Toronto Preservation Board
The full agenda, as filed
All 6 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.
PB31.1adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 14 Duncan Street (including entrance addresses at 180, 184, and 188 Pearl Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The property at 14 Duncan Street is situated on the northwest corner of Duncan and Pearl streets in the King-Spadina neighbourhood. It contains the Telfer Paper Box Building, a three-storey structure on a raised basement that was constructed in 1902 by the Telfer Manufacturing Company according to the designs of the well-known Toronto architects Gregg and Gregg. The property is fashioned in the Edwardian Classical style. Occupied for 60 years by the Telfer Paper Box Company, the facility was expanded in 1906 by Wickson and Gregg and again in 1925, when a westward extension was added as was a fourth-storey to this wing. The property was modified at the end of the 20th century when it was converted for commercial uses and continues to contribute to the distinctive heritage character of the King-Spadina neighbourhood, which is grounded in its early-mid 20th-century transformation as the city's primary manufacturing hub and its fashion district identity. The property at 14 Duncan Street was included on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register on March 9, 2017 and was identified as a contributing property within the proposed King-Spadina Heritage Conservation District, adopted by City Council in 2017 and currently under appeal. Following research and evaluation under Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation, staff have determined that the property at 14 Duncan Street merits designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design and physical, historical and associative, and contextual values. The property is currently the subject of a Zoning By-law amendment application to permit a mixed-use development on the site that proposes to conserve the Telfer Paper Box Building. In June 2019, the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108) received Royal Assent. Schedule 11 of this Act included amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act. The Bill 108 Amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act came into force on July 1, 2021, which included a shift in Part IV designations related to certain Planning Act applications. Section 29(1.2) of the Ontario Heritage Act now restricts City Council's ability to give notice of its intention to designate a property under the Act to within 90 days after the City Clerk gives notice of a complete application. The application currently under review was deemed complete prior to the amended legislation coming into force. A Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) is required for all development applications that affect listed and designated properties and will be considered when determining how a heritage property is to be conserved. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations or demolitions to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 14 Duncan Street (including entrance addresses at 180, 184, and 188 Pearl Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 14 Duncan Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (January 31, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, 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.
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 14 Duncan Street (including entrance addresses at 180, 184, and 188 Pearl Street) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 14 Duncan Street (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report, January 31, 2022, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation, 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.
PB31.2adopted
This report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the listed heritage property at 68 Kendal Avenue for its design, historical/associative and contextual values under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. Located on the west side of Kendal Avenue, north of Jean Sibelius Square in the Annex neighbourhood, the property contains the Audley Court Apartments designed by architect Joseph Hunt Stanford for his client C. R. S. Dinnick, a noteworthy local contractor and land developer. The Audley Court Apartments, located at 68 Kendal Avenue, is a fine example of an early period of apartment architecture within Toronto, displaying many characteristics of the Edwardian Classical Revival style. Constructed in 1912, the building retains its original scale, form, and massing as a three-and-a-half storey brick building, and it features a prominent cornice at the roof and its original architectural detailing around the front entrance. In 1986 the building was converted into a condominium with 8 units. The Audley Court Apartments located on the property at 68 Kendal Avenue was listed on the Heritage Register on May 30, 1983. Metropolitan Toronto Condominium Corporation Number 704, owners of the subject property, requested designation when they applied to the 2021 Toronto Heritage Grant program. On December 15, 2021, City Council approved the award of $58,800 from the Toronto Heritage Grant Program to assist with the conservation work on the building's façade includes repairs to the existing wood columns, railings and balusters. Designation is required to satisfy a condition in the Letter of Understanding of the grant award between the City of Toronto and the heritage grant recipient. Designation also enables City Council to review proposed alterations to the property and enforce heritage property standards and maintenance. There are no planning applications related to this designation.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 68 Kendal Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 68 Kendal Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report (January 31, 2022) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation 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.
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 68 Kendal Avenue under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance; 68 Kendal Avenue (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3, to the report, January 31, 2022, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. If there are no objections to the designation 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.
PB31.3adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the alterations proposed for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) complex (designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act) in connection with the development of the subject property. The development was approved by the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT) in 2018 and is now the subject of an application for site plan approval under the Planning Act. The property contains buff brick purpose-built office and warehouse buildings that are four and three-storeys and connected through an overhead bridge. They were built for the LCBO in 1950 and are a rare example of a provincial headquarters and commercial and industrial complex. They were designed with a high degree of craftsmanship in the Modern style by the architectural partnership of Mathers and Haldenby and are associated with the post-World War II transformation of Toronto's harbour and waterfront. The development application proposes three towers with heights of 79, 87, and 90 storeys that incorporate the LCBO office building and a portion of the warehouse building as the base. The retained portions of the LCBO complex are proposed to be restored with minor modifications to support the new interior programming. The proposed alterations conserve the onsite and adjacent heritage buildings and are consistent with the policy framework. The heritage impacts of the development proposal are appropriately mitigated through the overall conservation strategy.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community Council that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of three towers with heights of 79, 87, and 90 storeys atop the LCBO office building and a portion of the warehouse building on the lands known municipally in 2022 as 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated August 20, 2021, prepared by architectsAlliance and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated September 15, 2021 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 proposal, for the property located at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East in accordance with the plans and drawings dated August 20, 2021, prepared by architectsAlliance and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated September 15, 2021, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.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 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated September 15, 2021, 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 1.a.2 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. 7. Submit a Signage Plan for the subject property 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 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 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 1.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, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation 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 USB flash drive 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 1.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, Heritage Lighting 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. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of three towers with heights of 79, 87, and 90 storeys atop the LCBO office building and a portion of the warehouse building on the lands known municipally in 2022 as 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated August 20, 2021, prepared by architectsAlliance and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated September 15, 2021 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 proposal, for the property located at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East the owner shall: 1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East in accordance with the plans and drawings dated August 20, 2021, prepared by architectsAlliance and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated September 15, 2021, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.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 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated September 15, 2021, 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 1.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. 7. Submit a Signage Plan for the subject property 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 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East, 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 1.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, Heritage Lighting Plan and Interpretation 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 USB flash drive 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 1.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, Heritage Lighting 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. 2. City Council authorize the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the entering into of a Heritage Easement Agreement for the property at 55 Lake Shore Boulevard East.
PB31.4adopted
This report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations to the designated heritage property at 60 Mill Street under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, in accordance with the Interim Decision and Order issued on September 23, 2021 by the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) to permit the construction of a 31 storey hotel building on the subject site, consisting of the alteration and retention of the existing Rack House D elevations as a podium with a 28 storey addition above. Heritage Planning staff attended the OLT hearing in opposition of the proposed development. However, City staff continued to work with the applicant to revise elements of the proposal prior to the hearing, achieving a conservation strategy for the Rack House D building elevations that could be supported. The OLT Interim Decision and Order approved the development in principle. The Tribunal found that both the Zoning By-law Amendment and the Site Plan application adequately conserve the on-site heritage property and the surrounding Distillery District in accordance with the City's Official Plan Heritage Policies and the existing Provincial land-use planning policy framework. In addition to approvals under the Planning Act, which were considered by the OLT, City Council's approval of the proposed alterations to the heritage property and authority to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement are required under the Ontario Heritage Act. In accordance with the OLT Interim Decision and Order and its conditions, this report recommends that City Council approve the proposed alterations under Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act and give authority to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement for the property to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the Toronto and East York Community recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 60 Mill Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations substantially in accordance with the Interim Decision and Order issued on September 23, 2021 by the Ontario Land Tribunal and the plans and drawings, dated June 28, 2021, prepared by IBI Group, submitted with the Revised Heritage Impact Assessment, dated December 17, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., 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. Prior to issuance of the Tribunal's final Order in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the property at 60 Mill Street, the owner shall: 1. Amend the Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 60 Mill Street substantially in accordance with the Interim Decision and Order issued on September 23, 2021 by the Ontario Land Tribunal and the plans and drawings, dated June 28, 2021, prepared by IBI Group, submitted with the Revised Heritage Impact Assessment, dated December 17, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2 below, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Revised Heritage Impact Assessment, dated December 17, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. b. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 60 Mill Street, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings that are substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan and which are to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. 2. 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, . 3. 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 . 4. Provide a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 60 Mill 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 1.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 and Interpretation 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 USB flash drive 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. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.c.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. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 60 Mill Street, Instrument Number CA397771, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the amendment of the heritage easement agreement for the property at 60 Mill Street.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 60 Mill Street in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for alterations substantially in accordance with the Interim Decision and Order issued on September 23, 2021 by the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and the plans and drawings, dated June 28, 2021, prepared by IBI Group, submitted with the Revised Heritage Impact Assessment, dated December 17, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., 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. Prior to issuance of the Tribunal's final Order in connection with the Zoning By-law Amendment appeal for the property at 60 Mill Street, the owner shall: 1. Amend the Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 60 Mill Street substantially in accordance with the Interim Decision and Order issued on September 23, 2021 by the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) and the plans and drawings, dated June 28, 2021, prepared by IBI Group, submitted with the Revised Heritage Impact Assessment, dated December 17, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., subject to and in accordance with the approved Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning including execution of such agreement to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. 2. Provide a detailed Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Revised Heritage Impact Assessment, dated December 17, 2021, prepared by ERA Architects Inc., all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. b. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the proposal, for the property located at 60 Mill Street, the owner shall: 1. Provide final site plan drawings that are substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan and which are to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Provide a Signage Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning. c. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 60 Mill 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 1.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 and Interpretation 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 USB flash drive 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. d. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 1.c.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. 2. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 60 Mill Street, Instrument Number CA397771, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning. 3. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary Bill in Council authorizing the amendment of the heritage easement agreement for the property at 60 Mill Street.
PB31.5adopted
Toronto Heritage Survey Phase One and Heritage Planning Process Update
This report responds to Council's request in July 2019 to provide an update in the second quarter of 2020 on progress and a timeline for completion of Phase One of the Toronto Heritage Survey. Though delayed by the global pandemic and by the impact of recent, significant Bill 108 changes to the Ontario Heritage Act, this report demonstrates that City Planning has established the Toronto Heritage Survey (THS) as a fundamental building block of good planning that will help to provide transparency and clarity about where properties have heritage interest. This report summarizes the accomplishments of Phase One to date, including revisions to Heritage Planning processes related to the implementation of Bill 108. The projected deliverables of Phase One were identified in the City-Wide Heritage Survey Feasibility Study report's recommendations and Attachment 3: Phase One Work Plan (2019-2022). A phased approach to the survey was recommended due to the importance of establishing clear and consistent business practices, communications, and survey and engagement methods prior to scaling up to a city-wide program. Since the launch of Phase One, the City Planning Division has: - co-developed, with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, the Economic Development and Culture Division and the Indigenous Affairs Office, an Indigenous Heritage Engagement Project - supported greater equity and inclusion in City Planning engagement practices - shaped processes, work flows, and methodologies across the Heritage Planning unit and throughout the City Planning Division to achieve early, efficient, and systematic review of properties to determine if they do, or do not, have cultural heritage value - achieved greater transparency and predictability for the public and development review through the prompt inclusion of identified properties on the Heritage Register - contributed to new development and growth plans that conserve cultural heritage resources and the sense of place they define or support Progress within Phase One has largely been the result of a strategic approach that has tested city-wide survey methodologies within the existing study work program, supported by staff across the City Planning Division. In delivering the THS, City Planning is not only identifying properties of heritage interest and clearing the vast majority of others of heritage concern, the Division is advancing the implementation of Toronto's Official Plan vision and the strategic priorities of Toronto's Corporate Strategic Plan, 2019, including implementation of the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild recommendations. To this end, the THS and the City Planning Division's Study Work Program have been responsive to emerging issues and priorities facing the city to ensure that everyone can benefit from and share the rewards and advantages of living in Toronto. The Toronto Heritage Survey's key goals remain especially relevant today and for the future of the city. More work remains to be done before Phase One can be completed. This report identifies key next steps and proposes a Staff Report in Q3 2023 to summarize the results of Phase One and recommend next phases of the THS.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back to City Council in the third quarter of 2023, following the completion of the first phase of the Toronto Heritage Survey work plan, to make recommendations on future phases of work.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning recommends that: 1. City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report back to City Council in Q3 2023 following the completion of the first phase of the Toronto Heritage Survey work plan, and to make recommendations on future phases of work.
PB31.6adopted
The following request is based on information received during a deputation related to during agenda item PB30.5 of the Toronto Preservation Board Meeting 30, held on 24 January 2022, related to the former Bank of Canada building located at 250 University Avenue, on the southeast corner at Queen Street West. The deputant stated that the developer of the new building to rise over the heritage building had proposed that the new main station of the Metrolinx Osgoode stop on the Ontario Line, could be built under the existing building. The Board was told that Metrolinx is recommending that the main station be built on the northeast corner of the intersection within the property associated with Osgoode Hall. The new structure would extend above grade. Three of the corners of University Avenue and Queen Street West contain important heritage buildings: Campbell House on the northwest corner, Osgoode Hall on the northeast corner, and the Bank of Canada on the southwest corner. The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts occupies the southeast corner. Together they form a very important cultural heritage landscape for our city.
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. The Planning and Housing Committee direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office to invite Metrolinx to give a presentation to the Toronto Preservation Board on May 5, 2022 on the current plans related to the Ontario Line in the vicinity of the section of Queen Street West and University Avenue, as they relate to heritage conservation.
Staff recommendation as filed
The Toronto Preservation Board recommends that: 1. Planning and Housing Committee direct the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning and the Executive Director, Transit Expansion Office to invite Metrolinx to give a presentation to the Toronto Preservation Board on May 5, 2022 on the current plans related to the Ontario Line in the vicinity of the section of Queen Street West and University Avenue, as they relate to heritage conservation.