a - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Howard Moscoe (Final)
That City Council:
1. amend Recommendation 2 of the North York Community Council by adding the General Manager, Emergency Medical Services and the Medical Officer of Health to the list of officials who are directed to co-ordinate the development of a financial strategy for the LARP.
2. amend Recommendation 11 of the North York Community Council by adding the following:
The City Manager also be directed to initiate discussions with the Board of Jewish Education (Toronto) with a view to developing a strategy that takes into account the education needs of a significant population within the Lawrence Heights Revitalization Area that to date have not been addressed by the revitalization plan. The strategy explore the possibility of relocating the Associated Hebrew School located at Bathurst and Neptune either into an existing school facility or establishing a site within a proposed or existing development in the Lawrence-Allen Area to accommodate a new Campus for this school.
so that Recommendation 11 now reads as follows:
11. City Council direct the City Manager to work with the TDSB, TLC, TCDSB and Ministry of Education staff to develop a specific strategy to identify school sites and resources to build new schools that would support the needs of both school boards and work within the time frame and direction of the Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Plan and bring this forward for discussion to the Public Asset Working Group.
The City Manager also be directed to initiate discussions with the Board of Jewish Education (Toronto) with a view to developing a strategy that takes into account the education needs of a significant population within the Lawrence Heights Revitalization Area that to date have not been addressed by the revitalization plan. The strategy explore the possibility of relocating the Associated Hebrew School located at Bathurst and Neptune either into an existing school facility or establishing a site within a proposed or existing development in the Lawrence-Allen Area to accommodate a new Campus for this school.
3. amend the lead-in to Recommendation 17 of the North York Community Council by deleting the word “direct” and replacing it with the word “request”, so that it now reads:
17. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning Division, to include the following as part of the Secondary Plan:.
4. amend Recommendation 18a of the North York Community Council so that it now reads as follows:
a. provide for at least 5% of dwelling units of each multi-residential building developed by TCHC to be comprised of social housing replacement units, which for this purpose may include a maximum of 2.5% affordable ownership units, together not to be less than 5% of residential gross floor area;
18. City Council direct the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to:
a. provide for at least 5% of dwelling units of each multi-residential building developed by TCHC to be comprised of social housing replacement units, which for this purpose may include a maximum of 2.5% affordable ownership units (such affordability to be maintained as ownership changes), together not to be less than 5% of residential gross floor area;
5. delete Recommendation 20 of the North York Community Council and replace it as follows::
20. The City complete the Lawrence-Allen transportation studies including the Transportation Master Plan in advance of the Secondary Plan and incorporate the appropriate policies to ensure that transportation issues are assessed as part of each phase of revitalization. The Secondary Plan should ensure that all future applicants complete detailed transportation studies to update and support the City’s transportation studies to the satisfaction of City Planning and Transportation Services staff.
6. delete Recommendation 21 of the North York Community Council and replace it as follows:
21. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director to continue the community consultation and engagement work for the Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Plan and continue to work with and inform all study area residents (tenants and homeowners) of future community meetings to support the preparation of the Secondary Plan in consultation with the local councillors from Wards 15 and 16. (Updated to reflect motion as moved.)
b - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Howard Moscoe (Final)
That:
1. City Council request the Police Services Board to develop a policing plan for the Lawrence Heights Revitalization Area.
2. In recognizing that the Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Plan is a plan for transit-supportive development:
a. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report, in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, on transit-friendly measures that may be applied to the area, including policies to be included in the Secondary Plan and measures to be implemented with Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s first phase of development in Lawrence Heights.
c. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to ensure that plans for improvements to the Yorkdale Station are complete and implementation scheduled to coincide with the beginning of above grade construction for phase one of the Lawrence Heights revitalization.
d. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission, in its Station Modernization studies of Lawrence West and Yorkdale subway stations, to develop a revised plan for the existing Lawrence Manor Community Bus.
e. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to have the already approved station democratization pilot project for the Yorkdale subway station operational within one year.
f. City Council direct that net revenue from any retail development resulting from Motion 17(c) be applied to the TTC’s Station Democratization Project for Yorkdale subway station.
g. City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission to give priority to the Lawrence-Allen Area for installation of next bus technology.
3. City Council direct the Revitalization Secretariat to consult with LHION (Lawrence Heights Inter Organizational Network) on the prospect of creating a “community services hub” within the revitalization area and report thereon to the Community Development and Recreation Committee no later than Spring 2011.
4. City Council confirm that while the Toronto Community Housing Corporation buildings at 135, 145, 155 Neptune Drive are not specifically included in the TCHC’s housing plan for Lawrence Heights, they are located within the revitalization area and as such their need for community and social infrastructure will be considered an important part of the revitalization of Lawrence Heights.
5. City Council direct that the Community Services and Facilities Strategy and the Social Development Plan include a plan to expand Baycrest Arena and/or any new school facility into a multipurpose community facility that can serve the needs of the northeast quadrant of the Lawrence-Allen Area and that the plans for Baycrest Arena be coordinated with the plans for the future of Sir Sandford Fleming Secondary School and Baycrest Elementary School.
6. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to enter into discussions with Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care with regard to the development of a campus plan that complements the Lawrence Allan Revitalization Plan and that these discussions be initiated at the earliest possible opportunity.
7. City Council request that any application for expansion of Yorkdale Mall shall be coordinated with the Lawrence Heights Revitalization Plan and shall be phased in a manner that recognizes this coordination as a priority.
8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report on expanding the existing SCOOT system on Lawrence Avenue into an area wide TRANSCORE type traffic signal control system that will minimize delays for all road users (pedestrians, cyclists, transit, cars) as part of the transportation infrastructure plan for the Lawrence-Allen Revitalization Project and identify opportunities for securing a proportionate contribution towards the purchase and installation of such a system from applicants within the Lawrence-Allen area who are seeking a land use change.
9. City Council request the City Manager to enlist the aid of the Member of Parliament, The Hon. Joe Volpe in securing additional Federal Funding for the Revitalization of Lawrence Heights and he be advised that any funding that he personally is able to secure outside of existing Federal Government Programs for the revitalization will be applied to reducing the densities required to finance the revitalization of Lawrence Heights. All persons who addressed the Community Council at the Public Hearing on June 22, 2010 be so advised.
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