Item - 2016.TE13.6

City Council on February 3 and 4, 2016, adopted the following:

1.  City Council amend the Official Plan for the lands at 875 and 887 Queen Street East substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 9 to the report (December 17, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2.  City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86 for the lands at 875 and 887 Queen Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 1 to the report  (January 12, 2016) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3.  City Council amend City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 for the lands at 875 and 887 Queen Street East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 2 to the report (January 12, 2016) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

4.  City Council authorize 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, City Council require the owner of the Lands (the "Owner") to enter into an agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to secure the following community benefits on such terms and conditions as deemed satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in a form acceptable to the City Solicitor:

a.  The Owner will convey to the City fee simple title to no less than 1,827.31 square metres of indoor space suitable for use as a shelter, no less than 104.05 square metres of outdoor amenity space associated with the shelter, with such conveyance to include the construction and finishing of those spaces to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration and the City Solicitor.

6.  City Council require that the following matters are also to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement in support of the development:

a.  The Owner will submit a hydrogeological report to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, prior to the issuance of any building permit.  For greater clarity, a building permit shall also include conditional building permit.  The hydrogeological report will provide detailed groundwater conditions, indicate whether or not groundwater will have to be pumped and discharged to a City sewer on a temporary or permanent basis, and include a design of a permanent dewatering system for the site if groundwater is required to be pumped and discharged to a City sewer.

b.  The Owner will reconstruct the north and east building façades of 887 Queen Street East (former Woodgreen Pharmacy) as a design element of the proposed development, using original materials to maintain the scale and appearance of the existing building, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

7.  City Council request the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to secure the reconstruction of the façade of 887 Queen Street East through Site Plan Approval as part of the development's architectural details and materials.

8.  City Council approve an increase in the purchase price of the shelter space at 875 Queen Street East by the sum of $419,239.00.

9.  City Council authorize payment of $419,239.00 from the Land Acquisition Reserve Fund - XR1012 to enable payment of the increased purchase price of the shelter space at 875 Queen Street East.

10.  City Council amend the 2016-2025 Capital Budget and Plan for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration to increase the project cost of the Council approved capital project known as "Shelter Land Acquisition" by $419,239.00 funded from the Land Acquisition Reserve Fund and increase the 2017 cash flow by $419,239.00.

11.  City Council authorize the public release of the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 29, 2016) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer upon the completion of the purchase transaction involving the acquisition of the shelter space at 875-887 Queen Street East.

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 29, 2016) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer remains confidential in its entirety at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a proposed or pending land disposition by the City or one of its agencies, boards and commissions.  Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 29, 2016) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer will be made public upon the completion of the purchase transaction involving the acquisition of the shelter space at 875-887 Queen Street East.