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+ Tausky Heritage Consultants St. George Grosvenor Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Study Community Information Meeting #1 May 20, 2015

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St. George Grosvenor Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Study

Community Information Meeting #1 May 20, 2015

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Meeting Agenda

Introduce the Project Team

General overview of the St. George – Grosvenor Neighbourhood Heritage Conservation District Study.

Introduce Consultant Team

Preserving Cultural Heritage in Ontario

Introduction to Heritage Conservation Districts

Activity

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Overview of the Study The St. George - Grosvenor neighbourhood was identified in 1994 by the city of

London as an area of outstanding architectural, historical and natural character.

This project is part of a broader effort by the City of London to appropriately manage its cultural heritage as an important aspect of the City.

This study will engage with the local community in comprehensive identification and documentation of the cultural heritage values embodied in this neighbourhood.

This study for the St. George - Grosvenor Heritage Conservation District is an opportunity to assess the best policy tools and develop an integrated management framework to ensure the long-term conservation of this neighbourhood’s significant cultural heritage resources.

This study will evaluate the potential of the area for designation as a Heritage Conservation District under the requirements of the Ontario Heritage Act.

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Request or Proposal to Designate District

Study does not proceed Council Decision: Study Area

Municipal Heritage Committee consulted

Prepare HCD Plan & Guidelines. Are there provisions in OP for HCD designation

Public Notification & Meeting to consider HCD Plan and Designation By-Law

Council Decision: Designate area?

Notice of By-Law passage 1. Served on district property owners 2. Served on Ontario Heritage Trust 3. Made public

Objections?

District Designated: 1. By-Law in effect* 2. HCD Plan & Guidelines adopted

Public notification/Adoption of Study By-Law/ Interim controls (optional)

Area not designated

Official Plan provisions are developed and adopted

HCD Plan & By-Law shelved

Ontario Municipal Board Hearing

Appeal allowed in whole or in part*

Appeal dismissed

Study findings & Recommendations Council Decision: proceed with designation

Study commences

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* NB. By-Law may need to be amended for an appeal allowed “in part”

We are Here

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The Consultant Team

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Golder Associates GSP Group Tausky Heritage Consultants

Stevens Burgess Architects

Bray Heritage

Marcus Létourneau PhD, MCIP, RPP, CAHP Project Manager

David Waverman BLA, OALA, CLSA, CAHP Senior Landscape Architect

Erin Eldridge BLA, OALA, CLSA Landscape Architect

Michael Greguol MA, CAHP (Intern) Cultural Heritage Specialist

Benjamin Holthof MPl, MMA, CAHP Junior Cultural Heritage Specialist

Michael Teal MA

Project Archaeologist

Glenn Scheels BA, MCIP, RPP Principle, Planner

Heather Holbrook BES, MCIP, RPP Senior Planner/Urban Designer

Nancy Tausky BA, MPhil Principle, Historian , Heritage Specialist

Hillary Bates Neary BA, MLS, MA Senior Researcher

Kelly Gilbride B.Arch, B.Eng, OAA, P.Eng, Leed AP Partner External Advisor

Carl Bray PhD, CSLA, CAHP, MCIP, RPP Principle External Advisor

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+ About Us

Golder Associates

Golder Associates Heritage Management Services offer detailed assessments of cultural heritage resources, policy development, heritage and strategic master planning and heritage planning services. We have conducted several Heritage Conservation District studies including the Blackfriars-Petersville and Wortly Old South studies for the City of London

GSP Group GSP Group is a highly creative and innovative team of professionals who plan and design great communities that are liveable and sustainable. We do planning, urban design and landscape architecture. We have led land use and social-economic analysis for several Heritage Conservation District Studies including for the Blackfriars-Petersville and Wortly Old South studies.

Stevens Burgess Architects

Stevens Burgess Architects is committed to excellence in contemporary and sustainable design, building upon a shared cultural heritage. SBA provides heritage conservation, architectural design, interior design and urban planning studies . We have been involved on significant heritage conservation projects across Ontario

Bray Heritage

Bray Heritage offers consulting services in research, inventory, evaluation, planning, and development of cultural heritage resources. We approach heritage with an understanding of the planning and development process augmented by pioneering academic research and creative urban design. We inspire people to care about places and to actively enhance them.

Tausky Heritage Consultants

Tausky Heritage Consultants specializes in research and analyses involving history and architectural history. We have done work all over Ontario but are heavily involved in Heritage work in the City of London and surrounding area including several Heritage Conservation District studies.

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Preserving Cultural Heritage in Ontario

Cultural Heritage can take many forms such as:

Built heritage, or buildings, bridges and other structures are often the most easily identified as heritage that give communities a sense of place.

Cultural heritage landscapes can take many forms and illustrate the relationship of features in the landscape. They can include streetscapes, villages, industrial complexes, battlefields, parks, gardens, agricultural communities, etc… and can be designed such as a park or can develop organically as a community develops.

Natural heritage, natural heritage features can have cultural value; such as trees with special cultural significance, hedgerows, woodlots and other “natural monuments”.

Archaeological sites.

Cultural heritage resource collections, such as museum and archival collections.

Intangible heritage, such as traditions, ceremonies, beliefs, family histories, stories, dance, names (including place names), language, etc... Intangible heritage can be linked to specific places or communities.

Our cultural heritage reflects the expressions and aspirations of those who have gone before us as well as today’s culturally diverse communities.

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What is cultural heritage

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What is cultural heritage

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Garden in the Blackfriars-Petersville HCD

Archaeology in Belleville

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Preserving Cultural Heritage in Ontario

Ontario Heritage Trust properties, easements and covenants.

Municipal Heritage Register, listed and designated properties.

Designation of individual properties, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Creation of Heritage Conservation Districts, Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Heritage easement agreements between landowners and municipalities.

There are many different tools for preserving, conserving and restoring cultural heritage in Ontario.

Tools under the Ontario Heritage Act

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Preserving Cultural Heritage in Ontario (continued)

Municipalities can:

Adopt Official Plan policies for conserving heritage attributes.

Use site plan control measures to protect heritage such as; buffer zones, building setback requirements, regulate density, building height restrictions, etc…

Create secondary plans under their Official Plan with specific guidelines for conserving heritage attributes.

Encourage heritage protections through Master plans, such as cultural heritage plans.

Create community improvement plans with guidelines and incentives for heritage protection.

Require heritage and landscape impact assessments before development.

Create special zoning by-laws to protect heritage areas.

Offer financial incentives for heritage protection.

Tools under the Planning Act

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There are quite a few options for protecting areas

with such significant heritage character as the St. George –

Grosvenor neighbourhood

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Heritage Conservation Districts

The value of a Heritage Conservation District as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

There are many values that come together and the context that is created through the interrelationship of these values gives the district its depth, richness and sense of time and place.

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Heritage Conservation Districts

A Heritage Conservation District (HCD) is a way to help manage change happening within a community so that it enhances and complements the area’s unique character.

An HCD designation enables the council of a municipality to manage and guide future change in the district, through adoption of a district plan with policies and guidelines for conservation, protection, and enhancement of the area’s special character.

The significance of an HCD can extend beyond built heritage, structures, streets, and landscape, to include important vistas and views between and towards buildings and spaces within the district.

The Basics

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Heritage Conservation Districts

Ontario’s first Heritage Conservation District was created in 1980.

The Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport lists 119 approved HCD designation by-laws as of 2015.

Many more HCD studies, plans and guidelines are currently underway across the province.

The City of London has:

Five approved HCD’s.

Two HCD plans and guidelines under consideration.

& is beginning the study for the St. George – Grosvenor HCD.

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Heritage Conservation Districts

A concentration of heritage buildings, sites, structures and landscapes that are connected by aesthetic, historical and socio-cultural contexts or use.

A framework of structured elements including major natural features and built form. Such as: Topography, land form, landscapes, water courses,

pathways, street patterns, landmarks, nodes, intersections, approaches and edges.

A sense of visual coherence that conveys a distinct sense of time or place.

A distinctiveness which enables districts to be recognized and distinguishable from their surroundings or from neighbourhood areas.

Characteristics of Heritage Conservation Districts

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Heritage Conservation Districts

Heritage Conservation Districts can be places that were designed, have evolved or have associative cultural value. They can also reflect any or all three categories.

Designed districts were purposely planned and laid out, usually by a single person or group and the original intent or plan can still be seen and understood.

Evolved districts have grown over a period of time and the components of the district illustrate this process of growth, these districts can be static (have stopped changing) or dynamic (are continuing to change).

Associative districts are often areas of mostly natural landscape have a strong association with an historic person of event. Remaining heritage features may not even be visible anymore.

Identification of Cultural Heritage Value

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Feedback

Public meetings

Activities at these meetings.

Survey:

Paper handouts are available this evening.

Online survey can be found at:

Submit your ideas and pictures to [email protected]

Part of the process of a Heritage Conservation District Study is to gather feedback. We do this through:

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Activity

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