Item - 2018.TE34.22

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands fronting Danforth Avenue between Coxwell Avenue and Victoria Park Avenue substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 13 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District.

2. City Council direct the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to complete a final draft of the Danforth Avenue (Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue) Urban Design Guidelines and to post them online for further public comment by the end of the 3rd quarter of 2018.

3. City Council direct the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to bring the completed Danforth Avenue (Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue) Urban Design Guidelines to Toronto and East York Community Council by the end of the 1st quarter of 2019.

4. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment as may be required.

5. City Council direct the Director, Urban Design, City Planning, to research and evaluate properties with potential cultural heritage value identified within Attachment 10 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.

6. City Council direct the Acting Director, Community Planning, to require that a Heritage Impact Assessment be submitted with a development application that includes any of the properties identified within Attachment 10 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District as properties with heritage potential.

7.  City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report to the January 2019 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council on the draft Terms of Reference for Phase II of the Danforth Planning Study from Broadview Avenue to Coxwell Avenue.

8. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in cooperation with Economic Development and Culture, to initiate a Comprehensive Complete Street Study of the Danforth corridor in 2019 with a focus on Danforth Avenue as a "complete street" with a vibrant commercial sector, and include a consultation process that involves a broad range of stakeholders such as Business Improvement Area's, resident and cycling groups, and include any necessary resources in the Transportation Services Division 2019 budget submission for consideration in the 2019 budget process.

9.  City Council direct the Acting Deputy City Manager, Cluster A and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Social Development, Finance and Administration, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Children's Services and related City Divisions, to initiate a community engagement process and to undertake the necessary studies in conjunction with the Main Street Planning Study, with the process to include partners at the Toronto District School Board, Secord Public School, other community service providers, resident associations and local Ward Councillors to develop:

a. a Social Development Plan that identifies the necessary service providers and programs for the Main Street and Danforth Avenue area (including Wards 31 and 32); and,

b. a Community Service and Facilities Plan that identifies the necessary services and facilities for the Main Street and Danforth Avenue area (including Wards 31 and 32) in anticipation of increased intensification in this area.

10. City Council request Transportation Services, City Planning, Engineering and Construction Services, and Toronto Real Estate Services, in cooperation with CreateTO, to undertake a review of the laneway system that runs parallel to Danforth Avenue and to develop a strategy for creating a complete public laneway system along Danforth Avenue to provide public access for vehicles, servicing, and parking.

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District to report to the July 23, 24 and 25, 2018 meeting of City Council with an amendment to the draft Site and Area Specific Policy 552, as shown as Attachment 13 to the report (June 15, 2018) from the Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District, to include a policy on creating a complete laneway system adjacent to the planning study area.

The Toronto and East York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on July 4, 2018, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

On July 8, 2014, City Council adopted a motion to request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to undertake a planning study of Danforth Avenue (the Study) in two segments, from the Don River to Coxwell Avenue and from Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue, and to report on the funds necessary to complete these studies. City Planning commenced the Danforth Avenue Planning Study (Coxwell Avenue to Victoria Park Avenue)(the Study Area) in June 2016.

This report summarizes the outcome of the study, provides an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) in the form of a Site and Area Specific Policy (SASP) to guide development in the study area, and requests direction on finalizing the area-specific Urban Design Guidelines.