June 27, 2021
The Planning and Housing Committee 10th Floor, West Tower, City Hall 100 Queens St West Toronto M5H 2N2 Attn: Nancy Martins email: [email protected] Dear Deputy Mayor Ana Bailao, Chair and Members of the Planning and Housing Committee: RE: PH25.15, Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods – Garden Suites – Proposals Report (All Wards) To date, the recently founded Federation of South Toronto Residents Associations (FoSTRA) represents 20 residents’ associations (RAs) in Wards 4, 9, 10 and 13, as well as Ward 11 south of Bloor Street. Our boundaries encompass a population of over 400,000 people, and our Federation continues to grow, with new RAs and individuals joining every month. Intensification is necessary in all areas of the City to accommodate the additional 700,000 people who will inhabit it in the next thirty years. Many downtown areas are already overdeveloped. FoSTRA fully supports exploring new and creative alternatives that will address the need for more housing throughout our rapidly growing city, however there are a number of valid issues that need clarification regarding laneway homes and garden suites. June 25, 2021
The Planning and Housing Committee 10th Floor, West Tower, City Hall 100 Queens St West Toronto M5H 2N2 Attn: Nancy Martins email: [email protected] RE: PH24.5 Mandatory Pre-Application Consultation: Proposed Amendments to the Official Plan and to the Municipal Code- Proposals Report Dear Chairperson Ana Bailao, and Members of the Planning and Housing Committee: The recently founded Federation of South Toronto Residents Associations (FoSTRA) already represents twenty residents’ associations (RAs) in Wards 4, 9, 10, 13 and Ward 11 south of Bloor Street. Our boundaries encompass a population of over 400,000 people, and our Federation continues to grow with new RAs and individuals joining every month. Dear Planning and Housing Committee members,
RE: Public Meeting of the Planning and Housing Committee on 28 June 2021, concerning the proposed zoning bylaw to permit multi-tenant houses (commonly known as rooming houses) throughout the City of Toronto. The Federation of South Toronto Residents Associations (FoSTRA) applauds the initiative to integrate all the amalgamated City of Toronto under one multi-tenant-housing bylaw. We also commend the effort to gain control of the proliferation of unregulated rooming houses. We believe that it is much better to license and regulate these ‘rooming houses,’ rather than allow them to secretly spread in all areas of the City. Generally, we approve of the plans and support the proposed human rights approach. FoSTRA does have reservations about the speed of this bylaw’s approval. After attending both consultations, FoSTRA’s Chair and Vice-chair feel that not enough time, effort and resources have been allocated to make for a successful implementation of the bylaw. First, these consultations seemed to be less about listening to community members and making changes to address the problems raised, than to complete steps in the consultation process. ONTARIO LINE WEST OPEN HOUSE
We would like to invite you to the Ontario Line West Segment Virtual Open House on June 10 at 6:30 p.m. to learn more and have your questions answered about the project for Exhibition, King-Bathurst and Queen-Spadina stations. Please share the information below with your community. |