Etobicoke Centre Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor-Islington Community Meeting #3 April 28, 2021 Meeting Recording Please be aware that this meeting is being recorded and personal information, such as your opinions, statements and voice will become part of a public record. Under section 27 of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, records created for the general public do not restrict access and may be made available on the City Planning website. Your registration information will not be disclosed as part of the public record. Housing Now: Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor Islington How to participate Community Meeting #3 Starts at 6:30p.m. Note: This meeting is being recorded. Via the internet browser: Via the Webex App on the computer: Click the "…" button at the bottom of Click the Participants button at the bottom the video window and then click right of the video window. Then click the Raise Hand small Raise Hand button at the bottom right Housing Now: Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor Islington How to participate Community Meeting #3 Starts at 6:30p.m. Note: This meeting is being recorded. FOR SMARTPHONES FOR TABLETS Tap the Participants panel button at Tap the Participants panel button at the the top right of the screen. Then tap bottom of the screen. Then tap the Raise Raise Hand at the bottom right of the Hand button at the bottom right. screen. FOR TELEPHONE Press *3 to raise your hand. Press *6 to unmute your microphone. Housing Now: How to participate Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor Islington Community Meeting #3 Note: This meeting is being recorded. TYPE A QUESTION You can also type in your question into the Q&A. On your device select the … button to locate the Q&A. Type in your question and select “Send”. The facilitation team is monitoring the Q&A and will ask these questions to the panel. Please note • Your question may not be read exactly as written and may be combined with similar questions. • Responses will only be delivered out-loud, they will not by typed as an Answer in the Q&A. • All questions will be reviewed by the facilitation team as the meeting summary is developed. We acknowledge the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. 6 Agenda 1. Opening Remarks – Mary Campbell (Councillor Grimes Office) 2. Welcome/Introductions 3. Presentation • Etobicoke Centre Background • What we've heard so far • Overview of Housing Now Initiative • Block Context Plan and Development Concepts for Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor-Islington • Project Schedule 4. Question and Discussion 5. Next Steps Opening Remarks Mary Campbell (Councillor Mark Grimes Office) Etobicoke-Lakeshore 8 Project Team • Housing Secretariat: Corporate lead for the • Partners with the City's Housing Secretariat and City Housing Now Initiative. Approves targets for Planning Division in the Housing Now program. numbers and affordability of new rental units. • Manages the City's real estate portfolio and works with • City Planning: Lead in updating planning stakeholders, partners and community members. frameworks to support new investments in affordable housing and other community facilities in • Coordinates real estate and infrastructure needs related the context of a high quality public realm. to the Housing Now program and other initiatives. • Ensures the Council-directed city building objectives • Manages design consultants to prepare development of the Housing Now Initiative are met. concepts. 9 ETOBICOKE CENTRE - BACKGROUND A History of Etobicoke Centre *Centres are locations across the city that have excellent transit accessibility and where jobs, housing and services will be concentrated. 11 Foundations for Change - Four key Investments 1 2 Reconfiguration of the Transformation Six Points of the Kipling Interchange Mobility Hub 4 3 Relocation of the Etobicoke Civic Centre and Reconstruction creation of of the Islington community Bus Terminal facilities 12 HOUSING NOW INITIATIVE 13 Housing Now • Launched by Mayor Tory and City Council in December 2018. • Accelerating the development of affordable housing. • Uses City-owned land. • Maximizes public land for public benefits, including new affordable housing as well as new community facilities, parkland and public realm improvements. • Mixed-income, mixed-use developments supporting transit-oriented and complete communities. • Enhanced consultation over the course of the development process. 14 Housing Now will provide affordable rental, market rental and market ownership housing options Emergency Supportive/ Long Term Care Social Housing Affordable Rental Affordable Home Market Rental Market Home Shelters Transitional Housing Ownership Housing Ownership Housing [l]1fi TORONTO CREATE l 0 15 Housing Now – 17 Sites City-Wide 16 Housing Now and Affordable Rent Early Childhood Retired/Pensioner Construction Labourer Licensed Practical Nurse Educator Median Annual Median Annual Income: Median Annual Income: Median Annual Income: In__com_,, __e: , _ $38,400 $39,000 $51,675 $35,997 . , Based on average asking rents in Toronto today, these people have to spend 37%-83% of their income on housing. ~TORONTO CREATETO 17 Bloor- Islington Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) PLANNING FRAMEWORK and BLOCK CONTEXT PLANS Planning Policy 1 2 Etobicoke Centre: 1. Official Plan 2. Etobicoke Centre Secondary Plan and Focus Areas 3. Etobicoke Centre Urban 3 4 Design Guidelines & Public Space and Streetscape Plan 4. West District Design Initiative 19 Planning Policy Etobicoke Centre Secondary Plan (and associated By-law No.1088-2002) Six Points Focus Area Objectives for the Westwood Theatre lands: • Variety of building heights • Open space areas • Internal road structure • Pedestrian connectivity 20 Planning Policy Etobicoke Centre Secondary Plan (and associated By-law No.1088-2002) Bloor/Islington Focus Area • Existing office employment core of the Etobicoke Centre • South side of Bloor Street West is “main street” shopping area • Development above Islington Subway Station to complement the existing massing at the northeast corner of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue 21 What is a Block Context Plan Pedestrian Connections Existing and Proposed Streets Development Parcels Cultural Heritage Parks and Publicly-Accessible Open Spaces Retail Cycling Connections Public Art 22 Shaping the Block Context Plan ·Council Need for : □· i recff6n. Affordable Housing Desigi1 Local Vision and C6rnmurlity Piannihg Policy · Development Technical Feasibiljty Review Block CreateTO Design Context Board Review Panel Direction Plans 23 ~TORONTO CREATE TO Timeline – consultation to-date Project Community Local Advisory Design Review Community Design Review Launch Consultation Group Meeting Panel #1 Consultation Panel#2 Meeting #1 #1 and #2 Meeting #2 2019 - 2020 Summer Fall Winter Fall continued... ~TORONTO CREATE TO 24 Zoning By-law Zoning By-law Timeline application* and Zoning By-law application* and Development application* for Development Concept for Bloor- Etobicoke Civic Concept for Select Kipling (Six Points) Centre at Statutory Bloor-Islington Developer Blocks at Planning Market Public Meeting at Planning Partner for Local Advisory Community and Housing Offering for (Committee to be and Housing Bloor-Kipling Market Group Meeting Consultation Committee/City Bloor-Kipling confirmed)/City Committee/City (Six Points) Offering for 113 Meeting ##3 Council (Six Points) Council Council Blocks Bloor-Islington WE ARE HERE 2021 Spring Summer Fall/Winter *Therewill be separate Statutory Public Meetings as per the Planning Act requirements, fo r the Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor-Islington Zoning By-law Amendment applicatio ns. There will be further opportunities for community feedback as indivi dual buildings are brought forward for Site Plan Approval by future developer partners. [l]1fi TORONTO CREATE l 0 25 What we've heard from the community • Create a unique destination for Etobicoke Centre with diverse community spaces, cultural spaces, parks, places to shop, gather and socialize • Enhance mobility opportunity and access by creating a neighbourhood that is safe and provides connections, which encourages people to walk, ride their bikes and take public transit • Support for a mix of land uses and amenities including small businesses and opportunities for employment, particularly locally-owned employment opportunities 26 What we've heard from the community • Concerns about construction and growth and its associated impacts on traffic, parking, safety and transit capacity • Ensure a provision of community services and infrastructure that address the increase in density, including services such as school, libraries, recreational facilities, health services and community centre, sewers, water, etc. • General concerns and assumptions for the impact of the Housing Now initiative, including overall affordability and the process for implementing the initiative • Interest was also expressed in renting affordable units 27 Planning and Design Principles Design a Complete Community Bloor-Kipling (Six Points) and Bloor-Islington will become the heart of the Etobicoke Centre creating a community for both local residents and all of Etobicoke to enjoy from public to intimate spaces The proposed new Etobicoke