Decisions

CALL TO ORDER: 9:40 a.m.

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

The meeting opened with O Canada.

December 16, 2025

Members of Council observed a moment of silence in memory of:

Jose Castillo, Sr.

Frank Gehry, and

Lance Parsons

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.

Speaker Nunziata advised Council of the following:

For the benefit of those who are connected to the internet, the City Clerk has posted all of the agenda materials for today's meeting at toronto.ca/council.

December 17, 2025

Members of Council observed a moment of silence in memory of:

Frances Sanderson

City Council confirmed the minutes from the regular meeting held on November 12 and 13, 2025.

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

Members of Council declared interests under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, received the following petitions for information:

1. Petition headed "Support a Strong Climate Action Plan for Toronto" submitted by Councillor Dianne Saxe, Ward 11 - University-Rosedale, containing the signatures of approximately 330 persons.

2. Petition headed "Petition in Support of TransformTO Net Zero Strategy from Residents" submitted by Councillor Josh Matlow, Ward 12 - Toronto-St. Paul's, containing the signatures of approximately 294 persons.

3. Petition headed "Give Transit a Green Light" submitted by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, Ward 10 - Spadina-Fort York, containing the signatures of approximately 3,241 persons.

4. Petition headed "Prevent the raising of the Palestinian flag at Toronto City Hall" submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 - York Centre, containing the signatures of approximately 28,000 persons.

Various presentations, introductions and announcements were made to City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025.

December 16, 2025

Mayor Chow, during the morning session of the meeting, made remarks to honour the victims of the terror attack at Bondi Beach, Australia. Mayor Chow advised Members of Council about City initiatives and actions to fight antisemitism and hate in all its forms and stated that Toronto and City Council stand with Toronto’s Jewish community,

Mayor Chow, during the morning session of the meeting, made remarks about the late Jose Castillo, Sr., and extended condolences to Jose’s family members.

Councillor Shan, during the morning session of the meeting, made remarks about the late Jose Castillo, Sr.

Councillor Pasternak, during the morning session of the meeting, made remarks about Jewish communities celebrating Hanukkah and the threats to the safety of these public celebrations. Councillor Pasternak spoke of the attack at Bondi Beach in Australia and reflected on threats to the peace and security of the Jewish community in Toronto.

Councillor Chernos Lin, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that the fire in Thorncliffe Park that had been burning for weeks, has officially been declared done. Councillor Chernos Lin recognized and thanked Toronto Fire Services and Fire Chief Jessop, as well as Toronto Emergency Management Services, Toronto Paramedic Services, The Canadian Red Cross, The Neighbourhood Organization, Don Valley Community Legal Services, Toronto Transit Commission, and the affected residents.

Councillor Perruzza, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council about the December 7, 2025, opening of the Finch West LRT, which he had the opportunity to attend, and thanked the City’s partners who worked on the project.

Councillor Myers, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that December 17, 2025, will mark the fifth annual Transit Worker Assault Awareness Day, and spoke about the Toronto Transit Commission’s 5-year community safety, security and well-being plan.

Councillor Saxe, during the morning session of the meeting, invited Members of Council to the Winter Solstice Parade in Kinsington Market.

Councillor Holyday, on behalf of himself and Councillor Morley, during the afternoon session of the meeting, welcomed the students from Kingsway College School who were present in the Council Chamber.

Councillor Cheng, during the afternoon session of the meeting, expressed her gratitude to Mayor Chow for her proclamation of Christian Heritage Month in December, and thanked Councillors Mantas, Nunziata, Crisanti and Myers, who co-hosted a celebration at City Hall last Friday night.

December 17, 2025

Councillor Pasternak, during the morning session of the meeting, advised Members of Council about the success of the Strong Cities Network Sixth Global Summit which took place in Toronto last week, and thanked his fellow Councillors who attended and spoke on panels and to Mayor Chow who gave the opening address and signed the declaration.

Mayor Chow, during the morning session of the meeting, thanked Councillor Pasternak for his work to bring the Strong Cities Network Sixth Global Summit to Toronto.

Councillor Holyday, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed Grade 11 and 12 students from Michael Power - St. Joseph High School and their teacher, Michael Kelly, who were present in the Council Chamber.

Councillor Morley, during the morning session of the meeting, welcomed the Grade 11 and 12 students from Michael Power - St. Joseph High School, who were present in the Council Chamber.

Mayor Chow, during the afternoon session of the meeting, made remarks about the late Frances Sanderson and extended condolences to Frances’s family and friends.

Councillor Fletcher, during the evening session of the meeting, advised Members of Council that Metrolinx would be putting GPS in its Ontario Line trucks driving downtown and thanked the City Manager and the CEO of Metrolinx for their efforts in making this happen.

December 16, 2025:

City Council adopted the December 16, 2025, Order Paper as amended and all other items not held on consent.

December 17, 2025:

City Council adopted the December 17, 2025, Order Paper.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, referred Administrative Inquiry IA35.1 from Councillor Josh Matlow, Ward 12, St. Paul’s, regarding FIFA Traffic Management, and Answer IA35.1a from the City Manager to the Executive Committee for consideration.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, received Administrative Inquiry IA35.2 from Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6, York Centre, regarding Rallies and Protests Policy, and Answer IA35.2a from the City Manager for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, referred Administrative Inquiry IA35.3 from Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6, York Centre, regarding Seeking Clarity on the City of Toronto’s Application to the Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund, and Answer IA35.3a from the City Manager, to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for consideration.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, 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 the current form, for the lands municipally known as 245-251 Marlee Avenue, 1-7 Romar Crescent and 16 Stayner Avenue and to continue discussions with the Applicant in an attempt to resolve outstanding issues.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, in whole or in part.

3. Should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support the development at 245-251 Marlee Avenue, 1-7 Romar Crescent and 16 Stayner Avenue, according to the accepted Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, 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, 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 Director, Engineering Review, Development Review.

4. City Council request that the Owner make reasonable commercial efforts to identify, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, a suitable off-site parkland dedication as a substitution for an on-site parkland dedication that:

a. is accessible to the area where the subject site is located;

b. is a good physical substitute for any on-site parkland dedication;

c. is free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances, and encroachments;

d. is in an acceptable environmental condition; and

e. the value of the off-site dedication shall not exceed the estimated value of the on-site dedication that would otherwise be required, which value may include the cost of acquiring the land, land transfer tax, typical closing cost and reasonable real estate commissions of up to 5 percent,

all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation.

5. Should the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Owner agree to a property as a substitution for an on-site dedication, City Council accept the off-site parkland dedication, in full or partial fulfilment of the parkland dedication requirements, pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with conveyance to the City to occur prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit in accordance with the following:

a. in the event the value of the off-site parkland dedication is less than the value of an on-site parkland dedication, the Owner shall provide a cash-in-lieu payment for the shortfall in parkland dedication in accordance with Chapter 415 Article III of the Municipal Code; and

b. in the event the Owner is unable to provide a substituted off-site parkland dedication to the City, the Owner will be required to satisfy the parkland dedication requirement through a cash-in-lieu of parkland payment prior to the issuance of first above grade building permit in accordance with Chapter 415 Article III of the Municipal Code,

all to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the City Solicitor.

6. Should a substituted off-site parkland dedication be accepted by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the Owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the Owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1b by Councillor Dianne Saxe and motion 2a by Councillor Brad Bradford.

2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services, and the Executive Director, Development Review, to consult with the local Indigenous community and Indigenous stakeholders on this proposal and the Glen Stewart ravine.

3. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1b by Councillor Dianne Saxe and motion 2a by Councillor Brad Bradford, and Confidential Appendices A and B to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

4. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

5. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (October 31, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor, as amended by motion 1b by Councillor Dianne Saxe and motion 2a by Councillor Brad Bradford, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows:

1. City Council accept the without prejudice offer to settle dated October 22, 2025, as amended by the e-mail correspondence from Mark Flowers to the City Solicitor, dated November 13, 2025, set out in Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor and the revised plans dated October 17, 2025, set out in Confidential Appendix B to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor (together the "Settlement Offer") and direct the City Solicitor to attend at the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement.

2. City Council instruct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold its Order on the Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment applications until the City Solicitor has advised that:

a. the final form and content of the Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment are to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor, in consultation with other appropriate divisions;

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

i. provided a revised Natural Heritage Impact Study, including describing and illustrating necessary buffers/setbacks and proposed enhancement/re-naturalization with a dense mix of native, non-invasive trees and shrubs, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

ii. provided a Ravine Stewardship Plan for the setback, buffer and feature areas located within the property boundary and/or within the lands to be conveyed into public ownership, including illustrating the proposed enhancement/re-naturalization with a dense mix of native, non-invasive trees and shrubs, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

iii. provided a revised Landscape Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

iv. provided a revised Public Utility Plan, including Quality Level A data to determine and confirm the location of utilities and tree planting to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry;

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

vi. provided a revised Toronto Green Standard Checklist and Statistics, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

vii. provided a revised Arborist Report and Tree Protection Plan, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry;

viii. submitted a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report and a revised Hydrogeological Review, ("Engineering Reports") to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review, in consultation with the General Manager, Toronto Water, who will, in the course of his review of the matter, give consideration to the sensitivity of the creek in the Glen Stewart Ravine;

ix. secured the design and 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 Director, Engineering Review, Development Review and the General Manager, Toronto Water, should it be determined that improvements or upgrades are required to support the development, according to the Engineering Reports accepted by the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review and the General Manager, Toronto Water, unless otherwise secured through a holding provision in the by-law;

x. 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 Executive Director, Development Review, the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review and the City Solicitor, including the use of a Holding ("H") symbol regarding any new municipal servicing infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal servicing infrastructure, as may be required;

xi. addressed all outstanding issues raised by Development Engineering in the memo dated March 17, 2023, as they relate to the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review;

xii. provided a Methane Gas Study and Report to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services; and

xiii. registered or authorized the City to register a section 118 restriction, pursuant to section 118 of the Land Titles Act, on title to the subject lands, to be limited to a restriction on the transfer of the subject lands, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor, in consultation with the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, with such restriction to be released upon the Owner’s completion of the requirements in term 6 of Confidential Appendix A to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor.

3. City Council request the applicant, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, to commit to the following measures in addition to the implementation of the standard City of Toronto Construction Management Plan, to the satisfaction of the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building, the Executive Director, Development Review, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, including but not be limited to the following:

a. establish a Construction Liaison Committee made up of local residents and businesses, including a representative of the Friends of Glen Stewart Ravine, to the satisfaction of the local Councillor; the Committee is to meet bi-weekly at the beginning of construction; and notes from the meetings are to be shared with the members and the Councillor’s office in a timely way following each meeting;
 

b. sweep the construction site daily and nightly, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe;
 

c. pressure wash the construction site and adjacent sidewalks, laneways and roadways weekly, or more frequently as needed to be cleared of any construction debris and made safe;
 

d. ensure that the existing sidewalks and all pedestrian walkways have proper lighting to ensure safety and visibility at all times of the day and night;
 

e. consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local businesses and residents in advance of any physical road modifications;
 

f. install appropriate signage and converging mirrors where necessary to ensure that pedestrians’, cyclists’ and motorists’ safety is considered at all times;
 

g. post a 24 hours a day/7 days a week contact number for the site superintendent on the construction hoarding;
 

h. create a publicly accessible website with regular construction updates and post the website address on the subject site; and
 

i. include a minimum of 75 percent of advertisement surface area on the construction hoarding to be allocated to artwork at their sole cost, in collaboration with the Steps Initiative and to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor. 

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 supplementary report (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor are now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council).

The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 11, 2025) 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 (December 11, 2025) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (October 31, 2025) from the City Solicitor remain confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to continue to vigorously oppose these nuisance legal proceedings brought by various plaintiffs wishing to stop new housing and shelter projects.

2. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to provide a grant to reimburse Consultants named in these legal proceeding for up to $50,000 for their legal fees and disbursements incurred in defending these nuisance actions which are not covered by their insurance underwriters (the “Reimbursement”), provided that:

a. the allegations in the legal proceeding relate to work performed by the Consultant under their respective contract with the City;

b. the Consultant seeking reimbursement provides proof that they carried an appropriate insurance policy that may have been required as part of their contractual relationship with the City;

c. the Consultant provides evidence that they made all reasonable efforts to have their insurance underwriter cover the costs of defending one or more of these actions, including, but not limited to commencing an application for a determination of coverage;

d. the Consultant submits itemized invoices or other detailed billing documents, and proof of payment to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; and

e. the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the City Solicitor, determines that, based on the itemized invoices or other billing documents, the Consultant’s expenses are reasonable given market rates for legal services.

3. City Council deem the Reimbursement made in accordance with Part 2 above to be in the interest of the City.

4. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report through quarterly variance reports from time to time to update City Council on any payments of Reimbursements made to Consultants.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council revise the graduated Municipal Land Transfer Tax rates for high value residential properties containing at least one, and not more than two, single family residences, by amending the thresholds as follows:

2. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to implement graduated Municipal Land Transfer Tax rates effective for all transactions registered or upon which Municipal Land Transfer Tax otherwise becomes payable on or after April 1, 2026.

3. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 760, Municipal Land Transfer Tax, to reflect the changes detailed above.

4. City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to amend the City’s Collection Agreement with Teranet to allow Teranet to collect the Municipal Land Transfer Tax in accordance with these changes.

5. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to review the First Time Homebuyers Rebate Program and consider options to improve the program, including necessary offsets, in the budget process.

6. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report back to City Council with options to rescind the increases to the Municipal Land Transfer Tax outlined in Part 1 above, at such time that the City successfully negotiates a new deal that addresses and mitigates the structural deficit within the operational budget.

7. City Council request the Mayor to consider allocating all the revenue from the Municipal Land Transfer Tax increase to transit and housing that benefits Torontonians. 

8. City Council request the Province of Ontario to provide the City of Toronto a percentage of the Harmonized Sales Tax to lessen the City’s reliance on the municipal land transfer tax.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1.  City Council receive the report (November 25, 2025) from the Interim Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Executive Director, Toronto Emergency Management for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council repeal Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 497, Heating, and replace it with the draft By-law attached as Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Interim Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the Medical Officer of Health, effective June 1, 2026, and also make the following amendments to Chapter 497 that will come into force at the same time: 

a. include the requirement that the owner and operator of an apartment building, as defined by Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings, with an existing indoor amenity space must maintain a temperature of not more than 26 degrees Celsius from June 1 - September 30 of each year in at least one amenity space if cooling is not provided in all dwelling units, unless the owner or operator can establish that the only way to comply with the requirement is to undertake construction or demolition within the meaning of the Building Code Act, 1992.

2. City Council delete clause F from § 629-38 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 629, Property Standards, effective on June 1, 2026.

3. City Council amend § 354-3.2. B(7) of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings, to remove the words struck out and include the underlined words to come into effect on June 1, 2026:

the location of an air-conditioned place a cooled amenity space, as defined in Chapter 497, Indoor Temperature Standards, in the building, including its daily hours of operation, and of other locations on the property that offer relief from uncomfortably warm indoor temperatures, including any other cooling room or shaded areas, if accessible to all tenants;

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report back to the appropriate Committee no later than May 2026 with a proposed Maximum Temperature By-law for rental units, considering varying building infrastructure, mechanisms to prevent above guideline rent increases passed on to tenants and informed by a compliance analysis study.

5. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry or their designates, to continue to deliver an air conditioner assistance program aimed at providing access to air conditioning for low-income and vulnerable households in multi-unit residential buildings in Toronto, subject to the approval of the 2026 budget submission.

6. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with relevant City Divisions and the Medical Officer of Health, to coordinate engagement with the Government of Ontario including the Ministry of Health to discuss the Government of Ontario’s role in creating programs and allocating funding to mitigate the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations and the health-care system.

7. City Council reiterate its request to the Government of Ontario to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, to include cooling as a vital service and establish a maximum indoor temperature standard applicable to all rental units to ensure thermal safety protections are available to tenants.

8. City Council reiterate its request to the Government of Ontario to proclaim into force Bill 97, Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023, to strengthen tenants' rights to install and use a window or portable air conditioner in a rental unit in leased residential premises and examine additional measures to support vulnerable and low-income tenants with associated cooling costs such as the Ontario Electricity Support Program and Low-Income Energy Program, and service disconnection bans.

9. 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 and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Executive Director, Toronto Emergency Management to continue working with the City's Hot Weather Response Coordinating Committee to finalize and implement the draft 2026 Heat Relief Strategy in Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Executive Director, Toronto Emergency Management, and to review and update the Strategy as appropriate and when necessary.

2. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services to improve the Hardship Fund application process and consider options to enhance accessibility to the Hardship Fund.

3. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services, in consultation with the Chief Communications Officer, to enhance communication regarding the availability of cooling centres targeted to individuals most likely to use these services, including by working with relevant community partners.

4. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services to partner with relevant community agency partners to more effectively activate cooling centres.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the Climate Change Resilience Workplan, as presented in Attachment 2 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry and City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to lead its implementation in collaboration with the applicable City Divisions.

2. City Council direct that the Item be forwarded to Toronto Community Housing Corporation Board, Toronto Hydro Corporation Board, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Board, Toronto Public Library Board, and the Toronto Transit Commission Board for their consideration and request the Boards to consider actions they can take to address climate change risks, and participate in the Climate Change Resilience Workplan as presented in Attachment 2 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, or their designate, until December 31, 2028, to negotiate, enter into and execute non-procurement agreements, as may be required, to support the implementation of the Climate Change Resilience Workplan, as presented in Attachment 2 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, with City of Toronto Agencies and Corporations, and with the non-profit, private and public sectors to:

a. collaborate on research, projects, forums or initiatives;

b. provide in-kind and/or financial support from the approved Environment, Climate and Forestry Division budget and that is within the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry financial authority;

c. data sharing; and/or

d. accept funding and/or in-kind support,

with each non-procurement agreement being on such terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and each being in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, in consultation with the applicable City Divisions, to develop a Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan for the City, as outlined under Action 1.2.1 in the Climate Change Resilience Workplan, as presented in Attachment 2 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and report back to City Council by the second quarter of 2027 with information on feasibility, cost and accountability for climate change adaptation actions proposed for the City.

5. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in collaboration with the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to develop a workplan to improve integration of climate risks and impacts and incorporate natural assets into the City’s asset management planning process, in line with improvement initiatives currently identified in the City of Toronto's 2025 Corporate Asset Management Plan, and reflect these developments and enhancements as part of the 2030 update to the Corporate Asset Management Plan.

6. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, with the support of the Executive Director, Financial Planning, to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2027 on the feasibility of amending Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 669, Climate Change Goals and Governance, to include climate resilience and climate change adaptation in the Carbon Budget Report.

7. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office, in collaboration with the applicable City Divisions, to identify and encourage the adoption of new approaches to engaging with Indigenous communities on stewardship of lands and waters that respect, honour and enable Indigenous-led climate action.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the General Manager Toronto Water to work with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and report back to the Executive Committee in the third quarter of 2027 with a comprehensive progress update on delivery of improvements at Bluffers Park pursuant to the finalized Action Plan, the Scarborough Waterfront Project and the Scarborough Bluffs West Comprehensive Environmental Assessment, including additional funding requirements and an implementation plan outlining next steps.

2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the General Manager Toronto Water to work with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to advance a planning process for the Etobicoke Waterfront from Etobicoke Creek to the Humber River to identify, prioritize and coordinate potential projects for funding and delivery.

3. City Council direct the City Manager, in consultation with the Director, Waterfront Secretariat and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to continue pursuit of intergovernmental funding opportunities to advance wider waterfront projects.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, as shareholder, direct the Toronto Port Lands Company Board of Directors to direct the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Ground Lease between the City of Toronto Economic Development Corporation and Basin Media Studios GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Basin Media Studios LP, dated August 29, 2022, as amended, substantially in line with the proposed changes outlined in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services and in a form approved by the Chief Legal Counsel, CreateTO.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains information about a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of Toronto Port Lands Company.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and the Deputy City Manager, Community and Emergency Services remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information about a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of Toronto Port Lands Company.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the 2026 Tax and Rate Supported Interim Operating Spending Authorities totalling $5.353 billion as detailed by City Division and Agency in Appendix 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt Parts a, b and c below and authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Toronto Water to implement a phased-in approach to increase the current 30 percent discount for Block 2 industrial consumers to 35 percent, as compared to the Block 1 rate, by applying an annual rate increase limited to a minimum of a third of the water and wastewater rate increase for Block 1 customers, expected over the next three years (2026 – 2028) or until the 35 percent discount threshold is reached:

a. effective January 1, 2026, an interim 3.75 percent rate increase for Block 1 and an interim 1.25 percent rate increase for Block 2 water and wastewater consumption rates (paid on or before the due date) charged to metered consumers as shown below and in Appendix A attached to this report:

b. effective January 1, 2026, an interim increase of 3.75 percent to the water and wastewater consumption rates (paid on or before the due date) charged to flat rate consumers, as set out in Appendix A to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Toronto Water; and

c. effective January 1, 2026, the water and wastewater interim service fees, as set out in Appendix B to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Toronto Water.

2. City Council adopt, with respect to assistance for low-income seniors and low-income disabled persons:

a. effective January 1, 2026, the interim water rebate for eligible low-income seniors and low-income disabled persons be set at a rate of $1.4589 per cubic metre, representing a 30 percent reduction from the Block 1 rate (paid on or before the due date).

3. City Council amend the following service descriptions in Chapter 441 (Appendix D) of the Municipal Code, by replacing them with the new service descriptions below, per Appendix C to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Toronto Water:

4. City Council amend the service descriptions for fees with Reference No. 1, 2, 4 ,5, 6, 45 and 46 in Chapter 441 (Appendix D, Schedule 2) of the Municipal Code from Revenue - Distribution and Collection to Revenue - Capital Planning and Implementation, as outlined in Appendix C to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Toronto Water.

5. City Council authorize that the necessary amendments be made to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 849, Water and Sewage Services and Utility Bill, and any other necessary Municipal Code Chapters as may be required, to give effect to City Council's decision.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce any necessary Bills required to give effect to City Council's decision and authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary clarifications, refinements, including stylistic, format and organization, minor modifications, technical amendments or By-law amendments as may be identified by the City Solicitor, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the General Manager, Toronto Water. 

7. City Council direct the General Manager, Toronto Water, with support from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to take actions to improve uptake of the Block 2 Program from potentially eligible water consumers to further support industry competitiveness.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt, effective January 1, 2026, the interim Solid Waste Management Services Rates and Fees as summarized by customer group in Appendix A to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and detailed in Solid Waste Management Services Municipal Code Chapter 441 – Fees and Charges in Appendix B to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services.

2. City Council authorize that the necessary amendments be made to the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, and any other necessary Municipal Code Chapters as may be required to give effect to City Council's decision.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce any necessary Bills required to give effect to City Council's decision and authorize the City Solicitor to make any necessary refinements, including stylistic, format and organization, as may be identified by the City Solicitor, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services.

4. City Council direct that all the interim rates, fees and charges set out in Appendix A to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, adopted by City Council in Parts 1 and 2 above, continue in full force and effect until such time as they are amended or repealed by City Council.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (November 3, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve in-year budget adjustments to Previously Approved Capital Budget and Plan, as detailed in Appendices 2a and 2b to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the budget adjustments and any associated complement changes detailed in Appendix D to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to amend the 2025 Approved Operating Budget, with no impact on the Net Operating Budget of the City.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct that a total of $83.9 million be transferred between reserves and discretionary reserve funds and that following these transfers 19 aged reserves and discretionary reserve funds be closed out, as detailed for both transfers and close outs in Appendix F to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, with Appendix F amended by deleting the transfer of $0.134 million for Kew Gardens Playground Reserve (XQ4201).

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend §140-5 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 140, Lobbying, by adding the following new provision:

§140-5K. Communications during City-established advisory or working bodies.
 

Communications that occur during meetings of a working group, roundtable, task force, advisory committee, or similar body established and convened by the City Manager or by a City division, for the purpose of providing advice or input to City staff or officials, provided that:

1. The body has a written mandate and was formally established before the meeting, as a multi-member group with a continuing advisory function;

2. Its mandate, membership, and meeting records identifying participants and summarizing subject matter discussed are publicly disclosed and accessible;

3. The participant is attending at the request of a city official, employee, or agency;

4. The participant does not use the meeting to seek, promote, or endorse contracts, grants, or other benefits for their employer or client; and

5. This exemption applies only to communications made during meetings convened under the body’s mandate, not to private, serial, or follow-up communications before or after, or to individual or informal meetings described as advisory.

2. City Council request the City Manager to ensure that details on roundtables and advisory groups, including the participants, is included in any reports that advance to Committees or Council. 

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council establish a Vice-Chair position for the Administrative Penalty Tribunal from one of the 25 public member positions appointed by City Council by amending Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 610, Penalties, Administration, as follows:

a. require the Administrative Penalty Tribunal to consist of 25 members appointed by Council, inclusive of a Chair and Vice-Chair;

b. require the Vice-Chair to be selected by the members of the Administrative Penalty Tribunal at a Business Meeting through a simple majority vote and that such vote be publicly recorded; and

c. authorize the Vice-Chair to have all the powers and to perform all of the duties of the Chair of the Administrative Penalty Tribunal in the absence of the Chair as well as any other duties that may be required of the Vice-Chair.

2. City Council adopt a stipend rate for the Administrative Penalty Tribunal Vice-Chair of $6,250, pro-rated on an annual basis from the time of appointment.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bills to give effect to City Council's decision and 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, the Executive Director, Court Services and the City Manager.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City Clerk, or their designate, to accept the in-kind archival donation from George Robb Architect for the Toronto Archives.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s Annual General Meeting August 16 – 20, 2025 update to Council outlined in the letter (November 20, 2025) from Councillor Paul Ainslie for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request Metrolinx to reinstate the Lakeshore–Midtown Line within its business model as a priority project aligned with the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan.

2. City Council request the Mayor and the City Manager to advocate to the Province of Ontario and Metrolinx for the inclusion of the Lakeshore–Midtown Line in future planning and funding frameworks.

3. City Council direct the Director, Transportation Planning and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Executive Committee on opportunities for integration of a future Lakeshore-Midtown Line with existing and planned City transit projects to maximize connectivity and efficiency.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Federation of Municipalities October 2025 Advocacy Days report to Council outlined in the revised letter (December 2, 2025) from Councillor Paul Ainslie for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative - Climate Mayors Leadership Forum September 24, 2025, meeting update outlined in the letter (November 21, 2025) from Councillor Paul Ainslie for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Mayors and Regional Chairs of Ontario November 7, 2025 meeting update to City Council outlined in the letter (November 21, 2025) from Councillor Paul Ainslie for information.  

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Ontario’s Big City Mayors Caucus meeting update to Council - Thunder Bay, October 17, 2025 outlined in the letter (November 20, 2025) from Councillor Paul Ainslie for information. 

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the Summary Report on Urban 20 Summit in Johannesburg outlined in the letter (November 25, 2025) from Councillor Alejandra Bravo for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report on Metropolis World Congress in Seoul, Korea, outlined in Attachment 1 to the letter (November 24, 2025) from Councillor Nick Mantas for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the extension of the:

a. Sunset Date in the Land Development Agreement between the City and Hines and the Undertaking Agreement between the City and Waterfront Toronto, each dated June 28, 2012, to April 30, 2026, solely in respect of the development site shown as Block C1 on Attachment 1 (Block C1), provided that the Land Development Agreement between the City and Hines is also amended to make the City’s obligation to grant a ground lease conditional on City Council’s acceptance of Hines’ proposal for Block C1; and

b. Term of the Master License Agreement between the City and Waterfront Toronto, dated March 31, 2012, to April 30, 2026;

conditional on the Development Agreement between Waterfront Toronto and Hines, dated June 28, 2012, being similarly extended, and on such other terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management or designate to execute the extension agreements and any related documents on behalf of the City.

3. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Development Office and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to report back in April 2026 on plans for Bayside Block C1, based on City and Waterfront Toronto due diligence and review of development options including, but not limited to, a commercial office proposal from Hines Canada.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 19, 2028, and until successors are appointed:

Jascha Jabes; and

Mike Yorke.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, 1c, 2 and 3 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Board.

Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, 1c, 2 and 3 to the report (November 25, 2025) 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 Metro Toronto Convention Centre Board.

City Council on December 16, 17 and 18, 2025 adopted the following:

1. City Council appoint the following public members:

Bruce Davis; and

Allison Mendes

a. to the CreateTO Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 19, 2029, and until successors are appointed; and 

b. to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto and the Toronto Port Lands Company, at the pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 19, 2027, and until successors are appointed.

2. City Council re-appoint Sheerin Sheikh:

a. to the CreateTO Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office starting on March 29, 2026, and ending on December 19, 2029, and until a successor is appointed; and 

b. to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto and the Toronto Port Lands Company, at the pleasure of Council, for a term of office starting on March 29, 2026, and ending on December 19, 2027, and until a successor is appointed.

3. City Council appoint Bruce Davis as Chair of the CreateTO Board. 

 
4. City Council re-appoint Marcie Zajdeman from the CreateTO Board to the Boards of Directors of Build Toronto and the Toronto Port Lands Company, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on June 16, 2027, and until a successor is appointed.

5. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, 1c and 2 to 4 to the revised report (December 4, 2025) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the CreateTO Board.

Confidential Attachments 1a, 1b, 1c and 2 to 4 to the revised report (December 4, 2025) 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 CreateTO Board. 

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, 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 with North York Harvest Food Bank (the "Operator") for the property known as 4050 Chesswood Drive, with respect to approximately 31,830 square feet of space, (the "Leased Premises") owned by TK Group Limited (the "Landlord"), for the provision of 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.

3. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, to work York Harvest Food Bank to consider its request for the City to provide a supportive loan guarantee, on an exceptional basis, for the sole purpose of financing the construction of an upgrade to its food distribution facility at 4050 Chesswood Drive, and request North York Harvest Food Bank to provide the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer with the following information:

a. North York Harvest Food Bank’s Audited Financial Statements;

b. project cost details and supporting information, including North York Harvest Food Bank’s annual budget;

c. a sustainable funding and financing structure;

d. communication from lender that a City Loan Guarantee would be required to advance financing to North York Harvest Food Bank; and

e. other project related information as may be required to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Executive Director, Social Development.
 

4. City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, to approve the request for a loan guarantee to be provided in support of the North York Harvest Food Bank on an exceptional basis in order to support the construction of an upgrade to its food distribution facility at 4050 Chesswood Drive only if the aforementioned information in Part 3 above, is provided to the satisfaction of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Executive Director, Social Development; and direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to negotiate and execute any necessary agreements on terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Executive Director, Social Development and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, including that, if the loan guarantee is provided to the North York Harvest Food Bank, the loan guarantee amount does not exceed the City’s Loan Guarantee Policy individual loan guarantee limit.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, to negotiate, enter and execute a lease agreement (the “Lease”) with Family Service Toronto for the premises located at 355 Church Street, on terms and conditions set out in Appendix C to the report (November 18, 2025) from the Executive Director, Social Development and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on such other or amended terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, to negotiate, enter into, and amend any required agreements, including funding agreements, with Family Service Toronto for up to a total of $2.5 million for the construction and fit-out of the premises located at 355 Church Street, to make the space fully functional for occupancy and use, on the terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Social Development and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, to negotiate, enter into, and amend any service and funding agreements with Gerstein Crisis Centre, TAIBU Community Health Centre, Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch, and 2 Spirited People of the 1st Nations for the provision of the Toronto Community Crisis Service training services, on the terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Social Development and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, subject to all related expenditures being funded within the Social Development operating budget.

4. 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 with Family Service Toronto, the landlord, which will lease approximately 7,500 square feet of space on the fourth floor at 355 Church Street (the “Leased Premises”), to the City of Toronto, used for the provision of 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 Municipal Capital Facility By-law is enacted.

5. 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 December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the Mount Dennis Community for All Action Plan, included in Attachment 1 to the report (November 18, 2025) from the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the Executive Director, Social Development, the Executive Director, Development Review, the Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the General Manager, Economic Development, as the community development plan in accordance with Policies 12.4 and 12.5 of the Mount Dennis Secondary Plan.

2. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to establish and lead a collaborative, interdivisional working group to be accountable for implementing the Mount Dennis Community for All Action Plan over a 10 year period, with representation from Development Review, City Planning, Economic Development and Culture, Parks and Recreation, and other relevant divisions identified during implementation.

3. City Council request the interdivisional working group to implement and monitor the Mount Dennis Community for All Action Plan for a period of 10 years, including working with community partners and groups to design and implement a monitoring and evaluation framework and to provide regular reports to the Mount Dennis community and bi-annual reports to City Council.

4. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development to negotiate and execute any necessary agreements with The Learning Enrichment Foundation to develop and deliver an equity scorecard for the Mount Dennis Community for All Action Plan, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Social Development, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and to report back by the first quarter of 2027 with a final equity scorecard for City Council approval.

5. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development to negotiate and execute any necessary agreements with The Learning Enrichment Foundation to administer a grant program focused on supporting anti-displacement education initiatives in the Mount Dennis area, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Social Development, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

6. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to establish a community of practice for community land trusts to support capacity-building, with support from the Economic Development and Culture Division.

7. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to include a priority consideration for projects in transit-oriented communities in housing development and acquisition policies and programs.

8. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to work with the Mount Dennis Business Improvement Area to ensure that local businesses and entrepreneurs can access a range of City of Toronto small business programs.

9. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to promote access to renter-focused legal, advocacy, and educational programs for residents of Mount Dennis.

10. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to engage community stakeholders and City divisions to start the process of renewed community access, programming, and use of the Mount Dennis Community Hall for residents of Mount Dennis.

11. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the Executive Director, Social Development, the Executive Director, Development Review, the Executive Director, Parks and Recreation, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to report through future budget processes over the 10-year life span of the action plan on the resources, staff and program operations required to ensure delivery of the action plan and ongoing engagement and capacity-building of residents, with a priority focus on Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving groups and inclusive of grassroots groups, youth groups, community organizations and local businesses.

12. City Council request the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the Executive Director, Social Development, the Executive Director, Development Review, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture work in partnership with the local community to advocate for positive investments needed from federal and provincial governments.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services, to engage with Indigenous communities on the topic of the City's Reconciliation Action Plan to determine the next phase of Reconciliation priorities and report to Toronto City Council by the end of the second quarter in 2027. 

2. City Council authorize the Director, Indigenous Affairs Office to negotiate and enter into agreement(s) with not-for-profit agencies and vendors as required to advance the City's Reconciliation priorities in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor and within approved budget limits until June 30, 2027.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development, to provide one-time funding of $350,000 to the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council to increase organizational capacity and support for City projects.

4. City Council direct the Director, Waterfront Secretariat and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, with the support of the Indigenous Affairs Office and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to report to the Economic and Community Development Committee in the first quarter of 2026 on the due diligence undertaken by staff related to the name “Wonscotonach Parklands” for the Lower Don Parkland system.
 

5. City Council direct the Director, Waterfront Secretariat and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, with the support of the Indigenous Affairs Office to report back on an Indigenous naming process for Coxwell Common located at 1555 Danforth Avenue.
 

6. City Council direct the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, to work with the Director, Waterfront Secretariat and Waterfront Toronto, to ensure that future Request for Proposal processes for affordable housing delivery in Ookwemin Minising prioritize partnerships with non-profit and Indigenous housing providers to deliver and operate affordable rental homes.

7. City Council adopt and forward to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities the following resolution to advance the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Inquiry Calls to Justice:

"Resolution — Advancing the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Inquiry Calls to Justice

WHEREAS in 2019, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released their final report, “Reclaiming Power and Place,” which included 231 Calls for Justice to address systemic violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people;

WHEREAS the federal government’s implementation of the Calls for Justice has been insufficient and lacks the urgency and accountability required to end the ongoing genocide of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people;

WHEREAS Indigenous rights-holders, governments and families of MMIWG victims continue to demand urgent action on the Calls to Justice, including directly addressing the needs of off-reserve Indigenous populations, to ensure all families and survivors get the support required;

WHEREAS municipalities are uniquely positioned to operationalize key aspects of the Calls for Justice, particularly in their roles as first responders and social service and housing providers;

WHEREAS many municipalities have taken steps towards Truth and Reconciliation, including but not limited to adopting and implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (with particular attention given to Articles 7 and 22), supporting Indigenous data sovereignty, developing gender-based violence strategies that reflect the Calls for Justice, forming MMIWG-specific working groups, and co-developing community safety and housing initiatives with Indigenous communities;

WHEREAS municipalities require more federal leadership and collaboration to ensure nationwide guidance, expediting advancing the Calls to Justice at all levels of government, and ensuring that all First Nations, Métis, Inuit and urban Indigenous people have access to the support needed to address violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people;

RESOLVED, that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities calls on the federal government to urgently accelerate the implementation of the MMIWG Calls for Justice, including through dedicated and adequate MMIWG funding to Indigenous rights-holders and governments working to address violence against Indigenous, women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people;

RESOLVED, that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities calls on the federal to take a leadership role in improving coordination across all levels of government and jurisdictions towards implementing the MMIWG Calls for Justice;

RESOLVED, that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities call on the federal government to ensure that MMIWG funding is open to distinction-based governments and organizations as well as urban Indigenous organizations, to ensure that programs and services are accessible to all that need the support; and

RESOLVED, that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities urges the federal government to work with FCM and municipalities to advance the Calls to Justice in areas including but not limited to:

-  Emergency services, policing and public safety, including anti-Indigenous racism in emergency services and policing;

-  Infrastructure, transit and transportation;

-  Affordable housing and homelessness response; and

-  Transparent local reporting on progress on MMIWG, disaggregated Indigenous-lead data collection and public accountability mechanisms."

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the refreshed Community Service Partnerships approach and updated funding model components in Appendix 1 to the report (November 18, 2025) from the Executive Director, Social Development, and direct the Executive Director, Social Development to report back to City Council on the progress and implementation as part of the annual reporting on Community Funding grants.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Social Development to allocate Community Service Partnerships funding until the end of the next grant cycle on December 31, 2030, and report annually to the Economic and Community Development Committee on the grants approved, with funding allocations subject to the annual budget process.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Provincial Government to increase the Focus on Youth Program funding to $15 million in school boards across Ontario, to reflect the growth of youth unemployment levels since pre-pandemic times.

2. City Council request the Provincial Government to peg the funding of Focus on Youth Program to annual inflation.

3. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, specifically to include the goal of creating new youth employment opportunities within the adopted terms of reference of the Youth Employment Table, and to direct the Youth Employment Table to set youth employment opportunity targets.

4. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development to report to the Economic and Community Development Committee on May 5, 2026, and thereafter on an annual basis on the progress and outcomes achieved through the Youth Employment Table.
 

5. City Council request the Provincial and Federal Governments to provide additional and sustained funding to support the youth employment opportunities and targets set through the Youth Employment Table and other city initiatives.

6. City Council request the Federal Government to allocate funding and target positions to Toronto in proportion to Toronto’s youth population, within funding commitments of more than $1.5 billion in Budget 2025 under the Canada Summer Jobs Program, Youth Employment and Skills Strategy and Student Work Placement Program.

7. City Council request the Mayor to consider appropriate budget allocations to Social Development to facilitate youth employment opportunities through the Youth Employment Table and Charter, including by funding the hiring of additional staff as required.

8. City Council request the Chief People Officer, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, as part of People and Equity’s Diversity Data Collection and Reporting Modernization capital project, to explore opportunities to include age as demographic data to improve understanding of outcomes for youth.

9. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development to explore opportunities to add age and postal code to socio-demographic data collection and data sharing efforts across City of Toronto Divisions, Agencies, Boards and Corporations, as part of the Youth Employment Table efforts.

10. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Community Development and Social Services and the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services, in consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer, continue to advance the development of aligned construction workforce and equity targets, with a specific focus on youth access to construction career pathways, on new Toronto Builds projects where applicable, consistent with the Community Benefits best practices; and request the Executive Director, Social Development to share this work with the Inclusive Economic Development Working Table.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the Access to Shelter Framework in Attachment 2 to the report (November 28, 2025) from the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services as the process to review and assess proposed changes to shelter eligibility, and authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, to make future adjustments to the framework, in consultation with the Human Rights Office, Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit, Toronto Newcomer Office, and other relevant divisions and offices.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services, to continue implementing and administering the Emergency Family Shelter Support program as set out in the report and Attachment 3 to the report (November 28, 2025) from the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, provided that the funding for the program is available within the Operating Budget for Toronto Shelter and Support Services.

3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and the General Manager, Toronto Employment and Social Services, to develop and implement modifications to the Emergency Family Shelter Support program as they deem necessary to:

a. ensure the Emergency Family Shelter Support program remains responsive and scalable to fluctuations in demand for family shelter space that exceeds available family shelter capacity; and

b. maintain program integrity.

4. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services to enter into research agreements with individuals and external organizations for research and/or data sharing purposes, including requests for data in the custody and control of the City, and any research involving City staff or Toronto Shelter and Support Services service users, provided that:

a. the research is for the purposes of advancing system planning and transformation and informing improvements to existing policies, programs and practices; and

b. all research agreements comply with City policies and requirements of the Municipal Freedom and Information and Protection of Privacy Act, on such terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

5. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services to enter into agreements with individuals and external organizations to use Toronto Shelter and Support Services space to conduct research for the purposes listed in Part 4 above, on such terms and conditions as are satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

6. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services to provide letters of divisional support to individuals and external organizations for grant funding proposals for research projects that support the purposes listed in Part 4 above.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 608, Parks, in accordance with Attachment 1 to the report (November 18, 2025) from the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, as follows:

Article I - Definitions

a. add new definitions as follows:

DRONE – A Remotely Piloted Aircraft System as defined in the Canadian Aviation Regulations, being a set of configurable elements consisting of a remotely piloted aircraft, its control station, the command and control links and any other system elements required during flight operation.

GLIDER – A Glider as defined in the Canadian Aviation Regulations, being a non-power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft that derives its lift in flight from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces that remain fixed during flight.

HARASSMENT – As defined in the Ontario Human Rights Code, meaning engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome.

REMOTE-CONTROLLED VEHICLE: Any navigable aircraft, ground-based, or water-based vehicle, irrespective of its weight, that is operated by a pilot that is not on board, including drones, boats, cars, or similar devices, but excluding balloons, rockets, or kites.

VAPE OR VAPING – The use or holding of a vaporizer or inhalant-type device, whether called an electronic cigarette or any other name, whether or not the vapour contains nicotine or cannabis, and includes any of the following:

Inhaling vapour from a vaporizer or inhalant–type device;

Exhaling vapour from a vaporizer or inhalant-type device; or

Holding an activated vaporizer or inhalant-type device

b. amend the definition of GENERAL MANAGER to replace "Parks, Forestry and Recreation" with "Parks and Recreation" and replace "his or her" with "their" so that it now reads: "The General Manager of Parks and Recreation or their successor or designate."

c. amend the definition of PARK to add the words "parking lots" so that it now reads: "Land and land covered by water and all portions of it owned by or made available by lease, agreement, or otherwise to the City, that is or may be established, dedicated, set apart or made available for use as public open space or golf course, and that has been or may be placed under the jurisdiction of the General Manager, including any and all buildings, structures, facilities, parking lots, erections, and improvements located in or on the and, save and except where the land is governed by other by-laws of the City."

d. amend part B of the definition of PROHIBITED AREAS to replace the word "playgrounds" with the words "playground safety surface or playground equipment" so that it now reads: "B. Playground safety surface or playground equipment, splash pads or wading pools."

e. replace the definition of SMOKE OR SMOKING as follows:

The use or holding of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, hookah, or any other lighted device or material, such as tobacco or cannabis, and includes any of the following:

Inhaling smoke from a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, hookah or any other lighted device or material;

Exhaling smoke from a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, hookah or any other lighted device or material; or

Holding a lit cigar, cigarette, pipe, hookah or any other lighted device or material."

f. replace the definition of VEHICLE as follows:

A Vehicle as defined under the Highway Traffic Act, being a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but excludes a baby carriage or cart, child's wagon, child's stroller, child's sleigh, wheelchair or similar device (powered or otherwise) used by an individual due to a disability, or other similar conveyance.

Article II - Conduct

g. amend 608-3 as follows:

1. Amend 608-3 A (1) to replace the word "indulge" with the word "engage", add the words "any form of harassment or", delete the word "boisterous", and delete the words "profane or" so that it now reads: "Engage in any form of harassment or riotous, violent, threatening, or illegal conduct; or use abusive language".

2. Delete 608-3 A (5), 608-3 A (6) and 608-3 B that relate to sexual behaviour and nudity.

3. Amend 608-3 D to delete the word “warning” so that it now reads: "No person shall remove, disturb, relocate, damage or destroy protective fencing, lifesaving equipment, barriers and signage put in place for protection of the public."

h. amend 608-7 to add the word “soil” so that it now reads:

Unless authorized by permit, no person shall encroach upon or take possession of a park by any means whatsoever, including the construction, installation or maintenance of a fence or structure; the dumping or storage of materials, soil or plantings; or planting, cultivating, grooming or landscaping.

i. amend the title of 608-7.1 to add the words "water and wastewater" so that it now reads: "Water and wastewater discharge".

j. replace 608-7.1 as follows:

Unless authorized by permit, no person shall cause or permit the discharge, flow or runoff of water or wastewater from private property into or onto a park, from any source including but not limited to a hose or similar device, sewage, a roof drainage system, parking lot, hot tub, swimming pool or pond.

k. amend the title of 608-8.1 to add the words "and vaping" so that it now reads: "Smoking and vaping".

l. amend 608-8.1 as follows:

1. Amend 608-8.1 A to add the words “or vape” after the word "smoke", add the word "within" after the words "boundaries of and" and change the radius surrounding amenities and areas from nine metres to 20 metres so that it now reads: "While in a park no person shall smoke or vape within the boundaries of and within a 20-metre radius surrounding the following amenities or areas in a park".

2. Add a new subsection to 608-8.1 B as follows: "(4) In a designated off-leash area."

3. Add a new subsection to 608-8.1 as follows: "C. Despite § 608-8.1.A and 608-8.1.B and in accordance with the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, nothing in this Chapter: (1) prohibits an Indigenous person from smoking tobacco or holding lighted tobacco there, if the activity is carried out for traditional Indigenous cultural or spiritual purposes; or (2) prohibits a non-Indigenous person from smoking tobacco or holding lighted tobacco there, if the activity is carried out with an Indigenous person and for traditional Indigenous cultural or spiritual purposes."

Article III - Park Use

m. replace 608-16 as follows:

In a park, no person shall enter gender-segregated washrooms, change rooms or other facilities that do not correspond to their gender identity.

Article IV - Games, Sports and Organized Activities

n. amend the title of 608-19 so that it now reads: "Drones and remote-controlled vehicles".

o. amend 608-19 to replace the words "powered models of aircraft, rockets, watercraft or vehicles" with the words "a drone, rocket or remote-controlled vehicle" so that it now reads:

While in a park, no person shall operate a drone, rocket or remote-controlled vehicle unless authorized by permit.

p. amend the title of 608-20 so that it now reads: "Aircraft and gliders".

q. amend 608-20 to add the words "any aircraft as defined in the Canadian Aviation Regulations including", delete the words "hot air balloon" and delete the word “hang” so that it now reads:

Unless authorized by permit, no person shall tether, launch or land any aircraft described in the Canadian Aviation Regulations including a glider, ultra light aircraft or similar conveyance in a park.

Article V - Vehicles

r. amend 608-28 to add the words "any area of" and delete the words “roadway or parking lot in” so that it now reads:

No person shall make use of any area of a park for:

A. Washing, cleaning, servicing, maintaining or, except in the event of an emergency, the repair of any vehicle;

B. Instructing, teaching or coaching any person in the driving or operation of a motor vehicle, unless authorized by permit; or

C. Storing a boat or trailer without a permit.

Article VI - Animals

s. amend 608-34 as follows:

1. Amend 608-34 A (6) to add the words "has been determined to be a dangerous dog under Chapter 349, Animals, or the dog"; and amend 608-34 A (6)(a) to add the words "or order"; so that it now reads:

 (6) Allow a dog to enter a designated off-leash area if the dog has been determined to be a dangerous dog under Chapter 349, Animals, or the dog is required to be equipped with a muzzle or secured by a leash under:

(a) A notice or order issued under Chapter 349, Animals; or

(b) The Dog Owners' Liability Act or an order issued under that Act.

2. Amend 604-34 C (1) to change the maximum leash length from 2.4 metres to two metres.

Article IX - Commercial Enterprises

t. amend 608-46 to add the word "lessons" to 608-46 A (3) so that it now reads: "Any art, skill, service, lessons or work."

u. replace 608-47 as follows:

A. While in a park, unless authorized by permit under this Chapter or permitted under Chapter 459, Filming and authorized by permit from the Toronto Film and Television Office, no person shall:

(1) Take or permit to be taken for remuneration any film, photograph, videotape or television broadcast;

(2) Take or permit to be taken any film, photograph, videotape or television broadcast in a washroom or change room.

B. No video surveillance system shall be installed in a park except in accordance with the City of Toronto Security Video Surveillance Policy.

Article X - Regulation and Enforcement

v. amend 608-49 A to replace the word "obtained" with the words "applied for" and delete the words "the Customer Service Section of" so that it now reads:

Permits for activities contemplated in this chapter may be applied for by contacting the City's Parks and Recreation Division.

w. amend 608-52 A to add a new subsection immediately after the current subsection 608-52 A (2) and before the current subsection 608-52 A (3) to read as follows:

Employees or agents of the City while engaged in works or services undertaken for or on behalf of the City as authorized by the General Manager;

x. amend 608-55 to delete the words "of § 608-27" to that it now reads:

An officer or the General Manager, upon discovery of a vehicle parked or standing in contravention of this chapter, may cause it to be moved or taken to and placed or stored in a suitable place and all costs and charges for removing, care of and storing the vehicle, if any, are a lien upon the vehicle which may be enforced in the manner provided by the Repair and Storage Liens Act. 

2. 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 and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation.

3. City Council direct that the amendments above come into force on March 2, 2026.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council designate the area described by Attachment 1 to the report (November 12, 2025)  from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture as the amended Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area under the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas.

2. City Council amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas, as necessary to reflect the expanded boundaries of the Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with Social Development and Technology Services, to develop an Accessibility and Inclusion Handbook for event organizers that can be presented to the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee for feedback and input at its meeting on February 27, 2026.

2. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to provide a digital and an accessible PDF, hard copy or alternative format version of the Accessibility and Disability Inclusion Handbook to each organization that hosts an event on city property or at the request of any organization for their event.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development, and the City Clerk to prepare a feasibility report with recommendations on establishing a part-time fellowship program for youth living with disabilities, including:

a. potential program delivery partners;

b. clear and collaborative processes for selecting Council members’ offices; and

c. a structured matching process to ensure quality work experiences that align with both the interests of the fellows and the needs of the Council members’ offices;

and to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee by the second quarter of 2026.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 3 to the report (November 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Finance Shared Services, remain confidential in its entirety.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council suspend Capital Sewer and any affiliated persons’, as defined in Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, eligibility to bid on or be awarded any City of Toronto contracts as a supplier of goods and/or services or as a subcontractor to such a supplier, including any options, or renewals of existing contracts, for a period of five years commencing upon the date of approval of the report (November 26, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer.

2. City Council direct the Chief People Officer, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development and the Chief Procurement Officer, to review any impacts resulting from City Council’s decision on this matter on unionized workers in the construction trades, including with the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Labourers’ International Union of North America.

3. City Council direct the Chief Procurement Officer, the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Executive Director, Social Development to examine ways to promote sector development that increase competition and maintain fair pricing, and the cultivation of new opportunities for affected workers in the construction trades.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to amend Blanket Contract 47025889, issued to EnergyCAP Inc., for the provision of EnergyCAP web hosting and Bill CAPture services, to increase the contract value by $60,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($61,056 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), increasing the non-competitive contract value from $1,057,297 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($1,075,905 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to $1,763,464 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($1,794,501 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Shelter and Support Services to enter into the necessary amending agreement on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief Procurement Officer and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor to extend the term of non-Competitive Blanket Contract Number 47023371 with 2790584 Ontario Inc. for Catering at various Toronto Shelter and Support Services locations to August 31, 2026.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 7.1P. of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, and Section 71-11.1.C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, authorize the Chief Technology Officer, to amend Non-Competitive Purchase Order 6055323 with Accenture by increasing the contract value by $343,750 net of all applicable charges and taxes ($349,800 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries), revising the current Purchase Order Value from $481,250 to $825,000 ($489,720 to $839,520 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries), and extend the term an additional 15 months to January 31, 2027.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential in its entirety, as it pertains to a procedure to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential in its entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a procedure to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, to negotiate and execute a licence agreement and any ancillary agreements and documents, and to amend the agreements as required with Premier Racquet Clubs Corp., to undertake site preparation and construction starting in approximately the second quarter of 2026, and to operate and maintain seasonal sports bubbles at Eglinton Flats Park for 10 operating seasons starting on approximately September 24, 2026, with two optional renewal terms of up to five  years each, exercisable at the General Manager’s sole discretion, substantially on the terms and conditions set out in Attachment 1 to the revised report (December 5, 2025) from the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Chief Procurement Officer, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize an amendment to the contribution policy and withdrawal policy criteria of the Eglinton Flats Tennis Facility Maintenance Reserve Fund (XR3204) to align with the terms of the new agreement with Premier Racquet Clubs Corp., for the annual contribution of funds for future court resurfacing and maintenance costs.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, authorize the Chief Technology Officer, to amend and increase the authority for the Chief Technology Officer under GG24.9 with Salesforce.com Canada Corporation by $6,751,001 net of taxes and charges ($6,869,819 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) to procure and renew new licences and support services as required until December 31, 2030, under the same pricing, terms and conditions as the existing agreement, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 71-11.1.C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, authorize the Chief Technology Officer, to amend the authority for the Chief Technology Officer under GG24.9 with Granicus for up to the total amount set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer, and the Chief Procurement Officer, to procure and renew new licenses and support services as required until December 31, 2030 in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remain confidential at this time as it pertains to an instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto and be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the execution of the contract authorized by Part 1 above.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to an instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Procurement Officer will be made public at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer following the execution of the contract.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (November 24, 2025) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, and the Chief Procurement Officer, for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, authorize Corporate Real Estate Management and Purchasing and Materials Management to enter into a construction contract in the form of a CCDC-14 to the Kilmer Group and Tricon Residential (Kilmer-Tricon, the “Developer”) for a maximum upset amount of $40,976,589 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($41,697,777 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) in addition to the amount identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Chief Procurement Officer, based on the agreed upon class B cost estimate.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer and the Chief, Toronto Paramedic Services, to execute any necessary purchase order amendments with a value exceeding $500,000, or more than 10 percent of the original commitment, for which Committee or City Council approval would normally be required under City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, provided that:

a. the purchase order amendment is necessary to enable the City to respond to the Developer’s request(s) for approval, consent, or agreement to any action, document or plan related to the design and construction of the Toronto Paramedic Services Multi-Function Station 03, and where such approval will impact the critical path of the delivery of mixed-income housing (the Residential Project), the City shall within seven working days after receipt of a request in writing for an approval, respond to the Developer in writing to ensure that the timelines are met for the construction of the Toronto Paramedic Services Multi-Function Station 03 at 610 Bay Street;

b. the appropriate additional funding will be requested in the annual Capital Budget submissions for Toronto Paramedic Services budget;

c. the terms and conditions of any amending agreements are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Procurement Officer, and the Chief, Toronto Paramedic Services in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor;

d. any amending agreements are completed in accordance with the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, and associated policies and procedures; and

e. a report summarizing any amendments made under this authority is submitted to the appropriate Committee and/or City Council for information on an annual basis.

3. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Chief Procurement Officer, following the project close out of the construction of Toronto Paramedic Services Multi-Function Station 03.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by the City. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 24, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Chief Procurement Officer will be made public following the project close out of the construction of Toronto Paramedic Services Multi-Function Station 03.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief People Officer to negotiate and enter into a non-competitive agreement with Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., in the amount of $4,796,753 net of Harmonized Sales Tax ($4,881,176 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) for a three (3) year period, commencing on January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2029, with two (2) additional optional periods, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief People Officer, People and Equity and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, to negotiate and enter into a non-competitive agreement with Grascan Construction Limited/Torbridge Construction Limited, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, for the repairs of select F.G. Gardiner Expressway concrete bents at Bay Street and Yonge Street for the reasons stated in the revised report (December 8, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer; the estimated value of the non-competitive contract is $4,838,911 net of Harmonized Sales Tax, $4,924,076 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries, including contingencies.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer to negotiate and enter into an agreement with IBM Canada Ltd for the Enterprise Work Management Solution cloud migration and Toronto Water rollout components and for the Corporate Real Estate Management component, commencing from January 1, 2026 for a term of two (2) years with options to extend the Contract by one (1) additional one (1) year period in the value of $34,300,219 net of all taxes and applicable charges ($34,903,904 net of Harmonized Sales Tax Recoveries), subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief Technology Officer.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to negotiate and enter into non-competitive agreements with the suppliers listed below, for the supply and delivery of proprietary parts and maintenance services for specialized laboratory instrumentation for a three (3) year period from date of award, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor:

a. Thermo Fisher Scientific (Mississauga) Inc., with the maximum contract price of $81,853 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($83,294 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries); and

b. Waters Limited with the maximum contract price of $154,797 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($157,521 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries).

2. City Council direct that contracts in Part 1 above, will also be on the condition that the vendors continue to be the manufacturers or are exclusive distributors for the goods and services.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief People Officer, in accordance with Section 195-7.1(E) of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to enter into, and execute a non-competitive contract with Symphony Talent, LLC, commencing from January 1, 2026, for a one (1) year term with an option to extend the contract by one (1) additional one (1) year period for a total potential value of  $190,045 net of all taxes and charges ($193,390 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief People Officer.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to negotiate and execute a non-competitive contract with Tennessee Marble Company to procure marble supply to be used for the Great Hall flooring restoration project at Toronto Union Station, in the amount of $3,100,415 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($3,154,982 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer in accordance with Section 195-8.5 of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to execute a revised and restated Master Services Agreement with SmartSimple Software Inc., a Canadian supplier, commencing from January 1, 2026 for a term of three (3) years with options to extend the contract by up to two (2) additional one (1) year periods in the value of $1,173,706 net of taxes and applicable charges ($1,194,363 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), subject to terms and conditions acceptable to the Chief Technology Officer.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management to apply Proposal Fees and Break Fees to the Design-Build procurement for the Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Project - Section 4 (Part 1), based on the conditions set out in Appendix A to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer, and Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer, remain confidential in its entirety, until the procurement processes for all sections of the Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Project are complete, as it contains commercial and financial information that belongs to the City of Toronto and has monetary value or potential monetary value.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains commercial and financial information that belongs to the City of Toronto and has monetary value or potential monetary value. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 25, 2025) from the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and the Chief Procurement Officer will be made public once procurement processes for all sections of the Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Project are complete.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, 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 with 1594342 Ontario Limited the landlord, which leases approximately 2,105 square feet at 160 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 203 (the "Leased Premises") to the City of Toronto, used as a community centre; 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 declare that the municipal capital facility detailed in Part 1 above is for the purposes of the City and is for a public use.

3. 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 December 16 and 17, 2025, 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 with East End Arts Toronto, with whom the City has a lease, for the property known as 550 Broadview Avenue, for approximately 1,700 square feet of space plus ancillary parking (the "Leased Premises") for the purposes of providing a City community centre; 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 pass a resolution that the Municipal Capital Facility referenced in Part 1 above is for the purposes of the City of Toronto and is for public use.

3. 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 December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council pass by-laws pursuant to Section 252 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, providing authority to:

a. enter into Municipal Capital Facility Agreements with the landlords of each of the two properties with whom the City has a lease on behalf of the City Councillors (the "Leased Premises"), with respect to approximately 1,896 square feet of combined space, for the purposes of providing municipal capital facilities related to the provision of facilities used by City Councillors located at:

1. 622 College Street (Ward 11); and

2. 215 Morrish Road (Ward 25).

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 December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council, as approving authority under the Expropriations Act (the "Act"), approve the expropriation of the permanent and temporary easements in part of the properties municipally known as 10 and 20 Scrivener Square as set out in Appendix A (the "Lands") to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and as identified on the draft reference plan attached as Appendix C to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.  

2. 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.

3. City Council authorize severally each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and the Director, Real Estate Services to prepare, execute and serve Offers of Compensation based on a report appraising the market value of the Lands in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

4. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 21, 2025) 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 (November 21, 2025) 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 pending land acquisition by the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 21, 2025) 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 December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer, to execute any necessary purchase order amendments, once a construction management agreement(s) has been executed after holding an open, competitive procurement process, with a value exceeding $500,000 or more than 10 percent of the original commitment, for which Committee or City Council approval would normally be required under City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, for the provision of construction and professional services needed and to carry out any necessary pre-development, pre-construction, construction, renovation or conversion of properties for the development of George Street Revitalization, provided that:

a. the purchase order amendment is necessary to meet the timelines of the George Street Revitalization Project;

b. the funds are available for the George Street Revitalization Project and funded through the Council approved Capital Budget and Plan;

c. the terms and conditions of any amending agreements are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and

d. a report summarizing any amendments made under this authority is submitted to the appropriate Committee and/or City Council for information on an annual basis.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer to include Risk and Reward incentive contract provisions in the construction management agreement(s) for the George Street Revitalization Project, provided that the terms and conditions of the construction management agreement(s) enable the implementation of the Construction Manager at Risk delivery model; and that the terms and conditions of the construction management agreement(s) are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in accordance with Section 195-7.1 (P.) of the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, to enter into, and execute a non-competitive retainer agreement with Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP for the provision of legal services to support the drafting, negotiation, and execution of necessary construction management agreement(s) for the George Street Revitalization Project, in the amount of $480,000 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($488,448 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), on terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live, and the Chief Procurement Officer, to negotiate and enter into any necessary agreements, including non-competitive agreements, with a value exceeding $500,000, and execute any necessary purchase order amendments, with a value exceeding $500,000 or more than 10 percent of the original commitment, for which the appropriate Committee and/or City Council approval would normally be required under City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71, Financial Control, and City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, for the provision of goods and services including professional and construction services required to deliver renovations for the George Weston Recital Hall, provided that:

a. the procurement or purchase order amendment is necessary to meet the timelines associated with the donated funds;

b. the costs will be fully funded by the donations raised by the Toronto Live Foundation;

c. the competitive procurement and non-competitive procurement processes are completed in accordance with the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, and associated policies and procedures;

d. the terms and conditions of any such agreements and any amending agreements are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and

2. City Council direct the City Manager to forward a copy of the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Services and the Chief Procurement Officer, to the Board of Directors of TO Live for their information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to enter into a licence extension and amending agreement (the “New Agreement”) with His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario, as represented by the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, for the use of an approximately two by two and half metre area within the Metro Hall property at 55 John Street, as generally outlined in Appendix B to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, on the terms and conditions set out in Appendix A to the report (November 21, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on such other amended terms as may be acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Real Estate Services, to execute the New Agreement, and any related documents on behalf of the City.

3. City Council authorize each of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Director, Real Estate Services, Corporate Real Estate Management individually to administer and manage the New Agreement, including the provision of any consents, amendments, approvals, waivers, notices (including notice of termination) provided that the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, may, at any time, refer consideration of such matters to City Council for its determination and direction.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the End of Year 2024 Occupational Health and Safety Report (November 24, 2025) from the Chief People Officer, for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to implement a process that would allow community groups, non-profit organizations, and other local stakeholders to maintain, animate, and enhance the City Hall Podium Rooftop Floral Gardens commencing for the Spring 2026 Season following city guidelines.

2. City Council request the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to report back to the General Government Committee in the second quarter of 2026 on the implementation.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Axon Enterprises Inc., for Axon Justice Premier licenses for an initial three (3) year period from the date of the award with the option to extend the Contract by an additional two (2) year period in the total amount of $511,020 net of all taxes and charges ($520,014 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) subject to terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive for information Attachment 1 and Attachment 4 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, which together represent the Advanced Plan for Community emission sources as required by section 669-2.3C (1) of Municipal Code Chapter 669, Climate Change Goals and Governance.

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2028 with a financial analysis of reaching Toronto’s net zero goals by 2040; the financial analysis will include estimated funding needs to achieve the City’s target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions from corporate building and transportation sources, including those activities that will need to be undertaken by Divisions, Agencies and Corporations.

3. City Council receive for information Attachment 2 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, “Advanced Plan for actions to achieve the 2026-2030 greenhouse gas emissions budget for Corporate emission sources - Buildings, and Accountability Plan” as required by section 669-2.3D (1) of Municipal Code Chapter 669, Climate Change Goals and Governance.

4. City Council receive for information Attachment 3 to the report (November 26, 2025) from the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, “Advanced Plan for actions to achieve the 2026-2030 greenhouse gas emissions budget for Corporate emission sources - Transportation, and Accountability Plan” as required by section 669-2.3E (1) of Municipal Code Chapter 669, Climate Change Goals and Governance.

5. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation, and other affected City Divisions, Agencies and Corporations, to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2028 with a policy to guide the transition of all City of Toronto Divisions and Agencies away from the procurement and operation of equipment that combusts fossil fuel in City-owned facilities by 2040, such policy to include:

a. timeline, resources for, and process for the phase-out of procurement and operation of equipment that combusts fossil fuel, subject to a list of exceptions, determined based on the Zero Carbon Transition Plans for buildings that must be developed by December 31, 2027, as required by Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 669, Climate Change Goals and Governance, Appendix A section 4A(7)(c), and to discontinue procurement of long-lived fossil-fuelled equipment in time to phase out its operation by 2040;

b. an appropriate report back mechanism for adherence to the policy through Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 669, Climate Change Goals and Governance; and

c. other elements deemed necessary to operationalize the policy and enable the City’s transition away from equipment that combusts fossil fuel in City-owned facilities by 2040.

6. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 367, Building Emissions Performance, as follows:

a. in §367-2.1.A.(2), delete “2026” and replace with “2027” in order to postpone the required reporting; and

b. in §367-2.4.B., renumber subsection (3) as subsection (4) and add a new subsection (3) to address the 2026 reporting year that states:  “(3) On or before July 2, 2026 for the 2026 reporting year.”

7. City Council direct that the amendments to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 367, Building Emissions Performance, described in Part 6 above, come into force on January 1, 2026.

8. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, or their designate, until December 31, 2030, to negotiate and enter into agreements, as may be required, to support the implementation of the City Council-adopted recommendations presented in the Transform TO Net Strategy Action Plan 2026-2030 with non-profit, public, and private sector organizations to: 

a. collaborate on projects or initiatives; 

b. provide in-kind and/or financial support from the approved Environment, Climate and Forestry Division budget on projects or initiatives; and/or 

c. receive funding, on terms and conditions acceptable to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

9. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2026 with a plan to strengthen Energy and Water Reporting and Benchmarking, including: 

a. revising the by-law to correct the accidental exclusion of condominium properties; 

b. implementing strategies to improve compliance, targeting 90 percent compliance by 2030, including consideration of: 

1. working with Enbridge and Toronto Water to enable automated uploading of utility data to the Portfolio Manager reporting tool; 

2. enhanced supports for buildings with limited staff capacity; and 

3. eventual phase-in of penalties for non-compliance; 

c. an approach to phase in public disclosure of Energy and Water Reporting Benchmarking data;  

d. authorize staff to share Energy and Water Reporting Benchmarking data with The Atmospheric Fund and Toronto Hydro for the purpose of providing targeted technical and financial support to the worst performing buildings, including all buildings that do not meet draft initial Building Emission Performance Standards targets.   

10. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to include in its annual climate reporting any recommended climate action red tape reduction measures.

11. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, and the Chief Financial Officer to partner with The Atmospheric Fund to mobilize existing funds earmarked for this purpose in the capital plan and budget to provide low-cost financing for new construction projects being built to meet Toronto Green Standard tier 2 or 3 energy and carbon requirements.

12. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the City Solicitor, and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the first quarter of 2027 with recommendations based on stakeholder consultation and the following analysis:

a. an economic impact review of Building Emission Performance Standards that considers affordability, workforce readiness, the working life expectancy of building components and equipment and economic competitiveness, and how to provide adequate notice and regulatory certainty for building owners, managers and Toronto Hydro;

b. an updated legal analysis to ensure a Building Emission Performance Standards by-law can be compliant with relevant legislation;

c. measures to protect tenants from potential rent and utility cost increases related to Building Emission Performance Standards, including necessary enabling actions and supports from other levels of government; and

d. an assessment of the impacts of changes to Federal policies and programs that supported retrofits, including the consumer carbon price.
 

13. City Council request the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario to:
 

a. create, continue or expand funding, grant programs and tax incentives to improve the business case for building upgrades, such as deep retrofits, electrification, and distributed energy resources, that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and improve comfort and resilience, including for building types not currently covered by existing Federal and Provincial programs; and 

b. work with municipalities to ensure that funding and grant programs for such building upgrades flow effectively and directly to recipients.
 

14. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to continue to work with Toronto Hydro on new opportunities to further support building owners and managers with building upgrades that reduce emissions and, where possible, Toronto Hydro system costs, while protecting tenants from rent and utility increases associated with those upgrades.

15. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, in consultation with Toronto Hydro, to include in the report on “The Electrification Advantage”, in the first quarter of 2026, a plan to improve affordability, air quality and climate pollution and to avoid unnecessary gas combustion at the Portlands Energy Centre by significantly increasing local distributed energy generation and storage and through measures that shift electricity demand off-peak, above the minimums proposed in the Independent Electricity System Operator’s 2025 Integrated Regional Resource Plan for Toronto.

16. City Council direct the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry to include in the report on “The Electrification Advantage” opportunities to exceed the projections for distributed energy resources outlined by the Independent Electricity System Operator’s 2025 Integrated Regional Resource Plan for Toronto.

17. City Council endorse Bill S-238, as introduced, in principle.

18. City Council forward this item to the Office of the Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senate of Canada.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve a parking signage pilot project of up to eighteen (18) months to evaluate the four (4) signage options, generally as described in the report (November 20, 2025) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services and City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to City Council on the outcome of the pilot project and recommended next steps.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into, and execute a renewed agreement with Ministry of Transportation of Ontario for operation and maintenance activities associated with traffic control signals, traffic signage and zone painting on Ministry of Transportation of Ontario expressway ramps intersecting with City of Toronto major arterial roads, generally as set out in the report (November 20, 2025) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

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

a. Ingleton Boulevard from Alton Towers Circle to Middlefield Road, uni-directional cycle track and multi-use trail;

b. Keele Street from Steeles Avenue West to Finch Avenue West, multi-use trail;

c. Kingston Road from a point 30 metres west of Cliffside Drive to Scarborough Golf Club Road, uni-directional cycle;

d. Kipling Avenue from Panorama Court to Albion Road, multi-use trail;

e. Albion Road from a point 110 metres west of Kipling Avenue to a point 110 metres east of Kipling Avenue, uni-directional cycle track;

f. Panorama Court from Kipling Avenue to a point 35 metres east, uni-directional cycle track;  

g. Penlea Avenue from Kipling Avenue to Taysham Crescent, uni-directional cycle track;

h. Breckon Gate from Sheppard Avenue East to a point 50 metres south, bike lanes;

i. Brenyon Way from Sewells Road to Sheppard Avenue East, uni-directional cycle track;

j. Casebridge Court from Morningside Avenue to Venture Drive, uni-directional cycle track;

k. Crow Trail from Tapscott Road to Neilson Road, bike lanes and shared two-way cycling condition;

l. Grand Marshall Drive from Sheppard Avenue East to a point 30 metres south, bike lanes;

m. Venture Drive from Casebridge Court to Water Tower Gate, multi-use trail;

n. Water Tower Gate from Venture Drive to Sheppard Avenue East, multi-use trail;

o. Martin Grove Road from Burnhamthorpe Road to Swan Avenue, shared two-way cycling condition;

p.  Martin Grove Road from Rockfield Drive to Boor Street West, shared two-way cycling condition;

q.  Acorn Avenue from Montesson Street to Dundas Street West, shared two-way cycling condition;

r.  Bloor Street West from Martin Grove Road to Wilmar Road, bi-directional cycle track;

s. Charleston Road from Swan Avenue to Rockfield Drive, shared two-way cycling condition;

t. Montesson Street from Wilmar Road to Acorn Avenue, shared two-way cycling condition;

u. Rockfield Drive from Charleston Road to Martin Grove Road, shared two-way cycling condition;

v. Swan Avenue from Martin Grove Road to Charleston Road, shared two-way cycling condition;

w. Wilmar Road from Bloor Street West to Montesson Street, shared two-way cycling condition;

x. Morningside Avenue from Tams Road to Highway 401 Eastbound Off-Ramp, multi-use trail;

y. Rathburn Road from Melbert Road to The West Mall, bi-directional cycle track;

z. Shoreham Drive from Murray Ross Parkway to a point 96 metres east, uni-directional cycle track;

aa. Murray Ross Parkway from Shoreham Drive to a point 50 metres north, bi-directional cycle track;

ab. Trethewey Drive from Jane Street to Clearview Heights, bi-directional cycle track;

ac. Clearview Heights from Trethewey Drive to Freeman Road, contra-flow bicycle lane and shared two-way cycling condition;

ad. Municipal Drive from Eglinton Avenue West to a point 180 metres north, shared two-way cycling condition;

ae. Weston Road from Finch Avenue West to a point 40 metres south of Lanyard Road, bi-directional cycle track; and

af. Willowdale Avenue from Bishop Avenue to a point 85 metres north, cycle track.

2. City Council authorize the change in bikeway designation on:

a. Davenport Road from Foundry Avenue to Caledonia Park Road, bike lane to uni-directional and bi-directional cycle track; and

b. St. George Street (southbound) from Dupont Street to a point 25 metres south, bike lane to uni-directional cycle track.

3. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until December 31, 2028, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the projects identified in Parts 1 and 2 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 2 to the report (November 20, 2025) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services, and that such by-laws submitted be made permanent on December 31, 2028.

4. City Council amend cycling, traffic and parking regulations required in Chapter 886 and Chapter 950, as generally described in Attachment 3 - Technical Amendments, for previously approved projects by City Council over 2025 to 2026 and for by-law accuracy.

5. City Council authorize new all-way compulsory stop control at the intersections of:

a. Crow Trail and Bradstone Square;

b. Venture Drive and Casebridge Court; and

c. Venture Drive and Water Tower Gate.

6. City Council authorize a compulsory stop control at the right-turn channel at the southwest corner at Black Creek Drive and Trethewey Drive.  

7. City Council authorize the installation of a new pedestrian crossover at the following locations:

a. Ingleton Boulevard and a point 80 metres west of Shady Hollow Drive; and

b. Crow Trail and a point 50 metres south of Tunmead Square.

8. City Council authorize the removal of the existing pedestrian crossover on Crow Trail at a point 40 metres south of Tunmead Square.  

9. City Council authorize the installation of a new traffic control signal at the following locations:

a. Brenyon Way and a point 345 metres south of John Tabor Trail/Wickson Trail;

b. Melbert Road and Rathburn Road;

c. Trethewey Drive and Platinum Drive/Tedder Street; and

d.  Davenport Road and Foundry Avenue.

10. City Council authorize the removal of the existing traffic control signal at Trethewey Drive and a point 85 metres east of Platinum Drive/Tedder Street.

11. City Council reduce the speed limit from 40 kilometres per hour to 30 kilometres per hour on the following streets:

a. Ingleton Boulevard, between Middlefield Road and Alton Towers Circle; and

b. Crow Trail, between Tapscott Road and Neilson Road.

12. City Council authorize the amendment of Schedule XLV (Part 1) to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 950, Traffic and Parking, to remove Ingleton Boulevard, between Middlefield Road and Alton Towers Circle, and Crow Trail, between Tapscott Road and Nielson Road, from being excluded from the Designated Area such that this portion of highway will then be included within the corresponding designated area in Column 1 in Schedule XLV (Part 1).

13. City Council reduce the speed limit from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour on the following streets:

a. Casebridge Court, between Morningside Avenue and a point 340 metres east;

b. Venture Drive, between Casebridge Court and Water Tower Gate;

c. Water Tower Gate, between Venture Drive and Sheppard Avenue East; and

d. Trethewey Drive, between Jane Street and Black Creek Drive.

14. City Council reduce the speed limit from 60 kilometres per hour to 50 kilometres per hour on the following streets:

a. Keele Street, between Steeles Avenue West and Finch Avenue West; and

b. Kingston Road, between Brimley Road and Scarborough Golf Club Road.

15. City Council prohibit right-turns on a red signal at all times, bicycles excepted, for the following directions and locations:

a. Northbound at Keele Street and The Pond Road;

b. Eastbound at Tams Road and Morningside Drive;

c. Northbound at Murray Ross Parkway and Shoreham Drive;

d. Westbound at Shoreham Drive / Arboretum Lane and Ian Macdonald Boulevard/The Pond Road;

e. Northbound, Southbound, and Eastbound at Jane Street and Trethewey Drive/Denison Road East;

f. Northbound at Platinum Drive and Trethewey Drive; and

g. Eastbound at Trethewey Drive and Todd Baylis Boulevard.

16. City Council prohibit left-turns at all times at the following locations:

a. Northbound at Whitecap Boulevard and Kingston Road; and

b. Southbound at Mason Road and Kingston Road.

17. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to modify the proposed design to add 22 additional on-street parking spots along Kingston Road, between Cliffside Drive/Claremore Avenue and Sandown Avenue.
 

18. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with the Ward 20 Councillor's office toward a final design, on the A Safer Kingston Road Project (Ward 20) to enhance the existing concrete medians by installing new median planter gardens with trees where it is technically feasible, and beautify other existing median planter gardens within the project area, and to deliver the enhanced and new medians within the same timeline as the A Safer Kingston Road project.
 

19. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to monitor the A Safer Kingston Road project area (Ward 20) during and after installation for safety concerns, impacts to local traffic, and concerns related to parking, and make recommendations as needed in consultation with the Ward 20 Councillor’s office.

20. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to explore the feasibility of requiring the elevation of bike lanes to sidewalk level to be secured as part of the development review process for applications on Willowdale Avenue.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council receive the report (November 20, 2025) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services, for information.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the General Manger, Parks and Recreation to accept the in-kind donation of up to $15.0 million from the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto for the purposes of constructing an Asian Garden including amenities such as an atrium, tea houses, horticulture and greenhouses, on a portion of parkland at Cynthia Lai Park as shown in Attachment 1 to the report (November 20, 2025) from the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in compliance with the Donations to the City of Toronto for Community Benefits Policy.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to negotiate and execute a Construction and Donation Agreement with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto to facilitate the construction of an Asian Garden on a portion of parkland at Cynthia Lai Park, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and in accordance with City policies relating to capital projects, including compliance with the City's Fair Wage Policy and the City's Labour Trades Contractual Obligations in the Construction Industry, if applicable.

3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to negotiate and execute a Fundraising Agreement with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto Foundation to raise funds for the construction and management of an Asian Garden on a portion of parkland at Cynthia Lai Park, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

4. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to negotiate and execute a Management Agreement with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, for a term of 20 years, plus two 10 year renewal options, commencing after the construction of the Asian Garden has been completed to the General Manager's satisfaction, at the General Manager's discretion after consultation with the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, for the purposes of managing an Asian Garden to be constructed by the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto on a portion of parkland at Cynthia Lai Park, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in co-ordination with appropriate City Divisions, Agencies, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and intergovernmental/non-governmental partners, as required and as appropriate, to implement the Weston Loop Master Plan, contained in Attachment 4 to the letter (November 20, 2025) from Councillor Frances Nunziata, over the next 25 years as the general direction in for improvement for the following five parks:

a. Crawford Jones Park;

b. Mallaby Park;

c. Cruickshank Park;

d. Little Avenue Memorial Park; and

e. Weston Lions Park.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review the final recommendations of the Weston Loop Master Plan in Attachment 4 to the letter (November 20, 2025) from Councillor Frances Nunziata, and to pursue opportunities to address the Master Plan recommendations through ongoing studies, such as but not limited to the Parkland Strategy Plan, the Parks and Recreation Facilities Plan, the Weston Cycling Connections Project, the Mid Humber Gap Trail Study and the Weston-in-Gear Study.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in consultation with other City Divisions and agencies as needed to advance the implementation of priority projects identified in the Weston Loop Master Plan through the Parks and Recreation operating budget and 10-year capital plan and through the various studies, cost estimates, and/or detailed design exercises, as needed.

4. City Council authorize an exemption from section 414-25 A of Municipal Code Chapter 415-Article III Cash-in-lieu; allocation and direct that 100 percent of the cash in lieu of parkland collected from the following projects be allocated to the Weston Loop Implementation through future budget processes when received, for consideration along with other City priorities:

a. 1705 Weston Road;

b. 1736-1746 Weston Road;

c. 1798-1812 Weston Road;

d. 1821-1831 Weston Road;

e. 1830-1844 Weston Road;

f. 1871-1885 Weston Road;

g. 1956 Weston Road;

h. 13-21 John Street and 36-40 South Station Street; and

i. 16 Wilby Crescent.

5. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to work with the Friends of the Weston Loop, in consultation with the local Councillor, including participation in regularly scheduled meetings and support of annual reporting by the Friends of the Weston Loop.

6. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation to work with the Weston Loop Consultant to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Master Plan as may be necessary to support implementation.

7. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in collaboration with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to complete site-specific feasibility analyses of the Master Plan to address risks associated with proposed programming and infrastructure located within the regulatory floodplain and erosion hazard areas of the Humber River Valley, such that these analyses will inform the project’s design and implementation and ensure that any elements posing a high risk to people or property are removed, appropriately mitigated, or re-imagined.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council advise the Government of Ontario that it strongly opposes the proposed forced amalgamation of Conservation Authorities as outlined in Environmental Registry of Ontario 025-1257.

2. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry, to prepare an Environmental Registry of Ontario submission to the Province outlining concerns and participate in any future consultations on this or related proposals.

3. City Council request the Government of Ontario to:

a. maintain the current watershed-based governance model that ensures local accountability, and engage in meaningful consultation with municipalities to address any specific provincial concerns regarding efficiency without dismantling local governance and environmental protection; 

b. keep Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s watershed boundaries and governance structure which services over 5 million residents in the Greater Toronto Area intact;

c. abandon the proposed costly re-naming of Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to Central Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority;

d. ensure that all costs of the new Ontario Provincial Conservation Agency and transition to the proposed regional consolidation of Ontario’s conservation authorities be entirely borne by the Province;

e. properly fund Conservation Authorities instead of creating a new costly Provincial Agency that is enabled to makes decision for and recover costs from Conservation Authorities’ which are funded by municipalities such as the City of Toronto; and

f. repeal clauses in Bill 68, Schedule 3 which enables the new Provincial Agency to recover costs from conservation authorities in future legislative updates. 

4. City Council forward this item to the Premier of Ontario, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, all Toronto Members of Provincial Parliament, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, and the Toronto Region Conservation Authority.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation and Executive Director, Transit Expansion, in consultation with the local Councillor, to ensure adequate consultation on the design and adequate budget for the construction is in place for new Dog Off Leash Area replacement and that the final design and budget be submitted to the appropriate city committee for approval before final City approval.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt the amendments to the City-Wide Community Improvement Plan for the Economic Development and Growth in Employment Incentive Program, as shown in Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to increase the Development Grants to 100 percent of the municipal tax increment for successful applications submitted by December 31, 2027, including any applications submitted prior to the Council approval of amendments.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft By-law to amend the Community Improvement Plan for the Economic Development and Growth in Employment Program, as may be required.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to:

a. examine opportunities to support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, particularly businesses seeking to invest in new technology, innovation, or undertake smaller renovation projects that do not trigger a Tax Increment Equivalent Grant or qualify for support under the Economic Development and Growth in Employment Incentive Program, including exploring additional supports outside of the Economic Development and Growth in Employment Program that may help stimulate or support such investment;

b. identify strategies to improve productivity, innovation and competitiveness in Employment Areas, including measures that stimulate additional capital investment and modernization of facilities;

c. engage industry stakeholders, including Business Improvement Areas, to understand their specific needs and interests related to additional capital investments that support business growth and create and retain jobs; and 

d. report back to City Council in the second quarter of 2026 with options to advance these objectives.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 575, Multi-Tenant Houses, as follows: 

a. amend the definition of “Multi-Tenant House” in section 575-1.1 (1) as follows:

(1) Delete the word “building” in the first sentence of subsection [1] and replace it with “premises” so that it reads as follows:

[1] A premises with four or more multi-tenant house rooms, inhabited or intended to be inhabited by persons who do not live together as a single housekeeping unit.

(2) Add the following as subsection [3](g) in the list of what a multi-tenant house does not include:

(g) units and areas outside of units in an apartment building as defined in City of Toronto Zoning Bylaw 569-2013 or Chapter 354, Apartment Buildings, except for units that individually meet the criteria of subsection (1) or a building described in subsection (2).

b. amend section 575-2.2A(1)(e) to read as follows:

(e) On first applying for an initial licence, a zoning review from Toronto Building and on a licence renewal, a statement of no change in use;

c. amend section 575-2.2A(1)(f)[3] to read as follows such that floor plans provided as part of licence applications or renewals include dimensions:

[3] A floor plan of the building showing each multi-tenant house room or dwelling room, the dimensions of each multi-tenant house room or dwelling room, and the maximum number of tenants to be provided with living accommodation in each multi-tenant house room or dwelling room;

d. amend section 575-2.2A(2) to add a new subsection (e) as follows:

(e) Despite Subsection A(2)(b)[1], when the operator is a corporation, a person authorized to bind the corporation may submit the following in lieu of the documentation required in Subsection A(2)(b)[1]:

[1] A declaration in a form satisfactory to the Executive Director confirming that:

[a] each director of the corporation meets the requirements in Subsection A(2)(b)[1];

[b] the operator will maintain satisfactory documentation to show each director’s compliance with the requirements in Subsection A(2)(b)[1] at all times; and

[c] the operator will provide the documentation described in subsection [b] to the City at any time upon request.

e. amend section 575-3.1H(1)(b) so it reads as follows such that an operator must provide the City’s approval of a transition plan as part of the notice to tenants:

(b) On receiving approval of a transition plan from the Executive Director, deliver to each tenant a written notice along with the Executive Director’s approval at least 180 days in advance indicating the date on which operations will end.

f. amend section 575-4.1 to add a new paragraph C as follows:

C. Where a declaration was submitted in accordance with § 575-2.2A(2)(e), the operator of a personal-care multi-tenant house shall ensure that documentation showing each director’s compliance with the requirements in Subsection § 575-2.2A(2)(b)[1] is provided forthwith to the City at any time upon request.

2. City Council direct that the amendments to Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 575, Multi-Tenant Houses, come into force on February 15, 2026.

3. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 2 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Interim Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the Interim Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building and the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services.

4. 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, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Interim Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards.

5. City Council adopt the revised Multi-Tenant Houses Renovation Program in accordance with the Program guidelines provided in Attachment 8 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Interim Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, the Interim Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building and the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, and such additional parameters as may be determined by the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and subject to available City Council-approved funding within the Housing Secretariat’s annual operating budget.

6. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the City, any agreements with eligible operators selected under the Program referenced in Part 5 above to secure the financial assistance being provided and to set out the terms for the funding, renovation, and operation of multi-tenant housing, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor.

7. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services to establish an advisory group comprised of relevant stakeholders and staff regarding Multi-Tenant Housing licensing for residential premises licensed, funded or similarly approved of by the Government of Ontario, the Government of Canada, or the City of Toronto.

8. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services to report back in the second quarter of  2026 to the Planning and Housing Committee on:

a. establishing a resolution process involving staff and stakeholders to bring resolution to conflicts;

b. producing policy interpretation and guidance materials for staff to ensure consistent interpretation and application of the law which includes developing standard operating procedures and protocols to guide officers in achieving compliance in a way that prioritizes maintaining tenancies and preserving dwelling room supply;

c. additional training for staff in understanding all relevant municipal and provincial laws, newly developed standard operating procedures and protocols, and the City’s right to housing charter; and

d. establishing effective coordination of the many Divisions involved in implementing the Multi-Tenant Houses Regulatory Framework, including the coordination of development of standard operating procedures, and procures, protocols and guidance materials.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 861 for lands on Avenues within Wards 9 and 11 within Protected Major Transit Station Areas in accordance with Attachment 5 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 862 for lands on Avenues within Wards 9 and 11 outside of Protected Major Transit Station Areas in accordance with revised Attachment 6 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with revised Attachment 6 amended by removing the lands municipally known as 65 Concord Avenue, 25 Dewson Street, and 380 Ossington Avenue from the map in Appendix 1 and from the list of municipal addresses in Appendix 2.

3. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to seek approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing of Official Plan Amendment 861, under Section 17 of the Planning Act for Protected Major Transit Station Areas pursuant to Section 16(15) of the Planning Act.

4. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for lands on Avenues within Wards 9 and 11 within Protected Major Transit Station Areas in accordance with Attachment 7 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

5. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013, as amended, substantially in accordance with the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for lands on Avenues within Wards 9 and 11 outside of Protected Major Transit Station Areas in accordance with Attachment 8 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to develop a new Zone in the residential zone category of Zoning By-law 569-2013 to apply to lands along Avenues designated Apartment Neighbourhoods in the Official Plan and report back as part of the next stage of the Avenues review.

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

8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to remove public school properties from future stages of Phase 2 of the Avenues Policy Review.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to extend the lease agreements, on the existing terms and conditions, with Alexandra Park Housing Cooperative and Beech Hall Housing Co-operative, by up to two years.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, in consultation with Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the Executive Director, Social Development, to provide up to $17,724,000 to the successful proponent of Parkdale Hub West Block Request for Proposals, the Neighbourhood Land Trust, through a municipal housing facility agreement to be signed between the City and the successful proponent, for the purpose of constructing the community space at Parkdale Hub West Block, with funding from the approved 2025-2034 Capital Budget and Plan for Corporate Real Estate Management.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, in consultation with Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of the City, a Memorandum of Understanding with Toronto Community Housing Corporation, substantially in accordance with the key terms and conditions set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2025) from Executive Director, Housing Development Office to advance improvements and access arrangements at 245 Dunn Avenue in support of Parkdale Hub and on such other or amended terms and conditions acceptable to the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Development Office to negotiate and enter into on behalf of the City, an agreement with Toronto Community Housing Corporation to secure the funding and delivery of the necessary improvements to 245 Dunn Avenue that are required by Parkdale Hub, substantially in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding referred to in Part 2 above, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

4. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Executive Director, Housing Development Office remain confidential at this time as they contain information that deals with a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to negotiations to be carried on by, or on behalf of, the City.

5. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Executive Director, Housing Development Office be made public at the discretion of the Executive Director, Housing Development Office once the construction contract for the work at 245 Dunn Avenue has been executed.

Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Executive Director, Housing Development Office remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain information that deals with a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to negotiations to be carried on by, or on behalf of, the City. Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Executive Director, Housing Development Office will be made public at the discretion of the Executive Director, Housing Development Office once the construction contract for the work at 245 Dunn Avenue has been executed.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the permanent closure of the portion of public laneway on a portion of 66–66Y Third Street (the “Closed Highway Lands”), as delineated as Part 2 on Attachment 2 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services.

2. City Council enact a by‑law substantially in the form of the draft by-law included as Attachment 1 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services, subject to such modifications as required by the City Solicitor.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 241 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 241 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1 to the report (October 31, 2025) from the 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 City Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 262-264 St. George Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 262-264 St. George Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1 to the report (October 30, 2025) from the 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 City Council designating the properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council include the property at 39 Wynford Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) attached as Attachment 1 to the report (December 1, 2025) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Housing Committee on the intention to designate the property at 39 Wynford Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with a Statement of Significance for 39 Wynford Drive (Entrance Address 41 Wynford Drive) following the completion of the Don Mills Regeneration Area Study and no later than July 16, 2026.

3. City Council request the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to continue to consult with the owner of 39 Wynford Drive regarding the proposed designation of that property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act through the Don Mills Regeneration Area Study process.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 6-8 and 10-12 Sumach Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance for 6-8 and 10-12 Sumach Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2025) from the 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 properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of the City, a Social Housing Agreement with WoodGreen Community Housing Incorporated, or its successor, upon such terms and conditions that are satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, with a re-conveyance obligation for the property at 444 Logan Avenue to the City that is 40 years following the registration of a Social Housing Agreement, upon completion of Part 2 below.

2. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to negotiate and enter into, on behalf of the City, a Municipal Housing Facility Agreement ("Contribution Agreement”) with WoodGreen Community Housing Incorporated, to exempt the property at 444 Logan Avenue from the payment of property taxes in accordance with the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 513, Housing Programs, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, and in a form approved by the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize a site specific property tax exemption by-law authorized as "Affordable Housing" in the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 513, Housing Programs, to exempt from taxation for municipal and school purposes, a total of 160 units at 444 Logan Avenue, a project owned and operated by WoodGreen Community Housing Incorporated for a period of 40 years, effective from the Effective Date as set out in the City's Municipal Housing Project Facility Agreement.

4. City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to cancel or refund any taxes paid after the effective date of the Municipal Housing Project Facility Agreement signed between the City of Toronto and WoodGreen Community Housing Incorporated.

5. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services to amend the existing Local Agency Housing Agreement by:

a. removing 1117-1119 Gerrard Street East;

b. including the changes reflected in the executed Social Housing Agreement for 444 Logan Avenue; and

c. the establishment of a redevelopment framework for WoodGreen Community Housing Incorporated at 835-841 Queen Street East led by the Executive Director, Housing Development Office, in consultation with the Executive Director of Development Review, the Chief Executive Officer of CreateTO and the local Councillor and in collaboration with WoodGreen Community Housing Incorporated.

6. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Development and Growth Services to report to the April 14, 2026, meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on the redevelopment framework.

7. City Council increase the 2025-2034 Capital Budget and Plan for Housing Secretariat, by $350,000 gross, $0 debt, on a one-time basis, to support pre-development due-diligence work at the affordable housing project at 835 Queen Street East, fully funded by Section 37 community benefits obtained from 462 Eastern Avenue and 176 Logan Avenue (Source Account: XR3026-3701089), secured for affordable housing projects in the area of the site.

8. City Council request the Government of Ontario to allow residents of community housing projects which are exempt from taxation for municipal and school purposes to be eligible for the Ontario Energy and Property Tax Credit component of the Ontario Trillium Benefit.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 16 Wilby Crescent substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (November 6, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke 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 classify the lands municipally known as 16 Wilby Crescent as a Class 4 Noise Area pursuant to Publication NPC-300 (Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Environmental Noise Guideline – Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning).

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, or their designate, to forward a copy of the City Council Decision Document to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the installation of traffic control signals at the intersection of Oakdale Road and Eddystone Avenue.

2. In conjunction with the installation of traffic control signals at Oakdale Road and Eddystone Avenue, City Council rescind the existing all way compulsory stop control at the intersection of Oakdale Road and Eddystone Avenue.

3. City Council authorize the removal of the City-owned tree located in the boulevard, on the northeast corner of Oakdale Road and Eddystone Avenue.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council continue to authorize the closure of the east sidewalk and the northbound right-turn lane on Kipling Avenue, between a point 20 metres south of Bloor Street West and a point 62 metres further south and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the northbound right-turn lane, from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, inclusive.

2. City Council authorize the continued closure of the northbound bicycle lane on the east side of Kipling Avenue, between Bloor Street West and Dundas Street West, from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, inclusive.

3. 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.

4. City Council direct that Kipling Avenue be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations (except with parking rates and hours of operation being consistent to the rates and hours of operation at the time of completion) when the project is complete.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the installation of a traffic control signal at the intersection of Weston Road and Kenhar Drive.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council assume the municipal services relating to Plan of Subdivision 66M-2568.

2. City Council authorize the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review, to release the performance guarantee held with respect to the municipal services in accordance with the Subdivision Agreement, dated January 24, 2020, between Humberwood Holding Corporation and Hullmark Developments Limited and the City of Toronto.

3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare an assumption By-law to assume the public highway within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2568 and to bring it forward for enactment.

4. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision.

5. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to transfer ownership of the street lighting system constructed within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2568 to Toronto Hydro Energy Services Incorporated.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the application for Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment (Application Number 25 198600 NNY 15 OZ) for the lands municipally known as 544, 546, 548, 550, 552 Eglinton Avenue East and 12 and 14 Bruce Park Avenue for the reasons identified in the report (November 17, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City Staff, to appear before the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of City Council’s decision to refuse the application, in the event that the decision is appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate City Staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event an appeal of Council's decision is allowed by the Ontario Land Tribunal, in whole or in part.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend Official Plan Amendment 614 (By-law Number 1083-2022) for the lands municipally known as 71 Talara Drive substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council amend Site-Specific By-law 891-2022 for the lands municipally known as 71 Talara Drive substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North 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 direct that before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, the Owner be required to:

a. enter into an amending Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to secure an additional cash contribution of $600,000.00 for a total of $2,850,000.00 with the allocation of funds and all other conditions remaining the same,

1. the financial contribution pursuant to Part 4.a. above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date City Council adopts the Zoning By-law Amendment(s) to the date of payment;

2. in the event the cash contribution referred to in Part 4.a. above has not been used for the intended purpose within three (3) years of this By-law coming into full force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the local Councillor, provided that the purpose is identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the community in the vicinity of the lands.

b. enter into, and register on title to the lands at 71 Talara Drive, one or more agreement(s) to secure the conditions outlined in Parts 6.a. through 6.l. of the approval report for the Rental Housing Demolition application (NY34.4) as approved by City Council on July 19, 20, 21, and 22, 2022, including an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and

c. withdraw its appeal of the Renew Sheppard East Secondary Plan (Official Plan Amendment 777) (By-law 4037-2024) to the Ontario Land Tribunal within Ontario Land Tribunal Case: OLT-25-000068.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, deferred consideration of Item NY28.6 to the February 4 and 5, 2026, meeting of City Council.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 2135 Sheppard Avenue East, 325 Yorkland Boulevard, 125 Consumers Road, 15 Smooth Rose Court, and 55 Smooth Rose Court substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (November 17, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 7625 for the lands municipally known as 2135 Sheppard Avenue East, 325 Yorkland Boulevard, 125 Consumers Road, 15 Smooth Rose Court, and 55 Smooth Rose Court substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (November 17, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required and to take any necessary steps to implement City Council’s decision including execution of the Section 37 Agreement as referenced in Part 4 below, and any other necessary agreement(s). 

4. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to enter into an amending Agreement pursuant Section 37 of the Planning Act, as it read the day before the date section 1 of Schedule 17 of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 came into force, to secure the following community benefits:

a. a cash contribution in the amount of $350,000.00 dollars (Three Hundred Fifty Thousand) be provided towards community improvement of the Toronto Public Library within the vicinity of the land, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review to be paid prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for Building A on the lands municipally known in 2022 as 15 Smooth Rose Court, and 55 Smooth Rose;

b. the cash contribution in Part 4.a. above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-Residential, as the case may be, Building Construction Price Index for the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, reported quarterly by Statistics Canada in Building Construction Price Indexes Table 18-10-0135-01 or its successor, calculated from the date of the Agreement to the date of payment; and

c. in the event the cash contribution referred to in Part 4.a. above has not been used for the intended purpose within three (3) years of this By-law coming into full force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the local Councillor, provided that the purpose(s) is identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the community in the vicinity of the land.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council refuse the application for the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment (Application Number 24 128320 NNY 17 OZ) for the lands municipally known as 1125 Sheppard Avenue East.

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 Executive Director, Development Review 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 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, North York District, Community Planning to bring forward an Approval Report to North York Community Council for a statutory public meeting as required under the Planning Act.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and other appropriate City Staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event an appeal of Council's decision is allowed by the Ontario Land Tribunal, in whole or in part.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the ConsumersNext Secondary Plan for the lands municipally known as 1 Herons Hill Way substantially in accordance with the Draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 1 to the Motion by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 1 Herons Hill Way substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 9 to the Report (November 24, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

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

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council assume the municipal services relating to Plan of Subdivision 66M-2520.

2. City Council authorize the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review to release the performance guarantee held with respect to the municipal services in accordance with the Subdivision Agreement, dated July 31, 2018, between Stafford/Goldman Downsview Ltd., and the City of Toronto.

3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare an assumption By-law to assume the public highway within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2520 and to bring it forward for enactment.

4. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision.

5. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to transfer ownership of the street lighting system constructed within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2520 to Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council assume the municipal services relating to Plan of Subdivision 66M-2515.

2. City Council authorize the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review to release the performance guarantee held with respect to the municipal services in accordance with the Subdivision Agreement, dated November 18, 2013, between Emerald City Development IV Inc., Emerald City developments V Inc., Ontario 2347862 Ontario Inc. and the City of Toronto.

3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare an assumption By-law to assume the public highway within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2515 and to bring it forward for enactment.

4. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision.

5. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to transfer ownership of the street lighting system constructed with Plan of Subdivision 66M-2515 to Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law for the lands municipally known as 241-243 Finch Avenue West substantially in accordance with the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law included as Attachment 5 to the report (November 10, 2025) 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 (November 10, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire two (2) years following enactment by City Council.

2. Prior to the introduction 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, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the subject lands described in Schedule A to the report (November 10, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, without prior written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review, or their designate, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to release the Section 118 Restriction from all or any portion of the lands in the City Solicitor's sole discretion after consulting with the Executive Director, Development Review at such time as confirmation is received that a plan of condominium has been registered or upon expiry or repeal of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law.

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

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to repeal or amend the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law to delete part of the lands described in the by-law, if the City Solicitor determines, in their sole discretion after consulting with the Executive Director, Development Review, that it is necessary prior to releasing or partially releasing the Section 118 Restriction from title.

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. 

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the Rental Housing Demolition application File 22 193302 NNY 18 RH in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 to permit the demolition of 17 existing rental dwelling units located at 11 Churchill Avenue, subject to the following conditions:

a. the owner shall provide and maintain 17 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;

b. the replacement rental dwelling units required by Part 1.a. above shall collectively have a total gross floor area of at least 897 square metres and be comprised of 15 one-bedroom units and 2 two-bedroom units, as generally illustrated in the plans submitted to the City Planning Division dated August 21, 2025; any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

c. the owner shall, as part of the 17 replacement rental dwelling units required in Part 1.a above, provide at least 1 two-bedroom unit at affordable rents, 8 one-bedroom units at mid-range (affordable) rents, and 7 one-bedroom units and 1 two-bedroom unit at mid-range (moderate) rents, as currently defined in the City's Official Plan, all for a period of at least 10 years beginning from the date of first occupancy of each unit;

d. the owner shall provide a Tenant Assistance Plan for tenants of the 17 existing rental dwelling units proposed to be demolished to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

e. the owner shall provide tenants of all 17 replacement rental dwelling units with access to, and use of, all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed 45- and 33-storey 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 ensuite laundry and central air conditioning in each replacement rental dwelling unit at no extra charge;

g. the owner shall provide and make available for rent at least 5 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; the remaining vehicle parking spaces shall be made available to tenants of the replacement rental units to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning;

h. the owner shall provide tenants of all replacement rental dwelling units with access to bicycle and visitor parking on the same terms and conditions as any other resident of the proposed development;

i. the replacement rental dwelling units required in Part 1.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 rental dwelling 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

j. the owner shall enter into, and register on title to the lands, an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to secure the conditions outlined in Parts 1.a. through 1.i. above all to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. 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 pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, for the demolition of the 17 existing rental dwelling units located at 11 Churchill Avenue after all the following have occurred:

a. all conditions in Part 1 above have been fully secured;

b. Zoning By-law Amendment(s) for application 22 193284 NNY 18 OZ have come into full force and effect;

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

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

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

3. 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, or their designate, has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 2 above.

4. 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 11 Churchill Avenue after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning has given Preliminary Approval referred to in Part 2 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 three (3) years from the date that the demolition of the existing rental dwelling units commences, subject to the timeframe being extended at 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 4.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.

5. 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.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in opposition to the current application regarding the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the lands at 36 - 40 Avondale Avenue and to continue discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues for the reasons identified in the refusal report (November 19, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. In the event that the Ontario Land Tribunal allows the appeal, 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 final form and content of the draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment is satisfactory to the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor;

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

1. has 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. if the Engineering Reports are accepted and are satisfactory and should they identify any new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development, then either:

A. the owner has secured the design, construction, and provision of financial securities for any new municipal infrastructure, or any upgrades or required improvements to the existing municipal infrastructure identified in the accepted Engineering Reports, to support the development, in a financially secured agreement, 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 Engineering Reports accepted by the Chief Engineer and Executive Director; or

B. the required new municipal infrastructure or upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development in the accepted and satisfactory Engineering Reports in Part 2.b.2.A above are constructed and operational, all to the satisfaction to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; 

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 Executive Director, Development Review 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; and

4. submitted an updated Transportation Impact Study or Addendum, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and City staff to take any necessary steps to implement City Council's decision, including requesting any additional conditions of approval that would be in the City's interest, in the event an appeal of Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications are allowed by the Ontario Land Tribunal, in whole or in part.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 45-47 Sheppard Avenue East substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (November 19, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council amend North York Zoning By-law 7625 for the lands municipally known as 45-47 Sheppard Avenue East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 15, 2025) from the Executive Director, Development Review.

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

4. City Council allow the Owner of 45-47 Sheppard Avenue East (the “Site”) to design and construct a community space of at least 1,858 square metres on a combination of the ground, second, third or mezzanine levels of Building D of the proposed development (the “Community Space”) of which a minimum of 762 square metres shall be conveyed to the City for nominal consideration to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, the Executive Director, Social Development, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the City Solicitor, as an in-kind contribution pursuant to subsection 37(6) of the Planning Act to facilitate the City establishing space for an Association of Community Centre in accordance with the following terms:

a. the Owner shall convey to the City for nominal consideration a minimum of 762 square metres of the Community Space;

b. the Owner shall enter into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale to sell the balance of the Community Space to the City in accordance with the terms agreed upon by the Owner and the City;

c. the Community Space shall be delivered to the City in accordance with the City's Association of Community Centre Expansion Framework and Implementation Strategy; the Community Space will be finished to Base Building Condition with the terms and specifications outlined in Attachment 10, and is to be secured through the In-Kind Contribution Agreement described in Part 6 below, and other agreements as deemed appropriate by the City Solicitor;

d. concurrent with, or prior to, the conveyance of the Community Space to the City, the Owner and the City shall enter into, and register on title to the appropriate lands, an Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, that is in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; the Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement shall address and/or provide for the integrated support, use, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and reconstruction of certain shared facilities, and the sharing of costs, in respect thereof, of portions of the subject lands to be owned by the City and the owner as they pertain to the Community Space; and

e. the City may elect to require the Owner to fulfill their Community Benefit Charges obligation as a payment, in lieu of providing the Community Space, in accordance with the Community Benefits Charge By-law 1139-2022, with the Owner to be notified of such election within 90 days of submission of a complete site plan control application for the second phase of the Development all at the discretion of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Social Development, and the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the City Solicitor, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the Ward Councillor.

5. City Council attribute a value to the in-kind contribution set out in Part 4 above, equal to 100 percent of the 4 percent of the value of the land (net of any exclusions or exemptions authorized under the Community Benefits Charge By-law), as determined on the day before the first building permit is issued in respect of the development.

6. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Development Review 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 4 above to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor.

7. City Council approve the acceptance of an on-site parkland dedication, in accordance with Section 42 of the Planning Act, being a minimum of 1,159 square metres in size, in a rectangular configuration generally located in the central eastern portion of the property with frontage on the proposed Tradewind Avenue/Doris Avenue extension (the “New Public Park”), being conveyed to the City in a phased manner described as follows:
 

a. City Council approve that the Owner shall register a Section 118 Restriction prior to the first above-grade permit for the first building in the development (Building A) for the 567 square metre portion of the New Public Park, pursuant to the Land Titles Act, against title to the New Public Park to be conveyed to the City, that prohibits the transfer or charge of the parkland without the written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

b. City Council approve that prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the second building in the proposed development (Building B), the Owner shall convey to the City an on-site parkland dedication having a minimum size of 567 square metres of the New Public Park, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor;

1. City Council direct that the 567 square metres of the New Public Park be permitted to be used for the stockpiling of any soils or materials, or as an interim construction staging area for the development and construction access, for nominal consideration, and for no longer than 3 years following the conveyance of the 567 square metres of the New Public Park, subject to agreements with the City outlining the insurance requirements, extent of area and use permitted, tree removal and replacement (if any), duration, restoration plan and costs, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation;

c. City Council approve that the Owner shall register a Section 118 Restriction prior to the first above-grade permit for the third building in the development (Building C) for the 592 square metre portion of the New Public Park, pursuant to the Land Titles Act, against title to the New Public Park to be conveyed to the City, that prohibits the transfer or charge of the parkland without the written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

d. City Council approve that prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit for the fourth building in the proposed development (Building D), the Owner shall convey to the City an on-site parkland dedication having a minimum size of 592 square metres of the New Public Park, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor;

1. City Council direct that the 592 square metres of the New Public Park be permitted to be used for the stockpiling of any soils or materials, or as an interim construction staging area for the development and construction access, for nominal consideration, and for no longer than 3 years following the conveyance of the 592 square metres of the New Public Park, subject to agreements with the City outlining the insurance requirements, extent of area and use permitted, tree removal and replacement (if any), duration, restoration plan and costs, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation.

2. City Council direct that the Owner shall participate in a City Parks and Recreation Division-led comprehensive public park design consultation process that ensures robust community input for meaningful feedback, which shall include at least two in-person public engagement meeting with the local Councillor, the Association of Community Centres Board of Management (if already formed) and community stakeholders and a survey, prior to submission of the final design for approval by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation.
 

3. the Owner shall offer to the City, at the time of negotiation of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, between three and five parking spaces within the development, at a lease rate or price no more than other parking spaces in the development. These spaces shall be offered to the Community Space on a right of first refusal basis. Terms and conditions, including cost, duration, location, and exclusivity of use, shall be negotiated separately from the In-Kind Contribution Agreement.
 

4. City Council request that the Owner, in consultation with the neighbouring property at Condo Board of 23-33 Sheppard Avenue East, provide a privacy fence on the west property line to be 2.44 meters (8-feet) in height.
 

5. City Council request that the Owner prepare a Construction Management Plan for the proposed development in consultation with the surrounding community.
 

6. City Council request the Executive Director, Social Development, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in consultation with the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board, to examine the feasibility of establishing and resourcing the operations of an Association of Community Centres Board of Management in temporary leased locations, such as surplus City-owned facilities, Community Recreation Centres, or school board properties, once the delivery of a dedicated permanent facility has been confirmed as part of the development of 45-47 Sheppard Avenue East.

7. City Council request the applicant to explore the opportunity for the Toronto Parking Authority to operate a public parking lot within the underground garage.
 

8. City Council approve the acceptance of all on-site parkland dedications, 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 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 and Recreation and the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management.

9. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges, for the design and construction by the Owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit allocation shall be in an amount of a minimum of 40 percent of the total amount of the Development Charges as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

10. City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges, to offset the cost of the City’s purchase of the outstanding 1,096 square metres of the recreation component of the Community Space, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and Executive Director, Social Development; the development charge credit allocation may be in an amount of up to 60 percent of the total amount of the Development Charges as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, in consultation with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management and Executive Director, Social Development, and the Parks and Recreation component of Development Charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

11. Prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for each building of the development, the Owner shall provide financial security in amounts equal to the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges and the Community Benefits Contribution for that building, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor.

12. City Council request the Owner to consider limiting projecting balconies on the west side of Building A to minimize overlook and privacy impacts on the adjacent property to the west of the site.

13. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to enter into an Agreement pursuant to subsection 35.2(2) of the Planning Act and the City’s Inclusionary Zoning By-law on terms satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and, in a form, acceptable to the City Solicitor.

14. City Council authorize the City to enter into an agreement of purchase and sale with the owner of the property municipally known as 45-47 Sheppard Avenue East for 1,096 square metres of community space, to be constructed pursuant to the approvals provided for by the adoption of Item NY28.15, the terms and conditions set out in Appendix A and Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 15, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on such other or amended terms and conditions that are acceptable to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

15. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 15, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management following the closing of any purchase transaction.

16. City Council determine that pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further public notice is required in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment in Part 2 above.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 15, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management remain confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as contains information regarding a proposed acquisition or disposition of land by the City of Toronto. Confidential Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (December 15, 2025) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management will be made public following the closing of any purchase transaction.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council authorize the installation of a mid-block pedestrian traffic control signal on O'Connor Drive, at a point 145 metres north of Sunrise Avenue.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with Metrolinx, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the Toronto Police Service and Toronto Emergency Services, including Toronto Paramedic Services and Toronto Fire Services, to develop a plan that ensures emergency vehicles can access Thorncliffe Park at all times when traffic is impacted by construction and report back to North York Community Council when seeking necessary approvals for the closure of Beth Nealson Drive, and that the plan includes:
 

a. consideration of Metrolinx’s planned closure of Beth Nealson Drive, planned and unplanned lane closures on Overlea Drive, and the Overlea Bridge and Boulevard Renewal project; and

b. measures including, but not limited to, creating additional opportunities for emergency access (such as Village Station Road and/or through the Beth Nealson construction site), using traffic agents, and increasing the number of Paid Duty Officers.
 

2. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx to communicate this plan to the public through their Construction Liaison Committees.
 

3. City Council direct the Director, Strategic Capital Coordination Office to ensure that all work in Thorncliffe Park adjacent to Ontario Line construction is coordinated to minimize traffic impacts on the local community.
 

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Transit Expansion to request Metrolinx ensure that any future lane closures on Overlea Boulevard and all adjacent roads be communicated to the public and local City Councillors well in advance, including with adequate signage, public notifications, and at monthly Community Liaison Committees.

5. City Council request the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the North York Community Council with an update on Metrolinx’s Ontario Line Construction within the North York District in the second quarter of 2026.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law for Lots 8 and 9 within Plan 66M-2605, municipally known as 6175, 6183 Kingston Road, and 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 and 11 Franklin Avenue substantially in accordance with the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law included as Attachment 4 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, and as generally illustrated on the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption Plan on Attachment 3 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire two (2) years following enactment by City Council.

2. Prior to the introduction 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. submit a revised draft R-plan be submitted to comply with the City’s integration requirement. The plan should be integrated into 3-degree MTM, Zone 10, NAD 83 CRSRS, and at least two coordinate values need to be shown on the main corners of the subject parcel, and a schedule/table on the plan.

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

4. 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.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law for Blocks 11 and 12 within Plan 66M-2605, municipally known as 6175, 6183 Kingston Road, and 1, 2, 4, 7, 10 and 11 Franklin Avenue substantially in accordance with the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law included as Attachment 4 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, and as generally illustrated on the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption Plan on Attachment 3 to the report (November 7, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire two (2) years following enactment by City Council.

2. Prior to the introduction 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;

b. register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the subject lands described in Schedule A in the report (November 7, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, without prior written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review, or their designate to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and

c. submit a certification from the project Consulting Engineer confirming that all site servicing locations have been completed in accordance with the approved Site Plan application drawings and to the satisfaction of the Director, Engineering Review; any deviation from the approved drawings shall require an amendment to the Site Plan Control approval prior to the lifting of Part Lot Control.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to release the Section 118 Restriction from all or any portion of the lands in the City Solicitor's sole discretion after consulting with the Executive Director, Development Review, at such time as confirmation is received that a plan of condominium has been registered or upon expiry or repeal of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law.

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

5. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to repeal or amend the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law to delete part of the lands described in the bylaw, if the City Solicitor determines, in her sole discretion after consulting with the Executive Director, Development Review, that it is necessary prior to releasing or partially releasing the 118 Restriction from title.

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.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council assume the services and roads installed as shown on the Registered Plan of Subdivision 66M-2549.

2. City Council authorize the Director, Engineering Review, Development Review to release the performance guarantee held with respect to the municipal services in accordance with the Subdivision Agreement, dated March 28, 2017 between Zahavish Downtown Developments Ltd. and the City of Toronto.

3. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare an assumption By-law to assume the public highway within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2549 and to bring it forward for enactment.

4. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision.

5. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to transfer ownership of the street lighting system constructed within Plan of Subdivision 66M-2549 to Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1.  City Council request Metrolinx to: 

a. commit to join in-person for updates to the Scarborough Community Council on the Scarborough Subway Extension; and
 

b. hold a public meeting with Scarborough residents to address questions and concerns related to the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the existing parking prohibition in effect at all times on the south side of Kingston Road, between Birchmount Road and Cliffside Drive, to be in effect between Birchmount Road and a point 100 metres west of Cliffside Drive.

2. City Council amend 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 Kingston Road, between a point 79 metres east of Chine Drive and Cliffside Drive, to be in effect between a point 79 metres east of Chine Drive and a point 100 metres west of Cliffside Drive.

3. City Council authorize the installation of parking machines on the south side of Kingston Road, between Cliffside Drive and a point 100 metres west of Cliffside Drive, to be in effect from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, for a maximum period of three hours and at a rate of $3.00 per hour.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 138 Dowling Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 5 to the report (November 10, 2025) 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 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 138 Dowling Avenue from Permit Parking.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 1 Front Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 15 to the revised report (November 17, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 1 Front Street West substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 16 to the revised report (November 17, 2025) 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. Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to enter into and register on title to the lands, a Section 37 Agreement amending the existing Section 37 Agreement registered as Instrument AT6152661, to secure the following, in addition to the previously required services, facilities and matters, to the satisfaction of the  Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and with the execution and registration to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor:

a. the owner shall design, construct, commission, finish and convey to the City in an acceptable environmental condition, for nominal consideration and at no cost to the City, a minimum 500 square metres of Community Agency Space as measured from the interior walls, located on the ground level in the southwest portion of the Dominion Public Building as shown on drawing A.1.3 Ground Level (Lane) prepared by Architects Alliance, dated April 29, 2025, Revision 5, with access from the south side of the existing building, and all subject to the following:

1. the Community Agency Space shall be conveyed to the City, in accordance with the City’s Community Space Tenancy Policy and finished to Base Building Condition, with the terms and specifications to be secured in the amended Section 37 Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the General Manager Economic Development and Culture, and the City Solicitor;

2. the Community Agency Space shall be conveyed to the City prior to the earlier of any condominium registration for any part of the development the lands and any residential occupancy of the lands;

3. concurrent with or prior to, the conveyance of the Community Agency Space to the City, the owner and the City shall enter into, and register on title to the appropriate lands, an Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement at no cost to the City, that is in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; the Easement and Cost Sharing Agreement shall address and/or provide for the integrated support, use, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and reconstruction of certain shared facilities, and the sharing of costs, in respect thereof, of portions of the subject lands to be owned by the City and the owner as they pertain to the Community Agency Space;

4. prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit for any part of the lands, the owner shall provide a letter of credit in the amount sufficient to guarantee 120 percent of the estimated cost of the design, construction, commissioning, finishing and handover of the Community Agency Space complying with the specifications and requirements of the amended Section 37 Agreement, to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor;

5. prior to the conveyance of the Community Agency Space to the City, the owner shall provide a one-time cash contribution in the amount of $300,000 for the total finishing costs of the Community Agency Space; and

6. the financial contribution referenced to Part 4.a.5. above shall be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Construction Price Index for Toronto calculated from the date of execution of the amended Section 37 Agreement to the date the payment is made to the City.

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

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the application to alter the designated heritage property at 1 Front Street West, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for alteration of 14 openings at the north elevation of the property in conjunction with previously approved construction of a two mixed-use towers atop the property in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 29, 2025 prepared by Architects Alliance and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated May 1, 2025 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to conditions.

2. City Council direct that its consent to the application to alter the designated heritage property at 1 Front Street West, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act are subject to the following conditions:

a. the related Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect;

b. prior to the introduction of the Bills for such Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall:

1. amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 1 Front Street West substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 29, 2025, Architects Alliance, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated May 1, 2025, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 2.b.2. below to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and

2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the property at 1 Front Street West prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated May 1, 2025, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

c. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 1 Front Street West, 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 shall:

1. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc, dated April 29, 2025, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning for the property at 1 Front Street West, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

2. amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 1 Front Street West substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 29, 2025, Architects Alliance, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated May 1, 2025, subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 2.b.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;

3. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, demonstrating how it will support the cultural heritage value of the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

4. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property 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;

5. 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;

6. submit a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

7. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 2.b.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;

8. 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 and Interpretation Plans; and

9. provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8” x 10” colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a CD in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

d. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 2.c.8. 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 has been completed in accordance with the approved 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 amendment of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 1 Front Street West 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 amendment of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 1 Front Street West.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86, as amended by By-law 1049-2006 and By-law 852-2024 for the lands at 257-259 and 291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 2 Small Street, and 200 Queens Quay East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 1 to the motion by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik.

2. City Council require the Owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37.1 of the Planning Act and the repealed and transitioned subsections 37(1) and (3) of the Planning Act to reflect the increase in market residential gross floor area, in addition to the previously secured items, to implement the requirements of the recommended Zoning By-law Amendment to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review and the City Solicitor.

3. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to certain lands located at 257-259 and 291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 2 Small Street and 200 Queens Quay East shown as Parts 1-13 on the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption Plan attached as Attachment 9 to the report (November 10, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire four years following enactment by City Council.

4. Prior to the enactment of the Part Lot Control Exemption Bill, 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, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act, in priority, prohibiting the transfer or charge any part of the lands subject to the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law without the written consent of the Executive Director, Development Review or their designate.

5. City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to register the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law on title to 257-259 and 291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 2 Small Street and 200 Queens Quay East.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to take the necessary steps to release the Section 118 Restriction from title to all or a portion of 257-259 and 291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 2 Small Street and 200 Queens Quay East in the City Solicitor's sole discretion, after consulting with the Executive Director, Development Review.

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

8. City Council delegate the approval and signing authority to the Executive Director, Development Review for agreements related to payments-in-lieu of bicycle parking under the By-law referred to in Part 1 above, as amended, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

9. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review to use $538 per short-term bicycle parking space reduced, adjusted for inflation, as the basis upon which payments under the By-law referred to in Part 1 above, as amended, be calculated.

10. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review to use $1076 per long-term bicycle parking space reduced, adjusted for inflation, as the basis upon which payments under Article the By-law referred to in Part 1 above, as amended, be calculated.

11. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and report back on the feasibility of amending City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to exclude the development located at 257-259 and 291 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 2 Small Street and 200 Queens Quay East from Permit Parking.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands municipally known as 149 College Street substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 6 to the report (November 10, 2025) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands municipally known as 149 College Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment included as Attachment 7 to the report (November 10, 2025) 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 and Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

4. City Council direct the Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the local Ward Councillor and the City Solicitor, to work with the applicant to explore an in-kind community benefit contribution pursuant to Section 37(6) of the Planning Act, to create streetscape enhancements and pedestrian realm improvements on College Street, and to report back to City Council for further instruction on any offer of in-kind community benefits made by the applicant.

5. City Council request the applicant to establish a Neighbourhood Liaison Committee, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, and to consult the Neighbourhood Liaison Committee in developing and implementing a Neighbourhood Communication Strategy and the Construction Management Plan for the project, including with respect to noise, dust, contractor parking, vehicle staging, haul routes and ensuring throughout construction protected pedestrian and cyclist space on College Street.

6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure the following through the site plan approval process:

a. an outdoor, publicly accessible source of drinking water;

b. outdoor seating, to be located within or adjacent to the public right-of-way for public use, in consultation with Transportation Services; and

c. low-carbon energy strategy as part of the site plan agreement that includes at least the following sustainability measures: 

1. a highly energy-efficient building envelope;

2. low carbon building heating and cooling, including heat pumps and Energy Recovery Units that provide sensible and latent heat recovery from ventilation in each suite;

3. ample electrical outlets for bicycle charging in the interior bicycle parking area;

4. fixtures and appliances that are efficient in their use of water and energy;

5. electric-only heat, appliances or fireplaces in the residential units;

6. improved Stormwater Management Measures;

7. installation of outdoor (dark sky) downward lighting;

8. conduit to allow for electric vehicle supply equipment for 100 percent of motor vehicle parking;

9. green roof; and

10. construction waste diversion.

7.  City Council request the owner to make reasonable commercial efforts, in consultation with the Executive Director, Development Review, to identify a suitable off-site parkland dedication as a substitution for an on-site parkland dedication that:

a.  is accessible to the area where the subject site is located;

b.  is a good physical substitute for any on-site parkland dedication;

c.  is free and clear, above and below grade, of all easements, encumbrances and encroachments; 

d.  is in an acceptable environmental condition; and

e.  the value of the off-site parkland dedication shall not exceed the estimated value of the cash-in-lieu parkland dedication that would otherwise be required, which value may include the cost of acquiring the land, land transfer tax, typical closing cost and reasonable real estate commissions of up to five (5) percent,

all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review.

8.  Should the Executive Director, Development Review, and the owner agree to a property as a substitution for an on-site parkland dedication, City Council accept the off-site parkland dedication, in full or partial fulfilment of the parkland dedication requirements, pursuant to Section 42 of the Planning Act, with conveyance to the City to occur prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit in accordance with the following:
 

a.  in the event the value of the off-site parkland dedication is less than the value of an on-site parkland dedication, the owner shall provide a cash-in-lieu payment for the shortfall in parkland dedication in accordance with Chapter 415 Article III of the Municipal Code; and

b.  in the event the owner is unable to provide a substituted off-site parkland dedication to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review, the owner will be required to satisfy the parkland dedication requirement through a cash-in-lieu of parkland payment prior to the issuance of the first above grade building permit in accordance with Chapter 415 Article III of the Municipal Code,

all to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Development Review.

9. Should a substituted off-site parkland dedication be accepted by the Executive Director, Development Review, City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of the Development Charges for the design and construction by the owner of the Above Base Park Improvements to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks and Recreation; the development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and constructing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's Development Charges By-law, as may be amended from time to time.

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 149 College Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a 60-storey mixed-use building, with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 11, 2025 prepared by Sweeney Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects, dated February 24, 2025, and 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 its consent to the application to alter the designated heritage property at 149 College Street, in accordance with Part IV, Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act are also subject to the following conditions:

a. that the related Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by Executive Director, Development Review, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 

b. the owner shall: