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A quick update from our reporter at City Hall. Yonge Eglinton Centre expansion rezoning application has passed at City Council, with some amendments.
Please find below our mash up of the motion with the amendments italicized - all terribly unofficial - but hopefully not wrong.
1. City Council amend Zoning By-law 438-86 substantially in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Attachment No. 9 to the report (February 16, 2010) from the Director, Community Planning, North York District.
2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to make such stylistic and technical changes to the draft Zoning By-law Amendment as may be required.
3. City Council require the community benefits detailed below to be secured in a Section 37 Agreement between the Owner and the City of Toronto, and that Agreement be registered on title to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, before introducing the necessary Bills to Council for enactment.
4. City Council require the owner to provide the following facilities, services and matters pursuant to Section 37 of the Planning Act:
a. Prior to the issuance of any building permit for additional office space above the existing office buildings on site, the Owner make public art contribution of $250,000 in accordance with the Percent for Public Art Program be located on a publicly accessible portion of the site to the satisfaction of the Chief Planner;
b. Prior to the issuance of any building permit for the retail addition, public access be secured over the open space at the corner of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue West and the open space on the roof of the proposed retail addition to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and Chief Planner;
c. A Community Steering Committee to be established, in consultation with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, the City's Public Realm Unit, and the local Councillor, to review the Site Plan Application for the subject lands as it relates to the design of the proposed at-grade open space at the corner of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue, and to assist with the programming of the open space, at grade and for the rooftop garden, and to assist with the re-location of the public art that is currently located on the square; and,
d. Creation of a historical museum on site to acknowledge the importance of NorthToronto’s history, through memorative plaques, tiles or pictures.
e. A $20,000 contribution be made by RioCan for the purposes of funding community programming, the open space at grade, the rooftop garden and the renovated public garden, to be allocated in consultation with the Community Steering Committee.
5. City Council require the Owner to obtain a Notice of Approval Conditions from the Director of Community Planning, North York District, prior to the introduction of the necessary Bills to Council.
6. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services Division, to study the feasibility of expanding the westerly portion of the Yonge Street sidewalk at Eglinton Avenue and the installation of a pedestrian scramble at the time the Eglinton Crosstown LRT becomes operational.
Recorded vote: 4/1/2010 3:19:19 PM “NY32.49 - Motion 2 - Stintz” 38 yea+3 nay,2/3 maj,quorum YES Ainslie YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Del Grande YES Di Giorgio YES Feldman YES Filion YES Fletcher YES Giambrone YES Grimes YES Hall YES Heaps YES Holyday YES Jenkins YES Lee YES Lindsay Luby YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Milczyn YES Miller YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Moscoe YES Nunziata YES Ootes YES Palacio YES Pantalone YES Parker YES Perks YES Perruzza YES Rae YES Shiner YES Stintz YES Vaughan NO Ashton NO Ford NO Walker
So, there you go. This is what the corner looks like right now.
And this is what the existing office towers look like.
And here is a rendering of what RioCan plans to do.
April 6, 2010 Update: In the above story we cited the wrong vote. We listed the vote on Councillor Stintz's amendment only. The last vote listed here on the Adoption of the Item is Amended (34-7) is the best characterization of the final vote on the item.
