Item - 2021.MM30.24
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on March 10, 2021 without amendments.
MM30.24 - Feasibility Study - Repurpose Toronto Parking Authority Green P Lot at 20 Shortt Street for a Community Service Hub and Affordable Housing Development - by Councillor Mike Colle, seconded by Councillor Ana Bailão
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Ward:
- 8 - Eglinton - Lawrence
City Council Decision
City Council on March 10, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the appropriate officials of the Toronto Parking Authority, the Social Development Finance and Administration, and CreateTO, to prepare a feasibility study:
a. on repurposing the Green P parking lot at 20 Shortt Street to a community service hub and an affordable housing development, while maintaining current parking levels; and
b. to include an inventory of the existing social community infrastructure within a 500 metre radius of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West, and compare this list to the future level of expected density arising from the completion of new developments and the Eglinton Light Rail Transit.
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-164685.pdf
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM30.24 be referred to the Planning and Housing Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.