. I hope they will never be required.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Director, Corporate Security to make available training opportunities and resource materials on emergency response procedures for all City of Toronto and City Council Members' staff, including but not limited to: a. simplified, plain-language instructions on lock-down, hold and secure, and shelter-in-place procedures tailored to the specific work environments of staff; b. conducting annual drills to enhance emergency preparedness; c. incorporating training into required new employee training packages; d. information on where and how to receive City of Toronto real-time updates on lock-downs and other emergency situations; and e. access to City of Toronto resources and opportunities for drills on the procedures and best practices outlined above.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Director, Corporate Security to make available training opportunities and resource materials on emergency response procedures for all City of Toronto and City Council Members' staff, including but not limited to: a. simplified, plain-language instructions on lock-down, hold and secure, and shelter-in-place procedures tailored to the specific work environments of staff; b. conducting annual drills to enhance emergency preparedness; c. incorporating training into required new employee training packages; d. information on where and how to receive City of Toronto real-time updates on lock-downs and other emergency situations; and e. access to City of Toronto resources and opportunities for drills on the procedures and best practices outlined above.
CC9.25adopted
City Council adopted the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District and St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan (the "St. Lawrence HCD") at its meeting of December 2015. The St. Lawrence HCD was subsequently appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT" or "Tribunal"). The LPAT has scheduled a 14 day hearing on the merits of the St. Lawrence HCD beginning November 12, 2019. This report requests direction from City Council for the LPAT hearing respecting conversion and forecasting issues.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of: a. the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor; and b. Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and other Staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in support of the proposed revised policies to the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District and St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan (the "St. Lawrence HCD") as set out in and substantially in accordance with Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (July 9, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to continue negotiations with other appellants to the St. Lawrence HCD appeal in an effort to resolve all outstanding issues under appeal and to take all necessary steps to bring resolution to the matter, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. Confidential Attachments 2 and 3 to the report (July 9, 2019) 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 9, 2019) 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 confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of: a. the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1, with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential, as it contains advice subject to solicitor-client privilege; and b. Confidential Attachment 2 and 3
MM9.25adopted
For over 20 years, the City of Toronto provided recreational programs, including swim programs, at the former Nelson A. Boylen Collegiate Institute, located at 155 Falstaff Avenue ("the site"). In 2016, the Toronto District School Board declared the site surplus and formally closed the school. As a result, use of the school by the City, including the attached pool, ended in September 2016. The Council approved Facilities and Parks Master Plan identified the need for additional aquatic facilities to address the high demand for aquatic programming. Prior to its closure, this site was well-used by the City, and the community, for recreational programs, including swim programs. The closure of the pool in particular was very disappointing to the community, and the need for this programming to be replaced persists. The Toronto Catholic District School Board has since acquired the site for the relocation of St. Fidelis Catholic School. After a review of options, the Toronto Catholic District School Board has determined that the best way forward is to demolish the existing building, which includes the attached pool building, to construct a new school. A replacement pool is outside of the scope of the Toronto Catholic District School Board's plans, as well as outside of the funding envelope they have been allocated for the new school. A number of meetings have been held between the City and the Toronto Catholic District School Board to discuss the possibility of including a swimming pool in the construction of the new school, and the City's interest in reinstating swim programs at this location. The Toronto Catholic District School Board is advancing design work and wishes to engage the City more formally with respect to this co-development opportunity.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council confirm to the Toronto Catholic District School Board the City's interest in constructing a new swimming facility at 155 Falstaff Avenue as part of the construction of the new St. Fidelis Catholic School. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report to the Economic and Community Development Committee in the fourth quarter of 2019 on the feasibility of co-locating a future aquatic facility at 155 Falstaff Avenue as part of the construction of the new St. Fidelis Catholic School, including the capital funding sources and timelines that would be required to advance this project.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council confirm to the Toronto Catholic District School Board the City's interest in constructing a new swimming facility at 155 Falstaff Avenue as part of the construction of the new St. Fidelis Catholic School. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report to the Economic and Community Development Committee in the fourth quarter of 2019 on the feasibility of co-locating a future aquatic facility at 155 Falstaff Avenue as part of the construction of the new St. Fidelis Catholic School, including the capital funding sources and timelines that would be required to advance this project.
CC9.26adopted
Uxland Development (West) Inc. (the "Applicant") is the owner of lands municipally known as 504 Wellington Street West (the "Subject Site"). The Subject Site is located on Wellington Street West east of Portland Street. The Subject Site currently contains a 3 storey office building with 1,591.5 square metres of office gross floor area ("GFA"). On December 22, 2016, the Applicant submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City proposing to amend former City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86 and City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit the development of a 15 storey office building including retail and service commercial uses at grade (the "Application"). The Application included one Type C loading space and 12 vehicle parking spaces and 37 bicycle parking spaces. A total of 7,552 square metres of office GFA and 310 square metres of retail and commercial GFA were proposed. The office building was proposed to have a total height of 68.8 metres. On October 31, 2017, the Applicant appealed the Application to the Ontario Municipal Board ("OMB") (now known as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT")) as LPAT File No. PL171178. In April 2019, the Applicant submitted to the City a revised proposal for a 13 storey residential building with a height of 45 metres plus mechanical penthouse (the "Revised Proposal"). The Revised Proposal includes 5,434 square metres of residential gross GFA and includes 22 parking spaces located in 3 levels of underground parking. On July 4, 2019, the Applicant's counsel, Davies Howe LLP, submitted to the City Solicitor a with prejudice settlement offer (the "Settlement Offer"). The Settlement Offer proposed a resolution of the LPAT appeal based on the Revised Proposal, which the Applicant recognizes may require further minor modifications in completing the final form of the zoning by-law amendments based on comments from City staff on the latest submission. In order to satisfy their office replacement requirement for the existing office uses on the Subject Property, the Settlement Offer proposes that 1,591.5 square metres of replacement office GFA be included in the proposed development at 482-488 Wellington Street West, which is owned by a sister company of the Applicant. In order to secure the office replacement, the Applicant has agreed to request the LPAT make any final order on the zoning by-law amendment application conditional on the registration of a restrictive covenant in favour of the City and satisfactory to the City Solicitor on title to 482-488 Wellington Street West restricting development of the property unless it includes the required 1,591.5 square metres of office replacement from the Subject Property. The Settlement Offer also proposes to provide cash-in-lieu payment to satisfy the parkland obligations under Section 42 of the Planning Act. The Revised Proposal is described in further detail in the "Comments" section below. The Settlement Offer also confirms that the Wellington Place Neighbourhood Association (the "WPNA") and the Applicant have reached a settlement on the basis of the Revised Proposal. In addition to the City and the Applicant, the WPNA are a party to the LPAT appeal for this matter. The WPNA and the Applicant have entered into minutes of settlement dated April 25, 2019. The Settlement Offer is included as Public Attachment 1 to this report. The architectural plans showing the Revised Proposal dated April 26, 2019 by RAW Design are included as Public Attachment 2 to this report. An LPAT prehearing conference is currently scheduled for August 1, 2019. As part of their minutes of settlement, both the Applicant and the WPNA have agreed to consent to the conversion of the prehearing conference into a settlement hearing. The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the upcoming LPAT hearing. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) 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 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) 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 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer dated July 4, 2019 in Public Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor and as shown on the plans dated April 26, 2019 in Public Attachment 2 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor in principle, subject to the Applicant submitting revised plans showing increased setbacks from the east side lot line to the proposed building between floors 6 and 10 that match or exceed the building setbacks achieved on the west side lot line of the existing building at 500 Wellington Street West and include bicycle parking spaces in accordance with the Toronto Green Standards, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and further subject to the Applicant agreeing to the conditions set out in Part 3 below. 2. City Council, in the event that the Applicant provides the revised plans as described in Part 1 above and agrees to the conditions set out in Part 3 below, authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the Revised Proposed with the further changes described above. 3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold its Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment application until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendments are in a form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. all engineering and transportation matters outlined in their memorandum dated June 20, 2019, including the necessary revisions to Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, have been addressed to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. all Metrolinx matters outlined in the their comments dated May 17, 2019, including the provision of a Noise Study, the inclusion of warning clauses, and the provision of an environmental easement for operational emissions, have been addressed to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with Metrolinx; and d. a restrictive covenant satisfactory to the City Solicitor has been registered on title to the property at 482-488 Wellington Street West restricting the redevelopment of that property unless such development includes a minimum of 1,591.5 square metres of office floor area replacing the office floor area that will be removed as part of the redevelopment of 504 Wellington Street West to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) 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 that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) 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 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM9.26adopted
Two major incidents in apartment buildings in St. James Town have created a significant push by local community organizations and service providers to have the City re-evaluate the neighbourhood for inclusion as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area when the City updates its Strong Neighbourhood Strategy 2020. In 2014, City Council designated 31 neighbourhoods as Neighbourhood Improvement Areas as part of the Strong Neighbourhood Strategy 2020. As part of that work, staff scored 140 neighbourhoods across the City to create a Neighbourhood Equity Score as well as a benchmark to determine which neighbourhoods would be strengthened through the strategy. The 140 neighbourhoods were determined based on grouping Statistics Canada census tracts together. As outlined in a 2014 staff report, neighbourhoods were scored out 100, with a lower score indicating "unnecessary, unfair and unjust differences faced by neighbourhood residents in five key areas: Economic Opportunities, Social Development, Healthy Lives, Participation in Decision-Making and Physical Surroundings." The 31 neighbourhoods that had a score lower than the benchmark score of 42.89 subsequently were approved as Neighbourhood Improvement Areas. The North St. James Town neighbourhood - bounded by Bloor Street to the North, Jarvis Street to the west, Parliament Street to the east and Wellesley Street East to the south - ranked number 39 amongst the 140 neighbourhoods achieving a score of 47.55. This did not qualify the neighbourhood to be included as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area in 2014. Since 2014, residents and community organizations in St. James Town have reported that their low-income neighbourhood continues to struggle. The St. James Town neighbourhood is one of the City's most densely populated neighbourhoods, with a high immigrant population, a lower proportion of post-secondary education and a high proportion of residents living in poverty. Two major incidents in apartment buildings over the past year have left over 1,000 residents displaced from their homes, and many more St. James Town tenants feeling vulnerable. Dual incidents at 650 Parliament Street and 260 Wellesley Street East have stretched community resources thin, and have stressed the challenges with communicating with, and providing services to, an area with a high proportion of new immigrant families that collectively speak over a dozen languages. It is notable that North St. James Town may have received a higher score in 2014 because the geographic boundary for the neighbourhood includes a more affluent portion west of Sherbourne Street. This area is not typically associated with "St. James Town" proper, and metrics such as education and income are significantly higher per the 2016 Census compared to the area east of Sherbourne Street. Its influence on how the City evaluated the neighbourhood likely had a positive effect on the North St. James Town neighbourhood's score, and may have resulted in the neighbourhood not being included as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area in 2014. Including North St. James Town as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area would provide targeted investment in this diverse and resilient community to help improve the lives of residents.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to determine the suitability for the North St. James Town neighbourhood, focusing on the neighbourhood east of Sherbourne Street, to be identified as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area when the next City-wide review to identify Neighbourhood Improvement Areas is complete and report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020 as part of this process.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to determine the suitability for the North St. James Town neighbourhood, focusing on the neighbourhood east of Sherbourne Street, to be identified as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area when the next City-wide review to identify Neighbourhood Improvement Areas is complete and report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020 as part of this process.
CC9.27adopted
On August 9, 2017, a Zoning By-law Amendment application was submitted for the site at 135-143 Portland Street. It proposed a 16-storey (52.7 metres, including mechanical penthouse) mixed use building, with approximately 243 square metres of retail space on the ground floor fronting Portland Street, and 9,216 square metres of residential space above (117 units). The five existing semi-detached and rowhouse buildings on the site would be demolished, other than the façade of 143 Portland Street, which would be retained. The ground floor of the proposed building would be set back approximately 1.5 metres from the west (Portland Street) lot line, which would align with the existing front setback of the dwelling at 143 Portland Street that was proposed to be retained. This setback would continue up to the seventh floor of the building along Portland Street, above which it would step back slightly at each floor, reaching a maximum setback of approximately 2.5 metres from the Portland Street lot line at the sixteenth floor. The second through fourth floors would include projecting balconies that extend up to the Portland Street property line to a height of approximately 13.9 metres. Inset balconies were proposed on all levels above the fourth floor. On the western (front) half of the proposed building, there would be no setbacks from the north and south lot lines. On the eastern (rear) half of the proposed building, there would be no setbacks from the north and south lot lines up to the ninth floor, above which there would be approximately 1.5 metre setbacks. There would be a 1.2 metre setback from the eastern lot line along the laneway up to the ninth floor. Projecting balconies were proposed within this setback area up to the property line. There would be a 4.5 metre setback at the tenth floor, which is reduced to a 1.5 metre setback for the eleventh through fifteenth floors. Approximately 215 square metres of outdoor amenity space (1.8 square metres per unit) and 143 square metres of indoor amenity space (1.2 square metres per unit) were proposed on the sixteenth storey. Vehicular access to the site would be provided from the laneway along the east side of the building. Two parking elevators would provide access to 24 parking spaces in two underground levels for residents. No visitor parking was proposed. One hundred eighteen bicycle parking spaces would be provided on one underground level, of which 106 would be for residents and 12 would be for visitors, and four spaces would be provided on the ground floor associated with the retail space. On December 7, 2017, the applicant appealed the application to the Ontario Municipal Board (the "OMB"), now continued as 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 ten-day LPAT hearing that is scheduled to commence October 8, 2019. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1, and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) 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 recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, as follows: 1. City Council accept the settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor (together, the "Revised Proposal") and City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to support the Revised Proposal, subject to Parts 2 to 8 below. 2. City Council accept cash-in-lieu of a parkland contribution pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act and Chapter 415, Article III of the Toronto Municipal Code. 3. City Council authorize the introduction of a By-law authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 139, 141 and 143 Portland Street. 4. In the event that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to withhold the issuance of any Order(s) until such time as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto East York District and the City Solicitor; b. the owner has provided a revised Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the without prejudice plans and drawings dated July 12, 2019, prepared by CoreArchitects and the Settlement Offer dated July 12, 2019 for the development site, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services; c. the owner has provided a Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the required Heritage Impact Assessment for the properties at 139, 141 and 143 Portland Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services; d. the owner has entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 139, 141 and 143 Portland Street in accordance with an approved Conservation Plan, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, including execution and registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; e. the Toronto Preservation Board has considered and City Council has made a decision on whether to designate the heritage properties at 139, 141 and 143 Portland Street, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act; in the event that any of properties are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Order will also be withheld until City Council, in consultation with the Toronto Preservation Board, approves the required alterations to the designated heritage properties pursuant to Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to permit construction of the proposed development of the site; f. the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has dealt with a future Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act to demolish the existing rental dwelling units at 135-143 Portland Street and such matters arising from the future Rental Housing Demolition Application have been secured in a Section 111 Agreement to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and registered on title to the site to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; g. the owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and supporting documents, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; and h. the owner has designed and provided financial securities for any upgrades and/or required improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the accepted Functional Servicing Report, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades to such infrastructure are required to support this development. 5. Upon issuance of a final Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Order, City Council direct that the owner be required to immediately withdraw: a. its appeal(s) of the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District Plan, as they relate to 135-143 Portland Street, 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; and b. its appeals of Official Plan Amendment 352, and By-laws 1106-2016 and 1107-2016 as they relate to 135-143 Portland Street. 6. City Council direct that the following matters be resolved in the Site Plan Approval: a. the owner will secure the required 0.56 metre conveyance of land for a lane widening to be dedicated to the City at no cost to the City, free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments and in acceptable environmental condition, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; b. the owner will be required to secure screening and other mitigation measures for the loading facilities at grade, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; c. the owner will be required to articulate the blank walls on the north and south sides of the building and the soffit around the heritage properties to soften their appearance and provide visual interest to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services; and d. the owner will provide a construction management plan satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor. 7. City Council direct staff to take such action as may be necessary to provide relief from the King Spadina Heritage Conservation District, Official Plan Amendment 352 and By-laws 1106-2016 and 1107-2016 as may be required to permit the Proposed Development, or otherwise provide for necessary relief from such instruments in order to permit the Proposed Development to be constructed in a manner that implements the terms of this settlement. 8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) 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 15, 2019) 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 15, 2019) 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, Confidential Appendix "A", and Confidential Appendix "B", 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.
MM9.27adopted
This Motion is to permit the City to enter into a contract with the developer of 1630 Queen Street East to coordinate construction for required upgrades to the City's right of way, as part of the sidewalk widening already required under the post-approval Site Plan conditions for the development. Toronto Hydro is upgrading its overhead infrastructure along Queen Street East, east of Coxwell Avenue. New, taller and wider poles are being installed to rise the wires, to increase capacity and to avoid conflicts with trees and adjacent properties. The north side sidewalks are extremely narrow and the curb lane is very wide (almost 6.0 metres in width). Transportation Services staff have identified an opportunity to widen the sidewalks to improve the future condition of the evolving main street, but could not widen the sidewalks in order to meet the timelines set by Toronto Hydro. The poles are currently protected through temporary measures. Collaboration with the 1630 Queen Street East project would allow for sidewalk widening to take place as part of the 1630 Queen Street East streetscape project. In order for this opportunity to be realized, City Council authority is required to enter into a two-step design and construction agreement allowing City divisions to provide additional funding to the streetscape contract. Leveraging onsite resources and coordination with the development is expected to expedite completion of the streetscape, reduce disruption, reduce costs and reduce reliance on City resources to administer this work. All agreements will be subject to establishing a fair and reasonable price based on estimated quantities and unit prices for similar work and compliance with City standards and policies, including but not limited to the Fair Wage Policy. The developer has agreed to investigate opportunities to add streetscape amenities along this section subject to funding availability and constructability.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute an agreement, or separate agreements, with 1630 Queen Developments Limited and MSI Management Limited and/or their design consultants and/or construction contractors as the case may be, to design and/or construct streetscape improvements on the north side of Queen Street East from Coxwell Avenue to the westerly property line of 1630 Queen Street East, and from the easterly property line of 1630 Queen Street East, eastward to just west of Orchard Park Boulevard, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, including the following: a. in designing the streetscape improvements any party identified by the General Manager, Transportation Services to be consulted shall be consulted; b. the improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the City's construction standards and with detailed plans approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. all relevant City policies as applicable, including the City's Fair Wage Policy, the Labour Trades Construction Obligations in the Construction Industry Policy and the Declaration of Compliance with Anti-Harassment/Discrimination Legislation Policy, if applicable, shall be complied within the design and construction of the streetscape improvements; and d. the negotiated fees and costs for all Agreements to design and construct the streetscape improvements shall be fair and reasonable in the opinion of the General Manager, Transportation Services based on the work involved to implement the improvements and costs for similar work completed in the past.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute an agreement, or separate agreements, with 1630 Queen Developments Limited and MSI Management Limited and/or their design consultants and/or construction contractors as the case may be, to design and/or construct streetscape improvements on the north side of Queen Street East from Coxwell Avenue to the westerly property line of 1630 Queen Street East, and from the easterly property line of 1630 Queen Street East, eastward to just west of Orchard Park Boulevard, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, including the following: a. in designing the streetscape improvements any party identified by the General Manager, Transportation Services to be consulted shall be consulted; b. the improvements shall be constructed in accordance with the City's construction standards and with detailed plans approved by the General Manager, Transportation Services; c. all relevant City policies as applicable, including the City's Fair Wage Policy, the Labour Trades Construction Obligations in the Construction Industry Policy and the Declaration of Compliance with Anti-Harassment/Discrimination Legislation Policy, if applicable, shall be complied with in the design and construction of the streetscape improvements; and d. the negotiated fees and costs for all Agreements to design and construct the streetscape improvements shall be fair and reasonable in the opinion of the General Manager, Transportation Services based on the work involved to implement the improvements and costs for similar work completed in the past.
CC9.28adopted
6020 and 6030 Bathurst Street - Zoning By-law Amendment Application - Request for Directions
The applicant appealed its Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Ontario Municipal Board, now the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "Tribunal") on March 28, 2018 for City Council's failure to make a decision on the application prior to the lapsing of the statutory time period. Notwithstanding recent amendments to the Planning Act, the Tribunal will maintain jurisdiction over the appeal according to the rules of the former Ontario Municipal Board. Further direction from City Council is required on this matter which has been appealed to the Tribunal.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in the City Solicitor's sole discretion, to disclose the contents of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices C and D to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor and direct that Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential subject to the owner's consent to release those documents in whole or in part. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B, C and D to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to litigation or potential litigation that affects the City of Toronto and they contain advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege . The contents of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) will be made public at the City Solicitor's sole discretion. Confidential Appendices C and D to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor. Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor will be made public subject to the owner's consent to release those documents in whole or in part.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends: 1. City Council adopt confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in her sole discretion, to disclose the contents of Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix "C", and Confidential Appendix "D" but Confidential Appendix "A" and Confidential Appendix "B" shall remain confidential subject to the owner's consent to release those documents in whole or in part.
MM9.28adopted
Toronto is the most diverse City in the world and home to approximately 70,000 Indigenous persons, making it one of the largest Indigenous urban populations in Canada. Indigenous people's history can be traced back thousands of years, yet, unlike neighbourhoods such as Chinatown or Little Italy established by newer immigrants and recent Business Improvement Area organizing, there is no formally recognized Indigenous business and cultural area in the City, despite Toronto being a City historically created on treaty and Indigenous land. In 2012, early discussions about creating an Indigenous business centre and cultural district in Toronto began when the ward Councillor and local Indigenous community members met to explore the viability of the idea. A year later, the Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto through an enabling grant from Metcalf, hired an Indigenous-owned firm to study the feasibility of creating an Indigenous Business and Cultural District along Dundas Street East in the downtown neighbourhood of the Garden District. Through consultation and interviews with Indigenous leaders and business owners in Toronto, The Aboriginal Economic Development Project report help set the foundation for the work ahead by identifying key areas of importance, including the keen community interest to redesign, revision, and rethink Indigenous business and entrepreneurship within an innovative and contemporary mindset. That same year in 2013, the ward Councillor worked with City Planning to identify a new development at 200 Dundas Street East as a potential location for the Indigenous business centre and incubator. Over a period of five years, with community support and through extensive Section 37 and community benefits negotiation with the developer, the partial first and second floor of the building's podium, initially 14,000 square feet and growing to 16,000 and eventually designed to an expansive 20,000 square feet, was secured by the City of Toronto to become an incubator and co-working space dedicated to serving Indigenous entrepreneurs and the local Indigenous community. Construction for the overall development is well underway with the City taking possession of its dedicated space in 2019. Working with local Indigenous leadership towards an opening by early 2021, it is anticipated that the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be among the largest incubators dedicated to serving Indigenous entrepreneurs in North America and possibly the world. The new Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will enable Indigenous-owned business operators and entrepreneurs to work with the broader community to access Indigenous-led services, technology and talent through virtual and physical co-working locations. It will also serve as an anchor for what could become Canada's first-ever urban Indigenous Business and Cultural District, accelerating the transformation of the Dundas Street East corridor into a world leader for Indigenous innovation and business leadership. The Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be a culturally and technology rich environment to support the incubation of start-ups led by Indigenous majority-owned businesses, enhancing economic development by making it a physical hub and meeting place for Indigenous entrepreneurs, industry partners, customers and more. Technology-enabled meeting and convening physical and virtual spaces will serve connections across the Greater Toronto Area and to Indigenous communities in and outside of Toronto, across Canada and around the world. The Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will develop wide-ranging training programmes delivered in partnership with universities, colleges and other educational institutions to help Indigenous entrepreneurs scale-up their businesses, and reach local, regional, national and international markets. The Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will be an Indigenous-led and operated entity with an initial program offering, which will be expanded over time. In the interim, City staff will work with a Leadership Advisory Circle comprised of local Indigenous leaders and entrepreneurs to develop the business plan, design and construction plans, and governance structure. The Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an important initiative to advance economic opportunity for Indigenous people in the City of Toronto with significant federal funding proposed for the project.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in anticipation of a favourable Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship funding grant announcement by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to enter into and administer a funding agreement with FedDev Ontario for up to $5,000,000 in federal support, via a non-repayable contribution, for the period April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024. 2. City Council increase the 2019 Approved Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture and associated service levels by $1,150,000.00 gross and $0 net; future year allocations will be included in future year budget submissions for Economic Development and Culture. 3. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to seek and receive future funding from the federal government for the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to receive and expend those funds as specified through the funding agreements accompanying the funding. 4. City Council direct the City Manager, working with the Manager, Indigenous Affairs Office, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee by second quarter of 2020 on the progress of the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship project.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in anticipation of a favourable Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship funding grant announcement by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to enter into and administer a funding agreement with FedDev Ontario for up to $5,000,000 in federal support, via a non-repayable contribution, for the period April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024. 2. City Council increase the 2019 Approved Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture and associated service levels by $1,150,000.00 gross and $0 net; future year allocations will be included in future year budget submissions for Economic Development and Culture. 3. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to seek and receive future funding from the federal government for the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to receive and expend those funds as specified through the funding agreements accompanying the funding. 4. City Council direct the City Manager, working with the Manager, Indigenous Affairs Office, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee by second quarter of 2020 on the progress of the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship project.
CC9.29adopted
The applicant appealed its Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Ontario Municipal Board, now the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "Tribunal"), on September 15, 2017 for City Council's failure to make a decision on the application prior to the lapsing of the statutory time period. Notwithstanding recent amendments to the Planning Act, the Tribunal will maintain jurisdiction over the appeal according to the rules of the former Ontario Municipal Board. Further direction from City Council is required on this matter which has been appealed to the Tribunal.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in the City Solicitor's sole discretion, to disclose the contents of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices C and D to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor and direct that Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor shall remain confidential subject to the owner's consent to release those documents in whole or in part. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A, B, C and D to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to litigation or potential litigation that affects the City of Toronto and they contain advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The contents of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices C and D to the report (July 15, 2019) will be made public at the City Solicitor's sole discretion. Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 15, 2019) from the City Solicitor will be made public subject to the owner's consent to release those documents in whole or in part.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends: 1. City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. If the confidential recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in her sole discretion, to disclose the contents of Confidential Attachment 1, Confidential Appendix "C", and Confidential Appendix "D" but Confidential Appendix "A" and Confidential Appendix "B" shall remain confidential subject to the owner's consent to release those documents in whole or in part.
MM9.29adopted
The Bloor East Neighbourhood Association and the Upper Jarvis Neighbourhood Association have requested a review of two related issues on Sherbourne Street between Bloor Street East and Howard Street. The first is to review the location of the traffic signals and crosswalks on Sherbourne at Howard Street to potentially move or include hte Selby Street intersection, which they believe will create significant pedestrian improvements. Second, by moving the traffic signal, they want the Toronto Transit Commission to review its southbound 75 Sherbourne route to determine whether a safer location for transit users to queue can be created. Selby Street and Howard Street create a "jog" on Sherbourne Street that has been of concern for residents for many years. There have been discussions about the potential to turn Selby Street into partial two-way operation and to adjust the location of the traffic signals to create an intersection that would improve pedestrian and vehicular movements. An upcoming development at 603-611 Sherboune Street is planning to create a privately-owned, publicly accessible space whose main entrance would roughly align with the north sidewalk on Selby Street. Moving the crosswalk and traffic signal would therefore improve pedestrian access to this future privately-owned, publicly accessible space. In addition, the Bloor East Neighbourhood Association would like to have the existing southbound bus stop for Toronto Transit Commission 75 Sherbourne at Bloor Street East and Sherbourne Street reviewed. The southbound bus stop at Bloor Street East and Sherbourne Street is very close to what is already a busy intersection, creating a crush of pedestrians on what is a narrow sidewalk during rush hour. The Bloor East Neighbourhood Association would like to explore with Transportation Services and the Toronto Transit Commission whether realigned lights at Sherbourne Street and Selby Street could adjust the southbound stop to improve Toronto Transit Commission operations and improve pedestrian safety.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in conjunction and in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, adjacent resident associations and other divisions as required, to review pedestrian and traffic safety on Sherbourne Street between Bloor Street East and Howard Street, including reviewing the Sherbourne Street intersection at Selby Street and Howard Street, potential two-way operation on Selby Street and the southbound 75 Sherbourne Toronto Transit Commission bus route at Bloor Street East and Sherbourne Street and to report back with changes to improve pedestrian safety to the December 3, 2019 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in conjunction and in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, adjacent resident associations and other divisions as required, to review pedestrian and traffic safety on Sherbourne Street between Bloor Street East and Howard Street, including reviewing the Sherbourne Street intersection at Selby Street and Howard Street, potential two-way operation on Selby Street and the southbound 75 Sherbourne TTC bus route at Bloor Street East and Sherbourne Street and to report back with changes to improve pedestrian safety to the December 3, 2019 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.
MM9.30amended
Disruption and public access restriction to more than half the Ashbridges Bay Park area located in Ward 14 due to construction activities related to the Don River and Central Waterfront Tunnel system as well as the new Integrated Pumping Station servicing the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant will significantly impair public enjoyment of the park area for the next ten years. An existing recreational rugby field has already been relocated to accommodate the construction activity. This Motion seeks to grant authority and instruct the General Manager, Toronto Water and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to develop and construct an 18 metre by 27 metre temporary basketball court (four min-courts) in accordance with specifications and standards to be provided by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. The court is to be constructed on the east side of the Ashbridges Bay Park property north of the new rugby field, easily accessible from Coxwell Avenue and will supplement the already existing skate board park at the corner of Lakeshore Boulevard East and Coxwell Avenue. The basketball court will be constructed as a temporary facilities pending the development of a future Master Plan and further redevelopment of the park once the Toronto Water construction activities are completed in 2030. The preliminary estimate developed by Parks, Forestry and Recreation staff for the proposed court is in the range of $140,000 to $200,000 and can be accommodated within the existing Don and Central Waterfront construction contract or one of the first two construction contracts related to the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Integrated Pumping Station. This Motion will grant authority to Toronto Water, Engineering and Construction Services and Parks, Forestry and Recreation staff to finalize the design and, retain engineering services, seek quotes from one or more contractors, and grant authority to Engineering and Construction Services staff to award the work to contractor(s) best able to construct the works on a timely basis and within the estimated cost developed by Parks, Forestry and Recreation.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the development, design and construction of a public basketball court on the Ashbridges Bay Park property at a location determined by and suitable to Toronto Water. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Toronto Water, in consultation with the local Ward 14 and 19 Councillors and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to finalize the design of a basketball court to be located on the Ashbridges Bay Park property. 3. City Council direct that funds for the work be allocated from the contingency allowances included in the existing Don River and Central Waterfront Contract 1 and/or the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Integrated Pumping Stations Contracts 1 and 2. 4. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to execute the necessary change orders to implement the project. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to develop a Master Recreation Plan for the park, in consultation with General Manager Toronto Water, the local Ward 14 and 19 Councillors, other stakeholders and the local community, to be ready upon completion of the construction activities related to the Don River and Central Waterfront Tunnel system as well as the new Integrated Pumping Station.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the development, design and construction of a public basketball court on the Ashbridges Bay Park property at a location determined by and suitable to Toronto Water. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Toronto Water, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to finalize the design of a basketball court to be located on the Ashbridges Bay Park property. 3. City Council direct that funds for the work be allocated from the contingency allowances included in the existing Don River and Central Waterfront Contract 1 and/or the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Integrated Pumping Stations Contracts 1 and 2. 4. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to execute the necessary change orders to implement the project. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to develop a Master Recreation Plan for the park, in consultation with General Manager Toronto Water, the local Ward Councillor, other stakeholders and the local community, to be ready upon completion of the construction activities related to the Don River and Central Waterfront Tunnel system as well as the new Integrated Pumping Station.
MM9.31adopted
The St. Lawrence Neighbourhood has seen significant growth, along with necessary investments to replace aging infrastructure. This has made it challenging to coordinate projects, instigated by public and private parties that often need to occupy the same right-of-way. There are currently two active projects and a number of potential future projects within the small geographic area between Yonge Street, King Street East, Church Street and Wellington Street East. These projects require the coordination of multiple City divisions, private development, local stakeholders and residents to ensure timely delivery while creating minimal disruption. Those projects include: a. the coordination of streetscape work on Wellington Street East, as set out in TE20.44, "Road Alterations - Wellington Street East, Church Street, and Front Street Intersection" as approved by City Council in December 13, 2016 . This project, strongly advocated for by St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area, has involved significant coordination with Toronto Hydro, Enbridge Gas and the Toronto Transit Commission to ensure construction can begin in Summer 2020; b. the coordination of Carttera Private Equities Inc.'s project at 65 King Street East , which requires coordination with the Toronto Transit Commission's track replacement work on Church Street and planned elevator installations at Yonge Street and Colborne Street to ensure the movement of trucks in and out of the Carttera's Colborne Street staging area; and c. proposed future streetscape improvements on Colborne Street and other roads, as well as a new potential PATH connection between 65 King Street East and existing PATH connections on Yonge Street. Limited coordination work has already been taking place within existing divisions, developers and agencies to deliver the above work, but a broader remit and membership through this working group will allow for more timely coordination and potentially permit innovative solutions to address stakeholder needs while minimizing the impact on residents, businesses and traffic.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, through the Major Capital Infrastructure Coordination Office, to immediately form a monthly working group with membership to include Engineering and Construction Services, Transportation Services, Toronto Hydro, the Toronto Transit Commission, the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association, the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area, Carttera Developments Inc., Enbridge Gas, the Ward Councillor and any additional stakeholders as required to facilitate the timely coordination of planned and future infrastructure and development between the area bounded by Yonge Street, King Street East, Church Street and Wellington Street East.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, through the Major Capital Infrastructure Coordination Office, to immediately form a monthly working group with membership to include Engineering and Construction Services, Transportation Services, Toronto Hydro, the Toronto Transit Commission, the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association, the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area, Carttera Developments Inc., Enbridge Gas, the Ward Councillor and any additional stakeholders as required to facilitate the timely coordination of planned and future infrastructure and development between the area bounded by Yonge Street, King Street East, Church Street and Wellington Street East.
MM9.32adopted
Building the Chinatown Gates - by Mayor John Tory, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy
Toronto is home to a thriving, vibrant Chinatown in the heart of our downtown core. Every day, residents flock to this area to enjoy the authentic food and culture that this area offers. Chinatown Gates serve as a major tourist attraction for cities worldwide. Serving as a gateway to our community, residents across the City and visitors alike will come to Chinatown to visit, shop and take pictures with the Chinatown Gate. By starting this process with City staff, we may see how we can bring this project to life, in concert with members of the Chinese community who are eager to participate.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development to initiate a working group composed of staff from Transportation Services, the Toronto Transit Commission and the Economic Development and Culture Division, to work with the Toronto Chinatown Gate Heritage Association on a feasibility and implementation strategy for the Chinatown Gates. 2. City Council direct that any cost implications of the feasibility study for the Chinatown Gates be considered as part of the 2020 budget process.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor John Tory, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager of Economic Development to initiate a working group composed of staff from Transportation Services, the Toronto Transit Commission and Economic Development and Culture, to work with the Toronto Chinatown Gate Heritage Association on a feasibility and implementation strategy for the Chinatown Gates. 2. City Council direct that any cost implications of the feasibility study for the Chinatown Gates be considered as part of the 2020 budget process.
MM9.33adopted
There is a long history of disturbing noise from the licenced premises at 11 Polson Street (the "Premises") on the residents of Ward's and Algonquin Islands (the "Toronto Islands"): From 1996 to 2006, the Premises was occupied by Docks on Cherry (the "Docks"). The Docks contained an indoor licenced area for approximately 3000 patrons, and an outdoor licenced area for approximately 7000 patrons. On July 24, 2006, following a 26-day hearing held at the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the liquor licence for the Premises was revoked. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario determined that it was not in the public interest having regards to the needs and wishes of the residents for the Docks to retain its liquor licence. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario based their decision primarily on the evidence of several residents of the Toronto Islands regarding repeated noise impacts from the Docks on their daily lives. The noise originated from both indoor and outdoor music events at the Premises that included concerts and festival events. On October 25, 2007, Polson Entertainment Inc. applied for a new liquor licence at the Premises. The City and the Toronto Island Noise Committee objected to the application. In advance of a hearing at the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, Polson Pier, the Toronto Island Noise Committee and the City reached a settlement on conditions that were placed on the licence. There were minimal noise impacts between 2007 and 2013. The licence was then transferred to Maya Corp., and starting in late summer 2013 noise impacts from the licenced outdoor area, now named the Cabana Pool Bar, have been felt by the Toronto Island residents. In May 2015, Powerhouse Corporation (Powerhouse), a corporation 75 percent owned by Maya Corp., applied for a brand new liquor licence for the Premises even though the Premises continued to operate under the Maya Corp. licence. The City, the Toronto Island Noise Committee and the York Quay Neighbourhood Association objected to the application and a 17-day hearing occurred throughout 2017 at the Licence Appeal Tribunal. The Licence Appeal Tribunal directed the then Registrar of Alcohol, Gaming and Racing to issue the new licence, but with an imposed condition that no amplified sound be permitted on the outdoor licenced area. In the decision, the three-member panel concluded that noise from the Cabana Pool Bar cannot be contained so that it would not disturb the Toronto Island residents. The Licence Appeal Tribunal decision has been appealed to Divisional Court. Currently, the Premises continues to operate under the Maya Corp. liquor licence that permits amplified sound on the outdoor licenced area between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. daily but prohibits outdoor events and any emission of sound from the outdoor licenced area from being audible on the Toronto Islands. Toronto Island residents continue to be disturbed by noise from the Cabana Pool Bar, and have submitted nine packages of noise logs from the Toronto Island Noise Committee to the Alcohol and Gaming Commissioner of Ontario between July 6, 2014, and June 3, 2018. As well, there have been two convictions under the City's Noise By-law, and an additional charge pending. The evidence provided to the Alcohol and Gaming Commissioner of Ontario appears to demonstrate a violation of conditions attached to the licence, and section 46 of Regulation 719, that prohibits noise from a licenced outdoor area "that arises directly or indirectly from entertainment on the premises or from the sale and service of liquor to disturb persons who reside near the premises". Yet, it appears that no disciplinary action has ever been brought forward for this liquor licence by the Alcohol and Gaming Commissioner of Ontario. To determine if any disciplinary action has been brought forward by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and to determine if the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is enforcing the conditions attached to the Maya Corp. liquor licence, City Council should direct the City Solicitor to write to the Registrar of Alcohol, Cannabis and Racing, and to report on the Registrar's response to the October 2 and 3, 2019 meeting of City Council. Urgent consideration is being requested as residents of the Toronto Islands continue to be disturbed by noise from the Cabana Pool Bar.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to determine from the Registrar of Alcohol, Cannabis and Racing if the conditions attached to the liquor licence for Maya Corp. at 11 Polson Street are being enforced by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, and if any disciplinary action has been brought forward to Maya Corp. for violations of section 46 of Regulation 719, or for a breach of the conditions attached to the liquor licence. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to report on the response of the Registrar of Alcohol, Cannabis and Gaming directly to the October 2 and 3, 2019 meeting of City Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to determine from the Registrar of Alcohol, Cannabis and Racing if the conditions attached to the liquor licence for Maya Corp. at 11 Polson Street are being enforced by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, and if any disciplinary action has been brought forward to Maya Corp. for violations of section 46 of Regulation 719, or for a breach of the conditions attached to the liquor licence. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to report on the response of the Registrar of Alcohol, Cannabis and Gaming directly to the October 2and 3, 2019 meeting of City Council.
MM9.34adopted
Toronto is one of the most diverse Cities in the world and home to approximately 100,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit, making it one of the largest Indigenous urban populations in Canada. Indigenous people's history can be traced back thousands of years, yet, there is very little visibility of these diverse and vibrant Indigenous communities in the City, despite Toronto being a city created on treaty and Indigenous land. The traditional keepers of the land, the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Anishinaabe have a relationship of 15,000+ years in the making. Yet, when we walk down our City streets, through our parks, and in our institutions, we are hard-pressed to see that history, culture and relationship reflected. Thoughtfully considering Indigenous naming is a part of the City of Toronto's broader efforts in Indigenous place-making. The Place-Making initiative emerges from ongoing work led by City staff, partner agencies and Indigenous leaders and activists to better reflect the City's commitment to truth and reconciliation in parks and the public realm, and catalyzed in a request from the Parks and Environment Committee to develop an "Indigenous Place-Making Framework". Indigenous place-making has begun to focus on four priorities: 1. expanding and ensuring presentation and commemoration of Indigenous histories and cultures; 2. creating space - physically, and in process and policy - for ceremony, teaching and community; 3. strengthening Indigenous connections with lands and waters, both traditionally and contemporarily used; and 4. building capacity for land-based Indigenous engagement, and for greater cultural competency in staff leadership. These principles distill to four focus areas: places and naming, public art, policy and capacity and consultation. In consultation with the local community, this newly built community represents a unique for the residents of Don Valley North to honour the Wendat Nation and to make a sizeable and spiritual contribution to indigenous place-making in the City of Toronto. Through initial conversations with the Wendat community they have suggested the park and adjacent street be renamed to Ethennonnhawahstihnen' [et-hen-nonn-ha-wah-stih-nen'], which means 'where they had a good, beautiful life'. Wendat place names typically reflect the geological features of the landscape or document events that occurred there. A significant Wendat archaeological site, the Moatfield Site, is only 500-800 metres from this park and adjacent street. One of the striking things about this site was the presence of many people who lived over the age of 50, which was not the case at many other sites. The inhabitants lived in good health, there was less violence and warfare compared to other sites. Indigenous place-making looks different depending on the context of its surroundings and community. Each project is shaped uniquely by the communities interacting with it. As such, the following recommendation is not only an essential component of truth and reconciliation; it is also a necessary one. This Motion is urgent in order to permit work on the feasibility of the renaming to begin prior to the opening of the park.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Manager, Indigenous Affairs Office, to investigate the feasibility of renaming Woodsy Park located at 80 McMahon Drive to Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park and report back to the North York Community Council with a recommendation based on the criteria and process outlined in the Property Naming Policy. 2. City Council waive Section 3.3.5 of the Property Policy which says City properties that have been named or renamed in the previous ten years will not be renamed. 3. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation the Manager, Indigenous Affairs Office, to investigate the feasibility of renaming Woodsy Park Lane to Ethennonnhawahstihnen Lane and report back to the North York Community Council with a recommendation based on the criteria and process outlined in the Street Naming Policy. 4. City Council express its support for the renaming of "Woodsy Park Lane", extending between Sheppard Avenue East and McMahon Drive, to "Ethennonnhawahstihnen Lane".
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Manager, Indigenous Affairs Office, to investigate the feasibility of renaming Woodsy Park located at 80 McMahon Drive to Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park and report back to the North York Community Council with a recommendation based on the criteria and process outlined in the Property Naming Policy. 2. City Council waive Section 3.3.5 of the Property Policy which says City properties that have been named or renamed in the previous ten years will not be renamed. 3. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation the Manager, Indigenous Affairs Office, to investigate the feasibility of renaming Woodsy Park Lane to Ethennonnhawahstihnen Lane and report back to the North York Community Council with a recommendation based on the criteria and process outlined in the Street Naming Policy. 4. City Council express its support for the renaming of "Woodsy Park Lane", extending between Sheppard Avenue East and McMahon Drive, to "Ethennonnhawahstihnen Lane".
MM9.35adopted
The approved Zoning By-law 1182-2016 permits a mixed use development in three residential buildings with heights of 26 storeys (Building D), 34 storeys (Building A) and 43 storeys (Building B), as well as a four-storey retail building (Building C) at the southwest corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Consumers Road. Buildings A and B are connected through a five-storey residential podium. The Zoning By-law permits a maximum gross floor area of 83,500 square metres including a maximum gross floor area of 18,750 square metres for non-residential uses and a total of 1,100 dwellings units. A new 2,140 square metre centrally-located park with frontage on Consumers Road and Yorkland Boulevard and a new north-south public street are also proposed as part of the development. In 2017, the applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment to seek variances to the approved Zoning By-law in order to permit, among other things, an increase in the dwelling units from 1,100 to 1,200 units. On March 9, 2018, the Chief Planner approved the draft plan of subdivision application, in accordance with Delegated Approval By-law 229-2000. The City and the Owner, entered into a Section 37 Agreement dated September 28, 2015 (the "Section 37 Agreement") as a result of increased height and density. The Section 37 Agreement requires the Owner to complete construction of the mixed-use development in phases. The Section 37 agreement stipulates that either of residential Building D or residential Buildings A and B may constitute the first phase of development. Following that first phase of development for either of those buildings, no further above-grade building permits for the remaining residential building(s) are to be issued until an above-grade building permit is issued for the retail building (Building C). The construction of the public street and the conveyance of the park block are to occur prior to the registration of the draft plan of subdivision. The Site and Buildings are shown on the attached extracted zoning by-law map. The Owner has chosen to construct Building D as the first phase of development. The construction of Building D is complete. Construction of the new public street is complete. The park block has been constructed to base park condition and above-base park construction will begin this summer. The Owners have advised that attracting a suitable retail tenant to occupy the retail building has been challenging. The opportunity to build one further residential building on the site in advance of the retail building provides further certainty to support attracting retail tenants. The provision of the Section 37 Community Benefits identified in the Section 37 agreement not previously provided would also be required to be provided in advance of the next above-grade building permit for the second residential building. Such community benefits include a cash contribution of $850,000.00 for capital improvements to the Pleasant View Toronto Public Library branch and the cash contribution of $1,000,000.00 towards streetscape improvements in the Consumers Business Park in the immediate vicinity of the Site. The Owner has proposed that the original Section 37 Agreement be amended by amending the agreement to provide an alternative phasing of development to allow for the construction of one additional residential building (either Building A or B, including associated podium), prior to the construction of the retail building (Building C) and the contribution of the community benefits earlier than stipulated in the Section 37 Agreement. The third and final residential building would be constructed after the construction of Building C. City Staff and the City Solicitor agree with this approach and seek instruction from City Council. This matter is time sensitive as City staff require the appropriate direction from City Council on the processing of a Site Plan Application for the second residential building on the lands, for which City staff have been advised will be submitted prior to the next available City Council meeting.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the Section 37 Agreement for 2135 Sheppard Avenue East and 299 Yorkland Boulevard to permit an alternative phasing of development which would permit the construction of either of Building A or Building B (including the associated podium), prior to the issuance of an Above-Grade Building Permit for Building C and, where the Owner elects to do so, to require the cash contribution of the outstanding community benefits identified in the Section 37 Agreement not yet provided, prior to the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit for the second Building.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Josh Matlow, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the Section 37 Agreement for 2135 Sheppard Avenue East and 299 Yorkland Boulevard to permit an alternative phasing of development which would permit the construction of either of Building A or Building B (including the associated podium), prior to the issuance of an Above-Grade Building Permit for Building C and, where the Owner elects to do so, to require the cash contribution of the outstanding community benefits identified in the Section 37 Agreement not yet provided, prior to the issuance of the first Above-Grade Building Permit for the second Building.
MM9.36amended
In decades past, many of Toronto's neighbourhoods housed more people than they do today. Shrinking family sizes and changing demographics have reduced the population in many neighbourhoods. To allow residents to age in their communities, and to accommodate more people in their underused houses and to provide alternative forms of housing, we must examine the means by which we can expand permissions to construct the so-called 'Missing Middle' housing form. The Missing Middle refers to housing forms that range from duplexes to low-rise walk-up apartments many of which can be found in a number of Toronto's neighbourhoods today. Areas of Toronto designated as Neighbourhoods in the Official Plan, and coloured yellow in the land use plan map, are referred to as the 'Yellowbelt.' Toronto has made significant strides in the last several years to expand housing options in the City's neighbourhoods including approving laneway housing and secondary suites. These changes have added the potential for thousands of additional units to be created in neighbourhoods without significant impacts. It is imperative that we continue to look for ways to allow gentle density throughout the City to alleviate the demand for housing and to build a more equitable City.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee in the fourth quarter of 2019 on options and a timeline to increase housing options and planning permissions in areas of Toronto designated as Neighbourhoods in Toronto's Official Plan and that Planning staff consult with registered community associations prior to submitting their report. 2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to include in the report back in Part 1 above opportunities for a missing middle pilot area in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, in consultation with the local Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor John Tory, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee in the fourth quarter of 2019 on options and a timeline to increase housing options and planning permissions in areas of Toronto designated as Neighbourhoods in Toronto's Official Plan.
MM9.37adopted
Preserving our City's heritage, and finding creative ways to enhance our public space, are both of critical importance as we continue to build our City and our communities for future generations. In so many of our downtown communities, we continue our work to find creative ways to both preserve the past, while creatively building for the future. Located on the west side of Ossington Avenue, in the first block north of Queen Street, the building at 16 Ossington Avenue was constructed in 1878 as a fire hall. Originally known as Fire Hall No. 9, the City of Toronto commissioned new fire halls in tandem with the expansion of the City, numbering the facilities in order of their appearance. Fire Hall No. 9 was decommissioned in the late 1960s, and it is the oldest intact fire hall in the former City of Toronto. The building is now leased to the University Health Network, and provides critical support for community members, and the City as a whole. Archival photographs of the building depict a clock on top of the hose-drying tower, but it is not known what year the clock was removed. At the same time, the Toronto Parking Authority operates a small Green P parking lot directly adjacent at 18 Ossington Avenue. With significant constraints on available space in this area of the City, and a growing residential and business community along Ossington, finding creative ways to expand and revitalize public space has become an increasing priority for stakeholders across the community. An important neighbourhood landmark, local neighbours, the local Business Improvement Association, and other stakeholders have come together with the goal of restoring the original clock tower at 16 Ossington Avenue, and working together to expand the public realm in the immediate area. Unfortunately, community efforts to locate the original clock have not yet been successful. Working together to ensure we explore all possible avenues to locate the clock, as we continue to move forward to revitalize the space, is critical. This Motion is urgent in order to continue to advance plans for the area revitalization over the summer months.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Real Estate Services to work with Toronto Fire Services and Toronto City Archives to conduct a thorough search for the clock previously located at Fire Hall No. 9 at 16 Ossington Avenue. 2. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, and direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services to explore opportunities to revitalize the land at 18 Ossington Avenue as public space, in collaboration with plans to revitalize the space at 16 Ossington Avenue, in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Real Estate Services to work with Toronto Fire Services and Toronto City Archives to conduct a thorough search for the clock previously located at Fire Hall No. 9 at 16 Ossington Avenue. 2. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, and direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services to explore opportunities to revitalize the land at 18 Ossington Avenue as public space, in collaboration with plans to revitalize the space at 16 Ossington Avenue, in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
MM9.38adopted
Since 2016, there has been an ongoing and consistent increase in the number of refugee/asylum claimants seeking emergency shelter in Toronto. This trend surged in 2018 and through 2019 continues to add additional pressure to Toronto's already strained shelter system. As part of its ongoing response to this challenge, the City is now proposing to lead a proactive approach with the Federal government and other willing municipalities to increase shelter and housing options to refugee/asylum claimants arriving in Toronto. The details of this plan, described in the accompanying staff report, continue to be developed, and as such, this Motion seeks authority to implement this plan - at no net cost to the City of Toronto - over the summer as further details are finalized. Shelter, Support and Housing Administration staff continue to work with the Federal government and local municipalities to maximize the opportunities for all shelter users, including refugee/asylum claimant families. While the full amount of available funding from the Federal government for this initiative is still being determined, this Motion seeks authority for the City to receive all available funding from the Federal government and to administer this funding - up to the amount provided by the Federal government - to all willing municipalities (including Toronto) for the costs associated with and incurred as a direct result of this approach.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Mayor and the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Federal Government in order for the City to: a. receive funding to provide services to refugee/asylum claimants as part of the local plan referred to in the report (July 12, 2019) from the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, such agreement to be in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and b. allocate funding in accordance with the agreement and the local plan. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, or designate to: a. allocate funds received from the Federal Government and enter into agreements with community agencies, hotels or other service providers, in or outside of the City of Toronto, in support of the local plan, such agreements to be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; b. allocate funds received from the Federal Government and enter into agreements with other participating municipalities in support of the local plan, such agreements to be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and c. allocate funds received from the Federal Government and enter into other agreements as may be necessary to provide services to refugee/asylum claimants in support of the local plan.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor John Tory, seconded by Councillor Michael Thompson, recommends that: City Council adopt the following recommendations in the report (July 12, 2019) from the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services: 1. City Council authorize the Mayor and the City Manager to enter into an agreement with the Federal government in order for the City to: a. receive funding to provide services to refugee/asylum claimants as part of the local plan referred to in this report, such agreement to be in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and b. allocate funding in accordance with the agreement and the local plan. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, or designate to: a. allocate funds received from the Federal government and enter into agreements with community agencies, hotels or other service providers, in or outside of the City of Toronto, in support of the local plan, such agreements to be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; b. allocate funds received from the Federal government and enter into agreements with other participating municipalities in support of the local plan, such agreements to be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and c. allocate funds received from the Federal government and enter into other agreements as may be necessary to provide services to refugee/asylum claimants in support of the local plan.
MM9.39adopted
Tommys Win Bar Inc., (the "Licensee") has submitted an Application to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for a liquor licence at the premises at 1977 Dundas Street West to operate under the name of Tommys Wine Club (the "Premises"). The Application is for an indoor area with a proposed capacity of approximately 35 patrons. There is no proposed outdoor seating. The Premises directly abuts a low-density residential neighbourhood to the south and the west and is adjacent to Columbus Parkette. There are concerns related to noise, litter, safety, lighting and other potential disturbances to residents in the area. This application for a new liquor licence is not in the public interest, unless the concerns of the residents are addressed. The Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario should be requested to issue a Proposal to Review or a Proposal to Refuse the liquor licence application. This application for a liquor licence is not in the public interest unless certain conditions, addressing the concerns of the community, are attached to the licence. This matter is urgent as the Placard deadline for objections is August 1, 2019.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Clerk to advise the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that the issuance of a liquor licence for 1977 Dundas Street West operating under the name Tommys Wine Club (the "Premises") is not in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents, and that the Registrar should issue either a Proposal to Review or a Proposal to Refuse the liquor licence application. 2. City Council request the Licence Appeal Tribunal to provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Licence Appeal Tribunal in this matter and direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary action so as to give effect to this Motion, including determining whether the application ought to be refused outright or whether the application can be supported with conditions to the liquor licence, all in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Gord Perks, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Clerk to advise the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that the issuance of a liquor licence for 1977 Dundas Street West operating under the name Tommys Wine Club (the "Premises") is not in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents, and that the Registrar should issue either a Proposal to Review or a Proposal to Refuse the liquor licence application. 2. City Council request the Licence Appeal Tribunal to provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Licence Appeal Tribunal in this matter and direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary action so as to give effect to this Motion, including determining whether the application ought to be refused outright or whether the application can be supported with conditions to the liquor licence, all in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
MM9.40adopted
On April 17, 2019, the Committee of Adjustment refused a minor variance application brought by the owner of 70 and 100 Edward Street and 636 Bay Street to construct a new 19-storey and 22-storey mixed use building with a connected 7-storey base building and five levels of below grade parking (Application A0454/18TEY). Variances from the applicable Zoning By-laws were sought for the building height and penetration of an angular plane, tower setbacks, building setbacks, floor space index and gross floor area, number of dwelling units, amenity space, and location of long-term bicycle parking spaces. The Owner appealed the refusal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in order to consolidate the appeal with the previously-appealed Site Plan application. In the report (April 10, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, Community Planning Staff recommended that the application be refused. Planning Staff identified a number of outstanding issues with the proposal which were previously identified through review of the Site Plan application, including building heights which must comply with Official Plan policies 3.1.5.45 and 3.1.1.9 and 10; building heights which demonstrate compliance with the City's helicopter flight path protection policies and regulations; appropriate building massing including tower setbacks and separation distances which provide for adequate light and privacy; building setbacks which provide for a suitable interface with the public realm; and appropriate design of bicycle parking areas. The requested variances do not meet the intent of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law, and are not a desirable use of the land. This Motion would give the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff authority to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to defend the position set out in the Planning Staff report dated April 10, 2019. This Motion is time sensitive and urgent as the applicant has appealed the Committee's decision to refuse the Application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the City Solicitor requires instructions to attend the hearing.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to support the Committee of Adjustment's decision in Application A0454/18TEY respecting 70 and 100 Edward Street and 636 Bay Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the appeal of the decision in application A0454/18TEY respecting 70 and 100 Edward Street and 636 Bay Street and authorize the City Solicitor to settle the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and with the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing to support the Committee of Adjustment's decision in Application A0454/18TEY respecting 70 and 100 Edward Street and 636 Bay Street. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the appeal of the decision in application A0454/18TEY respecting 70 and 100 Edward Street and 636 Bay Street and authorize the City Solicitor to settle the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and with the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.
MM9.41adopted
On June 12, 2019, the Toronto and East York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment approved applications related to the property municipally known as 32 Oxton Avenue (the "Subject Property") for minor variances. The approval decision has been appealed to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. The applicant proposes to modify an existing townhome. The application requires variances to City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013, including variances for rear yard soft landscaping, maximum building height, maximum height of front and rear exterior walls, maximum building depth for a duplex, maximum floor space index, and the minimum side yard setback for a duplex. The City Solicitor, at the City Solicitor's discretion, may need to retain external planning consultants to provide evidence for the hearing of this appeal. Copies of the Notice of Decision of the Committee of Adjustment is attached. The decision of the Committee of Adjustment to approve the application has been appealed to the Toronto Local Appeal Body by other interested parties. This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor to support the appeal at the Toronto Local Appeal Body and to secure the necessary authorization and resources to support the City's opposition to the application, including providing for the ability for the City Solicitor to settle the matter.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in respect of 32 Oxton Avenue to oppose the Committee of Adjustment's approval of the applicant's proposed development (Application A0160/19TEY). 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary and at the City Solicitor's discretion. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in respect of 32 Oxton Avenue to oppose the Committee of Adjustment's approval of the applicant's proposed development (Application A0160/19TEY). 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary and at the City Solicitor's discretion. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
MM9.42adopted
This Motion seeks City Council's authorization for the City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Urban Alliance on Race Relations in order to receive funding to support up to fifteen part-time positions created in Council Member Offices to support the Muslim Youth Fellowship Internship Program in 2020. Placements in Council Member's Offices are scheduled to start in January 2020. Thirteen Council Member's Offices participated in the Muslim Youth Fellowship in its inaugural year in 2018 as well as thirteen in 2019. This program has proven to be a success for both the Fellows and the City, and should continue in 2020. A number of under-represented communities have approached Urban Alliance on Race Relations to explore the possibility of expanding the program based on the model created by and in full partnership with the Muslim Youth Fellowship. The program is designed to increase participation in civic engagement among Muslim youth. Full funding for the program, will be provided by Urban Alliance on Race Relations unless an agreement for partial support for the program with the City is reached.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Urban Alliance on Race Relations to receive funding for up to fifteen Councillor's Aide positions in Council Member Offices. 2. City Council direct staff to explore possibilities of expanding the program with the Urban Alliance on Race Relations to youth from other diverse, under-represented communities with the goal of expanding the program as a year-round initiative at City Hall starting Fall 2020 and to report back on progress before the fourth quarter of 2019.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, seconded by Mayor John Tory, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Urban Alliance on Race Relations to receive funding for up to fifteen Councillor's Aide positions in Council Member Offices. 2. City Council direct staff to explore possibilities of expanding the program with the Urban Alliance on Race Relations to youth from other diverse, under-represented communities with the goal of expanding the program as a year-round initiative at City Hall starting Fall 2020 and to report back on progress before the fourth quarter of 2019.
MM9.43withdrawn
Authority is being sought to amend the capital Budget of Transportation Services by upwards of $250,000 fully funded by a Section 37 Contribution related to the development application address at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East. (Source Account XR3026-3700293). The Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404 is owned by the Ministry of Transportation and it is scheduled to undergo major rehabilitation work starting in 2020. The section 37 contribution from the 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East development will allow for permanent public realm improvements on the North side of the bridge. The construction will be undertaken by Ministry of Transportation and this approach maximizes cost efficiency and enhances the level of improvements to be undertaken. Reason for Urgency This Motion is urgent due to the inflation of design cost if funding is not secured before August 30, 2019.
Motion MM9.43 was withdrawn at City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that: 1. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Capital Budget for Transportation Services, in the amount of $16,000 gross, $0 net, on a one-time basis, for the design cost of the public realm improvements on the Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404; the funds to be transferred to the Ministry of Transportation to undertake the design work; and to be fully funded by Section 37 contribution related to the development at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East. (Source Account XR3026-3700293). 2. City Council authorize the inclusion in the 2020 Capital Budget for Transportation Services, upwards in the amount of $234,000, $0 net, on a one-time basis, for the construction cost of the public realm improvements on the Sheppard Bridge over Highway 404; the exact construction cost not having been determined yet; and to be fully funded by Section 37 contribution related to the development at 2025-2045 Sheppard Avenue East. (Source Account XR3026-3700293).
MM9.44adopted
Funds have been secured in various developments in Ward 10 as community benefits for affordable housing and capital improvements to affordable, social, and public housing, through Sections 37 and 45 of the Planning Act. These funds will be used by Toronto Community Housing Corporation for capital improvements, including improvements to common areas and enhancements to increase resident's safety and security. The allocations of the requested funds are determined in part through a tenant engagement process that identifies and prioritizes improvements for Toronto Community Housing Corporation buildings in Ward 10. Funding distribution will also be determined in consultation with the local Ward Councillor. Toronto Community Housing Corporation has agreed that these funds sourced as community benefits from Ward 10 developments will not be used for capital improvements that would already have otherwise been included on Toronto Community Housing Corporation's list of Ward 10 capital projects. Toronto Community Housing Corporation 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 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2019 Approved Operating Budget of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration on a one-time basis by $1,994,677.68 gross, $0 net, for transfer to Toronto Community Housing Corporation for capital improvements to various Toronto Community Housing Corporation properties in Ward 10 (Cost Centre: FD5101), fully funded by Section 37 and Section 45(9) (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits from the following developments: a. 500 Lake Shore Boulevard West, secured for capital improvements to affordable housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $570,175.44 (Source Account: XR3026-3700976); b. 40, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 60 McCaul Street and 10 Stephanie Street, secured for capital repairs to existing Toronto Community Housing buildings in former Ward 20, in the amount of $101,905.13 (Source Account: XR3026-3700889); c. 19 Duncan Street, 219-223 Adelaide Street West, secured for capital improvements to existing rental housing units provided by Toronto Community Housing Corporation in former Ward 20, in the amount of $336,141.04 (Source Account: XR3026-3700983); d. 15-35 Mercer Street, secured for capital fund for repairs to Toronto Community Housing Corporation housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $583,923.95 (Source Account: XR3026-3700921); e. 306-322 Richmond Street West, secured for public housing improvements in former Ward 20, in the amount of $40,290.00 (Source Account: XR3028-4500209); f. 290 Adelaide Street West, secured for capital improvements to Toronto Community Housing Corporation buildings in former Ward 20, in the amount of $50,981.17 (Source Account: XR3028-4500185); g. 56 Blue Jays Way, secured for capital improvements to social housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $50,981.17 (Source Account: XR3028-4500184); h. 219 Queen Street West, secured for capital improvements to affordable housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $343.75 (Source Account: XR3026-3700662); i. 576, 578 and 580 Front Street West, 25 and 27 Bathurst Street, 33, 35 and 49 Niagara Street, secured for capital improvements to Toronto Community Housing Corporation properties located in former Ward 20, in the amount of $196,604.48 (Source Account: XR3026- 3700809); j. 578-580 Front Street West, secured for capital improvements to Toronto Community Housing Corporation properties located in former Ward 20, in the amount of $11,160.93 (Source Account XR3028-4500195); and k. 602-622 King Street West, 499-505 Adelaide Street West, 1 and 11 Adelaide Place, secured for repairs to Toronto Community Housing Corporation housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $52,170.62 (Source Account: XR3026-3700806) 2. City Council direct that the $1,994,677.68 be forwarded to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation, subject to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailao, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2019 Approved Operating Budget of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration on a one-time basis by $1,994,677.68 gross, $0 net, for transfer to Toronto Community Housing Corporation for capital improvements to various Toronto Community Housing Corporation properties in Ward 10 (Cost Centre: FD5101), fully funded by Section 37 and Section 45(9) (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits from the following developments: a. 500 Lake Shore Boulevard West, secured for capital improvements to affordable housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $570,175.44 (Source Account: XR3026-3700976); b. 40, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 60 McCaul Street and 10 Stephanie Street, secured for capital repairs to existing Toronto Community Housing buildings in former Ward 20, in the amount of $101,905.13 (Source Account: XR3026-3700889); c. 19 Duncan Street, 219-223 Adelaide Street West, secured for capital improvements to existing rental housing units provided by Toronto Community Housing Corporation in former Ward 20, in the amount of $336,141.04 (Source Account: XR3026-3700983); d. 15-35 Mercer Street, secured for capital fund for repairs to Toronto Community Housing Corporation housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $583,923.95 (Source Account: XR3026-3700921); e. 306-322 Richmond Street West, secured for public housing improvements in former Ward 20, in the amount of $40,290.00 (Source Account: XR3028-4500209); f. 290 Adelaide Street West, secured for capital improvements to Toronto Community Housing Corporation buildings in former Ward 20, in the amount of $50,981.17 (Source Account: XR3028-4500185); g. 56 Blue Jays Way, secured for capital improvements to social housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $50,981.17 (Source Account: XR3028-4500184); h. 219 Queen Street West, secured for capital improvements to affordable housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $343.75 (Source Account: XR3026-3700662); i. 576, 578 and 580 Front Street West, 25 and 27 Bathurst Street, 33, 35 and 49 Niagara Street, secured for capital improvements to Toronto Community Housing Corporation properties located in former Ward 20, in the amount of $196,604.48 (Source Account: XR3026- 3700809); j. 578-580 Front Street West, secured for capital improvements to Toronto Community Housing Corporation properties located in former Ward 20, in the amount of $11,160.93 (Source Account XR3028-4500195); and k. 602-622 King Street West, 499-505 Adelaide Street West, 1 and 11 Adelaide Place, secured for repairs to Toronto Community Housing Corporation housing in former Ward 20, in the amount of $52,170.62 (Source Account: XR3026-3700806) 2. City Council direct that the $1,994,677.68 be forwarded to Toronto Community Housing Corporation, subject to Toronto Community Housing Corporation signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
MM9.45adopted
On May 23, 2019, the North York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment approved applications brought by the owner of 16 Kenrae Road for a consent to sever land, and for minor variances for each of the newly created lots (the "Application"). A copy of the Committee's decisions regarding the Application are attached. The Application proposed to sever the existing lot and construct semi-detached dwellings on each of the newly created lots. On June 12, 2019, the Leaside Property Owners Association appealed the Committee of Adjustment's decisions to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. In a report (May 14, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, Community Planning Staff recommended the Application be refused. A copy of the Planning report is attached. This Motion would give the City Solicitor the authority to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing in opposition to the Application. It would also give the City Solicitor authority to settle the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Ward Councillor. This matter is time sensitive and urgent as the Committee of Adjustment's decision has been appealed and a hearing date set and the City Solicitor requires instructions to attend the hearing.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing to oppose Application B0055/18NY, A0796/18NY and A0797/18NY respecting 16 Kenrae Road. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the appeal of the decision in Application B0055/18NY, A0796/18NY and A0797/18NY respecting 16 Kenrae Road and authorize the City Solicitor to settle the matter on behalf of the City at the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and with the Director, Community Planning, North York District.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jaye Robinson, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend at the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing to oppose Application B0055/18NY, A0796/18NY and A0797/18NY respecting 16 Kenrae Road. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the appeal of the decision in Application B0055/18NY, A0796/18NY and A0797/18NY respecting 16 Kenrae Road and authorize the City Solicitor to settle the matter on behalf of the City at the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and with the Director, Community Planning, North York District.
MM9.46adopted
This Motion seeks authority to negotiate and accept a donation from Georgia Walsh Memorial Playground Project. The Trace Manes project was initiated by a community group interested in raising funds in memory of Georgia Walsh, a 7 year old child who was struck and killed by a vehicle in July 2014 in the Leaside area. The group raised a total of $916,151.00, through various channels including a charity children's baseball tournament, donation drives, and philanthropic giving, for the purpose of replacing the existing Trace Manes Park playground structures with new equipment and replacing the current wading pool with a splash pad. The current playground at Trace Manes Park is not currently on the Capital list for replacement, however, the main play structure, which was previously used, was installed "temporarily" after the original structure was damaged. The community group has raised funds for both junior and senior accessible play equipment as well as a rubberized tiled surface - which is one of the City's preferred ground cover for new playgrounds. The existing wading pool will be converted to an upgraded splash pad with various features and new surfacing. This matter is time sensitive and urgent as it pertains to funding required for the park project.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to negotiate and sign a donor agreement for the $916,151.00 donation from Georgia Walsh Memorial Playground Project, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to accept donations of $916,151.00 from the community group Georgia Walsh Memorial Playground Project and apply them to the budgeted capital project work relating to playground improvements at Trace Manes Community Centre in compliance with the City's Policy on Donations for Community Benefits. 3. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget for the Trace Manes Community Centre Playground Donation sub-project in the Community Centre project by $61,151.00, increasing the total project cost from $1,169,000.00 to $1,230,151.00 and 2019 cash flow from $915,572.00 to $976,723.00, based on a higher amount of donation funds raised since initial project assessment in 2017.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jaye Robinson, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to negotiate and sign a donor agreement for the $916,151.00 donation from Georgia Walsh Memorial Playground Project, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to accept donations of $916,151.00 from the community group Georgia Walsh Memorial Playground Project and apply them to the budgeted capital project work relating to playground improvements at Trace Manes Community Centre in compliance with the City's Policy on Donations for Community Benefits. 3. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget for the Trace Manes Community Centre Playground Donation sub-project in the Community Centre project by $61,151.00, increasing the total project cost from $1,169,000.00 to $1,230,151.00 and 2019 cash flow from $915,572.00 to $976,723.00, based on a higher amount of donation funds raised since initial project assessment in 2017.
MM9.47referred
Diverting Coffee Pods from Landfills - by Councillor Michael Ford, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy
As single use products become an increasingly serious and problematic environmental issue, many businesses are working to innovate and respond to these concerns. These innovations include the recent move to compostable and biodegradable products. Although we are seeing innovation that is working to address excessive waste, the City of Toronto must take a leadership role and keep pace with environmentally friendly options as well as supporting our local businesses. Inaction on this issue will also lead to potentially hundreds of lost jobs in Etobicoke. It is important that the City work with stakeholders to investigate the modernization of programs within the City of Toronto such as the Green Bin Program.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, referred Motion MM9.47 to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services for consideration.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Michael Ford, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, as part of the City's approved Waste Diversion Programs Policy (Adapt Policy), to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2019 on a design for a potential pilot project to permit compostable/biodegradable coffee pods to be processed in the City's Green Bin Program; the pilot project design framework should include: a. opportunities for partnerships and cost-sharing pilot project costs with industry stakeholders; b. a methodology to align the pilot project with Solid Waste Management Services' Adapt Policy, including Agreements with Material Sponsors, as per the Adapt Policy; c. a comprehensive consumer education and information plan; and d. a performance monitoring and measurement plan.
MM9.48adopted
93118602 Quebec Inc., (the "Licensee") is the holder of a liquor licence from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission for Apt. 200 at the property municipally known as 1032 Queen Street West (the "1032 Queen Premises") and is known to operate out of 1034 Queen Street West, as outlined in this Motion (collectively, 1032 Queen Street West and 1034 Queen Street West are the "Premises"). The Alcohol and Gaming Commission has confirmed there are currently no conditions on the liquor licence. However, Apt. 200 operates out of 1034 Queen Street West, on the 2nd floor, instead of 1032 Queen Street West. The Director, Bylaw Enforcement has confirmed that the Licensee is operating as Apt. 200 at 1034 Queen Street West, including the sale of liquor on the premises. The Premises has been a continued source of concern for local residents with regard to loud noise, incidents in the community, traffic and public intoxication amongst other issues with the Licensee's operations. The Licencee was issued their licence from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission effective January 23, 2015 and began operations in 2016, however the Premises did not receive a City of Toronto business licence until January 5, 2017. The application process commenced in July 2016, however was delayed due to a Municipal Licensing and Standards licence refusal related to noise violations. A client appeal to the Toronto Licensing Tribunal resulted in the granting of a business licence for an eating/drinking establishment with an 18-month probationary period, concluding July 2018. During the two-year period ending December 2016, Municipal Licensing and Standards charged the business with a series of offences under the noise by-law as well as entertainment establishment/nightclub no licence. On January 25, 2017, a guilty plea was entered for one count of Noise Likely to Disturb. More recent investigations related to noise include two 2017 case files, one of which resulted in a by-law charge that was later withdrawn in November 2018. There was one noise complaint in 2018 with no action and another April 2019 file which was referred to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission as it related to people noise in the vicinity of the business. There is one 2017 conviction related to the commercial waste by-law for failing to keep garbage on premises. Toronto Police Services has had ongoing dealings with the Premises, in particular 1034 Queen Street West. On Monday, July 8, 2019, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Toronto Police Services responded to reports of gun shots in the area of Queen Street West just west of Ossington Avenue and proximate to the Premises. At the scene, police found three people suffering from gunshot wounds and are continuing their investigation. Toronto Police Services have not yet concluded a review of security camera footage, but Toronto Police Services will confirm whether the gunshot activity is linked to the victims as patrons of Apt. 200. On July 10, 2019, a By-law enforcement officer undertook a daytime inspection of the Premises, in particular 1034 Queen Street West, and confirmed, in reviewing the physical layout, licences and licensing requirements related to majority seating and the nightclub/eating establishment ratio. By-law enforcement also spoke to Toronto Police Services regarding the above noted shooting event as part of their investigation. Municipal Licensing and Standards also has conferred with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission and other City divisions as part of their investigation. The Liquor Licence has no conditions attached to it. It is evident from current events and the ongoing impacts felt by nearby residents that the steps taken by the community, Municipal Licensing and Standards and Toronto Police Services have not been a deterrent in changing the behaviour of the Licensee and management staff at the Premises. The City is therefore seeking a review of the liquor licence by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission for a suspension or revocation under section 15(1) of the Liquor Licence Act (the "Act") based on the following three grounds: 1. Section 6(2)(d) of the Act, the past and present conduct of the Licensee and managers of the Premises affords reasonable grounds that the business will continue to disturb residents living nearby the establishment and community at large. 2. Section 6(2)(f) of the Act, the Licensee is carrying on activities that are in contravention of the Act or the regulations. 3. Section 6(2)(h) of the Act, the licence is not in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents in which the premises is located. This matter is considered urgent as the operation of the Premises continues to impact residents in the community.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request that Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to issue a Notice of Proposal to suspend or revoke the liquor licence for 1032 Queen Street West and/or 1034 Queen Street West, operating under the name of Apt. 200 (the "Premises") on the grounds that the past and present conduct of the Licensee affords reasonable grounds that the business will not be operating in accordance with the law, the Licensee is carrying on activities that are in contravention of the Liquor Licence Act or its regulations, and the operation of the business is not in the public interest with regards to the needs and wishes of the residents in which the Premises is located. 2. City Council request the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and the Licence Appeal Tribunal to provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Licence Appeal Tribunal in this matter and direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary action so as to give effect to this Motion.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request that Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to issue a Notice of Proposal to suspend or revoke the liquor licence for 1032 Queen Street West and/or 1034 Queen Street West, operating under the name of Apt. 200 (the "Premises") on the grounds that the past and present conduct of the Licensee affords reasonable grounds that the business will not be operating in accordance with the law, the Licensee is carrying on activities that are in contravention of the Liquor Licence Act or its regulations, and the operation of the business is not in the public interest with regards to the needs and wishes of the residents in which the Premises is located. 2. City Council request the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and the Licence Appeal Tribunal provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Licence Appeal Tribunal in this matter and direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary action so as to give effect to this Motion.
MM9.49adopted
Among changes under the Smart Growth for our Communities Act, 2015 (Bill 73) that came into final effect on July 1, 2016, Subsections 45(1.3) and 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, as amended, prevent the submission of minor variance applications on properties subject to a privately initiated Zoning By-law Amendment within two years of the By-law enactment, unless the municipal council has otherwise "declared by resolution that such an application is permitted". In the case of 19 Duncan Street, the privately initiated Zoning By-law Amendment (170-2018(OMB) and 171-2018(OMB)), provide for the redevelopment of the site with a 58-storey mixed-use building containing office, hotel and residential uses. The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal issued its order enacting the By-laws on January 22, 2018. The development contains a nine-storey base building with a 49-storey tower on top. The owner proposed to nominally increase the floorplate of the office use on the 10th floor of the building by bumping out the south-facing elevation by 3.8 metres towards the south property line. The residential outdoor amenity space previously proposed in this area is thereby reduced in size, triggering variances to the site-specific By-laws. Additionally, the bump-out results in variances to the lot line setbacks and building heights as shown on the height maps attached to the By-laws and the increased office gross floor area results in variances to the vehicular parking rates. No variances to the total building gross floor area are required and the overall building height has remained unchanged. Under the Planning Act, as amended, this land owner will not be able to file for a minor variance application to the Committee of Adjustment, Toronto and East York District, for zoning relief until after January 22, 2020, thus delaying site redevelopment. As a result, City Council's authorization for submission of a minor variance application at this time is required. This resolution is not intended to, and does not, relay Council's endorsement of the merits of the minor variance application.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council, pursuant to Subsection 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, permit applications for minor variances with respect to the property municipally known as 19 Duncan Street and 219-225 Adelaide Street West, for relief from By-laws 170-2018 (OMB) and 171-2018 (OMB), in order to vary development standards related to lot line setbacks, building height, outdoor amenity space and parking space rates.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council, pursuant to Subsection 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, permit applications for minor variances with respect to the property municipally known as 19 Duncan Street and 219-225 Adelaide Street West, for relief from By-laws 170-2018 (OMB) and 171-2018 (OMB), in order to vary development standards related to lot line setbacks, building height, outdoor amenity space and parking space rates.
MM9.50adopted
2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. ("the Developer") plan to redevelop the rental housing properties at 90 Eastdale Avenue and 2 Secord Avenue by adding new buildings and site improvements. City Council authorized a settlement of the Developer's planning applications before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, through Item CC39.7 on April 24, 2018. City Council approved the Developer's rental housing demolition application through Item TE34.21 on July 23, 2018. The planning approvals contemplate the exchange of an existing City park at the northeast corner of the block, for a new park at the southeast corner of the development site. The City will dispose of the Eastdale Parkette, shown as Part 1 on Sketch PS-2019-014 (see Appendix B) (the "Eastdale Parkette"), allowing the developer to construct part of a 35-storey tower on the site. A new 7-storey building will also be constructed as part of the development. A replacement park will be constructed on the lands identified as Part 2 Sketch PS-2019-014 in Appendix B to Motion MM9.50 (the "Replacement Park"). The existing Eastdale Parkette has limited greenspace utility and park infrastructure. The relocated park will be close to a local school, and adjacent to the Developer's parkland contribution land and a new Publically Accessible Privately Owned Space (POPS easement), to be provided by the Developer pursuant to the conditions of the planning approvals. The net result will be a larger public park area with equal or superior green space and utility. The Replacement Park is currently occupied by 12 rental townhouses, to be demolished pursuant to the terms of the Developer's Rental Housing Demolition approval (approved by Council on July 23, 2018 in TE34.12). The existing residents will have the option of relocating to the new 7-storey residential tower to be constructed by the developer at the same time as the proposed new 35-storey tower located partially on the Eastdale Parkette land. Because the construction of both new residential towers will take place concurrently, approximately 4 years will elapse from the date of the land exchange until the Developer can relocate the existing residents, demolish the townhomes and complete construction of the Replacement Park. The delay in the construction of the Replacement Park will allow the existing residents to remain in place until the replacement rental housing is constructed, but results in the loss of park space for 4 years. To secure its interest, the City will take ownership of the Replacement Park lands on the date that it transfers title of the Eastdale Parkette, and lease the Replacement Park land back to the Developer on the terms set out in Appendix "A." To mitigate against any risk of the Developer defaulting in its obligations to relocate the tenants, demolish the townhouses and remediate the Replacement Park lands, the City will obtain financial security as set out in Appendix "A" to Motion MM9.50. Official Plan Policy 4.3.8 prohibits the disposal of City-owned parks, but allows exchanges for land of equivalent or larger area and green space utility. Although the Replacement Park will have greater utility, it will not be built out for at minimum 4 years. Therefore, a Site Specific Amendment is required to exempt this property from the application of Official Plan Policy 4.3.8. Both parcels identified on Sketch PS-2019-014 are of equal size and market value, being approximately 1655 square metres in area. This Motion is urgent in order to advance an interim park development and land exchange for a city park.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council declare the Eastdale Parkette, shown as Part 1 on Sketch PS-2019-014 as surplus, with intended manner of disposal by land exchange with 2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. 2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to enter into a Land Exchange Agreement with 2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. for the disposal of the Eastdale Parkette, shown as Part 1 on Sketch PS-2019-014 in Appendix B to Motion MM9.50, in exchange for the replacement park lands identified as Part 2 on Sketch PS-2019-014, substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix A to Motion MM9.50, and such other terms as may be approved by the Director, Real Estate Services in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to enter into a Lease Agreement to lease back the replacement park lands, identified as Part 2 on Sketch PS-2019-014, to 2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. for nominal consideration for 46 months, substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix A to Motion MM9.50, and on such other terms as may be approved by the Director, Real Estate Services in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to amend the Official Plan Amendment before the Tribunal to accommodate the 46 month delay between the disposal of the existing park and the construction of the park on the Replacement Park lands, by way of a site specific exemption from the Official Plan Policy 4.3.8.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailao, recommends that: 1. City Council declare the Eastdale Parkette, shown as Part 1 on Sketch PS-2019-014 as surplus, with intended manner of disposal by land exchange with 2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. 2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to enter into a Land Exchange Agreement with 2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. for the disposal of the Eastdale Parkette, shown as Part 1 on Sketch PS-2019-014 in Appendix B to Motion MM9.50, in exchange for the replacement park lands identified as Part 2 on Sketch PS-2019-014, substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix A to Motion MM9.50, and such other terms as may be approved by the Director, Real Estate Services in consultation with the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services to enter into a Lease Agreement to lease back the replacement park lands, identified as Part 2 on Sketch PS-2019-014, to 2 Secord Inc. and 90 Eastdale Inc. for nominal consideration for 46 months, substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix A to Motion MM9.50, and on such other terms as may be approved by the Director, Real Estate Services in consultation with the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal to amend the Official Plan Amendment before the Tribunal to accommodate the 46 month delay between the disposal of the existing park and the construction of the park on the Replacement Park lands, by way of a site specific exemption from the Official Plan Policy 4.3.8.
MM9.51adopted
A sole proprietor has submitted an Application to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for a liquor licence at the premises at 1211 St. Clair Avenue West to operate under the name of Kaito Sushi (the "Premises"). The Application is for an indoor area with a proposed capacity of approximately 30 patrons. There is no proposed outdoor seating. The Premises directly abuts a low-density residential neighbourhood to the south and is adjacent to nearby low-density residential neighbourhoods to the north. The Premises is also located near a large concentration of licensed establishments. There are concerns related to noise, litter, safety, lighting and other potential disturbances to residents in the area. This application for a new liquor licence is not in the public interest, unless the concerns of the residents are addressed. The Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario should be requested to issue a Proposal to Review or a Proposal to Refuse the liquor licence application. This application for a liquor licence is not in the public interest unless certain conditions, addressing the concerns of the community, are attached to the licence. This matter is urgent as the Placard deadline for objections was July 11, 2019.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Clerk to advise the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that the issuance of a liquor licence for 1211 St. Clair Avenue West operating under the name Kaito Sushi (the "Premises") is not in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents, and that the Registrar should issue either a Proposal to Review or a Proposal to Refuse the liquor licence application. 2. City Council request the Licence Appeal Tribunal to provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Local Appeal Tribunal in this matter and direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary action so as to give effect to this Motion, including determining whether the application ought to be refused outright or whether the application can be supported with conditions to the liquor licence, all in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Ana Bailão, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Clerk to advise the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that the issuance of a liquor licence for 1211 St. Clair Avenue West operating under the name Kaito Sushi (the "Premises") is not in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents, and that the Registrar should issue either a Proposal to Review or a Proposal to Refuse the liquor licence application. 2. City Council request the Licence Appeal Tribunal to provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Local Appeal Tribunal in this matter and direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary action so as to give effect to this Motion, including determining whether the application ought to be refused outright or whether the application can be supported with conditions to the liquor licence, all in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
MM9.52adopted
This Motion seeks authorization to release $2,200 in Section 37 funds to Heritage Toronto for a heritage plaque to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Hotel Victoria, to be installed at its location at 56 Yonge Street. Hotel Victoria opened in 1909 as the Hotel Mossop. It was constructed in the devastating aftermath of the Great Fire of 1904, which destroyed a large swath of Toronto's central business district. In 1906, former hotel clerk Frederick Mossop purchased the site at 56 Yonge Street. Just to the west, more than 100 warehouses and factories destroyed in the fire were beginning to be rebuilt. Protection against fire was becoming increasingly important, and as a result his hotel included a number of unique features designed to make it resistant to flames and other damage. The architect J. P. Hynes designed the eight storey structure, which is clad in pressed red brick with cut stone details. The foundations are especially deep, going right down to the bedrock, and non-combustible materials like slate, iron, and marble were used inside. When it opened the hotel had one of the lowest insurance rates of any hotel in Canada. The 48-room hotel was successful during its early years, but began to struggle during prohibition in Ontario. In 1927, it changed hands and was renamed the Hotel Victoria. Until the Second World War it was a prominent visual landmark on downtown Yonge Street as one of the taller buildings in the neighbourhood. It was renovated several times in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. High rise development around the Hotel Victoria has dwarfed the original structure but it remains an important part of Yonge Street's architectural heritage. Along with the Gladstone, Drake, and King Edward, it is one of the city's oldest surviving hotels. The City has secured funds under Section 37 of the Planning Act with the owner of the development at 6-18 Church Street and 51-63 Front Street East (70 The Esplanade), authorized by site-specific Zoning By-law 58-2011(OMB). The Zoning By-law and Section 37 Agreement with the landowner provide that the funds shall be used for community benefits, including heritage conservation initiatives in this neighbourhood. Sufficient funds remain available in the Planning Act Reserve Account to produce and install the heritage plaque at this location. The use of these funds for this purpose complies with the by-law and agreement. As Heritage Toronto is a directly funded City agency and not an "outside party", no undertaking is required to be signed by Heritage Toronto to govern the use of the funds and financial reporting. This Motion is urgent as Hotel Victoria's 110th anniversary is August 9, 2019, and Heritage Toronto requires the funding in place to meet its deadline.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the approved 2019 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto on a one-time basis by $2,200.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 6-18 Church Street and 51-63 Front Street East (70 The Esplanade) (Source Account: XR3026-3700344), for the production and installation of a heritage plaque at 56 Yonge Street to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Hotel Victoria (Cost Centre HG 0001).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the approved 2019 Operating Budget for Heritage Toronto on a one-time basis by $2,200.00 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the development at 6-18 Church Street and 51-63 Front Street East (70 The Esplanade) (Source Account: XR3026-3700344), for the production and installation of a heritage plaque at 56 Yonge Street to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Hotel Victoria (Cost Centre HG 0001).
MM9.53adopted
City Council on May 14 and 15, 2019, adopted Member Motion MM 7.11. It requested the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with appropriate City divisions and the local Councillor, to assist in determining the operational needs of The Artists Network, and to identify any suitable and available spaces on or near Queen Street East to house its operations. The Artist Network, a non-profit group, has contributed to cultural life in the community for many years and is being forced out of its most recent home due to gentrification in the neighbourhood. Staff subsequently identified the Fieldhouse in Leslie Grove Park as a suitable location. The Fieldhouse, also known in the past as the Leslie Grove Shack, has washrooms available to the public. Otherwise, it was deemed an underused facility. The building would require minor renovations to make it suitable for the purposes of The Artist Network and its community work. These renovations would include, for example, winterization of washrooms, new locks, new storage closet, and new drywalling, lighting and flooring. The proposed work would be managed by Parks, Forestry and Recreation staff. This Motion proposes to pay for renovation by releasing Section 42 Above Five Percent Cash-in-lieu funds. The work is urgent as the organization is losing its existing space at the end of August.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget, sub-project CAMP (SGR) ORC Facilities, account CPR116-48-01, by $0.075 million gross, fully funded by the Section 42 Above Five Percent Cash-in-lieu from 140 Boulton Avenue (Source Account: XR2213-4201082), for the purpose of renovating the Leslie Grove Park Fieldhouse.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Michael Ford, recommends that: 1. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget, sub-project CAMP (SGR) ORC Facilities, account CPR116-48-01, by $0.075 million gross, fully funded by the Section 42 Above Five Percent Cash-in-lieu from 140 Boulton Avenue (Source Account: XR2213-4201082), for the purpose of renovating the Leslie Grove Park Fieldhouse.
MM9.54adopted
In 2015, with the support of the City, the Ontario Municipal Board approved By-law 381-2016 to permit the redevelopment of the lands known municipally as 9 Tippett Road (the "Site"). This project will include a minimum of 25 units of affordable housing. As part of the development approval for the Site, the Owner agreed to convey to the City at no cost a 9.25 metre wide portion of a future public road on the south side of the Site, the associated portion of the cul-de-sac, the associated 6.1 metre corner rounding, and any appurtenant rights-of-way in fee simple (the "Conveyances"). The future public road will not be constructed for some time because additional lands are required from the lands to the south, which are currently owned by the Toronto District School Board. In the interim, these lands will be landscaped by the Owner and maintained by the future condominium corporation until these lands are needed for the future public road. At its meeting on February 10, 2015, City Council adopted the "Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands to be conveyed to the City under the Planning Act, January 2015" (the "Policy"). Table 1 of the Policy requires conveyances for road widening purposes to occur prior to Final Site Plan Approval. Only City Council has the authority to amend or provide relief from the provisions of the Policy. City staff are in the process of finalizing the pre-approval conditions for inclusion in the Notice of Approval Conditions for the Site. In accordance with the Policy, the draft Notice of Approval Conditions would contain a pre-approval condition requiring the Conveyances to occur prior to Final Site Plan Approval. However, the Conveyances cannot occur prior to Final Site Plan Approval because remediation of the lands that are the subject of the Conveyances will not be completed until long after an above grade building permit has issued. To require remediation of these lands and the Conveyances to occur before site plan approval would result in significant delays to construction and delivery of the 25 affordable housing units. To avoid any delay in construction, and the completion of the 25 affordable housing units, it is appropriate to require the Conveyances as a post approval condition and to occur prior to condominium registration. There are no impacts to the road network because the future public road cannot be constructed until additional lands are secured by the City from adjacent landowners. This matter is urgent because the Owner is proceeding with construction and requires site plan approval to enable the timely issuance of building permits and delivery of the affordable housing units.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve, in principle, the conditions set out in Attachment 3 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for the proposed mixed-use development at 9 Tippett Road, subject to removing all of the conditions related to the transfer of the future road and corner rounding from A - PRE-APPROVAL CONDITIONS, and placing them in B - POST APPROVAL CONDITIONS, and adding the requirement that the conveyance of the future public road and the corner rounding be completed prior to condominium registration, and adding the following two new conditions to A - PRE-APPROVAL CONDITIONS: 1. Provide adequate securities, in the form of a Letter of Credit or certified cheque, to be submitted to the City by the Owner, to cover the estimated future cost of bringing the future 9.25 metre public road and the 6.1 metre corner rounding lands into compliance with the City's policy to remediate contaminated land, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services. 2. Submit a cost estimate from the Owner's environmental consultant, which is to be peer reviewed at the Owner's expense within fifteen (15) days of submission of the cost estimate by the Owner failing which the cost estimate shall be deemed to be acceptable, confirming the cost of remediating the contaminated future road conveyance and corner rounding in order to determine an appropriate amount for the securities required under Condition 1, above. 2. City Council delegate back to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or his designate the authority to issue final Site Plan Approval.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: City Council adopt the recommendations in the attached report (July 15, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, amended to read as follows: 1. City Council approve, in principle, the conditions set out in Attachment 3 to the report (July 15, 2019) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for the proposed mixed-use development at 9 Tippett Road, subject to removing all of the conditions related to the transfer of the future road and corner rounding from A - PRE-APPROVAL CONDITIONS, and placing them in B - POST APPROVAL CONDITIONS, and adding the requirement that the conveyance of the future public road and the corner rounding be completed prior to condominium registration, and adding the following two new conditions to A - PRE-APPROVAL CONDITIONS: 1. Provide adequate securities, in the form of a Letter of Credit or certified cheque, to be submitted to the City by the Owner, to cover the estimated future cost of bringing the future 9.25 metre public road and the 6.1 metre corner rounding lands into compliance with the City's policy to remediate contaminated land, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services. 2. Submit a cost estimate from the Owner's environmental consultant, which is to be peer reviewed at the Owner's expense within fifteen (15) days of submission of the cost estimate by the Owner failing which the cost estimate shall be deemed to be acceptable, confirming the cost of remediating the contaminated future road conveyance and corner rounding in order to determine an appropriate amount for the securities required under Condition 1, above. 2. City Council delegate back to the Chief Planner or his designate the authority to issue final Site Plan Approval.
MM9.55adopted
The applicant applied to the Committee of Adjustment (Application A0168/19NY) (the "Application") to legalize and maintain a driveway at 38 Lorraine Drive. The Application requests variances with respect to driveway width. In their reports, both Planning and Transportation Services recommended that the application be refused. At its hearing on May 8, 2019, the Committee of Adjustment refused the Application (the "Decision"). The Notice of Decision, Planning staff report and Transportation memo are attached. The applicant has appealed the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor, and appropriate City Staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to oppose the proposed consent and minor variances requested in the Application. This Motion will also give the City Solicitor authority to negotiate a settlement of the appeal and retain outside consultants, as necessary.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing for 38 Lorraine Drive to uphold the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of the minor variances requested through Application A0168/19NY. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants, as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor John Filion, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing for 38 Lorraine Drive to uphold the Committee of Adjustment's refusal of the minor variances requested through Application A0168/19NY. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants, as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion, and in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
MM9.56adopted
Section 45(9) Planning Act funds have been secured from the development at 861-863 St. Clair Avenue West to be allocated for local community projects including parks, recreation facilities, and streetscape and open space improvements, to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. This Motion seeks to contribute $155,000 of these Section 45(9) funds, to assist the Rawlinson Community School with their outdoor area restoration project. This contribution will be added to the $25,000 that the school community has fundraised to date. In the absence of a City playground within a 1.4 kilometre radius, the Rawlinson Community School grounds serve that purpose for the wider community and are heavily used. The grounds are also in very poor condition and in desperate need of repair. The Section 37 Implementation Guidelines (section 5.7) approved by Council in 2007 states: "Cash contributions toward the capital improvement of school board playgrounds are eligible Section 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." A Community Use Agreement will be executed between the City and the Toronto District School Board, drawn up in consultation with the Ward Councillor.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the release to the Toronto District School Board (NP2161) of $0.155 million of Section 45 funds from the development at 861 St. Clair Avenue West for the Rawlinson Outdoor Area Restoration Project to improve the green space for school and community use, such payment to be made upon the receipt of this Section 45 agreement payment by the City. 2. City Council request City staff from the Management Services Branch of Parks, Forestry and Recreation to participate in the preparation of the Community Access Agreement and City Council request the City Solicitor to draw up the Agreement for a term of 10 years, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Community Planning staff. 3. City Council authorize the execution of a Community Access Agreement with the Toronto District School Board for the outdoor improvements at Rawlinson Community School, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 4. City Council direct that the funds be forwarded to the Toronto District School Board once the Toronto District School Board has signed a Community Access Agreement with the City, governing the purpose of the funds, the financial reporting requirements, and addressing community access to the playground facilities satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and prepared in consultation with the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation and the Ward Councillor.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Ana Bailão, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher, recommends that: 1. Council approve the release to the Toronto District School Board (NP2161) of $0.155 million of Section 45 funds from the development at 861 St. Clair Avenue West for the Rawlinson Outdoor Area Restoration Project to improve the green space for school and community use, such payment to be made upon the receipt of this Section 45 agreement payment by the City. 2. City Council request City staff from the Management Services Branch of Parks, Forestry and Recreation to participate in the preparation of the Community Access Agreement and City Council request the City Solicitor to draw up the Agreement for a term of 10 years, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Community Planning staff. 3. City Council authorize the execution of a Community Access Agreement with the Toronto District School Board for the outdoor improvements at Rawlinson Community School, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 4. City Council direct that the funds be forwarded to the Toronto District School Board once the Toronto District School Board has signed a Community Access Agreement with the City, governing the purpose of the funds, the financial reporting requirements, and addressing community access to the playground facilities satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and prepared in consultation with the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation and the Ward Councillor.
MM9.57adopted
On July 13, 2012, City Council enacted site-specific By-laws 991-2012 and 992-2012 to permit the development of 1610 residential condominium units and 270 rental replacement units over four phases with built form ranging from 3-storey townhouses to 24-storey apartment buildings, as well as a significant Section 37 contribution. Prior to enactment of the zoning amendment, a Section 37 Agreement was entered into between the owner and the City dated August 20, 2013 and registered on title (AT3504327). An application for rental housing demolition and replacement was approved by City Council on September 21 and 22, 2011, and a Section 111 Agreement between the owner and the City was entered into to secure the rental housing conditions. The Section 37 and Section 111 Agreement provisions included timing triggers for the owner to complete the Building E (the rental replacement units) on the north part of the site prior to obtaining a building permit for buildings A, B and C on the north site. Building E is currently under construction. The owner has advised that in order to maintain its construction schedule in a timely fashion, it requires the issuance of a building permit for two of Buildings A, B or C on the north site prior to Building E being complete. The Section 37 Agreement also included a requirement that all water mains and sanitary sewers be installed and operational prior to a building permit being issued for the north site. The owner has advised that based on the current anticipated timeline for installation of the sanitary sewer upgrade, there could be significant delay and result in a potential hiatus in construction. This Motion proposes to authorize the necessary amendments to the Section 37 Agreement to allow for the issuance of a conditional above grade structural permit in advance of the installation of the sanitary sewer upgrades. The owner will be required to satisfy certain conditions including commencing construction on the sanitary sewer upgrades prior to the issuance of any above-grade permit including a conditional permit. This Motion recommends that Council authorize an amendment to the Section 37 Agreement and Section 111 Agreement, as applicable, as may be required to permit the adjustment in timing contemplated and directs the City Solicitor to prepare such an amending agreement. Authority for City execution of the amending agreement is also contemplated. Prior to any amending agreement being executed by the City, the owner shall be required to provide an undertaking confirming that it shall not apply for any further above-grade permits beyond a conditional structural permit until the sanitary sewer is installed and operational. This Motion is urgent so that construction can proceed without delay.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize an amendment to the Section 37 Agreement between the City and Alit Don Valley Property Inc., dated August 20, 2013 and Section 111 Agreement dated December 30, 2013 between the City and Alit Don Valley Property Inc., to permit the issuance of a building permit for two of Buildings A, B, or C prior to Building E being ready for occupancy provided that the 140 replacement rental units to be located in Building E (Parcel A) shall be ready and available for residential use and occupancy prior to the issuance of any above-grade building permit for the last building on Parcels A or B, being Building A, B, C, or D. 2. City Council authorize an amendment to the Section 37 Agreement between the City and Alit Don Valley Property Inc., dated August 20, 2013, to allow the issuance of a conditional above grade structural permit in advance of the required sanitary sewer upgrades being installed and operational, provided that the owner has fulfilled the following conditions: a. executed a subdivision agreement; b. posted security, in an amount to be determined by the General Manager, Toronto Water, to secure the installation of the sanitary sewer upgrade; c. completed all necessary approvals for the sanitary sewer upgrade to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Toronto Water; and d. commenced construction of the sanitary sewer upgrade. 3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare such amendment agreement as is required and to register the same on title to the subject lands in priority to other interests to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take necessary steps to implement Parts 1, 2 and 3 above, including execution of an amending Section 37 and/or Section 111 Agreement. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other necessary staff to take the necessary steps to carry out City Council's decision.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize an amendment to the Section 37 Agreement between the City and Alit Don Valley Property Inc., dated August 20, 2013 and Section 111 Agreement dated December 30, 2013 between the City and Alit Don Valley Property Inc., to permit the issuance of a building permit for two of Buildings A, B, or C prior to Building E being ready for occupancy provided that the 140 replacement rental units to be located in Building E (Parcel A) shall be ready and available for residential use and occupancy prior to the issuance of any above-grade building permit for the last building on Parcels A or B, being Building A, B, C, or D. 2. City Council authorize an amendment to the Section 37 Agreement between the City and Alit Don Valley Property Inc., dated August 20, 2013, to allow the issuance of a conditional above grade structural permit in advance of the required sanitary sewer upgrades being installed and operational, provided that the owner has fulfilled the following conditions: a. executed a subdivision agreement; b. posted security, in an amount to be determined by the General Manager, Toronto Water, to secure the installation of the sanitary sewer upgrade; c. completed all necessary approvals for the sanitary sewer upgrade to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Toronto Water; and d. commenced construction of the sanitary sewer upgrade. 3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare such amendment agreement as is required and to register the same on title to the subject lands in priority to other interests to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 4. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take necessary steps to implement recommendations 1, 2 and 3 above, including execution of an amending Section 37 and/or Section 111 Agreement. 5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and any other necessary staff to take the necessary steps to carry out City Council's decision.
MM9.58adopted
Funds have been secured through Sections 37 benefits in various developments in Ward 10 to assist in the provision of affordable housing. This Motion seeks to transfer $1,092,909.34 to Shelter, Support and Housing Administration's budget in order to create new affordable housing units as part of the ongoing revitalization of Alexandra Park and the Atkinson Housing Co-operative Inc. ("Atkinson Co-op"). In 2013, Toronto City Council approved a revitalization plan for the Alexandra Park and Atkinson Housing Co-op. The Plan includes the replacement or refurbishment of the existing residences, the addition of new market residential, the removal of all stacked townhouses and introduction of back-to-back townhouses, a new public park, a new street network, and a new location for the community centre. Phase 1b of the revitalization is now under construction and City Council is considering zoning approval of Phase 2 on this agenda (Item TE7.7), which in addition to continued townhome and apartment replacement and refurbishment, will include: zero displacement of residents, a brand new 1,100 square metre (minimum) community centre, new parks and basketball courts, local social enterprise, bike sharing stations, and more. We are also working hard to implement our Council-approved plan to expand both affordable housing and affordable home ownership in the community, as well as to find opportunities to augment the plan as we move forward. These additional funds will be used to expand the new affordable housing and ownership as part of Phase 2 of the Revitalization. This Motion is urgent in order to permit for the planning and budgeting of next phases of the Alexandra Park Revitalization to proceed without delay.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2019 Approved Operating Budget of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (FH5795) on a one-time basis by $1,092,909.34 gross, $0 net, for transfer to the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), for the purpose of creating new affordable housing and/or home ownership opportunities in Phase 2 of the Alexandra Park Revitalization, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits in the following developments: a. 40, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 60 McCaul Street and 10 Stephanie Street, secured for the provision of new affordable housing in Ward 20 in the amount of $101,905.13 (Source Account: XR3026-3700888); b. 295 Adelaide Street West and 100 to 104 John Street, secured for the provision of affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $36,584.02 (Source Account: XR3026-3700313); c. 335, 355 King Street West and 119 Blue Jays Way, secured for the provision of affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $429.71 (Source Account: XR3026-3700748); d. 324, 326, 328 and 332 Richmond Street West, secured for capital improvements to/or development of new Toronto Community Housing Corporation units in Ward 20, in the amount of $224,622.03 (Source Account: XR3026-3700972); e. 283 Adelaide Street West, secured for the maintenance of or the provision of new affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $144,881.16 (Source Account: XR3026-3700927). f. 15-35 Mercer Street, secured for the maintenance of or the provision of new rental housing units as part of the Alexandra Park and Atkinson Housing Co-operative Revitalization, in the amount of $583,923.95 (Source Account: XR3026-3700920); g. 318 Richmond Street West, to be allocated toward affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $360.98 (Source Account: XR3028-4500189); and h. 604-618 Richmond Street West, to be allocated for capital improvements to and or the provision of new affordable housing units in Ward 20, in the amount of $202.36 (Source Account: XR3026-3700786). 2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide $1,092,909.34 in funding from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund (XR1058) to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation for the purpose of creating new affordable housing and/or home ownership opportunities in Phase 2 of the Alexandra Park Revitalization in Ward 10 fully funded from the Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits, subject to the following conditions: a. the transfer of the designated funds from XR3026 to XR1058; and b. Toronto Community Housing Corporation signing an assignment of the municipal capital facility agreement governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Michael Ford, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2019 Approved Operating Budget of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (FH5795) on a one-time basis by $1,092,909.34 gross, $0 net, for transfer to the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058), for the purpose of creating new affordable housing and/or home ownership opportunities in Phase 2 of the Alexandra Park Revitalization, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits in the following developments: a. 40, 46, 48, 50, 52 and 60 McCaul Street and 10 Stephanie Street, secured for the provision of new affordable housing in Ward 20 in the amount of $101,905.13 (Source Account: XR3026-3700888); b. 295 Adelaide Street West and 100 to 104 John Street, secured for the provision of affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $36,584.02 (Source Account: XR3026-3700313); c. 335, 355 King Street West and 119 Blue Jays Way, secured for the provision of affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $429.71 (Source Account: XR3026-3700748); d. 324, 326, 328 and 332 Richmond Street West, secured for capital improvements to/or development of new Toronto Community Housing Corporation units in Ward 20, in the amount of $224,622.03 (Source Account: XR3026-3700972); e. 283 Adelaide Street West, secured for the maintenance of or the provision of new affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $144,881.16 (Source Account: XR3026-3700927). f. 15-35 Mercer Street, secured for the maintenance of or the provision of new rental housing units as part of the Alexandra Park and Atkinson Housing Co-operative Revitalization, in the amount of $583,923.95 (Source Account: XR3026-3700920); g. 318 Richmond Street West, to be allocated toward affordable housing in Ward 20, in the amount of $360.98 (Source Account: XR3028-4500189); and h. 604-618 Richmond Street West, to be allocated for capital improvements to and or the provision of new affordable housing units in Ward 20, in the amount of $202.36 (Source Account: XR3026-3700786). 2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to provide $1,092,909.34 in funding from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund (XR1058) to Toronto Community Housing Corporation for the purpose of creating new affordable housing and/or home ownership opportunities in Phase 2 of the Alexandra Park Revitalization in Ward 10 fully funded from the Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits, subject to the following conditions: a. the transfer of the designated funds from XR3026 to XR1058; and b. Toronto Community Housing Corporation signing an assignment of the municipal capital facility agreement governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.
MM9.59adopted
Authority is being sought to release Section 16 funds to Corporate Real Estate Management for the installation of heritage lighting for the Great Hall at Union Station. Union Station is a National Historic Site of Canada and is included as one of the subject buildings of the Heritage Lighting Master Plan for Old Town Toronto. As a gateway site to the Old Town, the overall lighting strategy for Union Station has been identified an important component of the revitalization. City Council approved funding in the 2014 Capital Budget and Plan for Facilities Management and Real Estate for heritage lighting of the Great Hall. Real Estate Services later awarded a contract to prepare a design and tender ready documents for the project. The design implements the recommendations of the Heritage Lighting Master Plan for the Old Town to include Union Station as the western anchor of the plan, and create a strong visual identity for the Old Town to assist in enhancement as a neighbourhood and a destination. A final design has been approved, and is ready to be tendered for fabrication and installation. The design recognizes the historic importance of the Great Hall and complements its historic character. After a value engineering process, additional funds are required to complete the project based on updated cost estimates of which $154,638.00 will be achieved through funds from development agreements. This Motion is urgent as the tender for this project is tied to other restoration work in the Great Hall and to maintain the completion schedule for Union Station.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council increase the 2019 Council Approved Capital Budget of Corporate Real Estate Management for the Union Station Revitalization Project by $154,638 gross, $0 net, with $0 debt impact, for the installation of interior lighting for the Great Hall of Union Station (WBS Element: CCA911-08), fully funded by Section 16 funds secured from the development agreement for 15 York Street (Source Account: XR3031).
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council increase the 2019 Council Approved Capital Budget of Corporate Real Estate Management for the Union Station Revitalization Project by $154,638 gross, $0 net, with $0 debt impact, for the installation of interior lighting for the Great Hall of Union Station (WBS Element: CCA911-08), fully funded by Section 16 funds secured from the development agreement for 15 York Street (Source Account: XR3031).
MM9.60adopted
In early 2018, Waterfront Toronto in partnership with the City of Toronto Parks Forestry and Recreation launched a design competition for the design of York Street Park. After an extensive public consultation and jury process, Love Park by Claude Cormier et Associés was selected as the winning concept. The modern and simple design includes a central water feature and green perimeter, providing an inviting space for residents, workers, and visitors. The Park is designed to provide vital new recreation space for one of the most intensively used parts of the city, with a dense high-rise neighbourhood, the South Core financial district, and the waterfront tourist zone all in proximity. The project reclaims lands that were previously overshadowed by the since reconfigured York-Bay-Yonge off-ramp. Waterfront Toronto and Parks Forestry and Recreation staff have provided an updated cost estimate on the preferred design and additional funding is required to implement it. This request will increase the 2020 cash flow for the York Street Park project by $2.0 million from Section 42 Above five percent Cash-in-lieu. This Motion is urgent as funding is required to be allocated to maintain tender and construction schedules.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget for the York Off-ramp Construction sub-project in the amount of $2,000,000.00, increasing the total project cost from $10,000,000 (excluding taxes) to 12,000,000.00 and 2020 cash flow from $3,000,000.00 (excluding taxes) to $5,000,000.00, with funding from the following Section 42 Above five percent Cash-in-lieu for 90 Harbour account $1,188,000 (Source Account: XR2213-4200793), and 120 Harbour $812,000.00 (Source Account: XR2213-4200474) for updated construction estimate.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council amend the 2019 Approved Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget for the York Off-ramp Construction sub-project in the amount of $2,000,000.00, increasing the total project cost from $10,000,000 (excluding taxes) to 12,000,000.00 and 2020 cash flow from $3,000,000.00 (excluding taxes) to $5,000,000.00, with funding from the following Section 42 Above five percent Cash-in-lieu for 90 Harbour account $1,188,000 (Source Account: XR2213-4200793), and 120 Harbour $812,000.00 (Source Account: XR2213-4200474) for updated construction estimate.
MM9.61adopted
At its meeting on June 10, 2014, City Council appointed Valerie Jepson as Toronto's Integrity Commissioner for a fixed, non-renewable five-year term. The current Integrity Commissioner's term ends on September 6, 2019. The Integrity Commissioner function is a requirement under the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and reports directly to City Council. A recruitment process for a new Integrity Commissioner is ongoing. The next meeting of City Council is October 2019. The term of the current Integrity Commissioner must be extended to ensure the City is meeting legislative requirements, and to allow for sufficient time to complete the recruitment process, hence the urgency of this motion.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council extend the term of the Integrity Commissioner, on the same terms and conditions, to November 29, 2019 or until the recruitment process for a new Integrity Commissioner is completed, and City Council approves the appointment of a new Integrity Commissioner, whichever comes first.
Staff recommendation as filed
Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the following recommendation in the attached report (July 16, 2019) from the Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel: 1. City Council extend the term of the Integrity Commissioner, on the same terms and conditions, to November 29, 2019 or until the recruitment process for a new Integrity Commissioner is completed, and Council approves the appointment of a new Integrity Commissioner, whichever comes first.
MM9.62adopted
The Yorkville neighbourhood has been rapidly densifying over the past decade and opportunities for the City to acquire land are diminishing as properties are purchased and rezoned. 1240 Bay Street is located within the Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown: Planning Framework and Implementation Strategy Report, which was created to address concerns over tall buildings and intensification. It outlines where development should and should not occur, the types of uses and built form that are appropriate, how future development applications will be analyzed, and the future planning approval processes that are required. The City currently owns a building on the site, but lack the property interest. We must take this opportunity to explore all options as it relates to the acquisition of the property for future operational needs. This Motion is time sensitive and urgent as the City is involved in multiple negotiations with developers in the neighbourhood and instruction is necessary to further the City's interests.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Director, Real Estate Services, and any other appropriate City staff, to investigate and report back on the benefits, costs, and options for the City to acquire the property interest in the property municipally known as 1240 Bay Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Director, Real Estate Services, and any other appropriate City staff, to investigate and report back on the benefits, costs, and options for the City to acquire the property interest in the property municipally known as 1240 Bay Street.
MM9.63adopted
The Applicant, on behalf of Bluebird Ingram Storage Corp., applied to the Etobicoke York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment for minor variances respecting the site at 7-15 Ingram Drive. The Application (A0275/19EYK) sought permission to permit a self-storage warehouse on the site. On June 13, 2019, Community Planning for the Etobicoke York District wrote a report to the Committee of Adjustment recommending that, should the Committee of Adjustment approve the Application, the Committee of Adjustment impose a condition that the self-storage warehouse be constructed in accordance with the Site Plan submitted to the Committee of Adjustment, and that any other variances appearing on the plans but not listed in the written decision are not authorized. On June 20, 2019, the Committee of Adjustment approved the Application with the Condition. The decision is attached to this Motion. The Applicant, who was seeking approval without a condition, has appealed the decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. It is important that the Condition of approval be applied to ensure that Community Planning has the opportunity to review any future expansion plans. This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor to oppose the Applicant's Toronto Local Appeal Body appeal and to secure the necessary authorization and resources to support the City's opposition to the appeal. This Motion is urgent as the Committee of Adjustment's decision has been appealed and the City Solicitor requires instructions to attend the hearing.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City Staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in respect of 7-15 Ingram Drive to uphold the Committee of Adjustment's approval with condition of Application A0275/19EYK. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants, as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, and any other appropriate City Staff, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in respect of 7-15 Ingram Drive to uphold the Committee of Adjustment's approval with condition of Application A0275/19EYK. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants, as necessary. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.
MM9.64adopted
A letter from the Ontario Deputy Solicitor General, dated July 12, 2019, addressed to the City Manager requested the City of Toronto to act as a "host community" for Northern Ontario residents displaced due to a number of forest fires. The City of Toronto is generally requested to act as a host community annually and has received the request to act as the same seven times in the last five years. This most recent request is a result of emergency evacuations required because of the forest fires in Northwestern Ontario; the scale of which (approximately 16,000 people) is presenting the Province with significant challenges. The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management and Ministry of the Solicitor General, in partnership with other Provincial Ministries and Government of Canada Departments, coordinates planning for and evacuation of First Nations communities when they are at risk due to fires, floods or other emergencies. In discussions with Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, Mayor Tory has agreed that the City of Toronto would assist in any way possible. We understand that at this time, the province is considering possibly using college dormitories in the City of Toronto to house some evacuees. In order to host evacuees, formal funding and cost recovery agreements between Indigenous Services Canada and the City of Toronto need to be negotiated to: determine and authorize the provision of services, ensure full cost recovery and mitigate other potential liability issues identified by the City; authority is also required for City officials to enter into these agreements.
City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, adopted the following: 1. In respect of the current request to assist in being a "host community", in the event that there is an evacuation due to northern forest fires, and all similar future requests in respect of emergency evacuations, and subject to receiving a commitment that City expenses will be reimbursed, City Council authorize the City Manager, and the Mayor if required, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to: a. negotiate with the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, and implement, the City's hosting arrangements, if any, including the services and facilities the City may provide as part of such a hosting arrangement; b. enter into and execute all necessary agreements including any amendments with the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, and any other required parties, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to provide the hosting arrangement, including funding agreements to secure intergovernmental funding opportunities to recover the City hosting-related costs; and c. receive and allocate any funds obtained for services provided as a result of hosting.
Staff recommendation as filed
Mayor John Tory, seconded by Councillor Michael Thompson, recommends that: 1. In respect of the current request to assist in being a "host community", in the event that there is an evacuation due to northern forest fires, and all similar future requests in respect of emergency evacuations, and subject to receiving a commitment that City expenses will be reimbursed, City Council authorize the City Manager, and the Mayor if required, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to: 1. negotiate with the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, and implement, the City's hosting arrangements, if any, including the services and facilities the City may provide as part of such a hosting arrangement; 2. enter into and execute all necessary agreements including any amendments with the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, and any other required parties, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to provide the hosting arrangement, including funding agreements to secure intergovernmental funding opportunities to recover the City hosting-related costs; and 3. receive and allocate any funds obtained for services provided as a result of hosting.