2024 Toronto Heritage Grant Awards

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2024-06-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on June 26 and 27, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2024 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following 10 heritage properties, to assist grant recipients in funding the scope of conservation work generally described in Attachment 1 to the report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning: 288 Annette Street; 407 Carlton Street; 1 Heritage Place; 16 Kimberley Avenue; 69 Pembroke Street; 231 Seaton Street; 572-574 Spadina Avenue; 550 Bayview Avenue; 201 Cowan Avenue; and 384 Sunnyside Avenue.

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2. City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Part 1 above be limited to only the conservation work approved by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and that the issuing of the grant awards be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.

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This report recommends the approval of ten grants totalling $317,000.00 under the Toronto Heritage Grant Program. The recommended recipients will generate approximately $706,926.13 in private investment for work to conserve irreplaceable cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City's social and economic prosperity by maintaining Toronto's unique sense of place. The Toronto Heritage Grant Program provides matching grant funds for eligible heritage conservation work on residential properties or tax-exempt properties in the City of Toronto designated under Part IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA).

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Applicants may receive a grant once every five years for up to 50% of the cost of eligible conservation work. Owners of house form buildings may receive up to $10,000.00 or, if replacing an entire cedar or slate roof assembly, up to $20,000.00 every ten years. Owners of non-house form buildings and any tax-exempt properties including house form buildings may be eligible for a grant equivalent to 50% of the cost of eligible conservation work, with no maximum limit. The Toronto Heritage Grant Program has a budget of $317,000.00 in the City Planning 2024 Operating Budget and is administered by Heritage Planning, City Planning. The properties that have been recommended for a grant award vary in size and location across Toronto. Several grant projects are at residential properties located in Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs), including properties located within the Cabbagetown North, Garden District, and Harbord Village Phase II Heritage Conservation Districts. In addition, there are a few notable Part IV-designated properties benefitting from heritage grants this year, including Don Valley Brickworks and Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale.

Staff recommended

The Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2024 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following 10 heritage properties, to assist grant recipients in funding the scope of conservation work generally described in Attachment 1 of this report. 288 Annette Street 407 Carlton Street 1 Heritage Place 16 Kimberley Avenue 69 Pembroke Street 231 Seaton Street 572-574 Spadina Avenue 550 Bayview Avenue 201 Cowan Avenue 384 Sunnyside Avenue 2.

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City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Recommendation 1 of this report be limited to only the conservation work approved by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and that the issuing of the grant awards be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.

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2024-06-13 · Planning and Housing Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that: 1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2024 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following 10 heritage properties, to assist grant recipients in funding the scope of conservation work generally described in Attachment 1 to the report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 288 Annette Street 407 Carlton Street 1 Heritage Place 16 Kimberley Avenue 69 Pembroke Street 231 Seaton Street 572-574 Spadina Avenue 550 Bayview Avenue 201 Cowan Avenue 384 Sunnyside Avenue 2.
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City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Recommendation 1 of the report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning be limited to only the conservation work approved by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and that the issuing of the grant awards be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.
2024-06-26 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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