CC43.5amended
Delegation of Authority for the 2026 Council Recess Period
City Council on July 29 and 30, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council delegate the following authorities, in addition to those currently delegated under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, and Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control: a. commitment authority: delegate to the City Manager or delegate, who must be a Deputy City Manager or the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, the authority to commit funds for any contracts with a total term of up to ten (10) years, inclusive of any option years, or the projected term of capital funding for a project as approved by Council, provided that the procurement procedures in Chapter 195, Procurement, have been followed and cash flow funding has been provided in the operating budget or capital budget or pursuant to Chapter 71, Financial Control, section 19 (Donations and Sponsorships) to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; and b. award authority: delegate to the Chief Procurement Officer the authority to award any contracts with a total term of up to ten (10) years, inclusive of any option years, or the projected term of capital funding for a project as approved by Council, provided that all other pre-conditions to an award by the Chief Procurement Officer set out in Chapter 195, Procurement, have been met. 2. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff and receive for information the procurement plan set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2026) from the City Manager. 3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2026) from the City Manager remain confidential at this time as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto and be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the award or closing of the contemplated procurement transactions. 4. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, City Council delegate authority to the City Manager to approve any non-competitive contract with a total term of up to ten (10) years in an amount not to exceed $5 million (net of all taxes), in accordance with the exceptions set out in Chapter 195, Procurement, section 7.1 for non-competitive contracts, and under the condition that funding is within the operating or capital budgets deemed adopted, or has been donated pursuant to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, section 19 (Donations and Sponsorships), to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. 5. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, City Council delegate authority to the City Manager to approve any over-expenditures of a commitment in an amount not to exceed $5 million (net of all taxes) for goods and services and $10 million (net of all taxes) for construction services, provided that the over-expenditure is within the operating or capital budgets deemed adopted, or has been donated pursuant to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, section 19 (Donations and Sponsorships), to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. 6. City Council authorize the City Manager, despite Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to take any actions that are required to respond to tariffs and any new directives that may be issued under the Buy Ontario Act (Public Sector Procurement), 2025, during the election recess. 7. In addition to the authority currently delegated under Section 3.1 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 67, Fair Wage, and notwithstanding the timing and posting requirements in Sections 3.1E, F and G of Chapter 67, City Council authorize the Manager, Fair Wage Office, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to update the wage rates in Schedule C of Chapter 67 to cover the years 2026 to 2028 with an effective date of September 1, 2026, and submit any necessary Bills for enactment by City Council at an appropriate time. 8. In addition to authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to approve the following budget reallocations, provided that sufficient budgets and funds are available to reallocate: a. 10-Year Capital Budget and Plan between projects or sub-projects in an amount of not more than $10 million (Chapter 71 - Section 71-9); and b. Operating Budgets in an amount of not more than $2 million, including associated changes to service levels and complement (Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, Section 71-8). 9. City Council delegate authority to the City Manager, or his delegate to accept and spend donations which exceed the limit of $50,000 (as per the Donations Policy) and to accept and spend sponsorships which exceed the limit of $500,000 (as per the Sponsorship Policy), provided that the receiving Program has the capacity to meet the initial or ongoing costs and obligations associated with the donation or sponsorship. 10. City Council delegate authority to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to approve Eco-Roof Incentive Program applications that exceed funding maximums of $50,000 for cool roof projects and $100,000 for green roof projects up to a maximum of $500,000 in total, providing there is available funding within the Eco-Roof Reserve Fund to meet all grant obligations and operating requirements. 11. City Council delegate authority to the Director, Insurance and Risk Management for the placement of insurance policies subject to the availability of approved operating and/or capital budgets. 12. City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to receive new time-sensitive provincial and/or federal funding, and to allocate such funds to the 2026 Operating and Capital Budgets for impacted City Programs to commence spending. 13. City Council authorize the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to take actions as required to preserve the City's ability to secure intergovernmental or other third-party funding opportunities that may arise, including entering into any necessary agreements, including the execution of Transfer Payment Agreements, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor with other orders of government or third parties to receive such funding. 14. City Council delegate authority to the City Manager to participate in consultations and stakeholder engagements on policy initiatives initiated by the provincial or federal government, including ongoing negotiations, where the City Manager determines, after consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and any impacted divisions, that such intervention or participation is needed to protect or advance the City's interests. 15. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend hearings on appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions or to appeal a Committee of Adjustment decision on behalf of the City of Toronto at the request of the Executive Director, Development Review or their designate, after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor (with the exception that during the period from August 1, 2026, to the day after Voting Day 2026, inclusive, the delegation shall be to the Executive Director, Development Review, or their designate, after consultation with the City Solicitor); the delegation shall include the authority to direct appropriate City staff to attend the hearing and for the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary; and the City Solicitor shall be authorized to take all steps necessary to bring resolution to the matter in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review. 16. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 213, Real Property, City Council delegate to the City Manager authority to approve real estate transactions to an upper financial limit of $50 million, where such transactions are deemed by the City Manager to be appropriate to advance City priorities, or another time sensitive project, providing there is available funding. 17. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 213, Real Property, City Council delegate to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, and/or the Division Head responsible for the proposed tenants' programs, authority to approve initial Community Space Tenancy leases with new tenants who do not already occupy space pursuant to the Community Space Tenancy Policy or the Below Market Rent Policy, provided the tenant meets the criteria of the Community Space Tenancy Policy and that any financial implications have been included in the 2026 Council Approved Budgets for the relevant divisions. 18. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Transportation Services, notwithstanding any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, until the end of the day on January 31, 2027, to regulate traffic and parking as may be required for the purposes of managing traffic movement, accommodating construction or development, or addressing public safety or the safety of any property, and further direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to submit any necessary Bills to amend City of Toronto Municipal Code traffic and parking Chapters, including their Schedules, directly to the first meeting of Council in 2027, with such amendments being effective retroactively to the date established by the General Manager, Transportation Services. 19. City Council delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, notwithstanding any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, until the end of the day on January 31, 2027, the authority to temporarily close to vehicular and pedestrian traffic any highway or portion of a highway, as required for the purposes of managing traffic movement, to accommodate construction or development, or to address public safety or the safety of any property and exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority, from the requirement in section 937-5 of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested. 20. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to prohibit parking, stopping or standing, until the end of the day on January 31, 2027, on any highway where the General Manager, Transportation Services has erected temporary signage as required further to permitted street work or temporary street occupations. 21. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to submit directly to City Council at the appropriate time any necessary Bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were immediately prior to the By-law amendments made in Parts 18, 19 and 20 above. 22. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, and the authority currently delegated to the City Solicitor, in consultation with the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager or the City Manager, to submit contractual disputes of $500,000 or less to arbitration, City Council delegate authority to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager or the City Manager to agree to arbitration of contractual disputes, on such terms as are acceptable to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager. 23. City Council direct that the authority to agree to arbitration includes the authority to execute agreements regarding the terms under which any arbitration shall be conducted, including appeal rights or that the arbitration award be final and binding, and the authority to discontinue or settle such arbitrations where it is concluded by the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager that it is reasonable to do so. 24. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, and the authority currently delegated to the City Solicitor to settle any legal action for any claim where the amount to be recovered, exclusive of interest or costs, is $500,000 or less, City Council delegate authority to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager to settle any contractual disputes on such terms as are acceptable to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager. 25. City Council direct that the authority to settle claims contained in Part 24 above include authority to settle claims even where no formal legal action has been commenced and to execute any documents in furtherance thereof. 26. In addition to authority currently delegated by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the City Manager and operating Division Head or Deputy City Manager, to approve budget reallocations to satisfy any arbitration award or settlement reached pursuant to the authority contained in Parts 23 and 24 above, providing there is available funding. 27. City Council delegate to the City Solicitor, in consultation with appropriate City, Agency, Board and Commission officials, as the case may be, the authority to settle claims under the Expropriations Act, provided that funds have been provided in an operating or capital budget. 28. City Council delegate authority to the City Manager or delegate, who must be a Deputy City Manager or the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to provide City funding in amounts satisfactory to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to non-profit and Indigenous delivery partners provided that sufficient budgets and funds are available. 29. City Council authorize the City Clerk to take any required action under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002, that the City Clerk determines is necessary and urgent as part of any obligation or requirement under the Act. 30. City Council direct that the delegated authorities in Parts 1 to 29 above be in effect immediately following the end of the City Council meeting on July 29 and 30, 2026, until the first regular scheduled business meeting of City Council's new term, in December 2026, unless otherwise indicated in Parts 1 to 29 above. 31. City Council direct the City Manager to report back to City Council at the first regular scheduled business meeting of City Council's new term, in December 2026, on the exercise of any delegated authority in Parts 1 to 29 above, including the use of any delegated procurement-related authorities. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2026) from the City Manager remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 21, 2026) from the City Manager will be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the award or closing of the contemplated procurement transactions.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Manager recommends that: 1. City Council delegate the following authorities, in addition to those currently delegated under Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, and Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control: a. Commitment authority: Delegate to the City Manager or delegate, who must be a Deputy City Manager or the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, the authority to commit funds for any contracts with a total term of up to ten (10) years, inclusive of any option years, or the projected term of capital funding for a project as approved by Council, provided that the procurement procedures in Chapter 195, Procurement, have been followed and cash flow funding has been provided in the operating budget or capital budget or pursuant to Chapter 71, Financial Control, section 19 (Donations and Sponsorships) to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. b. Award authority: Delegate to the Chief Procurement Officer the authority to award any contracts with a total term of up to ten (10) years, inclusive of any option years, or the projected term of capital funding for a project as approved by Council, provided that all other pre-conditions to an award by the Chief Procurement Officer set out in Chapter 195, Procurement, have been met. 2. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff and receive for information the procurement plan set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report from the City Manager. 3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report remain confidential at this time as it pertains to criteria to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto and be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the award or closing of the contemplated procurement transactions. 4. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, City Council delegate authority to the City Manager to approve any non-competitive contract with a total term of up to ten (10) years in an amount not to exceed $5 million (net of all taxes), in accordance with the exceptions set out in Chapter 195, Procurement, section 7.1 for non-competitive contracts, and under the condition that funding is within the operating or capital budgets deemed adopted, or has been donated pursuant to Chapter 71, Financial Control, section 19 (Donations and Sponsorships), to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. 5. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, City Council delegate authority to the City Manager to approve any over-expenditures of a commitment in an amount not to exceed $5 million (net of all taxes) for goods and services and $10 million (net of all taxes) for construction services, provided that the over-expenditure is within the operating or capital budgets deemed adopted, or has been donated pursuant to Chapter 71, Financial Control, section 19 (Donations and Sponsorships), to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. 6. City Council authorize the City Manager, despite Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to take any actions that are required to respond to tariffs and any new directives that may be issued under the Buy Ontario Act (Public Sector Procurement), 2025, during the election recess. 7. In addition to the authority currently delegated under Section 3.1 of Municipal Code Chapter 67, Fair Wage, and notwithstanding the timing and posting requirements in Sections 3.1E, F and G of Chapter 67, City Council authorize the Manager, Fair Wage Office, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to update the wage rates in Schedule C of Chapter 67 to cover the years 2026 to 2028 with an effective date of September 1, 2026, and submit any necessary Bills for enactment by Council at an appropriate time. 8. In addition to authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to approve the following budget reallocations, provided that sufficient budgets and funds are available to reallocate: a. 10-Year Capital Budget and Plan between projects or sub-projects in an amount of not more than $10 million (Chapter 71 - Section 71-9). b. Operating Budgets in an amount of not more than $2 million, including associated changes to service levels and complement (Chapter 71 - Section 71-8). 9. City Council delegate authority to the City Manager, or his delegate to accept and spend donations which exceed the limit of $50,000 (as per the Donations Policy) and to accept and spend sponsorships which exceed the limit of $500,000 (as per the Sponsorship Policy), provided that the receiving Program has the capacity to meet the initial or ongoing costs and obligations associated with the donation or sponsorship. 10. City Council delegate authority to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to approve Eco-Roof Incentive Program applications that exceed funding maximums of $50,000 for cool roof projects and $100,000 for green roof projects up to a maximum of $500,000 in total, providing there is available funding within the Eco-Roof Reserve Fund to meet all grant obligations and operating requirements. 11. City Council delegate authority to the Director, Insurance & Risk Management for the placement of insurance policies subject to the availability of approved operating and/or capital budgets. 12. City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to receive new time-sensitive provincial and/or federal funding, and to allocate such funds to the 2026 Operating and Capital Budgets for impacted City Programs to commence spending. 13. City Council authorize the City Manager in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to take actions as required to preserve the City's ability to secure intergovernmental or other third-party funding opportunities that may arise, including entering into any necessary agreements, including the execution of Transfer Payment Agreements, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor with other orders of government or third parties to receive such funding. 14. City Council delegate authority to the City Manager to participate in consultations and stakeholder engagements on policy initiatives initiated by the provincial or federal government, including ongoing negotiations, where the City Manager determines, after consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and any impacted divisions, that such intervention or participation is needed to protect or advance the City's interests. 15. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend hearings on appeals of Committee of Adjustment decisions or to appeal a Committee of Adjustment decision on behalf of the City of Toronto at the request of the Executive Director, Development Review or their designate, after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor (with the exception that during the period from August 1, 2026 to the day after Voting Day 2026, inclusive, the delegation shall be to the Executive Director, Development Review, or their designate, after consultation with the City Solicitor); the delegation shall include the authority to direct appropriate City staff to attend the hearing and for the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as necessary; and the City Solicitor shall be authorized to take all steps necessary to bring resolution to the matter in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review. 16. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 213, Real Property, City Council delegate to the City Manager authority to approve real estate transactions to an upper financial limit of $50 million, where such transactions are deemed by the City Manager to be appropriate to advance City priorities, or another time sensitive project, providing there is available funding. 17. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 213, Real Property, City Council delegate to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, and/or the Division Head responsible for the proposed tenants' programs, authority to approve initial Community Space Tenancy leases with new tenants who do not already occupy space pursuant to the Community Space Tenancy Policy or the Below Market Rent Policy, provided the tenant meets the criteria of the Community Space Tenancy Policy and that any financial implications have been included in the 2026 Council Approved Budgets for the relevant divisions. 18. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Transportation Services, notwithstanding any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, until the end of the day on January 31, 2027, to regulate traffic and parking as may be required for the purposes of managing traffic movement, accommodating construction or development, or addressing public safety or the safety of any property, and further direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to submit any necessary Bills to amend City of Toronto Municipal Code traffic and parking Chapters, including their Schedules, directly to the first meeting of Council in 2027, with such amendments being effective retroactively to the date established by the General Manager, Transportation Services. 19. City Council delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, notwithstanding any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, until the end of the day on January 31, 2027, the authority to temporarily close to vehicular and pedestrian traffic any highway or portion of a highway, as required for the purposes of managing traffic movement, to accommodate construction or development, or to address public safety or the safety of any property and exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority, from the requirement in section 937-5 of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested. 20. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking to prohibit parking, stopping or standing, until the end of the day on January 31, 2027, on any highway where the General Manager, Transportation Services has erected temporary signage as required further to permitted street work or temporary street occupations. 21. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to submit directly to City Council at the appropriate time any necessary Bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were immediately prior to the By-law amendments made in Recommendations 18, 19 and 20 above. 22. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control and the authority currently delegated to the City Solicitor, in consultation with the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager or the City Manager, to submit contractual disputes of $500,000 or less to arbitration, City Council delegate authority to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager or the City Manager to agree to arbitration of contractual disputes, on such terms as are acceptable to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager. 23. City Council direct that the authority to agree to arbitration includes the authority to execute agreements regarding the terms under which any arbitration shall be conducted, including appeal rights or that the arbitration award be final and binding, and the authority to discontinue or settle such arbitrations where it is concluded by the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager that it is reasonable to do so. 24. In addition to the authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control and the authority currently delegated to the City Solicitor to settle any legal action for any claim where the amount to be recovered, exclusive of interest or costs, is $500,000 or less, City Council delegate authority to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager to settle any contractual disputes on such terms as are acceptable to the City Solicitor and the responsible operating Division Head, Deputy City Manager, or the City Manager. 25. City Council direct that the authority to settle claims contained in Part 24 above include authority to settle claims even where no formal legal action has been commenced and to execute any documents in furtherance thereof. 26. In addition to authority currently delegated by Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, City Council delegate authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the City Manager and operating Division Head or Deputy City Manager, to approve budget reallocations to satisfy any arbitration award or settlement reached pursuant to the authority contained in Parts 23 and 24 above, providing there is available funding. 27. City Council delegate to the City Solicitor, in consultation with appropriate City, Agency, Board and Commission officials, as the case may be, the authority to settle claims under the Expropriations Act, provided that funds have been provided in an operating or capital budget. 28. City Council direct that the delegated authorities in Parts 1 to 27 above be in effect immediately following the end of the City Council meeting on July 29, 30 and 31, 2026, until the first regular scheduled business meeting of City Council's new term, in December 2026, unless otherwise indicated in Parts 1 to 27 above. 29. City Council direct the City Manager, to report back to City Council at the first regular scheduled business meeting of City Council's new term, in December 2026, on the exercise of any delegated authority in Parts 1 to 27 above, including the use of any delegated procurement-related authorities.
EY33.5adopted
5 and 43 Junction Road - Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications - Decision Report - Approval
City Council on July 29 and 30, 2026, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 5 and 43 Junction Road substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (June 18, 2026) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District. 2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 5 and 43 Junction substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as revised Attachment 6 to the report (June 18, 2026) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required. 4. City Council approve that, in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for Phase 2 (Block 3), as shown in the Phasing Plan included as Attachment 7 to the report (June 18, 2026) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, the owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication (Block 4), having a minimum size of 2,306 square metres, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor. 5. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount determined by the Executive Director, Development Review and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 6. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 7. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, including any conditional above-grade building permits for the first phase of the development, City Council require the owner to post financial security in the amount of the value of the parkland dedication owed for the entire development, as appraised by the Executive Director, Corporate and Real Estate Management, and such security shall not be released until the parkland (Block 4) is conveyed to the City in a manner satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review; the financial security shall be paid in a form satisfactory to the City, and from the date the financial security is first paid to the City to such time as the parkland is conveyed to the City, be indexed upwardly in accordance with the appropriate Statistics Canada index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review. 8. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, including any conditional above-grade building permits for the first phase of the development, City Council require the owner to register in priority a Section 118 Restriction, pursuant to the Land Titles Act against title to the future parkland (Block 4) to be conveyed to the City, that prohibits the transfer or charge of the parkland without the prior written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 9. City Council accept the owner's offer of an in-kind contribution (attached as Attachment 14 to the report (June 18, 2026) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District) pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act and allow the owner to provide a minimum of five percent of the residential gross floor area of each phase in the development for which the owner intends to apply for a Plan of Condominium, as affordable rental housing for a minimum of 40 years to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat (the "In-kind Contribution") all in accordance with the following terms: a. the unit mix of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall reflect the unit mix of the market units within each phase of the proposed development; b. the average unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be no less than the average unit size of all the market units, by unit type, in each phase of the proposed development; c. the minimum unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be no less than the minimum unit sizes of all market units, by unit type, in each phase of the proposed development; d. the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be provided in contiguous groups of at least six rental dwelling units; e. the general configuration, location and layout of the Affordable Rental Housing Units in the development shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be provided with access to, and use of all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development at no extra charge; access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings; g. all Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with ensuite laundry facilities and central air conditioning at no extra charge; h. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with access to permanent and visitor bicycle parking/bicycle lockers in accordance with the Zoning By-law and on the same basis as other units within the development. i. the initial rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to the first tenants of and upon turnover of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall not exceed Affordable Rents as currently defined in the Official Plan for a minimum of 40 years, beginning with the date each such unit is first occupied (the "Affordability Period"); during the Affordability Period, increases to initial rents charged to tenants occupying any of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act and shall not exceed the Provincial rent guideline, regardless of whether the Provincial rent guideline applies to the Affordable Rental Housing Units under the Residential Tenancies Act; j. the owner shall provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units at the rents identified in Part 9.i above for the duration of the Affordability Period; the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall not be registered as a condominium or any other form of ownership, such as life lease or co-ownership, which provide a right to exclusive possession of a dwelling unit, and no application for conversion for non-rental housing purposes, or application to demolish any Affordable Rental Housing Unit shall be made for the duration of the Affordability Period; upon the expiration of the Affordability Period, the owner shall continue to provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units, unless and until such time as the owner has applied for and obtained all approvals necessary to do otherwise; k. the owner will use the City's Centralized Affordable Housing Access System to advertise and select tenants for the Affordable Rental Housing Units, provided it is in place, unless otherwise agreed to by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and at least six months in advance of any Affordable Rental Housing Unit being made available for rent, the owner shall develop and implement an Access Plan which will outline how the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be rented to eligible households in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; l. the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent of the new dwelling units erected in the condominium building within each phase of development as are available and ready for occupancy; and m. the Owner shall enter into one or more appropriate agreements with the City to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to secure the rental tenure of any buildings in the development for which a Plan of Condominium application will not be made and which will not be required to provide affordable housing in accordance with the proposed Official Plan Amendment and for which the Owner will pay the Community Benefits Charge for the portion of the lands that is purpose-built rental. 10. City Council attribute a value to the In-kind Contribution, equal to 100 percent of four percent of the value of the land for the development permission granted in each phase of the development proposed as a condominium (net of any exclusions or exemptions authorized under the Community Benefits Charge By-law), as determined the day before the day the first building permit is issued in respect of the development. 11. In the event that the affordable rental housing is provided, in accordance with the Official Plan Amendment, City Council authorize the Executive Director, Development Review to enter into an Agreement pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act (the "In-kind Contribution Agreement") to address the provision of the In-kind Contribution on terms satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 12. City Council determine that the execution and registration of the In-kind Contribution Agreement constitute satisfactory arrangements for the provision of the In-Kind Contribution for the condominium development for the purpose of Applicable Law as defined in the Building Code.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District recommends that: 1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 5 and 43 Junction Road substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as attachment 5 to this report. 2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 5 and 43 Junction substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as attachment 6 to this report. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required. 4. City Council approve that, in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for Phase 2 (Block 3), as shown in the Phasing Plan included as attachment 7 to this report, the owner shall convey to the City, an on-site parkland dedication (Block 4), having a minimum size of 2,306 square metres, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor. 5. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition. The owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount determined by the Executive Director, Development Review and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management. 6. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time. 7. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, including any conditional above-grade building permits for the first phase of the development, City Council require the owner to post financial security in the amount of the value of the parkland dedication owed for the entire development, as appraised by the Executive Director, Corporate and Real Estate Management, and such security shall not be released until the parkland (Block 4) is conveyed to the City in a manner satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review; the financial security shall be paid in a form satisfactory to the City, and from the date the financial security is first paid to the City to such time as the parkland is conveyed to the City, be indexed upwardly in accordance with the appropriate Statistics Canada index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review. 8. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit, including any conditional above-grade building permits for the first phase of the development, City Council require the owner to register in priority a Section 118 Restriction, pursuant to the Land Titles Act against title to the future parkland (Block 4) to be conveyed to the City, that prohibits the transfer or charge of the parkland without the prior written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 9. City Council accept the owner's offer of an in-kind contribution (attached as attachment 14 to this report) pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act and allow the owner to provide a minimum of five percent of the residential gross floor area of each phase in the development for which the owner intends to apply for a Plan of Condominium, as affordable rental housing for a minimum of 40 years to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat (the "In-kind Contribution") all in accordance with the following terms: a. the unit mix of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall reflect the unit mix of the market units within each phase of the proposed development; b. the average unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be no less than the average unit size of all the market units, by unit type, in each phase of the proposed development; c. the minimum unit size of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be no less than the minimum unit sizes of all market units, by unit type, in each phase of the proposed development; d. the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be provided in contiguous groups of at least six rental dwelling units; e. the general configuration, location and layout of the Affordable Rental Housing Units in the development shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; f. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be provided with access to, and use of all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development at no extra charge; access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings; g. all Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with ensuite laundry facilities and central air conditioning at no extra charge; h. tenants of the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be provided with access to permanent and visitor bicycle parking/bicycle lockers in accordance with the Zoning By-law and on the same basis as other units within the development. i. the initial rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to the first tenants of and upon turnover of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall not exceed Affordable Rents as currently defined in the Official Plan for a minimum of 40 years, beginning with the date each such unit is first occupied (the "Affordability Period"). During the Affordability Period, increases to initial rents charged to tenants occupying any of the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act and shall not exceed the Provincial rent guideline, regardless of whether the Provincial rent guideline applies to the Affordable Rental Housing Units under the Residential Tenancies Act; j. the owner shall provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units at the rents identified in 9.i above for the duration of the Affordability Period. The Affordable Rental Housing Units shall not be registered as a condominium or any other form of ownership, such as life lease or co-ownership, which provide a right to exclusive possession of a dwelling unit, and no application for conversion for non-rental housing purposes, or application to demolish any Affordable Rental Housing Unit shall be made for the duration of the Affordability Period; upon the expiration of the Affordability Period, the owner shall continue to provide and maintain the Affordable Rental Housing Units as rental dwelling units, unless and until such time as the owner has applied for and obtained all approvals necessary to do otherwise; k. the owner will use the City's Centralized Affordable Housing Access System to advertise and select tenants for the Affordable Rental Housing Units, provided it is in place, unless otherwise agreed to by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and at least six months in advance of any Affordable Rental Housing Unit being made available for rent, the owner shall develop and implement an Access Plan which will outline how the Affordable Rental Housing Units will be rented to eligible households in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; l. the Affordable Rental Housing Units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which seventy percent of the new dwelling units erected in the condominium building within each phase of development as are available and ready for occupancy; and m. the Owner shall enter into one or more appropriate agreements with the City to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to secure the rental tenure of any buildings in the development for which a Plan of Condominium application will not be made and which will not be required to provide affordable housing in accordance with the proposed Official Plan Amendment and for which the Owner will pay the CBC for the portion of the lands that is purpose-built rental. 10. City Council attribute a value to the In-kind Contribution, equal to 100 percent of four percent of the value of the land for the development permission granted in each phase of the development proposed as a condominium (net of any exclusions or exemptions authorized under the Community Benefits Charge By-law), as determined the day before the day the first building permit is issued in respect of the development. 11. In the event that the affordable rental housing is provided, in accordance with the Official Plan Amendment, City Council authorize the Executive Director, Development Review to enter into an Agreement pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act (the "In-kind Contribution Agreement") to address the provision of the In-kind Contribution on terms satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 12. City Council determine that the execution and registration of the In-kind Contribution Agreement constitute satisfactory arrangements for the provision of the In-Kind Contribution for the condominium development for the purpose of Applicable Law as defined in the Building Code.