Item - 2017.SC19.19

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1.  City Council consider this application concurrently with or following Council's consideration of the Golden Mile Secondary Plan.

2.  City Council determine that an Avenue Segment Study is not required given that Planning Staff are undertaking a Secondary Plan Study for the Golden Mile area that includes the subject site.

Scarborough Community Council:

1.  Directed City Planning staff to process this application concurrently with, and within the context of, the Golden Mile Secondary Plan Study.

2.  Within the context of the ongoing development of the Golden Mile Secondary Plan, authorized City Planning staff to: 

(i)  schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 1-70 Eglinton Square, 1431 and 1437 Victoria Park Avenue, 14, 18, 19-23 and 26 Engelhart Crescent, and 64 and 68 Harris Park Drive, either as a separate meeting or in conjunction with community consultation meetings for the Golden Mile Secondary Plan Study, together with the Ward Councillor; and 

(ii)  provide notice for a community consultation meeting to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site.

3.  Directed City Clerk's staff to give notice for the Public Meeting under the Planning Act according to the regulations under the Planning Act.

The Official Plan Amendment (OPA) application proposes to amend the Official Plan to add a "Site and Area Specific Policy" for the subject site (includes the Eglinton Square Mall and lands south of it), located at the southeast corner of O'Connor Drive and Victoria Park Avenue.  The proposed amendment would add new policies to guide future mixed-use development on the lands. 

A related Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion application under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) has also been submitted to allow for the removal of 91 rental units in eight (8) existing apartment buildings, to be replaced elsewhere in the future redevelopment of the site.

A portion of the Eglinton Square Mall lands are located within the Golden Mile Focus Area; one of six Focus Areas that have been identified in the Eglinton Connects Planning Study that are to be studied in association with construction of the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit. 

This report provides preliminary information on the applications for the Eglinton Square lands and seeks Community Council's direction on further processing of the application and on the community consultation process. 

Planning Staff recommend that these applications be processed concurrently with the Golden Mile Secondary Plan Study and that the amendment be considered in the context of Council's consideration of the final Golden Mile Secondary Plan.