Item - 2017.EX28.12

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council accept the decision of the Etobicoke Civic Centre Building Design Competition jury's selection of Adamson Associates Architects, Henning Larsen Architects and PMA Landscape Architects as the winning submission of the Etobicoke Civic Centre Design Competition.

2.  City Council request that Toronto Realty Agency, in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Internal Corporate Services, undertake the necessary due diligence required to proceed with Phase Two of the Major Capital Project Approval Process – Site Investigations, Schematic Design and Design Development.

3.  City Council request that Toronto Realty Agency enter into agreements with consultants, including Adamson Associates Architects, Henning Larsen Architects and PMA Landscape Architects, winners of the Etobicoke Civic Centre Design Competition, on terms satisfactory to the Transition Lead for Toronto Realty Agency and the Deputy City Manager, Internal Corporate Services, to:

a.  complete a detailed building program review to be conducted in consultation with City stakeholders;

b.  complete a of site investigation, schematic design and design development for a new Etobicoke Civic Centre at the Westwood Theatre Lands;

c.  initiate the Site Plan Approval pre-application process;

d.  complete a Class C cost estimate and project budget schedule; and

e.  identify a project procurement and delivery methodology.

4.  City Council refer the request of $3.5 million ($3.0 million in 2018, $0.5 million in 2019) to provide funding to Toronto Realty Agency through Facilities, Real Estate, Environment and Energy's 2018 – 2027 Capital Budget and Plan for the work required to the Budget Committee for consideration in the 2018 Budget process.

5.  City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Internal Corporate Services and the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in collaboration with Toronto Realty Agency, to report to City Council in the first quarter of 2019 respecting the results of Phase Two of the Major Capital Project Approval Process for the potential relocation of the Etobicoke Civic Centre.

6.  City Council request the Toronto Realty Agency and Deputy City Manager, Internal Corporate Services, in consultation with the Acting Chief Planner and the Director of the Affordable Housing Office, to ensure that the detailed building program provides for a mixed income ownership and rental community, maximizing the development of a range of housing options, with a goal of achieving up to 20 percent affordable rental housing and report to the Executive Committee in the first quarter of 2019

7.  City Council direct the Acting Chief Financial Officer to include eligible components of the Etobicoke Civic Centre and Community Hub project costs in the City's development charges bylaw review currently underway.

In 2016, City Council supported the City-owned Westwood Theatre Lands ("WTL") (Kipling/Bloor) as the preferred location for the relocated Etobicoke Civic Centre ("ECC") and directed staff to report back with a business case. The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with the results of the design competition, present recommendations from the business case and to seek approval to undertake Phase Two in the Major Capital Project Approval Process - Site Investigation, Schematic Design and Design Development ("Phase Two").

The relocation of the Etobicoke Civic Centre to the Westwood Theatre Lands is an integral component to set the future direction of City-owned lands in the West District. The new development will integrate municipal offices, an outdoor civic square, a community recreation centre, a childcare centre, an opportunity for a Toronto Public Library district branch, and underground parking in order to create a civic heart in the centre of Etobicoke. The project aims to maximize value, support planning policies, improve long term office accommodation, as well as support the following strategic actions for the City:

- Strategic Action #1-3: City Building – Direct employment and residential growth to the WTL, identified as part of "Etobicoke Centre" in the Official Plan.

- Strategic Action #4 and 5: Economic Vitality – Provide a catalyst for revitalization and economic activity in the West District.

- Strategic Action #6 Environmental Sustainability – Plan the Etobicoke Civic Centre Precinct ("ECC Precinct") as a Net-Zero community.

- Strategic Action #8 Support Affordable Housing – Provide residents access to a range of housing opportunities, allocating approximately 20 percent of residential units as affordable housing.

- Strategic Action #19 Improve Customer Service - Improve resident access to City services and new programming.

- Strategic Action #23-26- Fiscal Sustainability – Unlock financial value at three (3) City owned assets and reallocate capital backlog to the construction of a new facility.

Build Toronto, Real Estate Services and City Planning, pursuant to the City's Major Capital Project Approval Process, have completed the following tasks as part of Phase One - Feasibility and Concept Design:

- development of a preliminary building program;

- development of a design concept as established by the New Etobicoke Civic Centre Design Competition process with the selection of the winning submission by Adamson | Henning Larsen | PMA Landscape Architects;

- a Class D Cost Estimate and Project Schedule; and

- project feasibility: a preliminary assessment established through the business case analysis

For the complete business case and additional information on the design competition for the Etobicoke Civic Centre please visit www.buildtoronto.ca/project/westwood_theatre.

Upon City Council's adoption of this report, the next phase in the evaluation of a new Etobicoke Civic Centre will be to proceed with site investigation, schematic design and design development. Toronto Realty Agency ("TRA"), inclusive of Build Toronto and in consultation with City staff, will proceed with Phase Two, and report back to City Council in the First Quarter, 2019 with the results.