Item - 2012.EX22.1

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         City Council adopt the direction outlined in the "Summary of Findings" included as Appendix 1 of the report (August 24, 2012) from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B, as a basis for action regarding the Port Lands Acceleration Initiative.

2.         City Council endorse the 2012 "4WS Re-aligned" option and request Waterfront Toronto and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to revise and submit the Environmental Assessment to the Ministry of the Environment.

3.         City Council request the TRCA and Provincial Ministries (including the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Ministry of Natural Resources) to approve the revised phasing strategy and planning framework (Special Policy Area) for the implementation of the Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Project Environmental Assessment (DMNP EA) as outlined in the report (August 24, 2012) from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B and to include the Don Greenway in the first phase of implementation.

4.         City Council request the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative, Waterfront Toronto and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to initiate precinct planning, following the Port Lands Acceleration Initiative Steering Committee model and using the robust and high standard of public consultation used throughout the Port Lands Acceleration Initiative process, along with the submission of a business and implementation plan, for the following precincts within the Port Lands: Cousins Quay (E1), Polson Quay (E3), and Film Studio District (F); and to address in the E3 precinct planning the issues of water access, road access, catalysts sites and land use compatibility, identified in the letter dated September 7, 2012 from Gurinder S. Girn, Lafarge Canada Inc., addressed to the Mayor and the President and Chief Executive Officer, Waterfront Toronto.

5.         City Council refer the submissions regarding the expansion of the precinct boundaries to "properties across the street" to the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative, for consideration in the Precinct Planning Process.

6.         City Council request the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the TRCA, through planning and permit approvals and other legal agreements, if applicable, to ensure that the proposed valley corridor of the Lower Don River through the Port Lands is protected from encroachment by development.

7.         City Council request Waterfront Toronto to revise, as necessary, the Lower Don Lands Class EA Infrastructure Master Plan (May 2010) and Keating Channel Precinct Class EA Environmental Study Report (May 2010) to align with the direction for the Port Lands.

8.         City Council request the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative and the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation in consultation with Waterfront Toronto, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the TRCA to initiate the development of recreational and ecological opportunities in parks, including Lake Ontario Park and Tommy Thompson Park.

9.         City Council direct the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to further review utilizing City-wide development charges for infrastructure, and area-specific development charges or any other appropriate mechanisms for the Port Lands and Don River flood plain area to pay for flood protection and infrastructure in the Port Lands and other impacted areas, and to report on additional and associated financing options and timelines to accelerate naturalization of the Don River Course and the planning of the River Districts in the Phase 3 precinct(s) between Don Roadway, Cherry Street, Keating and Ship Channels.

10.       City Council direct the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative to coordinate, following the Port Lands Acceleration Initiative Steering Committee model, the creation of a landowners' group consisting of property owners and long-term lease holders within the Port Lands in order to secure infrastructure cost sharing and front-ending agreements as well as other mechanisms for funding the infrastructure necessary for redevelopment and direct the landowners' group to report back on their progress within one year.

11.       City Council direct the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to include the infrastructure projects required for the redevelopment of the Port Lands on the list of works considered for incorporation within the Development Charges By-Law Review currently underway.

12.       City Council request the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative, Waterfront Toronto and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the creation of a high-level planning framework for the entire Port Lands consistent with the Central Waterfront Secondary Plan.

13.       City Council request the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative, to determine the physical works that would be required to introduce higher order transit on Commissioners Street and report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee.

The Executive Committee referred the issues raised by deputants to the Deputy City Manager responsible for the Waterfront Initiative, with the request that he report directly to Council on the staffing model for the precinct planning that ensures the most effective and efficient timelines are established for the work plan.