Overview on Employment Lands in the Area South of Eastern Avenue

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2021-12-01 · Economic and Community Development Committee · amended

As filed

The Economic and Community Development Committee: 1. Acknowledged the importance of lands designated as Core Employment Areas and General Employment Areas in the Official Plan to the protection of existing and development of new studio and production space across the City of Toronto. 2. Requested the Manager, Official Plan, City Planning to provide a presentation at the January 21, 2022 meeting of the Economic and Community Development Committee on the Overview of Employment Lands in the Area South of Eastern Avenue.

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3. Requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to consider as part of the report to the Planning and Housing Committee on the Municipal Comprehensive Review: a. the importance of protecting and expanding studio and production space in the City of Toronto in an effort to increase Toronto's global market share in film production; and b. the potential impacts that proposed Employment Area conversions may have on current and future operations of nearby film and production studios.

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At its meeting on November 17, 2021, the Film, Television and Digital Media Advisory Board considered Item FB10.2 and made recommendations to the Economic and Community Development Committee.

Staff recommended

The Film, Television and Digital Media Advisory Board recommends that: 1. The Economic and Community Development Committee hear a presentation at its December 1, 2021 meeting from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, on the Overview of Employment Lands in the Area South of Eastern Avenue. 2. The Economic and Community Development Committee acknowledge the importance of lands designated Core Employment Areas and General Employment Areas in the Official Plan to the protection of existing and development of new studio and production space across the City.

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3. The Economic and Community Development Committee request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, consider as part of the report to the Planning and Housing Committee, on the Municipal Comprehensive Review: a. the importance of protecting and expanding studio and production space in the City in an effort to increase Toronto's global market share in film production; and b. the potential impacts that proposed Employment Area conversions may have on current and future operations of nearby film and production studios.

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