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Planning and Growth Management Committee


Meeting No. 32   Contact Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Wednesday, October 7, 2009
  Phone 416-392-7340
Start Time 9:30 AM
  E-mail pgmc@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 1, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Norman Kelly  

PG32.1

ACTION

Deferred 

 

Ward: 41 

2301 Brimley Road, 2329-2361 Brimley Road, and 175 Commander Boulevard – Rezoning Application – Request for Direction Report

Committee Decision

The Planning and Growth Management Committee deferred consideration of the item to the November 4, 2009 meeting.

Origin
(September 18, 2009) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
Summary

This application was made on or after January 1, 2007 and is subject to the new provisions of the Planning Act and the City of Toronto Act, 2006.

 

This application proposes to amend the existing zoning in order to allow for the redevelopment and expansion of the existing Chartwell Shopping Centre located at 2301 Brimley Road and 2329-2361 Brimley Road. This neighbourhood shopping centre has served the Agincourt and Agincourt North communities since the 1970s.  The proposed redevelopment includes the expansion of the centre onto lands located to the south at 175 Commander Boulevard by way of the conversion of an existing industrial building to a large scale, stand-alone retail use in the form of a supermarket, along with retail, service commercial and office uses.

 

The lands at 175 Commander Boulevard are 1.56 hectares in area and only have frontage on Commander Boulevard.  These lands have historically been used for industrial related uses, independent from the shopping centre lands to the north.  The proposed large scale, stand-alone retail use on this site does not conform to the policies of the Official Plan as Commander Boulevard is not a major street as shown on in the Plan. An official plan amendment is required in order to permit this part of the development proposal. Such an amendment, however, is not supportable given it does not conform and conflicts with the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The proposed use on these lands is considered to be a conversion of lands within an Employment Area to a non-employment (major retail) use.

 

Opportunities to redevelop and revitalize the existing shopping centre and to ensure its ongoing viability exist on the lands that have historically been used for retail commercial purposes.

 

This report seeks Council direction on the application. The report recommends refusal of the application in its current form and that City staff continue working with the applicants subject to the proposed large scale, stand-alone retail use on the 175 Commander Boulevard lands being excluded from the proposed redevelopment.

 

Background Information
2301 Brimley Road, 2329-2361 Brimley Road, and 175 Commander Boulevard Rezoning Application Request for Direction Report
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23562.pdf)

Communications
(October 6, 2009) E-mail from Steven A. Zakem, Aird & Berlis LLP (PG.New.PG32.1.1)
Speakers

Steven Zakem, Aird and Berlis LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
Mike Bissett, Bousfields Inc.
Councillor Chin Lee, Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River

Motions
1 - Motion to Defer Item moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried)
That consideration of the item be deferred until the November 4, 2009 meeting.

2 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Redundant)

PG32.2

Presentation

Received 

 

Ward: All 

Lower Don Lands Project

Committee Decision

The Planning and Growth Management Committee received the item for information and thanked John Campbell, Chris Glaisek and Brenda Webster, for their presentation.

Origin
(September 24, 2009) Presentation from John Campbell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Waterfront Toronto
Summary

Presentation from John Campbell, President and Chief Executive Officer of Waterfront Toronto and Chris Glaisek, Vice President of Planning and Design, Waterfront Toronto, on the Lower Don Lands Project.

 

(No written material)

Background Information
Lower Don Lands Presentation
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-24154.pdf)

Speakers

John Campbell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Waterfront Toronto
Chris Glaisek, Vice President of Planning and Design, Waterfront Toronto
Brenda Webster, Waterfront Toronto
Councillor John Parker, Ward 26 Don Valley West

Motions
Motion to Receive Item moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried)
That the item be received for information.

PG32.3

ACTION

Adopted 

 

Ward: All 

Update and Revisions to the Toronto Green Standard: Performance Measures for Sustainable Development

Committee Recommendations

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

 

1.         City Council adopt the revised two-tiered set of performance measures associated with the Toronto Green Standard as presented in Appendix A of the report (September 22, 2009) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, to be applied to all applications under the Planning Act.

 

Origin
(September 22, 2009) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
Summary

The purpose of this report is to provide a review of proposed revisions to the Toronto Green Standard prior to its launch January 31, 2010. Revisions proposed in this report reflect additional feedback from the development industry; City By-laws adopted since the approval of the TGS in 2008 and further review and analysis undertaken during the development of the implementation protocol.

 

Background Information
Update and Revisions to the Toronto Green Standard: Performance Measures for Sustainable Development
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23569.pdf)

Attachment 1
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23570.pdf)

Motions
Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried)

PG32.4

Information

Received 

 

Ward: 12 

3500 Eglinton Avenue West and 55 Ray Avenue – Interpretation of Retail Permission

Committee Decision

The Planning and Growth Management Committee received the item for information.

Origin
(September 15, 2009) Report from Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning
Summary

Planning and Growth Management Committee (P&GM) at its meeting on June 4, 2009 directed that the Chief Planner and Executive Director report to P&GM on a communication from Councillor Nunziata regarding the interpretation of ‘retail use’ on the lands known as 3500 Eglinton Avenue West (former Kodak lands).

 

This report outlines the existing planning policy context for retail permissions on the former Kodak Lands.

 

Background Information
3500 Eglinton Avenue West and 55 Ray Avenue - Interpretation of Retail Permission
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23563.pdf)

Motions
Motion to Receive Item moved by Councillor Frank Di Giorgio (Carried)
That the item be received for information.

PG32.5

ACTION

Received 

 

Ward: All 

Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995 Due Diligence Checklist Update

Committee Decision

The Planning and Growth Management Committee received the item for information.

Origin
(August 27, 2009) Letter from General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission
Summary

At its meeting on Wednesday August 26, 2009, the Commission considered the report, entitled “Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995 Due Diligence Checklist Update.”

 

Background Information
Russell Hill Subway Train Accident of August 11, 1995 Due Diligence Checklist Update
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23565.pdf)

Attachment 1
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23566.pdf)

Attachment 2
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23567.pdf)

Attachment 3
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/pg/bgrd/backgroundfile-23568.pdf)

Motions
Motion to Receive Item moved by Councillor Michael Thompson (Carried)
That the item be received for information.

PG32.6

ACTION

Adopted 

 

 

Request for Review of the Principles for Redevelopment of Shopping Malls

Committee Decision

The Planning and Growth Management Committee requested the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee as soon as possible on incorporating a review of the principles for redevelopment of shopping malls defined as mixed use areas as part of the five-year review of the Official Plan.

Summary

Member motion by Councillor Vaughan requesting a review of the principles for redevelopment of shopping malls defined as mixed use areas.

 

Motions
1 - Motion to Add New Business at Committee moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried)

2 - Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Adam Vaughan (Carried)

That the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee as soon as possible on incorporating a review of the principles for redevelopment of shopping malls defined as mixed use areas as part of the five-year review of the Official Plan.

 


Procedural Motions
Motion to Adopt Minutes moved by Councillor Michael Thompson

That the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Growth Management Committee held on September 16, 2009, be confirmed.

 

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Councillor Norman Kelly, Chair, Planning and Growth Management Committee
Meeting Sessions
Session Date Session Type Start Time End Time Public or Closed Session
2009-10-07 Morning 9:39 AM 11:49 AM Public
Attendance
Members were present for some or all of the time period indicated.
Date and Time Quorum Members
2009-10-07
9:39 AM - 11:49 AM
(Public Session)
Present Present: Di Giorgio, Filion, Kelly (Chair), Milczyn, Thompson, Vaughan
Also present (non-members): Lee, Parker