Item - 2019.EY8.2

Etobicoke York Community Council referred this Item back to the Director, Transportation Planning, for further consultation with the Ward Councillor.

This City-initiated action recommends that City Council pass a by-law to deem certain lots within a registered subdivision to no longer be lots within that subdivision.  The outcome of the by-law would allow the affected properties to be merged into a single parcel of land.  This will facilitate the properties at 50 York Gate Boulevard, 25 Norfinch Drive and 2050 Finch Avenue West, which will jointly contain the maintenance and storage facility to support the Finch West LRT, to legally become a single parcel of land. All the affected lands are currently owned by Metrolinx.

At a later stage of the LRT project, a new parcel fronting Finch Avenue West will be subdivided from the consolidated subject lands.  These reserve lands will be developed with a community hub following construction of the LRT project.  Prior to this, the reserve lands will be used for staging of the LRT construction.

On May 2, 2019, the Province of Ontario released A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2019 ("A Place to Grow") which amends the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2017). 

The "A Place to Grow" Plan has come into effect on May 16, 2019 and all planning decisions are required to conform with it, on or after May 16, 2019. Planning staff have reviewed the proposed deeming by-law with respect to the "A Place to Grow" Plan and can advise that for this proposal, the relevant policies of the "A Place to Grow" Plan carry on the direction of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2017).

Staff have reviewed the changes and confirm the proposal conforms with the "A Place to Grow" Plan.