Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 7 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
PB22.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the demolition of an "Unrated" structure in the South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District (SRHCD) and approve the design of the replacement building in accordance with Section 42 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act. The building proposed for demolition is a performing arts centre for the private elementary and secondary school known as Branksome Hall at 10 Elm Avenue. The proposed replacement building is a four-storey "Innovation Centre and Studio Theatre". The South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District Study allows for the demolition of "Unrated" buildings provided the replacements comply with the SRHCD Study guidelines for new buildings and comply with the Zoning By-law. The proposed building meets the general intent of the South Rosedale HCD Study's guidelines. It has been designed to transition from the school's contemporary Athletic and Wellness Centre on the other side of Mount Pleasant Road to the heritage buildings on the east side of Mount Pleasant Road and is considered to be compatible with its context within this part of the South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District. The proposal also includes the repair and restoration of the adjacent "Category B" building known as Hollydene. The subject application also requires approval under the Planning Act (Minor Variance and Site Plan Control) and therefore the recommendations in this report relate solely to approvals required under the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council approve the proposed demolition of an existing Unrated building and the construction of the new building on lands known municipally as 10 Elm Avenue, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, dated May 29, 2020 and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects dated February 9, 2021 and filed with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning subject to the following conditions: a. That prior to the final Site Plan Approval for the property at 10 Elm Avenue, the owner shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 9, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide final site drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 10 Elm Avenue, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide final building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1. above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning consistent with the plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and prepared by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, dated May 29, 2020 and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects, dated February 9, 2021. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit, as required in recommendation 1.a.3. above the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work has been completed in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the proposed demolition of an existing Unrated building and the construction of the new building on lands known municipally as 10 Elm Avenue, in accordance with Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, substantially in accordance with the plans and drawings prepared by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, dated May 29, 2020 and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects dated February 9, 2021 and filed with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, subject to the following conditions: a. That prior to the final Site Plan Approval for the property at 10 Elm Avenue, the owner shall: 1. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated February 9, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide final site drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 10 Elm Avenue, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide final building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.1. including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, consistent with the plans and elevations submitted by the applicant and prepared by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, dated May 29, 2020 and the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by ERA Architects, dated February 9, 2021. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit, as required in recommendation 1.a.3 the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work has been completed in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
PB22.2adopted
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 260 Church Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, state its intention to designate the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property in connection with a proposed development of the subject property and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property. Located on the east side of Church Street between Shuter Street and Dundas Street East, the Sterling Bank building is valued as a fine example of an early twentieth century bank in the Edwardian Classical style. The red brick and stone clad building was completed in 1913 to the design of John M. Lyle, who has been declared to be "one of Canada's outstanding architects of the first half of the twentieth century." During a long, successful career, Lyle designed more than 55 banks across Canada. The property at 260 Church Street is unique for being the only Sterling Bank branch designed by Lyle in Toronto. Today, the building contributes contextually to the early-20th century commercial character of Church Street's land development history and evolution. The development proposal for 244-260 Church Street (referred to as 250 Church) incorporates the former Sterling Bank of Canada Building property at 260 into a 54-storey development comprised of the condominium tower above a five storey base including commercial units at grade along Church Street. The bank building by John M. Lyle is to be retained in-situ, undergoing restoration of the exterior features and integration into the retail space at grade as a two storey volume. Impacts will be limited to the south west corner of the existing building where the mass of the new development intersects with the volume of the bank. Openings will be introduced on the interior walls to integrate the commercial space of the overall project and some structural impact will occur that supports the new construction over this portion of the building.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 260 Church Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 260 Church Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 260 Church Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (March 1, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property. 6. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 260 Church Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of the development proposal for 244-260 Church Street (referred to as 250 Church), with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated December 4, 2020, prepared by the IBI Group Architects for 250 Church Limited Partnership and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 20, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to the proposed alterations have been enacted by the City Council and have come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to the City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 260 Church Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated December 4, 2020, prepared by the IBI Group Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 20, 2020 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.b.2. below to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 260 Church Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 20, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to site plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the property located at 260 Church Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.b.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 4. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 260 Church Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.b.2. above, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan, Interpretation Plan and Landscape Plan. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a CD in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 6.d.2. above, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 7. City Council authorize the entering into of Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 260 Church Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for the property at 260 Church Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 260 Church Street on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 260 Church Street under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 260 Church Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (March 1, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property. 6. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 260 Church Street, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of the development proposal for 244-260 Church Street (referred to as 250 Church), with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated December 4, 2020, prepared by the IBI Group Architects for 250 Church Limited Partnership and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 20, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That the related site specific Zoning By-law Amendment giving rise to the proposed alterations have been enacted by the City Council and have come into full force and effect in a form and with content acceptable to the City Council, as determined by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, in consultation with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the introduction of the bills for such Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council, the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 260 Church Street in accordance with the plans and drawings dated December 4, 2020, prepared by the IBI Group Architects and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 20, 2020 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.b.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 260 Church Street prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated December 20, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to site plan approval for the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment by City Council for the property located at 260 Church Street the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.b.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 4. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. d. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 260 Church Street, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.b.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan, Interpretation Plan and Landscape Plan. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a CD in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. e. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 6.d.2, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 7. City Council authorize the entering into of Heritage Easement Agreement(s) under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 260 Church Street in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into Heritage Easement Agreement(s) for the property at 260 Church Street.
PB22.3adopted
Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Queen Street East - Leslieville Properties
This report recommends that City Council include 54 properties with cultural heritage value on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The majority of these properties were identified through the Queen Street East/Leslieville Planning Study, completed and adopted by City Council in 2014. The remaining properties were identified by Staff following further survey and review of the study area, and after refining the historic context statement. The portion of Queen Street East that passes through Leslieville (bounded by the train tracks at Degrassi Street to the west and Leslie Street to the east) is a historic main street that developed along Kingston Road, a major arterial heading eastward from the Town of York to connect to Kingston and Montreal. The street experienced its first wave of development following the opening of George Leslie's nurseries. Its present day context can be attributed to the rapid period of development that occurred after its annexation by the City of Toronto in the 1880s, and the introduction of transportation and civic infrastructure that facilitated the development of residential subdivisions to the north and south of Queen Street East. Today, Leslieville retains its unique main street character, with heritage properties reflective of its early history as a nursery and farming community, and a distinct streetscape that is emblematic of its later history as an early streetcar suburb and industrial neighbourhood. The listing of non-designated properties with cultural heritage value on the Heritage Register extends interim protection from demolition and provides an opportunity for City Council to determine whether the property warrants conservation through designation under the Ontario Heritage Act should a development or demolition application be submitted. Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA) are required for development applications that affect listed and designated properties. All of the recommended properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, which the City also applies when assessing properties for its Heritage Register.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council include the following 54 properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register: 825 Queen Street East 888 Queen Street East 889 Queen Street East 890 Queen Street East 891 Queen Street East 892 Queen Street East 893 Queen Street East 904 Queen Street East 909 Queen Street East 911 Queen Street East 913 Queen Street East 915 Queen Street East 923 Queen Street East 924 Queen Street East 926 Queen Street East 930 Queen Street East 932 Queen Street East 934 Queen Street East 935 Queen Street East 936 Queen Street East 938 Queen Street East 940 Queen Street East 942 Queen Street East 943 Queen Street East 944 Queen Street East 945 Queen Street East 946 Queen Street East 948 Queen Street East 950 Queen Street East 952 Queen Street East 954 Queen Street East 972 Queen Street East 974 Queen Street East 976 Queen Street East 978 Queen Street East 1011 Queen Street East 1013 Queen Street East 1015 Queen Street East 1026 Queen Street East 1028 Queen Street East 1046 Queen Street East 1100 Queen Street East 1112 Queen Street East 1118 Queen Street East 1120 Queen Street East 1122 Queen Street East 1124 Queen Street East 1142 Queen Street East 1148 Queen Street East 1150 Queen Street East 1152 Queen Street East 1154 Queen Street East 1192 Queen Street East 1220 Queen Street East
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the following 54 properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register: 825 Queen Street East 888 Queen Street East 889 Queen Street East 890 Queen Street East 891 Queen Street East 892 Queen Street East 893 Queen Street East 904 Queen Street East 909 Queen Street East 911 Queen Street East 913 Queen Street East 915 Queen Street East 923 Queen Street East 924 Queen Street East 926 Queen Street East 930 Queen Street East 932 Queen Street East 934 Queen Street East 935 Queen Street East 936 Queen Street East 938 Queen Street East 940 Queen Street East 942 Queen Street East 943 Queen Street East 944 Queen Street East 945 Queen Street East 946 Queen Street East 948 Queen Street East 950 Queen Street East 952 Queen Street East 954 Queen Street East 972 Queen Street East 974 Queen Street East 976 Queen Street East 978 Queen Street East 1011 Queen Street East 1013 Queen Street East 1015 Queen Street East 1026 Queen Street East 1028 Queen Street East 1046 Queen Street East 1100 Queen Street East 1112 Queen Street East 1118 Queen Street East 1120 Queen Street East 1122 Queen Street East 1124 Queen Street East 1142 Queen Street East 1148 Queen Street East 1150 Queen Street East 1152 Queen Street East 1154 Queen Street East 1192 Queen Street East 1220 Queen Street East
PB22.4adopted
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 2685 Kingston Road (the Scarboro Foreign Mission) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, state its intention to designate the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property in connection with a proposed development of the subject property and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property. The property at 2685 Kingston Road was owned and occupied by the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society from 1923 until 2018. The property contains the seminary constructed in 1923-4 in a Georgian Revival style according to the designs of James M. Cowan, with later additions. It also contains the Gothic Revival style chapel and adjacent residence designed by James H. Haffa and constructed in 1958-9. Located in the Cliffcrest neighbourhood at the south-west corner of Kingston Road and Brimley Road South, the Mission is part of a collection of educational buildings located at this corner, including the prominent landmark of St. Augustine's Seminary, a designated heritage property, the St. John Henry Newman Catholic High School, the St. Theresa Shrine Catholic School and the Chine Drive Public School. The property is currently owned by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. The Scarboro Foreign Mission complex of buildings will be partially retained and adaptively reused as a new school. The 1923-4 seminary building and 1958-9 chapel will be retained and conserved. The 1958-9 office-residential wing, including the bell tower and stone Gothic porch, will be demolished to accommodate construction of the new school. A new addition will link the seminary building and chapel, a three-storey addition will be located to the rear of the seminary building and chapel and a new one-storey, double-height gymnasium building will be located to the west of the heritage buildings, in the location of the existing 1958-9 office-residential wing. Another new addition will be located further to the rear of the heritage buildings. The proposal involves alterations to allow the adaptive reuse of the retained buildings as part of a new school and compatible new construction that is subordinate to the seminary building and chapel. The designation of the Scarboro Foreign Mission property at 2685 Kingston Road would identify all of the property's cultural heritage values and heritage attributes. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Scarborough Community Council that: 1. City Council include the property at 2685 Kingston Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2685 Kingston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2685 Kingston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report, March 1, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property. 6. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2685 Kingston Road, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a school incorporating portions of the existing building complex on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 2685 Kingston Road, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 30, 2020, prepared by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the property located at 2685 Kingston Road the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 2685 Kingston Road in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 30, 2020, prepared by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2. below to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 2685 Kingston Road prepared by Goldsmith Borgal and Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2. above to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; 4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 5. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 2685 Kingston Road, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2. above including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan, Interpretation Plan and Landscape Plan. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a CD in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 6.b.2. above the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 7. City Council authorize the entering into of a heritage easement agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2685 Kingston Road in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into a heritage easement agreement for the property at 2685 Kingston Road.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 2685 Kingston Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2685 Kingston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2685 Kingston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report, March 1, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designations in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. 4. If there are objections in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property. 6. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2685 Kingston Road, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a school incorporating portions of the existing building complex on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 2685 Kingston Road, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 30, 2020, prepared by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions: a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the property located at 2685 Kingston Road the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 2685 Kingston Road in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 30, 2020, prepared by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including registration of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan, prepared by a qualified heritage consultant, that is consistent with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment for 2685 Kingston Road prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 3. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; 4. Provide a Heritage Lighting Plan that describes how the exterior of the heritage property will be sensitively illuminated to enhance its heritage character to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning. 5. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 2685 Kingston Road, including a heritage permit or a building permit, but excluding permits for repairs and maintenance and usual and minor works for the existing heritage building as are acceptable to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the owner shall: 1. Provide building permit drawings, including notes and specifications for the conservation and protective measures keyed to the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2, including a description of materials and finishes, to be prepared by the project architect and a qualified heritage consultant to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide a Letter of Credit, including provision for upwards indexing, in a form and amount and from a bank satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan, Interpretation Plan and Landscape Plan. 3. Provide full documentation of the existing heritage property, including two (2) printed sets of archival quality 8" x 10" colour photographs with borders in a glossy or semi-gloss finish and one (1) digital set on a CD in tiff format and 600 dpi resolution keyed to a location map, elevations and measured drawings, and copies of all existing interior floor plans and original drawings as may be available, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 6.b.2, the owner shall: 1. Provide a letter of substantial completion prepared and signed by a qualified heritage consultant confirming that the required conservation work and the required interpretive work has been completed in accordance with the Conservation Plan and Interpretation Plan and that an appropriate standard of conservation has been maintained, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 7. City Council authorize the entering into of a heritage easement agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2685 Kingston Road in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into a heritage easement agreement for the property at 2685 Kingston Road.
PB22.5adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the two properties at 96 Superior Avenue and 214 Queens Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. City Council added the properties to the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in December 2020. Located on the west side of Superior and Queens Avenues at the convergence of the two streets, just south of Cavell Avenue and the CN railway. The properties at 96 Superior Avenue and 214 Queens Avenue have design value as well-designed house-form buildings constructed in 1923-24 that incorporate elements of the British-inspired Cottage style with their symmetrically-arranged principal elevations and stone cladding. The properties represent the two surviving examples in a fine collection of originally three stone cottages (along with the demolished cottage at 98 Superior Avenue) that is unique in the Mimico area. The adjacent property at 98 Superior Avenue was built together with the subject properties, however, the cottage was demolished in the hours preceding the November 30, 2020 meeting of the Toronto Preservation Board prior to considering staff recommendations for the intention to designate the property. Upon subsequent direction from the local councillor and members of the Etobicoke York Community Council to further evaluate the surviving two properties at 96 Superior Avenue and 214 Queens Avenue, Heritage Planning staff have determined that both properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. While the loss of the third cottage at 98 Superior Avenue is unfortunate, staff do not believe that this negatively impacts the cultural heritage value of the two remaining original dwellings at 96 Superior Avenue and 214 Queens Avenue.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Etobicoke York Community Council that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 96 Superior Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 96 Superior Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (March 1, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 214 Queens Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 214 Queens Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report (March 1, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation(s) in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill(s) in Council. 4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed designation(s) to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation(s) is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision to designate the property.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 96 Superior Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 96 Superior Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report, March 1, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 214 Queens Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 214 Queens Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report, March 1, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 3. If there are no objections to the designation(s) in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill(s) in Council. 4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the proposed designation(s) to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation(s) is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision to designate the property.
PB22.6adopted
2021 Toronto Heritage Grant Awards
This report recommends the approval of 11 grants totalling $258,200.00 under the Toronto Heritage Grant Program. The recommended recipients will generate approximately $802,600.00 in private investment for work to conserve irreplaceable cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City's social and economic prosperity by defining our unique sense of place. The Toronto Heritage Grant Program provides matching grant funds for eligible heritage conservation work of residential properties or tax exempt properties in the City of Toronto designated under Part IV or V of the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). Applicants may receive a grant once every five years for up to 50 percent 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 percent of the cost of eligible conservation work, with no maximum limit. The properties that have been recommended for a grant award vary in size and location across Toronto. The majority of the grant recipients are residential properties located in Heritage Conservation Districts, including several properties within the Cabbagetown North Heritage Conservation District. In addition, there are a few notable landmark properties benefitting from heritage grants this year, including the Massey Harris Lofts, Victoria Lofts, former Eglinton Hunt Club, and the Stonehouse/Lawrence farmhouse in Scarborough.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Planning and Housing Committee that: 1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2021 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following 11 heritage properties, to assist grant recipients in funding the scope of conservation work generally described in Attachment 1 of the report (March 5, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning: 11 Geneva Avenue 42 Geneva Avenue 14 Alpha Avenue 103 Amelia Street 58 Rose Avenue 3 Wellesley Avenue 485 Sackville Street 63 Delburn Drive 1111 Avenue Road 915 King Street West 152 Annette Street 2. City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Recommendation 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 award be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, recommends that: 1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2021 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following 11 heritage properties, to assist grant recipients in funding the scope of conservation work generally described in Attachment 1 of this report. 11 Geneva Avenue 42 Geneva Avenue 14 Alpha Avenue 103 Amelia Street 58 Rose Avenue 3 Wellesley Avenue 485 Sackville Street 63 Delburn Drive 1111 Avenue Road 915 King Street West 152 Annette Street 2. 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 award be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.
PB22.7received
Preservation Panel Minutes
The Toronto Preservation Board received the following Minutes, for information: 1. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on November 11, 2020. 2. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on December 9, 2020. 3. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on January 13, 2021. 4. Etobicoke York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on February 10, 2021. 5. North York Community Preservation Panel from the meeting held on January 21, 2021.