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Not a lot
of progress was made by City Planning on this item in 2010 except for
the
issuing of the Request for Proposals for the selection of a consulting
firm to complete the final
"vision-to-implementation" phase of the Mimico 20/20 project. In
January 2011 city planning announced that Urban Strategies Inc.,
the
same consulting firm that completed the first phase of the project, has
been selected. The project team,
lead by Matthew Premru – Planner,
Etobicoke York District, looks forward to the continued valued support
and
participation of the broader community and stakeholders. In
a recent phone conversation with Matthew
Premru he said the next step is to develop the proposed Official Plan
Amendments to send to Council later this year for review. These
amendments will
include items such as rental housing strategies, built form and urban
design
guidelines, and land use reclassifications. He said Urban Strategies
plan to
start with key stakeholder interviews to collect the opinions of
community
groups on key issues. He also mentioned a Public Information Session is
under
consideration in the next month or so. Urban
Strategies will be building on
the two documents outlined below that they prepared for presentation to
Etobicoke
York Community Council in
October 2009. These documents are based on feedback received at a
Revitalization
Charette held over 4 days in April of 2009: Mimico 20/20: Revitalization Action Plan Proceedings Report - outlines the framework for developing the neighbourhood by breaking down the needs in zones. Seven zones were identified, each with planning requirements and opportunities identified to realize the goal laid out by the Vision Statement over a long period of time. Mimico-By-The-Lake Implementation Action Memo - proposes the potential changes outlined in the Action Plan, how that compares to existing planning policy and the policy changes and/or by-law amendments required in Mimico specifically in order to make development possible.
Project
updates and documents mentioned above are available on
the City of Toronto website at: http://www.toronto.ca/planning/mimico2020.htm
MRA POSITION RE: Mimico
20/20
and the Rights of Tenants The
area south of Lake Shore
Boulevard between Lake Crescent to the West and Marina Del Ray to the
East
(“Mimico Waterfront”) is largely comprised of numerous residential
dwelling
units of a rental tenure. Mimico
20/20 is a City
initiated process which is examining the future of the Mimico
Waterfront. We understand there to be a
variety of
development options being examined which may include the demolition or
replacement of some of these existing residential rental units with
newer
development. This prospect raises
concerns that existing tenants may be affected by way of loss of rental
accommodations. The
Mimico Residents
Association believes that tenants need protection under any development
scenario for the Mimico Waterfront that may be considered by the City. This protection needs to take the form of: a)
Protecting affordable rental residential
units, b)
Ensuring that any affordable residential
units that
are required to be demolished by way of redevelopment of the Mimico
Waterfront
should be replaced with new replacement rental units, c)
Rents of any new replacement rental units
should be
similar in rent as to any units that have been lost. Developers
of lands affecting
affordable rental dwelling units should be required to provide suitable
assistance to any renter disrupted through redevelopment. The
Mimico Residents
Association are concerned that the interest of tenants within the
Mimico
Waterfront be protected during any redevelopment scenario being
considered for
the Mimico Waterfront.
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