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Queen Street East HCD Study Community Consultation Meeting #1

October 23, 2013

Queen Street East Heritage Conservation District

Study

Introductions

Councillor Paula Fletcher City of Toronto, City Planning Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects Wayne Morgan, Heritage Planner The Landplan Collaborative Ltd. Archaeological Services Inc.

Agenda

7:00 – 7:15 p.m. Welcome/Introductions and HCD study overview 7:15-7:45 p.m. Background presentation, work completed to date 7:45-8:15pm Round-table discussions 8:15-8:35pm Report back from each table 8:35-8:55pm Q+A 8:55-9:00pm Next steps

What is a HCD?

• HCDs protect and manage change within historic areas so as to maintain their heritage value and character

• HCDs are enclosed by a boundary and

designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act

• They reflect the historic significance and community heritage values of an area

• They are evaluated by heritage professionals,

planners, urban designers and archaeologists to determine cultural value

• HCDs are designated by bylaws that are

registered on title of each property

Why we designate HCDs

• HCDs contribute to our quality of life and the City’s competitive edge

• They reinforce our identity, create self awareness and promote social cohesion

• Our city’s heritage areas have history and character that contribute to a strong sense of place

• A HCD is a strong but sensitive tool for managing growth in a heritage sensitive environment

• Area and business improvements can be achieved within a values-based conservation planning framework

• September, 2006: Queen Street East is authorized by City Council for a HCD study

• April, 2012: “HCDs in Toronto: Procedures, Policies and Terms of Reference” adopted by Council

• October, 2012: Queen Street East is identified as a high priority study area

• July, 2013: GBCA retained by the City to complete the HCD Study

• October, 2013: GBCA holds first training session for survey volunteers

• October, 2013: Preliminary public consultation to introduce community to the HCD

YOU ARE HERE

Queen Street East HCD Timeline



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October 23, 2013 MEETING PURPOSE Information exchange

We give you information about the study process and what we are doing

You give us information about what is important to you in this

area We will attempt to answer your questions

Queen Street East Heritage Conservation District Study

What are the Study Area Boundaries?

What are the Objectives / Scope of Work?

What is the Study Process?

What work has been completed to Date? With the assistance of volunteers

What are the Next Steps?


Characteristics of heritage conservation districts (according to the Ministry of Culture: Ontario Heritage Tool Kit)

o A concentration of heritage buildings, sites, structures that are linked by aesthetic, historical and socio-cultural contexts or use.



o A framework of structured elements including major natural features such as topography, land form, landscapes, water courses and built form such as pathways and street patterns, landmarks, nodes or intersections, approaches and edges.



o A sense of visual coherence through the use of such elements as building scale, mass, height, material, proportion, colour, etc. that convey a distinct sense of time or place.



o A distinctiveness which enables districts to be recognized and distinguishable from their surroundings or from neighbouring areas.

What are the Objectives / Scope of Work?

A Heritage Conservation District Study:

o Uncovers the area history and evolution

o Surveys property buildings and landscape

o Analyzes building types and the district

character

o Evaluates the cultural heritage values

o Results in a Statement of District

Significance

To determine whether the area merits designation as a heritage conservation district


History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential

Built Form and Landscape Form Surveys

Stakeholder consultation

Community Consultation Meeting #1

Where we are today


Character Analysis: Thematic Groups and Typologies

Evaluation of Significance and Determination of Cultural Heritage Value

Statement of District Significance / Period of Significance

Still to come

Boundaries


Community Consultation Meeting #2 (January 2014)

Finally

Objectives for the HCD Plan

Analysis of Official Plan and Current Zoning Provisions

Report to the Toronto Preservation Board Move onto HCD Plan preparation






Where we are today


What work has been completed to Date?



1858 1884



1893

History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential Railway History


History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential Commercial History


History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential Commercial History Taverns, Hotels Entertainment


History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential Institutional Heritage


History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential Industrial Heritage


History and Evolution of the Study Area, including Archaeological potential Residential



For the Project Volunteer participation

Stakeholders/Focus Groups

Online presence/City Blog

Future Community

Consultation meeting –projected for January 2014

Future City of Toronto, Heritage Preservation Board presentation

Questionnaires


For tonight Provide your input on the maps

on the tables

Complete your questionnaire and drop it off before you leave

Questions you might think about during our breakout session

Are the proposed boundaries appropriate? Is too much included? Should other areas be included?


What is important to you about the character of the area? Specific Buildings? Specific Landscapes?


What do you think is the heritage character of the area? Are there buildings/landscapes that do not fit with the character of the area?


What stories do you have about the history of this are?


What should the study are be called? Queen Street East Riverside Queen/Riverside Other


Are the proposed boundaries appropriate? Is too much included? Should other areas be included? What is important to you about the character of the area? Specific Buildings? Specific Landscapes? What do you think is the heritage character of the area? Are there buildings/landscapes that do not fit with the character of the area? What stories do you have about the history of this are? What should the study are be called? Queen Street East Riverside Queen/Riverside Other

Wrap-up

For the Project Volunteer participation

Stakeholders/Focus Groups

Online presence/City Blog

Future Community

Consultation meeting –projected for January 2014

Future City of Toronto, Heritage Preservation Board presentation

Questionnaires

http://hcdtoronto.wordpress.com


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Thanks for your participation!


October 23, 2013 Agenda: 7:00 p.m. Welcome/Introductions and HCD Study Overview 7:15 p.m. Background presentation of the area and the work completed to date 7:30 p.m. Breakout Discussions 8:15 p.m. Reporting back on Round Table Discussions 8:35 p.m. Questions and Answers 8:55 p.m. Next Steps


City of Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher Heritage Preservation Services Goldsmith Borgal & Company Ltd. Architects Wayne Morgan, Heritage Planner The Landplan Collaborative Ltd. Archaeological Services Inc.

For more information please contact: Scott Barrett Senior Coordinator Heritage Preservation Services City of Toronto [email protected] 416-338-1079

Marybeth McTeague Preservation Officer Heritage Preservation Services City of Toronto [email protected] 416-392-1974


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