Item - 2023.GG8.16

The General Government Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council pass by-laws 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 three properties with whom Corporate Real Estate Management has a lease on behalf of the City Councillors (the "Leased Premises"), with respect to approximately 3,163 square feet of combined space, for the purposes of providing municipal capital facilities related to the provision of facilities used by City Councillors located at:

- 641B The Queensway (Ward 3)

- 329 Parliament Street / 0 Regent Street (Ward 13)

- 895 Lawrence Avenue East (Ward 16); 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 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 three properties leased by the City of Toronto for use as City Councillor's constituency offices 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 tax exemptions for approximately 3,163 square feet in total of combined space. The three properties and their respective square footage are provided below.

641B The Queensway, Ward 3: 1,592 square feet

329 Parliament Street / 0 Regent Street, Ward 13: 919 square feet

895 Lawrence Avenue East, Ward 16: 652 square