Item - 2021.GL21.3

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council pass a By-law pursuant to Section 252 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, providing authority to:

a. enter into a Municipal Capital Facility Agreement with Dufferin Mall Holdings Inc., with whom the City has a lease, for the property known as 900 Dufferin Street, Suite 219, for approximately 27,894 square feet of space (the "Leased Premises"), with respect to the general administration of the City; and

b. exempt the Leased Premises from taxation for municipal and school purposes, with the tax exemption being effective from the latest of:

1. the commencement date of the Lease;

2. the date the Municipal Capital Facility Agreement is entered into; and

3. the date the Tax Exemption By-law is enacted.

2. City Council direct the City Clerk to provide written notice of the By-law to the Minister of Finance, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, the Toronto District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board, le Conseil scolaire Viamonde, and le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir.

This report seeks City Council's authority for the adoption of the necessary by-law to designate a portion of the property leased and occupied by Toronto Employment and Social Services as a Municipal Capital Facility and to provide an exemption for municipal taxes and education taxes. The Municipal Capital Facility agreement authorized by the by-law will provide an exemption for approximately 27,894 square feet of space (Suite 219) at 900 Dufferin Street.