3.3.4 Feb 5 13 Municipality of Port Hope Heritage Port Hope Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting Monday, December 17, 2012 Location: Present being: 123 Ontario Street, Port Hope (Residence of Barbara and Reno Piccini) Rick Brooks, Deirdre Gardner, Councillor Mary Lou Ellis, Ken Andrus, Ed Pamenter, Karen O Hara, Ron Hyatt, and Robert Polutnik Absent with notice: Absent without notice: Guests/Delegations: Recording Secretary: Tim Johnston Reno Piccini Ellen Atkinson 1. Call to Order Rick Brooks called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. 2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the Nature Thereof: None declared. 3. Adoption of Agenda Motion #HPH 40/12 to adopt the Agenda of December 17, 2012 as previously circulated; Moved by Ed Pamenter, seconded by Karen O Hara 4. Delegations/Presentations - None 5. Adoption of Minutes Motion #HPH 41/12 to adopt minutes of November 19, 2012 as previously circulated; Moved by Ed Pamenter, seconded by Ron Hyatt 6. Unfinished Business, or Business arising from the previous minutes 6.1 Millennium Project Deirdre Gardner informed the Committee this is an ongoing project and she is aiming to have the first section completed in January 2013. 6.2 Northumberland Heritage Alliance Update No member was available to attend the last meeting. Deirdre Gardner informed the Committee that the Acting Chair of the Northumberland Heritage Alliance has resigned and a new Chairperson will be selected in the 1
New Year. No date or location has been announced for the next meeting. Deirdre will advise members of new chairperson and date/location once she is notified. 6.3 Review of Sign By-Law 17/2005: Ken and Rick spoke regarding the proposed revisions to Bylaw 17/2005 as discussed at the November meeting. Ken raised concerns regarding 5 items. After lengthy discussions the following is the suggested motion to be put forward to Council for approval Motion # HPH 42/12 to amend Motion# HPH 37/12 as follows; Be it resolved that this Committee recommend to Council that the following revisions to Bylaw 17/2005 be considered: DELETE reference to suggested fonts throughout By-law 17/2005 DELETE Schedule A and Schedule B this will allow for flexibility and creativity In the Definition section; ADD: LOGO: A logo is one aspect of a company s commercial brand, or economic entity, and its shapes, colours, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. A logo s design is for immediate recognition, inspiring trust, admiration, loyalty and an implied superiority. Section 5.22. Signs DELETE: Section 5.22.2.2 as printed and replace it with the following: Roof signs are prohibited on all properties designated under Part IV or Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. ALTER: Section 5.22.2.3 as amended in By-Law 100/2009 to be further amended as follows: REVISE the word paint to read colour and delete the reference to Schedule B as that schedule has now been deleted. ADD the following sub-section: 5.22.2.5 Luminous, flashing and read-o-graph signs, electronic video displays, scrolling signs, electronic/projected screens or displays and televisions/monitors are restricted to interior use and their images or messages are not to be visible from the street, on all properties designated under Part IV or Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. ADD: Section 5.22.2.6 Photographs or photo-like representations are not permitted on permanent signs ADD: Section 5.22.2.7 Illuminated OPEN signage will be permitted but must not exceed 0.40m2 with no dimension to exceed 0.6m. ADD: Section 5.22.2.8 If applying the same pre-approved colour on the same surface no permit/application is required. REVISE: Schedule C it needs to be more legible, consider making the type face larger, having the table enlarged, turned to fit onto an 11x17 paper and folded to still fit into a binder. Moved by Ed Pamenter, seconded by Deirdre Gardner Rick will send the amended motion to Sue Dawe via email for inclusion on the next available Council Agenda in January. 2
Members expressed concerns regarding Pantones versus colours. Rick stated this will be dealt with as a separate issue. Robert volunteered to look into the pantone/heritage colours issue and report back to the Committee with his report in a timely fashion. 6.4 HPHAC Goals & Objectives 2013 Update: Rick has forwarded the adopted Goals & Objectives to Sue Dawe for inclusion on the January 2013 Council meeting agenda. Deirdre will prepare a draft application for the Prince of Wales award and bring the draft application to the January 2013 meeting for review and comment. She stated this needs to be submitted in February. Rick will revise the copy for Sue to read 2013 not 2014 and Goal #6 to read colour pallets not paint pallets. 6.5 HPHAC Annual Committee Report Update Rick provided members with a copy of the Annual Committee Report. Rick has forwarded this to Sue Dawe. 7 Report from CBO: Ken advised the Committee of an application received regarding fascia and sandwich board signage at 110 Walton Street. He provided a copy for the members to review the proposed colour. The Committee approved the proposed signage. Given the approval of all, as Part V Chair, Rick will stamp and sign the additional information presented on this application and forward to the Building Department in a timely fashion. It should be attached to the original approved Application form on file. 8 Report from Council: Mary Lou deferred her report to item #10. 9 Treasurer s Report: Ed provided the Committee with a copy of the Treasurers report. Ed stated the monthly statement is accurate. Motion # HPH 43/12 A motion was heard to Receive and File the Treasurer s Report as presented to the Committee. Moved by Ed Pamenter, seconded by Ron Hyatt 10 Correspondence Rick provided the Committee with copies Heritage Places Television; Interpretive Signage; as well as information on the Downtown Streetscape Study. He informed the members that if they required more information on the Heritage Places Television that they should go to their website www.ibitv.org. Although this would be undertaken as an HPH project, it could be a joint venture should ACO and perhaps other parties might be inclined to join HPH. The total cost is $5,000.00 + HST. In regards to the Interpretive Signage, Rick sent a reply to Trevor Clapperton which included the feedback he received from several members. In conversation with Karen Sharpe (Parks & Recreations), he was assured that the issues and concerns raised by HPH will be taken into consideration and the project has been deferred until spring. Rick spoke with Catharine Talbot and Brian Basterfield, who are the consultants doing the streetscape study, and provide them with pertinent information, such as by-laws that established the conservation districts, copy of Peter John Stokes book regarding Walton Street and LACAC information. Rick invited the consultants and Mr. Bourque to attend a future HPH meeting when they have more information to share. Rick will keep the Committee informed. The HPH 2012 budget surplus was under discussion, especially given our resolution #HPH38/12 (Nov/12) requesting the balance be set aside for an ongoing project. The Committee would like The Municipality to consider the merits of both the Heritage Street Sign Program as well as the 3
support of Heritage Places Television. It was suggested that given a properly worded invoice, HPH could support 50% of the costs associated with Heritage Places Television. These funds would ideally come from the outstanding surplus still within our 2012 budget. It was agreed to finalize this discussion at the January HPH meeting. 11 Reports of Sub-Committees 11.1 Heritage District (Part IV) None 11.2 Heritage District (Part V) Rick Brooks, via a report, provided the members with an update on the following application(s); New signage at 64 Walton Street application was approved and returned to the Building Department on December 5, 2012. Motion #HPH44/12 A motion was heard to Receive and File the Part V Report as presented to the Committee. Moved by Ron Hyatt, seconded by Karen O Hara Rick informed the Committee of a concern Part V received from an individual regarding the number of illuminated signs up in the heritage district. Rick noted that Reno Piccini had responded already on this, while still a member of HPH and Chair of Part V, stating that the By-law has not been changed yet, so those signs are not permitted. The problem is with regards to enforcement. He went on to share that HPH is in the process of making a recommendation to Council to amend the By-law to deal with issues like this and suggested keeping in touch with Rick Brooks on the progress of this matter. Mary Lou asked that Rick address the issue raised regarding the size of the Dollar Store signage. Rick stated the current sign is grandfathered. Rick did suggest that possibly the new tenants could paint out part of the plywood fascia and then put the new signage band inside of the old one so it appears smaller. 11.3 Public Relations Committee 11.3.1 2013 Heritage Awards Update: -Deirdre Gardner provided copies of the nomination forms which were submitted to the Deputy Municipal Clerk for inclusion on the agenda for the Council meeting scheduled for January. After reviewing the proposed nomination forms the following motion was put forward; Motion #HPH45/12 The Committee approve the following two nominations; Carl Swanston & Sarah Cashman of 61 King Street (Residential Category) and secondly Pierre Moreau (Individual Category) and to seek Council s endorsement in January 2013. Moved by Deirdre Gardner, seconded by Ed Pamenter 4
11.4 New Designations Deirdre informed the Committee with an update on the following two new designation requests; 11.4.1 HBIA Parking Lot Fountain (formerly in Memorial Park) This is almost complete and Deirdre will finalize over the next couple of weeks. 11.4.2 Building 41 Update This will be put on hold and finalized at a future meeting. 11.5 Report from HBIA None 11.6 Report from HIAC Rick informed the Committee the Heritage Open House held on November 21 st at 5:30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall was well attended and went very well. 12 New Business 12.1 Confirmation of the HPHAC 2013 Monthly Meeting Schedule Rick will email to the members a copy of HPHAC 2013 Monthly Meeting Schedule for review. 12.2 Next Meeting Monday, January 21, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers, Port Hope Town Hall 12.3 Heritage Signage Update Deirdre informed the members that suggested heritage signage discussed at the November meeting will not work on the street signs within the Port Hope downtown area. She provided examples of other heritage signage that may work and stated this may have to be put on hold until the branding and other issues are addressed. 13 Adjournment 9:00 p.m. Moved by Ed Pamenter. 5