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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 24, 2024 Page 1 of 3 Minutes/Meeting Summary Heritage Pickering Advisory Committee April 24, 2024 Electronic Meeting 7:00 pm Attendees: R. Anderson N. Brewster L. Jeffrey R. Smiles A. Bhadra J. White V. Hicks, Associate & Senior Heritage Planner, MHBC Planning E. Game, Senior Planner, Heritage (Staff Liaison) A. MacGillivray, Council & Committee Coordinator (Recording Secretary) Absent: R. Anderson C. Doody-Hamilton S. Monaghan Item/ Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items/Status (include deadline as appropriate) 1. Review and Approval of Agenda Moved by R. Smiles Seconded by L. Jeffrey That the Heritage Pickering Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda of April 24, 2024 be approved. Carried 2. Disclosure of Interest No disclosures of interest were noted. 3. Approval of Minutes Moved by L. Jeffrey Seconded by R. Smiles That the April 10, 2024 Meeting Minutes be approved. Carried 4. Delegations 4.1 Vanessa Hicks, Associate & Senior Heritage Planner, MHBC Planning Page 2 of 3 Item/ Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items/Status (include deadline as appropriate) Re: Municipal Heritage Register Review and Update - 401 Kingston Road and 1 Evelyn Avenue Vanessa Hicks, Associate & Senior Heritage Planner, MHBC Planning spoke to her support of the staff recommendation regarding 401 Kingston Road as the author of the Heritage Impact Assessment, and indicated that she was available for any questions the Committee had. No questions were posed by the Committee. 5. New Business 5.1 Municipal Heritage Register Review and Update - 401 Kingston Road and 1 Evelyn Avenue Emily Game, Senior Planner, Heritage through the aid of a PowerPoint presentation provided: • an overview of the differences between listed and designated properties under the Ontario Heritage Act; • an overview of the changes to the Ontario Heritage Act from the enactment of Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022; and, • background on the subject properties and the process undertaken to date, including the findings of the Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment. Question and answer period ensued between the Committee and E. Game regarding: • whether consideration of these properties by the Committee takes away time and resources to be considering other matters; • clarification that the properties are currently listed and not registered; • clarification that the properties would be automatically delisted from the Municipal Heritage Register on January 1, 2025 if not designated within the prescribed timelines provided under provincial legislation; • clarification that once the properties are delisted, there would be no protection from demolition or modification; and, Page 3 of 3 Item/ Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items/Status (include deadline as appropriate) • clarification regarding the properties only meeting 1 of 9 rather than the 2 of 9 criteria required for heritage designation. Moved by N. Brewster Seconded by L. Jeffrey 1. That the properties at 401 Kingston Road and 1 Evelyn Avenue do not meet the threshold established by the Province of Ontario for designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, and therefore are not candidates for designation; and, 2. That 401 Kingston Road and 1 Evelyn Avenue be removed from the City of Pickering Municipal Heritage Register. Carried 6. Other Business There was no other business. 7. Next Meeting The next regular meeting of the Heritage Pickering Advisory Committee is scheduled for May 22, 2024. 8. Adjournment Moved by N. Brewster Seconded by R. Smiles That the meeting be adjourned. Carried Meeting Adjourned: 7:30 pm