NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
To be held by the Executive
Committee
(Under the Planning Act)
Request to Amend the Official
Plan pertaining
to the Alternative Parkland Dedication Rate
Location of
Application: |
City-wide |
DATE: |
July 12, 2022 |
TIME: |
9:45 a.m. or as soon as possible thereafter |
PLACE: |
Council Chamber, City Hall/Video Conference, details
below |
PROPOSAL
In response to legislative requirements in the Planning Act enacted by Bills 197 and 109, the City of Toronto is
currently undertaking a review and reimplementation of the alternative parkland
dedication rate and associated policy framework. The alternative parkland
dedication rate policies can be found in the Official Plan with further
administrative and technical details found in Chapter 415, Articles III and IV,
of the Toronto Municipal Code.
A copy of the current Official Plan can be viewed or downloaded from
the City's website: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/official-plan-guidelines/official-plan/
A copy of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 415 can be viewed or
downloaded from the City's website: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_415.pdf
Detailed
information regarding the proposal, including background information and
material and a copy of the recommended Official Plan Amendment may be obtained by
contacting Paul Farish, Manager Planning, Parks, Forestry and Recreation at 416-392-8705,
or by e-mail at Paul.Farish@toronto.ca.
An electronic version of the recommended Official Plan Amendment may also be
accessed at: www.toronto.ca/growthfundingtools
under the "Materials for Public
Input" section.
PURPOSE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The Executive Committee will receive input and
review the proposal and any other material placed before it. The report will
then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for final decision.
You can follow the meeting at www.youtube.com/TorontoCityCouncilLive.
You are invited to make representations to the Executive Committee, in
person, by video conference or by telephone to make your views known regarding
the proposal.
Send written comments by email to exc@toronto.ca or by mail to the address
below. You can submit written comments up until City Council gives
final consideration to the proposal.
If you want to address the committee meeting
directly, please register by email to exc@toronto.ca
or by phone at 416-396-7287, no later than 12:00 p.m. on July 11, 2022. If you register we will contact you with instructions on connecting
to the meeting.
For more information about this matter,
including information about appeal rights, contact the City Clerk's Office,
City Clerk, Attention: Julie Amoroso,
Administrator, Executive Committee at Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West,
10th Floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2, Fax: 416-392-2980, e-mail: exc@toronto.ca.
The Executive
Committee may request you to file an outline of your presentation with the
Clerk.
Special Assistance:
City Staff can arrange for special assistance with some advance notice. If you need special assistance, please call 416-396-7287, TTY 416-338-0889 or e-mail exc@toronto.ca.
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Toronto on the proposed Official Plan
Amendment, you must make a written request to the City Clerk, Attention: Julie Amoroso, Administrator, Executive Committee, at the
address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.
Official Plan Amendment Appeal: If a person or public body would
otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of
Toronto to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not
make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the
City of Toronto before the proposed Official Plan Amendment is adopted or
refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision and may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal
before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal there
are reasonable grounds to do so. You may submit comments to the City
Clerk, Attention: Julie Amoroso, Administrator, Executive
Committee, at the address, fax number or e-mail set out in this notice.
People writing or making presentations at the public
meeting: The
City of
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make informed decisions on the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes,
e-mails, presentations or other communications to the
City, you should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated
with the City will become part of the public record and will appear on the
City's website. The City will also make
your communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal
address, telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless
you expressly request the City to remove it.
Many Committee, Board and
Advisory Body meetings are broadcast live over the internet for the public to
view. If you speak at the meeting you
will appear in the video broadcast.
Video broadcasts are archived and continue to be publicly available. Direct any questions about this
collection to the City Clerk's Office at 416-396-7287.
Compliance with Provincial laws respecting Notice may result in you
receiving duplicate notices.
Dated at the City of Toronto on June 20, 2022.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk