Item - 2021.EX27.8

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the City to accept the advance payments of compensation offered by Metrolinx, without prejudice to the City's right to make a claim for further compensation, pursuant to Section 25 of the Expropriations Act for the expropriated properties at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and part of 44 Parliament Street, in the amounts set out in Confidential Attachment 1 and direct it to the Land Acquisition Reserve Fund (XR1012), to be held in trust until the development and site plans for the First Parliament lands are finalized.

2. City Council authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 13, 2021) from the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office, and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning following the full and final determination of the compensation payable to the City for the expropriation of the properties at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and part of 44 Parliament Street, by arbitration or appeal or, if settled, at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council direct the City Manager, the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to consult with the City-led First Parliament Working Group and the local Councillor on how the funds from the expropriation can be best used to achieve implementation and principles outlined in the First Parliament Master Plan.

4.  City Council direct the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, in consultation with Toronto Public Library, to ensure that all interim relocation costs incurred by Toronto Public Library are accounted for in the final settlement offer from Metrolinx for the expropriation of 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and 44 Parliament Street.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to prioritize in the ongoing negotiations with Infrastructure Ontario with respect to the First Parliament Transit-Oriented Communities development the civic objectives outlined in the Master Plan and other local capital improvements, and to report back to the Executive Committee when the final Transit-Oriented Community development plan for First Parliament is presented, including but not limited to:

a. parkland and/or park improvements;

b. public realm improvements; and

c. affordable housing.

6.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to present alternative massing studies to Infrastructure Ontario on the Transit Oriented Communities proposals at 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and 44 Parliament Street, and to report back to the Executive Committee on how City ideas and comments have been addressed when the final Transit-Oriented Communities development plan for First Parliament is presented.

7.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat, to negotiate the provision of affordable housing, consistent with the City's policies for Inclusionary Zoning and the Housing Now initiative, in addition to Provincial requirements for affordable housing in the Transit-Oriented Communities proposal at First Parliament/Corktown, and to report back to the Executive Committee on such affordable housing options, including the approach to funding it, when the final Transit-Oriented Communities development plan for First Parliament is presented.

8.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, to report back to the Executive Committee in a standalone report on the final Transit-Oriented Communities development plan for First Parliament.

The Executive Committee considered Items EX27.8 and EX27.9 together.

The Senior Development Planner, CreateTO gave a presentation on First Parliament Master Plan.

This report responds to the following motions and recommendations as directed by City Council related to the following properties: 271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street and the north portion of 44 Parliament Street (managed by Toronto Parking Authority) (collectively known as the "First Parliament Properties"), and the expropriation of the First Parliament Properties and the subsurface portion of Parliament Square Park partly located on the south side of 44 Parliament Street by Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario:

- MM31.35 Assessing Provincial Interest in the First Parliament Site - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

- EX23.3 Provincial Transit-Oriented Communities Program

- MM35.30 Checking the Ticket - Understanding The Province’s Extraordinary Powers to Expropriate for Transit - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

- MM35.31 Ensuring Retention of Community Benefits Through Provincial Expropriation of Municipally-owned Land - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

- MM36.23 Local Planning and the First Parliament Master Plan - by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

This report also seeks City Council authority for the City to accept Metrolinx's advance payment of compensation, pursuant to Section 25 of the Expropriations Act, for the expropriation of First Parliament Properties and part of Parliament Square Park in the amounts set out in Confidential Attachment 1.