To:Urban Environment and Development Committee

From:City Clerk

Subject:Official Plan Policies and Related By-laws regarding the Conversion to Condominium and Demolition of Rental Housing

Recommendation:

The Toronto Community Council:

(1)recommended to the Urban Environment and Development Committee that the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services be requested to provide monthly reports to the Council Strategy Committee for People without Homes, and to all Members of Council on:

(a)units affected by condominium conversion applications, and the cumulative total of those units; and

(b)units affected by potential demolition applications, including units subject to rezoning applications and/or building permit applications, and the cumulative total of those units.

In addition to the foregoing recommendation, the Toronto Community Council reports for the information of Urban Environment and Development Committee having endorsed the recommendations contained in the communication (November 3, 1998) from the City Clerk, Urban Environment and Development Committee forwarding the Committee's actions of November 3, 1998 respecting Official Plan Policies and Related By-laws regarding the Conversion to Condominium and Demolition of Rental Housing.

Background:

The Toronto Community Council, on November 12, 1998 had before it a communication (November 3, 1998) from the City Clerk, Urban Environment and Development Committee forwarding the Committee's actions of November 3, 1998 respecting Official Plan Policies and Related By-laws regarding the Conversion to Condominium and Demolition of Rental Housing and requesting Toronto Community Council's comments to be made available for the meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee to be held on November 30, 1998.

City Clerk,

Toronto Community Council

Frances M. Pritchard/mh

981112.77

c.:Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services

Council Strategy Committee for People without Homes