Item - 2022.TE31.12

That:

1. City Council adopt Recommendations 3 and 6 in the supplementary report (March 29, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning [TE31.12b] as follows:

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

6. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to use the Site and Area Specific Policies, together with the Urban Design Guidelines, Complete Streets Study and Economic Analysis and Retail Study described in the Final Report dated January 31, 2022 and in this report, to inform the evaluation of current and future development applications along Danforth Avenue (Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue) Segment 2.

2. City Council adopt the following new recommendations:

1. City Council adopt the Official Plan Amendment for the Danforth Avenue (Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue), Site and Area Specific Policy 772, attached as Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (March 29, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, with Attachment 1 amended to further strengthen the City's mandate to support the development of affordable and supportive housing through the following:

a.  Section 2 of the Site and Area Specific Policy supports the development of a diversity of housing types, forms tenures, and affordability levels, including affordable ownership, affordable rental, and supportive housing options;

b. Section 6.8 of the Site and Area Specific Policy now allows site specific modifications on the merit and lot characteristics of the proposal as individual projects are assessed, without requiring an Official Plan Amendment; and

c. Section 8 of the Site and Area Specific Policy now states that affordable housing projects will be prioritized, and continue to be supported through City programs and other tools.

2. City Council adopt the Danforth Avenue (Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue) Urban Design Guidelines which supports Site and Area Specific Policy 772, attached as Attachment 2 to the supplementary report (March 29, 2022) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review the two interchange stations at Broadview Avenue and Pape Avenue (as referenced in the draft Site and Area Specific Policy) as opportunities for greater intensification and to secure affordable and supportive housing and affordable retail space and to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the first quarter of 2023.

4.  City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review additional growth opportunities that may exist within draft delineated Protected Major Transit Station Areas, within the Segment 2 study areas with a focus on providing affordable and supportive housing and affordable retail space, and to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2023.

5. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to consult on how to maximize affordable housing within Segment 2 – Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue – of the Danforth Study Area and provide an update report to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the second quarter of 2022.

6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back on options and mechanisms to secure and maximize affordable housing as part of each site-specific preliminary and final reports including objectives for the unit mix, sizes and tenures of the affordable units and report to the Toronto and East York Community Council.

7. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to report on the current inventory of affordable housing in Segment 2 – Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue – of the Danforth Study Area and to advise on measures to protect the stock of existing affordable housing and report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the first quarter of 2023.

8. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Housing Secretariat to consult with the not-for-profit affordable housing sector on ways to foster the development of not for profit housing in Segment 2 – Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue Study Area and opportunities and incentives needed to maximize affordable housing development and report to the Toronto and East York Community Council in the second quarter of 2022.

That:

1. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to explore built form strategies that support the inclusion of affordable housing within the section of Danforth Avenue between Coxwell Avenue and Victoria Park Avenue (Segment 1) area, including an assessment of initiating a City-initiated Official Plan Amendment to extend the Danforth Study Don Valley to Coxwell Avenue (Segment 2) modified midrise design strategy to the Segment 1 in-force Site and Area Specific Policy 552 and Urban Design Guidelines, with staff to report back to Toronto and East York Community Council in the first quarter of 2023.

2. City Council direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review additional growth opportunities that may exist within draft delineated Protected Major Transit Station Areas, within the Segment 1 study areas with a focus on providing affordable housing and affordable retail space, and to report back to City Council in the first quarter of 2023.

That consideration of the Item be deferred to the City Council meeting of April 6 and 7, 2022. 

That the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendation.