Item - 2022.SC33.9

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council amend the Official Plan, for the lands at 5 Corporate Drive substantially in accordance with the draft Official Plan Amendment attached as Attachment 5 to the report (dated June 1, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Official Plan Amendment as may be required.

The Scarborough Community Council held a statutory public meeting on June 30, 2022 and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act.

The proposed amendment to the Official Plan would exempt the subject lands from Policy 6.3 of the Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan to bring the parkland dedication rate for the site into accordance with the Official Plan policies regarding parkland that are in force at the time of issuance of the first above-grade building permit. However, section 3.2.3(5) of Toronto's Official Plan applies in respect of parkland dedication rates.

There is a site plan application that is being reviewed concurrently that proposes to redevelop the subject lands (Block B) with two rental apartment buildings of 38-storeys (Building B1) and 44-storeys (Building B2), connected by a 4-storey podium comprised of 778 residential suites with retail at-grade. The proposed development would have a total gross floor area of 69,002.32 square metres consisting of 68,271.28 square metres of residential uses and 731.04 square metres of retail/commercial space. A Privately-Owned Publicly Accessible Space (POPS), a plaza located at the northeast corner of the site, will connect with the landscape courtyard linking the proposed development to the existing buildings at 100, 200 and 300 Consilium Place.

The proposed development is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) and conforms with A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2020).

This report reviews and recommends approval of the application to amend the Official Plan. It would bring the parkland dedication rate for the site into alignment with the city-wide Official Plan policies that apply a cap on required parkland dedication, based on site area.