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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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).
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Leon Bensason, MCIP, RPP, CAHP
Coordinator, Cultural Heritage Planning
Acknowledged by: Brandon Sloan, Manager of Long Range & Policy Planning
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