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From YouTube: Built Heritage Sub-Committee - May 11, 2021
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Built Heritage Sub-Committee - Agenda 23 - Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - live stream
Materials can be found at http://www.ottawa.ca/agendas
A
Good
morning,
everybody
and
welcome
to
the
built
heritage
subcommittee
meeting
of
may
11th
2021.
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
call
the
members
to
order
due
to
the
continuing
state
of
emergency
due
to
the
covet
19
pandemic.
This
meeting
is
being
held
remotely
through
zoom,
though
we
are
meeting
virtually
the
land
on
which
ottawa
is
built
upon
is
unseated,
algonquin
anishnabe
territory.
A
The
city
of
ottawa,
honors,
the
people
and
the
land
of
the
algonquin
anishinaabe
nation
and
the
city
of
ottawa,
also
honors,
all
first
nations
inuit
and
metis
peoples
and
their
valuable
past
and
present
contributions
to
this
land.
This
meeting
is
being
held
remotely
through
zoom.
Those
who
do
not
need
to
participate
in
the
meeting
can
also
watch
it
live
on
the
ottawa
city
council,
youtube
channel
a
reminder
to
participants
to
please
keep
your
microphones
muted.
A
Until
I
call
upon
you
to
speak,
I
will
provide
each
committee,
member
with
the
opportunity
to
ask
questions
or
comment
on
each
item
in
the
order
in
which
they
raise
their
hand
and
zoom
for
panelists
the
raise
hand
option
is
found
at
the
bottom
of
the
participants
list
for
those
calling
in
press
star
9.
To
raise
your
hand,
the
committee
coordinator
and
I
will
be
watching
for
those
cues
members
are
also
reminded
to
submit
any
motions,
visual
supports
or
declarations
of
interest
in
writing
to
the
coordinator
at
their
earliest
opportunity.
A
D
B
A
Seeing
none
are
the
member
of
the
minutes
of
tuesday
april
13th
2021
confirmed
yes
confirmed
so.
Our
first
item
deals
with
planning,
infrastructure
and
economic
development,
right-of-way
heritage
and
urban
design
services,
and
that
item
pertains
to
designation
of
porters
island
bridge
under
part
4
of
the
ontario
heritage
act.
Can
staff
please
provide
an
overview
of
this
report.
E
Next
slide,
please
a
little
bit
of
background
on
the
bridge
in
2017,
the
property
was
added
to
the
heritage
register
through
the
heritage
inventory
project
in
2018,
the
lower
town
community
association
submitted
a
designation
request
for
the
bridge.
The
following
year.
Staff
and
infrastructure
services
commissioned
an
impact
assessment
to
provide
options
for
the
bridge.
These
included
decommissioning,
maintaining
the
current
functionality
or
reinstating
the
pedestrian
crossing
heritage
staff
have
been
working
with
infrastructure
services
staff
on
the
second
option
to
maintain
their
current
functionality
next
slide.
E
The
bridge
is
located
in
lowertown
and
connects
saint
patrick's
street
to
porter's
island.
The
bridge
was
the
main
point
of
access
until
the
second
bridge
known
as
ireland
lodge
road
was
added
in
1960s.
Making
the
original
bridge
redundant
next
slide
constructed
in
1894.
The
bridge
has
two
spans
and
uses
a
pin
connected
through
truss.
The
pratt
truss
is
a
triangular
truss
design,
with
vertical
posts
connecting
diagonal
post
slopes
towards
the
center
of
the
bridge.
This
creates
a
rigid
structure.
E
E
E
E
E
Next
slide,
the
first
isolation
hospital
was
constructed
in
1894,
along
with
the
administration
buildings
and
four
cottages.
Tents
were
set
up
to
accommodate
the
growing
number
of
smallpox
patients
and
a
new
permanent
hospital
was
built
in
1912-1913,
designed
by
francis
sullivan
in
later
years.
The
island
would
be
used
as
emergency
housing
during
the
great
depression
and
again
after
the
second
world
war
by
the
1950s.
The
hospital
had
been
converted
to
offices
for
use
by
the
city's
recreation
department
in
1964.
The
first
senior's
residence
was
constructed
along
with
the
new
road
bridge
called
island
lodge
road.
E
Since
the
1970s
island
has
been
home
to
two
long-term
care
facilities
with
urban
renewal,
lower
town
in
the
1950s
and
60s,
and
the
construction
of
the
new
wider
bridge,
the
original
porter's
island
bridge
became
redundant
by
the
1990s.
The
bridge
was
closed
in
the
winter
months
and
later
closed
permanently
next
slide.
E
In
terms
of
policy
framework,
the
official
plan
states
that
individual
properties
will
be
designated
as
properties
of
cultural
heritage
value
under
part
4
of
the
ontario
heritage
act.
The
provincial
policy
statement
in
2020
states
that
significant
built
heritage
resources
and
significant
cultural
heritage
landscapes
shall
be
conserved
next
slide
in
order
to
designate
under
the
ontario
heritage
act.
The
property
must
meet
ontario
regulation
0906,
which
requires
properties
to
meet
one
of
three
criteria:
design,
value,
historical
value
or
contextual
value.
E
Next
slide:
porter's
island
bridge
meets
the
criteria
for
design
as
a
rare
canadian
example
of
the
double
span
pratt
through
truss
bridge
patented
in
1844
by
american
bridge
builder
thomas
pratt.
The
pratt
truss
is
a
highly
efficient
type
of
truss,
with
a
single
diagonal
on
each
panel
vertical
panel
post
inclined,
end
post
and
parallel
top
and
bottom
cords.
E
E
Porter's
island
bridge
has
historic
value.
As
a
representative
work
of
city
engineer,
robert
certis
certes
is
noteworthy
in
ottawa.
Forced
designs,
including
the
carlton
county
general
protestant
hospital,
also
known
as
wallace
house
today.
The
carlton
county
courthouse
known
as
arts
court
and
the
nearby
mental
bridges
porter's
island
bridge
also
has
historic
value
and
its
relation
to
the
dominion
bridge
company,
an
important
bridge
building
company
in
the
late
19th
century
and
early
20th
century
based
originally
in
lashing
quebec.
The
dominion
bridge
company's
plant
was
considered
the
largest
and
best-equipped
machine
shop
in
on
the
continent.
E
Poorly's
island
bridge
also
has
historic
value
as
a
link
to
health
care
on
porter's
island.
The
bridge
was,
it
was
the
main
access
across
the
rideau
river
to
porters
island
until
the
1960s
dollars
island
was
first
used
as
a
quarantine
site
in
1894
with
the
creation
of
isolation
hospital.
The
island
would
continue
to
serve
as
an
isolation
site
for
much
of
the
early
20th
century.
E
The
bridge
meets
a
criteria
for
contextual
value
because
it
is
physically
functionally
and
historically
linked
to
its
surroundings,
telling
the
story
of
porter's
island
through
its
historical
functions
of
carrying
people
and
goods
to
the
island
next
slide
in
terms
of
consultation,
the
lower
town
community
association
submitted
the
designation
request
and
are
supportive
of
this
designation.
They've
included
comments
in
the
report.
E
E
A
Thank
you
ashley
for
that
very
thorough
report
on
this
wonderful
historic
structure.
At
this
point,
we
did
receive
a
correspondence
from
heritage
ottawa
in
an
email
dated
may
10th
in
support,
and
we
just
recently
just
minutes
ago,
also
received
a
letter
of
support
from
the
lower
town
community
resource
center.
There
are
no
speakers
registered
so
does
the
committee
have
any
questions
for
staff
or
any
comments.
A
And
I
see
no
hands
raised.
I
would
just
like
to
say
briefly
that
I'm
always
impressed,
and
I
think
that
this
is
the
first
time
that,
as
chair,
I've
encountered
a
built
structure
versus
a
simply
built
home
or
or
residence
or
or
other
type
of
structure,
and
I
think
it's
exciting
that
we
we
have
this
opportunity
really
to
look
at
at
this
type
of
structure
having
some
level
of
designation.
So
I'm
really
pleased
and
excited
to
see
this.
F
I
apologize
for
that,
mr
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
raise
it
at
the
right
moment.
Thank
you
for
your
intervention.
I
want
to
first
and
foremost
thank
my
community,
specifically
nancy
miller,
chenier
and
and
liz
mckenzie
who's
who've
really
worked
hard
on
a
number
of
friends
over
the
years
with
ashley,
specifically
going
back
to
the
mcdonald
garden,
part
designation
and
a
number
of
of
of
highlights
and
ashley's
presentation,
and
now
this
bridge,
maybe
a
quick
question
to
staff.
F
Before
I
wrap
up
my
comments,
and
it
relates
maybe
to
jen's
team,
which
is
the
infrastructure,
the
asset
management
team.
Currently,
the
bridge
is
unusable,
it's
actually
fenced
off.
So
I'm
curious
to
understand
how
this
designation
will
influence
the
attention,
because
I
I
think
there
is
a
unique
opportunity
for
programming
and
for
access
that
that
need
to
be
corrected.
If
you
will,
with
with
the
importance
of
that
structure,.
B
Good
morning
chair,
so
we're
not
looking
at
changing
the
use
of
the
bridge
at
this
time,
so
we've
included
in
the
asset
management
implications.
The
heritage
designation
will
include
three
major
rehabilitations
to
extend
the
life
cycle
for
another
75
years,
but
that's
all
based
on
its
current
use,
which
is
to
carry
the
pipeline
and
not
to
upgrade
it
to
be
able
to
support
pedestrian
access
at
this
time.
F
So
jennifer,
if,
when
is
if,
if
I
were
to
want
to
develop
a
plan
to
make
it
pedestrian
access
once
again,
what
is
the
mechanism?
I
I
don't
sit
on
built
heritage
and
I
believe
this
item
is
rising
to
council
next
right.
So
I
just
want
to
clarify.
Maybe
do
we
need
it?
Would
we
need
a
motion
at
council
to
give
a
direction
to
look
at
future
future
pedestrian
access.
F
F
I
think
there's
a
unique
opportunity
here
to
showcase
the
history
in
ottawa
has
actually
really
did
a
wonderful
job
in
her
presentation
to
showcase
the
various
amenities
and
how
they're
interlinked
to
different
eras
in
ottawa's
history-
and
I
hope-
and
I
will
work
as
as
for
my
comments
to
once
again-
give
some
program
program
ability
for
that
for
that
site,
and
I
see
that
as
pedestrianization
access
as
one
of
the
main
drivers
here
so
I'll
take
that
away
with
with
city
staff.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
A
Our
next
item
involves
economic
development
and
long-range
planning,
and
it
is
the
heritage
community
improvement
plan,
application
for
35
through
37
williams,
street
a
property
designated
under
part
5
of
the
ontario
heritage
act
and
located
within
the
byward
market
heritage
conservation
district
can
staff.
Please
provide
an
overview
of
this
report.
E
E
The
heritage,
improvement
plan
or
cip
was
adopted
by
council
in
january
2020,
and
this
is
the
first
application.
The
goal
of
the
program
is
to
encourage
property
owners
of
heritage
buildings
to
restore
their
buildings.
The
program
uses
the
tax
increment-based
grants
which
will
be
paid
through
the
anticipated
cumulative
increase
in
the
municipal
portion
of
the
property
taxes.
E
Owners
may
receive
grants
equal
up
to
25
percent
of
the
increase
in
taxes
paid
over
a
10-year
period.
The
final
amount
will
be
based
on
the
actual
rise
assessment,
and
then
current
taxation
rates
fall
following
the
completion
of
the
project
and
reassessment
by
impact
by
the
municipal
property
assessment
corporation
next
slide.
E
E
The
approach
used
on
the
site
will
be
one
of
restoration
in
compliance
with
the
standards
and
guidelines
for
the
conservation
of
historic
places.
The
surviving
elements
of
the
building
will
be
repaired,
including
the
stone
and
brick
of
the
front
facade.
Only
elements
beyond
repair
will
be
replaced
in
kind
as
part
of
the
heritage.
Sorry,
heritage
community
improvement
plan,
a
conservation
plan
was
required.
E
The
plant
the
plant
outlines
the
various
restoration
aspects
of
the
project.
These
include
the
stone
foundation,
stonework
and
brickwork
that
will
be
repaired
and
maintained
as
required
cracks
and
fracture
repairs
as
well.
As
dutchman
repairs
may
be
required
either
to
repair
the
existing
stones
or
bricks
or
to
repair
damage
that
may
occur
during
construction.
E
E
The
proposed
redevelopment
will
restore
an
empty
space
resulting
from
the
19
to
2019
fire
and
will
allow
the
rest
of
restaurant
to
return
to
business,
which
in
turn
will
create
jobs
and
animate
the
street.
The
project
will
also
provide
housing
in
a
popular
byward
market
area
and
help
revitalize
william
street.
E
E
The
final
amount
of
the
cip
grant
will
be
based
on
actual
rise
assessment
and
then
current
taxation
rates
following
the
completion
of
the
project,
post-development
reassessment
which
will
be
done
by
mpac
and
as
per
the
estimates
provided
for
the
project,
the
restoration
cost
for
component
for
this
project
will
be
about
650
000
and
that's
the
end
of
my
conclusion
of
my
presentation.
Thank
you.
A
A
G
Thanks,
I'm
just
curious
about
the
timing
of
this
application
and
the
creation
of
the
program,
the
cip
program,
so
council
approved
the
rebuilding
plan
for
this
site
in
january
of
2020.,
council
approved
the
heritage
cip
program
in
january
of
2020.,
so
we
already
knew
that
the
property
was
going
to
be
redone.
We
already
approved
the
heritage,
permit,
we
knew
the
redevelopment
was
happening,
post,
fire
and,
and
then
the
applicant
applied
for
it.
G
E
D
G
No
question
there.
Obviously
we
approved
all
this
at
the
start
of
2020..
So
council
supports
this
this
plan
for
this
property.
My
question
is
just
the
the
timing
again,
so
it
it
has.
The
appearance
of
the
plan
was
already
in
place
and
then
the
opportunity
arose
to
get
some
some
tax
credits,
there's
no
questioning
the
value
of
a
cip
program
here.
G
D
You
can
just
explain
that
so
well,
one
of
the
things
that
we'll
say
in
the
application
itself.
There
is
a
statement
in
there
by
the
applicant
basically
saying
that
he
would
not
have
done
it.
I
think
in
this
case
we
could
say
he
would
not
have
done
it
this
way.
Had
he
not
received
the
grant.
So
it's
it's.
The
ground
is
intended
as
an
incentive.
D
The
decision-making
process
is
only
final
when
actually
purchase,
orders
are
issued
and
work
starts,
and
so
any
developer
of
any
project
has
a
process
from
when
he
originally
conceives.
The
idea
ultimately
looks
at
his
options
and
ultimately
says
gives
a
green
light
to
his
builder.
To
build
it
and
and
finance
is
a
really
huge
portion
of
that
decision-making
process,
and
in
this
case
we
think-
and
I
think
the
owner
thinks
it
kicked
it
off
the
top
on
a
timely
basis.
G
G
Okay,
that's
all
I
just
was
curious,
I
mean
it
just
it
just
sounds.
It
sounds
odd
right.
It
sounds
like
we
had
a.
It
sounds
like
conveniently.
The
owner
found
a
way
to
save
money
in
the
long
term
through
the
grant,
but
I
guess
it's
just
a
coincidence
of
timing.
Obviously
I
support
the
program
to
support
the
redevelopment.
We've
said
that
multiple
times
and
back
in
2019
and
2020
when
this
came
through
built
here
subcommittee
and
council,
but
it
was
just
just
curious
on
that
on
that
timing,
because
it
did
seem
odd
thanks.
H
D
In
the
end,
however,
the
actual
grant,
when
it's
actually
paid
out
after
the
building's
completed,
is
paid
out
on
actuals.
So
we
have
a
pretty
good
idea
because
we
have
an
expert
evaluation,
but
in
the
end
we
will
pay
only
what
is
required
under
the
grant
and
so,
for
example,
if
the
owner
didn't
build
it,
we
wouldn't
pay
anything.
H
Okay,
thank
you.
My
other
question
is
when
a
procedure,
so
we
are
receiving
this
report
today
from
bill
territory
subcommittee,
but
it's
actually
fedco
who
will
approve
this
grant,
so
does
that
mean
it's
built
here
to
subcommittee
we're
not
we're
not
making
any
recommendation
to
fedco
we're
not
assessing
whether
or
not
this
is
a
worthy
project.
We're
simply
receiving
this
report
as
a
fyi.
Essentially,
is
that
correct.
C
E
I
can
take
this
question
at
this
point.
The
only
projects
that
are
designated
under
the
ontario
heritage
act
are
are
eligible
and
contributing
properties
as
we
attend
pre-consultations
for
future
developments.
Heritage
staff
are
communicating
that
this
program
exists.
We've
been
working
on
a
outreach
police
strategy
for
the
program,
so
we're
looking
to
to
expand
that
further,
the
messaging
and
so
far
it's
been
a
first
come
first
serve
since
this
is
the
first
application
and
we
do
anticipate
more
interest
coming
up
very
shortly.
B
B
Thank
you
chair
king
on
this
item,
even
though
they
built
ability
to
subcommittee
may
not
be
asked
to
make
a
recommendation
on
it.
I
would
like
to
declare
interest
because
I
was
the
architect
that
was
put
together
the
whole
development
concept
and
the
design
after
the
fire,
and
I
just
wanted
to
record
that.
Thank
you.
A
A
The
principal
goals
of
the
heritage,
community
investment
plan
is
to
encourage
property
owners
of
buildings
designated
under
the
ontario
heritage,
act
to
restore
their
buildings,
and
this
program
is
targeting
vacant
and
abandoned
heritage
buildings
that
are
very
costly,
restore
and
to
help
offset
those
additional
costs
for
restoration
similar
to
the
brownfields
program.
The
heritage
incentive
grant
is
a
tax
increment,
equivalent
grant,
which
provides
financial
incentives
to
property
owners
with
qualified
restoration
and
adaptive
reuse
projects
within
the
city
of
ottawa.
A
The
grant
is
the
equivalent
to
a
portion
of
the
increase
in
the
municipal
property
tax
directed
and
attributed
to
restoration.
The
program
would
be
based
on
the
assumption
that
development
would
not
occur,
but
for
the
incentives
made
to
the
property
owner,
grants
would
be
paid
only
after
restoration
and
development
is
completed.
A
The
annual
budget,
as
we
heard
from
staff,
is
500
000
for
this
three-year
pilot.
The
city
reimburses
successful
applicants
in
the
form
of
an
annual
grant
equal
to
75
percent
of
the
municipal
tax
increment,
resulting
from
the
project.
Grants
would
extend
for
up
to
10
years
after
project
completion
to
a
maximum
of
500
000,
but
not
exceeding
the
total
cost
of
the
restoration
work.
Eligible
costs
include
the
restoration
costs
associated
with
hiring
a
heritage
consultant
and
heritage
reports
such
as
cultural
heritage
impact
statements.
A
This
brings
ottawa
into
line
with
other
cities
in
ontario,
such
as
toronto,
oshawa
and
kingston,
with
the
program
being
very
much
in
line
with
the
planning
act.
The
official
plan
and
the
provincial
policy
statement
as
the
purpose
of
the
heritage
cip,
is
to
encourage
restoration
of
designated
institutional,
commercial,
mixed
use
and
mid
to
large-scale
multi-residential
buildings.
A
In
this.
In
this
type
of
scenario,
a
small
scale,
residential
buildings
are
ultimately
ineligible
and,
and
that
would
include
single
and
semi-detached
homes
and
townhomes.
So
that's
the
nature
of
this
program.
I
think
that
in
in
context
with
the
challenges,
especially
that
the
market
is
facing,
it
is
very
timely
and
I
am
supportive
of
of
this
item.
A
I
just
wanted
to
note,
of
course,
with
the
declaration
that
was
provided
by
member
podolsky
that
member
podolsky
I
assuming
will
not
be
voting
on
this
item,
and
so
is
this
item
carried
or
is
this
item
received?
Sorry
yeah,
thank
you,
and
this
report
is
scheduled
to
be
presented
to
the
finance
and
economic
development
committee
on
june
1st
2021.
A
A
A
We
have
no
in-camera
items
to
date
and
also
we
did
not
receive
any
notices
of
motion
for
consideration
at
a
subsequent
meeting
and
we
also
have
no
inquiries
under
under
other
business.
There
is
a
planning
circulation
on
the
agenda
which
was
distributed
to
members
prior
to
the
meeting.
Members
of
the
public
have
the
opportunity
to
comment
through
dev
apps
on
ottawa.ca
an
ontario
heritage
act.
Application
will
be
considered
at
a
later
date.