2. LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL
CONSERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE – |
Committee
recommendations
That Council:
a) Receive
the 2005 Annual Report of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee as detailed in Attachment 1; and
b) Approve
the objectives contained in the 2006 workplan, as detailed in Attachment 2.
Recommandations du Comité
Que le Conseil :
a) reçoive le Rapport annuel de 2005 du Comité
consultatif sur la conservation de l’architecture locale, tel que décrit à la
pièce jointe no 1;
b) approuve les objectifs qui sont présentés
dans le plan de travail 2006, tels que décrits à la pièce jointe no 2.
Documentation
1. Local Architectural Conservation
Advisory Committee Chair’s report dated
27 March 2006 (ACS2006-CCV-LAC-0001).
2. Local
Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee Terms of Reference were previously distributed to all members of Council and are held
on file with the City Clerk.
Report
to/Rapport au :
Planning
and Environment Committee
and Council/et au Conseil
Submitted by/Soumis par : Chair/président Dr. Jay Baltz
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee/
Comité consultatif sur la conservation de
l’architecture locale
Contact/Personne-ressource : RH.A. Tremblay
Committee
Coordinator/coordonnateur du comité
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Ref N°: ACS2006-CCV-LAC-0001 |
SUBJECT: LOCAL
ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE – 2005 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2006
WORK PLAN
OBJET: COMITÉ
CONSULTATIF SUR LA CONSERVATION DE L’ARCHITECTURE LOCALE – RAPPORT ANNUEL DE
2005 ET PLAN DE TRAVAIL 2006
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee recommend that the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council:
a) Receive
the 2005 Annual Report of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory
Committee as detailed in Attachment 1; and
b) Approve the objectives contained in the 2006 workplan, as detailed
in Attachment 2.
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 :
a) de
recevoir le Rapport annuel de 2005 du Comité consultatif sur la conservation de
l’architecture locale, tel que décrit à la pièce jointe no 1;
b) d’approuver les objectifs qui sont présentés
dans le plan de travail 2006, tel que décrit à la pièce jointe no 2.
City Council, 3 December 2003, reconfirmed its governance structure. This included the advisory committees, and the requirement for each to complete a workplan outlining proposed projects and activities for the upcoming year. The workplan is to identify each and every activity the Committee plans to undertake in the upcoming year, whether they have a budgetary impact or not. The item should be identified, a brief description of the project or activity should be noted, and the anticipated timing of the item should be provided.
The Lead Department Representatives are to provide the Committee with information on the departmental workplan and priorities, where the workplans of the Committees tie into that workplan, and where the Committee can assist the Department. The Lead Department Representative will also advise on what staff and/or financial resources are available as part of departmental priorities.
DISCUSSION
At its meeting of 26 January 2006, the Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee approved its 2005 annual report and 2006 work
plan.
The mandate of the Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee is to advise City Council on matters relating
to Ottawa’s Heritage (pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act),
specifically on issues of built heritage, including cultural heritage
landscapes. The complete Terms of Reference can be found at Attachment 3 of
this report.
The
Planning and Growth Management Department was consulted and following comments
were received:
The Department of Planning and Growth
Management, as the lead City Department for the Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC), is involved with and supportive of the
activities of LACAC reflected in this annual report and proposed workplan. The
workplan objectives are intended for implementation by LACAC itself with advice
and input from Corporate Services and Planning and Growth Management where
possible and as appropriate.
The
following activities described in the LACAC workplan are administered and paid
for by the Department of Planning and Growth Management as part of its
Departmental workplan and budget with the advice of LACAC: the heritage
designation of buildings and areas under the Ontario Heritage Act (Objective 1,
Activity 2); heritage grants for the restoration of heritage properties
(Objective 3, Activity 1); heritage plaques for designated heritage buildings
and areas (Objectivity 3, Activity 2); the Ottawa Architectural Conservation
Awards (Objective 3, Activity 3).
In addition, the Department provides approximately $300 to LACAC
for the implementation of the Heritage Farmsteads Recognition Program
(Objective 4, Activity 2).
Funds
are available for the continued work on the second edition of the LACAC
publication (2006 Workplan Objective 4, Activity 1) within LACAC’s in-trust account.
There are no financial implications associated with
any of the other 2006 Workplan Objectives.
Attachment 1 – 2005 Annual Report of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
Attachment 2 – Proposed 2006 Workplan of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
Attachment 3 – Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee Terms of Reference (Previously distributed to all members of Council and held on file with the City Clerk).
City Clerks Branch staff will forward the recommendations approved by the Planning and Environment Committee to City Council for ratification.
Attachment 1
Annual Report 2004/2005
The Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) is mandated to advise City Council on
matters relating to Ottawa’s Heritage, including:
·
Identifying
properties and areas in the City of Ottawa that may deserve protection;
·
Providing
City Council with advice on applications to alter designated heritage
properties and new construction in heritage districts;
·
Advising
property owners on appropriate conservation and maintenance practices and;
·
Promoting
heritage conservation within the community;
·
Advocating
on behalf of threatened heritage resources.
Since its inception in August 2001, the LACAC
has met twice monthly to receive public delegations, to make recommendations to
City Council on applications and matters relative to the Ontario Heritage
Act, and to discuss issues relative to Ottawa’s built heritage. Increasingly, the Committee’s work is
accomplished by a number of sub-committees and working groups:
·
Design & Designation; · Publicly
Owned Heritage;
·
Recent Heritage; · Awareness;
·
Budget; · Development
Review;
·
Architectural Conservation Awards; · Heritage
Ottawa Development Inc.;
·
Heritage Farmsteads; · Book;
·
LRT North-South & East-West; · Bank
Street Improvements PAC;
·
Community Heritage Recognition Awards.
In its 2004-2005 Workplan, LACAC established four (4) main objectives:
1.
Advise City
Council on matters relating to Ottawa’s heritage, including providing City
Council with advice on statutory matters under the Ontario Heritage Act and assisting staff in the Planning and
Development Department on specific projects (Heritage Grants, Heritage
Conservation Awards);
2.
Advise City
Council on issues related to Development, Community Design and Heritage
Conservation;
3.
Advise City
Council on programs, policies and activities specific to heritage conservation;
and
4.
Promote heritage
awareness within the community and undertake activities to draw attention to
specific built heritage resources.
The following is a summary of the activities
and accomplishments of the LACAC from September 2004 to October 2005.
Objective
1: Advise City Council on statutory matters under the Ontario Heritage Act, functioning as
the municipal heritage committee under the terms of that Act. |
§
Reviewed
a total of 13 statutory applications under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) dealing with alterations,
demolitions as well as new construction.
This number includes properties designated under parts IV
(individually-designated properties) and V (heritage conservation districts)
of the Act. §
Applications
under Part V of the OHA dealt with properties
within the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District (HCD), the
Centretown HCD, Lowertown West HCD, the Sandy Hill West HCD, the By Ward
Market HCD, and the New Edinburgh HCD. §
The committee also reviewed four applications to
designate buildings under Part IV of the OHA and recommended that a
by-law be passed to study the Lorne Avenue Heritage Conservation District as
a potential heritage conservation district.
§
The Development Review Sub-Committee reviewed
and provided detailed comments and / or objections on 18 sub-division, site
plan control, and zoning applications. This sub-committee also reviewed
approximately 131 Committee of Adjustment applications for variances of
designated heritage properties and properties of heritage interest, providing
detailed comments on 25 of them. §
To date, LACAC
assessed and approved 37 heritage grants for building restoration work. §
LACAC repealed one Part IV designation; recommended amending the
boundary of the Centretown Heritage Conservation District; and recommended
adjusting the site boundary of the Rideau Branch Library. §
The committee reviewed and recommended support for nomination of the
Ottawa River as a Canadian Heritage River by the Canadian Heritage Rivers
Board. |
Objective
2: Advise City Council on issues related to Development, Community
Design and Heritage Conservation. |
§
LACAC received
the following presentations: the mandate and activities of Historic Ottawa
Development Inc.; Preserving Modern Heritage Landscapes – The Garden of the
Provinces, presented by Conservation
Landscape Architect John Zvonar; and Ottawa's Heritage
Bridges: Renovation/Restoration Projects of the Recent Past, presented by a LACAC representative, and former engineer
with the City. §
The committee
was consulted on preliminary plans for new construction in the By Ward Market
Heritage Conservation District; the retention of Dunlop House in Riverside
South community; and the relocation of March House. §
Representatives
of LACAC attended and provided input into the City’s Public Consultation
Group for the North-South Corridor LRT
Priority Project Environmental Assessment Study, as well as the City’s
Public Advisory Committee for the Bank
Street Improvement Environmental Assessment Study. |
Objective
3: Advise City Council on programs, policies and activities
specific to heritage conservation. |
§
The Budget Sub-Committee provided written comments on the
2005 and 2006 Draft Budgets, and made presentation to Council. §
The City of Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards Selection
Panel reviewed submissions
to the annual competition, visited properties of all reviewed submissions,
and made recommendations for awards. §
At the
initiative of LACAC, the Committee
received a presentation on the disposal of city-owned property and the
potential impact on heritage resources.
Proposals for disposal of City property will henceforth be circulated to LACAC
for review and comment. §
The Design and Designation Sub-Committee
monitored the development of the New Comprehensive
Zoning By-Law. §
The committee received a presentation on the City-owned Belltown Dome
skating rink, and its eligibility for Heritage Designation; the Recent Heritage Sub-Committee continues
to monitor the issue. §
The committee reviewed a Council motion related to
City-owned property and its compliance with the Ontario Heritage Act and potential impediment to future
designations of City-owned property.
Correspondence was forwarded to His Worship the Mayor and Council
addressing LACAC’s concerns. §
The Publicly-Owned Heritage Sub-committee reviewed and provided
comments on correspondence and statements of heritage value for schools of
heritage significance. §
A representative of LACAC attended and provided input into a provincial
consultation session on regulations and guidelines under the new Ontario Heritage Act. §
The committee received presentations on the following City policies and
programs: the Ottawa Farmstead Recognition Program, the New Comprehensive
Zoning By-law, and the Protection of Trees in Heritage Conservation
Districts. |
Objective 4: Promote
heritage awareness within the community and undertake activities to draw
attention to specific built heritage resources. |
§
The Plaque Sub-Committee reviewed the text for eight heritage plaques to be installed on
selected designated heritage buildings throughout the city in 2005/2006. §
A
representative of LACAC reviewed and reported on the City of Ottawa policy and those of
other municipal jurisdictions in dealing with Leda Clay and heritage trees;
the committee is collaborating
with the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee to develop of a
Heritage Tree Recognition Program and to promote the review of the City’s
existing policies regarding the removal of trees in Leda clay soil. §
The
Heritage Farmsteads Sub-Committee met regularly with staff and
continued compiling an extensive survey of farm complexes within the City of
Ottawa. It developed promotional
brochures for distribution to farmstead owners. The Sub-Committee also identified
eligible farmsteads for recognition under this new program. §
LACAC retained
membership in Community Heritage Ontario, the Council of Heritage
Organizations in Ottawa, and Heritage Ottawa. §
The Heritage Community Recognition Awards
Selection Panel worked with the Arts,
Culture & Heritage Advisory Committee to recommend nominees for the
Ontario Heritage Foundation’s Heritage
Community Recognition Program 2005. §
The Book Sub-Committee began research and
production of a second edition of Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage
Structures, which would include designated properties under Part IV of
the Ontario Heritage Act throughout the new City of Ottawa. §
The Awareness Sub-Committee is continuing to distribute Ottawa, A Guide to Heritage Structures,
a book published by Ottawa’s previous LACAC, to local bookstores for sale. §
The Awareness Sub-Committee pledged sponsorship to the Urban Forum Steering Committee for its
2005-2006 Urban Forum Lecture Series
(lecture to be co-organized in spring 2006). §
The Awareness and Recent
Heritage Sub-Committees
initiated research and design of a third series of bookmarks with a special
emphasis on buildings of recent heritage significance in Ottawa. §
The Design and Designation Sub-Committee prepared
a letter outlining LACAC’s role as it relates to the designation process, and
circulated the letter to 163 Community Associations. |
Attachment 2
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
Workplan
2006
The mandate of LACAC is to advise City Council on matters relating to Ottawa’s Heritage, specifically on issues of built heritage, including cultural heritage landscapes. To guide its work throughout 2006, the LACAC has prioritized and defined its objectives as follows, has created eight sub-committees to assist with its work, and will create working groups where necessary to handle issues as they arise.
Objective 1 – Advise
City Council on statutory matters under the Ontario
Heritage Act, functioning as the municipal heritage committee under the
terms of that Act.
This
objective relates directly to Section 28 of the Ontario Heritage Act, which authorises a municipal council to establish a municipal heritage committee, by means of a
by-law, and defines the committee's statutory role as advising and assisting
Council on all matters relating to Part IV (Conservation of property of cultural heritage value or interest), Part V (Heritage
Conservation Districts), and such other matters as specified by municipal
by-law.
Activity 1: Review,
as part of regular meeting agendas, statutory applications in order to provide
advice to Council, through the Planning and Environment Committee. These applications include the alteration
and/or demolition of designated properties, new construction in heritage
districts and the designation of buildings and districts.
Responsibility: LACAC
Activity 2: Recommend
properties or districts for designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. Advise City Council on the identification,
evaluation and conservation of built heritage properties and areas.
Responsibility: LACAC and Design & Designation Sub-Committee
Activity
3: Assist and provide advice on the Heritage Conservation District Studies
for new areas under review for designation under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Responsibility: Lorne Avenue HCD Study Liaison
Central Park HCD Study Liaison
Sandy Hill HCD Study Liaison
Objective 2 – Advise
City Council on issues related to Development, Community Design and Heritage
Conservation.
This objective relates to LACAC’s mandate,
which includes the promotion of heritage conservation within the community and
advocating on behalf of threatened heritage resources. Specifically, LACAC will comment on
development applications affecting heritage resources and participate in Community
Design Plans for main streets, villages and mixed-use centres. Through partnerships, LACAC will pursue
activities to promote heritage conservation and good maintenance practices.
Activity
1: Review major planning applications such as Site
Plan Control, Demolition Control, Zoning and Official Plan Amendments, and
applications to Committee of Adjustment and provide comments to the appropriate
body, as required.
Responsibility: Development Review Sub-Committee
Activity 2: Advise
on built heritage issues with respect to Official Plan Policies, Community
Design Plans, and design strategies.
Responsibility: Design & Designation Sub-Committee
Activity 3: In conjunction with partners such as Historic
Ottawa Development Inc., Heritage Ottawa and the Ottawa-Carleton Home Builders
Association, encourage property owners to support heritage conservation and good maintenance
practices. Collaborate with HODI
by providing technical expertise on the restoration and reconstruction of
heritage stone arches in the Village of Rockcliffe Park.
Responsibility: LACAC
and Historic Ottawa Development Inc. Liaisons
Objective
3 – Advise City Council on programs, policies and
activities specific to heritage conservation.
LACAC intends to
continue to provide advice to staff on various City Council approved programs
and activities, such as the Plaque Program, Heritage Grants and City of Ottawa
Architectural Conservation Awards. LACAC will be called upon to review texts for new heritage
designation plaques. The committee will continue to monitor the
implementation of the Official Plan, Arts & Heritage Master Plan, and new
Comprehensive Zoning By-Law.
Activity 1: Review and recommend
approval of Heritage Grants, whereby the owners of any designated property can
apply for grants to make improvements to that property.
Responsibility: Chair or Vice Chair
Activity
2: Review texts for new plaques under the Heritage
Plaque Program.
Responsibility: Heritage Plaques Sub-Committee
Activity 3: Review
nominated projects for the City of Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards and
provide advice to staff as to the recipients.
Responsibility: Architectural Conservation Awards Selection
Panel
Activity
4: Participate in the Doors Open Ottawa initiative,
Heritage Day activities and an Urban Forum lecture on built heritage.
Responsibility: LACAC and Awareness Sub-Committee
Activity 5: Monitor the implementation of the Official
Plan, Secondary Plans, Heritage Master Plan, and Comprehensive Zoning By-Law as
well as advise City Council on issues of concern or interest.
Responsibility: Design
and Designation Sub-Committee
Activity 6: Continue to provide input and monitor the implementation of the Light Rail Transit
projects commenting on issues that reflect LACAC's concerns and values.
Responsibility: Publicly
Owned Heritage Sub-Committee
Activity 7: Continue to provide input and monitor the implementation of the major
infrastructure
improvements for Bank Street between the Rideau Canal and Wellington Street.
Responsibility: Design
and Designation Sub-Committee
Objective
4 – Promote heritage awareness within the community
and undertake activities to draw attention to specific built heritage
resources.
The LACAC intends to continue its work related to Recent Heritage,
Heritage Farmsteads and Publicly Owned Heritage. The committee takes seriously its advocacy role on behalf of
threatened heritage resources and will continue links with Heritage Ottawa,
Historic Ottawa Development Inc., The Council of Heritage Organizations in
Ottawa, and the Arts, Heritage &
Culture Advisory Committee. This is an
important objective because conservation of our heritage buildings, over the
longer term, is largely dependant on the success of efforts to increase
awareness of these resources. If the
public comes to see heritage structures as valuable in their community, they
are more likely to be supportive of efforts to conserve them.
Activity 1: With funds provided by Council and proceeds from the sale of the first
edition, continue work on the second edition of the LACAC publication “Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures.” Continue to fill orders from local retailers
for the first edition.
Responsibility: Book Sub-Committee
Activity 2: LACAC recognizes that there is a need to bring attention to rural
history and rural architecture. LACAC
will continue its work on the Heritage Farmstead Recognition Program with the
intent of recognizing farmsteads and farm buildings of exceptional historical
and architectural significance. On the
basis of an ongoing inventory of farm buildings, the Heritage Farmstead Sub-Committee
will select farmsteads or farm buildings to be honoured by the Heritage
Farmstead Recognition Program through a roadside sign and other means. In addition to conducting the inventory, the
Sub-Committee will prepare a brochure to promote the Recognition Program and
arrange for the production of four signs each year. Participation in the
Recognition Program would not involve any form of legal agreement under the Ontario
Heritage Act with the owner.
Rather, it would be an acknowledgement by the LACAC and the City of the
barn’s cultural heritage value. If
appropriate, particular barns or entire farm complexes could be recommended for
designation under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Responsibility: Heritage Farmstead Sub-Committee
Activity
3: Focus on heritage from the
period of rapid growth of the City (post World War II) during the 1940s, 50s
and 60s. The former City of Ottawa
LACAC has forwarded an extensive collection of photographs taken by a research
consultant. The Recent Heritage
Sub-Committee will make the photo inventory usable by categorizing, filling in
research gaps, and then working with interested members of the community to
have some examples from this inventory designated in the near future.
Responsibility: Recent Heritage Sub-Committee
Activity 4: Monitor
plans and proposals of public bodies, including the Federal Government and its
crown corporations such as the National Capital Commission. The Federal Government and its crown
corporations are powerful influences on the built environment of the entire
city and it is advisable that the LACAC make an effort to remain up to date
with such plans in order to advise City Council of any issues that may have an
impact upon the City’s heritage. LACAC
will monitor the disposal and maintenance of City-owned heritage properties and
City-owned properties adjacent to heritage resources. The sub-committee will also study and make recommendations
relative to properties owned by other public bodies, such as school boards.
Responsibility: Publicly
Owned Heritage Sub-Committee
Activity 5: Provide the City of Ottawa with information
relative to LACAC’s activities, to be included on the heritage section of the
City’s website and participate in the pilot project, which will allow advisory
committees to have increased content on the website. .
Responsibility: Awareness
Sub-Committee
Activity 6: Review
and recommend nominees for the Community Heritage Recognition Program. In collaboration with the Arts, Heritage
& Culture Advisory Committee and with input from the local heritage
community, encourage the nomination of
worthy individuals or small project groups for acknowledgement under the
Ontario Heritage Foundation’s Community Heritage Recognition Program. The sub-committee will reach out to the
community for nominations, review the submissions and recommend one nominee in
each category for Council approval.
Responsibility: Community Heritage Recognition Program
Sub-Committee
Activity 7: Maintain membership
in the following heritage organisations: Heritage Ottawa, Council of Community
Heritage Organisations and Heritage Ontario. Ensure communication with the Arts, Heritage & Culture Advisory
Committee, The Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa, Heritage Ottawa and
Historic Ottawa Development Inc., allowing for information sharing,
collaboration, support and partnerships.
Responsibility: Arts,
Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee Liaisons
The Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa
Heritage
Ottawa Liaisons
Heritage Ottawa Development Inc.
Liaisons
Activity 8: Collaborate with the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace
Advisory Committee in the development and future implementation of a Notable
Tree Recognition Program and monitoring the implementation of the City’s revised
policy with regards to the removal of trees in Leda clay soil.
Responsibility: Ottawa
Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee Liaisons
Activity 9: LACAC will provide technical expertise for the Birkenfels Gates restoration project
in Rockcliffe Park.
Responsibility: Rockcliffe Park Gates Restoration Liaisons