Item - 2012.PG18.2

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1.         Adjourned its Special Public Meeting under Section 26 of the Planning Act until January 28, 2013, to discuss the proposed revisions to the Heritage Official Plan Policies.

2.         Directed the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to form a working group consisting of members of the development and preservation community, to ensure principles of heritage, vista and view corridors are protected, and report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on January 28, 2013.

3.         Referred the following motion by Councillor Vaughan to the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, for consideration and report to the Committee on January 28, 2013:

That the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, be requested to

a.         add side bar definitions for phrases: "minimizing impact" and "adjacent";

b.         bring forward view corridor provisions for the fire hall clock tower on Queen Street East in the Beaches and One Spadina Circle consistent with the Bloor Street Visioning Study and, if needed, additional protection for the Knox College Building silhouette.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee commenced a Special Statutory Public Meeting on October 12, 2012, to discuss the proposed revisions to the Heritage Official Plan policies, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.