Port Lands Flood Protection & Enabling Infrastructure Design Review Submission Phase 2 12 April 2018

DRAFTMVVA Inc. • WSP • DTAH Design Review Panel Comments

●● Ensure a strong presence of public realm throughout ROW’s (leading with landscape). ●● Within the 40 m ROW there is opportunity to achieve a very good landscape best practices vs. innovation. ●● There is concern over the ROW widths being too wide and verging on having a suburban character. ●● Think about what is innovative with the design and what makes it different. ●● A better understanding of how this is going to look, feel, and work (cross sections) is required. ●● Ensure the streets integrate well into Villiers Island. ●● Find a roleDRAFT for public art within the design. Design Advancement: 4 Strategies

●● Reconnect the to Toronto’s regional road and bike network ●● Program Opportunities for Innovative Sustainability and Resilience Strategies ●● Clarify the identity of the Villiers Island public realm ●● Develop a site-specific character for each major thoroughfare DRAFT 1. Reconnect the Port Lands to Toronto’s Regional Road and Bike Network DRAFT Existing Connective Roadways Expanded Port Lands Connectivity

Dundas St E Dundas St E Leslie St Leslie St Leslie Sumach St Sumach St Sumach Broadview Ave Broadview Ave Broadview

Carlaw Ave Queen St E Carlaw Ave Queen St E Don Valley Pkwy Parliament St Parliament

Eastern Ave Eastern Ave

Lake Shore Blvd E Lake Shore Blvd E

Commissioners St Commissioners St

Don Roadway Don

Leslie st Leslie st Leslie

Munition St. Munition Don Roadway Don

Unwin Ave Unwin Ave

Cherry St Cherry St Cherry

Primary Roads Primary Roads DRAFTSecondary Roads 0 250 500m Existing Transit Network Open the Port Lands with Transit

Gerrad St E Gerrad St E

Dundas St E Dundas St E

Queen St E Ave Broadview Queen St E Ave Broadview

King St E King St E

Leslie St Leslie St Leslie

Cherry St Cherry St Cherry

Commissioners St Queens Quay E

Streetcar Stop Transit Hub Future Proposed Street Car Street Car in Mixed Traffic DRAFTStreet Car in Mixed Traffic 0 250 500m Existing Bike Network Create a Bikeway Nexus

Dundas St E Dundas St E

Sherbourne St Sherbourne Shuter St St Sherbourne Shuter St Jones Ave Jones Ave

Eastern Ave Logan Ave Logan Ave Logan

Mill St Lake Shore Blvd E Mill St Lake Shore Blvd E

Commissioners St

Don Roadway Don

Leslie st Leslie st Leslie Munition St. Munition

Unwin Ave

Cherry St Cherry St Cherry Martin Goodman Trail Martin Goodman Trail

Bike/Shared R.O.W. Lanes Bike/Shared R.O.W. Lanes DRAFTFuture Bike Lanes 0 250 500m Regional Bike Trail Network (Existing)

Don Valley Trail

Martin Goodman Trail - Queens Quay Blvd DRAFT Trail Network (Existing) Trail Network (Interim)

DRAFT Trail Network (Interim)

Phase 1 Scope

LEGEND

Martin Goodman Trail Trail Park Path DRAFT 2. Program Opportunities for Innovative Sustainability and Resilience Strategies DRAFT Framework Considerations for Innovative Road Design

Adaptive Technology ●● Communication between ‘smart’ elements (streetlight poles, cars, smart phones, transit buses / LRT) ●● Road infrastructure will feature a joint use trench (JUT) with fibre/copper ●● Potential data collection on users to refine future phase of implementation

Road Design Considerations for Autonomous Urbanism ●● At grade design which separates users (bikes, cars, pedestrians) is conducive to introduction of autonomous urbanism ●● Less parking, more drop-off lay-bys ●● Locating drop-off areas close to desired destinations DRAFT●● Toronto Hydro will likely manage-build extra capacity in JUT’s Adaptive Local Road Network adaptive pedestrian signal crossing potential data collection

designated lay-bys for Uber/AV

E.V. recharge stations

PaveGen (London, UK) DRAFTAquaPave Geothermal System - Snow Melt Sensing Technologies “Open Building” Utility Raceways

park utility raceway

sidewalk raceway DRAFT Environmental Comfort: Wind Breaks

wind break

34m

42.5m 17m 10.6m 13.8m 30m 8.5m prevailing winter winds DRAFT Permeable Pavements

lay-by areas

LRT decking

Stormcrete Pre-cast Pavers DRAFTMississauga Park Porous Pavement Trial Hybrid Porous System Centralized vs. Decentralized Stormwater Treatment Program

• Construction parallels maintenance of utility service • Treatment train approach to stormwater management • District scale economy of service • Park edge treatment, diverting boulevard drainage to park • New technology for ballasted flocculation DRAFTmeets/exceeds WWFMG • Enhanced water balance targets / climate change Hybrid Centralized-Decentralized Stormwater Treatment Program SWM APPROACH

Centralized vs. Decentralized

CENTRALIZED DECENTRALIZED

Capital Cost 1.5m Environmental Cap Time to Achieve Approvals Heterogeneous O&M Cost Urban Fill

Sustainability 100 yr Storm

Performance wrt WWFMG Groundwater/ Lake Level Process Equipment Standardized

Design Precedence

Penetration of the Environmental Barrier

Potential Additional Filling for Gravity Sewers

Discharges above 100-year HGL Park+Channel Villiers Island Park + River

Good:

Possible (complicated): Fail: DRAFT Decentralized Stormwater Collection and Redistribution

green roof collection (50%)

site collection polishing landscapes DRAFT Centralized Stormwater Treatment

Rainfall Event Local LID for Surface and Sub Surface Collection

Linear Pre-Treatment

BIOSWALE SOIL CELLS

Outlet to Lake End of Pipe Treatment: Ballasted Flocculation Facility Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Canada Inc. & Technologies Solutions Water Veolia Canada Inc. & Technologies Solutions Water Veolia © © DRAFT OIL / GRIT SEPARATOR Villiers Island Public Art Strategy (Draft WT - 2017)

Passages Program (marks transformation over time)

Linkages Program (connects to site history)

Engagement Program (lures with temporary works)

3.5 Parallel Program

In addition to the public art contributions coming from private and public development blocks, the art program for Villiers Island will benefit from funding generated by the required 1% public art contribution on major capital works undertaken by the City of Toronto and Parallel Program (integrates with infrastructure) it’s Agencies, Boards and Commissions, as passed by Toronto City Council in the 2003 Culture Plan for the Creative City: “The Culture Division should work with all relevant City departments, agencies, DRAFT boards and commissions to implement Council’s policy dedicating one per cent of the capital budget of all major municipal buildings and structures to public art.” Kristan Horton, Icing, 2010, Bathurst and St. Clair West, Toronto Most notably, there will also be a budget for art opportunities accompanying the build out of the new LRT systems along Cherry and Commissioner Streets. This civic capital project will generate a percent for art budget through the City’s Percent for Art Program which mandates a minimum of 1% public art budget applied to the construction costs of any major capital project undertaken by the City or any of its agencies, boards or commissions. It is anticipated that implementation of these future opportunities will support the intentions and vision outlines in this Strategy.

20 Engagement Program: ‘Isle of Bikes’ Competition

DRAFT Engagement Program: ‘Isle of Bikes’ Competition

visibility of bike culture social gathering

pioneering of industrial lands DRAFT mechanical craft 3. Clarify the Identity of the Villiers Island Public Realm DRAFT Villiers Island: Gateway to the Port Lands

Villiers Street New

Don Roadway North Don Roadway New Munition Street

Trinity Blvd. Trinity Villiers Park Rd. Park Villiers Commissioners Street DRAFT 0 67.5 135m Villiers Island: Gateway to the Port Lands

Cherry St (40m ROW)

Don Roadway Commissioners St (40m ROW) (42m ROW)

Commissioners St (40m ROW) DRAFT R.O.W. Width: Comparative Scale Studies Spadina Avenue (University) Queens Quay Boulevard Front Street (WDL)

28m (+)

6.6m 7.1m 3.6m

15.9m 42m 8m 8m 38.5m 8m 18.1m 7m 7.5m 7m

ROW = 38.5m (+16m) ROW = 28m (Min) ROW = 42m 32% Cross Section = Public RealmDRAFT50% Cross Section = Public Realm 75% Cross Section = Public Realm Cherry Street

Cherry Street Expresses the Shift in WaterfrontDRAFT Geometry Cherry Street: Link the Urban Archipelago

Cherry St

West Don Lands

Distillery District Keating Precinct

Villiers Island

Polson Quay DRAFTCherry Beach Don Roadway Sculptural form at crest of wall

Walled Edge

+ Occupiable edges at riverine vistas DRAFT Don Roadway: Reveal the New River Mouth

Don Roadway

DRAFT Commissioners Street

Normative McCleary Leslie Street City Grid Park Greenway

Villiers Island

Promontory The Blue Park Square

Terminus at Park Don River Broadview Industrial DRAFTCherry Edge Channel Nexus Portlands Commissioners Street: Incorporate the Park Edge

Commissioners St

River Park North DRAFT Trinity + Villiers Streets

Keating Villiers Channel Park Promenade

Park-Urban Interface

Promontory Don River DRAFTPark Channel Trinity + Villiers: Unify the Island Edge

Trinity Blvd Villiers St Villiers Park Rd (20m ROW) (32.2m ROW) (20m ROW)

DRAFT 4. Develop a Site-Specific Character for Each Major Thoroughfare DRAFT Roadway Scope - Relative to PPRR Scope Legend

Phase 1 Future Phases Cherry St Relative PPRR Scope Villiers St Villiers Park Rd Trinity Blvd

Don Roadway

Commissioners DRAFTSt 0 67.5 135m Phase 1 Streetscape Types Corridors

Urban Park River

Landscape Typologies

Precinct Threshold Park Threshold Plaza

LRT Station Pedestrian Thoroughfare Promenade DRAFT 0 67.5 135m Cherry Street: Link the Urban Archipelago

Cherry Street North Distillery District

Polson Quay DRAFTCherry Beach Cherry Street - Design Criteria 58% Cross Section = Public Realm

setback 3.1m 3.2m max. 3.6m 2.4m 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.4m 2.4m - 3.6m 4m setback varies min. planting bi-directional planting south turn lane north planting planting min. varies sidewalk bike path bound bound sidewalk 0.6m lane lane light poles 12.6m 9.6m 3.3m 7m 7.5m Boulevard Roadway LRT Boulevard 40m R.O.W.

PedestrianDRAFT Thoroughfare Pedestrian Thoroughfare Cherry Street North: Link the Urban Archipelago

Lake Shore Blvd

Plaza

Cherry St

Plaza ●● Gateway and extension of the city into the Port Lands Precinct ●● Elevated Gardiner Expressway and Rail Berm

LRT Stations ●● Nexus of Transit Infrastructure ●● Lower light levels relative to anticipated development massing ●● Constrained - Variable pedestrian clearway and shade tolerant planting to suit specific locations DRAFTKeating Channel 0 20 40m Cherry Street South: Link the Urban Archipelago

Community Centre Plaza

Villiers St Cherry St Old Cherry St Old Plaza ●● Boulevard feel at Villiers Island Centre St ●● Water crossings at both ends

LRT Station ●● Incorporate building set back to maximize planting zones / public realm within street R.O.W. ●● Adequate Light Levels Multi-Use Trail ●● Planting shaped to create varying scales and experiences through the street DRAFTCommissioners St 0 20 40m Cherry Street

7-8 Storey Commercial Linear Shade Built Form Canopy 7-8 Storey Commercial Built Form

Bldg. Setback

varies LRT Station varies R.O.W.

7 m

3.3 m

10.8 m

2.4 m 3.6 m

6.3 m

varies DRAFTR.O.W. Don Roadway - Design Criteria 64% Cross Section = Public Realm

6.6m 2.7m 1.6m 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.6m 15m setback multi-use trail planting buffer southbound southbound northbound northbound buffer pedestrian zone varies lane lane lane lane 9.3m 15.4m 15.3m Boulevard Roadway Boulevard 40m R.O.W.

DRAFTPromenade Transition Civic Plaza Don Roadway: Reveal the New River Mouth

Lake Shore Blvd

Honi Tower

Plaza + Lay-by

Multi-Use Trail

Don Roadway McCleary Seating + Lay-by District

●● Asymmetrical Park Connection ●● Enhance expansive open vistas of river channel (west) Seating ●● Integrate public realm with park pathway system (west) ●● Maintain required clearances to existing Hydro One infrastructure (east) Commissioners St ●● Provide amenity space for adjacent commercial developments DRAFT(east) 0 25 50m Don Roadway - Character

West / River DRAFTEast / Urban Don Roadway

Existing Hydro One 8+ Storey Commercial Infrastructure Built Form Low-Grow Tree Plaza

Linear Shade Canopy

Stone Seating

DON RIVER Bldg. Setback

2 m

R.O.W. 15 m

14.4 m

1 m 2.7 m 2.4 m

4 m DRAFTR.O.W. Don Roadway - River Edge

DRAFT Commissioners Street - Design Criteria 56% Cross Section = Public Realm Section Type A - East

setback 3m min. 2.1m min. 0.6m 3.3 3.0 3.3 0.6m 2.4m 7m 2.4m 3.6m 2m 3m min. 2m min. varies sidewalk planting buffer westbound turn lane eastbound buffer planting / LRT planting / bike path planting sidewalk planting lane lane platfrom platfrom buffer

5.1m 10.8m 14.7m Boulevard Roadway Boulevard 40m R.O.W.

Pedestrian Thoroughfare DRAFTPark Extension Design Criteria - Commissioners Street 56% Cross Section = Public Realm Section Type B - West

setback 3m min. 2.1m min. 0.6m 3.3 3.0 3.3 0.6m 2.4m 7m 2.4m 3m 9.3m varies sidewalk planting buffer westbound turn lane eastbound buffer planting / LRT planting / sidewalk park edge lane lane platfrom platfrom

5.1m 10.8m 14.7m Boulevard Roadway Boulevard 40m R.O.W.

Pedestrian Thoroughfare DRAFTPark Extension Commissioners Street: Incorporate the Park Edge

Park Access McCleary District

Foundry St Foundry Old Cherry Old B A St Park Villiers New Munition st Commissioners St

Park Access Picnic Overlook Park Access Media City Park Access

Fire Hall No. 30 LRT Station

0 32.5 65m ●● Asymmetrical with open southern exposure ●● Limited north south connection - simplify interchanges between various users / circulation system at intersections ●● Blur the edge of the park through integrated planting ●● Maximize soil volumes and minimize soil cells DRAFT●● Park landforms + wind shelter Commissioners Street - Character

DRAFT Commissioners Street Linear Shade Canopy

6-7 Storey Commercial Built Form Wind Break

Rain Garden Park 7.2 m

varies LRT R.O.W. 3 m

7 m

2.4 m

10.8 m

2.1 m

3 m Bldg. Setback DRAFTR.O.W. Commissioners Street - Planting Strategy

Cradle

McCleary Park

Turning Basin

Leslie St. Greenway

Funnel

Future Scope

Water Tower Loop

DRAFTExtrusion Trinity Blvd: Unify the Island Edge

Woonerf condition removed Community Centre

Green Space Cherry St

Centre St

●● Urban - Park interface Trinity Blvd Trinity ●● Plaza at Centre Street park entry ●● Windbreak land forms at Promontory Park Commissioners St DRAFT 0 20 40m Park Entry

Park

Bioswale

Rain Garden To Park

Plaza

Roadway

Outdoor Exhibit/ DRAFTR.O.W. Art Programming Villiers Street: Unify the Island Edge

●● Access to Keating Channel ●● Plazas and seating ●● Interface with Heritage Structures

Villiers St Cherry St DRAFTMunition St 0 20 40m Villiers Street

Keating Channel Promenade

Rain Garden

2.5 m

Sidewalk Runoff

Bioswale

R.O.W. Roadway

Roadway 3.5 m DRAFTRunoff PLFPEI Project - Full Vision

Villiers Street New Cherry Street

Don Roadway North Don Roadway New Munition Street

Trinity Blvd. Trinity Villiers Park Rd. Park Villiers Commissioners Street DRAFT 0 67.5 135m