Other Items Considered by the Community Council
(a)Options for Ward Boundary Changes.
The North York Community Council reports having recommended to the Urban
Environment and Development Committee, and Council, that if a decision is made by
City Council to revert back to the single ward system, that the old ward boundaries of
the former City of North York be maintained.
The North York Community Council reports having had before it the following:
(1)report (October 26, 1998) from the City Clerk and the Commissioner of Urban Planning
and Development Services providing options for: (a) minor refinements to the existing 28
City wards, and (b) ward boundary divisions to permit single member ward representation;
(2)report (November 5, 1998) from the City Clerk advising that the York Community
Council on November 4, 1998, recommended to the North York Community Council that
consideration be given to allowing the area located south of Highway 401 (Ward 6, North
York Humber) to the proposed north boundary (Woodward Avenue/CN Rail) as noted on the
map attached to its report, to be included as part of a continuing community of Ward 27, York
Humber;
(3)(November 16, 1998) from Mr. Wayne Long, Chair Development Committee, York Mills
Valley Association, submitting their comments on the proposed change of boundaries;
(4)(November 16, 1998) from Mr. Eric E. Parker, President, Lawrence Park-Bayview
Property Owners Association, forwarding their submission concerning ward boundary
changes;
(5)(November 12, 1998) from Ms. Lorna R. Marsden, President and Vice-Chancellor, York
University, expressing the views of York University with respect to the proposed ward
boundary changes; and
(6)(November 12, 1998) from Mr. Steve Pitt, President, Oakdale Acres Ratepayers'
Association, expressing support with the proposal.
A staff presentation was made by John Hollins, Director of Elections, Clerk's Division, and
Peter Fay, Senior Policy and Planning Analyst, Clerk's Division.
The following persons appeared before the North York Community Council in connection
with the foregoing matter:
-Mr. Dominic Di Luca, President of the Stanley Community Centre Seniors' Club, who was
in favour of splitting the wards into two;
-Mr. Hank Mulder, President of 325 Bogert Avenue Tenants' Association, who spoke in
opposition to the wards being split;
-Mr. Jim Loftus, President of the 7 Roanoke Road Tenants' Association, who had concerns
over the splitting of neighbourhoods;
-Mr. Morry Smith, who was in favour of retaining two Councillors per ward; and
-Mr. John Maletich, who spoke in favour of splitting the existing wards.
(b)Official Plan Policies and Related By-laws Regarding the Conversion to
Condominiums and Demolition of Rental Housing.
The North York Community Council reports having recommended to the Urban
Environment and Development Committee, and Council, that:
(1)the motion moved by Councillor Moscoe at the meeting of the Urban Environment
and Development Committee meeting held on November 2, 1998, be adopted subject to
the deletion of the amendments to 135.1 and 135.5 and that the recommendations of the
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services with respect to these two
sections be adopted; and
(2)any buildings with two or more major work orders on them be included in the
restrictions.
The North York Community Council also reports having referred the following motions to the
Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development Services for a report to the November
30th meeting of the Urban Environment and Development Committee:
A.Moved by Councillor Feldman:
That a further clause 135.6 be added as follows:
135.6Council may consider exempting specific sites or areas from the restrictions imposed by
policies 135.2 135.3, 135.4 and 135.5, if the following conditions exist:
(i)the building is functionally obsolete;
(ii)it is no longer economically feasible to retrofit the building for the purposes of preserving
the stock;
(iii)the existing building is a blight on the neighbourhood characteristic; and
(iv)the in-situ tenants want to buy the building.; and
B.Moved by Councillor Flint:
That Council may exempt properties, generally, specifically, or in areas included in official
plan amendments or detailed secondary plans, from the provisions of this official plan
amendment whenever desirable for the purposes of good planning.
(November 3, 1998) from the City Clerk, advising that the Urban Environment and
Development Committee on November 2, 1998, endorsed Recommendation No. (9) of the
report (October 15, 1998) from the Commissioner of Urban Planning and Development
Services, regarding Official Plan policies and related by-laws regarding conversion to
condominium and demolition of rental housing, and requested that any comments from
Community Councils be forwarded to the November 30, 1998 meeting of the Urban
Environment and Development Committee.