Housing Now - 150 Queens Wharf Road - Zoning Amendment - Final Report

The site will include a new EarlyON Centre with programmable outdoor space, providing access to programming and activities for children 0-6 years of age and their caregivers, and a pedestrian connection through the site from Queens Wharf Road to the future Lower Garrison Creek Park. The property is the final undeveloped parcel in the Railway Lands and will contribute to the area's evolution as an inclusive, mixed-use community. The site was identified as a location for affordable housing since the initial plan for the Railway Lands was developed in the 1990s. Through the Housing Now Initiative, the site will remain in City ownership and will be leased to a housing provider for a term of 99 years. The housing provider will be responsible for detailed design and submission of a Site Plan Control application based on technical work undertaken by CreateTO and City divisions to support the proposed development concept, in addition to other obligations related to the provision of new affordable housing, the EarlyON Centre and new public realm investments. The recommended Zoning By-law Amendment is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020), conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan (2020), the City's Official Plan including the Downtown Plan and with the Railway Lands West Secondary Plan.

3. Before introducing the necessary Bills contemplated in Recommendations 1 and 2 above to City Council for enactment, City Council require the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, to submit an updated Functional Servicing Report to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services and the General Manager, Toronto Water. 4. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to engage City partners and the housing provider, to advance the detailed design of development requirements identified in Attachment 9 to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and to secure the delivery of the development requirements in terms, including details and timing, in a Lease Agreement with the housing provider. 5. City Council direct that any future planning applications for 150 Queens Wharf Road, including an application for Site Plan Control, be reviewed in the context of the 150 Queens Wharf Design Brief (September 3, 2021), provided as Attachment 10 to this report. 6. City Council direct the General Manager, Children's Services to allocate funds that have been previously secured and collected by the City through Section 37 agreements, to the construction of an EarlyON Centre at 150 Queens Wharf Road, and that it be included in 2022-2031 Capital Plan Submission for Children's Services with the Section 37 community benefits that have been obtained from the following developments: a. 100 Fort York Blvd., Blocks 26E, 26W, 29, secured for a range of benefits include the provision of childcare, in the amount of $1,440,864 (source account number XR3026- 3700184); b. 100 Fort York Blvd., Railway Lands West, Blocks 33 and 37 (511 Bremner Blvd.) secured for a range of benefits, including community facilities, in the amount of $534,819 (source account number XR3026- 3700553); and c. 100 Fort York Blvd., Railway Lands West, Blocks 33 and 37 (511 Bremner Blvd.) secured for a range of benefits, including community facilities, in the amount of $253,810 (source account number XR3026- 3700765).