Item - 2025.MM35.20

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on December 16 and 17, 2025 without amendments.

MM35.20 - Prioritizing Ward 20 Listed Heritage Properties and Conserving the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Limited Lands - by Councillor Parthi Kandavel, seconded by Councillor Paula Fletcher

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Ward:
20 - Scarborough Southwest

City Council Decision

City Council on December 16 and 17, 2025, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to review the following Ward 20 properties for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and following outreach to property owners, to report back with recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board and City Council:

 

68 Chine Drive

323 Danforth Road

972 Danforth Road

120 Highview Avenue      

27 Hill Crescent 

1253 Kingston Road        

1355 Kingston Road        

1650 Kingston Road        

23 Laurel Avenue      

41 Laurel Avenue      

459 Midland Avenue      

42 Scarboro Crescent   

236 Warden Avenue 

  

2. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to evaluate lands associated with the former General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd. within Ward 20 under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and to report back with recommendations to the Toronto Preservation Board and City Council.

Background Information (City Council)

Communications (City Council)

(December 15, 2025) E-mail from Yvonne Di Tullio (MM.Supp)
(December 15, 2025) Letter from Marina Tadenc. Director, Cliffcrest Scarborough Village SW Residents Association (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/comm/communicationfile-201307.pdf
(December 15, 2025) E-mail from Ron Parkinson, Scarborough United Neighbourhoods (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/comm/communicationfile-201390.pdf
(December 16, 2025) E-mail from Ron Parkinson, Spokesperson SUN (Scarborough United Neighbourhoods (MM.New)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/mm/comm/communicationfile-201530.pdf
(December 16, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (MM.New)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Waive Referral (Carried)

Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM35.20 be referred to the Planning and Housing Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.


Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council