Item - 2018.TE34.95

The Toronto and East York Community Council directed:

1. Staff to schedule a community consultation meeting for the lands at 300 Bloor Street West and 478 Huron Street together with the Ward Councillor.

2. Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within 120 metres of the site.

3. Notice for the public meeting under the Planning Act be given according to the regulations of the Planning Act.

4.  The Acting Director, Community Planning, Toronto and East York District:

a. to continue to work in collaboration with the applicant, local community and Ward Councillor on the revised submission as a result of the Working Group meetings;
 

b. to hold a community consultation meeting on the revised application in December 2018, and to provide feedback at the community consultation meeting based on the resubmission and the efforts undertaken by the Working Group, which includes the applicant, local community, staff and the Ward Councillor to revise the original submission;
 

c. to bring forward a final report to a statutory public meeting in early 2019 with recommendations on revisions to the application based on the Working Group process. 

On December 27, 2017 an application was submitted for a 38-storey (141.6 metres including a mechanical penthouse) mixed-use building with 259 residential units.  The proposal includes alterations to two heritage properties at 300 Bloor Street West (Bloor Street United Church) and 478 Huron Street (Pidgeon House).

On June 8, 2018 a revised application for a 27-storey (96.5 metres, including mechanical penthouse) mixed use building with two separate mezzanines in the base building, with 251 residential units was submitted after three community information meetings and five working group meetings which included the City Councillor, City Planning staff, three local resident associations and the applicant team.

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

A community consultation meeting to be scheduled by staff in consultation with the Ward Councillor is anticipated to be held in December 2018. A final report and public meeting under the Planning Act is anticipated for the first quarter of 2019, provided the applicant submits all the required information in a timely manner.