Kingsway Park Heritage Conservation District

The Etobicoke Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (October7, 1998) from the Secretary, Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC:

Purpose:

To provide a recommendation with respect to a request by members of the Kingsway Park Ratepayers Inc. for expansion of the Study Area for the proposed Kingsway Park Heritage Conservation District.

Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:

None.

Recommendation:

That the Kingsway Park Heritage Conservation District Study area not be expanded at the present time, and that the Study proceed in accordance with the recommendation adopted by the CityofEtobicoke Council on July 11, 1997, based on the original Glebe Subdivision proposed by Robert Home Smith.

Council Reference/Background/History:

At its meeting of July 11, 1997. the former City of Etobicoke Council adopted a recommendation contained in a report from the Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC, approving the designation of an area generally known as Kingsway Park as a Heritage Conservation District, pursuant to Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act, and authorized the Urban Development Department to co-ordinate the background studies required for such designation.

As part of the study process Etobicoke Council, on October 6, 1997, approved the establishment of a Study Committee to assist in developing appropriate district planning guidelines. This Committee is comprised of City staff, Historical Board/LACAC members and residents of the area, including representatives of the Kingsway Park Ratepayers Inc. The Committee has been meeting on a regular basis, and the proposed boundaries of the study area have been the subject of considerable discussion, with the representatives of the Ratepayers Association favouring an expansion of the area to the north and south. In accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, a letter was submitted by the Kingsway Park Ratepayers Inc. representatives to the Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC, requesting that a recommendation be made accordingly. A copy of the letter is attached.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

At its meeting of September 24, 1998, the Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC considered the Kingsway Park Ratepayers Inc. request. The Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC maintains its position that the present study area should be restricted to the original Glebe subdivision envisioned by Robert Home Smith, an area extensively researched by the Board's Chairman, Elizabeth Ingolfsrud in her publication "Kingsway Park, Triumph in Design", and upon which the Board/LACAC based its initial recommendation for designation.

This does not, of course, preclude a Phase 2 Study Area, upon successful completion of the designation process for Phase 1.

Conclusions:

The Etobicoke Historical Board/LACAC recommends to the Etobicoke Community Council and City Council that the original boundaries as identified in "Kingsway Park, Triumph in Design", be confirmed as the boundaries for the Kingsway Park Heritage Conservation District.

Contact Name:

Molly Sutherland, Clerk's Department, Etobicoke District

(416) 394-8078

(Copy of the attachment referred to in the foregoing report was forwarded to the Members of Council with the agenda of the Etobicoke Community Council meeting of October 14, 1998 and copy thereof is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)