Toronto City Council
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MM12.34adopted
On October 24, 2019, the Committee of Adjustment, Etobicoke-York Panel approved an application for minor variances respecting the site at 30 Rosemount Avenue. The Application (A0447/19EYK) sought permission to permit an institutional use for senior support and respite services to allow for Etobicoke Services for Seniors to relocate to the site. On October 22, 2019, I held a community meeting to discuss the Application with the community with the overwhelming majority voicing support for the Application. The Weston Village Residents Association, in their submission to the Committee of Adjustment, expressed their support for the Application, rightfully noting that the site is located "on an inside street within [their] quiet village." With the growing need for senior services and respite care in Toronto, the community of Weston was in disbelief upon learning that the City has appealed the Committee of Adjustment's approval of the Application to the Toronto Local Appeal Body as a result of a standing direction of Council, adopted in 2014, to appeal Committee of Adjustment decisions that do not conform with the Official Plan's Employment Areas policies. 30 Rosemount Avenue is located on a quiet road across the street from residential homes and an elementary school - an environment well-suited for senior services and respite care. Further, with the relocation of Etobicoke Services for Seniors to 30 Rosemount Avenue, new jobs will be introduced to the site. This Motion is urgent as Etobicoke Services for Seniors' lease ended on October 31, 2019 and they must vacate their temporary premises by December 31, 2019. Arrangements need to be made for their relocation to a permanent facility to ensure that the much-needed services they provide to their growing waiting list of clients can continue.
City Council on November 26 and 27, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct that, despite Council's standing direction to appeal Committee of Adjustment decisions that do not conform with the Official Plan's Employment Areas policies, the City Solicitor withdraw the appeal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body on Application A0447/19EYK respecting 30 Rosemount Avenue.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Frances Nunziata, seconded by Councillor Mark Grimes, recommends that: 1. City Council direct that, despite Council's standing direction to appeal Committee of Adjustment decisions that do not conform with the Official Plan's Employment Areas policies, the City Solicitor withdraw the appeal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body on Application A0447/19EYK respecting 30 Rosemount Avenue.