Item - 2021.PB29.8

The Toronto Preservation Board recommends to the North York Community Council, if a Notice of Intention to Designate has been issued:

1. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2365 Bayview Avenue, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a two-storey addition to the Crescent School on the lands known municipally in 2021 as 2365 Bayview Avenue, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated April 23, 2021, prepared by Perkins & Will and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, and the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA), prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 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 proposal, for the property located at 2365 Bayview Avenue the owner shall:

1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 2365 Bayview Avenue in accordance with the plans and drawings dated April 23, 2021, prepared by Perkins and Will and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 30, 2020, and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 1.a.2, 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 2365 Bayview Avenue prepared by Common Bond Collective, dated September 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 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.

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 2365 Bayview 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 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, 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 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 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 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 2365 Bayview Avenue 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 2365 Bayview Avenue.

The property at 2365 Bayview Avenue (the Frank P. Wood estate) is listed on the City's Heritage Register and meets the provincial criteria for designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act. At the time of writing this report, a report recommending that it be designated is to be considered by the City Council on December 15/16, 2021. As a consequence, by the time this report is considered by City Council in January 2022 a Notice of Intention to Designate is likely to have been issued. This report therefore recommends that if a Notice of Intention has been issued, City Council approve the alterations proposed under S. 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act for the heritage property in connection with a proposed development, and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property.

The property at 2365 Bayview Avenue contains the Frank P. Wood estate now known as the Crescent School. It is part of a sequence of grand estates, constructed between 1920 and 1940, on the forested ravine above the western branch of the Don River, in the Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills neighbourhood. In 1928, Frank P. Wood commissioned the New York firm of Delano & Aldrich Architects to design his residential estate. They designed a meticulously-detailed Georgian Revival house and service buildings, clad in limestone and slate, set within a picturesque complex. The property also contains a painting studio designed as a log cabin. Crescent School purchased the property in 1967 and relocated there in 1970.

The proposed two-storey addition is to provide a new dining hall and school entrance that will connect to the north side-wall of the manor house's service wing. Its construction will result in the demolition of the remnant of the secondary garage and the infilling of the remaining portion of the service court. No alterations are proposed to the manor house.