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Recreation programming on the horizon
In a verbal update, CAO David Cribbs informed Council that programming at the Meridian Community Centre (MCC) would be ramping up by the end of the month. Programs including shinny, public skating, ladies learn to play hockey, pickleball, and Brock's fitness class are likely to resume by the end of September, while seniors learn to skate, fitness, and chair yoga, are on their way for October.
As programs become available, the Town will advertise rates, dates, and schedules on www.pelham.ca, social media, and local newspapers.
Municipal Heritage Committee coming back to Pelham
On November 4, 2019, Council passed a resolution requesting that staff bring a report to Council regarding the re-establishment of a Heritage Committee. Also at the Special Council meeting of February 24, 2020, where Council established its strategic planning priority and goals for the remainder if its term, the establishment of a Heritage Advisory Committee was identified as a strategic goal of Council.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the report was delayed, and with the success that Town committees and Council have had to conduct meetings via Zoom, Council agreed to proceed with establishing the Committee.
The Town of Pelham Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee shall be an advisory committee providing advice and recommendations on cultural heritage matters to Council, established under Section 28 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
The Committee shall be known as the Town of Pelham Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee (MHAC).
The mandate of the MHAC is to advise Council on matters relating to the conservation of significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes within the Town of Pelham, including:
a) The establishment and maintenance of a register of properties of cultural heritage value or interest under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, and to encourage the conservation of the heritage attributes of these properties;
b) The designation of individual properties by By-law under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act;
c) Any amendments and repealing of Part IV designation by-laws under the Ontario Heritage Act;
d) The establishment of heritage conservation district (s) under Part V of Ontario Heritage Act, and to encourage the conservation of the heritage attributes of the district(s);
e) Heritage permit applications to alter or demolish cultural heritage resources of properties designated under Part IV or Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act;
f) The establishment and maintenance, including additions and deletions, of a register of properties of cultural heritage value or interest that are not designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with appropriate evaluation criteria; and
g) Reviewing and providing cultural heritage conservation comments to Council regarding development applications, demolitions, and other municipal projects that have a direct impact on cultural heritage resources
The Town will advertise for applications to the Committee in the coming weeks.
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