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1. LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE –
2007 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2008 WORK PLAN COMITÉ CONSULTATIF SUR LA CONSERVATION DE
L’ARCHITECTURE LOCALE – RAPPORT ANNUEL DE 2007 ET PLAN DE TRAVAIL 2008 |
Committee RecommendationS
That Council:
1. Receive the 2007 Annual Report of the
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee as detailed in Document 1;
and
2. Approve the objectives contained in the
2008 Workplan, as detailed in Document 2.
RecommandationS du Comité
Que le
Conseil :
1. reçoive le Rapport annuel de 2007 du
Comité consultatif sur la conservation de l’architecture locale, tel que décrit
à la pièce jointe no 1;
2. approuve les objectifs qui sont
présentés dans le plan de travail 2008, tel que décrit à la pièce jointe no 2.
Documentation
1. Chair, Local Architectural Conservation
Advisory Committee’s report dated 14 April 2008 (ACS2008-CCV-LAC-0001).
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: Brenda Emond
Committee Coordinator/coordonnatrice du comité
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Ref N°: ACS2008-CCV-LAC-0001 |
SUBJECT: LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION ADVISORY
COMMITTEE – 2007 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2008 WORK PLAN
OBJET: COMITÉ
CONSULTATIF SUR LA CONSERVATION DE L’ARCHITECTURE LOCALE – RAPPORT ANNUEL DE
2007 ET PLAN DE TRAVAIL 2008
REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee recommend that the Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council:
1. Receive the 2007
Annual Report of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee as
detailed in Document 1; and
2. Approve the objectives contained in the
2008 Workplan, as detailed in Document 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 :
1. de recevoir le Rapport
annuel de 2007 du Comité consultatif sur la conservation de l’architecture
locale, tel que décrit à la pièce jointe no 1;
2. d’approuver les objectifs qui sont
présentés dans le plan de travail 2008, tel que décrit à la pièce jointe no 2.
City Council, 6 December 2006, 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 with a brief description of the project or activity.
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.
There was no funding approved for the advisory committee 2007 Workplans.
DISCUSSION
At its meeting of 7 April 2008, the Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee approved its 2007 annual report and 2008
Workplan.
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 Department of Planning, Transit and the Environment was consulted and following comments were
received:
The Department of Planning, Transit and the Environment, 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 ,Transit and the Environment where possible and as appropriate.
The following activities described in the LACAC Workplan are administered by and paid for by the Department of Planning, Transit and the Environment 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 (Objective 3, Activity 1); 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 (2008 Workplan Objective 4, Activity 1) within LACAC’s in-trust
account. Funds in the amount $235 for required memberships are available in the
City Clerks operating budget.
Document 1 – 2007 Annual Report
Document 2 – 2008 Workplan
Document 3 – Terms of Reference (on file with the City Clerk)
The Advisory
Committee will work to complete the workplan tasks approved by City Council.
Document 1
Annual Report 2007
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;
·
Promoting
heritage conservation within the community and;
·
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, working groups and liaisons:
Sub-Committees:
·
Awareness Sub-Committee;
·
Design & Designation;
·
Development Review;
·
Heritage Farmsteads;
·
Publicly Owned Heritage;
·
Recent Heritage;
·
Budget;
·
Heritage Plaques; and
·
Book Sub-committee;
Working Groups:
·
Architectural Conservation Awards Selection Panel; and
·
Community Heritage Recognition Program Selection Panel;
Liaisons:
·
Heritage Ottawa Development Inc.;
·
LRT North-South & East-West;
·
Bank Street Improvements PAC;
·
Escarpment Area Study;
·
Central Park HCD Study;
·
Sandy Hill Heritage Study; and
·
Ottawa Forests & Greenspace Advisory Committee.
In its 2007 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 January 2007 to December 2007.
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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. §
Held
a total of nine (9) public meetings, and five (5) sub-committee meetings. §
Reviewed
a total of sixty (60) action reports / items, of which eleven (11) were
statutory applications under the Ontario
Heritage Act (OHA) dealing with alterations, demolitions, new
construction and designation. This
latter number includes properties designated under Part IV
(individually-designated properties) and Part V (heritage conservation
districts) of the Act. §
Applications
under Part V of the OHA dealt with properties
within the following Heritage Conservation Districts: Byward Market, Bank
Street, Rockcliffe Park, Centretown and
Lowertown West. §
The
committee designated three (3) properties under Part IV of the OHA. §
The Committee drafted five (5) memos / notes
of advice to Council. §
At the
initiative of LACAC, the Committee requested and recommended review of the
process for distributing LACAC’s recommendation to
the Planning and Environment Committee, in particular when LACAC’s
recommendation differs from the City staff recommendation. §
The Committee reviewed and recommended support for the
purchase by the City of Ottawa of the five (5) heritage buildings located
within Dickinson Square, Manotick. §
Members of the Publicly-Owned Heritage Sub-Committee worked with
the Community Association and School Council in pursuing heritage designation for the Devonshire Public
School. The sub-committee continued to monitor and provide input, as required, into the
designation study currently underway. |
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Objective
2: Advise City Council on issues related to Development, Community
Design and Heritage Conservation. §
The Development Review Sub-Committee reviewed
and provided detailed comments and / or objections on fifteen (15)
sub-division, site plan control, and zoning applications. This sub-committee
also reviewed approximately four (4) applications for Disposal of City Owned
Property, and over one hundred (100) Committee of Adjustment applications for
variances of designated heritage properties and properties of heritage
interest. §
LACAC agreed to
participate in the By Ward Market Zoning Study and to provide feedback, as
required, as the study progressed. §
The committee
was consulted on preliminary plans for three (3) independent new construction
projects in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District. Two applications subsequently returned to LACAC later in 2007 for formal review
under the Ontario Heritage Act. The third application is expected
to return to LACAC in 2008 for formal review under the OHA. §
A
representative of LACAC provided input and advice into the restoration
of the 19th Century decorative iron gates that once stood at the entrance to
the Birkenfels Estate in the former Village of Rockcliffe Park. The
gates have been restored and are now installed at the Buchan Road entrance to
the Jubilee Garden. Birkenfels was a Gothic Revival villa built around
1864 by the eminent civil engineer Thomas Coltrin Keefer. The house
was demolished some years ago and the property subdivided. The gates are
not only a tangible reminder of Birkenfels, but only a handful of
such substantial 19th c gates remain in Ottawa. The project was
made possible by funds from the City of Ottawa and residents of
Rockcliffe Park. |
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Objective 3: Advise
City Council on programs, policies and activities specific to heritage
conservation. §
The Budget Sub-Committee attended and
provided input at briefing sessions on the Draft 2008 Budget. §
LACAC received a presentation and provided
comment on Beyond
Ottawa 20/20 - 2008 Official Plan Review and committed to participate in the review process. §
The Committee reviewed and approved the preparation of seven (7) heritage plaques for
installation on five (5) individually designated properties and two (2)
heritage conservation districts in 2008. § LACAC assessed and approved thirty-six (36) heritage grants for building restoration work. The total grant amount allocated was $149,145 from the annual allocation of $150,000. § The Committee also reviewed and approved a special one-time grant of $40,000 for work at 99 Rideau Street. Funds for this grant came from the Nicholas/Waller/Lepine settlement. §
The Architectural Conservation Awards Selection Panel reviewed submissions to the annual
competition, visited properties of all reviewed submissions, and made
recommendations for awards. §
Representatives
of LACAC attended and provided input into the City’s Public Advisory
Committees and Open Houses for the Bank
Street Reconstruction Project. §
A
representative of LACAC participated in the review of responses to the RFP
for the Sandy Hill Heritage Study
and continues to monitor and provide
input, as required, into the research currently underway. §
A representative of LACAC continued to monitor and provide input, as
required, into the Central Park HCD Study and Guidelines. |
Objective 4: Promote
heritage awareness within the community and undertake activities to draw
attention to specific built heritage resources. |
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§
LACAC retained
membership in Community Heritage Ontario, the Council of Heritage
Organizations in Ottawa, and Heritage Ottawa. §
LACAC
appointed two liaisons to the Rural Issues Advisory Committee so as to enable
and facilitate sharing discussion on
issues of mutual interest, should they arise. §
A Committee
member met with the Ward Councillor and developer of a property located in
Rideau-Rockcliffe to encourage integration of an existing turn of the 20th
century building into new infill on the site. §
The Committee
agreed to provide "in-kind" support to the Bytown Museum for an
innovative website project that seeks to document the special attributes of
Ottawa’s neighbourhoods. A liaison from the Book Sub-committee was appointed
to provide advice on heritage content for the website. §
The Committee received a presentation on the purpose and initiatives of
the Rideau Heritage Network and its Steering Committee. LACAC appointed a member to act as liaison. §
The Book Sub-Committee continued
production of a second edition of Ottawa:
A Guide to Heritage Structures, which will include designated properties
under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act located throughout the new
amalgamated City of Ottawa. |
Document 2
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
Workplan 2008
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 2008, 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
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. (HODI), Heritage Ottawa and the Ottawa-Carleton Home
Builders Association, encourage property owners to support heritage
conservation and good maintenance practices.
Responsibility: LACAC
and Historic Ottawa Development Inc. Liaisons
Objective
3 – Advise City Council on programs, policies and
activities specific to heritage conservation.
LACAC will 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, Official Plan Review, 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
and Heritage Day activities.
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: LACAC
Design and Designation Sub-Committee
Budget
Sub-Committee
Activity 6: 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
Activity 7: Provide input and
advice on the Bytown Museum’s Capital Neighb ourhoods website development,
particularly on heritage content.
Activity 8: Ensure representation
on the Sandy Hill Heritage Study stakeholder group. Participate in and monitor
progress of the study
Responsibility: Sandy Hill Heritage Study
Liaisons
Activity 9: Ensure representation
on the Central Park Heritage Conservation District Study stakeholder group.
Participate in and monitor progress of the study.
Responsibility: Central Park HCD Study Liaisons
Activity 10: Ensure representation
on the Escarpment Area District Plan (Downtown Ottawa Urban Design Strategy 2020
- Phase 2) stakeholder group. Participate in and monitor progress of the study and
plan.
Responsibility: Escarpment Area District Plan
Liaisons
Activity 11: Provide input and
advice on any planning studies affecting heritage districts or resources that
commence during the year.
Responsibility: LACAC and appropriate
sub-committee or ad hoc sub-committee
Objective
4 – Promote heritage awareness within the community
and undertake activities to draw attention to specific built heritage
resources.
The LACAC will 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. 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 previously 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.”
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 has prepared a brochure to promote the Recognition
Program and will 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 is 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 a collection of photographs taken by a research
consultant. The Recent Heritage
Sub-Committee will use the photo inventory to assist in filling in research
gaps, and working with interested communities to have some examples from this
inventory designated.
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 Trust’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 organizations: Heritage
Ottawa, Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa, and Community 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: LACAC
Arts, Heritage and Culture
Advisory Committee Liaisons
The
Council of Heritage Organizations in Ottawa Liaisons
Heritage
Ottawa Liaisons
Heritage Ottawa Development Inc.
Liaisons
Workplan Funding: $235
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