Item - 2021.GL27.15

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 Municipal Capital Facility Agreements with the landlords of each of the nine properties with whom Corporate Real Estate Management has a lease or license on behalf of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (each a "Leased Premises"), with respect to approximately 632,866 square feet of combined space and ancillary parking, if any, for the purposes of providing municipal capital facilities related to the provision of facilities used for social and health services, located at:

1. 14 Roncesvalles (Ward 4);

2. 30 Norfinch Drive (Ward 7);

3. 60 York Street (Ward 10);

4. 45 The Esplanade (Ward 10);

5. 92 Peter Street (Ward 10);

6. 65 Dundas Street East (Ward 13);

7. 56 Yonge Street (Ward 13);

8. 335 Jarvis Street (Ward 13); and

9. 20 Milner Business Court (Ward 23); and
 

b. exempt each 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 or Licence;

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 give 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 Council's authority for the adoption of the necessary By-laws to designate portions of nine properties leased to the City of Toronto for use as temporary shelters as Municipal Capital Facilities and to provide exemptions for municipal taxes and education taxes. The municipal capital facility agreements authorized by the By-laws will provide exemptions for approximately 632,866 square feet of combined space. The nine properties and their respective square footage are provided in Table 1 below.

Table 1 - Square Footage of Properties Used as Temporary Shelters