Toronto and East York Community Council · 2026-07-08
Adopt Item as Amended
Majority required - TE34.12 - Moise - Adopt the Item as amended
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- Carried
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- 7-0
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- Carried, 7-0
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This report recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-law to develop a 10 and 7 storey mixed use building with 141 affordable rental units, including 54 rental replacement units, and institutional uses. The development includes 8,341 square metres of gross floor area and retains and reconstructs the historic façade of the existing buildings of 1497 and 1501 Queen Street West. The proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application is consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement (2024) and conforms to the City's Official Plan including Site and Area Specific Policy 566.
Toronto and East York Community Council · 2026-07-08
Majority required - TE34.12 - Moise - Adopt the Item as amended
Hanlan’s Point Beach is Canada’s oldest surviving queer space and the site of Canada’s first Gay Pride gathering. The beach and surrounding landscape continue to serve as an important public space of cultural, recreational, and natural heritage for Toronto. The site is also experiencing shoreline erosion, dune degradation, loss of usable beach area, and pressure on existing natural areas. Timely planting and sand renourishment are required to support shoreline resilience, public access, ecological restoration, and the preservation of Hanlan’s Point Beach cultural heritage. The City of Toronto recognizes the tireless work of advocates for this unique space, including the Hanlan’s Point Working Group, Island Working Group, Indigenous Advisory Circle, and Friends of Hanlan’s. Reason for Urgency: Planning work for planting and beach renourishment at Hanlan’s Point is already underway and additional direction is needed.
City Council · 2026-06-25 18:05 PM
Majority required - MM42.64 - Adopt the item
The AIDS Memorial (Toronto), located in Barbara Hall Park in the Church-Wellesley Village, is one of Toronto’s most significant sites of public remembrance. First emerging in 1988 as a community act of naming, mourning, and public witness, and made permanent in 1993, The AIDS Memorial centres the names of people who died of AIDS. It continues to receive names and remains a living memorial to a continuing epidemic, a national loss, and the dignity of people living with HIV. The memorial is located in Ward 13, but its meaning is not limited to one ward. It is a civic memorial of national significance. There are people living with HIV, and people who have died of AIDS, in every ward of this city. The memorial holds grief, history, activism, and memory from across Toronto, Ontario, and Canada. More than 21,000 Canadians have died of AIDS-related illness, and more than 65,000 people in Canada are currently living with HIV. The impact of HIV/AIDS has been borne especially by communities already facing stigma, exclusion, and institutional neglect, including gay and bisexual men, trans people, African, Caribbean and Black communities, Indigenous communities, sex workers, people who…
City Council · 2026-06-25 18:03 PM
Majority required - MM42.55 - Adopt the item
City Council · 2026-06-25 18:02 PM
Majority required - MM42.55 - Moise - motion 1
The Church Street Pedestrianization Pilot, launched with overwhelming support from local businesses and the Church Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area aims to transform Church Street into a vibrant, car-free community space. A core focus of this pilot is improving street-level accessibility along a corridor where many older storefronts are physically inaccessible due to steps and barriers. By closing the street to vehicles, an unobstructed emergency lane will run down the centre lanes to serve as the primary pedestrian walkway and sidewalk. Local businesses are enthusiastically extending their outdoor patios directly onto the curblane, creating new, seamless access points for visitors. To guarantee safe navigation, each patio will maintain a strict one-meter clearance zone, ensuring an entirely unobstructed path for mobility devices, wheelchairs, and emergency personnel. This motion will provide the General Manager, Transportation Services additional authority to make real-time adjustments to traffic management and allow a flexible, adaptive approach to optimize a highly accessible streetscape that fully supports the community and local economy. This motion is urgent as th…
City Council · 2026-06-25 17:36 PM
Majority required - MM42.59 - Adopt the item
Toronto’s Peace Garden was originally established in 1984, as a physical expression of the City’s commitment to peace, and opposition to nuclear warfare. The symbolism of the garden is informed by the context of its creation at the height of the Cold War. The garden’s gazebo represents community and civilization, the vulnerability of which is manifested in its incomplete roof. Central to the garden is the eternal flame, kindled in Hiroshima, which is surrounded by waters from Nagasaki – serving as a memorial, and a message to future generations about the need for ongoing work and commitment to build and maintain peace among each other, and across the world. The creation of this space was highly consequential. Then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau attended the site on March 5th, 1984, to turn the first sod on the project on the City’s 150th anniversary. The eternal flame was lit later that year by Pope John Paul II, who also poured waters from Nagasaki into the garden’s pool. Queen Elizabeth II visited the site in October 1984 to formally dedicate the Peace Garden as an expression of Torontonian’s commitment to peace. Today, more than 40 years…
City Council · 2026-06-25 17:29 PM
Majority required - MM42.37 - Adopt the item
Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld served as Rabbi and Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El for 58 years, and was well established as a community leader for his work in the City of Toronto. Rabbi Bielfeld was known for his commitment to social justice, advocating compassionately on issues of poverty, hunger and peace, and for his contributions to interfaith projects and community building initiatives. For his efforts, Rabbie Bielfeld was awarded the Order of Canada in 2013. As a faith leader and community builder, Rabbi Bielfeld has left a profound impact on the lives of those he supported. His work will live on through the congregants of Temple Emanu-El, and through the numerous organizations whose missions he helped advance as a founding contributor including the Leo Baeck Day School, MAZON Canada – a Jewish response to Hunger, KOLEL – The Adult Centre for Jewish Liberal Learning, and The Campaign Against Child poverty. Rabbi Bielfeld’s passing earlier this year was a significant loss for Don Valley West, and Toronto as a whole. His contributions to the betterment of our City deserve recognition, and work to determine the form of commemoration should be undertaken in consultat…
City Council · 2026-06-25 17:22 PM
Majority required - MM42.28 - Adopt the item