CONSENT ITEM(S)

1.

407 Transitway - Project Update

7–12

-           Report from Planning Services Department and Engineering and Construction Department,
October 21, 2020

Recommendation:

DISCUSSION ITEM(S)

4.

Knox 16 Presbyterian Church - Cultural Heritage Landscape Research Report

13–68

-           Report from Planning Services Department,
October 21, 2020

Recommendation:

5.

Proposed Regulation under the Ontario Heritage Act (Bill 108)

69–116

-           Report from Planning Services Department,
October 14, 2020

RECOMMENDATION:

1. That the report titled “Proposed Regulation under the Ontario Heritage Act (Bill 108),” dated October 14, 2020, be endorsed and submitted to the Province, along with the following Council resolution(s), as the Town of Oakville’s comments to the Environmental Registry:

1. That the proclamation deadline be pushed to July 1, 2021 to allow municipalities more time to prepare, especially in consideration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponed release of the revised Ontario Heritage Tool Kit;
2. That the language “Significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes shall be conserved” from the Provincial Policy Statement (2020) be adopted as a principle for the Ontario Heritage Act;
3. That the definition of ‘adaptive reuse’ be revised from “the alteration of a property of cultural heritage value or interest to fit new uses or circumstances while retaining the heritage attributes of the property” to “the alteration of a property of cultural heritage value or interest to fit new uses or circumstances while retaining the cultural heritage value or interest and the heritage attributes of the property”;
4. That the 90 day timeline to issue a Notice of Intention to Designate be increased, or that an additional exemption be included that provides municipalities more time to address requirements for peer review;
5. That the requirements for complete application also be applied to properties designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act;
6. That clarification of the regulation “After the demolition or removal of a building, structure or heritage attribute on the property is complete, the council of the municipality shall, in consultation with the municipal heritage committee established under section 28 of the Act, if one has been established, make one of the following determinations..” is provided to exclude non-heritage buildings or structures from this requirement’; and,

2. That the Town Clerk forward a link to the report titled “Proposed Regulation under the Ontario Heritage Act (Bill 108)”, dated October 21, 2020, along with the Council resolution, to Halton’s Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs), Halton Region, the City of Burlington, the Town of Halton Hills, the Town of Milton, Conservation Halton, Credit Valley Conservation, the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) for information.

6.

Economic Recovery Initiatives

117–128

-           Report from Economic Development and Strategic Initiatives, October 21, 2020

Recommendation:

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

7.

Heritage Oakville Advisory Committee (October 13, 2020)

129–132

Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Heritage Oakville Advisory Committee meeting of October 13, 2020, be received.