Community Bulletin Board
Community Environment Day Ward 3
Saturday, July 5th, 10 am–2pm,
Mimico Adult Centre (tentative)
255 Royal York Blvd
- Pick up a free bag of compost
- Drop off household waste
- Learn about environmental initiatives
Learn more at www.toronto.ca/environment_days
Planning & Housing Meeting :Bloor Kipling - Block 3
Tuesday July 15, 2025
9:30 am - or as soon as possible thereafter
Committee Rm 1, City Hall or Video Conference
On July 15th, the Planning and Housing Committee will review a City-initiated zoning by-law amendment request to permit a 43 storey mixed-use building comprised of 698 residential units including approximately 230 affordable units, 5,157 square metres of non-residential space and a publicly accessible courtyard. Referred to as "Block 3" in the Bloor Kipling Block Context Plan.
The recommendation from this meeting will then be forwarded to Toronto City Council for its consideration.
If approved, this will result in the increase of the height of one building from 30 storeys to 43 storeys, and the number of units from 491 to 698.
Please click HERE for more information on this item and how to express your thoughts on the matter.
Community Information Session: Proposed Women's Shelter at 3838 Bloor St West
Monday August 11th
Anytime between 6 pm - 8 pm
St Andrews Presbyterian Church
3819 Bloor St West
The City has purchased the property at 3838 Bloor St West to open a new purpose built shelter to serve about 65 unhoused women. The site is expected to open in 2028.
The shelter will help women experiencing homelessness improve their well-being and find and keep stable housing as quickly as possible.
Once operational, the program will be staffed 24 hours a day and will provide all meals and laundry, primary and mental health care, employment and income supports, and recreational programming. Case managers will also work with the women to better understand their needs so that they can build housing plans and provide referrals to other community services.
Please click HERE for more information.
ALERT: New Speed Limit!
Starting in April the speed limit for the residential streets will now be 30 KM.
The City will no longer be putting a sign on every individual street within a designated area, only the entry and exit points, only at neighbourhood gateway points or entry and exit points, to/from local roads to roads with a higher speed limit.
With this new style of signage placement, residents may initially feel there is a deficiency of signage but the intent is to eventually get to a point where gateway entrance and exit sign placement is consistent across the city and the nature and look of our local roads will make it clear that the speed limit is always 30 km/h on local roads.
Please click HERE for more information about this initiative.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALERT
The City has identified five bridges at the Gardiner Expressway, which serve Etobicoke residents, that will soon begin critical construction work to ensure they remain in a state of good repair. This is part of the next stage of the Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan.
Please click HERE for more information
Key parts of the work and planned restrictions are as follows:
- Westbound Gardiner Expressway from Park Lawn Road to Grand Avenue will be reduced from four lanes to three lanes, from April 2025 to May 2026.
- Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue will be reduced from three lanes in each direction to two lanes in each direction where they pass over the Gardiner Expressway for approximately eight months, from April 2025 to November 2025. There will be occasional temporary overnight lane and ramp closures on the Gardiner Expressway beneath Kipling Avenue and Islington Avenue.
- There will be a full closure of the Park Lawn Road on-ramp to westbound Gardiner Expressway to replace the single-lane bridge that carries ramp traffic over Mimico Creek, from November 2025 to April 2026.
- Park Lawn Road, where it passes under the Gardiner Expressway, will have single lane reductions, with three lanes maintained at all times. This work is estimated to last approximately four months with timing to be determined later. These lane reductions will not occur at the same time as the closure of the Park Lawn Road on-ramp to the westbound Gardiner Expressway.
1090 Kipling - Development Proposal
Two Fourplexes Proposed for 1090 Kipling Ave
A proposal has been submitted to build two fourplexes [total of eight units] at 1090 Kipling Ave. This development would replace the current single unit dwelling.
Due to a combination of minor variances, including reducing side and back setbacks, and height of first floor, on July 18th 2024 the Committee of Adjustment refused this development proposal.
Subsequently the Developer submitted an appeal to the Toronto Local Appeals Board [TLAB]. That hearing occurred on Nov 14, 2024, with the developer once again being denied. The developer has subsequently appealed this decision. No date is known for a decision on this latest appeal.
For more information please click HERE