Item - 2018.PG25.4

The Planning and Growth Management Committee recommends that:

1. City Council adopt the proposed City Planning strategy for scheduling of outstanding Heritage Conservation District Studies set out in the report (November 30, 2017) from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

2. City Council direct that Heritage Conservation District studies be initiated for Beaconsfield, Belmont-Hillsboro, Harbord Village Phase 3, Lawrence Park West, St. Lawrence Phase 2: Esplanade, Sunshine Valley, The Junction Phase 1, West Annex Phase 2 and Weston Area Phase 2 study areas as shown in Attachment 1 to the report (November 30, 2017) from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

3. City Council direct that four Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Studies be initiated for the Agincourt, Leaside, Liberty Village and Summerhill study areas shown in Attachment 2 to the report (November 30, 2017) from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

4. City Council request the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to forecast and report  yearly on the initiation and delivery of Heritage Conservation District Studies and associated Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment Studies in the City Planning Study Work Program to the Planning and Growth Management Committee.

5. City Council direct that the boundary of the Heritage Conservation District for The Junction Phase 1, be expanded westward to Gilmour Avenue.

6. City Council direct that the boundary of the Heritage Conservation District for The Harbord Village Phase III, be expanded south of Ulster Street south to College Street on Major Street and the west side Lippincott Street north of King Edward School.

The Planning and Growth Management Committee:

1.   Requested the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to review the proposed expanded area bound by Elm Street, Springmount Avenue, Macdonald Avenue, Pine Street and Church Street prior to commencing the Weston Phase 2 Heritage Conservation District Study and bring forward a study authorization report to revise the boundary should the area merit study as a heritage conservation district, no later than the first quarter of 2019.

2.  Requested the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to report directly to City Council on means to advance the multi-year heritage work program including consideration of retaining a temporary project manager in 2018 utilizing funding from the City Planning capital budget.

The Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning gave a presentation on Overview of City of Toronto's Heritage Tool Kit.

This report makes recommendations for the prioritization for the thirteen outstanding Heritage Conservation District studies, with reference to authorization dates, and will recommend interim protective measures that will be undertaken while authorized areas await study. This report is in response to a request from the Planning and Growth Management Committee (April 5, 2017) concerning the Division's Update on Heritage Studies.

This report was developed in accordance with the Council-adopted Heritage Conservation Districts in Toronto: Procedures, Policies and Terms of Reference (2012).

The Toronto Preservation Board on December 14, 2017 considered a report (November 30, 2017) from the Acting Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning on Prioritization of Outstanding Heritage Conservation District Studies and Interim Protective Measures.