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MINUTES
A meeting of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
was held on Tuesday, May 26th, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. in the Committee
Room at the Pickering Civic Complex.
PRESENT:
Celia Bronkhorst
Brian Hern
Kim Thompson
Anna Willson
Konrad Zeh
Frank Williamson
Enrico Pistritto
ALSO PRESENT:
Gail Sussman, Ministry of Culture & Communications
STAFF:
Debbie Kearns, Councillors' Secretary
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1. Adoption of Minutes
Moved by Celia Bronkhorst, seconded by Konrad Zeh that the Minutes
of the Meeting of April 27, 1992 be adopted with the following
amendments:
Number 2 on Page 1 to include 'A Celebration of Our Heritage' as
follows:
"After discussion, and a report from Konrad, the committee did not
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consider it worthwhile or beneficial to invest in the book
entitled Ontario - A Celebration of Our Heritage, but it felt it
would be appropriate as a library reference."
The second paragraph on Page 3 to include the word 'designation'
as follows:
"Anna spoke to the trustees of the Mt. Zion Church regarding
Heritage Designation and suggested that they consider designating
the church and left information with them with regards to this."
Carried
. . . .Continued Page 2
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2. Building Permit Applications in Heritage Conservation Areas
Konrad reported that he read through Markham's implementation
procedures and found them excellent to hand out to applicant, also
felt that Brampton's application could be used.
Kim, Konrad and Celia to prepare documents to be presented at next
meeting.
3. Grave Stone Restoration at the Mennonite Cemetary
Brian Hern invited Gail Sussman of the Ministry of Culture and
Communications to speak at this meeting concerning the Mennonite
Cemetary. Gail stated that she has had numerous conversations
with Mr. Nighswander and Kathy McKay concerning this situation
over that past four years. It was her feeling that it is time to
reassess this situation and set priorities.
A covering letter along with the application and a copy of the
report of 1988 will be sent to Gail Sussman for her comments.
4. Other Business
a) There was discussion concerning the defeat of the Whitevale
Heritage Designation by-law, May 25, 1992, Enrico will
address this situation the week of June 1st and bring it
before Council June 8th.
b) Enrico requested that a letter be sent to Noel Marshall
suggesting that appropriate members of staff attend
conferences or workshops on Heritage Conservation in order
that they be better prepared to answer related questions
raised by residents.
c) Enrico will bring forward a motion to Council to transfer
$500.00 from the committee's Consultative & Professional
Account to their Conventions and Seminar Account in order to
cover the cost of members attending the LACAC conference in
June.
6. Next Meeting
The next meeting to be confirmed at a later date.
7. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.
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PICKERING
Clerk ' s Department, CLERKS DEPT.
Town .)r Pickering.
One The Esplanade . APR C 61992 w N
Pickering, Ontario .
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Mr. Bruce Taylor ,
We received your March 6th . letter regarding our application for
a designated property grant for grave stone restoration. We were
disappointed that LACAC did not recommend our project to council .
Regarding the use of volunteer rather than paid labour ; as I am
sure you are aware . the village of Altona is within the federally
expropriated airport area . I am a life—long resident of Altona.
There are only three other families within the village that are
original residents , the remainder of the residents are transient .
During the times we have had commemorative services at the church
and announced our need for volunteers and funds, we have not had
local volunteers step forward . We have investigated this
possibility over the last number of years, since designation. -We
have also asked for volunteers from the relatives of those buried
in the cemetery . If volunteer labour had been a possibility we
would have utilized it in our original application.
Does LACAC know of any other group that is interested in the
preservation of history in Pickering township? Would any LACAC
members interested in this worthwhile project be willing to
assist us as volunteers?
We have previously applied for a smaller grant with a smaller
program of works and were turned down because the amount of work
was not enough. Now we are being turned down because we want to
do more wor k, but have to pay to have it done . What can we apply
for that will have a favourable outcome?
The trustee board, as you know, is a volunteer committee . We are
selling commemorative plates to try to raise money . We have
approached other Mennonite churches yearly, foundations , the CBC,
relatives of those buried in the cemetery, a local women ' s group
and local residents for donations . We have been turned down by
most groups and exist on very limited funds . The grave stones
continue to deteriorate . I have asked Kathy McKay about
Pickering ' s care of abandoned cemeteries . It would seem that they
are at least taken care of each year .
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We are the only designated church and cemetery in Pickering and
since January 10 . 1989 we have been trying to get permission to
do work in the cemetery . We continue to slightly alter our
application according to what we eel are LACAC or Ministry
recommendations, but as yet we have not been allowed to proceed .
Where do we go from here?
I hope to hear from you soon regarding this matter . The summer is
quickly approaching, and the work needs to be done . We will be
discussing the application at the ne_-t trustee meeting .
Sincerely, •
...4.MAOL,XZ)
Lynda Williams
copies to : J .Nighswander
K.Nighswander
E. Pistritto