City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council appoint the Deputy City Manager for Cluster A or her designate as the City’s proxy for the purposes of the 2009 annual shareholder meeting of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to be held on October 16, 2009 and any adjournment thereof and direct the proxy holder to attend same and vote as follows:

 

a.         approve the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on October 24, 2008 (Attachment 3 to the report dated August 18, 2009 from the City Manager);

 

b.         receive the 2008 annual audited financial statements of the Corporation for the period ended December 31, 2008, together with the auditor’s report thereon (included in Attachment 2 to the report dated August 18, 2009 from the City Manager);

 

c.         reappoint Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the Corporation’s auditors until the next annual general meeting; and

 

d.         use her or his discretion to vote on such other matters as may properly on the agenda of the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

2.         City Council authorize and direct the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and the City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City the common share proxy substantially in the form of Attachment 1 to the report dated August 18, 2009 from the City Manager.

 

3.         City Council receive Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s 2008 Annual Report (included as Attachment 2 to the report dated August 18, 2009 from the City Manager) comprising the letter from the Corporation’s Acting Chief Executive Officer dated August 13, 2009 and related attachments. 

 

4.         City Council request the Board of Directors of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to include the following information in their Annual Report to the Shareholder:

 

a.         progress on community safety activities including the number of tenants who have been evicted as a result of being convicted of drug and gun crimes; and

 

b.         the survey results as to tenants concerns regarding their personal safety on Toronto Community Housing Corporation property.

The Executive Committee recommends that City Council:

 

1.         A ppoint the Deputy City Manager for Cluster A or her designate as the City’s proxy for the purposes of the 2009 annual shareholder meeting of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to be held on October 16, 2009 and any adjournment thereof and direct the proxy holder to attend same and vote as follows:

 

a.         approve the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting held on October 24, 2008 (Attachment 3 to this report);

 

b.         receive the 2008 annual audited financial statements of the Corporation for the period ended December 31, 2008, together with the auditor’s report thereon (included in Attachment 2 to this report);

 

c.         reappoint Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the Corporation’s auditors until the next annual general meeting; and

 

d.         use her or his discretion to vote on such other matters as may properly on the agenda of the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

2.         Authorize and direct the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and the City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City the common share proxy substantially in the form of Attachment 1 to this report.

 

3.         Receive Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s 2008 Annual Report (included as Attachment 2 to this report) comprising the letter from the Corporation’s Acting Chief Executive Officer dated August 13, 2009 and related attachments.

 

Pursuant to the Ontario Business Corporations Act, Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) is required to hold an annual general meeting. TCHC plans to hold its Annual General Meeting outside of a City Council meeting. For this meeting to take place, the City, as TCHC’s sole shareholder, must appoint and provide direction to a proxy holder to act on its behalf at the meeting.

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council appoint the City Manager or his designate as the City’s proxy holder to attend and vote the City’s common shares of Enwave Energy Corporation  at the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on October 4, 2009, or any adjournment of that meeting and direct that the necessary proxy be executed.

 

2.         City Council adopt the recommendation of the Corporations Nominating Panel dated August 12, 2009 forming Attachment 3 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager, as follows:

 

“City Council nominate the two persons listed in Confidential Appendix 1 to this report [Attachment 3] for election at Enwave’s 2009 annual shareholders’ meeting to the Board of Directors of Enwave Energy Corporation and the individual indicated to serve as Chair of the Board, to serve at the pleasure of Council for a term commencing on the date of the 2009 annual shareholders’ meeting and ending on the date of the third annual shareholders’ meeting held after the 2009 annual shareholders’ meeting in 2012, or until their successors are elected or appointed”.

 

3.         City Council direct the proxy holder to vote the City’s shares as follows at the annual shareholders’ meeting of Enwave Energy Corporation:

 

a.         approve the minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting held on July 7, 2008;

 

b.         receive the annual financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008 together with the auditor’s report on those statements;

 

c.         receive the unaudited financial statements of the Corporation for the second quarter ended April 30, 2009;

 

d.         reappoint Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Accountants as the Corporation’s auditors, and authorize the directors of Enwave to fix the auditors’ remuneration;

 

e.         elect as directors of the Enwave Board:

 

i.          the Mayor;

 

ii.          the two individuals recommended by the Corporations Nominating Panel identified in Confidential Appendix 1 to Attachment 3 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager; and

 

iii.      the three individuals nominated by BPC Penco identified in Confidential Appendix A of Attachment 1 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager;

 

f.          appoint as the Chair of the Enwave Board the individual identified in Confidential Appendix 1 to Attachment 3 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager; and

 

g.         transact such other business as may properly come before the annual shareholders’ meeting or any adjournment of the meeting.

 

4.         The names and credentials of the nominees from both BPC Penco and the City be made public following City Council’s approval.

 

5.         The contents of Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager be kept in their entirety confidential after the consideration of this report by Council except as routinely disclosed in the “Government Business Enterprises” section of the City’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Confidential Appendix A to Attachment 1 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information that relates to the security of the property of the municipality or local board, except for the names of the following persons nominated by BPC Penco, which are now public:

 

             Michael Nobrega

             John McManus

             Marian Lawson.

 

Confidential Appendix 1 to Attachment 3 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager remains confidential in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains information that relates to the security of the property of the municipality or local board, except for the names and credentials of the following nominees recommended by the Corporations Nominating Panel which are now public: 

 

Mr. Paul J. Brown (Recommended Chair)

President, Public Finance Consultants Inc.

Principal, Stratacon Inc.

Consultant, Campbell Strategic Inc.

Former Chief of Staff to Minister of Labour, Canada

Former Executive Assistant to President of Treasury Board

Former Senior Staff, Insolvency Division, Arthur Andersen Inc.

 

Mr. Vitor Fonseca

Chief Operating Officer, Retirement Life Communities Inc.

Former Vice President, Finance, Verdiroc Development Corporation

Former General Manager, Vimpex Trading and Investments

Former Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Ghert Realty Holdings Ltd.

Former Assistant Treasurer, The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited

 

Confidential Attachment 4 to the report (August 24, 2009) from the City Manager remains confidential in its entirety, in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it relates to the security of the property of the municipality or local board, except as routinely disclosed in the “Government Business Enterprises” section of the City’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1.         Council appoint the City Manager or his designate as the City’s proxy holder to attend and vote the City’s common shares of Enwave Energy Corporation  at the annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on October 4, 2009, or any adjournment of that meeting and direct that the necessary proxy be executed.

 

2.         Council adopt the recommendation of the Corporations Nominating Panel dated August 12, 2009 forming Attachment 3 to this report as follows:

 

“City Council nominate the two persons listed in Confidential Appendix 1 to this report [Attachment 3] for election at Enwave’s 2009 annual shareholders’ meeting to the Board of Directors of Enwave Energy Corporation and the individual indicated to serve as Chair of the Board, to serve at the pleasure of Council for a term commencing on the date of the 2009 annual shareholders’ meeting and ending on the date of the third annual shareholders’ meeting held after the 2009 annual shareholders’ meeting in 2012, or until their successors are elected or appointed”.

 

3.         T he proxy holder be directed to vote the City’s shares as follows at the annual  shareholders’ meeting of Enwave Energy Corporation:

 

a.         approve the minutes of the 2008 Annual Meeting held on July 7, 2008;

 

b.         receive the annual financial statements of the Corporation for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008 together with the auditor’s report on those statements;

 

c.         receive the unaudited financial statements of the Corporation for the second quarter ended April 30, 2009;

 

d.         reappoint Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Accountants as the Corporation’s auditors, and authorize the directors of Enwave to fix the auditors’ remuneration;

 

e.         elect as directors of the Enwave Board:

 

i.          the Mayor;

 

ii.          the two individuals recommended by the Corporations Nominating Panel identified in Confidential Appendix 1 to Attachment 3 to this report; and

 

iii.      the three individuals nominated by BPC Penco identified in Confidential Appendix A of Attachment 1 to this report;

 

f.          appoint as the Chair of the Enwave Board the individual identified in Confidential Appendix 1 to Attachment 3 to this report; and

 

g.         transact such other business as may properly come before the annual shareholders’ meeting or any adjournment of the meeting.

 

4.         T he names and credentials of the nominees from both BPC Penco and the City be made public following City Council’s approval.

 

5.         T he contents of Confidential Attachment 4 to this report be kept in their entirety confidential after the consideration of this report by Council except as routinely disclosed in the “Government Business Enterprises” section of the City’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         a.        the City renew the line of credit guarantee on behalf of the Canadian Stage Company (CanStage) to its financial institution in the amount of $800,000.00 (inclusive of all interest payable by CanStage), commencing on November 1, 2009 and ending on October 31, 2012;

 

b.         the City extend the agreement with CanStage with respect to the line of credit guarantee; and

 

c.        the City extend the tri-party agreement with CanStage and with its financial institution with respect to the line of credit guarantee.

 

2.         Such guarantee and all related agreements be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor, the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer as well as Deputy City Manager Sue Corke, and that the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be requested to negotiate appropriate and adequate safeguards, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, with the City being promptly advised in the event of default or delay in the payment of interest.

 

3.         The City retain the right to withhold a portion of outstanding grants that the City may provide to the Canadian Stage Company during the term of the guarantee to pay off the line of credit if it is not retired or renegotiated by October 31, 2012.

 

4.         The Canadian Stage Company provide the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer with their annual audited financial statements for the years 2009 to 2012 when they become available.

 

5.         The guarantee be deemed to be in the interest of the City.

 

6.         The appropriate officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto. 

The Executive Committee recommends to City Council that:

 

1.         a.         the City renew the line of credit guarantee on behalf of the Canadian Stage Company (CanStage) to its financial institution in the amount of $800,000.00 (inclusive of all interest payable by CanStage), commencing on November 1, 2009 and ending on October 31, 2012;

 

b.         the City extend the agreement with CanStage with respect to the line of credit guarantee; and

 

c.        the City extend the tri-party agreement with CanStage and with its financial institution with respect to the line of credit guarantee.

 

2.         Such guarantee and all related agreements be on terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor, the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer as well as Deputy City Manager Sue Corke, and that the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be requested to negotiate appropriate and adequate safeguards, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, with the City being promptly advised in the event of default or delay in the payment of interest.

 

3.         The City retain the right to withhold a portion of outstanding grants that the City may provide to the Canadian Stage Company during the term of the guarantee to pay off the line of credit if it is not retired or renegotiated by October 31, 2012.

 

4.         The Canadian Stage Company provide the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer with their annual audited financial statements for the years 2009 to 2012 when they become available.

 

5.         The guarantee be deemed to be in the interest of the City.

 

6.         The appropriate officials be authorized to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council authorize the Mayor and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to execute the Letter of Agreement under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP) between the City of Toronto and Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, generally in accordance with the terms set out in Appendix A to the report (August 25, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, and to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and the City Solicitor.

 

2.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto. 

The Executive Committee  recommends to City Council that:

 

1.         The Mayor and the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be authorized to execute the Letter of Agreement under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program (OBRP) between the City of Toronto and Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by the Minister of Transportation for the Province of Ontario, generally in accordance with the terms set out in Appendix A, and to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer and the City Solicitor.

 

2.         The appropriate officials be authorized and directed to take necessary actions to give effect thereto.

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following: 

 

1.         City Council approve the 2009 Operating Budget Adjustments related to service and program re-alignments for Solid Waste Management Services, Technical Services, and Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division as detailed in Appendix D of the report (May 27, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer. 

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council approve the 2009 Operating Budget Adjustments related to service and program re-alignments for Solid Waste Management Services, Technical Services, and Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division as detailed in Appendix D of the report (May 27, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council approve additional budget and project costs in the amount of $345,000 for the City Project CTT010, Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station, bringing the total to $1,200,000 to be accommodated by corresponding reduction in the City Project CTT110, Station Improvements Program. 

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council approve additional budget and project costs in the amount of $345,000 for the City Project CTT010, Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station, bringing the total to $1,200,000 to be accommodated by corresponding reduction in the City Project CTT110, Station Improvements Program.

 

 

At its meeting on Thursday July 9, 2009 the Commission considered the attached report entitled, “Project Authority Increase – Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station Improvements – Contract D1-5”.

 

The Commission approved the Recommendation contained in the report, as listed below:

 

It is recommended that the Commission:

 

1.         Approve an increased project cost of $345,000 for the Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station project for a total estimated final cost of $1,200,000.

 

2.         Forward this report to the City via the City Budget Committee requesting additional budget and project cost approval in the amount of $345,000 for the City Project CTT010, Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station, bringing the total to $1,200,000 to be accommodated by corresponding reduction in the City Project CTT110, Station Improvements Programs.

 

The foregoing is forwarded to the City Budget Committee for consideration of the Commission’s request embodied in Recommendation No. 2 above.

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council increase the 2009-2013 Approved Capital Budget and Plan by $134.5 million gross, to continue work on the priority Transit City lines, with $125.8 million gross to be funded by the Province through Metrolinx and the balance of $8.7 million for environmental assessments for other Transit City lines to be funded through offsets within the TTC's 2009 Approved Capital Budget, and report back to the Budget Committee on the offsets.

 

2.         City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement on behalf of the City, with Metrolinx and the TTC, wherein Metrolinx will provide interim funding for the implementation of components of the Sheppard East LRT, Finch West LRT, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and Scarborough RT transit projects. 

The Executive Committee recommends to City Council that:

 

1.         The 2009-2013 Approved Capital Budget and Plan be increased by $134.5 million gross, to continue work on the priority Transit City lines, with $125.8 million gross to be funded by the Province through Metrolinx and the balance of $8.7 million for environmental assessments for other Transit City lines to be funded through offsets within the TTC's 2009 Approved Capital Budget, and report back to the Budget Committee on the offsets.

 

2.         The City Manager be authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement on behalf of the City, with Metrolinx and the TTC, wherein Metrolinx will provide interim funding for the implementation of components of the Sheppard East LRT, Finch West LRT, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and Scarborough RT transit projects.

 

At its meeting on Thursday July 9, 2009 the Commission considered the attached report entitled, “Transit City Funding Request”.

 

The Commission approved the Recommendation contained in the report, as listed below:

 

It is recommended that the Commission:

 

1.         request the City of Toronto to approve Capital funding of $134.5 million for Transit City forecast expenditures and commitments to the end of 2009 to continue the planning, design, property acquisition, contract commitments and construction of the Sheppard East LRT, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Finch West LRT and Scarborough RT projects;

 

2.         direct that a copy of this report be provided to Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation.

 

The foregoing is forwarded to the City Budget Committee for consideration of the Commission’s request embodied in Recommendation No. 1 above.

 

 

The following motion lost on a tie vote at the City Budget Committee meeting of August 25, 2009:

 

"That the Budget Committee recommend to the Executive Committee that City Council approve the following:

 

1.         That the 2009-2013 Approved Capital Budget and Plan be increased by $134.5 million gross, to continue work on the priority Transit City Lines, with $125.8 million gross to be funded by the Province through Metrolinx and the balance of $8.7 million for environmental assessments for other Transit City lines to be funded through offsets within the TTC's 2009 Approved Capital Budget.

 

2.         That the TTC report to the September 8, 2009 Executive Committee meeting on $8.7 million in offsets in 2009 for the environment assessments."

 

Discussions with senior staff at the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario confirm that at the point the Province commits to the funding for other Transit City lines, the costs incurred associated with the environmental assessment work will be considered an eligible expense for funding purposes.

 

In response to the second part of the defeated motion, TTC staff offer the following:  (1) current year-end projects of capital expenditures on the 2009 Capital Budget suggest it will be underspent by about $60 million after accounting for a carry forward of 2008 expenditure shippages and (2) the TTC will report out as part of its 2010-2014 Capital Budget submission on how it will attempt to accommodate the $8.7 million for completing EA work on phase 2 Transit City projects, should the province not fund those expenditures.

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council acknowledge and direct the Film Commissioner to write a letter of thanks to the Government of Ontario for its swift and decisive action in response to the recent "all spend" announcement by the Province of Quebec and indicate that Council recognizes that the introduction of the enhanced credit, which includes the rental of studio space, will help to secure the screen-based industries in Toronto and Ontario.

 

2.         City Council request the Province of Ontario to work with the Toronto Film Board and Film Ontario to devise a mechanism to provide financial support for the development of sound stages to augment the existing stage infrastructure.

 

3.         City Council request the Federal and Provincial governments to transfer agreed funding to filmmakers immediately upon final cut completion of the subject film, similar to the system in operation in the U.S. cities, Chicago and Detroit, so bank interest is not paid needlessly by a film's financial backer.

The Executive Committee recommends to City Council that:

 

1.         City Council acknowledge and direct the Film Commissioner to write a letter of thanks to the Government of Ontario for its swift and decisive action in response to the recent "all spend" announcement by the Province of Quebec and indicate that Council recognizes that the introduction of the enhanced credit, which includes the rental of studio space, will help to secure the screen-based industries in Toronto and Ontario.

 

2.         The Province of Ontario be requested to work with the Toronto Film Board and Film Ontario to devise a mechanism to provide financial support for the development of sound stages to augment the existing stage infrastructure.

 

3.         The Federal and Provincial governments be requested to transfer agreed funding to filmmakers immediately upon final cut completion of the subject film, similar to the system in operation in the U.S. cities, Chicago and Detroit, so bank interest is not paid needlessly by a film's financial backer.

The Film Board had before it at its last meeting a letter addressed to Mayor Miller from the Directors Guild dated February 12, 2009.  On behalf of the local industry it asked for the full support of the Board in an approach to the Premier and cabinet to address the issue of competitiveness of Toronto in the face of a Regional Bonus. Three options were presented: the idea of creating a 5% Studio Bonus; a change in the boundaries which delineate the applicable area eligible for a bonus; and a change in the threshold amount of work required to be done in the region to qualify for a bonus. The Mayor led a discussion at the Board and while the Mayor was asked to not delay in finding an opportunity to raise the regional bonus with the Premier, it was also noted that the request of the Province needed to be more developed including information on the requisite cost of any proposal.  Further discussions and work has been undertaken by a Working Group on Regional Incentives and is reported below. 

 

In summary, the working group recommends that the City of Toronto and screen-based industries in the GTA focus the initial request and ask the Province to implement a 5% Studio Bonus for qualified film production facilities.  A similar incentive has proven very successful in New York, and resulted in a significant increase in screen-based production at local studios.  They believe this additional incentive would make Toronto as competitive as the rest of Ontario has become by way of the regional bonus and more so to the foreign producer.  Resulting in more jobs created and more investment in the GTA and thus meeting the business development and job creation objectives of the Provincial Government.  

 

The investigation leading to this proposal recognized the need to drive additional business to the existing studios and thus enhance the work of the whole region. It also rekindled the awareness of the growing decline in the number of sound stages both those that are retrofitted and the raw warehouse spaces that have served as intermittent studios.  The net amount of stage space lost in the past 5 years, approaches 400,000 square feet.  A crisis is in the making if such infrastructure is not replaced in the very near future.

 

Recent experience in Ontario, across the country and around the world has shown that the construction of new studio space or the retrofit of industrial space requires public sector assistance.  Examples include studios in Vancouver, New York City, New Mexico and the recently announced Michigan plan.  A second proposal, recognizing the essential role of government, emerged from the working group which recommends that the City and industry work with the Province to develop a mechanism that would create the environment for public private partnerships to build new or retrofit existing industrial space in the GTA for studio use.

           

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following: 

 

1.         The City of Toronto acknowledges the premise that the statistics generated by the 2006 Census under estimates the true Aboriginal population in Toronto.

 

2.         City Council endorse and support the work of the Toronto Aboriginal Population Project in attaining a more accurate statistical representation of the Aboriginal population in Toronto. 

The Executive Committee recommends  to City Council that:

 

1.         The City of Toronto acknowledges the premise that the statistics generated by the 2006 Census under estimates the true Aboriginal population in Toronto.

 

2.         City Council endorse and support the work of the Toronto Aboriginal Population Project in attaining a more accurate statistical representation of the Aboriginal population in Toronto.

 

The Aboriginal Affairs Committee on May 20, 2009 further considered the presentation from Alan Meisner, Planning Analyst, Social Development, Finance and Administration on the Aboriginal Persons Demographic Snapshot for 2006, and the Census Highlights which was heard at its meeting held on February 12, 2009.

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009 adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council approve the following affordable housing projects, selected through a Request for Proposals No. 9155-09-7195, for submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) for a decision on funding from the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program Extension (2009), New Rental Housing Component:

 

-           Deauville Place Inc. – 5 Deauville Lane

 

-           Medallion Corporation – 3415 Weston Road/2435 Finch Avenue West

 

-           Minto Apartments Ltd. - 7-21 Richgrove Drive

 

-           Patricia and Bathurst Developments Inc. – 485 Patricia Avenue

 

-           Remington Group Inc. – 8 Chicester Place

 

-           Verdiroc Development Corporation – 1001 Queen Street West.

 

2.         City Council approve the acceptance of funding for projects selected by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

 

3.         City Council request the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to approve all Toronto’s recommended projects and thereby provide the City a fair share of federal/provincial affordable housing funding.

 

4.         City Council exempt those projects selected for funding by MMAH from taxation for municipal and school purposes for the term of the municipal capital facility agreement.

 

5.         City Council exempt those projects selected for funding by MMAH from the payment of development charges under existing Council policy.

 

6.         City Council grant authority to and direct the Director, Affordable Housing Office, be granted authority to negotiate and enter into municipal capital facility agreements with the proponents whose projects have been selected by MMAH, on such terms and conditions as the Director considers appropriate, including any non-material changes that the Director deems to be in the best interests of the City or the project, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

 

7.         City Council grant authority to and direct the Director, Affordable Housing Office to execute, on behalf of the City, all municipal housing facility agreements, any security or financing documents or any other documents required to facilitate the funding process, including any documents required by the approved proponents to complete construction and conventional financing, where required.

 

8.         City Council designate the Veridroc Development Corporation project with Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, in the event it is approved for funding by MMAH, as social housing accommodation, allowing all or part of the project relief from normal parking standards under existing zoning by-law provisions.

 

9.         City Council request that federal and provincial governments directly consult with the City of Toronto regarding measures to improve the delivery of the Affordable Housing Program to align with approved City affordable housing policies and priorities.

 

10.       City Council direct the Director, Affordable Housing Office to report back to Budget Committee and the Affordable Housing Committee on the results of the funding selection by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, including identifying the current year and any future year budget implications associated with projects that are approved by MMAH.

 

11.       City Council request the Director, Affordable Housing Office to continue to work with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to facilitate the ongoing delivery of the Affordable Housing Program Extension Home Ownership Component to support first time buyers access home ownership opportunities through partnerships with Habitat for Humanity Toronto, Toronto Community Housing’s Regent Park Revitalization, Home Ownership Alternatives, and Toronto Artscape.

The Executive Committee submits to City Council without recommendation, the report (August 26, 2009) from the Affordable Housing Committee and the report (August 12, 2009) from Deputy City Manager Sue Corke and Director, Purchasing and Materials Management respecting New Affordable Housing Program Opportunities.

The Executive Committee requested:

 

1.         Deputy City Manager Sue Corke and the Director of Purchasing and Materials Management to report directly to City Council, at its meeting to be held on September 30 and October 1, 2009, with the list of recommended projects in the report (August 12, 2009) titled “New Affordable Housing Program Opportunities”, upon completion of the Request for Proposals for Affordable Housing process.

 

2.         The Director, Affordable Housing Office to continue to work with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to facilitate the ongoing delivery of the Affordable Housing Program Extension Home Ownership Component to support first time buyers access home ownership opportunities through partnerships with Habitat for Humanity Toronto, Toronto Community Housing’s Regent Park Revitalization, Home Ownership Alternatives, and Toronto Artscape.

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council approve the amendment to By-law No. 45-84 of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, respecting the regulation of traffic in Exhibition Place, to replace the current offence provision with an updated provision as substantially set out in Attachment 1 to the report (August 7, 2009) from the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place.

 

2.         Following approval by City of Toronto Council, the City Solicitor make application to the Ministry of the Attorney‑General for the approval of set fines for offences under the amended By-law No. 45-84.

 

3.         City Council authorize and direct the appropriate Board and City officials to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

The Executive Committee recommends to City Council that:

 

1.         The amendment to By-law No. 45-84 of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, respecting the regulation of traffic in Exhibition Place, to replace the current offence provision with an updated provision as substantially set out in Attachment 1 to this report be approved.

 

2.         Following approval by City of Toronto Council, the City Solicitor make application to the Ministry of the Attorney-General for the approval of set fines for offences under the amended By-law No. 45-84.

 

3.         The appropriate Board and City Officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary action to give effect thereto.

 

 

City Council on September 30 and October 1, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council request the Province of Ontario to extend the same treatment to Transit City projects under the Development Charges Act, 1997, as is presently being applied to the Spadina Subway Extension Project.