Item - 2015.TE10.12

That City Council adopt the following recommendations contained in the supplementary report (September 29, 2015) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning [TE10.12a]:

1.  City Council instruct the City Solicitor, together with City Planning staff and any other City staff as appropriate, to attend the OMB hearing in opposition to both the October 2013 proposal before the OMB and the revised proposal submitted in July 2015 in its current form, concerning the Zoning Amendment application for the lands at 177, 183 & 197 Front Street East, 15-21 Lower Sherbourne Street and 200 The Esplanade.

2.  City Council authorize City staff to continue discussions with the applicant in an attempt to resolve the issues outlined in the report in order to reach a settlement if the final revisions to the July 2015 proposal address the outlined issues to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. As part of the continued discussions respecting the July 2015 proposal, the issues set out in this report shall be addressed, to the satisfaction for the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, including:

a. the reduction of the height of the northern towers to below 30 storeys and 95 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse and the reduction of height of the southern towers to below 20 storeys and 65 metres, excluding mechanical penthouse;

b. the increase of tower setback from The Esplanade to a minimum of 24 metres;

c. the reconfiguration of massing to accommodate the 24 metre tower setback from The Esplanade;

d. the increase of tower separation distance to 25 metres in the north-south alignment through recession of balconies on the associated building faces;

e. the revision of the unit mix to provide a minimum of 15% 2 bedroom units and a minimum of 10 percent 3 bedroom units;

f. the provision of two Type B loading spaces, one of which can be shared with a Type G loading space;

g. the submission of a parking utilization study to determine whether there is capacity in four Toronto Parking Authority lots in the area to accommodate the residential visitor requirement for 101 visitor spaces;

h. the provision and maintenance of a dedicated on-site "pet friendly" exercise and relief area with bag station and garbage disposal as well as a pet washing and grooming station, which is accessible to all future residents of the proposed development;

i. the provision and maintenance of both an indoor and outdoor amenity space that is designed to cater to families with children which is accessible to all future residents of the proposed development;

j. the requirement for an updated Pedestrian Wind Study in order to assess pedestrian level wind conditions with the proposed development, and determine what built form and other mitigative solution may be required; and

k. the owner addressing the outstanding comments outlined in the memorandum dated August 9, 2015 from the Manager, Engineering and Construction Services, Toronto and East York District.

4. In the event that the Ontario Municipal Board allows the appeal on the Zoning By-law Amendment application in whole or in part, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to request the Ontario Municipal Board to withhold its Order until such time as:

a. an appropriate Zoning By-law amendment is prepared to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and the City Solicitor; and

b. the Owner has entered into and registered an agreement with the City to secure community benefits pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act to the satisfaction of the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District and the City Solicitor.

That:

a.  the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendation;

b.  the recommendation in the report (August 14, 2015) from the Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District be adopted.