CreateTO
The full agenda, as filed
All 9 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.
RA23.1adopted
Advancing Opportunities for the Delivery of City Operated Long-Term Care Beds
The purpose of this report is to update the Board of Directors of CreateTO (the "Board") on the on-going collaboration between CreateTO and Senior Services and Long-Term Care Division ("SSLTC") to identify opportunities that enable the timely delivery of City operated long-term care beds. The Ministry of Long-Term Care ("MOLTC") has identified the mandatory redevelopment of Class "B" and "C" long-term care homes in order to bring these facilities into conformance with the design standards issued by the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MOLTC) to improve the physical and service needs of residents. To date, there are about 15,200 long-term care beds operated out of 84 facilities within Toronto. Of these totals approximately 7,600, or 50 percent, have been identified by the Ministry of Long-Term Care as requiring redevelopment. Five of the City's directly operated ten long-term care homes (1,232 beds out of 2,641 beds) require redevelopment to meet current design standards. As part of these redevelopment initiatives and as a result of Council direction, the City will also be looking for opportunities to increase the inventory of long-term care beds by an additional 978 beds. SSLTC estimates that the capital cost to redevelop the City's five existing long-term care facilities including the cost of adding the 978 beds will be approximately $820 million (excluding the George Street Revitalization). The COVID-19 pandemic has had severe impacts on the long-term care home system and its senior population, shedding a light on the continuing need to provide quality resident care in addition to mitigating the growing demand for additional long-term care beds across the province. The report put forward by Toronto's Office of Recovery and Rebuild in October 2020 also outlined a number of recommendations (specifically recs #31 and #33) highlighting the need to explore better utilization of City-owned land to realize previously unavailable opportunities for the delivery of housing, including the development of long-term care facilities. Investing in Capital Renewal is an exciting opportunity to address some of the issues highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic and support those most vulnerable in our community. This includes: - An opportunity to improve the design and safety of long-term care facilities, including new technological and physical changes that will allow a better response to future pandemics; - Improved levels of service by adding additional beds to the system; - Supporting high quality specialized resident-focused care; - Serving vulnerable individuals and ensuring residents continue to receive excellent care and services; as well as - Opportunities to respond to emerging community needs through the delivery of co-located programs such as child care, paramedic services, etc. Capital renewal is also the perfect opportunity to build zero emissions facilities now, ahead of the 2030 requirement, consistent with Council direction including TransformTO and the Toronto Green Standard and to take advantage of future government grants. To date, CreateTO, working with Senior Services and Long-Term Care (SSLTC), City Real Estate Management (CREM) and City Planning, has identified a site at 4610 Finch Avenue East as a suitable location for a long-term care facility. Additionally, a site located at the northwest corner of the Don Valley Parkway and York Mills Road may also be a potentially suitable location that will require further due-diligence. Those two sites, combined with the George Street Revitalization project and the redevelopment of Senior Services and Long-Term Care's (SLTCC's) existing Castleview Wychwood Towers proper ty (located at 351 Christie St.), will enable SSLTC to proceed with the redevelopment of approximately 1654 beds. This will result in the addition of 572 new beds to the system. Providing additional sites for the redevelopment of existing long-term care facilities allows for the accelerated delivery of long-term care beds along with a break in dependencies between projects, supporting the timely delivery of Senior Services and Long-Term Care's (SSLTC's) Capital Renewal Plan. Eliminating the need to rebuild on the same site also allows existing long-term care homes to remain operational, minimizing resident disruption, as well as providing a unique opportunity to extend building life by converting long-term care facilities to support the City's affordable and supportive housing objectives.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Endorsed the proposal to build a new Senior Services and Long-Term Care facility on the City owned property located at 4610 Finch Avenue East, as identified in Attachment A to the report (June 22, 2021) from the Vice President, Client Relationship Management, CreateTO. 2. Directed the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to explore the feasibility to potentially locate a new Senior Services and Long-Term Care facility at the City owned property at the Don Valley Parkway and York Mills Road, as outlined in Attachment B to the report (June 22, 2021) from the Vice President, Client Relationship Management, CreateTO. 3. Directed the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to explore opportunities to design any new Seniors Services and Long-Term Care facilities to allow as much flexibility to the future built form acknowledging the urban context of building in Toronto. 4. Directed the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to identify additional publicly owned property that could be leveraged to maximize the delivery of City-operated long-term care beds in addition to other city building opportunities, and report back to a future CreateTO Board meeting with a proposed plan. 5. Directed the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to evaluate the potential to repurpose any of the five long-term care homes identified for replacement to meet other affordable and supportive housing objectives and report back to the Board of CreateTO with the results. 6. Directed the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care to work with Environment and Energy Division on identifying grants, partnerships, and business models for TransformTO implementation opportunities for both mitigation and improved resilience, such as, opportunities for renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, and net-zero emissions buildings as a part of this project. 7. Directed the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to work with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Lands Corporation to identify any properties owned by the Toronto District School Board that may be suitable for redevelopment to include a new long-term care facility.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Vice President, Client Relationship Management recommends that the Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Endorse the proposal to build a new Senior Services and Long-Term Care facility on the City owned property located at 4610 Finch Avenue East, as identified in Attachment A. 2. Direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to explore the feasibility to potentially locate a new Senior Services and Long-Term Care facility at the City owned property at the Don Valley Parkway and York Mills Road, as outlined in Attachment B. 3. Direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to explore opportunities to design any new Seniors Services and Long-Term Care facilities to allow as much flexibility to the future built form acknowledging the urban context of building in Toronto. 4. Direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to identify additional publicly owned property that could be leveraged to maximize the delivery of City-operated long-term care beds in addition to other city building opportunities, and report back to a future CreateTO Board meeting with a proposed plan. 5. Direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to evaluate the potential to repurpose any of the five long-term care homes identified for replacement to meet other affordable and supportive housing objectives and report back to the Board of CreateTO with the results. 6. Direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care to work with Environment and Energy Division on identifying grants, partnerships, and business models for TransformTO implementation opportunities for both mitigation and improved resilience, such as, opportunities for renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, and net-zero emissions buildings as a part of this project. 7. Direct the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO in consultation with the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care, Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to work with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Lands Corporation to identify any properties owned by the Toronto District School Board that may be suitable for redevelopment to include a new long-term care facility.
RA23.2adopted
Redevelopment of 260 Adelaide Street West
The purpose of this report is to provide additional information requested by the Board of Directors of CreateTO (the "Board") regarding the business plan related to the redevelopment of the City-owned property at 260 Adelaide Street West ("260 Adelaide") and receive approval from the Board on the negotiated joint development agreement with the adjacent landowner based on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Approved the negotiated joint development agreement with the adjacent landowner to 260 Adelaide Street West to jointly rezone and sell the sites based on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 24, 2021) from the Executive Vice President, Development, CreateTO. 2. Directed that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 24, 2021) from the Executive Vice President, Development, CreateTO remain confidential in its entirety as it contains information regarding the proposed disposition of land. 3. Recommends that City Council approve the negotiated joint development agreement with the adjacent landowner to 260 Adelaide Street West to jointly rezone and sell the sites based on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 24, 2021) from the Executive Vice President, Development, CreateTO, and that City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 24, 2021) from the Executive Vice President, Development, CreateTO remain confidential in its entirety as it contains information regarding the proposed disposition of land.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Executive Vice President, Development recommends that the Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Approve the negotiated joint development agreement with the adjacent landowner to 260 Adelaide Street West to jointly rezone and sell the sites based on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1. 2. Direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to this report remain confidential in its entirety as it contains information regarding the proposed disposition of land. 3. Recommend that City Council approve the negotiated joint development agreement with the adjacent landowner to 260 Adelaide Street West to jointly rezone and sell the sites based on the terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1, and that City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to this report remain confidential in its entirety as it contains information regarding the proposed disposition of land.
RA23.3amended
Housing Now Progress Update (June 2021)
On January 30, 2019, City Council approved a signature affordable housing program, the "Housing Now Initiative," to leverage City-owned land for the purpose of creating new, mixed-use, mixed-income communities near transit. Through the Initiative, 11 properties were initially identified for development, with the potential to create a total of 10,000 new residential units. On May 28, 2020, Council approved the addition of six more sites to the Housing Now Initiative with the potential to create 1,455 to 1,700 additional residential units. The Housing Now Initiative is coordinated through a Steering Committee composed of senior staff from the Housing Secretariat, City Planning and CreateTO. The purpose of this report is to provide the CreateTO Board of Directors with a broad status update on the progress made to-date on activating the 17 properties.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Authorized the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 29, 2021) from the Vice President, Development, CreateTO at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Vice President, Development recommends that: 1. The Board of Directors of CreateTO receive this report for information.
RA23.4deferred
Housing Now Financial Portfolio Review
On January 30, 2019, City Council approved a signature affordable housing program, the "Housing Now Initiative," to leverage City-owned land for the purpose of creating new, mixed-use, mixed-income communities near transit. Through the Initiative, 11 properties were initially identified for development, with the potential to create a total of 10,000 new residential units. On May 28, 2020, Council approved the addition of six more sites to the Housing Now Initiative with the potential to create 1,455 to 1,700 additional residential units. The Housing Now Initiative is coordinated through a Steering Committee composed of senior staff from the Housing Secretariat, City Planning and CreateTO. The purpose of this report is to provide the CreateTO Board of Directors with a broad status update on the financial status of the portfolio.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Deferred consideration of the item to its September 13, 2021 meeting with the request that the Interim Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO report to the September 13, 2021 Board meeting with the following information: - Community Benefits language that can be included in all future proposal calls; and - Sets a 10% social hiring target with quarterly reporting requirements for each construction project, of the number of individuals hired (apprenticeships and journeypersons), which targeted or equity seeking group they belong to and the method by which these individuals were recruited, and yearly reporting for the Housing Now program.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Vice President, Development, CreateTO recommends that: 1. The Board of Directors of CreateTO authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment following completion of execution of the Housing Now Initiative, and at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer.
RA23.5deferred
City-wide Real Estate - Next Phase of Implementation
A presentation will be given to the Board of Directors of CreateTO on the next phase of implementation of the City-wide Real Estate Model and content of the staff report on the same topic that will be going to Executive Committee and City Council in June 2021.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Deferred consideration of the item until its September 13, 2021 meeting.
RA23.6adopted
Alignment of Positions to City-wide Real Estate Functional Model
The purpose of this report is to provide the Board with more information on the process used to transfer employees from the City of Toronto to CreateTO as part of the ongoing efforts to align positions to the City-wide real estate functional model, between CreateTO and Corporate Real Estate Service Management Division at the City of Toronto. This process will also serve as a template for future transfer, including potential transfers from the City itself or other City Agencies and Corporations.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Received the report (April 30, 2021) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO recommends that: 1. The Board of Directors, CreateTO receive this report for information.
RA23.7adopted
Action Items and New Matters Referred by City Council
The report provides an update on action items arising out of prior meeting of the CreateTO Board of Directors. This report also provides summary information regarding matters that City Council has, since the prior meeting of the Board, directed CreateTO to become involved in.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Received the report (June 22, 2021) from the Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary, CreateTO for information.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary recommends that: 1. The Board of Directors of CreateTO receive this report for information.
RA23.8amended
CreateTO Organizational Matters - Staffing Request
The purpose of this report is to provide the Board with a report on certain human resource matters which have arisen in 2021.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Established a Human Resources Committee and: a. appointed the following members to the Committee: Sandra Levy (Chair), Dennis Fotinos, Councillor Paula Fletcher and Marcie Zajdeman; b. requested the Committee to consider the report (June 24, 2021) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, and any other related human resources matters; c. requested the Committee to report back to the Board in September on the report (June 24, 2021) from the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, and a proposed terms of reference for the Committee; d. requested the City Clerk to provide meeting management support to the Committee. 2. Requested the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the City Manager to assist the Board and the Human Resources Committee where needed. 3. Directed the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to report to the September 13, 2021 meeting of the Board on a framework for a Strategic Planning session for the Board to allow for discussion on a strategic plan and a governance structure for the Board; such report to include information on engaging an external consultant to facilitate the session.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO recommends that the Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Approve the 2021 supplemental staffing request, as set out in Confidential Attachment 1, and direct the Chief Executive Officer to work with City of Toronto Financial Planning staff to obtain City Council approval for such staffing and required budget. 2. Authorize the public release of the information in Confidential Attachment 1 once approved by City Council, and at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.
RA23.9amended
Update on Position of Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO
Further to the decisions of the Board of Directors of CreateTO at its meetings on October 9, 2020 [Item RA17.7] and on May 11, 2021 [Item RA22.4] regarding the position of Chief Executive Officer, the Chair will provide an update on the recruitment process for Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO.
The Board of Directors of CreateTO: 1. Directed that Councillor Ana Bailão be included on the CEO Search Selection Panel, established by the Board on October 9, 2020 (RA17.7).