City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Public Information Meeting November 4, 2019 Archaeological Services Inc. 528 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 2P9
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Presenters Victoria Coates, M.PL Intermediate Planner | Long Range Planner City of Brantford City Project Lead Annie Veilleux, MA, CAHP Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist | Manager ASI Consultant Project Manager Kristina Martens, BA, Dip Heritage Conservation Cultural Heritage Specialist | Project Manager ASI Consultant Technical Lead
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Agenda 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND 4. REVIEW OF PHASE 2 • What is a Heritage Register? • Screening Methodology • Benefits of a Heritage Register • Inventory and Field Survey • Impact of Inclusion on a Heritage • Evaluation Register • Material Integrity • Project Background • Preliminary Recommendations • Key Project Objectives • Prioritization by Development Theme 2. PROJECT STATUS UPDATE 5. FINAL STEPS 3. REVIEW OF PHASE 1 • Project Methodology Update 6. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS • Community and Stakeholder Engagement • Thematic History Framework • City Areas • Architectural Style Guide
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI What is a Heritage Register? ✓ A statutory requirement under the Ontario Heritage Act , ✓ Heritage Registers: • Must include designated properties under Part IV and V; and • May include non-designated properties believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest (known as “listed” properties). ✓ Needs Council approval and consultation with municipal heritage committee to add or remove non-designated properties.
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Benefits of including non-designated properties on the Heritage Register Supports the City of Brantford’s policies for cultural heritage conservation. Identifies the cultural heritage assets that are valued by a community. Identifies and recognizes the different types of heritage across Brantford’s various neighbourhoods.
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Benefits of including non-designated properties on the Heritage Register Provides the City with a means to identify and monitor properties of potential heritage value. Identifies properties that may require special attention in the Colborne Street development review process. Ensures interim protection from demolition. Chatham Street
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Benefits of including non-designated properties on the Heritage Register Provides accessible comprehensive information for heritage properties in a community that can be used by developers, planners, community groups, tourism associations, educators, municipal staff, and private citizens.
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Impact of Inclusion on a Heritage Register Designated Property Listed Property (Non-Designated) A designated property is No legal documents are regulated by a municipal by-law registered on the title of a registered on title. listed property. The City has up to 90 days to The City has up to 60 days to review demolition permit and review demolition permit and make a decision to approve, consider options for approve with conditions, or conservation. If a decision is refuse the permit (subject to not made within 60 days, the property owner appeal). demolition permit is approved. A heritage permit is required for A heritage permit is not alterations or renovations that required for alterations or may affect the designated renovations that may affect the property’s heritage attributes. listed property’s heritage attributes.
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Project Background • Since the 1990s, thousands of different buildings in the City of Brantford identified with potential cultural heritage value on an informal inventory. – Various methods used to identify, document and evaluate. • In 2005, the Ontario Heritage Act was amended to enable listing of non-designated properties on a Municipal Heritage Register. – Enables review of demolition permits. • City of Brantford identified need to review informal inventory for purposes of confirming properties that should be recommended for listing on a council-approved Municipal Heritage Register. • Consultants retained in late 2017 to review and evaluate the 9000+ properties on the existing inventory.
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Key Project Objectives • Conduct background research • Review the existing Heritage Inventory utilizing developed methodology • Evaluate properties for inclusion on the Heritage Register using established criteria based on O. Reg 9/06 • Provide recommendations for properties to be included on the Heritage Register • Provide a user-friendly accessible database to house the Heritage Register • Consult with the public
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI PROJECT STATUS UPDATE Identification of Preliminary Review Historical Research and Character Areas Phase 1 – and Update of Development of Complete Existing Heritage Thematic Land Use Inventory Change Framework Screening to Prioritize Properties Phase 2 – Complete Field Survey and Evaluation Recommend Properties for Inclusion on Heritage Phase 3 We are here Register as Non-Designated, Listed Properties
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Review of Phase 1 Archaeological Services Inc. 528 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 2P9
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Project Methodology Update Phase 1: Developed tools to efficiently evaluate 9000+ properties to determine which properties should be included as non- designated, listed properties on the Heritage Register. Approach was systematic and rigorous. 1.City-scale • Thematic framework What are the key significant themes across the City? When did they happen and why? 2.Neighbourhood-scale • City Areas Where did the themes occur and what did they look like? 3.Property-scale • Review and update existing heritage inventory and stakeholder identified properties Standardize all inventory data for purposes of comparison and evaluation. Apply thematic framework and city areas to standardized inventory data and prioritize priorities for further evaluation.
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Community and Stakeholder Engagement • Met with members of the Six Nations of the Grand River Consultation and Accommodation Policy (CAP) Team and staff of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Department of Consultation and Accommodation • Public Information Centre #1 • Request for input from relevant public agencies, heritage organizations, and cultural groups • Project website • Meetings with Brantford Heritage Committee and City Area workshop with Education Sub-Committee
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Thematic History Framework - Development Periods • Indigenous Land Use and Settlement, pre-1784 • Early Haudenosaunee and European Settlement, 1784-1828 • The Village and Town Years, 1829-1876 • The City of Brantford at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, 1877-1900 • Brantford during the Edwardian Period, 1901-1913 • WWI and Interwar, 1914-1938 • WWII and Post-War, 1939-1953 • Growth and Industrial Decline, 1954-1988 • Revitalization, 1989-Present Development Themes
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI City Areas
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Properties on Current Heritage Inventory Presentation to Municipal Heritage Committee, February 25, 2019
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Properties on Current Heritage Inventory Presentation to Municipal Heritage Committee, February 25, 2019
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Architectural Style Guide • Examples of styles and their characteristics as expressed in Brantford • Expressions of styles found in Brantford are often modest and vernacular interpretations designed by local builders Italianate 1860-1900 207 Brant Avenue (Designated under Part V of 62 Marlborough Street the OHA)
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Review of Phase 2 Archaeological Services Inc. 528 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 2P9
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Screening Methodology Community-Identified Properties Screened Against O. Properties Reg. 9/06 Existing Whole City City Areas Inventory Inventory & Field Survey
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Properties identified by the Community
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Screening Methodology Community-Identified Properties Screened Against O. Properties Reg. 9/06 Existing Whole City City Areas Inventory Inventory & Field Survey
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Inventory Review and Evaluation Methodology: Key Regulatory and Policy Provisions • Guiding legislation, definitions, and provisions: ➢ Provincial Policy Statement 2014 ➢ Ontario Heritage Act ➢ Ontario Regulation 9/06 – Criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest ➢ City of Brantford Official Plan
City of Brantford Heritage Register Project ASI Inventory & Field Survey • 3859 properties were screened forward for field survey
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