Item - 2021.MM28.31

That Councillor Mike Layton be permitted to add to the agenda of today's meeting an urgent Motion without Notice concerning: 

130 Bloor Street West - Application to Alter and Remove Heritage Attributes Noted in the Heritage Easement Agreement 

Reason for Urgency:

This Motion is urgent in order to ensure that the owner has received notice of the Council’s decision within the required 90 day period, it is necessary for a Council decision to be made at its meeting on February 2 and 3, 2021.

That:

1.  City Council delete Recommendations 1 and 2 in the report (February 1, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning:

Recommendations to be deleted

1.  City Council approve specified alterations to the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Heritage Easement Agreement to allow proposed changes to the foyer; changes to the wood panel doors of the dayroom, master bedroom and living room; the removal of the southwest bathroom with its stone cladding and countertops and the replacement of bedroom and living room glass doors all as shown on "Existing and Proposed Overlay Showing Alterations to Heritage Attributes" Plans by ERA Architects Inc. dated November 2, 2020, subject to the following condition:

a.  prior to specified alterations taking place the owner shall provide a Conservation Plan that includes revised drawings, including notes and specifications that detail how the heritage attributes set out in the Reasons for Identification in Schedule C of the Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West, Instrument AT1381354 dated February 20, 2007 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning are being conserved and details of certain works including finishes associated with changes to the foyer and the new doors (both interior and exterior) all to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and that the approved alterations be substantially in accordance with the approved Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 25, 2020 from ERA Architects Inc.

2.  Apart from the alterations permitted in Recommendation 1, City Council does not permit any of the other alterations to the living room, library, master bedroom and southeast bathroom as noted in the Heritage Impact Assessment dated September 25, 2020 from ERA Architects Inc. as the alterations materially and substantially affect the heritage features and appearance of the Torno Apartment as set out in the Reasons for Identification in Schedule C of the Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West, Instrument AT1381354 dated February 20, 2007 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

and adopt instead the following new recommendation and the two remaining recommendations in the report (February 1, 2021) from the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning so that it now reads as follows:

1.  City Council approve alterations to the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West, Instrument AT1381354 dated February 20, 2007, substantially in accordance with the Heritage Impact Assessment, dated September 25, 2020 and prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the plans and drawings prepared by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. attached as Appendix 4 to the Heritage Impact Assessment, all on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning subject to the following condition:

a.  prior to alterations taking place, the owner shall provide a Conservation Plan prepared by a qualified heritage consultant that is substantially in accordance with the conservation strategy set out in the Heritage Impact Assessment, dated September 25, 2020 and prepared by ERA Architects Inc. and the plans and drawings prepared by Shim-Sutcliffe Architects Inc. attached as Appendix 4 to the Heritage Impact Assessment, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, who will review the submission expeditiously.

2.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to amend the existing Heritage Easement Agreement, registered on the title for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West, Instrument AT1381354 dated February 20, 2007 and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, if deemed necessary by Heritage Planning, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

3.  City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce any necessary bill in City Council to amend the Heritage Easement Agreement for the heritage property at 130 Bloor Street West.