Item - 2014.EX44.19
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on August 25, 2014 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by Executive Committee on August 20, 2014 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on August 25, 2014.
EX44.19 - Development of a Community/Cultural Hub in Weston - Mount Dennis - Status Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Ward:
- 11 - York South-Weston
City Council Decision
City Council on August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2014, adopted the following:
1. City Council request City staff to conduct the necessary due diligence on the Weston Mount Dennis Community/Cultural Hub Proposal and report to Council, through the Executive Committee, in early 2015 on City and third-party resources, including funding, which would be required to proceed with the Proposal.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72656.pdf
EX44.19 - Development of a Community/Cultural Hub in Weston - Mount Dennis - Status Report
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 11 - York South-Weston
Committee Recommendations
The Executive Committee recommends that:
1. City Council request City staff to conduct the necessary due diligence on the Weston Mount Dennis Community/Cultural Hub Proposal and report to Council, through the Executive Committee, in early 2015 on City and third-party resources, including funding, which would be required to proceed with the Proposal.
Origin
Summary
For more than five years the community of Weston Mount Dennis has championed the need for re-investment and revitalization as an important way to address the many challenges in this Neighbourhood Improvement Area.
The City has also supported this work through a number of initiatives, including the commissioning of a feasibility study on a cultural/creative hub prepared by Toronto Artscape, hosting a Design Charrette in the community and the Toronto Parking Authority (the "TPA") issuing a For Sale by Expression of Interest (EOI) for the sale of 22 John Street to accommodate a pedestrian bridge over the Georgetown South rail corridor/Union-Pearson Air-Rail Link.
The sale would also support the proposed redevelopment of the surface parking lot at 22 John Street with housing, replacement municipal parking facility, a farmers' market and a cultural hub.
This report provides an update on the proposed development of the Weston Mount Dennis Community/Cultural Hub and artist live/work space, particularly the results of the Toronto Parking Authority Expression of Interest (the "Proposal"). This report requests that City staff conduct the necessary due diligence and report to Council in early 2015 on the City resources and support, including funding, which would be required to proceed with the Proposal.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2014/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-72656.pdf
Motions
That Recommendation 1 be amended by inserting the words "through the Executive Committee" following the words "report to Council".