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Date:December 23, 2015
To:Heritage Kitchener Committee
From:Leon Bensason, Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning
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Subject: Heritage Best Practices – Follow Up Discussion
On December 14, 2015 City Council approved the recommendation made in Staff Report
CSD-15-091, directing staff to undertake the Heritage Best Practices outlined in the summary
table attached to this memo.
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Heritage staff intend to initiate discussion at the January 5 Heritage Kitchener meeting on
some of the 8 action items. This will include discussion on the mandate and primary functions of
the two Heritage Kitchener sub-committees to be established - one to identify priority candidates
for heritage designation (Action No.2), and a second sub-committee to work on heritage
promotion and education (Action No.5). Subject to the number of committee members in
attendance at the January meeting, there may also be an opportunity to appoint individuals who
wish to serve on the sub-committees.
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HERITAGE BEST PRACTICES RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
Quick Wins (Immediate)
1.
That City staff use the City of Hamilton Built Heritage Emergency Management Protocol
as a model to start drafting a similar protocol for Council consideration, and that staff use
the directory maintained by the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals or the list
developed by the Ontario Heritage Trust in identifying one or more pre-qualified
professional engineers who may be used by the City in emergency situations affecting
heritage property.
2.
That a sub-committee of Heritage Kitchener be established to work with City staff in
reviewing the list of non-designated properties on the Municipal Heritage Register,
including City-owned properties, in identifying priority candidates for designation, with a
view toward bringing recommendations forward for designation annually in consultation
with property owners.
3.
That City staff review the Facility Management Division’s standard monitoring checklist to
apply heritage considerations in the routine inspection of City-owned built heritage
resources.
Short Term (Within 1 Year)
4.
That City staff prepare a heritage procedural protocol in consultation with Heritage
Kitchener for Council consideration, that would provide direction on council approved
processes related to matters under the Ontario Heritage Act, including defining notice
requirements for the demolition of listed heritage property, and processes associated with
heritage permits and non-compliance under the Ontario Heritage Act.
5.
That City staff leverage the skills and interests of members of Heritage Kitchener in
striking a sub-committee to promote greater public education and awareness of heritage
conservation.
Longer Term (Within 3 Years)
6.
That City staff prepare a report for Council consideration addressing how best to proceed
in preparing Conservation Plans for select City-owned cultural heritage resources, and in
establishing a sustainable funding source for the care and maintenance of City-owned
cultural heritage resources over the long term.
7.
That City staff conduct a review of the City’s Designated Heritage Property Grant Program
to include examining grant amounts and eligibility, with a report to be reviewed by
Heritage Kitchener and considered by City Council.
8.
That City staff investigate the opportunity to develop partnerships with other area
municipalities, the Region, community organizations, academic institutions and
businesses to broaden the support base for heritage locally.
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