The Executive Committee requested the General Manager, Toronto Water, to submit a report directly to Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on February 23, 2009, on the options available for extending the containment area for Sunnyside Beach.

Mr. Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager, Toronto Water and Ms. Brenda Patterson, General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, gave a presentation to the Executive Committee on the Toronto Beaches Plan and filed a copy of their presentation material.

Swimmable beaches are often used as an indicator of Toronto’s environmental performance and quality of life. Over the past five years, the City has taken many steps to improve its 11 designated swimming beaches, and work continues on projects to reduce beach pollution from combined sewer overflows and stormwater discharges.

The report titled “Great City, Great Beaches: Toronto Beaches Plan” (January 2009) has been prepared and provided separately to Committee members and the City Clerk's Office. The Toronto Beaches Plan identifies actions to further enhance beach water quality, maintenance and operations, facilities and amenities, programming, and education and communications. The Plan is driven by a vision of getting all Toronto swimming beaches to and beyond the Blue Flag standard – the international eco-label for quality beaches. Coupled with existing operations and other planned continuous service improvements, the actions outlined in the Plan will maintain the Blue Flag status of six City beaches, bring five others up to the Blue Flag standard and potentially create a new swimming beach at Colonel Samuel Smith Park.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         The General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, in consultation with the Acting Deputy Manager and Chief Financial Officer report in mid-2010 to the Executive Committee on quantifiable savings and costs based on surveys and analysis of changes in service use patterns for individuals who received service through the enhanced Street to Homes Program.

2.         The City Manager request the Federal and Provincial Governments to cost share the enhanced Streets to Homes Program.

3.         The General Manager, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, be requested to work with the Medical Officer of Health to consider ways to address the immediate health needs of clients of the Streets to Homes program.

This report responds to a Council recommendation that the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer undertake a cost benefit analysis of the enhanced Streets to Homes Program to assess the social costs that are offset by this program as an aid to discussions with the Province and the Federal Government respecting the possibility of cost sharing this program, and report thereon to the Executive Committee.

Previous research demonstrates that individuals who are housed through Streets to Homes are less likely to use costly emergency services such as shelters, ambulance and emergency hospital care, police services and jails. Just as these benefits across a range of service systems are shared by the City, the Province and the Federal government, the investment in the enhanced Streets to Homes Program should also be shared by all orders of government.

This report provides general information on the estimated cost savings possible through changes in use of services by clients of the Streets to Homes Program. Once the enhanced program has been operational for a full year, further detailed analysis of the service use changes and cost savings will be conducted.

The Executive Committee received, for information, the report (January 19, 2009) from Deputy City Manager, Richard Butts, entitled"Implementing the Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan".

The purpose of this report to seek approval to extend the term of the Tourism Event Development Loan to the organizers of the Toronto Just For Laughs Comedy Festival.

Just For Laughs is a Montreal based integrated entertainment organization that operates the hugely successful Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and is involved in a variety of television production and distribution ventures.  The organization established an annual Comedy Festival in Toronto in July 2007 which has been critically successful in its first two years of operation.

It is recommended that the term of the Tourism Event Development Loan be extended for two years to allow the Toronto Just For Laughs Comedy Festival to expand the number of days of operation for the Toronto Festival and to allow the Just For Laughs organization to establish a Toronto office creating year round employment opportunities in television production and distribution, performing arts and in festival and event management.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         The City’s Investment Policy, as attached to this report in Appendix A, be approved effective February 28, 2009.

The purpose of this report is to recommend a revised Investment Policy for Council’s approval.  The revisions respond to changes in the Financial Activities Regulations under the City of Toronto Act, the Audit Recommendations Report from the Auditor-General’s Office was considered at the November 4, 2008 Audit Committee meeting as well as the 2007 Investment Policy Compliance Report from Ernst & Young LLP.  The Investment Advisory Committee and the Sinking Fund Committee have been involved in the development of the investment policy.

The purpose of this report is to respond to a request by the Executive Committee to:

a.         establish a protocol for investigating complaints with respect to the sections of the Policy on Donations to the City for Community Benefits (the “Policy”) dealing with procurement decisions; and

b.         report on appropriate penalties against suppliers that violate the Policy.

Where complaints are made with respect to the sections of the Policy dealing with procurement decisions, the Purchasing and Materials Management Division (“PMMD”), the Toronto Office of Partnerships (“TOP”) and the Accounting Services Division  (“Accounting Services”) will work together to investigate the complaint and determine whether a supplier is in violation of the Policy.

It is recommended that the penalty for violation of the Policy in respect of procurement decisions be consistent with the penalty for violation of the rules with respect to communications by vendors during a procurement process under the City’s Procurement Processes Policy.  The penalty will be disqualification from the procurement call and/or future calls at the discretion of Council.  As in accordance with the Procurement Processes Policy, recommendations with respect to penalizing a vendor found to be in violation of the Policy will be made to Council on a case by case basis.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         Council adopt the Development Charge By-law, attached as Appendix 1 to the report (January 19, 2009) from the City Manager and the Acting Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, subject to:

a.         the development charge rates being frozen at the existing levels, except for annual indexing as provided for in the proposed by-law, until January 31, 2011; and

b.         the phasing of the increases in development charges as outlined in the by-law commencing from February 1, 2011.

2.         For the purpose of complying with the Development Charges Act, 1997, Council adopt the City of Toronto 2008 Development Charge Background Study dated October 23, 2008, as revised by the Addendum dated January 13, 2009.

3.         For the purpose of complying with the Development Charges Act, 1997, Council adopt the growth forecast and the development-related capital forecast and program contained in the Background Study as evidence that Council intends to ensure that the increase in need for service attributable to anticipated development will be met.

4.         Council determine that no further public meeting is necessary in order to deal with the modifications made to the development charge by-law following the date of the public meeting, pursuant to section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997.

5.         The City Solicitor in consultation with the Acting Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer be authorized to make such stylistic and technical amendments to the by-law as necessary to give effect to the foregoing recommendations.

6.         The report dated October 27, 2008 from the City Manager and the Acting Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, entitled “Development Charges - Background Study and Proposed By-law”, be received.

The Executive Committee requested the Mayor to establish a Development Industry Working Group to consider the recommendations of the “Building a Sustainable Toronto” organization, and report back to  the Executive Committee in 2009; such Working Group to be composed of the Mayor, the Chairs of the Planning and Growth Management Committee, the Economic Development Committee, the Budget Committee, the Acting Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, the General Manager, Economic Development, the Chief Planner, City Planning, 3 industry representatives, and relevant representatives from Labour organizations.

The Executive Committee on November 10, 2008, held a public meeting to give consideration to a report (October 27, 2008) from the City Manager and the Acting Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, entitled “Development Charges - Background Study and Proposed By-law”, and in accordance with Section 12 of the Development Charges Act, 1997, an advertisement was placed in the Toronto Star on October 17, 2008, with respect thereto, and notice was also posted on the City’s website.

The Development Charges – Background Study and Proposed By-law, and all related material pertaining to this item which was considered by the Executive Committee on November 10, 2008, was distributed to all Members of Council and select City Officials with the November 10, 2008 Executive Committee agenda, copies of which are available in the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall.

The Addendum to the City of Toronto 2008 Development Charge Background Study dated January 13, 2009, referred to in the report (January 19, 2009) from the City Manager and the Acting Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer was distributed to all Members of Council with the February 2, 2009, Executive Committee agenda, copies of which are available on the City's website and in the City Clerk's Office, City Hall.

Mr. Joe Farag, Director, Special Projects Division, gave a presentation to the Executive Committee respecting the City of Toronto Proposed Development Charge By-law, and filed a copy of his presentation material.

In accordance with Executive Committee’s direction, this report responds to the verbal and written comments submitted at the November 10, 2008 public meeting.  Staff have also met with stakeholders including representatives of the Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Association (FoNTRA) and the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), and this report responds to their policy and technical issues. Technical revisions, arising primarily through discussions with BILD, have resulted in a reduction of the maximum calculated charges (6.8% for residential and 5.7% for non-residential uses) as set out in an addendum to the Background Study. The studies by the university professors, of the importance of the development industry to the City, mentioned at the public meeting, have not been submitted to staff at the time of preparation of this report.

Staff have attempted to balance the City’s revenue needs against the potential impact of a large increase in development charges on the City’s long-term economic development and planning objectives.  The key changes that have been made to the proposed Development Charges By-law, since the November 10, 2008 public meeting, include the following:

• a discretionary reduction of 10% to the maximum calculated charges in recognition of differing assumptions and approaches to the calculation of the charges;
• a delay in the in-force date of the by-law to May 1, 2009 from February 1, 2009;
• a “freeze” at the current (January 2009) development charge rates until January 31, 2010; and
• the elimination of the requirement for early payment of the “hard services” component of the charges.

The City of Toronto collects development charges from new construction to pay for a portion of municipal growth-related capital costs. The City’s existing Development Charge By-law expires on July 27, 2009. A new Development Charge Background Study has been prepared, as required by the Development Charges Act, 1997. The purpose of this report is to present the City of Toronto 2008 Development Charge Background Study and the proposed Development Charge By-law for consideration at a statutory public meeting. 

The charges calculated in the Background Study are the maximum charges that could be imposed under the Development Charges Act, 1997.  These represent significant increases over current rates and are the result of expanded capital programs, inflation, legislative changes affecting cost recovery for the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension, refinement of the methodology for calculating the charge, and the inclusion of new services. 

Given the recent weakness in the global economy, it was considered inappropriate to introduce a large increase in development charges at this time. Therefore, the phase-in provisions in the proposed by-law contain a freeze in development charges until January 31, 2010, and provide a four-year phase-in of the rest of the allowable increase, only if housing construction meets the thresholds as set out in the by-law

The proposed by-law continues many of the current residential and non-residential exemptions, including exemptions for affordable rental housing and industrial development.  Employment uses qualifying under the recently-approved Imagination, Manufacturing, Innovation and Technology Financial Incentives Program are proposed to be eligible for a full exemption.  For other non-exempt, non-residential uses, it is proposed that development charges apply to the ground floor area only. In addition, a partial development charge rebate is proposed for developments that meet Tier 2 of the Toronto Green Standard. These and other definitional changes in the proposed by-law are unaffected by the phase-in provisions, which apply only to the level of the charge, and shall be effective from the date that the proposed by-law comes into force.

After the November 10, 2008 statutory public meeting of Executive Committee, staff will report directly to Council on any recommended changes to the proposed Development Charge By-law resulting from public comments and Committee direction.

This report responds to Executive Committee’s direction to staff to submit a draft Development Charge Credit Agreement recognizing Kreadar’s contribution to the construction of Silver Star Boulevard as a fully-serviced collector road.

Based on a detailed review by staff, of the as-built construction costs certified by Kreadar’s engineering consultant, Kreadar can be given $280,180.84 in development charge credits for works that have been completed in connection with the construction of Silver Star Boulevard.  In addition, for works yet to be completed, Kreadar will similarly be given development charge credits, currently estimated at $74,593.07, as explained in this report. The agreement which details the terms and conditions mutually agreed to by Kreadar and City staff for the provision of the development charge credit is attached to this report. The circumstances surrounding this matter are unique and do not create a policy change nor should these be construed as precedent-setting.

The Executive Committee recommends that City Council:

1.         Approve funding a share of the capital cost of upgrading certain City-owned facilities and roads, as identified in Table 1 contained in the report (January 22, 2009) from the City Manager  to bring them up to standard for use as competition and training venues for the 2015 Pan Am Games, up to a maximum City investment of $12 million.

2.         Support the development, at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, of a competitive aquatic centre and a multi-sport field house, in partnership with the University of Toronto, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Sport Ontario and the Canadian Olympic Committee, according to the following principles:

            a.         The City and the University of Toronto will share equally in funding 44 percent of the capital costs required to build the facilities up to a maximum cap on the City’s contribution of $37.5 million;

b.         The federal and Provincial Governments will fund the remainder of the capital costs (56 percent) and the Provincial Government will provide a guarantee to fund any capital cost overruns;

      c.         The Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan Am Games will be responsible for project management, construction and delivery of the facilities;

d.         Land for development of the facilities will be provided by the City and the University in an “as is” condition for nominal consideration;

e.           Ownership of the facilities, including beneficial rights associated with ownership, will vest with the City or the City and the University jointly;

 f.           The Canadian Sports Institute Ontario will be a tenant in the facility and will support the operating cost of the facility through rental payments that reflect its proportionate share of facility activities;

            g.         General use agreements will be developed as required to provide access to the general community and to the student community;

            h.         Sufficient funding will be provided from the legacy endowment included in the 2015 Pan Am Games operating budget to offset potential operating deficits during post-Games use of the facilities.

3.         Request the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer to report on the details of the 49.5 million ($2008) in expenditures, including timing and funding source, as part of the 2010 Capital Budget process.

4.         Authorize the City Manager to negotiate, approve and execute, on behalf of the City of Toronto, to the satisfaction of the City Manager and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor:

            a.         A Multi-Party Agreement with the Federal Government, Provincial Government, Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Bid Corporation, other Ontario municipalities, universities and other funding partners, that  describes how the parties intend to deliver the Pan American/ParaPan American Games if the Bid is successful, specifies and formalizes the distribution of venues and associated capital works, and sets out and legally binds all of the financial contributors and partners in regard to their capital contributions and benefits; and that such agreement allow for adjustments to the contribution amounts to recognize capital cost inflation; and

b.         A Host City Agreement with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and the Pan American Sports Association (PASO) that  provides the formal commitment to accept the award of the Games, and to host and deliver them in line with PASO statutes and regulations.

            c.         Such supplementary agreements consistent with the obligations of the parties under the Multi-party Agreement and Host City Agreement and with the principles contained in Recommendation 2.

5.         Require that, as a pre-condition to the entering into of the Host City Agreement, the Provincial and federal governments will have entered into legally binding commitments for their respective funding contributions and guarantees and that the City Solicitor be instructed to ensure that those commitments are legally binding on them and enforceable by the City without qualification, including their status as Crown.

In December 2008 Council endorsed Toronto’s participation in the Bid to host the 2015 Pan Am Games in the City and surrounding Greater Golden Horseshoe region and agreed that Toronto would be named as the Bid City.  Since then, the Province’s Pan Am Games Bid Corporation (BIDCO) has been continuing discussions with municipal officials and other public and private sector entities concerning venues for the range of events associated with the Pan Am Games.  This report updates Council on the venues in Toronto that are under consideration.  The report identifies the venues that are owned by the City of Toronto and describes the financial implications for the City of any upgrades to facilities that will be needed to bring them up to standards required for the Pan Am Games.  The report seeks Council’s support for these investments.

The report also recommends Council’s support for the development of a new competitive aquatics centre and sports complex at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus.  This development will provide a post Pan Am Games infrastructure legacy to Torontonians, the University’s students and Ontario’s competitive athletics community; is consistent with the City’s long-term pools strategy and objectives for investments that will benefit youth in priority neighbourhoods; will contribute to city building by helping  to connect the Scarborough campus to the rest of the City; and will reinforce the campus as a destination point for Transit City’s Scarborough Malvern LRT line.  The report proposes a set of principles to frame the City’s contribution to the capital cost of the aquatics and sports complex and the post Games ownership and operation of the facility.

This report seeks authority from Council to enter into a Multi-Party Agreement that identifies the 2015 Pan Am Games venue strategy and all commitments, obligations and benefits for contributors to the Toronto regional Pan Am Games (whether through funding or in-kind support).  It also seeks authority to enter into a Host City Agreement that provides the formal commitment to accept the award of the Games, and host and deliver them in line with PASO statutes and regulations

The Executive Committee:

1.         Received, for information, the report (December 15, 2008) from the City Manager, entitled "2009-2011: Access, Equity and Human Rights Action Plans".

2.         Requested the City Manager to ensure that future reports, as directed by City Council on July 15, 16 and 17, 2008, include:

a.         a strategic direction on specific areas, including but not limited to employment equity and city-wide implementation of the Equity Lens;

b.         performance measurements;

c.         a strategy for community engagement; and

d.         staff integration of the key recommendations in the Auditor General’s 2008 Audit of City Performance in Achieving Access, Equity and Human Rights Goals.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.        City Council receive, for information, the report (January 12, 2009) from the City Manager, entitled "2008-2009 Recipients of City of Toronto Scholarships at the University of Toronto".

This report advises Council of the results of the  application process for City of Toronto scholarships at the University of Toronto. The University of Toronto has advised that the following students have been selected as recipients of City of Toronto’s scholarships:

Lichun Liu: Graduate scholarship in Women’s Studies

Emma McKenna: Undergraduate scholarship in Women’s Studies

Alexandra Smith: Scholarship in Aboriginal Health.

The Executive Committee referred the following motion to the City Manager for report thereon directly to Council for its meeting scheduled to be held on February 23, 2009:

Moved by Councillor Moscoe:

That the Executive Committee recommend that City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the report (January 16, 2009) from the City Manager subject to adding the following new Recommendation 4.:

"4.         Any discretion exercised in the coverage of any member of staff, Council and Directors of City Boards be at the direction of Council, on the advice of the City Solicitor, and not at the behest of the City Solicitor alone, where the Member of Council, staff or Director of a City Board is in disagreement with the decision of the City Solicitor to withhold coverage."

A Code of Conduct exists for City Council Members, staff and City board members. The City’s Errors and Omissions insurance covers all three groups. Additional indemnification provided by the City currently only applies to City Councillors and staff and directors of City boards have not yet been included. This report recommends that directors of City boards already having Errors and Omissions coverage provided by the City be extended this additional coverage as well.     

This report seeks Council approval to implement a grant program to provide one-time property tax relief for non-profit charitable organizations that have missed the statutory deadline for applications under the City’s Property Tax Rebate Program for Registered Charities. 

The Executive Committee received, for information, the report (January 19, 2009) from Professor Lorne Sossin, Interim Integrity Commissioner and Linda L. Gehrke, Lobbyist Registrar, entitled "Changes to Lobbyist Registry".

On January 5, 2009, Executive Committee decision referred Councillor Suzan Hall’s letter of November 6, 2008 entitled “Changes to the Lobbyist Registry” to the Lobbyist Registrar and the Integrity Commissioner with a request that they submit a report to the February 2, 2009, meeting of the Executive Committee with any recommendations for changes to the Lobbyist Registry and Code of Conduct by-laws to differentiate between correspondence and personal lobbying, and requisite councillor code of conduct obligations; and requested the Lobbyist Registrar and the Integrity Commissioner to hold a meeting for interested councillors to provide input into the development of the report.

The Lobbyist Registrar and Integrity Commissioner are in the process of arranging a meeting with councillors in order to consult with them as requested by Executive Committee.  After they have met with the councillors, the Integrity Commissioner and Lobbyist Registrar will report with their recommendations to Executive Committee.  If at all possible, this will be done by February 2, 2009.  If it is not possible to meet with councillors and prepare a report before February 2, 2009, the Integrity Commissioner and Lobbyist Registrar will report to Executive Committee at its next meeting thereafter.

Mr. Sean Gadon, Director, Affordable Housing Office, gave a presentation to the Executive Committee on Completing Affordable Homes with Investments from the Canada-Ontario-Toronto Affordable Housing Program and filed a copy of his presentation material.

This report provides a plan to ensure that all federal and provincial funding from the Canada-Ontario-Toronto Affordable Housing Program (AHP) is invested in Council- approved affordable housing initiatives prior to the expiry of the program on March 31, 2010.

City officials are working with Council-approved housing proponents, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to complete the investments in the rental and supportive, home ownership and housing allowance components of the AHP.

The completion of new rental and supportive developments by Toronto Community Housing Corporation, and other non-profit and private sector proponents will result in the construction of more than 2,000 rental homes and generate some 5,000 person years of employment.   These investments contribute to the prosperity of Toronto and Council’s goal of creating 1,000 new affordable homes annually.

The report notes that, given current economic uncertainties, some non-profit proponents may have difficulty obtaining mortgage financing and/or completing their development within currently approved budgets.  In the event any further assistance is required, such requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and reported to Council for consideration for any additional contingency funding from within existing capital funding sources.

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The report also recommends that, in the event a proponent is not able to proceed with a development, their AHP funding be re-deployed to other Council-approved Toronto Community Housing AHP initiatives, including the revitalization of Regent Park.  This strategy will help ensure that federal/provincial AHP funding allocated to the City will be fully invested in Toronto to the benefit of Torontonians.

Consistent with Council policy, the report recommends municipal and school property tax exemptions for all affordable units in six previously approved TCHC developments for twenty five years. This results in an increase of property tax exemption from $5,894,355 to $9,085,473 as per Appendix B given adjustments for changes in the number of units in projects and extending exemption for some projects from 15 to 25 years.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         In recognition of the development of 20 units of affordable ownership family housing at 1500 Weston Road by Habitat for Humanity Toronto, authority be granted to the Director of the Affordable Housing Office to provide a grant from the Capital Revolving Fund for Affordable Housing (CRF) to Habitat for Humanity Toronto, in the amount of $338,266.00, to assist in the payment of the City’s Development Charges and Planning and Building Permit Fees and the Parkland Dedication Requirements.

2.         Authority be granted to the Director, Affordable Housing Office, to enter into and execute any agreements deemed necessary, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Director, Affordable Housing Office and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

This report seeks approval to provide a $258,266 grant from the Capital Revolving Fund for Affordable Housing to Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. (Habitat) to off-set the City’s development related fees and charges for the construction of 20 new affordable townhomes for lower-income families at 1500 Weston Road. This grant will reduce the purchase price of each home by an average of $12,913.

Habitat is an international non-profit, non-denominational Christian organization dedicated to helping lower-income families currently living in substandard housing benefit from affordable home ownership. Habitat Toronto has just celebrated 20^th anniversary and has built over 90 homes in the City, with many more planned and under construction.

The City has a history of supporting Habitat’s affordable housing building program in Toronto by waiving or reimbursing Development Charges and Planning and Building Permit Fees, and also providing surplus parcels of City lands for Habitat developments. This initiative demonstrates the City of Toronto’s continued commitment to work with community based organizations to facilitate the construction of affordable housing and contributes to Council’s goal of supporting the creation of 1,000 new affordable homes annually.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         The Offer to Purchase from Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. (“Habitat”) to purchase a portion of closed Magellan Drive shown on Plan 3621, also designated as Parts 1 and 4 on Plan 64R-10559, and shown as Parts 1 - 4 on Sketch No. PS-2007-283 (the “Sketch”), subject to an existing easement over Parts 2 and 4 on the Sketch in favour of Bell Canada (the “Property”), in the amount of $380,000.00 less a forgivable Vendor Take Back Mortgage in the amount of $360,000.00, be accepted substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix “A” to this report.

2.         Each of the Chief Corporate Officer and the Director of Real Estate Services be authorized severally to accept the Offer to Purchase on behalf of the City.

3.         The City Solicitor be authorized to complete the transaction on behalf of the City, including paying any necessary expenses, amending the closing, due diligence and other dates, and amending and waiving terms and conditions, on such terms as she considers reasonable.

4.         Authority be granted for the City to make or provide its consent as owner to any regulatory applications by Habitat and to grant licences for a term of up to six months, renewable for up to three months, for the purposes of entering onto the Property to carry out pre-development activities and that the Director of Real Estate Services, or his designate be authorized to execute the applications, consents and licences; and

5.         Appendix “A” of this report be amended by replacing (10) affordable housing units to 2 affordable housing units.

This report seeks approval for the sale of City-owned land adjoining 57 Giltspur Drive, being a portion of closed Magellan Drive, to Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. for its affordable housing building program in Toronto.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         The Offer to Purchase from Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. (“Habitat”) to purchase a parcel of land adjoining 47 Touchstone Drive being part of Block 268 on
Plan 66M-2340 and shown as Part 1 on Sketch No. PS-2008-161 (the “Sketch”), subject to existing easements over a portion of Part 1 on the Sketch in favour of Toronto Hydro and Enbridge Consumers Gas (the “Property”), in the amount of $230,000.00 less a forgivable Vendor Take Back Mortgage in the amount of $210,000.00, be accepted substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix “A” to this report.

2.         Authority be granted to rescind the surplus land declaration of a strip of land shown as Part 2 on the Sketch (“Part 2”) as it is required for municipal purposes.

3.         Authority be granted to jurisdictionally transfer Part 2 to the Toronto Transit Commission for inclusion as part of the walkway, shown as Part 3 on the Sketch.

4.         Each of the Chief Corporate Officer and the Director of Real Estate Services be authorized severally to accept the Offer to Purchase on behalf of the City.

5.         The City Solicitor be authorized to complete the transaction on behalf of the City, including paying any necessary expenses, amending the closing, due diligence and other dates, and amending and waiving terms and conditions, on such terms as she considers reasonable; and

6.         Authority be granted for the City to make or provide its consent as owner to any regulatory applications by Habitat and to grant licences for a term of up to six months, renewable for up to three months, for the purposes of entering onto the Property to carry out pre-development activities and that the Director of Real Estate Services, or his designate be authorized to execute the applications, consents and licences.

This report seeks approval for the sale of City-owned land adjoining 47 Touchstone Drive to Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. for its affordable housing building program in Toronto.

The Executive Committee recommends that:

1.         The Offer to Purchase from Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. (“Habitat”) to purchase the City-owned land located at the northeast corner of Birchmount Road and Highview Avenue, being Lots 451 to 454 inclusive on Plan 1964, Part Block A on Plan 2194 and Part Lot 30 on Concession B, also shown as Parts 1, 2, 5 and 6 on Sketch No. PS-2008-052, subject to the retention of an easement over Parts 2 and 6 on the sketch for watermain purposes (the “Property”), in the amount of $1,073,000.00 less a forgivable Vendor Take Back Mortgage in the amount of $973,000.00, be accepted substantially on the terms and conditions outlined in Appendix “A” to this report.

2.         Each of the Chief Corporate Officer and the Director of Real Estate Services be authorized severally to accept the Offer to Purchase on behalf of the City.

3.         The City Solicitor be authorized to complete the transaction on behalf of the City, including paying any necessary expenses, amending the closing, due diligence and other dates, and amending and waiving terms and conditions, on such terms as she considers reasonable; and

4.         Authority be granted for the City to make or provide its consent as owner to any regulatory applications by Habitat and to grant licences for a term of up to six months, renewable for up to three months, for the purposes of entering onto the Property to carry out pre-development activities and that the Director of Real Estate Services, or his designate be authorized to execute the applications, consents and licences.

This report seeks approval for the sale of City owned land at the northeast corner of Birchmount Road and Highview Avenue, to Habitat for Humanity Toronto Inc. for its affordable housing building program in Toronto.

The Executive Committee received, for information, the report (January 15, 2009) from the Chair, Toronto Police Services Board, entitled " Toronto Police Service: 2009 – 2011 Business Plan".

The purpose of this report is to provide Toronto City Council, via the Executive Committee, with the Toronto Police Service’s 2009 – 2011 Business Plan.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Executive Committee with the Toronto Police Service’s 2008 operating budget variance report for the period ending September 30, 2008.

The Executive Committee recommends that City Council:

1.         approve a technical adjustment of $23,300 from the City’s non-program expenditure budget to the Toronto Police Services Board’s 2008 net operating budget, to fund the cost of a 3% interim salary award; which results in a revised 2008 net operating budget of $2,257,200.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Executive Committee with the Toronto Police Services Board’s 2008 operating budget variance report for the period ending September 30, 2008.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Executive Committee with the Toronto Police Service – Parking Enforcement Unit’s 2008 operating budget variance report for the period ending September 30, 2008.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Executive Committee with the Toronto Police Service’s response to recommendation number 14 from City Council decision EX21.2 – City Based Measures to Address Gun Violence.