Decisions

CALL TO ORDER: 9:37 a.m.

Speaker Nunziata took the Chair and called the Members to order.

The meeting opened with O Canada.

May 22, 2024

Speaker Nunziata addressed Council as follows:

I would like to take a moment on behalf of Council to acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples of all the lands that we are on today. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships between nations and to deepening our own understanding of Indigenous peoples and their cultures. It is a moment to reflect on the importance of this land, which we each call home.

We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered Councillor Jaye Robinson.

Mayor Olivia Chow, Speaker Nunziata and the following Members of Council offered condolences and spoke on the passing of Councillor Jaye Robinson:

Councillor James Pasternak

Councillor Paula Fletcher

Councillor Brad Bradford

Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik

Councillor Stephen Holyday

Councillor Michael Thompson

Councillor Gord Perks, and

Councillor Anthony Perruzza

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered John David Baskerville.

May 23, 2024

Members of Council observed a moment of silence and remembered:

Domenica Mimma Vittoria Castaldo

Mary Ann Neary, and

Grandmother Pauline Shirt

City Council confirmed the minutes from the regular meeting held on April 17 and 18, 2024.

Committee Reports and New Business were presented to City Council for consideration.

There were no declarations of interest.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, received the following petitions for information:

1. Petition headed "Road Rehabilitation and Bike Lane Upgrade - Huntingwood Drive" submitted by Councillor Nick Mantas, Ward 22 - Scarborough-Agincourt, containing the signatures of approximately 65 persons.

2. Petition headed "Accelerate Gardiner Construction" submitted by Councillor Brad Bradford, Ward 19 - Beaches-East York, containing the signatures of approximately 1500 persons.

3. Petition headed "We Need Safety Zones Around Places of Worship" submitted by Councillor Brad Bradford, Ward 19 - Beaches-East York, containing the signatures of approximately 1250 persons.

4. Petition headed "Stop The Luxury Condo Development at King and Cowan" submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Ward 4 - Parkdale-High Park, containing the names of approximately 800 persons.

5. Petition calling on City Council to protect the freedom to protest and picket and vote no on motions that limit protests and pickets, submitted by Councillor Chris Moise, Ward 13, Toronto Centre, containing the names of approximately 1,644 persons. 

6. Petition calling on City Council to vote no on motions that limit protests, submitted by Councillor Chris Moise, Ward 13, Toronto Centre, containing the names of approximately 1,091 persons.

7. Petition headed "Petition for Shutting Down Short-Term Rental (STR)" submitted by Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, containing the names of approximately 48 persons.

Various presentations, introductions and announcements were made to City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024.

May 22, 2024

Councillor Bravo, during the morning session of the meeting, acknowledged the passing of Mary Ann Neary, and recognized Mary Ann Neary’s family and friends present in the Chamber.

May 23, 2024

Councillor Bradford, during the morning session of the meeting, acknowledged the passing of Mary Ann Neary in the presence of her family and friends present in the Chamber.

Mayor Chow, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that she had declared May 23 as Women's National Basketball Association Day and announced the arrival of Toronto’s WNBA team, which is the first WNBA franchise outside of the United States.

Councillor Cheng, during the afternoon session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that May is Asian Heritage Month and a time to celebrate and honour the diverse contributions of Asians to Canada and to Toronto.

Mayor Chow, during the afternoon session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that it was Toronto Newcomer Day and that today marked the 10th anniversary of the event. Mayor Chow acknowledged the thousands of newcomers who were on Nathan Phillips Square to learn, celebrate and connect with City services, and thanked all the City staff volunteering at the event.

May 22, 2024:

City Council adopted the May 22, 2024, Order Paper, as amended and all other Items not held on consent.

May 23, 2024:

City Council adopted the May 23, 2024, Order Paper.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, referred Administrative Inquiry IA18.1 from Councillor Stephen Holyday, Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, regarding Yonge-Dundas Square Renaming Initiative and Answer IA18.1a from the City Manager to the Executive Committee for consideration.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 98-100 Bond Street and 54-74 Dundas Street East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (September 29, 2023) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, as may be required.

3. City Council require the owner to provide and implement an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning for Eligible Tenants of the existing 4 rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished.

4. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to provide a legal undertaking to the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing the implementation of the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan required by Part 3 above.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, deferred Item PH8.5 to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024, meeting of City Council.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council, as Shareholder, request the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to direct the President and Chief Executive Officer of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to submit a report by the end of 2024 to the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation on the refreshed Tenant Engagement System and a comprehensive implementation plan, and such report be forwarded for information to the first meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee in 2025.

2. City Council, as Shareholder, request the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation to forward the report referenced in Part 1 above to City Council for information once approved by the Board of Directors of Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct City staff to report to the Executive Committee on all aspects of the East Harbour Transit Oriented Community negotiations.

2. City Council amend Chapter 27, Council Procedures by suspending Section 27-16.5C(2) and 27-16.5D in respect of the statutory hearing required under the Planning Act for the subdivision application for East Harbour, being Application 16270078STE30SB and substituting a special rule to allow the Executive Committee to hold any statutory hearing required under the Planning Act for the subdivision application for East Harbour, being Application 16270078STE30SB, and to consider any appurtenant matters as may arise.

3. City Council reiterate its request for 20 percent affordable housing on the East Harbour Transit Oriented Community Proposal.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the south side of Riverdale Avenue, between Carlaw Avenue and a point 57.9 metres east, from June 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, inclusive.

2. City Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except public holidays, on the south side of Riverdale Avenue, between Carlaw Avenue and a point 57.9 metres east, from June 1 2024 to January 31, 2026, inclusive.

3. City Council authorize parking for a maximum period of 10 minutes from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the south side of Riverdale Avenue, between Carlaw Avenue and a point 57.9 metres east, from June 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, inclusive.

4. City Council prohibit parking from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. of one day to 7:30 a.m. of the next day, Monday to Friday, and any time Saturday and Sunday, on the south side Riverdale Avenue, between Carlaw Avenue and a point 57.9 metres east, from June 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, inclusive.

5. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the south side of Riverdale Avenue, between a point 57.9 metres east of Carlaw Avenue and Pape Avenue, from January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

6. City Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times, on the south side of Riverdale Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 35 metres west, from January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

7. City Council designate Riverdale Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 100 metres west, as one-way for eastbound traffic only from January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

8. City Council prohibit the northbound left-turn, southbound right-turn and westbound through traffic movements at Pape Avenue and Riverdale Avenue from January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

9. City Council prohibit stopping on both sides of Riverdale Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 100 metres west, from January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

10. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the odd (south) side of Langley Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 50 metres west, from June 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, inclusive.

11. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on both side of Langley Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 50 metres west, from June 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, inclusive.

12. City Council designate Langley Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 40 metres west, as one-way for eastbound traffic only from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, inclusive.

13. City Council designate Langley Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 40 metres west, as one-way for westbound traffic only from January 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

14. City Council approve the temporary closure to vehicular traffic of the eastbound lane on Lipton Avenue, between Pape Avenue and the east end of Lipton Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, inclusive, for the purpose of the Ontario Line Pape Station Advanced Works.

15. City Council prohibit the northbound right-turn, and southbound left-turn movements at the intersection of Pape Avenue and Lipton Avenue from June 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, inclusive.

16. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the odd (south) side of Lipton Avenue, from a point 20.5 metres east of Pape Avenue to a point 56.5 metres further east, from June 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, inclusive.

17. City Council rescind the existing one (1) hour maximum parking regulation in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, on the south side of Lipton Avenue, between a point 20.5 metres east of Pape Avenue and a point 56.5 metres further east, from June 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, inclusive.

18. City Council approve the temporary closure of the north sidewalk to pedestrian traffic on Danforth Avenue, between a point 34 metres east of Pape Avenue and Eaton Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, inclusive, for the purpose of the Ontario Line Pape Station jet grouting and support of excavation works.

19. City Council authorize the installation of a temporary Level 1, Type A – Pedestrian Crossover on Danforth Avenue at Eaton Avenue from June 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, inclusive.

20. City Council prohibit the westbound left-turn movements at the intersection of Danforth Avenue and Pape Avenue from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, inclusive.

21. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday; 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, at a rate of $4.00 per hour and for a maximum period of three (3) hours, on the south side of Danforth Avenue, between a point 75.3 metres east of Pape Avenue and Eaton Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, inclusive.

22. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, at a rate of $4.00 per hour and for a maximum period of three (3) hours, on the north side of Danforth Avenue, between Eaton Avenue and a point 63.4 metres west, from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, inclusive.

23. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on both side of Danforth Avenue, between Pape Avenue and Eaton Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, inclusive.

24. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the even (north) side of Gertrude Place, from a point 34 metres east of Pape Avenue to the east end of Gertrude Place, from August 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

25. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 12:01 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, on the even (west) side of Muriel Avenue, from Gertrude Place to a point 15 metres north, from August 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025, inclusive.

26. City Council approve the temporary closure of the east sidewalk to pedestrian traffic on Pape Avenue, between Sammon Avenue and a point 47 metres south, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive, for the purpose of the Ontario Line Sammon Crossover support of excavation.

27. City Council approve the temporary closure of the northbound curb lane to vehicular traffic on Pape Avenue, between Sammon Avenue and a point 47 metres south, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive, for the purpose of the Ontario Line Sammon Crossover support of excavation.

28. City Council approve the temporary closure of the northbound median lane to vehicular traffic on Pape Avenue, between Sammon Avenue and a point 47 metres south, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive, for the purpose of the Ontario Line Sammon Crossover support of excavation.

29. City Council approve the temporary closure of the south sidewalk to pedestrian traffic on Sammon Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 35 metres east, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive, for the purpose of the Ontario Line Sammon Crossover support of excavation works.

30. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the even (north) side of Sammon Avenue, from Pape Avenue to a point 30 metres east, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

31. City Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times, on the south side of Sammon Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 35 metres west, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

32. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on both sides of Sammon Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 35 metres east, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

33. City Council rescind the existing “accessible loading zone” designation in effect anytime on the west side of Pape Avenue, between a point 33 metres north of Fulton Avenue and a point 11 metres further north, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

34. City Council rescind the existing stopping prohibition in effect from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except public holidays, on both sides of Pape Avenue, between MacPhail Avenue and Browning Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

35. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on both sides of Pape Avenue, between MacPhail Avenue and Browning Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

36. City Council rescind the existing permit parking regulation in effect from 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on the odd (south) side of MacPhail Avenue, from Pape Avenue to a point 12 metres west, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

37. City Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect from May, July, September, and November on the south side of MacPhail Avenue, between Pape Avenue to the first lane west of East York Avenue, south of Mortimer Avenue, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

38. City Council designate an accessible loading zone to operate at all times on the south side of Macphail Avenue, between Pape Avenue and a point 12 metres west, from June 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, inclusive.

39. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, to facilitate the removal of vegetation, mechanical slope stabilization, installation of a safety barrier and ground monitoring system related to the Ontario Line Minton Place Portal, despite Section 937-4 of Code Chapter 937, the authority to temporarily close to vehicular traffic:

a. the northbound outside lane and adjacent pavement shoulder on the Don Valley Parkway, between 600 metres south of Beechwood Drive and 350 metres north of the Leaside Bridge, from 11:00 p.m. of one day to 5:00 a.m. on the following day for up to and including 47 nights between July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025, inclusive; and

b. the southbound outside lane and adjacent pavement shoulder on the Don Valley Parkway, between 450 metres north of Leaside Bridge and 300 metres south of Beechwood Drive, from 11:00 p.m. of one day to 5:00 a.m. on the following day for up to and including 10 nights between July 26, 2024 to December 15, 2024, inclusive;

and City Council exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested by the local Ward Councillor.

40. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to submit directly to City Council at the appropriate time any necessary Bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters, and any Schedules to the Chapters, to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were implemented prior to the by-law amendments made in connection with the report (April 30, 2024) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

41. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or the General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to Parts 1 to 40, inclusive, above.

42. City Council request the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office and the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the July 10, 2024 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council, on the Metrolinx Traffic management plan related to the construction and transportation of material for the underground portal of the Ontario Line.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Chief Information Security Officer to establish a cyber security risk management partnership with agencies and corporations by:

a. incorporating their identified cyber risks into the City’s governance and compliance risk management program;

b. conducting ongoing cyber security assessments on agencies and corporations;

c. assessing rates of compliance; and

d. developing remediation plans and strategies to reduce risk and promote compliance.

2. City Council direct the following Agencies, and as Shareholder direct the following corporations, in collaboration with the Chief Information Security Officer, to formulate organizational cyber security frameworks aligned with:

a. overarching City cyber security objectives;

b. established international cyber security standards including International Organization for Standardization ISO 27001, Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement, the International Society of Automation / the International Electrotechnical Commission, National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST 800-171 and NIST 800-171A, and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard; and

c. the City’s Digital Infrastructure Strategic Framework;

City of Toronto Agencies:

CreateTO;

Exhibition Place;

Heritage Toronto;

TOLive;

Toronto Atmospheric Fund;

Toronto Investment Board;

Toronto Parking Authority;

Toronto Zoo;

Yonge-Dundas Square;

Toronto Transit Commission;

George Bell Arena;

Larry Grossman Forest Hill Arena;

Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Arena;

McCormick Playground Arena;

Moss Park Arena;

North Toronto Memorial Arena;

Ted Reeve Community Arena;

William H. Bolton Arena;

519 Church St Community Centre;

Applegrove Community Complex;

Cecil Community Centre;

Central Eglinton Community Centre;

Community Centre 55;

Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre;

Ralph Thornton Community Centre;

Scadding Court Community Centre;

Swansea Town Hall Community Centre;

Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre;

City of Toronto Corporations:

Build Toronto Corporation;

Casa Loma Corporation;

Lakeshore Arena Corporation;

Toronto Community Housing Corporation;

Toronto Hydro Corporation;

Toronto Port Lands Company;

Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation.

3. City Council direct the Boards of the Agencies, and as Shareholder direct the Boards of the Corporations set out in Part 2 above to:

a. provide the necessary information, access, and visibility into their cyber security programs to facilitate the cyber security risk management partnership with the Chief Information Security Officer;

b. operationalize the Chief Information Security Officer’s recommendations to mitigate cyber risks identified in the cyber security risk management partnership; and

c. engage in consultation with the Chief Information Security Officer on all initiatives that could potentially affect cyber security, including but not limited to rates of compliance, remediation plans and strategies aimed at reducing risks and promoting compliance.

4. City Council request the following Agencies, in collaboration with the Chief Information Security Officer, to formulate organizational cyber security frameworks aligned with:

a. overarching City cyber security objectives;

b. established international cyber security standards including International Organization for Standardization, Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement, the International Society of Automation/the International Electrotechnical Commission, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard; and

c. the City’s Digital Infrastructure Strategic Framework

City of Toronto Agencies:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority;

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre;

Toronto Police Service;

Toronto Public Library;

Waterfront Toronto.

5. City Council request the Agencies set out in Part 4 above to provide the necessary information, access and visibility into their cyber security programs to facilitate the cyber security risk management partnership with the Chief Information Security Officer.

6. City Council request the Agencies set out in Part 4 above to operationalize the Chief Information Security Officer’s recommendations to mitigate identified risks identified in the cyber security risk management partnership.

7. City Council request the Agencies set out in Part 4 above to engage in consultation with the Chief Information Security Officer on all initiatives that could potentially affect cyber security, including but not limited to rates of compliance, remediation plans and strategies aimed at reducing risks and promoting compliance.

8. City Council forward the report (April 30, 2024) from the Chief Information Security Officer to the following Boards for their review of the issues and recommendations and consider the relevance to their respective organizations for implementation appropriate to their governance structure:

Partnered Boards (Shared Governance):

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority;

Waterfront Toronto;

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Corporation.

9. City Council direct the Agencies listed in Part 2 above and, as a Shareholder direct the corporations listed in Part 2 above and request the Agencies listed in Part 4 above to engage with the Chief Information Security Officer in the event of a cyber security incident or data breach affecting the agency or corporation, and to work with the Chief Information Security Officer to contain, mitigate and resolve the cyber security incident or data breach.

10. City Council direct the Chief Information Security Officer to engage with the Boards of the Agencies and Corporations on an as-needed basis to facilitate City Council’s decision.

11. City Council direct the Chief Information Security Officer to report on specific responses and compliance rates of each Agency and Corporation on an annual basis in October of each year to the Executive Committee.

12. City Council direct the Chief Information Security Officer to report on instances of non-compliance with the above directives or requests to the Executive Committee as often as needed.

13. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Chief Information Security Officer remain confidential in its entirety.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Chief Information Security Officer remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to the security of property belonging to the City of Toronto and its agencies and corporations.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council determine that the Development Charges By-law has been properly applied to the development project located at 3-5 Marina Avenue.

2. City Council dismiss the complaint dated October 11, 2023, with respect to 3-5 Marina Avenue filed pursuant to Section 20 of the Development Charges Act, 1997 and Section 257.85 of the Education Act.

3. City Council authorize City Staff to defend any appeal of City Council’s decision or non-decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve an adjustment to carry forward funding of an additional $519.9 million from unspent capital projects funding as detailed in Appendices 1a and 1b to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in order to continue work on previously approved capital projects in 2024 and beyond, and that the 2024-2033 Tax and Rate Supported Capital Budget and Plan for respective City Programs and Agencies be adjusted accordingly.

2. City Council approve in-year budget adjustments to the 2023 and future year cash flow commitments as detailed in Appendix 2 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the 2024 Corporate Asset Management Plan as set out in Attachment 1 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and City Council authorize the Executive Director, Financial Planning to make any required non-material amendments to the plans prior to the July 1, 2024 regulatory deadline.

2. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to make available the final approved 2024 Corporate Asset Management Plan as amended to the public via the City website and to distribute printed copies as requested.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the reallocation of cashflows and corresponding funding in the amount of $33.877 million in 2023 for acceleration and deferral of projects within Toronto Water’s 2023 Capital Budget and 2024-2032 Capital Plan, with offsetting acceleration and deferral cashflow and corresponding funding reallocation adjustments in the equal amount in 2024, 2025 and 2026 within Toronto Water's 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan to align with project delivery, as presented in Schedule A (Parts A and B) to the report (April 23, 2024) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, with a zero Budget impact.

2. City Council authorize the reallocation of 2023 cashflows, project costs and corresponding funding in Toronto Water's 2023 Capital Budget and 2024-2032 Capital Plan in the amount of $0.902 million from projects that have been completed under budget to those requiring additional funding in the same amount as presented in Schedule A (Part C) to the report (April 23, 2024) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, with a zero Budget impact.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the Terms of Reference for an Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee as described in Attachment 1 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the City Manager and the City Clerk.

2. City Council direct the City Clerk to canvass Members of Council for their interest in appointment to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee for consideration by the Striking Committee.

3. City Council request the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee to review and make recommendations for any amendments to the Advisory Committee's mandate or Terms of Reference no later than the end of 2025.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 67, Fair Wage, including Schedule A, as set out in Attachments 1 and 3 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Manager, Fair Wage Office, Purchasing and Materials Management, effective July 1, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).

2. City Council amend Schedule C to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 67, Fair Wage by replacing the current Schedule C with the Schedules contained in Attachments 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to the report (April 30, 2024) from the Manager, Fair Wage Office, Purchasing and Materials Management, as the new Schedule C to Chapter 67, effective as of the Effective Date in Part 1 above.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Federation of Canadian Municipalities March 2024 report to City Council in Attachment 1 to the letter (April 16, 2024) from Councillor Paul Ainslie for information.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive Councillor Paul Ainslie's report on the 130th Edition of the Good Roads Conference held April 21 to 24, 2024, for information.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to enter into an agreement with Vital Strategies Inc. to implement a public health surveillance initiative related to health behaviours during extreme heat or wildfire smoke events in Toronto on such terms and conditions that are satisfactory to the Medical Officer of Health and in a form approved by the City Solicitor.

2. City Council increase Toronto Public Health's 2024 Operating Budget by $68.0 thousand gross, $0 net for Toronto Public Health to accept and spend the one-time grant from Vital Strategies Incorporated to implement a public health surveillance initiative.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following two candidates to the Lakeshore Arena Corporation Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term office ending May 24, 2026, and until successors are appointed:

Nick Eaves; and 

Andrew Teichman.

2. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 1, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential as they relate to personal information about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Lakeshore Arena Corporation Board.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 1, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal information about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Lakeshore Arena Corporation Board.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following two candidates to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on May 24, 2026, and until successors are appointed:

Eunice Adebowale; and

Archie Allison.

2. City Council direct that the balance Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 1, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential as they relate to personal information about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Board.

The balance Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 1, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal information about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Board.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Peter Pantalone to the Toronto Preservation Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending February 9, 2028, and until a successor is appointed.

2. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 1, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential as they relate to personal information about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Preservation Board.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the report (May 1, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal information about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Preservation Board.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following four candidates to the Toronto Investment Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending May 25, 2028, and until successors are appointed:

Sharon Castelino;

Mary Chang, beginning on June 1, 2024;

Mari Jensen; and

Colin Lynch.

2. City Council appoint Colin Lynch as Chair of the Toronto Investment Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office beginning on June 1, 2024, and ending May 25, 2028, and until a successor is appointed.

3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 4 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Investment Board.

Confidential Attachments 1 to 4 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Investment Board.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the Downsview Community Development Plan and the Downsview Community Development Action Plan, included as Attachments A and B to the report (April 16, 2024) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consider the response to the Downsview Community Development Plan, Attachment A to the report (April 16, 2024) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in the evaluation of District Plans and associated development applications within the Secondary Plan Area.

3. City Council request that the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture work with the relevant City Divisions and Agencies, including City Planning, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Children’s Services, Transportation Services, Toronto Employment and Social Services, Environment and Climate and the Housing Secretariat to form an interdivisional team to ensure ongoing collaboration, for the implementation of the Downsview Community Development Plan (Attachment A to the report (April 16, 2024) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture).

4. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and other relevant City Divisions and Agencies, in partnership with property owners, local Community Resource Group, First Nations Rights Holders and Indigenous communities, Black communities, and other equity-deserving groups, including residents, artists, community groups, not-for-profit organizations, foundations, as well as, business interest associations, and other private sector partners, to implement and monitor the Downsview Community Development Plan, commencing with a comprehensive implementation structure to be developed within Year 1 to support the 5-year action plan: 

a. design and implement an Engagement and Communication Strategy to ensure ongoing city-wide engagement with the Indigenous and Black communities and local engagement with other equity-deserving communities;

b. develop an integrated Community Advisory Structure - leveraging and realigning the existing Community Resource Group, establishing the community ambassador program, as well as maintaining regular community meetings, Indigenous Sharing Circles and Rights Holders meetings to support the ongoing implementation of the Community Development Plan actions;

c. develop a results-based monitoring and evaluation system to track outcomes of the Community Development Plan, support the implementation and produce reports for the Downsview community and City Council; and

d. develop a Community Impact Table in collaboration with property owners, foundations, funders, City Divisions and Agencies, business partners and other institutional partners to support the resourcing of actions identified in the Community Development Plan.

5. City Council request the General Manager, Children’s Services, in collaboration with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to work with Indigenous not-for-profit organizations to establish an Indigenous childcare centre within Phase 1 (as defined by phasing policy of the Downsview Secondary Plan).

6. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture the Chief Planner and the Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Corporate Real Estate Management to collaborate on delivering City-owned community space under the Community Space Tenancy Policy for not-for-profit organizations delivering health, food, social and arts-based programs, and other services to the community.

7. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to work with City Divisions and Agencies, property owners, the local Community Resource Group, First Nations Rights Holders and Indigenous communities, Black communities, and other equity-deserving groups, including residents, artists, community groups, not-for-profit organizations, foundations, as well as, business interest associations, and other private sector partners to update the Downsview Community Development Plan every 5 years through in-depth engagement with the aforementioned groups, and to report back to City Council on progress made towards implementing actions as outlined in Attachment B to the report (April 16, 2024) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

8. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, in consultation with Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to continue to work with all property owners and stakeholders in the Secondary Plan Area to include Community Benefits Plans as part of the Community Development Plan Response where one is required for development applications.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to allocate directed grants in a manner consistent with criteria defined in the report, to eligible third-party non-profit organizations, educational institutions, registered charities or any other such eligible organizations for up to a value of $500,000 each out of its annual Operating Budget, and to negotiate, enter into and execute any funding agreements, including any amendment, renewal or extension agreements, on such content, terms and conditions deemed necessary by the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to negotiate, enter into and execute any agreements, including any amendment, renewal or extension, of event sponsorships to eligible third parties including businesses, festivals, non-profit corporations, registered charities and educational institutions for up to a value of $500,000 each, subject to the Economic Development and Culture's annual Operating Budget and on such content, terms and conditions deemed necessary by the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the Economic Development and Culture's 2024 funding allocations, totalling $1,897,494 to the six Local Arts Service Organizations as follows:

2. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to ensure that Local Arts Service Organizations engage with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation and Neighbourhood Improvement Areas on arts programs for low-income Torontonians.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to report back prior to the 2025 budget process on the timelines to achieve equitable funding across the Local Arts Service Organizations to the Economic and Community Development Committee.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council state its intention to designate the area described by Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, as the Cedarbrae Markham Lawrence Village Business Improvement Area under Chapter 19 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code.

2. City Council direct the City Clerk to send out a notice of City Council’s intention to pass a by-law designating the area described by Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture as a Business Improvement Area, in accordance with Chapter 19 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to prepare designation by-law maps of the area as described by Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and submit them to the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief People Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer to:

a. extend the following purchase orders and blanket contracts for two years as follows:

1. Purchase Order 6049525 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

2. Purchase Order 6049821 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

3. Purchase Order 6049527 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

4. Purchase Order 6049522 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

5. Purchase Order 6049520 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

6. Purchase Order 6050000 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

7. Blanket Contract 47022405 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

8. Blanket Contract 47022479 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

9. Blanket Contract 47022406 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

10. Blanket Contract 47022404 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

11. Blanket Contract 47022403 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

12. Blanket Contract 47022534 - Extend to July 31, 2026;

13. Purchase Order 6050391 - Extend to December 31, 2026;

14. Purchase Order 6050387 - Extend to December 31, 2026;

15. Purchase Order 6050392 - Extend to December 31, 2026;

16. Purchase Order 6050388 - Extend to December 31, 2026;

17. Blanket Contract 47022839 - Extend to December 31, 2026;

18. Blanket Contract 47022837 - Extend to December 31, 2026;

19. Blanket Contract 47022838 - Extend to December 31, 2026; and

20. Blanket Contract 47022836 - Extend to December 31, 2026; and

b. extend the legal agreement for each Vendor for the Corporate Learning Services Providers for two years as mentioned in Part a above, with a yearly pricing increase of 2 percent or the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less, under the same terms and conditions as the existing agreement, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Fleet Services to amend the Legal Agreement and Blanket Contract 47022515 with Joe Johnson Equipment for the supply and delivery of labour, materials, and equipment necessary to provide overflow warranty and non-warranty Original Equipment Manufacturer authorized parts and services for Labrie, Vactor, Elgin, Trackless, and any other equipment for which Joe Johnson Equipment is the authorized dealer, to extend the target date by one (1) year from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025, with the option to renew the contract for four (4) additional (1) one year periods, at the sole discretion of the City, and increase the total target value by $2,743,207 net of Harmonized Sales Tax and all applicable charges, ($2,791,488 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the current Blanket Contract value from $1,761,067 to $4,504,274 net of all taxes and charges, based on the following conditions:

a. the agreement will be based on the condition that Joe Johnson Equipment continues to be the exclusive distributor for the proprietary Original Equipment Manufacturer parts and specialized services for Labrie, Vactor, Elgin, Trackless, and other equipment; and

b. on other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Fleet Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer to:

a. amend contract 47022610 with Rogers Communications Canada Inc., for the amount of $890,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($905,664.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) until July 31, 2024, to coincide with the Government of Ontario's Vendor of Record term; and

b. amend contract 47022792 with Telus Communications Inc., for the amount of $215,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($218,784.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) until July 31, 2024, to coincide with the term on the Government of Ontario's Vendor of Record term.

2. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer to:
 

a. negotiate and execute a non-competitive contract with Rogers Communications Canada Inc., for the amount of $3,600,000 net of all applicable taxes ($3,663,360.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) for an initial term of five (5) months from August 1 to December 31, 2024 with the option, at the sole discretion of the City, to extend the Agreement for one (1) additional option term of six (6) months for a total potential value of $7,150,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($7,275,840.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) to June 30, 2025;

b. negotiate and execute a non-competitive contract with Telus Communications Inc., for the amount of $1,000,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($1,017,600.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) for an initial term of five (5) months from August 1 to December 31, 2024 with the option, at the sole discretion of the City, to extend the Agreement for one (1) additional option term of six (6) months for a total potential value of $2,300,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($2,340,480.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) to June 30, 2025;

c. negotiate and execute a non-competitive contract with Bell Mobility Inc., for the amount of $500,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($508,800.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) for an initial term of five (5) months from August 1 to December 31, 2024 with the option, at the sole discretion of the City, to extend the Agreement for one (1) additional option term of six (6) months for a total potential value of $1,000,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($1,017,600.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) to June 30, 2025;

d. negotiate and execute a non-competitive contract with Baka Communications $500,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($508,800.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) for an initial term of five (5) months from August 1 to December 31, 2024 with the option, at the sole discretion of the City, to extend the Agreement for one (1) additional option term of six (6) months for a total potential value of $1,000,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($1,017,600.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) to June 30, 2025; and

e. negotiate and execute a non-competitive contract with Paging Network of Canada (PageNet) for the amount of $500,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($508,800.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) for an initial term of five (5) months from August 1 to December 31, 2024 with the option, at the sole discretion of the City, to extend the Agreement for one (1) additional option term of six (6) months for a total potential value of $1,000,000.00 net of all applicable taxes ($1,017,600.00 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries) to June 30, 2025.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, in consultation with Purchasing and Materials Management, in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing, to negotiate and execute the following new non-competitive contracts on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor contingent on funding in the 2024 budget:

a. non-competitive contract with 2361173 Ontario Inc operating as Sunray Group Hotels for catering for a one (1) year period, with the option to renew for four (4) separate one (1) year periods, in the total amount (including all option years) of $20,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($20,352,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries); and

b. non-competitive contract with 2656601 Ontario Inc operating as Toronto Plaza Hotel for catering for a one (1) year period, with the option to renew for four (4) separate one (1) year periods, in the total amount (including all option years) of $25,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($25,440,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, in consultation with Purchasing and Materials Management, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, to enter into the necessary amending agreements on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to increase the value, or increase the value and extend the terms, of the following contracts contingent on funding in the 2024 budget:

a. non-competitive Blanket Contract Number 47024284 with Canadian Red Cross Society for lodging services for asylum seekers and refugees by an amount of $30,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($30,528,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $30,137,629 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($30,668,051 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $60,137,629 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($61,196,051 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries);

b. non-competitive Blanket Contract Number 47025084 with Four Points by Sheraton Vaughan for short-term emergency accommodation for families by an amount of $3,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($3,052,800 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $1,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($1,017,600 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $4,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($4,070,400 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) and extending the term to December 31, 2025;

c. non-competitive Blanket Contract Number 47023371 with 2790584 Ontario Inc for catering (multiple sites) by an amount of $5,000,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($5,088,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $8,250,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($8,395,200 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $13,250,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($13,483,200 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries);

d. non-competitive Purchase Order 6055300 with Verint Americas Inc for software licensing by an amount of $150,000 US Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($152,640 US Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $74,145 US Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($75,450 US Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $224,145 US Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($228,090 US Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) and extending the term to January 19, 2026; and

e. competitive Blanket Contract Number 47023737 with Direct Construction Company for minor building repairs by an amount of $500,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($508,800 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $1,008,762 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($1,026,516 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $1,508,762 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($1,535,316 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with Purchasing and Materials Management, in accordance with in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 17, Financial Control, to enter into the necessary amending agreements on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to increase the value and extend the term, of the following contract contingent on funding in the 2024 budget:

a. competitive Blanket Contract Number 47025241 with A.S.P. Incorporated for security guard services by an amount of $1,693,932 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($1,723,745 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the contract value from $6,660,190 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($6,777,409 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $8,354,122 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($8,501,155 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) and extending the term to June 15, 2024.

4. City Council authorize the City Clerk, in consultation with Purchasing and Materials Management, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 17, Financial Control, to enter into the necessary amending agreements on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to increase the value, or increase the value and extend the terms, of the following contracts contingent on funding in the 2024 budget:

a. Competitive Blanket Contract 47024677 with 911 Interpreters Inc for real-time over the telephone interpretation by an amount of $700,000 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($712,320 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the cumulative values of the contracts awarded from Ariba Doc3387891245 from $3,824,244 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($3,891,550 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $4,524,224 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($4,603,871 Canadian Dollars net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of  Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing, grant authority to award Request for Tender Doc4328129808, Contract 22ECS-MI-01WA, for the Scarborough Pump Station Rehabilitation and New Atmospheric Surge Tank Project at the Scarborough Pumping Station, in the amount of $39,320,590 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($40,012,633 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to ASCO Construction (Toronto) Ltd., having submitted the lowest compliant bid and meeting the specifications in conformance with the Tender requirements.

2. City Council authorize the reallocation of project costs and cash flows within Toronto Water's 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan in the total amount of amount of $9,366,641 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries from Scarborough Reservoir Surge Tank project, which is being awarded under budget ($1,679,403 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), and from Ozonation System Rehab project, which has been delayed to support the award of Doc4328129808 for the Scarborough Pump Station Rehabilitation and New Atmospheric Surge Tank Project at the Scarborough Pumping Station ($7,657,238 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), as presented in Table 2 of the Financial Impact Statement, with zero Budget impact to Toronto Water.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to continue negotiations to acquire the property interests set out in Appendix A (the "Property Requirements") to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and as illustrated in the draft reference plan set out in Appendix B to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and City Council authorize the initiation of expropriation proceedings for the Property Requirements, for the purpose of extending the platform at Spadina Station in order to accommodate two streetcar vehicles as part of the Line 2 Capacity Enhancement Program (the “Project”), if the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, deems it necessary or appropriate to proceed in that manner.

2. City Council grant the authority to serve and publish the Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land for the Property Requirements, to forward to the Ontario Land Tribunal any requests for hearings that are received, to attend the hearing(s) to present the City's position, and to report the Ontario Land Tribunal's recommendations to City Council for its consideration.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council, as approving authority under the Expropriations Act, consider the report of the Ontario Land Tribunal attached as Appendix A to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

2. City Council authorize and direct the City to pay $200 in costs arising from the hearing to the expropriated owner of 2662 Bloor Street West, in accordance with the Expropriations Act.

3. City Council, as approving authority under the Expropriations Act, approve the expropriation for the fee simple, permanent and temporary interests in the properties municipally known as 39 Old Mill Road, 2662 Bloor Street West and 21 Old Mill Road, as set out in Appendix C to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and shown on the Reference Plans attached as Appendix D (the "Property Requirements") to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

4. City Council authorize the City, as expropriating authority under the Act, to take all necessary steps to comply with the Act, including but not limited to the preparation and registration of an Expropriation Plan, and service of Notices of Expropriation, Notices of Election and Notices of Possession, as may be required.

5. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Transaction Services, Corporate Real Estate Management, to prepare, execute and serve Offers of Compensation on all registered owners based on reports appraising the market value of the Property Requirements in accordance with the requirements of the Expropriations Act.

6. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, once there has been a final determination of the compensation payable to the property owners by arbitration, appeal or settlement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a proposed acquisition of land by the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, will be made public once there has been a final determination of the compensation payable to the property owners by arbitration, appeal, or settlement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Chief Procurement Officer to make the required administrative updates to procurement policies, as set out in the report (April 26, 2024) from the Chief Procurement Officer, that result from City Council's decision on Item GG8.2, headed "Amendments to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing, and Review of Open Contracting Global Principles and the Role of an Inspector General" adopted on December 13, 2023.

2. City Council amend the Social Procurement Policy, as set out in Attachment 1 to the revised report (April 26, 2024) from the Chief Procurement Officer, effective July 1, 2024.

3. City Council amend the Procurement Processes Policy, as set out in Revised Attachment 2 to the revised report (April 26, 2024) from the Chief Procurement Officer, effective July 1, 2024.

4. City Council direct the Chief Procurement Officer to review the Supplier Suspension Procedure to ensure continued alignment with the amended Procurement Bylaw.

5. City Council direct the Chief Procurement Officer to report back in the first quarter of 2025 with an update on the alignment of the City's procurement policies with TransformTO.

6. City Council amend the definition of Procurement Policies in Municipal Code, Chapter 195, Procurement, effective July 1, 2024, to read: The written policies that are intended to implement this Chapter.

7. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer, to report back to the General Government Committee in the fourth quarter of 2024 on:

a. the establishment of a two-step prequalification and bid process for construction projects; 

b. the potential to issue requests for proposal for major capital projects in the fourth quarter of the year before to ensure the City is being competitive against other projects in the region; 

c. the potential to shorten bid awards to under 30 days; and

d. any other measures that can shorten procurement and get projects started faster at the start of construction season.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council pass a By-law pursuant to Section 252 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, providing authority to:

a. enter into a Municipal Capital Facility Agreement between Bridlewood Mall Management Inc., the landlord, which will lease approximately 34,658 square feet at 2900 Warden Avenue (the "Leased Premises") to the City of Toronto, used for social and health services; 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.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council continue to decline the option to participate in Ontario Regulation 389/19 – Pilot Project – Electric Kick-Scooters.

2. City Council opt in to participate in Ontario Regulation 215/17 Pilot Project - Low-Speed Vehicles generally as outlined in the report (April 18, 2024) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, titled "A Micromobility Strategy for Toronto".

3. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, as follows:

a. by inserting a new definition of "Low-Speed Vehicle" in Section 950-101B in alphabetical order, to read as follows:

"LOW-SPEED VEHICLE - means a motor vehicle as defined in Ontario Regulation 215/17 Pilot Project - Low-Speed Vehicles, as amended, made under the Highway Traffic Act. In the event that a low-speed vehicle is otherwise defined in the Highway Traffic Act and its regulations, low-speed vehicle shall then have the meaning as defined in the Highway Traffic Act and its regulation."; and

b. by inserting a new section 950-200F, which states, "No person shall operate or permit the operation of a low-speed vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle meets, and is operating in accordance with, the requirements in Ontario Regulation 215/17."

4. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 546, Licensing of Vehicles-For-Hire, to prohibit the use of low-speed vehicles as taxicabs, limousines, and private transportation company vehicles.

5. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back at the end of the provincial pilot project for low-speed vehicles in 2027, or sooner as requested, to the appropriate Committee with an evaluation of the operation of low-speed vehicles on city streets and any recommended policy and by-law changes, based on the evaluation and in consultation with relevant internal and external interested and affected parties.

6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with relevant internal Divisions and Agencies, Boards and Commissions, and external interested and affected parties, to convene a multi-partner table, including but not limited to food delivery app companies, gig workers, the Toronto Association for Business Improvement Areas, and community groups representing persons with disabilities, pedestrians, seniors, and cyclists, and relevant Divisions and Agencies, Boards and Commissions, to collaborate on a public education campaign on the rules of the road, safe riding skills, and other initiatives to address concerns that arise, and to work collectively to address safety issues, by the end of the fourth quarter of 2024.

7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to conduct a micromobility cordon count this Fall 2024 and at least once every two years to monitor trends in usage of micromobility vehicles over time and to share the data and cordon count report once available through the City’s website.

8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to explore signage for parks and trails educating the public on which micromobility vehicles are allowed.

9. City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to request the Chief of Police, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to conduct an educational blitz in the summer of 2024 and an educational and enforcement blitz in the spring and the fall beginning in 2025 to enhance public awareness of key safety issues, i.e. illegal sidewalk riding, wrong way riding in cycle tracks, illegal e-moped use in cycle tracks, and illegal parking in bike lanes, and to improve compliance, and request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back to City Council in the fall of 2024 on the progress and status of this initiative.

10. City Council request the Toronto Police Service Board to request the Chief of Police to work with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to prepare a briefing note for dissemination to Toronto Police Service division superintendents, outlining what micromobility devices are allowed/not allowed in the City of Toronto, such briefing note to include where, when, and the status of any pilots.

11. City Council request the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to establish set fines under the Highway Traffic Act for use of micromobility vehicles which are not compliant with the definitions and / or recommendations under the Highway Traffic Act, and to communicate those set fines to police services across Ontario.

12. City Council request the Ontario Ministry of Finance and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario to consult the insurance industry and other relevant parties on developing mandatory first and third-party insurance requirements for micromobility vehicles and their operators and to establish a micromobility accident fund accessible to those who are injured in micromobility incidents where no insurance exists to respond to their claim.

13. City Council request the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to delete clauses 1(1) (b) to (d) of O. Reg. 590/06 under the City of Toronto Act to give the City authority to license courier businesses and transportation businesses, and their vehicles that are used for hire, and to require that they carry adequate insurance, in order to improve compliance with the rules of the road, to facilitate enforcement and to provide fair compensation to those injured by couriers; and to authorize the City to hold these courier and transportation businesses to account for any damages and breaches of the rules of the road committed by those carrying out deliveries on their behalf or at their direction.

14. City Council request Transport Canada to regulate micromobility vehicle safety and battery safety requirements, standards, testing and labelling, for point of sale and importation; and in creating those regulations, to consult with key interested and affected parties with expertise in micromobility vehicle design and safety, and universal accessibility.

15. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bills to give effect to City Council's decision and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, minor modifications, technical amendments, or by-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor or General Manager, Transportation Services, in order to give effect to the adopted recommendations.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the installation of the eglintonTOday Complete Street Project on Eglinton Avenue from Bicknell Avenue to Mount Pleasant Road, and direct the General Manager Transportation Services to determine the implementation timeline in coordination with Metrolinx and Toronto Transit Commission to ensure it is optimally aligned with the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit, to minimize negative traffic impacts due to construction, and to minimize the traffic impacts from the continued operation of existing Toronto Transit Commission surface bus routes in the new Complete Street configuration prior to the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit.

2. City Council authorize the installation of the following bikeway projects on:

a. Croham Road from Eglinton Avenue West to Bowie Avenue, contra-flow bike lanes;

b. Glen Cedar Road from Eglinton Avenue West to Dewbourne Avenue, contra-flow bike lanes, the implementation of which is to take place in coordination with the implementation of Part 1 above; and

c. Jimmy Wisdom Way from Eglinton Avenue West to Hopewell Avenue, bicycle lanes and contra-flow bike lanes.

3. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until November 1, 2027, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the projects identified in Part 1, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to City Council any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 1 to the report (April 19 2024) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and that such by-laws submitted be made permanent on November 1, 2027.

4.  City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision, including the introduction in City Council of any and all bills that may be required.

5. City Council amend the traffic and parking regulations required in Chapter 950, as generally described in Attachment 2 to the report (April 19, 2024) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, to implement the eglintonTOday Complete Street Project.

6. City Council authorize the installation of a traffic control signal at the intersection Eglinton Avenue West and Croham Road.

7. City Council reduce the speed limit from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour on Eglinton Avenue from a point 277 metres west of Bicknell Avenue to Mount Pleasant Road.

8. City Council approve one (1) new temporary position to oversee the delivery and monitoring of the eglintonTOday Complete Street Project, and associated streetscape plan project delivery, with the duration of the temporary position to be up to three years in length be added to the 2024 Council Approved Operating Budgets of Transportation Services as follows: $96,000 gross, and $0 net, all funded in the approved 2024-2033 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services.

9. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to develop a plan for snow clearing suitable for the new Complete Street configuration with consideration for pedestrian safety, delivery areas, and on-street parking spaces, in consultation with the Eglinton Business Improvement Area Alliance.

10. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to continue to coordinate with Metrolinx to ensure that the signal coordination and road configuration at the intersections of Yore Road and Trethewey Road, and Eglinton Avenue West, Keele Street and Trethewey Road be resolved to minimize congestion in advance of the Eglinton TOday Complete Streets Project Installation in Ward 5 - York South-Weston.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Billy Bishop Airport Shuttle Bus to utilize the King Street Transit Priority Corridor.

2. City Council approve the amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, associated with Part 1 above, generally as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to create a King Street working group, to report on progress by the fourth quarter of 2024, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and with community and interested parties, such as Toronto Transit Commission Riders, Cycle Toronto, and the local Business Improvement Areas, in developing a unified streetscape plan that responds to and enhances King Street's distinct character.

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back in the fourth quarter of 2024 to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on:

a. the effects the traffic signal modifications have made on traffic flow along King Street;

b. updated information on proposed public realm improvements, including, but not limited to, mid-block curb extensions, transit bump outs, widened sidewalks, and public realm spaces;

c. an update on the status of the Automated Enforcement strategy; and

d. the status of the creation of the King Street working group.

5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back in the fourth quarter of 2024 to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on any amendments to the Highway Traffic Act and/or agreements with the Province that would enable the City to implement automated enforcement of  “block the box” type of offences as an owner liability offence.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, deferred Item IE13.4 to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to accept a donation of $0.075 million from High Park Initiatives, to provide financial support for the development of an outdoor classroom and publicly accessible nature education space called the Outdoor Urban Restoration Space 2.0 in High Park, in collaboration with Parks, Forestry and Recreation and in compliance with the Donations to the City of Toronto for Community Benefits Policy.

2. City Council authorize the Acting General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to negotiate and sign on behalf of the City a donor agreement with High Park Initiatives, outlining the agreed-upon uses of the donated funds and donor recognition, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Acting General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council amend to Parks, Forestry and Recreation's 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as High Park Outdoor Urban Restoration Space Donation, in the Trails and Pathways project, with a project cost and cash flow of $0.075 million in 2024, fully funded from the High Park Initiatives donation, for the purpose of the development of the Outdoor Urban Restoration Space 2.0 in High Park.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to include in the report back on Stage 3 of the Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy (Reduction Strategy) in the first quarter of 2025:

a. further updates on the implementation of the revised Stage 2 of the Reduction Strategy, including any additional or updated key performance indicators;

b. an update on the continued monitoring of the prevalence of reusable bags in the City’s waste stream; and

c. any recommendations on revising the definition of ‘Restricted Events’ to be only time-limited in nature and excluding retail business establishments that operate ticketed events on a regular scheduled basis.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services to report back on the outcome of the Government of Canada’s appeal of the Federal Court decision to quash the Order adding “plastic manufactured items” to the List of Toxic Substance List in Schedule 1 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).

3. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 702, Single-Use and Takeaway Items, as follows:

a. amend the definition of “BEVERAGE CUP” in §702-1. to clarify that a cup may also include a lid as follows:

BEVERAGE CUP – A cup designed to serve hot and/or cold beverages, and may include a lid to the cup.

b. add the following definition to §702-1.:

SINGLE-USE BEVERAGE CUP – A beverage cup that is:

A. Designed to be used once and then disposed of as waste; and

B. Ordinarily provided at the point of sale for a beverage at a retail business establishment, or, when a beverage is ordered by telephone or internet-based ordering platforms, is retrieved from the retail business establishment by the customer or a delivery service.

c. add a new subsection to §702-3. Paper shopping bags., that includes the following exemption provision: 

§702-3.B. does not apply to a retail business establishment if a single-use paper bag is being used to carry any goods purchased by a customer and is either:

(1)  being delivered by the retail business establishment to a customer off the premises of the retail business establishment; or

(2)  is picked up from the retail business establishment by a third-party delivery service and delivered to a customer off the premises of the retail business establishment.

d.  add a new subsection to §702-5. Reusable beverage cup., that includes the following provision:

If a retail business establishment sells or provides a beverage in a single-use beverage cup to a customer, they shall post a notice visible to customers at any physical or virtual location stating that the retail business establishment accepts the use of a reusable beverage cup by a customer.

e. delete §702-2.B.(2) to remove the restricted event exemption from single-use accessory food item requirement under §702-2.A; and

f. delete §702-3.D.(2) to remove the restricted event exemption from single-use paper shopping bag requirement under §702-3.B.

4. City Council direct that the amendments to the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 702, Single-Use and Takeaway Items, described in:

a.  Parts 3.a., 3.b., and 3.c. come into force on May 25, 2024;

b.  Part 3.d. comes into force on September 1, 2024; and

c.  Parts 3.e. and 3.f. come into force on January 1, 2025.

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in consultation with the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, to prepare the necessary bill required to give effect to City Council’s decision and to make such clarifications, minor modifications, technical or stylistic refinements as may be identified by the City Solicitor.

6. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with relevant divisions, to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2024 with a proposed additional by-law to the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 702, Single-Use and Takeaway Items that would prohibit retail business establishments from distributing to their customers the persistent, harmful, unnecessary, single-use plastic items referred to in the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulation (SOR/2022-138), namely checkout bags, stir sticks, food service ware, cutlery, straws and ring carriers.
 

7. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with relevant divisions, to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2024 on the feasibility of the City enforcing specific elements of the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SOR/2022-138) if the City requests, and the federal government agrees, to delegate enforcement powers under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to the City. 
 

8. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with relevant divisions,  to report back in the fourth quarter of 2024 with a proposed by-law that would require retail business establishments that sell or provide beverages in a single-use beverage cup to post information about City of Toronto Municipal Code 548, Littering and Dumping to their customers, to advise them to dispose of their cup and lid appropriately, and appropriate information about the harmful impacts of plastic litter.
 

9. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment and Climate Division, working with relevant divisions, to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in 2026, if adequate resources are available in the 2025 City Council budget, on the social, financial, health and environmental impacts of persistent plastic waste and litter in the City of Toronto, including impacts on Toronto’s:

a. infrastructure and public spaces, including parks, roads, ravines, beaches, sewers, water bodies and watercourses;

b. biodiversity and wildlife;

c. Public health;

d. any other harm in Toronto; and

e. where feasible, quantify those impacts and recommend any additional plastic bans that would be of material benefit to the people of Toronto.

10. City Council request the Mayor to include resources to evaluate the impacts referred to in Part 9 above, as identified by the Executive Director, Environment and Climate, in the 2025 Budget.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to report to City Council through the Infrastructure and Environment Committee as soon as possible on:

a. the feasibility of expanding the City’s StreetARToronto program to create 1000 new murals throughout the City in partnership with Business Improvement Areas, private property owners, the arts community, and corporate partners including support and recognition for permitted graffiti and street art and prevention of graffiti vandalism; and

b. an update on exploring the feasibility of City-wide graffiti blitzes with the participation of appropriate divisions.

2. City Council request Mayor Chow to kick off the 1000 Mural Graffiti Blitz at Mel Lastman Square, once it begins, by participating in painting the first mural of the blitz.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 716, Downsview Secondary Plan, included as Attachment 1 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning, and the General Manager, Transportation Services, with the following amendments:

a. amend Policy 3.2.15 a. ii. to read as follows:

“Below grade utilities and services where they support green infrastructure, district energy, the tree canopy and/or the needs of animating activities within the Runway; and”;

b. amend Policy 10.1.2 to read as follows:

“The following community service facilities are City priorities within the Plan Area:”;

c. amend Policy 10.1.4 a. to read as follows:

“A minimum of one child care centre will be included in each district, although districts are generally anticipated to accommodate 2-3 child care centres; and”;

d. amend Policy 11.4.5 to read as follows:

“Prior to development approval in the Plan Area, property owners will demonstrate that they have entered into a developer’s group agreement pursuant to the policies of this Plan and are in good standing with the developer’s group, or provide confirmation from the developers’ group trustee that it is not required to enter into such an agreement.”;

e. amend Policy 12.4.1 to read as follows:

“Within the lands identified in Figure 4: Wilson South, a minimum of 3 hectares of new publicly accessible space will be achieved, inclusive of parks, open spaces, natural areas, POPS, greenways, and the Green Spine.  As development proceeds, each development will provide their equitable share of this requirement and/or provide confirmation of cost sharing to address said provisions.” 

f. amend Policy 12.4.2 to read as follows:

“The minimum 3 hectares of new publicly accessible space will include a future Major Park whose location will be determined through the District Plan process.” 

g. amend Policy 12.6.1 d. to read as follows:

“The percentage of gross floor area of affordable rental housing required above will increase by 1.5 percent per year, with affordable ownership housing requirements set at 1.4 times the affordable rental housing requirements, unless the following exceptions apply:

i. a District Plan and complete application for a Plan of Subdivision is filed within one year of this Plan coming into full force and effect; or

ii. where a District Plan and Plan of Subdivision are not required, a complete application for a Zoning By-law Amendment is filed within one year of this Plan coming into full force and effect”;

h. add a new Policy 12.6.2, as follows:

“Despite no District Plan being required for the lands in Figure 6 which are north of Wilson Avenue, development applications must demonstrate that the proposed development:

1. does not impede the logical and coordinated development of the broader area, and responds to the existing and planned context, including Wilson District;

2. supports the establishment of a high quality public realm network, including a local mobility network to support findings from the MESP; and

3. does not preclude or negatively impact a potential or preferred alignment identified in an Environmental Assessment, major infrastructure study, or for future study.” 

i. amend the first paragraph of Schedule 3 to read as follows:

“Cultural heritage resources located on lands under the ownership of the federal government and its corporations and which are exempt from the Ontario Heritage Act, as referenced in policy 7.5.3, are identified below. This Schedule 3 does not contain policies, but rather provides context and intent to support the policy noted above.”

j. amend Map 7-5 Districts to remove the properties municipally known as 600 Wilson Avenue, 608 Wilson Avenue, 3673 Dufferin Street, 3687 Dufferin Street and 3593-3695 Dufferin Street, and all properties on the west side of Dufferin Street, from the Wilson District; and  

k. amend Map 7-6 Maximum Permitted Gross Density to remove the properties municipally known as 600 Wilson Avenue, 608 Wilson Avenue, 3673 Dufferin Street, 3687 Dufferin Street and 3593-3695 Dufferin Street, and all properties on the west side of Dufferin Street, from the density overlay of 3.5 Floor Space Index. 

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for certain lands within the Downsview Secondary Plan Area, substantially in accordance with the recommended Zoning By-law Amendment, included as Attachment 2 to report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

3. City Council adopt the Downsview Urban Design Guidelines, included as Attachment 3 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to use the Downsview Urban Design Guidelines in the evaluation of all current and new development applications within the Secondary Plan Area.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, in Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, as may be required.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to use the Downsview Secondary Plan in Attachment 1 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, as amended, in the evaluation of all current and new development applications within the Secondary Plan Area.

6. City Council adopt the Downsview Master Environmental Servicing Plan as described in the report and Attachment 4 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

7. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to issue a Notice of Completion and put the Master Environmental Servicing Plan in the public record in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Process.

8. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to initiate Phases 3 and 4 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process or appropriate major infrastructure studies if an Environmental Assessment is no longer required, which will be City-led, and completed in collaboration with the property owners, to advance the recommended public infrastructure detailed in the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

9. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, to engage with Metrolinx on advancing higher order transit within the Secondary Plan Area, including the potential westerly Sheppard Rapid Transit Extension and the proposed new GO Rail Station, subject to further study as directed in the Master Environmental Servicing Plan.

10. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to have regard for the Downsview Public Art Strategy, included as Attachment 5 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, in the evaluation of all current and future Public Art Plans within the portion of the Secondary Plan Area identified as Downsview Centre.

11. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, in collaboration with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to engage property owners in the Secondary Plan Area to explore opportunities to create new rent-geared-to-income, supportive housing and affordable home ownership units in advance of District Plans and development applications.

12. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to negotiate and enter into a Master Parks Agreement in accordance with the principles outlined in Attachment 12 to the report (April 23, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Panning and the General Manager, Transportation Services, and upon such other terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

13. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to enter into any necessary agreements with the property owners in the Secondary Plan Area, including a Restrictive Covenant Agreement, to restrict the permitted uses along the Runway segment within the Downsview Secondary Plan Area, in contemplation of a public access easement to be delivered over phases, for these lands, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

14. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute a funding agreement with property owners to fully-fund the City of Toronto to complete Phases 3 and 4 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process or appropriate major infrastructure studies if an Environmental Assessment is no longer required, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, including a term that any funding shall not predetermine, impact or influence any development approvals or applications made to the City of Toronto, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

15. City Council deem that the funding agreement authorized by Part 14 above is not subject to the Donations to the City of Toronto For Community Benefits Policy on the basis that the study is in the public interest of the City and advancing the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment or appropriate major infrastructure studies will allow for the design of the transportation infrastructure to be coordinated effectively with private development in a manner consistent with the Council-approved Downsview Secondary Plan. 

16. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, through Phases 3 and 4 of the Environmental Assessment process to ensure that street designs for the roadways identified on Map 7-8 that are intended for motor vehicle traffic are appropriately designed for a community where 75 percent of local trips are made by walking, cycling, or transit.

17. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to identify opportunities during Phases 3 and 4 of the Environmental Assessment to minimize the need to widen Dufferin Street from Highway 401 to Beffort Road. 

18. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to initiate an engagement and consultation process with the Ancaster and surrounding communities on the detailed design of the Dufferin extension and other major infrastructure as part of Phases 3 and 4 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process or appropriate major infrastructure studies if an Environmental Assessment is no longer required.
19. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning when reviewing and evaluating District Plans and development applications, to ensure street designs are appropriate for a community to achieve 75 percent of local trips made by walking, cycling and transit uses.

20. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, through the District Planning process, to prioritize compact and efficient built forms and other alternative approaches to delivering mid-rise and tall buildings that advance City Council priorities, including sustainability and resilience, affordable housing, intergenerational housing with a variety of unit sizes. 

21. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to coordinate with the property owner of the Park Commons District of the Downsview Secondary Plan to explore the conversion and redesignation of the portion of the District designated General Employment Areas to a designation that permits institutional and related uses, including student housing, at the earliest opportunity; such lands should continue to have parkland, and park related assets such as sports facilities, multipurpose trails and indoor space, outdoor classrooms, among other park assets. 

22. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, to engage with Metrolinx on advancing higher order transit within the Secondary Plan Area, including the westerly Sheppard Subway Extension and the proposed new GO Rail Station near Murray Road and Wilson Avenue, subject to further study as directed in the Master Environmental Servicing Plan. 

23. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to develop a financial strategy and work plan to accelerate the design and construction of the Downsview Community Recreation Centre as district planning progresses which may include Community Benefits Charge contributions, Development Charges, Section 42 funding, funding from other orders of government, and financial agreements with the property owners, within the context of other City-wide recreational priorities; and confirm through this process the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Toronto and Canada Lands corporation the securing of lands for the recreation centre. 

24. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with Northcrest Developments and the Ancaster community to develop a Neighbourhood Mobility and Monitoring Plan as part of the Transportation Impact Study within the Taxiway District development application review process; the Transportation Impact Study will consider measures to mitigate impacts to the Ancaster Community such as retaining the existing designated access routes formerly used by the Bombardier site (Beffort Road-Hanover Road, Garratt Boulevard and Murray Road) and implementing traffic safety measures on the designated access streets noted above to limit speed and through-traffic from entering local streets of the Ancaster Community. 

25. City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development Finance and Administration, the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to work with Canada Lands Company to prevent the displacement of the Downsview Park Merchants Market and Farmers Market currently operating out of the north end of the Supply Deport building, such as through the provision of appropriately-sized replacement and/or temporary space, or in negotiation with other property owners, as needed while redevelopment occurs. 

26. City Council direct City staff to recognize the transformational role that the Italian community has played in the building and history of Downsview as well as newcomers Filipino, Portuguese and Turkish communities, and others and celebrate their unique historical roles in the Downsview area. 

27. City Council affirm the City of Toronto position that the William Baker Neighbourhood development plan will have at its core a "seniors village," including seniors affordable housing, accessible public space and amenities and where possible the locating of agencies in the retail areas that offer wrap around and other support services to seniors. 

28. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 720 substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 415, Development of Land, and Chapter 169, City Officials, substantially in accordance with Attachment 4 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council delegate by-law making authority to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and their designate, for the purposes of minor by-law amendments described in Attachment 4 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Official Plan Amendment as may be required.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to continue to update application requirements and related Terms of Reference on a regular basis to ensure requirements are clearly defined and applied to each application type, as appropriate.

6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to develop and post to the City’s Development Guide standard Planning Application Checklists for each application type, identifying both minimum and additional application requirements that may be required, and report back to Planning and Housing Committee with a status update by the fourth quarter of 2024.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan substantially in accordance with the proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, in Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as amended by Parts 2 to 4 below.

2. City Council, in consideration of the minimal number of affected properties, the steep topography abutting the street, and the future expansion of Rouge National Park in the area, amend the proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting Lawrence Avenue East, east of East Avenue. 

3. City Council, in consideration of an anticipated proposal to amend the Official Plan to implement the Highland Creek Village Transportation Master Plan, amend the proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting Meadowvale Road, south of Highway 2A.

4. City Council, in consideration of the unusually steep topography between Bayview Avenue and True Davidson Drive, amend the proposed Official Plan Amendment 727, appended as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties designated Neighbourhoods abutting True Davidson Drive.

5. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 1 to supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as amended by Parts 7 to 9 below.

6. City Council determine pursuant to Subsection 34 (17) that no further notice is required in respect of Part 5 above. 

7. City Council, in consideration of the minimal number of affected properties, the steep topography abutting the street, and the future expansion of Rouge National Park in the area, revise the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties in the Residential Zone category abutting Lawrence Avenue East, east of East Avenue. 

8. City Council, in consideration of an anticipated proposal to amend the Official Plan to implement the Highland Creek Village Transportation Master Plan, revise the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to exclude properties in the Residential Zone category abutting Meadowvale Road, south of Highway 2A. 

9. City Council amend the draft Zoning By-law Amendment, appended as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by excluding properties in the Residential Zone category abutting True Davidson Drive.

10. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the proposed Official Plan and Draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

11. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to develop an addendum to the Townhouse and Low-Rise Development Guidelines as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods Major Streets Study Implementation program and address the addition of townhouse and small-scale apartment buildings as introduced through this report to the Neighbourhoods low-rise context.

12. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to monitor the implementation and effectiveness of Official Plan Amendment 727 and the Zoning By-law Amendment, amended by Parts 1 to 5, in facilitating townhouse and small-scale apartment building development along the major streets, and to report to the Planning and Housing Committee following the earlier of two (2) years following the date the Official Plan Amendment 727 and the Zoning By-law Amendment come into full force and effect, or following the issuance of the 200th building permit for the construction of new small-scale apartment buildings or townhouses along major streets, in order to review and recommend any necessary revisions to the policy, zoning, and/or other changes to improve implementation.

13. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, in consultation with/and the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to pursue opportunities to support the creation of rent-controlled market, affordable rental and affordable ownership homes by non-profit housing providers, enabled through the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods Program on Major Streets, through leveraging available funding and financial incentive programs.

14. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to refuse, at the General Manager's discretion, a permit to injure or destroy a tree protected under Municipal Code Chapters 658 or 813, received in relation to a building permit application to construct townhouse and small-scale apartment buildings, and to advise the applicant to meet with City Planning and Urban Forestry staff as appropriate to consider how the location, massing and design of the proposed building or expansion can be amended to protect the By-law protected tree in question.

15. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to undertake an area specific engagement program with the communities along Huntingwood Drive to discuss the appropriateness of Huntingwood Drive for intensification, maximum permitted heights, and other design considerations as proposed in the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and consider any feedback as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Neighbourhood Retail and Services study and the proposed major streets monitoring program. 

16. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to undertake an area-specific engagement program with the communities along Pharmacy Avenue, from Eglinton Avenue East south to Danforth Road; Brimley Road South; and McCowan Road, from Eglinton Avenue East south to Kingston Road, discuss the appropriateness of these streets for intensification, maximum permitted heights, and other design considerations, as proposed in the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and consider any feedback as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods: Neighbourhood Retail and Services study and the proposed major streets monitoring program. 

17. City Council request the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as part of the major streets monitoring program, to review building permits issued for townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings in residential zones on major streets in relation to the level of transit service available to the subject sites. 

18. City Council, in consideration of an anticipated proposal to amend the Official Plan to implement the Highland Creek Village Transportation Master Plan, request the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report back through Planning and Housing Committee on zoning permissions for townhouses and small-scale apartment buildings on Meadowvale Road south of Highway 2A, as part of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods major streets monitoring program.

19. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back through Planning and Housing Committee, as part of the Major Streets monitoring program, on:

a. a review of the criteria to determine if Guildwood Parkway is properly classified as a major street on Map 3 of the Official Plan, such review to consider:

1. the nature of the Scarborough Bluffs Erosion abutting Guildwood Parkway;

2. Guildwood Parkway’s planned transportation function;

3. the presence of a significant 88-acre natural landmark Guild Park and Gardens; and

4. any other criteria that would relate to Guildwood Parkway being classified as major street on Map 3 of the Official Plan;

b. the implications for City service delivery and for planning of removing Guildwood Parkway from Map 3 of the Official Plan; and

c. in consideration of Parts 19.a. and 19.b. above, recommendations for appropriate Official Plan amendments and Zoning By-law amendments for townhouses and for small-scale apartment buildings on Guildwood Parkway.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City Manager, or their designate, to execute a Transit-Oriented Communities Program resource agreement between the City and Infrastructure Ontario to have Infrastructure Ontario fund temporary staff positions in support of the Transit-Oriented Communities Program for the period from September 20, 2023 to March 31, 2026 and renewable in subsequent years through agreements with Infrastructure Ontario, subject to the terms outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. Subject to the execution of the terms of the resourcing agreement with Infrastructure Ontario, City Council approve 12 new temporary operating positions be added to the 2024 Operating Budgets of commenting divisions as follows:

a. 4 to City Planning;

b. 2 to Engineering and Construction Services;

c. 2 to Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

d. 2 to Transportation Services; and

e. 2 to Toronto Water.

3. Subject to the execution of the terms of the resourcing agreement with Infrastructure Ontario, City Council approve a total increase of $2.895 million gross and zero net, fully funded by Infrastructure Ontario, to the 2024 Operating Budget for new temporary operating positions of the commenting divisions as follows:

a. $0.770 million gross and $0 net to City Planning;

b. $0.545 million gross and $0 net to Engineering and Construction Services;

c. $0.465 million gross and $0 net to Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

d. $0.570 million gross and $0 net to Transportation Services; and

e. $0.545 million gross and $0 net to Toronto Water;

all wholly funded by Infrastructure Ontario at a net-zero cost to the City.

4. City Council authorize the City Manager, or their designate, to conclude negotiations and enter a Memorandum of Understanding with the Province for the Gerrard Carlaw North Transit-Oriented Communities, subject to terms as outlined in the Confidential Attachment to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

5. In the event the Minister issues a Minister’s Zoning Order, City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or their designate, to enter into Development Agreements pursuant to Section 47 of the Planning Act, in lieu of Site Plan Agreements as contemplated under Section 41 of the Planning Act and Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to give effect to conditions of site plan approval for Transit-Oriented Communities.

6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to undertake a feasibility analysis of affordable housing options in Transit-Oriented Community proposals including existing and new incentives, assess what further investments may be required to achieve 20 percent of Transit-Oriented Community units as affordable housing, and report the findings of the analysis to Planning and Housing Committee at its December 5, 2024, meeting. 

7. City Council authorize the public release of the Confidential Attachment to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Province for the Gerard Carlaw North Transit-Oriented Communities.

The Confidential Attachment to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information explicitly supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto by Infrastructure Ontario. The Confidential Attachment to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning will be made public following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Province for the Gerard Carlaw North Transit-Oriented Communities.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 26 Millwood Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 26 Millwood Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council endorse the Key Recommendations in Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with respect to Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, and the Provincial Planning Statement 2024, and with respect to the Development Charges Act, and authorize staff to provide comments through the Environmental Registry of Ontario with the following amendments to Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning:

a. replace the comments related to “Limiting third party appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal” with the following:
 

Do not support

Request that the Province not amend the legislation to restrict third-party appeals but if the amendment is enacted:

- limit the restriction on third-party appeals to development proposals that are solely or include a significant and prescribed amount of social housing or affordable housing; and

- extend the timelines for planning approvals to allow municipalities enough time to resolve third-party issues and avoid refusals.

2. City Council endorse the recommendations in Attachment 3 with respect to Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, and the Provincial Planning Statement 2024 in Attachment 2, and in Attachment 4 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with respect to the Development Charges Act and authorize staff to provide comments through the Environmental Registry of Ontario, with the following amendments to Attachment 3 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning:

a. replace the Comments/Recommendations related to “Limiting third party appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal” with the following:

Do not support

Request that the Province not amend the legislation to restrict third-party appeals but if the amendment is enacted:

- limit the restriction on third-party appeals to development proposals that are solely or include a significant and prescribed amount of, social housing or affordable housing; and

- extend the timelines for planning approvals to allow municipalities enough time to resolve third-party issues and avoid refusals.

3. City Council authorize the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to submit any future comments on any associated regulations as may be released by the Province and report to City Council on the implications to the City of the regulations.

4. City Council direct the City Clerk to forward the report (May 8, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning on City Comments on Proposed Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024, Provincial Planning Statement 2024, and New Minister Zoning Order Framework, to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 

5. City Council request the City Manager to develop a public advocacy campaign to inform Toronto residents about the impacts of recent relevant provincial legislation including Bill 109, 23 and 185 and the mechanism to provide public feedback to the Province.

6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to continue to work collaboratively with industry partners, including the Building Industry and Land Development Association, to implement operational improvements related to legislated application review timelines, the pre-application consultation process, and complete application requirements to address the impacts of Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to review zoning regulations that restrict outdoor parking of commercially licensed vehicles on private property in residential areas, with consideration for the need for vehicle operators to have convenient parking for commercial vehicles available near their residence, and to report to the Planning and Housing Committee by the first quarter of 2025 on the outcome of the review with any appropriate recommendations for zoning by-law amendments.

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to consider the impacts of COVID-19 on working arrangements in the review of zoning regulations requested in Part 1 above.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint Councillor Shelley Carroll to the City of Toronto Long-Term Care Committee of Management for a term of office until November 14, 2026, and until a successor is appointed.

2. City Council appoint Councillor Amber Morley to the City of Toronto Long-Term Care Committee of Management for a term of office until November 14, 2026, and until a successor is appointed.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, received Item ST6.2 for information.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following Members of Council to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors for a term starting at the Annual General Meeting in 2024 to the Annual General Meeting in 2025:

Councillor Jennifer McKelvie; and

Councillor Paul Ainslie.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the application for a Zoning By-law Amendment (Application 23 203652 WET 07 OZ) in its current form, for the lands at 135 Plunkett Road.

2. In the event the application is appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council, pursuant to subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor to hire planners external to the City to act as witnesses on the City’s behalf to engage in mediation, conciliation or other dispute resolution techniques in an attempt to resolve the Zoning By-law Amendment application.

3. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify all persons or public bodies who may have filed an appeal to this decision of City Council’s intention to rely on subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and the City Clerk shall provide notice to all prescribed persons or public bodies under subsection 34(11.0.0.2) of the Planning Act.

4. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify the Ontario Land Tribunal of City Council’s intention pursuant to subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and that the Ontario Land Tribunal shall receive the record, the notice of appeal and other prescribed documents and materials seventy-five (75) days after the last day for filing a notice of appeal for these matters.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to oppose the current applications regarding the Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control appeals for 2636-2654 Eglinton Avenue West and 1856 and 1856A Keele Street, and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues.

2. If the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals, in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Order(s) be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that:

a. the form and content of the Zoning By-law Amendment is satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues identified within the Engineering and Construction Services memorandum, dated February 12, 2024, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

c. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Servicing Report Groundwater Summary, Foundation Drainage Summary Form, Foundation Drainage Technical Brief and Hydrological Review Summary to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. the owner makes satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and enters into the appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

e. the owner has submitted an Environmental Noise and Vibration Assessment, such report to be peer reviewed by a third-party consultant on behalf of the City and at the owner's expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

f. the owner has provided a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study including a revised Wind Tunnel Study, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

g. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Metrolinx noted in correspondence, dated March 28, 2022, including the need for a technical review and makes required revisions, to the satisfaction of the Manager, Technical Review, Metrolinx;

h. the owner has addressed and accommodated the required road widening, noted in correspondence, dated February 12, 2024, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

i. the owner has submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study, including all requested revisions, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

j. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry noted in correspondence, dated March 29, 2023, including the need for an updated Arborist Report, Landscape Plan, Planting Plan and Soil Volume Plan, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

k. the owner has made revisions to meet the Toronto Green Standard requirements to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

l. the owner has provided an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan to address Official Plan Policies 3.2.1.12, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor.

3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and/or the Transportation Impact Study, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to request that a Holding Provision be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment and the Holding Provision not to be lifted until such a time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to oppose the Zoning By-law Amendment application, in its current and revised forms, for 417-419 Burnhamthorpe Road, and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues.

2. If the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals, in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request that the issuance of any final Order be withheld until such time as the City Solicitor advises that:

a. the form and content of the Zoning By-law Amendment are satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues identified within the Engineering and Construction Services correspondences dated October 18, 2023 and March 25, 2024, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

c. the owner has provided a revised Hydrological Review Summary Form and a revised Servicing Report Groundwater Summary Form to determine the quality and quantity of groundwater that may be required to be discharged to the City sewage works as a result to of a proposed development and comply with foundation drainage policy and guidelines to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water;

d. the owner has submitted a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, prepared to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and such reports shall determine the stormwater run-off, sanitary flow and water supply demand resulting from the development and whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development and/or any upgrades that may be required;

e. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and has entered into the appropriate agreements with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the proposed development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Traffic Impact Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

f. the owner has addressed all outstanding Transportation Services issues identified within the Engineering and Construction Services correspondences, dated February 7, 2023, and March 25, 2024, and has satisfactorily addressed all matters raised, including the provision of detailed Vehicle Maneuvering Diagrams, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

g. parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with section 200.5.10 rates for 'All Other Areas of the City' as noted in Zoning By-law 569-2013 as amended by By-law 89-2022, as noted in the Engineering and Construction Services correspondence, dated March 25, 2024, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

h. parking spaces shall comply with all dimensional requirements noted in section 200.5.1.10 of Zoning By-law 569-2013 as noted in the Engineering and Construction Services correspondence, dated March 25, 2024, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

i. accessible parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the supply and dimensional requirements noted in section 200.15 of Zoning By-law 569-2013 as amended by By-law 579-2017 as noted in the Engineering and Construction Services correspondence, dated March 25, 2024, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

j. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Urban Forestry, Tree Protection and Plan Review, in response to future submissions filed by the owner, and provided required materials, including a revised Arborist Report, Tree Inventory and Protection Plan, Landscape Concept Plan, Soil Volume Plan and Sections, Landscape Details, Toronto Green Standard Checklist and Statistics Templates and Grading Plan, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation; and

k. the owner has revised the proposal to meet the Toronto Green Standard requirements to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and/or the Transportation Impact Study, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to request that a Holding Provision be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment and the Holding Provision not to be lifted until such a time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the permanent closure of those portions of Bloor Street West, Dundas Street West, and Kipling Avenue described as Parts 2, 3, and 4 on Plan 66R-31546 (the "Dunkip Park Lands") as shown on Attachment 1 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services.

2. City Council authorize the permanent closure of those portions of Dundas Street West and Kipling Avenue described as Parts 2 and 3 on Plan 66R-31318 (the "Six Points Park Lands") as shown on Attachment 2 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services.

3. City Council enact a by-law substantially in the form of the draft by-law attached as Attachment 3 to the report (April 24, 2024) from the Deputy General Manager, Transportation Services.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council prohibit northbound and southbound U-turn movements at all times on Aukland Road, between Dundas Street West and St. Albans Road.

2. City Council prohibit eastbound and westbound U-turn movements at all times on St. Albans Road, between Aukland Road and the access road from southbound Kipling Avenue.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended by By-law 320- 022 for the lands at 824 Sheppard Avenue West, 177, 179 and 181 Cocksfield Avenue to be substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Revised Attachment 5 to the report (April 12, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District; other provisions remain unchanged.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment(s) as may be required.

3. City Council amend the following conditions for the application for a Rental Housing Demolition permit at 824 Sheppard Avenue West and 177, 179 and 181 Cocksfield Avenue, approved by City Council on April 6, 2022:

a. amend Part 7.a to read “the owner shall provide and maintain fifteen (15) replacement rental dwelling units, comprised of nine (9) two-bedroom units and six (6) three-bedroom units, on the subject site for a period of at least twenty (20) years, beginning from the date that each replacement rental dwelling unit is first occupied, and as shown on the architectural plans titled 824 Sheppard Avenue West, Rental Floor Plans, dated April 9, 2024; any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning"; and

b. amend Part 7.b to read “the owner shall, as part of the fifteen (15) replacement rental dwelling units required above, provide all fifteen (15) replacement rental dwelling units at affordable rents, as defined in the City's Official Plan, all for a period of at least ten (10) years, beginning from the date that each replacement rental dwelling units is first occupied."

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to the proposal in its current form, and to continue discussions with the applicant to address outstanding issues in advance of the hearing, including but not limited to those outlined in the report (April 19, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. In the event the Tribunal allows the appeals, in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal withhold its final Order approving the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the City Solicitor confirms that:

a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law amendments are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application 20 153985 NNY 08 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code, pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the fifteen (15) existing rental dwelling units at 284 Lawrence Avenue West, and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council's decision including:

1. replacement of the existing 15 rental housing units, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size and with similar rents; and

2. an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the owner has submitted updated sun / shadow and pedestrian level wind studies, including the identification of any required mitigation measures to be secured in the zoning by-law amendment and through the site plan process to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

d. the owner has satisfactorily addressed the Transportation Services matters in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated February 8, 2024, and the Transportation Services email dated April 19, 2024, any outstanding issues raised by Transportation Services, arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

e. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Engineering and Construction Services as contained in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated February 8, 2024, or any outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services, arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

f. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Parks, Forestry and Recreation as contained in the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Memorandum dated January 23, 2024, or any outstanding issues raised by Parks, Forestry and Recreation arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

g. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Tree Protection and Plan Review, Urban Forestry Memorandum dated January 23, 2024, or any outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry, arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

h. the owner has submitted to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, for review and acceptance, a Functional Servicing Report to determine the storm water runoff, sanitary flow and water supply demand resulting from this development and whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development;

i. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and enter into a financially secured agreement with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

j. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters regarding the Natural Heritage Impact Statement or any outstanding issues raised by Environmental Planning, arising from the ongoing technical review, including provision of acceptable reports and studies, as they relate to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 47 Ranleigh Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (April 9, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

3. City Council require the owner to provide and implement an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, for Eligible Tenants of the existing 3 rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished, addressing financial compensation and other assistance to lessen hardship, including the provision of rent gap payments; the Plan shall be developed in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. Prior to introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to:

a. provide a legal undertaking to the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing the implementation of the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan required by Part 3 above;

b. submit a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; and

c. secure the design and provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing watermain infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, as well as the General Manager, Toronto Water.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 501 and 503 Eglinton Avenue East and 383, 385, 387 and 389 Cleveland Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the revised report (May 6, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the subject lands at 939 Lawrence Avenue East, 966 Don Mills Road, and 169 The Donway West, substantially in accordance with the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law attached as Attachment 3 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, and as generally illustrated on the Part Lot Control Exemption Plan on Attachment 4 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire five (5) years following enactment by City Council.

2. Prior to enactment of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law, City Council require the Owner to:

a. provide proof of payment of all current property taxes for the subject lands, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and

b. register a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act, agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the lands without prior written consent of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or their designate, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

3. Prior to depositing a draft Reference Plan of Survey in the appropriate Land Registry Office to revise any parts of the Part Lot Control Exemption Plan on Attachment 4 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, the Owner shall submit the revised draft plan to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, for review, with acceptance at the discretion of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

4. The revised draft plan in Part 3 above shall be in metric units and integrated with the Ontario Co-ordinate System, showing the co-ordinate values at the main corners of the development lands, and delineating thereon, by separate parts, the lands to be divided, the required easement lands, Part Lot Control Exemption lands, and any appurtenant rights-of-way; the plan should:

a. be in metric units and integrated to the 1983 North American Datum (Canadian Spatial Reference System) and the 3 degree Modified Transverse Mercator projection;

b. delineate by separate parts the Part Lot Control Exemption lands, easements, the remainder of the site and any appurtenant rights-of-way;

c. show the co-ordinate values of the main corners of the subject lands in a schedule on the face of the plan; and

d. the plan must be signed and dated by an Ontario Land Surveyor.

5. City Council require the Owner to pay all costs for registration and preparation of Reference Plan(s).

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law, as may be required.

7. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to register the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law on title.

8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to release the Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act, from title upon the expiry or repeal of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 7625 for the lands at 56 Finch Avenue West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (April 2, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 298 Newton Drive substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (April 9, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council prohibit northbound and southbound U-turn movements at all times on Yonge Street at Kempford Boulevard.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council designate the lands municipally known as 1891 Eglinton Avenue East, as a Class 4 Noise Area pursuant to Ministry of Environment Environmental Noise Guideline - Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning Publication NPC-300, August 2013, as shown in Attachment 3 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District.

2. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or their designate, to forward a copy of City Council's decision to the Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with appropriate staff, to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the applications regarding the Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment and Draft Plan of Subdivision appeals, in their current form, for the lands at 180 and 260 Brimley Road.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to continue discussions with the applicant to address outstanding issues, including but not limited to those outlined in the report (April 18, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District.

3. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeals in part, City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order on the until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that:
 

a. the form and content of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments and conditions of Draft Plan of Subdivision approval are satisfactory to the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. the Owner has at its sole cost and expense:

1. submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, and Hydrogeological Review, including the Foundation Drainage Report or addendums ("Engineering Reports"), to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water;

2. secured the design and provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development, according to the accepted Engineering Reports, accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the General Manager, Toronto Water;

3. ensured the implementation of the accepted Engineering Reports does not require changes to the proposed amending By-laws or any such required changes have been made to the proposed amending By-laws, to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, including the use of a Holding ("H") By-law symbol regarding any new or upgrades to existing municipal servicing infrastructure as may be required;

4. submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study or addendum, acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and that such matters arising from such study, be secured if required;

5. submitted a revised Arborist Report or addendum and Tree Protection Plan acceptable and satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

6. the Owner has made revisions to meet the Toronto Green Standard requirements to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

7. the Owner has submitted a revised Housing Issues Report to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

8. the Owner has submitted a revised Draft Plan of Subdivision to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and the Executive Director, City Planning;

9. the Owner has submitted a revised Rail Safety and Risk Mitigation study and it has been peer reviewed to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

10. the Owner has submitted a revised Air Quality and Land Use Compatibility Assessment and it has been peer reviewed to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

11. the Owner has submitted a revised Noise and Vibration Feasibility Study and it has been peer reviewed to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

c. the City's conditions of subdivision approval, including all parkland dedication and improvement related matters, and requirements stemming from the review and acceptance of appropriate functional servicing and stormwater management reports referenced in Part 3.b above have been finalized and submitted prior to the Tribunal's Final Order.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City Staff to take and necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve 1880-1890 Eglinton Avenue East and 1523 and 1525-1545 Victoria Park Avenue (Golden Mile) - Public Art Plan, attached as Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Director, Urban Design, City Planning.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines substantially in accordance with Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District and the Director of Urban Design.

2. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to use the Eglinton GO Area Urban Design Guidelines in the evaluation of all current and new development applications within the Study area as shown in Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District and the Director of Urban Design.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, deferred Item TE13.2 to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 133-1999 for the lands at 86-100 Bloor Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 2 to the revised report (May 2, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 1090-2002 for the lands at 1and 3 Sultan Street, 11 St. Thomas Street and 76-98 Charles Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 3 to the revised report (May 2, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 954-2005 for the lands at 77 Charles Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 4 to the revised report (May 2, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

4. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 1018-2005 for the lands at 590 Jarvis Street (now 110 Charles Street East) substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the revised report (May 2, 2024)) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, with Attachment 5 amended by adding the following new Parts under “The Council of the City of Toronto enacts:"

a. Section 2. (a) (i) amended to add the words, prior to the semicolon, “or for streetscape and safety improvements in the vicinity of the site”; and

b. Section 2 (a) (ii) amended to add the words, prior to the semicolon, “or for streetscape and safety improvements in the vicinity of the site”.

5. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 226-2007 for the lands at 13-21 Balmuto Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the revised report (May 2, 2024)from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

6. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 60-2008 (OMB) for the lands at 4, 6 and 8 St. Thomas Street, and 100-110 Charles Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 7 to the revised report (May 2, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

7. City Council amend site specific Zoning By-law 1131-2010 for the lands at 192A, 194 and 200 Bloor Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 8 to the revised report (May 2, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

9. City Council authorize City officials to take such action as is necessary to implement City Council’s decision, including execution of necessary agreements as required.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1910, 1920 and 1944 Yonge Street, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the revised report (May 6, 2024, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

3. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to:

a. submit a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

b. enter into a Municipal Infrastructure Agreement to financially secure the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the accepted Functional Servicing Report by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements to such infrastructure are required.

4. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition Application (File 21 234928 STE 12 RH) in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which allows for the demolition of 102 existing rental dwelling units located at 1944 Yonge Street, subject to the following conditions:

a. the owner shall provide and maintain 102 replacement rental dwelling units on the subject site for a period of at least 20 years beginning from the date that each replacement rental dwelling unit is first occupied and, during which time, no application may be submitted to the City for condominium registration, or for any other conversion to a non-rental housing purpose, or for demolition without providing for replacement; the 102 replacement rental dwelling units shall be comprised of 50 studio units and 52 one-bedroom units, as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division dated February 27, 2024; and any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. the owner shall, as part of the 102 replacement rental dwelling units required in Part 4.a. above, provide at least 27 studio units and 30 one-bedroom units at affordable rents, defined as gross monthly rent no greater than one times the average City of Toronto rent by unit type, as reported annually by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and 23 studio units and 22 one-bedroom units at mid-range rents, defined as gross monthly rent that exceeds Affordable Rent but is no greater than 1.5 times the average City of Toronto rent by unit type, as reported annually by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, all for a period of at least 10 years beginning from the date of first occupancy of the replacement rental units; and rents shall not include additional charges for central air conditioning;

c. the owner shall provide an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan for all Eligible Tenants of the 102 existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished at 1944 Yonge Street, addressing the right to return to occupy one of the replacement rental dwelling units at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to mitigate hardship; the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan shall be developed in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

d. the owner shall provide tenant relocation and assistance to all Post Application Tenants, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

e. the owner shall provide tenants of all 102 replacement rental dwelling units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed 53-storey mixed-use building at no extra charge; access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings;

f. the owner shall provide central air conditioning in each replacement rental dwelling unit within the proposed mixed-use building;

g. the owner shall provide tenants of the 102 replacement rental dwelling units with access to all bicycle and visitor parking on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed mixed-use building;

h. the owner shall provide and make available for rent at least 30 vehicle parking spaces to tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units; such parking spaces shall be made available firstly to returning tenants who previously rented a vehicle parking space, and at similar monthly parking charges that such tenants previously paid; and the remaining vehicle parking spaces may be made available to tenants of the replacement rental units to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

i. the owner shall provide and make available for rent a minimum of 19 storage lockers to tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed building;

j. the 102 replacement rental units shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which 70 percent of the new dwelling units in the proposed development, exclusive of the replacement rental units, are made available and ready for occupancy, subject to any revisions to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

k. the owner shall enter into, and register on title at 1910, 1920 and 1944 Yonge Street, an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to secure the conditions outlined above, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

5. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code for the demolition of the 102 existing rental dwelling units located at 1944 Yonge Street after all the following have occurred:

a. all conditions in Part 4 above have been fully satisfied;

b. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for Site Plan approval, or as otherwise authorized by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permit) for the approved development on the site; and

d. the owner has confirmed, in writing, that all existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished are vacant.

6. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to issue a Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 5 above.

7. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 1944 Yonge Street after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 5 above, which may be included in the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 pursuant to Section 6.2 of Chapter 363, on condition that:

a. the owner removes all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition;

b. the owner erects solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building;

c. the owner erects the proposed building on the site no later than four (4) years from the date on which the demolition of the existing rental dwelling units commences, subject to the timeframe being extended to the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

d. should the owner fail to complete the proposed building within the time specified in Part 7.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, as with municipal property taxes, an amount equal to the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that such amount shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the Residential Demolition Permit is issued.

8. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement City Council's decision, including execution of the Section 111 Agreement and other related agreements.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 639-653 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the revised report (April 26, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 639-653 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the revised report (April 26, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

4. City Council require the owner to provide and implement an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for Eligible Tenants of the existing four (4) rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to continue to work with the applicant to explore the feasibility of providing an in-kind community benefit pursuant to Section 37(6) of the Planning Act in the development and to report back to City Council for further instruction if the applicant offers such an in-kind community benefit.

6. City Council approve that in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, prior the first Above Grade Building Permit, the owner shall convey to the City, an off-site parkland dedication, having a minimum size of 69.1 square metres, comprised of a portion of the property municipally known in the year 2023 as 14 Isabella Street, with the remaining parkland dedication to be provided as a cash-in-lieu payment, prior to the first above grade building permit, all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry, and Recreation, and the City Solicitor.

7. City Council approve the acceptance of an off-site parkland dedication, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition.

8. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to:

a. provide a legal undertaking to the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing the implementation of the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan required by Part 4 above;

b. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated January 25, 2024, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Incorporated, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 8.c. below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

c. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Incorporated, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

d. withdraw their appeal(s) of the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan as it relates to 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, or advise the City Solicitor, in writing, that they shall not object to the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan and only maintain a monitoring brief of the hearing on the merits;

e. enter into an Agreement, or similar legal instrument, between the owner of 639-653 Yonge Street, the owner of 663 Yonge Street, and the City, to be registered on title to 663 Yonge Street that would prevent the erection of a building above the existing height permissions, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;  

f. submit a Functional Servicing Report for review and acceptance to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; the report will determine whether the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and whether upgrades or improvements of the existing municipal infrastructure are required; and

g. enter into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades and road improvements are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

9. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1095 and 1111 Danforth Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached to Motion 1a by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

2. City Council determine that pursuant to subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given with respect to the proposed by-law.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and report back on the feasibility of amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 1095 and 1111 Danforth Avenue from Permit Parking.

5. City Council request the Mayor to allocate any Community Benefits Charges funds collected from the development at 1095-1111 to affordable housing in Ward 14 in consultation with the local Councillor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1117 Danforth Avenue, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (April 19, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

3. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition Application (File 24 120946 STE 14 RH) in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which allows for the demolition of 27 existing social housing units located at 1117 Danforth Avenue, subject to the following conditions:

a. the owner shall provide and maintain 27 replacement social housing units on the subject site for a period of at least 25 years beginning from the date that each replacement social housing unit is first occupied and, during which time, no application may be submitted to the City for condominium registration, or for any other conversion to a non-rental housing purpose, or for demolition without providing for replacement; the replacement social housing units shall collectively have a total gross floor area of at least 982.7 square metres and be comprised of 16 studio and 11 one-bedroom units as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division dated April 3, 2024; any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. the owner shall, as part of the 27 replacement social housing units required in Part 3.a. above, provide at least 16 studio units and 11 one-bedroom units at mid-range (affordable) rents, as currently defined in the City's Official Plan, all for a period of at least 20 years beginning from the date of first occupancy of each unit; rents shall not include additional charges for laundry or central air conditioning;

c. the owner shall provide an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan to all Eligible Tenants of the 27 existing social housing units proposed to be demolished at 1117 Danforth Avenue, addressing the right to return to occupy one of the replacement social housing units at similar rents, the provision of an alternate rental unit during the construction period, and other assistance to lessen hardship; the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan shall be developed in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

d. the owner shall provide tenants of all 27 replacement social housing units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed 14 storey building; access to, and use of, these amenities shall be on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the building without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as an established practice for private bookings;

e. the owner shall provide central air conditioning in each replacement social housing unit;

f. the owner shall provide tenants of all replacement social housing units with access to bicycle and visitor parking on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed building;

g. the replacement social housing units required in Part 3.a. above shall be made ready and available for occupancy no later than the date by which 70 percent of the new dwelling units in the proposed development, exclusive of the replacement social housing units, are made available and ready for occupancy, subject to any revisions to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

h. the owner shall enter into, and register on title to the lands at 1117 Danforth Avenue, an Agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to secure the conditions outlined in Parts 3.a. through 3.g. above, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to issue Preliminary Approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code for the demolition of the 27 existing social housing units located at 1117 Danforth Avenue after all the following have occurred:

a. all conditions in Part 3 above have been fully satisfied and secured;

b. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for site plan approval by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, or their designate, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006;

c. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits (conditional or full permit) for the approved development on the site; and

d. the owner has confirmed, in writing, that the 27 existing social housing units are vacant.

5. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to issue a Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 4 above.

6. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act and Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code for 1117 Danforth Avenue after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 4 above, which may be included in the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 pursuant to Section 6.2 of Chapter 363, on condition that:

a. the owner removes all debris and rubble from the site immediately after demolition;

b. the owner erects solid construction hoarding to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building;

c. the owner erects the proposed building on site no later than three (3) years from the date that demolition of the existing social housing units commences, subject to the timeframe being extended to the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

d. should the owner fail to complete the proposed building within the time specified in Part 6.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, as with municipal property taxes, an amount equal to the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) per dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that such amount shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the Residential Demolition Permit is issued.

7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and report back on the feasibility of amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 1117 Danforth Avenue from Permit Parking.

8. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement City Council's decision, including execution of the Section 111 Agreement and any other related agreements.

9.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council’s decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1400 Gerrard Street East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (April 18, 2024) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

3. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the Owner to address all outstanding comments in Sections A and B of the memo from Engineering and Construction Services dated February 23, 2024 in relation to solid waste management, functional servicing and stormwater management matters to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and report back on the feasibility of amending Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 1400 Gerrard Street East from Permit Parking.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the application for a Zoning By-law Amendment (Application 24 121126 STE 04 OZ) in its current form for the lands municipally known as 1930-1938 Bloor Street West and 3, 5 and 21 Quebec Avenue.

2. In the event the application is appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council, pursuant to subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, use mediation, conciliation or other dispute resolution techniques in an attempt to resolve the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify all persons or public bodies who may have filed an appeal to this decision of City Council’s intention to rely on subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act and the City Clerk shall provide notice to all prescribed persons or public bodies under subsection 34(11.0.0.2) of the Planning Act.

4. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify the Ontario Land Tribunal of City Council’s intention pursuant to subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and that the Ontario Land Tribunal shall receive the record, the notice of appeal and other prescribed documents and materials seventy-five (75) days after the last day for filing a notice of appeal for these matters.

5. Should the Zoning By-law Amendment application be resolved, and there is no appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal or the appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal has been withdrawn, City Council direct the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to bring forward an Approval Report to the Toronto and East York Community Council for a statutory public meeting as required under the Planning Act.

6. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request, in the event of an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its final order, until the following conditions are met:

a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendment is to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, including any appropriate holding (H) provisions;

b. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application 24 121138 STE 04 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing rental dwelling units and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council's decision including:

1. replacement of the existing 12 rental housing units, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size and with similar rents; and

2. acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Transportation Services related to the pedestrian clearway/sidewalk transition along Quebec Avenue between the subject site and the adjacent Toronto Transit Commission High Park Station entrance to the north as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application and the holding provisions if any required in the Zoning By-law amendment as set out in their memo dated April 18, 2024 or as may be updated in response to further submissions filed by the owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. the owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, Municipal Servicing and Grading Plan, and any other reports or documents deemed necessary in support of the development to the City for review and acceptance by and to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; these reports shall determine whether the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and whether upgrades or improvements of the existing municipal infrastructure are required;

e. the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, at the owner's sole expense, should it be determined that upgrades are required to support the development as identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Reports or any other reports accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

f. the owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry, Tree Protection and Plan Review as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Supervisor, Tree Protection and Plan Review.

7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the application for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment Applications (Application 23 213844 STE 04 OZ) in their current form, for the lands municipally known as 1304-1318 King Street West and 143-145 Cowan Avenue.

2. In the event the applications are appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council, pursuant to subsections 22(8.1) and 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, use mediation, conciliation or other dispute resolution techniques in an attempt to resolve the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify all persons or public bodies who may have filed an appeal to this decision of City Council’s intention to rely on subsections 22(8.1) and 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act and the City Clerk shall provide notice to all prescribed persons or public bodies under subsections 22(8.2) and 34(11.0.0.2) of the Planning Act. 

4. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify the Ontario Land Tribunal of City Council’s intention pursuant to subsections 22(8.1) and 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and that the Ontario Land Tribunal shall receive the record, the notice of appeal and other prescribed documents and materials seventy-five (75) days after the last day for filing a notice of appeal for these matters.

5. Should the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications be resolved, and there is no appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal or the appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal has been withdrawn, City Council direct the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to bring forward an Approval Report to the Toronto and East York Community Council for a statutory public meeting as required under the Planning Act.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

7. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request that, in the event of an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, the Ontario Land Tribunal withhold its final order, until the following conditions are met:

a. the final form of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, including any appropriate holding (H) provisions; and

b. City Council has approved Rental Housing Demolition Application 23 213845 STE 04 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing rental housing, and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council’s decision including:

1. replacement of the existing eight (8) rental dwelling units, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size and with similar rents; and

2. an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the application for the Zoning By-law Amendment for the lands municipally known as 137-141 Isabella Street.

2. In the event the application is appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal, City Council, pursuant to subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, use mediation, conciliation or other dispute resolution techniques in an attempt to resolve the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify all persons or public bodies who may have filed an appeal to this decision of City Council’s intention to rely on subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act and the City Clerk shall provide notice to all prescribed persons or public bodies under subsection 34(11.0.0.2) of the Planning Act. 

4. City Council direct the City Clerk, should an appeal be filed, to notify the Ontario Land Tribunal of City Council’s intention pursuant to subsection 34(11.0.0.1) of the Planning Act, and that the Ontario Land Tribunal shall receive the record, the notice of appeal and other prescribed documents and materials seventy-five (75) days after the last day for filing a notice of appeal for these matters.

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision.

6. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request, in the event of an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal, the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its final order, until the following conditions are met:

a. the final form of the Zoning By-law Amendment shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, including any appropriate holding (H) provisions;

b. City Council has approved Rental Housing Demolition Application 24 119156 STE 13 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing rental housing, and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary to implement City Council’s decision including:

 1. replacement of the existing 61 rental dwelling units, including the same number of units, bedroom type and size and with similar rents; and

 2. an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to a replacement rental unit on the lands at similar rents, the provision of rent gap assistance, and other assistance to lessen hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. submit a Functional Servicing Report for review and acceptance to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; the report will determine whether the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and whether upgrades or improvements of the existing municipal infrastructure are required; and

d. the owner shall enter into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades and road improvements are required to support the development, according to the transportation report accepted by the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council include the following two properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) attached as Attachment 1 to the report (April 17, 2024) from the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:

a. 2991 Dundas Street West (including entrance address 2991 A Dundas Street West); and

b. 2993 Dundas Street West.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, deferred Item TE13.13 to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to issue a permit for the operation of a curb lane café, to 2687935 Ontario Incorporated, operating as Bar Koukla at 88 Ossington Avenue, Humbert Street flankage in accordance with City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 742, Sidewalk Cafés, Parklets and Marketing.

2. City Council rescind the existing commercial loading zone on the south side of Humbert Street, between Ossington Avenue and a point 31 metres west.

3. City Council amend the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times on both sides of Humbert Street, between Ossington Avenue and Dovercourt Road to be in effect at all times on the north side of Humbert Street, between Ossington Avenue and Dovercourt Road.

4. City Council prohibit parking at all times on the south side of Humbert Street, between Dovercourt Road and a point 31 metres west of Ossington Avenue.

5. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on the south side of Humbert Street, between Ossington Avenue and a point 31 metres west.

6. City Council designate a commercial loading zone to be in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Monday to Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., Saturday and Sunday, on the east side of Ossington Avenue, between a point 38 metres south of Argyle Avenue and a point 28 metres further south.

7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back to the local Councillor at the end of the 2024 CafeTO season with a summary of effectiveness and any non-compliance issues related to pedestrian accessibility and traffic/loading issues at 88 Ossington Avenue.

8. City Council direct that the issuance of the curb lane café permit be contingent on the relocation of the commercial loading zone.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the closure of the east sidewalk and the northbound curb side traffic lane on Bathurst Street, between Nassau Street and a point 85 metres south and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the northbound curb lane, from May 31, 2024 to December 1, 2027 inclusive.

2. City Council authorize the closure of the south sidewalk and a 2.8 metre wide portion of the eastbound curb side traffic lane on Nassau Street, between Bathurst Street and a point 69 metres east and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the eastbound curb lane, from May 31, 2024 to December 1, 2027 inclusive.

3. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday; 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sunday, on the east side of Bathurst Street, between a point 50 metres north of Nassau Street and a point 135 metres south of Nassau Street.

4. City Council rescind the existing designated on-street loading zone regulation in effect at all times except 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, on the east side of Bathurst Street between a point 41 metres south of Nassau Street and a point 11 metres further south.

5. City Council rescind the existing no standing regulation in effect at all times on the west side of Leonard Avenue, between a point 20.6 metres south of Nassau Street and a point 11 metres further south.

6. City Council designate an accessible on-street loading zone to be in effect at all times on the west side of Leonard Avenue, between a point 20.6 metres south of Nassau Street and a point 11 metres further south.

7. City Council rescind the existing stopping prohibition in effect 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except public holidays on the east side of Bathurst Street, between a point 50 metres north of Nassau Street and a point 135 metres south of Nassau Street.

8. City Council rescind the existing maximum one-hour parking regulation in effect 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, on the east side of Bathurst Street, between a point 50 metres north of Nassau Street and a point 135 metres south of Nassau Street.

9. City Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday except public holidays, on the east side of Bathurst Street, between a point 50 metres north of Nassau Street and a point 135 metres south of Nassau Street.

10. City Council prohibit standing at all times on the east side of Bathurst Street, between Nassau Street and a point 50 metres north.

11. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on the east side of Bathurst Street, between Nassau Street and a point 85 metres south.

12. City Council designate a passenger loading zone to be in effect at all times on the east side of Bathurst Street, between a point 85 metres south of Nassau Street and a point 50 metres further south.

13. City Council rescind the existing standing prohibition in effect at all times on the south side of Nassau Street, between Bathurst Street and a point 69 metres east.

14. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on the south side of Nassau Street, between Bathurst Street and a point 69 metres east.

15. City Council rescind the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times on the north side of Nassau Street, between Bathurst Street and Lippincott Street.

16. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on the north side of Nassau Street, between Bathurst Street and Lippincott Street.

17. City Council direct the applicant to sweep the construction site and adjacent sidewalks and roadways daily, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

18. City Council direct the applicant to construct and maintain a fully covered, protected and unobstructed walkway for all pedestrians, including for those with mobility devices, for the entire duration of the construction staging area permit to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and ensure it is compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

19. City Council direct the applicant to ensure that the existing sidewalks or the proposed pedestrian walkway have proper enhanced lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night.

20. City Council direct the applicant to clearly consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local Business Improvement Areas and resident associations in advance of any physical road modifications.

21. City Council direct the applicant to install appropriate signage and request the applicant to maintain all sightlines to ensure that pedestrians, cyclists and motorists safety is considered at all times.

22. City Council direct the applicant to provide a sufficient number of traffic control persons as determined by the Work Zone Coordinator and the Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, on a daily basis to control construction vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

23. City Council direct the applicant to provide a sufficient number of pay-duty Police Officers as determined by the Work Zone Coordinator and the Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, during large scale concrete pours and large scale material deliveries to control vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

24. City Council direct the applicant to install cane detection within the covered and protected walkway to guide pedestrians who are visually impaired.

25. City Council direct the applicant to post a 24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

26. City Council direct the applicant to provide and install public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

27. City Council direct the applicant, in consultation with Transportation Services, to maintain any bicycle lanes, and install appropriate signage to inform drivers and cyclists of any changes to the cycling lanes.

28. City Council direct the applicant to cooperate with and provide all necessary assistance to the City engineers, staff and representatives carrying out operation, maintenance, and construction activities to municipal infrastructure within the vicinity of the construction staging area, and at no cost to the City to remove any staging to accommodate the necessary municipal infrastructure work.

29. City Council direct that Bathurst Street, Leonard Avenue and Nassau Street be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

30. City Council direct the applicant to provide community meetings on a quarterly basis, and upon request by the Ward Councillor, to discuss any concerns raised by the community.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the closure of the west sidewalk and a 2.7 metre wide portion of the southbound lane on Yonge Street, between a point 103 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West and a point 47 metres further south and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the southbound lane, from May 27, 2024, to May 31, 2027.

2. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, at a rate of $3.00 for 1 hour and for a maximum period of 3 hours on the west side of Yonge Street between, a point 68 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West and a point 6 metres further south.

3. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, at a rate of $3.00 for 1 hour and for a maximum period of 4 hours on the west side of Yonge Street, between a point 68 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West and a point 6 metres further south.

4. City Council rescind the existing stopping prohibition in effect at all times on the west side of Yonge Street, between a point 74.3 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West and a point 64.1 metres further south.

5. City Council rescind the existing delivery vehicle parking zone designation, for a maximum period of 20 minutes on the west side of Yonge Street between, a point 47 metres north of Rosehill Avenue and a point 14 metres further north.

6. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, at a rate of $3.00 for 1 hour and for a maximum period of 3 hours on the west side of Yonge Street, between a point 27 metres north of Rosehill Avenue and a point 21 metres further north.

7. City Council rescind the existing parking machine regulation in effect from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday.; 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Sunday, at a rate of $3.00 for 1 hour and for a maximum period of 4 hours on the west side of Yonge Street between, a point 27 metres north of Rosehill Avenue and a point 21 metres further north.

8. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on the west side of Yonge Street, between a point 67 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West and a point 105 metres further south.

9. City Council direct the applicant to sweep the construction site and adjacent sidewalks and roadways daily, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

10. City Council direct the applicant to construct and maintain a fully covered, protected and unobstructed walkway for all pedestrians, including for those with mobility devices, for the entire duration of the construction staging area permit to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and ensure it is compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

11. City Council direct the applicant to ensure that the existing sidewalks or the proposed pedestrian walkway have proper enhanced lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night. 

12. City Council direct the applicant to clearly consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local business improvement areas and resident associations in advance of any physical road modifications.

13. City Council direct the applicant to install appropriate signage and request the applicant to install converging mirrors to ensure that pedestrians, cyclists and motorists safety is considered at all times.

14. City Council direct the applicant to provide a sufficient number of traffic control persons as determined by the Work Zone Coordinator and Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, on a daily basis to control construction vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

15. City Council direct the applicant to provide a sufficient number of pay-duty Police Officers as determined by the Work Zone Coordinator and Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, during large scale concrete pours and large scale material deliveries to control vehicle access and egress to and from the site, and maintain a safe environment for the public.

16. City Council direct the applicant to install cane detection within the covered and protected walkway to guide pedestrians who are visually impaired.

17. City Council direct the applicant to post a 24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

18. City Council direct the applicant to provide and install public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

19. City Council direct the applicant, in consultation with Transportation Services, to maintain any bike lanes, and install appropriate signage to inform drivers and cyclists of any changes to the cycling lanes.

20. City Council direct that Yonge Street be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of the first north-south public laneway west of Church Street, between a point 11.4 metres south of Dundas Street East and a point 37 metres further south, from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025, inclusive.

2. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of a 1.0 metre wide portion of the right-of-way abutting the development site on Dundas Street East, between Church Street and a point 26.8 metres further west, from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025, inclusive.

3. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of a 0.6 metre wide portion of the right-of-way abutting the development site on Church Street, between Dundas Street East and a point 38 metres further south, from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025, inclusive.

4. City Council direct the applicant to continue to pressure wash or sweep (weather permitting) the construction site and adjacent sidewalks and roadways daily, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe.

5. City Council direct the applicant to continue to ensure that the existing sidewalks or the proposed pedestrian walkways have proper enhanced lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night.

6. City Council direct the applicant to continue to clearly consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local Business Improvement Areas and resident associations in advance of any physical road modifications.

7. City Council direct the applicant to continue to install appropriate signage and converging mirrors to ensure that pedestrian, cyclist and motorist safety is considered at all times.

8. City Council direct the applicant to continue to provide a sufficient number of traffic control persons as determined by the Work Zone Coordinator and the Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, on a daily basis to control construction vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

9. City Council direct the applicant to continue to provide a sufficient number of pay-duty Police Officers as determined by the Work Zone Coordinator and the Toronto Police Construction Liaison Officer, during large scale concrete pours and large scale material deliveries to control vehicle access and egress to and from the site and maintain a safe environment for the public.

10. City Council direct the applicant to continue to install cane detection within the covered and protected walkway to guide pedestrians who are visually impaired.

11. City Council direct the applicant to continue to post a 24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

12. City Council direct the applicant to continue to provide and install public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

13. City Council direct that Dundas Street East, Church Street, and the first north-south public laneway south of Dundas Street and west of Church Street be returned to pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

14. City Council direct the applicant to continue to construct and maintain a fully covered, protected, unobstructed, and wheelchair accessible pedestrian walkway for the entire duration of the construction staging area permit, at their sole cost.

15. City Council direct the applicant to continue to create a publicly accessible website with regular construction updates and post the website address on the construction site hoarding, which must be prominently place and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

16. City Council direct the applicant to continue to mitigate light pollution by installing a shield/barrier on any lighting standards in close proximity to adjacent residential properties, such as cranes.

17. City Council direct the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services and the applicant to continue to establish a Construction Management Working Group that meets monthly and invites local stakeholders including Municipal Licensing and Standards, Toronto Building, adjacent neighbours and local resident groups.

18. City Council direct the applicant to continue to email monthly construction progress reports to the local Councillor, the local residents' association and the Business Improvement Area Board of Management.

19. City Council direct that the occupation permit for construction staging on Dundas Street East, on Church Street and on the public laneway west of Church Street continue to be conditional subject to there being no conflicts with Metrolinx transit project construction.

20. City Council direct the applicant to continue to cooperate with and provide all necessary assistance to the City Engineers, staff and representatives carrying out operation, maintenance, and construction activities to municipal infrastructure within the vicinity of the construction staging areas, and at no cost to the City to remove any staging to accommodate the necessary municipal infrastructure work.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the installation of an on-street accessible parking space at the location identified in Attachment 1 to the report (April 19, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council prohibit stopping at all times on the east side of River Street, between Oak Street and a point 20 metres south.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the existing stopping prohibition in effect at all times, on the south side of Annette Street, between a point 49 metres west of Evelyn Avenue and a point 43 metres east of High Park Avenue, to be in effect between a point 56 metres west of Evelyn Avenue and a point 43 metres east of High Park Avenue.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct that the northerly westbound curb lane of Lake Shore Boulevard West, between a point approximately 70 metres west of Yonge Street and a point 55 metres further west, be incorporated into the travelled portion of the roadway as a traffic lane, and that this lane be reserved for the exclusive use by authorized Public Transit Vehicles. 

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize amendments to parking and traffic regulations on Dundas Street West, as set out in Attachment 1 to the revised supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, until January 1, 2025.

2. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until January 1, 2025, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the projects identified in Part 1 above, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to Council, any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules, to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 3 to the revised supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, the Chinatown Business Improvement Area, and the Toronto Parking Authority, to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council by the fourth quarter of 2024 on the effectiveness of these changes for streetcar operations and a recommended long-term plan for parking, loading and traffic regulations on Dundas Street West between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1.  City Council exempt the implementation of permit parking on Lonsmount Drive, between Don Francks Lane and Tichester Road and Tweedsmuir Avenue, between Heath Street West and the driveway to 320 Tweedsmuir Avenue, from the requirements of subsection 925-4B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, until such time as Toronto and East York Community Council considers a request for implementation of permit parking at that location.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council designate a Community Safety Zone in effect at all times on both sides of Lake Shore Boulevard East between Woodbine Avenue and a point 200 metres west of Lower Coxwell Avenue.
 

2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, include the Community Safety Zone located between Woodbine Avenue and a point 200 metres west of Lower Coxwell Avenue for consideration when determining an appropriate location for a permanent Automated Speed Enforcement camera within Ward 19 – Beaches-East York

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to review and report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council on the realignment of Permit Parking Area 9A to exclude developments located at the following addresses:

a. 6 Dawes Road;

b. 9-25 Dawes Road; and

c. 10-30 Dawes Road.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council waive, or refund/credit where already paid, the application fee pertaining to a sidewalk café application made in relation to the following establishments during the 2024 calendar year:

a. 727-729 Danforth Avenue - Gabby’s;

b. 699 Danforth Avenue - SugarKane; and

c. 707 Danforth Avenue - Athens Restaurant.

2. Despite Chapter 742, City Council authorize the transfer of the previous patio license to the new owner for Bonjour Brioche, 812 Queen Street East. (Motion 1 by Cllr. Fletcher)

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the modifications to the settlement offer approved by City Council at its meeting dated July 19 and 20, 2023, which modifications are set out below:

a. Height:

1. South portion of the tower from 66 metres to 66.8 metres; and

2. North portion of the tower from 55 metres to 57.5 metres; and

b. Setback:

1. Podium west setback from 1.0 metres to 0.0 metres.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision and request the Ontario Land Tribunal to amend the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law accordingly before the issuance of the final order.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1b by Councillor Lily Cheng.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1b by Councillor Lily Cheng, and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1a by Councillor Lily Cheng remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice or information regarding potential litigation.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1b by Councillor Lily Cheng, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendix A (the "Without Prejudice Settlement Offer") to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and substantially in accordance with Confidential Appendix B (the "Revised Plans") to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor (together, the "Revised Proposal") for the Development Site and direct the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to support the Revised Proposal, subject to Part 2 below and subject to an increase in the minimum amount of non-residential gross floor area to 160 square metres.

2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order on the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law until the City Solicitor has advised that:

a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-law are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. the Owner has satisfactorily addressed the Transportation Services and Engineering and Construction Services matters contained in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated September 28, 2023, including the provision of acceptable reports and studies, as they relate to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

c. the Owner has entered into a financially secured agreement for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades and/or road improvements are required to support the development, according to the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and Hydrogeological Report, accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. the Owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry, Tree Protection and Plan Review in their memorandum dated October 2, 2023, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

e. the Owner has submitted a revised Pedestrian Level Wind Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with any required wind mitigation measures to be secured through the Site Plan approval process;

f. the Owner has withdrawn its party status to the Yonge Street North Secondary Plan (OPA 615) (By-law 1016-2022) appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal within Ontario Land Tribunal Case OLT-22-004346;

g. the Owner has secured an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan in accordance with Official Plan Policy 3.2.1.12 for tenants of the existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished, addressing financial compensation and other assistance to lessen hardship, and the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and implemented prior to the issuance of Notice of Approval Conditions for Site Plan Control approval; and

h. the Owner has provided an undertaking or agreement to the City, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to secure the Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan as required in Part 2.g. above.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the North York Community Council to review and report back on the feasibility of excluding the development located at 10-18 Abitibi from Permit Parking should it be implemented on an area or street-based basis in the future.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 6, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment 1 to Motion 1a by Councillor Lily Cheng remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice or information regarding potential litigation.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the  report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it pertains to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the "without prejudice" settlement offer set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor and support a revised proposal that is substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings in Confidential Appendix B to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor (together the "Settlement Offer") and subject to the Parts below.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the Settlement Offer for the lands municipally known as 2939-2941 Eglinton Avenue East.

3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that:

a. the final form and content of the draft Zoning By-law Amendment is satisfactory to the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. the Owner has, at its sole cost and expense:

1. submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Review, including the Foundation Drainage Report ("Engineering Reports") to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water;

2. secured the design and provided financial securities in respect of any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development, according to the accepted Engineering Reports, accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water;

3. ensured that implementation of the accepted Engineering Reports does not require changes to the proposed amending By-law or that any required changes have been made to the proposed amending By-law to the satisfaction of the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, including the use of a Holding ("H") By-law symbol regarding any new municipal servicing infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal servicing infrastructure, as may be required;

4. submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study or addendum, acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and that such matters arising from such study, be secured if required; and

5. submitted a revised Arborist Report or addendum and Tree Protection Plan acceptable and satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation.

4. City Council direct the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to continue discussions with the Owner, and to report back on the outcome of any proposed agreement with the Owner for the potential provision of affordable housing on the lands as an in-kind contribution in accordance with the City's Community Benefits Charge By-law.

5.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision on this matter.

Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to litigation before the Ontario Land Tribunal and contains advice or communications that are subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng, and Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1 by Councillor Lily Cheng, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated May 6, 2024 set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement, provided that the total number of pick up and drop off parking spots on the site be increased from 9 to 13, to be split between the two proposed towers, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision and to request that the Ontario Land Tribunal hold its final order in this matter until:

a. the Applicant has submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report to determine the stormwater runoff, sanitary flow and water supply demand resulting from this development and whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

b. the Applicant has provided a revised Pedestrian Wind Study, such report to be reviewed with recommendations implemented as part of the amending Zoning By-law(s) and/or secured in a development agreement, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the form and content of Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment(s) are satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

d. should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report, the Applicant will have entered into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services, or alternatively a Holding Provision shall be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment, not to be lifted until such time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

e. City Council has approved the Rental Housing Demolition Application 22 193302 NNY 18 RH under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing rental units on the Site, and the owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing the following:

1. the replacement of the existing residential rental units on the lands;

2. the rents, rental tenure, unit mix, and unit sizes of the replacement rental units;

3. an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing the right for existing tenants to return to replacement rental units on the lands at similar rents, the provision of alternative accommodation at similar rents, and other assistance to mitigate hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

4. any other rental housing-related matters in conformity with Policy 3.2.1.6 of the Toronto Official Plan and Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code.

Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in the Confidential Attachment 1 and Appendices A, B, and C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and the timing of the release of each document shall be at the discretion of the City Solicitor to be no later than June 5, 2024.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

May 31, 2024

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public, as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Confidential Appendix C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Appendices A, B and C to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer attached as Public Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by the Supplementary Settlement Offer attached as Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement, provided that the Revised Plans are also modified to reduce the height of the proposed mechanical penthouse to approximately 5.0 metres, such that there is a reduction in the overall metred height of the building.

2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised the Ontario Land Tribunal that:

a. the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is of a final content and form satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. the Owner has:

1. submitted a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, and Hydrogeological Review, including the Foundation Drainage Report or addendums (the "Engineering Reports"), to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water; secured the design and provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water;

2. provided an addendum to the Transportation Impact Study, dated September 2022, including acceptable Transportation Demand Measures to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services;

3. submitted a revised full Landscape drawing set including Soil Volume Plans and Chart to address compliance with the Toronto Green Standard, including the parts of the ecology section, which pertain to existing and proposed trees and soil volume requirements, as well as Manufacturer specific soil cell layouts, sections and specifications (stamped by a licensed professional Civil Engineer and Structural Engineer in the Province of Ontario warranting that the product as proposed satisfied all City of Toronto loading requirements), along with a Public Utility Plan inclusive of Quality Level A data, all acceptable and satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

4. submitted an updated complete Toronto Green Standards Checklist and Statistics Template, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

5. submitted a Compatibility and Mitigation Study for Air Quality, Dust, Odour, Noise and Vibration, that is peer reviewed by a qualified third-party consultant retained by the City of Toronto, at the Owner’s expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

6. submitted an updated Wind Tunnel Study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with any required wind mitigation measures to be secured through the Site Plan approval process.

3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the municipal infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report and/or the Transportation Impact Study or that mitigation is required per the Subsurface Investigation, which cannot be addressed through the withholding of the Ontario Land Tribunal’s final order, City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to request that a Holding provision (H) be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment, not to be lifted until such time as the owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for required mitigation, as well as the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Transportation Services.

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated May 6, 2024, set out in Confidential Appendix A (the "Settlement Offer") to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and support a revised proposal that is substantially in accordance with the Revised Plans attached as Schedule A to the Settlement Offer, subject to the recommendations below.

2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the Settlement Offer.

3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised that:

a. the final form and content of the draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. City Council, or the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, where authorized to do so, has approved a Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the one existing rental dwelling unit at 70 Montgomery Avenue and the owner has provided an undertaking to the City to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan addressing financial compensation and other assistance to lessen hardship;

c. the owner has entered into one or more agreements, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, to ensure the provision of the affordable housing in accordance with the terms of Settlement Offer;

d. the owner has submitted updated sun/shadow and pedestrian level wind studies, including the identification of any required mitigation measures to be secured in the Zoning By-law Amendment and through the site plan process to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

e. the owner has submitted a revised Travel Demand Management Plan acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Transportation Services and that such matters arising from such study be secured if required through the implementing Zoning By-law Amendment and, or Site Plan approval;

f. the owner has satisfactorily addressed the Transportation Services matters in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated March 10, 2023, any outstanding issues raised by Transportation Services, arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies including a revised Transportation Impact Study, including all requested revisions to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services), as they relate to the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

g. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Engineering and Construction Services as contained in the Engineering and Construction Services Memorandum dated March 10, 2023, or any outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services, arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

h. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Parks, Forestry and Recreation as contained in the Parks, Forestry and Recreation Memorandum dated January 4, 2023, or any outstanding issues raised by Parks, Forestry and Recreation arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

i. the owner has satisfactorily addressed matters from Tree Protection and Plan Review, Urban Forestry Memorandum dated October 18, 2022, or any outstanding issues raised by Urban Forestry, arising from the ongoing technical review (including provision of acceptable reports and studies), as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

j. the owner has submitted to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for review and acceptance, prior to approval of the rezoning application, a Functional Servicing Report to determine the storm water runoff, sanitary flow and water supply demand resulting from this development and whether there is adequate capacity in the existing municipal infrastructure to accommodate the proposed development;

k. the owner has made satisfactory arrangements with Engineering and Construction Services and enter into the appropriate financially secured agreement with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development, according to the accepted Functional Servicing Report accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and
 

l. the owner has provided space within the development for installation of maintenance access holes and sampling ports on the private side, as close to the property line as possible, for both the storm and sanitary service connections, in accordance with the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 681, Sewers, Section 681-10.

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation to accept a payment in lieu of on-site parkland dedication in satisfaction of the applicant's required parkland contribution pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with the appraisal of the cash-in-lieu to be determined under the direction of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the payment to be made prior to the issuance of the first above-ground building permit for the development.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to continue to work with the applicant to explore the feasibility of providing additional affordable housing as an in-kind community benefit pursuant to Section 37(6) of the Planning Act in the development and to report back to City Council for further instruction if the applicant offers such an in-kind community benefit.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, deferred Item CC18.9 to the June 26, 27 and 28, 2024 meeting of City Council.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information, that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

4. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager.

5. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager.

6. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager remain confidential in their entirety until such time as Toronto Community Housing Corporation agrees that the confidential information may be disclosed to the public.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated May 6, 2024, set out in Confidential Appendix A (the "Settlement Offer") to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the Settlement Offer and a revised proposal for the lands municipally known as 295 Jarvis Street (the "Lands") that is substantially in accordance with the revised plans attached as Schedule A to the Settlement Offer, subject to the Parts below.

3. City Council require the owner of the Site to construct, provide and maintain full replacement of the gross floor area of the existing dwelling rooms on the Lands as part of the development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and allow the Dwelling Room Replacement Units to be secured as an in-kind contribution pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act, in accordance with the terms set out in Schedule B to the Settlement Offer.

4. City Council attribute a value to the in-kind contribution set out in Part 3 above, equal to 100 percent of 4 percent of the value of the land, as determined the day before the day the building permit is issued in respect of the development.

5. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to enter into an agreement pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act (the "In-kind Contribution Agreement") to address the provision of the in-kind contribution identified in Part 3 above to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor, with such agreement to be registered on title to the lands, which agreement shall be evidence of arrangements for the provision of the in-kind contribution that are satisfactory to City Council.

6. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its final Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment until the Ontario Land Tribunal having been advised by the City Solicitor that:

a. the proposed official plan amendment and zoning by-law amendment(s) are in a final form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. the owner has entered into Limiting Distance Agreements with the City, and the owners of the properties to the north, east and south of the Lands, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the Owner has provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. the Owner has entered into the In-kind Contribution Agreement pursuant to section 37(7.1) of the Planning Act to secure the in-kind contribution referenced in Part 3 above;

e. the Owner has entered into a legal agreement binding the owner and successor owners to secure all other rental housing related matters, including an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan in accordance with the Housing Replacement Terms, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

f. the Owner has provided an Aeronautical Impact Assessment to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in consultation with the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, to ensure that the building height and projections of the development conform to applicable requirements, including Zoning By-law 1432-2017 and Zoning Order 10/24, as these instruments may be amended and/or replaced;

g. the Owner has provided confirmation that the development will be constructed and maintained in accordance with Tier 1, Toronto Green Standard, and the owner will be encouraged to achieve Tier 2, Toronto Green Standard, or higher, where appropriate, consistent with the performance standards of Toronto Green Standards applicable at the time of the Site Plan Control application;

h. the Owner has provided an updated wind study to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

i. the Owner has provided the City and the Ontario Land Tribunal with a withdrawal letter respecting the appeal of Official Plan Amendment 453, and the party status in Official Pan Amendment 82.

7. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision on this matter.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council, in its capacity:

a. as Shareholder of Toronto Community Housing Corporation, pursuant to Section 7.4.1 (c) of the City's Shareholder Direction to Toronto Community Housing Corporation, consent to Toronto Community Housing Corporation proceeding with the strata conveyance of a portion of the air rights above 285-291 Jarvis Street from Toronto Community Housing Corporation to the developer of 295 Jarvis Street, as described in Confidential Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager; and

b. as Service Manager under section 161(2) of the Housing Services Act, 2011 ("HSA"), consent to the Strata Conveyance, Limiting Distance Agreement, Reciprocal Development and Construction Agreement, Crane Swing Agreement and Tieback Agreement, as described Confidential Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager.

Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they pertain to ongoing litigation respecting an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal, and the disclosure of information that relates to the financial information and interests of Toronto Community Housing Corporation. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (May 14, 2024) from the City Manager will be made public when Toronto Community Housing Corporation agrees that the confidential information may be disclosed to the public.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice supplementary offer to settle, dated May 6, 2024, and revised architectural plans, attached as Confidential Appendix A (the "Supplementary Settlement Offer") to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the revised development proposal generally described in the Supplementary Settlement Offer.

3. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order until the City Solicitor has advised the Ontario Land Tribunal that:

a. the final form and content of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

b. the owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, Municipal Servicing and Grading Plan, and any other reports or documents deemed necessary in support of the development to the City for review and acceptance by and to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

c. the owner has entered into a financially secured agreement to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services for the construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure, at the owner's sole expense, should it be determined that upgrades are required to support the development as identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Reports or other reports accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. the owner has submitted, and City Council has approved, a Rental Housing Demolition application under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to permit the demolition of the existing 66 rental dwelling units on the lands;

e. the owner has provided an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan, including the right for the tenants of the two existing rental units who resided on the lands at the time of the 2007 Application to return to a new rental unit on the lands at similar rent or a replacement rental unit at 105 Harrison Garden Boulevard at similar rent, the provision of alternative accommodation in the form of rent gap payments to all tenants, and other assistance to mitigate hardship, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to be secured in an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act;

f. the owner has submitted a parking justification study, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services; and

g. the owner shall prepare a Construction Mitigation Plan to address existing tenants on the Property, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to be implemented by the owner in the event that the proposed development is phased.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Chief Planner, Executive Director, City Planning, to request that additional policies be added to Policy 6 of Site and Area Specific Policy 772, as part of the Ontario Land Tribunal's adjudication of the Official Plan Amendment 573 appeal, to permit heights greater than 24 metres, reduced setback minimums, increased setback height maximums, and permit additional shadow impacts on the north side of Danforth Avenue, provided that certain development components that support important municipal and provincial objectives, such as the provision of affordable housing, and exceedance in the building performance terms of the Toronto Green Standard, are included in a proposed development, and there are no negative impacts on the public realm, and there is an appropriate transition to existing Neighbourhoods located to the rear of properties on Danforth Avenue.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
 

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

March 21, 2025

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council, and the confidential instructions to staff have been made public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public, as follows:

1. City Council accept the Settlement Offer from McCarthy Tetrault LLP dated May 10, 2024, respecting 8 Dawes Road appended hereto as Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor (the "Settlement Offer").

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing on this matter in support of the revised development proposals generally described in the Settlement Offer and revised plans attached as Confidential Appendix B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. Should the Ontario Land Tribunal allow the appeal in whole or in part in accordance with the Settlement Offer respecting 8 Dawes Road, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold the issuance of any Order(s) until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that:

a. the final form of the Zoning By-law is to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto East York District and the City Solicitor, in consultation with other appropriate Divisions;

b. the Owner has, if deemed applicable in the sole and absolute discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, at their own expense:

i. provided confirmation of water, sanitary and stormwater capacity (and conformity with the accepted Master Functional Servicing Report respecting Character Area C in Official Plan Amendment 478) to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or the determination of whether holding provisions are required in the zoning by-law amendment;

ii. secured the design and the provision of financial securities for any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure and/or new municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports to support the development, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades and/or new infrastructure are required to support the development;

iii. submitted a wind tunnel study acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and that such matters arising from such study, be secured if required;

iv. submitted a revised Transportation Impact Study, and a Parking and Loading Study acceptable to, and to the satisfaction of, the General Manager, Transportation Services and that such matters arising from such studies, be secured if required;

v. submitted a revised Landscape Plan which includes a notation that a volume of 30 cubic metres of soil will be provided for each tree, with utilities shown to Quality Level A (QL-A), and provides any necessary financial securities, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and that such matters arising from such study, be secured if required;

vi. submitted an Environmental Noise and Vibration Report, and the peer review of the submitted Environmental Noise and Vibration Assessment Report, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

vii. submitted a Rail Safety Report and the peer review of the submitted Rail Safety Report, at the owner's sole expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council allow the Settlement Offer respecting 8 Dawes Road to each provide twelve (12) affordable rental housing units as part of each respective development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as an in-kind contribution pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act, in accordance with the following terms:

a. the provision of the affordable rental units shall be provided at affordable rents in accordance with the City’s Official Plan definitions and on such other terms and conditions as are deemed appropriate by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the City Solicitor;

b. Marlin Spring (the "Owner") shall design, construct, finish, provide and maintain twelve (12) affordable rental units on the Site, with a unit mix reflecting the development:

i. the affordable rental units shall be provided in contiguous groups of at least six (6) rental dwelling units;

ii. the minimum unit size of the affordable rental units will be no less than the minimum unit sizes of all market units, by unit type, in each phase of the proposed development;

iii. the general configuration, location, and layout of the affordable rental units shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

iv. the units shall include ensuite laundry and air conditioning in each affordable rental unit at no additional cost to tenants;

c. the Owner shall provide and maintain the affordable rental units as rental dwelling units with affordable rents for a minimum of 40 years, beginning with the date each such unit is first occupied; no affordable unit shall be registered as a condominium or any other form of ownership, such as life lease or co-ownership, which provide a right to exclusive possession of a dwelling unit, and no application for conversion for non-rental housing purposes, or application to demolish any affordable rental unit shall be made for at least 40 years from the date of first occupancy; upon the expiration of the 40 year period, the owner shall continue to provide and maintain the affordable rental units as rental dwelling units, unless and until such time as the owner has applied for and obtained all approvals necessary to do otherwise;

d. the City's Centralized Affordable Housing Access System will be used to advertise and select tenants, provided it is in place, unless otherwise agreed to by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat; and at least six (6) months in advance of any affordable rental unit being made available for rent, each owner shall develop and implement an Access Plan which will outline how units will be rented to eligible households in consultation with, and to the satisfaction of, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat;

e. each Owner shall provide all tenants of the affordable rental units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the development, on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the development without the need to pre-book or pay a fee unless specifically required as a customary practice for private bookings;

f. each Owner shall provide and make available for rent to the residents of the affordable rental units vehicle parking spaces on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the development; and

g. each Owner shall provide residents of the affordable rental units with access to bicycle and visitor vehicle parking on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the development.

5. City Council attribute a value to each in-kind contribution set out in Part 4 above equal to 100 percent of 4 percent of the value of the land (net of any exclusions or exemptions authorized under the Community Benefits Charge By-law) of the development as defined in the Settlement Offer, as determined the day before the building permit is issued in respect of each respective development and direct staff to advise each Owner of such valuation.

6. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to enter into agreements pursuant to subsection 37(7.1) of the Planning Act to address the provision of the in-kind contributions identified in Part 5 above, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, with such agreements to be registered on title to each respective site, which shall be evidence of arrangements for the provision of the in-kind contribution that are satisfactory to City Council.

7. City Council authorize and direct appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council’s decision.

Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1a by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1a by Councillor Frances Nunziata, and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

4. City Council request the Mayor to consider allocating any Community Benefits Charge funds collected from these developments to public realm improvements or recreational facilities within Ward 5,  York South-Weston, through the annual budget process, immediately following the payment of funds to the City.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor, as amended by Motion 1a by Councillor Frances Nunziata, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment applications for both 5-15 Denarda and 2-16 Denarda, dated May 7, 2024, and set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor, and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement, subject to the conditions below:

a. the final form and content of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments are satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

b. in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act and prior to first above-grade building permit, the Owner shall satisfy the full parkland dedication requirement for both development sites through cash-in-lieu; as per Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 415-29, the appraisal of the cash-in-lieu will be determined under the direction of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management;

c. the Owner has submitted an acceptable Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report and associated plans to the City for review and acceptance, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

d. should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, a Holding Provision be included in the final form of the site-specific Zoning By-law Amendments, as the case may be, not to be lifted until such time as the Owner has made satisfactory arrangements, including entering into appropriate agreement(s) with the City for the design and construction of any improvements to the municipal infrastructure and the provision of financial securities to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, or in the alternative, prior to the issuance of a final order, the Owner has entered into an agreement or agreements or otherwise secured for the design, construction, and the provision of financial securities for any required upgrades or improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development as may be identified in the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

e. the Owner has submitted revised drawings showing compliance with the parking space and drive aisle dimensional requirements of Section 200.5.1.10(2) of Zoning By-law 569-2013, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services;

f. the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, has approved the Rental Housing Demolition applications (23 177010 WET 05 RH and 23 177051 WET 05 RH) under Chapter 667 Residential Rental Property Demolition and Conversion Control of the Toronto Municipal Code pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, which allows for the demolition of the existing rental units on the sites, and the Owner has entered into, and registered on title to the lands, one or more agreements with the City, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor, securing all rental housing-related matters necessary;

g. the Owner has provided an updated Pedestrian Level Wind Study, including Wind Tunnel testing, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

h. the Owner meets the Toronto Green Standard Tier 1 requirements to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

i. the Owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Metrolinx noted in correspondence dated September 1, 2023, including the need for a technical review, and has made required revisions to the satisfaction of the Manager, Technical Review, Metrolinx;

j. the Owner has submitted a revised Energy Strategy Report to the satisfaction of the Environment and Energy Division;

k. the submitted Noise and Vibration Impact Study, Rail Safety Report, and Compatibility/Migration Study have been peer-reviewed by a third-party consultant retained by the City at the Owner’s expense, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as part of the Zoning By-law Amendment application; and

l. the Owner has submitted an Application to Injure or Remove Trees and received a permit in accordance with the requirements outlined in Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 813, Article II.

2. City Council request the Owner to make reasonable commercial efforts to convey off-site parkland to the City equal to the value of the on-site parkland dedication(s), in fulfilment of the parkland dedication requirements pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with the off-site parkland dedication to be acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and free and clear of any above or below grade encumbrances, with the exception of any encumbrances as may be otherwise approved by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to be conveyed prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit and;

a. in the event that the Owner is unable to provide an acceptable off-site parkland dedication to the City or come to an agreement with the City on the value of any off-site dedication as it may apply to the fulfillment of its parkland obligations pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, the Owner will be required to satisfy the parkland dedication requirement through the payment of cash-in-lieu;

b. in the event that the Owner conveys off-site parkland to the City equal to the value of the on-site parkland dedication requirement for only one of the development sites, the Owner will be required to satisfy the parkland dedication requirement for the other development site through payment of cash-in-lieu; and

c. the value of the cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication will be appraised through Real Estate Services and payment will be required prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

June 28, 2024

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and have been made public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make them public, as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated May 10, 2024, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions to implement City Council's decision.

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

July 11, 2024

Confidential Appendix A to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor is now public, the City Solicitor having exercised the City Solicitor's discretion to make it public, and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at this time, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and information regarding potential litigation. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (May 10, 2024) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the City Solicitor and/or their delegates, as appropriate, to participate in the process for review of the Construction Act by making oral and/or written submissions to any groups or bodies, including the Ontario Legislature, on such issues as required to protect the interests of the City.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the demolition of the designated building at 1420 Yonge Street (including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street) in accordance with Section 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act, as part of a reconstruction strategy for the site to allow for the construction of a 50-storey building at 1406-1428 Yonge Street, with such demolition and reconstruction being substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 18, 2023, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and the Addendum to the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1420 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 19, 2023, and on file with the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to demolish the designated building 1420 Yonge Street, including entrance addresses at 1418, 1422, 1424, 1426 and 1428 Yonge Street, in accordance with Section 34(1)2 of the Ontario Heritage Act is also subject to the following conditions: 

a. that the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to the proposed demolition has been enacted by the City Council and have come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to the City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

b. prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment to City Council, the owner shall provide a detailed Reconstruction Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the reconstruction strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and the Addendum to the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1420 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 19, 2023, for the property at 1420 Yonge Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

c. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 1404-1428 Yonge Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding interior alterations not impacting identified interior attributes, permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning the owner shall: 

1. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the reconstructed building at 1420 Yonge Street will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning; 

2. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

3. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

4. submit a Signage Plan for the subject property to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

5. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the reconstruction keyed to the approved Reconstruction Plan required in Part 2.b above, including a detailed description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

6. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all the reconstruction and interpretation work included in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023 and the Addendum to the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1420 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 19, 2023;

7. provide full documentation of the existing heritage property at 1420 Yonge Street, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8 by 10 inch colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a memory stick in tiff format and 600 dots per inch resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

d. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 2.c.6 above, the owner shall: 

1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required reconstruction work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1428 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated February 9, 2023, and the Addendum to the Heritage Impact Assessment for 1404-1420 Yonge Street, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 19, 2023, and that an appropriate standard of reconstruction has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the issuance of an alteration permit for the heritage property at 1117 Queen Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

2. If the owner appeals City Council’s decision to refuse the issuance of an alteration permit for the heritage property at 1117 Queen Street West under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Solicitor and the appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing to oppose the appeal.

3. City Council refuse the issuance of a demolition permit for the heritage attributes of the heritage property at 1117 Queen Street West, in accordance with Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

4. If the owner appeals City Council’s decision to refuse the issuance of a demolition permit for the heritage attributes for the property at 1117 Queen Street West under Section 34(1)1 of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Solicitor and the appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing to oppose the appeal.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve:

a. the alterations to the heritage properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a 76-storey plus mechanical tower with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated January 25, 2024, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below; and

b. the demolition of the heritage attributes of the existing buildings on the designated heritage properties at 639 and 651 Yonge Street, in accordance with Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the approval of a 76-storey plus mechanical tower on the subject lands substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated January 25, 2024, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to conditions as set out below.

2. City Council direct that it consents to the application to alter the designated properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and to the demolition of attributes on the designated heritage properties at 639 and 651 Yonge Street, under Part IV, Section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to conditions as set out below:

a. that prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall:

1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated January 25, 2024, prepared by AS + GG Canada Partnership and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 2.a.2 below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 29, 2023, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

3. withdraw their appeal(s) of the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan as it relates to 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street, and if not an appellant, but rather a party to such appeals, the owner shall withdraw as a party and not seek any party or participant status on the appeals, or advise the City Solicitor, in writing, that they shall not object to the Historic Yonge Street Heritage Conservation District Plan and only maintain a monitoring brief of the hearing on the merits;

b. that prior to Site Plan approval for the property 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street, the owner shall:

1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.a.2 above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

2. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the properties located at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

3. provide an Interpretation Plan for the properties located at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

c. that prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building, as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner of the subject property shall:

1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Part 2.a.1 above for the properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street including registration on title of such agreement, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

2. have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment, and such Amendments to have come into full force and effect;

3. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.a.2 above, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

4. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan;

d. that prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 2.c.4 above, the owner shall:

1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in City Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 639, 641, 645, 649 and 651 Yonge Street.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the demolition and alterations on the designated heritage property at 123 Wynford Drive in accordance with Sections 33 and 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act as found in the Heritage Impact Assessment Addendum prepared by ERA Architects Inc. dated February 16, 2024 which includes an Heritage Impact Assessment dated July 22, 2022, architectural plans and drawings prepared by Kirkor Architects and Planners dated January 15, 2024 and a revised conservation strategy dated January 15, 2024.

2. In the event of an appeal to the Ontario Lands Tribunal, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and the necessary City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal hearing in opposition to the appeal.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council affirm its decision to state its intention to designate the property at 505 University Avenue (including entrance address at 136 Edward Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act as set out in Council's decision in Item 2024.PH9.1 on February 6, 2024.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in City Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, subject to Part 3 below, to provide $1,221,924.47 in funding, inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax and disbursements, from the Capital Revolving Reserve Fund for Affordable Housing (XR1058) to the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (Toronto) to address structural issues at the affordable rental housing building at 1501 Queen Street West, fully funded from the following development:

a. 1182 and 1221 King Street West, secured for affordable housing in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park,(Source Account: XR3026-3701180).

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to negotiate and execute on behalf of the City an agreement with the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (Toronto), or an amendment to the existing agreement with the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (Toronto) under the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative, to secure the financial assistance being provided and set out the terms for the renovation of the housing at 1501 Queen Street West, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for the Housing Secretariat by $1,221,924.47 gross, $0 net, to be payable to the Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (Toronto) subject to the following conditions:

a. the transfer of the designated funds from XR3026-3701159 to XR1058; and

b. the funds being secured through an agreement as set out in Part 2 above.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Non-Program by $7,000.00, fully funded by Section 37 (Planning Act Reserve Fund) community benefits from the development at 297 College Street (Source Account: XR3026-3700586) for the purpose of forwarding funds to the Kensington Market Community Land Trust to be utilized for local streetscape improvements in the form of an upgraded Mona Lisa Mural at 54-56 Kensington Avenue (Cost Centre: NP2161).

2. City Council direct that the $7,000.00 be forwarded to the Kensington Market Community Land Trust, subject to the Kensington Market Community Land Trust signing an Undertaking governing the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. Notwithstanding City Council’s decision regarding honoraria for Council Advisory Bodies in Part 277 of Item 2021.EX21.2 - 2021 Capital and Operating Budgets, City Council amend Section B, Composition and Term, of the Terms of Reference for the Housing Rights Advisory Committee by amending Part 7 to add the words “or working group” after the words “per meeting”, and deleting the words “Honoraria payments will be available to the maximum number of meetings approved by City Council for the Advisory Committee, as specified in this Terms of Reference”, so that Part 7 now reads as follows:

7. Advisory Committee public members will be eligible to receive an honorarium of $125.00 per meeting or working group attended in recognition of the contributions they are providing to Toronto. The Advisory Committee's honoraria payments are subject to the following:

a. honoraria are not intended for public members who serve on the Advisory Committee as

representatives of organizations or businesses where they are employed;

b. public members who serve as the Chair or Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee are not eligible for any additional honoraria; and

c. honoraria are not paid for attendance at sub-committee meetings or events.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Economic Development and Culture by $1,000,000 gross and $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the developments at 571-596 Bloor Street West, 738-782 Bathurst Street, 26-38 Lennox Street, 581-603 and 588 -612 Markham Street and secured by By-laws 1105-2017 and 1106-2017 (Source Account XR3026-3700987), for the purpose of providing one-time funding to the Blackhurst Cultural Centre for construction-related expenses for Blackhurst Cultural Centre at 765 Bathurst Street.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to enter into and execute a funding agreement with Blackhurst Cultural Centre that governs the use of the funds, on such terms deemed necessary and appropriate by the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to provide an interim report as part of the Congestion Management Plan and Construction Coordination reports coming to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in July 2024, including with a plan to accelerate work on the Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan and minimize the traffic and congestion impacts, including:

a. an evaluation of the feasibility of undertaking 24/7 construction with consideration for minimizing impacts to the local community, including construction on Sundays when there is less impact to commuters;

b. prefabrication technology already being employed and an evaluation of the feasibility of increasing the utilization of pre-fabrication technologies and/or building and assembling components off-site;

c. an evaluation of all upcoming road work and other state of good repair projects along traffic corridors adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway, in an effort to minimize congestion on parallel routes; and 

d. the composition of the working group that has been put together to accelerate Gardiner Expressway construction, and timelines for future reporting on this issue.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council increase the 2023 Operating Budget for Non-Program on a one-time basis by $375,000 gross, $0 net, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from the following developments:
 

a. 59 Richmond Street East and 114 and 120 Church Street (Source Account: XR3026-3701223) secured for improvements to community, recreation and/or cultural spaces and to be utilized for the revitalization of the Dixon Hall Community Hub located at 58 Sumach Street in the amount of $99,069.46 (Cost Centre: NP2161); and
 

b. 59 Richmond Street East and 114 and 120 Church Street (Source Account: XR3026-3701220) secured for capital improvements to existing community non-profits and to be utilized for the revitalization of the Dixon Hall Community Hub located at 58 Sumach Street in the amount of $275,930.54 (Cost Centre: NP2161).
 

2. City Council direct that the $375,000 be forwarded to Dixon Hall upon the signing of an Undertaking by Dixon Hall to govern the use of the funds and the financial reporting requirements.

3. City Council direct that the use of Section 37 community benefits be prominently recognized in documents and promotional materials, including on any construction hoarding, in consultation with the Ward Councillor as a requirement within the Undertaking between the City and Dixon Hall.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, subject to Part 3 below, to provide $500,000 in funding, inclusive of Harmonized Sales Tax and disbursements to the Elizabeth Fry Society, Toronto Branch to support the affordable housing development at 215 Wellesley Street East to contain 48 new units of affordable housing, fully funded from the following developments:

a. 603-611 Sherbourne Street, 4-6 Howard Street, secured for capital improvements to new and/or existing affordable housing in the amount of $192,956.04 (Source Account: XR3028-4500245);

b. 387-403 Bloor Street East and 28 Selby Street, secured for the capital improvement of existing or the creation of new affordable housing in the amount of $6,492.71 (Source Account: XR3026-3700895); and

c. 203 Jarvis Street, secured to improve new or existing affordable housing in the amount of $300,551.25 (Source Account: XR3026-3701113).
 

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to negotiate and execute on behalf of the City an amendment to the City’s existing agreement with The Elizabeth Fry Society, Toronto Branch under the Rapid Housing Initiative, to secure the financial assistance being provided, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council increase the 2024 Operating Budget for Housing Secretariat by $500,000 gross, $0 net, to be payable to the Elizabeth Fry Society, Toronto Branch, subject to the funds being secured through an agreement as set out in Part 2 above.

4. City Council direct that the use of Section 37 community benefits be prominently recognized in documents and promotional materials, including on any construction hoarding, in consultation with the Ward Councillor as a requirement within the Undertaking between the City and the Elizabeth Fry Society.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to negotiate and execute a Construction Funding Agreement with 712953 Ontario Limited, 591 Sherbourne Street Limited and 2370165 Ontario Incorporated, for the City to provide funding in the amount of $700,000 for the increased costs associated with improvements to St. James Town West Park, for a term of three (3) years commencing on or about September 1, 2024, with the City having the option to extend the agreement on a month-to-month basis at the sole discretion of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation for up to one additional year, all on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and in compliance with City of Toronto policies for Capital Projects.

2. Subject to entering into the agreement, as set out in Part 1 above, with 712953 Ontario Limited, 591 Sherbourne Street Limited and 2370165 Ontario Incorporated, City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to transfer up to $700,000 from City Planning’s 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan from the Places Civic Improvements sub-project (account CUR054-06) to 712953 Ontario Limited, 591 Sherbourne Street Limited and 2370165 Ontario Incorporated to fund the increased costs associated with the park improvements.

Motion MM18.9 was withdrawn at City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Members of Council Operations Policy to provide that where the policy requires City Council approval for expenses, the City Clerk shall provide City Council with documentation, including receipts related to the expenses, as attachments to the agenda item.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council increase the 2024-2033 Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services Neighbourhood Improvements by $500,000 for streetscape improvements to Draper Street between Front Street West and Wellington Street West (CTP424-05), fully funded by Section 37 community benefits secured for streetscape improvements on Draper Street from the development at 410, 440, 444, 450 and 462 Front Street West; 425, 439, 441 and 443 Wellington Street West; 6-18 Spadina Avenue and 1 and 19 Draper Street (Source Account: XR3026-3700900).

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the acceptance of on-site parkland dedication, as previously authorized in Item 2018.CC44.6 adopted by City Council on July 23, 2018, for the lands municipally known as 245-285 Queen Street East, 348-412 Richmond Street East, 78-106 Ontario Street and 8-12 Brigden Place, subject to the owner transferring the parkland to the City free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments, in an acceptable environmental condition; the owner may propose the exception of encumbrances of tiebacks, where such an encumbrance is deemed acceptable by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the City Solicitor; and such an encumbrance will be subject to the payment of compensation to the City, in an amount as determined by the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Parks, Forestry and Recreation’s 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan to create a new Service Improvement capital sub-project known as Regent Park Storage Shed and Zamboni Storage Hut in the Arena project, with a project cost of $433,655 gross and $0 debt in 2024, and cash flow commitments of $25,000 in 2024 and $408,655 in 2025, fully funded by Section 37 and 45 funds received from 88 Queen Street East, 10 Mutual Street and parts of 30-50 Mutual Street, to proceed with a new storage shed and electrified zamboni storage hut at Regent Park Outdoor Artificial Ice Rink to address community programming at the recreational facility:

a. $100,655 from Section 37 received from 88 Queen Street East, 10 Mutual Street and parts of 30-50 Mutual Street (Source Account: XR3026-3701155), with cash flow commitments of $25,000 in 2024 and $75,655 in 2025; and

b. $333,000 from Section 45 received from 88 Queen Street East, 10 Mutual Street and parts of 30-50 Mutual Street (Source Account: XR3028-4500247), with cash flow commitments in 2025.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Parks, Forestry and Recreation’s 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan to create a new capital sub-project known as Labatt Avenue Right-of-Way Improvements, in the Park Development project, with a total project cost of $850,000 gross and $0 debt in 2024, with cash flow commitments in 2025, fully funded by the Section 37 funds received from 1-25 Defries Street (Source Account: XR3026-3701146) for public realm upgrades and park expansion into the Labatt Avenue Right-of-Way.
 

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to negotiate and execute an Agreement with Defries Developments Limited, for the construction of public realm upgrades and park expansion into the adjacent Labatt Avenue Right-of-Way, for a term of one (1) year commencing on or about July 1, 2024, with the City having the option to extend the agreement on a month-to-month basis at the sole discretion of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, for up to one additional year, all on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and in compliance with City of Toronto policies for Capital Projects.
 

3. Subject to entering into the agreement set out in Parts 1 and 2 above with Defries Developments Limited, City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to transfer up to $850,000 from Parks, Forestry and Recreation's 2024 Capital Budget and 2025-2033 Capital Plan from the Labatt Avenue Right-of-Way Improvements sub-project in the Park Development project to Defries Developments Limited to fund the cost of the public realm upgrades and park expansion into the Labatt Avenue Right-of-Way.

City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to enter into a nominal license agreement, for a term of five (5) years, with a renewal option for an additional five (5) years, with the East York Historical Society to use 132 square feet of the basement of East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, for storage of historical archives and artifacts, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.