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CLARINGTON HERITAGE COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting
January 13, 2015
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Victor Suppan
Tracey Ali
REGRETS:
Ruth Goff (ex-officio)
Angela Tibbles
Robert Malone
Tenzin Gyaltsan
Councillor Hooper
Joe Earle
Kim Vaneyk (ex-officio)
David Reesor
Bonnie Seto
Karin Murphy
STAFF:
Faye Langmaid
Brandon Weiler
T. Ali, Vice Chair welcomed all to the meeting.
DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST
None declared.
PRESENTATIONS
In December the Ministry of Transportation informed the Clarington Heritage Committee
ocated at 1909 Bloor Street and designated under
Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act would not be relocated and would be demolished, it
is in the path of the 407. There were a number of e-mails from the Committee members
with questions pertaining to the process which the Ministry of Transportation had
undertaken during it decision.
Chris Brown, Senior Environmental Planner, with the Ministry attended the meeting to
answer questions that were asked in the e-mails from Committee members and to
provide details on the process the Ministry undertook. Chris identified the steps taken
by the Ministry, including discussions with municipal staff to ensure all permits and
municipal regulations were being met, and the process that followed during the review.
Chris provided details of the attempts to find people to relocate the building privately,
the bidding process to have a contractor move the house for the Ministry and some of
the challenges in moving the existing house at 1909 to an adjacent property. Chris
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provided detailed maps that showed where the house was located and where the 407
link will be constructed. Chris expressed that the Ministry was hopeful the house could
be saved but the total cost of doing so made it impossible (more than 3 times the
budget allocation). Chris did identify that salvage would take place of the house and
that the Ministry would be using the stone from the house and integrating it into the
landscape around the highway as part of the Community Value Plans.
After a detailed conversation and questions the Committee members present
understood the decision made by the Ministry. Committee members expressed their
appreciation to Chris for the work he and his team have done and for coming to the
meeting to have the conversation in person and answer questions. In addition to
expressing their disappointment that the existing house could not be moved the
Committee members noted that they felt the Ministry had tried many different avenues
to save the house and were grateful to the Ministry for their efforts.
Chris also noted that while the Hogarth House at 5414 Solina Road, another designated
property had originally been intended to be worked into the Transitway that it too most
likely will be demolished. The timing of the Transitway is unclear and not proceeding
currently.
BUSINESS ARRISING
As there was not enough members of the Committee present for quorum no other
business was discussed and no motions were passed.
Tracey Ali adjourned the meeting.
Next meeting:
Feb 17, 2015, 7:00 p.m., at Clarington Municipal Offices in Room 1C
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