Item - 2022.EX31.2

City Council on April 6 and 7, 2022 adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City Manager or designate to finalize negotiations on a Value Allocation Framework for the Province's Transit Oriented Communities program, and execute an agreement to formalize this framework, including any such ancillary or related agreements, amendments and renewals as may be necessary based on the terms outlined in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (March 21, 2022) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, and any other terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the City Manager in consultation with the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services and any other relevant official, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

 
2. City Council authorize the City Manager to conclude negotiations and enter into a series of Memorandums of Understanding with the Province at each Ontario Line station to document City and Provincial commitments respecting Transit Oriented Communities proposals, subject to terms as outlined in Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (March 21, 2022) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services.

 
3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in coordination with the City Solicitor to engage with the Province to review Minister's Zoning Orders that would authorize Transit Oriented Communities developments to ensure accuracy and correct interpretation of zoning parameters, and to advance City interests related to the site plan review process.

 
4. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in coordination with the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, and the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to confirm arrangements related to the City use space provided at the First Parliament Transit Oriented Communities and report back to City Council prior to the conclusion of a development agreement at this site.

 
5. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in coordination with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the City Solicitor to conclude negotiations on provision of affordable housing at each Transit Oriented Communities site and enter into agreements as required.

 
6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in coordination with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to confirm arrangements respecting rental replacement at the Queen and Spadina northeast Transit Oriented Communities and enter into agreements as required.

 
7. City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a resourcing agreement with the Provincial government to fund and manage the demands of the Transit Oriented Communities Program, in light of the Program not involving formal planning applications and associated fees.

8. City Council direct the City Manager to ensure the following issues are the highest priorities to secure in the continuing negotiations with Provincial officials regarding sites for Transit Oriented Communities:

a. maximum possible number and tenure affordable housing with the deepest levels of affordability;

b. maximum possible amount of Community Services and Facilities to serve new and existing residents; and

c. maximum amount of parkland possible.

9. City Council request Metrolinx to include Community Benefit Agreements on all projects in the City of Toronto including the Ontario Line.

10. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, in collaboration with the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to continue to work with Infrastructure Ontario to identify and advance options for the provision of parkland related to the current Transit Oriented Communities proposals in Ward 10, and specifically to:

a. advance options for Provincial financing and/or other financial contributions to acquire property to expand Victoria Memorial Square park related to Transit Oriented Communities proposals at King-Bathurst and Queen-Spadina, which could also include unlocking the value of nearby City-owned properties and making City-building investments in local community services and facilities in parallel, and if required, to report back to City Council by July 2022 on any options that may require specific Council authorization; and

b. advance options for the provision of parkland near the Exhibition Station Transit Oriented Communities proposals, including options for Provincial financing and/or other financial contributions to acquire such parkland, and if required, to report back to City Council by July 2022 on any options that may require specific Council authorization.

11. City Council direct that, should a rezoning application be submitted at 535 Wellington Street West, the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services prioritize opportunities to obtain property to expand Victoria Memorial Square including through future negotiations over parkland dedication for any future development and potential exchange of properties between the City and the landowner.

12. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Social Services, in collaboration with the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to negotiate with the Province for a broader range of options for the provision of parkland, with on-site parkland being prioritized, as part of the Transit Oriented Communities program, and including approaches to Provincial financing and other financial contributions to secure offsite parkland to serve community needs around future Transit Oriented Communities proposals.

13. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, in consultation with the Toronto Community Benefits Network, to continue to negotiate with the Province of Ontario, Metrolinx, and Infrastructure Ontario the inclusion of a strong community benefits framework and hard targets to be set out in the procurement and tender documents for the Project Co. in the development of the Ontario Line, and to report back as soon as possible or to the July 12, 2022 meeting of the Executive Committee on the following:

a. setting of minimum employment thresholds/targets for local, equity deserving groups;

b. specific opportunities for journeypersons, professional, administrative and technical positions to be included in a workforce development plan;

c. social procurement requirement, with contract opportunities created for local businesses, social enterprises, and minority-owned businesses; and

d. community involvement to inform a model for Community Benefits Agreement which includes minimum targets, process, and accountability mechanisms.

14. City Council direct the City Manager to provide a copy of the City of Toronto’s Community Benefits Framework to the Federal and Provincial Governments, in order to inform the implementation of the Ontario Line community benefits agreement or the program akin to, and report back in the first quarter of 2023.

15. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx, the Province of Ontario, and Infrastructure Ontario to report back on the Indigenous consultation undertaken at the First Parliament and Corktown site, and to report to the July 12, 2022 meeting of the Executive Committee on their progress. 

16. City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to provide an update on the City staffing requirements necessary to implement the Toronto Community Benefits Framework for the Ontario Line and to report back through the Budget Committee in the first quarter of 2023. 

17. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Executive Director, Economic Development and Culture to investigate the feasibility of acquiring part or all of the ground floor commercial space at the First Parliament Transit-Oriented Communities for specific City-owned community, cultural, and heritage uses, such as a Toronto museum, Indigenous learning centre or other museum-related and cultural interpretation services, as explored in the First Parliament Master Plan, following a stakeholder visioning exercise with community consultation and to report back to the Executive Committee in the first quarter of 2023.

18. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Executive Director, Economic Development and Culture to develop a joint divisional strategy to implement the City Council adopted First Parliament Master Plan, considering uses for the secured institutional and heritage interpretation spaces, and including using funding from the compensation for the expropriated City properties at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street, and part of 44 Parliament Street, Corktown/First Parliament Transit-Oriented Communities Community Benefits Charges and Provincial Value Allocation, following a stakeholder visioning exercise and community consultation and to report back to the Executive Committee in the first quarter of 2023.

19. City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, CreateTO and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to investigate the feasibility of acquiring parkland in the vicinity of the First Parliament Transit-Oriented Communities site, including the Provincially-owned lands at 43 Parliament Street, 42 Mill Street and 321 Front Street East, to address the loss of planned open space due and parkland due to the Provincial expropriation of the First Parliament Site and report back to the Executive Committee in the first quarter of 2023. 

20. City Council direct Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to address the Transit-Oriented Communities rental replacement policies and affordable housing policies and make specific recommendations on the planning requirements necessary to include, expand or improve the quantity of affordable housing on Transit-Oriented Communities lands to offset the Province’s specific exemption of inclusionary zoning and the exclusion of any affordable housing on these lands and to report back to the Planning and Housing Committee in the first quarter of 2023. 

21. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 21, 2022) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, following the execution of an agreement with the Province on a Value Allocation Framework and the execution of site-specific Memorandums of Understanding on the subject Transit Oriented Communities sites.

Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 21, 2022) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain information that is explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by the Province of Ontario. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (March 21, 2022) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services will be made public following the execution of an agreement with the Province on a Value Allocation Framework and the execution of site-specific Memorandums of Understanding on the subject Transit Oriented Communities sites.