Item No. 11.7

Council Report: C 197/2019

Subject: Waterfront Celestial Beacon -Home to Street Car 351

Reference:

• Date to Council: June 15, 2020
• Author: Heidi Baillargeon
• Manager of Parks Development
• 519 253- 2300 Ext. 2740
• Hbaillargeon@citywindsor.ca

• Wadah Al-Yassiri
• Project Administrator - Engineering
• walyassiri@citywindsor.ca

Parks

Report Date: 11/25/2019 Clerk’s File #: SR/13823

To: Mayor and Members of City Council

Recommendation:

I) That City Council APPROVE the design of the building and the terraces for theCelestial Beacon prepared by Architecttura Inc. as the new home for Streetcar No. 351 located on the waterfront North of Riverside drive at the foot of Askin Avenue in Assumption Park North as attached under APPENDIX C; and,

II) That City Council DIRECT the Manager of Park Development to apply for an amendment to Zoning By-law 8600 for any portion of the building (Celestial Beacon) that extends above the crown of the pavement within Riverside Drive; and,

III) That the City Planner BE DELEGATED the authority to approve the Site Plan Control Application and BE AUTHORIZED to approve minor changes to the design to allow for the construction of a permanent building (Celestial Beacon) to house Streetcar No. 351; and,

IV) That City Council AUTHORIZE the Chief Administrative Officer to submit a grant application for the Celestial Beacon /Streetcar Museum project to the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund requesting $3,032,066 in grant funding; and,