Item - 2022.NY29.8

North York Community Council directed that:

1. Staff schedule a community consultation meeting for the application located at 1265 Wilson Avenue, after the applicant has had an opportunity to modify their application in keeping with initial guidance from Community Planning while considering the adjacent active development application at 1277 Wilson Avenue, striving for better conformity to Mid-Rise Building guidelines and conducting additional discussions with both staff and the local councillor.

2. Notice for the community consultation meeting be given to landowners and residents within a to-be-determined geography of the application site, and to additional residents, institutions and owners to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillor, with any additional mailing costs to be borne by the applicant.

This report provides information and identifies a preliminary set of issues regarding the application for 1265 Wilson Avenue which proposes a 12-storey (38.2 metre high) apartment building on Wilson Avenue with a 25-storey (78.8 metre) high tower at the south end of the site. The 12-storey element on Wilson Avenue would be connected with the tower at the south end with other building elements of varying heights. There is a 4-storey rental building on the site and the proposed development would be a rental apartment building. Staff are currently reviewing the application. It has been circulated to all appropriate agencies and City divisions for comment. Staff will proceed to schedule a community consultation meeting for the application with the Ward Councillor.