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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHK - 2019-06-04 - Item 4 - Mike and Pat Wagner Heritage AwardsDate: May 15, 2019 To: Members of Heritage Kitchener From: Leon Bensason, Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning cc: Subject: 2019Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award(Kitchener’s Great Places Awards) The Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award was established in 1997 to pay tribute to property owners and businesses who have contributed to the conservation of the City’s cultural heritage resources. The program is named after former City Councillor Mike Wagner who served on City Council from 1989 to 1997, and who was a strong advocate for heritage, culture and the arts;and Pat Wagner, a long time member of the Heritage Kitchener Committee, and a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement. The City’s heritage award forms part of Kitchener’s Great Places Awards, a biennial program thatalso includes urban design and sustainability awards. A maximum of 4 heritage awards may be presented in a given award year in any of the following three heritage award categories: Preservation / Restoration of Cultural Heritage Resources Preservation projects involve protecting, maintaining and stabilizing the existing form, material and integrity of a cultural heritage resource while protecting its heritage attributes and values. Preservation projects generally relate to cultural heritage resources that are intact and do notrequire extensive repair, replacement, alterations or additions. Restoration projects involve revealing, recovering or representing the state of a cultural heritage resource or of an individual heritage attribute as it appeared at a particular period in its history, as accurately as possible, while protecting its heritage value. Restoration projects are based on physical and documentary or oral evidence. Rehabilitation / Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage Resources Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse projects involve the sensitive adaptation of a cultural heritage resource or of an individual heritage attribute for a continuing or compatible contemporary use, while protecting its heritage value. This may be achieved through repairs,replacements,alterations and/or additions. Individual Contributions to the Field of Heritage Conservation The individual, business, organization or institutionhas made exceptional or long lasting contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener. 4 - 1 Nominations for a2019 Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award were received between March 25and April 26, 2019.Five eligible nominations have been received and will be presented for review and discussion at the June 4, 2019 meeting of Heritage Kitchener. The Committee will be asked to make a recommendationon the award winner(s) to City Council. An award ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2019. A separate award ceremony invitation will be circulated in the Fall. In order to assist in the review and formation of a recommendation, please review the following Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award eligibility th requirementsand evaluation criteria before the June 4committee meeting. Nominations and supporting information will be sent to Committee members under separate cover in advance of the meeting. Eligibility Requirements The Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award shall be open to all individuals, businesses, organizations and institutions that have conserved cultural heritage resources or have demonstrated commitment to the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener. For the purpose of the award program, cultural heritage resourcesare defined as: “properties designated under the Ontario Heritage Act; properties listed as a non-designated property of cultural heritage value or interest on the Municipal Heritage Register; and, properties identified on the Heritage Kitchener Inventory of Historic Buildings.” Nominations for a Mike Wagner Heritage Award must demonstrate that: o The conservation project involves a cultural heritage resource; o The conservation project conserves the heritage attributes and values associated with the cultural heritage resource; o The conservation project is located within the City of Kitchener; o The conservation project is complete; o The conservation project obtained all required approvals such as Building Permits and Heritage Permits; o The conservation project has not received a previous Mike Wagner Heritage Award for the same work; o The individual, business, organization or institution nominated has made exceptional or long lasting contributions to the conservation of cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener. General Evaluation Criteria Does the nomination explain how the conservation project has conserved the heritage attributes and values associated with the cultural heritage resource? Is the conservation project compatible with the original cultural heritage resource and surrounding neighbourhoodcontext? Is the conservation project visible from the public realm? 4 - 2 Does the nomination explain how the individual, business, organization or institution has made an exceptional and/or long lasting contribution to the conservation of cultural heritage resources? Specific Evaluation Criteria The Parks Canada Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada (www.historicplaces.ca/media/18072/81468- parks-s+g-eng-web2.pdf); The Ministry of Culture’s Eight Guiding Principles in the Conservation of HistoricProperties (www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/InfoSheet_8%20Guiding_Principle s.pdf); and, The Ministry of Culture’s Ontario Heritage Tool Kit (www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/heritage/heritage_toolkit.shtml). _______________________________ Leon Bensason, MCIP, RPP, CAHP Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning Acknowledged by: Brandon Sloan, Manager of Long Range & Policy Planning 4 - 3