Item - 2024.MM16.6

City Council on March 20 and 21, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation, to report to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the second quarter of 2024 with a detailed plan and timetable for converting the City Driveway, between the rear of 210 Bloor Street West and Prince Arthur Avenue, to a public lane, and for any necessary ancillary changes to Toronto Parking Authority Lot 58, 208R Bloor Street West and/or to Prince Arthur Avenue, while maximizing the potential for future housing development at Toronto Parking Authority Lot 58.

2. For the purpose of this public lane, City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to negotiate:

a. with the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the release of the exclusive easement on that part of the property more particularly described in Appendix B and shown as Part 3 on Draft Plan Job 2023-06713, attached as Appendix C;

b. with the owners of 9 Prince Arthur Avenue to purchase the southeast corner of that property to the minimum extent necessary to relieve the current pinch point; and

c. with the owners of 200 and 206 Bloor Street West to ensure that the Private Driveway between 200 and 206 Bloor Street West will be permanently closed to vehicular traffic once rear access is provided.

3. If such negotiations are unsuccessful, City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report back to City Council in the second quarter of 2024 with recommendations for initiation of any necessary expropriations.

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Toronto Parking Authority, to evaluate conversion of all or part of Toronto Parking Authority Lot 58 to housing with associated green space, and City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation, to evaluate whether, when and how it would be in the public interest to extend the public lane from the rear of 210 Bloor Street West to Bedford Road, as part of implementing City Council's decision on Item 2024.EX12.4, headed "Long-Term Financial Plan Update: Leveraging City-Wide Real Estate Opportunities for Affordable Housing, Complete Communities and Financial Sustainability".