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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHeritage Advisory Minutes Sept 12 2005 Cape Breton Regional Municipality Heritage Advisory Committee Monday September 12, 2005 7:00 p.m. 2nd Floor Boardroom Civic Centre Present: Staff: Absent: Chairman Councillor Ray Paruch Co-Chair Councillor Tom Wilson Councillor Brian Lahey Citizen Anne Dwyer Citizen Spyro Trifos Citizen Dan MacNeil Rick McCready, Planner CBRM Planning Department Pamela Morrison, Recording Secretary Citizen Bill O'Shea Citizen Angus Ferguson Heritage Advisory Committee Sept 12, 2005 Page - 2 Minutes Approved by Committee Summarv of Decisions - HeritaJ!e Advisorv Committee - September 12. 2005: 1. Approval of minutes Herita2e Advisory Committee June 23. 2005: Motion to approve the Heritage Advisory Committee minutes of June 23,2005. 2. Business Arisin2 from minutes: Ora McManus and Bob Morgan are interested in meeting with staff of the CBRM Planning Department to rectify parking at the Lyceum. Rick McCready will invite Paul Collins, Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage to attend a meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee to discuss Municipal Heritage and how the HAC can work with the other groups in the Community re: Heritage Properties. 3. North End Herita2e Conservation District Bylaw: Rick gave an overview of the draft Heritage Conservation District Bylaw. 4. Sacred Heart Church. 217 Geor2e St.. Sydney - reQuest for Herita2e Desi2nation: It was the general consensus of the Committee to accept Rick McCready's recommendation and request that Council designate the Sacred Heart Church at 217 George Street as a Municipal Heritage Property. 5. Update - Historic Places Initiative Contract: Motion to accept the recommendation and appointment of Neil Libbey who will be responsible to write a "Statement of Significance" for each heritage designated property within CBRM. 6. Update - Provincial Herita2e Task Force: Motion that the Heritage Advisory Committee to direct staff to prepare a presentation to present at the Provincial Heritage Task Force public meeting in Sydney to discuss the following: Grants available RE: Heritage (the amount of money available is not sufficient), the process of accessing the program is slow. 7. Correspondence: (None at the time) 9. Adjournment: Heritage Advisory Committee Sept 12, 2005 Page - 3 Minutes Approved by Committee Chairman Paruch welcomed the Committee with the first order of business the approval of the June 23,2005 minutes. 2. Business Arisin2: From Minutes: Ora McManus and Bob Morgan are interested in meeting with staff of the CBRM Planning Department to rectify parking at the Lyceum. Rick McCready will invite Paul Collins, Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage to attend a meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee to discuss Municipal Heritage and how the HAC can work with the other groups in the Community re: heritage properties. 3. North End Herita2:e Conservation District Bvlaw: A copy of the revised draft North End Heritage Conservation District Bylaw was distributed to the Committee. It was prepared by the citizens of the North End Sub Committee. There is a map on the back showing the boundaries of the proposed district. The bylaw has to be approved by Council. Pictures of the houses in the proposed district will be inserted in the bylaw at a later date. The sub committee used the Truro heritage bylaw as a guideline to develop a heritage district for the North End. In June there was an open house held at the Lyceum for the residents and property owners of the North End to review the proposed draft Secondary Planning Strategy for the North End and the draft North End Heritage Conservation District Bylaw. With respect to the comments of the residents, some responded to the drafts with positive feedback and some responded with negative feedback. The Sisters of Holy Angels Convent supported the heritage bylaw but had some concerns re: the Convent. The sub committee met with the Sisters a couple of occasions to try and resolve their requests for changes to the bylaw in relation to the Convent. Rick gave an overview of the draft Heritage Conservation District Bylaw. He explained if the bylaw is adopted Council then it will be the responsibility of the Development Officer and the Heritage Officer to regulate it. If there was an application submitted for new construction or renovations in the heritage district the application would first be reviewed by the Development Officer who would forward it to the Heritage Officer to determine if a Certificate of Appropriateness was required. If so, then the Heritage Officer would process the application. If not, then the Development Officer would process the application. A Certificate of Appropriateness is to ensure that the new construction or renovations enhance the district. If an applicant is refused a Certificate of Appropriateness by the Heritage Officer or by Council then the applicant can file an appeal with the Utility Services Board. The following two types of development would require approval of Council: . New construction . Demolition Heritage Advisory Committee Sept 12, 2005 Page - 4 Minutes Approved by Committee Discussion: Citizen Spyro Trifos - raised a concern regarding whether or not lighting for properties within the proposed HCD was addressed within the bylaw. If not, there should be some provisions in the bylaw permitting lighting for properties that should consist of a more traditional design instead of an industrial design. Rick commented that lighting was not addressed in the proposed HCD bylaw and that he would review the draft and insert provisions. Citizen Dan MacNeil - raised the following question: What happens if the residents or property owners do not comply with the proposed HCD bylaw? Rick advised the Heritage Bylaw Act does not impact penalties. But if there are violations or complaints submitted by neighbors then they will be addressed. 4. Sacred Heart Church. 217 Geor2:e St.. Sydney - request for Herita2:e Desi2:nation: Rick advised he received a letter from Penny Lord on behalf of the Scared Heart Parish to designate the church as a Municipal Heritage Property including the church cemetery located at 217 George St., Sydney. Rick gave a brief history on the church and cemetery and explained that it scores very high in all categories on the criteria requirement list for CBRM designation of heritage properties. He also noted that the church is not located within the proposed heritage conservation district for the North End of Sydney and that it requires separate designation. He recommended that Council designate the Sacred Heart Church at 217 George Street as a municipal heritage property. It was the general consensus of the Committee to accept Rick McCready's recommendation and request that Council designate the Sacred Heart Church at 217 George Street as a municipal heritage property. 5. Update - Historic Places Initiative Contract: Rick updated the Committee re: the Historic Places Initiative Contract. The CBRM will receive $4,000 from the Federal Government to employ an individual to write a "Statement of Significance" for each heritage designated property within CBRM. Neil Libby is the successful applicant and will take a training course in the next few weeks re: the "Statements of Significance". Neil has written a book on the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club and has a passion for the area. He will be working in the Planning Department. Of the $4,000, there will be $300 for each property and $1,000 will cover Neil's travel expenses. Heritage Advisory Committee Sept 12, 2005 Page - 5 Minutes Approved by Committee 6. Update - Provincial Herita2:e Task Force: There was a copy of a publication circulated to the Committee. The publication appeared recently in the Cape Breton Post advising the public of a task force that is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage. The task force will be conducting a series of meetings for the public to discuss all aspects of the Province's heritage to find out what Nova Scotians value most about their heritage and how best to manage heritage assets. Rick suggested that the HAC prepare a presentation to present at the public meeting in Sydney to discuss the following two issues: 1. The grants available re: Heritage (the amount of money available is not sufficient) 2. The process of accessing the program is slow. 7. Correspondence: _None at this time Chairman Ray Paruch Vice Chairman Tom Wilson