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June 4, 2015

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Deferred Committee Items:

Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE4.6

North York Community Council Item NY5.38

Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE5.82

Report of the Executive Committee from Meeting 6 on May 26, 2015

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam has submitted the following Administrative Inquiry:

"I am submitting this Administrative Inquiry (under Municipal Code S27-61) to obtain clarification and information regarding the protocol to notify local Councillors when Members of Councillors convene and/or attend meetings convened by external stakeholders with City staff regarding matters in that Ward.

On March 10, 2015 a meeting regarding the development at 1 Bloor Street West, a site located in Ward 27, was held without the knowledge or attendance of the local City Councillor.  To my limited knowledge, attendees of this meeting included the developer and his lobbying consultants, City Councillor and Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, then Deputy City Manager John Livey, Chief Planner and Executive Director Jennifer Keesmaat, as well as other City Planning staff.

I request that the purpose and list of attendees from that meeting, including who called the meeting, as well as any other meetings convened without the knowledge of the local Councillor where there was representation from the Deputy Mayor Minnan-Wong and senior City officials be disclosed.

I look forward to your timely response at the next meeting of City Council."

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

This application proposes a 14-storey residential building at 11 Lillian Street and 132-142 Soudan Avenue.  The proposed building has 98 residential units and a total density of 7.96 times the lot area.  It has an 11-storey tower that sits on top of a 3-storey base.  The base contains four grade-related units facing the Neighbourhoods designated area on the south side of Soudan Avenue.  The application proposes 84 parking spaces in a 4-level underground garage.

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Zoning By-law.  The proposed development fits its context in an Apartment Neighbourhood, provides an acceptable transition in height to the Neighbourhood area to the south, given the overall context, minimizes negative impacts from its built form, and conforms to applicable policies of the Official Plan.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and other appropriate staff, to attend the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing to oppose the Zoning By-law Amendment application in the current form.

2.         City Council authorize City staff to continue discussions with the applicant on a revised proposal which addresses the issues set out in the report (March 25, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

3.         In the event that the Ontario Municipal Board allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council direct staff to request that the Board withhold any order to approve a Zoning By-law Amendment for the subject lands until such time as a site plan agreement has been entered into between the City and the owner and any preconditions to site plan approval are fulfilled.

4.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Municipal Board to withhold any final Orders approving the Zoning By-law Amendment until such time as the Owner has entered into and registered a Section 37 Agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

The applicant has appealed the Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control applications to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) due to Council's failure to make a decision on the applications within the time prescribed by the Planning Act.  A pre-hearing conference has been set for May 5, 2015.  No hearing date has been set.

The applicant has appealed the original submission, however, over the course of the review, the applicant had submitted revisions in response to City comments and the community consultation meeting feedback.  This report will outline the original submission, as well as the most recently reviewed submission.  The original proposal is for a 19-storey building and 3 blocks of 4-storey townhouses.  The revised proposal is for a 14-storey building with a 10-storey wing at the south end and a 6-storey wing at the north end as well as one block of 4-storey townhouses. 

The report recommends that the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff, attend the OMB hearing in opposition to the current proposal.  It also recommends that staff continue to work with the applicant in an attempt to address the outstanding issues set out in this report.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council request the Director, Affordable Housing Office and the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration:

-  to coordinate Toronto's submission to the Province of Ontario's Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy Update consultation, in consultation with the City Manager's Office, Toronto Community Housing, other relevant divisions and agencies and other relevant parties, consistent with City Council's existing policies;

- to ensure that the City's submission strongly reiterates the request for inclusionary zoning powers for the City of Toronto to ensure more affordable rent and homeownership units are built throughout the City; and

- to submit the submission prior to the deadline of July 3, 2015.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the accumulated surpluses of $8,089 from five Association of Community Centres (AOCCs) be paid to the City of Toronto and be used to partially fund the payment of operating deficits of $22,830 for the core administration operations of the other five centres, resulting in a net payment of $14,741 for operating over-expenditures as detailed on Table 2 in the report (April 20, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer.

2.  City Council reaffirm the need for Association of Community Centres (AOCCs) to seek approval from Financial Planning of all over-expenditures before they are incurred and direct the City Clerk to transmit this directive to all AOCC Chairs.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct that the 2013 operating surpluses totalling $7,854 from two Arenas (Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial and North Toronto) be paid to the City of Toronto and be used to partially fund the cumulative operating deficit of $253,208 for six Arenas (George Bell, William H. Bolton, Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, McCormick, Moss Park, and Ted Reeve), resulting in an operating net deficit of $245,354 to be funded by the City, as detailed in Appendix A, column (d), of the report (May 4, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer.

2.  City Council direct that a funding provision for the 2013 net deficit of $97,487 is made through the 2014 Final Year-End Operating Variance Report, as calculated in Appendix A to the report (May 4, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the report (April 23, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer for information.

The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the City of Toronto's operating variance for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the disposition of the 2014 year-end surplus.

The preliminary 2014 year-end operating position for Tax Supported Operations has resulted in a net favourable variance of $190.592 million which is available for distribution after Council directions and legislative requirements are met.  The surplus represents just under 2 percent of the gross tax-supported budget.

Consistent with City Council's approved Surplus Management Policy, at least 75 percent or $142.944 million and an additional contribution of $12.000 million from the Toronto Transit Commission will be allocated to the Capital Financing Reserve and $35.648 million will be allocated to underfunded liabilities and/or reserve funds.  Effectively, all of the Toronto Transit Commission surplus is being directed to capital which will enable the City to fund, in part, a portion of the cost over runs for the TYSSE project.

In addition, $29.803 million of the 2014 surplus will be used to reduce the debt requirements related to the loss of the Toronto Pooling Compensation grant. The amount of short term borrowing will now be cut almost in half from the approved $61 million in the 2015 Budget.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014, Tax Supported Operations are summarized in Table 1 below.

Under-spending was driven largely by:

- Lower than budgeted Toronto Transit Commission Conventional Services' expenditures such as healthcare benefits, maintenance costs for subway infrastructure, facilities and streetcars, fuel costs and accident claims;

- Lower than budgeted Tax Deficiencies (i.e. write-offs from assessment appeals);

- A lower than budgeted caseload for Toronto Employment and Social Services; and,

- Under-spending in purchased child care for Children's Services.

In addition, higher than budgeted revenue realized from permit applications for Toronto Building, Payment in Lieu of Taxes, Parking Tag Enforcement and Operations and the Municipal Land Transfer Tax contributed to the favourable net variance.  Court Services ended 2014 with a net deficit of $21.673 million due to lower traffic ticket issuance and resulting fine revenues.

Rate Supported Programs reported a year-end net favourable variance of $16.409 million.

Table 2 below summarizes Rate Supported Program net variances:

The year-end favourable net variance of $16.409 million was driven by Solid Waste Management Services' net under-spending of $15.044 million, primarily due to:

- Over-achieved revenues of $7.240 million mainly from increased funding for the Blue Box program, higher tonnage for Toronto waste disposal at the Green Land landfill, and tipping fees from higher tonnes at transfer stations.

 - Lower gross expenditures of $7.804 million due largely to under-spending in salaries and benefits, savings from capital financing as a result of delayed issuance of debt and scheduling of debt charges, and reduced alternate landfill disposal costs as more tonnes of residual waste were transferred to Green Lane.

Toronto Water reported a favourable net variance of $5.443 million as at December 31, 2014.

- Gross expenditures were under-spent by $10.112 million or 1.0 percent largely due to lower salaries and benefits.

- Under-achieved revenues of $4.669 million were primarily from a decrease in the volume of water sales.

Toronto Parking Authority experienced lower than expected net revenue of $4.078 million or 6.5 percent driven largely from increased road work City wide combined with the large number of snow days experienced from January and February and City events.  The Toronto Parking Authority still recorded positive Net Revenues of over $58.2 million for 2014.

Table 3 below summarizes the staff vacancy rate for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014.

For the year-end, the City recorded a vacancy rate of 2.1 percent after budgeted gapping for an approved complement of 52,808.1 positions.  A more detailed analysis is provided in the Approved Complement Section of this report.

The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the City of Toronto's operating variance for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the disposition of the 2014 year-end surplus.

The preliminary 2014 year-end operating position for Tax Supported Operations has resulted in a net favourable variance of $190.592 million which is available for distribution after Council directions and legislative requirements are met. The surplus represents just under 2 percent of the gross tax-supported budget.

Consistent with City Council's approved Surplus Management Policy, at least 75 percent or $142.944 million and an additional contribution of $12.000 million from the Toronto Transit Commission will be allocated to the Capital Financing Reserve and $35.648 million will be allocated to underfunded liabilities and/or reserve funds. Effectively, all of the Toronto Transit Commission surplus is being directed to capital which will enable the City to fund, in part, a portion of the cost over runs for the TYSSE project.

In addition, $29.803 million of the 2014 surplus will be used to reduce the debt requirements related to the loss of the Toronto Pooling Compensation grant. The amount of short term borrowing will now be cut almost in half from the approved $61 million in the 2015 Budget.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014, Tax Supported Operations are summarized in Table 1 below.

Under-spending was driven largely by:

- Lower than budgeted Toronto Transit Commission Conventional Services' expenditures such as healthcare benefits, maintenance costs for subway infrastructure, facilities and streetcars, fuel costs and accident claims;

- Lower than budgeted Tax Deficiencies (i.e. write-offs from assessment appeals);

- A lower than budgeted caseload for Toronto Employment and Social Services; and,

- Under-spending in purchased child care for Children's Services.

In addition, higher than budgeted revenue realized from permit applications for Toronto Building, Payment in Lieu of Taxes, Parking Tag Enforcement and Operations and the Municipal Land Transfer Tax contributed to the favourable net variance. Court Services ended 2014 with a net deficit of $21.673 million due to lower traffic ticket issuance and resulting fine revenues.

Rate Supported Programs reported a year-end net favourable variance of $16.409 million.

Table 2 below summarizes Rate Supported Program net variances:

The year-end favourable net variance of $16.409 million was driven by Solid Waste Management Services' net under-spending of $15.044 million, primarily due to:

- Over-achieved revenues of $7.240 million mainly from increased funding for the Blue Box program, higher tonnage for Toronto waste disposal at the Green Land landfill, and tipping fees from higher tonnes at transfer stations.

- Lower gross expenditures of $7.804 million due largely to under-spending in salaries and benefits, savings from capital financing as a result of delayed issuance of debt and scheduling of debt charges, and reduced alternate landfill disposal costs as more tonnes of residual waste were transferred to Green Lane.

Toronto Water reported a favourable net variance of $5.443 million as at December 31, 2014.

- Gross expenditures were under-spent by $10.112 million or 1.0 percent largely due to lower salaries and benefits.

- Under-achieved revenues of $4.669 million were primarily from a decrease in the volume of water sales.

Toronto Parking Authority experienced lower than expected net revenue of $4.078 million or 6.5 percent driven largely from increased road work City wide combined with the large number of snow days experienced from January and February and City events. The Toronto Parking Authority still recorded positive Net Revenues of over $58.2 million for 2014.

Table 3 below summarizes the staff vacancy rate for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014.

For the year-end, the City recorded a vacancy rate of 2.1 percent after budgeted gapping for an approved complement of 52,808.1 positions. A more detailed analysis is provided in the Approved Complement Section of this report.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive for information Appendix 2 to the report (April 22, 2015) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer which lists 41 completed capital projects/sub-projects to be closed resulting in a total combined project budget savings of $34.585 million.

The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the City of Toronto Capital Variance for the year-ended December 31, 2014.  Furthermore, this report identifies the closure of an additional 41 capital projects resulting in a total combined project budget savings of $34.585 million with $24.992 million funded by recoverable debt; $9.484 million funded by Toronto Parking Authority earnings; and $0.109 funded by third party funding.  For all of 2014, the City completed and closed 368 projects resulting in savings of $71.5 million.

Capital expenditures for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 totalled $2.698 billion or 62.8 percent of the 2014 Approved Capital Budget of $4.292 billion (see Table 1).  This spending pattern is consistent with prior years.  

For the year-ended December 31, 2014, Tax Supported Programs and Agencies reported capital expenditures of $2.065 billion representing 59 percent of their collective 2014 Approved Capital Budget of $3.500 billion. Rate Supported Programs reported capital expenditures of $632.421 million, representing 79.9 percent of their collective 2014 Approved Capital Budget of $791.946 million.

Table 1

The rate of spending in 2014 was driven largely by expropriation process delays for the acquisition of various sites, poor weather conditions, longer than planned timelines to obtain necessary approvals or required permits; delays in securing funds from cost-sharing partners; design issues and difficulty in securing necessary resources for project delivery.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council amend the 2015-2024 Parks, Forestry and Recreation Capital Budget and Plan to advance $228,000 in previously approved cash flow in year 2016 forward to 2015 for the capital project known as "Salem Parkette and Westmoreland Parkette Improvements,"for a total cash flow in 2015 of $258,000.  The project is to be funded as follows: $100,563 from the Section 37 for 40 Westmoreland Avenue (Account No. XR3026-3700529); $60,044 from the Section 42 Alternate Rate Cash-in-lieu for 40 Westmoreland Avenue (Account No. XR2213- 4200341); and $97,393 from a Section 42 Alternate Rate Cash-in-lieu for 243 Perth Avenue (Account No. XR2213-4200543).

The Executive Committee recommends that: 

1.  City Council authorize the reallocation of approved capital funding for the Lighting Retrofit Project in Parks, Forestry and Recreation arenas in the Sustainable Energy Plan's 2015 Capital Budget in the amount of $983,000 with a zero gross and net budget impact.

This report requests City Council's authority to adjust the 2015 Approved Capital Budget for Sustainable Energy Plan (SEP) by reallocating approved capital funding from projects currently in the 2015 Approved Capital Budget that are being cancelled or can be deferred to the Lighting Retrofit Project in Parks, Forestry and Recreation arenas.

This budget adjustment will result in a zero gross and net impact to the 2015 Approved Capital Budget for SEP. This action will allow the City to direct funding to a conservation and demand management project that will have positive economic and environmental benefits on the City as a whole.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Cluster A, to report to the Community Development and Recreation Committee on current, existing and potential experiential learning programs for school age children in Strong and Emerging neighbourhoods provided by or through the City and its agencies, boards and corporations, including:

a.  Partnerships with museums, galleries, outdoor attractions, live theatre, sporting events and libraries;

b.  Whether coordinated bus transportation between recreation centres and other points of departure and destinations of interest and discovery can be provided by the Toronto Transit Commission, Go Transit or another carrier;

c.  Requiring participants to provide written feedback after each trip on what they saw, how they feel about it and whether the trip had an impact; and

d.  Ways to pilot the Explore program through Area Recreation Care initiatives and other recreation delivery systems.

2. City Council direct that all aspects pertaining to an Explore program for experiential learning for school age children in Strong and Emerging neighbourhoods be referred to the Community Development and Recreation Committee for consideration.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to report through the Economic Development Committee by June 2015 on the recommended approach for the City's efforts to promote Toronto as an investment destination.  Such a report to address:

            a.  The advantages and disadvantages of a regional economic development agency including any impacts on the operations of the City and/or its economic development corporations, specifically Invest Toronto, Build Toronto, and Toronto Port Lands Company.

            b.  The recommended levels of City funding for foreign direct investment promotion and attraction activities, giving consideration to the opportunity for cost savings and operational efficiencies through integration of Invest Toronto's activities into a regional investment promotional agency and/or the Economic Development and Culture Division.

2.  Subject to any decisions or actions taken in the implementation of Part 1 above, City Council request the applicable organization(s) responsible for investment promotion and attraction activities for Toronto to submit a 3-year rolling strategic plan to the City.  The City Manager be requested to forward the plan to the Executive Committee and/or Economic Development Committee for information.

At its meeting on April 8, 2015, the Invest Toronto Inc. Board of Directors considered a report (December 3, 2014) from the Auditor General, entitled "Operational Review of Invest Toronto Inc.'

The Board passed the following motion:

-  That the Value for Money Audit Report from the City of Toronto Auditor General’s Office - Operational Review of Invest Toronto Inc. dated December 3, 2014 be accepted as presented.

-  The Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Lida Preyma thanked the Auditor General for presenting the results of the audit and for joining the Board at the meeting to answer any questions Board members may have. The employees both in the Auditor General’s office and at Invest Toronto who were involved in the audit were thanked for their hard work, which ensured the positive outcome.

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The Auditor General's report states that at the request of City Council, the Auditor General’s Audit Work Plan included an operational review of Invest Toronto. 

Based on our review, it is our view that the operations, services, and activities performed by Invest Toronto to achieve its mandate were carried out with efficiency, effectiveness, and economy.  However, Invest Toronto has not brought forward a long-term strategic plan because of unresolved calls for a regional approach to economic development. 

This report contains three specific recommendations along with a management response to each of the recommendations.  The first recommendation emphasizes the need for the City to clarify its long-term strategy for investment promotion and attraction activities.  Once this has been done, Invest Toronto can address the second recommendation and develop a long-term strategic plan which contemplates the financial and operational impact of direction given by the City.

The Auditor General also recommends this report be forwarded to the City’s Audit Committee.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council request the City Manager to consider more proactive action in planning and authorizing overtime in City Divisions.

2.  City Council receive the report (April 22, 2015) from the Auditor General, for information. 

Since 2011 the Auditor General’s Work Plan has included a project in relation to continuous controls monitoring of selected City expenses.  The objective of the Continuous Controls Monitoring Program is to provide periodic reports to management which assist in proactively monitoring financial transactions, detecting unusual expenses and identifying areas where internal controls could be strengthened.

Since the initiation of this program in 2011, the Auditor General has been providing management with continuous monitoring reports on a periodic basis for their review and comments.

This current report provides the results of our review of City overtime costs, standby payments and mileage reimbursement costs from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.  A separate report on 2014 staff absenteeism will be tabled at the June 26, 2015 Audit Committee.

Our analysis of 2014 staff overtime identified the following:

-           City overtime increased from $43 million in 2013 to $51.5 million in 2014 for an increase of $8.5 million or 19.8 per cent.  Overtime has increased in each of the past two years.  In 2013, the increase in overtime when compared with 2012, was $4.2 million or 10.8 per cent.  

-           The number of staff with overtime exceeding 30 per cent of their base pay increased from 105 in 2013 to 199 in 2014, an increase of almost 90 per cent.

-           Overtime in Transportation Services, Toronto Water and Solid Waste Management Divisions each increased by over one million dollars during 2014 when compared with 2013 levels.

-           Overtime in Employment and Social Services increased from 98,843 in 2013 to 769,659 in 2014, an increase of $670,816.  According to management the increase was due to the implementation of a new provincial information technology system for Ontario Works.  Costs related to this project were entirely funded by the Province.

-           Standby pay increased from $5.3 million in 2013 to $5.7 million in 2014, an increase of over seven per cent or $400,000.

-           Employee mileage reimbursements reduced by $100,000 in 2014.

From the inception of the Continuous Controls Program in 2011 City overtime expenses decreased until 2013 when overtime expenses rose by $4.2 million when compared with 2012.  According to management, a portion of the 2013 increase was related to severe weather related emergencies in the City

Management indicates that the 2013 winter storm effect continued in 2014 and significant overtime was spent in the aftermath and clean-up that continued in 2014.  In addition, extreme cold weather in 2014 also resulted in broken water-mains contributing to higher overtime in the Toronto Water Division.

The Auditor General’s 2015 Audit Work Plan includes a review of long term disability.  As part of this review, the impact of staff absenteeism on overtime will also be analysed.

Appendix 1 provides comparative details of 2013 and 2014 divisional overtime expenses.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the letter (April 25, 2015) from Robert Gore & Associates, Chartered Accountants, for information.

Robert Gore & Associates, Chartered Accountants, reporting on the Results of Applying Specified Auditing Procedures to Financial Information, other than Financial Statements, for the Year Ended December 31, 2014, for the Auditor General's Office; and advising that they found no exceptions to the adherence to the policies, procedures and delegated authorities as they applied to their test sample of transactions.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council request the City Manager to ensure that Divisional Service plans include training plans which address compliance requirements, Corporate priorities and Talent Blueprint objectives.  Divisions will share their plans with Human Resources Division to develop an overall Corporate Training Plan.

2.  City Council request the City Manager to develop performance measures to evaluate progress in achieving Talent Blueprint goals and objectives and provide annual reports to City Council.

3.  City Council request the City Manager to update City training costs and cost per employee to reflect actual City costs.

4.  City Council request the Executive Director, Human Resources, in consultation with City Divisions, to review and update the Corporate core competency model.

5.  City Council request the Executive Director, Human Resources, in consultation with City Divisions, to support the identification of employee learning and development needs and related actions.

6.  City Council request the Executive Director, Human Resources, in consultation with City Divisions, to formalize a City-wide needs assessment process to identify gaps between actual and required core competencies for employees.

7.  City Council request the Executive Director, Human Resources, in consultation with City Divisions, to formalize and implement an evaluation framework measuring training effectiveness.

8.  City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with City Divisions, to evaluate courses with low attendance and if deemed necessary and useful, consider alternative methods of delivery.

9.  City Council request the City Manager to establish a Corporate reporting protocol clearly outlining roles and responsibilities for systematic reporting on City training activities, achievements and costs.

10.  City Council request the City Manager to ensure compliance with legislated training requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act by September 2015 and such compliance be reported to City Council.

The Auditor General’s 2014 Audit Work Plan included an audit of City-wide training activities and operational controls.  The Human Resources Division provides corporate training initiatives and related support to City Divisions and employees.  The purpose of the audit was to determine if training services delivered by the Human Resources Division are effective and efficient.

As the City has been involved in the development and implementation of an Enterprise Learning Management System we also reviewed controls over the planning, development and implementation of the first phase of this information technology project.

This report focuses on the administration of Corporate training services provided by the City Human Resources Division.  A separate report addresses controls over the planning, development and implementation of the Enterprise Learning Management System and will be tabled at the June 2015 Audit Committee.

The City of Toronto’s workforce is a key resource for the City.  The labour costs for a workforce of over 34,500 employees accounts for almost half of the City’s operating budget.  A properly trained workforce has been shown to be more productive.

Addressing the recommendations in this audit report will strengthen the controls to ensure the City's investment in Corporate training initiatives is being effectively and efficiently used to improve on the knowledge and skills of the City's workforce.  The actions taken by management will align certain divisional training requirements with the Corporate training plan.  This will support the achievement of City Council's strategic directions for the workforce as outlined in the Talent Blueprint.

This report contains ten recommendations along with management's response to each recommendation.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the report (May 1, 2015) from the Auditor General, for information.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council request the City Manager to undertake the necessary actions, including seeking amendments to the City of Toronto Act as part of the upcoming 5-year review if necessary, which would allow the Auditor General to:

-  undertake audits at any of the City's agencies, local boards and corporations which are currently outside of her jurisdiction; and

- review any audits that have been undertaken by their Audit departments,

in order to allow those projects to be included on future Audit Work Plans.

2.  City Council formally request those agencies, local boards and corporations that are outside of the Auditor General's jurisdiction, to allow the Auditor General to undertake any audits she deems necessary.

3.  City Council receive the Auditor General’s amended 2015 Audit Work Plan, for information.

The purpose of this report is to advise Audit Committee of amendments to the Auditor General’s 2015 Audit Work Plan.  The Audit Work Plan is being amended to reflect projects identified as a result of our recently completed City-wide risk assessment and requests made by City Council.

Appendix 1 lists projects included in the amended 2015 Audit Work Plan. 

Appendix 2 lists projects selected in high priority areas and is grouped into three main categories:

1.         Areas where there has been little or no audit activity from the Auditor General’s Office over the past seven years.

2.         Capital projects that should be considered for audit.

3.         Other priority areas that should be audited.

Due to limited resources, many of these projects will remain in the backlog for several years.  These projects will continue to be assessed and prioritized according to their risks.

Our risk assessment did not include restricted boards, including the Police Services Board, the Library Board and the Board of Health.  The Auditor General can only undertake audit work at these Boards if she is requested by the Board.

The Audit Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the report (April 21, 2015) from the Auditor General, for information.

2.  City Council not authorize the public release of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (April 21, 2015) from the Auditor General, as it involves the security of property belonging to the City or one of its agencies and corporations.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Community Development and Recreation Committee with a response to the City Council request for a report regarding "Access to City Services for Undocumented Torontonians" (reference:  June 10, 11, 12 and 13, 2014 meeting, item 14-CD29.11).

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Fire Services to negotiate and enter into an amending agreement to the existing contract with Starfield Lion Company ("Contract No. 47015536") to increase the value of the existing contract by $4,078,235.52, net of HST recoveries, for a revised contract total of $8,007,834.28, net of HST recoveries, and to extend the expiry date to December 31, 2016, for the supply and delivery of an additional estimated 2,800 Primary Bunker Suits, and approximately 250 additional In-year Replacement Bunker Suits for 2016, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

Toronto Fire Services (TFS) is seeking authority to amend Contract Number 47015536 with Starfield Lion Company (Starfield-Lion) to accommodate the supply and delivery of approximately 3,050 firefighter bunker suits (Bunker Suits). The amendment request is to extend the current contract validity end date to December 31, 2016 and request an increase to the target value of the existing contract in the amount of $4,078,235.52, net of HST recoveries for a revised total contract value of $8,007,834.28, net of HST recoveries. City Council approval is required in accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 195-9-Purchasing, where the current request exceeds the threshold of $500,000.00, net of HST, allowed under staff authority as per Municipal Code By-Law Chapter 71-11.1(C) - Financial Control.

Bunker Suits are an integral part of the Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) used by firefighters. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards establish minimum levels of protection and require that Bunker Suits be retired from service no more than ten years from date of manufacture.

A new edition of NFPA 1971 was scheduled to be released in early 2011. However, the release of the new edition was delayed until Fall 2012. Typically, following the release of a revised standard, manufacturers are only allowed to distribute existing fabricated products certified to the previous edition of the standard for twelve months.  New fabrications of Bunker Suits must be deemed compliant to the revised standard by the NFPA.

TFS was not able to commence the RFP process, including the wear trial and testing of PPE certified to the 2013 standard until the new version of Bunker Suit was fabricated and deemed compliant to the revised NFPA standard.

The amendment of this contract is critical to ensuring all firefighters are equipped with the appropriate protective equipment while performing their duties and to maintain compliance with Ministry of Labour requirements and NFPA Standards. Not providing the required PPE would negatively impact service levels, would increase costs and could potentially increase exposure to fire fighter health and safety liabilities.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, to enter into agreements with Margaret’s Housing and Community Support Services Inc. and St. Felix Social Ministries Outreach to provide 24-hour drop-in services based on the issuance of Extreme Cold Weather Alerts or at the request of General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, from November 15, 2015 to April 15, 2016 for up to $460,000.

2.   City Council instruct that funds be provided to ensure that enhanced Cold Weather drop-in services, set out in the report (May 6, 2015) from the General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, are implemented in January, 2016.

This report responds to the request to report on the feasibility of operating additional drop-in and/or warming services during the 2015/2016 winter season regardless of any issuance of Extreme Cold Weather Alerts.

Community-based Extreme Cold Weather Alert (ECWA) drop-in services complement the Out of the Cold program, which operates daily from November 15 to April 15 across rotating sites, as well as 24-hour full-time service offered at the Streets to Homes Assessment and Referral Centre (SHARC). Drop-in services that respond to cold weather events are unique in the City of Toronto.  They offer a low-barrier operating model with an approach to service that cannot be accessed in the same way elsewhere.

Based on a review of the ECWA drop-in services funded by Shelter, Support and Housing Administration (SSHA) from November 15, 2014 to April 15, 2015, an analysis of service use, patterns of extreme cold weather experienced in recent years, and consultations with service users, service providers and City staff, the feasibility of several service models for Cold Weather services was assessed.

Taking into account available resources, this report recommends maintaining the current alert-based service model for the 2015/2016 winter season while proposing consideration of an enhanced service model through the 2016 budget process for the 2016/2017 winter season and subsequent years.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council establish a General Operating Grant as described in the report (May 6, 2015) from the General Manager, Children's Services, to support eligible licensed child care service providers and to replace previous  provincial wage-related grant programs. 
 
2.  City Council approve the funding model implementation framework that requires service providers, as a condition of General Operating Grant funding, to comply with the Children’s Services funding guidelines and policies, including adherence to standard business requirements, elimination of wait list fees and participation in the Assessment for Quality Improvement (AQI) program.

This report seeks approval of a streamlined model for funding licensed child care service providers in the City of Toronto.  The model will apply to all licensed child care providers with a purchase of service or other contract with the City. Existing funding for Family Support Programs, Special Needs Resourcing and Home Child Care remains in place.  It does not apply to those entering into a funding agreement with Toronto for the sole purpose of accessing the Province’s Wage Enhancement program.  The proposed model is in response to the 2012 provincial Child Care Funding Framework that changed the way in which municipalities are funded by the Province for child care.

The proposed funding model is consistent with directions included in the Council-approved Children’s Services Service Plan (2015-2019) and with funding model principles approved by Council in 2013.  It provides direction for future system investments and will not result in any existing child care service providers receiving a reduction in existing base funding.    The model’s development involved extensive engagement with children, families, service providers, community partners, and other stakeholders.

No changes are proposed to the City's existing child care fee subsidy system.

The Community Development and Recreation Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the 2015 Community Service Partnerships allocation recommendations totalling $14,845,390.00 from the 2015 budget to 199 organizations that requested funding as described in Appendices A and B of the report (May 6, 2015) from the Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration.

2.  City Council authorize reserving $15,000.00 of the 2015 Community Service Partnerships funding to administer claims by eligible seniors through the snow shovelling program.

3.  City Council delegate authority to the Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to re-allocate the 2015 Community Service Partnerships (CSP) funds that are not used during the funding year by approved organizations to other CSP approved organizations.

4.  City Council request the Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to report on any re-allocation of 2015 Community Service Partnerships funds as part of the 2016 grants allocation recommendations report.

5.  City Council approve the 2015 Service Development Investment Program allocations totalling $570,000.00 be allocated to 16 organizations as described in Appendices A and C of the report (May 6, 2015) from the Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration.

6.  City Council authorize the Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to enter into a four year service agreement with Findhelp Information Services in the amount of $591,670 for 2015, in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix E of the report (May 6, 2015) from the Acting Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration, and any other terms and conditions and in a format acceptable to the City Solicitor.

7.  City Council direct Social Development, Finance and Administration staff to explore ways to increase funding to new and emerging groups through a targeted approach and report back in 2016 to the Community Development and Recreation Committee.

This report recommends funding to organizations requesting support under Community Service Partnership (CSP) and the Service Development Investment (SDIP) programs. It also recommends extending the term of the City’s service agreement with Findhelp Information Services (Findhelp).

CSP provides ongoing and stable support to Toronto's not-for-profit organizations to enable them to offer high quality and relevant services that strengthen the city's well-being.

Funding is recommended for 199 organizations for $14,845,390 to support 486 programs that improve social outcomes for vulnerable, marginalized and high-risk residents and communities.  Included in this recommendation is a 2.1 percent cost of living increase approved by Toronto City Council in the 2015 budget process. In addition, it is recommended that $15,000 be held to administer the senior's snow-shovelling program.

SDIP provides multi-year project funding to coalitions and organizations that develop community capacity and build effective partnerships within Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs) and across the city. Funding is recommended for 16 initiatives for $570,000.

Findhelp receives funding administered by Social Development, Finance and Administration Division (SDFA) under the Council approved terms and conditions for line item grants. Established in 1971, Findhelp is a charitable nonprofit organization that works to ensure that all people, especially those who face barriers to service, have easy access to accurate and appropriate human services information.

The purpose of this report is to recommend that City Council establish a Board of Management for the Bayview Leaside Business Improvement Area (BIA) and to establish the number of members required for meeting quorum.

This report updates the Toronto Economic Dashboard. It provides a summary of the most recent data available at the time this report was prepared for key economic indicators benchmarking the city's economic performance.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the "Report on the Actuarial Valuation for Funding Purposes as at December 31, 2014" (attached as Attachment 1) to the report (April 17, 2015) from the Treasurer prepared by Mercer (Canada) Limited with respect to the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan.

2.  City Council approve, effective January 1, 2015, a total ad hoc cost-of-living increase of 1.91% in pension benefits to pensioners of the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan at an estimated total actuarial cost of $8.8 million on a solvency basis which will be borne by the Plan.

3.  City Council further amend By-law No. 15-92 of the former Metropolitan Corporation governing the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan as amended to date and grant authority to introduce the necessary bill in Council.

This report submits the Actuarial Valuation as at December 31, 2014 for the Metropolitan Toronto Pension Plan (the Plan) and recommends a total cost-of-living increase of 1.91% to pensioners effective January 1, 2015.  The 2014 Valuation sets forth the financial position of the Plan for the year ended December 31, 2014 on both a going-concern and a solvency basis, and confirms that the Plan does not require any special payments by the City of Toronto.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council receive the "Report on the Actuarial Valuation for Funding Purposes as at December 31, 2014" (attached as Attachment 1) to the report (April 20, 2015) from the Treasurer prepared by Mercer (Canada) Limited with respect to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Benefit Fund.

2.  City Council  authorize the Treasurer to arrange for the renewal of the existing Letter of Credit issued by the City's bank in favour of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Benefit Fund for a further period of one year following its scheduled expiry on December 22, 2015, so as to increase its amount on the same monthly incremental basis in lieu of special cash payments to the Fund starting on December 1, 2015 in the amount of $751,200 plus accrued interest and then in the amount of $521,400 plus accrued interest for each of the first 11 months of 2016 (a total increase of $ 6,486,600 plus total accrued interest), and the timely deposit of such renewed Letter of Credit with the Board of Trustees. 

3.  City Council authorize the Treasurer to arrange for further 1-year renewals of the Letter of Credit to include the remainder of the special contributions as they would have come due to the Fund in December 2016, in 2017 and the first part of 2018 (pending the availability of the Valuation Report as at December 31, 2017) under the payment schedule set out in Attachment 2 to the report (April 20, 2015) from the Treasurer to a maximum of $37.417 million.

4.  City Council authorize the Treasurer to arrange for reduction in the face value of any such Letter of Credit to match any reduction in the smoothed solvency deficiency shown in any subsequent Actuarial Valuation of the MTPBF filed with FSCO.

5. City Council approve a Non-Program Operating Budget increase of $154,594 gross and $0 net funded from the Employee/Retiree Benefits Reserve Fund to cover the costs (payable in advance) related to the renewal of the Letter of Credit in late 2015. 

This report submits the Actuarial Valuation as at December 31, 2014 (2014 Valuation) for the Metropolitan Toronto Police Benefit Fund (MTPBF) and requests funding to pay charges to renew a one-year Letter of Credit.  The Letter of Credit was obtained by the City from its bank in November 2014 and deposited with the Board of Trustees of the MTPBF (Board of Trustees) instead of making cash special payments to the MTPBF over the ensuing 12 months on account of its “solvency deficiency”, as permitted under Ontario's Pension Benefits Act (the PBA) since July 2014.

The Letter of Credit was initially in the amount of $4.8 million for the balance of catch-up payments required in 2014 not already paid to the MTPBF in cash, and since January 1, 2015, has been increasing by $751,000 plus accrued interest per month as contemplated by the December 31, 2013 Actuarial Valuation.

The 2014 Valuation sets forth the financial position of the MTPBF for the year ended December 31, 2014 on both a going-concern and solvency basis, outlines its solvency deficiency at that date, provides an amortization schedule for eliminating the deficiency within the mandatory five (5) years and recommends no cost-of-living increase for pensioners for 2015.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the Director, Fleet Services, to negotiate and execute an agreement with Her Majesty The Queen in right of Ontario as represented by the Ministry of Transportation (the "Ministry") to continue Fleet Services' participation in the Ministry's Driver Certification Program (DCP) on terms and conditions generally as set out in the report (April 27, 2015) from the Director, Fleet Services, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the Director, Fleet Services and the City Solicitor.

2.  City Council identify the Manager, Fleet Safety as the "Recognized Authority Official" under the proposed agreement with the Ministry for the purpose of overseeing the DCP operation.

3.  City Council delegate authority to the Director, Fleet Services, to negotiate and execute any future agreements with Her Majesty The Queen in right of Ontario as represented by the Ministry of Transportation or its successor Ministry, for road safety matters on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Director, Fleet Services and the City Solicitor.

The purpose of this report is to obtain Council authority to enter into an agreement with the Ministry of Transportation (the "Ministry") for the continued participation by Fleet Services in the updated Driver Certification Program (DCP).  The DCP enables City staff to train, issue and renew classified provincial licences and endorsements for its employees.  Staff also recommend that Council delegate authority to the Director, Fleet Services Division to approve and sign any future agreements with the Ministry for road safety matters.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize the acquisition of the property known municipally as 8 Abitibi Avenue from Rael Management Services Limited based on the terms and conditions contained in Schedule A attached to the report (April 24, 2015) from the President, Toronto Parking Authority, plus the additional expenditure of approximately $90,000 for any associated costs such as land transfer tax, appraisal fees, survey, environmental studies, and legal fees for a total acquisition cost estimate of $2,128,000.

2.  City Council amend the 2015 Capital Budget and 2016-2024 Capital Plan for Toronto Parking Authority by adding the capital project 8 Abitibi Avenue Carpark Development to be funded by reallocation of capital funds for Carpark Provisions 2015 project included in the 2015 Approved Capital Budget and 2016-2024 Capital Plan in the amount of $2,130,000 in order to facilitate the purchase of the carpark.

3.  City Council designate upon acquisition, the Property for municipal parking purposes, to be managed by the Toronto Parking Authority.

4.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to complete the purchase transaction, deliver any notices, pay any expenses and amend the closing and other dates to such earlier or later date(s), on such terms and conditions, as she may, from time to time, determine.

The purpose of this report is to obtain Council's authorization to purchase the property municipally known as 8 Abitibi Avenue (the "Property") from Rael Management Services Limited (the "Vendor") in order to service the short term parking needs of the surrounding north Yonge neighbourhood.  The intention is to maintain the commercial building on a fully leased basis and operate the ancillary parking area as a municipal parking facility until such time as it is determined that the site is ready to be redeveloped into a new surface carpark.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize initiation of the expropriation process for the easement interest at 34 Plymbridge Crescent depicted in Appendix A (the "Lands") and shown on the sketches attached as Appendix B to the report (April 27, 2015) from the Chief Corporate Officer.

2.  City Council authorize staff to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the Lands, to forward to the Chief Inquiry Officer any requests for hearing that are received, to attend the hearing to present the City's position, and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to Council for its consideration.

This report seeks authority to commence expropriation proceedings on the property municipally known as 34 Plymbridge Crescent for a permanent storm sewer easement.  This acquisition of this easement is required to upgrade the storm sewer system in the area as part of the ongoing basement flooding protection program in the City of Toronto.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council authorize initiation of the expropriation process for a temporary construction easement for a portion of the Property known as 666 Strathmore Boulevard, set out in Appendix A and shown in Appendix B to the report (April 27, 2015) from the Chief Corporate Officer, in the event that a short-term easement agreement with the Owners cannot be reached.

2.  City Council authorize staff to serve and publish Notices of Application for Approval to Expropriate the property interests, to forward to the Chief Inquiry Officer any requests for hearing that are received, to attend the hearing to present the City's position and to report the Inquiry Officer's recommendations to Council for its consideration.

This report seeks authority to initiate expropriation proceedings for a temporary construction easement for a portion of the property municipally known as 666 Strathmore Blvd. (the "Property"), as described in the attached Appendix A and shown in Appendix B, required to accommodate the design of the Woodbine Station Easier Access and Second Exit Program (the "Project").

The City expropriated the Property interests for the Project in 2012.  However, the work has not been completed and TTC requested additional time.  Negotiations for a new term with the owners of 666 Strathmore Blvd. (the "Owners") commenced in the late Fall of 2014.  The Owners are reluctant to sign agreement documents and staff have concluded that, in order to move the Project ahead, expropriation may be necessary.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the Chief Corporate Officer to enhance the present disposal process such that newly elected Councillors are briefed on all City real estate activities in their wards, and no further action be taken.

This report provides information respecting the notification process related to the City's procedures for the sale of real property.

The Government Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council grant authority to increase the value of PO No. 6032795 issued to Microsoft Canada Inc. by $400,000 net of HST ($407,040 net of HST recoveries) revising the current approved value from $1,582,800 net of HST ($1,610,657 net of HST recoveries) to a grand total of $1,982,800 net of HST ($2,017,697 net of HST recoveries).

The purpose of this report is to seek City Council authority to increase the value of an existing Purchase Order (PO) No. 6032795 issued to Microsoft Canada Inc. for Software Premier Support Services by $400,000 net of HST ($407,040 net of HST recoveries) to cover the software support and maintenance for the period from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016. PO 6032795 was issued under the authority of GM32.20 (Information Technology Maintenance Contracts Sole Source Renewal 2011-2015) adopted by City Council on July 6, 7 and 8, 2010.

This increase would revise the current approved value from $1,582,800 net of HST ($1,610,657 net of HST recoveries) to a grand total of $1,982,800 net of HST ($2,017,697 net of HST recoveries).

The increase of $400,000 net of HST ($407,040 net of HST recoveries) is required to cover software support and maintenance costs as a result of utilizing Microsoft Canada Inc. support services to implement Microsoft Technology Platforms. The support services will be used to establish the Microsoft SharePoint platform architecture and infrastructure that will be leveraged by key initiatives outlined in the 2015-2024 IT Capital Budget and Plan and support employee collaboration related projects such as the Enterprise Project Management Upgrade in 2015 and the Civic Engagement, Toronto Progress Portals. These investments represent the foundation for future enterprise projects.

The Licensing and Standards Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, Article I, General Licensing Provisions to better reflect the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 as described in Attachment 1 to the report (May 8, 2015) from the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards.

2.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, by adding, deleting, and amending definitions and licence requirement classes, as outlined in Attachment 2 and Attachment 3 in this report.

3.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to:

a.   remove Food regulations from "General Provisions" and include such information in Article X, "Food Establishments";

b.  remove the collection of shareholder information from licensed eating and drinking establishments as a requirement for licence application and renewal;

c.  remove all references to Appendix A, "Annual Fees for Licences" and cite instead Chapter 441, Fees and Charges;

d.  amend Section 545-4C.1, "Administrative Thresholds for Denial of Licence" to stipulate that only those locations of a particular business in breach of licensing thresholds will be held responsible;

e.  allow multi-year business licence renewal and delegate the authority to approve multi-year licence renewal to the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards;

f.  allow the harmonization of licence renewal dates and delegate the authority to approve harmonized renewals to the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards; and

g.  allow the proration of licensing fees, as they relate to recommendations 3(e) and (f) above, and delegate the authority to the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to prorate fees.

This report proposes 34 changes to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing.  The changes range from the removal of obsolete definitions and licence classes, to updating By-law language to reflect the Ontario Human Rights Code (the Code) and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). These proposed amendments will help to modernize Chapter 545, streamline licensing processes and enhance its readability.

Municipal Licensing and Standards (ML&S) has completed Phase 1 of the four-phase comprehensive review of Chapter 545. The purpose of the comprehensive review is to improve and modernize service to customers related to licence issuance, improve effective enforcement of the By-law, and identify efficiencies and improvements for businesses.

Legal Services was consulted in the preparation of this report.

The Licensing and Standards Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council enact a new definition of "commercial parking lot" to include any location that demands compensation in relation to the use of a parking space, and a corresponding operator's licence requirement, in Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, Article I, General Provisions.

2.  City Council enact a new article in Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, titled "Commercial parking lots", substantially in the form of the draft by-law as described in Attachment 1, subject to such technical and stylistic amendments as required by the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards.

3.  City Council rescind, on the date the new article comes into force, the existing provisions of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, Article XXII, Public Garages, relating to parking stations and parking lots, and authorize the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to make such technical and stylistic amendments as required.

4.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, by adding the following fees for 2015, subject to annual inflation:

Commercial Parking Lot Operator Licence:

a.  application fee: $392.73; and

b.  renewal fee: $264.04.

5.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to exempt City agencies, boards, commissions and divisions (ABCDs) from the requirement to obtain a Commercial Parking Lot Operator licence.

6.  City Council authorize the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to apply any licence fees paid for 2015, by commercial parking lot operators for a Public Garage with a Parking Lot Endorsement licence, to the new Commercial Parking Lot Operator licence.

7.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, Article I, General Provisions, to amend the definitions of:

a.   "parking enforcement services" to include the monitoring of property, the issuance of City of Toronto parking infraction notices, Toronto Police Service tow cards, and warning notices, in relation to vehicles parked on private property without the consent of the owner or occupant of such property; and

b.   "private parking enforcement agency" to include a business that provides or performs parking enforcement services at a property for compensation.

8.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, Article XXXVII, Private Parking Enforcement Agencies, subject to such technical and stylistic amendments as required by the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to:

a.  enact a new definition of "warning notice" to include any document that provides notification that a City of Toronto parking infraction notice or Toronto Police Service tow card may be issued to a vehicle;

b.  specify that the only documents a private parking enforcement agency may issue, in addition to City of Toronto parking infraction notices and Toronto Police Service tow cards, are warning notices;

c.  require private parking enforcement agencies to file written agreements for the provision of parking enforcement services and a listing of all properties for which they will provide parking enforcement services, with the Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit, rather than Municipal Licensing and Standards;

d.  prohibit private parking enforcement agencies from restraining or immobilizing any vehicle; and

e.  delete Sections 449B and C, as such sections are unnecessary.

9.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 150, Municipal Law Enforcement Officers, subject to such technical and stylistic amendments as required by the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to:

a.  specify that the only documents a private parking enforcement agency may issue, in addition to City of Toronto parking infraction notices and Toronto Police Service tow cards, are warning notices;

b.  prohibit all Municipal Law Enforcement Officers from restraining or immobilizing any vehicle;

c.  grant Municipal Law Enforcement Officers the authority to tow un-plated vehicles upon receiving authorization from the Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit; and

d.  delete the requirement that the same Municipal Law Enforcement Officer that issued a City of Toronto parking infraction notice issue a Toronto Police Service tow card prior to a vehicle being removed.

10.  City Council approve amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 915, Parking on Private or Municipal Property, subject to such technical and stylistic amendments as required by the City Solicitor and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to:

a.  grant Municipal Law Enforcement Officers the authority to tow un-plated vehicles upon receiving authorization from the Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit; and

b.  delete the requirement that the same Municipal Law Enforcement Officer that issued a City of Toronto parking infraction notice issue a Toronto Police Service tow card prior to a vehicle being removed.

11.  City Council direct that the applicable by-law be amended to provide that charitable organizations be exempted from the requirement to obtain a Commercial Parking Lot operator licence.

12.  City Council:

a.  amend the draft by-law to exempt residential driveways from the applicability of the by-laws; and

b.  direct the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to report on the impact of residential driveways being rented as parking spaces. 

14.  City Council direct that the proposed changes come into force on September 1, 2015. 

This report proposes amendments to Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, to remove existing regulations governing parking lots and parking stations from Article XXII, Public Garages, and create a distinct licensing category and article, "Commercial parking lots", with expanded provisions to regulate parking lot operators that demand compensation in relation to the use of a parking space.

This report also proposes amendments to the regulations governing Private Parking Enforcement Agencies (PPEAs) in Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, Licensing, Article XXXVII, Private Parking Enforcement Agencies; Chapter 150, Municipal Law Enforcement Officers; and Chapter 915, Parking on Private and Municipal Property.

The proposed amendments establish a comprehensive set of regulations for commercial parking lot operators as well as clarify and expand the existing authorities of PPEAs— taking into account issues identified related to the commercial parking lot industry and the effect of previous court decisions regarding the PPEA by-law. The amendments aim to preserve the foundations of the existing Municipal Law Enforcement (MLE) Program for PPEAs while balancing the commercial interests of parking lot operators with the public interest in ensuring consumer protection.

Legal Services, Revenue Services, and the Toronto Police Service (TPS) Parking Enforcement Unit were consulted in the preparation of this report. 

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council amend draft policy 6.7 in Attachment 1, Draft Official Plan Amendment, to the report (April 17, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning by amending sub-policy (b) and adding a new sub-policy (c) as follows and renumbering all subsequent sub-policies: 

(b) A minimum 5 metre setback at grade and above established grade from the property line will be provided on all Greenway street frontages in Mixed Use Areas and Apartment Neighbourhoods.

(c) A minimum 7.5 metre setback at grade and above established grade from the property line will be provided on both sides of Erskine Avenue between Yonge Street and Mount Pleasant Road."

2.  City Council amend the Official Plan, as amended, substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment, attached to the report (April 17, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as Attachment 1 .

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 the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Managers of Transportation Services, Toronto Water, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Economic Development and Culture and Children’s Services, as well as other applicable divisions and agencies, to undertake further review of the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan in accordance with the planning priorities identified in the report (April 17, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, use the robust and high standard of public consultation used throughout the Midtown in Focus process and bring forward a Proposals Report in early 2016 to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the emerging directions.

5.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Managers of Transportation Services, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Toronto Water, Real Estate Services, Engineering and Construction Services, Finance and Economic Development and Culture, as well as other applicable divisions and agencies, to bring forward a report in early 2016 to the Planning and Growth Management Committee outlining the proposed Implementation Strategy for the Midtown in Focus Parks, Open Space and Streetscape Plan, specifically as it relates to 'quick hit' projects that are able to be implemented in the near term and potential funding sources. 

At its August 2014 meeting, City Council adopted the Midtown in Focus Parks, Open Space and Streetscape Plan for the Yonge-Eglinton area (Midtown in Focus Plan) and supported the strategies and initiatives identified in the Plan to inform the priorities for local capital investment, assist in obtaining and directing Section 37 funds for community improvements, identify a parkland acquisition strategy and guide the review of development applications.  To advance implementation of the Plan, City Council requested that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, prepare draft amendments to the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan to implement the Midtown in Focus Plan and its objectives.

This report summarizes the proposed amendments to the Secondary Plan (refer to Attachment 1).  The proposed amendments integrate the Council-adopted Midtown in Focus Plan into the existing planning framework of the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan.  An enhanced policy framework is necessary to secure the Midtown in Focus vision of more liveable, walkable and memorable public spaces across the Yonge-Eglinton area. 

This report also outlines the scope of work for an additional phase of planning activity to be initiated in 2015 and reported out in 2016 that will further enhance the existing planning framework for the Yonge-Eglinton area.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct that the proposed Official Plan Amendment containing the proposed revised environmental policies appended to the report (April 15, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning as Attachments 1and 2 be endorsed as the basis for consultation at an open house scheduled for June 18, 2015.

2.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director City Planning to prepare a Final Recommendation Report with a proposed Official Plan Amendment containing revised environmental policies to the Planning and Growth Management Committee in September 2015.

3.  City Council direct that the Final Recommendations Report tabled at the September 2015 meeting of Committee be considered at a statutory Public Meeting at the Planning and Growth Management Committee in October 2015.

4.  City Council receive the Consultant's summary report of public consultations on the draft policies appended as Attachment 3 to the report (April 15, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

This report presents the results of the consultations on the draft environmental policies as part of the Five Year Review of the Official Plan and the proposed designation of sixty-eight new and expansion of fourteen existing Environmentally Significant Areas (ESAs).  Based on the feedback and comments received during the public consultations, the draft environmental policies have been further refined.  A proposed Official Plan Amendment is appended as Attachment 1 to this report and contains a series of proposed policy revisions to the environment policies including two new maps. The proposed Official Plan Amendment is not an omnibus replacement of the Plan's policies to the Environment, but rather contains a series of specific strategic policy revisions. Attachment 2 illustrates how the Official Plan would read if the proposed amendments are adopted.

The public consultation process included open houses, meetings with residents associations and roundtables on climate change and the environment. Throughout the consultation process participants expressed support for the draft environmental policies, the proposed designation of new ESAs and made suggestions for enhancements to the policies and explanatory text.

The proposed Official Plan Amendment will bring the Official Plan into conformity with the 2014 Provincial Policy Statement.  The City's conformity requirements under the Greenbelt Act will be addressed through a separate Official Plan Amendment to be brought forward September 2015.  The revised policies and text are also intended to assist the City in meeting the challenges presented by climate change and strengthen existing policies on energy conservation and efficiency, biodiversity, natural heritage, natural hazards, ESAs, provincially significant areas, lakefilling and green infrastructure.

Taken together, the proposed policies and ESA designations are intended to strengthen and build upon the strong environmental vision contained throughout the current Official Plan and enhance the policy framework enabling the City to continue being a leader in environmental initiatives over the coming decades.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council amend Chapter 694, Signs, General, by adding an area-specific amendment to Schedule B of Chapter 694, Signage Master Plans and Area Specific Amendments, to allow for, in addition to other signs permitted by Chapter 694, the display of 25 third party topiary signs on the premises municipally known as 555 Rexdale Boulevard, in accordance with the draft by-law attached as Attachment 2 to the report (April 30, 2015) from the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building; and

2.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to prepare the necessary Bills for introduction in Council in order to implement the above recommendation, subject to such stylistic and technical changes to the draft by-laws as may be required.

In December 2013, the Chief Building Official reported to the Planning and Growth Management Committee ("PGM") that going forward, applications for amendments to Chapter 694, Signs, General, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code ("Sign By-Law"), would be considered together once per year. This practice has since been adopted and seven applications for amendment are contained in reports at the May 14, 2015 PGM meeting.

Annual reporting allows both staff and City Council to consider the impact of the various Sign By-Law amendment applications, comprehensively.

Of the seven applications, five are for electronic signs and have been combined into one report.  This report deals with one of the two remaining applications for different sign types that are reported separately.

This report recommends approval of an application for an area-specific amendment to the Sign By-law to permit 25 third party topiary signs proposed to be located along Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 27, at 555 Rexdale Boulevard, commonly known as "Woodbine Racetrack".  Topiary signs are comprised of shrubs, grass, flowers, plants and landscape elements.  The application was filed by Abcon Media ("Abcon").

As no provisions were established to allow topiary signs which exceed the limitations set out in the Sign By-law, all such topiary signs are required to be approved through area-specific amendments and require permits.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council refuse the application to implement an area-specific amendment to Chapter 694, Signs, General, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code to allow for, in addition to the signage otherwise permitted by Chapter 694, one illuminated third party ground sign on the premises municipally known as 2751-2753 Eglinton Avenue East, as described in Attachment 2 of the report (April 30, 2015) from the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building.

In December 2013, the Chief Building Official reported to the Planning and Growth Management Committee ("PGM") that going forward, applications for amendments to Chapter 694, Signs, General, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code ("Sign By-Law"), would be considered together once per year. This practice has since been adopted and seven applications for amendment are contained in reports before PGM at its May 14, 2015 meeting.

Annual reporting allows both staff and City Council to consider the impact of the various Sign By-Law amendment applications, comprehensively.

Of the seven applications, five are for electronic signs and have been combined into one report.  This report deals with one of the two remaining applications for different sign types that are reported separately.

The sign which is currently in place at 2751-2753 Eglinton Avenue East does not comply with its original permit.  A Notice of Violation was issued and led to this application.  An amendment is required because the sign was substantially altered and the sign type is not permitted in this district.

This report recommends refusal of the application by Pattison Outdoor Advertising ("Pattison") for an area-specific amendment to the Sign By-law.

This report seeks a Council decision related to the preferred alternative for the Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard East Reconfiguration Environmental Assessment (EA) and Integrated Urban Design Study (Gardiner East EA). The Gardiner East EA study area is a 2.4-kilometre segment of the elevated expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard, from approximately Lower Jarvis Street to Logan Avenue.

A decision on the Gardiner East EA is urgent. The elevated Gardiner structure was constructed in sections between 1955 and 1966. The deck and concrete barriers are in poor condition and considered to be at the end of their service life. Since 2012, incidents of falling concrete have occurred along the corridor, including the area east of Jarvis Street. In advance of Council’s 2013 decision to reallocate funding for the Gardiner East EA, a phased approach had been planned for the replacement of the deck and parapet (concrete barrier) walls from Jarvis Street to the Don Roadway for the period 2013 to 2018. Recognizing that work to implement a preferred EA option would not likely commence until 2020, Council authorized a series of interim repairs to make the structure safe and extend its service life to 2020. These repairs consisted of: temporary timber bracing under the deck; localized concrete deck repairs; and repair and replacement of severely deteriorated parapet walls. An estimated $9 million has already been spent on emergency and interim repairs for this section of the Gardiner, and an additional estimated $5 million will be required to complete the interim repairs.

Given the current condition of the Gardiner East, a final decision on the Gardiner East EA is now imperative, particularly given that the interim repairs were only intended to extend the service life to 2020, and considering the timelines required to complete the Environmental Assessment process, including approval from the Ontario Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC), undertake the engineering design, prepare construction tender documents and procure the necessary construction contractor(s).

Further, given Council support of the accelerated approach for the implementation of the Strategic Rehabilitation Plan for the Gardiner Expressway, there is tremendous value in including the preferred Gardiner East EA alternative solution within the scope of work for the implementation of the Plan. There are efficiencies of scale which can be expected to decrease overall costs and, as presented in the Plan, if undertaken as one large construction project across the at-grade and elevated sections combined, should result in significant traffic impact reductions during construction.

This report presents "Remove" and "Hybrid" as two viable EA alternatives for Council consideration. Maintain remains the EA base case.

Figure 1 – Don River and Keating Channel Looking West under Existing Conditions, Remove and Hybrid

Please see the Report from the Deputy City Manager, Cluster B in the Background Attachments below to view "Figure 1 - Don River and Keating Channel Looking West under Existing Conditions, Remove and Hybrid".

The Remove alternative, optimized, comprises:

-  Removal of 1.7 kilometres of elevated expressway east of Jarvis Street and replacement with an at-grade eight-lane tree-lined Lake Shore Blvd;

-  Realignment of Lake Shore Blvd. from Cherry Street to Don River;

-  Removal of about 750 metres (eastbound lanes) and 850 metres (westbound lanes) of the existing Gardiner on/off ramps west of Logan Avenue;

-  Removal of all road infrastructure along Keating Channel;

-  Construction of a new Lake Shore-Don Valley Parkway ramp connection;

-  Construction of new three-lane on/off ramps at Jarvis Street; and

-  Construction of a new multi-use pathway, as well as pedestrian and intersection improvements.

The Hybrid alternative retains continuous expressway linkage to the DVP as well as:

-  Re-decking of the existing elevated expressway east of Jarvis Street;

-  Re-decking of existing Gardiner-Don Valley Parkway ramps;

-  Removal of about 750 m (eastbound lanes) and 850 m (westbound lanes) of the existing Gardiner on/off ramps west of Logan Avenue;

-  Addition of two new ramps (two lanes each) in the Keating precinct:

-  about 470 metres of new westbound on-ramp; and

-  about 425 metres of new eastbound off-ramp;

-  Realignment of Lake Shore Blvd. from Cherry Street to Don River; and

-  Construction of a new multi-use pathway, as well as some pedestrian and intersection improvements.

There are key differences in the benefits related to the two alternatives:

-  Remove would feature significantly lower lifecycle costs, higher forecasted revenues from public land sales and lower greenhouse gas emissions. It would create an animated Lake Shore Boulevard, additional public realm space and amenities, as well as new linkage to the DVP and better connections to the waterfront; and

-  Hybrid would retain a continuous expressway linkage between the Gardiner and the DVP. It would have lower auto and goods movement travel times, and result in less construction disruption.

Both alternatives would facilitate the significant opportunity for a secondary office market presented by the First Gulf site, as well as the potential of other developments proposed for the Port Lands and South of Eastern area. In addition, both alternatives would complement the flood protection and sediment management components of the Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection project. For these reasons, the Remove and Hybrid options are preferred over Maintain.

In a February 21, 2014 staff report, City staff recommended Remove as the preferred Gardiner East EA alternative. Staff's recommendation was based on assessing the alternatives against 16 unweighted criteria groups that summarized approximately 60 criteria measures. Each alternative was compared against the measures, then against each other, until a preferred alternative – Remove – emerged as the best option for meeting the EA study goals and objectives.

The Remove alternative remains a strong and viable option. The design has been "optimized" to address traffic congestion concerns by adjusting proposed traffic signal phasing and coordination, as well as modifying Lake Shore Boulevard intersection configurations by the addition of turning lanes and elimination of some turning restrictions. Transportation modelling demonstrates that the optimized Remove alternative would involve morning peak hour travel time increases of three-to-five minutes (for the modelled Origin-Destination pairs) instead of the previously presented five-to-10 minutes. The Remove alternative performs better than Hybrid in a number of EA study criteria groups, including several related to urban design, environment and economics.

On March 4, 2014, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee directed staff to work with Waterfront Toronto to develop and evaluate an additional option (now known as Hybrid) that preserves expressway linkage and functionality between the Gardiner and the DVP.

Like Remove, the Hybrid alternative has emerged as a strong and viable option. Hybrid has evolved from what was originally proposed in March of 2014 because the original concept was not deemed viable when taking into account geometric, operational and safety criteria and standards, as well as existing and planned initiatives (discussed in Section 3.2). The alternative performs better than Remove in relation to a number of EA study criteria groups, including auto travel times, goods movement and construction impact. Hybrid performs as well as Remove in terms of cycling and transit, social and health impact, and global economic competitiveness impact. Hybrid delivers some benefits related to public realm, planning and built form east of the Don River. However, it also consumes land in the Keating Precinct slated for mixed-use development.

Fundamentally, the Gardiner East EA decision comes down to addressing two very important priorities: traffic congestion and city building. The Hybrid alternative is preferred on the basis of the EA Transportation and Infrastructure study lens while the Remove is preferred on the basis of the Urban Design, Environment and Economics study lenses. The EA process involved consultation with public participants on the relative importance of the study criteria groups, however, feedback was strongly divided. City Council will need to make a decision based on the advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives. This report presents two viable EA alternatives for Council consideration. The EA study findings provide the rationale for each of the two options, Remove and Hybrid, from which Committee and Council will make a decision.

Should City Council not be able to make a decision on a preferred Gardiner East EA alternative, staff should be directed to cancel the EA and proceed with the rehabilitation of the existing structure due to its rapidly deteriorating condition. This would have the effect of returning to the EA base case, the Maintain option, which precludes many of the benefits associated with the Remove and Hybrid options. Rehabilitation of the Gardiner East Deck could be incorporated into the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Rehabilitation of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, now underway, as a state-of-good-repair undertaking.

If either Remove or Hybrid are endorsed by Council, the preferred alternative would be designed and assessed through the "alternative designs" stage of the EA process. Staff would complete this stage using a compressed schedule given the associated urgency. This stage would evaluate public realm and functional/traffic design options, and would result in a more detailed construction implementation plan. In addition, the phase would further investigate and refine mitigation opportunities related to the preferred alternative, for example, opportunities to use corridor design, intelligent transportation systems and other best practices to reduce user impacts. The process would include opportunities for public and stakeholder consultation. At the conclusion of this phase, anticipated for early 2016, an EA study report would be finalized and submitted to the MOECC for an approval decision.

An estimate of schedule, assuming conventional implementation and seven months of MOECC review, is:

-  Complete EA (alternative designs): by end of 2015;

-  Submit EA: by winter 2016;

-  EA approval decision by MOECC: by end of 2016;

-  Detailed design: by early 2018;

-  Tendering: by end of 2018; and

-  Start of implementation: 2019.

The 2015 to 2024 approved Capital Budget and Plan for Transportation Services, coupled with previously planned funding in the year 2025, totals a $232 million budget for rehabilitation of the Gardiner East deck. In addition, there is potential Development Charge funding of $32 million for projects included in both the Remove and Hybrid alternatives that are also captured in the City Wide Development Charge By-law. Further, additional potential offsets include approved funding for program management and accelerated deck replacement budgets related to the Strategic Plan for the Rehabilitation of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway, and rehabilitation budgets for major roads and bridges. These items are dealt with comprehensively in the Financial Impacts section which follows. Staff can report on funding for the implementation of whichever option is selected through the 2016 Budget process.

Both the Remove and Hybrid options would require review and revision of the Keating Channel Precinct Plan as it relates to lands east of Cherry Street. In July 2010, Council deferred approval of the Keating Channel Precinct Plan and the Keating Channel Class EA Environmental Study Report as they relate to lands east of Cherry Street until the Gardiner East EA was further advanced. Upon submission of the Gardiner EA to the MOECC for an approval decision, the City Planning Division will review the Keating Channel Precinct Plan, in partnership with Waterfront Toronto.

Implementation of either Remove or Hybrid as the preferred EA alternative can be accommodated in the Strategic Plan for the Rehabilitation of the F.G. Gardiner Expressway. It is recommended that staff report back to the Executive Committee on incorporating the preferred alternative into the Strategic Plan for implementation.

The approved budget for the Gardiner East EA included in the Waterfront Revitalization Initiative Transportation Initiatives Capital Project is approximately $7.7 million. Funds earmarked for the EA alternative designs stage have been spent on work completed in the last 12 months, including optimization of the Remove alternative and development of the Hybrid alternative. Thus, additional funding of $780,000 is required to complete the EA.

Information about the Gardiner East EA, including summaries related to public consultation, can be found on the project web site at www.gardinereast.ca.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.   City Council approve the following temporary street occupation permit fees applicable to the occupation of a roadway by placing machinery or material on the roadway without excavation in each area of the City as identified in Appendix A to this report, effective October 1, 2015, and amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, Appendix C – Schedule 2, and Chapter 743, to include any necessary area descriptions and to add these fees as a precondition to receiving the necessary permit:

a.   Area AA of Appendix A to this report at $105.41 per square metre per month (Fee Ref. No. 38.1);

b.   Area A of Appendix A to this report at $79.06 per square metre per month (Fee Ref. No. 38.2);

c.   Area B of Appendix A to this report at  $59.29 per square metre per month  (Fee Ref. No. 38.3);

d.   Area C of Appendix A to this report at  $52.71 per square metre per month (Fee Ref. No. 38.4);

e.   Area D of Appendix A to this report at  $39.53 per square metre per month (Fee Ref. No. 38.5); and

f.   All other areas within the City of Toronto at $26.35 per square metre per month (Fee Ref. No. 38.6)

2.   City Council approve retaining the temporary occupation permit fees applicable to the occupation of  a sidewalk or boulevard by placing machinery or material on the roadway without excavation across the City at $5.77 per square metre per month (Fee Ref. No. 38).

3.   City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services in consultation with the Executive Director, Financial Planning to report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on the feasibility of implementing a system of escalating street occupation permit fees over time to provide a disincentive to extended durations for street occupations.

4.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director, Financial Planning to report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee in the fourth quarter of 2015 with additional options to provide incentives to shorten the duration of street occupations, including:

            a.  escalating street occupation permit fees over time;

b.  increasing street occupation permit fees at the time of renewal;

c.  incentive options including providing rebates or refunds for the early termination of street occupations; and

d.  in consultation with the City Manager and appropriate City divisions, information on the full spectrum of fees paid to the City by builders as part of construction operations.

5.  City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the City Solicitor, to report, as part of the review of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, on the feasibility of imposing fees for congestion-related user or economic impacts, such as the time and productivity losses associated with lane occupations.

6.   City Council authorize the City Solicitor to submit the necessary bills to Council to amend the Toronto Municipal Code to implement these recommendations, and direct staff to take the necessary steps to implement Council's decision.

As the City of Toronto continues to intensify with residential and commercial development, especially in the core of the City, pressure to accommodate various and conflicting uses of public space – particularly the roadway – persist.  Development projects, built to the lot line often by City requirement, require the temporary use of adjacent space in the public right-of-way for the protection of construction sites, deliveries, and storage of materials.  These temporary street occupations, which can last for months or years, often reduce the amount of capacity on the roadway for vehicular traffic and have been identified as a contributing factor to traffic congestion.

As approved by City Council in Municipal Code Chapter 441, Transportation Services currently charges a flat rate of $5.77, exclusive of HST, for a permit to occupy one square metre of space in the public right-of-way for one month.  This permit fee does not take into account the type of space being occupied (sidewalk, boulevard, roadway) or the location of the space within the city.  When on-street metered parking spaces managed by the Toronto Parking Authority are displaced, the lost revenues associated with the street occupation are recuperated from the permit holder in addition to the permit fees.

This report is recommending that the existing citywide flat fee be changed to an area-based fee, and that permit fee rates be based on the market rate for space on public roadways as informed by on-street metered parking rates.  The purpose in changing this fee is to more accurately reflect market rates for the rental of the roadway and to encourage entities that must be in the roadway to reduce the size and duration of their street occupations.  This proposal would create six zones with permit fees ranging from $26.35 to $105.41 per square metre per month, inclusive of lost parking meter revenues, but exclusive of HST.  These fees would be applied to the roadway only, where vehicular traffic is impacted; sidewalks and boulevards would continue to be permitted at the existing rate of $5.77 per square metre per month.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1. City Council approve amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886 (Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks) to designate the following sections of roadway to Schedule D to Chapter 886, Designated Lanes for Bicycles:

a.  Cherry Street between King Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East;

b.  Fort York Boulevard between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue;

c.  Finch Avenue West between Alexdon Road and Chesswood Drive;

d.  Finch Avenue East between Neilson Road and Morningside Avenue;

e. the east side of Royal York Road, from a point 125 metres north of Government Road to Ashley Park Road; and

f.  the west side of Royal York Road, from a point 52 metres north of Government Road to a point 70 metres north of Ashley Road.

2. City Council approve amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886 (Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks) to delete Lower Sherbourne Street, between Lake Shore Boulevard East and Front Street East, from Schedule D to Chapter 886, Designated Lanes for Bicycles, and to add the same section of Lower Sherbourne Street to Schedule E to Chapter 886, Cycle Tracks.

3. City Council approve amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886 (Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks) to delete Queens Quay West, between Bathurst Street and Stadium Road, from Schedule D to Chapter 886, Designated Lanes for Bicycles, and to add the same section of Queens Quay West to Schedule E to Chapter 886, Cycle Tracks.

4. City Council approve amendments to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 886 (Footpaths, Pedestrian Ways, Bicycle Paths, Bicycle Lanes and Cycle Tracks) to delete the following sections of roadway from Schedule D to Chapter 886, Designated Lanes for Bicycles:

a.  Queens Quay West, between Bathurst Street and Lower Spadina Avenue;

b.  Queens Quay East, between Lower Jarvis Street and Small Street; and

c.  Parliament Street, between Small Street and Lake Shore Boulevard East.
 

5. City Council authorizes and directs the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto, including the introduction of all necessary bills.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council extend the existing authority of the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services (the “General Manager”) to negotiate and enter into amending agreements with the City’s current Source Separated Organics (SSO) and Single Stream Recyclable Material (SSRM) processing contractors and/or negotiate and enter into agreements with other SSO and SSRM processing contractors as required to meet the City’s SSO (including SSO digestate) and SSRM processing needs for terms up to December 31, 2020 on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, provided that the prices do not exceed the fees identified in Attachment 1 – Confidential Information.

2.  City Council authorize the General Manager to negotiate and enter into amending agreements with the City’s current processing contractors for Leaf and Yard Waste (L&YW), Durable Goods, Household Hazardous Waste (HHW), Electronic Waste (E-Waste) and other recyclable products and enter into agreements with other processing contractors capable of managing the above waste streams as required to meet the City’s processing needs for terms up to December 31, 2020 on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, provided that the prices do not exceed the amounts identified in Attachment 1 – Confidential Information.

3.  City Council authorize the General Manager to negotiate and enter into agreements with contractors to support waste diversion initiatives to test the feasibility of implementing new diversion initiatives for terms up to one (1) year on the terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, provided that the total cost does not exceed the upper limit identified in Attachment 1 – Confidential Information.

4.  City Council authorize the General Manager to negotiate and enter into any and all agreements and amending agreements necessary to initiate, continue and/or enhance arrangements for the receipt of external funding for waste diversion operations with respect to waste products and waste streams indicated in Chapters 841, 844 and 846 of the Code, including all schedules thereto, each such agreement being for a term of years not to surpass December 31, 2020 on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0091 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Area 1, Arterial Road, within Toronto and East York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons to Caranci Brothers Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications, for a grand total price of $26,105,494.81 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

2.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0092 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Area 1, Collectors and Local Roads, within Toronto and East York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons to A&F DiCarlo Construction Inc. being the lowest bidder meeting specifications, for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $11,716,255.31 net of HST recoveries including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

3.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0094 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections West North end area, within North York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 winter seasons, to 614128 Ontario Ltd., (o/a Trisan Construction) being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $11,882,392.84 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

4.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0097 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections East North end area, within North York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Maple-Crete Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $12,689,244.07 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

5.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0098 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections South area, within Etobicoke - York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to VBN Paving Limited, being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $14,500,780.19 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

6.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0099 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Central area, within Etobicoke - York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Lima's Garden & Construction Inc. being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $12,363,011.94 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

7.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0100 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections North West area, within Etobicoke - York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Municipal Maintenance Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $12,911,194.83 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

8.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0101 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections North East area, within Etobicoke – York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Municipal Maintenance Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $10,968,882.04 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

9.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0102 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Northwest Quadrant, within Scarborough District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Maple-Crete Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $11,628,574.43 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

10.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0103, for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Southwest Quadrant, within Scarborough District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to 614128 Ontario Ltd., (o/a Trisan Construction) being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $13,026,556.20 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

11.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0104 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Northeast Quadrant, within Scarborough District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Sidcon Construction being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $10,297,034.41net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

12.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0105 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Southeast Quadrant, within Scarborough District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Defina Haulage Ltd., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $11,502,867.10 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Requests for Quotation (RFQ) 6032-15-0091, 6032-15-0092, 6032-15-0094, 6032-15-0097, 6032-15-0098, 6032-15-0099, 6032-15-0100, 6032-15-0101, 6032-15-0102, 6032-15-0103, 6032-15-0104, and 6032-15-0105 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections for the winter seasons from 2015-2016 to 2021-2022 [seven (7) winter seasons], in accordance with specifications as required by Toronto Transportation Services and service levels as approved by City Council, and to request authority to award the contracts to the recommended bidders.  Results for RFQ 6032-15-0093, 6032-15-0095 and 6032-15-0096 are addressed in a separate report.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0093 for, Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections Area 2, Arterial, Collector and Local Roads, within Toronto and East York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Pave-Tar Construction Ltd., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications, for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $28,447,435.92 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

2.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0095, for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections West South end area, within North York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 winter seasons, to Lima's Garden & Construction Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications, for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $10,325,961.69 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

3.   City Council grant authority to award RFQ 6032-15-0096, for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections East South end area, within North York District, for the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022  winter seasons, to Maple-Crete Inc., being the lowest bidder meeting specifications, for a grand total price for the seven winter seasons of $11,382,537.75 net of HST recoveries, including an estimate of the annual cost adjustments using 3% per year after year 1.

The purpose of this report is to advise on the results of the Requests for Quotation (RFQ) No. 6032-15-0093, 6032-15-0095 and 6032-15-0096 for Snow Clearing, Sanding and Salting of Sidewalks, Bus Stops, Pedestrian Crosswalks (PXO's) and Signalized Intersections for the winter seasons from 2015-2016 to 2021-2022 [seven (7) winter seasons], in accordance with specifications as required by Toronto Transportation Services and service levels as approved by City Council, and to request authority to award the contracts to the recommended bidders.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with other City divisions, as appropriate, to report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee in the fourth quarter of 2015 with a comprehensive plan to improve road safety, including, but not limited to:

a.  a review of international best practices from comparable jurisdictions, including Vision Zero;

b.  review of existing city policies, strategies and guidelines that touch on road safety;

c.  an enhanced analysis of city-wide traffic collision data;

d.  specific recommendations to improve road safety, particularly for pedestrians and cyclists,

over the short, medium and long terms;

e.  an implementation plan and funding strategy, as appropriate;

f.  a regular reporting mechanism to track progress;

g.  the creation of a Road Safety Advisory Group to engage key internal partners and external stakeholders, including but not limited to the Toronto Police Service, Toronto Public Health, the Disability Issues Committee, CARP, CAA, Cycle Toronto, Walk Toronto, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Sunnybrook Hospital and the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation; and

h.  the creation of a Road Safety Task Force to be developed and led by Transportation Services.

2.  City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to conduct audits of those intersections with high pedestrian volumes to ensure that pedestrian safety and walkability are enhanced wherever possible and that the results of the audits and any associated recommendations be reported back to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee in the first quarter of 2016.

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.   City Council authorize the General Manager of Toronto Water, on behalf of the City, to negotiate, enter into and execute, such agreement or agreements, including any amendment, renewal, extension or termination thereof, as the General Manager may consider necessary or appropriate from time to time to address the cross boundary flow and treatment of wastewater between the City of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of Peel, including any other agreements as may be necessary in furtherance of this purpose, all in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

This report seeks authority from City Council for the General Manager of Toronto Water to negotiate, enter into, and execute as required such agreement or agreements as the General Manager considers necessary or appropriate with the Region of Peel regarding the cross boundary flow and treatment of wastewater.

There are three locations where wastewater flows across the municipal boundary line between the City of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of Peel (Region of Peel).  

Although there have been formal agreements in the past establishing the terms and conditions of the cross boundary flows, they have long since expired and there are currently no formal agreements in place.

Etobicoke York Community Council considered the following Items together:

-           Item EY6.2, headed "Settlement Proposal - 2800 Bloor Street West"; and

-           Item EY6.3, headed "Request for Direction Report Status Update - 2114 - 2130 Bloor Street West - Zoning By-law Amendment Application".

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council direct staff to continue negotiations in accordance with the April 14, 2015 Etobicoke York Community Council direction and report back when the negotiations have concluded.

Etobicoke York Community Council considered the following Items together:

-           Item EY6.2, headed "Settlement Proposal - 2800 Bloor Street West"; and

-           Item EY6.3, headed "Request for Direction Report Status Update - 2114 - 2130 Bloor Street West - Zoning By-law Amendment Application".

The purpose of this report is to provide Council with a status update regarding the appeal of a Zoning By-law Amendment application for 2114-2130 Bloor Street West and a proposed Settlement Offer, which includes the provision of required rental housing replacement from another property owned by the proponent at 2800 Bloor Street West.

At its meeting of April 14, 2015, Etobicoke York Community Council considered two items (EY5.2 and EY5.5) related to a “With Prejudice” Settlement Offer regarding two separate applications, one for 2114-2130 Bloor Street West and the other for 2800 Bloor Street West respectively, both of which are currently under appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board. 

In regard to the application for 2114-2130 Bloor Street West (Item EY5.2), Etobicoke York Community Council provided direction to staff to continue discussions to negotiate an appropriate development of the lands and target the May 12, 2015 Etobicoke York Community Council meeting with a detailed report regarding a Settlement Offer dated April 6, 2015.

The full decision can be viewed at:

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.EY5.2

This item will be considered by City Council on May 5, 2015.

In regard to the Settlement Offer for 2800 Bloor Street West (Item EY5.5), Etobicoke York Community Council deferred consideration of the matter to its meeting of May 12, 2015.  The decision can be viewed at:

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.EY5.5

The Ontario Municipal Board has scheduled a pre-hearing conference on June 5, 2015 for the 2114-2130 Bloor Street West appeal, with a hearing date yet to be confirmed.  A second pre-hearing conference for the 2800 Bloor Street West appeal is scheduled for May 29, 2015, with a hearing date of October 5, 2015 having been assigned by the Board.

In accordance with Etobicoke York Community Council’s direction, staff have met and consulted with the proponent in an attempt to resolve outstanding Official Plan, built form and rental housing replacement matters. 

Staff continue to have concerns with the proposed built form for 2114-2130 Bloor Street West, as well as the rental replacement requirement for 2800 Bloor Street West as currently proposed by the Settlement Offer.

Staff continue to negotiate with the proponent in an effort to resolve all outstanding concerns, and will report back to Etobicoke York Community Council at the appropriate time.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council amend City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 918, Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards, to provide that, despite any other provisions in Code Chapter 918:

            a.  Subsections 918-8 C(2) and 918-8 C(3) shall not apply to a front yard parking application for front yard parking and/or to an application for a licence to park on any portion of a boulevard where the application is for a residential property located within the area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 13 where:

                        i.  the application is for a front yard parking pad adjacent to an existing mutual driveway which has a width of less than 2.2 metres measured at the narrowest point;

                        ii.  additional ramping is not required or, if additional ramping is required, there is no loss of an on-street permit parking space; and

                        iii.  the property meets all other requirements of Chapter 918.

            b.  Subsections 918-9D and 918-9E shall not apply to a front yard parking pad in the area of the former City of Toronto in Ward 13 where additional ramping is not required.

2.  City Council authorize staff to introduce in Council any bills that may be necessary to give effect to Council's decision. 

The City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 918 - "Parking on Residential Front Yards and Boulevards", as approved by Council in July 2006 is stringent in its requirements, especially as it relates to on-street permit parking.

The following Municipal Code sections, 918-8 C(2) and 918-8 C(3) are frequently the reasons for the denial of an application for front yard parking. In these cases the homeowner first submits an application and pays the non-refundable application fee of $347.98 plus HST. The application cannot be approved administratively and is therefore refused. The applicant then has the option to appeal. They must pay the non-refundable appeal fee of $727.85 plus HST, creating a combined total with taxes of over $1,200.00. A poll is then conducted and a report is prepared for the Community Council. Of course with this there is no guarantee of a favourable outcome for the applicant.

-           918-8 C (2) states that when a home is situated on a street where on-street permit parking is permitted on that same side, the application must be refused. It does not take into consideration whether or not an on-street space will be deleted by the approval of a front yard parking pad. This section of the Code also considers "alternating sides" on-street permit parking as being on the same side, even if it is only for months at a time.

-           918-8 C (3) speaks to on-street permit parking on any side of the street and being less than 90% allocated or filled on that block where the home is situated. Again, it does not consider situations where there will not be a loss of an on-street permit parking space if the front yard parking pad is granted.

This proposed amendment attempts to streamline the process by acknowledging that there are some applications that meet all the requirements of the Code and do not affect the on-street permit parking.

It is specific in that:

-           It must be a mutual driveway of less than 2.2m wide that is being widened. This is very similar to the previous driveway widening  by-law.

-           The property must meet all the other requirements of the Code such as landscape open space, soft landscaping, tree protection zones and result in a positive poll.

-           On-street permit parking is not affected. By making this specific to mutual driveway situations, the applicant must access the parking pad via the existing access and maneuver into the spot. There may be occasions where the ramp may need to be extended and in these cases the application would not be approved if an on-street permit parking space is deleted by the addition of ramping.

On-street permit parking is in effect in approximately 80% of Ward 13 where FYP applications are permitted. The result is that many applicants, after submitting the required fee, are refused a permit to install a parking pad and are forced to incur further charges/fees through an appeal with no guarantee of a positive outcome. It is a costly and lengthy process. Many applicants have advised that is both stressful and onerous.

Additionally, staff spend a considerable amount of time on these types of applications. If/when they proceed to appeals, the staff must spend time gathering the information necessary for the reports. A further inspection by the By-Law Officers is also typically done to ensure the information provided is correct. It is hoped that this amendment will decrease the number of appeals coming before Community Council, permitting staff to process other applications and appeals more quickly. Currently the timeline from an initial application to the appeal report in front of Community Council is 6 to 8 months. Shortening this is also helpful for the applicant.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council grant the request for a permit to remove a private tree located at the rear of 207 Van Dusen Boulevard, with a condition that the applicant provide one white oak plus five (5) replacement trees, which can be achieved in a combination of planting on site and cash-in-lieu of planting.

This report requests that City Council deny the request for a permit to remove a private tree located in the rear yard of 207 Van Dusen Boulevard.  The owner is requesting tree removal as they feel that the tree is in poor health and that tree roots are preventing the growth of other vegetation.

The subject tree is a white pine (Pinus strobus) measuring 61 cm in diameter.  The tree is currently in good condition, structurally and botanically. Urban Forestry does not support removal of this tree.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the request for a permit to remove one (1) privately owned tree (Catalpa speciosa) located at 102 Wimbleton Road, with a condition that the owner provide two (2) replacement trees, which can be achieved in a combination of planting on site and cash-in-lieu of planting.

This report requests that City Council deny the application for a permit to remove three (3) privately owned trees located at 102 Wimbleton Road. The owner is requesting permission to remove the trees to address an increased risk of personal injury and property damage due to the poor structures and location of the trees.

The subject trees are one (1) catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) measuring 120 cm in diameter and two (2) eastern red cedars (Juniperus virginiana) measuring 44 cm and 45 cm in diameter. Urban Forestry does not support the removal of these trees as they are in a healthy and maintainable condition and are growing in appropriate locations.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the request for a permit to remove one (1) privately owned tree located at 45 Pheasant Lane, with a condition that the owner provide three (3) replacement trees, which can be achieved in a combination of planting on site and cash-in-lieu of planting.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council designate the east-west public lane 50 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West, from Lansdowne Avenue to the first north-south public lane west, for one-way westbound traffic only.

The purpose of this report is to recommend the introduction of a one-way westbound designation to the lane that runs east/west, west of Lansdowne Avenue, approximately 50 metres south of St. Clair Avenue West.

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

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council not approve the installation of a Pedestrian Crossover on Prince Edward Drive South at Kenridge Avenue.

The purpose of this report is to present the results of a study regarding the need for a Pedestrian Crossover (PXO) on Prince Edward Drive South in the area of Kenridge Avenue. A staff assessment concludes that the PXO Warrant requirements are not fully satisfied at this location. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates bus service on Prince Edward Drive South.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the amendment of Schedule A of the City of Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 925, Permit Parking, to incorporate the south side of Annette Street, between Runnymede Road and the south branch of Beresford Avenue, on an area name basis, within permit area 1E, under the operating hours of 12:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., seven days a week.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the installation/removal of on-street accessible parking spaces at the locations identified in Appendix A attached to the report dated April 21, 2015, from the Director, Transportation Services, Etobicoke York District.

The purpose of this report is to obtain approval for the installation/removal of a number of on-street accessible parking spaces.

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

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council designate part or those parts of the private road or roads shown on the site plan filed with the Fire Chief in respect of the municipal addresses set out below, as a fire route pursuant to Municipal Code Chapter 880 – Fire Routes:

             -          60 Berl Avenue

             -          2230 Lake Shore Boulevard West

             -          3660 and 3620 Lake Shore Boulevard West

             -          60 Southport Street and 35 Ormskirk Avenue

             -          2157 Lake Shore Boulevard West

             -          340 Carlingview Drive

             -          2200 Lake Shore Boulevard West

2.  City Council authorize the Fire Chief and City Solicitor to take the appropriate action to make a designated Fire Route.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council advise the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that it has no objection, for liquor licensing purposes, to the following request noting that the applicant is required to comply with other applicable by-laws and to obtain the necessary permits for any patio areas extending into the City's right of way:

a.  A temporary liquor licence extension for the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 101 (Long Branch), 3850 Lake Shore Boulevard West, to operate a Community Barbeque and Beer Garden as part of its Canada Day festivities on July 1, 2015, from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

2.  City Council concur in the action taken by the Etobicoke York Community Council due to the event dates, in advising the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that it has no objection, for liquor licensing purposes, to the following request noting that the applicant is required to comply with other applicable by-laws and to obtain the necessary permits for any patio areas extending into the City's right of way:

            a.  A temporary liquor license extension for the Mimico Cruising Club, 200 Humber Bay Park Road West, for the following annual events:

            -  Lobster Dinner Event on Saturday, May 30, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

            -  Sailpast Event on Saturday, June 13, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Etobicoke York Community Council:

A.  Declared, for liquor licensing purposes, the following events to be of municipal significance, and directed that the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario be advised that the Community Council has no objection to them taking place:

a.  The Annual Festival of Our Lady of Light to be held by St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church at the St. Matthew's School playground, from September 4-7, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

b.  The 12th Annual Lakeshore Mardi Gras Festival to be held at Colonel Samuel Smith Park, from July 31 to August 3, 2015.

c.  The Franklin Horner Extravaganza to be held at 432 Horner Avenue on September 12, 2015.

d.  The Portugal Day 2015 Festival taking place at Earlscourt Park on June 13, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and on June 14, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

B.  Due to the event dates, advised the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that it has no objection, for liquor licensing purposes, to the following request noting that the applicant is required to comply with other applicable by-laws and to obtain the necessary permits for any patio areas extending into the City's right of way, and requested the concurrence of City Council in the action taken:

             a. A temporary liquor license extension for the Mimico Cruising Club, 200 Humber Bay Park Road West, for the following annual events:

              - Lobster Dinner Event on Saturday, May 30, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

              - Sailpast Event on Saturday, June 13, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council direct the City Solicitor, City Planning, and any other appropriate City Staff to attend the Ontario Municipal Board hearing on July 3, 2015 (OMB Case # PL150298) to support the Committee of Adjustment’s refusal of the requested consent and variances for 4 Twenty Seventh Street and to retain an independent land use planner if necessary.

The owners of the land municipally known as 4 Twenty Seventh Street applied to the Committee of Adjustment to obtain a consent to sever (Application B80/14EYK) and a number of associated minor variances (Applications A755/14EYK and A756/14EYK) in order to build two new detached dwellings with attached garages.

City Planning staff prepared a report recommending refusal, and the local community and I submitted concerns that the variances are not in keeping with the intent and purpose of the zoning by-law, or the existing physical character of the surrounding neighbourhood.

On March 12, 2015, the Committee refused the consent and minor variances.

The Committee of Adjustment's decision has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (Case # PL150298) and a hearing is scheduled for July 2, 2015.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council designate part or those parts of the private road or roads shown on the site plan filed with the Fire Chief in respect of the municipal address set out below, as a fire route, pursuant to City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 880 - Fire Routes:

a.         2255 Sheppard Avenue East

2.         City Council authorize the Fire Chief and City Solicitor to take the appropriate action to make a designated Fire Route.

To obtain Council approval for the amendment of the Fire Route By-law to designate certain locations as fire routes within the meaning of City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 880, as amended.

Fire Services uses designated fire routes as a key mechanism in regulating fire prevention, including the prevention of spreading of fires and the delivery of fire protection services.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council advise the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that it has no objection, for liquor licensing purposes, to the following request noting that applicants are required to comply with other applicable by-laws and obtain the necessary permits for any patio areas extending into the City's right of way:

a.         Liquor Licence extension for an Annual Corporate Event, to be held on Saturday, June 27, 2015, between 5:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. in the Event Pavilion, and in an area directly across the Event Pavilion, on the Town Hall Green, at Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross Parkway.

North York Community Council, for liquor licensing purposes, declared the following to be an event of municipal significance:

1.         The 14th Annual "Korean Harvest Festival" also known as the "Harvest Moon Festival", to be held by the Korean Canadian Business Association of North Toronto, on Saturday, August 29, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and on Sunday, August 30, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., at Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street.

Seeking endorsement of events for Municipal Significance for liquor licensing purposes.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council approve, in principle, the conditions set out in Attachment No. 4 to the report (April 22, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District, for 67 three-storey townhouse units at 1970 Victoria Park Avenue and 9 Clintwood Gate.

2.         City Council delegate back to the Chief Planner or his/her designate the authority to issue final Site Plan Approval.

This application for Site Plan Control proposes the construction of 67 three-storey townhouse units, and a private driveway at 1970 Victoria Park Avenue and 9 Clintwood Gate.

This application has been referred to North York Community Council by the local Councillor for a decision, in accordance with By-law No. 483-2000.  This report reviews and recommends approval of the Site Plan Control application, subject to the conditions listed in Attachment No. 4.

North York Community Council submits this item to City Council without recommendation.

The application proposes a 29-storey mixed-use building, 91 metres high with 310 dwelling units (including 5 live-work units) and 3,364 square metres of commercial floor space at 500 Sheppard Avenue East. The gross floor area proposed is 26,543 square metres resulting in a proposed density of 4.63 times the area of the lot. The applicant has appealed the application to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) due to Council's failure to make a decision within the prescribed period under the Planning Act.  A prehearing was held on July 15, 2014.  A full hearing is scheduled for June 14 to July 3, 2015.

This report seeks Council's direction to oppose the proposed development at the Ontario Municipal Board in its current form. The application is contrary to the Sheppard East Subway Corridor Secondary Plan, and Clairtrell Area Context Plan. The height and density of the development are not consistent with the existing and planned context.  This report also recommends continuing discussions with the applicant to resolve outstanding issues in relation to building height and density, parkland dedication and servicing.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council direct the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and any other City staff as appropriate, to attend the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing to oppose the Zoning By-law Amendment application in its current form.

2.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve the issues outlined in the report (April 24, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

3.         In the event that the Ontario Municipal Board allows the appeal on the Zoning By-law Amendment application in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the OMB to withhold its Order until such time as:

a.         An appropriate Zoning By-law amendment is prepared to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, North York District and the City Solicitor.

b.         The Owner has entered into an agreement with the City to secure community benefits pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, North York District and the City Solicitor.

4.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor, in the event that the proposal is approved in whole or in part by the Ontario Municipal Board, to advise the Board that the development application should not be approved without the approval by City Council of rental demolition and full replacement of the 28 existing rental dwelling units and an acceptable Tenant Relocation and Assistance Plan to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning; and that the City Solicitor advise the Board that City Council approval under Chapter 667 pursuant to Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act is required for the rental demolition and replacement of the rental housing.

5.         In the event that the Ontario Municipal Board allows the appeal in whole or in part, City Council direct staff to request that the Board withhold any order to approve a Zoning By-law Amendment for the subject lands until such time as the City and the owner have presented a draft by-law to the Board that provides for securing the rental housing matters as outlined in recommendation 4 of the report (April 24, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District and a Section 37 Agreement incorporating these matters has been executed.

The rezoning and rental housing demolition proposal is to demolish the existing commercial building and 3 rental residential buildings and replace them with a 10 storey 31.75 m high residential building with 161 residential units (133 condominium units and 28 rental replacement units) with a density of 5.6 FSI.

On November 28, 2014 the owner appealed the Zoning By-law Amendment application to the Ontario Municipal Board citing City Council's failure to make a decision within the prescribed time frames set out in the Planning Act.  The purpose of this report is to seek Council's direction for staff representation at the OMB hearing.  The report seeks Council direction to oppose the proposal in its current form and that City staff continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve the issues outlined in the report.

A pre-hearing conference was held March 31, 2015 with a second pre-hearing conference scheduled for July 27, 2015.  A full hearing is scheduled for 5 days beginning January 11, 2016.

This report also sets out staff's comments on the applications and discusses the results of the public consultation.

North York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor, and appropriate City Staff, as necessary, to appear at the Ontario Municipal Board in support of decision A955/14NY of the Committee of Adjustment for 438 Broadway Avenue.

At its hearing on February 5, 2015, the Committee of Adjustment refused application No. A955/14NY for 438 Broadway Avenue. The purpose of the application was to construct a new two-storey detached dwelling with an integral, at grade, one car garage. A copy of the Committee of Adjustment Decision is attached. The applicant has appealed the refusal of the application by the Committee of Adjustment to the Ontario Municipal Board.

North York Community Council:

This report recommends the installation of Traffic Control Signals at the intersection of McNicoll Avenue and the Redlea Avenue/Milliken Boulevard extension. The need for these traffic control signals on McNicoll Avenue located approximately 200 metres east of Kennedy Road and 350 metres west of Silver Star Boulevard was identified in the approved Environmental Assessment for the extension of Redlea Avenue.

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 3445 Sheppard Avenue East substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment No. 6 to report dated April 24, 2015.

2.  City Council amend Tam O'Shanter Community Zoning By-law No. 12360, for the lands at 3445 Sheppard Avenue East substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 7 to report dated April 24, 2015.

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

4.  City Council approve a development charge credit against the Parks and Recreation component of development charges if the Owner agrees to design and install Above Base Park Improvements at the proposed park. The development charge credit shall be in an amount that is the lesser of the cost to the owner of designing and installing the Above Base Park Improvements, as approved by the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Parks and Recreation component of development charges payable for the development in accordance with the City's development charges by-law.

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

a.  Approval of City-initiated Official Plan Amendment Application 14 151903 ESC 40 OZ, for the lands at 3401, 3445 and 3459-3471 Sheppard Avenue East and adoption of the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment No. 6 to report dated April 24, 2015.

b.  the Owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, to secure the following community benefit:

 
i.  payment of a cash contribution of $600,000.00, to be directed towards the capital construction costs of the proposed Bridlewood YMCA Community Hub, payable prior to the issuance of the first above-grade building permit and indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Non-Residential Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date of the registration of the Section 37 Agreement to the date of payment;

ii.  the Owner provide a title opinion to the City for the agreement's registration to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.

c.  The following matters are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to support the development:

 i.  The owner shall construct the park block to Above Base Park Condition, as approved by the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation;

ii.  The Owner shall construct and maintain the development in accordance with Tier 2 performance measures of the Toronto Green Standard, as adopted by Toronto City Council at its meeting of October 26 and 27, 2009;

iii.  The Owner shall be responsible for any and all costs associated with signal timing optimization including but not limited to hardware modifications, if required, for the future background and total traffic conditions during peak hours at the intersection of Warden Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86 for the lands at 2112-2114 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 8 to the report (April 13, 2015) 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 2112-2114 Yonge Street substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 9 to the report (April 13, 2015) from the Director of Community Planning, Toronto and East 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 submit a revised Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

5.  Before introducing the necessary Bills to City Council for enactment, City Council require the Owner to enter into an Agreement pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act as follows:

a.  The community benefits recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement are as follows:

Prior to issuance of an above grade building permit the owner shall make an indexed cash contribution to the City in the amount of $50,000 to be allocated at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, toward any one or more of the following:

i.  public realm improvements in the Yonge-Eglinton area per the Midtown in Focus Parks, Open Space and Streetscape Plan;

ii.  local streetscape improvements;

iii.  local parks improvements; and

iv.  improvements to local community facilities.

Such amount to be indexed upwardly in accordance with the Statistics Canada Construction Price Index for Toronto, calculated from the date of the Section 37 Agreement to the date the payment is made.

b.  In the event the cash contribution referred to in Section 5.a. has not been used for the intended purpose within three (3) years of this By-law coming into full force and effect, the cash contribution may be redirected for another purpose, at the discretion of the Chief Planner and Executive Director of City Planning, in consultation with the local Councillor, provided that the purpose is identified in the Toronto Official Plan and will benefit the community in the vicinity of the lands.

c.  The following matters are also recommended to be secured in the Section 37 Agreement as a legal convenience to support development:

i.  The owner shall pay for and construct any improvements to the municipal infrastructure in connection with the Functional Servicing and Stormwater Management Report, as accepted by the Executive Director of Engineering and Construction Services, should it be determined that improvements to such infrastructure is required to support this development.

ii.  Prior to the issuance of any building permit for the site, including shoring and excavation, the owner shall have obtained title to the lands shown on Attachment 8, Map 1, attached to the report (April 13, 2014) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, as "Lane to be Purchased by Applicant".

iii.  Prior to the issuance of any building permit for the site, the owner shall provide an overland flow route easement to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services.

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

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council enact a Part Lot Control Exemption By-law with respect to the subject lands at 101, 111 and 129 St. Clair Avenue West as generally illustrated on the plans attached as Attachment Nos. 2 and 3 and substantially in accordance with the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law attached as Attachment No. 6 to the report (April 20, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to expire two years following enactment by City Council. 

2.  Prior to the introduction of the Part Lot Control Exemption Bill, City Council require the owner:

i.  to provide proof of payment of all current property taxes for the subject lands to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and

ii.  to register, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, a Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act agreeing not to transfer or charge any part of the lands without the written consent of the Chief Planner or his designate.

3.  City Council authorize and direct the City Solicitor to register the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law on title to the lands or any portion thereof against which the Section 118 Restriction under the Land Titles Act has been registered.

4.  City Council authorize the execution of an agreement with the owner, in a form and containing conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor, whereby the Section 118 Restriction would be removed from title upon the request of the owner, on reasonable notice to the City permitting the City to repeal the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law.

5.  City Council enact a By-law repealing the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law, substantially in accordance with the Draft Part Lot Control Exemption Repeal By-law attached as Attachment No. 7 to the report (April 20, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in the event the owner of the lands at 101, 111 and 129 St. Clair Avenue West or any part thereof, requests the City to consent to the removal of the Section 118 Restriction from the lands or any part thereof.

6.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Part Lot Control Exemption By-law and associated repealing By-law as may be required. 

7.  City Council authorize City officials to take necessary steps, including the execution of agreements and documents which set out the implementation of the Part Lot Control Exemption By-law, or its repeal, to give effect to the above-noted recommendations.

The Toronto Preservation Board on April 24, 2015, considered a report (March 17, 2015) from the Director, Urban Design, City Planning Division, regarding Amendment of Designating By-law - 317 Dundas Street West.

The Toronto Preservation Board also considered the following communications:

-           (March 18, 2015) Letter from Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Convener, Grange Park Preservation Group and Honorary Chair, Grange Community.

-           (April 20, 2015) Letter from Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, Convener, Grange Park Preservation Group and Honorary Chair, Grange Community Association.

The Toronto Preservation Board on April 24, 2015, considered a report (March 4, 2015) from the Director, Urban Design, City Planning Division, regarding Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and Authority to Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement - King Adelaide Properties  (Ward 20).

The Toronto Preservation Board also considered the following communication:

-           (April 21, 2015) Letter from Judy Waldman and Peter Markwell.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council approve the alterations to 58 Chestnut Park under Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act as shown in the plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and prepared by Drawing Room Architects dated March 5, 2015, all date stamped received by Heritage Preservation Services March 6, 2015, and on file with the Manager, Heritage Preservation Services subject to the following condition:

a.  Prior to the issuance of any heritage permit for the alteration of the property located at 58 Chestnut Park, the applicant will provide full building permit drawings to the satisfaction of the Manager, Heritage Preservation Services.

The Toronto and East York Community Council adopted the following process for this application to consider a variance under Chapter 694, Signs, General:

1.         The order of the item will be:

a.         Presentation from Staff

b.         Questions of Staff

c.         Presentation from Speakers

d.         Questions of Speakers

e.         Debate and Decision

The Toronto and East York Community Council recessed its public session to meet in closed session to consider this item as it relates to the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 

The Toronto and East York Community Council adopted the following process for this application to consider a variance under Chapter 694, Signs, General:

1.         The order of the item will be:

a.         Presentation from Speakers

b.         Questions of Speakers by Councillors

c.         Presentation from Staff

d.         Questions of Staff

e.         Debate and Decision