1306-1310 The Queensway - Zoning By-law Amendment - Request for Updated Instructions

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2022-02-02 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on February 2 and 3, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council amend its decision dated June 8 and 9, 2021 with respect to Item 2021.EY24.2 regarding the Zoning By-law Amendment application at 1306-1310 The Queensway by substituting Parts 6.a.v.g and 6.a.v.i with the following: "g. after the first year of occupancy of a new affordable rental dwelling unit, the rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to tenants occupying the new affordable rental dwelling unit may be escalated annually by not more than the annual provincial rent guideline;" "i. if an affordable rental dwelling unit becomes vacant and is re-rented during the 15-year affordability period, the initial rent (inclusive of utilities) charged to new tenants shall be no higher than the average rent for the same bedroom type in the City of Toronto, as reported by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in its most recent annual Rental Market Report; and" The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 25, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.

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KS 1306-1310 The Queensway Inc. (the "Applicant") is the owner of the lands municipally known as 1306-1310 The Queensway (the "Site"). The Site is comprised of two lots, located at the northwest corner of Kipling Avenue and The Queensway within The Queensway corridor. It has frontages along The Queensway and Kipling Avenue, and each of the two lots comprising the Site are currently occupied by 1-storey commercial buildings used for temporary car dealerships.

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The Applicant submitted applications to amend both the former City of Etobicoke Zoning Code and City-wide By-law No. 569-2013 to permit the redevelopment of the Site. The Applicant has proposed a redevelopment that consists of a 10-storey mid-rise building, with a height of 38.5 metres, and two towers of 24 and 35-storeys connected via an 8-storey podium, with heights of 81.7, 113.3, and 26.4 metres respectively (the "Development"). There are a total of 840 new dwelling units in the Development. The Development features a total gross floor area ("GFA") of 67,458 square metres (including 1,018 square metres of retail space), resulting in an FSI of 5.72 times the area of Site. Moreover, the Development provides a new 1,575 square metre public park on the south-east corner of the Site, as well as an additional 759 square metres of Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Space ("POPS") in between the buildings. The Development is also proposed to contain 12 new affordable rental units. At its meeting of June 8 and 9, 2021, City Council approved the Applicant's Zoning By-law Amendment application in respect of the Development in principle, and adopted recommendations from City Planning contained in a Final Report dated March 30, 2021 (the "Decision). Through the Decision, City Council instructed the City Solicitor to enter into, and register on title to the Site, a Section 37 Agreement with the Applicant securing the provision of: (1) an indexed cash contribution of $4,000,000 to be allocated towards capital improvements in Ward 3; (2) 12 rental dwelling units as affordable rental housing for a period of 15 years; (3) the proposed 759 square metre POPS; and (4) the proposed 1,575 square metre public park on the south-east corner of the Site (the "Section 37 Agreement"). The purpose of this report is to request updated direction with respect to implementing the Decision in order to enable the City Solicitor to finalize, execute, and register the Section 37 Agreement. City Planning has been involved in the preparation of this report.

Staff recommended

The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice subject to solicitor-client privilege.

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