James Bailey Architect was first retained to undertake a Barrier-free Access Feasibility Study, confirming the congregation's requirements, proposing design solutions and establishing quantity–of–scale budgets. A preferred design solution was selected and further developed into construction documents. The main tenant of the building, the East End Children Centre which occupies most of the basement area of the building, applied for and obtained a grant for washroom upgrades, which aided the project's financing.

The project consisted of providing a new ramped access to a new door into the basement level of the church (and the Children's Centre), creating a new spacious vestibule at that entrance and installing a handicap lift serving all three levels (basement, Children Centre's office and church Narthex/Sanctuary). The design of the exterior access ramp and barrier–free parking stall was heavily impacted by the need to respect an existing tree.