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Cilif 0# Minutes I Meeting Summary
Heritage Pickering Advisory Committee
May 27, 2008
7:15 pm
Main Committee Room
Attendees: Councillor Johnson
Shawna Foxton, Vice-Chair
Theresa Abernethy, Member
Shirley Curran, Member
Karen Emmink, Member
Richard Fleming, Member
Gordon Zimmerman, Member
Debbie Shields, Deputy Clerk
Linda Roberts, Recording Secretary
Absent: Pamela Fuselli
Jim Simpson - Vice-Chair
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1.0 Welcome
Shawna welcomed everyone and informed the Committee she
would be chairinq the meetinq this evening.
2.0 Approval of Minutes
Moved by Richard Fleming
Seconded by Gordon Zimmerman
Minutes of the April 29, 2008 meeting were approved.
Carried
3.0 New and Unfinished Business
3.1 Sideline 26 - Central Pickering Development Plan
Shawna inquired as to whether we had received a list of
contacts for developers who have heritage properties from
the Planning Department.
Discussion ensued with respect to the realignment of
Sideline 26.
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Discussed drafting a letter to the contact at the Region Shawna to draft letter
expressing the Committee's concerns with the re routing of and email to City Clerk
Sideline 26. Points to be made in letter: two houses in
jeopardy, where will the arterial road be moved to, width of
road, site lines, properties, should be realigned to the east.
Councillor Johnson noted he would be attending a Regional
Council meeting the next day and would note the fact that
Sideline 26 falls within the protected area. Hold off on letter
until after Regional meeting.
Discussion ensued with regards to the Municipal Heritage
Register and properties of heritage interest. Concerns were
noted with respect to commenting on alterations or the
demolition of heritage properties. Debbie Shields informed
the Committee that once the property was identified on the
register the Committee would have 60 days from the date
the notice is received to comment.
3.2 Greenwood Public Library
Debbie Shields informed the Committee that there would be
a report going forward to the next Executive meeting, so it
was decided to defer this item to the June meeting.
3.3 Cleeve Horne House Plans
Gordon Zimmerman noted to the Committee that he had
obtained the original tracings of the Cleeve Horne house.
He informed the Committee that the plans had suffered
water damage and are in poor condition. Gordon noted he
was given some contacts to have tracings restored and has
received an estimate. It was suggested the Library could
take this on as a project and possibly store them at the
Library. Gordon has them in his care for the time being.
3.4 Review of Action Items
Shawna reviewed the action items and the following was
noted;
. Summer stud~nt wa~ not approved for this year as a Linda to action
more detailed work plan was required for the
submission. Shawna asked if she could receive the
criteria for the work plan for next year
. Discussed the purpose of the Heritage Registry and
how the City uses it.
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. Need to build on the registry of potential designations
. Shawna suggested obtaining a map of Pickering in Linda to action
order to split up the areas to enable the Committee to
continue the work on completing the registry this
summer
. Most of the north area is complete, need to
concentrate efforts in the southern portion of
Pickering (Altona, Finch, Dunbarton)
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3.5 Heritaqe Brochure
Shawna provided an update on the brochure. The basic
design will be left as is, only the contact information has
changed. Once Shawna has received the changes, she will
forward to the Clerks Division. The Clerk's Division will
obtain pricing for the print job. It was decided that 500
Glossy copies would be printed for now. Debbie confirmed
that the funds are in the budget for this.
3.6 Follow up to Planninq Dept. Presentation from Apr. 29 Linda to action
. Provide committee members with electronic copy of
information provided by Planning Completed - Debi
. Ask planning for contact info on developers so that
the heritage properties can be flagged advised of the Council
approval of the
3.7 Creation of a Heritaqe Name Reqistrv for Street Naminq Heritage Registry
Purposes
Debbie Shields informed the Committee that the Planning &
Development Department has requested the Committee
appoint a representative to work with staff to create a listing
of heritage names for street naming purposes.
Discussion ensued. Councillor Johnson was in agreement
and noted the importance of protecting the integrity of the
heritage names in Pickering. Some suggestions were
provided for resources: Legion, archives, registry office, the
book "Pickering, Past, Present & Future".
Karen Emmink offered to be the Committee representative
and Richard Fleming offered as a back up.
Shawna requested the Committee be provided with Clerks Division to
additional information with respect to the time commitments
involved and the times and location of the meetings. inform Planning
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Debbie suggested that the Committee set guidelines for
members to take to the meetings, i.e. picking names to suit
the areas.
4.0 Correspondence
Shawna noted one item of correspondence received from
the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration requesting
nominations for the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship.
The deadline for nominations is August 17, 2008, and
Shawna requested that if anyone wished to nominate
anyone, to please let her know.
5.0 Other Business
5.1 Gordon Willson provided the Committee with an update on
the Whitevale Spring Festival which was held over the May
24 weekend. He informed the Committee that it was a
successful event and noted the following:
. New this year was a horse shoeing event which was
well received
. Fashion show with a tea garden
. Timetour - a self guided tour, Gordon provided
members with a copy of the Passports which had
been done up for the day
The Committee thanked Gordon for his work on the portable
display boards. He was also reminded that the City's Print
Shop is available for print jobs of up to 2,500 copies for all
Community Associations for any of their copy needs.
5.2 Heritaqe Plaque Presentation
Discussion ensued with regards to the presentation of the
plaques for the Willson House and the Glen House. It was
noted there were procedures to be followed in the case of
the Glen House, as it is Federally owned, notification must
go out. Debbie indicated the Clerks Division would require
at least six weeks notice in order to follow procedures for
these presentations. The Committee decided to do a formal
presentation at the September 15 meeting of Council, which
is a televised meeting. City staff would be available to take
pictures. It was noted that a representative of Heritage
Pickering should do the presentation. Arrangements could
be made to install the plaque on the property and the City
would complete the installation.
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5.3 Gordon Zimmerman advised the Committee that he had
a contact name for the Dunbarton School. Shawna
suggested that the Committee think about setting up some
form of a data base for reference purposes. Shawna to action
6.0 Adiournment
Moved by Richard Fleming
Seconded by Shirley Curran
That the meeting be adjourned.
Carried
7.0 Next Meetinq
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Meeting adjourned 8:35 pm
Copy: City Clerk
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