Item - 2020.NY12.6

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on January 29, 2020 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by North York Community Council on January 8, 2020 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on January 29, 2020.

NY12.6 - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Ward:
16 - Don Valley East

City Council Decision

City Council on January 29, 2020, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council include the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register:

 

a. 81 Barber Greene Road;

 

b. 849 Don Mills Road;

 

c. 95-155 Leeward Glenway;

 

d. 1133 Leslie Street;

 

e. 44-52 Prince Andrew Place;

 

f.  20 Wynford Drive;

 

g. 90 Wynford Drive; and

 

h. 100 Wynford Drive.

 

2. City Council defer including the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register to allow City Staff more time for further productive dialogue with the property owners:

 

a. 789 Don Mills Road;

 

b. 15 Gervais Drive;

 

c. 33 Green Belt Drive;

 

d. 1123 Leslie Street;

 

e. 1135 Leslie Street;

 

f. 39 Wynford Drive; and

 

g. 50 Wynford Drive.

 

3. City Council delete the property located at 1200 Eglinton Avenue East from the list of properties recommended for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.

Background Information (Community Council)

(November 6, 2019) Report and Attachments 1-2 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141028.pdf
Attachments 3-4 to the report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141029.pdf

Communications (Community Council)

(November 27, 2019) E-mail from Oliver Ng (NY.Main.NY12.6.1)
(November 29, 2019) E-mail from Christopher Tanzola, Overland LLP, on behalf of The Independent Order of Foresters (NY.Main.NY12.6.2)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-99676.pdf
(December 1, 2019) Submission from Geoff Kettel, Past Chair and Alex Grenzebach, Interim Chair, North York Community Preservation Panel (NY.Main.NY12.6.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-99678.pdf
(November 29, 2019) E-mail from from Patrick G. Duffy, Stikeman Elliott LLP, on behalf of 39 Wynford Inc. ("Brookfield") (NY.Main.NY12.6.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-99677.pdf
(January 6, 2020) E-mail from Sheldon Vaz, submitting a letter from N. Jane Pepino, Aird & Berlis LLP, on behalf of the OTT Group (NY.New.NY12.6.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-100089.pdf
(January 7, 2020) E-mail from Jonathan S. Cheng, submitting letters from Patrick G. Duffy, Stikeman Elliott LLP, on behalf of 39 Wynford Inc. ("Brookfield") (NY.New.NY12.6.6)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-100094.pdf
(January 7, 2020) E-mail from Ian Andres, Goodmans LLP, on behalf of 15 Gervais Drive Limited (NY.New.NY12.6.7)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-100095.pdf
(January 8, 2020) Submission from Oliver Ng, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, the Presbyterian Church in Canada (NY.New.NY12.6.8)

6a - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties

Background Information (Community Council)
(December 2, 2019) Letter from the Toronto Preservation Board on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141030.pdf
Attachment 1 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 8, 2019) from Christopher Tanzola, Partner, Overland LLP
Attachment 2 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 8, 2019) from Denzil Minnan Wong, Councillor - Ward 16
Attachment 3 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 8, 2019) from Patrick Duffy, Barristers & Solicitors, Stikeman Elliot
Attachment 4 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 12, 2019) from Max Laskin, Barristers & Solicitors, Goodmans LLP
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141034.pdf
Attachment 5 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 11, 2019) from Bert C. Grant, President and Chief Excecutive Officer, Crestview Group of Companies
Attachment 6 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Max Laskin, Barristers & Solicitors, Goodmans LLP
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141036.pdf
Attachment 7 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 29, 2019) from Brian Story, VP Development Don Mills Residents Inc.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141037.pdf
Attachment 8 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Bert Grant, President and CEO, Crestview Investment Corporation
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141038.pdf
Attachment 9 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Patrick Duffy, Barristers and Solicitors, Stikeman Elliot
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141039.pdf
Attachment 10 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Michael McClelland, Principal, E.R.A. Architects Inc.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141040.pdf
Attachment 11 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Karl Frank, BLA, OALA CSLA Emeritus
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141041.pdf
Attachment 12 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Geoff Kettel Past Chair and Alex Grenzebach, Interim Chair, North York Community Preservation Panel
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141042.pdf

6b - Supplementary Report - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, Don Mills Crossing Properties

Background Information (Community Council)
(January 2, 2020) Report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register of Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141519.pdf

NY12.6 - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Ward:
16 - Don Valley East

Community Council Recommendations

North York Community Council recommends that: 

 

1. City Council include the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register:

 

a. 81 Barber Greene Road;

 

b. 849 Don Mills Road;

 

c. 95-155 Leeward Glenway;

 

d. 1133 Leslie Street;

 

e. 44-52 Prince Andrew Place;

 

f.  20 Wynford Drive;

 

g. 90 Wynford Drive; and

 

h. 100 Wynford Drive.

 

2. City Council defer including the following properties on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register to allow City Staff more time for further productive dialogue with the property owners:

 

a. 789 Don Mills Road;

 

b. 15 Gervais Drive;

 

c. 33 Green Belt Drive;

 

d. 1123 Leslie Street;

 

e. 1135 Leslie Street;

 

f. 39 Wynford Drive; and

 

g. 50 Wynford Drive.

 

3. City Council delete the property located at 1200 Eglinton Avenue East from the list of properties recommended for inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.

Origin

(November 6, 2019) Report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning

Summary

This report recommends that City Council include 16 properties identified in Recommendation 1 of this report on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The properties are located within the Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (CHRA) study area.

 

As part of the Don Mills Crossing Study, which resulted in the Don Mills Secondary Plan (Official Plan Amendment 404), City Planning initiated a CHRA to ensure that all properties of cultural heritage value or interest were appropriately identified, understood and conserved as part of an up-to-date planning framework. The planning framework is supported by analysis of the broader context through a number of component studies, including the CHRA, to enable a thorough review of the area context. The CHRA Study Area (noted as ‘Study Area’ within this report) includes properties currently located between Leslie Street to the west, Barber Greene Road and Green Belt Drive to the north, and the Canadian National Railway line to the south and east.

 

The CHRA identified a collection of company headquarters, institutional and clean industrial buildings constructed between 1950 and 1975 whose Modernist design, low-rise scale, and landscaped settings linked together by a series of curvilinear roads has resulted in a unique cultural heritage landscape informed by the Garden City principles combined with Modernist architecture style. This approach to architecture and a generous landscaped setting was fundamental to the planning of Don Mills. The CHRA also identified housing that responded to the principles of incorporating Modernist architecture in a landscaped setting.

 

All of these 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. Properties on the City's Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.

Background Information

(November 6, 2019) Report and Attachments 1-2 from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141028.pdf
Attachments 3-4 to the report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141029.pdf

Communications

(November 27, 2019) E-mail from Oliver Ng (NY.Main.NY12.6.1)
(November 29, 2019) E-mail from Christopher Tanzola, Overland LLP, on behalf of The Independent Order of Foresters (NY.Main.NY12.6.2)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-99676.pdf
(December 1, 2019) Submission from Geoff Kettel, Past Chair and Alex Grenzebach, Interim Chair, North York Community Preservation Panel (NY.Main.NY12.6.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-99678.pdf
(November 29, 2019) E-mail from from Patrick G. Duffy, Stikeman Elliott LLP, on behalf of 39 Wynford Inc. ("Brookfield") (NY.Main.NY12.6.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-99677.pdf
(January 6, 2020) E-mail from Sheldon Vaz, submitting a letter from N. Jane Pepino, Aird & Berlis LLP, on behalf of the OTT Group (NY.New.NY12.6.5)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-100089.pdf
(January 7, 2020) E-mail from Jonathan S. Cheng, submitting letters from Patrick G. Duffy, Stikeman Elliott LLP, on behalf of 39 Wynford Inc. ("Brookfield") (NY.New.NY12.6.6)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-100094.pdf
(January 7, 2020) E-mail from Ian Andres, Goodmans LLP, on behalf of 15 Gervais Drive Limited (NY.New.NY12.6.7)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/comm/communicationfile-100095.pdf
(January 8, 2020) Submission from Oliver Ng, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, the Presbyterian Church in Canada (NY.New.NY12.6.8)

Speakers

Oliver Ng, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, The Presbyterian Church in Canada (Submission Filed)
Michael Cara, Overland LLP

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Carried)

That North York Community Council recommend that:

 

1. City Council adopt the staff recommendations in the Recommendations Section of the Supplementary Report (January 2, 2020) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning.

6a - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties

Origin
(December 2, 2019) Letter from the Toronto Preservation Board
Summary

This report recommends that City Council include 16 properties identified in Recommendation 1 of this report on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The properties are located within the Don Mills Crossing Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment (CHRA) study area.

 

As part of the Don Mills Crossing Study, which resulted in the Don Mills Secondary Plan

(Official Plan Amendment 404), City Planning initiated a CHRA to ensure that all properties of cultural heritage value or interest were appropriately identified, understood and conserved as part of an up-to-date planning framework. The planning framework is supported by analysis of the broader context through a number of component studies, including the CHRA, to enable a thorough review of the area context. The CHRA Study Area (noted as ‘Study Area’ within this report) includes properties currently located between Leslie Street to the west, Barber Greene Road and Green Belt Drive to the north, and the Canadian National Railway line to the south and east.

 

The CHRA identified a collection of company headquarters, institutional and clean industrial

buildings constructed between 1950 and 1975 whose Modernist design, low-rise scale, and

landscaped settings linked together by a series of curvilinear roads has resulted in a unique

cultural heritage landscape informed by the Garden City principles combined with Modernist

architecture style. This approach to architecture and a generous landscaped setting was

fundamental to the planning of Don Mills. The CHRA also identified housing that responded to the principles of incorporating Modernist architecture in a landscaped setting.

 

All of these 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. Properties on the City's Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in

accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.

Background Information
(December 2, 2019) Letter from the Toronto Preservation Board on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141030.pdf
Attachment 1 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 8, 2019) from Christopher Tanzola, Partner, Overland LLP
Attachment 2 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 8, 2019) from Denzil Minnan Wong, Councillor - Ward 16
Attachment 3 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 8, 2019) from Patrick Duffy, Barristers & Solicitors, Stikeman Elliot
Attachment 4 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 12, 2019) from Max Laskin, Barristers & Solicitors, Goodmans LLP
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141034.pdf
Attachment 5 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 11, 2019) from Bert C. Grant, President and Chief Excecutive Officer, Crestview Group of Companies
Attachment 6 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Max Laskin, Barristers & Solicitors, Goodmans LLP
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141036.pdf
Attachment 7 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Email (November 29, 2019) from Brian Story, VP Development Don Mills Residents Inc.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141037.pdf
Attachment 8 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Bert Grant, President and CEO, Crestview Investment Corporation
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141038.pdf
Attachment 9 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Patrick Duffy, Barristers and Solicitors, Stikeman Elliot
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141039.pdf
Attachment 10 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Michael McClelland, Principal, E.R.A. Architects Inc.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141040.pdf
Attachment 11 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Karl Frank, BLA, OALA CSLA Emeritus
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141041.pdf
Attachment 12 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (November 29, 2019) from Geoff Kettel Past Chair and Alex Grenzebach, Interim Chair, North York Community Preservation Panel
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141042.pdf

6b - Supplementary Report - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, Don Mills Crossing Properties

Origin
(January 2, 2020) Report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning
Summary

At its meeting of December 3, 2019, the North York Community Council passed a motion to defer consideration of item NY11.6, Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register – Don Mills Crossing (dated November 6, 2019), until its January 8, 2020 meeting to provide an opportunity for property owners to seek further clarification from City staff. Item NY11.6 recommends that City Council include 16 properties identified in Recommendation 1 of the report (November 6, 2019) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register as these properties meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria for municipal designation, which the City also uses to determine properties for inclusion on its Heritage Register.

 

Since December 3, 2019, City staff have dialogued with all property owners who expressed concerns about the report. This supplementary report recommends that City Council amend Recommendation 1 of the report, Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register – Don Mills Crossing Properties (November 6, 2019), to defer consideration of seven properties comprising 789 Don Mills Road, 15 Gervais Drive, 33 Green Belt Drive, 1123 Leslie Street, 1135 Leslie Street, 39 Wynford Drive, and 50 Wynford Drive providing City staff more time for further productive dialogue with these property owners.

 

City staff also received new information regarding partial demolition of the former Computer Science Canada headquarters located at 1200 Eglinton Avenue East due to structural and safety issues of the exterior building fabric. Therefore, this supplementary report also recommends that City Council amend Recommendation 1 of the report to exclude 1200 Eglinton Avenue East from the original list of 16 properties recommended for inclusion on the Heritage Register.

Background Information
(January 2, 2020) Report from the Senior Manager, Heritage Preservation Services, Urban Design, City Planning on Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register of Don Mills Crossing Properties
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-141519.pdf
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council