Toronto City Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 56 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
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MM30.22adopted
Applications for cannabis retail store locations to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario have proliferated across the City. In Ward 23, Scarborough North, there have been nine such applications in recent months. Many of these applications are in close proximity to places of worship, schools and recreational facilities where younger people, including children, congregate regularly to socialize. Further, recent cannabis retail store applications have included sites inside shopping centres and malls including Splendid China Mall on Steeles Avenue East. Shopping centres and malls are where many youth congregate. Families also visit with children. One proposed cannabis retail location was near a food court where students meet after school. Allowing cannabis retail store locations inside shopping centres exposes larger groups of the population, including youth, to cannabis products, potentially affecting their health and safety. Access to cannabis for youth, including students, should be discouraged.
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario not to consider or approve the locations of cannabis retail store locations inside shopping centres or malls. 2. City Council request the City Clerk to forward this Motion to the Government of Ontario, the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and all Toronto Members of Provincial Parliament.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Cynthia Lai, seconded by Councillor Nick Mantas, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario not to consider or approve the locations of cannabis retail store locations inside shopping centres or malls. 2. City Council request the City Clerk to forward this Motion to the Government of Ontario, the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and all Toronto Members of Provincial Parliament.
MM30.23adopted
The Applicant has applied to the Committee of Adjustment (Application A0252/20EYK) (the "Application") for a variance to the applicable Zoning By-law to permit the addition of nine (9) supplementary visitor parking spaces for the adjacent 5-storey mixed-use condominium development at 3418 Lake Shore Boulevard West on a different lot at 0 Skeens Lane (the "Subject Property"). The Subject Property is designated Neighbourhoods in the Toronto Official Plan on Map 15, whereas 3418 Lake Shore Boulevard West and the 5-storey condominium building is designated Mixed-Use Areas on Map 15. The Subject Property was included as part of a previous minor variance application and related site plan application for the 5-storey mixed use condominium building at 3418 Lake Shore Boulevard West (together the "Original Application"). The minor variance component of the Original Application was refused by the Committee of Adjustment on April 12, 2018, and both the minor variance and site plan applications were subsequently appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The Original Application initially proposed parking spaces in Skeens Lane on the same Subject Property. City Planning staff opposed the inclusion of parking spaces on the Subject Property because the Neighbourhoods policies in the Official Plan do not provide for uses accessory to the Mixed Use Areas, such as parking spaces, to be accommodated on abutting Neighbourhoods designated lands. As a result, the parking spaces as proposed were not supportable in the absence of a related Official Plan Amendment application, which had not been submitted. A settlement of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal appeal of the Original Application was reached between the Applicant and the City. As part of that settlement, the Original Application was revised to remove the proposed parking spaces on the Subject Property in Skeens Lane, and a related variance permitting a reduction of the residential and commercial parking spaces required for the development was supported by both the Applicant and the City (the "2019 Settlement"). The 2019 Settlement of the variance appeal was approved by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in its written decision and order dated January 8, 2019 (the "2019 Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Decision"). As part of that settlement, the site plan application was adjourned sine die to allow the Applicant to continue working with the City to provide revised site plan drawings and appropriate conditions of approval reflecting the revised proposal. Despite the 2019 Settlement reached between the City and the Applicant regarding the appeal of the Original Application, which specifically removed parking spaces in Skeens Lane as a term of the settlement, the Applicant has now brought forward a new Minor Variance Application to again allow parking spaces related to the condominium building at 3418 Lake Shore Boulevard on the Subject Property. City Planning staff remain opposed to the new Minor Variance Application. City Planning submitted a report to the Committee of Adjustment dated September 29, 2020 recommending that the Application be deferred until such time as a related Official Plan Amendment application is submitted by the Applicant. In the absence of such an Official Plan Amendment application, staff recommended the minor variance be refused. At its hearing on November 24, 2020, the Committee of Adjustment refused the Application. A copy of the Notice of Decision of the Committee of Adjustment is attached. The Applicant has now appealed the Committee of Adjustment Decision to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (File PL210019). This Motion will give the City Solicitor, along with other appropriate City Staff, authority to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal in order to oppose the variance requested in the Application.
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, along with appropriate City staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing in order to oppose the variance requested in Application A0252/20EYK respecting 0 Skeens Lane, in particular as the variance is premature in the absence of a related Official Plan Amendment application.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mark Grimes, seconded by Councillor Michael Ford recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the City Solicitor, along with appropriate City staff, to attend the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal hearing in order to oppose the variance requested in Application Number A0252/20EYK respecting 0 Skeens Lane, in particular as the variance is premature in the absence of a related Official Plan Amendment application.
MM30.24adopted
Eglinton Avenue West is continuing to see an unprecedented number of development applications which is creating more density in an area that is severely lacking the social and recreational infrastructure needed to accommodate an influx of new residents. A high concentration of this development is occurring along Eglinton Avenue West, from Marlee Avenue to Dufferin Street, and north along Dufferin Street. This development is largely predicated on the completion of the construction of the future Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Trail. There is an imminent need for more social community infrastructure to support the future growth of this area and a community service hub can achieve this goal. Moreover, integrating affordable housing above the community service hub will fill the need to provide housing to a wide range of demographics and income levels. The addition of a combined community service hub and affordable housing, while providing adequate parking at this site is an important component of developing a complete neighbourhood. It is requested that the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the appropriate officials of the Toronto Parking Authority, the Social Development Finance and Administration, and CreateTO, prepare a feasibility study on repurposing the Green P parking lot at 20 Shortt Street to a community service hub and an affordable housing development, while maintaining current parking levels. This analysis can be coordinated with the recently initiated Little Jamaica and the Eglinton West Neighbourhoods Study.
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the appropriate officials of the Toronto Parking Authority, the Social Development Finance and Administration, and CreateTO, to prepare a feasibility study: a. on repurposing the Green P parking lot at 20 Shortt Street to a community service hub and an affordable housing development, while maintaining current parking levels; and b. to include an inventory of the existing social community infrastructure within a 500 metre radius of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West, and compare this list to the future level of expected density arising from the completion of new developments and the Eglinton Light Rail Transit.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the appropriate officials of the Toronto Parking Authority, the Social Development Finance and Administration, and CreateTO, to prepare a feasibility study: a. on repurposing the Green P parking lot at 20 Shortt Street to a community service hub and an affordable housing development, while maintaining current parking levels; and b. to include an inventory of the existing social community infrastructure within a 500 metre radius of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West, and compare this list to the future level of expected density arising from the completion of new developments and the Eglinton Light Rail Transit.
MM30.25adopted
Anishnawbe Health Toronto is a health centre promoting traditional Indigenous practices recognizing that there is a need for a comprehensive approach to health care for the Indigenous community. Since 1989, Anishnawbe Health Toronto has been recognized and funded by the Ministry of Health as a community health centre. Anishnawbe Health Toronto has secured a brand new site in the West Don Lands at 425 Cherry Street as part of Block 10 in the West Don Lands precinct plan. While Anishnawbe Health Toronto is not a public hospital under the Public Hospitals Act, it does provide similar primary care to a public hospital and receives annual funding from the same source, the Ministry of Health. Anishnawbe Health Toronto has benefitted from significant support from both the City's Planning Division and the Ministry of Health. The Corktown and West Don Lands communities have additionally shown support for this new development. Due to this support and approvals in-hand, Anishnawbe Health Toronto will finally achieve a long-awaited milestone date; construction of the ICHC commencing late March, 2021. The health centre has been required to pay $624,243.36 in development charges. Given their financing, it will be impossible for Anishnawbe Health Toronto to absorb this unexpected cost without a redesign and compromise to patient care space. This essential service is an asset not only to the neighbourhood, but to the Aboriginal community in the City.
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to report to the April 7 and 8, 2021 meeting of City Council on the feasibility of deferring the payment of development charges in the amount of $624,243.36 for Anishnawbe Health Toronto Health Centre, Indigenous Hub, a proposal to construct a new 4 storey medical office building at 425 Cherry Street, as long as it is maintained and operated as a non-profit Indigenous health care centre.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in consultation with the City Solicitor and the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to report to the April 7 and 8, 2021 meeting of City Council on the feasibility of deferring the payment of development charges in the amount of $624,243.36 for Anishnawbe Health Toronto Health Centre, Indigenous Hub, a proposal to construct a new 4 storey medical office building at 425 Cherry Street, as long as it is maintained and operated as a non-profit Indigenous health care centre.
MM30.26amended
Engineering and Construction will be managing two major projects on behalf of Toronto Water and the Toronto Transit Commission on Broadview Avenue between Gerrard Street East and Danforth Avenue. One is scheduled for 2021 and one for 2022. Each of these projects will create disruption for residents and local businesses. These local residents and businesses have already been under pressure due to the ongoing Don Valley and Central Waterfront project in Riverdale Park and of course the pressures that all businesses are facing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Incorporating these requirements into the initial contract will give the businesses and residents the security of knowing that the contractor is incorporating their concerns into their planning from the earliest stage. Leaving these considerations to a later stage would negatively impact businesses, as has happened, unfortunately, on other projects.
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to include an addendum to the Request for Quotation for the Broadview Watermain Construction and the Toronto Transit Commission Track Replacement with requirements for the contractor to ensure that businesses, including the Broadview/Danforth Business Improvement Area, are supported during both phases of work, with the hiring of a dedicated staff and that the hiring be done in consultation with the City's Business Improvement Office and the Broadview Danforth Business Improvement Area. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report to the April 28, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on options for long awaited improvement to top of the bank in Riverdale Park East that could be considered with the reconstruction of Broadview Avenue. 3. City Council direct that the tender documents clearly outline contractor requirements to keep the streets neat and tidy, and ensure safe pedestrian and cyclist access to Riverdale Park East at all times. 4. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to avoid a two year street closure by either collapsing the Broadview Watermain Construction and Toronto Transit Commission Track Replacement by either collapsing the two contracts into one year construction or to hold off the Toronto Transit Commission track work for a minimum of one year after the completion of the Watermain Construction.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to include an addendum to the Request for Quotation for the Broadview Watermain Construction and the Toronto Transit Commission Track Replacement with requirements for the contractor to ensure that businesses, including the Broadview/Danforth Business Improvement Area, are supported during both phases of work, with the hiring of a dedicated staff. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report on options for long awaited improvement to top of the bank in Riverdale Park East that could be considered with the reconstruction of the sidewalk on the east side of Broadview Avenue. 3. City Council direct that the tender documents clearly outline contractor requirements to ensure safe pedestrian and cyclist access to Riverdale Park East at all times.
MM30.27adopted
Toronto is home to a large and vibrant Bangladeshi community. Bangladeshi Canadians have made significant contributions to Toronto's scientific, athletic, cultural and political development, and they continue to help foster growth, prosperity and innovation throughout this great City. The month of March is an important one for the Bangladeshi community. Every year on March 26, Bangladeshis around the world celebrate Independence Day in commemoration of their nation gaining independence from Pakistan in 1971. This day is also marked with music, parades, fairs, and various other public and private gatherings held to celebrate the history and traditions of Bangladesh. March 26, 2021 marks the 50th Anniversary of Bangladesh's declaration of independence from Pakistan. By proclaiming the month of March as Bangladeshi Heritage Month and March 26 as Bangladeshi Independence Day, the City of Toronto honours the many significant contributions Bangladeshi Canadians have made and this landmark anniversary. Toronto stands with the thousands of newcomers who have made Toronto their home, and the generations of Bangladeshi-Canadian citizens who contribute so much to the cultural richness and diversity of our City, and who strengthen us socially, politically, culturally and economically. And as one of the world's most diverse cities, Toronto has become a model city where we respect and protect all religions, faiths and beliefs.
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council annually proclaim March as Bangladeshi Heritage Month and every March 26 as Independence Day of Bangladesh.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council annually proclaim March as Bangladeshi Heritage Month and every March 26 as Independence Day of Bangladesh.