Item - 2014.TE30.10

City Council on March 20, 2014, adopted the following:

1.         City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands in the Regent Park redevelopment substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 6 to the report (February 3, 2014) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2.         City Council amend Zoning By-law No. 438-86 of the former City of Toronto, as amended for the lands in the Regent Park redevelopment substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment 7 to the report (February 3, 2014) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

3.         City Council adopt the Regent Park - Phase 3 - Development Context Plan, dated October 3, 2013, as on file with the City Clerk and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, as an update to the Regent Park Urban Design Guidelines, substantially in accordance the changes being recommended in the report (February 3, 2014) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

4.         City Council require that Toronto Community Housing Corporation tender and award the contract(s) for the construction of the public roads, sewers, and watermains in Phase 3 in accordance with the requirements of the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, in consultation with the Director, Purchasing and Materials Management, and that such requirements be secured in the Subdivision Agreement between the City and Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

5.         City Council authorize reimbursement by the City to Toronto Community Housing Corporation for a portion of the costs of constructing the public roads, sewers, and watermains in Phase 3, subject to terms and conditions satisfactory to the Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, and that such terms and conditions be secured in the Subdivision Agreement between the City and Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

6.         City Council direct that Toronto Community Housing Corporation no longer be required to obtain Provincial consent for the sale or lease of land required under the Housing Services Act, 2011 prior to the issuance of demolition permits for any buildings in Regent Park.

7.         City Council approve the application to demolish the subject residential building(s) located in the Phase 3 area of the Regent Park revitalization, which buildings contain 654 dwelling units, pursuant to Municipal Code Chapter 363 with the following conditions:

a.         the demolitions will proceed in each of the 4 separate sub-areas of Phase 3 as outlined in the report (February 3, 2014) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District; and

b.         City Council authorize the Chief Building Official and Executive Director, Toronto Building to issue a permit under Section 33 of the Planning Act for the demolition of the residential buildings in the 4 sub-areas of Phase 3, no earlier than:

i.          For sub-area 3a-1, the date the Zoning By-law amendment that provides for the development of Phase 3 as recommended by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning in the report (February 3, 2014) comes into force and effect;

ii.         For sub-area 3a-2, the date that a Site Plan application is submitted for the first residential building to be built in the sub-area; and

iii.        For sub areas 3b-1 and 3b-2, the date that a Site Plan application is submitted for the first residential building to be built in either of the 2 sub-areas.

8.         City Council require that prior to the demolition of the listed heritage property at 14 Blevins Place (Block 32) the applicant provide two sets of archival photographs keyed to a location map documenting the interior, exterior, and context of the building, elevations and measured drawings and copies of all interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Manager, Heritage Preservation Services.

9.         City Council require that, prior to site plan approval for any new construction on Block 32, a commemorative strategy be developed by the Toronto Community Housing Corporation in consultation with Heritage Toronto to promote an awareness and understanding of the planning history and built form of Regent Park North and South and its cultural heritage value, and the important role of Regent Park in the history of public housing in Canada.  The commemorative strategy is to be implemented within the Regent Park neighbourhood, to the satisfaction of the Manager, Heritage Preservation Services.

10.       City Council advise the applicant that:

a.         registration of the Plan of Subdivision of Regent Park for Phase 3 cannot occur until such time as the Owner has satisfied the applicable conditions, as may be revised, of the draft Plan of Subdivision Approval issued on May 31, 2005;

b.         for the purposes of replacing existing social housing units suitable for families in Regent Park or other planned social housing revitalization initiatives, interior spaces in housing units with no exterior windows will not be counted as bedrooms by the City for purposes of categorizing the replacement unit types by bedroom type;

c.         the Owner shall not commence demolition related activities if it will impact privately owned trees protected under Municipal Code, Chapter 813, Trees, Article III unless the trees have been authorized for removal or tree protection measures have been put in place in accordance with previously approved plans and/or the City of Toronto’s “Tree Protection Policy and Specifications for Construction Near Trees.”  The Owner shall contact Toronto Urban Forestry (Gary LeBlanc at 416-392-0494) to arrange for an inspection of tree protection barriers once they have been installed.  The Owner must not proceed with demolition related activities until approval and clearance respecting the tree protection barriers has been received from Toronto Urban Forestry;

d.         in the event that deeply buried archaeological remains are encountered on the property during the construction activities, the consultant archaeologist and the Central East Archaeology Review Officer in the Culture Programs Unit of the Ministry of Culture should be notified immediately.  A licensed archaeologist must be present should material such as cut stone, brick rubble, mortar, stone footings, wood and associated artefacts be encountered.  In such cases, stoppage of the construction work will be required for as long as the archaeologist deems necessary in order to evaluate the significance of any such archaeological remains and to develop an appropriate mitigation strategy; and

e.         further, in the event that human remains are encountered during construction the proponent should immediately contact the consultant archaeologist, the Central East Archaeology Review Officer in the Culture Programs Unit of the Ministry of Culture and the Registrar of Cemeteries at the Policy and Consumer Protection Service Division of the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, 416-326-8404.

11.       City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment and draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.

12.       City Council authorize the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the City Solicitor to amend the Section 37 Agreement with Toronto Community Housing Corporation as may be required with respect to the appropriate percentage achievement benchmarks for the completion of the replacement social housing units relative to the market housing component of the Regent Park development, to reflect the increased residential density permitted in the draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment, provided that there are no changes to the achievement of the number of replacement social housing units.