Item - 2016.SC13.17

Scarborough Community Council received the item for information.

The purpose of this report is to advise Scarborough Community Council that City Planning staff are initiating a Secondary Plan study for the area known as the Golden Mile Focus Area as recommended in the Eglinton Connects Planning Study.  The study area boundary is indicated on the map below, as well as on Attachment 1:  Golden Mile Secondary Plan Study Area, to this report.

The study will be undertaken by City staff with the assistance of consultants and engage landowners, business owners, residents, Ward Councillors and other stakeholders, who will form a Working Group.  The purpose of the working group will be to provide feedback on materials and study findings before they are presented to the broader public audience at consultation events.  City staff, in consultation with the working group, will establish parameters that will assist to create a vision for the study area, which would include, but will not be limited to, the creation of new streets and blocks, improvements to the existing street network, a strategy for parks, open space and public realm, and built form and streetscape guidelines.  The Golden Mile Secondary Plan Study will also develop a transportation master plan, master servicing plan, a community services and facilities strategy and review land use compatibility within the Golden Mile's Mixed Use Areas, Employment Areas and Apartment Neighbourhoods designations.

The study would conclude with a final recommendations report which would include new official plan policies as part of a new Secondary Plan for the Golden Mile.  It would also include development and urban design principles, a conceptual master plan and an implementation plan.  The final staff report is targeted to be presented to Scarborough Community Council in the third quarter of 2018.