This report provides the recommended comprehensive planning framework for the Downsview area over the next 30 years to guide development of resilient, sustainable and equitable complete communities. Included in this report are four recommended deliverables: · Downsview Secondary Plan (“Plan”) — · Zoning By-law for Meanwhile Uses (“Meanwhile ZBL”) — · Downsview Urban Design Guidelines (“UDGs”) — and · Master Environmental Servicing Plan (“MESP”). A fifth deliverable, the Downsview Community Development Plan (“CDP”), is proceeding through the Economic and Community Development Committee in the same Council cycle. Over an anticipated 30 year build-out, the Downsview Secondary Plan Area (“Plan Area”) will accommodate approximately 115,000 new residents (63,000 units) and 52,000 workers, representing one of the largest city-building efforts in the history of Toronto. The Secondary Plan facilitates a significant amount of new housing – including affordable housing – that contributes to achieving the City’s housing targets, as well as employment growth that contributes to the local and regional economy. This is a transformative opportunity to leverage the area’s important past and to connect existing and new communities in accordance with two overarching goals: climate resilience and environmental sustainability, and achieving equitable outcomes for Indigenous, Black and equity-deserving groups. All deliverables align with these goals to provide an integrated approach for future private and public investment. The recommended deliverables are the outcome of the Update Downsview Study (“Study”), initiated by the City in September 2021 following City Council's approval of Site and Area Specific Policy (“SASP”) 596 in February 2021. The Study was informed by a comprehensive engagement program, interdivisional and inter-agency working groups, concurrent review of aligned initiatives, and analysis and preparation of a number of studies informed by the provincial policy and legislative context as well as the City’s Official Plan. Staff have reported twice to City Council on the Study, most recently in May of 2023 with updates on the draft deliverables. This report brings forward the final recommended deliverables, and describes the implementation process and next steps, including District Plans and associated development applications, CDP implementation, further studies required to advance major infrastructure projects, and activating permissions for the lands in the years before future development proceeds.
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