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Proud Heritage, Exciting Future
Monday, May 15, 2023 6:30 p.m.
The Township of Oro-Medonte
Heritage Committee Meeting Minutes
Council Chambers
Present: Mayor Randy Greenlaw
Councillor Lori Hutcheson, Co -Chair
Jessica Allen
Robert Bayley
Ruth Fountain
Dorothy Moore
Kayla Thibeault
Victoria Veenstra
Regrets: Councillor Richard Schell, Chair
Staff Present: Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner; Janette Teeter, Supervisor,
Clerk's Services/Deputy Clerk
Councillor Hutcheson (Co -Chair) assumed the Chair and called the meeting to order.
1. Agenda Approval:
a) Motion to Approve the Agenda.
Motion No. HC230515-1
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Thibeault
It is recommended that the agenda for the Heritage Committee meeting held on
Monday, May 15, 2023 be received and approved.
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest:
None declared.
Carried.
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3. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting:
a) Minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on Monday, April 17, 2023.
Motion No. HC230515-2
Moved by Bayley, Seconded by Moore
It is recommended that the draft minutes of Heritage Committee meeting held on
Monday, April 17, 2023 be received and approved as printed and circulated.
Carried.
4. Reports of Members of Committee/Municipal Officers:
a) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner; and Dorothy Moore, Committee Member re:
Update of the 100th Anniversary Celebrations for the Hawkestone Community Hall re:
Contribution Opportunities.
Motion No. HC230515-3
Moved by Allen, Seconded by Fountain
It is recommended
1. That the verbal information presented by Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner;
and Dorothy Moore, Committee Member re: Update of the 100th Anniversary
Celebrations for the Hawkestone Community Hall re: Contribution Opportunities to
be received.
2. That the applicant be advised accordingly under the Manager, Community Services'
signature.
Carried.
b) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Register of Heritage Listed and
Designated Properties.
Motion No. HC230515-4
Moved by Veenstra, Seconded by Bayley
It is recommended
1. That the information presented by Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re:
Register and Heritage Listed of Designated Properties be received.
2. And that the matter be brought back to the next Heritage Committee meeting for
further review.
Carried.
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c) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Follow up re: Correspondence from Taylor
Liedtke of Ideas for the Oro African Church, Cemetery Signs and Wilberforce Street
Signs [from April 17,2023 Heritage Committee meeting].
The Committee consented to allow Mr. Liedtke to provide additional comments.
Motion No. HC230515-5
Moved by Thibeault, Seconded by Moore
It is recommended
1. That the information presented by Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re:
Follow up re: correspondence from Taylor Liedtke of Ideas for the Oro African
Church, Cemetery Signs and Wilberforce Street Signs be received.
2. That it is recommended to Council that Staff report back to Council with proposed
signage design, location and funding options to recognize former Wilberforce Street.
Carried.
d) Dorothy Moore, Committee Member re: Request for Delegated Authority, Township
Heritage Books.
Motion No. HC230515-6
Moved by Allen, Seconded by Veenstra
It is recommended
1. That the verbal information presented by Dorothy Moore, Committee Member re:
Request for Delegated Authority, Township Heritage Books be received.
2. That it is recommended to Council that the Heritage Committee be granted
delegated authority to distribute all Township Heritage Books as the Heritage
Committee deems fit to do so.
3. That the funds collected with a distribution of the books be retained for local heritage
matters/projects recommended by the Committee.
4. And further that this delegated authority is to be ratified through the Confirmation
By -Law at the May 24, 2023 Council meeting.
Carried.
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e) Kayla Thibeault Committee Member re: Update to 2024 Ontario Heritage Conference,
Gravenhurst.
Motion No. HC230515-7
Moved by Bayley, Seconded by Fountain
It is recommended that the information provided by Kayla Thibeault, Committee
Member re: Update to 2024 Ontario Heritage Conference, Gravenhurst be received.
Carried.
f) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Ontario Heritage Conference, London,
Ontario, June 15-17, 2023.
Motion No. HC230515-8
Moved by Moore, Seconded by Thibeault
It is recommended that the correspondence presented by Catherine McCarroll,
Intermediate Planner re: Ontario Heritage Conference, London, Ontario, June 15-17,
2023 be received.
Carried.
5. Communications:
a) Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Press Release, Township of Oro-Medonte
Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program Launch & Art Trees Expansion.
Motion No. HC230515-9
Moved by Veenstra, Seconded by Allen
It is recommended that Township of Oro-Medonte Press Release presented by
Catherine McCarroll, Intermediate Planner re: Tourism Ambassador Certificate Program
Launch & Art Trees Expansion be received.
Carried.
6. Next Meeting Date:
Monday, June 19, 2023.
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7. Adjournment:
a) Motion to Adjourn.
Motion No. HC230515-10
Moved by Fountain, Seconded by Bayley
It is recommended that we do now adjourn at 8:27 p.m.
Carried.
Councillor Lori Hutcheson, Co -Chair Jan a Teeter, Deputy Clerk
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