January 27, 1999

To:Budget Committee

From:City Clerk

Subject:1999-2003 Capital Budget and Five Year Capital Program.

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee on January 26, 1999, requested the Budget Committee to:

(1)address the issue of building conditions at 11 and 14 Division in its upcoming five-year Capital Plan; and

(2)give consideration to the installation of a Toronto Transit Commission island at St.Clair and ViaItalia, and submit a report thereon directly to Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on March 2, 1999, when this matter is being considered.

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee reports, for the information of the Budget Committee, having:

(1)requested the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, to report, in an expeditious manner, to the Budget Committee, on the outstanding Urban Design Project Items 1-9 (Page 170 of the Capital Budget Book); such report to also include information respecting Garrison Creek Linkages;

(2) requested Commissioners to submit a report to the Budget Committee, no later than the last meeting in July, 1999, on any projected unexpended funds, or projected funds, respecting the following two projects: "Jane\Finch and Sheppard" in order that they can be reallocated to other projects;

(3)requested the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to report to the Special meeting of the Budget Committee, for report thereon directly to Council, with respect to the Ford Centre for the Performing Arts and any Capital items that needs advance approval;

(4)referred the communication (January 20, 1999) from the City Clerk, Etobicoke Community Council, entitled "Feasibility Study - Proposed Etobicoke Centre for the Performing Arts", to the Budget Committee for consideration during the Operating Budget deliberations;

(5)recommended to Council:

(A)the adoption of the Recommendations of the Budget Committee embodied in the communication (January 21, 1999) from the City Clerk, subject to:

(i)amending Recommendation No. (9) as embodied in the 1999 Capital Budget Book, to include the Scarborough District and the Riverlea Seniors Club; and

(ii)including the Chinese Cultural Centre Gardens in the Capital Budget at zero funding to the City of Toronto; and

(B)the adoption of the report (January 26, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, entitled "Spending Authorizations for the 1999 Capital Budget and Commitments"; and

(6)directed that the 1999-2003 Capital Budget and the foregoing Recommendation No. (5) be submitted to Council for consideration at its meeting scheduled to be held on March 2, 1999.

Background:

The Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee on January 26, 1999, had before it the following communications and report:

(i)(January 21, 1999) from the City Clerk, forwarding Recommendations from the Budget Committee respecting the 1999-2003 Capital Budget;

(ii)(January 20, 1999) from the City Clerk, advising that the Etobicoke Community Council on January 20, 1999, amongst other things, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee that $20,000.00 be included in the 1999 Capital Budget for a Feasibility Study to identify potential capital and operating cost savings to be gained by attaching the proposed Performing Arts Centre to the existing Etobicoke Civic Centre;

(iii)(January 20, 1999) from Councillor Mario Giansante, Kingsway Humber, regarding a request from the Etobicoke Community Council on December 2, 1998, with respect to covering bocci courts in the Etobicoke district; advising that he would like to ensure that the Riverlea Seniors Club site is definitely included in any studies that are conducted; and gratefully requesting that recommendation No. (9) contained in the report dated January 14, 1999, from the Chair of the Budget Committee, entitled "Parks and Recreation - 1999 - 2003 Capital Works Program", be amended to also include this site; and

(iv)(January 26, 1999) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer recommending that:

(1)the gross cash flow spending authority in the amount of $1,197.4 million for 1999, and future year commitments of $600.9 million for 2000, $334.7 million for 2001, $166.5 million for 2002 and $152.3 million for 2003, as outlined on a project basis in Appendix A of this report, be approved;

(2)financing in an amount not to exceed $500 million to be debentured, if required, for a term up to, but not exceeding 20 years be approved;

(3)funds be withdrawn in the indicated amounts from reserve funds as outlined in Appendix C of this report to partially fund the 1999 Capital Budget as applied in Appendix D;

(4)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer report to Budget Committee on recommended closures to previously approved capital spending authorizations not contained in this report; and

(5)the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with department, board and agency heads, recommend for the year 2000 Capital Budget and beyond, a program of capital works that minimizes the future year commitments required to be approved in conjunction with the annual capital request.

The following Members of Council appeared before the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee in connection with the foregoing matter:

Councillor Ila Bossons, Midtown;

Councillor Olivia Chow, Downtown; and

Councillor Blake F. Kinahan, Lakeshore-Queensway.

(Councillor Prue declared his interest in the foregoing matter insofar as it pertains to a Conservation Authority Project listed in Appendix (d) embodied in the Capital Budget Book, in that his principle residence is immediately adjacent to such project.)

City Clerk

P. A. Morris/in

Item No. 1

Sent to:Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services

Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

Commissioner of Corporate Services

Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services

Commissioner of Community and Neighbourhood Services

c:City Clerk, Etobicoke Community Council

Councillor Mario Giansante, Kingsway Humber

(Report dated January 20, 1999, addressed to the

Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee from the City Clerk)

Recommendation:

The Etobicoke Community Council on January 20, 1999, recommended to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee that $20,000.00 be included in the 1999 Capital Budget for a Feasibility Study to identify potential capital and operating cost savings to be gained by attaching the proposed Performing Arts Centre to the existing Etobicoke Civic Centre.

The Etobicoke Community Council reports, for the information of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee, having:

(1)requested that all appropriate background information be submitted to the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee for consideration with this matter; and

(2)directed that the Facilities and Real Estate working group looking at the utilization of Civic Centres be advised of the foregoing.

Background:

The Etobicoke Community Council had before it a communication (December 11, 1998) from Mr.D.Moffat, Moffat Kinoshita Architects Inc., reviewing the history of a proposed centre for the performing arts in the former City of Etobicoke and outlining the need for a study to identify potential capital and operating cost savings to be gained by attaching the facility to the existing Etobicoke Civic Centre.

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(A copy of the communication dated December 11, 1999 from Moffat Kinoshita Architects Inc., referred to in the foregoing report was forwarded to each Member of Council with the agenda of the Strategic Policies and Priorities Committee meeting of January 26, 1999, and a copy thereof is also on file in the office of the City Clerk.)