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Considered by City Council on
February 23, 24 and 25, 2009



Planning and Growth Management Committee


Meeting No. 23   Contact Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Wednesday, February 4, 2009
  Phone 416-392-7340
Start Time 9:30 AM
  E-mail pgmc@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 1, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Norman Kelly  


Item  

PG23.1 City-Initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, Yonge-Eglinton Centre Focused Review - Final Report (Ward: 16, 22, 25)

PG23.2 3101 Kennedy Road – Zoning Application – Refusal Report (Ward: 39)

PG23.4 The Toronto Public Art Commission – New Members (Ward: All)



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Considered by City Council on:
February 23, 24 and 25, 2009



Planning and Growth Management Committee


Meeting No. 23   Contact Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Wednesday, February 4, 2009
  Phone 416-392-7340
Start Time 9:30 AM
  E-mail pgmc@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 1, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Norman Kelly  


PG23.1

Amended 

 

 

Ward: 16, 22, 25 

City-Initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, Yonge-Eglinton Centre Focused Review - Final Report
City Council Decision

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council amend the Official Plan and the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan substantially in accordance with the draft official plan amendment submitted with this report as Attachment 1.

 

2.         City Council amend By‑law 438-86 for the southwest quadrant of the Yonge and Eglinton intersection substantially in accordance with the draft zoning by-law amendment submitted with this report as Attachment 2.

 

3.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft zoning by‑law amendments as may be required.

 

4.         City Council adopt the Yonge-Eglinton Centre Urban Design Guidelines shown in Attachment 3.

 

5.         City Council adopt a By-law to amend Schedule 1 of the City‑wide Community Improvement Plan for Brownfield Remediation and Development of Prescribed Employment Uses (By‑law 516-2008) by including the Yonge-Eglinton Centre as an area eligible for financial incentives for major office buildings, as shown in Attachment 4.

 

6.         City Council direct the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with TTC, Facilities and Real Estate, City Planning staff and the local Councillors for Wards 22, 16 and 25, to report back to City Council in the third quarter of 2009 with an implementation strategy and possible funding sources for the proposed public park within the southwest quadrant of the Yonge-Eglinton intersection.

 

7.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, in consultation with the General Managers of Transportation Services and Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, Urban Forestry and TTC staff to prepare a Streetscape Plan focused on the Yonge-Eglinton intersection, in consultation with the local Councillors for Wards 22, 16 and 25, and report back to City Council with a strategy to implement the Streetscape Plan together with estimated costs and possible funding sources, including partnerships with the private sector.

 

8.         City Council direct Transportation Services, the Co-ordinated Street Furniture Program to consider Yonge-Eglinton as a priority area for the placement of street furniture in Wards 22, 16, and 25, in co‑ordination with Part 7.

 

9.         City Council direct Planning staff to undertake consultations with the local community, in consultation with Councillors for Wards 22, 16, and 25, with regard to the Yonge-Eglinton Urban Growth Centre (UGC) in the Provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006, and report back on the results of the consultations and any amendments necessary to bring the Official Plan in conformity to the provincial Growth Plan.

 

10.       City Council approve that the City-owned land in this proposed rezoning shall include the construction of affordable housing on site consistent with the target set out in the Official Plan as part of any redevelopment, and that if the land were sold to a third party, this obligation be registered on title.

 

11.       The Toronto Transit Commission be requested to consider establishing a Yonge/Eglinton Station Working Group including local residents, area employees, and transit riders to participate from the early stages in the design of the Eglinton Station, bus terminal and other transit public spaces, with a view to making them user friendly.

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Statutory - Planning Act, RSO 1990
Committee Recommendations

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council amend the Official Plan and the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan substantially in accordance with the draft official plan amendment submitted with this report as Attachment 1.

 

2.         City Council amend By-law 438-86 for the southwest quadrant of the Yonge and Eglinton intersection substantially in accordance with the draft zoning by-law amendment submitted with this report as Attachment 2.

 

3.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft zoning by-law amendments as may be required.

 

4.         City Council adopt the Yonge-Eglinton Centre Urban Design Guidelines shown in Attachment 3.

 

5.         City Council adopt a By-law to amend Schedule 1 of the City-wide Community Improvement Plan for Brownfield Remediation and Development of Prescribed Employment Uses (By-law 516-2008) by including the Yonge-Eglinton Centre as an area eligible for financial incentives for major office buildings, as shown in Attachment 4.

 

6.         City Council direct the General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, in consultation with TTC, Facilities and Real Estate, City Planning staff, and the local councillors for Wards 22, 16 and 25, to report back to City Council in the third quarter of 2009 with an implementation strategy and possible funding sources for the proposed public park within the southwest quadrant of the Yonge-Eglinton intersection.

 

7.         City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director in consultation with the General Managers of Transportation Services and Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, Urban Forestry and TTC staff to prepare a Streetscape Plan focused on the Yonge-Eglinton intersection, in consultation with the local councillors for Wards 22, 16 and 25, and report back to City Council with a strategy to implement the Streetscape Plan together with estimated costs and possible funding sources, including partnerships with the private sector.

 

8.         City Council direct Transportation Services, the Co-ordinated Street Furniture Program to consider Yonge-Eglinton as a priority area for the placement of street furniture in Wards 22, 16, and 25, in coordination with Recommendation 7.

 

9.         City Council direct planning staff to undertake consultations with the local community, in consultation with Councillors for Wards 22, 16, and 25, with regards to the Yonge-Eglinton Urban Growth Centre (UGC) in the Provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006, and report back on the results of the consultations and any amendments necessary to bring the Official Plan in conformity to the provincial Growth Plan.

 

10.       City Council approve that the City-owned land in this proposed rezoning shall include the construction of affordable housing on site consistent with the target set out in the Official Plan as part of any redevelopment, and that if the land were sold to a third party, this obligation be registered on title.

Committee Decision Advice and Other Information

Joe Nanos, Manager, Community Planning and James Parakh, Senior Planner Urban Design, gave a presentation to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on the City-Initiated Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, Yonge-Eglinton Centre Focused Review - Final Report.

 

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

 

1.         held a public meeting on February 4, 2009, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act;

 

2.         referred the following motion by Councillor Thompson to the Chief Planner and Executive Director of City Planning and the City Solicitor,  for consideration and report to City Council on February 23, 2009.       

 

1.         That Section 1.4 Item 6 (a) and (b) of the draft Official Plan Amendment contained in the report (January 5, 2009) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be amended to read as follows:

 

“6.        Southwest quadrant of Yonge and Eglinton

 

On the lands shown as 6 on Map 21-1 the following additional policies shall apply:

 

a.         new development shall include the implementation of a new public road extending east and south from Duplex Avenue to Berwick Avenue.  Land dedications will be required where necessary to implement the new public road.

 

b.         strata plans to limit height shall be utilized on city-owned lands to implement the objectives of this Plan.”

 

2.         That the report (January 5, 2009) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be amended by adding the following new Recommendations 10 and 11:

 

“10.      City Council mandate that any Request for Proposals process for the redevelopment of the public lands in the southwest quadrant of Yonge-Eglinton Centre, to be undertaken by the City and/or Toronto Transit Commission, include as the principal development control mechanism in the Request for Proposals (apart from the Planning and Urban Design Guidelines for the quadrant) a stratified upper limit of the lands available for sale and/or lease and the Request for Proposals be consistent with the Official Plan, Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan; and

 

11.       Any Request for Proposals involving public lands in the southwest quadrant of the Yonge-Eglinton Centre provide for the appointment of a ‘Fairness Monitor’ acceptable to the City and Toronto Transit Commission.”

Origin
(January 5, 2009) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
Summary

These City-initiated official plan and zoning by-law amendments are subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

 

This report recommends approval of amendments to the Official Plan, Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan, and By-law No. 438-86 to implement the results of the Yonge-Eglinton Centre Focused Review as shown in Attachments 1 and 2. The report also recommends adoption of Urban Design Guidelines and outlines implementation strategies to achieve, over time the revitalization of Yonge-Eglinton Centre with a particular emphasis on Mixed Use Area ‘A’ focused on the intersection of Yonge and Eglinton.

 

The recommendations contained in this report are the result of several years of consultation and collaboration with the local community, TTC, landowners, and other stakeholders.

 

As one of the City’s four Centres, Yonge-Eglinton is a place with excellent transit accessibility where jobs, housing and services are concentrated in a dynamic mixed use setting.  The Vision contained in this report sets out local goals and a development framework and recommends policies to promote a vibrant transit-based mixed use Centre which is compatible with surrounding established residential neighbourhoods. 

 

This report recommends Schedule 1 of the City-Wide Community Improvement Plan be amended to include the Yonge-Eglinton Centre as an area eligible for financial incentives for major office buildings.

 

This report  also recommends that planning staff be directed to undertake consultations with the local community with regards to the Yonge-Eglinton Urban Growth Centre (UGC) in the Provincial Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006, and report back on the results of the consultations and any amendments necessary to bring the Official Plan in conformity with the provincial Growth Plan which stipulates in Policy 2.2.4.3 that “Municipalities will delineate the boundaries of urban growth centres in their official plans.” 

 

The proposed initiatives contained within this report support Council’s focus on investment in quality of life, the desire to link public initiatives with private investment in order to stimulate employment and high quality development, and the need to strategically create opportunities that will act as catalysts to achieving the desired objectives for this transit-supportive area.

 

The implementation of the recommendations contained in this report set the stage for City building and economic revitalization at Yonge-Eglinton, including opportunities for investment in public transit infrastructure, major office space and employment, promoting sustainable green development on the under-utilized Eglinton TTC bus terminal lands, and improving the public realm and local amenities.

Background Information (Committee)
Final Report Yonge-Eglinton Centre Focused Review
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-18454.pdf)

Attachment 3 Urban Design Guidelines
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-18455.pdf)

Background Information (City Council)
(February 24, 2009) supplementary report from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor (PG23.1a)
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-19325.pdf)

Communications (Committee)
(January 23, 2009) e-mail from Andrew Vernon-Betts (PG.New.PG23.1.1)
(February 2, 2009) e-mail from Bruce H. Engell, WeirFoulds LLP (PG.New.PG23.1.2)
(February 3, 2009) e-mail from Blaine Fedson, Deacon, Spears, Fedson + Montizambert Barristers & Solicitors (PG.New.PG23.1.3)
(February 3, 2009) e-mail from Mark Noskiewicz, Goodmans LLP (PG.New.PG23.1.4)
(February 3, 2009) e-mail from George Milbrandt and Peter Baker, Co-Chairs, FoNTRA (PG.New.PG23.1.5)
Communications (City Council)
(February 16, 2009) e-mail from George Milbrandt and Peter Baker, Co-Chairs, Federation of North Toronto Residents' Associations (FoNTRA) (CC.Main.PG23.1.6)
(February 18, 2009) letter from Terry Mills  (CC.Supp.PG23.1.7)
(February 18, 2009) letter from Steven Sims, Director, Oriole Park Association  (CC.Supp.PG23.1.8)
(February 18, 2009) fax from Margaret Walker (CC.Supp.PG23.1.9)
(February 20, 2009) letter from Ben Daube, President, Sherwood Park Residents' Association (CC.New.PG23.1.10)
(February 20, 2009) letter from Philip Mohtadi (CC.New.PG23.1.11)
(February 20, 2009) letter from Ben Daube, President, Sherwood Park Residents' Association, submitted by Councillor Walker (CC.New.PG23.1.12)
(February 20, 2009) e-mail from Philip Mohtadi, submitted by Councillor Walker (CC.New.PG23.1.13)
(February 23, 2009) e-mail from Bruce H. Engell, WeirFoulds LLP, Barristers and Solicitors (CC.New.PG23.1.14)
Speakers (Committee)

Terry Mills, FoNTRA
Bruce Engell, WeirFoulds LLP
Margaret Walker, SERRA
Councillor Shelley Carroll, Ward 33, Don Valley East
Councillor Cliff Jenkins, Ward 25, Don Valley West
Councillor Karen Stintz, Ward 16, Eglinton-Lawrence
Councillor Michael Walker, Ward 22, St. Paul's


PG23.2

Adopted 

 

 

Ward: 39 

3101 Kennedy Road – Zoning Application – Refusal Report
City Council Decision

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council refuse the application in its current form as the proposal does not conform to the Official Plan, conflicts and does not conform with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and is inconsistent with the Provincial Policy Statement.

 

2.         Should the applicant wish to reconsider the retail and service use components of their proposal, City staff and the applicant work together on a rezoning proposal which would conform and be consistent with the Official Plan and the Growth Plan and be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement.

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Committee Recommendations

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council refuse the application in its current form as the proposal does not conform to the Official Plan, conflicts and does not conform with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and is inconsistent with the Provincial Policy Statement.

 

2.          Should the applicant wish to reconsider the retail and service use components of their proposal, City staff and the applicant work together on a rezoning proposal which would conform and be consistent with the Official Plan and the Growth Plan and be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement.

Origin
(January 20, 2009) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
Summary

This application was made on or after January 1, 2007 and is subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

 

This application proposes to amend the existing industrial zoning of the site to expand the range of permitted uses to include retail stores, restaurants, personal service shops, libraries, financial institutions and medical and dental offices. The uses would be contained within three proposed separate single storey buildings with 229 parking spaces at grade at 3101 Kennedy Road.

 

The proposal to permit a commercial shopping centre in an employment area does not conform to the Toronto Official Plan and the Province's Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.  This report recommends refusal of the proposal in its current form.  The broad range of retail and service uses requested would require an official plan amendment. Approval of the application without first undertaking a municipal comprehensive review which addresses the policies and conversion criteria of the Growth Plan would be contrary to the Places to Grow Act 2005 which requires that all municipal planning decisions conform, or not conflict with the Growth Plan.

Background Information (Committee)
3101 Kennedy Road Zoning Application Refusal
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-18452.pdf)

Speakers (Committee)

Maria Gatzios, Gatzios Planning + Development Consultants Inc.
Councillor Mike Del Grande, Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt


2a Comments from Councillor Del Grande
Origin
(February 2, 2009) Letter from Councillor Mike Del Grande, Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt
Summary

Advising the Committee of the conflicting views on this project.

Background Information (Committee)
Comments from Councillor Del Grande
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-18823.pdf)


PG23.4

Adopted on Consent

 

 

Ward: All 

The Toronto Public Art Commission – New Members
City Council Decision

City Council on February 23, 24 and 25, 2009, adopted the following:

 

1.         City Council approve the recommended new members for the Toronto Public Art Commission outlined in Attachment 1 of the report.

 

2.         City Council approve the public release of the confidential information in Attachment 1.

 

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (January 9, 2009) from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, is now public in its entirety and contains the names of the following citizens nominated for membership for the Toronto Public Art Commission:

 

The Toronto Public Art Commission – Recommended New Members

 

The following citizens are nominated for membership for the Toronto Public Art Commission

 

New Members

 

Ronni Rosenberg, Associate Dean, Sheridan College School of Animation, Arts and Design; Architect, Artist and Graphic Designer

 

Lorrie Ann Smith, Manager, Course Instructor, Planning Programs for Public Education at the University of Western Ontario; Manager, Education at Harbourfront Centre; Masters of Fine Art, Visual Arts at York University

 

Christopher Pommer, Partner, PLANT Architect Inc.; B.E.S., and B.Arch, University of Waterloo

 

Yvonne Yeung, Urban designer, Urban Strategies Inc., Bachelor of Landscape Architecture University of Toronto; Editor of Ground Magazine; member, Ontario Association of Landscape Architects and Canadian Association of Landscape Architects

 

Andrea Carsen, Artist, architecture and design writer and critic; part-time instructor visual studies and critical writing part time at Brock University; publisher, the View on Canadian Art

 

Reserve Members

 

Robert Vanderberg, Associate Producer, Visual Arts and Public Installations Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity; B.A. Calvin College; M.A. in Art History and Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies in Visual Culture, York University

 

Son Van Huynh, Intern Architect/Designer with ARK Inc.; Master of Architecture, University of Toronto, Hon. Bachelor of Science University of Toronto

 

Tracey Capes, Principal Tracey Fine Art; Executive Director of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 1990 to 1998; graduate Art and Art History Program of the University of Toronto

 

Peter Hamilton, Principal Peter Hamilton Architects; B.Arch. University of Toronto; M.Arch. Harvard University; Member of Ontario Association of Architects, Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

 

JoAnn Purcell, Academic faculty member, Seneca College; professional artist; previous member, Board of Directors, Scarborough Arts Council

 

Paul Aloisi, Artist, B.Des. Honours in Environmental Design; Academic faculty instructor in design/drawing, Ontario College of Art and Design; public art/inter disciplinary collaborations and community arts organizer

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Confidential Attachment - Personal matters about identifiable individuals, including municipal or local board employees
Committee Recommendations

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council approve the recommended new members for the Toronto Public Art Commission outlined in Attachment 1 of the report.

 

2.         City Council approve the public release of the confidential information in Attachment 1.

 

Origin
(January 9, 2009) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
Summary

The purpose of this report is to seek approval of new citizen volunteers to serve on the Toronto Public Art Commission. These individuals were nominated through a selection process as outlined in this report. In addition to current nominations, a reserve list of potential members was prepared, in the event one or more of the members may wish to step down from Toronto Public Art Commission during the current term of City Council.

 

The Toronto Public Art Commission provides valuable independent advice to City Planning and City Council in the review, identification and commissioning of public art in the public realm. The Toronto Public Art Commission advises on the City Planning's "Percent for Public Art Program", public art policies and guidelines whenever needed. When public art is secured through development approval, part of the subsequent process includes input from the Toronto Public Art Commission.

Background Information (Committee)
Report-Toronto Public Art Commission New Members
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-18426.pdf)


Submitted Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Councillor Norman Kelly, Chair, Planning and Growth Management Committee