Item - 2021.SC23.4

Scarborough Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council include the property at 2685 Kingston Road on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register.

2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 2685 Kingston Road under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 2685 Kingston Road (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 4 to the report, March 1, 2021, from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

3. If there are no objections to the designations in accordance with Section 29(6) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

4. If there are objections in accordance with Section 29(7) of the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board.

5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision on the designation of the property.

6. City Council approve the alterations to the heritage property at 2685 Kingston Road, in accordance with Section 33 of the Ontario Heritage Act, to allow for the construction of a school incorporating portions of the existing building complex on the lands known municipally in the year 2021 as 2685 Kingston Road, with such alterations substantially in accordance with plans and drawings dated October 30, 2020, prepared by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc., and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and the Heritage Impact Assessment, prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020, and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, all subject to and in accordance with a Conservation Plan satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and subject to the following additional conditions:

a. That prior to final Site Plan approval for the property located at 2685 Kingston Road the owner shall:

1. Enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement with the City for the property at 2685 Kingston Road in accordance with the plans and drawings dated October 30, 2020, prepared by Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc. and on file with the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, the Heritage Impact Assessment prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020 and in accordance with the Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage 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 2685 Kingston Road prepared by Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects, dated October 30, 2020, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning;

3. Provide final site plan drawings substantially in accordance with the approved Conservation Plan required in Recommendation 6.a.2 to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage 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 and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager Heritage Planning;

5. Provide a detailed landscape plan for the subject property, satisfactory to the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning; and

6. Provide an Interpretation Plan for the subject property, to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning and thereafter shall implement such Plan to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

b. That prior to the issuance of any permit for all or any part of the property at 2685 Kingston Road, 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, 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 6.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;

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 to secure all work included in the approved Conservation Plan, Lighting Plan, Interpretation Plan and Landscape Plan; and

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.

c. That prior to the release of the Letter of Credit required in Recommendation 6.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; and

2. Provide replacement Heritage Easement Agreement photographs to the satisfaction of the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.

7. City Council authorize the entering into of a heritage easement agreement under Section 37 of the Ontario Heritage Act with the owner of 2685 Kingston Road in a form and content satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning.

8. City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council authorizing the entering into a heritage easement agreement for the property at 2685 Kingston Road.

This report recommends that City Council include the property at 2685 Kingston Road (the Scarboro Foreign Mission) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, state its intention to designate the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, approve the alterations proposed for the heritage property in connection with a proposed development of the subject property and grant authority to enter into a Heritage Easement Agreement for the subject property.

The property at 2685 Kingston Road was owned and occupied by the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society from 1923 until 2018.  The property contains the seminary constructed in 1923-4 in a Georgian Revival style according to the designs of James M. Cowan, with later additions. It also contains the Gothic Revival style chapel and adjacent residence designed by James H. Haffa and constructed in 1958-9. Located in the Cliffcrest neighbourhood at the south-west corner of Kingston Road and Brimley Road South,          the Mission is part of a collection of educational buildings located at this corner, including the prominent landmark of St. Augustine's Seminary, a designated heritage property, the St. John Henry Newman Catholic High School, the St. Theresa Shrine Catholic School and the Chine Drive Public School. The property is currently owned by the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

The Scarboro Foreign Mission complex of buildings will be partially retained and adaptively reused as a new school. The 1923-4 seminary building and 1958-9 chapel will be retained and conserved. The 1958-9 office-residential wing, including the bell tower and stone Gothic porch, will be demolished to accommodate construction of the new school. A new addition will link the seminary building and chapel, a three-storey addition will be located to the rear of the seminary building and chapel and a new one-storey, double-height gymnasium building will be located to the west of the heritage buildings, in the location of the existing 1958-9 office-residential wing. Another new addition will be located further to the rear of the heritage buildings. The proposal involves alterations to allow the adaptive reuse of the retained buildings as part of a new school and compatible new construction that is subordinate to the seminary building and chapel.

The designation of the Scarboro Foreign Mission property at 2685 Kingston Road would identify all of the property's cultural heritage values and heritage attributes. Designation enables City Council to review proposed alterations for the property, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.