Item - 2020.TE12.31

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 

1. City Council authorize the continuation of the closure of the sidewalk on the west side of Avenue Road, between Bloor Street West and Prince Arthur Avenue, from February 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020.

2. City Council direct the applicant to continue posting a 24-hour monitored construction hotline number on the hoarding board, which must be prominently placed and legible from 20 metres and on all elevations from the construction site.

3. City Council direct the applicant to continue providing and installing public art, including mural artwork, onto every elevation of the hoarding board with adequate spotlighting for night-time illumination, at their sole cost, to the satisfaction of the Ward Councillor.

4. City Council direct that Avenue Road be returned to its pre-construction traffic and parking regulations when the project is complete.

As the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) operates a transit service on Avenue Road, City Council approval of this report is required.

PCL Constructors Canada Incorporated is redeveloping the existing Park Hyatt hotel at 4 Avenue Road, located in the north-west corner of Avenue Road and Bloor Street West. The sidewalk on the west side of Avenue Road, between Bloor Street West and Prince Arthur Avenue, is closed to accommodate construction staging operations for the redevelopment. City Council, at its meeting on October 29 and 30, 2019, authorized and extension of the subject construction staging area on Avenue Road, from October 30, 2019 to January 31, 2020.

Transportation Services is requesting authorization to extend the duration of the construction staging area on Avenue Road for an additional six months (i.e. from February 1, 2020 to July 30, 2020, in order to allow for the completion of the redevelopment.