For those in the east half of our riding, and especially those down towards Yonge & Eg, there's a "community consultation" coming up tomorrow:
Community Consultation Meeting
Wednesday March 3rd, 2010
7:00PM
North Toronto Memorial Community Centre
200 Eglinton Avenue, West
Main Floor Meeting Room
Proposed Yonge-Eglinton Urban Growth Centre Boundaries
The Planning Department and Councillors Stintz, Walker and Jenkins invite you to a public consultation meeting to discuss the proposed boundaries of the Yonge-Eglinton Urban Growth Centre and necessary amendments to the Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan.
The Provincial Growth Plan identifies areas of intensification called Urban Growth Centres in cities throughout Ontario. In Toronto the Province has identified 5 Urban Growth Centres: Downtown/Waterfront, Scarborough Centre, North York Centre, Etobicoke Centre and Yonge-Eglinton Centre. In 2008 the Province released their boundaries for these Centres which the City must incorporate into its Official Plan in order to comply with the Provincial Growth Plan.
The City does have the ability to make only minor adjustments to the Yonge-Eglinton Growth Centre boundaries established by the Province. As can be seen from the small map the Provincial boundaries extend east of Yonge Street to include most the area roughly bounded by Yonge St. on the east, Mt. Pleasant on the west, a line north of Erskine Avenue on the north, and a line north of Soudan on the south. The Growth Centre extends just west of Yonge Street between Orchard View and Berwick. After consultations with community representatives staff are recommending only two minor changes to the Yonge-Eglinton Urban Growth Centre boundaries established by the Province. Amendments to the Secondary Plan policies would seek to concentrate development with the highest heights and density at the four quadrants of the Yonge-Eglinton intersection, with descending heights and densities on Eglinton Avenue East as one gets farther from Yonge Street. The 'Apartment Neighbourhoods' east of Yonge Street would be considered to be stable areas with compatible infill permitted on truly underutilized sites with existing apartment buildings. Development on Yonge Street north of Roehampton and Mount Pleasant Road south of Eglinton would be mid-rise buildings with retail at-grade.
In addition, in response to the suggestions of community representatives to strengthen the Secondary Plan, some of the policies that have now been put in place for the 'four corners' of the Yonge-Eglinton quadrant that deserve broader applicability, are proposed to be extended to apply to the entire Secondary Plan Area. These include: encouraging sustainable transportation initiatives, providing adequate parking supply, encouraging bicycle linkages to the City's bike route network, having new development improve the streetscape and sidewalks, encouraging mid-block connections on large blocks, providing community services in a timely manner, promoting community services that are flexible and multi-purpose, pursuing opportunities arising from development to develop new parkland, and identifying priorities for community benefits under Section 37 of the Planning Act.
If you cannot attend the meeting, you can still make your views known by emailing cgiles@toronto.ca or by fax to 416-397-4080 or by writing Christian Giles, Planner, Policy and Research, 55 John Street, 23rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3C6.
Looking for more information? Please call Christian Giles at 416-392-0881 or visit the following web sites for more information about this initiative.
January 5, 2009 Report to Planning and Growth Management Committee (direction to undertake consultations RE: Yonge-Eglinton UGC): http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/
Province of Ontario Places to Grow Program and Growth Plan:
http://www.placestogrow.ca/
http://www.placestogrow.ca/
City of Toronto Official Plan:
http://www.toronto.ca/
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