11. HERITAGE PLAQUE PROGRAM 2007/2008

PROGRAMME DE PLAQUES DU PATRIMOINE 2007/2008

Committee recommendation

That Council approve that heritage plaques be installed in 2008 on five designated heritage buildings and in two heritage conservation districts as listed in Document 1.

Recommandation du Comité

Que le Conseil approuve qu en 2008 des plaques du patrimoine soient installées sur cinq édifices historiques désignés et dans deux districts de conservation du patrimoine, comme l'indique le document 1.

Documentation

1. Deputy City Manager's report Planning, Transit and the Environment dated 17 October 2007 (ACS2007-PTE-APR-0198).

Report to/Rapport au :

Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee

Comité consultatif sur la conservation de l'architecture locale

and / et

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

and Council / et au Conseil

17 October 2007 / le 17 octobre 2007

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/

Directrice municipale adjointe

Planning, Transit and the Environment/Urbanisme, Transport en commun

et Environnement

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Grant Lindsay, Manager

Planning and Infrastructure Approvals/Approbation des demandes d’aménagement et d’infrastructure

(613) 580-2424 x13242, grant.lindsay@ottawa.ca

City-wide

Ref N°: ACS2007-PTE-APR-0198

SUBJECT:	HERITAGE PLAQUE PROGRAM 2007/2008

OBJET :	PROGRAMME DE PLAQUES DU PATRIMOINE 2007/2008

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee recommend that Planning and Environment Committee recommend to Council that heritage plaques be installed in 2008 on five designated heritage buildings and in two heritage conservation districts as listed in Document 1.

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité consultatif sur la conservation de l'architecture locale recommande au Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement de recommander au Conseil municipal qu en 2008 des plaques du patrimoine soient installées sur cinq édifices historiques désignés et dans deux districts de conservation du patrimoine, comme l'indique le document 1.

BACKGROUND

The Heritage Plaque Program is carried out in accordance with Section 2.5.5, 15 of the Official Plan, passed by City Council in May 2003, which contains policies regarding heritage plaques:

"... the City will support its objective to conserve heritage resources and to promote the stewardship of those resources by:

b. Commemorating cultural heritage resources with heritage plaques, awards and other forms of interpretation;"

A presentation of framed letters will be made to the owners of individually-designated heritage properties receiving heritage designation plaques and to community or business associations in the case of the two heritage conservation districts at the annual Heritage Day Awards and Recognition Ceremony on February 18, 2008. This is in accordance with past practice since 1982 in former Ottawa and every year since amalgamation. The plaques will be produced and installed in 2008.

ANALYSIS

The commemoration of five designated heritage buildings and two heritage conservation districts designated under the Ontario Heritage Act will fulfill the policies of the Official Plan described above.

CONSULTATION

In 2003, staff wrote to each owner of property designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act within the city in order to identify which property owners wanted a plaque. A list of these owners was compiled and put in order to determine which designated properties would receive plaques in future years. Owners of properties that have been subsequently designated by City Council have been included on the list.

The owners of the properties listed in Document 1 were contacted by letter or approached by the City individually and have confirmed they would like to receive a plaque in 2008. The New Edinburgh Community Association and Sparks Street Mall Board of Management have agreed to the installation of heritage conservation district plaques in their respective districts.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

The total cost for five individual heritage plaques and four heritage conservation district plaques (two per district) is approximately $17,000 and will be funded within the Operating Budget of the Planning, Transit and the Environment Department, Planning Branch.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 - List of designated heritage properties/ areas to receive plaques in 2008

Plaque Recipients

1 7 Delaware, Armenian Embassy

2 19 Melrose, Ecole Sacre Couer

3 360 Kenwood, La Maison Jeanne D'Arc

4 806 March Road (March House)

5 1445 St.Joseph Boulevard (Butler House)

6 Sparks Street Heritage Conservation District (2 plaques)

7 New Edinburgh Heritage Conservation District ( 2 plaques).

DISPOSITION

The Planning, Transit and the Environment Department will implement the plaque program.