We have a hard stop at 12:30 today. Okay. >> Are is YouTube done? >> Okay, good. Okay. So, good morning. My name is Councelor Chris Moyes. I'm the chair of the Toronto East York Community Council. We now have quorum. I'm now calling meeting 33 to order. Uh today's meeting is being held by video conference and in person at city hall in committee room 1. This meeting is also being livereamed online at youtube.com/orronto city councsil live. Although we may be meeting in different locations today, the Toronto and East Community Council would like to acknowledge that the land we are meeting on is the traditional territories of many nations, including the Missagas of the Credit, the Anoshabbec, the Chipoa, the Horosi, and the Watite peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Matei peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Missagas of the Credit. As a Caribbean Canadian, I am committed to continually acting in solidarity with our African Caribbean and black community seeking freedom and repive justice in light of the history and ongoing legacy of the slavery that continues to impact our communities across Canada. As part of this commitment, I would also like to acknowledge that not all people came to these lands as migrants and settlers. Specifically, I wish to acknowledge those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the transatlantic slave trade and slavery. In support of the city of Toronto's ongoing efforts to confront anti-black racism, I pay tribute to those ancestors of African Cuban black origin and descent. If you're registered to speak at today's meeting, please listen for me to call your name. I will call speakers in the order they appear on the list. The list of speakers can be viewed online by visiting this the Toronto and East Community Council page at toronto.ca/counsel and clicking the speakers box for today's meeting. Members, the clerk has provided all agenda materials on toronto.ca/counsel and on cmp, the clerk's meeting portal. Clerk's IT staff are available to members if you need to help with your devices. Also want to remind you to please submit and approve your motions by email. Staff are available at tocc toronto.c to help with motions. Are there any decisions of interest under the municipal content act? If you have an interest, please raise your hand or unmute your mic and indicate the item number and the nature of the interest. Okay. May I have a motion to confirm the minutes from the meeting on April 30th, 2026? Councelor Saxs. All those in favor? Oppose? Carried. So, members of the public, I would like to advise that this meeting will be ending at 12:30 p.m. today. today to allow members of the Toronto and Easter Community Council to attend the Lake Council Moscow's funeral this afternoon to hear from as many registered speakers as possible before the meeting ends. I am proposing that the Toronto ECR Committee Council set the following rules for this meeting and it is um being viewed on on the screens here and it reads that with the exception of the secretary public hearing on items T33.1 to T33.6 and T33.8 to TE33.10 10 speakers who have not pre-registered be allowed to register to speak until 10:00 a.m. on May 28th, 2026, after which no further registration is allowed and the speakers list will be closed. That the length of public presentations be limited to 3 minutes. That questions of speakers by members of the Toronto Eastern Committee Council and visiting members of council be limited to three minutes as well. with one round of questions per member. That questions to staff from members of the Toronto Easters Community Council and visiting members of council be limited to three minutes in total with one round of questions per member. And lastly, that speaking time for all members of council be 3 minutes with one round of speaking per member. I will move this item. All those in favor opposed carried. Before we begin the agenda run through, may I have a motion to add business items T33.72 to TE 33.74 to the agenda? Depre Malik. All those in favor, oppose, carried. Thank you. Items T33.1 to T33.10 and T33.23 to TE 33.33 are timed. So, we'll begin the run through at items T 33.11. Okay. Uh T3.11 Liberty Village Streetscape improvement update. Deputy Ralik. >> Which um I'd like to move uh staff recommendations, please. >> All those in favor? Those carried. T33.12 206 Russell Hill Road part lot control exemption application. This is in report. Councelor Matlo. >> Please remind me of the item number. >> Uh 12. >> Sorry. >> 12. I move the recommendations. >> All those in favor? Post carried. Uh T3.13 has speakers. So move to TE 33.14 257 to 259 and 291 Lakeshore Boulevard East two small streets and 200 Queens Key East um east side block 1 and two Malik >> like to move the staff recommendations please. All those in favor? Those carried. >> T33.15 1337 Queen Street West demolition and new construction on a designated heritage property under part five section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act. Council Perks >> with the staff recommendation. >> Those in favor? Post carried. T33.16 40 Wabash Avenue alterations to and demolition of heritage attributes of a designated heritage property under section 33 and 34 of the Interior Heritage Act. Councelor Perks >> move the staff recommendations. >> Those in favor? Post carried. T33.17 81 Chestnut Park application to erect a structure in the South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District. Councelor Saxs. >> I move the staff recommendations. >> Those in favor? Those carried uh T338 uh 150 College Street Medical Science Building, One King College Circle. alterations to a designated heritage property under section 33 of the heritage act and authority to enter into a heritage easement agreement. Council saxs >> I move the staff recommendations. >> Those in favor those carried T33.19 50 park road alterations to designated heritage property under section 33 of the interior heritage act refusal. Council saxs >> I move the staff recommendations. >> All those in favor those carried. T33.20 20 170 Burton Street demolition of a heritage attribute under section 34 of the Ontario Heritage Act and the authority to amend a heritage easement agreement. Councelor Matwell >> I move the recommendations. >> Those in favor carried D33.21 153 and 185 Eastern Avenue alterations to designated heritage property under section 33 of the Inter Heritage Act and authority to enter a heritage eastment agreement. I'll move the uh staff's Rex in this item. All those in favor? Post carried. Uh T33.20 20 Gerard Street East. Alterations of a designated heritage property under section 33 of the interior Heritage Act and authority to enter into heritage easement agreement. U move the staff's Rex on this item. All those in favor? Opposed? Carried. E33.34 changes to business improvement area board of management. Uh the premier Malik >> like to move the staff recommendations please. Those in favor? Those carried. T33.35, use of Nathan Phillips Square for various events. October 1st, 2026 of April 30th, 2027. Deer Malik, I'd >> like to move the staff recommendations, please. >> Those in favor? The post carried. T33.36 316 to 33 336 Campbell Avenue Construction Staging Area. Councelor Bravo is not here. Councelor Bravo. Move the staff recommendations. >> All those in favor? >> Uh T33.37 35 to 47 Camden Street construction staging area Malik. >> I'm sorry. Can we just um hold this >> 37? Hold it. >> Yeah. Um I there's just some information need potentially needs to be deferred. >> T3.38 128 Peters Street construction staging area. of Malik 38. >> Sorry, can I just hold that as well, please? >> Okay. >> E33.39 914 Bath Street construction staging area. Uh that was deferred in the last meeting. Council Saxs, >> I move the staff recommendations. All >> those in favor? Those carried. >> And the next item we need to defer E33.40. E33.40 44 Price Street construction staging area. >> Defer to the next meeting, please. >> Defer to the next meeting. Yes. >> All those in favor. >> Do you need a >> Yeah, she can display it. >> Okay, we're going to display the motion. Can I go back to 37? >> All those in favor? Carried. Thank you. >> Can we go back to item 39? Uh, councelor Sax, I understand you wanted to change the dates. >> Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. There's a technical motion to change the dates. E3.39 914 Bath Street construction staging area. Uh, >> motion to reopen. All those in favor? >> Thank you, Katherine. We have to vote on >> and so now >> and we'll display the motion. >> Display the motion. All those in favor. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Let's go back to item 37 from >> and then we item is amended please. >> Item as amended. All in favor >> T33.37 35 to 47 Camden Street construction staging area Malik. >> Actually I'll continue to hold it. I'm very sorry. >> Okay. All righty. >> Where are you? >> Sorry. That's fine. That's fine. Deputy Malik asked me to go back to 37, but she's still holding it. >> She's still holding it. Okay, great. >> Um item T33.41 has speakers, so I'll hold that item down. T33.42 07 Sherburn Street construction staging area uh time extension. I'm going to move staff Rex this item. All those in favor? Post carried. T33.43. 43 1095 to 1111 down 4th Avenue and 1117 down 4th Avenue. Um, Council Futch is not here yet. No one has her items. >> Okay. Yeah, I'm going to hold this down for C councelor um Fer T33.44 4485 Alberta Avenue designated designation of fire roots and amendment to chapter 880 fire route. Uh councelor Bravo the staff recommendations please. >> All those in favor carried T33.445 10 graph rafophone grove design of designation of fire roots and amendment to chapter 880 fire roots. Councelor Bravo >> staff recommendations. Those in favor? Those carried. T33.46 60 B Street designation of fire roots and amendment to chapter 880 fire roots. Depir Malik >> like to move the staff recommendations please. >> All those in favor? Those carried. T33.47 25 St. Mary Street designation of fire roots and amendment to chapter 880 fire roots. I'm going to move the staff's rights in this item. All those in favor? Post carried. T33.48 48 482 and 488 Wellington Street West Encroachment Appeals. Depir Malik >> like to move the staff recommendations, please. >> All those in favor? Opposed? Carried. >> TE33.4950 College Street encroachment appeal. Enclose the patio structure with storage shed. >> Uh, please hold it down. I'm hoping for proof they've paid their fine. >> 33.50 33 Yorkville Avenue. Amendment to pedestrian tunnel encroachment agreement. >> I move the staff recommendations. >> All those in favor? Those carried. >> T33.51 East West Waters shuttle pilot and baths Queens Key Malik. >> Yeah, I'd just like to hold that please. >> Very brave. T33 >> T33.52 Oakwood Village Street Plan. Um, >> I um I'm happy to move it, but I understand that councelor Bravo has uh has a motion as well. >> Yeah. And I'd like uh Sarah, I'm sorry I'm on my way from another meeting, but uh could I hold that just until I'm physically there? >> Okay. >> And I don't have any questions. >> Okay, I'll hold it. T33.53 Oakwood Village Street Plan non-desation road safety improvements. Um, councelor um, Madlo >> back with councelor Bravo. She's okay with me moving an hour or wants to wait until she arrives. >> Councelor Bravo, do you wanted me to hold this item as well? >> Yeah, just momentarily. Thank you. >> Okay. D33.54 Aington Avenue Safety and Streetscape Improvement. Dep Malik. >> Um, I'd like to move the staff recommendation, please. All those in favor? Those carried. Uh T33.55. Um there's speakers on this item, so I will hold it down. TE 33.56 traffic management in Ward 14 related to King Street pilot project. >> You need to hold that down. >> Going to hold that for council Fletcher. T33.57 realignment of permit parking area 1E to exclude the development located at 3459 and 3461 Dundas Street West. Councelor Perks. >> Um I'll move the staff recommendations. I also want to note for members of committee that uh I'm hoping we have a report coming to this month's planning and housing that cleans up this process forever and makes it automatic. >> Okay. All those >> years of trying. All those in favor? Oppose? Carried. T33.58, temporary adjustments to permit parking relocation on um Mother's Field Drive and Chestnut Park. Council, >> I move the staff recommendations. >> Those in favor? Post carried. T33.59 accessible parking spaces uh May 2026. Um >> I'm happy to move that. >> All those in favor? Post carried. Remove my tabs so I don't lose myself. T33.60 accessible parking spaces Davenport Road. Council Bravo. >> Move the staff recommendations please. >> Favor those carried. >> T33.61 accessible loading zone Baby Point Road. Uh council perks. >> Move the staff recommendation. >> All those in favor? Opposed? Carry. T32.62 62 Birch View Crescent Accessible Parking Loading Zone. Council Parks. >> Move the staff recommendations. >> All those in favor? Post carried. T33.63 Heindman Street 405 Keel Street temporary parking amendments. Council Perks. >> Move the staff recommendations. >> In favor? Post carried. T33.64 High Park Avenue parking amendments. Council Perks. >> Move the staff recommendations. >> Those in favor. Post carried. T33.65 65 Kennedy Avenue parking amendments. Councelor Parks. >> Move the staff recommendations. >> All those in favor? Those carried. T33.66 on street electric vehicle charging station on Prince Arthur Avenue parking amendments. Uh council saxs. >> Yes. And referring back to staff, please. >> Okay. There's a motion staff. All those in favor? Post? Carry. T33.67 30 Bond Street. Michael's Hospital traffic amendment and parking amendments. I'm going to move the staff's Rex on this item. All those in favor? Post carry. T33.68 improvement improving pedest pedestrian safety on Crescent Road. Uh council saxs. >> Yes. Uh defer to the next meeting. This one and the next please. >> Okay. Uh motion. You're going to display the motion. >> Uh all those in favor deferral carried. I'll do the next one. >> Okay. T33.69 improvement. Did I just do that one? >> Uh 68. >> Improving pedestrian safety on Crest Crescent Road. Uh Council Saxs. >> Defer, please. >> Okay. Motion on the screen. All those in favor? Those carry. T33.70 improving pedestrian safety on Roxboro Road. Council >> need to reopen. >> Staff recommendations first. >> Okay. Yep. Okay. I move to re I move to reopen. All those in favor? Post carried. And then this >> moving the staff recommendations >> moving staff's recommendations on this item. All those in favor? Those carried. T33.71 protecting lane access on McFersonen Avenue. Council Saxs. >> Uh staff recommendations. >> Those in favor? Those carried. T33.72. Appointments to the board of management of the Swansea Town Hall Community Center. Council Perks. >> I'll move the recommendations. >> All those in favor? Post carried. T 33.73. Don't ride on the sidewalk decals on W 11 sidewalks. Council >> moving the recommendations. >> Okay. All those in favor? Those carried uh TE 3374 parking amendment related to the Church Street pedestrianization pilot. I move this tax re item. All those in favor? Those carried. Okay, that's the run through. >> And now we have to add some items to >> 33.5. >> Yeah. >> One second. 51. >> The 33.51 East West Water Shuttle Pilot and Baths Queens Key Deputy Malik. Um, I'd like to move the staff recommendations, please. >> All those in favor? Post carry. Okay. All right. Um, so I'm going to move this new business for council Fletcher. Um, report request on naming an existing lane, Valerie Ma Lane. All those in favor item post carried. Councelor Bradford, do you have any business? Main Street Park Amendments reopening item 20 26. TE3 >> TE 32.49 be displayed. All those in favor of reopening those carried and uh council Matllo renaming. You going to help me with this one? Tyster Park. >> Tai Chester. >> Tai Chester Park in honor of Hedi Bomb. Okay. All those in favor item. Okay, post carried. All righty. Now that we So, we're going to go back to uh What time is it? >> It's not It's not 10 yet. >> Can't start the time. Okay, let's uh see. >> Not quite. >> Not quite. So, >> somewhere in the world. >> I guess we cannot vote on the item just added now. No, we just have to put them out there. So, we need a few public. >> Is there any other item you want to um release? It's not 10:00 yet. >> One second. Let me see. >> Apparently, I'm too efficient and we're ahead of schedule. >> It's not a bad thing. So for those who are here for item three, just will let you know that council saxs is deferring that item to the next meeting. So um you could actually speak at the next meeting on this item if you want. Yes. >> Do you want the mic to explain to people because you have a whole lot of people here? >> Thank you. I'm just trying to disc to to explain to people. So, hello everybody who's here for Sneaky De's. Thank you. We thank you for your passion for the music venues in Toronto. Very cultural gems of Ward 11 are really important. We have a challenge today. We have two challenges today. One is we've got about nine hours worth of work and we've only got three hours to do it in because there's a funeral this afternoon and so this committee is not sitting this afternoon. Um, also I have been trying and trying to get in touch with George uh because the developer says they have a deal with George, but I need George to confirm that to me and he won't call me back. So, we're not going to be able to decide this today. I'm holding this matter down. We have so many things to do. I do want to give you a chance to be heard if we can possibly reach you. There's a lot of other people who also want to speak. So, I'm holding this down to the end of the agenda. If we reach you, you'll be able to tell us how much you love Sneaky De's, which we know, but we absolutely want to hear you tell us how much you love Sneaky De's if we get time because we have to break at 12:30, but there will be no decision today. If you speak today, you will not be able to speak in July. The July meeting is a monster. Um, so that's the situation. You definitely have time to have a coffee. You can watch us because we're going to be fascinating. Um, but we're not going to reach this matter for a while. Okay. Thanks everybody. And if anybody can get George to call me, it would be good. Um, may I may I ask a small favor? Given that we're just arriving at 10, could we just slide in uh approving the Hetty Bomb Park only because if it's not approved now, um we're not going to be able to do it this year and the the honore is uh is ailing. Uh uh HDI bomb, she's a Holocaust survivor. Uh it just it was just submitted onto the agenda and I just want to I want to make sure we do this u this year. uh >> we have just um turned it on to the public. So we want to give them an opportunity to submit any comments or or register to uh we can't register to speak. So can we do it after at least the first item? >> As long as it's done at this meeting, I'd be very >> This has been out there for in the public for a little bit. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh let's get started. It's 10:00. uh TE 33.1127 Young Street South Block zone bylaw amendment application. Uh we have a um two speakers on the item. Siman Bati, are you here? Three minutes and I'm sticking to the three minute mark today. Usually I give a few seconds but not today. >> Understood. Uh thank you chair and members. Uh my name is Simra Batty. I'm the urban planning consultant to Pinnacle International, the owner of 1 to7 Young Street. I appreciate this committee has a very busy agenda today. And um while I'm sure you'd love to hear my spiel, I'll hold it and and keep it to myself and just say uh thank you to city staff uh particularly George Pentazis for all of his hard work on this application. Um and myself and Mr. Anen Quac, who's the next speaker on the list, are both available to answer any questions that the committee might have. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Um >> Anen Qu, are you speaking? Okay, great. Deputy Malik. >> Yeah, thank you very much. Um I have a motion >> on this item. >> Can we disclo the motion, please? >> Um do we have the motion? >> Second. Sorry, I know time is of the essence, so everything feels very good. >> I know. >> Appreciate it. Yeah. Um and the the motion is um on the screen. Um it's to request that the applicant improve the sidewalk condition on Queens Key East to allow uh uh enough uh room for pedestrians to um uh to traverse it unobstructed um and to make sure that they're doing that in consultation with staff. And I want to echo the thanks to city planning and transportation for reviewing this application in greater detail with the residents and with the local stakeholders. As the proposal for conversion of this site to a hotel does not include any alterations to the exterior of the building and does not trigger site plan approval, uh staff have worked with the applicant to support an amendment to to look at the ways of improving the sidewalk conditions uh in the busy areas. And that's the the direction that I've laid out here. Uh along with this, I understand that Red Bath has agreed that this approval can move forward uh while the the that conversation continues to be finalized. So, thank you for the cooperation. Thank you for being responsive to the uh community concerns and thank you to our community for always being engaged with the continued growth of this neighborhood. Um with that um with the amendment, I move the staff recommendations. >> Okay. All those in favor? Post carried. Next item is T33.2 two 291 Lakes Shore Boulevard East, two Small Street, and 200 Queens Key East. >> Uh, did you need to do item as amended on item one? >> Okay, back to item one. Item is amended. All those in favor? Post carried. >> We did. No, we didn't do item two because it's a timed item. >> No, we did. We did say it. We said it out loud. >> So, we know what >> on item two. Did we do it? I don't we haven't done items. >> We haven't done anything. It's a timed item. >> Well, maybe maybe there's >> Okay, Deb Malik, >> don't don't uh don't mess around. Uh thank you very much. I'd like to um move the staff recommendations on this. >> All those in favor? Those carried. >> Council Saxs, item number three, TE33.3 1419 to 431 College Street. >> This is sneaky deeds. Hold it down, please. >> Holding it down. >> Uh but it um um Mr. Chair, I I made a mistake on number 49. Uh T33.49. Uh I held it down, but in fact, that one's ready to go whenever you get to it. >> Okay, >> let's just do it then. T33.49 505 College Street encroachment appeal enclosed uh enclosed patio structure with storage shed. >> Um move the staff recommendations. Thank you. >> All those in favor? Close carried. Okay, I'm all over the place today. Um T33.4 374 to 390 Dupont Street official plan amendment and zoning ball amendment application. Council Saxs >> moving the staff recommendations. >> Those in favor carried. Uh TE 33.55 564 576 Sherburn Street and 229 to 37 Lynden Street rental housing demolition demolition amending report. There are speakers on this item. Five, Sean McGaffy. Three minutes. Uh thank thank you councelor and uh members of community council for hearing this application today. Uh in the interest of time, I'm really just here to uh support the staff recommendations and address any questions uh you may have regarding the application. >> Thank you. Any questions for deputent? Seeing none. >> Thank you. Uh Tom >> Kai, three minutes. >> Is the green light on? >> Oh, there. Um, if it's possible, I know this is not I'm I'm not entirely aware of how city council procedure works. Considering that there's a limited amount of time and I see a lot of people here want to get the sneaky deeds, I'd like to retract my speaking time. Is that if that's possible? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um, I'm going to move staff's on this item. All those in favor carry. Thank you. T33.61, 6 1 2 A and 4 16 Sumac Street and 90 Eastern Avenue. Official plan and zoning B amendment application. Um number six. Okay, we have a few speakers here. David McKay, are you here? Are you in front of me? >> Thank you. >> Okay, go ahead. Councelor uh David Mai, registered professional planner which MHBC uh in the interest of time uh here to support staff recommendation and to thank staff uh for their support. Uh both uh the two next speakers Roland and Emma are with our project team and are simply here to answer any questions as as well. >> Okay, thank you very much. I have no questions. Any questions of this deputent? No. Uh next up is Karolina Lemos. Carolina Lemos, are you here? >> Online. No. >> Online. >> Carolina, can you hear me? Can you mute yourself, please? >> Unmuted. >> You're unmuted. You just have to speak. Okay, let's move on to the next person for now. We'll figure this out. Uh Tom Kai. Tom Kai, are you here? You're on the list to speak. Okay, thank you. Katherine Bray. Katherine Bray one. >> Sorry. >> No. She's not here. Daniel Tate, three minutes. >> Hi, good morning. Um, so I do have some concerns with this development. Um, it seems really out of character uh for the uh built form of the surrounding neighborhood down there at um Sumac in Eastern Avenue. 47 stories is a complete monstrosity of density for that area. Um I'm there all the time. I go to the gym there. I hang out in the Canary District. There's nothing that remotely exceeds 15 20 stories maximum. Um so to have somebody come in there and say we're going to throw up something that's going to be almost 50 stories. Um that seems absurd. And you know what's going to happen? That's going to set the precedent. And then you're going to have other developers come in say oh well they did 47 stories. We want to come in do 60 stories. You now another developer comes in. We want to do 70 stories. Where does it end? We can't have every corner of this city be a mini Manhattan. Like it it it kills the street life. It kills the vibe of our city. And you're going to be hearing a lot of stories about that potentiality when these good folks come here talk about Bathston College and Sneaky Ds. So look, I'm not saying don't build something. um sure like develop something, build some housing, but 47 stories uh in an area that doesn't have that degree of density and surely can't even support that amount of density. Take a look around at Sumac in and Eastern around there. We don't have the infrastructure for that type of influx of people. The sidewalks are slim. The roads are in terrible condition. Um there's still there's congestion everywhere. So, I think everybody in this room should uh take a strong second look at this proposal um and and come to a conclusion that perhaps 47 stories is is really not appropriate for this particular application. Thank you. >> Any questions for deputent? Uh seeing none. Thank you. Uh Martin Trainer, are you here? >> Hello, counselors. I'm here as a a resident, the sole resident of number one Sumac Street, where I've lived for 25 years. That's the cubes. You all know the cubes, the fantastic cubes you're coming off the Dawn Valley Parkway. You get the great big green cubes there. It's a landmark. A real landmark. Okay. So, I'm not here to dispute what the uh the new developers wants to put in there, but I'm here to find out what happened to the previous uh deputation that I put in on uh the November 24, and this was TE29.311, which is to do with the uh the demolition application uh which was approved by Council Parks over there. Hello, Council Parks. Remember me? So, I put all of this in and no one's come through to me um since then about the what the memory of the cubes is going to be like. We all know they're going to be torn down like Captain John's boat out of here. So, what is going to happen with the cubes and the memory of the cubes? Is there any chance of replicating them somewhere? You can't move them. It's been shown that really you can't bring in a crane, just bring them somewhere. Uh, and to to the the the original owner, a fellow called Ben Cutner, is still in the picture. He still claims ownership of the of the cubes. Uh, but they are considered cattle, I believe, on that land. So, uh, what's going to happen to them? Uh, no one's actually come back to me to say when I'm due to be evicted. So, can someone please uh ask answer this question for me? Okay, we cannot ask as when you're deputing. You just have to >> All right. Well, there you go. So, that's pretty much all I've got to say. And uh if you could please um respond to my previous uh application. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any questions of deputent? Seeing none, >> I'll just ask one questions of staff on this item. Um what is the the status of the cube? Uh is it um is it the heritage heritage cube or if not what are the plans for it? Do we know? >> Um through the chair this is uh heritage staff. Um so through the um through the process the no reasonable solution could be identified by either the owner or the city um in in terms of uh uh retaining and relocating the cubes. So um the agreement between the city and the owner is that the property has h heritage value sufficient to warrant commemoration. Uh the applicant has retained an artist who will develop a commemorative installation and the artist intends to use reclaimed materials from the cube house and is currently gathering feedback from the community on elements that should be celebrated to shape the installation. And um there's also been engagement with groups and third parties regarding interest in uh off-site relocation. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I must say I'm the artisan resident for the last 25 years. >> You cannot you cannot speak to the end. I'm sorry. >> All right. Sorry. Thank you very much. >> Um I'm going to move stacks Rex on this item. All those in favor? Those carried. Thank you. T33.76. >> Sorry, Mr. Chair. Could we just do that quick vote on the Valerie Molly? >> Okay. Okay. Um >> very significant for the Chinese community and they'd like to see us support that. The one I moved earlier, Valerie M Lane, and the media is here to look for our support. >> Have a copy of it. >> It should be very fast. Thank you. >> Item 75. We're going to um Guys are throwing me off my game today. Here. >> Sorry about that. Sorry I was late. Had a problem. you have. >> Thank you. >> So, it's renaming Chess. No, is that the one? >> Yes, >> that one. Renaming uh Tesla Park in honor of Hedi Bomb. >> No, Valerie M Lane. I'm sorry. >> One second. >> I'm getting it. >> Hi. Hi Bomb is the one on in my word. >> You wanted to do that one, right? >> Yeah. Let's do that. >> Renaming Tyer Park in honor of Hedi Bomb, >> please. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> Those carry. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. And the one that council Fletcher wants me to bring up. Here's the item 775. Right. >> Uh report requesting a naming of existing lane Valerie Ma Lane. Council Fletcher. >> Thank you very much. I'd like to move this. I think you've read about what an amazing person she is. Was unfortunately died during CO. This will be a chance to really celebrate her in the community. And I'd like to ask for a recorded vote on that. >> Yeah, recorded vote. All those in favor, councelor Fletcher, Councelor Bradford, Deputy Mayor Malik, Councelor Moyes, Councelor Saxs, Councelor Perks, and Councelor Matlo. That is unanimous. >> Thank you. Well, note there's over 200 names and I think there'll be more by next month. Thank you. >> 76. >> Okay. Do we not reopen it? Which item is this? >> 76. Uh, Main Street Park amendment reopening item uh, 2026. T32.49. All those in favor reopening? Those carried. Anyone want to >> move the recommendation of this item? All those in favor? Opposed to carry. Okay, that's done. Okay. Where am I now? Seven. Thank you. D33.7 6 to 8 and 10 to 12 Sumac Street. alterations to designated heritage properties under section 33 of the Hunter Heritage Act. An authority to enter heritage easement agreement. We have speakers in this item. Um Roland Rom Kulaf online. >> Yes. Hi, I'm appearing virtually. I'm just here to support the recommendations of staff and here to answer any questions should there be any. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um, any questions for that? No. Emma Color Color. >> Emma, >> online. >> Hi. Good morning, chair, members of the board. Um, same as Roland. I'm just here to answer any questions. Um, I'm the heritage consultant on the pile. Okay. >> Thank you, Carolina Lemos. Okay. Can you hear me? >> We can. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, all right. So, I've had to cut what I have to say into three minutes, so I'll do my best. Uh, good morning, chair and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to speak regarding the proposed development uh, from 1 to 16 Sumac Street. Now I will be speaking on both items uh on regarding Sumac Street. So that's the heritage component and the build form. So today I I want to urge the committee to direct staff to to use the holding provision as an immediate leverage to negotiate a structural height uh reduction for the following reasons. The proposed development is upon a constrainted area. It doesn't adhere to policy 3.1.4 under the King Parliament secondary plan where it identifies Courttown as an area of special identity. The policy mandates that development must respect the historical neighborhood character and lot patterns in terms of building height, scale, type, articulation, and landscaping. In addition, it doesn't adhere to the city tall building guidelines mandate that mandates a 25 meter separation between the towers to preserve light, air, and safety. Corktown residents are hoping for a vertical height reduction, specifically to a midrise. So I urge you to request that block delivers a transitorientated density that works rather than overbuilt precedent that harms the public realm. And that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions for deputent? I see none. Thank you. Uh Miss Leamos. Uh Tom Kai. Three minutes. Uh thank you, city council. Um having heard the words from uh Mr. Daniel Tate previously on speaking on the previous motion about similar developments near Sumach Street. I can only say that um getting off the Dawn Valley Parkway onto Adelaide Street and looking at you know the cube and the and the neighborhood down at Sumach Street, it feels weirdly um unjust to to try to negotiate the heritage settlement around that region. um it would it would make a lot more sense if you had you if you had if you were doing it for redevelopment purposes on to build more small uh to to build more modern modern homes and that kind of stuff. But the fact that these heritage properties are soon to be renegotiated and re and demolished to build a comically high apartment block um on on Sumach Street seems egregiously inappropriate for for like the landscape of the region and probably the heritage of of the region too. If you go down Parliament Street, um there uh there is a Porsche dealership that has a plaque that that indicates that this was the former place of the first Ontario Parliament. Um such such heritage of of Upper Canada and the only thing is left there is a plaque commemorating it. I love the cube and all the and all the and all the buildings next to it and to re and to renegotiate the heritage of that of that area to build a condo seems um unproductive to benefiting the heritage of that region. So I would urge the council possibly reconsider um the previous proposal 33.6 sorry 30 yes 33.6 to to the way that this heritage agreement would still preserve the heritage of the region instead of just building more condos. Uh, Councelor Bradford, I met you uh a year and a half ago possibly at one of your events. You personally said that you disliked building condos everywhere in Toronto. This is one of the instances and I hope that uh once this actually goes to a vote, we can have your support. Met councelor Bradford. I've not talked to anyone else in this room previous to this meeting. So, but I hope that you can all understand that that part of Toronto is is is a particularly important part of the heritage of Toronto and to build a massive condo structure there getting off the Dawn Valley Parkway is an egregious breach of the heritage of the region. Thank you very much. >> Any questions for deputent? Seeing none, thank you. I'm going to move the staff's rights on the heritage item over here. All those in favor? Post carried. T33.8 8, 143, 145, and 147 Main Street. Official plan and zoning by amendment decision report. Um, there's speakers on this item. Uh, Adam Smith, are you here? >> You have three minutes. >> Let me get hooked up here. It's going to be a second uh it's going to have like a second screen. It's not going to mirror this screen. >> Okay. >> Oh, um depending. >> Wait and see. >> Okay. So, it is a second, right? Okay, time starting. >> Hello, it's Adam Smith here again to oppose the unsustainable overdevelopment of Ward 19. At the February 19th meeting, Councelor Bradford referred to people like me as quote the professional deputants who've never met a housing site they didn't disapprove of, unaware the only professional deputants getting paid to be here are the ones representing developers. The rest of us are concerned citizens taking time out of a workday to express our concerns directly to our elected officials. And I can tell you residents do not feel heard or respected. Appropriate housing doesn't end up at community council because it respects the existing zoning. It's only developments that push the envelope too far and have negative impacts that I take exception with. 507 to 511 Kingston required a zoning change, but its size matches other buildings on that section of Kingston and has a large component of affordable units. That is the kind of development we need. And with no affordable units other than the seven rental replacement units, 143 to 147 Maine does not fit the bill. The new building will remove all existing parking. If current tenants want to move back, they will have nowhere to park their car. One resident said the only reason he moved there a year ago is because his unit had parking. A single mom with an 8-year-old said she needs her car for work, and without parking, she'll be forced to move. The city has said there will be no new street parking permits issued for new builds. However, at the resident meeting, a city staffer said exceptions can be made, which alarms the residents of surrounding streets because street parking is already jammed up. So, will the city guarantee an exception or existing residents with cars forced to move elsewhere? At 11 stories, this will tower over everything nearby. The north wall of this building is just a big empty dark expanse blotting out the sky. And at the consultation, no one seemed concerned about having to stare at this blank wall for the foreseeable future. Some public art or a green wall would be a great addition, especially as residents of 2203 Gerard have southacing balconies that are going to lose a lot of light and all of their view of the sky. The empty wall is there because, as you can see from the block context plan, the idea is to redevelop the entire intersection as if there is no limit to the amount of density our infrastructure and amenities can absorb. Kimberly Junior Public School is at capacity and despite the nearby goan subway stations with thousands of people moving into the hundreds of new units at Maine and Danforth, we are only straining an already stressed system. Councelor Perks has stated that council must approve these overdevelopments else face something even larger getting approved at the OOLT. I find that to be a disappointingly defeist attitude. Why is it resident taxpayers funding council salaries have no say while business and investor interests get to trump the desire of the community to preserve the nature and character of their neighborhoods? Developers are in a mad rush to get as many approvals above and beyond zoning while the province is holding the door wide open and fear of the OOLT has turned council into a rubber stamp committee. Instead, council should be refusing to decide on every single development that requires reszoning and watch the appeal backlog pile up at the OOLT. It's not likely council will ask for something smaller, add setbacks or more heritage details. So, at a minimum, will council please consider attaching two conditions. One, replace all the existing parking or guarantee street parking. and two, require something be done on the empty wall. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Any questions, deputy? Seeing none, thank you. >> Yes, I just have a question. Where is that parking? It's beside the library, correct? >> It's directly north of the library. Yes, >> it's behind the >> Sorry, the park. Oh, the parking is behind the building on the east side of the building. Yeah. >> And that's a land assembly that's been put together. And then you have the parking. Is it considered with the school the parking or is it >> No, no, no. This is parking that's on the property directly to the rear of the building. The existing parking. >> The existing parking to the rear. Okay. >> Thank you. And how many are there? >> There's believe four spots. >> Four. Thank you. >> So, not as many as units, but those spots are being used by the current tenants. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, next up is Jill Dilts >> online. Jill, can you hear me? Hello. Can you hear me? >> Yes, we can. Three minutes. Go ahead. >> Okay. Hi everybody. Thank you for having me. Um, I'm at 143 Main Street. This is my home. Um, I've lived here for about 10 years as of this September. Uh, which I think means I've lived there longer here longer than anyone else. And I've been very happy with the landlords at York Management. I've always they've been respectful and professional. The Paparatos family didn't give me any trouble during my transition, which was a real relief. Um, I'd also like to thank Kate McMillan, Alexa Ledger, and Christine Ono from the city, uh, and Otis Abbott from Councelor Bradford's constituency office, as well as the other woman who came to that meeting, whose name I did not write down, uh, for being so helpful throughout the process. They walked me through the policies that'll help me survive if this building is demolished. Um, gentrification, which I normally explain by saying that that wall was shared with a bar for daydreakers when I moved in, but now it's um, a gluten-free bakery. Um, but what that means for me is that without with without the rental housing demolition bylaw, um, code chapter 667, I'd be forced to pay more than twice the rent I'm paying now to find housing in the neighborhood. Um, so I'd like to thank the members of this council who supported the rent gap compensation that's going to help me survive that transition. Uh, and the last person I'd like to thank is Brad Bradford for his passionate defense of missing middle housing. Um he's provided several example diagrams explaining that the missing middle ranges between duplexes at the low end of the middle and live work housing like 143 145 and 147 Main Street at the high end of the middle. Mid-rise towers like the proposed structures are too big to fit in the missing middle according to the graphics provided on brad bradford.ca CA. And to quote him, if we want to build back a Toronto of opportunity, we need to introduce more housing options for the folks here today and for those who'd like to join us in the future. The missing middle is about bringing in options in between the multi-million dollar house or high-rise condo. Back in 2020, Bradford put up his hand to bring a missing middle pilot project to Beaches East York. Um, and I skimmed that report provided by the pilot because this was and so I'm not sure whether this idea was in the pilot. I just skimmed it so I don't know. Uh, but I have a simple idea for how you all including especially councelor Bradford uh and the rest could help build a missing middle in Beaches East York. Build the amount of missing middle housing in Beaches East York. Don't demolish it. Don't amend the zoning bylaws to let the missing middle be demolished. Don't amend the official plan to let the missing middle be demolished. If you want a missing middle, don't knock it down. Thank you for your time. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions for deputent? Seeing none. Thank you very much. Uh, Greg Yun, uh, three minutes. >> Morning, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Uh, I I'll be brief. We submitted a presentation, but in the interest of time, I'll speak to the matters that were raised by uh the commenters to up until this point. Um, and Greg Euans. I'm with Ptorianning and Management representing the owner of uh 143 Maine. Um the the site is a new rental building. As noted, it includes seven rental replacement units. We've worked collaboratively with city staff on the rental replacement. We've had a meeting with the residents and uh we've tried to work with the residents in the city uh as well to arrive at uh solutions to concerns related to unit layouts and sizes as well as parking. The parking issue is a challenge as noted. Um there is generally not opportunity for new buildings and areas to receive permit parking. Whether there's an opportunity for that to be made an exception for uh the returning tenants, that's a possibility. There are four parking spaces in the proposed development, but in accordance with the bylaw, they are visitors spaces and one is an accessible space. The existing parking on site, two spaces are for residents and two are for the commercial use as I understand it. Regarding the north wall of the structure, uh in working with staff since the pre-application stage, we uh included some recesses, some windows. Um there's an easement to the north, so we're not right on the property line, and it created an opportunity for us to do something interesting on the north wall. We're open to looking at other opportunities as well to dress that up, whether it be with a mural or something else. Um, and overall, uh, I just want to thank staff, Alexa, Sarah, Carly, Kate, uh, Council Bradford, your office, uh, and your staff, uh, for working with us. This was a a smooth, collaborative process. We have no concerns with the staff recommendations. Um, and thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions for deputent? Seeing none, thank you. >> No, I have a question just about the parking. Was there I don't know if the library has any of its own parking that there might be an arrangement for overnight for attendance >> whether the library is open to that. We're happy to explore those opportunities. >> Do they have parking at that library at Main Street? >> I'm not aware if they have any that could be leased out on a uh on that kind of >> or just an agreement for overnight parking at least. >> We we can explore that. We've uh in the last couple days because there were some communications submitted by people in the building about with concerns of parking. We've been chatting with the owner about opportunities in the area to look into different arrangements where it might be possible. Um, so that >> would you have any of that information before council? >> Uh, we could certainly try to have more information before council. >> Thank you, Greg. Nice to see you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, Council Bradford. >> Thanks, Mr. Chair. I uh I have a motion here to remove >> I have some staff questions. >> Oh, okay. We have >> Sorry. I just want to know about the parking if there's any conversation with the library just for overflow or nighttime because it's right next door. It's a public building through the chair. Um staff are not aware if there is any parking on site at the library to be leased out. There is um I believe that the library uses uh on street parking um for their staff or we can presume. Um okay, maybe you can let me know at council about that. That would be helpful. >> Okay. Thank you. Um council Bradford. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh I have a motion to exclude this development from permit parking as we do at Toronto East York Community Council. Uh and to require the developer to implement a construction management plan which will include members of the parent councils of nearby schools. So Beaches Alternative and Kimberly specifically. Uh on the next item, the demolition piece, I will have a motion for uh both rental replacement, which we've worked with the tenants there, as well as having the developer work to secure off-site parking uh for the existing tenants. So, that's coming on the next piece since there's some interest on the parking. Uh and I would just say, you know, this has been uh this is very much reflective of a missing middle mid-rise proposal here. Um, this is one of the richest transit intersections in the entire city. You've got the Danforth GO station. You've got the terminus of the Gerard Street car. You've got the main subway station. All all right here. And I think that's why when we did the secondary plan work on this area uh a few years ago, staff identified this as as an area and an intersection for modest intensification. That's what this proposal represents. and uh you know working with feedback from the community and the applicant to to shape and refine the building. I think there is opportunity to do stuff on the north wall there. Um this is what happens when one project moves forward before the other one on the corner. Uh is that's the nature of these things. You're going to have a wall there um prior to to subsequent applications at some point in the future. But I think it'd be great if we could work together to uh to do something really beautiful there. So going to move the staff Rex in addition with uh with this pieces piece that I put forward here. Thank you Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. >> Okay. We have >> just one second just >> Okay. Thank you. So before we vote on this item, we do have an a speaker on the item. uh staff has received hundreds of emails in the last little while and they've just still sorting out the inbox and so because this is a stat item we have to allow people to speak within the time limit that uh we stated unfortunately so 3 minutes go ahead this swipe >> my name is Tiffany Robinson I've lived in uh the neighborhood of this proposed development for 16 years. We've raised our kids there. We love the neighborhood. We've gone to all the community consultations on the different um efforts. I think laudable and good efforts at uh intensifying housing options and uh increasing the density in the area. Two doors down from us, a unit that was one unit went to 11 units. We think this is an excellent development. We really appreciate Brad Bradford and his openness to conversation. However, on this proposed development, I'm concerned that it's over double the height that was has been talked about for a long time, uh, for a long time, the height in that area was going to be something like 5 to seven stories. I understand that the bylaws have changed and so on, but to jump from basically a small two-story building to something that is 11 that changes the streetscape in that area in a really drastic and dramatic way that I don't think is timely. Um, and I just wanted to register my concern for the fabric of the neighborhood, my concern for the precedent it sets um, going east and west on Gerard Street. I understand the need for more density. I highly support it. I do not support this version of it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any questions of deputent? Seeing none. Thank you. So, let's vote on this item. All those in favor motion first. >> Yeah. Council wrap his motion. later. >> All those in favor of the motion carried. Item as amended. All those in favor? Post carried. Thank you. The next item is TE 33.9 143 to 147 Main Street rental housing demolition application. Uh we do have speakers on this item. Uh, Adam Smith. Three minutes. >> Yes, it's Adam Smith again. Seeing as council has followed its usual pattern of approving without recommendation, I wanted to ensure everyone is aware of what they are going to vote to demolish. The site is listed on the city of Toronto's heritage register. It was adopted by city council identified through the main Gerard cultural heritage resource assessment carried out as part of the main street planning study. erra the architects prepared a cultural heritage evaluation report which concluded that the property meets one criterion for contextual value as it supports the commercial main street character of the immediate area but does not meet the threshold for designation under the OA. To be clear, elected council designated this as heritage, but the architects hired by the developer somehow get to determine whether it's worthy of heritage. If the architecture firm had recommended maintaining the heritage facade, you can bet they wouldn't be hired for long. At the consultation, city staff felt that demolishing this building to replace it with details that are a pale shadow of the existing building is acceptable. The intricacy of that brick work is something we don't see anymore, much of which will be replaced by simple molded concrete. And only the first two floors will mimic the heritage details. The rest of the building is just the usual boring, boxy, bland design we've seen all over the city. We are literally erasing history and replacing it with cookie cutter, cost-saving, minimalist designs that we're going to have to live with for the next century. Does anyone on this council ever consider the aesthetic experience of our city as it becomes dominated by bland, drab, uninspired cubes lining every major avenue? Do you think Paris or London is erasing or protecting their heritage buildings? Every building should be a work of art because every building is part of the public realm that creates and nurtures the experience of residents. And I know such thinking isn't cheap, but there are many examples of spectacular buildings in this city, and it's the least we can do for the future generations who have to live with our decisions. Of course, I happen to be a creative guy, and the visual impacts of buildings is a subjective experience. So, let's talk about the physical impacts. Kimberly Junior Public School is directly south of the site. The north end of the schoolyard is a scant few meters away from the property. What are the impacts of demolition and construction going to be on the children at the school? How will the daily noise affect their learning? How much dust and dirt and construction vehicle emissions will they breathe in? As far as I can tell, the development application addresses none of these issues. What conditions is council going to require to ensure this demolition and subsequent construction will have zero impacts on the hundreds of school children that will be exposed to it for likely three to four years? I went around talking to parents about this, asking them to submit their concerns to this council, and the common response was, "Why bother? They never listen." That is how people feel these days, that their supposed representatives aren't listening, and so they've stopped bothering engaging. That is a sad statement on society and a direct result of the actions of city council. Residents no longer feel like anyone is standing up for them. that business interests and unsustainable growth policies are more important than their concerns. This council already approved the design. I implore you to hold off on approving the demolition until a credible plan to mitigate the impacts of the demolition and construction has been created and presented to the community for residents to approve. It's the least you can do for the children. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Any questions for deput? No. Uh none of that, please. Uh any questions for deput seeing none. Um Councelor Bradford. >> Questions to staff, please. Um, for heritage staff, could you clarify the difference on this particular site between listing a property and designating a property? Why you list something versus why you designate it and what happened here? >> Yes, Gary Midima from Heritage Planning through the chair. Uh this property was uh listed in 2024 and listing effectively requires uh an owner of a property to give the city of Toronto 60 days notice of a plan to demolish so the 60 city can conduct further evaluation to determine if the property merits designation and therefore conservation under the Ontario Heritage Act. uh this um application >> that was that was to give you 60 days notice, but that was back in February 2024. So, you've had lots of time to look at this. >> Absolutely. So, the the process was followed through this application. Staff reviewed a heritage impact assessment and uh and came to the conclusion that the property did not merit designation. >> Uh why did you feel that it didn't merit designation? >> Uh we uh reviewed the property against regulation 9006. It's the criteria required by the province for designation, properties need to meet two or more criteria for designation and staff did not believe that this was a strong candidate in meeting those criteria. >> Okay. And just to be clear, so just cuz something is listed, listed is really the first sort of stage gate to take a look at a property. It flags for staff, hey, this is something that we should take a look at that happened here in this case. You took a look at it and then you determined that did not meet the criteria for a full designation. Is that correct? That's correct. >> Okay. Thanks. That's all my questions. >> Thank you. So, Council Bradford. >> Yep. Thanks, Mr. Chair. I have a motion uh here which I alluded to on the previous item. Uh this request the applicant to address parking for the returning tenants. Uh we heard from one of the deputants today. Uh either by securing off-site parking, which could be potentially secured at the library or elsewhere, but that's going to be on them. uh or at other residential buildings nearby uh or to have the developer provide compensation in terms of reduced rents for these tenants. So, that's how we're going to address it. I think there's four tenants in the building that might need parking. Okay. >> Thank you. Uh any questions? Seeing none. Okay, let's vote. All those in favor of uh the amendment carried item is amended. All those in favor? Carried. Next item is T33.10 10 Liberty for all uh regeneration area study. Um we have two speakers on the item. David Bronkll, are you here? >> Online. David, can you hear me? >> I can, Mr. >> Hey. Yeah. Three minutes. Go ahead. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um Mr. Chair, we have correspondence on the record from our clients consultants. Just for the record, uh, last name is Bronco, first initial D for David. And just for the clerk, the mailing address is 333 B Street 3400 in Toronto. I'm actually here just to speak to two of those letters, Mr. Chair. Uh, one is the numbered company 2396927 Ontario, Inc., and they're involved in certain sites in Liberty Village on King Street West, Mow Avenue, Fraser Avenue, and on Liberty Street. Mr. chair. I'm also here um uh speaking on behalf of York Heritage Properties and Adgar Canada, Inc. They have, as you well know, uh lands on Fraser Avenue, Liberty Street, Mowat Avenue, and Frasier Avenue. As I noted to you, Mr. Chair, we do have a correspondence on the record from our client's planning consultants. Um I'm just here to speak to you about two matters, uh Mr. Chair, related to those letters. Uh the first, Mr. share is our client has had a great working relationship with city planning staff throughout this process. Um that working relationship we hope will continue notwithstanding the concerns that we have identified in respect of the secondary plan as it comes before you. What I mean by that Mr. chair is uh even though we may appeal this and we may appeal it in light of um uh ongoing uh planning work in respect of those specific sites, we look forward to continuing to work with city staff um and anticipate, Mr. Chair, the mediation might be something warranted in this file even if appeals are made in respect of uh the proposed policies. The second uh Mr. chair is I am just going to flag for community council a concern that I have flagged uh previously at city of Toronto community councils and with other municipalities and it's policies that would seek to require affordable housing through secondary plans and my flag for community council Mr. chair is just an ongoing concern that inclusionary zoning is the mechanism to secure affordable housing under the planning act. But in fact, these policies that sit in the secondary plan and are proposed for adoption would in fact be offside the planning act and therefore illegal. Um inclusionary zoning is something that can and should be implemented and I am on record uh supporting it, Mr. Chair. I'm on record indicating that it should be implemented and the province should implement it, but I also have to go on record with you and say that the policies proposed in the secondary plan would in fact be in violation of the planning act. And I do have to flag that for you in advance of you making your decision and recommendation for city council regarding the secondary plan. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the opportunity to make comments supplementary to those letters and if there are any questions, I'm happy to answer them. >> Okay. Thank you. Any questions of the deputy? Seeing none. Thank you. Uh Caitlyn Caitlyn Allen, are you here? Three minutes. >> Good morning, Mr. Chair. Uh my name is Caitlyn Allen. I'm a partner at Bouse Fields and we are the planning consultants for I'm I'm here specifically representing York Heritage and Adgar as their planning consultant and we were the author of the letters filed on their behalf. I defer uh my speaking time to David Bronkll who you just heard from on behalf of those clients, but I wanted to just still identify myself as I am available for any questions or clarifications that you or uh council members may have. >> Thank you. Any questions for deputent? Seeing none. Thank you. Uh Deputy Mayor Malik, this is your item. >> Thank you. Um I just have one uh brief question for staff and then uh I'd like to move my motions. Um so uh this is just to staff. uh to share a little bit more about the level of engagement there was with the Liberty Village community um for this planning study >> through the chair. This is George Pantazis, senior planner and uh the author of the staff report before uh community council. So with regards to the uh community consultation uh process for this study, it was quite robust and so we had three broad community consultation meetings, two heritage focus group meetings, two meetings with developers and land owners, two meetings with the BIA. We also attended the uh resident association annual general meeting in 2025. uh economic development and culture staff met with uh businesses within the area as well. And we uh attended several events uh throughout the spring and summer of 2025, including the uh Give Me Liberty Street Party and several events held by the Ward Counselor. Um we were only able to attend two of those events that the ward counselor hosted, but she was hosting events throughout um the spring and summer of 2025 for the study and then shared her uh the comments that she received with city staff. And then finally, we also had a online survey where we received over 350 responses from uh local residences. And that survey was shared between between city staff as well as uh the deputy mayor's office and communication and the responses to those consultations and those survey results uh helped to uh shape this official plan amendment >> in relative to other uh similar planning studies. How does that engagement compare? Uh it in terms of the amount of engagement, it it's it's fairly uh consistent with other planning studies. However, the amount of responses that we've gotten for surveys in my experience, uh this is the most I've ever seen for a study and I've done studies for 13 14 years of my career. Uh having 350 responses over 350 responses is overwhelming. Uh and just shows the passion of the community. >> Thank you very much. Um, >> okay. Uh, did you speak? You have a question? Okay. >> I have a question. >> That's of the essence here. >> Um, there's nothing that's stopping a developer from proposing affordable housing in a development, is there? I mean, there's not obligation under inclusionary zoning, but there's nothing that stops a developer from offering that and working with the city staff >> from a legal perspective. No, there's nothing stopping a developer from doing that >> from a legal perspective. And uh what would they do? They would then ask uh you would bring forward our chief development officer in the in the period of conversation and look for some way to add a number of units into this development. Would you not? Did that conversation take place at all within the city >> through the chair? affordable housing is delivered to a variety of mechanisms in our current policy framework. >> No, that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking if that was a conversation with the developer and offering to assist in adding affordable housing into this development. >> So through the chair, this is actually the Liberty for All Planning study, so it's not specifically related to one particular development application. However, to answer your question, yes, it is absolutely possible for a developer to bring forward an idea of additional affordable housing beyond the community benefits charge and likely that would be secured through a contribution agreement >> or uh through a conversation with CHC and Build Canada and everything else for that for that right to establish that in this zone then. >> Yes, that's correct through the chair. And so while there's no obligation on a developer because the province and Premier Ford has expressly not passed inclusionary zoning, there's nothing that prevents a developer or a number of land owners in this particular area from uh coming to the table to look at how to add that in. >> The chair, yes, that's correct. And do we take a proactive stance from the city side on that with all the land owners here to look at ways and means of getting them to include affordability in this area? >> Uh through the chair. Uh yes, we have and certainly the policy for the official plan amendment uh that's before community council uh does have requirements for affordable housing. Um, and there are ways to secure that through sight specific development applications as we've discussed already such as the contribution agreement. >> Uh, over and above the CBC's. >> Yes. Correct. Yeah. >> And so Mr. Bronkill says there's no obligation and there's no and there's no inclusionary zoning, so there's no requirement. That's only one piece of the pie. There's many other ways to to achieve that from the city's standpoint if developers are willing to have that conversation. Correct. >> Yes, that's correct. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh Deb Malik, >> thank you very much. Um, and I have uh motions and these motions are aimed to build off the work that we've already done together on the Liberty uh for all study and under that umbrella and to further formalize and expand the direction we've given so far uh in this community to ensure residents can get around safely, reliably that we are moving forward on our biggest priorities around affordable housing and excellent public spaces as well. I'm very proud uh to represent so many amazing communities in the downtown and Liberty Village is one uh that for me um has had a special focus and special attention and despite the fact that we welcome neighbors there um you know every every single year more and more I will be very frank that many poor planning decisions over many decades meant that we continue to grapple with the consequences of those choices um uh those choices that that far predate me and that includes that important community amenities that make the types of communities uh that we aim uh to build in the city um not uh not something that Liberty Village residents get to experience both hard and soft in infrastructure. It's an incredible and growing community that doesn't have a community center, child's care, a school or a library. And between 2016 and 2021, Liberty Village grew in population 12 times the amount of the city overall with a majority of residents being renters. a majority of those uh of those renters spending more than a third of their income on on rent and you know uh especially in those smaller dwelling units meaning that the higher uh cost of housing has an even uh more um you know deep impact. And for me the commitment with this study has been that we work together to course correct on some of these decisions so that everyone can imagine a future in this incredible neighborhood. And in 2024, the city planning a team launch, Liberty for all, a once in a generation neighborhood study, a plan for the future of this neighborhood that I love, uh, looking at traffic and transportation, planning, parks, improvements to our public realm, and more. And last year, this process got underway to include consultations with the community and the neighbors. Liberty for All was a very intentional name about building a neighborhood where we can belong and imagine a future. And I really want to thank city staff, particularly uh George and Josh for their leadership and close collaboration with my office, as well as Willie McCrae. And I want to give a particular thanks to Vienna O'Shea in my office who has shown such dedicated leadership and commitment to making sure that we make the most of this opportunity, this study, and that we were able to reach residents wherever they were in our condo lobbies, at in the community, at transit stops, and at many events. And this liberty for all um plan that we have in front of us is a roadmap and a blueprint for the future to ensure that all new development and planning for the for the uh next steps and next chapter for this neighborhood is guided by some very key and important principles. It's about affordability, accessibility, fairness, and safety for neighbors of all ages to thrive and one that integrates the feedback and the expertise of residents and stakeholders. And I've been doing that work on the ground um you know in city hall. We heard about the many engagements, over 20 events over the summer and more than hundreds and hundreds of people through the through the city survey and my own. Uh we I know that so many residents saw me um out in the community and I know that I'm getting to time, but I will just briefly uh just want to end by by sharing that I know very deeply the the struggles and challenges that we've been working through with uh residents in Liberty Village around traffic and transportation. uh moving forward our Liberty uh village traffic action plan in summer of 2024 to make sure that we are addressing these issues with dedication and that while we get this um roadmap and this blueprint underway that we are still making progress on uh on parks and green space 34 Hannah was a park in progress that we opened last year advancing identifying city-owned land for a community center and making sure that we put that commitment uh into the future plans new child's care, pushing back on um the Metro Links construction that's happening in the neighborhood and making sure that that uh construction uh trucks stay off of neighborhood streets and fighting for that essential infrastructure that makes a neighborhood one that you can move around with sidewalks and roads and and many options to get around. I want to end by just thanking the incredible partners that we've had in this work on the ground. The Liberty Village uh residents association in particular on the Liberty Village Business Improvement Association plus the incredible stakeholders, property management and others who have been involved uh in this study. I'm looking forward to moving um moving this study uh to the next step and for our continued work together. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for the extra time. >> Yes. U can we put the motion on the screen please? Okay, there's a motion. All those in favor of the amendment opposed carried. Item as amended. All those in favor post carried. Thank you. Uh we have two new items to add. The first one is uh from uh Dep Premier Malik. All way stop at Portland Street and Stewart Street to improve safety and sight lines. You want to just going to put on the screen before we add it to the agenda. Here we go. All those in favor? Those carried. The next item we're going to add is from councelor Fletcher. Report request on naming an existing lane sister Gwen Smith Lane. All those in favor that's posted first, then we can vote on it. >> Here it is. All those in favor carried. Thank you. The next item is item uh TE 33.13 110 to 114 Mland Street and 440 Jarvis Street official plan and zoning ball amendment application. Uh there is one deputent on this item Tom Kai is that three men three minutes. Um I can Hello again council. Um, I would like to say that having having been to the sick kids center that you are planning to demolish, I am slightly disappointed that this proposal is even considered by city council. Um, the argumentation given basically by members of city council is that the sick kids will be restored after and and remodeled after the construction of a of a very very tall condo on top of it. Why are we building condos on top of everything? Number one, across the street from the sick kids uh is the Jarvis Collegiate Institute. It is a high school and the fact that um that the city council's considered all other proposals previously as as Mr. Smith has previously has previously said, a lot of your proposals involve demolishing things right in front of right in front of high schools and middle schools. Um, I have significant concerns of of the dust and that that is going to cause and cause massive respiratory issues for the for the students at the school. The noise is going to impact their learning and and this development plan on Jarvis and Mland will be outrageous for the students at that high school. Outside of that, there is no plan for for how long this development is realistically going to take. Obviously, city council will always give a number and then say, "Oh, this will be done in this time." But we've all learned from line five. Things don't always get done on time. So, this not only is this sick kids primarily important as the main mental health center of the sick kids uh branch in Toronto, um there is no replacement for it. There is no plan for replacement of this sick kids mental health center. The sick kids downtown near um Toronto General Hospital is not a mental health center. It is a sick kids orthopedic center. So the city hall does not have so this city council does not have a plan to protect the kids at Jarvis Collegiate Institute from the den and the and the dust of the of the demolishment and construction process. There's no plan to replace the sick kids and the mental health facilities uh present on on the site. And I'll be honest, if the city's entire plan is just to build condos on top of everything and call it um reasonable a reasonable establishments because it's going to be restored later, why not just demolish the Jarvis Collegiate Institute? Demolish the high school, build a condo on top of the high school. It's going to restore later on. Why care? At this point, considering the lease didn't make the playoffs, let's demolish the Scotia Bank Arena. Let's let's let's build a condo. Let's build a condo on top of Scotia Bank Arena. And by the time the And by the time the Scotia Manina gets restored, maybe it'll make the playoffs this year. I'm just saying the Jarvis Collegiate Institute, there's kids there there's kids studying there. You guys don't have a plan to to move the kids or or to protect or to protect the health of the kids in the school. Thank you. >> No, no clapping, please. Mr. Kai, are you aware that this is a refusal application? Have you read the Planning Act at all? >> Uh, yes. Have you read the the report? >> Yes, >> it's a refusal obligation. >> Yes. So, you know, >> I'm aware the there's there still >> I don't think you are, but okay. Thank you. Um >> go leaves go. >> Um I'm going to move staff to Rex on this item. All those in favor carried. Thank you. Do your homework. E23. Where am I at? >> Um I Sorry, that's mine. It's mine. >> T 33.23 uh 55 Range Avenue residential demolition application. There are two speakers in the item. Austin Emino, are you here? >> Okay, Austin. >> Yes. Hello. >> Yeah, three minutes. Go ahead. >> Um, yes. So, we were kind of deferred last time, so I'm just going to kind of say the same thing again. Uh so we agree with the staff report u by Frank Labriola, the manager of plan review for Toronto and East York district as the demolition permit of this existing house should be approved. Uh we're hoping the demolition will be approved without any conditions as it'll be constructing a new multiplex right away. So the conditions of laying saw and back filling the holes uh wouldn't be necessary as um we're not leaving the lot empty. Uh we also want to reinforce the point that the house is not on the list of designated historical buildings and isn't in the city of Toronto's heritage register as it's not listed or registered. Um, so the objection letter that kind of got us here today doesn't really apply as this house isn't a heritage property. Uh, so we hope community council will approve the demolition of the existing house with no conditions. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, next up is Derry Wong. Mr. Wong, can you hear me? Yes, I can. Hi. >> Here we go. Three minutes. Go ahead. Oh, >> I'm just I'm here to help out on Austin, so there's no comments on my side. >> All right. Thank you. Um, Deputy Malik. >> Thank you. I'd like to move staff recommendation number two, please. >> Okay. Let's just uh display it before we vote on it. Okay. All those in favor? Was carried? Um, next item is TE3.24, 26 Oington Avenue residential demolition. Uh, Deputy Malik. Um, >> I'd like to defer to the next meeting with TYC, please. >> Okay. >> Deferring this item. >> We'll display it. Okay. All those in favor? Those carry. Thank you. T32.25 180 Merin Street residential demolition application. Councelor Matlo. There's three options. >> My uh >> item 25. >> 25. >> Hold it for just a moment. >> Okay. Uh T33.26 and 968 Bather Street. Refusal of Curb Lane Cafe permit renewal. Councilor Saxs. >> Yes. I want to move uh approval of the permit. They've now paid. >> Okay. All the Do we have a motion? >> A motion. >> Yeah, we just >> Here we go. All those in favor post carry. >> Thank Thank you. >> Okay. TE 33.27 83 Glenn uh Idith Drive application for fence. Um we have speakers on this item. Rannie Advani online. >> No, I think >> yes I am. You're now a panelist. Okay. >> Three minutes. >> Yes, I am. >> You go. Three. We can hear you. Three minutes. Go ahead. >> You can hear me. Okay. Good. >> Um Yes. Um basically it this is not a fence. It's a trellis. Uh the background to this is I'm the resident of 83 Glenn Edith and the property west of me is 90 Glenn Edith which was uh proposed for new construction in 2021. So the previous house got demolished but the application got denied because of the uh all the bylaws were not within uh reason. So now we I have an empty lot which is uh I have an empty lot. Shoot. Sorry. I'm sorry. First, >> I have an empty lot that is uh uh gone to rack and ruin and is affecting my property in that it's bringing uh the weeds that grow that there the lot is not being maintained consistently. There are weeds on this lot that affect my side. It also is affecting me in other ways with with the wildlife etc coming my way. So this was just an attempt on my part temporarily to prevent uh the the negative effects of what is happening. It's a temporary fence and I have no intention of keeping it once a new development goes into place. But right at the moment it is in limbo and uh the whoever is the owner now is not maintaining the property consistently. Occasionally they send somebody to mow all the weeds, but uh it's got the debris from the demolition in 2021, which is quite ugly. And I'm all I'm trying to do is make my life a little uh more pleasant by blocking out what I what is very un unsemly. So it is not a fence that's going to remain there. And um that's basically what I I wish to express. >> Thank you so much. Any questions? The deputent? Seeing none. Thank you. Uh next up is Dave Beaton online. Dave. >> Yes. How are you? >> Three minutes. Go ahead. >> Um you know, I'm just here in support of Randy. Actually, I'm a neighbor just down the street. Um the fence that is in contention or it's a divider, if you will. Uh the property itself is a disaster. There is a 20x 10 ft construction fence that has been there for 5 years. The original sign for the development of the home is still there. There is stacks of metal fencing on the property which is a hazard to wildlife. There are a lot of coyotes and wildlife in the area. There's definitely a hazard for trapping them. Um they've been left stacked there. Uh there's hoarding that is faded, you know, held up with 2x4s. It is just it is a very it's a disgrace that it is on this street. It's been left like that. Poor Randy has to look look at this and live with this. Uh her 80-year-old neighbor on the other side of the property has the same thing. Both of these um um women are having to look at this vacant empty lot that is not kept um not to code not to safety for wildlife. Um it's it's really a shame that they have to live with this and the fact that they're picking on this divider that Ry has is the only um divisions she has in between this. So, I really think it's unfortunate for Randy and also for her neighbor on the other side of this lot that whoever owns this property has been able to leave it like this. >> And adding to that, just directly across the street, this the sidewalk is so broken that anyone that is handicapped or elderly would not be able to walk on this street. So, I think there's um bigger issues than this divider that Granny has on her property, giving her some peace and a little bit of security. Okay, >> I'll leave that with you. Thank you for the time. >> Uh, thank you. Any questions of the deputent? Seeing none, uh, next up is, uh, Nicole Curado. >> No, that's for item 29. >> Sorry, one second. I Hang on. >> T for item 29. >> She's >> Yeah. >> Second. Um, >> hold this down. I'm going to hold this down for council melo. Yeah. Okay. Jesus Murphy. Uh, next item C 33.28 295 Woodfield Road. Application for fence exemption. Councelor Fletcher item 28. >> Approve >> to approve. >> Motion for her. >> You have a motion. >> Yes. Staff have that. >> Display it. >> Second. Council. >> Okay. All those in favor of the >> Also, if there's anybody here to speak to the Myrtle Avenue GKO tree, I'm going to move that to July like all the ginkos, all of Matlo's ginko. >> Okay, item 28 is passed. Uh, next item is D33.29 326 Bury Street application to remove a cityowned tree. Um, we have one deputent, Nicole Curado. Are you here, Nicole? >> Yes. Um, I'm sorry. I was also going to speak to the other items about >> three minutes. Go ahead. >> Okay. This is item number which one? >> Sorry. This is item 29. >> Item 29. >> 326 Street. Application to remove a city owned tree. >> Okay. Item item 20. You said item 20. >> Item 29. You said item 29. >> Yes, it's a it's a removal of a tree. >> Okay. Yes. I'm trying to find find that that item. Yes. I would say that that uh I believe this was a a speaking >> Yeah. the beautiful magnolia tree. >> Cutting this magnolia tree to build a to build a >> a driveway just seems really sad. I think you could build the driveway around the magnolia tree. I grew up with a magnolia tree. They're absolutely gorgeous. Be terrible to cut this tree down, especially during nesting season when there's all the baby birds around. >> Okay. Is that it? Okay. Thank you. >> Um, >> this is uh Council Perks's item. >> I'm going to move the staff recommendation to deny. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> Carries. The next item is T33572 Annet Street application to remove a city owned tree. Uh there are there is one >> sorry >> speaker on the item Nicole Curado >> and I'm the applicant. Can I also speak? >> Yes. Uh again I would say this this beautiful >> what I call a John the Baptist tree. This tree is such character is totally unique tree. This particular tree has a lot of characters. Absolutely beautiful. Should not be cut down. There's no reason to cut this tree. And you know, again, it it's it's just to make space for for uh you know, for an addition. You could redesign your addition to include the tree. There's no need to be cutting these trees. >> Okay. Thank you. Um councelor, this is item 30, right? Ready? >> Councelor Perks. Sorry. >> Yes. I'll move the staff recommendation to deny. >> Okay. All those in favor? Those carry. Next item is T33.31 411 Brock Avenue. Application to remove a city tree. Um >> so unfortunately you're not registered. >> We have we have uh Nicole Curado. >> Yes. I think you're probably just at this point going to start calling me the Lorax because I keep speaking for these trees. And it's sad that that no that nobody else is speaking for them. The these trees deserve to have somebody defending them. This is again this is another tree that's being uh you know again people are thinking that this tree is going to dig up their their their patio stones and damage the house. Uh no. I've grown up with a a a blue spruce like this. They they don't they don't do that. They don't dig into the foundation. They don't they don't uh damage the the the foundation. They don't dig into the house. They don't dig into the pipes. And and uh if it's pushing up the patio stones, just move the stones. Don't don't get rid of the tree. And especially not during nesting season. All kinds of birds nest in those trees. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, Council Bravo, item 31. >> Uh, yes. Thank you, uh, chair. >> I would like to, um, to just briefly speak and to move my, uh, motion. >> Okay, there's a motion >> on that liquid neighborhood streets plan uh, 31.2, I believe. I'm sorry. Um, let me just I'm not feeling very well, chair, today, so I forgive my uh >> uh there's a motion on >> 33.52. Yeah. >> Okay. All those in favor? Oppose? Carried. >> It's a different one. >> Thanks. >> Uh, next item is the 33.32 32 Ken Street application to remove a tree. Thank god there's none in my ward this uh this month. Um, trees are very contentious in this place. Uh, Jeremy Chan, >> the next speaker, Heather, will be joining me as well. Just just >> uh, who's the next speaker? Heather Parker. Okay, three minutes. >> Sorry, I have a presentation as well. I just was trying to set this up. >> Okay, it's on the screen. Go ahead. Three minutes. >> Right. Good afternoon, council. My name is Jeremy Chan. I'm a professional engineer at Brown and BD Engineering. I'm here today on behalf of the board of directors. Uh it's not quite showing there. Sorry. >> I'm going to be deferring uh the uh tree. I'll let you know one more time. So >> staff is coming to assist you. Can I have my time paused? >> Not entirely sure what's going on here. >> Item 32. >> 32. >> 33. >> Mr. Chair, you might want to inform the deput. >> Yeah. So deferred the council is going to defer the item to the next uh committee council. So you could either choose to >> present now or when the item actually comes back comes back for debate. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Um Nicole Curado, did you hear what I just said? This item is being deferred. >> Yes. again uh this this sugar >> bank you don't have to point cutting this tree >> down is being deferred you could actually >> perfectly perfectly healthy that that the treere is being cut again >> thank you all right um um can you display the motion for deferral those in favor of deferral next meeting opposed carried Okay, great. T33.33 40 Myrtle Avenue application to remove a private tree. Um, there are three speakers in this item. Char, >> sorry, that's I indicated a while ago. I'm going to defer because all the ginkos are coming back because of councelor Mato's goko motion. >> Okay. >> And forestry is going to be reporting on I think female and male ginkos. So, >> all right. So, >> I'm just going to leave that for everything. I think all the all the gokos are going to come back at the same time. >> Okay. So, um we have the three speakers here, Charra Ishmael and Alan Paige and Nicole Curado. This item is being deferred to the next meeting. So, you can come back then to speak. Uh can you put the motion on the screen for deferral? All those in favor of deferral opposed carried. >> Can we do the GKO as a package next time? Any GKO package? >> No, you can't. Unfortunately, you can't do that. one after the other, not as a package at Siri. We haven't said that here for a long time. >> Second. >> Do you want to go back to 25? >> Yeah, 25. Thank you for reminding me about that. >> Yes. Um I uh I'm going to choose door number three for >> number item number Okay, door number three. 25. >> Okay. All those in favor of item on the screen number 25. All those in favor post carried. >> 27. Thank you staff. Uh T33.27 83 Glenn Idith Drive. Application for fence. Uh councelor Matt, you stepped out when we uh >> Yes, it's a Glenn Edith. Glenn Edith. Um >> and I have an amendment. Okay. Put on the screen. Okay. You want to speak to it? Let's just go with it. Okay. All those in favor? Carried. That was amended. >> Okay, that's good. Where am I now? I lost my place. >> 37. >> Okay. T33.37 35 to 47 Camden Street construction staging area. Deputring this to the next TYCC, please. >> Okay. You want the defer? Put the item on the screen. All those in favor of deferral post carried. Uh T33.38 128 Peters Street Construction Staging Area Deb Malik >> I'd like to defer this to the next council meeting please. >> Okay on the screen please. All those in favor? Those carried. Thank you. Uh T33.41 50 Richmond Street East construction staging area. We have a speaker on the item, I think. >> Yes, we do. >> Um, I don't have it on my I do actually. Yeah, Tom Kai. >> Um, I think I sent an email to the clerk to withdraw me speaking from 3341 and 3355. >> Okay, I think I sent an email. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, I'm going to move amendment on this item. Okay. All those in favor? Post carried. Item amended. >> Item as amended. All those in favor carried. It's construction staging area. It's all the usual stuff. Um P 33.43 1095 to 111 Danforth Avenue and 1117 Danforth Avenue. Uh council Fletcher. I help >> move the staff Rex to council. living staff's Rex. All those in favor? Oppose? Carried. T33.52 Oakwood Village Street Plan. I held that for councelor Bravo. >> Thank you. I'm going to have to reopen that last tree item on Brock because I was supporting the staff recommendations after, but I'll speak to this now. >> Which item was the Brock item? I'll find it. >> What was displayed was the removal approval and I was uh supporting the staff staff recommendations. >> Okay. All those in favor of voting >> opposed carried. >> Back to Brock. >> Okay. Which which number is that? >> 31 >> 31. So we're reopening. >> Okay. We open 31. >> You just staff recommendation. Yes. >> Okay. Moving staff Rex. All those in favor? Post carried. Okay. Awesome. >> There's a mistake there. Uh okay. On uh neighborhood uh Oakwood neighborhood streets plan. Um I just want to briefly say uh that you know I've I've lived in this community. Uh >> yes. I'll display the motion while you do that to save time. Um I've lived in this community uh for decades. Uh it was been my fervent desire to fix some of the uh ongoing uh traffic safety problems and there had been very little work done in Davenport. Um my motion has to do with uh changes that have been discussed um with staff support and with very specific engagement in Davenport on a street by street uh basis. uh the neighborhood streets plan uh we were very you know we brought it forward in our office um and it's been a great collaboration with councelor Matt Lo and I appreciate his uh uh support for holding this down so I can speak and move my motion the we have been surveying going doortodoor and there may be some additional um changes coming in the future uh as we continue to ensure that that Davenport North is catching up on decades of neglect around uh safe streets. And those improvements are urgent in a growing population, but also um in a neighborhood with schools. And uh we have had tremendous community engagement and support and this kind of uh neighborhood level work um that it's you know it's not necessarily possible for transportation staff to do the way that we can do with care and attention and knowing every single block um intimately. So, I I want to thank uh staff for uh collaboration with my office and certainly um members of my team uh for throwing themselves 100% into this work. Uh we've had some serious uh issues including a tragedy um at Winona and St. Claire and we moved very quickly with councelor Matler to implement changes that came from the community. Um and and staff supported us on that and and on the border of our ward had a serious uh collision. Um a driver struck a a pedestrian and u children from Ronson school were there and they witnessed um they'd been at the library. So I I think that this is really crucial work and I I thank everyone involved uh for for bringing this forward. Thank you. Um on the motion, can we display it please? >> Oh, you want to speak? >> Oh, sorry. Go ahead. >> The recommendations. Um and um uh which I will. And uh I also just want to you know kind of reiterate the same spirit that uh it's been a pleasure working very collaboratively with both councelor Bravo uh and our staff working really well together on this. Uh and I also want to acknowledge uh even you know principally the the the very um uh uh thoughtful and and consultative work that city staff have done on this working with our offices uh street by street throughout the neighborhood to really try to get it right and where there are issues and concerns to address them. Uh well uh obviously as councelor Bravo said there's this is a this is a living document. There's still some work to do. Um, but I really appreciate the achievements that we've arrived at this far and uh and I look forward to continuing work to make our community as safe as we can. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councelor Madwell. Um, yes. Display the motion, please. >> All those in favor? Post carried. Item as amended. All those in favor? Opposed? Carried. The next item is T33.53 Oakwood Village Street Plan. No dele >> motion on that one. >> You have a motion? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Uh, let's display it. Are you speaking to it? >> I don't have to. >> Okay, good. All those in favor? Post carried. >> Glad I was so convincing. >> Item as amended. All those in favor. >> All right. Next one. It's D33.55. Transit priority measures to support transit divisions during the College Street Carlton Street closures between Bay Street and Church Street. Uh the speaker here has withdrawn. So I'm going to move uh the staff's rack on this item. All those in favor oppose carry. Uh T33.56 traffic management in Ward 14 relate to King Street East and Church Street intersection project. Uh councelor Fletcher >> that little project in your ward counselor. I'm deferring that indefinitely. Oh great. >> A lot to do with Dundas and Broadview and I'm still so dissatisfied with >> uh the work that the city has done so far. >> So we're going to defer that indefinitely. I I really like that last word, indefinitely. Okay, all those in favor post carried. >> Yeah, we'll do the two new business items if you display it because I don't have it in front of me. Do I have it after the last two we just did? Was it the um >> the always stops >> always stop at Portland? Okay. Always Portland Street and Stewart Street to improve safety and sight sightelines. >> I'd like to move the recommendations in my letter, please. >> Okay. All those in favor? Opposed? Carried. The next item is um report requests on naming an existing lane sister Gwen Smith Lane. Councelor Fletcher. >> Like to move that recommendation in my letter, please. >> All those in favor? Those carried. Is any of the business item? What what else is there? Let's do that now. >> And did we hear back from transportation about uh T Street? Good. All good. >> The last item. >> Oh, wow. Okay, we on the last item. That's pretty extraordinary. Um, where there's a will, there's a way, eh? So, we're going back to item T33.3 419 to 431 College Street official plan and zoning by amendment application. Um, we have many, many speakers on the item. And the first speaker is Fred Yuruk. Yurishuk, three minutes. I'm going to be very strict on time because we have a lot of deputants here. >> Uh good day council and and people in the audience. Uh my name is Fred. I've lived in the neighborhood of this proposal um for just about 20 years. Uh a couple points and um I' I'd hope um that uh all that is um great and magical about the neighborhood. Uh I hope that we can preserve it to the best that we can. Um, it's a kind of a corridor between Little Italy, Kensington Market area. And I think what makes it special is that we have a lot of lowrise buildings, cafes, communityowned uh, businesses. And it's uh, I think it's work in in the um, for those who value uh, which what makes Toronto great, I think we got to really pay attention to those uh, special spots. And I think this area on uh college and baths is one of those with the more of that lowrise type of feel. Um and when you have these tall taller uh buildings, it just makes the area shady. It breaks the neighborhoods up and it creates these wind tunnels. It just really I I noticed that when I see developments in these areas and uh secondly to I I I know, you know, a special spot for sneaky dees. I think it's just it's the it's a heart of the culture of Toronto, a special spot where you you just have inc uh you know, you have live music, you have amateur wrestling, all these crazy things. When you take those away, you just can't get them back. So, for those reasons, I think we got to pause on the idea to to uh really recognize what makes this corner special uh with Sneaky D's at the heart of it. um and not to break up neighborhoods that for so long have you know kept their character. Little Italy, Kensington Market. Uh not far away is the annex, Chinatown. And I just don't think there's, you know, with all the construction we've had ongoing with the hospital, uh the library at Dundas and Bathur Street, I think this neighborhood has just been under so much construction. And I think, you know, let's let's catch up first with the infrastructure and to put a high-rise with so many more people uh pouring into the uh neighborhood. I just don't really think it it's uh the the right and responsible decision uh to do to us at at this time. Um thank you so much. >> Uh thank you. Um please no applauses in the council chambers. Um, McKenzie Kandaraso McKenzie >> Kandaxlue. Thank >> Thank you. >> Hi folks. I'm here to advocate for the preservation of the iconic venue and restaurant Sneaky De's. My name is, as I said, Mackenzie Caxi Glue. You can call me Mac. My pronouns are they and them. And I have been attending, eating, and performing at Sneaky Dees in some capacity or other since 2016. Sneaky first opened across from Honest Eds at 562 Blur Street West in 1987. As I'm sure most of you already know, the similarly iconic Honest Heads has now also been torn down for the redeveloped Mvish Village rental community. In the immediate area between the original location of Sneaks and its current location at 431 College Street, there was only one address with planned affordable rental housing, which consists of units specifically for the Gene Tweed Treatment Center. While this is an important cause, there was crucially no other affordable rental housing in the area. This application does nothing to ease the Toronto housing crisis. It currently includes zero affordable rental units and no plans to provide any. According to the most current numbers supplied by the housing data page of the city of Toronto's website, the city is only 50% of the way towards its goals for their 2030 targets, which is a measly 4% increase since their 2023 numbers. In the heritage impact assessment document supplied by the applicant in 2020, Sneaky Dees is described as a notable venue in Toronto music history alongside Horseshoe Tavern and the Elma Combo. The document then explicitly stresses that none of the development properties are on the city's heritage register and therefore the proposed development will be ensured uh that the historical value will be conserved by uh appropriate commemoration. Now commemoration was a word that concerned me specifically since I'm very familiar with the iconic silver dollar room being preserved by its sign uh which is of course lost all meaning after the room was demolished. This concern was enforced for me later in that heritage document when they state that they will erect a commemorative plaque and or locate a potential music venue within the new development. In another document detailing working group meeting to from May 2nd, 2021, the applicant presented options of how the ground floor retail could be changed to provide sneaky with the ability to continue doing what they do now. As the current development area hosts another venue, now called Mist, uh concerns were raised about how and if sneaky would secure their space in the development. As far as I could find in these documents, there was nothing aside from perceived goodwill to provide sneakitis from becoming more than just another silver dollar room sign. Further working group document states that uh the upcoming working group meeting three to uh discuss affordability hadn't been scheduled and has never transpired. Um I want to direct your attention to the most significant development since the documents emoite north. Since at least 2021, Emoite North has been hosted at Sneeeds every single Friday. These events resumed postcoid around March 4th, which means uh 2022, which means that there's at least 221 individual emo nights that have been happening at sneaky since it restarted. Through other similar events have begun across North America and travel to Toronto, they haven't been able to gain a foothold because of the monumental community of which many are logged in online and many are behind me. When the world woke up to the co9 pandemic, we remember the horrors of all the small businesses around us shutting down. Sneaky remained in its current location since 1990, surviving that pandemic without any solid agreement to protect sinks in the future. By approving this application, the community and the applicant are accepting that they will further contribute to the disappearing and deterioration of third spaces and music venues in city of Toronto. I know my time is up. I apologize. This was a 5-minute speech that I've cut down to three. With no agreement to protect the business financially in the demolition and development phases, a process that could take anywhere from 2 to 5 years, the community and the applicant are effectively signing the death warrant of a vibrant Toronto community. one of the very reasons that area is so um beloved in the first place and why it's even valuable for people who want to buy condos there. What's happening on the corner? Sneaky. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Whatever money they seek to gain from this development, they will be cutting out the very part of the community that's created value in the first place. >> THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU YOU could do jazz hands in here. That's allowed. Um, so, Council Sax informed me, and I think she mentioned to you as well, that she is deferring this item to next meeting. And so, it's important to note that if you're speaking today, you will not be able to speak when the items come back again. So, just so you know. Um, but it is your right to speak today if you so choose. Um, >> on a point of of order, I just want to clarify what that means is that if I if I may, is that if there are any amendments or any work that's done, you won't be able to speak to that. So, you might want to be strategic about No. >> Okay. The the Yes, the clerk the clerk can explain what we're doing here. If there is any additional or new information that it is submitted on this uh application then you will be permitted to speak. >> Okay. >> But if >> July So again, >> thank you for correction. >> It's it's probably in your best interest to wait until then because then you can speak to the item. >> You know, any up to you. Um but again, please note where you are on the list. if you are to speak, make sure you're close by so you could actually just we could keep this moving quickly. So, uh, Sephi Solomon, Nate Palmer, Maya, Turk, uh, Pilling, I mean, there's three seats there. So, if everyone sits down and then you can do boom, boom, boom. So, uh, Stephie, go ahead. >> Hi, City Council. Good morning. I am a longtime resident of this neighborhood and even longer a patron of Sneaky De's. This small business is a pillar of the community, an important cultural landmark for the local music scene. It would be devastating to the community to lose this. I grew up going here regularly and found it to be one of the only places where I feel a sense of belonging. I know many others agree with this sentiment. The last thing the city needs is to wipe out important spaces that add so much to the arts and culture of Toronto. The development's proposed music venue on the bottom floor is not going to do justice to respect this longtime business and cornerstone to the community as well as all those who work there and those who frequent there. Yes, we need affordable housing. We certainly don't need to erase a historic music venue to do this. We've already lost so many independent music venues. Do not allow sneak to join that list. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Um next up, go ahead. Um Nate, >> hi. Um, I know there's a lot of people here to speak on this, so I'm just going to read directly off my notes for brevity's sake. Um, so according to an article published Oh I just closed my notes. Sorry. >> Give me a moment here. >> I'll pause your time. According to an article published by CTV quoting a study by a Montreal development firm, 4,295 new condoms condos were completed and unsold in Toronto as of quarter 1 this year, which is more than double the unsold inventory that was on the market last year. And that number is more than five times higher than it was in 2024. According to CBC News, Toronto's unhoused population was estimated at 15,400 last fall. According to the 2024 census data, the city's un unemployment rate is 8%, which is 1.7 percentage points higher than the provincial average, nearly no one who lives in this ward will be able to afford to live in these condos once they're built. So, they'll remain completely empty. Uh, Sneaky Dees is also a thriving business that employs a number of residents of the ward and provides a valued third space to the local community. The last thing Toronto needs is to remove more historic landmarks in order to make way for expensive construction projects that do nothing for the people that live here and serve only to enrich wealthy wealthy developers who don't care about the city. I yield my time. >> Thank you. Uh Maya then Satie Trs and Elliot Gallagher Ducet then Becky Robertson. Maya, go ahead. >> Thank you. My name is Maya Truk Pilling. I was born and raised in Toronto. I'm a singer songwriter. I was actually a frequent of the music studios in the cube at one sumac and its closure some years ago motivated me to pursue a master's at TMU's communication and culture program at which I'm currently writing my thesis on the impact of gentrification of small live music venues in Toronto. And as we watch yet another local venue's presence be threatened at the hands of developers, I watch the very subject of my research play out in real time. The proposal to build a 16-story condo building at the corner of College and Baths is not the first development of its kind. And I think of a Toronto that many of people of our generation never got to experience, which is a Toronto of the 60s, which many great folk artists got their start in Yorkville's collection of seemingly endless music venues. Johnny Dover Court writes in his book Any Night of the Week, that at its peak in 1966, no fewer than 40 clubs and coffee houses were operational as small music venues in Yorkville. But if you left this meeting today to visit Yorkville, you would be met with rows of high-end fashion designer storefronts and upscale dining experiences peppered with food chains that cater to the upper middle class and even a sauna and cold plench facility whose veter and puli scents beckon each passerby to drop over $50 on a single session. So what happened? Johnny Dover Court writes that by the summer of 1967, Yorkville had become famous or infamous as a hotbed for hippies and had drawn an unwant unwanted attention from media, tourists, and police. With support from members of city hall, developers brought up and demolished, excuse me, they bought up and demolished much of the old residential neighborhood buildings to make way for cars. The city then made business license renewals for local clubs and coffee houses much more difficult. Throughout the 70s, these places closed up one by one. Shopping malls took up their place and the riverboat, the last club standing, closed in 1978. This is a prime example of the elimination of community oriented live music spaces in Toronto in favor of more profitable uses of land. It is a textbook case of displacement, of gentrification, and as evidenced by this gathering today, it is not an isolated incident. Many Torononians, including myself, feel pride in saying that the likes of Gordon Lightfoot and Neil Young got their start here. And I would assume that as members of Toronto and East York Community Council, you too would share that pride. Yet, council members of the past were quick to dismiss these artists when they were beginning to hone their craft. Former mayor Alan Lamport called Yorkville a cancer to Toronto. To approve the application to demolish the live music venues from 419 to 431 College Street is to repeat this cycle. It is to ignore the current generation of artists who have defined the city and called college and baths their home. It signals to the rest of the city that emerging musicians through community members and the arts workers that keep small music venues operational are less deserving of access to that space than condo developers. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> Um the strengths, >> go ahead. Make sure that uh your is green. >> Is it green or red? Uh, so >> thank you. Uh, please bear with me. This was a fivem minute speech that is now a three-minute one. Um, my name is Satie Strings and I feel that Sneaky De's is more of a home than any apartment you could possibly build. To some people, Sneaky De's may just look like an old graffiti covered building, but to many of us, it is the most important place on Earth. It is a cultural landmark, a gathering space, and a home for people who often struggle to find one in this city. While most businesses serve one specific demographic and only offer one service, Sneaky Dees is actually quite profitable in a lot of different areas. It is a restaurant and a bar and an event space for a large variety of entertainment. From local bands to drag queens to yoga classes to dance parties to viewing parties to weekly emo nights, Sneaky Dees has a regular has regular customers from every possible group in Toronto. Their vast value and appeal from clients all over the city cannot be ignored. Sneaky Dees has been part of Toronto's culture for generation for generations. When my dad was my age, he used to attend Sneaky De's. A lot of the parents of the friends I go with now also spent time there when they were our ages. How many local businesses have stood the test of time and impacted generation after generation like that. That kind of history cannot be rebuilt once it's gone. I know this because I witnessed it back in 2017 when Honest Eds was torn down and replaced by condos. a tragedy that is still discussed with disgust and regret to this day. Every time we destroy a Toronto landmark for another apartment, a piece of Toronto dies with it. I understand that Toronto needs housing and development, but development should not come at the cost of destroying the independent cultural spaces that give this city its identity in the first place. And speaking of a community, my generation is struggling right now. Gen Z is growing up during a cost of living crisis where many of us work multiple jobs and still barely make ends meet. None of us are going to be able to afford the apartments that you want to place there. And most entertainment in the city has become too expensive for young people to participate in. But we can afford Sneaky Ds. A $15 emo night is one of the only accessible ways left for us to get actual entertainment in this city. And for me, on a personal note, Sneaky De's changed my life. As I struggled with depression, my weekly emo nights felt like the only medicine I had. Whatever pain I felt during the week disappeared during those few hours at emo nights. Sneaky days became my home so quickly. And it's also the place where I met my partner. Thanks to emo night, I've met the love of my life, and we've been together for a year and a half now. And I can't even imagine my life without him. But we would have never met if not for Sneaky De's. And not only that, but last fall, I produced a short film at Emo Night. And um as of this year, myself, Luca, and a third person from Sneakydes are producing a series together. That means that going to Emo night improved my health, gave me career opportunities, and introduced me to my partner. What other venue has accomplished this? That building holds memories, relationships, friendships, and life-changing moments for thousands of people across generations. Once places like this disappear, they do not come back. You can always build another condo. You cannot recreate decades of culture, history, and human connection after it has been erased. Please save Sneaky De's. >> Thank you. >> Um Elliot Gallagher Ducet. >> Yeah. Hey, what's up everybody? Um thank you for giving me the time to speak and shout out to the punks in the house today. >> Is the light um >> Yeah, the green light is on. Yeah. Can you hear me? >> Yeah. >> Okay, cool. Okay. Um so I'm a resident of W 9. I was born and raised in Toronto. Um, I'm obviously speaking here because I have concerns about this application by the Goldberg Group. Um, first and foremost, I would like to thank anybody who may have been sitting on this committee long enough to have blocked this application so far and to have empowered the survival of Sneakydes. I believe it's the core premise of a healthy democracy in Toronto that the elected officials and the bureaucrats represent the will of the people, not the will of private actors and private interest. So, for those of you who may have assisted in this process so far, thank you very much. Um, obviously I can speak to a lot of things that people are going to say today. It might just end up being that I'm beating a dead horse. So, I'll just cut right to the point of it. I think we fall into this sort of myth that we have a supply and demand issue with the housing and that we can solve the housing in Toronto by building more housing. I'll quote a CBC headline from April 28th, 2026 that says, "Many Toronto area rental units are sitting empty, but rent prices are still skyhigh." So, I think that we far too often as a city just sort of end up bending the knee to these proposals under this false pretense that we will somehow alleviate the pressures on the constituents and the citizens of the city who are looking for a place to live when in fact this just doesn't seem to be the solution. Um, and again, I'll get to this blog to article that says that the uh the proposal for this application was placed under administrative file closure, citing no activity by the applicant to advance this application in over one calendar year and stating that staff consider the application inactive and that there will be no further steps to process it and then a new round of planning documents with slight revisions put the project back on file. I believe amongst those was uh the addition of three stories to the building. And forgive my naivity, but if the application was deemed not appropriate, why would adding more stories to the building somehow rectify the situation? Then six 16 hours ago, I saw Toronto Star publish a story, and it was also on R Toronto on Reddit that uh the developer was saying, "Oh, well, sneaky D's can come back once we're done with the development." That is like a bully saying, "Give me your lunch money. Don't worry, though. I'll hold on to it for you. I'm not going to spend it right now." Like, what are we doing here? I just I I I I failed to see the point. Um, and I I'll explain my bias. I make my living as an artist and I run an artist management company and I can't express the vitality of this space enough. People are saying they've fallen in love here. They feel safe in the space. This is not going to be accomplished with this development. I yield my time. >> Thank you. Becky Robertson and Clay Jansen and Jason Prolass. >> Hello. >> Are you uh Becky? >> Yes. >> Go ahead. Three minutes. >> Uh I'm Becky Robertson. I'm a journalist and a longtime patron of Sneaky Dees. Um from all ages shows two decades ago to now in my mid-30s. I still go there weekly for uh yoga classes. Highly recommend everyone check out the uh dark yoga. Um, I understand the mandate across all levels of government to build more housing and fast. I've written about it extensively in BlogTo and I won't even comment on the poor state of the market right now and the fact that I doubt this developer would even secure enough pre-sales to build. Um, what I don't understand is the seeming insistence on destroying beloved cultural institutions in pursuit of this goal completely needlessly. We all know there are countless other places in Toronto you could put this condo. Um, even in the direct vicinity of this address, we have an almost always vacant parking lot across the street to the west. A beer store with a large service parking lot down Baurst. Um, across the street is a former bank turned Italian restaurant with a Starbucks location that is already shuttered. Um, there nowhere you can put this that would present more of a loss than over sneaky and that will lead to more push back from the public. Uh, it's ironic how much the city advocated supporting local over COVID. Um, threw a bunch of money at the cause, launching a campaign. uh our main streets were rendered pretty unrecognizable with vacant storefronts. And yet here we are only a few years later somehow talking about electively decimating uh a veteran familyrun business and uh community gathering space. Um there's a reason Sneak survived the co era and others um over the decades. Um it's just utterly irreplaceable. It has an unwaveringly loyal community which you can see here. And that community is still growing daily and extends across generations um and even geographical bounds. I know people from all over the world and the only thing they know and love about Toronto is Sneaky Dies. Um beyond that, it's objectively just one of a kind. Um, I don't know anywhere else in the city or really anywhere else in the world where you can go catch a live band perform and immediately after go to a themed bar night, whether it's emo night or a dance party, and immediately after go downstairs for food and drinks with friends, and then come back the next day and go to a Pilates or a yoga class and grab brunch. Um, it is one of these elusive dying third spaces that everyone's been mentioning and it's these kinds of places that make cities what they are. Um, without places like it, we are just going to become a sea of highrises full of people who have nowhere to actually go. Toronto likes to think itself a world-class city with leaders who foster arts and culture and community. But when this community of thousands of people um are here telling you how significant the preservation of this establishment is, we're still here somehow entertaining this proposal. Um, I've traveled extensively. I've been to many actual world-class cities across some three dozen countries and I can tell you that it's not soulless cookie cutter concrete and glass condos like the ones that are increasingly dominating our downtown core that make cities visitable, walkable, livable, and lovable. It's places full of character and history that are living, breathing organisms of community like Sneaky De is. Um, you guys are supposed to work for us and represent the interests of people, not developers. Uh the developer can find another place to put this condo, but we are not going to find another sneaky de. >> Okay, thank you. >> Uh Clay Jansen, >> uh through you, chair. Uh thank you for allowing me to speak today. Uh I'm the planner here on behalf of the owners of uh 419 to 431 College Street for the official plan and zoning bylaw amendment. Um, I have a few items to talk about today, but I think with the crowd that we have here, I'm going to keep it short just to give them with more time to speak. Um, I am here to support the approvals recommendations. I firstly want to address the residents who have made many deputations today and the more that are to come. Um, I've heard what you have to say. I'm writing down what you have to say and I look forward to hearing what you have to say after I am done. Um, I think the the assurance that I will provide council with today and the members of the community that are here today is that this development has had a positive ongoing relationship with the owner, George, of Stinky De's. Um, and there has been arrangements made um to accomplish essentially three things. Permit them to stay in their current space until the development takes place. As we all know, there is a hold being um being proposed. So there will still be some time before that happens. The second thing is to assist them in seeking an intermodation once they relocate to enable the development to commence. Again, we are still years away from that, but that would be somewhere local nearby in order for them to commence their their business. And sec and lastly, to welcome them back as tenants in the new development once the construction is complete. This development includes 1,200 square meters. Um, it's about 13,000 square ft of non-residential gross floor area which has been designed specifically for the future and returning tenants of this building. Thank you very much. >> I see that there. Okay. Um, >> councelor Fletcher, >> I just see that in the drawing you have three retail spaces. >> Yes. >> Not one. >> So, there are uh three retail spaces at grade. There's two retail and then there's one music venue in the lower level to accomplish um kind of noise mitigation from the nearby residents. There is also two other spaces in the lower level. >> Okay. And then number of apartments that exist compared to the number that have tenants. How many are there? >> I am aware of two um apartments that exist on site >> that have tenants in >> that have tenants in them. >> There's the only apartments. >> Yes. >> Okay. Any other questions for the deputent? Seeing none. Um, thank you. Uh, next up is Jason Prolass. >> Good morning. My name is Jason Prolass and I'm a licensed professional engineer in Ontario who has worked in building services consulting for the past 13 years. I am also a gigging musician who has played at Sneaks and venues like it in Toronto for over 20 years. Sneaky Dees is a venue that prides in hosting shows for musicians creating original music and alternative music genres. This makes them an indispensable part of a tight-knit community of musicians and music lovers. Lowcost barriers make it an ideal choice for developing acts. You could argue open mics or jam stages are comparable, but at a certain point, every act needs to find their audience by playing shows of their own. Where would the Beatles be without the Cavern Club or the Hip without the Terrapin Tavern? Venue owners are stuck weighing difficult decisions. Do they modernize their booking practices, thereby freezing out all but cover bands and DJs? Or do they allow themselves to be absorbed by Live Nation? Or do they close their doors altogether? Venues like Sneaky De's are our Pompei, a place where we come together and bask in the musical sunlight, but where we also sit hesitantly in the shadow of our Mount Vuvius, real estate developers, poised to rain down highdensity mixeduse development that covers up unique establishments that don't yield high returns. Of course, it's well understood that we need housing in this city, but the greatest need is affordable housing. And no, I'm not referring to the deeply insulting 10% below market value definition. I'm referring to dignified and functional spaces that the lowest earning and often hardest working folks can call home. What good are 130 single-bedroom condos whose proportions are better suited to a bowling alley than a livable space at 600k a pop? What seems to get lost in the consideration of these redevelopments is what makes the neighborhood worth living in. We need to preserve institutions that give neighborhoods their character. Not a Taco Bell, but an authentic and unique joint like Hot Messex. Not a soulless Live Nation venue, but checkerboard floor gems like Hard Luck or Horseshoe Tavern. Or how about the best of both worlds as you have with sneaks. It is my firm belief that this application should not proceed. But I am also a pragmatist. If you must approve it, then this community puts their faith in you to get it right. I know that city planning staff have good intentions when considering these applications. I was heartened to see that many of the planning comments are related to retaining a music venue in the redevelopment and specifically that sneaks be given the first right of refusal for it. I do send the developer sincere best wishes introducing 200 condo units into an already oversaturated market. If we cannot stop this application, then I urge you to consider the following. put the music venue on the corner where it has lived for the past 35 years and engage in meaningful consultation with Sneaky D's on the final layout and allow them to retain or recreate as much of the original facade as possible. Toronto claims to be a music city and I would like to be able to take them at their word. But when venues like the Silver Dollar and the Velvet Underground continue to close, it seems like action or perhaps inaction speaks louder than words. >> Okay. Thank you. Just a time check for everybody. Um, so we have 33 more speakers on the item and if you times up by three that's 69 minutes. So it's an hour. So we have a hard stop at 12:30 just so you're aware. Um, the next three and you could also speak when this comes up again in July. Uh, the next three speakers, Daniel Tate, Megan Clout, and Tom Kai. If you will take your seat here, please. Okay, three minutes. >> Uh, good morning. I'm here to go to bat for Sneakyd's, a Toronto institution since 1987. You can't think about Bathston College without thinking about Sneaky De's. Sneaky De's is Ba College. It's like the DNA of that corner. When you're on your way to Little Italy, you pass by Sneaky D's. You think of the nachos. You think of the bands that you've seen there. Um, it's the DNA of Toronto. Uh, in fact, one of Canada's biggest bands ever, the Bare Naked Ladies, got their break at Sneaky D's in 1989. So, how can we even fathom like taking the wrecking ball to Sneaky Ds? It's like we've already taken the Wrecking Ball to the Planetarium, Government, Imperial Pub, Matador, Honest Eds, Big Bop, Reverb, the list goes on and on. This is how you lose the character and soul of your city. And what are we going to do? We're going to get rid of Sneakyd's, put another condo there. Uh, and then what? The condo is going to have like a another generic bank or pharmacy or dollar as the tenant. You've basically just killed the heart and soul of that corner by doing so. So, I'm very, very concerned about this proposal. And like I said in an earlier deputation, you give this developer 16 stories. The next developer is going to want to develop the the southwest corner, they're going to want 25 stories. Then the next corner, they're going to want 34 stories. And then you've basically ruined Ba and College. So I think we all need to be very careful what we are doing here. Now I see the developer is contemplating putting a music venue in the building, but come on. Is that really practical or realistic? Um maybe it is. Maybe there's a new way. Maybe you market this condo as like the music condo and music lovers can buy it and you retain all the heritage and you have a venue and you put incredible acoustics and maybe that's the draw. Like Sneaky De's is the anchor tenant and we're going to keep the original walls because we know the walls are what have the memories and the heart and the soul of these venues. So maybe there is a new way, but we just need to be very very careful how we do this. Look, we can't say this is because of uh housing or or housing shortage. I mean, they're they're building a 91tory mega tower at at Young and Adelaide. There's condos everywhere. So look, the the bottom line is my perspective is we don't want to create a city where we're just overshadowed with hyper density everywhere, condos everywhere, at the expense of culture, at the expense of the heart and soul of what makes a city worth living. And places like Sneaky De's make Toronto worth living. It is inherently Toronto. It is part of our identity. So please, let's just be very careful on how we approach this application and do it right. Thank you. >> Megan Megan Colts. Is Megan Colts here? >> We have somebody calling in but they're not identified. So Eden is just going to unmute them and check if it's Megan. >> Clutz. Clutz. Okay. Megan Clarks. >> Okaygan. >> Ask who they are. >> Okay, we'll get while we figure that out. >> We're muting someone who's not uh >> them to identify themselves. >> Yeah, we just need to figure out who the next speaker is. >> Go ahead, Katherine. Hello to the call-in uh speaker on WebEx. Could you please identify yourself? >> No one. Okay. Um Tom Kai. >> Um we've heard a lot from the musicians and the local residents. Um, I'm here to deliver a a a testimonial on behalf of the students at uft and TMU who have seen their their beloved pubs at the prenup and the Imperial already demolished over the last few years. To those city councils who voted against the redistricting for the prenup as a UFT student, I thank you. When will you stop destroying when will you stop when when will you stop destroying student culture and spaces? Do you hate students that much? Probably not. You guys are against the the OSAP cuts. You guys love your students. So, so why deny our third spaces? You you are replacing them with nameless, faceless condominiums who that you have no intent to fill them with because no one's living them. No one can afford them. The market is down. Demand is down. And yet you still insist on the destruction of the heart and soul of Toronto. Councelor Moyes, it was a great idea. You've pedestrianized Church Street. It's a great idea, but what's the point of pedestrianizing Church Street if eventually we're just going to replace the entire street of just condos? demolish the storm crow matter or build a condo there. What's the point of demolishing of of pedestrianizing church if just going to build condos there, right? How much do you enrich intend to enrich the landlord class the the land developers Galen Weston so he can build another shoppers drug Mart in another part of town? Um what's the point? Who do you really care about? This is a dem this is a representative democracy. You are supposed to represent the citizens of Toronto. And this is not just an issue for University of Rosedale. This is an issue for Toronto as a whole. Toronto here is is a city of culture. It is a heart of Ontario and we are better than Montreal. However, the more the more you tear down our culture, the more pubs you demolish, the more nightclubs you demolish, you are destroying what makes Toronto great. Toronto in the future. If if this is the trend that we're going by, we'll no longer be the city of of bars, of pubs, of the beautiful hockey culture, but instead an endless endless sea of gray condominiums. When I came up here and I said, "Why don't we demolish the Roger Center and build a condo there?" It's because the Roger Center is important. But I will tell you this much, Sneakydes, it's the Roger Center of the people of Baist and of Baiston College. the the sneaky deities will never make it to the World Series. But but to the people who go there, it might as well just just might have. Emo Night is the World Series for the people of University of Rosedale. It is the Stanley Cup finals for the people of uft. And if you demolish our pubs, there will be nothing left of Toronto. So I stand here as a representative of the students to say, get your hands off of our pub. As a certified Montreal Canadians hater, don't make our city worse than Montreal. Thank you. Uh Tom Tom, >> hang on. I I have a question. >> Kai Councelor Bravo has a question for you. I just want to while you're sitting down to let you know just I used to spend so much time at Sinky DS that I was invited to the staff party and you know I so I can tell you that it's really part of my heart and soul and I have more stories and more relationships and more work done there than I can recall like you know including fighting for that corner uh when uh white nationalists Nazi skin heads were trying to take it we were all there holding our ground. So I just want to say like that that I I just but on the other hand are you aware that we do not at this level of government set the um planning rules like the the provincial government creates planning rules that we have to work under and so some of the the things that you're saying around how we are deciding and we want the condos and we want to put them um here. It's it's I think that part part of the challenge here is that it's important to understand what that the provincial government sets the legislation. We can we have very limited tools and what we can do and I just I just wanted to know if you're aware of that just to make sure that you're uh like targeting the right people because in Montreal has very different relationship with the provincial government. Um, I would like to first say that um, with the Ontario OSAP cuts, this city council united to stand against it. I I understand that the city council with Ford's encroachment has less and less power to actually >> No, that's not that's not actually the case. Yes. uh the this provincial government sucks but the the that's very >> I think what what I'm asking is do the do the deputants and yourself understand that we the provincial provincial planning is the responsibility of the provincial government like like uh land use planning and so they set all the legislation we have our official plan and in our plan and our policies we do want to protect live music venues but it's your it's I know that you can come here and talk to us directly and we appreciate it but I guess it's the question of like who actually has the power to decide what the policies are and the right now the the provincial government. Um that is their purview and we don't have constitutional powers to change what they we can't challenge them even every time we do they just take they just they they take it away or they they change it or they take us to to the tribunal. So I just just to be clear, not to like the passion is great, but I just want to make sure people understand who actually creates the frameworks and the legislation that's creating this displacement and gentrification. Thanks. >> Um it >> Thank you. Thank you, counselor. Um I'd just like to say firstly, good question. How do we fight it? And secondly, um Ford will never listen to us and we're holding you to the standard at least you guys will listen to us. So that's why we're here. that are listening. >> We're definitely listening to everyone and we agree. It's just a question of like we need to have a different kind of conversation I'd be happy to have and I'm sure other counselors would would about what can actually be done and it it in large part it is um it's like just we would have to movement building work because we have a very challenging uh reality and it's this it's our they're trying to take our GTC through legislation they're doing so many things right now so we definitely need organized young people to push push back. The only way that anything has ever changed in this country from like healthcare to pensions has been with people taking it. Not it's was never given to us. >> Thank you. >> Hope you will support us. Anyways, thank you. >> Thank you. Um so the next three speakers is Alexandra uh Kosawski, Martin Perez, Hannah Marker. Any of these people here? Alexander. >> Alexander's online. >> Hannah. >> Hannah's online. >> Martin's online. Okay. So, let's go to So, Alexander is not here. Okay. Um, Martin, you're online. Go ahead. Can you unmute yourself? >> Hello. Hello. Can everyone hear me? >> You can. Three minutes. >> Can you see me? There we go. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Uh, hello members of the council. I am Martin Perez, a proud Torantonian, and I am also the founder and CEO of Gig Pass, a live entertainment company in Toronto. I will cut to the chase. If this application is approved, the city will lose one of its few last standing independent venues. Sneaky. And you might think, big deal. There's many other music venues in Toronto, right? Well, let's talk about music venues. You know, the Roger Center, the Roger Stadium, sorry, up at Townsview, that's owned by Live Nation, an American foreign corporation. RBC Amphitheater owned by Live Nation. History Live Nation. The Danforce Music Hall owned by Live Nation. The Opera House owned by Live Nation. The Mod Club owned by Live Nation. Live Nation also effectively owns the music calendar for the Royer Center and the Scotia Bank Arena. So, here's what's happening. It is becoming increasingly impossible for Toronto artists to perform in front of Toronto fans without an American foreign company getting a huge cut of the deal. That means that not only is city counciling considering killing off more of Toronto's unique culture, but you'd be selling our Canadian culture to the Americans piece by piece. Are you a proud Canadian? Are you proud to be Canadian? I am. Let's prove it by denying this application. And we're asking for a full denial, not half big compromises that killed off the legendary silver dollar room when the city council let a condo be built on top of it. So what Klay Jensen from Goldberg Group is proposing is not acceptable and should be ignored. It didn't work for the silver dollar and it won't work here. The facts have spoken. This application must be flatout denied. It is election season and civic engagement is at an all-time high. Voters are actively watching who is protecting Toronto's heritage and who is selling it out to developers and American corporations. We want to vote for leaders who protect Toronto and feel and will fight for the province. Councelor Bravo, that one's for you. Prove us today that you h you are those leaders. Deny this application and fight against the province. Don't just lay down and take it. If you're just going to say, "Oh, the province is gonna do whatever they want and you're not going to do nothing," then you're not working for us, and we will have to consider that when uh voting time comes around. If you're watching this from home or on social media and you care about this issue, remember to register to vote. Follow up on July 8th on who voted for and against this request and vote accordingly. We are watching. We will clap. We will be loud. No jazz hands because we are here to protect our city. Thank you. Mr. Chair, I I I just want to be sure everybody understands that today there will not be a vote. That's July. And if you're online because you might not be following exactly that every sorry, we're going to vote in July one way or another, it's going to get referred. So anybody who speaks today, that's your chance. So make sure you save some juice for July people. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, before we get to 12:30, it's important that members know that I have to do the bills. Otherwise, what we did today doesn't count, right? So, if it doesn't become a bylaw. So, >> I'm going to cut it off at 12:30 and then I have to read the bills. So, then we could actually enacted into city. >> 12:29. >> Okay. All right. >> 12. >> So, maybe 12:25. I'm going to uh stop. Okay. And then we can proceed with the bills. Um okay. Uh Hannah Marker. >> Yes. >> Mr. Chair, can we just make sure anybody who doesn't get to speak today, their names get transferred or they know to transfer those names for the >> Okay. >> Yeah. When we cut Sorry. when we stop or cut off where we are at. Um those who haven't spoken, they'll have to actually contact the clerk again to get the names on the on the list. But those who already spoke will not have that opportunity again in July. >> So when we say >> what's the July date? 9th of July. >> 8th and 9th and 9th of July. >> Yes. Okay. You can come here and support your colleagues, but you cannot speak if you already spoke already. Um, Hannah Marker not present. Hannah Stein, Meline Chan, Shirad Fidal, you Hannah Stein. Okay, go ahead. Three minutes. >> Good morning. Thank you so much for hearing us today. My name's Hannah Stein and I'm 28 years old. I've lived in Toronto my entire life and have never lived anywhere else. I actually went to middle school right around the corner from Sneaky De's. I want to pose a question to the council today that Mike Leaden asked in 2020 back back in 2020. Who are we building the city for? Condo sales are at a 35-year low. There are 4,295 completed units sitting empty. We are not in a housing shortage, but in an availability shortage. We and I believe we're investing in the wrong thing for the city. So, I'll ask again, what are we building Toronto for? People don't move to the city to exist in a condo. They move here for what the city can offer them in terms of culture and experience. I opened a small business on McCall Street last August called Two of Hearts Chapel, which is Toronto's First Vegas style wedding chapel. And I believed in opening it because I wanted to invest in the city that I love to build a space and foster community to celebrate the city and bring people to the city because I love this city. But it's becoming harder and harder to justify that when all of the cultural fabric is being ripped apart and replaced with condos. I'm asking the council to reject this application, not because growth is bad, but because this is not growth. At a moment when the condo market is in a freef fall and when units sit empty, the justification for destroying what is irreplaceable has never been weaker. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, Meline Chan, >> go ahead. >> Is this working just fine? Okay. Hi, my name is Maline Chan and I'm a 23-year-old healthcare student in Toronto. I've been living in Toronto my entire life. What I gather here is that we are trying to solve the dilemma between say providing housing by enabling a condo building versus preserving culture. And I'm speaking because I love Toronto. I'm sure we're all here in this room because we love Toronto and we can all relate on the desire to help the community and improve Toronto. I can appreciate the difficulty of conflicting perspectives here. If I was the developers, I would imagine that maybe building the condos would help out with the housing or the job pity that impacts many Torononians by providing jobs for people to engage in the condo building. And also, they would imagine they're providing a potential music venue to attempt to satisfy the community and culture. For us community members, we rely on sneaky dees as a gathering space for the marginalized. Sneaky dees is frequented by not only many people of the queer community, but also the neurode divergent community. And it provides us with uh local jobs in the current and the now. And I imagine city planners, you you have a very hard job. You have to plan what's best for the community, uh what's best in the present and the future. But here is my uh perspectives of why I believe we need to preserve that block. Um my friend S who uh works in HVAC, he is an apprentice tradesman. He says that tearing down a bar will generate way more emissions, especially when constructing a 16-story condo using a ton of water, potentially gas for the building's boiler system for central heat and domestic hot water. There's a lot of energy needed to power each living space. If you have a super tall condo next to very small commercial buildings, it will disturb the airflow or operation of the HVAC equipments, which is actually against gas code. If gas exa stocks, if gas exhaust stacks terminate lower than the neighboring rooftops, I implore you to consider the impacts on the community. So, I've been relying on this space to grow as a young adult to find community and safety. On behalf of fellow alternative queer neurode divergent healthcare students, we feel like we cannot trust other people in academia. We are scared that we could get easily reported uh due to any rumors about what we do in our spare time. It's terrifying. And I see Sneaky De's as a place that's safe for me. Since we've discovered this community, we've faced nothing but acceptance, passion, and love. I implore you to please do not change the zoning bylaws so that the company can build the condos. I implore you to do everything in your power. You're the only person I know with more power than me or any of us who could do something about this. >> Thank you. you were the last speaker for today. So, I'm just going to go over the names that I haven't been able to get to and you'll need to reach out to the clerk for next month's meeting. Uh, Sured Fidel, uh, Sebastian Marilo, Elena Cavalier, Anthony Foster, Helia Jones, Tim Defoe, Arthur Goldstein, Christina Lao, Steph Triana, TK Engleton, Kesha James, Emily Pier, Christopher Flint or Flink, >> Dante Camarena, and Spencer Murray. you'll have to reach out to the clerk uh to get back on the list. Okay. And if I've missed anybody, then you could actually the same way that you Yes. The same way. Uh councelor uh Perks, don't go away yet. U >> Okay. Um Mr. Chair, I want to speak >> and al Yes. And also to in July, you'll also have three minutes as well. So, I'm going to have councelor um uh Saxs uh you going to bring your motion forth and speak on it? >> Yes, I have a motion. So, my motion is uh to defer this matter until July. As I told all of you, we weren't going to make a decision today. I have not I mean, Sneaky De's is very important. You've all told us how important it is to you. I know how important it is to the city, to the community, to this area. And I got asurances from the developer that they had a deal with George. I said, "Fine, but I have to hear it from George. I need to know that the space works for him. I need to know he actually has a deal." I've been had developers try to fool me before when they said, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't worry. Everything's fine." And then they didn't honor it. So, George hasn't called me back. I have reached out directly. I have reached out to his daughter on LinkedIn. I've had Mike Tanner, our music uh leazison, reach out to him. We've tried to talk to the neighbors. He hasn't got back to me. So, I got a letter this morning. The developer said to me allegedly from George, but it wasn't sent to me about George. So, I can't do anything right today. We're not doing anything today. But we've heard you. We've listened. We know how much it matters. And believe me, we know how expensive this city is. We know what's happening with the condo market. We know how high rents are. We know how Ford has has tied our hands. You know that Ford has gone in our way every time about requiring affordable housing. And then he said, "Okay, now you can have it." And then he took it away again. So, but but we know that the problems you're telling us are real. We know how important safe spaces are. We know how important music venues are. That's why I went so far to to support Transact. I will do everything I can for this, but I can't do anything today other than listen. This is going to come back next month, and between now and then, I'm going to keep working on this with every tool I possibly can. Thank you for coming. >> Thank you. Uh so, let's vote on the motion. All those uh the deferral, sorry. All those in favor, oppose, carried. And I do have to read the bills. Council Perks >> uh that bills 573 to 587, 592 to 602, 605, and 607 to 611 prepared for the May 28, 2026 meeting 33 of Toronto and East Jerome Council be declared as bylaws and passed subject to section 226.9 of the city of Toronto Act 2006. All those in favor? Opposed? Carried. One more bill that confirmatory bills to confirm the legislative proceedings of the Toronto Eastern Committee Council acting under delegate authority to meeting 33 of May 28, 2026 be declared as bylaws and pass section 226.9 of the city of Toronto Act 2006. All those in favor opposed carried. Thank you very much. >> Take care. >> Good job there chair. >> Yes. Thank you team. Thank you staff. >> Thank you chair.