That the following actions be taken with
respect to the 9th Report of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage from
its meeting held on September 14, 2016:
a)
on
the recommendation of the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner, with
the advice of the Heritage Planner, relating to the request for the
demolition of the heritage listed property located at 191 Commissioners Road
East, the following actions be taken:
i) 191
Commissioners Road East BE REMOVED from the Inventory of Heritage Resources
(Register);
ii) the
Chief Building Official BE ADVISED that Municipal Council consents to the
demolition of this property;
iii) the
property owner BE REQUESTED to salvage those elements identified by the
Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report; and,
iv) the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to submit a copy of the Cultural Heritage
Evaluation Report to the London Room;
it being noted that the Planning and Environment Committee heard
verbal presentations from M. Poddar, Planner, York Developments, T. Dingman,
Thor Dingman, B. Architectural SC. Inc., The Ashfield Group Inc. and A.
Soufan, York Developments, with respect to this matter;
b) the
following actions be taken with respect to the Municipal Council resolution
adopted at its meeting held on July 26, 2016, with respect to the property
located at 269 Thames Street:
i) the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to review the activity and development at
the above-noted address; and,
ii) the
property owner BE REQUESTED to provide any relevant archeological information
related to the site;
c) the
following comments of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage, with respect
to the application by Drewlo Holdings Inc., relating to the properties
located at 661 and 667 Talbot Street, BE FORWARDED to the Civic
Administration for consideration:
i) the
LACH strongly disputes the conclusions of the Heritage Impact Assessment for
the properties located at 661 to 667 Talbot Street; and,
ii) the
LACH encourages the reassessment of the following with respect to the
submitted proposal:
A) the
massing of the building;
B) the
setbacks;
C) the
form of the building;
D) the
compatibility of building materials used with surrounding neighbourhood;
E) the
design of exterior façades;
F) shadowing
impacts onto adjacent heritage properties; and,
G) lack
of an appropriate commemoration of the former Locust Mount;
d) the
following actions be taken with respect to the Ontario Culture Strategy:
i) the
Manager of Culture BE REQUESTED to provide an update on the Ontario Culture
Strategy at the next meeting of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage;
and,
ii) it
BE NOTED that the Ontario Culture Strategy, Telling our stories, growing our
economy and the communication from R. Armistead, Manager of Culture appended
to the 9th Report of the London Advisory Committee on Heritage, were received;
e) the following actions be taken with respect to the
Stewardship Sub-Committee:
i) it BE NOTED that the London Advisory Committee on
Heritage does not recommend the designation of the property located at 191
Commissioners Road East not be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act,
and it strongly supports the architectural salvage for the building as
suggested by the Cultural Heritage Evaluation Report;
ii) the properties located at 479,
481, 483, 485, 487 and 489 Talbot Street (Camden Terrace) BE DESIGNATED with
the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest recommended by the
London Advisory Committee on Heritage in 2015; and,
iii)
it BE NOTED that the Stewardship Sub-Committee minutes from its
meetings held on July 27 and August 31, 2016, were received;
f) on the
recommendation of the Managing Director, Planning and City Planner, with the
advice of the Heritage Planner, the application under section 42 of the Ontario
Heritage Act to replace the windows of the building located at 183 Bruce
Street, within the Wortley Village-Old South Heritage Conservation District,
BE APPROVED as described in the staff report dated September 14, 2016 SUBJECT
TO the following terms and conditions:
i)
exterior
grills be added to all street-facing replacement windows to recreate the
historic proportions of the removed windows; and,
ii)
the
Heritage Alteration Permit being displayed in a location visible from the
street until the work is completed;
g) on
the recommendation of the Managing Director, Planning and City
Planner, with the advice of the Heritage Planner, the application under
section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act to partially rebuild the lower
front porch of the building located at 504 Colborne Street, within the West
Woodfield Heritage Conservation District, BE APPROVED as described in the
staff report dated September 14, 2016 SUBJECT TO the Heritage Alteration
Permit being displayed in a location visible from the street until the work
is completed;
h) it
BE NOTED that the London Advisory Committee on Heritage (LACH) held a general
discussion with respect to this matter and the LACH confirmed that the
following actions be taken with respect to Camden Terrace:
i)
notice under the provisions of Section 29(3) of the Ontario
Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O. 18, of the Municipal Council’s intention
to designate the properties located at 479, 481, 483, 485, 487 and 489 Talbot
Street (Camden Terrace) to be of cultural heritage value and interest BE
GIVEN as recommended by the London Advisory Committee on Heritage in 2015; and,
ii)
the
Municipal Council BE ADVISED that the London Advisory Committee on Heritage does
not consent to the demolition of the above-noted properties; and,
i) clauses 1, 2, 4 to 8, 11 to 14,
16 to 18, 20, 21, 25 to 27, BE RECEIVED.
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