City Council · 2024-06-27 14:40 PM
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Majority required - MM19.2 - Adopt the Item
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- Carried
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- 21-1
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- Carried, 21-1
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On April 25, 2024, the Committee of Adjustment (the "Committee") refused an application brought by the owner of 14 Lacewood Crescent for variances to City of Toronto Zoning By-law 569-2013 to demolish an existing dwelling and construct a new detached dwelling including 3-storeys and increased massing (the "Application"). On May 13, 2024, the owner appealed the Committee's Application refusal to the Toronto Local Appeal Body. The Application presents outstanding concerns relating, but not limited to, height, and massing. The Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing commences on August 26, 2024. This motion is before City Council as the Notice of Intention to be a Party deadline is June 24, 2024 — as such this motion is urgent. The Notice of Hearing is attached as Attachment 2. This motion will authorize the City Solicitor to attend the Toronto Local Appeal Body hearing along with appropriate City staff to oppose the appeal. This motion also authorizes the City Solicitor to negotiate a settlement of the appeal and retain outside consultants as necessary.
City Council · 2024-06-27 14:40 PM
Majority required - MM19.2 - Adopt the Item
This motion seeks a further update and information on the status, roadmap, outcome, and project start based on the Class Environmental Assessment Study for Basement Flooding Study Area 16 which was completed in 2012. It recommended project 16-03 to help mitigate flooding risks in the area that includes the subject property (107 Whitley Avenue). After the completion of the preliminary design in 2015, project 16-03 was found to be within the council-adopted cost per benefitting property threshold required for a project to proceed to detailed design and construction. The local Councillor has been advised that the project does not have a planned construction start year and that construction timing is influenced by factors such as design and construction timelines, infrastructure coordination opportunities, available budget envelopes, and the number of Basement Flooding Protection Program (BFPP) projects in the infrastructure planning and design process. Toronto Water has installed a water level sensor in a sewer on Whitley Avenue but at least one owner has argued that this will not solve the type of flooding that has occurred in the area. As the Environmental Assessment was completed…
City Council · 2024-06-27 12:23 PM
Majority required - IE14.15 - Adopt the Item
The City of Toronto, together with CreateTO and Waterfront Toronto, is advancing a significant revitalization project for the Port Lands. The Port Lands is being transformed into a dynamic, inclusive mixed-use community, with housing at all levels of affordability combined with supportive community infrastructure. It will also continue as an employment hub, bolstering the City’s film, television, and creative sectors, alongside sustained port and industrial activities. The new Island, currently using the working name "Villiers Island" and receiving a permanent Indigenous name in the Fall of 2024, will be the first mixed-use residential community emerging through this transformation; defined by the renaturalized Don River it will develop into a sustainable and complete community. The Island is part of Toronto's broader waterfront revitalization, building on two decades of a successful tri-government collaboration. This model has spurred long-term economic growth and prosperity by flood protecting and remediating contaminated land, and developing both market and affordable housing. Waterfront revitalization has also delivered award-winning parks, public spaces, and architectur…
City Council · 2024-06-27 12:16 PM
Majority required - PH13.2 - Adopt the Item as amended
City Council · 2024-06-27 12:14 PM
Majority required - PH13.2 - Bradford - motion 3
Natural gas is a fossil fuel responsible for over half of Toronto’s annual greenhouse gas emissions as the primary energy source for heating buildings. The TransformTO Net Zero Strategy aims to accelerate a rapid and significant reduction in natural gas use in buildings, identifying this as one of four "critical steps" to achieving City Council's goal of net zero emissions by 2040. This critical step is consistent with a worldwide energy transition away from fossil fuels because they are the main cause of climate change. Enbridge Gas Inc. is the utility serving Toronto's consumption of natural gas through a network of transmission and distribution pipelines that connect to over 550,000 gas customers in Toronto. While the City has clearly identified the need to reduce reliance on natural gas, its actions are limited by the jurisdiction provided in provincial legislation. Whether City Council could enact a by-law to ban the transmission, distribution, sale, or use of natural gas within Toronto depends on the scope of the City’s by-law authority under the City of Toronto Act, 2006 and related statutory authorities. Among other things, section 11 of City of Toronto Act, 20…
City Council · 2024-06-27 11:23 AM
Majority required - IE14.9 - Adopt the Item as amended
This report recommends that City Council adopt the recommended Jane Finch Secondary Plan and associated Urban Design Guidelines, to provide a comprehensive planning framework for the area around the intersection of Jane Street and Finch Avenue West. This Official Plan Amendment (OPA) would leverage the significant public investment in new transit infrastructure through the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) by directing development to appropriate locations, transforming the area to support walking, cycling and transit use, and identifying public realm improvements and community facilities necessary to meet the needs of existing and future residents and workers. It advances the vision of an inclusive, transit-supportive and climate-resilient complete community, with a strong mixed-use core where local-serving retail and service uses would continue to thrive. The Secondary Plan would facilitate the development of significant new housing, with policies that encourage a diversity of housing types, forms, tenures and affordability. The Secondary Plan centres equity with a focus on outcomes for Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving groups, including implementation policies that would…
City Council · 2024-06-27 10:56 AM
Majority required - EY14.1 - Adopt the Item
The opening of the Finch West Light Rail Transit line stands to bring intensive and long-term change to the Jane Finch Area. Jane Finch is an area shaped by a history of underinvestment but also a history of community organizing and action responding to community needs. Growing evidence suggests that without focused investments in Reconciliation, equity and systems-wide strategies and supports, neighbourhoods with a history of underinvestment can experience increased levels of disruption and harm as a result of increased development pressure. For new investments to positively impact existing and new Jane Finch residents, holistic supports and policy frameworks must be put in place that reflect the diverse visions of Jane Finch residents, grassroots groups, local organizations, artists, and local businesses. New policies, programs and partnerships must focus where the need is greatest and address the inequities that shape the lives of residents, with priority given to Indigenous, Black, and equity-deserving groups in Jane Finch. The purpose of this report is to present a proposed Jane Finch Community Development Plan, and to outline the interdivisional and community-led Jane Finch…
City Council · 2024-06-27 10:55 AM
Majority required - EC10.1 - Adopt the Item as amended