Please refer to attached…

Please refer to attached comment letter with respect to Site-specific comments for 69 Yorkville Avenue submitted on behalf of Cheong Family Holdings Ltd.

1. Modification from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to re-classify (increase) block densities, which would be consistent with the pre-existing tall building forms within this block, more permissive of a tall building built-form, and commensurate with more meaningful intensification of the site in support of the key provincial policy objectives, whereas the current PMTSA minimum block density appears grounded in the legacy low-rise classification from the 1976 Plan described herein;

2. Modification of the Council-adopted version of OPA No. 524 to identify an interpretation and implementation section of the policies to address conflicts with the City-wide Official Plan, Downtown Secondary or any future Secondary Plan to ensure that the spirit of the PMTSA policies calling for intensification prevail in the event of conflict with existing or future municipal plans and/ or guidelines for the Yorkville or North Downtown area; and,

3. The minimum density target of 900 people and jobs per hectare ought to be increased within the broader PMTSA area given that the remaining available development lands are already scarce and the 500 to 800 metre radius of the PMTSA is significantly reduced by the Rosedale Valley Road Corridor, Queen’s Park open space areas, Royal Ontario Museum lands, and the University of Toronto campus.