Item - 2026.NY33.3

North York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council adopt Official Plan Amendment 911 substantially in accordance with the recommended Official Plan Amendment included as Attachment 2 to the report (May 7, 2026) from the Director, Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis, and the Director, Community Planning, North York District.

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

3. City Council direct staff to use Site and Area Specific Policies 828, as amended by Official Plan Amendment 911, in the evaluation of all current and new development proposals within its boundaries.

The North York Community Council held a statutory public meeting on May 26, 2026, and notice was given in accordance with the Planning Act, RSO 1990.

North York Community Council:

1. Referred Official Plan Amendment 912, included as Attachment 1 to the report (May 7, 2026) from the Director, Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis, and the Director, Community Planning, North York District, back to the Director, Strategic Initiatives, Policy and Analysis, and the Director, Community Planning, North York District for further consultation with property owners, and requested that Official Plan Amendment 912 to be brought back to the July 7, 2026 meeting of North York Community Council for consideration.

This report recommends the approval of two Official Plan Amendments to establish a renewed vision for the Don Mills Regeneration Areas which will guide the evolution of the Leslie Site (1121 and 1123 Leslie Street) and the Wynford-Gervais Site (15 Gervais Drive, 39 Wynford Drive and 1200 Eglinton Avenue East), from employment uses to new mixed-use communities.

These recommended policy frameworks will support the development of transit-oriented communities that leverage the recently opened Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit while responding to their individual contexts. For the Leslie Site, this includes protecting the portion of the City’s Natural Heritage System that traverses the northern end of the site, identifying new streets to connect with the existing and planned street network and providing linkages to the Don Mills Trail. For the Wynford-Gervais Site, it is important to identify the new street and active transportation connections to support movement through the site including to nearby transit, and respond to the adjacent Aga Khan Park and Museum and Ismaili Centre through built form transition and recommended Privately Owned Publicly-Accessible Spaces and mid-block connection locations.

For both sites, the recommended policies also direct the establishment of a consolidated, centrally located park; ensure that development supports and enhances the existing heritage buildings and their landscape settings; require an appropriate mix of residential and non-residential uses that responds to each site’s locational characteristics; and support a diversity of housing opportunities and a high quality public realm.

The Don Mills Regeneration Area Study was initiated in the summer of 2025 by a multi-disciplinary staff and consultant team. It was informed by a series of background studies and a robust public engagement program which included meetings with various stakeholders and with Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council.