Toronto and East York Community Council
The full agenda, as filed
All 29 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 26 to 29 of 29Show 2550100all
TE22.26adopted
Parking Amendments - St. Helen's Avenue, Lumbervale Avenue and College Street North
I am writing to you to request Community Council's support for a motion that is important to the constituents of Ward 9 Davenport. The City recently installed several Council-approved changes including a new traffic signal at College Street and Dundas Street West and reconfiguration of the traffic flow on College Street North (changing from two way to one way westbound) and St. Helen's Avenue (changing from one way southbound to one way northbound). At the end of 2020, my office received notice that the sidewalk width on Lumbervale Avenue was widened to bring it up to code and meet the 1.8m municipal requirement as part of a sidewalk and road base reconstruction and paving program. This improvement, coupled with two-way traffic on the street, alternate side as well as being a school bus route to service Saint-Frère-André Catholic Secondary School, will have a significant impact on Lumbervale Avenue, especially on Thursdays due to the current alternate side parking by-law. After careful consideration, I requested that Transportation Services staff undertake a review of the alternate side parking, considering heavy truck and school bus maneuvers on St. Helen's Avenue, Lumbervale Avenue and College Street North. Staff recommend rescinding alternate parking on St. Helen's Avenue, Lumbervale Avenue and College Street North to accommodate current needs and increase safety for vulnerable road users. This was communicated in a letter sent to residents by the City of Toronto's Public Consultation Unit on December 11, 2020. Transportation Services, the community and my office support making parking permanent on the west side of St. Helen's Avenue, on the north side of Lumbervale Avenue and the south side of College Street North. This is an opportunity to make these streets safer for people who walk, cycle and drive to access the adjacent schools, underground and surface parking lots, school bus passenger loading areas and homes. Now is an ideal time to include these changes to be bundled with the larger Council-approved changes in the area. In order to help provide a safer environment for local residents and school community, I am moving this motion to approve parking changes on St. Helen's Avenue, Lumbervale Avenue and College Street North.
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Authorized the parking by-law changes as indicated in Attachment 1 to the Letter (January 12, 2021) from Councillor Bailão.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Bailão recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council authorize the parking by-law changes as indicated in Attachment 1.
TE22.27adopted
Over the past number of years, my office has been working with the Junction Triangle and the Wallace Emerson Traffic Management Committees (JJTMC and WETMC) along with Toronto Transportation Services staff to introduce traffic improvements to ameliorate safety in the community. Residents have reported a rise in non-local traffic traveling westbound along Wallace Avenue, which is being used as a shortcut from Dufferin Street. This is problematic because Wallace Avenue is classified as a collector road, which is designed to carry lower volumes of traffic at lower speeds compared to major arterial roads that carry higher volumes of traffic at higher speeds. The increase in traffic and speeding heightens risk and has an adverse impact on public safety, especially students attending nearby schools. As a result, I reached out to Traffic Operations staff requesting guidance on these issues and to make recommendations to address them. After consulting with area residents, I am recommending that staff investigate having a westbound left-turn advance feature installed at the intersection of Lansdowne Avenue and Wallace Avenue to control and regulate traffic. I am also asking that staff investigate a rush hour through traffic restriction at Wallace Avenue and Lansdowne Avenue to manage traffic travelling westbound on Wallace Avenue and crossing Lansdowne Avenue.
The Toronto and East York Community Council directed: 1. Transportation staff to investigate having a westbound left-turn advance feature installed at the intersection of Lansdowne Avenue and Wallace Avenue to control and regulate traffic. 2. Transportation staff to investigate a westbound through traffic restriction at Wallace Avenue and Lansdowne Avenue during the peak rush hour period between 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Bailão recommends that: 1. It is recommended that Toronto and East York Community Council direct City staff to investigate having a westbound left-turn advance feature installed at the intersection of Lansdowne Avenue and Wallace Avenue to control and regulate traffic. 2. Staff investigate a westbound through traffic restriction at Wallace Avenue and Lansdowne Avenue during the peak rush hour period between 3:30-6:30pm.
TE22.28adopted
350 Vaughan Road - Amendment to By-law Nos. 108-2017 and 109-2017
At its meeting held on February 3, 2016, City Council adopted Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE13.4 which recommended amendments to former City of York zoning by-law 1-83 and City of Toronto zoning by-law 569-2013 to permit redevelopment of 350 Vaughan Road in the form of seven 3-storey detached houses and two 3-storey semi-detached units. City Council enacted By-law Nos. 108-2017 and 109-2017 to permit the development and a section 37 agreement was entered into to secure matters of legal convenience, including conveyance of a lane widening abutting the site. Since the date of approval, the applicant has worked to satisfy a number of conditions prior to building permit issuance, including the aforementioned conveyance of a lane widening. The owner is undertaking environmental remediation works on portions of the site so the lane conveyances meet City standards. The owner of the site has requested they be permitted to develop the site in phases, allowing building on the western portion of the site while the remainder undergoes further remediation. City staff are willing to review this request, but have determined that such phased build-out will require an amendment to the previously approved by-laws, as well as public consultation. Staff should be directed to report to a future meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council regarding any recommended amendments to the by-laws, any required amendments to the section 37 agreement, or other matters that may be required to respond to this request. Since becoming the local councillor, I have heard from many members from the community that this vacant site is an eyesore and would benefit from a plan that would lead to its restoration and usability. I support working towards a pragmatic solution recommended by city staff to allow this approved proposal to move forward.
The Toronto and East York Community Council directed: 1. The Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with appropriate staff from Transportation Services and Legal Services, to report to a future meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council with amendments to the by-laws for 350 Vaughan Road to permit the development to proceed in two phases, and to bring forward any required zoning by-law amendment to a statutory public meeting under the Planning Act after holding a community consultation meeting. 2. Notice for the community consultation meeting shall be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and to interested parties of Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE13.4, with all mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.
Staff recommendation as filed
Councillor Matlow recommends that: 1.Toronto and East York Community Council direct the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, in consultation with appropriate staff from Transportation Services and Legal Services, to report to a future meeting of Toronto and East York Community Council with amendments to the by-laws for 350 Vaughan Road to permit the development to proceed in two phases, and bring forward any required zoning by-law amendment to a statutory public meeting under the Planning Act after holding a community consultation meeting. 2. Notice for the community consultation meeting shall be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site, and to interested parties of Toronto and East York Community Council Item TE13.4, with all mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.
TE22.29adopted
Introduction and consideration of Bills for enactment of By-laws.
General Bill Toronto and East York Community Council enacted By-laws 6-2021 to 15-2021. Confirmatory Bill Toronto and East York Community Council passed a Confirmatory Bill as By-law 16-2021.