Public Consultation Meeting Quayside Evaluation February 29, 2020
“Small, efficient, and action - oriented corporation” Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Task Force 6
5 things to know about Waterfront Toronto 2 3 4 1 5 Sell lands on Put conditions Master planner Land is Received $1.5 B behalf of on developers with a mandate tendered in seed capital governments so they deliver from all 3 levels competitively; from 3 levels of and retains public benefits of government partners must government, proceeds to like LEED to deliver public meet high returned $7.5 B reinvest in our efficiency benefits standards in tax revenue communities
Sherbourne Common UV storm water filtration disguised as a park 8
Canada’s Sugar Beach Award- winning urban beach using “Silva Cells” to support healthy trees
West Don Lands - before 10
West Don Lands - after
Pic of Queens Quay – before and after Queens Quay- before 12
Queens Quay- after 13
Underpass Park- before 14
Underpass Park - after 15
Port Lands Flood Protection
River City – LEED Gold
Aqualina – LEED Platinum
Challenges Facing Growing Cities like Toronto Climate Change Affordability Jobs Congestion • Extreme weather • Singles and • New economy • Traffic events families congestion • Future proofed • Greenhouse Gas • All stages of life • Resilient • Emissions Emissions • Build human • Road trauma • Household capital waste
Can we find an Innovation and Funding Partner to help us find these solutions and pilot them at Quayside? One with: • Expertise in the integration of real estate, city-building, and technology Ambition to create a new kind of place • with global impact • Willingness to invest in the idea 20
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Multiple Voices with a Range of Views • Not-for profit Multiple • Trade associations • Labour public Business • voices Stakeholder Advisory • WT Committee • Federal Gov’t • Evaluation Committee Advisory • Provincial Partners • Digital Strategy Advisory Bodies • City of Toronto Panel (DSAP) Design Review Panel • Sidewalk Labs & Alphabet 22
Where are we Today We are here Jul 2019 Oct 2019 Today Oct 2017 Jan 2020 2020 SWL Online MIDP Technical Threshold Public Meetings Selected Published Evaluation Consultation Issues following Round 1 open until Complete Resolved RFP March 31 Consultations 23
Oct 31 st Resolution What we heard in July Confined to 12 acres at Quayside Focus on 12 acres Demonstrate if/how Waterfront Toronto Evaluation of solutions indicates yes objectives can be met at Quayside Roles clarified Have strong public control and oversight Democratically accountable administration Adherence to current and future laws and regulations Have strong regulatory framework for all things digital and to WT Digital Principles and Guidelines Risks identified including technical, approval, inclusivity, Complete rigorous risk assessment project completion, eco-system risks Fair market value for land ($590 M) Make it financially fair for Toronto and supportive of Canadian business sector Global patent pledge
What Happens Next Address key questions and listen to additional Yes: June - Dec June - Dec voices and report to Board 7 months due diligence to firm up the agreement City of Toronto Prepare Public Implementation Consultations Agreements May 20 March – May and Council Vote (Date TBD) Clarify & Board Vote on No: Negotiate Innovation No further work with Plan SWL New RFP to implement some ideas from explorations to date 25 25
Key Questions to Answer to Inform a Yes/No Do the solutions raise the bar Are there sufficient controls to 1. 4. on meeting urban challenges? address implementation and partner risks? Does the development plan 2. Is Sidewalk Labs contributing 5. align with the East Bayfront and enough to make the project Keating Channel Precinct work? Plans? Is the proposed public 6. Are we taking a comprehensive 3. investment in the solutions approach to managing data appropriate? collection and use?
Q1: Do the Solutions Raise the Bar on Meeting Urban Challenges? Yes The solutions were categorized as follows: Support, Private funding/delivery 92 Support, Advocate for Policy/Regulatory Reform 17 Support, Advocate for Government Funding 24 Support, Waterfront Toronto Investment 11 Non-support 16 59 are digitally enabled
Sustainability Complete Communities • Decouple population growth from greenhouse • Increase affordable housing gas emissions • Improve access to waterfront in all • More environmentally-friendly & seasons affordable energy solutions for • Safer streets for people (City of residents Toronto’s Zero Vision Plan) Supported solutions: Supported solutions: • Passive House-inspired construction • Minimum of 24% affordable housing • Ambient thermal grid • Modular heated pavers • Pneumatic waste • Digital mapping of utilities • Automated schedulers • Care collective 28
Economic New Mobility Development • Reduce traffic congestion • Catalyze Urban Innovation • Reduce vehicular emissions Cluster • Vision Zero • Attract knowledge-based companies and employees Supported solutions: Supported solutions: • Wayfinding beacons • Urban Innovation Institute • Discounted mobility package • Venture Fund • EV charging stations • Sidewalk Works 29
Support for these solutions does not mean Waterfront Toronto has approved moving ahead with the project or a partnership with Sidewalk Labs. Support for certain solutions may change based on feedback from the public, support from Sidewalk, public policy priorities, and support from governments. 30
Q2: Does the Development Plan Align with the East Bayfront and Keating Channel Precinct Plans? Yes • Information, communications, technology employers & jobs • Over 20% affordable housing • Subject to statutory development application processes and City of Toronto consultation 31
Q:3 Are We Taking a Comprehensive Approach to Managing Data Collection and Use? Yes If the project moves forward, all solutions will: 1. Comply with existing and 4. Be subject to Privacy Impact future legislative and Assessments regulatory requirements 5. Be subject to Threat Risk 2. Comply with Waterfront Assessments Toronto Digital Principles & 6. Be subject to Algorithmic emerging Intelligent Impact Assessments Community Guidelines 7. Requirements will be enforced 3. Incorporate Privacy by Design by contract 32
Q:4 Are there sufficient controls in place to address the risks associated with the implementation of this project? Possible Controls Answer is a work in progress and is subject to • Annual compliance commercial negotiations with Sidewalk Labs. Project will certification only go forward if adequate controls are in place, including (but not limited to): • Audit rights • IP infringement remedies • Costs and liabilities covered should solutions fail • Reserve fund for • Project delays due to regulatory barriers critical • Controls that manage risk to Waterfront Toronto and infrastructure the public should there be a change in the relationship • Step in rights between Sidewalk Labs and Alphabet • Transfer of IP rights to WT Will also be informed by outcomes of preliminary Human Rights Impact Assessment 33
Q:5 Is Sidewalk Labs contributing enough to make the project work? Work in progress though private investment at Quayside will be significantly more than public investment. Sidewalk Labs has committed to: Sidewalk Labs Design, funding & delivery of advanced & • 144 solutions infrastructure private $10 M for applied research for urban • investment innovation $10 M to support early-stage • enterprises Hire 10% of construction hours from • Public equity seeking groups up to 35 solutions investment Partnership with Ontario Teachers’ • Pension Plan
Q6: Is the proposed public investment in the solutions appropriate? Land valued at approximately $590 million , proceeds from the sale could go to: Land servicing (e.g. providing water, sewer, some streets, other infrastructure to Quayside) Affordable housing Environmentally-friendly solutions such as pneumatic waste and permeable pavement Solutions improving accessibility and reliability : • Wayfinding beacons to enhance • Real-time digital 3-dimensional accessibility map of open space assets • Real-time digital map of the • Environmental sensing technology utility network
Our Purpose & Goal Today: • To get your feedback on our technical • What do you think about the ideas we evaluation and recommendations on are recommending for Quayside? what ideas to move forward with on • We want to know so we can revise, Quayside. update and fine-tune these ideas into a • Staff has engaged with experts for Final Innovation Plan to present to the several months to evaluate and assess Board for a decision. the ideas put forward by Sidewalk Labs in their MIDP. • We've arrived at a set of ideas that we feel are worth pursuing, but we now want to know what you think. 36
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