Item - 2012.EY16.1

Etobicoke York Community Council recommends that:

1.         City Council instruct the City Solicitor, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and any other appropriate City staff to attend the OMB hearing in support of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment appeals on the basis of the  implementing by-laws forming Attachments 6 and 7 to the Final Report dated December 16, 2011, from the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, considered on January 10, 2012, as amended by Attachment 1 – Revised Draft Zoning By-law Schedule "B" of the Directions Report dated April 26, 2012, subject to any further  minor or technical amendments determined to be appropriate by the Chief Planner and City Solicitor, provided the applicant agrees to provide the facilities, services and matters pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act, as described in such Final Report and Attachment 7 and enters into and registers an agreement with the City pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act  (the "Section 37 Agreement") to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and the City Solicitor to further secure such matters prior to any OMB Order issuing for these appeals.

2.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and any other appropriate staff, to advise the OMB of the above Council position and request the Board to hold its Order until receipt of confirmation by the City Solicitor of both the satisfactory entering into and registration of the Section 37 Agreement required in Recommendation 1 and the completion of the purchase of that part of the site comprising Part of 18 and 18A Oakmount Road from the City of Toronto.

3.         City Council authorize the City Solicitor, the Chief Planner and other City staff to take any necessary steps to implement the foregoing.

4.         City Council direct City Planning staff to incorporate the suggestions of the Community Working Group as described in the Directions Report dated April 26, 2012, into the 1:50 Elevation Plans to be secured in the proposed Section 37 agreement and associated site plan approval conditions.

At the statutory public meeting on January 10, 2012, Etobicoke York Community Council considered a final staff report from the Director of Community Planning recommending conditional approval of the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications.  The applications proposed to redevelop the lands with a 14 storey mixed-use building.  The staff report can be viewed at the following link:   http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/ey/bgrd/backgroundfile-43512.pdf

Etobicoke York Community Council referred this item back to the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, with a request that he undertake further community consultation with respect to the design of the development, building massing and consideration of appropriate materials that are sympathetic to the existing community, and report back on any resulting revisions.

Since the January 10, 2012 statutory public meeting, the proponent appealed the applications to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) on February 16, 2012 due to Council's failure to make a decision on the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment applications within the time prescribed by the Planning Act.  However, the site plan application related to the proposed development has not been appealed.  An Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing conference has been scheduled for June 21, 2012.

A community consultation meeting was held on March 1, 2012 to discuss the development and provide an application status update to the community.  As a result of the consultation meeting, a series of design working group sessions were held with community volunteer participants.

A detailed summary of the additional consultation process will be outlined later in this report.