Item - 2020.MM24.20

City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020, adopted the following:

1. City Council rescind Council Decision 2019.IE7.10 in its entirety.

2.  City Council rescind Council Decision 2019.MM13.10 in its entirety.

3.  City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services or designate, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water, to negotiate, enter into and execute a Wastewater Energy Transfer Agreement with Noventa Toronto Western L.P., and any other agreements necessary to give effect thereto, generally in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 23, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and upon such additional terms and conditions satisfactory to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

4. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services or designate, to negotiate, enter into, and execute any necessary agreements with Noventa Toronto Western L.P., to permit access to and occupation of the City's public highway impacted by the project, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

5. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to initiate an Official Plan amendment, if the site is assessed and found to be appropriate, to permit a disposal in excess of 21 years for the proposed energy transfer system described in the report (September 23, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, within lands designated Parks and Open Space, and to consult with the appropriate city divisions and local councillor including a community consultation process.

6. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services or designate, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water, to include a progress update on this project and the status of wastewater energy transfer initiatives to reduce emissions, in the required periodic reporting to Council on TransformTO, and to use such reported information to develop a wastewater energy transfer policy as requested by City Council.

7. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 23, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services remain confidential as it contains a combination of commercial and financial information supplied in confidence to the City, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of an organization; financial information that belongs to the City and has monetary value or potential monetary value; and positions, plans, procedures, and criteria to be applied to a negotiation carried on by the City.

Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (September 23, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains a combination of commercial and financial information supplied in confidence to the City, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of an organization; financial information that belongs to the City and has monetary value or potential monetary value; and positions, plans, procedures, and criteria to be applied to a negotiation carried on by the City.