Item - 2013.EY24.31

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Etobicoke York Community Council on May 14, 2013 and was adopted with amendments.

EY24.31 - Exploring the Feasibility of a West Concrete Campus

Decision Type:: ACTION

Status:: Amended

Wards:: 1 - Etobicoke North, 2 - Etobicoke North, 3 - Etobicoke Centre, 4 - Etobicoke Centre, 5 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore, 6 - Etobicoke-Lakeshore, 7 - York West, 11 - York South-Weston, 12 - York South-Weston, 13 - Parkdale-High Park, 17 - Davenport

Community Council Decision

Etobicoke York Community Council:

1. Requested the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, to identify and pursue, in consultation with the Councillors for Wards 1, 2, 6 and 7, a potential location within Ward 2 and/or Ward 7 which could be utilized for the relocation and consolidation of concrete production facilities.

2. Requested the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, and the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, to consult with the concrete batching operations at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West, 32 and 36 Caledonia Road, and 29 Judson Street in Etobicoke, to encourage them to relocate to the proposed West Concrete Campus.

Origin

(April 25, 2013) Report from the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture

Summary

This report responds to a request from the Etobicoke York Community Council for

staff from the Economic Development and Culture Division, in consultation with City Planning, Municipal Licensing and Standards, Facilities and Real Estate, Build Toronto, industry representatives and stakeholders, to explore the feasibility and financial mechanisms to encourage the development of "Concrete Campus West " to assist and promote the relocation and consolidation of concrete production facilities.

There are currently no available sites in the Etobicoke York Community Council area that have the appropriate as-of-right zoning and size to accommodate multiple concrete production facilities within a concrete campus setting.

Background Information

(April 25, 2013) Report from the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, regarding the Feasibility of a West Concrete Campus
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ey/bgrd/backgroundfile-57954.pdf

Communications

(February 28, 2013) Multiple Communications from Kyra Trainor, President, Mimico Residents Association, submitting approximately 98 form letters in support of the relocation of existing concrete facilities in the Mimico area. (EY.Main.EY24.31.1)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ey/comm/communicationfile-36781.pdf

Motions

1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Cesar Palacio (Carried)

That Etobicoke York Community Council:

1. Request the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, to identify and pursue, in consultation with the Councillor for Ward 7, a potential location within Ward 7 which could be utilized for the relocation and consolidation of concrete production facilities.

2. Request the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, and the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, to consult with the concrete batching operations at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West, and 32 and 36 Caledonia Road, to encourage them to relocate to the proposed West Concrete Campus.

Vote (Amend Item (Additional)) May-14-2013

Result: Carried	Majority Required - EY24.31 - Palacio - Motion 1
Total members that voted Yes: 10	Members that voted Yes are Vincent Crisanti (Chair), Frank Di Giorgio, Sarah Doucette, Doug Ford, Mark Grimes, Doug Holyday, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Peter Milczyn, Frances Nunziata, Cesar Palacio
Total members that voted No: 0	Members that voted No are
Total members that were Absent: 1	Members that were absent are Giorgio Mammoliti

2 - Motion to Amend Motion moved by Councillor Mark Grimes (Carried)

That Etobicoke York Community Council amend motion 1 by Councillor Palacio by:

1. adding to Part 1, consultation with the Councillors for Wards 1, 2 and 6, and a potential location within Ward 2, so that Part 1 now reads as follows:

1. Request the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, to identify and pursue, in consultation with the Councillors for Wards 1, 2, 6 and 7, a potential location within Ward 2 and/or Ward 7 which could be utilized for the relocation and consolidation of concrete production facilities.

2. adding to Part 2, the concrete batching operation at 29 Judson Street in Etobicoke, so that Part 2 now reads as follows:

2. Request the Director, Community Planning, Etobicoke York District, and the Acting Director, Business Services, Economic Development and Culture, to consult with the concrete batching operations at 1500-1536 St. Clair Avenue West, 32 and 36 Caledonia Road, and 29 Judson Street in Etobicoke, to encourage them to relocate to the proposed West Concrete Campus.

Vote (Amend Motion) May-14-2013

Result: Carried	Majority Required - EY24.31 - Grimes - Motion 2
Total members that voted Yes: 10	Members that voted Yes are Vincent Crisanti (Chair), Frank Di Giorgio, Sarah Doucette, Doug Ford, Mark Grimes, Doug Holyday, Gloria Lindsay Luby, Peter Milczyn, Frances Nunziata, Cesar Palacio
Total members that voted No: 0	Members that voted No are
Total members that were Absent: 1	Members that were absent are Giorgio Mammoliti