In response to the first circulation of the Application, Engineering & Construction Services staff, in their memorandum dated February 9, 2018, requested that additional information regarding the construction of the East-West Road be provided (Section A, Comment 2.5). Specifically, staff have requested additional information on what arrangements have been made or are being considered for coordination with the owner of 215 Lake Shore Boulevard East, Greenland Lakeside Development Company Limited (“Greenland”). The following details are offered as an update on the current status of the East-West Road coordination efforts.
Subsequent to the December 21, 2017 submission, Rom-Grand has engaged in consultation and coordination with Greenland. These efforts have been undertaken to, among other matters, coordinate the construction and timely delivery of the East-West Road in accordance with the letter dated June 22, 2016 from McCarthy Tétrault to Mr. Rob Robinson, City Legal. We understand through discussion with City representatives and representatives of Greenland that Greenland and the City would prefer the construction of the East-West Road prior to the issuance of the full/final building permit for Greenland’s first phase of development. However, we also understand that Greenland has proposed a temporary driveway condition to support their first phase of development “due to the neighbouring private and municipal lands being unavailable for the construction and conveyance of the new public road” (BA Group Urban Transportation Considerations Addendum Letter, September 26, 2019).
Rom-Grand does not support Greenland’s proposed temporary driveway condition. In our view, the construction of the East-West Road should be required prior to the issuance of the final building permit for Greenland’s first phase of development. The completion of the East-West Road is of particular importance for a number of technical and servicing related elements for all three development sites within the block, including the location of building access points for passenger and loading vehicles, connections to the future watermain, sanitary sewer and storm sewer within the right-of-way of the East-West Road, and construction tieback permissions. Despite ongoing communication, Rom-Grand has experienced challenges in coordinating these elements with Greenland and has been unable to obtain details which are fundamental to the design of the East-West Road and would have considerable impact on the design of the development proposal for the Subject Site.
As the ultimate construction of the East-West Road is vital to the functioning of the overall block and the greater East Bayfront Precinct, we want to reconfirm Rom- Grand’s commitment to convey its lands to the City prior to the completion of its Record of Site Condition in order to facilitate Greenland’s construction of the East- West Road.
