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The Future of Yonge and Eglinton's Canada Square: Supporting Midtown Existing and Future Residents' Quality of Life From: Richard MacFarlane To: councilmeeting Subject: Support Midtown"s Quality of Life - Communication on PH25.7 Date: July 9, 2021 1:36:27 AM Attachments: TTC Buslands at Yonge-Eglinton, Public Consultation Meetings, Oxford, Josh Matlow, Ratepayers.doc TTC Buslands, Canada Square -- Item 31.27, Submission by Richard MacFarlane, Oriole Park Association, to the Mayor and City Councillors, Motion by Councillor Josh Matlow and Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, April 7, 2021.doc Dear Mayor Tory and City Councillors, For the past 20 years, as a dedicated participant in all things relating to planning and development, I have spent at least 300 hours a year working voluntarily for the Oriole Park Association community and Yonge/Eglinton area ratepayer organizations. From Year 2002, since attending the Minto Towers OMB hearing, I have attended over 200 public meetings, including numerous Committee of Adjustment sessions, and at least 15 major Ontario Municipal Board, then LPAT hearings (now the Ontario Land Tribunals). During this time, I have typed upwards of 1,000 pages of meeting minutes and correspondence concerning development issues. As you may be aware, our Oriole Park Association was established in 1954, coincidentally, the year I was born, the same year the Yonge line was finished, and the year the TTC bus barns began operating. The OPA is incorporated. It represents about 5,000 residents living in mostly single family homes, some duplexes and triplexes, and low rise apartment buildings along Eglinton. OPA boundaries are from Eglinton Avenue in the north, south to Chaplin Crescent, northwest along Chaplin to Eglinton, and the east border is the west side of Yonge Street. For the Canada Square - Oxford Properties / Canadian Tire REIT development proposal, working from November 2020 to April 2021, I prepared a 160 page report on the history of this site and the extent of public consultation. Please see attached. I also prepared a submission given to Toronto City Council for their April 5, 2021 meeting, discussing Item 31.27 about establishing the Midtown Working Group. Please see attached. Even though I have moved to Don Mills in November 2013, I have still attended local meetings and I have continued to be actively involved, especially with the Canada Square development application which I consider to be one of the most crucial proposals to be reviewed in the City of Toronto. I am asking that you vote in support of the Canada Square Working Group’s vision for the site that will help transform the Yonge-Eglinton area into a complete community. The Working Group's vision includes a large public park, a public square, affordable housing, a new elementary school, and cultural facilities such as a theatre space for the performing arts. Please take this opportunity to meaningfully improve the quality of life of those living in midtown neighbourhoods. We are counting on your support. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration of Item PH25.7. Yours truly, Richard MacFarlane Special Advisor, Oriole Park Association Formerly Secretary and Director, Oriole Park Association, Year 2003 to 2013 Secretary-Treasurer and Director, FoNTRA, Year 2009 to 2012 Home Address -- 1992 to 2013 81 College View Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5P 1J9 Home Address Since November 2013 18 Concorde Place, Suite LP918 Toronto, Ontario M3C 3T9 <[email protected]> Postscript -- Elementary School -- Suggestion for an Alternative Location In the fullness of time, as an alternative to having an elementary school at Canada Square, may I also suggest that you consider supporting an expansion of (or rebuilding a much larger school) the existing Oriole Park Junior Public School located at Elmsthorpe (west side) and Braemar (east side) and Eglinton Avenue West, across from my former 20 year home on College View Avenue. It has more than enough playground space for growth. It also is less exposed to intensive vehicular traffic than the TTC lands will be at Yonge/Eglinton. Having listened to and recorded and typed meeting minutes for four Working Group meetings, and having attended and recorded prior meetings with ratepayers, area councillors, and Oxford, to my knowledge, this alternative was not identified except by the Oriole Park Association initially and this alternative was not explicitly documented during the Midtown discussions. I feel that it is a valid option, particularly since Yonge/Eglinton is one of the busiest intersections in Toronto and, therefore, there is a greater risk for child safety on that site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- To the clerk: Please consider this email a communication on PH25.7 - The Future of Yonge and Eglinton's Canada Square: Supporting Midtown Existing and Future Residents' Quality of Life Canada Square –TTC Buslands at Yonge-Eglinton Public Consultation Meetings Oxford Properties Group, Councillor Josh Matlow, Midtown Ratepayer Associations by Richard MacFarlane Special Advisor Oriole Park Association May 10, 2021 Table of Contents Page 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………. 4 2. SUMMARY – Concluding Thoughts……………………………………… 6 3. COMMON ELEMENTS – 60 YEARS ON THE TTC BUSLANDS SITE…………………………………………………. 9 OMB Minto Towers Decision – Setting A Precedent…………… 10 4. CreateTO Site Comparison – Yonge/Eglinton Buslands vs. Crosslinks at Don Mills Road……………………………………………………….. 14 Lack of Park Space………………………………………………. 15 5. ORIOLE PARK ASSOCIATION………………………………………. 17 Canada Square – TTC Buslands Site History and Planning Approvals…. 24 6. OXFORD PROPERTIES GROUP – PLANNING RATIONALE………. 26 GROWTH PLAN SUMMARY OPINION………………………. 26 Yonge-Eglinton Secondary Plan – Section 3, Parks and Public Realm….. 26 HOLDING PROVISIONS…. …………………………..………… 27 ZONING BY-LAW ANALYSIS…………………………………. 28 PLANNING JUSTIFICATION…………………………………… 28 7. OXFORD PROPERTIES WEB SITE……………………………………. 31 8. City Planning Slide Presentation, June 7, 2017, by Alex Teixeira, Senior Planner………………………………………….. 57 9. History of Resident Concerns about Yonge/Eglinton and the TTC Buslands……..…….…………………………………………….. 62 10. KEY PLANNING REPORTS, CITY STAFF REPORTS, MEMORANDA.…….……………………………..…………..….………. 101 11. ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD DECISIONS........................................ 127 12. SECTION 37 BENEFITS............................................................................. 131 13. OXFORD PROPERTIES GROUP – MEDIA NEWS RELEASES............. 143 14. CreateTO CONSULTATION...................................................................... 145 Media, Newspaper, and Posted Articles On Line Yonge/Eglinton and Canada Square Redevelopment………………………149 References…………………………………………………………………. 153 Reports by City Staff, Oxford Properties Group, and LURA Consulting… 157 Canada Square - 3 - May 10, 2021 1. INTRODUCTION Tribute to Eugenio G. Faludi, D.A., P.Eng. Doctorate in Architecture and Town Planning, 1929, School of Architecture, University of Rome. Canada’s First Town Planner; Post-War Planning Consultant for Metro Toronto and the former City of Toronto “The primary objective of planning is to establish a pattern of the future life of the community. It should establish the relationship between elements of community life – housing, employment, recreation and transportation, health welfare and education. The materials of the planner are the people, the land on which they live, the features that nature created and the physical equipment that the people have built.” Source: An Introduction to the Technique of Town Planning Analysis of Modern Urban Needs, “Modern City Plans And Their Purpose”, Planning Canadian Towns and Cities, Lecture Course, School of Architecture, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, January 4, 1944, p. 2. 1940 As President and Director of E. G. Faludi and Associates Limited, provided planning consultation services to many municipalities. 1942-43 Consulting planner and member of the Advisory Technical Committee of the Toronto City Planning Board, manager of the Planning Office and in charge of the preparation of the first comprehensive Master Plan of the City of Toronto and the Metropolitan Area. Selected initiatives carried out: 1970-71 Several concept plans for housing projects in Metropolitan Toronto. 1973 The evaluation of a planned neighbourhood unit in Metropolitan Toronto. Author of numerous studies, papers and articles in the field of urban and regional planning and development, including Toronto publications: 1943 Second Annual Report of the City Planning Board, Toronto. Prepared for the Toronto Planning Board. 1971 The Status of the City of Toronto. A Submission to the Special Committee of the Council of the City of Toronto. Canada Square - 4 - May 10, 2021 Canada Square – TTC Buslands at Yonge-Eglinton Public Consultation Meetings – Oxford Properties Group, Councillor Josh Matlow, Midtown Ratepayer Associations Introduction Since Year 2002, when the OMB issued its decision on Minto Towers, as a North Toronto resident, I promised myself that I would review planning and development issues at Yonge/Eglinton. Studying urban and historical geography, planning, and tourism impact at university, this was a motivation. If the Metro Toronto Planning Dept. wasn’t going to advance my career in planning, then I could contribute to the community. I have lived in the area since 1985, first on Soudan Avenue, toward Bayview, from 1987 on Manor Road East at Mount Pleasant Road, and from 1992 to 2013 at College View Avenue at Elmsthorpe, across from
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