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Assessment of alternatives for the extension of Robert Ferrie Drive
Kitchener,Ontario
Contents
1.0 Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................................................1
2.0 Methodology.........................................................................................................................................................................................................3
3.0 Summary of Historical Background of Study Area..........................................................................................................................5
4.0 Summary of Significance of Heritage Resources.............................................................................................................................6
5.0 Description of alignment alternatives.................................................................................................................................................10
6.0 Impacts of proposed alignment alternatives on cultural heritage resources............................................................11
9.0 Summary and Recommendations.........................................................................................................................................................18
10.0 Sources................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
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1.0 Introduction
Robert Ferrie Drive forms part of an integrated series of roads intended to accommodate traffic, transit,
connect communities,facilitate the staging of development and facilitate the conversion of some roads to
scenic roads/community trails. Historically, a number of roads were identified as collector roads and
through the detailed community planning process were reclassified to scenic roads with replacement
collector roads now conceptually identified in the Official Plan. One such road is Stauffer Drive. Stauffer
Drive was intended to be a collector road linking the Doon South and Brigadoon Communities to the
southerly extension of Strasburg Road. Robert Ferrie Drive has essentially replaced Stauffer Drive as an
essential east/west collector road connecting the Brigadoon and Doon South Communities to the broader
arterial road network.
The City of Kitchener Official Plan and Doon South and Brigadoon Community Plans conceptually identify
Robert Ferrie Drive as a straight line extension from its current terminus westerly to the southerly extension
of Strasburg Road.
The City of Kitchener has been engaged in a process of studying and evaluating alignment alternatives for
what is referred to as the south section of Strasburg Road. A preferred alignment has now been selected
with the result being, the south section of Strasburg Road has shifted approximately 700 metres west of
what is shown conceptually in the Official Plan. This shift relates (in large part) to environmental and
heritage considerations.
Input received during the Strasburg Road Class Environmental Assessment process resulted in approval of
By-law 2013-026. This by-law designates 500 Stauffer Drive as being of cultural value or interest. The
reasons for designation are as set out in the designating by-law.
There are Core Environmental Features and designated heritage resources located between the current
terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive and the future extension of Strasburg Road. The changed geometrics
associated with the southern alignment of Strasburg Road will also have some bearing on the location of a
preferred Robert Ferrie Drive/Strasburg Road intersection.
The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment is to review and evaluate the reasonable range of alignment
alternatives for the westerly extension of Robert Ferrie Drive having regard to changed
circumstances/considerations since Robert Ferrie Drive was first shown in the Official Plan. The evaluation
will include public and agency input. The intent is the Official Plan Amendment will identify the preferred
alignment for the westerly extension of Robert Ferrie Drive and the south section of Strasburg Road on
Maps 4 and 5 of the approved City of Kitchener Municipal Plan. The alignments will also form the basis for
revisions to the Brigadoon Community Plan and the Doon South Community Plan which also conceptually
illustrate Robert Ferrie Drive on various maps and schedules.
At the Pre-Submission Consultation meeting held on June 20, 2013 City of Kitchener Staff identified the
need to consider the impact of Robert Ferrie Drive alternatives on various cultural heritage resources in or
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in proximity to the study area, including 500 Stauffer Drive, 271 Reidel Drive, 1798 New Dundee Road and
1990 Fischer Hallman Road. Stauffer Drive and the northern portion of Reidel Drive are designated Scenic
Heritage Roads.These resources are to be considered as part of the evaluation matrix in recommending a
preferred alignment for the westerly extension of Robert Ferrie Drive.
MHBC has been retained to:
1) Research the identified heritage resources within or in proximity to the study area;
2) Review background information related to the identified heritage resources and relevant planning
legislation, policies or guidelines relating to the conservation of cultural heritage resources;and,
3) Assess the impacts of the various alignment alternatives proposed for Robert Ferrie Drive on
identified cultural heritage resources and as input to recommending a preferred alignment
alternative.
This report satisfies item 3 above.This report provides background history of the study area (summarized
from a previously prepared background report), a summary of the significance of the cultural heritage
resources that may be impacted by the proposed alignment alternatives, a description of the proposed
alignment alternatives, and an assessment of their impacts to identified cultural heritage resources. Items 1
and 2 above were satisfied the a Background Report released in September 2013 and updated as per City
of Kitchener Heritage Staff comments in February,2014.
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2.0 Methodology
This integrated approach to satisfy the Class Environmental Assessment and the Planning Act is based on a
"numerical evaluation approach". Each alignment alternative will be evaluated against the identified
indicator/measure associated with the five factor groups. The methodology requires that both the least
preferred (1) and the most preferred (10) alignments be selected.The other alignment alternatives will be
assigned a numerical score between the least preferred alternative and the most preferred alternative with
a summary statement of rational related to the scoring. This report relates to factor group 3, Cultural
Environment.
The assessment of the alignment alternatives is based on the following evaluation criteria, adapted from
previous Environmental Assessments in the City of Kitchener:
Built Heritage:
• The number/type/significance of direct/indirect impacts to built heritage resources (based on
presence of built heritage resources identified by the City of Kitchener as having heritage value or
interest,or identified during EA field studies);
• The probability of required regulatory permits being approved;
• The degree of associated risk to project implementation.
Scenic Road Network:
• The impact on the Scenic Road Network and ability to convert to trails;
• The potential to expand/enhance the Scenic Road/Community Trail Network;
Cultural Heritage Landscapes
• The number/type/significance of direct/indirect impacts to cultural heritage landscapes (such as
farm complexes,etc.);
• The visual impact of road.
For the purposes of this report,the following definitions have been used when determining impacts:
Levels of impacts:
• High impacts are considered to be irreversible and cannot be mitigated.
• Moderate impacts may be irreversible, but may be mitigated.
• Low impacts are reversible,and can be mitigated for their duration.
Types of impacts:
• Direct Impacts: Result in the loss, obstruction or alteration of a heritage resource or heritage
attribute.
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• Indirect impacts: Are the introduction of disruptive factors not in keeping with the heritage
character of a cultural heritage resource.These impacts may indirectly affect heritage resources or
attributes by noise, dust or vibrations. The effects of these impacts may result in an environment
where significant built heritage resources are no longer habitable or usable. In turn, this may lead
to decreased maintenance or upkeep, inappropriate alteration, or loss of a cultural heritage
resource. High levels of vibration from construction or constant nearby traffic may, over time,
cause damage to historic masonry if not properly monitored and maintained.
The level of direct or indirect impacts may be high, moderate or low.
The assessment of impacts of the alternatives and the evaluation criteria have also been guided by the
1992 document, Guideline for Preparing the Cultural Heritage Resource Component of Environmental
Assessments, prepared by the Ministry of Culture and Communications (now the Ministry of Tourism,
Culture and Sport) and the 1981 Guidelines on the Man-Made Heritage Component of Environmental
Assessments, Both documents have been adopted by many heritage professionals since their release.
For the purposes of this report, the impacts of development on or adjacent to cultural heritage properties
may be classified as beneficial, neutral,or adverse.
Beneficial changes to a cultural heritage property may include repairs, restoration or alterations that are
sympathetic to the character of the heritage resource. These changes would not damage or remove
heritage fabric or attributes of the resource. Adverse effects may include the loss or removal of heritage
fabric or attributes, and may include unsympathetic additions, removal of the property from its setting or
alteration of the setting,or other elements that are in contrast to the heritage character or attributes of the
cultural heritage resource.
As outlined in the Guidelines on the Man-Made Heritage Component of Environmental Assessments, the
effects of development may be short term or long term in duration, site specific or widespread, may have
high or low physical impact and may be irreversible or reversible. Effects of development may also occur
during the pre-construction phase,the construction phase,or the post-construction phase.
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3.0 Summary of Historical Background of Study Area
The historical Background of the study area has been detailed in the Background Report Robert Ferde
Drive Alignment Altematives Review of Heritage Properties and Heritage Policy prepared in September
2013, updated February 2014. The following is a summary of the historical background information
contained in that report.
Waterloo Township was developed from a tract of land that formed part of 1,214,057 hectares (3,000,000
acres) purchased from the Mississauga first nations in 1784 by Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of
Quebec. In 1791,a tract 19.3 kilometres (12 miles) wide was surveyed along the Grand River from Lake Erie
to where the river originated. These lands along the Grand River were granted to the Six Nations in
recognition of their support of the British during the American Revolution. The Six Nations leader,Joseph
Brant, had the upper half of the tract surveyed into four blocks in the late 1790s. Block 2, which later
became Waterloo Township, was sold by Joseph Brant to Richard Beasley and his partners in 1796. Legal
and financial complications lead to Beasley dividing Block 2 into three parts,the Lower, Middle, and Upper
Blocks, in order to expedite the sale of land. Many lots in the Lower Block were sold in 1800 to both
Pennsylvania Mennonite families and non-Mennonite families. More legal and financial troubles caused
Beasley to expedite the sale of additional lands and in 1803, and an agreement was made for the bulk sale
of land to a group of Pennsylvania Mennonites referred to today as the German Company (Bloomfield 19-
22,2006).
The study area forms part of the Lower Block of Beasley's Tract, in what was once referred to as Beasley's
New Survey and Beihn's Tract. The properties considered within this study are Lot 5 (presently 271 Reidel
Drive) and the east half of Lot 6 (presently 1798 New Dundee Road) and part of Lot 8 (presently 1990
Fischer Hallman Road) in Beasley's New Survey,and Lot 9 in the Beihn's tract(Presently 500 Stauffer Drive).
Early land owners for the properties are identified in the 1861 Tremaine Map of Waterloo Township. Lot 5
of Beasley's New Survey was owned by James Goodfellow. The east side of Lot 6, Beasley's New Survey,
was shown as owned by Mrs. J. Wallace. Lot 8 of Beasley's New survey was owned by George Proudfoot.
Lot 9 of the Beihn's Tract was owned by George Hislop. Members of the Hislop family farmed the property
from 1853 to 1906.
Later maps from the Illustrated Historical Atlas of Waterloo Countydo not show land ownership. However
the earlier information from the 1861 map and census demonstrate that lands in the study area,
particularly those with identified heritage resources, were farmed by settlers of Scottish origin, a contrast
from the largely German-based settlement and Mennonite farmers to the north in the German Company
Tract. Settlers in the 19th century practiced mixed agriculture, after the initial years of clearing the land and
subsistence farming had passed.
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4.0 Summary of Significance of Heritage Resources
The identified heritage properties in or abutting the study area have been identified as significant in
varying degrees and recognized by the City of Kitchener accordingly. The following section summarizes
the significance of the heritage resources, any attributes identified, and the level of recognition or
protection of the heritage resource.
500 Stauffer Drive
The property at 500 Stauffer Drive was designated as a cultural heritage landscape under Part IV of the
Ontario Heritage Act in 2013.The designating by-law for the property contains a statement of significance
and list of attributes for the property. The property has been evaluated using criteria set out in Regulation
9/06 of the Ontario Heritage Act and was found to have design or physical value, historical or associative
value and contextual value.The design of physical value of the property is associated with the fieldstone
Gothic Revival style house,and the barn and drive shed that reflect the agricultural use of the property.The
property has historical or associative value because of its association with mixed use farming practices
dating back to the mid 19th century, and is considered to be an intact mixed use agricultural landscape
from this period.The property has contextual value because it supports the historical rural and agricultural
character of the area and is visually and physically related to Stauffer Drive and Reidel Drive, both early
settlement roads.There are views to the property from these roads and Caryndale Drive.
The heritage attributes identified for 500 Stauffer Drive in the designating by-law are listed as follows:
• The farm and an intact agricultural landscape, and those elements that together comprise the
cultural heritage landscape, including:
• The cluster ofbuilt features,including the farmhouse, bam and drive shed-
• The tree-linedgravel drive with windbreak to west, oriented towards Stauffer Drive,-
o The mature trees in close proximity to the residence,-
• The cultivated fields, including theirrolling topography,
• The open water pond-
• The hedgerows located in the agricultural field north ofthe pond and on the westslde of
the prop erty,-
o The mature woodlot;
• The spatial organization and functional relationship between buildings and landscape
elements, including circulation patterns;and,
• Views from the duster of built features to the surrounding landscape elements, including
the cultivated rolling fields, hedgerows and woodlot.
Keyattributes that express the design/physical value of500 Stauffer Drive including:
• Elements related to the construction of the nineteenth-century farmhouse as a representative
example of the Ontario Gothic Style, including:
o All elevations of the farmhouse,-
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• The exterior stone walls of the historic farmhouse, constructed with even-course cut
fieldstone,and including the former exterior walls enclosed in the contemporaryaddition
• The modified cross gable plan
• The roofline, including:
• The plain freize interrupted by exposed rafter ends,and
• The decorated wooden bargeboard in the frontgable peak,
• The historic window and door openings with stone voussoirs and sills, including those in
the former exterior walls enclosed in the con temporaryaddition.
• The organization of the front entrance, including the transom and flanking sidelights,
• The sharply-pointed Gothic window opening with cloverleafpanel at the tip,-and,
• The bay window in the front elevation including the moulded freize and scalloped
shingling,and
• Elements of the contemporary twentieth-century additions, including:
o The use oflocal fieldstone in the construction of the exterior walls,
• Elements of the barn related to its evolving agricultural use, including:
• The north-south orientation and the siting of the original bank barn integrated into a
south-facing slope,-
o The massing of the structure, including subsequent additions but excluding the
woodshed to the east,
• The wood framing and timbers,-
• The field stone foundation
• The vertical wood sheathing,
• The crossgable roof, including its metal cladding,.
• The interior spatial organization of the barn including the drive floor and haylofts,
• The tracked doors on the north elevation
• The rack-lifters,and
• The multi pane windows with wooden muntins;and
• Elements of the drive shed, including:
• The massing of the structure,-
• The wood framing,
• The frontgable roof and,
• The vertical wood sheathing.
Keyattnbutes that express the contextual value of500 Stauffer Drive including:
• The siting and orientation of the farm In relation to the historic settlement roads (Stauffer Drive
and Reidel Drive)and to the formersettlement road on the property's western boundary,
• Views from the property to Stauffer Drive and Reidel Dnve,-
• Views to the property from Stauffer Drive and Reidel Drive,-and
• Views to the propertyfrom the southern portion ofCaryndale Drive.
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271 Reidel Drive
The property at 271 Reidel Drive is listed on the City of Kitchener Municipal Heritage Register. It was added
in January 2009.
The property is identified as a one and one half storey residence, possibly of frame construction and is
identified as rare example of the Ontario Gothic Revival style of architecture. The construction date is
estimated c. 1860.
The property has been identified by the City of Kitchener and added to the municipal heritage register for
its design or physical and historical values. The property is considered to have design or physical value
because it is considered to be a rare example of the Ontario Gothic Revival architectural style.
The property is considered to have historic value because of its association with mixed use farming, and
contributes to the understanding of farming in the area since farming was not prevalent until the mid 20th
century. *The 20th century date is presumed to be an error, as farming was prevalent in Waterloo Township
and the studyarea by the mid-79h century.
The following attributes were identified for the property at 271 Reidel Drive in the Statement of
Significance for the property contained as an appendix to the Municipal Heritage Register:
• All elements related to the construction and Ontario Gothic Revival architecture style, including:
• Fieldstone foundation
• Roofand rooflines including tin roof
• Front door with 2 pane sidelights,3 pane transom,and denticulated hoodmould.
• Window openings with 6/6 pane double hung window with denticulated hoodmoulds;
• Rounded-arch gothic window with decorative traceryset in a gable dormer-
• Wood fascia,soffits and freize complete with several scrolled brackets,and
• West woodshed annex constructed offi"eldstone.
The residence has been identified on the City as the primary heritage resource on the property. A 2012
"Cultural Heritage Assessment" report by Archaeological Services Inc. (ASI) identified contextual elements
relating to the former farm scape as heritage attributes, including:
• Frame,gable rood barn with vertical boards,
• Arrangement ofagricultural buildings and their relationship to the farmhouse,-
• Circulation routes linking the building, the roads and the fields to the farm complex-
• Blair Creek,
• Mature vegetatioq and
• Vie ws to rolling agricultural fields.
These contextual attributes are not included in the City's Heritage Register, but will be addressed in this
impact assessment.
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1798 New Dundee Road
This property is contained on Heritage Kitchener's Inventory of Historic Buildings. The property was
evaluated by MHBC Cultural Heritage Staff in the Background Report Robert Ferrle Drive Alignment
Alternatives Review of Heritage Properties and Heritage Policy prepared in September 2013, updated
February 2014. This property is not considered to be of significant cultural heritage value or interest. The
property is part of the study area only by virtue of the selected W1 alignment for the extension of
Strasburg Road.
1990 Fischer Hallman Road
This property is contained on Heritage Kitchener's Inventory of Historic Buildings. The property was
evaluated by MHBC Cultural Heritage Staff in the Background Report Robert Ferrie Drive Alignment
Alternatives Review of Heritage Properties and Heritage Policy prepared in September 2013, updated
February 2014. This property is not considered to be of significant cultural heritage value or interest. The
property is located well outside the study area.
Stauffer Drive
Stauffer Drive, Between Tilt Drive and Reidel Drive, is a designated Scenic Heritage Road. The segment of
the road between Caryndale Drive and Reidel Drive contains agricultural fields from 500 Stauffer drive on
the north side, and is lined on the south side by a densely vegetated ESPA. The roadway features little
obtrusive signage, no utility poles, and is associated with human/cultural activities. The vegetation
adjacent to the roadway features a moderate degree of maturity and diversity, while individual species are
of high quality.The vegetation has a moderately scenic structure or edge,and a moderate degree of visual
texture and colour. This segment of the roadway does not have many turns or curves but is moderately
rolling, with a high quality of visual terrain and vistas from the right-of-way (From the City of Kitchener
Scenic Roads Data Sheet).
Reidel Drive
Reidel Drive between Stauffer Drive and the ESPA is recommended for designation as a scenic heritage
road.This segment of the road has been evaluated as having a moderate structural character, ditches and
banks, and surface treatment. The road has little obtrusive signage and the utility poles are somewhat
hidden by the vegetation on the east side of the road.This section of the road has diverse vegetation, and
is moderately mature, with a moderate quality of individual species. The quality of structure and edge of
the vegetation are low, but it has a moderate degree of texture and colour.This segment of the roadway is
short, with no turns or curves, but is rolling, with a moderate visual quality. Vistas from the roadway are
evaluated as being low.
See Map 1 for the locations of the identified cultural Heritage Resources.
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Map LEGEND DATE: August 26,2013
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5.0 Description of alignment alternatives
The proposed development of the Robert Ferrie Drive alignment comprises 8 alignment alternatives to
connect the existing Robert Ferrie Drive westerly to the W1 Alignment selected and approved for the
Strasburg Road extension.
Alignment 1a - Straight line extending west from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive before
turning northwest to the southern extension of Strasburg Road. In the event Biehn Drive is extended,
Biehn Drive will intersect with Strasburg Road.
Alignment lb - Straight line extending west from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive to the
southern extension of Strasburg Road. In the event Biehn Drive is extended, Biehn Drive will intersect with
Strasburg Road.
Alignment 1c — Southwest extension from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive to the southern
extension of Strasburg Road. In the event Biehn Drive is extended, Biehn Drive will intersect with Strasburg
Road.
Alignment 2/3 — Northwest extension from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive parallel to the
hydro corridor to the approximate southern limit of the"north section"of the Strasburg Road extension.
Alignment 4— Northwest extension from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive parallel to the hydro
corridor turning west to the southern extension of Strasburg Road and running roughly parallel to and
north of the woodlot and wetland. In the event Biehn Drive is extended, Biehn Drive will intersect with the
Robert Ferrie Drive extension.
Alignment 5 — Southwest extension from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive, south of the
buildings, structures and pond located at 500 Stauffer Drive and continuing to Strasburg Road. In the
event Biehn Drive is extended, Biehn Drive will intersect with Strasburg Road.
Alignment 6 — Straight line extending westerly from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive, turning
northerly on Caryndale Drive and then proceeding in a northwesterly direction roughly parallel to the
hydro corridor and continuing to the approximate southern limit of the "north section" of Strasburg Road.
In the event Biehn Drive is extended, Biehn Drive will intersect with the Robert Ferrie Drive extension.
Alignment 7 — Straight line extending westerly from the current terminus of Robert Ferrie Drive, turning
northwest within the limits of 500 Stauffer Drive,and proceeding roughly parallel to the hydro corridor and
continuing to the approximate southern limit of the "north section" of Strasburg Road. In the event Biehn
Drive is extended, Biehn Drive will intersect with the Robert Ferrie Drive extension.
See Map 2 for the Alignment alternatives.
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6.0 Impacts of proposed alignment alternatives on cultural heritage resources
The alignments have been assessed using criteria outlined in the methodology section,which is consistent
with other Environmental Assessments in the City of Kitchener, and based upon Ministry of Tourism, Sport
and Culture guidelines that have been adopted as best practice.
The alignment alternatives have been assessed using a "numerical evaluation approach". The alternatives
have been evaluated against the indicator/measurement associated with the cultural environment. Using
this methodology, the least preferred alternative has been given a score of 1, and the most preferred a
score of 10.The other alternatives have been assigned a numerical value between the least preferred and
the most preferred.The results of the numerical evaluation are below,followed by statement of rationale:
Factor Group/Factor Indicator/Measure Score 1 to 10
(1 least preferable, 10 most
preferable)
Cultural Environment— Built - Number/type/significance of 1:Alignment alternative 5
Heritage direct/indirect impacts to built
heritage resources (based on 2:Alignment alternative 1 c
• Built Heritage Features presence of built heritage resources
identified or designated by the City 3:Alignment alternatives 1 a, 1 b
of Kitchener as having heritage
value or interest, or identified 6:Alignment alternative 7
during EA field studies); probability
of obtaining required regulatory 7:Alignment alternative 6
permits; and the degree of
associated risk to project 9:Alignment alternative 4
implementation
10:Alignment alternative 2/3
Rationale:
Alignment 5 is the least preferred option, as it would have high levels of direct and indirect impact on
several cultural heritage resources and attributes.
It has the potential for moderate levels of indirect impacts to the built heritage resources at 500 Stauffer
Drive, most notably increased noise and vibration from the proximity of a roadway to the residence, barn
and driveshed.The alignment would be located in close proximity to the nineteenth-century farmhouse
that is representative of the Ontario Gothic Style.The alignment would bisect the property and alter the
relationship of the built heritage resource with Stauffer Drive and would have high levels of direct impact
on the heritage attributes in the front yard including pond, mature trees and driveway connection that
provide the setting for built heritage resources.
The probability of regulatory permits being approved for this alternative is unlikely.
Alignment alternative 1c has the potential for moderate levels of indirect impacts to built heritage
resources at 500 Stauffer Drive with increased noise and vibration due to its closer proximity to the
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residence, barn and driveshed than 1 a and 1 b,and is less preferred than 1 a and 1 b.The alignment bisects
the property and disrupts views between the built heritage resources and the agricultural fields and
woodlot.The probability of regulatory permits being approved for this alternative is unlikely.
Alignments 1 a and 1 b have the potential for low levels of direct impacts to the built heritage resources of
500 Stauffer Drive, with increased noise and vibration to the residence, barn and driveshed. The
alignment bisects the property and disrupts views between the built heritage resources and the
agricultural fields and woodlot. The probability of regulatory permits being approved for these
alignments is unlikely.
Alignment 7 would be located on the northeastern portion of the designated property, and may alter
views from the built heritage resources to this part of the agricultural landscape. The low level of direct
impacts to the landscape of this option could be mitigated. It is possible that regulatory permits may be
approved for this alignment subject to approval of mitigation measures.
Alignment 6 would be located on an existing portion of Caryndale Drive and would require widening,
which may have low direct impacts that alter views from the built heritage resources to this part of the
agricultural landscape. The impacts of this option could be mitigated. It is possible that regulatory
permits may be approved for this alignment subject to approval of mitigation measures.
The remaining alignment alternatives (2/3 and 4) have no direct or indirect impacts on built heritage
resources in the study area, as they are located north of all identified cultural heritage resources. No
regulatory permits would be required.
313:Cultural Environment— Scenic Roads
Factor Group/Factor Indicator/Measure Score 1 to 10
(1 least preferable, 10 most
preferable)
Cultural Environment- - Impact on the Scenic Road Network 1:Alignment alternative 5
• Scenic Roads and ability to convert to trails
3:Alignment 1 c
- Potential to expand/enhance the
Scenic Road/Community Trail 5:Alignment alternatives 1 a and 1 b
Network
6:Alignment alternative 6
7:Alignment alternative 7
9:Alignment alternative 4
10:Alignment alternative 2/3
Rationale:
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Alignment alternative 5 is the least preferred option when considering Scenic Roads.The proximity of the
alignment would have a moderate level of visual impact on Stauffer Drive and the northern portion of
Reidel Drive, Scenic Heritage Roads.The location of the alignment alternative would interrupt views from
the designated property to Reidel Drive and Stauffer Drive, and views from this intersection of Scenic
Heritage Roads to the designated property. The location of this alignment would allow for the closure of
the northern portion of Reidel Drive while retaining access to 500 Stauffer Drive, but this benefit would
be negated by the impact of heritage attributes on the designated property. Access to the property from
this access would not maintain the historic layout and circulation route. Alignment 5 would allow for the
closure of Stauffer Drive except for emergency use, but views from the scenic road between the property
at 500 Stauffer Drive would be interrupted. The alignment would allow for the expansion of the Scenic
Road Network Trail with the closure of part of Caryndale Drive, except for emergency use, but views
between the road and the property at 500 Stauffer Drive would be interrupted. The road alignment will
be located north of Staffer and Reidel, and while the physical south-facing orientation of the house will
not change,the new road alignment in the foreground changes the historic relationship or orientation to
the scenic roads.
Alignments 1a, 1b and 1c have no impacts on the identified scenic heritage roads. These alignments
would allow for the closure of Stauffer Drive except for emergency vehicles, and would allow for the
expansion of the Scenic Road Network Trail with the closure of a section of Caryndale Drive (except for
emergency access).The location of these alignments may allow for the closure of the northern portion of
Reidel Drive and Stauffer Drive by permitting access from the north of the property, but this benefit
would be negated by the impact of heritage attributes on the designated property. Views between the
extended Scenic Trail Network extension of Caryndale Drive and the fields and topography of the
designated property at 500 Stauffer Drive would be moderately directly impacted by alignment
alternatives 1 a, 1 b and 1 c.
Alignment 6 would allow for the closure of Stauffer Drive (except for emergency vehicles) and would
allow for the expansion of the Scenic Road Network Trail. Views northward from the extended Scenic
Road Network Trail would project along the extension of Robert Ferrie Drive and widened/improved
road.
Alignment 7 has no direct or indirect impacts on the scenic heritage roads. It would allow for the closure
of Stauffer Drive (except for emergency vehicles) and would allow for the expansion of the Scenic Road
Network Trail. Views northward from the extended Scenic Road Network Trail would project along the
existing northern portion of Caryndale Drive.
Alignments 2/3 and 4 have no direct or indirect impacts on the scenic heritage roads. They would allow
for the closure of Stauffer Drive (except for emergency vehicles) and would allow for the extension of the
Scenic Road Network Trail with the closure of Caryndale Drive between Stauffer Drive and the extension
of Robert Ferrie Drive.
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313:Cultural Environment—Cultural Heritage Landscapes
Factor Group/Factor Indicator/Measure Score 1 to 10
(1 least preferable, 10 most
preferable)
Cultural Environment- - Number/type/significance of 1:Alignment alternative 5
• Cultural Heritage direct/indirect impacts to cultural
Landscapes heritage landscapes and features
Alignmentalternative1c
such as farm complexes,etc.) 3: Alignment alternatives 1 a and
Visual impact of road ]b
5:Alignment alternative 7
7:Alignment alternative 6
9:Alignment alternative 2/3
10:Alignment alternative 4
Rationale:
Alignment alternative 5 is the least preferred alternative from a cultural heritage perspective. This
alignment bisects the designated property at 500 Stauffer Drive, and has a high level of direct impact to
the designated cultural heritage landscape. This alignment would separate the structures from the
woodlot, changing the historic relationship and layout of the agricultural landscape.The visual impact of
the road would interrupt the views between the cluster of structures and the woodlot, the intact
agricultural landscape, the agricultural fields and the rolling topography. The alignment would also
interrupt views between the designated property and the Stauffer Drive, Reidel Drive and Caryndale
Drive. These elements are identified as heritage attributes in the designating bylaw. Alignment 5 would
also result in the loss or alteration of the following heritage attributes on the property:the mature trees in
close proximity to the residence, the open water pond, the spatial organization and circulation patterns.
The tree-lined gravel drive and windbreak oriented to Stauffer Drive may also be moderately altered
during the construction phase depending on the precise location of the alignment. It is possible that
these changes could be reversed or mitigated after construction. The alignment alternative would have a
moderate direct level of impact to the rolling agricultural fields of 271 Reidel Drive.
Alignments 1a, 1b, 1c are not preferred alternatives from a cultural heritage perspective. These
alignments are similar in that they bisect the designated property at 500 Stauffer Drive,and would have a
high level of direct impact to the designated cultural heritage landscape, as the visual impact of the road
would interrupt the views and the relationship between the cluster of structures and the woodlot, the
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intact agricultural landscape, the agricultural fields and topography. These elements are identified as
heritage attributes in the designating bylaw.Alignments 1 a, 1 b or 1 c are not expected to result in the loss
or significant alteration of the mature woodlot. There appears to be a sufficient distance between the
alignment and the woodlot that it would not result in the loss, obstruction or significant alteration of the
feature.
Alignment alternative 7 may be considered a preferred option with appropriate mitigation measures.This
alignment crosses the northeastern corner of the designated property at 500 Stauffer Drive, and would
cause a moderate level of direct impact to the designated cultural heritage landscape by altering a small
portion of the cultivated fields and their rolling topography. These impacts could be mitigated with the
construction of low berms or vegetative screening to reduce the visual impact of the road.
Alignment alternative 6 is a preferred alternative with appropriate mitigation measures. This alignment
utilizes an existing portion of Caryndale Drive, but would require widening or other construction
modifications that may have low levels of direct impact to the cultivated fields and rolling topography of
the cultural heritage landscape at northeastern portion 500 Stauffer Drive. These impacts could be
mitigated with the construction of low berms or vegetative screening to reduce the visual impact of the
road.
Alignment alternatives 2/3 and 4 are the most preferred alternatives from a cultural heritage perspective.
These alignment alternatives are located north of all cultural heritage landscape resources,and would not
have direct impacts on any cultural heritage landscape resources.
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9.0 Summary and Recommendations
This report provides an assessment of the proposed alignment alternatives for the extension of Robert
Ferrie Drive to the selected approved W1 extension of Strasburg Road, and identifies the potential impacts
of the alignments on cultural heritage resources in the study area. The identified cultural heritage
resources in the study area are the designated cultural heritage landscape at 500 Stauffer Drive, the
residence at 271 Reidel Drive that is included on the Municipal Heritage Register, and the scenic heritage
roads of Stauffer Drive and Reidel Drive.
Of the proposed alignment alternatives, alignments 2, 3 and 4 do not pass through any identified heritage
properties. Alignments 2, 3 and 4 are located north of the designated property at 500 Stauffer Drive, and
have no adverse impacts to identified cultural heritage resources. Alignment alternatives 2, 3 and 4 are
recommended as preferred options from a cultural heritage perspective, as they do not adversely impact
identified heritage attributes of the cultural heritage resources. These alignment alternatives would not
require mitigation measures.
Alignment 6 follows a short segment of the existing alignment of Caryndale Road, but may require
widening or construction that may have low levels of impact to the cultural heritage landscape at 500
Stauffer Drive.These impacts could be mitigated with berms or vegetative screening.
.Alignment alternative 7 would cross through the northeast portion of 500 Stauffer Drive. It has the
potential for low levels of adverse impact the intact agricultural landscape and views within the
designated property of 500 Stauffer Drive of the fields and topography, and views from Caryndale Drive.
The low levels of adverse impacts of alignment 7 may be mitigated with berms or vegetative screening.
Of the proposed alignment options, Alignment 5 and Alignment 1 (a, b, and c) will adversely impact the
cultural heritage resource at 500 Stauffer Drive by bisecting the property and altering the intact agricultural
landscape and views to the woodlot. Alignment 5 would impact the orientation, circulation route, pond
and vegetation at 500 Stauffer Drive. Alignment 5 would also adversely impact the views between the
property and Stauffer Drive, Reidel Drive and Caryndale Drive. Alignments 1 a, 1 b and 1 c are similar in that
they bisect the intact agricultural landscape separating the structures from the woodlot, and will impact
views to the woodlot, fields and hedgerows. The proximity of alignment 1 c to the built structures of the
property has increased potential for higher levels of indirect impacts to the built heritage resources.
The location of the proposed alignments and the extent of the adverse impacts to cultural heritage
resources are in many cases irreversible effects that cannot be effectively mitigated. As such, alignment
options 5 and 1 a, 1 b, 1 c are not preferred options from a cultural heritage perspective. Adverse impacts
from alignment alternatives 6 and 7 could be mitigated, and the more northerly alignment alternatives 2/3
and 4 pose no impacts and are the most preferred from a cultural heritage perspective.
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Illustrated Historical Atlas Geo. R.And G.M.Tremaines. 7867 Map of Waterloo County. Reproduced
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