Parkdale Community Hub Project Community Information Meeting May 16 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Parkdale Community Hub Project

Community Information Meeting May 16th, 2018

• 1. Welcome & Introduction
• 2. Project Context & Status
• 3. Planning – WQW & Heritage
• 4. Visioning
• 5. Challenges
• 6. Share Your Vision & Questions
• 7. Staying Engaged

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This Evening

Context & Background

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City of Toronto Uses & Properties

Queen Street West & Cowan Avenue (South View)

Library PACC Parking Lot TCHC Apartment Building Community Centre Park Laneway

Street Views – City Properties

1303 Queen St W – Parkdale Public Library 220 Cowan Ave – Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre 1325 Queen St W – TPA Lot 1313 Queen St W – Parkdale Arts & Culture Centre 245 Dunn Ave - TCHC Laneway (rear of library) 220 Cowan Ave – Masaryk-Cowan Park 5

• Important cluster of City facilities and community services.
• Existing City facilities in need of repair and/or improvement.
• Adjacencies of multiple City-owned properties.
• Potential efficiencies – cost and space sharing.
• Better utilization of City lands and facilities through a coordinated plan to

better serve the community. Queen & Cowan provides an excellent opportunity to plan and build the City's assets for service delivery in a more coordinated and effective manner.

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The Opportunity

Mar c h 28, 2017 Counc il Dir e c tion

• Background: Queen/Cowan provides an

excellent opportunity to build the City's capacity to think and plan its assets for service delivery in a more coordinated and effective manner.

• Direction: City Council request the three

Deputy City Managers to convene an inter- divisional agency table to determine the feasibility of a coordinated City plan for City

• wned properties located at 1313, 1303

Queen Street West and 220 Cowan Avenue.

Po ssib le Pa rkda le Hub Are a within WQW Pla nning & He rita g e Study Are a s

Council Direction to Study

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• What?

– An assessment of a project or opportunity to determine its viability.

• How?

– Gather information, knowledge, and data. – Qualitative and quantitative analysis.

• Why?

– To identify needs and opportunities. – To minimize risk. – To determine future phases.

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What is a Feasibility Study?

Work Plan Status

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*As relate to Planning WQW & Heritage reports.

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• Preliminary Background Research

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• Division and Agency Feedback

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• Community Engagement

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• Feedback Results (Summer 2018)

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• Massing concepts/options (Late Fall 2018)*

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• Phase 1 report to Executive Committee &

Council (Spring 2019 target)*

Phase 1 – Preliminary Feasibility Assessment

We are here

Phase 2 – Detailed Design, Feasibility & Development Plan

Planning – WQW & Heritage

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WQW Planning Study Heritage Conservation Districts Study

July 2014

Planning Study Starts Stage 1: Transportation

Summer 2016

Planning Study Stage 1: Transportation Recommendations

Summer 2016

HCD Study Phase Starts Planning Study Pauses

Summer 2017

HCD Study Phase Recommendations: West Queen West HCD Parkdale Main Street HCD

Summer 2017

Planning Study Resumes Stage 2: Built Form

Spring 2018

HCD Plan Phase Starts (Planning Study Continues)

Early 2019

Public Consultation on Draft Planning Policies and Draft HCD Plans

Early 2019

Planning Policy & HCD Plan Recommendations to TPB, TEYCC & Council

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WQW Planning Study – Urban Structure

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What Happens on Avenues?

• The Avenues form part of the City’s growth

management strategy

• Avenues are main commercial streets that can

accommodate new housing and jobs while improving public space.

• Growth on Avenues is established through studies
• f each Avenue over time,
• Avenues across the City experience different

levels of growth and change;

• Not all lands along Avenues are designated for
• growth. (such as Institutional and Neighbourhood

designations)

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WQW Planning Study – Land Use Designations

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What’s Allowed in Mixed Use Areas?

• Will absorb a portion of Toronto’s growth over

time.

• Create of a balance of uses that reduce

automobile dependence, meet the needs of the community and provide new jobs and homes.

• New buildings will frame streets, minimize

shadow impacts, transition toward lower scale areas and provide an attractive, safe and comfortable pedestrian environment.

• Variable building scale and density subject to

area context.

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Heritage Conservation District Study

Historical / Associative Value Contextual Value Design / Physical Value Social / Community Value

• Indigenous heritage
• Working class heritage
• History of tolerance,

acceptance of mental illness

• Sense of time and place –

history, decay and renewal

• Consistent streetscape

character with distinct identities

• Diversity of historic buildings
• Evolving retail/storefront

character

• Culturally-driven community
• Independent, Progressive,

Textured, Diverse, Gritty

• Community activism
• Immigrant entrepreneurship

What we heard from the community during the HCD Study phase:

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New Development & Vertical Additions

Much of the development potential

• n WQW is in the form of Vertical

additions to the top of existing buildings, whether they have identified heritage value or not, while some sites on WQW have potential for new development. In both cases the WQW Study is looking to secure many of the form and scale aspects of the new construction while the HCD Plans would determine character attributes.

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Focus Areas & Entry Nodes

Focus Areas

• Areas where people and the community are drawn to –

places to gather or centres of cultural or commercial activities

Entry Nodes

• A place where changes of character happen – usually where
• ne feels they have entered a different neighbourhood

Visioning

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Visioning – Integrating Uses & Programming

Urban Agricultrue /Community Garden Social Hub & Meeting Space (Brooklin C.C.) Performances/Exhibits (Wychwood Barns) Business Incubator/Worskshop Café Study Areas (TPL Gladstone) Library Stacks & Technology (TPL Albion) Studios (Branksome Hall Athletic Centre) Gymnasium (Pan Am Sports Centre) Community Kitchen/Classes

To create a welcoming and vibrant space that serves Parkdale’s needs today, and is adaptive to evolving needs

• f the community in the future.

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Vision Statement

(in progress)

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Guiding Principles

(in progress)

Principles Parkdale Community Hub

Collaboration Responsiveness Respect Quality Integration

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Guiding Principles

(in progress)

Principles Parkdale Community Hub

Collaboration Responsiveness Respect Quality

Integration

We will bring people and services together to find opportunities, and better serve the community.

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Guiding Principles

(in progress)

Principles Parkdale Community Hub

Collaboration

Responsiveness

We will make sure the project serves the community today – and will respond to future needs. Respect Quality Integration

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Guiding Principles

(in progress)

Principles Parkdale Community Hub Collaboration

We will keep the community informed and engaged throughout the process. Responsiveness Respect Quality Integration

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Guiding Principles

(in progress)

Principles Parkdale Community Hub

Collaboration Responsiveness

Respect

We will make sure everyone is heard and that Parkdale’s history and culture are respected. Quality Integration

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Guiding Principles

(in progress)

Principles Parkdale Community Hub

Collaboration Responsiveness Respect

Quality

We will design a space that is welcoming and universally accessible, that is both functional and beautiful. Integration

The Challenge

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Challenges Overview

• Potential Conflicting Interests

– for programming space.

• Design & Planning Considerations

– Mid-rise guidelines & density. – Relationship to street. – Improved linkages between buildings and properties.

• Limitations & Financial Support

– Realities of demand vs. supply (space & funding).

Sharing Your Vision and Questions

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• What works well?
• What does not work well?
• How can community space be improved?
• What is your vision for a future facility?
• How can a future facility better serve the

Parkdale community?

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What to Think About

• Questionnaire

– Hard copy this evening OR – www.ParkdaleHub.ca

• Feedback Results

– Summer 2018 - posted electronically

• Conceptual Design Options Feedback

– Early 2019

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Staying Engaged

Thank You!

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