Agenda

The Agenda and related materials for this meeting are enclosed.  The details of the meeting are noted at the top of the Agenda.

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January 24, 2020.

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- O Canada

- Moment of Silence

- Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act

City Council will confirm the Minutes from the regular meeting held on December 17 and 18, 2020.

Deferred Committee Items:

Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE11.9

Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE11.35

Report of the Executive Committee from Meeting 12 on January 23, 2020

Submitted by Mayor John Tory, Chair

Report of the Board of Health from Meeting 13 on January 13, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Joe Cressy, Chair

Report of the Civic Appointments Committee from Meeting 12 on January 22, 2020

Submitted by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, Chair

Report of the Economic and Community Development Committee from Meeting 11 on January 14, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Michael Thompson, Chair

Report of the General Government and Licensing Committee from Meeting 11 on January 6, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Paul Ainslie, Chair

Report of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee from Meeting 11 on January 9, 2020

Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair

Report of the Planning and Housing Committee from Meeting 12 on January 22, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Ana Bailão, Chair

Report of the Etobicoke York Community Council from Meeting 12 on January 8, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair

Report of the North York Community Council from Meeting 12 on January 8, 2020

Submitted by Councillor James Pasternak, Chair

Report of the Scarborough Community Council from Meeting 12 on January 8, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Jim Karygiannis, Chair

Report of the Toronto and East York Community Council from Meeting 12 on January 8, 2020

Submitted by Councillor Gord Perks, Chair

New Business and Business Previously Requested submitted by City Officials

Members of Council may file petitions.

Various presentations and announcements will be made at the City Council meeting.

City Council will review the Order Paper.

Councillor Paul Ainslie has submitted the following Administrative Inquiry:

"I am submitting this Administrative Inquiry under Municipal Code S27-61 to seek information regarding Transportation Services delays in Traffic Construction Projects throughout Scarborough-Guildwood Ward 24.

Transportation Services and Engineering Construction Services has on numerous instances delayed traffic construction projects throughout Ward 24, measures that are required to provide a safe environment for residents. Delays have been made with the construction of over 10 projects for: Traffic Control Signals and Pedestrian Crosswalks.

I regularly receive inquiries from my constituents requesting why the projects are delayed, I share these concerns.

I am requesting answers to the following questions from Transportation Services and Engineering Construction Services.

1. Report on each Ward 24 construction project from 2016 to present with detailed information from the project adoption date to the date of installation; to include reasoning for delays.

2. Transportation Services to provide their detailed procedure when planning a project from receiving the project, going out for bid, construction planning, priority listing, contacting utilities and other processes in place.

3. Transportation Services provide a list of all their projects city wide from 2018 to present and those planned in 2020. The list is to include, sidewalk replacement, new sidewalks, repaving of roads, installation of traffic lights and the installation of pedestrian crosswalks.

4. Transportation Services is to provide the rational for not reconstructing Keeler Boulevard in Ward 24 as of date. The work was scheduled to be done in 2018 and has been delayed and reprioritized continuously."

Councillor Paul Ainslie has submitted the following Administrative Inquiry:

"I am submitting this Administrative Inquiry under Municipal Code S27-61 to seek information regarding the release of timely and current bike share datasets.

The Toronto Parking Authority has two main bike share datasets: the ridership dataset (CSV) and live JSON file.  The Toronto Parking Authority publishes ridership data annually, the intention of open data is to provide purposeful current information.

The Toronto Parking Authority has been directed on a number of occasions to provide an information release schedule. The City of Toronto's Open Data team has not been provided a current update or release schedule identifying when the most current data will be made available on the City's Open Data portal.  The Toronto Parking Authority continues to advise that they will continue to release data annually.

The City or Toronto's Open Data team as on a number of occasions communicated with The Toronto Parking Authority to offer their expertise in finding improvements to the publishing of data and to have the City's expectations satisfied.  

I am requesting the following from Toronto Parking Authority;

1. Toronto Parking Authority report on their work with the City of Toronto Open Data Team including meeting dates, project status and implementation plan.

2. Toronto Parking Authority provide a detailed plan to commence releasing current bike share datasets to the City of Toronto's open data team daily or monthly to be available on the City of Toronto's Open Data Web Portal by March 1, 2020.

3. Toronto Parking Authority together with the City of Toronto's Open Data Team report to the General Government and Licensing Committee at the March 9, 2020 with the bike share dataset release schedule."

The Toronto and East York Community Council submits the item to City Council without recommendation.

This report recommends that City Council approved the proposed alterations to the heritage properties at 301 (303), 305 (309, 311), 315 and 319 King Street West in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a 50-storey tower on the site as per the with-prejudice revised proposal submitted to the City in conjunction with an appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) regarding an application for a Zoning By-law amendment to permit a 50-storey mixed-use building on the subject properties.

This report also recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed heritage property at 305 (309, 311) King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and to give authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for all the subject properties.

This report recommends that City Council approved the proposed alterations to the heritage

properties at 301 (303), 305 (309, 311), 315 and 319 King Street West in accordance with

Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act to allow for the construction of a 50-storey tower on the site as per the with-prejudice revised proposal submitted to the City in conjunction with an appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) regarding an application for a Zoning By-law amendment to permit a 50-storey mixed-use building on the subject properties.

This report also recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed heritage property at 305 (309, 311) King Street West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and to give authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for all the subject properties.

Background Information

(October 29, 2019) Report and Attachments 1-6 from the Senior Manager, Heritage

Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning - Alterations to Heritage Properties,

Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement and Designation Under Part IV,

Section 29, of the Ontario Heritage Act - 301 (303), 305 (309, 311), 315 and 319 King Street

West

(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-139757.pdf)

(October 29, 2019) Report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban

Design, City Planning - Alterations to Heritage Properties, Authority to Enter into a Heritage

Easement Agreement and Designation Under Part IV, Section 29, of the Ontario Heritage Act - 301 (303), 305 (309, 311), 315 and 319 King Street West - Notice of Pending Report

(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-139600.pdf)

Speakers

(November 8, 2019) Philip Goldsmith

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Schedule B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to incorporate the new and revised permit parking areas as illustrated in Attachment A to the report  (November 26, 2019) from the Director, Permits and Enforcement, Transportation Services, as they pertain to Wards 4, 9 and 14.

2. City Council exempt the implementation of permit parking on the streets listed in Attachment B to the report (November 26, 2019) from the Director, Permits and Enforcement, Transportation Services, from the requirements of subsection 925-4B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, including both the petition and polling requirement, until such time as Toronto and East York Community Council considers a request for implementation of permit parking at that location, as they pertain to Wards 4, 9 and 14.

3.  City Council exempt the streets listed in Attachment C to the report (November 26, 2019) from the Director, Permits and Enforcement, Transportation Services, from the petition requirements outlined in subsection 925-4B of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, in order to proceed directly to the polling process in accordance with Chapter 190, Polling and Notification, to determine if residents are in favour of implementing permit parking on their street, until such time as a poll is conducted for that location.

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed Transportation Services to report to the February 5, 2020 Toronto and East York Community Council meeting as follows:

a.  to compile a list of streets in Ward 14 where there have been Parking Pad Appeals between 2010 and 2019 on the appeal grounds of a lack of permit parking; and

b.  on the current overnight parking enforcement policy in the Toronto and East York area on streets with no-permit parking and on the overnight parking enforcement pilot in Scarborough on streets with no permit parking.

Transportation Services is responding to a request from Toronto and East York Community Council, Item TE7.78, to review the proposed area boundaries for on-street permit parking in wards 4,9 and 14, the feasibility of polling all streets in Ward 19 which are located within an existing permit parking area, but do not currently have permit parking, and to provide a list of local streets in Wards 10,11 and 13 that may be converted to Permit Parking along with recommendations related to neighbourhood traffic and parking changes where appropriate.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the items outlined in Figure 1 in the report (January 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Toronto Water as the key next steps to implement the Ravine Strategy over the next ten years.

  
2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the General Manager, Toronto Water, the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report back as part of the 2021 budget process with a proposed plan, including funding options, to address the capital investment need for service improvements in the initial ten Priority Investment Areas as identified in Figure 4 in the report (January 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Toronto Water and other projects as appropriate, any staffing requirements to support the implementation of the Ravine Strategy and any associated operating impacts of capital.

 
3. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to advance a Ravine Campaign in consultation with ravine leadership advisors for the purpose of raising additional funds to support and accelerate implementation of the Ravine Strategy.

 
4. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in coordination with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to negotiate and enter into the appropriate agreements with Evergreen and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority regarding the advancement of the Loop Trail project as described in Section 5.1 of the report (January 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Toronto Water, on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

 
5. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to develop and implement the 'InTO Ravines: Nature at your doorstep' program, as described in Section 5.2 of the report (January 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the General Manager, Toronto Water.

6. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to consider in the phased funding strategy, the implementation of items that emphasize the Protect and Restoration components in the early years.

7. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation in consultation with the Toronto Region Conservation Authority and other partners to:

a. develop a student internship program for youth to engage in restoring Toronto’s ravines as part of the Ravine Strategy Implementation Plan;

b. work with Social Development, Finance and Administration and People and Equity to help develop a recruitment strategy focusing on Neighbourhood Improvement Areas; and

c. report to the Economic and Community Development Committee with an update in the second quarter of 2020.

8. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation in partnership with the General Manager, Toronto Water and the General Manager, Transportation Services to seek funding from other levels of government to advance the Ravine Strategy Implementation.
 

9. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, General Manager, Toronto Water and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, to report on the advancement of the Ravine Strategy's objectives every five years.

The General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation gave a presentation on Ravine Strategy Implementation.

The Executive Committee:

1. Referred Recommendation 2 in the report (January 8, 2020) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and the General Manager, Toronto Water to the Budget Committee, as follows:

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to request as part of the 2021 Operating Budget process, for consideration, the following:

a. the necessary operating funds to support the creation of a dedicated Ravine Litter Cleanup program, with an estimated annual cost of $0.657 million, including timelines for phasing in this service level increase; and

b. operating funding to support enhanced invasive species management and ecological restoration in ravines, estimated at $2.050 million annually at full implementation.

2.  Requested the Budget Committee to advance the Ravine Litter Pick-Up program ($0.657 million) and the operating support to enhanced invasive species management and ecological restoration in ravines ($0.600 million) from 2021 to 2020 through the 2020 Operating Budget of Parks, Forestry and Recreation.

In October 2017, City Council adopted the Toronto Ravine Strategy, and directed the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Toronto Water, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to establish an interdivisional 10-year implementation strategy and capital plan for the Ravine Strategy.

The Ravine Strategy provides, for the first time, an intentional and coordinated vision and approach to managing this natural resource on an ongoing basis through a series of 20 actions under five guiding principles: Protect, Invest, Connect, Partner, and Celebrate. The Strategy guides the management of the ravines and ensures the protection of these irreplaceable lands is balanced with their use and enjoyment, so that they continue to bring nature to people and flourish for the next 100 years and beyond.

Toronto’s ravine system extends over 300 km and covers 11,000 hectares, or 17 percent of Toronto’s land area. Over half (5700 hectares) of ravine system land is publicly owned parkland. This includes over 1100 hectares within Rouge National Urban Park that is under Parks Canada jurisdiction. The remaining 40 percent is owned by a patchwork of landowners, including public institutions and private property owners, and includes approximately 30,000 private addresses.

Ravines provide an exciting opportunity to connect people in the city with nature. Approximately 30 percent of Toronto’s population lives within 500 metres of ravines, and some areas of the city in close proximity to ravines will see considerable population growth in the coming years, such as Don Mills and Eglinton, the Lower Don, and more. The ravine system provides significant opportunities to reflect the integral connection that continues today between the Indigenous communities that were the original inhabitants of the area and Toronto's natural spaces and waterways.

Ravines provide essential access to urban greenspace and opportunities for passive and active recreation which contributes to the physical health, mental health and well-being of residents. Toronto's ravines provide over $800 million in services every year from nature-based recreation, avoided health care costs due to inactivity, and reduced rates of depression (see Attachment B).  When people are engaged in Toronto's ravines, they can also be inspired to take responsibility for the natural environment and become involved in affecting positive change.

Ravines are important natural refuges in the city and contain most of Toronto's Environmentally Significant Areas, forests and wetlands, and many varieties and significant species of plants and animals. Maximizing the value of ravines will benefit both human and environmental health.

There are also billions of dollars of critical City and other infrastructure – from roads to water and sewer pipelines – in the ravines. The renewal of this infrastructure over time also provides a unique opportunity to improve and enhance the ravine system. The anticipated impacts of climate change, such as large scale storms, higher temperatures, flooding and erosion will also put stress on the system. The resiliency of the ravines will, in turn, increase the resiliency of the city to face the challenges of the 21st century. These factors require coordinated management and investment to protect, restore and maintain ravines and to improve the human-nature connection, which is why Toronto’s Ravine Strategy was developed.

The key next steps required to implement the Ravine Strategy over the next ten years, as outlined in this report and summarized in the figure below, are:

Figure 1. Key Next Steps to implement the Ravine Strategy

Of the twenty Ravine Strategy Actions to date, two have been completed, sixteen are in progress, and the remaining two are not yet started. The work of protecting, managing, and improving the ravine system will always be ongoing, and require leadership and careful attention to balancing the needs of supporting public access to ravine areas, while protecting and restoring ecological areas. This report outlines steps taken by multiple Divisions to engage in that work. In addition to reporting out on the eight council motions, this report responds to a renewed interest and commitment in ravine conservation and engagement both within the City and with stakeholders and the public.

The Ravine Strategy Implementation report also outlines a balanced approach to funding the ravine system over the long term. This includes recommending some immediate investments to address urgent needs and to ensure the system does not fall farther behind, including a substantial increase in the service levels of invasive species management and increased ravine litter collection.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the following Working Principles, and related vision statement, as the guiding framework for the City's Digital Infrastructure Plan:

a.  Equity and Inclusion
Digital Infrastructure will be used to create and sustain equity, inclusion, accessibility, and human rights in its operations and outcomes. Digital Infrastructure will be flexible, adaptable, interoperable and responsive to the needs of all Torontonians, including equity-seeking groups, Indigenous people, those with accessibility needs and vulnerable populations;

b.  A Well-run City
Digital Infrastructure will enable high quality, resilient and innovative public services, and support evidence-based decision-making;

c.  Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits

Digital Infrastructure will contribute to positive social, economic and environmental benefits by supporting the success of Toronto's residents, businesses, academic institutions and community organizations;

 
d.  Privacy and Security
Toronto's Digital Infrastructure will operate in a way that protects the privacy of individuals in accordance with legislative requirements, and be safe from misuse, hacks, theft or breaches; and

e.  Democracy and Transparency
Decisions about Digital Infrastructure will be made democratically, in a way that is ethical, accountable, transparent and subject to oversight. Torontonians will be provided with understandable, timely, and accurate information about the technologies in their city, and opportunities to shape the digital domain.

2. City Council direct the City Manager to ensure that any proposal submitted to the City prior to such time as the Digital Infrastructure Plan has been adopted by City Council, must be in compliance with all five of the Digital Infrastructure Plan Working Principles, in addition to all existing policies, standards, and processes, as a condition of approval of the proposal. 

3. City Council direct the Chief Technology Officer, Information and Technology, in the development and implementation of the Digital Infrastructure Plan, to use existing resources and limit the hiring of additional staff and external consultants.

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the work that has been done to develop a Digital Infrastructure Plan for the City of Toronto. Specifically, the report includes:

- initial results from public and stakeholder consultations initiated in November 2019 regarding Working Principles for digital infrastructure; and

- a work plan to develop the Digital Infrastructure Plan.
 

For the purposes of this report, Digital Infrastructure is defined as: infrastructure that creates, exchanges or uses data or information as a part of its operation. Digital infrastructure includes physical structures, cabling and network systems, software systems, data standards and protocols as well as the data itself. Some examples include sensors (cameras, GPS sensors, microphones, etc.), broadband and telephone networks, Wi-Fi, desktop software, web pages, and mobile apps and open data standards.

Cities are at the forefront of technology innovation and the closest democratic institutions to the people. Toronto, long the economic engine of Canada, has more recently emerged as a global technology powerhouse. Toronto is also a growing city, facing many opportunities, challenges, and emerging issues in a shifting global and regional landscape. Both the Federal and Provincial governments are in the midst of their own policy development processes and public consultations with respect to digital infrastructure.

The City has a number of internally focussed policies which regulate specific digital infrastructure topics. However, there is currently no cohesive policy or plan for the management of this infrastructure. Using existing policies as a foundation, Toronto can lead by developing a comprehensive plan that also serves as an outward evaluation tool for external proposals with digital elements.

Creating a Digital Infrastructure Plan is a significant undertaking due to the scope of work and complexity of issues. The starting point to develop the Digital Infrastructure Plan is to build consensus around a set of clear ethical principles that articulate a vision for the use of digital infrastructure and guide decision-making. Throughout the latter half of 2019, staff conducted research and jurisdictional scans, including working with Federal and Provincial policy staff, to develop draft principles for Toronto's Digital Infrastructure Plan. The principles will provide guidance when deciding if a proposed use of digital infrastructure is necessary; complies with policies and regulations; and aligns with stated values. The digital infrastructure principles outlined within this report address the following key areas:

1.  Equity and Inclusion;

2.  A Well-run City;

3.  Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits;

4.  Privacy and Security; and

5.  Democracy and Transparency.
 

These draft principles were the focus of stakeholder and public consultations that were initiated in November 2019. Three public meetings were held in December 2019; one of the meetings was live-streamed. Approximately 75 people attended these consultations. An additional 218 people have viewed the live stream. An online questionnaire was developed to engage participants who may not have had the opportunity to participate at one of the in-person events. Fifty-four questionnaires were completed and ten unique emails were submitted to digitalfeedback@toronto.ca. Overall, participants of these meetings expressed support for the draft principles. The draft principles have been refined based on initial consultation feedback. The refined version are referenced as "Working Principles" in the recommendations within this report.

Staff will continue to consult with stakeholders and the public on the Working Principles further into 2020. Other key tasks to be undertaken as part of the work plan to develop the Digital Infrastructure Plan are summarized in Attachment 1. These include:

- implementing a Community Advisory Group;

- researching matters related to data governance;

- creating application and evaluation standards;

- clarifying internal city processes; and

- developing fine-grained implementation policies.
 

Developing the Digital Infrastructure Plan will be an iterative process that will allow further guidelines and processes to be established as the plan evolves.  The Working Principles and processes can also be applied to digital infrastructure proposals going forward and as additional details are created and further consultations conducted.  The current stage, with the proposed Working Principles and existing supporting processes, sets for the foundation for this continued work. 

Development of the Digital Infrastructure Plan is being led by Information and Technology with the support of City Clerk's Office, City Planning, and Strategic Communication. In addition to Digital Infrastructure Plan development work, the Waterfront Secretariat has also been the lead on items having relevance to the Quayside project. Social Development, Finance and Administration, People and Equity, the Indigenous Affairs Office, Economic Development and Culture, People and Equity, Transportation Services, Toronto Water, Purchasing and Materials Management, Legal Services, and the City Manager's Office were consulted in the preparation of this report and in the development of project materials.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council advise the Province of Ontario of its expectation that consideration of inclusionary zoning in Major Transit Station Area's as articulated in Bill 108, is included in the review of Transit Oriented Development proposals. 

The purpose of this report is to provide an update to Council on the status of discussions with the Province through the ‘Ontario-Toronto Executive Steering Committee’. The report includes an update on agreements, including the Memorandum of Understanding for Transit Oriented Development, and information related to measures and enabling authorities the Province plans to introduce in order to provide itself with an enhanced ability to accelerate transit delivery.

With respect to agreements, recent discussions with the Province have resulted in:

- the completion of a ‘Memorandum of Understanding on Transit Oriented Development’ which establishes a series of shared objectives for Transit Oriented Development and identifies the roles and responsibilities of the City and Province for Transit Oriented Development specific to the four provincial priority projects (Ontario Line, Line 2 East Extension, Yonge North Subway Extension, and Eglinton Crosstown West Extension); and

- the upcoming finalization of the Preliminary Agreement, which will reflect and formalize the terms of the agreement approved by Council (EX9.1). This agreement is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2020.

In parallel to the development of these agreements, City staff have also continued to work with the Province to identify opportunities to accelerate the delivery of their transit expansion projects. In the course of these discussions, the Province has identified the intent to bring forward a series of measures that will enhance the Province’s ability to meet committed timelines. City staff understand these measures may require a combination of legislative changes, enabling authorities, and enforcement mechanisms.

To this end, the Province has provided to the City a ‘Statement of Intent’, which provides a high-level overview of provincial objectives and goals, as well as a formal commitment to consultation and engagement with the City prior to and following the introduction of legislation in the first quarter of 2020.

The Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with CreateTO, to continue to negotiate an agreement with all applicable parties for the acquisition of the Property Interests, as set out in Appendix A to the report (January 9, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services and shown approximately in Appendix B  to the report (January 9, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services, at fair market value and, if unsuccessful, to initiate expropriation proceedings for the Property Interests.

2.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and/or a designate, to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land for the Property Interests, to forward any requests for hearings to the Chief Inquiry Officer, to attend any requested Hearings of Necessity in order to present the City's position and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for consideration.

3. City Council request the Board of Directors of CreateTO to consider any proposed transaction(s) concerning the Property Interests and that the Board of Directors of CreateTO provide recommendations to the Executive Committee on any proposed transaction(s) involving the Property Interests and a strategy for the acquisition of remaining properties in the Rail Deck Park project area.

This report provides an update on the status of real estate matters related to the Rail Deck Park project, and seeks authority to initiate expropriation proceedings for just over 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of air space above the Union Station Rail Corridor, south of Front Street West between Spadina Avenue and Blue Jays Way (the "Property Interests"), as set out in Appendix A and shown approximately in Appendix B, for the purposes of the Rail Deck Park project.

Negotiations for the acquisition of the Property Interests have been ongoing with the various owners with no success to date.

Together with the City's existing 1-acre Northern Linear Park property, the Property Interests would support the development of the first 4 acres of Rail Deck Park. A 4-acre park provides a wide range of programming potential and is roughly the same size as Grange Park in Downtown Toronto.

The Property Interests are also adjacent to the Oxford Properties Group Inc. Union Park proposal, which is located to the east of Blue Jays Way. The Union Park proposal provides approximately 3 acres of contiguous park and open space, including 2 acres to be built above the rail corridor. When both projects are completed, they will create a combined park area of approximately 7 acres. The opportunity to assemble a parkland parcel of this scale rarely arises in downtown Toronto, and aligning the design and implementation of a first phase of Rail Deck Park with the Union Park proposal would enhance the public benefits of each proposal.

The Property Interests represent a strategic acquisition by the City of Toronto to guide the future development of this area of the rail corridor in a manner consistent with the City's Official Plan policies. Additional air space in the Rail Deck Park project area (ie: between Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Street) will be pursued at a time when staff are confident that they can be acquired at fair market value. 

The acquisition of the Property Interests by the City of Toronto is necessary to proceed with joint planning and delivery of Rail Deck Park and the GO Expansion project, as directed by Council in 2017. Agreement between the City and Metrolinx will be required in 2020 for the delivery of capital works related to the Rail Deck Park project that cannot be independently delivered by the City, to meet Metrolinx's procurement and delivery timelines. The City should only enter into an agreement for delivery of capital works if it has a reasonable prospect of acquiring the properties in which they are proposed to be built.

This report is the first stage of the expropriation process and authorizes staff to continue negotiations to acquire the Property Interests and, if unsuccessful, to initiate expropriation proceedings, including associated administrative costs. This report does not authorize spending on the Rail Deck Park project beyond the budget approved through previous Council reports.

Staff will bring forward a report to Council by the third quarter of 2020 to authorize the next stage of the Rail Deck Park project, including a funding and financing strategy for acquisition of the air space and capital delivery of the project.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the Director, Toronto Office of Partnerships, the Chief Technology Officer and the Director, Customer Experience Transformation and Innovation to report back to the Executive Committee on the interim results of the Toronto Civic Accelerator Program and CivicLabTO in 2021.

2. City Council direct the Controller, the Chief Purchasing Officer and the Director, Toronto Office of Partnerships to consider the submission from Forrest Parlee, University of Toronto, Government Relations Office (EX.Supp.EX12.5.1) to determine a way to streamline the approval process for procuring services from the post-secondary community.

The purpose of this report is to advise City Council about the creation of CivicLabTO and the Toronto Civic Accelerator Program, two key initiatives that advance strategic and innovative partnerships with public and private sector partners to support City priorities.

Complex city challenges can benefit from collaborative and multidisciplinary solution development. Partnerships offer the City new opportunities to develop creative and innovative solutions and approaches to City businesses and services. Toronto Civic Accelerator Program and CivicLabTO, led by the Toronto Office of Partnerships, Information and Technology and the Customer Experience Transformation and Innovation Program, are two new unique opportunities to strengthen an environment of innovation and collaboration. CivicLabTO focuses on strategic alliances with the academic sector while Toronto Civic Accelerator Program focuses on business partnerships to address City challenges and opportunities through research, program development and the creation of new products and services.

Customer Experience Transformation and Innovation and the Toronto Office of Partnership provide support and leadership in developing, supporting and embedding a culture of collaboration and innovation at the City. Toronto Office of Partnership develops and stewards strategic partnerships with corporate, philanthropic and institutional partners. These partnerships bring new expertise, knowledge, innovation and resources to address City challenges and explore new opportunities in support of programs that improve the lives of residents. Likewise, Customer Experience Transformation and Innovation works with programs and technology in an effort to apply a more outside-in and collaborative approach to the design and delivery of services and outcomes across the City. Whether a resident or a business operating in Toronto, Customer Experience Transformation and Innovation will look at interactions across these different segments and try to create more consistent and better experiences.

The City will promote and support innovation through collaboration and the empowerment of multi-disciplinary teams that seek to understand, empathize and engage users through Human-Centred Design, iterative testing and prototyping, challenging existing business models and leveraging data and technology.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council endorse the replacement of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, located at 27 Front Street East with a new re-imagined centre as a state-of-the-art cultural and civic hub for the City’s creative communities and the community at large, in particular not-for-profit performing arts organizations, centred on its historic role as a landmark centre for economic and cultural activities, subject to satisfactory programmatic, community building, business and funding plans being developed.

 
2. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to engage in a facilitated, open consultation process with key stakeholders in the cultural community, the local St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood and implicated City divisions and agencies to develop a building program which reimagines the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts as a new cultural and civic hub.

 
3. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to prepare a Class D cost estimate, based on the building program which emerges from the engagement set out in Recommendation 2, such analysis to include the consideration of alternatives for legacy tenants should they not be accommodated in a new St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts

 
4. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to develop a business model that may consider opportunities for potential existing and new partners in a new St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.

 
5. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to develop a project budget along with a funding strategy to facilitate the development of a new St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts based on a building program set out in Recommendation 2 above. 

 
6. City Council direct the Deputy City Manager, in consultation with the President and Chief Executive Officer, TO Live and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to report to the Board of Directors of TO Live and the Board of Directors of CreateTO in the third quarter of 2020, with the findings of Recommendations 1-5 above and to include a project plan and schedule to deliver a new St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, for subsequent consideration and approval by City Council as soon as possible thereafter.

At its meeting of December 17 and 18, 2019, City Council referred Item EX11.25 back to the Executive Committee for further consideration at its January 23, 2020 meeting. Speaker Nunziata also ruled that the Confidential Attachment on this Item was a public document.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the report (October 24, 2019) from the Chief of Police for information.

At its meeting held on November 21, 2019, the Toronto Police Services Board was in receipt of a report from Chief Mark Saunders dated October 24, 2019 with regard to the 2018 Annual Statistical Report of the Toronto Police Service.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Director, Office of Emergency Management to provide emergency social services for curbside incidents and emergencies.

2.  City Council authorize the Director, Office of Emergency Management to negotiate and enter into a service agreement with the Canadian Red Cross for the provision of emergency social services for curbside incidents and emergencies on the following terms:

a.  the Canadian Red Cross is responsible for costs within the first 72 hours of a curbside incident;

b.  the City is responsible for costs incurred by the Canadian Red Cross for curbside incidents that go longer than 72 hours and for emergencies;

c.  the City pays the Canadian Red Cross an annual contribution of up to $198,000 in order to build and maintain the organization's capacity to deliver emergency social services;

d.  the service agreement be for a one (1) year term, with an option to renew the agreement for four (4) additional 1 year periods (for a total of five (5) years) at the discretion of the Director, Toronto Office of Emergency Management;

e.  the total value of the agreement annually is $1.5 million; and

f.  on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the Director, Office of Emergency Management and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to correct issues related to the delegation of authority for the delivery of emergency social services by granting the Director, Office of Emergency Management the authority to enter into a service agreement with the Canadian Red Cross for the provision of emergency social services.

In 2010, City Council authorized the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to enter into an agreement with the Canadian Red Cross for the provision of emergency social services (formerly referred to as emergency human services). At the same time, City Council authorized the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to establish a non-program account to fund and track costs related to providing emergency social services, as well as a reserve to receive annual surpluses from the non-program account and supplement funding in years that the non-program account has a deficit.

In early 2013, the City transferred the Emergency Planning Unit within Shelter, Support and Housing Administration—which was responsible for delivering emergency social services—to the Office of Emergency Management. The City made this organizational change to consolidate emergency management services within Infrastructure and Development Services (formerly Cluster B). In October 2013, City Council authorized the transfer of staff and funding for salaries, benefits and administrative costs. As a result of this organizational change, formal authority now needs to be provided to the Director, Office of Emergency Management to negotiate agreements with the Canadian Red Cross and pay for the costs detailed in those agreements. This report recommends that authority be granted to the Director, Office of Emergency Management to enter into a service agreement with the Canadian Red Cross.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council amend the Consent to Borrow Money and Encumber Assets for Projects in the Designated Waterfront Area and for Bridge Financing substantially on the terms and conditions contained in the draft Amendment to Consent, attached as Appendix A to the report (January 9, 2020) from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services, and authorize the Deputy City Manager to execute the Amendment to Consent with such modifications as the Deputy City Manager shall deem necessary or desirable and in a form approved by the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to further extend from time to time the term length contained in the draft Amendment to the Consent to Borrow Money and Encumber Assets for Projects in the Designated Waterfront Area and for Bridge Financing as the Deputy City Manager shall deem necessary or desirable but to no later than May 15, 2028, in a form approved by the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to recommend City Council approval of an extension to the Consent to Borrow Money and Encumber Assets for Projects in the Designated Waterfront Area and for Bridge Financing (the "Consent to Borrow and Encumber Assets"), for Waterfront Toronto, also known as the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation. This Consent is required so that Waterfront Toronto can maintain an efficient, effective and financially-viable operation beyond March 31, 2020. The extension requires approval from the City, and the Federal and Provincial governments.

Waterfront Toronto has requested an extension to its Consent to Borrow and Encumber Assets, executed by the City and the governments of Canada and Ontario on August 12, 2015, as authorized pursuant to Subsections 4(5) and 4(6) of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act, 2002. The current Consent, which allows for up to $40 million in borrowing, expires on March 31, 2020. An extension to the Consent would allow Waterfront Toronto to continue to bridge cash flow gaps between infrastructure investments and revenues. Further, the extension would allow Waterfront Toronto to continue to use this financial tool to secure letters of credit for construction work, including work associated with the Port Lands Flood Protection project. City staff are of the view that Waterfront Toronto's request for an extension to its Consent to Borrow and Encumber Assets is reasonable.

The Board of Health recommends that:

1.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to implement PM2.5 mitigation measures that can be delivered in the short-term, including actions related to employee awareness and training programs, state of good repair (materials, equipment, procurement, and procedures), and engineering reviews, as described in the report (December 19, 2019) from the Medical Officer of Health.

2.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to identify medium- and long-term mitigation measures, with a priority on Line 2, that can be implemented to further improve air quality in the Toronto Transit Commission subway system, as described in the report (December 19, 2019) from the Medical Officer of Health, including:

a.  reviewing operational systems and procedures, such as automatic train control, train frequency, and ventilation systems;

b.  reviewing procurement specification and deployment plans for replacement trains for future line modernization;

c.  including consideration of the potential improvements to air quality in the Toronto Transit Commission's study of platform edge doors; and

d.  monitoring levels of subway PM2.5 and evaluating the PM2.5 mitigation strategies that are implemented.

3.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to request the Toronto Transit Commission staff to report to City Council on opportunities for air quality improvement in the Toronto Transit Commission subway system, including a review of emerging information and technology.

4.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to identify funding requirements through future budget processes to develop and implement further PM2.5 mitigation measures.

5.  City Council request Metrolinx to proactively address air quality in future initiatives through consideration of air quality in future station/system design or redesign projects as well as station construction or renovation/reconstruction projects.

The Board of Health:

1.  Encouraged Health Canada to continue its research on air quality issues in the Toronto Transit Commission subway system and to establish health-based guidelines for subway PM2.5.

2.  Encouraged the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Medical Council of Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the Transportation Association of Canada to support research into the potential health impacts of exposure to subway particulate matter, with a view to informing subway air quality standards and best practices for supporting passenger health and improving subway air quality.

3.  Directed that the report (December 19, 2019) from the Medical Officer of Health be forwarded to the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development for consideration in any future occupational health standards development.

4.  Directed that the report (December 19, 2019) from the Medical Officer of Health be forwarded to the Ontario Ministry of Health, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.

In 2017, the Board of Health requested an independent study of the health impacts of air quality for passengers in the subway system, particularly in relation to mitigation measures that could be implemented.

To understand the overall impact of the Toronto subway on the health of Torontonians, Toronto Public Health carried out a Health Impact Assessment, including a Human Health Risk Assessment of air quality. The Health Impact Assessment concluded that taking the subway is associated with benefits to people's health and wellbeing and is a health-supportive way to travel, especially as an alternative to personal vehicle use. Promoting the use of transit is important because it provides a safer alternative to driving, reduces outdoor air pollution and greenhouse gases, promotes physical activity, and provides access to employment, education, and social/community services.

The Health Impact Assessment also identified that improving air quality in the Toronto subway system is expected to be associated with health benefits for passengers. Air quality data collected in the Toronto subway system shows that, as is the case for other similar subway systems, levels of fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) are elevated and contain high levels of some metals. The Human Health Risk Assessment, which considered subway PM2.5 overall and individual metal components, concluded that levels of subway PM2.5 warrant mitigation, particularly on Line 2. Other cities with similar systems are also identifying elevated levels of subway PM2.5 and information has been gathered on mitigation options. While a high-level jurisdictional scan shows that Toronto is demonstrating leadership in addressing subway air quality, a continuous improvement approach should be adopted by the Toronto Transit Commission Board to ensure ongoing assessment and improvement of subway air pollution levels in Toronto.

In combination with mitigation actions that can be undertaken in the short-term, developing, implementing, and funding medium- and long-term PM2.5 mitigation measures will improve air quality in the subway and further enhance the health promoting aspects of using public transit. Continued research and collaboration among health, science, transportation, and engineering agencies will fill knowledge gaps within the field of public transit. In particular, a deeper understanding about the relationship between subway PM2.5 and the health of passengers and identification of the most effective mitigation strategies are priority areas of study.

The Civic Appointments Committee recommends that:

1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto Investment Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on January 31, 2024, and until successors are appointed:

Tanya Lai

Mary Robinson

Pamela Steer 

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1 to 5 to the report (January 10, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Investment Board.

Candidates' biographies:

Tanya Lai

Tanya Lai is Managing Director, Public Equities at the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO). Tanya’s main areas of responsibility are strategy research and implementation, portfolio construction, manager selection and management across public equities strategies. Tanya has a MBA from University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, B.Comm (Honours) from University of Toronto, and is a CFA charter-holder (member of the Toronto CFA Society). Tanya also serves on the Investment Advisory Committee of the Public Guardian and Trustee (Ontario).

Mary Robinson

As Director of Research, Policy and Collaboration with the Responsible Investment Association, Mary Robinson is advancing the adoption of responsible investment in Canada. Mary is a CFA® charterholder with over 25 years of experience advising institutional investors on complex governance and investment management issues with expertise in a broad range of asset classes. Mary holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics (University of Waterloo) and is an Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Pamela Steer

Pamela Steer, FCPA, FCA, CBV, CFA is the Chief Financial Officer of Payments Canada. Pamela has more than 15 years of management experience with global organizations, which have experienced high growth and transformation. Her community involvement includes Past Chair of the Board of CFA Society Toronto and global Advisory Council member to Accounting for Sustainability.  She is also a founding advisory council member for the Institute for Sustainable Finance. Pamela was honoured in 2019 as Canada’s CFO of the Year.

The Civic Appointments Committee will conduct interviews and recommend three public members to City Council for appointment to the Toronto Investment Board.

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services to negotiate and enter into a contract with Intergraph Canada Ltd. for the amount of $508,800.00 net of all taxes and charges ($517,754.88, net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), to provide for professional services and additional licenses for existing Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Business Intelligence (BI) systems for a period of 5 years from the effective date of the agreement, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Fire Chief and General Manager, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services to negotiate and enter into a contract with Quatro Group Software Systems Inc. for the amount of $381,600.00 net of all taxes and charges ($388,316.16, net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), to provide for professional services and additional licenses for the existing Payroll/Time Entry system for a period of five (5) years from the effective date of the agreement, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Fire Chief and General Manager, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to request authority to renew non-competitive contracts with Intergraph Canada Ltd. and Quatro Group Software Systems Inc. in the total amount of $890,400.00 net of all taxes and charges ($906,071.04 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), for a period of five (5) years from the effective date of the agreements.

City Council approval is required in accordance with Municipal Code By-law Chapter 195- Purchasing, where the current request has exceeded the Chief Purchasing Official's authority of the cumulative five year commitment limit under Section 1 of the Purchasing By-Law and also exceeds the threshold of $500,000, net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries, allowed under staff authority as per the Toronto Municipal Code By-law, Chapter 71 – Financial Control.

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to invite Applegrove Community Complex to apply to the Community Service Partnerships grant program to promote access to food and support broader community initiatives and, subject to approval of the application and the 2020 operating budget for Social Development, Finance and Administration, award Applegrove a prorated amount on an annual allocation of $120,000 for the remainder of the 2020 grant cycle and include Applegrove in allocation recommendations for subsequent grant cycles.

This report responds to Council direction to provide an update on the development and implementation of a community food hub model in the Glen Rhodes Church, located at 1470 Gerrard Street East. This report also identifies the funding required to sustain the community food hub on an ongoing basis at this location (EC7.14).

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to report to the November 4, 2020 Economic and Community Development Committee meeting with an update on the implementation of the Regent Park Social Development Plan action items in the plan's four areas, Community Safety, Economic and Community Development, Community Building and Communications.

2.  City Council forward a copy of the report (October 28, 2019) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

City Council forwarded the supplementary report (October 28, 2019) from the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, submitted to City Council on Item EC8.5, to the Economic and Community Development Committee for consideration at its January 14, 2020 meeting and report back to City Council.

This report responds to the October 16, 2019 Economic and Community Development Committee meeting Item EC8.5 Resourcing the Regent Park Social Development Plan by providing information on:

1.  How much has been invested by Toronto Community Housing Corporation and community partners on the revitalization over the past ten years.

2.  The number of full and part time jobs created over the last ten years.

3.  The training programs implemented over the last ten years, including the number of residents trained.

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt and certify the 2020 recommended Operating Budgets and Levy requirements of the following Business Improvement Areas:

This report brings forward Business Improvement Area (BIA) annual Operating Budgets for approval by City Council as required by the City of Toronto Act, 2006.  City Council approval is required to permit the City to collect funds through a special tax levy on the commercial and industrial properties within the respective BIA boundaries.

There are currently 83 established BIAs in the City of Toronto. The approval by City Council of the 2020 Operating Budget for 83 BIAs takes multiple phases. At its meeting on December 17-18, 2019, City Council approved the 2020 Operating Budget for 26 BIAs as part of the Report No. 1. Included in this Report No. 2 is the 2020 Operating Budgets for 29 BIAs for City Council approval.

The recommendation in this report reflects the board-adopted 2020 Operating Budgets by the respective BIAs’ Boards of Management and General Membership. Complete budgets and supporting documentation have been reviewed by City staff to ensure that the 2020 Operating Budgets for BIAs reflect Council’s approved policies and practices.

The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the report (January 10, 2020) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture for information.

The attached Toronto Economic Bulletin summarizes the most recent data available for key economic indicators benchmarking the City's economic performance.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the City Manager, the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the City Solicitor to meet with senior Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) investment management staff in the first quarter of 2020 on the following:

a.  how OMERS manages a global portfolio of over $100 billion in public and private investments; and

b.  each asset class, investment guidelines and criteria, major investments, and a walk-through of a theoretical sustainable investment deal/vetting process.

and to report to the General Government and Licensing Committee in the second quarter of 2020 on how the City of Toronto can leverage OMERS resources to enhance the City's investment portfolio.

2.  City Council request the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) to meet its fiduciary responsibility to protect the long-term interests of municipal employees and their retirement savings in the face of an unprecedented climate crisis by taking the following steps:

a.  joining the growing list of major institutional investors committed to fully aligning their investment practices with the goals of the Paris Agreement and/or updates or additional agreements since 2005;

b.  committing to fully understanding the climate risks within its portfolio and to disclosing and regularly updating its beneficiaries on the progress to reduce these risks; and

c.  establishing a broad timeline and targets for cutting high-carbon assets from its portfolio and shifting investments into profitable zero carbon investments.

George Cooke, Chair, Board of Directors, OMERS Administration Corporation, Satish Rai, Chief Investment Officer, OMERS, and Michael Kelly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, OMERS, gave a presentation on Sustainable Investing at the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS).

George Cooke, Chair, Board of Directors, OMERS Administration Corporation, Satish Rai, Chief Investment Officer, OMERS, and Michael Kelly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, OMERS, will give a presentation on Sustainable Investing at the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS).

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council amend Schedule A to By-law 159-2018, as amended, governing the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan (Metro Plan), to provide for the distribution of the surplus to the members of the Metro Plan, in accordance with the Surplus Sharing Agreement dated May 11, 2018.

 
2.  City Council approve the termination of the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan (Metro Plan), outlined in Schedule A to By-law 159-2018, as amended, effective January 31, 2020, and authorize the City Solicitor, following the distribution of the Metro Plan's remaining assets in accordance with the Surplus Sharing Agreement dated May 11, 2018, to introduce a Bill to repeal By-law 159-2018, as amended.

This report seeks authority from City Council to:

1.  amend the By-law governing the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan (Metro Plan) to provide for surplus distribution to the members of the Metro Plan, in accordance with the Surplus Sharing Agreement dated May 11, 2018;

 
2.  terminate the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan (Metro Plan), effective January 31, 2020, and distribute the surplus assets remaining following the January 8, 2020 merger of the Metro Plan with OMERS ("remaining assets"); and

 
3.  introduce a Bill to repeal By-law 159-2018, as amended, upon completion of the distribution of the remaining surplus assets of the Metro Plan.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:  

1.  City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Canada Revenue Agency to indirectly collect information from the Canada Revenue Agency to verify income and related information of applicants to City programs for the purposes of determining eligibility for City programs for which income verification is a requirement for eligibility, beginning with the City's Property Tax, Water, and Solid Waste Relief Programs and adding additional City programs over time.

2.  City Council authorize the necessary amendments to the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 767 (Taxation, Property Tax), Chapter 844 (Waste Collection, Residential Properties), and Chapter 849 (Water and Sewage Services and Utility Bill) to allow for the indirect collection, and use of income information received, from the Canada Revenue Agency as well as the collection of any additional personal information from applicants that is required by the Canada Revenue Agency for the evaluation of eligibility for the tax cancellation and deferral and water and solid waste rebate programs for low-income seniors and disabled persons.

3.  City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the City Clerk, the Chief Technology Officer, and the City Solicitor, to examine the relevant legislation and City By-laws in respect of future City programs and to allow these programs to be added to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Canada Revenue Agency with respect to the indirect collection and use of personal information such as Social Insurance Numbers and related information for the purposes of automated income verification, with a view to determining whether this indirect collection of information is permitted and to report to City Council to seek any further authority in respect of such programs, as may be required.

This report seeks City Council's authority to allow the City to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Canada Revenue Agency to obtain information from the Canada Revenue Agency to verify income and related information for the purposes of determining eligibility of applicants to various City programs, beginning with the City's Property Tax, Water, and Solid Waste Relief Programs.

This report also seeks City Council's authority to make the necessary amendments to the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapters 767, 844, and 849 that will allow for the indirect collection and use of personal information, including Social Insurance Numbers, and any other such information that may be required by the Canada Revenue Agency, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the Canada Revenue Agency, for the purposes of determining eligibility under the City's programs.

In response to a request from the General Government and Licensing Committee, this report provides information on consultations conducted by the Controller to gather input from stakeholders regarding a City proposal to engage the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to use the CRA's income data to determine eligibility for the City's property tax and utility relief programs.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the use of patron screening for all non-City access card holders, using walk-through metal detectors, on the main floor of Toronto City Hall.

2.  City Council approve the installation of a physical security measure to provide a delineation of public and secure space on the main floor of Toronto City Hall at the location of the walk-through metal detectors.

3.  City Council approve the installation of security turnstiles on the main floor of Toronto City Hall requiring City access card holders to utilize their access cards in order to bypass patron screening.

4.  City Council direct that portions of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, be released at the discretion of the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, following the implementation of City Council's decision, and that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential, as it pertains to the security of property belonging to the City of Toronto.

5.  City Council request the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and appropriate staff to report to the General Government and Licensing Committee at its meeting on November 30, 2020 on using artificial intelligence technology for the development of new security methods and options for the City of Toronto.

This report recommends changes to the current "Enhanced" level of security at Toronto City Hall for approval by City Council. These recommendations are based upon assessments from the Toronto Police Service and Public Safety Canada, best practices, benchmarking, and experience from the current set-up. The primary goals of these recommendations are to maintain an accessible, safe, and secure Toronto City Hall while providing a reasonable level of protection from foreseeable threats.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to continue negotiations for the acquisition of the Property Requirements in Appendix A to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, municipally known as 2333 Dundas Street West and 2295 Dundas Street West and outlined on the Property Interests Sketch in Appendix B to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and on the Project Map in Appendix C to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and, if unsuccessful, to initiate expropriation proceedings for the Property Requirements.

2.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to execute, serve, and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the Property Requirements in Recommendation 1 above, to forward any requests for hearings to the Chief Inquiry Officer, to attend any hearings in order to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Chief Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for consideration.

This report seeks authority to initiate expropriation proceedings for a temporary easement and a permanent easement as part of the property municipally known as 2333 Dundas Street West ("2333 Dundas") and temporary easements as part of the property municipally known as 2295 Dundas Street West ("2295 Dundas", and collectively, the "Properties"). These easements are required for the construction of a proposed emergency shelter for men at 2299 Dundas Street West, a transition site which is a part of the George Street Revitalization ("GSR") Project.

The City of Toronto (the "City") acquired 2299 Dundas Street West (the "City Property") in March 2019 as one of the replacement sites for the Seaton House, a shelter residence for men. The Properties adjoin the City Property and the City requires access and use of certain portions of the Properties in order to carry out the necessary renovations at the City Property (the "Project").

While negotiations with the respective owners of the Properties continue for the acquisition of the easements, it appears unlikely that a negotiated agreement can be reached and authority to initiate expropriation proceedings is requested.

This report is the first stage of the expropriation process. After the application for approval to expropriate is authorized, staff will serve and publish notice on the registered owners of the Properties. Registered owners will have 30 days to request an inquiry into whether the proposed takings are fair, sound, and reasonably necessary.

If no inquiry is requested, City Council may approve the expropriation by a subsequent Stage 2 report. At that time, staff will report to City Council with further details on the anticipated costs, based on appraisals. Following the Stage 2 report, the Expropriation Plan will be registered and Notices of Expropriation served. Statutory offers of compensation must be served prior to the City taking possession of the expropriated Properties.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:    

1.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to continue negotiations for the acquisition of the Property Requirements in Appendix A to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, municipally known as 24 Spadina Road, 41-45 Spadina Road, and 50 Spadina Road, near Spadina Subway Station, and grant authority, if necessary, to initiate expropriation proceedings for the Property Requirements, if the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, deems it necessary or appropriate to proceed in that manner.

2.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to execute, serve, and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the Property Requirements in Recommendation 1 above, to forward any requests for hearings to the Chief Inquiry Officer, to attend any hearings in order to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Chief Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for consideration.

As part of the Easier Access Phase III Project (the "Project"), the Toronto Transit Commission ("TTC") is proposing to construct two elevators at Spadina Subway Station on Line 1 providing accessibility to and from each of the northbound and southbound platforms to the concourse level. 

This report seeks authority to acquire various Property Requirements near the existing Spadina Station concourse, as identified in Appendix A and shown approximately in Appendix B (the "Property Requirements"), for the purposes of the Project.

Negotiations for the acquisition of the Property Requirements have been ongoing with the property owners, however, in order to protect the Project timeline, this report seeks authority to acquire the Property Requirements and, if necessary, to initiate expropriation proceedings.

This report is the first stage of the expropriation process. After the application for approval to expropriate is authorized, staff will serve and publish notice on the registered owners of the Property Requirements. Registered owners will have 30 days to request an inquiry into whether the proposed takings are fair, sound, and reasonably necessary.

If no inquiry is requested, City Council may approve the expropriation by a subsequent Stage 2 report. At that time, staff will report to City Council with further details on the anticipated costs, based on appraisals. Following the Stage 2 report, the Expropriation Plan will be registered and Notices of Expropriation served. Statutory offers of compensation must be served prior to the City taking possession of the expropriated Property Requirements.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:    

1.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, or their designate, to continue negotiations for the acquisition of the Property Requirements in Appendix A to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, municipally known as 16 Linnsmore Crescent and 18 Linnsmore Crescent, near Greenwood Subway Station, and grant authority, if necessary, to initiate expropriation proceedings for the Property Requirements, if the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, deems it necessary or appropriate to proceed in that manner.

2.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, to execute, serve, and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the Property Requirements in Recommendation 1 above, to forward any requests for hearings to the Chief Inquiry Officer, to attend any hearings in order to present the City of Toronto's position, and to report the Chief Inquiry Officer's recommendations to City Council for consideration.

As part of the Easier Access Phase III Project (the "Project"), the Toronto Transit Commission ("TTC") is proposing to construct two elevators at Greenwood Subway Station on Line 1 providing accessibility to and from each of the eastbound and westbound platforms to the street level.

This report seeks authority to acquire Property Requirements near Greenwood Subway Station, as identified in Appendix A, shown approximately in Appendix B, and more particularly detailed on the Draft Reference Plan in Appendix C (the "Property Requirements"), for the purposes of the Project. The Property Requirements will enable the relocation of utility pipelines from the public right of way to 16 Linnsmore Crescent.

Negotiations for the acquisition of the Property Requirements have been ongoing with the property owners, however, in order to protect the Project timeline, this report seeks authority to acquire the Property Requirements and, if necessary, to initiate expropriation proceedings.

This report is the first stage of the expropriation process. After the application for approval to expropriate is authorized, staff will serve and publish notice on the registered owners of the Property Requirements. Registered owners will have 30 days to request an inquiry into whether the proposed takings are fair, sound, and reasonably necessary.

If no inquiry is requested, City Council may approve the expropriation by a subsequent Stage 2 report. At that time, staff will report to City Council with further details on the anticipated costs, based on appraisals. Following the Stage 2 report, the Expropriation Plan will be registered and Notices of Expropriation served. Statutory offers of compensation must be served prior to the City taking possession of the expropriated Property Requirements.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council grant authority to amend Blanket Contract Number 47021763 with Enterprise CarShare and Blanket Contract Number 47019969 with ZipCar Canada Inc., in accordance with Section 71-11.1C of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 71 (Financial Control By-law), and authorize the General Manager, Fleet Services, to exercise an additional two-year optional term from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2022, should the Province of Ontario decide to renew this term, as follows:

a.  Enterprise CarShare: Increase the total contract value by $200,290 net of all taxes ($203,815 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), revising the total contract value to $278,565 net of all taxes ($283,467 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries); and

b.  Zipcar Canada Inc.: No increase in total contract value.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority from City Council to renew and amend contracts with Enterprise CarShare (Blanket Contract Number 47021763) and Zipcar Canada Inc. (Blanket Contract Number 47019969) for car-sharing services.

This contract renewal will ensure ongoing alignment with the Province of Ontario's Vendor of Record agreement (VOR Number OSS-00502055) with Enterprise CarShare and Zipcar Canada Inc. which the City leverages to achieve the best possible pricing and savings. The additional amount of $200,290 net of all applicable taxes and charges ($203,815 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries) is for the optional term from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2022. The current contract value of Enterprise CarShare will increase from $ 78,275 to $278,565 net of all taxes and charges ($283,467 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries). The current contract value of Zipcar Canada Inc. remains the same during this renewal term.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Chief Technology Officer to leverage the Provincial Master Services Agreement with OpenText Corporation and to negotiate and enter into a Subordinate Agreement for the purchase of Enterprise Information Management products and services for a two-year term at a total contract value of up to $5,114,340, excluding all taxes and charges, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Chief Technology Officer and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to seek authority to negotiate a new Subordinate Agreement to a Provincial Master Services Agreement. This Agreement is with OpenText Corporation ("OpenText") for the purchase of Enterprise Information Management ("EIM") products and services. The cost is in the amount of $5,204,352 net of all taxes, applicable charges, and net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries.

In 2009, the Province of Ontario competitively procured OpenText as its Enterprise Information Management Vendor of Record (VOR Number 1020). This Vendor of Record was for Enterprise Document and Records Management Products and Professional Services ("EDRMS"). In 2018, the City leveraged the Vendor of Record due to proper fit and favourable pricing the Province of Ontario obtained.  

OpenText EDRMS allows the City to centralize the storage and management of records, thereby reducing information silos and improving information management within business processes. Capabilities include version control, duplicate content reduction, and access control through appropriate user profiles. As the City's digital content grows, some key benefits are the ability to manage information storage costs, reduce cybersecurity risks, and privacy compliance requirements set out in the City of Toronto Act. This platform will be leveraged by multiple divisions with a targeted four-year comprehensive return on investment of approximately $10 million achieved through cost savings and avoidance.

The Provincial Vendor of Record Number 1020 for OpenText products and services expired on May 19, 2019. Subsequently, the Province negotiated a new Vendor of Record Master Agreement with OpenText. By leveraging and entering into a Subordinate Agreement, the City expects to comparably save the time and effort expended by the Provision in this regard.

Given this is part of the Enterprise Information Management Partnership Program, the Deputy City Clerk for Corporate Information Management Services in the City Clerk's Office has reviewed this report and supports its recommendations.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to use the findings included in the 2018 Tree Canopy Study to inform ongoing urban forestry program planning and strategic resource allocation through revisions to the Urban Forestry Service Plan in 2020 and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report in the third quarter of 2020 on the City's strategy to increase tree planting on private land and potential programs to assist with maintenance of trees on private land.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to:

a.  Reaffirm the 2050 target of a 40 percent tree canopy;

b.  Clarify alignment with TransformTO; and

c.  Report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the third quarter of 2020. 

4. City Council request the Director, Urban Forestry, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to prepare and implement area specific action plans to enhance the tree canopy for neighbourhoods that showed significant loss of tree canopy, as outlined on page 60 of Attachment 2 to the report (December 18, 2019) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation. 

The following from Parks, Forestry and Recreation gave a presentation on 2018 Tree Canopy Study:

- Director, Urban Forestry
- Manager, Forestry Operations

- Program Standards and Development Officer
 

The 2018 Tree Canopy Study provides an update to Toronto’s first tree canopy study, Every Tree Counts: A Portrait of Toronto’s Urban Forest, published by the City of Toronto in 2010, and later updated in 2013. A decade has passed since the original study was undertaken. The 2018 update offers an opportunity to evaluate what has changed in Toronto’s urban forest over the ten-year period. This type of tree canopy study is an important part of the adaptive management cycle for Urban Forestry. It allows City staff to work with up-to-date and reliable data to adjust program activities that reflect the changing nature of the urban forest and evolving management issues.

Using established methodologies developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, together with improved data analysis software, the 2018 Tree Canopy Study provides information about broad changes and trends in Toronto's urban forest over time. It provides data on the extent, size class, composition and condition of the urban forest. It also provides insight on land use changes and trends across the city. Additionally, it offers information about the amount and dollar value of several key ecosystem services provided by the urban forest.

Summary of the 2018 Tree Canopy Study findings:

- Toronto's canopy cover increased from 26.6 - 28 percent in 2008 to 28 - 31 percent canopy cover in 2018, representing an increase of 10.2 million to 11.5 million trees.

- Street trees make a significant contribution to the urban forest; increasing from 49 percent to 74 percent rated in good/excellent condition.

- The composition and condition of the urban forest has changed; while there was a slight increase in larger-growing species, the overall condition of the urban forest has declined and invasive species are increasing across the city.

- Impervious land cover is increasing across the city; trends show increases in impervious surface cover across all land uses, however the largest increase being found on single family residential lands.
 

Over the last decade, the City has invested $605.6 million in Toronto’s urban forest, a steady annual increase from 2008 to 2018. Under the guidance of Toronto's Official Plan, the City's growth strategies related to transit and housing are balanced with environmental sustainability objectives, including urban forest sustainability. The City's strong commitment to maintaining, sustaining and growing the urban forest has directly supported the generally positive trends seen in the 2018 Tree Canopy Study. The estimated 1.8 percent canopy increase is a tremendous finding given the intense challenges experienced by Toronto’s urban forest over the last decade, including the devastation by forest pests, particularly Asian long-horned beetle, Emerald ash borer, and European gypsy moth; the impacts of the 2013 ice storm; and the city’s intensive development and growth.

As the 2018 Tree Canopy Study presents findings only, there are limitations to the extent that a cause-and-effect relationship can be established at this time. City staff will continue to review the findings, analyze both positive and negative trends, and use these to inform ongoing urban forestry program planning through relevant City strategies and initiatives, and operational management adjustments including the strategic allocation of resources through revisions to the Urban Forestry Service Plan.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1.  City Council request the Director, Urban Forestry, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to report back on strategies and resources necessary to get to 50 percent of initial inspections completed within 24 hours.

This report respond to the motions adopted by City Council at its meeting on October 2, 2019 directing the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to submit a report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee outlining the number of inspections, fees, orders and summons related to the enforcement of tree protection, and to include recommendations on how to better utilize existing tools for tree protection and to report on strategies to improve the average response time to reports of possible contraventions.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1.  City council request the Federal Government to provide $4,000,000 in annual funding to Urban Forestry to assist the City in achieving its 40 percent tree canopy target through a combination of:

a. Enhancing planting of the existing canopy;

b. Increasing planting on public lands;

c. Increasing planting on private lands;

d. Intensifying invasive species, plant, and pest mitigation efforts; and

e. Reinforcing measures outlined in the Toronto Ravine Strategy to improve ravine water, soil, and plant conditions.

2.  City Council request the Federal Government to provide additional funding for 10 million new trees to be planted in Toronto in the next 3 years.

City Council on November 26 and 27, 2019, referred Item IE9.8 back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee for further consideration.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute on behalf of the City an agreement or agreements with Metrolinx for the relocation, alteration, construction and/or installation of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure including appurtenances by Metrolinx's contractor(s) associated with Metrolinx transit projects, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute on behalf of the City an agreement or agreements with the Toronto Transit Commission for the relocation, alteration, construction and/or installation of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure including appurtenances by Toronto Transit Commission's contractor(s) associated with Toronto Transit Commission transit projects, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute on behalf of the City an agreement or agreements with any future agencies or entities delivering transit projects on behalf of the City or Province for the relocation, alteration, construction and/or installation of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure including appurtenances by contractor(s) associated with such agencies or entities, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

This report seeks authority for the General Manager of Toronto Water (the "General Manager") to negotiate and, where acceptable to the General Manager, enter into and execute construction agreements with the applicable transit agency either Metrolinx or Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for the construction of municipal water and/or sewer infrastructure associated with transit projects. This authority is needed to facilitate efficient implementation of transit construction, given the vast number of transit projects, as well as the scale and complexity of these transit projects across the City.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the General Manager, Toronto Water, to finalize negotiations with Veolia Water Canada, Inc. ("Veolia") and enter into and execute a ten (10) year renewal of the Operation, Maintenance and Pellet Marketing Services Agreement between Veolia and the City dated September 24, 2007, as amended by the Amendment Agreement dated March 1, 2010 ("OM&M Agreement"), on amended terms and conditions substantially consistent with the principles outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (December 17, 2019) from the General Manager, Toronto Water, and otherwise on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Toronto Water, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor ("Renewal Term Agreement").

This report seeks City Council authority for the General Manager, Toronto Water, to finalize negotiations with Veolia Water Canada, Inc. ("Veolia") and enter into and execute a ten (10) year renewal of the Operation, Maintenance and Pellet Marketing Services Agreement between Veolia and the City dated September 24, 2007, as subsequently amended in 2010 ("OM&M Agreement"), on amended terms and conditions substantially consistent with the principles outlined in Attachment 1 to this report.

The OM&M governs the relationship between the City and Veolia pertaining to the operation and maintenance by Veolia of the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant ("ABTP") Pelletizer Facility ("Pelletizer Facility") which was commissioned and put into full-time service in 2009. The services provided by Veolia under the OM&M also include the transportation and marketing of the biosolids pellets (generated by the Pelletizer Facility) to the agricultural sector in south-western Ontario. Unless renewed, the OM&M will expire in February 2020.

Since inception of the OM&M, production volumes and reliability have consistently improved. Also, since 2016, the services provided by Veolia under the OM&M has helped the City to achieve 100 percent beneficial use of the ABTP biosolids. The recommended ten (10) year renewal, which is permitted in the OM&M, subject to the approval of City Council, will ensure continuity of service to 2030. In addition to addressing in principle the proposed renewal and related contract amendments, Attachment 1 includes certain proposed amendments to the OM&M in recognition of the service performance achieved by Veolia to date and the City's need to plan for an eventual replacement facility over the course of this renewal period.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2020 with a report on implementing a new right-of-way occupancy permit policy that defaults to a denial of requests, except when no other options are available or when other factors necessitate and will require:

a. Consultation with the TTC, Transportation Services, and City Planning to determine whether a closure will adversely impact any current or future public uses of a right-of-way, including those affecting pedestrians, motorists, transit users, and cyclists.

b. A percentage of the additional Gross Floor Area achieved by the developer, as a result of City right-of-way use for construction, to be provided for public amenities, such affordable housing, childcare, or seniors services.

Extensive private development projects are significantly impacting the City's right of way. This report responds to outstanding requests from City Council to examine possible approaches to mitigation, including the legal implications of denying right of way permits and the provision of Construction Management Plans at the time of rezoning.

Further review of coordinating construction projects and mitigating their impacts will be included as part of the Congestion Management Plan update report scheduled for the first quarter of 2020.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of the west sidewalk and 1.7 metre wide portion of the southbound curb lane on Yonge Street, between Helendale Avenue and a point 58 metres south and provision of a temporary pedestrian walkway within the closed portion of the southbound curb lane, from February 2, 2020 and April 30, 2021.

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

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

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

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

Lifetime Developments is constructing a 29-storey condominium at 2360 Yonge Street. The site is located on the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Helendale Avenue. The sidewalk and a portion of the southbound lane on the west side of Yonge Street fronting the site are currently closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the development.  Lifetime has maintained a temporary protected and covered walkway within the road allowance in order to maintain pedestrian traffic.

This development site is within the Construction Hub Coordination Pilot program and has been reviewed by staff to ensure compliance with the pilot program.  This entails a coordinated review that includes construction coordination, community support, business support and communication and engagement with area residents to address safety, equity, vibrancy, innovation and engagement--the five guiding principles of the Construction Hub pilot.

City Council, at its meeting on February 26, 2019, approved an extension of the subject construction staging area on Yonge Street, from March 1, 2019 until February 1, 2020. A time extension of the construction staging area on Yonge Street for an additional 15 months (i.e. from February 2, 2020 to April 30, 2021), has been requested in order to complete the construction of the development.

This report is submitted to Infrastructure and Environment Committee as Yonge Street forms a shared boundary between the Toronto and East York Community Council and the North York Community Council.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services, to negotiate and enter into an advertising agreement with the Toronto Parking Authority and Astral Media Outdoor L.P. pursuant to the terms and conditions approved by the Board of Directors of the Toronto Parking Authority on December 12, 2019, Item PA11.8, and including such other terms and conditions as may be satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

2. City Council direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the Decision Letter (December 12, 2019) from the Board of Directors of Toronto Parking Authority remain confidential in its entirety, as it pertains to ongoing negotiations by the Toronto Parking Authority and the City of Toronto.

Bike Share Toronto is a bicycle-sharing system operated by the Toronto Parking Authority, providing access to 5,000 bicycles at 465 docking stations for 2.34 million trips (2019). Slightly more than 400 stations are currently placed within the City's transportation right-of-way, each containing two 15 square-foot, non-illuminated display panels, one of which is reserved for rider information. The second panel, which typically faces away from the station, is proposed by the Toronto Parking Authority for use as third-party advertising.

Advertising on City streets is currently governed by the Street Furniture Agreement with Astral Media, and Chapter 694, Signs, General, of the Municipal Code. In 2013, City Council authorized that Bike Share Toronto panels could include third-party advertising subject to negotiation with Astral Media, which has now been substantially completed by the Toronto Parking Authority. City Council further authorized that no additional approvals would be needed under the bylaw. A tri-partite agreement between the City of Toronto, Toronto Parking Authority, and Astral Media would allow for the implementation of the aforementioned authorities and revenue generation from third-party advertising to financially support Toronto Bike Share.

The Board of Directors of Toronto Parking Authority, on December 12, 2019 considered the report (December 2, 2019) from the Acting President, Toronto Parking Authority.  The Toronto Parking Authority:

1.  Directed that its decision and the report (December 2, 2019) from the Acting President, Toronto Parking Authority, be forwarded to City Council for consideration.

2.  Authorized the President, Toronto Parking Authority, to negotiate and enter into an advertising agreement with Astral Media Outdoor L.P. and the City of Toronto pursuant to the terms and conditions in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2019) from the Acting President, Toronto Parking Authority, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and subject to the approval of Toronto City Council.

3.  Directed that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (December 2, 2019) from the Acting President, Toronto Parking Authority, remain confidential in its entirety, as it pertains to ongoing negotiations related to assets of Toronto Parking Authority and provides confidential information to the Board of Directors of Toronto Parking Authority regarding the details of these negotiations.

The Infrastructure and Environment recommend that:

1. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 937, Temporary Closing of Highways, to delegate to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until December 31, 2030, inclusive, the authority to temporarily close to pedestrian and vehicular traffic highways or portions of highways for a period up to and including 365 consecutive days but ending no later than December 31, 2030 inclusive, with the exception of those highways listed in Section 937-4 of Chapter 937, as required for the purpose of the construction of the Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension and exempt the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out this delegated authority from Section 937-5 of Chapter 937, that being the requirement to notify the local Ward Councillor of the pending closure and the requirement to report on the proposed closure if so requested by the local Ward Councillor.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 27, Council Procedures, to provide that the current delegation to Community Council to temporarily close local roads, collector roads, and minor arterial roads does not include closures delegated to the General Manager, Transportation Services, in carrying out the authority in Part 1 above.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to request Metrolinx to expand its use of a 24 hour, 7 days a week hotline to accept and track complaints and reports of issues associated with the Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension.

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with Metrolinx to provide details of long-term road occupancy permits to the public on project websites, consistent with current practices deployed within the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit, Finch West Light Rail Transit and GO Expansion projects.

5. City Council direct that the traffic lanes and sidewalks be reopened when the project is complete.

The purpose of this report is to seek approval to authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services until December 31, 2030 to temporarily close to pedestrian and vehicular traffic highways or portions of highways for a period up to and including 365 consecutive days, but ending no later than December 31, 2030, inclusive, as required for the purpose of construction of the Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension.

This recommended delegation is similar to authority previously granted to the General Manager, Transportation Services in relation to the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit, Finch West Light Rail Transit and GO Expansion projects. This authority is necessary as the scope of Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension necessitates numerous concurrent and consecutive lane closures that will extend beyond thirty days during a multi-year construction period.

Delegation minimizes the chance of project delay and significantly reduces the administrative burden on City of Toronto staff, enabling them to focus on working with Metrolinx, contractors, local ward Councillors, and the community to maximize the effectiveness of traffic management and construction scheduling.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into, and execute an agreement with The Regional Municipality of Peel, generally in accordance with the terms and conditions in the report (December 20, 2019) from the 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.

The purpose of this report is to seek authorization to negotiate, enter into and execute a renewed agreement between the City of Toronto and The Regional Municipality of Peel for the cost sharing and maintenance of The Queensway Bridge over the Etobicoke Creek (Attachment 1 - Location Map). The previous agreement between the two jurisdictions had been in place since January 1, 2008 and expired on December 31, 2017. This new agreement would be back-dated to January 1, 2018 to bridge the time after expiration of the previous agreement, with a term ending December 31, 2027, unless terminated earlier by either party on not less than six months' written notice. The agreement would be based on terms substantially similar to the previous agreement, with the addition of a new clause pertaining to the design and construction administrative fee charged for capital improvements on the bridge structure.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:  

1. City Council authorize the Director, Environment and Energy to continue the delivery of the Smart Commute Program, subject to available funding, to employers and the communities of Toronto.

2. City Council authorize the Director, Environment and Energy to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the City of Toronto, the necessary agreements and ancillary documents, all in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, to coordinate the delivery of the Smart Commute Program with its Regional Municipal Partners.

3. City Council authorize the Director, Environment and Energy to negotiate and execute, on behalf of the City of Toronto, the necessary agreements and ancillary documents with Service Delivery Agents point A, SustainMobility and UrbanTrans for the delivery of Smart Commute Program services in Transportation Management Associations, subject to available funding, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

4. City Council authorize the Director, Environment and Energy to continue using the Smart Commute brand and logo, including but not limited to Smart Commute and Smart Commute Toronto, in its communications, marketing and advertising materials to support the continued delivery of the Smart Commute Program.

5. City Council authorize the Director, Environment and Energy to:

a. work with its Regional Municipal Partners to ensure continuity of the Smart Commute Program and identify a vendor that can provide a Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) wide ride matching software and other shared commuting online tools; and

b. if a preferred vendor is identified by the City and its Regional Municipal Partners, to negotiate and execute any agreement and ancillary documents to procure the preferred GTHA-wide ride matching software and other shared commuting online tools in accordance with the City's Purchasing by-law, subject to available funding, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

6. City Council request the Director, Environment and Energy to evaluate the feasibility of enhancing the Smart Commute Program by engaging with navigation providers (Waze, Google Maps, etc.) to:

a. Provide a trip carbon tracking and measuring tool;

b. Provide a multi-modal trip sequencing tool (individuals may use different modes of transit in a single trip, e.g. drive to a GO or TTC station, walking part of their trip, etc.); and

c. Report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2020.

The purpose of this report is to obtain updated City Council authority for the Director, Environment and Energy Division (EED) to continue delivering the Smart Commute Program in the absence of a Metrolinx partnership and to negotiate a new agreement with its Smart Commute Program regional municipal partners, which include the City of Hamilton, Region of Peel, Region of York Region of Durham and Halton Region (the "Regional Municipal Partners") that will enable Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) collaboration and sharing of resources needed to deliver the Smart Commute Program in Toronto.  In addition, the Director, Environment and Energy is requesting authorization to negotiate and execute agreements with the City's existing service delivery organizations, which include pointA, SustainMobility and UrbanTrans who deliver the Smart Commute Program in Toronto's Transportation Management Associations (the "Service Delivery Agents").  

On March 29, 2019, Metrolinx notified the City of Toronto that, subsequent to its fiscal review, Metrolinx funding and the three year agreement to provide Smart Commute Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programming in Toronto would be ending effective June 29, 2019. The on-line commuting tools and program resources will be made available to the Regional Municipal Partners by Metrolinx until they are transitioned to the City of Hamilton on or before December 31, 2019.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council approve the Electric Vehicle Strategy presented in Attachment 1: City of Toronto Electric Vehicle Strategy to the report (December 11, 2019) from Director, Environment and Energy, and direct City Divisions identified as action leads to report back with:

-  the outcome of activity exploration to be presented through the first Electric Vehicle Strategy status update report in 2021; and,

-  business cases where relevant for activity implementation to be presented through the 2021 Budget process.
 

2. City Council direct the Director, Environment and Energy to work with members of the already established Electric Vehicle Working Group ("EVWG") and other relevant City divisions, and request City agencies and corporations to oversee the effective engagement, implementation, and evaluation of the Electric Vehicle Strategy.

3. City Council direct the Director, Environment and Energy in consultation with Transportation Services, Fleet Services and all other relevant City divisions to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with a status update on the progress of the immediate actions identified in the Electric Vehicle Strategy starting in the second quarter of 2021 and with a comprehensive Electric Vehicle Strategy review every four years aligning with TransformTO's annual status reporting and the implementation planning cycles with the first review presented in 2023.

4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Director, Environment and Energy and all other relevant city divisions, to complete the Downtown On-Street Charging Pilot and the Residential On-street Charging Station Pilots in 2020.

5. City Council direct the Director, Environment and Energy, in consultation with the Electric Vehicle Working Group, to report back as part of the 2021 status update on targets and timelines for expanded deployment of on-street electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

This report presents the City of Toronto's Electric Vehicle Strategy (“EV Strategy”) and seeks City Council's approval of the Strategy.

The development and implementation of this EV Strategy is a critical component of transitioning Toronto to a low-carbon city as articulated in the City's Climate Action Strategy, TransformTO, in particular the goal that 100 percent of transportation use zero carbon energy by 2050.

While support for public transit and active transportation will be critical to achieving this goal, increasing the adoption of electric vehicles ("EV"s), fuelled by Ontario's current low-carbon electricity grid, must also be realized.

Based on objectives presented in this EV Strategy, by 2030, Toronto should be prepared to accommodate more than 220,000 plug-in electric vehicles (approximately 20 percent of personal vehicles) and by 2050, 100 percent of personal vehicles should be zero carbon which can currently only be achieved by electric vehicles. This scale up will require a coordinated effort to address the current barriers and enable necessary charging and electrical capacity infrastructure and upgrades to avoid disruptions in service.

Electric vehicles have advanced significantly this past decade, owing in part to maturing technology, increased model availability (new and used EVs), decreasing battery costs, and significant greenhouse gas reduction, air quality and urban noise reduction benefits. This EV Strategy recommends actions that need to be taken if electric vehicles are to significantly penetrate the passenger vehicle market.

The EV Strategy was co-created under the leadership of the Environment and Energy Division with the cross-divisional Electric Vehicle Working Group ("EVWG") which includes over 20 divisions, agencies and corporations, in consultation with external stakeholders from academic, non-profit, automotive, utility and technology organizations, oil and gas industry, property developers, community groups and the general public.

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to explore the feasibility of transforming "Parkland Location number 8" identified in Attachment 1 to the letter (January 6, 2020) from Councillor James Pasternak into public parkland and/or green space, and report back by the end of the third quarter of 2020 with the findings.

The Duke Heights BIA (DHBIA) in Ward 6 is home to over 2500 businesses, employs over 31,000 people and hosts one of the largest concentration of manufacturing enterprises in Toronto. Throughout the years the DHBIA has moved away from the old perceptions of the area and created a new and vibrant community that’s connected and committed to growth.

In August 2017 the DHBIA released a report highlighting parkland deficiencies within their boundaries. The report focuses on several pockets of land within employment areas that could be transformed into public parkland space. The BIA has then focused their initial efforts on transforming a piece of City owned land at the Dufferin Transfer Station, which they have labelled as "Parkland Location #8" (see Attachment #1).

Located in a central part of the southwest BIA quadrant, this piece of City owned land holds significant frontage along both Vanley Crescent and Chesswood Drive, one of the BIA’s main thoroughfares. Creating a park from the current mature green space and installing park amenities would create a valuable social node. With several sizeable trees already present, and because the Dufferin Transfer Station is already set back a great distance from the road, creating a comfortable parkette space could be a feasible endeavour. The parkland would also serve as the gateway to an envisioned multipurpose trail, part of the City Cycling plan, which will link Dufferin St. and Chesswood Dr., throughout the Dufferin Station Woodlot.

A recent potential development application at 35 Chesswood Ave. proposes to construct a new office building within the Dufferin Transfer Station lands. This future development will eventually alter the landscape at the station while creating a viable opportunity to redesign Parkland Location #8 into public parkland space.

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council request that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing conduct further consultations directly with the City of Toronto on its proposals to change how Ontario Building Code services are delivered in Ontario.

2. City Council advise the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing that Toronto City Council:

a. Supports revising the provincial qualification and registration program for building practitioners;

b. Supports the use of a Prime Consultant on complex buildings;

c. Requests that the Chief Building Official of the City of Toronto be an ex-officio, voting member on the proposed administrative authority’s Board of Directors; and,

d. Does not support the introduction of a Certified Professional Program in Ontario.

3. City Council direct the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to report back to the Planning and Housing Committee by the end of 2020:

a. With an update on the implementation of the proposed changes to provincial delivery of Building Code services, at the appropriate time; and,

b. On the results of the Toronto Building Program Review.

4. City Council request that the Government of Ontario incorporate the National Building Code requirements relating to fire safety during construction into the Ontario Building Code.

5. City Council request the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to consider aligning any further Ontario Building Code Act changes with the property maintenance standards and requirements in the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) either through legislation, regulation or engagement with tenants and landlords.

The Planning and Housing Committee:

1.  Directed the City Solicitor to report directly to City Council on January 29, 2020 on any legal options available to the City to protect the public interest with respect to the proposed changes to Building Code Service Delivery.

The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with a summary of the staff response to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing's recent consultation on proposed changes to how the Province delivers its services related to the Ontario Building Code. The Province is responsible for administering the Ontario Building Code Act and Building Code, while the City of Toronto is responsible for enforcement within its boundaries.

The report contains recommendations consistent with the Chief Building Official's response to the Province. Due to the timing of the consultation (September 25 - November 25, 2019), it was not possible for those comments to be brought before Toronto City Council for consideration or endorsement. This report focuses on the proposals which, in the view of Toronto Building staff, would have an impact on Building Code enforcement in the city.

Toronto Building staff are supportive of proposed changes to Ontario's qualification and registration system for building practitioners. The current system has created recruitment and staffing challenges for the City. On the matter of enforcement, the introduction of administrative penalties into legislation would support the City's efforts to address non-compliance with the Building Code. Staff are also supportive of strengthening the co-ordination and oversight of design professionals on complex building construction projects.

On the proposal to create an administrative authority for provincial Building Code services, staff identified concerns on matters of governance, accountability and a diminished municipal voice in building regulatory policy development at the Province. Toronto Building staff do not support the introduction of a program (known as the Certified Professional Program) whereby builders would be allowed through legislation to hire designers (who are also Architects and Professional Engineers) to assume the plan review and inspection roles and responsibilities on behalf of municipalities. While it is important to rely on design professionals to streamline the process, there are a number of concerns with this model, including potential conflicts of interest. The consultation did not contain any proposals to amend the Ontario Fire Code, the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, or the role of the Office of the Fire Marshal.  

The provincial consultation was also an opportunity to identify to the Province that the City of Toronto has experienced challenges in enforcing building regulations and has had to develop creative solutions to address pressing issues; particularly as they relate to high risk work, public education on good construction practices and public safety during construction. Finally, the submission identified that Toronto Building is currently undertaking a Program Review to identify a service model which meets public expectations including effective, efficient and timely services. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has been invited to be part of that discussion to help inform its further consideration of the proposals on which it consulted.

This report has been written in consultation with the City Manager's Office and the  Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the installation of a mid-block pedestrian traffic control signal on Eglinton Avenue West, at a point approximately 105 metres west of Pearen Street.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates bus service on Eglinton Avenue West, City Council approval of this report is required. The TTC has been advised on this matter.

Transportation Services is recommending installation of a mid-block pedestrian signal on Eglinton Avenue West, west of Pearen Street. This installation is recommended based on the pedestrian activity in the vicinity and the long spacing to adjacent pedestrian crossing protection. A pedestrian signal will enhance safety for pedestrians but may increase delays for east-west motorists.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law No. 438-86 for the lands at 1408, 1410, 1412, 1414, 1416 and 1420 Bayview Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 6 to the report (January 3, 2020) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

2. City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1408, 1410, 1412, 1414, 1416 and 1420 Bayview Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 7 to the report (January 3, 2020) 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 Zoning By-law Amendments as may be required.

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

a. enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to secure the number, tenure and type of residential replacement rental units and improvements as a matter of legal convenience; and

b. provide appropriate architectural treatment of the north and south facing walls, to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, North York District. 

5. City Council approve the application for a Rental Housing Demolition permit in accordance with Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code to allow for the demolition of 13 residential rental dwelling units located at 1408, 1410, 1414, 1416 and 1420 Bayview Avenue, subject to the following conditions:

a. the owner shall provide, secure and maintain not less than 13 replacement rental dwelling units, comprised of at least 2 one-bedroom, 9 two-bedroom, 1 three-bedroom and 1 four-bedroom units within the proposed 8-storey building 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 as generally illustrated in the plans provided to the City Planning Division dated October 17, 2019 and that any revision to these plans shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

b. the owner shall provide, secure and maintain at least 4 replacement rental dwelling units at affordable rents (2 one-bedroom and 2 two-bedroom units), and 7 replacement rental dwelling units at mid-range rents (6 two-bedrooms and 1 three-bedroom units), for a period of at least 10 years, beginning from the date that each replacement rental dwelling unit is first occupied; the remaining 2 replacement rental dwelling units shall have unrestricted rents (1 two-bedroom and 1 four-bedroom units);

c. the owner shall provide ensuite laundry in each replacement rental dwelling unit at no additional cost to tenants, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

d. the owner shall provide tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units with access to all indoor and outdoor amenities in the proposed 8-storey building at no extra charge and that access and use of these amenities shall be provided without the need to pre-book or pay a fee, unless specifically required as customary practices for private bookings, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

e. the owner shall provide 5 vehicle parking spaces to tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

f. the owner shall provide 4 storage lockers to tenants of the replacement rental dwelling units, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

g. the owner shall provide tenant relocation and assistance to all Eligible Tenants of the existing rental dwelling units, including the right to return to a replacement rental dwelling unit, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division;

h. the owner shall provide tenant relocation and assistance to all post application tenants, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division; and

i. the owner shall enter into and register on title to the subject site one or more Agreement(s) to secure the conditions outlined in 5. a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h above to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, including an agreement pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

6. City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, to issue the Preliminary Approval for the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code for the demolition of the 13 existing  rental dwelling units located at 1408, 1410, 1414, 1416 and 1420 Bayview Avenue after all the following have occurred:

a. satisfaction or securing of the conditions in Recommendation 5 above;

b. the Zoning By-law Amendment referred to in Recommendations 1 and 2 has come into full force and effect;

c. the issuance of the Notice of Approval Conditions for Site Plan approval by the Chief Planner or their designate, pursuant to Section 114 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006;

d. the issuance of excavation and shoring permits for the approved development on the site; and

e. the execution and registration of one or more Section 37 Agreements pursuant to the Planning Act securing Recommendations 5. a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h.

7. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official to issue the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Municipal Code Chapter 667 after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 6.

8. City Council authorize the Chief Building Official to issue a Residential Demolition Permit under Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code and Section 33 of the Planning Act no earlier than the issuance of the first building permit for excavation and shoring of the proposed development, and after the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, has issued the Preliminary Approval referred to in Recommendation 6, which may be included in the Residential Demolition Permit under 363-11.1, of the Toronto Municipal Code, on condition that:

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

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

c. the owner erects the proposed building on site no later than three (3) years from the day demolition of the buildings is commenced; and

d. should the owner fail to complete the new building within the time specified in condition 8.c. above, the City Clerk shall be entitled to enter on the collector’s roll, to be collected in a like manner as municipal taxes, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each dwelling unit for which a demolition permit is issued, and that each sum shall, until payment, be a lien or charge upon the land for which the demolition permit is issued.

9. Council authorize the appropriate City officials to take such actions as are necessary to implement the foregoing, including execution of the Section 111 Agreement and Section 37 Agreement.

North York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on January 8, 2020 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act, and in accordance with Municipal Code Ch. 667 under the City of Toronto Act.

This application proposes to amend Zoning By-law Nos. 438-86 and 569-2013 to permit the redevelopment of the subject lands for a 8-storey (27.85 metre high) mixed use building containing 65 residential units (inclusive of 13 replacement rental dwelling units) and 143 square metres of non-residential gross floor area on the ground floor resulting in an overall density (Floor Space Index - FSI) of 4.03 times the lot area.   The proposed development would include 73 parking spaces in a three-level underground garage. 

A Rental Housing Demolition application was submitted under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act to demolish two existing semi-detached buildings and two existing single-detached buildings containing a total of 14 existing residential dwelling units, of which 13 are currently rental dwelling units and 1 dwelling unit is owner occupied. 

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019).  The proposal represents an appropriate built form for a mixed use building and provides for an appropriate transition from Mixed Use Areas to Neighbourhoods.  The proposed development is also transit-supportive, being in proximity to the future Leaside LRT station at Bayview Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.  This report reviews and recommends approval of the Rental Housing Demolition Permit under Chapter 667 of the Toronto Municipal Code and the Residential Demolition Permit under Chapter 363 of the Toronto Municipal Code, subject to conditions.  This report also recommends entering into a Section 111 agreement for the site.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend former City of North York Zoning By-law No. 7625 substantially in  accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment, attached as Attachment No. 8 to the report (December 11, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

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

Notice of Intention to Amend Zoning By-law 288-2017 to remove a Holding Provision (H) was given in accordance with the Planning Act.  No on addressed the North York Community Council on January 8, 2020.

This Zoning By-law Amendment application proposes to partially lift the Holding (H) Symbol on the site in order to increase the maximum gross floor area of the entire site from 259,798 square metres to 260,238 square metres to accommodate an enclosed Combined Heat and Power generating building at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The proposed addition would be approximately 440 square metres and connected at the side to the existing Powerhouse building towards the interior of the site.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms and does not conflict with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019). The proposed addition would be integrated with the existing Sunnybrook health facility and would support the objectives of the PPS (2014) and the Growth Plan (2019) by improving an existing healthcare facility that will help improve the lives of patients.

North York Community Council recommends that: 

1. City Council include the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register:

a. 81 Barber Greene Road;

b. 849 Don Mills Road;

c. 95-155 Leeward Glenway;

d. 1133 Leslie Street;

e. 44-52 Prince Andrew Place;

f.  20 Wynford Drive;

g. 90 Wynford Drive; and

h. 100 Wynford Drive.

2. City Council defer including the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register to allow City Staff more time for further productive dialogue with the property owners:

a. 789 Don Mills Road;

b. 15 Gervais Drive;

c. 33 Green Belt Drive;

d. 1123 Leslie Street;

e. 1135 Leslie Street;

f. 39 Wynford Drive; and

g. 50 Wynford Drive.

3. City Council delete the property located at 1200 Eglinton Avenue East from the list of properties recommended for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.

This report recommends that City Council include 16 properties identified in Recommendation 1 of this report on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The properties are located within the Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (CHRA) study area.

As part of the Don Mills Crossing Study, which resulted in the Don Mills Secondary Plan (Official Plan Amendment 404), City Planning initiated a CHRA to ensure that all properties of cultural heritage value or interest were appropriately identified, understood and conserved as part of an up-to-date planning framework. The planning framework is supported by analysis of the broader context through a number of component studies, including the CHRA, to enable a thorough review of the area context. The CHRA Study Area (noted as ‘Study Area’ within this report) includes properties currently located between Leslie Street to the west, Barber Greene Road and Green Belt Drive to the north, and the Canadian National Railway line to the south and east.

The CHRA identified a collection of company headquarters, institutional and clean industrial buildings constructed between 1950 and 1975 whose Modernist design, low-rise scale, and landscaped settings linked together by a series of curvilinear roads has resulted in a unique cultural heritage landscape informed by the Garden City principles combined with Modernist architecture style. This approach to architecture and a generous landscaped setting was fundamental to the planning of Don Mills. The CHRA also identified housing that responded to the principles of incorporating Modernist architecture in a landscaped setting.

All of these properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, which the City also applies when assessing properties for its Heritage Register. Properties on the City's Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.

This report recommends that City Council include 16 properties identified in Recommendation 1 of this report on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The properties are located within the Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (CHRA) study area.

As part of the Don Mills Crossing Study, which resulted in the Don Mills Secondary Plan

(Official Plan Amendment 404), City Planning initiated a CHRA to ensure that all properties of cultural heritage value or interest were appropriately identified, understood and conserved as part of an up-to-date planning framework. The planning framework is supported by analysis of the broader context through a number of component studies, including the CHRA, to enable a thorough review of the area context. The CHRA Study Area (noted as ‘Study Area’ within this report) includes properties currently located between Leslie Street to the west, Barber Greene Road and Green Belt Drive to the north, and the Canadian National Railway line to the south and east.

The CHRA identified a collection of company headquarters, institutional and clean industrial

buildings constructed between 1950 and 1975 whose Modernist design, low-rise scale, and

landscaped settings linked together by a series of curvilinear roads has resulted in a unique

cultural heritage landscape informed by the Garden City principles combined with Modernist

architecture style. This approach to architecture and a generous landscaped setting was

fundamental to the planning of Don Mills. The CHRA also identified housing that responded to the principles of incorporating Modernist architecture in a landscaped setting.

All of these properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for

municipal designation, which the City also applies when assessing properties for its Heritage

Register. Properties on the City's Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in

accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.

At its meeting of December 3, 2019, the North York Community Council passed a motion to defer consideration of item NY11.6, Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register – Don Mills Crossing (dated November 6, 2019), until its January 8, 2020 meeting to provide an opportunity for property owners to seek further clarification from City staff. Item NY11.6 recommends that City Council include 16 properties identified in Recommendation 1 of the report (November 6, 2019) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register as these properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria for municipal designation, which the City also uses to determine properties for inclusion on its Heritage Register.

Since December 3, 2019, City staff have dialogued with all property owners who expressed concerns about the report. This supplementary report recommends that City Council amend Recommendation 1 of the report, Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register – Don Mills Crossing Properties (November 6, 2019), to defer consideration of seven properties comprising 789 Don Mills Road, 15 Gervais Drive, 33 Green Belt Drive, 1123 Leslie Street, 1135 Leslie Street, 39 Wynford Drive, and 50 Wynford Drive providing City staff more time for further productive dialogue with these property owners.

City staff also received new information regarding partial demolition of the former Computer Science Canada headquarters located at 1200 Eglinton Avenue East due to structural and safety issues of the exterior building fabric. Therefore, this supplementary report also recommends that City Council amend Recommendation 1 of the report to exclude 1200 Eglinton Avenue East from the original list of 16 properties recommended for inclusion on the Heritage Register.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Zoning By-laws for the affected Communities and Employment Districts substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law amendments attached as Attachment 1 to the report dated December 9, 2019 from the Director of Community Planning, Scarborough District.

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

Scarborough Community Council held a statutory public meeting on January 8, 2020 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

This report reviews and recommends approval of amendments to various former City of Scarborough Community and Employment Districts Zoning By-laws to clarify and implement the approved intentions of City Council and to rectify minor technical errors in the Zoning By-laws.

The Scarborough Community Council submits the item to City Council without recommendations.

Scarborough Community Council directed:

1. That the City Solicitor, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and appropriate City Staff attend a meeting with the local Councillors and the applicant, to discuss a possible resolution in advance of the January 29, 2020 City Council meeting and that the City Solicitor report to City Council at the January 29, 2020 meeting with the outcome of the discussions.

This application proposes to amend the Toronto Official Plan to add a Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) for the lands known as the Eglinton Square lands (1-70 Eglinton Square, 1431 and 1437 Victoria Park Avenue, 14-26 and 19-23 Engelhart Crescent, and 64-68 Harris Park Drive) to permit a mixed use development.  The SASP would provide for a mixed-use community to develop over time on the lands.  The mixed-use development would include multiple tall buildings with a range of building heights and stacked townhouses with a total of 1,630 residential units and 26,004 m2 of new retail uses proposed to be developed in five (5) blocks.

The Official Plan Amendment (OPA) application was submitted on October 4, 2016, and has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), now the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) citing City Council's failure to make a decision within the prescribed time frames set out in the Planning Act.  The appeal was filed on November 10, 2017.

A related Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion application (File No. 16 230698 ESC 35 RH) under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) was also submitted on October 4, 2016 to allow for the removal of 91 rental units in eight (8) existing apartment buildings, to be replaced elsewhere in the future redevelopment of the site. Review of this application is underway and a decision on this application will be deferred until such time as a decision has been made by the LPAT on the OPA application, and a decision has been made on the Zoning By-law Amendment (17 242390 ESC 35 OZ) application for these lands.

On December 16, 2019, the City received a letter from the applicant's solicitor, being a "with prejudice" settlement offer and formal revision to the application ("Resubmission

Letter"). The Resubmission Letter advised that the applicant has amended its application to include all of its lands inclusive of the existing shopping mall, and excepting the block containing existing rental dwelling units (known as Block E in the original application), including a proposed density of 4.9 times the area of its lands. The letter cites that the reason it is amending its application is because the City asked the applicant to resubmit to include all of its holdings. The City, as common in many applications, requests a block context plan to understand how the development proposal fits within the larger context including other sites. This is especially the case in an emerging development area that will be the subject of major redevelopment in the future. City Staff did not request or invite a resubmission to include the shopping mall block, but only to illustrate the development proposal in the larger context that happens to include lands within the same land holdings as the subject lands.

The Resubmission Letter was not accompanied by any supporting reports or update letters from the original application, as acknowledged in the Resubmission Letter. City Staff are not in a position to adequately review, circulate and comment on the revised proposal given the timelines and lack of a complete submission package. It is unusual to receive a revised submission requesting additional density from an original submission and therefore the original supporting reports cannot be used to support the revised proposal.

Without a circulation and review, City staff cannot support the revisions.  Should the applicant intend to pursue a revision to its application, they should formally resubmit and provide the required documentation for City staff to review and after a reasonable circulation period, City staff will seek further direction. Until that time the City cannot establish a fulsome list of issues in opposition of the revised application at a hearing before the LPAT.  Accordingly, the report largely addresses the original application, however also recommends that the City Solicitor oppose the revised application.

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council's direction for the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff and/or external consultants, to attend the LPAT hearing to oppose the application in its current form. City staff have concerns with how the proposed Official Plan Amendment can be supported in the context of the GMSP consultants' reports and recommendations for the broader Golden Mile area and for the subject site.  

The GMSP consultants Transportation Master Plan ("TMP"), Community Infrastructure Strategy and the Master Servicing Plan ("MSP") provide comprehensively analyzed information to assist with the direction on how growth can be accommodated within the Golden Mile Area.  These studies will also be used to inform the emerging policy direction in the proposed Golden Mile Secondary Plan, as presented in the report dated December 20, 2019, and being considered at the January 8, 2020 Scarborough Community Council meeting.  The proposed Official Plan Amendment, in its current form, is not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS 2014), does not conform with the Growth Plan (2019), and does not conform to the City's Official Plan.

This report also recommends that the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff be authorized to continue discussions with the applicant in an effort to address the issues outlined in this report.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with appropriate staff and/or external consultants as may be appropriate, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") hearing to support the applicant's appeal respecting the Official Plan Amendment application (Application No. 15 258686 ESC 37 OZ), for the lands at 1966 - 2050 Eglinton Avenue East and 50 Thermos Road up to a maximum gross Floor Space Index ("FSI") of 3.0 times the area of the site, subject to the resolution of the matters contained in the report (December 20, 2019), from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, including the identification of: new public streets; accommodating the required widening along Eglinton Avenue East; providing the required parkland dedication; improving the site organization and built form, providing office uses, providing a minimum 20 per cent of affordable housing required by policy 3.2.1.9, and providing of a minimum of one community facility on site.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City Staff to continue discussions with the applicant and resolve outstanding issues detailed in the report (December 20, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District regarding 1966-2050 Eglinton Avenue East and 50 Thermos Road, and report back to City Council on the outcome of discussions, if necessary.

3. In the event that the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the LPAT to withhold the issuance of any Orders on the Official Plan Amendment appeal for the subject lands until such time as: the LPAT has been advised by the City Solicitor that the proposed Official Plan Amendment is in a form and with content satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor.

This application proposes to amend the Official Plan to add a Site and Area Specific Policy ("SASP") for the lands at 1966-2050 Eglinton Avenue East and 50 Thermos Road (RioCan lands) to permit a mixed-use development with new streets and parkland.  The SASP would provide for a mixed-use community that would include a range of building heights, approximately 3,000 residential units (242,000 square metres of residential uses) and 58,000 square metres of non-residential uses, with a gross Floor Space Index ("FSI") of up to 2.8 times the area of the site, for a total of 300,000 square metres of gross floor area. Attachments 6 and 7 provides for conceptual 3D models that render densities that range from 2.8 to 3.3 times the area of the site.  The subject lands are located within the Golden Mile Secondary Plan study area. 

The Official Plan Amendment application was submitted on November 30, 2015, and has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board ("OMB"), now the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") citing City Council's failure to make a decision within the prescribed time frames set out in the Planning Act.  The appeal was filed on November 24, 2017.

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council's direction for the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff and/or external consultants, to attend the LPAT hearing to support the application up to a maximum gross FSI of 3.0 times the area of the site.  While the proposed SASP only requests 2.8 times FSI, City staff can support a higher density of up to 3.0 FSI on the site, subject to resolving issues related to land use, site organization, built form, and the overall structure of the proposed SASP. The revised density would be more aligned with the direction and vision of the proposed Golden Mile Secondary Plan, including the GMSP consultant's reports. City staff will utilize the GMSP consultants' recommendations for the broader Golden Mile area when reviewing the outstanding concerns for the subject site. 

The GMSP consultants Transportation Master Plan ("TMP"), Community Infrastructure Strategy and the Master Servicing Plan ("MSP") provide information to assist with the direction on how growth can be accommodated within the Golden Mile Area.  These studies will also be used to inform the emerging policy direction in the proposed Golden Mile Secondary Plan, as presented in the report dated December 20, 2019, and being considered at the January 8, 2020 Scarborough Community Council meeting.  Absent resolving the key structuring elements to create a complete community, the proposed Official Plan Amendment is not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS 2014), do not conform with the Growth Plan (2019), and do not conform to the City's Official Plan.

This report also recommends that the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff be authorized to continue discussions with the applicant in an effort to address the issues outlined in this report.

The Scarborough Community Council submits the item to City Council without recommendations.

Scarborough Community Council directed:

1. That the City Solicitor, Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and appropriate City Staff attend a meeting with the local Councillors and the applicant, to discuss a possible resolution in advance of the January 29, 2020 City Council meeting and that the City Solicitor report to City Council at the January 29, 2020 meeting with the outcome of the discussions.

This application originally submitted on December 22, 2016, proposes to amend the Official Plan to add a Site and Area Specific Policy ("SASP") for the lands at 1880-1890 Eglinton Avenue East and 1523-1545 Victoria Park Avenue (Choice lands) to permit a mixed-use development with new streets and parkland.  The SASP would provide for a mixed-use community that would include a range of building heights from one-storey to 39-storeys, 2,614 residential units (242,799 square metres of residential uses) and 30,629 square metres of non-residential uses, with a proposed gross Floor Space Index ("FSI") of 3.5 times the area of the site, for a total gross floor area of 273,428 square metres.  The subject lands are located within the Golden Mile Secondary Plan study area. 

The Official Plan Amendment application was submitted on December 22, 2016, and has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board ("OMB"), now the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT") citing City Council's failure to make a decision within the prescribed time frames set out in the Planning Act.  The appeal was filed on March 5, 2018.

On November 8, 2019, the City received a letter from the applicant's solicitor, being a "with prejudice" settlement offer and formal revision to the application ("Resubmission Letter").  The Resubmission Letter advised that the applicant has amended its application, including an increase in  proposed density to 4.28 times the area of the lands, comprising of approximately 3,291 residential units (303,215 square metres of residential uses) and 31,173 square metres of non-residential uses, for a proposed total gross floor area of 334,928 square metres. The Resubmission Letter also provided an updated OPA by-law, which provides for upwards of 340,000 square metres of gross floor area, which is a significant increase of approximately 61,500 to 66,572 square metres of gross floor area.

 
The Resubmission Letter was not accompanied by any supporting reports or update letters from the original application, as acknowledged in the Resubmission Letter.  City Staff are not in a position to adequately review, circulate and comment on the changes to the application given the lack of a complete submission package.  It is unusual to receive a revised submission requesting additional density from an original submission accompanied without supporting documentation and therefore the original supporting reports cannot be used to support the revised submission.

Should the applicant intend to pursue a revision to its application, it should formally provide the required documentation for City staff to review and to determine how to proceed with the revised submission. Until that time, city staff cannot provide fulsome, comprehensive analysis of the revised submission to provide recommendations to City Council for consideration. Accordingly, the report largely addresses the original application, however it also recommends that the City Solicitor oppose the revised application.

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council's direction for the City Solicitor, together with appropriate City staff and/or external consultants, to attend the LPAT hearing to oppose the original application and the with prejudice settlement offer dated November 8, 2019, in its current form.  City staff have concerns with how the proposed Official Plan Amendment can be supported in the context of the GMSP consultants' reports and recommendations for the broader Golden Mile area and for the subject site.  

The GMSP consultants Transportation Master Plan ("TMP"), Community Infrastructure Strategy and the Master Servicing Plan ("MSP") provide comprehensively analyzed information to assist with the direction on how growth can be accommodated within the Golden Mile Area.  These studies will also be used to inform the emerging policy direction in the proposed Golden Mile Secondary Plan, as presented in the report dated December 20, 2019, and being considered at the January 8, 2020 Scarborough Community Council meeting.  The proposed Official Plan Amendment, in its current form and the November 8, 2019, settlement offer are not consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS 2014), do not conform with the Growth Plan (2019), and does not conform to the City's Official Plan.

This report also recommends that the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff be authorized to continue discussions with the applicant in an effort to address the issues outlined in this report.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the subject lands at 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 22 Bluebird Place (Lots 1, 2 and 3 on Plan 66M-2540) as generally illustrated on Attachment 2 to the report dated November 27, 2019, from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District, to be prepared to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and to expire one year following enactment by City Council.

2. City Council require the owner to provide proof of payment of all current property taxes for the subject lands to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, prior to the enactment of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law.

3. Prior to the introduction of the Part Lot Control Exemption Bill, City Council require the owner to register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act, with priority, agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the lands subject to the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law without the written consent of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning or their designate.

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 make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law as may be required.

6. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to release, or partially release, the Section 118 Restriction from title to all or a portion of the lands in her sole discretion after consulting with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

This application requests exemption from Part Lot Control for 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 22 Bluebird Place (lands formerly known as 67 Kirkdene Drive) to create six (6) conveyable lots with a semi-detached dwelling unit on each lot.

The subject lands were part of a subdivision application that was approved for 6 semi-detached dwellings fronting onto a new public road. The plan of subdivision was registered on August 30, 2017 as Plan 66M-2540.

A previous application for Part Lot Control Exemption for the lots legally described as Lots 1-3 (all inclusive) on Plan 66M-2540 was approved by Council on April 24, 2018, and enacted through By-law 1073-2018 on July 27, 2018. The Part Lot Control By-law subsequently expired on July 27, 2019, however Lots 1 and 2 have yet to be sold and conveyed to their future purchasers, and the whole of Lot 3 was incorrectly conveyed to a single purchaser. As a result, a new Part Lot Control Exemption application is required for all the original lots (1-3) on Plan 66M-2540, to permit the creation of conveyable lots.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law. The proposal complies with the Official Plan and Zoning By-law, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019). The lifting of the Part Lot Control for a period of one year is considered appropriate for the orderly development of the lands.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council request that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, invite comment and undertake stakeholder consultations on the draft plan in Attachment 3 of the report dated December 20, 2019 from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District to inform the final version of the policies for the Secondary Plan for the Golden Mile study area.

2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to bring forward the final Secondary Plan for the Golden Mile for a Statutory Public Meeting, generally in accordance with the draft plan outlined in Attachment 3 of the report dated December 20, 2019 from the Director, Community Planning, Scarborough District and informed by the consultations with internal divisions and external stakeholders.

3. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, to host a Business Forum with tenants, landowners, business owners and other key stakeholders within the Golden Mile area to consult on the opportunity to establish a business association for the Golden Mile area to advocate for business needs.

The Golden Mile Secondary Plan (“GMSP”) Study was initiated by City Planning staff in May 2016, and generally consisted of the lands located along Eglinton Avenue East, between Victoria Park Avenue and Birchmount Road.  In April 2019, City Council expanded the study area boundary from 97 to 113 hectares to include additional lands east of Victoria Park Avenue within Wards 20 and 21, as well as approximately 4.3 hectares of land on the west side of Victoria Park Avenue within Ward 16 (refer to Attachment 1: Golden Mile Secondary Plan Study Area Boundary). 

The Golden Mile has been influenced by agricultural, industrial and commercial eras of development.  The area became known as the "Golden Mile of Industry" during the post-World War II era with the construction of large-scale manufacturing buildings along Eglinton Avenue East, between Pharmacy Avenue and Birchmount Road.  Large-scale commercial construction generally occurred during the 1990's, replacing many of the former industrial buildings that fronted onto Eglinton Avenue East.

The draft Secondary Plan for the Golden Mile establishes a planning framework for future development in the Golden Mile area that sets out the long-term vision for a complete, liveable, connected, responsive, and prosperous mixed-use community.  Golden Mile is intended to maintain its role as an important economic driver within the east end of Toronto and is envisioned as both a destination and a place for residents, workers, and visitors to live, work, shop, and play.

The purpose of the report is to present the "GMSP Study: Final Consultant's Report", and provide a summary of the Phase Three findings of the Study (refer to Attachment 2: GMSP Study: Final Consultant's Report - Executive Summary). The preferred development alternative identified by the consultant has the potential to accommodate approximately 24,000 residential units, 43,000 residents and 19,000 jobs over the next 20+ years, in a mix of tall, mid and low-rise buildings ranging in height from 4 to 35 storeys.

The report also presents draft Secondary Plan policies for the Golden Mile study area and recommends that City Planning staff invite comment and undertake stakeholder consultations on these policy directions (refer to Attachment 3: Draft Secondary Plan Policies for Golden Mile).

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the installation of traffic control signals at the intersection of Lawrence Avenue East and Valparaiso Avenue.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Lawrence Avenue East, City Council approval of this report is required.

Further to a request from a private citizen, Transportation Services staff reviewed the feasibility of installing traffic control signals on Lawrence Avenue East at Valparaiso Avenue.

This report recommends that traffic control signals be installed at the intersection of Lawrence Avenue East and Valparaiso Avenue as the existing conditions meet the technical warrant for the installation of pedestrian crossing protection.

Currently, this location is controlled by a stop sign for southbound traffic on Valparaiso Avenue.  The results of our study indicate that a total of 219 pedestrians were recorded crossing Lawrence Avenue East, of which 210 pedestrians experienced delays over 10 seconds.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council prohibit southbound and westbound left turns from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday at the driveway at 5631-5671 Steeles Avenue East (Milliken Crossing shopping centre) located on the east side of Middlefield Road at a point approximately 92 metres south of Steeles Avenue East.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Middlefield Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

This report recommends that southbound and westbound left turns be prohibited from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday at the driveway to Milliken Crossing shopping centre (5631-5671 Steeles Avenue East), located on the east side of Middlefield Road at a point approximately 92 metres south of Steeles Avenue East.

Prohibiting southbound and westbound left turns at this driveway will improve safety by preventing conflicts between vehicles, reducing congestion, and maintaining traffic flow in the vicinity of the driveway.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council prohibit northbound U-turns at all times on Sheppard Avenue East at the north end of the centre median located 48 metres north of Kingston Road.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates transit service on Sheppard Avenue East, City Council approval of this report is required.

This report recommends that northbound U-turns be prohibited on Sheppard Avenue East at the end of the centre median located 48 metres north of Kingston Road.

Prohibiting northbound U-turns at this location will improve safety by eliminating conflicts between vehicles traveling southbound and vehicles attempting to make northbound to southbound U-turns

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.   City Council amend former City of Toronto Zoning By-law No. 438-86, for the lands at 299 Glenlake Avenue substantially in accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.

2.   City Council amend City-wide Zoning By-law No. 569-2013 for the lands at 299 Glenlake Avenue substantially in accordance with the Draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 7 to the report (December 18, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, amended by adding the following new provision to Section 5 Exception R 83:

"(U) The building identified as "proposed building" on Diagram 3 of By-law [Clerks to insert by-law #]may not penetrate a 45 degree angular plane projected over the lot from a line parallel to the northerly limit of Glenlake Avenue starting at a height equal to the average elevation of ground along the lot lines abutting the northerly limit of Glenlake Avenue immediately opposite the lands identified on Diagram 1."

3.   City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the Draft zoning by-laws as may be required.

4.   Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the owner to enter into an Agreement as a legal convenience pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as follows:

a)   The owner agrees to maintain the rental tenure of the existing rental apartment building containing 233 dwelling units, without application to convert or demolish for at least 20 years commencing from the date of the enactment of the amending by-laws.

b)   The owner agrees to provide access to residents of the existing rental building to all indoor and outdoor amenities within and adjacent to the proposed building, with no pass-through of costs to residents within the existing rental building.

c)   The owner agrees to undertake improvements to the existing rental building with no pass-through of costs to existing residents within the existing rental building, including:

i.  New waste management facilities, including internalizing waste storage and allowing recycling and kitchen waste drop off within the existing building;

ii.  New outdoor amenity space, to be shared between the residents of the existing and new buildings, having a minimum size of 712 m2, with programming to be determined through the site plan application review process and secured in the Site Plan Agreement;

iii.  Access to a minimum of 246 m2 of indoor amenity space in the new building by residents of the existing rental building, to be shared between the residents of the existing and new buildings, with programming to be determined through the site plan application review process and secured in the Site Plan Agreement;

iv.  Provide an accessible entrance at the front of the existing rental building, with ramps that provide access to the elevators;

v.  Provide one washer and dryer on the ground floor of the existing rental building reserved for those with mobility constraints that may have difficulty or be unable to access the larger existing laundry room in the basement;

vi.  Undertake improvements to the open area adjacent to the front lobby of the existing rental building in the form of unmovable, durable furniture;

vii.  Provide 50 long-term bicycle storage spaces for the existing rental building; and

viii.  Add short term bicycle parking near the front entrance of the existing rental building.

d)   The owner agrees to provide a construction mitigation and tenant communications plan as part of the Construction Management Plan to lessen adverse impacts on tenants due to the redevelopment proposal, to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.      

e)   The owner agrees to provide dog-relief facilities for use by new and existing residents, with the location and size of the facilities to be identified and secured through the site plan application review process to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

f)    The owner agrees to secure a car-share provider as a condition to be secured through the Site Plan Agreement to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services.

g)   The owner agrees to reconstruct the City sidewalks to city standards including adding a tactile walking surface indicator at the southwest corner of Glenlake Avenue and Pacific Avenue to be paid for by the owner at no cost to the City to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services.

h)  The owner agrees to provide all the requirements and related approvals of the City's Tree By-law through the site plan application review process to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation.

i)    The owner agrees to address and incorporate the environmental mitigation and enhancement requirements, as noted in the City Planning Policy staff comments dated April 23, 2019, during the site plan application review process to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

j)    The owner agrees to provide an on-site privately-owned, publicly accessible open space (POPS) and a mid-block pedestrian easement.  The final location, size, design and program of the POPS, and identification of the pedestrian easement, will be determined through the site plan control approval review process and secured through the Site Plan Agreement to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

k)   The owner agrees to construct and maintain the development in accordance with the Tier 1 performance measures of the Toronto Green Standard, as adopted by Toronto City Council at its meeting held on October 26 and 27, 2009 through the adoption of Item PG32.3 of the Planning and Growth Management Committee, and as updated by Toronto City Council at its meeting held on December 5, 6 and 7, 2017 through the adoption of item PG23.9 of the Planning and Growth Management Committee, and as may be further amended by City Council from time to time.

l) The owner agrees to the inclusion of warning clauses and signage of the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Toronto District School Board in the conditions of site plan approval and subsequently within any agreements of purchase and sale or tenant lease agreements for the proposed units to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

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

a)   The owner to provide confirmation in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor that all the lands subject to this application are in the title of the land owner;

b)   The owner to provide confirmation in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor that their appeal of OPA 419/SASP 551 will be withdrawn; and

c)   The Section 37 Agreement noted in Recommendation 4 above to be finalized, executed and registered on title.

This application proposes to amend former City of Toronto Zoning By-law No. 438-86 and City-wide Zoning By-law No. 569-2013 to permit the construction of an 11-storey, 123 unit infill apartment building at 299 Glenlake Avenue.  The site currently contains a 30-storey residential apartment building 81 metres in height excluding the mechanical penthouse (86 metres including the mechanical penthouse) having 233 units. The new building would be 11 storeys and 33.5 m in height excluding the mechanical penthouse (38.5 m including the mechanical penthouse) and have 9,550 m2 of gross floor area. The development proposal includes a strip of land to the west approximately 16.2 metres in width adjoining the site at 35, 41-63, 65 and 95 High Park Avenue and 66 and 102-116 Pacific Avenue.    

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms with the A Place to Grow, Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019).  The proposed development represents appropriate infill within the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area and conforms to the City of Toronto Official Plan, Site and Area Specific Policy 551 and the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood Area Urban Design Guidelines.  The proposed development fits within the existing and planned context and character of this neighbourhood.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning by-laws.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 

1. City Council adopt the draft Official Plan Amendment, King-Spadina Secondary Plan, included as Attachment 2 to the December 12, 2019, report from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.  

2. Upon Official Plan Amendment 486 coming into force, City Council repeal City of Toronto By-law 921-2006 being a by-law "to adopt Amendment No. 2 of the Official Plan of the City of Toronto with respect to lands within the King-Spadina Secondary Plan (Section 16, Chapter 6)".

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

4. City Council direct staff to use the King-Spadina Secondary Plan in the evaluation of all current and new development proposals within its boundaries.

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

6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Director, Urban Design to prepare and bring forward a Public Realm Strategy for the King-Spadina Secondary Plan area for consideration by Council.

7. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Director, Urban Design to review the existing King Spadina Urban Design Guidelines (2006) and bring forward updated Urban Design Guidelines for the King-Spadina Secondary Plan area, as required.

This report brings forward an updated King-Spadina Secondary Plan (the "Secondary Plan"). The Secondary Plan is a policy framework that will provide clear and consistent guidance for development in the area over the next 20 years, ensuring that the area continues to be a place to live and work, and where new buildings add to the character and context that defines each part of the Secondary Plan area. The Secondary Plan builds on the direction set forward in the Downtown Plan by bringing forward more specific policy guidance on land use, built form, public realm and specific Areas of Special Identity.

The Secondary Plan follows up on the success of the 1996 King-Spadina Secondary Plan. As an area targeted for growth and new investment, the Secondary Plan recommends that development provide a full mix of uses that are designed to be compatible with their existing and planned context, conserve cultural heritage resources, and improve and expand the public realm. The Secondary Plan is to be read in concert with the Downtown Plan, and will prevail over the Downtown Plan to the extent of any conflict.  

The Secondary Plan is the outcome of detailed analysis, public and stakeholder consultation, and staff input from various City Divisions. The Secondary Plan has regard for matters of provincial interest under Section 2 of the Planning Act, is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019). The Secondary Plan also conforms to and maintains the intent and purpose of the City’s Official Plan.

The Toronto and East York Community Council submits the item to City Council without recommendations.

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1.  Requested the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to report directly to the January 29 and 30, 2020 meeting of City Council with a Supplementary Report reflecting amendments to the Section 37 contributions by increasing the affordable rental housing units from 22 to 26 units (containing 19 1-bedroom units and 7 2-bedroom units at 90 percent AMR), and an increased cash contribution to streetscaping and public realm improvements in the amount of $120,000.00.

This application proposes to redevelop the site with a 49-storey (164.5 metres, including mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 802 square metres of retail uses at grade, 14,548 square metres of office uses within an 8-storey (37.5 metres) base building, and residential uses above. A total of 522 rental residential units including 22 affordable rental housing units of approximately 1,013 square metres of residential gross floor area, are proposed within the tower component of the development. The application proposes 85 vehicular parking spaces and 589 bicycle spaces.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014), conforms with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019), and is consistent with the relevant policies of the Official Plan, and the Downtown Plan. The application proposes significant new Class A office space, family-sized units in the form of 10 percent 3-bedroom units and 27 percent 2-bedroom units, 22 affordable housing units and represents a built form that is compatible with the surrounding context.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86, for the lands at 112 College Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

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

a. Provide a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to demonstrate whether the existing municipal infrastructure is adequate to service the proposed development and to determine whether any upgrades may be required to the existing infrastructure to support the proposed development, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and

b. Pay for and construct any improvements to the municipal infrastructure identified in the revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, satisfactory to the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements to such infrastructure are required to support this development.

This application proposes a 13-storey institutional building with an overall height of approximately 65 metres and a gross floor area of approximately 17,900 square metres at 112 College Street.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014), conforms with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019) and conforms with the Official Plan.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The application proposes a compact built form on a site that is appropriate for further intensification, within a built-up area, that would take advantage of existing infrastructure, provide new institutional uses, and contribute to the vitality of the campus and surrounding neighbourhoods.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86 for the lands at 1151 Queen Street East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2.  City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 1151 Queen Street East to substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

4.  Prior to the introduction of Bills, the applicant is required to submit a revised Functional Servicing Report and Stormwater Management Report, and a Hydrogeological Investigation Report to address Engineering requirements.

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

6.  City Council require the owner, as a condition of approval of the Zoning By-law Amendment Application, to pay for and construct any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the accepted Functional Servicing Report, to be submitted for review and acceptance by the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements to such infrastructure are required to support this development.

7. City Council require the owner to agree to submit, and thereafter implement, a construction management plan to address such matters as noise, dust, street closures, parking and laneway uses and access. Such plan shall be to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Ward Councillor and Bruce Public School and shall be submitted prior to the commencement of any demolition, shoring or excavation work.

8.  City Council direct the applicant to establish a Construction Liaison Committee made up of local residents including a representative of the School Parent Council to the satisfaction of the local Councillor and the Committee is to meet bi-weekly at the beginning of construction. Notes from the meetings are to be shared with the members and the Councillor's office.

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

 
10.  City Council direct the applicant to 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.

 
11.  City Council direct the applicant to 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.

 
12.  City Council direct the applicant to clearly consult and communicate all construction, parking and road occupancy impacts with local businesses and residents in advance of any physical road modifications.

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

 
14.  City Council direct the applicant to post a contact number for the site superintendent on the construction hoarding.

 
15.  City Council direct the applicant to create a publicly accessible website with regular construction updates and post the website address on the subject site – 1151 Queen Street.

 
16.  City Council direct the applicant to 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.

 
17.  City Council direct Transportation Services to report to Toronto and East York Community Council on excluding the development at 1151 Queen from the on-street permit parking program including requiring the applicant to state in all marketing materials, condominium disclosure documents, and sales agreements that the future owner, tenant, or sublet tenant or any other additional occupant or guest will be prohibited from applying for an on-street parking permit and the building will be excluded from any on-street permit specified area.

 
18.  City Council direct Toronto Building to monitor compliance with all additional conditions set by Toronto and East York Community Council or City Council. 

This application proposes a Zoning By-law Amendment to facilitate the redevelopment of a vacant retail and associated surface parking lot with a 6-storey (20 metres plus a 3.6 metre mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building containing 47 rental dwelling units with approximately 385 square metres of retail at grade and 3,546 square metres of residential gross floor area at 1151 Queen Street East.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2017).

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law. The application represents a sensitive and desirable intensification of Queen Street East that meets the intent of the Leslieville Urban Design Guidelines. The proposal incorporates a range of dwelling unit sizes appropriate for a variety of household configurations. The property directly abuts the Queen Street East streetcar line, which optimizes the use of existing transit infrastructure. These reasons form the basis for recommending this application.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 507, 509 and 511 Kingston Road substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2.  City Council amend Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 507, 509 and 511 Kingston Road substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.  

3.  City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86 for the lands at 507, 509 and 511 Kingston Road substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 7 to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

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

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

a.  Submit a revised Function Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, Groundwater Summary, and Hydrological Review Summary to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services;

b.  Pay for and construct any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the site servicing assessment, should it be determined that upgrades are required to the infrastructure to support this development;

c.  Apply for and complete the approvals process to seek permission to injure or destroy any privately-owned trees in accordance with the City of Toronto's Private Tree By-law; and

d.  Apply for and complete the approval process to seek permission to injure or destroy any publicly-owned trees in accordance with the City of Toronto's City Tree By-law.

6.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure privacy measures, such as clerestory windows and/or frosted glazing, on the east and west elevations through Site Plan Approval.

7. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to secure all possible restrictions for non-emergency access onto Wheeler Avenue through Site Plan Approval. 

8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council on the realignment of permit parking area "9C" to exclude the proposed development located at 507, 509, 511 Kingston Road.

This application proposes to develop an 8-storey apartment building at 507, 509, and 511 Kingston Road with 30 dwelling units, a height of 24 metres, total gross floor area (GFA) of 4,170m2, 39 underground vehicle parking spaces and 30 bicycle parking spaces.  The site is located on the south side of Kingston Road between Woodbine Avenue and Main Street. The site extends south to a residential street, Wheeler Avenue. The existing structures at 507, 509 and 511 Kingston Road are proposed to be demolished.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2014) and conforms to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019).

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council endorse the Yonge-St. Clair Planning Framework attached as Attachment 4 to the report (December 19, 2019) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, and direct City staff to review all current and future development applications against the Planning Framework.

2. City Council request the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to study the Apartment Neighbourhoods designated lands to the northwest and southeast of the Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue intersection and to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council with a Planning Framework providing guidance on managing development pressures no later than the fourth quarter of 2020; such study to include a consultation process with the local community.

3. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to initiate a Secondary Plan Review upon completion of the Planning Framework described in Recommendation 1 above.

4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to direct Transportation staff to work with the Deer Park Residents Group, local BIA and other community stakeholders to evaluate transportation, street safety and traffic concerns identified through the Yonge-St. Clair Planning Framework study, and develop a Transportation Management Plan for the Deer Park neighbourhood, and to report to Toronto and East York Community Council by the fourth quarter of 2020.

This report recommends that City Council endorse a Planning Framework for the area surrounding the Yonge-St. Clair intersection to be used to evaluate current and future development applications. The Planning Framework includes a vision of a distinct and complete community, a co-ordinated plan for new and enhanced parks, open spaces and connections, and guidance on urban structure and built form.

The Planning Framework complements the existing Official Plan policies and, as the area continues to grow and intensify, the Framework is intended to provide clarity as to where tall buildings could go and the open space, public realm and built form improvements that are required to achieve those tall buildings.

The Framework study benefitted from a thorough public consultation process, input and feedback from the local community, the concurrent review of major development applications and the input of staff from various City Divisions. The Framework encourages a sense of place and guides development with a vision of an expanded and improved public realm consisting of new and expanded open spaces, pedestrian connections, widened sidewalks, intersection improvements, and appropriately scaled built form.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 

1. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of the sidewalk on the west side of Avenue Road, between Bloor Street West and Prince Arthur Avenue, from February 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020.

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

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

4. City Council direct that Avenue Road be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Avenue Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

PCL Constructors Canada Incorporated is redeveloping the existing Park Hyatt hotel at 4 Avenue Road, located in the north-west corner of Avenue Road and Bloor Street West. The sidewalk on the west side of Avenue Road, between Bloor Street West and Prince Arthur Avenue, is closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the redevelopment. City Council, at its meeting on October 29 and 30, 2019, authorized and extension of the subject construction staging area on Avenue Road, from October 30, 2019 to January 31, 2020.

Transportation Services is requesting authorization to extend the duration of the construction staging area on Avenue Road for an additional six months (i.e. from February 1, 2020 to July 30, 2020, in order to allow for the completion of the redevelopment.

The Toronto and East York Community Council submits the item to City Council without recommendations.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Avenue Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

Davies Development Corp. is constructing a nine-storey residential development at 281-289 Avenue Road. The sidewalk and a portion of the northbound curb lane on the east side of Avenue Road fronting the site are currently closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the development. City Council, at its meeting on January 30 and 31, 2019, authorized the subject construction staging area from February 6, 2019 to February 6, 2020.

Transportation Services is requesting authorization to extend the construction staging area on Avenue Road for an additional seven months (i.e. from February 7, 2020 to August 31, 2020), in order to complete the construction of the development.

The developer has requested an extension of the duration of the construction staging area on Avenue Road, as the site has experienced a number of construction delays encountered during the excavation and shoring phase.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the installation of on-street accessible parking spaces at the locations identified in Appendix A attached to the report dated December 10, 2019, from the Acting Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.

The purpose of this report is to obtain approval for the installation of on-street accessible parking spaces for persons with disabilities.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates transit service on the subject streets, City Council approval of this report is required.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 

1.  City Council authorize the alteration of Dundas Street West and Howard Park Avenue intersection, as shown in the attached Drawing No. 421G-3600, dated December 2019 attached to the report (December 9, 2019) from the Acting Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.

2.  Subject to approval of Recommendation 1 above and in conjunction with completion of the highway alteration as set out in Recommendation 1 above, City Council:

a.  prohibit northbound left turns at all times at the intersection of Dundas Street West and Howard Park Avenue;

b.  prohibit standing at all times on the east side of Howard Park Avenue, between Dundas Street West and a point 65 metres south;

c.  rescind the easterly northbound lane designated for northbound right-turning vehicles, anytime, on Howard Park Avenue, between Dundas Street West and a point 30.5 metres south;

d. rescind the westerly northbound lane designated for northbound left-turning vehicles (streetcars excepted), anytime, on Howard Park Avenue, between Dundas Street West and a point 30.5 metres south; and

e. designate the northbound lane on Howard Park Avenue, between Dundas Street West and a point 30.5 metres south, for right-turning vehicles.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates transit service at this intersection, City Council approval of this report is required.

Transportation Services is recommending reconfiguration of the intersection of Dundas Street West and Howard Park Avenue.  This report also includes required traffic and parking regulation amendments associated with this project.  This project will improve the pedestrian, cycling and transit environments, as well as the public realm.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 

1.  City Council rescind the existing standing prohibition in effect at all times on the east side of Oriole Parkway, between a point 24.2 metres north of Chaplin Crescent and Imperial Street.

2.  City Council authorize parking for a maximum period of one hour from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, on the east side of Oriole Parkway, between Imperial Street and a point 24.2 metres north of Chaplin Crescent.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Oriole Parkway, City Council approval of this report is required.

Transportation Services is recommending that one-hour parking be permitted on east side of Oriole Parkway, north of Chaplin Crescent.  The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has recently removed the northbound farside bus stop on Oriole Parkway at Chaplin Crescent.  Accordingly, a portion of the existing standing prohibition on the east side of Oriole Parkway, north of Chaplin Crescent, can be changed to a maximum one-hour parking regulation, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, as per the existing parking regulations further north.  At other times, parking will be allowed for a maximum of three hours.  This proposal will not adversely impact traffic and will add four to five additional parking spaces on Oriole Parkway.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends:

1. City Council rescind the existing eastbound right turn on red signal prohibition (T.T.C. vehicles excepted) in effect at St. Clair Avenue West and Lansdowne Avenue.

Residents reached out to my office after noticing that the 'no right turn on red' regulation along St. Clair Avenue West at Lansdowne Avenue was slowing the flow of vehicular traffic and contributing to congestion along St. Clair. This restriction was implemented during construction of the St. Clair streetcar right-of-way. It was intended to reduce conflicts between vehicles turning right onto Lansdowne Avenue and streetcars turning right/left from St. Clair Avenue West to Lansdowne Avenue. As this intersection is part of a major arterial road and transit-way, I sought the advice of City of Toronto Traffic Operations and Toronto Transit Commission's (TTC) Service Planning. There is broad agreement that the restriction is no longer necessary. I am therefore moving to rescind.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council exempt the implementation of permit parking on Little Norway Crescent from the requirements of subsection 925-4B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, until such time as Toronto and East York Community Council considers a request for implementation of permit parking at that location. 

The Toronto and East York Community Council approved implementation of Permit Parking on Little Norway Crescent for the hours of 7:00p.m. to 7:00a.m.

Little Norway Crescent is located in the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood along the City's Waterfront. The street runs along Little Norway Park and is home to Windward Co-operative Housing. The current parking regulations on the street allow for 3 hour unassigned parking and often times it is difficult for residents to benefit from the spaces due to the high traffic and demand for parking due to the proximity to the Billy Bishop Airport.

My office is in receipt of a petition signed by residents of Little Norway Crescent for the implementation of Permit Parking from the hours of 7pm-7am on a street name basis.  This is a local roadway, located at the southern end of Bathurst Street just south of Lakeshore Boulevard east.  The properties located on this street comprise of a mix of low and high density residential units.  My office has worked with the community for some time now and it's obvious to me that there is a need to organize street parking to accommodate resident's long term parking needs.  Normally a permit parking poll would be conducted, however due to the pressing need to provide immediate relief from tagging of vehicles by Parking Enforcement Officers I'm requesting exemption from the polling requirements of subsection 925-4B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925.

Subsection 925-4B of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 925, Permit Parking, provides that:

Where permit parking is not currently available and where a petition requesting permit parking signed by the residents of a minimum of 25% of the total number of residential premises having a residential address on the street or the flank of the street is submitted to the General Manager, a poll shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 190, Polling and Notification, to determine if the residents wish to have permit parking on their road or area, as the case may be. In the event of a positive polling result, the General Manager shall report such result to the appropriate community council, which community council under delegated authority, shall be authorized to pass any necessary by-laws to implement permit parking on the road or area. In the event of a negative result, permit parking shall not be extended to the road or area, and no further permit parking poll shall be conducted for a period of two years.  

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report.

2.  If the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 are adopted, City Council authorize the public release of:

a. the recommendations contained in Confidential Attachment 1; and

b. Appendices "A", "B" and "C" to Confidential Attachment 1.

3.  City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The purpose of this report is to seek instructions respecting the appeal of the Zoning By-law Amendment application for 2706 Bayview Avenue, currently before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT").

On December 21, 2016, the City of Toronto (the "City") received a Zoning By-law Amendment Application to permit the re-location of an existing single family detached dwelling and development of three, three-storey townhouse units on Bayview Avenue (the "Application").  The applicant also submitted an accompanying Site Plan application.

On November 28, 2017, the applicant appealed the Application to the LPAT, citing City Council's failure to make a decision on the Application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act.  The Site Plan application has not been appealed to date.

Two pre-hearing conferences have since taken place before the LPAT.

City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, if adopted by City Council.

3.  City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

2477879 Ontario Inc., 1579661 Ontario Inc., Clarieville Holdings Limited, and Frances Danyliw (together the "Applicant") own lands municipally known as 301-319 King Street West (the "Subject Site").  The Subject Site is located on the south side of King Street West, west of John Street.  The Subject Site currently contains four 3-storey buildings with commercial uses at grade.  Each of the properties that compose the Subject Site have recognized heritage value:  The properties at 301-303, 315, and 319 King Street West are designated heritage properties and the property at 305, 309, and 311 King Street West has been listed.

On April 4, 2013, the Applicant submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City proposing to amend former City of Toronto Zoning By-law 438-86 and City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit the development of a 42-storey (174.6 metres in height, including mechanical penthouse) commercial building at 305-319 King Street West (the "Original Proposal").  The Original Proposal included office, hotel, and restaurant uses, as well as four levels of underground parking.  Portions of the heritage buildings on the site were proposed to be retained and integrated into the 5-storey podium of the new building.  The Original Proposal did not include any setbacks from the eastern property line, and therefore provided no tower separation to the neighbouring property.  The total proposed gross floor area ("GFA") of the Original Proposal was 38,343 square metres, with a floor space index ("FSI") of 31.5.  The tower floor plate proposed was 900 square metres.

On December 3, 2017, the Applicant appealed the Application to the Ontario Municipal Board ("OMB") (now known as the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal ("LPAT")) as LPAT File No. PL171514.  The first prehearing conference was held on October 3, 2018 before the LPAT.  The second prehearing conference was held on May 13, 2019.

In October 2019, as a result of discussions between the Applicant and City staff, the Applicant modified their application and submitted revised plans to the City dated October 28, 2019 (the "Revised Proposal").  The Revised Proposal (which now also includes the property at 301-303 King Street West) proposes a 50-storey mixed-use residential and commercial building, with a reduced total height of 157 metres.  As part of the Revised Proposal the Applicant also proposed a revised heritage retention strategy regarding the existing heritage buildings included as part of the development and submitted an updated Heritage Impact Assessment ("HIA"), prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect, dated October 25, 2019.

On December 9, 2019, the Applicant's counsel, McMillan LLP, submitted to the City Solicitor a with prejudice settlement offer (the "Settlement Offer").  The Settlement Offer proposes a resolution of the LPAT appeal based on the Revised Proposal and further proposes to provide to the City a Section 37 cash contribution of $3.2 million to be put towards community benefits.

The Revised Proposal and the Settlement Offer are described in further detail in the "Comments" section below.

The Settlement Offer is included as Public Attachment 1 to this report.  The architectural plans showing the Revised Proposal dated October 28, 2019 by Scott Shields Architects Inc. are included as Public Appendix 1 to Public Attachment 1 to this report.

It should be noted that a related alterations report from Heritage Preservation Service ("HPS") dated October 29, 2019, is also intended to be considered by City Council at its meeting on December 17 and 18, 2019, as Item TE11.9 (the "Heritage Report").  The Heritage Report recommends that City Council approve alterations to the heritage properties on the Subject Site in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act in order to permit a development pursuant to the Revised Proposal and the updated HIA, subject to certain conditions of approval.  The Heritage Report also recommends that City Council designate the properties at 305, 309, and 311 King Street West under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.  The Heritage Report should be considered in conjunction with this report.

A copy of the Applicant's letter to the Toronto and East York Community Council regarding Item TE11.9 and the Heritage Report is also included as Public Appendix 2 to Public Attachment 1 to this report.

The purpose of this report is to request further instructions regarding the Settlement Offer in relation to the LPAT appeal.

City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.

The City Clerk transmits the Decision Letter from the Corporations Nominating Panel.

The Corporations Nominating Panel recommends that:  

1. City Council appoint Scott Beck, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Toronto to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending July 16, 2022 and until a successor is appointed.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 7, 2020) from the City Clerk remain confidential in its entirety as it relates to personal matters about an identifiable individual being considered for appointment to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Board.

Candidate's biography:

Scott Beck

Scott Beck is a native of the United States, born in Utah.  Scott was raised with tourism as the driving force in his family. Scott is currently President & CEO of Tourism Toronto. Prior to joining Tourism Toronto in October 2019, Scott served as the President & CEO of Visit Salt Lake from 2005-2019.  Scott is past international board chair of Destinations International. Prior to joining Visit Salt Lake, Scott was the General Manager of the Salt Lake City Marriott City Center hotel.

The Corporations Nominating Panel will consider the appointment of the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Toronto to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Board.

The Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer recommends that:

1. City Council approve the following amendments to the City Council-approved Investment Policy (Policy) and adopt the amended Policy as shown in Attachment 1:

a. the Investment Beliefs (Section 2.2) be enhanced to include recognition of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) factors as material to risk/return outcomes;

b. the Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors (Section 6.6) be strengthened by having investment managers consider the United Nations' 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) which includes climate change, and that these investment managers have a process that integrates ESG in the analysis and on-going review of the assets under management;

c. Long Term Fund and Sinking Fund Long Term Constraints (Section 3.2 (b)) to add a subsection named "Investments in Pooled Funds, Mutual Funds, and other similar products", to allow the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, at their discretion, to accept minor variations of the City's Investment Policy when compared to the standard terms in the policies of these funds;

d. Asset Mix Guidelines (Section 2.4 (b)) and Real Asset Portfolio Constraints (Section 3.2 (b)(iii)) such that references in the Real Assets sub-category to "Canadian Core" and "Global Core" be replaced with "North American/Global Core"; and

e. References to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) updated to reflect the current title of Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (CFO&T).

2. City Council request the Toronto Investment Board and the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to develop a process to monitor and report on external investment firms hired by the City are compliant with the terms of the Investment Policy governing ESG and that the information and data regarding climate change risk from these reviews be reported to City Council semi-annually.

Provincial legislation requires City Council to review and update the Investment Policy on an annual basis as required.

Since January 1, 2018, the City's long-term investments have been managed by the Toronto Investment Board under a new Council adopted Investment Policy which is based on the prudent investor standard.  Changes to the Investment Policy are reviewed and adopted by TIB before they are brought forward to City Council.

This report also responds to Council direction to review and report on sections of the Investment Policy with regard to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors and makes recommendations to enhance these sections.

The Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (CFO&T) along with other City staff have consulted with several stakeholders and subject matter experts with regard to ESG and climate change.  Additional consultations were made with the Toronto Investment Board (TIB) and The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) following the direction by Council in October 2019.

This report makes a recommendation to add a section to allow for the CFO&T to accept minor variations of the City's Investment Policy when compared to the standard terms in the policies of pooled funds (and other types of funds).  These funds are allowed by the current legislation and would be reviewed and selected by TIB.

The report makes a recommendation to the Real Assets section of the Investment Policy to allow for the Real Estate sub-component to change its geographic focus to a North American/Global basis.  This change would provide greater liquidity and transparency.  In addition, widening the geographical scope provides more options and flexibility to improve the risk and return profile.

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to this Report from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to this Report from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council.

3.  City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 and all of Confidential Attachment 2 to this Report from the City Solicitor remain confidential as it contains advice, which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

At its meeting of November 26, 2019, council considered Item CC12.4 and directed the City Solicitor to continue discussions with the appellant and attend at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, if necessary and authorize the hiring of outside consultants as may be required.

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential recommendation in Confidential Attachment 1.

2.  If the City Solicitor's confidential recommendation is adopted by Council, then City Council authorize the public release of:

a.  the recommendation contained in Confidential Attachment 1 (with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege), and

b.  Confidential Appendix 1.

On July 8, 2014, City Council adopted a Motion to request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to undertake a planning study of Danforth Avenue in two segments, from the Don River to Coxwell Avenue and from Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue, and to report on the funds necessary to complete these studies. City Planning commenced the Danforth Avenue Planning Study (Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue) in June 2016.  At its meeting on July 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30, 2018, City Council adopted the Recommendations in the (June 15, 2018) Report from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and enacted By-law 1136-2018, adopting Official Plan Amendment 420 (OPA 420).  OPA 420 was appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) by two landowners, and a two-day mediation was held at the LPAT on December 4 and 5, 2019.

The City Solicitor seeks direction on this matter no later than the completion of the City Council meeting on January 29 and 30, 2020.

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to commence a civil action to recover the City's costs of providing emergency human services to the displaced residents of the Property from the Property Owner.

2. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1.

3. City Council direct that the confidential instructions in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor and that the balance of  Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential in its entirety, as it pertains to potential litigation and contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

There is a 22 storey residential rental building with 570 apartment units at 650 Parliament Street, Toronto (the "Building" and "Property").  At 12:51 PM on August 21, 2018, Toronto Fire Services were dispatched to a reported fire at the Property.  Fire crews arrived and identified smoke in the lobby area and residents trapped on their balconies.  Initial information indicated some sort of failure had occurred in the Building's hydro vault.  That failure resulted in localized fires at various electrical panels.  Fire crews extinguished the fires and evacuated all of the apartment units with residents transported to local shelter nearby, with the assistance of Toronto Police Service.  Approximately 1,500 residents were displaced from their homes.  At the time of writing this report, residents have not returned to the Property.

Parwell Investments Inc. and Bleeman Holdings Ltd. own the Property (the "Property Owner").  The Property Owner has stated that they were not immediately equipped to respond to the emergency, including the provision of interim shelter, food, wares, and transportation for all of the displaced residents of the Building.  City officials advised the Property Owner that it was their responsibility to provide for the displaced residents.  Mr. Samuel Grosz, President of the Property Owner, indicated that the Property Owner did not have the staff or resources to provide emergency assistance to the displaced residents but agreed to make the City whole if the City would provide those services.

The City incurred significant costs in providing and facilitating the delivery of emergency human services (accommodation, clothing, food, access to medical aid, transportation etc.).  The bulk of the costs incurred by the City were known and tabulated by October 10, 2018.  At that time, the City Manager wrote to the Property Owner and provided them with an interim invoice.  Since that time, the Property Owner's representatives have sought time to review and consider the City's demand for reimbursement.  Through the City Solicitor's office, the City provided the Property Owner's lawyers with an updated accounting and detailed records (hundreds of pages of documentation) supporting all of the costs the City was seeking to recover.

The Property Owner has failed to remit any payment to reimburse the City for the costs incurred.  The Property Owner has been given documentation that supports the City's claim for reimbursement and ample time to consider the matter.  A logical next step is to commence a civil action to recover the monies owed to the City.

Confidential Attachment 1 contains legal advice from the City Solicitor relating to the proposed civil action.

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the Report (January 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 to the Report (January 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor, if adopted by City Council.

3.  City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the Report (January 22, 2020) from the City Solicitor is to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The applicant, Artmico Holdings G. P. Inc., the owner of the property at 265 Balliol Street (the "Site"), has appealed its Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (the "LPAT"), due to City Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act (the "Appeal").

The application proposes to demolish seven existing rental townhouse dwellings and replace them with a new 29-storey residential building with a six-storey base building to the west of an existing 26-storey rental apartment building at 265 Balliol Street.

On March 27, 2019, City Council directed the City Solicitor, along with appropriate staff, to oppose the application in its current form, and to oppose the Appeal at the LPAT.  City Council also directed that staff continue to work with the applicant and seek revisions to the application and report back to City Council on the outcome of those discussions.

The City Solicitor recommends that:

1.  City Council adopt the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1.

2.  If the City Solicitor's confidential recommendation is adopted by Council, then City Council authorize the public release of:

a.  the recommendation contained in Confidential Attachment 1 (with the remainder of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege), and

b.  Confidential Appendix "A".

The Conservatory Group appealed the regulations in the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 dealing with mechanical penthouses.  Staff have revised the mechanical penthouse regulations, following a series of without prejudice discussions with the appellant and the City Solicitor requires direction regarding these revisions.

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor recommend that:

1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 from the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to this report from the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

The report from the Chief Planner dated August 12, 2019 (Item PH8.8) identified five developments where Section 37 cash payments to the City totalling $701,387 were due, and no records of receipt had been found. Staff have continued to seek outstanding payments from responsive developers. Discussions have resulted in the payment of an additional outstanding $3,387.44 by one developer and an offer to make a payment of $100,000 on behalf of a developer whose company has been dissolved.  

The purpose of this report is twofold. This report responds to the request to report to City Council with respect to any additional outstanding funds received.  It also seeks City Council's instructions respecting the proposed $100,000 payment noted above and discussed in Confidential Attachment 1.

Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to amend the Licence Agreement between the City of Toronto and the Board of Education for the City of Toronto, now the Toronto District School Board, to permit parking (consisting of approximately 15 parking spaces) as a permitted use.

2.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to execute and deliver any amendments to the Licence Agreement, and any related documents contemplated thereunder on behalf of the City.

3.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management to administer and manage the Licence Agreement and any amendments including the provision of any consents, approvals, waivers, notices and notices 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.

At its meeting of July 4, 5, 6 and 7, 2017, City Council endorsed the vision, guiding principles and action plan identified in the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan report (June 8, 2017) from the Director, Community Planning Toronto and East York District; and further, City Council requested the City Planning Division to lead the creation of a strategy to deliver streetscape and public realm improvements envisioned within the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan, inclusive of (amongst others) a revitalization of the City-owned Canada Malting Silos property at 5 Eireann Quay.

After an extensive community consultation process, and various subsequent City Council approvals regarding leasing, funding and planning policy matters, implementation of the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan formally began with an October 25, 2019  ground-breaking ceremony for the project's first of six construction phases.

The Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan's second construction phase is scheduled to commence in March 2020. This phase consists, in part, of a reduction and relocation of an existing, shared (by Toronto District School Board and Ports Toronto) surface parking area on the 5 Eireann Quay property. This planned change will increase the amount of open space available for a planned public space on this City-owned waterfront property. Ports Toronto is funding the design, construction and maintenance costs associated with this second construction phase.

This proposal has been through a rigorous site plan control process, including extensive community consultation, and detailed technical and design review and revisions by various City divisions and partner agencies. The review process has determined that, while both the existing and proposed Toronto District School Board parking use is permitted under the in-force Zoning By-Law, the License Areement, dated August 18, 1997 between The Corporation of the City of Toronto and The Board of Education for the City of Toronto, now Toronto District School Board, does not permit parking within the Toronto District School Board-licensed portion of the 5 Eireann Quay property.

An amendment to the Licence Agreement is therefore required to permit the additional parking use in its proposed new location. Since the Licence Agreement was approved by Toronto City Council, Council authority is required to undertake this amendment and allow construction to proceed as planned in March 2020.

The Toronto District School Board is a funding and implementation partner of the Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood Plan, and is supportive of this proposed amendment.

Councillor Gord Perks, seconded by Councillor Josh Matlow, recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Clerk to advise the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that the issuance of a liquor licence for The Sand Trap Golf and Lounge, 1306 King Street West is not in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents unless conditions are placed on the licence and that the Registrar should issue a Proposal to Review the liquor licence application.

2. City Council request the Licence Appeal Tribunal to provide the City of Toronto with an opportunity to be made party to any proceedings with respect to the Premises.

3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attend all proceedings before the Licence Appeal Tribunal in this matter and City Council direct the City Solicitor to take all necessary actions so as to give effect to this Motion, including adding conditions to any liquor licence issued for the Premises.

An application has been submitted to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for a liquor licence at the premises at 1306 King Street West to operate under the name of The Sand Trap Golf and Lounge. The application is for an indoor area only. This Motion requests that City Council advise the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that this application for a liquor licence is not in the public interest unless certain conditions, addressing the concerns of the community, are attached to the licence.

This establishment is located in close proximity to residential units. There are concerns that an establishment with a liquor licence can cause noise and disturbance to residents in the area. If conditions are put in place, these concerns may be mitigated. Under no circumstance should the establishment be granted a liquor sales license without conditions attached.

This item is deemed urgent as the deadline to file objections was January 13, 2020.

Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the City of Toronto, as landlord, to enter into a lease with St. Stephens Community House, as tenant, for the use of approximately 675 square metres of City-owned space and adjoining outdoor space at 26 Brunel Court as a child care centre; such lease to be for a term of five (5) years commencing when the tenant obtains its licence to operate the premises, with a tenant's option to extend the term for a  further five (5) years, at a nominal base rent with the tenant responsible for its proportionate share of the costs incurred by the City of Toronto in operating and maintaining the joint elementary school-community facility of which the premises form a part; and on such other or amended terms and conditions satisfactory to the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services in consultation with the General Manager, Children's Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

 
2.  City Council authorize the Director, Real Estate Services to execute the above lease on behalf of the City of Toronto.

The City of Toronto is building a new child care centre in CityPlace, one of our newest and fastest growing communities. There will be spaces for 42 toddlers and pre-school children along with 10 infants. The service will be operated out of space within a brand new building shared with two elementary schools and the Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre. Bishop Macdonell Catholic School and Jean Lumb Public School both opened on January 6, 2020, and the rest of the building is nearing completion and will open in the coming months.

Long term nominal leases to each of the Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board and a shared facilities agreement between the City and the Boards, for the operation of the schools, were approved by City Council at its meeting held on July 16, 17, and 18, 2019 (Item 2019.GL6.18).

The child care centre will be operated by St. Stephen's Community House, who is the successful proponent chosen through a formalized process administered by City of Toronto Children's Services. St. Stephen's has received a large number of applications for child care spots at this location, demonstrating the high demand for child care services in this area.  Delays in construction due to labour disruptions and labour shortages affecting a number of critical trades pushed out the anticipated opening date, and many parents have had to make alternative child care arrangements.  Accordingly, Children's Services, St. Stephen's, and I are all anxious to open the child care centre as soon as possible.

A report was scheduled to go to the General Government and Licensing Committee meeting on March 9, 2020 to approve a nominal lease for the Child Care Centre space to St Stephens's, followed by a report to City Council on April 1 and 2, 2020. St. Stephen's has now indicated they expect to receive their provincial licence to operate the Child Care Centre by mid-February, and as such would like to open the facility earlier than planned.

The recommendation in this Motion was prepared by City staff and seeks authority for the City of Toronto to enter into a nominal lease with St. Stephen's, in order to allow the parties to expedite the negotiation and execution of the lease and the opening of the child care centre.

Councillor Mark Grimes, seconded by Councillor Anthony Perruzza, recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to assess the feasibility of prohibiting or restricting surveillance cameras from recording video footage of any residential property beyond an individual's property, as part of the review of Chapter 629, Property Standards, expected in the third quarter of 2020.

Currently, the City of Toronto has no by-laws or jurisdiction to regulate the installation and/or use of surveillance cameras on private property. As the use of this technology becomes more common, we must take into consideration the direct impact that these devices may have on our neighbours.  

The City of Toronto is increasingly receiving complaints about privately owned surveillance cameras capturing images of residents on their own private property, such as a backyard, front porch, and even into their own homes.

Other municipalities have passed by-laws regulating the use of surveillance cameras, or are considering doing so. The Ontario Privacy Commissioner has addressed the issue of CCTV cameras and private properties, and has outlined privacy concerns regarding the use of data collected by these devices. 

Municipal Licensing and Standards has a report scheduled for 2020 to update the City of Toronto's Property Standards By-law. This Motion seeks to include an assessment of the feasibility of prohibiting or restricting surveillance cameras from recording video footage of any residential property beyond an individual's property, as part of the review of Chapter 629, Property Standards.

Councillor John Filion, seconded by Councillor Shelley Carroll, recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to oppose the appeal of the Committee of Adjustment's decision to refuse the severance and minor variances requested in Applications B0034/19NY, A0531/19NY, A0532/19NY regarding 318 Hounslow Avenue.
 

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution regarding the appeal, and that the City Solicitor be authorized to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and with the Director of Community Planning, North York District.

This Motion will give the City Solicitor authority with appropriate City Staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to support the Committee of Adjustment's decision refusing a severance and certain variances sought in an application respecting 318 Hounslow Avenue (Application B0034/19NY, A0531/19NY, A0532/19NY).

The Application sought a severance and variances to the City's Zoning By-law 569-2013 in order to permit the creation of two undersized residential lots.  In a report Dated November 27, 2019, Community Planning recommended refusal of the proposed severance as it failed to satisfy the consent criteria of the Planning Act; staff also recommended refusal of the variances as they failed to satisfy the four tests set out in the Act.

On December 5, 2019, the North York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment refused the severance and the variances. On December 18, 2019, the owner of 318 Hounslow Avenue appealed the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body.

The Appeal, which will be considered by the Toronto Local Appeal Body, seeks to have the requested consent to sever and variances to the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 granted, which would permit the creation of undersized residential lots.

This matter is urgent as the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing is scheduled for April 29 and 30, 2020 and filing deadlines must be met in advance of that date.

Councillor Mark Grimes, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Manager to report to the April 1, 2020 City Council meeting on opportunities to provide first-time home buyers with greater relief from the Municipal Land Transfer Tax, including increasing the maximum eligibility threshold of $400,000 to reflect increased home prices in Toronto.

The City of Toronto's Municipal Land Transfer Tax was implemented on February 1, 2008 and updated on March 1, 2017. There is a Rebate program available for eligible First-Time Home Buyers, but it only provides relief from the Municipal Land Transfer Tax up to a value of $400,000.

Since the Municipal Land Transfer Tax was introduced, the cost of housing in Toronto has risen drastically and residents’ housing choices have become increasingly restricted. The cost of both rental and ownership housing has increased significantly, while incomes have not kept pace.

The average cost of a home in Toronto in early 2008 was around $331,000. By the end of 2019 that figure had more than doubled, to around $816,000. Many young people and first-time home buyers are choosing to purchase homes outside of Toronto to avoid paying the Municipal Land Transfer Tax.

The people who help our City run - teachers, firefighters, paramedics, nurses, and Toronto Transit Commission drivers – can no longer afford to live in the City they serve.

The City of Toronto’s emerging HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan is working to address the full spectrum of housing needs in Toronto, and the Municipal Land Transfer Tax First-Time Home Buyers rebate should be part of the solution.

Councillor Paul Ainslie, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks, recommends that:

1.  City Council request the City Manager to write to the Province of Ontario to express City Council's support of the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries 2020 Pre-Budget Submission for targeted investment of new funds into:  

a.  delivering on the Ontario Government’s Broadband Action Plan through an Ontario Digital Public Library; and

 
b.  completing the Transformation of Inter-Library Loan.

Ontario’s libraries are reaching the limits of what they can do to keep up with these changes on their own, especially as it comes to meeting the growing need for access to digital resources. The Province of Ontario has for the past 22 years funded only four percent of local public library budgets.

It is important that libraries across Ontario remain robust, specifically in small towns where the library is often the only community gathering place.  Ensuring modernization of libraries is key and can be achieved through a Broadband Action Plan as it would leverage the Province’s significant purchasing power to give all Ontario public libraries access to a common set of e-learning and online information resources, to support the growing use of digital library tools.

Since 2000, Ontarians have accessed their local public library digitally 1.3 billion times. In 2018, 284,000 Ontarians enrolled in over 700,000 online courses through local public libraries across Ontario.  Ontarians borrowed 494,026 e-books from local public libraries in 2018. Rural Ontario residents accessed twice as many e-books per capita through the library as people in urban communities.

Transformation of Inter-Library Loan is a service available to all Ontarians enabling them to borrow material across the Province through their local library, however 35 percent of requests are not fulfilled due to lack of funding.  The Federation of Ontario Libraries is requesting that funding be increased to meet demand.

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie, recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the Church-Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area, other Business Improvement Areas, TABIA and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to develop immediate and long-term recommendations to support the retention and growth of independently owned and operated LGBTQ2S+ small businesses and cultural space.

2.  City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to report back with the recommendations requested in Recommendation 1 above to the May 6, 2020 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee.

3.  City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, as part of the report requested in Recommendation 2 above, to conduct a comprehensive review of all existing City of Toronto programs and include recommendations that can further enhance optimal conditions for LGBTQ2S+ small businesses and cultural spaces to succeed and thrive including the feasibility of creating a LGBTQ2S+ Small Business and Cultural Space Retention Program.

4.  City Council request the Province of Ontario to introduce rent control legislation for commercial units to protect small to medium-sized businesses from unfair and drastic increases to their rent.

Safe, culturally significant LGBTQ2S+ independent and small businesses are in danger of closing in the gay village in Toronto and other major cities around the world. These small businesses - gathering spaces such as local cafés, eateries, pubs, bookshops and non-traditional cultural spaces such as dance clubs and the like - are vital to breaking social isolation.

In 2018, the United Way of Greater Toronto reported that 1 in 3 Canadians do not report a strong, or very strong, sense of belonging to their local community. This statement is exacerbated in the LGBTQ2S+ communities, especially when racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other such discrimination and violence are compounded. Social isolation, particularly amongst LGBTQ2S+ youth, seniors, newcomers, and people living with disabilities is increasing and can lead to a host of physical and mental health challenges. Statistically LGBTQ2S+ communities face higher rates of depression, anxiety, suicidality, self-harm, and substance use. Rainbow Health Ontario and Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario reported that 77 percent of trans respondents in Ontario had seriously considered suicide and 45 percent had attempted suicide. Trans youth and those who had experienced physical or sexual assault were found to be at greatest risk.

This year, Glad Day Bookshop, the oldest LGBTQ2S+ bookstore in the world located in Toronto’s Church-Wellesley Village is celebrating 50 years of community service.  It is an accessible community hub, a tourist destination, and a host to many public events that draws visitors locally, nationally and across the globe to engage in conversations about LGBTQ2S+ culture. We are at risk of losing such unique, independently owned and operated small businesses due to the absence of commercial rent control, development speculation, and unsustainable Current Value Assessment-related tax increases. The retention and expansion of unique LGBTQ2S+ businesses should be a priority for the City of Toronto’s retention of character neighbourhoods and its street-level retail strategy.

Small businesses in culturally-rich neighbourhoods from all across Toronto, such as Church Wellesley Village, Cabbagetown, St. Lawrence Market, Kensington Market, Chinatown, Greektown, Little Italy, Little India, Koreatown, Little Portugal, and many more all have a historic and cultural significance that contribute to the character of our communities, provide safe and welcoming environments, and support our tourism industry. They are the backbone and an important driver of Toronto’s economy, fostering local entrepreneurship and creating jobs.

City Council has historically acknowledged the multiple challenges facing small businesses and has already undertaken a number of policy reforms to respond. Examples include:

• reducing the incremental property tax burden for small businesses relative to residential rates;
• reviewing taxation tools to provide relief to small business owners facing unsustainable Current Value Assessment-related tax increases capping commercial tax increases at 10 percent in the 2018 and 2019 City Budgets;
• ending the Vacant Commercial and Industrial Unit Tax Rebate Program; and
• strengthening Toronto's economy through winter-focused events, festivals and recreation activities, and strengthening the night-time economy.

Despite the City of Toronto’s efforts over the years to support and retain small businesses, there are numerous indications that the small business sector, specifically independently owned, non-franchise LGBTQ2S+ businesses continue to experience significant stress. Widespread unaffordability and high commercial rents are adversely impacting the character of our neighbourhoods and the economic vitality of the City of Toronto. This indicates that a more holistic and coordinated response is necessary.

San Francisco has successfully implemented a small business economic retention strategy while  Seattle and Vancouver are currently undertaking similar studies. Like Toronto, these cities share many of the same economic successes but face similar challenges retaining local small businesses in the face of rising unaffordability and development speculation.

To support the retention and growth of independently owned, non-franchise LGBTQ2S+ businesses and cultural space, the City of Toronto needs a proactive and integrated strategy to supplement the work already being undertaken by the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.

Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that:

1.  City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with CreateTO and the Toronto Transit Commission, to deliver a communication campaign in coordination with the local Councillor, to alert current users of the Toronto Transit Commission parking lot at 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard of the proposed change in use for that site, including:

a.  alternative parking options such as the commuter parking lots at Yorkdale Mall, Sheppard West, Finch West, Pioneer Village, Highway 407 and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Subway stations; and

b.  where commuters can access accurate and up-to-date parking lot capacity figures to help changing their parking routines.

 
2.  City Council request the Toronto Parking Authority Board and the Toronto Transit Commission Board to engage in discussions with Canada Lands Corporation, to temporarily transform the north section of the Downsview Park Merchants Market parking lot, and in close proximity to Downsview Park Subway Station, into a weekday pay-and-display commuter parking lot before and during construction phases at the 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard site, as outlined in Attachment 1 to this Motion.

3.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to report by the end of the third quarter of 2020 on the feasibility of improving community bus service and reinstating the cancelled Ward 6 Community Bus to service neighbourhoods that will be adversely affected by the removal of commuter parking stalls at the 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard, as outlined in Attachment 2 to this Motion.

The Housing Now site at 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard will become a key addition on remediating the struggling affordable housing market in Ward 6 and Toronto.  The site is planned to replace the existing commuter parking lot, highly used by residents of Ward 6 and neighbouring Wards. Approximately 855 commuters use the site on a daily basis and consequentially, many users have expressed their concerns with the future disappearance of the parking lot.

While collected parking data has shown that most of the lot users come from Vaughan and Richmond Hill, the closure of this lot will impact local users as they – unlike users from beyond municipal boundaries - have fewer alternative commuter parking options. The recommendations in this Motion are designed to direct current users to existing parking lots with excess capacity further north along the subway line, secure temporary parking capacity within Ward 6 when the lot enters construction and improve transit service to the neighbourhoods immediately to the east and north of the Housing Now site.

Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the City Manager and the City Clerk to report to City Council in the second quarter of 2020, with a comprehensive strategy and select ideas for incorporating the Toronto flag in City of Toronto events, communications and marketing initiatives.

The City of Toronto flag has been a key part of the City's identity for 45 years. However, it is seldom used in communications, marketing materials, and civic initiatives and public events.  This Motion requests staff to develop a plan that addresses this shortcoming and create a strategy that gives our flag the prominence it deserves.

Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that:

1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report on the feasibility of accelerating the plans of transition to include Electric Charging Station Infrastructure in all new major residential development applications and building designs in order to reduce the use of traditional diesel or gasoline powered vehicles, which would help improve air quality on the Dufferin Corridor between Eglinton Avenue West to Highway 401.

Given the existing levels of traffic congestion on Dufferin Street caused by some of the highest levels of gridlock of any Major City arterial roads, and with the unprecedented level of residential development applications being proposed from Eglinton Avenue to Highway 401 on Dufferin Street, it is essential to accelerate the plans of transforming our City into a low carbon zero emissions community.

Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that:

1.  City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to request the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to report on the options and feasibility of converting or replacing the diesel buses on the Dufferin 29 route to Zero Emissions Electric Buses in order to reduce carbon emissions and help improve air quality in the Dufferin Corridor.

Dufferin Street is one of Toronto’s busiest and congested major arterial roads. The Dufferin Bus ranks eight on the Toronto Transit Commission bus ridership in the City carrying approximately 43,000 customers per weekday.

It is a key workplace and shopping-destination street with a number of big employers, which includes Dufferin Mall, Yorkdale Mall, COSTCO located just off Dufferin Street and it is a major gateway to Highway 401, East and West.  Given the non-stop traffic gridlock, plus the unprecedented number of new high density residential and commercial development applications that are being brought forward for approval, it is crucial that further options be explored.

Councillor Ana Bailão, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that:

1.  City Council exempt the property located at 430 Gladstone Avenue, operated by Adam House, from Committee of Adjustment application fees required to bring the property to compliance with Zoning By-law 569-2013.

This Motion seeks City Council’s approval to provide an exemption from Committee of Adjustment application fees to Adam House which operates a shelter at 430 Gladstone Avenue. Following completing a Preliminary Project Review Adam House is requesting two variances from the Committee of Adjustment to address the following:

1. in Rooming House Area B1, a rooming house is a permitted use provided the maximum number of rooms used for living accommodation is 6; the number of rooms used for living accommodation in the proposed rooming house is 10; and

2. in Rooming House Area B1, a rooming house is a permitted use provided the building in which it is located has a minimum interior floor area of 7.0 square metres per occupant in each room with two or more occupants; none of the bedrooms at Adam House currently meet that criteria.

The Committee of Adjustment application fees are estimated at $9,383.72.

Adam House was established in 2002 and provides refugee claimants with clean and safe living accommodations. Adam House also provides assistance and advice to clients with respect to immigration procedures, referrals to legal services, medical assistance, and community resources.

Approval of the exemption will help the non-profit organization bring the property to compliance with Zoning By-law 569-2013 and continue to provide crucial housing services to refugee claimants in Toronto.

Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that:

1.  City Council reduce the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h on Old Weston Road between Lavender Road and Rogers Road.

On December 3, 2019, with the adoption of Item TE11.73, Toronto and East York Community Council approved a reduction in the speed limit on Old Weston Road, between Davenport Road and Lavender Road, from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.

The speed limit on the remaining stretch of Old Weston Road, between Lavender Road and Rogers Road, should also be reduced to 40 km/h.  As this section of Old Weston Road forms the boundary between Ward 5, York South-Weston and Ward 9, Davenport, which fall under different Community Councils (Etobicoke York and Toronto and East York respectively), this matter is being brought to City Council for approval.

Councillor Joe Cressy, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that:

1.  City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to identify and explore short and long-term actions to support the sustainability and continued viability of independent theatrical spaces in the Downtown West, in consultation with the independent live theatre sector, including but not limited to: the Canadian Actors Equity Association; the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees; the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres; the Toronto Arts Council; the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts; and other interested parties.

Toronto is an artistic City. From film, to live music, to the visual arts, to theatre, our City is a hub for artistic creation and expression. Live theatre is an essential part of this cultural makeup, promoting deeply held societal values like freedom of expression, tolerance, and communal experience. From large downtown theatres to small and independent cultural incubators, our theatres are multi-disciplinary spaces, promoting the work of actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, and other performances, and making Toronto a cultural destination. In addition, our theatres are an essential part of our economy, particularly our nighttime economy, intersecting as they do with hotels, restaurants, bars, and other performance venues.

Due to changes affecting our City, especially the rising price of land and rent, our artists and theatres are facing new challenges that require a comprehensive strategy on the part of our municipal government. On the part of artists, low wages and high rents, as well as high levels of student debt for the new generation, have made it difficult to develop a sustainable artistic practice. Exciting start up theatres, storefront spaces, incubators, and rehearsal rooms have closed not just in the downtown, but across the City due to high commercial rents and a lack of supports for emerging artists and spaces.

At the same time, our existing institutions are facing a unique set of challenges. Over the last past number of years, we have lost many independent theatres across our City due to increased cost pressures. For many theatres in the Downtown West, stagnating operating grants on the provincial level limit the amount that theatres can spend on attracting top talent for administration, marketing, and fundraising. High commercial rents are making auxiliary spaces – offices, carpentry shops, rehearsal rooms – increasingly out of reach. And the heritage buildings they inhabit require increasing maintenance and modernization for heating, water, lights, and accessibility standards. As these venerable institutions are helmed by a new generation of artists, we have an opportunity to create a culture that is more inclusive, more diverse, and reflects the City that we have become – but only if we support them in this transition.

Live theatre is an essential part of our City, our economy, and our culture. As we do with many other cultural industries, like film and live-music, it is essential that the City work to support new theatrical spaces, and preserve our existing theatres.

Councillor Stephen Holyday, seconded by Councillor Frances Nunziata, recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor, along with appropriate City Staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal respecting 1218 Royal York Road, to oppose the Applicant's appeal of City Council's decision to refuse Zoning By-law Amendment application 18 271115WET 02 OZ (Local Planning Appeal Tribunal File PL190559), and to retain outside consultants as necessary.        

 
2.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the Applicant's appeal of City Council's decision to refuse Zoning By-law Amendment application 18 271115WET 02 OZ (Local Planning Appeal Tribunal File PL190559) respecting 1218 Royal York Road, and City Council authorize the City Solicitor to settle the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consultation with the Ward Councillor and the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District.

The Applicant submitted an application that proposed to amend the City-wide Zoning By-law 569-2013 to permit a three-storey semi-detached dwelling on the lands municipally known as 1218 Royal York Road. The subject site is currently occupied by a two-storey detached dwelling with an attached garage, which is proposed to be demolished.

The subject site is located in a RD zone and a semi-detached dwelling is not a permitted residential building type in a RD zone. Site specific amendments are also required to provide applicable performance standards such as: building height, density, building length, building depth, exterior main wall heights, platform area and setbacks for the proposed development.

At the City Council meeting on October 2 and 3, 2019, City Council refused the Zoning By-law Amendment application: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.EY8.1.

The Applicant has filed an appeal of City Council's decision to refuse the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.  A case management conference has been scheduled.  This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in order to oppose the proposed rezoning application. This Motion will also give the City Solicitor the authority to retain an outside consultant and the authority to negotiate a settlement of the appeal.   

This matter is time sensitive and urgent as the Applicant has filed an appeal to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and the required case management conference is scheduled on February 3, 2020.

Councillor John Filion, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, along with appropriate City Staff, and outside consultants, as necessary, to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to support the Committee of Adjustment's decision to refuse the consent-to-sever a lot and minor variances requested in Applications B0025/19NY, A0479/19NY & A0480/19NY regarding 320 Hollywood Avenue.
 

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution regarding the appeal of Applications B0025/19NY, A0479/19NY and A0480/19NY, and authorize the City Solicitor to resolve the matter on behalf of the City in the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and with the Director of Community Planning, North York District.

This Motion will give the City Solicitor authority with appropriate City Staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body in order to support the North York District Panel of the Committee of Adjustment's decision refusing the consent-to-sever a lot and variances sought in applications (Applications B0025/19NY, A0479/19NY and A0480/19NY) concerning 320 Hollywood Avenue.

The Application seeks to sever a lot with approximately 18.24 metres of frontage into two (2) separate lots in order to construct two (2) new dwellings. The Application also seeks numerous variances to the City's Zoning By-law 569-2013 and North York By-law 7625 with respect to: reducing side yard set-backs; increasing the main wall height; reducing the lot frontage; reducing the lot area; increasing the lot coverage; reducing the front yard landscaping, among others.  

Planning Staff submitted a report to the Committee recommending that the Committee refuse the Application.

On December 12, 2019, the Committee refused the Application. However, the applicant appealed the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body.

Councillor Gary Crawford, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that:

1. City Council amend MM13.27 by deleting and replacing Part 2. a.i. and ii. with the following:

a. in order to support revenue neutrality during the City's development charges rate phase-in period, as permitted under Section 26.2 (3) of the Development Charges Act, City Council authorize the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to apply interest charges to the "frozen" development charges payable for Site Plan and Rezoning Applications received on or after January 1, 2020 and before November 1, 2020, for building permits issued before November 1, 2021:

i. at a rate of 1.5 percent for each complete 30 day period from the date an applicable Site Plan Application or Rezoning Bylaw Amendment is received, until the date of building permit issuance; and

ii. limited so that the total amount of interest payable when combined with the development charges payable does not exceed the development charges in effect under the City's bylaw at the date of building permit issuance.

2. City Council direct the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report back with any recommended modifications to the interest rates or development charges policies once there is an opportunity to more fully assess the impacts of Bill 108 Development Charges Act changes and options, including the interest rates applicable to rental, institutional and non-profit housing that are subject to the mandatory development charge deferral and five and 20 year installment payments, now that regulations setting out the definitions have been released.

City Council adopted MM13.27, entitled "Response to Proclamation of Development Charges Act changes effective January 1, 2020" at its meeting held on December 17 and 18, 2019. In doing so, Council authorized interim actions to help manage the transition to the new Act and help preserve revenue neutrality of the changes, particularly during the City's development charges rate phase-in period. 

Following passage of MM13.27, there have been requests to clarify how the interest rates are calculated for the "frozen" development charges rates and for how long these interest rates would apply.  This Motion seeks to more clearly explain to the affected parties the interim interest rate policies.  

In addition, the Province of Ontario released regulations on December 19, 2019 that provides definitions for rental, institutional and non-profit housing that are subject to the mandatory deferral to occupancy and five to 20 year installment payment.  Staff would undertake to report back with further changes to the interest rate or related development charges policies once there is an opportunity to more fully assess the impact and options.

This Motion is urgent to ensure that applicants understand the new policy.

REQUIRES RE-OPENNG:

Member Motion Item MM13.27, entitled "Response to Proclamation of Development Charges Act changes effective January 1, 2020", as adopted by City Council on December 17 and 18, 2019, only as it relates to Part 2.a.i and ii. of City Council's decision.

Mayor John Tory, seconded by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the Controller to receive funds of approximately $1.5M donated to the #CanadaStrong Fund (Toronto Foundation) for distribution to the families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752.

2. City Council authorize the Controller to negotiate and enter into all necessary agreements or other documents to support the receipt and distribution of the funds, in forms satisfactory to the City Solicitor, including an agreement with Dentons Canada LLP, who will be acting without charge, to ensure appropriate oversight mechanisms are established and to take other actions required for the proper distribution of the funds.

With the loss of flight PS752, many families from Toronto and across Canada have been devastated. The world continues to mourn the 176 people, including 57 Canadians, who were lost in an instant in this senseless tragedy.

In typical fashion, Torontonians have stepped up to help those in need. Through the Canada Strong campaign, started by philanthropist Mohamad Fakih, residents of Toronto have joined with residents across Canada with the goal of raising $1.5 million for the families impacted by this disaster.

The Government of Canada has now announced it will match donations, up to $1.5 million, to the Canada Strong campaign.

The funds raised must be equitably distributed to grieving families with proper management and accounting guaranteed. To achieve this, Dentons Canada LLP has offered pro bono oversight and will disseminate money directly to families.

This Motion directs staff to accept the donations and develop an agreement with Dentons Canada LLP for effective oversight and distributions.

Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Mark Grimes, recommends that:

1. City Council direct the City Solicitor to appeal the Decision of the Committee of Adjustment, Etobicoke York Panel to oppose the proposed development for 5 Wadsworth Boulevard (A0555/19EYK).

 
2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body to oppose the proposed development and to retain outside consultants, as necessary.

 
3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the appeal and, if a resolution is reached, to settle the appeal at the City Solicitor's discretion after consulting with the Ward Councillor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

Setless Architecture (the "Applicant"), on behalf of the owner Lucas Rocky Dibratto, applied to the Etobicoke-York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment for minor variances respecting the site at 5 Wadsworth Boulevard (the "Original Application"). The Original Application sought permissions to construct a new detached dwelling with an attached garage.

On November 25, 2019, the Committee of Adjustment issued a Public Hearing Notice for the Original Application with the wrong hearing date and so on December 5, 2019 the Original Application was deferred. The Applicant subsequently submitted a revised application eliminating the variance for number of storeys and reducing the variances for floor space index, side yard setback and dwelling height, referenced as Committee of Adjustment File A0555/19EYK (the "Revised Application").

On December 23, 2019, Community Planning for the Etobicoke York District ("Community Planning") wrote a report to the Committee of Adjustment (Attachment 2) recommending that the Revised Application be refused, noting concerns with the proposed floor space index and dwelling height.

In addition to the concerns raised by Community Planning, objection to the Revised Application was voiced by several area residents.

On January 16, 2020, the Committee of Adjustment approved the Revised Application.  The Decision is attached to this Motion.

This Motion will authorize the City Solicitor to appeal the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body, and will authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate City staff to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body to oppose the application.

This Motion is urgent as the last day to appeal the Decision to the Toronto Local Appeal Body is February 5, 2020.

City Council will introduce and enact General Bills and Confirming Bills.

Consolidated Bills Index for January 29 and 30, 2020 City Council meeting:

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewBillBylaw.do?meeting=2020.CC14