Item - 2022.MM45.6
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on June 15 and 16, 2022 with amendments.
MM45.6 - Requesting the Toronto District School Board to Support an Indigenous-led Affordable Housing Project - by Councillor Ana Bailão, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on June 15 and 16, 2022, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the Board of Directors, CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care and the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office to explore the feasibility of non-profit housing with the Indigenous Community of the City of Toronto, which may include an Indigenous focused long-term care facility at any future City of Toronto led redevelopment of 200 Poplar Road, acknowledging the required financial obligations of the City of Toronto to deliver a future elementary school for the Toronto District School Board.
2. City Council request the Board of Directors, CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to engage with Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. to understand any interest they may have to partner with the City of Toronto at any future City of Toronto led redevelopment.
3. City Council request the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Land Corporation to prioritize the review of the request by Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. to convey a portion of the greenspace between the parking lot of the Maplewood High School and the property at 4201 and 4203 Kingston Road to Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. and consider conveying these lands at lower than market value or nominal cost, to contribute to truth, justice and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
4. City Council request the Province of Ontario and/or the Minister of Education and Training to request the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Land Corporation to develop a list of surplus sites, in collaboration with the Housing Secretariat and Miziwe Biik Development Corporation, that can be conveyed to Indigenous housing developers at lower than market or nominal cost for the purpose of building permanently affordable rental housing for Indigenous communities, and exempt such sites and transactions from the requirements of Ontario Regulation 444/98, Disposition of Surplus Property, in order to advance the organizations' commitments to truth, justice and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/mm/comm/communicationfile-152694.pdf
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM45.6 be referred to the Planning and Housing Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council delete the Recommendations and adopt instead the following the new recommendations:
1. City Council request the Board of Directors, CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the General Manager, Senior Services and Long-Term Care and the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office to explore the feasibility of non-profit housing with the Indigenous Community of the City of Toronto, which may include an Indigenous focused long-term care facility at any future City of Toronto led redevelopment of 200 Poplar Road, acknowledging the required financial obligations of the City of Toronto to deliver a future elementary school for the Toronto District School Board.
2. City Council request the Board of Directors, CreateTO to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to engage with Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. to understand any interest they may have to partner with the City of Toronto at any future City of Toronto led redevelopment.
3. City Council request the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Land Corporation to prioritize the review of the request by Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. to convey a portion of the greenspace between the parking lot of the Maplewood High School and the property at 4201 and 4203 Kingston Road to Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. and consider conveying these lands at lower than market value or nominal cost, to contribute to truth, justice and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
4. City Council request the Province of Ontario and/or the Minister of Education and Training to request the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Land Corporation to develop a list of surplus sites, in collaboration with the Housing Secretariat and Miziwe Biik Development Corporation, that can be conveyed to Indigenous housing developers at lower than market or nominal cost for the purpose of building permanently affordable rental housing for Indigenous communities, and exempt such sites and transactions from the requirements of Ontario Regulation 444/98, Disposition of Surplus Property, in order to advance the organizations' commitments to truth, justice and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.