Item - 2024.FB4.3

The Film, Television, and Digital Media Advisory Board recommends that:

1.  The Economic and Community Development Committee request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to continue consultations with the Film, Television, and Digital Media Board throughout the planning phases of the McCleary District Precinct Plan.

2.  The Economic and Community Development Committee request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the Chief Executive Officer, CreateTO to consider both the McCleary District Precinct Plan and the Business and Implementation Plan:
 

a. maintain building height peak along Lake Shore Boulevard East and lower peak alongside Commissioners Street,

b. provide support for film workers by being eligible as preferred residents for new affordable housing in the McCleary area,

c. include Agent of Change principles, with a focus on awareness of proximity to film production, in place for area real estate purchases,

d. provide support for film-friendly features throughout the area as defined in the Urban Design Guidelines (including access to grid power, parking areas and laybys, removable street furniture), and

e. leverage public art as a means of celebrating the local film industry.

The Infrastructure and Sustainability Working Group Chair provided verbal updates.

The Chair, Infrastructure and Sustainability Working Group will provide an update on the group's recent meeting.