City Council · 2024-07-25 20:10 PM
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Majority required - DM20.1 - Adopt the Item as amended
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- Carried, 17-4
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On December 14, 2020, the City received Zoning By-law and Official Plan Amendment applications for 5051-5061 Yonge Street (the "Site") to permit the construction of a 42 storey (135 metres excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with non-residential uses on the first 6 storeys, and residential uses above, with a total of 350 units. On October 26, 2022 a revised application was submitted proposing a 39 storey (126 metres excluding mechanical penthouse) mixed use building with non-residential uses on the first two storeys, and residential uses above with a total of 365 units. The applicant appealed City Council's neglect or failure to make a decision on its application for the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments (the "Appeal"), to the Ontario Land Tribunal on January 18, 2023. A ten-day Ontario Land Tribunal hearing was scheduled to commence on May 15, 2024, but was adjourned by the applicant so that further direction could be sought from City Council. This matter is urgent and should not be deferred.
City Council · 2024-07-25 20:10 PM
Majority required - DM20.1 - Adopt the Item as amended
The Housing Now Initiative is a signature affordable housing program in Toronto and across Canada. It is also a key housing supply program to support the City's HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan, Housing Action Plan 2022-2026, and City of Toronto’s Generational Transformation of Toronto’s Housing System to Urgently Build More Affordable Homes report. Through the Housing Now Initiative, City-owned lands are leveraged for the purpose of creating new mixed-use, mixed-income communities with maximized affordable housing outcomes. To-date, the City has identified 22 sites and committed substantial land value, capital funding and financial incentives to the program, making it one of the most significant municipal financial investments in housing underway today. There are also 4 additional pipeline sites that have been identified for pr-development due-diligence. The site at 777 Victoria Park Avenue was among the original sites included in the program. Like many of the Housing Now Sites, 777 Victoria Park Avenue experienced project slow downs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, unprecedented escalation in construction costs, changes to federal and provincial housing policy, a…
City Council · 2024-07-25 19:58 PM
Majority required - PH14.6 - Adopt the Item
On June 16, 2024, a man fell from the Leaside Bridge and landed on an oncoming vehicle on the Don Valley Parkway resulting in a tragic accident, a passenger and the person who fell both succumbed to their injuries. The incident is currently under investigation by Toronto Police Service. Two lives were lost during this event that could have been mitigated by a protective barrier or railing along the bridge. Sadly, there are records of several similar suicide cases that have taken place at this bridge. In 2003, the City of Toronto originally erected barriers along the Bloor Viaduct, an unfortunately common site for suicide attempts. This action proved to be highly effective at discouraging and preventing people from jumping off the Bloor Viaduct. A study published in 2017 by Toronto Sunnybrook Hospital stated that between 2004 – 2014, only 1 person died after managing to circumvent the Bloor Viaduct barrier. In 2016, Toronto City Council adopted item MM18.4, which requested “the City Manager, in collaboration with the Medical Officer of Health, the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Toronto Police Services Board and mental health experts, to explore the effect…
City Council · 2024-07-25 19:42 PM
Majority required - IE15.9 - Adopt the Item as amended
City Council · 2024-07-25 19:41 PM
Majority required - IE15.9 - Pasternak - motion 1
Toronto Island Park (the Island) is a 242 hectare (598 acre) public park formally established in 1956 and recognized as a sacred and significant place known by Indigenous communities as Mnissing ("on the islands") since long before colonial record. Toronto Island Park is comprised of 15 discrete islands and internal waterways, providing a habitat for a diversity of flora and fauna, a natural recreational amenity for millions of annual visitors, and a home to over 600 Island residents. This staff report summarizes, and seeks Council's endorsement of, the Toronto Island Master Plan, see Attachment 1 and 2, which was developed as a long-needed response to the complex needs and significant challenges facing the Island. These challenges include the increasing effects of climate change, population and tourism growth placing pressure on Toronto Island Park's amenities and natural environment, associated maintenance and state of good repair needs of aging infrastructure, and a desire to enhance access and the overall visitor experience of the Island. The Toronto Island Master Plan is a generational opportunity to establish a vision for what this treasured place can become with strategic i…
City Council · 2024-07-25 19:24 PM
Majority required - IE15.2 - Adopt the Item as amended
Maintaining and growing our child care system in Toronto is a key priority, as outlined in our Licensed Child Care Growth Strategy. Since the introduction of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, Toronto Children’s Services has been working with operators to implement the program despite the challenges created by the program’s guidelines. During the implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, the childcare sector has faced a number of challenges. Operators have faced uncertainty on both operating and capital funding, while disparities in workers’ wages have caused recruitment and retention challenges. Sector expansion is stalled due to inadequate investment, and a lack of clarity on the provincial funding formula has made it hard to plan for the future. It is clear that much more work is needed in order for our child care system to be accessible and inclusive for everyone. The City of Toronto’s Economy and Community Development Committee called for a roundtable of Toronto’s child care sector to be convened to discuss these challenges, identify opportunities, and talk about how we can move forward toget…
City Council · 2024-07-25 19:02 PM
Majority required - EC14.12 - Bravo - motion 1
Development review shapes how the City grows and delivers services necessary to successfully promote and manage growth. The development review and approval system is critical in developing affordable housing, securing parklands, driving economic growth and job creation, supporting landmark projects, and delivering complete communities that meet approved service standards and regulatory requirements across Toronto. In September 2019, City Council adopted the End-to-End Review of the Development Review Process final report, which outlined several recommendations to improve the City's development review process. This included implementing a new operating model focused on organizational structure, process improvements and technology. Implementation of the new operating model began in March 2020 by establishing an interim team-based structure, comprised of a core team of staff across several City divisions, to streamline the review of all development applications received by the City. To expedite implementation of the new operating model in response to the housing crisis, as well as the Government of Ontario’s legislated application review timelines through Bill 109, the More Hom…
City Council · 2024-07-25 18:53 PM
Majority required - EX16.20 - Adopt the Item