Item - 2024.PH13.11

The Planning and Housing Committee recommends that:

1. City Council approve the grant awards for the 2024 Toronto Heritage Grant Program for the following 10 heritage properties, to assist grant recipients in funding the scope of conservation work generally described in Attachment 1 to the report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

288 Annette Street

407 Carlton Street

1 Heritage Place

16 Kimberley Avenue

69 Pembroke Street

231 Seaton Street

572-574 Spadina Avenue

550 Bayview Avenue

201 Cowan Avenue

384 Sunnyside Avenue

2. City Council direct that the use of the grant awards outlined in Recommendation 1 of the report (May 21, 2024) from the Interim Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning be limited to only the conservation work approved by the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and that the issuing of the grant awards be subject to the grant recipient satisfying all conditions as set out in the Letter of Understanding between the City and the grant recipient.

This report recommends the approval of ten grants totalling $317,000.00 under the Toronto Heritage Grant Program. The recommended recipients will generate approximately $706,926.13 in private investment for work to conserve irreplaceable cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City's social and economic prosperity by maintaining Toronto's unique sense of place.

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program provides matching grant funds for eligible heritage conservation work on 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% 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% of the cost of eligible conservation work, with no maximum limit.

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program has a budget of $317,000.00 in the City Planning 2024 Operating Budget and is administered by Heritage Planning, City Planning.

The properties that have been recommended for a grant award vary in size and location across Toronto. Several grant projects are at residential properties located in Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs), including properties located within the Cabbagetown North, Garden District, and Harbord Village Phase II Heritage Conservation Districts. In addition, there are a few notable Part IV-designated properties benefitting from heritage grants this year, including Don Valley Brickworks and Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale.

 At its meeting on June 5, 2024 the Toronto Preservation Board considered Item PB19.6 and made recommendations to City Council.

Summary from the report (May 21, 2024) from the Acting Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning:

This report recommends the approval of ten grants totalling $317,000.00 under the Toronto Heritage Grant Program. The recommended recipients will generate approximately $706,926.13 in private investment for work to conserve irreplaceable cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City's social and economic prosperity by maintaining Toronto's unique sense of place.

The Toronto Heritage Grant Program provides matching grant funds for eligible heritage conservation work on 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 Toronto Heritage Grant Program has a budget of $317,000.00 in the City Planning 2024 Operating Budget and is administered by Heritage Planning, City Planning.

The properties that have been recommended for a grant award vary in size and location across Toronto. Several grant projects are at residential properties located in Heritage Conservation Districts (HCDs), including properties located within the Cabbagetown North, Garden District, and Harbord Village Phase II HCDs. In addition, there are a few notable Part IV-designated properties benefitting from heritage grants this year, including Don Valley Brickworks and Epiphany and St. Mark, Parkdale.