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STATUS OF MUNICIPAL HERITAGE REGISTER
Tomasz Wierzba, Supervisor of Growth Management, provided an update concerning the Municipal Heritage Register and the impacts of Bill #23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 legislation. Mr. Wierzba advised that the correspondence had been forwarded to Municipal Heritage Register listed property owners, and that twenty-three individuals have indicated their intent to designate their properties as heritage. Mr. Wierzba reported that as part of the designated process, that staff in Development Services would need to find a consultant that would need to review each of the properties, but that there are limited resources available. Mr. Wierzba further reported as per Bill #23, that this process would need to be completed before January 1, 2025, or the listed properties would be removed from the Municipal Heritage Register and would have to remain off the register for five years. Members of the Committee asked questions of Mr. Wierzba and received responses.
Mr. Wierzba advised the Committee that a request was received from the property owners of 194 Collier Street to have their property added to the Municipal Heritage Register as a listed property. Mr. Wierzba discussed the historical attributes of the property. Property owners, Mr. and Mrs. Rick and Louise LeRoux were present and answered questions from members of the Committee. The Committee agreed to add this property to the Municipal Heritage Register as a listed property.