Item - 2018.SC27.7

Scarborough Community Council:

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

2.   Requested that this application be considered by Council following Council's consideration of the Golden Mile Secondary Plan.

3.   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 and the area generally bounded by Eglinton Avenue East, Victoria Park Avenue, Pharmacy Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East, as identified on the Expanded Notification map attached to the motion,  

(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/sc/bgrd/backgroundfile-111560.pdf)

and further that the additional cost for notice beyond the 120 metres from the subject site be borne by the applicant.

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

This application proposes to amend the Zoning By-law to permit 5 blocks of residential and mixed use development in a variety of forms including stacked townhouses, mid-rise and tall buildings at 1-70 Eglinton Square, 1431 and 1437 Victoria Park Avenue, 14-26 Engelhart Crescent, and 64 and 68 Harris Park Drive.

This report provides preliminary information on the above-noted application and seeks Community Council's directions on further processing of the applications and on the community consultation process.

A related Official Plan Amendment (OPA) application and a Rental Housing Demolition and Conversion application under Section 111 of the City of Toronto Act (Chapter 667 of the Municipal Code) have also been submitted.  The OPA would add a "Site and Area Specific Policy" for the subject site to add new policies to guide future mixed-use development on the lands.  The Rental Housing application proposes to allow for the removal of 91 rental units in eight (8) existing apartment buildings, to be replaced on future Blocks A, B and C.  See Attachment 1: Site Plan.

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. 

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