February 6, 1998

To: Corporate Services Committee

From: Acting Executive Commissioner of Corporate Services

Subject: Procedure - reporting to the former City Council of North York regarding payment of parks levy for properties valued over $1,000,000

Purpose:

To eliminate the administrative procedure, established by the former City of North York, of requiring City Council approval of the parks levy amount to be charged for projects where the property is valued over $1,000,000.00, in order to expedite the issuance of building permits.

Source of Funds:

None

Recommendation:

It is recommended that:

(1) The administrative procedure for the former City of North York requiring City Council approval of the amount of the cash-in-lieu of properties valued at over $1,000,000 be discontinued.

Comments:

The former City Council of North York, when it introduced a parks levy bylaw, established a procedure that all cash-in-lieu amounts for the parks levy for a project be reported to City Council. Then, to improve processing times for smaller projects, the Council on February 9, 1987, adopted the report of the Commissioner of Property to the Board of Control dated January 13, 1987, regarding administrative procedures for the parks levy process. It delegated authority as follows:

As a result of this process, three reports are included in the agenda for the Corporate Services Committee meeting of February 16, as they are for properties valued at more than $1,000,000.00.

In all the other former municipalities, the Commissioner of Property or equivalent position was responsible for determining the appraised value for all properties and no further approval was required. Deleting the requirement for approval by City Council will expedite the issuance of building permits for projects on properties valued at over $1,000,000.00.

Contact Name:

Cathie Macdonald - Interim Lead Real Estate

(416)392-0449, Fax (416) 392-0029 (cs98015)

Acting Executive Commissioner