ETOBICOKE COMMUNITY COUNCIL

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DEPUTATION ITEMS

1.VARIANCE TO THE ETOBICOKE SIGN BY-LAW -

URBAN OUTDOOR TRANS AD, 3 QUEENSWAY LIONS COURT.

City Clerk

(June 7, 1999)

Submitting the decisions of the Etobicoke Sign Variance Advisory Committee from its meeting held on April 20, 1999, and in particular, refusal of an application by Urban Outdoor Trans Ad for a variance to the Etobicoke Sign By-law to permit a Standard Outdoor Advertising ground sign at 3 Queensway Lions Court which was deferred, at the request of the applicant, for deputation at the June 23 meeting.

Deputation: 10:00 a.m.

2.COMMUNITY ARTS IN THE NEW CITY.

Mr. Clifford Dyke will attend with respect to the issue of how community arts are dealt with in the new City of Toronto.

Deputation: 10:30 a.m.

3.PARKING PROHIBITIONS: ANGLESEY BOULEVARD BETWEEN ISLINGTON AVENUE AND THE KINGSWAY (KINGSWAY-HUMBER).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To request the introduction of "No Parking Anytime" prohibitions on sections of Anglesey Boulevard, between Islington Avenue and The Kingsway; and recommending that:

(1)parking be prohibited on the south side of Anglesey Boulevard, between TheKingsway and Lambeth Crescent;

(2)parking be prohibited on the north side of Anglesey Boulevard, between TheKingsway and a point 844 m west thereof;

(3)parking be prohibited on the south side of Anglesey Boulevard, from WimbletonRoad to the west intersection of Anglesey Boulevard/Pinehurst Crescent; and

(4)Schedule VIII of Chapter 240 of the Etobicoke Municipal Code be amended to include these prohibitions, and as described in the attached by-laws.

Deputation: 11:00 a.m.

4.PRINCE EDWARD DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION STUDY - BLOOR STREET WEST TO BERRY ROAD (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Report to follow.

Deputation: 7:30 p.m.

COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.

5.PARKING REGULATIONS - THE KINGSWAY, BETWEEN ANGLESEY BOULEVARD AND HARTFIELD ROAD (KINGSWAY-HUMBER).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To maintain the existing parking prohibition, and the limits of the on-street metered parking stalls, located on the east side of The Kingsway, between Hartfield Road and Anglesey Boulevard, and recommending that the existing "No Parking 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m." prohibition on the east side of The Kingsway from Hartfield Road to a point 134 m south, and the limits of the on-street metered parking stalls currently described in schedule C of Section 87(11) of the Etobicoke Municipal Code, be maintained until the Toronto Parking Authority requests permission to install additional metered parking stalls on the east side of The Kingsway, north of Anglesey Boulevard.

6.LEFT TURN PROHIBITIONS: SOUTH INTERSECTION OF HUMBERWOOD BOULEVARD AND VIEW GREEN CRESCENT (REXDALE-THISTLETOWN).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To prohibit northbound and eastbound left turns at the south intersection of Humberwood Boulevard and View Green Crescent; and recommending that:.

(1)a left turn prohibition be introduced on Humberwood Boulevard at View Green Crescent (southintersection) for northbound traffic;

(2)a left turn prohibition be introduced on View Green Crescent at Humberwood Boulevard (southintersection) for eastbound traffic; and

(3)the associated by-laws receive Council approval.

7.STOP STREET AND THROUGH HIGHWAY DESIGNATIONS: BLUEWATER COURT AND FLEECELINE ROAD (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To propose the installation of Stop Controls on Bluewater Court at the east and west approaches to Harbourview Crescent, and the designation of Fleeceline Road as a through highway between the north limit of Lake Shore Boulevard West and the south limit Harbourview Crescent; and recommending that:

(1)a stop control be installed at the west approach of the east intersection of Bluewater Court and Harbourview Crescent;

(2)a stop control be installed at the east approach of the west intersection of Bluewater Court and Harbourview Crescent;

(3)Fleeceline Road be designated a through highway between the north limit of LakeShoreBoulevardWest and the south limit of Harbourview Crescent; and

(4)the associated by-laws receive Council approval.

8.THROUGH HIGHWAY AND ONE-WAY STREET DESIGNATIONS: LEGIONROAD NORTH (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To propose the designation of Legion Road North as a through highway between the south limit of the F.G.Gardiner Expressway and south limit of Manitoba Street; and to propose a one-way designation of Legion Road North in the southbound direction between the south limit of the F. G. Gardiner Expressway and the north limit of Manitoba Street; and recommending that:.

(1)Legion Road North be designated a through highway between the south limit of the F.G.GardinerExpressway and the south limit of Manitoba Street;

(2)Legion Road North be designated a one-way street southbound, from the south limit of the F.G.GardinerExpressway and the north limit of Manitoba Street; and

(3)the associated by-laws receive Council approval.

9.STOP CONTROL ASSESSMENT: THIRTIETH STREET AND RIMILTON AVENUE (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To evaluate the effectiveness of the current stop control operation at the intersection of Thirtieth Street and Rimilton Avenue, and recommending that the intersection of Thirtieth Street and Rimilton Avenue continue to operate with stop signs controlling northbound and southbound traffic.

10.DESIGNATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TURN LANE: ROYAL YORK ROAD, NORTH OF EVANS AVENUE (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To propose the designation of an exclusive right turn lane at the north approach of Royal York Road and Evans Avenue, and recommending that:

(1)the most westerly southbound lane of Royal York Road between Evans Avenue and a point 30.5 metres north thereof be designated as an exclusive right turn lane (buses excepted); and

(2)the attached by-law receive Council approval.

11.INTRODUCTION OF A PARKING PROHIBITION: SOUTH SIDE OF LAKESHORE BOULEVARD WEST, WEST OF THIRTEENTH STREET (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To propose the introduction of a Parking Prohibition on the south side of Lake Shore Boulevard West, west of Thirteenth Street, immediately in the front of the driveway to The Gatehouse in Colonel Samuel Smith Waterfront Park; and recommending that:

(1)parking be prohibited on the south side of Lake Shore Boulevard West from a point 76.0 m west of Thirteenth Street and a point 40.0 m west thereof; and

(2)the associated by-law received Council approval.

12.TRAFFIC CONCERNS: FERNALROY BOULEVARD BETWEEN ISLINGTONAVENUE AND NORSEMAN STREET (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To address the concerns of area residents with respect to the speed and volume of vehicular traffic on Fernalroy Boulevard between Spring Garden Road and Norseman Street, and recommending that all-way stop controls not be installed at the intersection of Fernalroy Boulevard and Leland Avenue.

13.REVIEW OF THE EXISTING ROAD ALLOWANCE: LAMBETH ROAD, EAST OF ST. GEORGES ROAD, AND THE KINGSWAY BETWEEN CANTERBURY ROAD AND LAMBETH ROAD (KINGSWAY-HUMBER).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To advise Etobicoke Community Council whether portions of the existing road allowance for Lambeth Road, between St. Georges Road and The Kingsway, and The Kingsway, between Canterbury Road and Lambeth Road, are surplus to municipal requirements, and recommending that the existing road allowance for The Kingsway, between Canterbury Road and Lambeth Crescent, and Lambeth Road, between St. Georges Road and The Kingsway, be maintained.

14.APPLICATION FOR ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS -MONARCH DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, 10 AND 12 HUMBER BOULEVARD (KINGSWAY-HUMBER).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

To authorize two Major Encroachment Agreements for landscaping proposed in the Humber Boulevard and Bloor Street West rights-of-way at 10 and 12 Humber Boulevard, and to authorize a one-time payment equal to 5 years annual rental fees in lieu of annual rental fees, and recommending that:

(1)Etobicoke Community Council approve the applications for Major Encroachment Agreements;

(2)the City Solicitor be instructed to prepare the Agreements; and

(3)the applicant be required to submit a one-time $10,889 payment-in-lieu of annual rental fees, and a one-time $1,400 application fee that represents the City's administrative costs.

15.PROPOSED THIRD-PARTY COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING SIGN ON PUBLIC ROAD ALLOWANCE - 63 PARK LAWN ROAD (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director, Transportation Services, District 2

(June 23, 1999)

Advising, for information only, that an application by Mediacom Inc. for permission to install a billboard sign within the Gardiner Expressway road allowance in the vicinity of 63Park Lawn Road, which was deferred by Etobicoke Community Council pending clarification of existing policies relating to third-party signs on public property, has been withdrawn.

16.AMENDMENT TO THE ETOBICOKE ZONING CODE - RECYCLE PLUS LTD., 63 MEDULLA AVENUE - FILE NO. Z-2269 ( LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

16a.Director of Community Planning, West District

(November 12, 1998)

Regarding an application for amendment to the Class 2 Industrial (I.C2) provisions of the Etobicoke Zoning Code to permit the operation of a recycling/waste transfer facility, including office space, within an existing 1 969.6 mē (21,202 sq.ft.) industrial building on the east side of Medulla Avenue, north of Coronet Road.

16b.Adam J. Brown, Brown Dryer Karol, Barristers & Solicitors

(May 26, 1999)

Opposing the application, on behalf of a group of property owners location in the immediate vicinity of the subject property, and asking that the City's by-laws be enforced immediately to prohibit the current use of the property.

16c.Mr. P. D. Petrie, of Willms & Shier

(July 21, 1998)

On behalf of a client group formed in opposition to the establishment and operation of a waste transfer/recycling facility at 63 Medulla Avenue, stating reasons for opposition and grounds for refusing the application.

16d.Mr. P. D. Petrie, of Willms & Shier

(August 14, 1998)

Further to the July 21, 1998 submission particularly with respect to various aspects of the Ministry of the Environment certificate of approval and the implications thereof for the City.

16e.Mr. P. D. Petrie, of Willms & Shier

(November 4, 1998)

Further to the July 21, 1998 communication, particularly addressing the statements made in the report (November 12, 1998) from the Director, Community Planning, West District.

16f.Mr. K. Jaffary, of Gowling, Strathy & Henderson

(January 6, 1999)

Forwarding a copy of a communication (January 6, 1999) addressed to Mr. P. D. Petrie, outlining areas of agreement and disagreement in the terms proposed on behalf of the client group, and requesting that the matter proceed.

16g.Mr. P. D. Petrie, of Willms & Shier

(January 12, 1999)

Forwarding a copy of his response to the January 6, 1999 communication from Mr.K.Jaffary.

16h.Mr. K. Jaffary, of Gowling, Strathy & Henderson

(January 15, 1999)

Forwarding a copy of a communication (January 15, 1999) addressed to Mr. P. D. Petrie, advising that no agreement has been reached on the resolution of the matter, and that his client's position remains in accordance with the January 6, 1999 correspondence.

16i.Mr. P. D. Petrie, of Willms & Shier

(January 18, 1999)

Forwarding a copy of his response to Mr. Jaffray, and requesting that this and all previous submissions be placed before the Community Council.

The Etobicoke Community Council held a statutory public meeting on December 9, 1998, with respect to this application in accordance with Section 34 of the Planning Act, at which time the Community Council deferred consideration of the matter to a future meeting of the Community Council to allow for resolution of certain issues.

Continuation of Public Meeting: 11:30 a.m.

17.APPEAL OF COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT DECISIONS.

Director of Community Planning, West District

(June 9, 1999)

To advise Etobicoke Community Council of Committee of Adjustment decisions which have been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board and recommending that:

(1)legal and staff representation be provided for the appeals regarding 98MeadowbankRoad and 12 Kinsdale Boulevard; and

(2)legal and staff representation not be provided for the appeals regarding 31OldOakRoad and 1725 Lake Shore Boulevard West.

18.PRELIMINARY EVALUATION REPORT - AMENDMENTS TO THE ETOBICOKE OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE - HARVEY SAWH, 63 AND 65 WINTERTON DRIVE - FILE NO. Z-2296 (MARKLAND-CENTENNIAL).

Director of Community Planning, West District

(June 4, 1999)

To provide preliminary comments on the processing of an application received on April27,1999, from Harvey Sawh to amend the Residential (R1) zoning and the Official Plan (Utilities) of a site at 63-65 Winterton Drive to permit a 10-unit retirement home; and recommending that:

(1)this report be received and that the application continue to be circulated, and

(2)upon completion of a Planning staff report, a public meeting to consider the application be scheduled for a meeting of Community Council.

19.PRELIMINARY EVALUATION REPORT - AMENDMENTS TO THE ETOBICOKE OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE - CITY OF TORONTO/THE TORONTO PARKING AUTHORITY, 7 AND 9 MONKTON AVENUE - FILE NO. Z-2297 (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director of Community Planning, West District

(June 9, 1999)

To provide preliminary comments on the processing of an application received on May11,1999, from The Toronto Parking Authority to amend the Low Density Residential designation of the Official Plan and the Residential Second Density (R2) zoning of 7 and 9 Monkton Avenue to permit a 25-space surface public parking lot, and recommending that:

(1)this report be received and that the application continue to be circulated, and

(2)upon completion of a Planning staff report, a public meeting to consider the application be scheduled for a meeting of Community Council.

20.SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT - AMENDMENT TO THE ETOBICOKE ZONING CODE - 1051234 ONTARIO LIMITED, 7 McINTOSH AVENUE (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Director of Community Planning, West District

(June 7, 1999)

To advise Etobicoke Community Council of the status of the application by 1051234 Ontario Limited, and their request to have the Zoning By-law amendment placed before City Council for adoption.

21.NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS FOR WEST DISTRICT (ETOBICOKE).

Director of Community Planning, West District

(June 23, 1999)

Providing a summary of new development applications for the West District (Etobicoke) received since May 11, 1999.

22.PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ETOBICOKE OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE, 1308684 ONTARIO LIMITED, 3085 BLOOR STREET WEST AND 20 THOMPSON AVENUE - FILE NO. Z-2293 (LAKESHORE-QUEENSWAY).

Mary L. Campbell, President, Kingsway Sunnylea Residents Assoc./KPRI

(May 3, 1999)

Communication addressed to the Solicitor representing 1308684 Ontario Limited, proposing that 20 Thompson Avenue remain residential with a minor variance for "alternative use" to compliment is function as part and parcel of 3085 Bloor Street West.

23.COUNCILLOR APPOINTMENTS TO LOCAL SPECIAL PURPOSE BODIES.

City Clerk

(June 1, 1999)

To implement Council's process for appointing Members of Council to local special purpose bodies, and to regularize the terms of Councillors appointed to local business improvement areas as set out in the Municipal Act; and recommending that the Etobicoke Community Council:

(1)give consideration to Members' preferences outlined in Schedule 1, and recommend to City Council the appointment of Members of Council to those special purpose bodies outlined in such Schedule for a term of office expiring November 30, 2000, and until their successors are appointed, unless indicated otherwise;

(2)recommend to City Council that the Councillors previously appointed by City Council to the business improvement areas outlined in Schedule 2 remain in office until November 30, 2000, and until their successors are appointed, in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act; and

(3)also recommend to City Council that leave be granted for the introduction of any necessary Bills in Council to give effect thereto.

24.EDENBRIDGE YARD, WEST DISTRICT (KINGSWAY-HUMBER)

Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism

(June 2, 1999)

To respond to Etobicoke Community Council's request for a report on the Edenbridge Yard, with specific reference to the possibility of retaining the property in the City park system; and recommending that:

1. the Edenbridge property be retained as parkland and the service building therein be retained by the Department pending completion of further studies.

2. the appropriate City officials be authorized and directed to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

25.PROPOSED WIND TURBINE - COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK.

Mr. Michael Harrison, President, CCFEW)

(June 1, 1999)

Forwarding a copy of correspondence from Citizens Concerned About the Future of the Etobicoke Waterfront (CCFEW) to the Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC), advising of the group's wish to be able to support the siting of a renewable energy wind turbine on the Toronto waterfront, but not if Colonel Samuel Smith Park is considered as a location.

26.APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM REPLACEMENTS TO ETOBICOKE HISTORICAL BOARD/LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION ADVISORY

COMMITTEE.

Mr. Earl Jarvis, Chair, Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC

(June 9, 1999)

To request Council's endorsement of the appointment of two new members for the Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC, and recommending that the following persons be appointed to the Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC, on an interim basis, and until their successors are appointed:

Mr. Nicholas Doran

Ms. Gretchen Green O'Brien

27.MINUTES OF ETOBICOKE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

Minutes of a meeting of the Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC held on Wednesday, May12,1999.

28.CHANGES TO THE CITY'S PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO PERMIT SECOND SUITES AS-OF-RIGHT.

Informal public meeting with respect to proposed official plan and zoning by-law amendments which will allow second suites as-of-right in all single- and semi-detached houses in the City of Toronto. Background material will be available in the Clerk's Department, Etobicoke Civic Centre, on or after June 17, 1999.

Informal Public Meeting: 3:30 p.m.

ANY OTHER MATTERS.