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CLARINGTON HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting
October 16th, 2012
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Karin Murphy Angela Tibbles Andrew Kozak
Councillor Hooper Tracey Ali Davidr Reesor
REGRETS: Ruth Goff (Ex-officio)
MEMBERS ABSENT: Tenzin Gyaltsan, Allan Kirby, Karina1iert Bonnie Seto
STAFF: Faye Langmaid, Kristy Kilbourne
GUEST: Kim Vaneyk, Doors Open Claringt`on��
Angela welcomed all to the meeting
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
12.25 ved by Karin M
M urphy; seconded by Tracey Ali
THAT the Minufies of September 18th, 2012 be accepted.
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City of Oshawa�s�Senior Planner and Staff Liaison for the Oshawa Heritage Committee,
Margaret Kish, and 'Diane Stephen, Chair of Oshawa's Heritage Salvage Working
Group discussed the process and their experiences with working with MTO to salvage
materials from the heritage'p rope rties threatened by the proposed 407 corridor.
Margaret explained that the MTO used Heritage Oshawa's Heritage Inventory to
generate a list of properties,of interest as a basis for their planning/actions. The City
was offered the opportunity to visit the properties and develop an inventory of items
from the properties that they wished to salvage (e.g. door knobs, doors, mantles, etc.).
They were informed that they would be allowed a window of 24-48 hours to go and
retrieve the desired items should the MTO deem that they did not want the materials
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being requested. Heritage Oshawa prepared an inventory that was endorsed by Council
and the City secured a storage location for the salvage items. At this point, Heritage
Oshawa is waiting for the go ahead from the MTO to retrieve the desired items and then
will be working on determining the kind of interpretive display they would like to develop.
This work is expected to be completed within the coming year.
Diane recommended that the Clarington Heritage Committee, when the time comes,
visit the properties often, take lots of photos of the interior/exterior plus views and vistas,
as well as the roadways. Also, she noted that Heritage Oshawa was able to salvage
landscape materials from some of the properties, as>ther MT0 had determined already
that they would have little to no use for these.
The following issues were presented:
- Lack of designation of heritage properties in the City of Oshawa'-meant that several
properties on the 407 path had heritage value but/were not regarded as such since
they were not "designated" qr.,on the municipalitys register.
- The sole property that was designated, the Magner-Robson House, was put up for
sale by the MTO but only had"6:11imited'timeframe of 6 months from the listing date
to when the building had to be,�Imoved This likely contributed to the difficulty in
finding a buyer with Wrid ready toy`,'accept a�E utlding, asp Well as a myriad of issues
around the conditions necessary to o�ye a''building such as the time of year, etc.
The RFP did notxesult in a'y offers to purchase the building.
As the 14 properties rem in vacant, they are subject to theft and vandalism, as well
as general lack of carelm�aintence by'the� MTO. The passage of time, lack of
seeurity,r and neglect lead ;ton significant.q uestions around both the availability and
the end-quality of 6h desired sterns to be'salvaged.
Though there were no buyers` 6r;the Magner-Robson House the City of Oshawa
was informed that there were a�,`few inquiries from people wanting to purchase
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certain non', signated elements of the property including an outbuilding (shed).
However; by the'time the MTO was able to give permissions for these individuals to
go and retrieve the iterris,ythe individuals were no longer interested in the items due
to the state of deterioraxjan/weathering and vandalism.
Kristy will be attending the Ontario Heritage Planners Network meeting on October 18tH
where there will be speakers from the Ministry of Transportation on the 407 expansion,
and will report back to the Committee prior to the November meeting. The committee
members should prepare a number of questions to be addressed by the representatives
from MTO that will be present at the November meeting based on the information
provided by the Oshawa experience.
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BUSINESS ARISING
Candidates for designation:
156 Church Street— Faye is still waiting for the Region to respond to the draft by-law so
that agreement on all the architectural features to be listed can be addressed.
5290 Main Street— Karina is following up.
Knox family, 6325 Enfield Road - The December rneetigg will take place at Jennifer
Knox's house. At this time the committee w[Il,`P p re are,*a list of features to be
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designated.
Camp 30 — At their request, a second report has one to the National Historic Sites and
Monuments Board with further details on Carnp 30, more= specifically on the architects
and architecture. At this time, the,,—,site is ex any of the`sane issues of
vandalism, theft, and deterioration as Oshawa's�pr`operties along the 407 corridor.
Tracey mentioned that Erin O'Toole has offered to helptivuith the foundation that is to be
formed to assist with preservationv
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Heritage Website Faye advised the Commi 60'that two new "tabs" have been added
to the website. One"°lgtthe tabs teas the Rot ry walking t r information and the other is
a tab for events in general,,
Rotary Walking Tour (Sept�23r - The Rotary LL walking tour garnered many positive
comment, Several Co mittee-members who participated in the event commented on
its succe'ss The Rotary�Club hadset a goal to raise $150,000 and ended up with
$142,000. Many�;individualst came frorri"a long way to take part and tourists were quite
impressed with`"'6bwmanville the Prospect Bridge was a highlight of the tour. The
additional copies of�the walking tour that Rotary have left over will be made available for
tours. In future years;�eas.suggested that signage along the route would be helpful.
Councillor Hooper informed the Committee that he, Mayor Foster, and Councillor Novak
presented a certificate of recognition to the Rotary Club for their efforts on this event.
16 Church Lane, Newtonville — As a follow up from the last meeting, the owner has
gone ahead and gotten his permit to demolish the accessory shed on the property and
is in the process of building the new structure. He provided the drawings for the new
building for building permits, while the accessory building is beyond the designation, the
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Committee members were satisfied with the design of the new structure and pleased to
hear that the owner would be incorporating some elements of the old shed into the
interior of the new structure.
REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES
Bowmanville CIP, CIP Committee will meet on October 17th. Faye indicated that she is
recommending that additional funding be added for the CIPs in the 2013 budget,
however that the backlog of applications since funding has been tapped out as of July
will be problematic.
Orono CIP, CIP Committee met on October 3�a Faye gave an update on what was
discussed at the meeting. There are still funds available= for the Orono CIP as no
applications have been submitted this year
Newcastle CIP, CIP Committee will meet�en'\October 25th The Newcastle CIP has no
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ACO — Clarington Branch, Tracey provided an update on the activities of the ACO,
Clarington Branch. She informed the .Comnnittee that she,,is the now president of the
Branch and that they are working on getting the ball rolling�earlier for Doors Open 2013.
They had a booth lash vveekend,at Appl fest in-.Downtown Bowmanville.
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NVDHS — No report. „
Museum =-A,few of:the members of th-e CC)mtlltttee indicated that they had attended the
Museum's harvest feast on September 22"�at the Tooley Mill site in Courtice and had a
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great time �.
FINANCIAL REF4RT ,
Ope in ng balape ; $4,431.66 August
Interest(¢s'/month) 0.04
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Close $4,431.70 September
12.26 Moved by Ron Hooper, seconded by Andrew Kozak
THAT the financial report be received.
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CORRESPONDENCE and COUNCIL REFERRAL
Providence Road CPR Bridge - EA
Faye provided a background on the Providence Road CPR Bridge which is currently
Undergoing an EA process. Andrew provided input based on his involvement and
experiences with the Prospect Bridge. The Committee passed the following motion:
12.27 Moved by Andrew Kozak, seconded byKarin Murphy
THAT the Providence Road CPR crossing be retained ' nd that the structure either be
replaced with an in-kind wooden bridge or mamtatned to revent further deterioration.
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CHO Newsletter - Distributed at the meeting`.
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PROJECT REPORTS
Inventory Photography
Karin and David ar6:wo'rking`ot ing i photographing miss properties.
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Proposal:bn Barns — Kim told the Committee that she, Faye, and Jenni Knox had met
for lunch earlier this month`:end discussed the possibility of creating a book on barns in
Clarington that Would cover fhe different time periods, architectural types, barns that are
no longer, etc This project ;would offer the opportunity to partner with various
community groups and organisations such as the Visual Arts Centre. The impetus for
this project is the recent disappearance of barns from the rural landscape at an alarming
rate. The Heritage Committee has produced books in the past but have not done any
since 2000. The books are sold by the Planning Services Department, Museum shop,
and Furby Books (Port Hope). All funds from the after the publication costs are covered
go into the Committee's bank account. Members were enthusiastic about the
prospective project and passed the following motion in support:
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12.28 Moved by Andrew Kozak, seconded by Karin Murphy
THAT Clarington Heritage Committee endorse the proposal to create a book of
Clarington barns and will participate in the endeavour by assisting with seed funding,
photography and related research.
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Business Cards for Heritage Committee Members — Angela suggested that having
generic business cards would be good for members as it`Wduld provide an additional
form of legitimacy for when they are visiting heritage properties Business cards would
also promote the Heritage Website. Committee members agree'.,.,that this would be a
good idea. Faye is in the process of having a mock up`of,the business,cards prepared
and confirming that there are no issues from a poloy standpoint. ,-
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Walbridge House - Faye informed the Committee that he owner of this property has
had the exterior siding removed, back-'# the original sidihtgf, as well the roof has been
replaced. Faye has„arranged to meet with him next week to discuss his next steps in
refurbishing the building. Gornt iittee members h t ha �se,en the new changes felt they
were a big improvement over what was there before.
Toll House The building neXfi to,;W.albridge ;House right at Highway 2 roadside,
currently�boarded up`; NVDHS
Statement, the Greenbelt Act, the Oak Ridges Moraine Act, and the Regional Official
Plan. Some time ago (2004/5), the Committee requested during the Region's Official
Plan review that the Region consider a policy that would permit the severance of non-
agricultural rural parcels to accommodate the relocation of heritage structures
threatened by urbanization (Attachment #1). Faye explained that the Province (under
the Greenbelt Act) and in turn the Region's Official Plan has deemed that hamlets and
urban areas are the preferred location for heritage buildings: The local municipal Official
Plan must be in conformity, therefore the, committee's recommendation will not be
included in the OP update but will be addressed in the Cpuntryside Discussion Paper
which is scheduled to be released in early 2013.
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Provincial Policy Statement Update — Faye inforined the Co ittee that the Province is
currently undergoing a review of the Provincial Policy Statement. Clarington staff
believe some of the changes with regards, to cultural heritage have a watered down
Provincial underpinning for mitigative measures/a d alternative, development
approaches. Section 2.6 outlining the proposed changes in referenece to Cultural
Heritage and Archaeology was c cuIated to members (Attachment #2). Other
municipalities have flagged this assn area of concern which will be reviewed and
discussed at the Ontario Heritage P16", ers r n October 18t". Kristy is
attending this meeting and, will report`bapk to the:Committee Faye also told members
that they could comment on- the changes�_as rn'embers bf the public. Kristy will send
information to commrltee members on ho can go a out doing this.
Future Agendas December tteetmg and potluck will be moved to Monday, December
10th at 6prn and helcll a, Jennifer Knox's home`to carry out the listing of architectural
feature
David Rees6e,moved the meeting be adjourned.
Next meeting: NoVembe/2014 at 7:00 pm, at Clarington Municipal Offices, Rm. 1C,
Winston Wong andFDarlene3Proudfoot from MTO will be updating the Committee
on the CHER documents for Clarington
Attachments
Attachment#1 —Official Plan Update - 1.2.5 Severance for Heritage Structures
Attachment#2- PPS Update—Section 2.6 Cultural Heritage and Archeology
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