Toronto City Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 172 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.
Items 76 to 100 of 172Show 2550100all
CC47.34adopted
The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the Ontario Land Tribunal ("Tribunal") proceeding that is currently scheduled for a further case management conference on August 8, 2022 and a ten-day contested hearing beginning May 8, 2023. The applicant has appealed the proposed Official Plan and zoning by-law amendment application for 1304, 1306 and 1308 Wilson Avenue due to Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act. On June 15, 2022 City Council directed the City Solicitor, along with appropriate staff, to oppose the Tribunal appeal but continue discussions with the applicant to resolve issues.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. July 28, 2022 The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to support the settlement, conditional on the matters being addressed as set out in Part 2 below, provided that: a. the Owner will orient all bedroom units to the north, south, and west, with no bedroom windows facing the east lot line, unless it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning this is not achievable and/or desirable, in which case the owner will explore reducing the number of units or bedrooms, increasing building setbacks to meet the Midrise Performance Guidelines and/or lastly, alternative window treatments or configurations (for example clerestory windows) on the east building face and/or landscaping to address overlook/privacy to neighbouring properties to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to be secured through the site plan process. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold issuance of its order with respect to the Official Plan and Rezoning appeal until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments are satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the Owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services as they relate to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application as set out in their memorandum dated June 11, 2021, or as may be updated, in response to further submissions filed by the Owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the Owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report, Groundwater Report, Municipal Servicing Report and Grading Plan, and any other reports necessary in support of the development to the City to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to ensure the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and to identify any required upgrades or improvements to existing municipal infrastructure; d. in the event the updated Functional Servicing Report, Groundwater Report, Stormwater Management Report, or Hydrogeological Report identify any required upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development, the Owner has entered into a financially secured agreement(s) with the City requiring the Owner to design, financially secure, construct and make operational prior to the issuance of any above grade building permit, any upgrades or required improvements, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and e. the site plan applications have been revised to address Part 1 above to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. As a condition of Site Plan Approval to implement the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment, City Council instruct staff to secure the following matters: a. the City will secure landscaping and tree planting generally in accordance with the attached June 15, 2022 landscape plans, with the species planting list and plant densities being to the satisfaction of the City's Ravines and Natural Features department; b. payment of $129,426.00 as cash-in-lieu compensation for trees to be removed from the Subject Lands to allow for the development (based on a rate of $583 per tree), or as may be adjusted following acceptance of the final landscaping plan due to the addition or removal of trees; c. the owner must enter into a mutual access agreement for the shared driveway, including demonstrating reciprocal easements have been granted, to permit access between the subject site and the adjacent property at 1326 Wilson Avenue; and d. if mutual access is not proposed the owner will be required to provide a 6 metre drive aisle on the site or otherwise demonstrate the site access and vehicle manoeuvring is functional, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 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 and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the City Solicitor report dated July 12, 2022. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the Confidential Appendix A and the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 of the report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM47.34amended
The SteelesTech Campus at 3125-3389 Steeles Avenue and 4000 Victoria Park is a 40 acre property that is currently home to a mix of office uses with over 3,000 employees. To further enhance the site, retain existing tenants and attract new ones, the Owner entered into negotiations with a name brand hotel chain in 2019 to establish a hotel on the west side of the campus abutting Highway 404 south of Steeles Avenue. To secure financing, hotels must own the lands on which they are situated. In May 2020, the City and the Owner agreed that the Owner would file a Common Element Condominium application where the existing private roads, water and other shared services were generally contained within the boundaries of the newly created condominium. Since that time, protracted negotiations have demonstrated that both the Owner and the City will incur significant costs and further delays if those roads are to be conveyed to the City as part of these applications to create the hotel parcel on the other side of the campus.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and all other appropriate City staff, to work with the owner to finalize the details and conditions of approval for the owner's application for Draft Plan of Common Element Condominium for the lands municipally known as the Steelestech Campus at 3125-3389 Steeles Avenue East and 4000 Victoria Park Avenue and to report to the next regular meeting of the North York Community Council.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to advance the proposal to convey private roads Sprint Canada Drive and Call Net Drive as an asset to the proposed Common Element Condominium as part of the current applications to facilitate the establishment of a hotel on the SteelesTech Campus at 3125-3389 Steeles Avenue East and 4000 Victoria Park Avenue. 2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to work with the Owner of the SteelesTech Property to finalize the details and conditions associated with the Common Element Condominium Agreement that creates separately conveyable parcels, and to bring forward this agreement for consideration at the next regular business meeting of North York Community Council alongside the Draft Plan of Subdivision and Part Lot Control applications as one comprehensive report for consideration.
CC47.35adopted
The purpose of this report is to request further instructions for the Ontario Land Tribunal ("Tribunal") proceeding that is currently scheduled for a case management conference on August 8, 2022 and a potential ten-day contested hearing beginning May 8, 2023. The applicant has appealed the proposed Official Plan and zoning by-law amendment application for 1326 and 1328 Wilson Avenue due to Council's failure to make a decision on the application within the time prescribed by the Planning Act. On June 15, 2022 City Council directed the City Solicitor, along with appropriate staff, to oppose the Tribunal appeal but continue discussions with the applicant to resolve issues.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor. 3. City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. July 28, 2022 The confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor, were adopted by City Council and are now public as follows: 1. City Council accept the settlement offer attached as Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and City Council direct the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal to support the settlement, conditional on the matters being addressed as set out in Part 2 below, provided that: a. the Owner will orient all bedroom units to the north, south, and east, with no bedroom windows facing the west lot line, unless it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning this is not achievable and/or desirable, in which case the owner will explore reducing the number of units or bedrooms, increasing building setbacks to meet the Midrise Performance Guidelines and/or lastly, alternative window treatments or configurations (for example clerestory windows) on the west building face to address overlook/privacy to neighbouring properties to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to be secured through the site plan process; and b. no windows will be located to the west face of the building up to and including the 4th storey medical floor uses as depicted in the submitted architectural plans; in implementing this change the Owner may redesign the building to present a party wall/0 metre setback condition to the west property line. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Land Tribunal to withhold issuance of its order with respect to the Official Plan and Rezoning appeal until such time as the Ontario Land Tribunal has been advised by the City Solicitor that: a. the final form and content of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments are satisfactory to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor; b. the Owner has addressed all outstanding issues raised by Engineering and Construction Services as they relate to the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application as set out in their memorandum dated June 9, 2020, or as may be updated, in response to further submissions filed by the Owner, to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; c. the Owner has provided a revised Functional Servicing Report, Stormwater Management Report, Hydrogeological Report, Groundwater Report, Municipal Servicing Report and Grading Plan, and any other reports necessary in support of the development to the City to the satisfaction of, the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services to ensure the municipal water, sanitary and storm sewer systems can support the proposed development and to identify any required upgrades or improvements to existing municipal infrastructure; d. in the event the updated Functional Servicing Report, Groundwater Report, Stormwater Management Report, or Hydrogeological Report identify any required upgrades to existing municipal infrastructure to support the development, the Owner has entered into a financially secured agreement(s) with the City requiring the Owner to design, financially secure, construct and make operational prior to the issuance of any above grade building permit, any upgrades or required improvements, all to the satisfaction of the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services; and e. the site plan application has been revised to address Part 1 above to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. As a condition of Site Plan Approval to implement the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment, City Council instruct staff to secure the following matters: a. the City will secure landscaping and tree planting generally in accordance with the attached June 30, 2022 landscape plans, with the species planting list and plant densities being to the satisfaction of the City's Ravines and Natural Features department; b. payment of cash-in-lieu compensation for trees to be removed from the Subject Lands to allow for the development (based on a rate of $583 per tree) that cannot be incorporated in the accepted landscaping plan and planted on the site; c. the owner must enter into a mutual access agreement for the shared driveway, including demonstrating reciprocal easements have been granted, to permit access between the subject site and the adjacent property at 1304 Wilson Avenue; and d. if mutual driveway access is not proposed the owner will be required to provide a 6 metre drive aisle on the site or otherwise demonstrate the site access and vehicle manoeuvring is functional, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Transportation Services. 4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor and necessary City staff to take such necessary steps, as required, to implement City Council's decision. Confidential Appendix A to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor is now public and can be accessed under Background Information (City Council). The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 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 and information that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor will be made public at the discretion of the City Solicitor.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor recommends that: 1. City Council adopt the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to the City Solicitor report dated July 12, 2022. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the Confidential Appendix A and the confidential recommendations in Confidential Attachment 1 of the report, if adopted by City Council. 3. City Council direct that all other information contained in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report remain confidential at the discretion of the City Solicitor, as it contains advice and information which is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
MM47.35amended
In December 2021, City Council authorized the installation of new bikeways on Palmerston Avenue, Palmerston Square, Palmerston Boulevard and Tecumseth Street and directed the General Manager, Transportation Services, as part of the Palmerston / Tecumseth project, to work in consultation with the local Councillors and stakeholders to host an additional community meeting on the project in advance of installation to communicate and hear feedback on the approved design (Item 2021.IE26.10). In April 2022, Item 2021.IE26.10 was re-opened and adjustments made based on feedback on Palmerston Area, Tecumseth Street and Mitchell Avenue residents (Item 2022.MM42.25). Since early 2022, staff hosted the following meetings with stakeholders and the community: - January 31, 2022 - Meeting with 3 business owners along Tecumseth Street, between Queen Street and Mitchell Avenue; - February 24, 2022 - Meeting with several residents of the Mirvish Village Neighbourhood; - February 28, 2022 - Meeting with several residents of Mitchell Avenue; and - July 5, 2022 - Public Information Event. Based on the additional feedback received from local stakeholders, the following modifications are recommended: a. Palmerston Boulevard between Bloor Street West and Lennox Street - convert to one-way northbound along with contra-flow bike lane; b. Maintain Palmerston Boulevard from Lennox Street to Herrick Street as two-way along with shared lane markings; and c. Lennox Street between Markham Street and Palmerston Boulevard - convert to one-way eastbound along with a contra-flow bike lane. Therefore I ask that City Council approve the recommendations in this Motion to make adjustments to the Palmerston/Tecumseth Cycling Connections project. REQUIRES RE-OPENING Item IE26.10 (December 15, 16 and 17, 2021 City Council meeting) only as it pertains to Palmerston Square, Tecumseth Street and Lennox Street.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2021.IE26.10 by: a. deleting the following Part 3.c. on the installation of cycle tracks or adjustments to cycle track by-laws: 3.c. Palmerston Boulevard (from Bloor Street West to College Street); b. adding the following new sections of roadway to Part 4 on the installation or adjustments of contra-flow bicycle lanes, or bicycle lane by-law amendments: h. Palmerston Boulevard (from Bloor Street West to Lennox Street; Herrick Street to College Street); and i. Lennox Street (from Palmerston Boulevard to Markham Street). 2. City Council authorize the installation or adjustments of contra-flow bicycle lanes, and cycling regulations required in Chapter 886, on the following sections of roadway, as generally described in Attachment 1 to Motion MM47.35. a. Palmerston Boulevard (from Bloor Street West to College Street; and b. Lennox Street (from Palmerston Boulevard to Markham Street) 3. City Council authorize the amendments to Chapter 925 and Chapter 950 associated with Parts 1 and 2 above, and By-law accuracy for the City Council approved Palmerston-Tecumseth Cycling Connections project, as generally described in Attachment 2 to Motion MM47.35. 4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to establish metrics and commence data collection on impacts to motor vehicle and cycling traffic following the completion of construction of the Palmerston-Tecumseth Cycling Connections project and provide an update to stakeholders and the public 12 months after construction completion. 5. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to schedule the implementation of changes on Lennox Street after completion of data collection and analysis planned to follow the construction of the Palmerston-Tecumseth Cycling Connections project (from Bloor Street West to College Street). 6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the first quarter of 2023 on the findings of the Mirvish Village Readiness Assessment, and to include feasible options for traffic calming on Markham Street between Lennox Street and Harbord Street, the Laneway west of Bathurst Street south of Lennox Street, and the Laneway west of Bathurst Street north of Harbord Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Mike Layton, seconded by Councillor Joe Mihevc, recommends that: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2021.IE26.10 by: a. deleting the following Part 3c on the installation of cycle tracks or adjustments to cycle track by-laws: 3c. Palmerston Boulevard (from Bloor Street West to College Street); b. adding the following new sections of roadway to Part 4 on the installation or adjustments of contra-flow bicycle lanes, or bicycle lane by-law amendments: h. Palmerston Boulevard (from Bloor Street West to Lennox Street; Herrick Street to College Street); and i. Lennox Street (from Palmerston Boulevard to Markham Street). 2. City Council authorize the installation or adjustments of contra-flow bicycle lanes, and cycling regulations required in Chapter 886, on the following sections of roadway, as generally described in Attachment 1 to Motion MM47.35. a. Palmerston Boulevard (from Bloor Street West to College Street; and b. Lennox Street (from Palmerston Boulevard to Markham Street) 3. City Council authorize the amendments to Chapter 925 and Chapter 950 associated with Recommendations 1 and 2 above, and By-law accuracy for the City Council approved Palmerston-Tecumseth Cycling Connections project, as generally described in Attachment 2 to Motion MM47.35. 4. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to establish metrics and commence data collection on impacts to motor vehicle and cycling traffic following the completion of construction of the Palmerston-Tecumseth Cycling Connections project and provide an update to stakeholders and the public 12 months after construction completion.
CC47.36adopted
Union Station Revitalization Project - Proposed Settlement
The purpose of this report is to request instructions regarding a proposed settlement associated with the Union Station Revitalization Project.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the terms of settlement set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services. 2. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services. 3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services remain confidential in its entirety, as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 4. City Council approve an in-year budget adjustment of Corporate Real Estate Management's 2022-2031 Approved Capital Budget and Plan to reflect the settlement as outlined in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor. Confidential Attachment 1 and Confidential Appendices A and B to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they contain advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege.
Staff recommendation as filed
The City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services recommend that: 1. City Council approve the terms of settlement set out in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services. 2. City Council adopt the confidential instructions to staff in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services. 3. City Council direct that Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022) from the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services remain confidential in its entirety as it contains advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege. 4. City Council approve an in-year budget adjustment of Corporate Real Estate Management's 2022-2031 Approved Capital Budget and Plan to reflect the settlement as outlined in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (July 12, 2022).
MM47.36adopted
Impaired driving is one of the leading causes of vehicle collisions in Canada, with dire consequences for the safety of all road users. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 1,250-1,500 people are killed in impairment-related crashes each year, and an additional 63,000 are injured. There are also troubling indications that impaired driving has increased since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Traffic Injury Research Foundation finding a 30 percent increase in survey respondents who indicated that they have driven drunk in 2021. Through our Vision Zero Road Safety Program, the City of Toronto has demonstrated a commitment to enhancing the safety of our streets for all road users. In 2019, City Council adopted my motion to enhance the Road Safety Program by developing a campaign to combat impaired driving in collaboration with relevant stakeholder groups. It's critical that we continue taking action to reduce the impacts of impaired driving, in-line with our Vision Zero Road Safety Program. With traffic levels continuing to rise, it is important for the City to employ a coordinated strategy to address impaired driving in Toronto.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Police Service, to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2023 on impaired driving in Toronto, such report to include: a. statistics on traffic collisions involving impaired drivers from 2018-2022 - including trends observed since the onset of the pandemic; b. an update on efforts underway to address this issue as well as additional measures that can be taken, including a jurisdictional scan for best practices in other municipalities; and c. details on actions taken to-date following City Council's 2019 direction to develop a campaign to stop impaired driving in collaboration with Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada, Arrive Alive and other relevant stakeholders with the funding allocated for Vision Zero education and engagement programming. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Police Service, to review and enhance public education and enforcement strategies pertaining to impaired driving.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Jaye Robinson, seconded by Councillor James Pasternak, recommends that: 1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Police Service, to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2023 on impaired driving in Toronto, such report to include: a. statistics on traffic collisions involving impaired drivers from 2018-2022 - including trends observed since the onset of the pandemic; b. an update on efforts underway to address this issue as well as additional measures that can be taken, including a jurisdictional scan for best practices in other municipalities; and c. details on actions taken to-date following City Council's 2019 direction to develop a campaign to stop impaired driving in collaboration with Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada, Arrive Alive and other relevant stakeholders with the funding allocated for Vision Zero education and engagement programming. 2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Police Service, to review and enhance public education and enforcement strategies pertaining to impaired driving.
CC47.37adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1 St. Clair Avenue West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. The Modernist building at 1 St. Clair Avenue West, largely conceived by 1963 and constructed in 1967-1968, represents a significant and unique example of precast concrete architecture in Toronto. The pleasing visual rhythm and proportions of the modular curtain wall system comprised of identical precast concrete panels hung on the north, east and south elevations, along with the deep profiles and rounded corners of their openings exemplify the sculptural possibilities of this material. Prominently located at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue in the City's Deer Park neighbourhood, the building at 1 St. Clair Avenue West anchors this important midtown intersection where it reflects the evolution of the area from a largely residential, low-rise 19th-century concession road beyond the City's northern boundary to a major commercial and intermodal transportation hub since the mid-20th century. Heritage Planning staff have undertaken research and evaluation and determined that the subject property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under all three categories of design, associative and contextual values. As such, the property is a significant built heritage resource. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to certain Planning Act applications. Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. A development application submitted to the City proposes to amend the zoning by-law to permit the redevelopment of the site with a 49-storey mixed use building, incorporating the existing 12-storey office building. The proposed development will include the 12-storey office building with three storeys of amenities and a residential tower above. The proposed development will have a total of 340 units, at a range of unit sizes from 1-bedroom to 3-bedrooms. This application is to be reviewed concurrently with site plan application No. 22 137783 STE 12 SA. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice in February 2022 following the application having been deemed complete on December 17, 2021. A waiver received by the City with a deadline of July 31, 2022 requires that this Notice of Intention to Designate report must be considered by City Council before that date. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and an HIA will be requested and considered as a part of the development process in order to understand how the heritage property is to be conserved. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance. A Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report (CHER) completed by ERA Architects Inc. and dated February 8, 2022 was submitted to support the application.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1 St. Clair Avenue West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1 St. Clair Avenue West (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 3 to the report (July 4, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 1 St. Clair Avenue West under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 1 St. Clair Avenue West (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, July 4, 2022, from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
MM47.37adopted
In December 2021, City Council approved the ActiveTO Cycling Network Expansion projects installed in 2020 as permanent bikeways and authorized the extension of Destination Danforth from Dawes Road to Victoria Park Avenue. After finalizing the design for the extension, staff have determined that a number of by-law amendments are required, including parking machine location adjustments, no parking and stopping adjustments, new accessible loading zones and the addition of reserved lanes for public transit vehicles. Therefore, I ask that City Council approve this Motion to make necessary adjustments to the Destination Danforth project extension between Dawes Road and Victoria Park. REQUIRES RE-OPENING: Item IE26.10 (December 15, 16 and 17, 2021 City Council meeting) only as it pertains to Danforth Avenue.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2021.IE26.10 by authorizing the amendments to Chapter 903, 910, and 950 as generally described in Attachment 1 to Motion MM47.37 for the City Council approved Destination Danforth project between Dawes Road and Victoria Park, for by-law accuracy and as associated with Part 11 of City Council's previous decision.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item 2021.IE26.10 by authorizing the amendments to Chapter 903, 910, and 950 as generally described in Attachment 1 to Motion MM47.37 for the City Council approved Destination Danforth project between Dawes Road and Victoria Park, for by-law accuracy and as associated with Part 11 of City Council's previous decision.
CC47.38adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 544 and 550 Queen Street East under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value. Located on the northwest corner of Queen Street East and River Street in the historic Corktown neighbourhood, the properties are comprised of two former factory buildings - National Electric Heating Co. Ltd. and The New Method Laundry Co. Ltd. which were brought together as a single building complex in 1982-83 during its adaptive reuse. The former National Electric Heating Co. Ltd building, completed in 1910 as a three-storey structure with a parapet/false front above its third-storey cornice and added to shortly thereafter to complete the fourth storey, and its adjacent building, the former New Method Laundry Co. Ltd building, designed by Toronto architect J.A. MacKenzie, with its 1923 additions, represent a pair of significant examples of Edwardian Classicism style buildings in the warehouse/factory building type. The simplicity of their rectangular plan and flat roof form, symmetries found in the façade compositions, rhythm of unadorned brick pilasters with contrasting precast concrete details in the Edwardian Classism style, highlighting the main entrances as well as oversized industrial warehouse windows, exemplify the style as applied to this typology. The property at 550 Queen Street East was listed on the City's Heritage Register on December 16, 2020 and was first identified as a "Warehouse / Factory" in the King- Parliament Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (2019). The nineteenth and early twentieth century warehouse/factory building type is a large building type, generally occupying a significant portion of a city block and reaching 2-4 storeys in height. Its internal post-and-beam structure is indicated in the elevations with regular bays of uniformly sized window openings. Typically clad in brick, its principal, street-facing elevation is usually elaborately designed with stone trim and classical-style elements which could be featured at the entrance, the windows, string courses and roof lines. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the properties at 544 and 550 Queen Street East and determined that the properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under the criteria of design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual value. As such, the properties are a significant built heritage resource. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice on January 17, 2017. The application submitted to the City for the property municipally known as 28 River Street and 550 Queen Street East proposes to amend the zoning by-law, By-law 438-86, solely in respect of the property at 28 River Street in order to facilitate a 15-storey mixed-use building containing 162 dwelling units and 458 square metres of ground floor commercial space with a total gross floor area of 11,752 square metres. The application is not subject to a prescribed event under the Ontario Heritage Act as it dates prior to July 1st, 2021. On April 26, 27 and 28, 2017, City Council adopted the recommendations of Community Planning staff to refuse the application. The Applicant appealed City Council's decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal. The appeal was assigned Case No. PL170622 and is now filed as OLT-22-03289. On June 8, 2022, the owner/applicant submitted a "with prejudice" settlement offer to the City. The revised proposal expands the development site to include the property at 550 Queen Street East in order to facilitate an 18 storey (60 metre) mixed-use building with 465 m2 of retail facing River Street, a total of 1,405 m2 of office space and a mixture of live/work, townhouse and apartment style residential units (380 residential units) and includes 106 parking spaces. The proposed development retains and modifies the existing building listed on the City's Heritage Register. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to certain Planning Act applications. Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The designation of this property is not subject to Section 29(1.2) as the application was complete prior to July 1, 2021. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 544 and 550 Queen Street East (including the entrance addresses at 554 Queen Street East and 2 and 10 River Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 544 and 550 Queen Street East (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 3 to the report (July 7, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 544 and 550 Queen Street East (including the entrance addresses at 554 Queen Street East and 2 and 10 River Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 544 and 550 Queen Street East (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, July 7, 2022, from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
MM47.38adopted
Since the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Parks, Forestry and Recreation has provided space in community centres and parks to organizations delivering social services. This included providing space to Toronto Public Health and approved health partners for Covid-19 testing and immunization clinics as well as space to community organizations for food security initiatives. As cost may be a barrier, fees were waived for these initiatives under the emergency order. Organizations have been, and would continue to be, responsible for covering any costs that run above and beyond regular business operations, for example staff overtime costs and specific equipment needs. Continuing the current process of waiving fees for those agencies currently delivering food security programs (food storage, sorting and distribution and Toronto Public Health and Community Health Partners for Covid-19 and flu immunization clinics as well as the School Immunization Program (hepatitis B, human papillomavirus and meningitis) until July 31, 2023, in City of Toronto Community Recreation Centres, will allow sufficient time for Corporate Real Estate Management, in collaboration with Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and Social Development Finance and Administration, to develop ongoing use agreements with these organizations.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to waive fees required under Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, for existing permits to organizations currently delivering immunization clinics and food security initiatives to Toronto communities until July 31, 2023.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Michael Thompson, seconded by Councillor Gary Crawford, recommends that: 1. City Council delegate authority to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, to waive fees required under Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and Charges, for existing permits to organizations currently delivering immunization clinics and food security initiatives to Toronto communities until July 31, 2023.
CC47.39adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 1196-1204 and 1206-1210 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value. Located on the west side of Yonge Street directly north of Birch Avenue within the Summerhill neighbourhood and adjacent to the Deer Park, Ramsden Park and South Rosedale neighbourhoods, the properties at 1196-1204 Yonge Street comprise a main street commercial block building constructed in 1889. The adjacent three properties at 1206-1210 Yonge Street to the north contain 2-storey main street commercial row buildings constructed together in 1907-1908. The building anchoring the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Birch Avenue represents a unique architectural adaptation of an existing late-19th century commercial block building by repositioning (lowering) the storefront level to align with the 1914-1916 regrading of this portion of Yonge Street to accommodate a new vehicular underpass/railway overpass across Yonge for the intersecting CPR rail line. As a collection, the commercial buildings located at the properties at 1196-1210 Yonge Street anchor the northwest quadrant of this historically significant intersection of Yonge Street and the railway crossing. Together they stand as surviving examples of the area's historic Main street streetscape prior to the early-20th century introduction of transportation infrastructure and yields an understanding of the evolution of Yonge Street in Summerhill, culminating in the current configuration at this location. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report for the properties at 1196-1204 and 1206-1210 Yonge Street and determined that the properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under all three categories of design, associative and contextual value. As such, the properties are significant built heritage resources. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to certain Planning Act applications. Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The City Clerk issued a complete application notice on January 17, 2022 for a November 18, 2021 Zoning By-law Amendment development application proposal for a 15-storey mixed-use building. The existing properties that are the subject of this report at 1196-1204 and 1206-1210 Yonge Street are proposed for demolition. A waiver submitted to the City requires that this Notice of Intention to Designate report must be considered by City Council before July 29, 2022. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) completed by ERA Architects Inc. and dated November 22, 2021 was submitted to support the application. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 1196 (entrance address at 2 Birch Avenue), 1202 and 1204 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1196-1204 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 3 to the report (July 7, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 1206, 1208 and 1210 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1206-1210 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 4 to the report (July 7, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 1196 (entrance address at 2 Birch Avenue), 1202 and 1204 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1196-1204 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report dated July 7, 2022, from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the properties at 1206, 1208 and 1210 Yonge Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 1206-1210 Yonge Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4, to the report dated July 7, 2022, from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
MM47.39referred
In an election year, Council policy currently prohibits many forms of communication, including electronic newsletters between August 1 and the date of the election. This rule applies to all Councillors, whether they are seeking re-election or not. This Motion would modify that policy so that it does not apply to Councillors who are not running, once that has been confirmed by the close of nominations. I am requesting this change in large part because of an issue in my Ward - refugee housing at 3 Park Home Avenue - which the community is only becoming aware of now but is scheduled to open September 1. I believe that regular communication from me to my constituents during the first two months of operation (September and October) will facilitate a smoother introduction for this housing.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, referred Motion MM47.39 to the Executive Committee.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor John Filion, seconded by Councillor Joe Mihevc, recommends that: 1. City Council amend Section 4.7b of the Constituency Services and Office Budget and Section 5 of the Use of City Resources During an Election policy to allow Members not seeking re-election, by virtue having not registered at the close of nominations, to be able to publish communications, such as flyers, newsletters, enewsletters and website updates between nomination day and election day and that related expenses be paid by the City as part of the Constituency Services and Office Budget.
CC47.40adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the properties at 110-116 Avenue Road under Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the proposed redevelopment of the site. This report also recommends that City Council grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for heritage properties at 110-112 Avenue Road. Located on the west side of Avenue Road at the intersection with Tranby Avenue, south of Davenport Road the properties at 110-112 Avenue Road form a pair of semi-detached houses constructed in 1891 reflecting both Queen Anne Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque architectural styles. The properties at 114-116 Avenue Road are vacant lots. The subject lands are part of the East Annex Heritage Conservation District (By-law 1994- 0520). In conjunction with a Zoning Bylaw Amendment application, the development proposal is for a 9-storey mixed-use building at 110-116 Avenue Road. The proposed alterations retain and incorporate the heritage buildings at 110-112 Avenue Road and are consistent with the existing heritage policy framework. The proposals are considered acceptable within the broader conservation strategy and the heritage impacts will be appropriately mitigated.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 110-112 Avenue Road and the erection of a new building at 114-116 Avenue Road, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 9-storey building, with such alterations to be substantially in accordance with architectural drawings dated April 29, 2022, prepared by Richard Wengle Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by ERA Architects Ltd dated May 2, 2022 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 110-112 Avenue Road in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 29, 2022 prepared by Richard Wengle Architect and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment for 110-116 Avenue Road prepared by ERA Architects Ltd., dated May 2, 2022 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2 below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 110-116 Avenue Road prepared by ERA Architects Ltd., dated May 2, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; c. prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for the properties located 110-116 Avenue Road, the owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2 above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 2. have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect; 3. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage features to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 4. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 5. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 6. submit a Signage Plan for the subject property to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; d. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 110-116 Avenue Road, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Part 1.b.1. above; 2. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan; and 4. provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and e. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.d.3 above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 110-112 Avenue Road in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property 110-112 Avenue Road.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage properties at 110-112 Avenue Road and the erection of a new building at 114-116 Avenue Road, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 9-storey building, with such alterations to be substantially in accordance with architectural drawings dated April 29, 2022, prepared by Richard Wengle Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by ERA Architects Ltd dated May 2, 2022 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 110-112 Avenue Road in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 29, 2022 prepared by Richard Wengle Architect and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment for 110-116 Avenue Road prepared by ERA Architects Ltd., dated May 2, 2022 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 110-116 Avenue Road prepared by ERA Architects Ltd., dated May 2, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for the properties located 110-116 Avenue Road the owner shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Have obtained final approval for the necessary Zoning By-law Amendment required for the subject property, such Amendment to have come into full force and effect. 3. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage features to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Submit a Signage Plan for the subject property to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 110-116 Avenue Road, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.b.1. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upward indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage properties, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.3, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 110-112 Avenue Road in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property 110-112 Avenue Road.
MM47.40adopted
The Lifetime Arts and Culture Foundation, which is a new charitable initiative developed jointly by Lifetime Development and Adidas Canada Homecourt Advantage, is seeking to revitalize, refurbish and beautify community basketball courts across Toronto. As its inaugural project, Lifetime Arts and Culture Foundation wishes to provide the City of Toronto with an in-kind donation valued up to $400,000 for the refurbishment of two basketball courts and surrounding park amenity at Stanley Park North and Oak Street Park, Wards 10 and 13, respectively. The in-kind donations will include replacement of current basketball court asphalt surfacing, posts and backboards, installation of new park benches, artistic sport court surface and at Oak Street Park, a creative wall mural on the adjacent commercial building. According to the Policy on Donations to the City for Community Benefits, Sections 3.8 and 3.9, where the proposed donation is $50,000 or more, Council approval is required to accept donations where the donation is designated for specific purposes. These Motions are urgent as construction is scheduled to start August 2022 to fulfill the obligations of the newly formed charity.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to accept the in-kind donation up to $400,000.00 from Lifetime Arts and Culture Foundation for the purposes of upgrades to the basketball courts and surrounding amenities at Stanley Park North and Oak Street Park, in compliance with the Donations to the City of Toronto for Community Benefits Policy. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to negotiate and execute a construction and donation agreement with Lifetime Arts and Culture Foundation for the purpose of refurbishing two outdoor basketball courts, Stanley Park North and Oak Street Park, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and in compliance with City policies applicable to capital projects.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Robin Buxton Potts, seconded by Councillor Joe Mihevc, recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to accept the in-kind donation up to $400,000.00 from Lifetime Arts and Culture Foundation for the purposes of upgrades to the basketball courts and surrounding amenities at Stanley Park North and Oak Street Park, in compliance with the Donations to the City of Toronto for Community Benefits Policy. 2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation to negotiate and execute a construction and donation agreement with Lifetime Arts and Culture Foundation for the purpose of refurbishing two outdoor basketball courts, Stanley Park North and Oak Street Park, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor, and in compliance with City policies applicable to capital projects.
CC47.41adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the John D. McPherson House at 537 Broadview Avenue (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by By-law No 1078-1021) in connection with a Site Plan Approval application on the subject property. In addition, authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement is also requested. The subject property is located in the North Riverdale neighbourhood, on the east side of Broadview Avenue between Bain Avenue and Sparkhall Avenue overlooking Riverdale Park. The property contains the residence constructed in 1913 for the Rev. Dr. John McPherson Scott, Presbyterian minister and missionary, and his wife Margaret G. Scott. The two-and-a-half storey, brick-clad, house-form building is a finely-crafted blend of the Queen Anne Revival and Edwardian Classical styles. In 1956, the building was converted to a lodging house, and later a nursing home, and currently contains five dwelling units and seven dwelling rooms. The development application proposes the in-situ retention of the house in conjunction with the construction of a four-storey rear and side addition. The full west and north elevations of the house will be restored with the remainder of the building rehabilitated and new construction added to provide a total of 15 affordable and market-rate rental units, including four designated replacement studio rental units.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 537 Broadview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new four-storey addition with alterations to the building on the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. prior to Final Site Plan approval for the proposal, the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 537 Broadview Avenue substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 1.a.2. below to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.a.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 5. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 537 Broadview Avenue, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.a.2. above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan; and c. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.b.2. above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 537 Broadview Avenue in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 537 Broadview Avenue.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 537 Broadview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new four-storey addition with alterations to the building on the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That prior to Final Site Plan approval for the proposal, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 537 Broadview Avenue substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., both on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated April 27, 2022 prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 537 Broadview Avenue, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.b.2, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 537 Broadview Avenue in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 537 Broadview Avenue.
MM47.41adopted
At its meeting held on December 16, 17, and 18, 2020 City Council adopted Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE21.5 which recommended amendments to City of Toronto Zoning By-laws 438-86 and 569-2013 to permit redevelopment of 145-155 Balmoral Avenue as a retirement and nursing home for seniors in a 13-storey building. City Council enacted By-laws 815-2021, 816-2021 and 817-2021 to permit the development. It has come to City Planning's attention that two building setbacks were inadvertently omitted from the height map of the implementing By-laws. The proposed technical amendments correct this oversight with explicit setback requirements from Balmoral Avenue and the south property line. Additionally, following more detailed site plan review of the building the owner has also requested minor reductions to the setback from the east property line so the setback will be 0.8 - 10.0 metres from the lot line (whereas the previous by-law required a 1.0-10.5 metre setback). The building has not changed in any material way from what was approved by City Council. It is therefore appropriate that the technical amendments as set out in this Motion be made to By-law 816-2021 and 817-2021 without the need for any further public notice. This is an urgent matter as the owner is preparing to begin construction and ambiguity in the Zoning By-law may introduce delay in obtaining building permits.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council: a. amend By-law 816-2021 by replacing Map 2 attached to the By-law with the revised Map 2 attached to Motion MM47.41; and b. amend By-law 817-2021 by replacing Diagram 3 attached to the By-law with the revised Diagram 3 attached to Motion MM47.41. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to bring forward to City Council's meeting of July 19 and 20, 2022 for enactment by Council, By-laws to make the changes noted in Part 1 above to By-laws 816-2021 and 817-2021. 3. City Council determine that, pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes to By-laws 816-2021 and 817-2021.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Mike Colle, recommends that: 1. City Council: a. amend By-law 816-2021 by replacing Map 2 attached to the By-law with the revised Map 2 attached to Motion MM47.41; and b. amend By-law 817-2021 by replacing Diagram 3 attached to the By-law with the revised Diagram 3 attached to Motion MM47.41. 2. City Council direct the City Solicitor to bring forward to City Council's meeting of July 19 and 20, 2022 for enactment by Council, By-laws to make the changes noted in Part 1 above to By-laws 816-2021 and 817-2021. 3. City Council determine that, pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, no further notice is to be given in respect of the changes to By-laws 816-2021 and 817-2021.
CC47.42adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the Telfer Paper Box Company building at 14 Duncan Street (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) in connection with a Zoning By-law Amendment application on the subject property. In addition, authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement is also requested. The subject property is located within the King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District (under appeal) and contains the Telfer Paper Box Building, a three-storey structure on a raised basement that was constructed in 1902 by the Telfer Manufacturing Company according to the designs of the well-known Toronto architects Gregg and Gregg. The property is fashioned in the Edwardian Classical style. Occupied for 60 years by the Telfer Paper Box Company, the facility was expanded in 1906 by Wickson and Gregg and again in 1925, when a westward extension was added as was a fourth-storey to this wing. The property was modified at the end of the 20th century when it was converted for commercial uses and continues to contribute to the distinctive heritage character of the King-Spadina neighbourhood, which is grounded in its early-mid 20th-century transformation as the city's primary manufacturing hub and its fashion district identity. The development application proposes the construction of a 48-storey tower and a new base building, removal of the 1989 additions and interior portions of 14 Duncan Street and a conservation strategy that includes both restoration and rehabilitation of the Duncan and Pearl Street facades of the heritage building.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 14 Duncan Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new 48-storey tower and podium with alterations to the building on the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated February 24, 2022 prepared by Quadrangle Architects Limited and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 28, 2022 prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 14 Duncan Street substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated February 24, 2022 prepared by Quadrangle Architects Limited and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 28, 2022 prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 14 Duncan Street prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect, dated February 28, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 3. Parts 1.b.1. and 1.b.2. above are required to be satisfied prior to the introduction of the bill for any Zoning By-law Amendment related to the property, unless other legal mechanisms are utilized so as to satisfy the City Solicitor that no Building Permit will be issued until such time as the Owner has entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement and registered the agreement on title; in any case, the Conservation Plan must be accepted and the Heritage Easement Agreement must be entered into and registered no later than December 9, 2022, or such later date as may be agreed by the owner and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning in writing, failing which this condition will be determined to be unfulfilled; c. prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the property at 14 Duncan Street the owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 2. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning; and 4. submit a Signage Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; d. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 14 Duncan Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan; and e. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.d.2. above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work, required heritage lighting work, and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 14 Duncan Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 14 Duncan Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated heritage property at 14 Duncan Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new 48 storey tower and podium with alterations to the building on the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated February 24, 2022 prepared by Quadrangle Architects Limited and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 28, 2022 prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 14 Duncan Street substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated February 24, 2022 prepared by Quadrangle Architects Limited and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 28, 2022 prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect, subject to and in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 14 Duncan Street prepared by Philip Goldsmith Architect, dated February 28, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Recommendation 1.b.1. and 1.b.2. above are required to be satisfied prior to the introduction of the bill for any Zoning By-law Amendment related to the property, unless other legal mechanisms are utilized so as to satisfy the City Solicitor that no Building Permit will be issued until such time as the Owner has entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement and registered the agreement on title. In any case, the Conservation Plan must be accepted and the Heritage Easement Agreement must be entered into and registered no later than December 9, 2022, or such later date as may be agreed by the owner and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning in writing, failing which this condition will be determined to be unfulfilled c. That prior to Final Site Plan approval in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment for the property at 14 Duncan Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings including drawings related to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning. 4. Submit a Signage Plan for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 14 Duncan Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.2 above, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work, required heritage lighting work, and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 14 Duncan Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 14 Duncan Street.
MM47.42not adopted
At its meeting on December 16, 17 and 18, 2013, City Council adopted Official Plan Amendment 231 with respect to the economic health policies and the policies, designations and mapping for Employment Areas following the Five-Year Official Plan and Municipal Comprehensive Reviews regarding employment lands. In July 2014, the Minister approved the majority of Official Plan Amendment 231 with some modifications. A number of parties made site-specific appeals of Official Plan Amendment 231 to the Ontario Land Tribunal, including the owner of the lands known as 2 Champagne Drive and 1107 Finch Avenue West (the "Appellant"). At its meeting on July 14, 15, and 16, 2021, City Council accepted a without prejudice settlement offer from the Appellant and instructed the City Solicitor to attend the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of such settlement. City Council's decision can be found here: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.CC35.16 The Ontario Land Tribunal has final authority to approve, refuse or modify the settlement reached by the City and the Appellant. It is anticipated that the hearing will be scheduled for January, 2023. This Motion will authorize and direct the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants for the purpose of attending the Ontario Land Tribunal in support of the settlement.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, did not adopt Motion MM47.42.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor James Pasternak, seconded by Councillor Anthony Perruzza, recommends that: 1. City Council amend its previous decision on Item CC35.16 to authorize the City Solicitor to retain outside consultants as required for the Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing in respect of the appeal of Official Plan Amendment 231 and defend the City's position regarding 2 Champagne Drive and 1107 Finch Avenue West.
CC47.43adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the property at 4946 Dundas Street West (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) in connection with the proposed redevelopment of the site. This report also recommends that City Council grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property. The subject property is located at the northwest corner of Dundas Street West and Burnhamthorpe Road. The property was formerly the Islington Methodist Church built in the mid-19th century, and was later the first Etobicoke Township Hall. The building is composed of three parts. In the front, a 1946 Georgian Revival addition facing Dundas Street West, a central segment comprising the original Methodist Church that was built in 1843 (reclad in 1888), and to the rear behind is another addition built in 1946. The complex was designated 1979 for its significance as a historical landmark as the first municipal hall for the Township of Etobicoke, for its contextual value within the streetscape, and for its architectural design value. In conjunction with a Zoning Amendment Application (File No. 19 264443 WET 03 OZ) and Site Plan Application (22 139883 WET 03 SA), the development proposes a 9-storey building on the properties located at 4916-4946 Dundas Street West and 4-16 Burnhamthorpe Road in order to create 199 seniors residence rental suites, including 29 memory care suites, 90 assisted living suites, 80 independent living suites, and retail at grade. The former Etobicoke Township Hall building will be incorporated into this development and used for restaurant purposes on the ground floor with private dining and amenity space on the upper floor. The proposal involves the demolition of the rear 1940s addition to the heritage building along with a 1980s complex of retail buildings which connected to its east wall. The Georgian Revival front addition from the 1940s will be retained and restored while the central Methodist Church segment of the building from the 1840s will be retained and restored with the exception of a portion of the east wall that is being removed to create a two-storey connection to the new development.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated property at 4946 Dundas Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new nine-storey mixed-use building with the alterations to the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated March 31, 2022, prepared by MontgomerySisam Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March, 2022 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 4946 Dundas Street West in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 31, 2022, prepared by MontgomerySisam Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March, 2022 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, subject to and in accordance with approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment 4946 Dundas Street West prepared by EVOQ Architecture and dated March, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. Parts 1.b.1. and 1.b.2. above are required to be satisfied prior to the introduction of the bill for any Zoning By-law Amendment related to the property, unless other legal mechanisms are utilized so as to satisfy the City Solicitor that no Building Permit will be issued until such time as the Owner has entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement and registered the agreement on title; in any case, the Conservation Plan must be accepted and the Heritage Easement Agreement must be entered into and registered no later than December 9, 2022, or such later date as may be agreed by the owner and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning in writing, failing which this condition will be determined to be unfulfilled; c. prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 4946 Dundas Street West, the owner shall: 1. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 2. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 4. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; d. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 4946 Dundas Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Part 1.b.1. above; 2. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan; and 4. provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 20.32 cm X 25.4 cm (8" x 10") colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and e. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.d.3. above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 4946 Dundas Street West in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 4946 Dundas Street West.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the designated property at 4946 Dundas Street West, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, for the construction of a new nine-storey mixed-use building with the alterations to the designated property consistent with the plans and drawings dated March 31, 2022, prepared by MontgomerySisam Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March, 2022 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 4946 Dundas Street West in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 31, 2022, prepared by MontgomerySisam Architects Inc. and the Heritage Impact Assessment dated March, 2022 prepared by EVOQ Architecture, subject to and in accordance with approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment 4946 Dundas Street West prepared by EVOQ Architecture and dated March, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Recommendation b.1. and 2. above are required to be satisfied prior to the introduction of the bill for any Zoning By-law Amendment related to the property, unless other legal mechanisms are utilized so as to satisfy the City Solicitor that no Building Permit will be issued until such time as the Owner has entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement and registered the agreement on title. In any case, the Conservation Plan must be accepted and the Heritage Easement Agreement must be entered into and registered no later than December 9, 2022, or such later date as may be agreed by the owner and the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning in writing, failing which this condition will be determined to be unfulfilled. c. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 4946 Dundas Street West, the owner shall: 1. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 4946 Dundas Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have entered into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City required in Recommendation 1.b.1. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 4. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 20.32 cm X 25.4 cm (8" x 10") colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.d.3, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 4946 Dundas Street West in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a heritage easement agreement for the property at 4946 Dundas Street West.
MM47.43adopted
In 2017 an application was received by City Planning for a mixed use development with podiums and two point towers to be constructed over the Toronto Transit Commission subway, and new vent shafts to be built in the road right-of-way. The City and Toronto Transit Commission have been in consultation with the Developer while they constructed the development and will be entering into a conveyance of fee simple lands and a mutual easement agreement in order to protect access and the Toronto Transit Commission infrastructure. Under the Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands to be Conveyed to the City under the Planning Act, underground fee simple conveyances containing City infrastructure to the City require third party peer review prior to conveyance. The City's third party peer reviewer identified a number of compliance issues with the environmental work conducted by the Developer. Although they had met the Ministry of the Environment's requirements for Risk Assessed Lands, the Developer had incorporated risk management measures that were not in compliance with the City's Conveyance Policy. The Developer was not aware of the Conveyance Policy when they built the building and in order to now satisfy the City, would require them to redo or amend the environmental reports at considerable time and cost, as well as causing further hardship on the residents of the occupied building. Therefore, relief from the Policy is being sought.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council exempt the stratified parcel of fee simple land at 501-521 Yonge Street, Toronto, designated as Parts 16, 21, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 61 on Plan 66R-32139 (the "Conveyance Lands"), required to be conveyed to the City pursuant to the Planning Act by Lanterra 501 Yonge Developments Limited (the "Developer") from the application of Section 5.4.5 of the Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands (the "Policy"), subject to ongoing indoor air and ground water monitoring requirements pursuant to the Certificate of Property Use affecting 501-521 Yonge Street, but not directly affecting the Conveyance Lands, and substantially on the major terms and conditions set out below, and including such other terms and conditions as deemed appropriate by the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor: a. the Conveyance Lands are not identified in the environmental reports; the Conveyance Lands should be identified in the reports or as a separate report that includes a discussion regarding the environmental condition (soil, groundwater and soil vapour) of the Conveyance Lands and specific risk assessment and Certificate of Property Use requirements for the Conveyance Lands, and that report is to be provided to the City in acceptable form to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management; b. provision of a site plan report, as required by the Certificate of Property Use, documenting the construction of the hard and/or soft caps at the Conveyance Lands, and documenting the barrier construction and quality at the Conveyance Lands is to be provided in acceptable form to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management; c. provision of a Qualified Person final statement letter that is consistent with the Policy and to the satisfaction of the City's third party peer reviewer; d. provision of a reliance letter consistent with the Policy is to be provided; e. provision of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Freedom of Information request response should be provided, as well as confirmation as to whether the results of the response alter the conclusions of the Phase One ESA Report; f. the Developer shall provide verification that there are no groundwater wells, soil vapour, or indoor air monitoring requirements located on the Conveyance Lands that are coming to the City, verification that all Certificate of Property Use obligations and legislative requirements are currently being met and the Developer shall provide an updated Health and Safety Plan (in order to address concerns relating to subsurface worker exposures); and g. the Developer shall enter into an indemnity agreement with the City whereby the Developer assumes all responsibility and indemnifies the City from any and all liability associated with monitoring obligations set out in the Certificate of Property Use on 501-521 Yonge Street. 2. City Council authorize the conveyance of the Conveyance Lands even though Risk Management Measures are not consistent with the Policy; barriers, use of special personal protective equipment and air monitoring during subsurface works, ground water monitoring, soil vapour monitoring and indoor air monitoring are all required in the risk assessment and Certificate of Property Use for the development property and each of the above as demonstrated by the Developer are not acceptable under City Policy for the conveyance of Conveyance Lands. 3. City Council authorize the conveyance of the Conveyance Lands even though the Modified Generic Risk Assessment did not calculate the risks for subsurface worker exposure to soil through direct contact and the risk assessment did not address potential vapour inhalation exposure within a trench, which must be considered for the risk assessment of the Conveyance Lands. 4. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Services, or their designate, to enter into an indemnity agreement whereby the Developer assumes all responsibility and indemnifies the City from any and all liability associated with such monitoring obligations under the Certificate of Property Use on 501-521 Yonge Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Robin Buxton Potts, seconded by Councillor Mike Layton, recommends that: 1. City Council exempt the stratified parcel of fee simple land at 501-521 Yonge Street, Toronto, designated as Parts 16, 21, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 61 on Plan 66R-32139 (the "Conveyance Lands"), required to be conveyed to the City pursuant to the Planning Act by Lanterra 501 Yonge Developments Limited (the "Developer") from the application of Section 5.4.5 of the Policy for Accepting Potentially Contaminated Lands (the "Policy"), subject to ongoing indoor air and ground water monitoring requirements pursuant to the Certificate of Property Use affecting 501-521 Yonge Street, but not directly affecting the Conveyance Lands, and substantially on the major terms and conditions set out below, and including such other terms and conditions as deemed appropriate by the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor: a. the Conveyance Lands are not identified in the environmental reports; the Conveyance Lands should be identified in the reports or as a separate report that includes a discussion regarding the environmental condition (soil, groundwater and soil vapour) of the Conveyance Lands and specific risk assessment and Certificate of Property Use requirements for the Conveyance Lands, and that report is to be provided to the City in acceptable form to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management; b. provision of a site plan report, as required by the Certificate of Property Use, documenting the construction of the hard and/or soft caps at the Conveyance Lands, and documenting the barrier construction and quality at the Conveyance Lands is to be provided in acceptable form to the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management; c. provision of a Qualified Person final statement letter that is consistent with the Policy and to the satisfaction of the City's third party peer reviewer; d. provision of a reliance letter consistent with the Policy is to be provided; e. provision of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Freedom of Information request response should be provided, as well as confirmation as to whether the results of the response alter the conclusions of the Phase One ESA Report; f. the Developer shall provide verification that there are no groundwater wells, soil vapour, or indoor air monitoring requirements located on the Conveyance Lands that are coming to the City, verification that all Certificate of Property Use obligations and legislative requirements are currently being met and the Developer shall provide an updated Health and Safety Plan (in order to address concerns relating to subsurface worker exposures); and g. the Developer shall enter into an indemnity agreement with the City whereby the Developer assumes all responsibility and indemnifies the City from any and all liability associated with monitoring obligations set out in the Certificate of Property Use on 501-521 Yonge Street. 2. City Council authorize the conveyance of the Conveyance Lands even though Risk Management Measures are not consistent with the Policy; barriers, use of special personal protective equipment and air monitoring during subsurface works, ground water monitoring, soil vapour monitoring and indoor air monitoring are all required in the risk assessment and Certificate of Property Use for the development property and each of the above as demonstrated by the Developer are not acceptable under City Policy for the conveyance of Conveyance Lands. 3. City Council authorize the conveyance of the Conveyance Lands even though the Modified Generic Risk Assessment did not calculate the risks for subsurface worker exposure to soil through direct contact and the risk assessment did not address potential vapour inhalation exposure within a trench, which must be considered for the risk assessment of the Conveyance Lands. 4. City Council authorize the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Services, or their designate, to enter into an indemnity agreement whereby the Developer assumes all responsibility and indemnifies the City from any and all liability associated with such monitoring obligations under the Certificate of Property Use on 501-521 Yonge Street.
CC47.44adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the property at 103 Heath Street W (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) under Section 33 of the Ontario Act, in connection with the proposed redevelopment of the site. This report also recommends that City Council grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property. Built in c. 1892-1893, the property at 103 Heath Street West features a 2½-storey house-form building. It is notable as a Late Victorian-era dwelling that incorporates both Bay-and-Gable and Queen Anne Style architectural features and stands as a defining property within a group of varied architectural types and styles on Heath Street. The property is significant for being one of the earliest surviving houses representative of an early period in the planned land development of the street and the Deer Park community. The development site also contains an adjacent two-storey house-form building at 101 Heath Street West, which was not identified as a significant heritage resource and is slated to be removed as part of the proposal. As a part of the redevelopment of the site and a concurrent Site Plan Application (20 152778 STE 12 SA), the proposal includes retention in-situ and rehabilitation of the north elevation of the property, and retention of approximately 10 metre deep portions of both the adjacent east and west side walls. The rear portion of the dwelling will be removed to accommodate a three-storey (12 m) residential building consisting of 10 dwelling units.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 103 Heath Street West in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 3 storey building with 10 residential units incorporating the heritage building, for the properties at 101-103 Heath Street West, with such alterations to be substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 11, 2021, prepared by RAW Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd, dated April 15, 2022 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. prior to final Site Plan approval for the property located at 101-103 Heath Street West the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 103 Heath Street West in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 11, 2021, prepared by RAW Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd, dated April 15, 2022 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. below, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 103 Heath Street West prepared by Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd, dated April 15, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.a.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 4. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 5. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 6. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 101-103 Heath Street West including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.a.2. above, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 2. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan; and 3. provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and c. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.b.2. above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Landscape Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 103 Heath Street West in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a 3 storey building with 10 residential units incorporating the heritage building, for the properties at 101-103 Heath Street West, with such alterations to be substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 11, 2021, prepared by RAW Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd, dated April 15, 2022 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the property located at 101-103 Heath Street West the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 103 Heath Street West in accordance with the plans and drawings dated November 11, 2021, prepared by RAW Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd, dated April 15, 2022 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 103 Heath Street West prepared by Architects Rasch Eckler Associates Ltd, dated April 15, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 101-103 Heath Street West including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage buildings as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a USB flash drive in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.b.2, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan, Landscape Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
MM47.44amended
Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services is a non-profit charitable multi-service organization that has been providing services in the Crescent Town, Oakridge communities in the Taylor-Massey neighbourhood since 2000. Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services services are targeted primarily for South-Asian seniors, youth and newcomers with a mission of "helping people help themselves." Currently Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services offers in-person and virtual recreational and wellness programs for seniors, soccer and other programs for children and youth. Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services delivers many other projects such as Anti-Islamophobia programs for women and girls, intergenerational educational and cultural initiatives, and community celebrations. Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services regularly partners with other organizations such as Woodgreen Community Services, West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre, Access Alliances and Neighbourhood Link. Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services currently receives funding from the governments of Ontario, Canada and Toronto, and raises additional funds through a variety of fundraising activities. The organization is located, and delivers its programs in a shared, commercial space on Danforth Avenue. The current lease will expire in 2023, and Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services will need to find a new location at that time. Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services has identified 6 Thora Avenue, a vacant, surplus City building, as an ideal space for both office and program space. If state-of-good-repair and renovations are completed on the building, and it is made available through a Below Market Lease, the building could make much needed space available for recreational, social and cultural activities for the community. Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services is willing to work with other potential partners, foundations and government agencies to raise additional capital funds to assist in renovating the building.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO, in collaboration with the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, the Executive Director, Social Development Finance Administration, and the General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation to undertake a review of 6 Thora Avenue for the purpose of social and community use in Beaches East York (Ward 19) and Scarborough Southwest (Ward 20) including an update of the state-of-good repair requirements and costs. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management in consultation with the Executive Director, Social Development Finance Administration, to work with Bangladeshi Canadian Community Services and their potential partners to develop a proposed capital and operating plan, identify potential funding partners, establish a below market tenancy arrangement, and investigate the use of the proceeds from the sales of recent City-owned lands in the community and other capital funding sources to support the necessary repairs and retrofit of the facility.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Gary Crawford, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Executive Office, CreateTO, in collaboration with Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management, Executive Director, Social Development Finance Administration, and General Manager, Parks Forestry and Recreation undertake a review of 6 Thora Avenue or other city owned spaces, for the purpose of social and community use in Beaches East York (Ward 19) and Scarborough South-west (Ward 20) including an update of the state-of-good repair requirements and costs. 2. City Council request the Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management in consultation with Executive Director, Social Development Finance Administration, work with Bangladeshi Canadian Community Services and their potential partners to develop a proposed capital and operating plan, identify potential funding partners, establish a below market tenancy arrangement, and investigate the use of the proceeds from the sales of recent City-owned lands in the community and other capital funding sources to support the necessary repairs and retrofit of the facility.
CC47.45adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the heritage properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East (designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District) in connection with the development of the subject site. The development application was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal and a settlement was recently accepted by City Council. The development site contains three heritage properties that are all contributing properties within the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District: 234-236 King Street East, 240 King Street East and 242 King Street East. The property at 234-236 King Street East contains the Carolyn Smith Building, a three-storey commercial warehouse building designed in the Italianate style and built in 1888. The property at 240 King Street East contains a two-storey commercial warehouse building designed in a vernacular Victorian style dating to 1884. The property at 242 King Street East contains a one-storey commercial building constructed in 1942. The development application proposes a 43-storey mixed-use tower that incorporates the retained facades of the heritage buildings at 234-236 and 240 King Street East and the panelized and reconstructed façade of 242 King Street East as part of the base building. The heritage facades are proposed to be restored with minor modifications to support ground floor retail uses. The proposed alterations conserve the onsite and adjacent heritage buildings and are consistent with the policy framework, including the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Plan. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East, with conditions, under Part V, Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (July 4, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 19, 2022, revised May 3, 2022, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated December 9, 2020, revised May 3, 2022 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, subject to the following conditions: a. the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; b. prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the properties located at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East the owner shall: 1. enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 19, 2022, revised May 3, 2022, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated December 9, 2020, revised May 3, 2022, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; 2. provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated December 9, 2020, revised May 3, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 3. provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 4. provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 5. provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject properties, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 6. provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 7. submit a Signage Plan for the subject properties to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; c. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. have entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement required in Part 1.b.1. above, in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; 2. provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Part 1.b.2. above, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 3. provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan; and d. prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Part 1.c.3. above, the owner shall: 1. provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and 2. provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council consent to the application to alter the designated properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East, with conditions, under Part V, Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the reasons stated in the report (July 4, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and with such alterations substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 19, 2022, revised May 3, 2022, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated December 9, 2020, revised May 3, 2022 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, all subject to and in accordance with the Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, subject to the following conditions: a. That the related site-specific Zoning By-law Amendment permitting the proposed alterations has been enacted by City Council and has come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the properties located at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East in accordance with the plans and drawings dated March 19, 2022, revised May 3, 2022, prepared by IBI Group and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated December 9, 2020, revised May 3, 2022, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East prepared by ERA Architects Inc., dated December 9, 2020, revised May 3, 2022, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide final Site Plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage properties will be sensitively illuminated to enhance their heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a detailed Landscape Plan for the subject properties, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject properties, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 7. Submit a Signage Plan for the subject properties to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Have entered into the Heritage Easement Agreement required in Recommendation 1.b.1, in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.c. 3, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the properties at 234-236, 240 and 242 King Street East.
MM47.45adopted
Vision Zero is the commitment to eliminating all traffic fatalities and injuries on our roads. With the goal of fulfilling the City of Toronto's commitment to achieving Vision Zero, this Motion responds to a number of barriers to the implementation of traffic calming measures and road safety improvements City-wide. In order to put our vision into action, more work needs to be done to bring our policies at the City of Toronto in line with our commitments on road safety.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services report to City Council in the first quarter of 2023 on pathways to permit the creation of Community Safety Zones outside of school zones in order to enable to installation of Automated Speed Enforcement cameras, including consideration of: a. the effectiveness of the Community Safety Zones program in its current form since the previous moratorium was lifted in 2018; b. opportunities to accelerate the rollout and expansion of the City's Automated Speed Enforcement program so that a greater number of cameras are available for rotation across Toronto; and c. a new set of criteria to be utilized to determining when a Community Safety Zone is warranted as well as a definition of the boundaries that may be set for these zones. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services report to City Council in the first quarter of 2023 on a plan to update the warrants/considerations used to evaluate the need for All-Way Stop Control, Pedestrian Crossovers and Traffic Control Signals include a required number of potentially preventable collisions that is no greater than one. 3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with any relevant divisions and agencies, to review and report back on safe street improvements that could be implemented as of right during regular maintenance, including but not limited to sidewalk bumpouts, enhanced street crossings, signal timing modernization, and a pathway for how identified measures could be implemented as by default during maintenance projects, road reconstruction, or State of Good Repair works.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Brad Bradford, seconded by Councillor Jennifer McKelvie, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services report to Council in the first quarter of 2023 on pathways to permit the creation of Community Safety Zones outside of school zones in order to enable to installation of Automated Speed Enforcement cameras, including consideration of: a. the effectiveness of the Community Safety Zones program in its current form since the previous moratorium was lifted in 2018; b. opportunities to accelerate the rollout and expansion of the City's Automated Speed Enforcement program so that a greater number of cameras are available for rotation across Toronto; and c. a new set of criteria to be utilized to determining when a Community Safety Zone is warranted as well as a definition of the boundaries that may be set for these zones. 2. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services report to Council in the first quarter of 2023 on a plan to update the warrants/considerations used to evaluate the need for All-Way Stop Control, Pedestrian Crossovers and Traffic Control Signals include a required number of potentially preventable collisions that is no greater than one. 3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with any relevant divisions and agencies, to review and report back on safe street improvements that could be implemented as of right during regular maintenance, including but not limited to sidewalk bumpouts, enhanced street crossings, signal timing modernization, and a pathway for how identified measures could be implemented as by default during maintenance projects, road reconstruction, or State of Good Repair works.
CC47.46adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations to the heritage property at 575 Queen Street West under Part V, Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act in connection with the proposed redevelopment of the property as a mixed use commercial and residential building. The subject property is categorized as a contributing building in the Queen Street West Heritage Conservation District (QSWHCD) Plan and comprises a three-storey Italianate style commercial building constructed c. 1884-1892. In connection with a minor variance application, the development proposal involves the addition of a fourth storey with partial fifth storey loft stepped back 4.6 metres above the existing three storey building. The addition will result in a total building height of approximately 17 metres, which is 1 metre above what is permitted in the QSWHCD Plan. The existing, non-original storefront will be replaced with a new storefront that is consistent with the QSWHCD Plan. The existing paint will be gently removed from the building's historic brick and historically appropriate wood windows will be installed. The proposal also involves several alterations which are not visible from the public realm along Queen Street West, and as such do not require permission under Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act. Staff are supportive of the proposal to rehabilitate the property at 575 Queen Street West and are satisfied that the additional height is appropriately mitigated. The instatement of an improved storefront and historically appropriate wood windows, along with the restoration of the building's historic brick, will conserve the cultural heritage values, attributes and character of the on-site heritage resource and enhance the heritage character of the Queen Street West Heritage Conservation District.
City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the exterior alterations to the heritage property at 575 Queen Street West, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated June 10, 2022, prepared by Battaglia Architect Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following additional conditions: a. prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 575 Queen Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the property as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. provide building permit drawings, a description of materials and finishes including specifications of the products and techniques to be used to be prepared by the heritage architect to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the exterior alterations to the heritage property at 575 Queen Street West, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated June 10, 2022, prepared by Battaglia Architect Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 575 Queen Street West, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the property as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, a description of materials and finishes including specifications of the products and techniques to be used to be prepared by the heritage architect to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.