Item - 2012.CC28.5

City Council on November 27, 28 and 29, 2012, adopted the following:

1.         City Council request the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Minister of Infrastructure to consider exercising his authority under the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe to identify the employment lands in the vicinity of the Ontario Food Terminal, as well as the Ontario Food Terminal site itself, and the lands at 2150 Lake Shore Boulevard West as a provincially significant employment area.

2.         City Council direct the City Clerk to forward the letter attached as Attachment "1" to the report (November 19, 2012) from Mayor Ford to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Minister of Infrastructure.

3.         City Council direct the Deputy City Manager Cluster B to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee prior to March 31, 2013 on the response from the Province of Ontario to Toronto City Council's request in Part 1 above.

4.         City Council refer the following motion to the Economic Development Committee for consideration:

             Moved by Councillor Vaughan

That City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to strike a working group with Labour, Post-Secondary institutions and other stakeholders to explore options on the Christie site to maintain existing jobs by possibly hosting educational and/or commercial food incubator programs and possible new food industry tenants for the site, amongst other uses.