HERITAGE PROPERTIES WORKSHOP June 20, 2012 HERITAGE MANAGEMENT - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HERITAGE PROPERTIES WORKSHOP June 20, 2012

HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN PROCESS • The Heritage Management Plan: – A framework to help conserve, manage and celebrate St. Albert’s heritage resources • The Project: – Develop phased plan, processes, policies, and forms for heritage program in St. Albert – Consultants Donald Luxton & Associates / David Murray Architect – Working closely with a Steering Committee & City Staff – Cost-share funding provided by the Municipal Heritage Partnership Program

OUTCOMES OF THE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN • Increases community pride and awareness • Manages pace of change • Develop programs that engage community in local heritage (e.g.: interpretive walks, signs, QR codes) • Sustainable and Environmental • Opportunities to tie into local planning initiatives • Investment in heritage sites through community partnerships • Generating employment through heritage trades and other economic spin-offs

CURRENT SITUATION: Canada Canadian Register of Historic Places • Standards & Guidelines • Parks Canada • No federal legislation to legally protect historic resources •

CURRENT SITUATION : Alberta Heritage tools enabled under Alberta Municipal Government Act : legal authority to • designate and control land uses Alberta Historical Resources Act : identify and protect historic resources •

CURRENT SITUATION : Alberta Alberta Historic Resources Foundation (for sites on Alberta Register of Historic Places) • MHR: $50,000 cost share per year for restoration • PHR: $100,000 cost share per year for restoration • Architectural, Engineering, Heritage Conservation Reports: $25,000 • Heritage Awareness (interpretive plaques, workshop attendance, presentations: $5,000 • Publications: $5,000 (books) $3,000 (brochures) • Research (oral history, research): $25,000 • Bob Etherington Heritage Trades: $3,000

CURRENT SITUATION: St. Albert • Heritage Survey - 102 sites • Places of Interest List - 62 • Heritage Inventory - 20 sites and a Context Paper (2009-2010) • Municipal Historic Resources: • Little White School (2009) (ARHP) • White Spruce Forest (2011) • St. Albert Place (2009) • Cunningham House and Hogan Farm House (2009) • Alberta Wheat Pool Grain Elevator (2009) • Alberta Grain Company Grain Elevator (2009) • Bank d’Hochelaga (2009) • Juneau House (2009) • Provincial Historic Resources: • Alberta Grain Company Grain Elevator (2007) • Alberta Wheat Pool Grain Elevator (2007) • Bishop’s Palace (1977) Source: MHPP • Edmonton Residential School (1983) • Father Lacombe Chapel (1983)

CURRENT SITUATION: St. Albert Restoration and Interpretive program underway for St. Albert site • ( St. Albert Functional Plan ) Heritage integrated into city policy documents: • • Cultural Master Plan (2012) • Heritage Master Plan (1996) • Municipal Development Plan (2011) City-owned heritage sites managed by Arts & Heritage St. • Albert : • St. Albert Grain Elevator Park • River Lot 24 • Little White School • Art Gallery of St. Albert Provincial-owned heritage sites managed by Arts & Heritage St. • Albert: • Father Lacombe Chapel

KEY DISCUSSION POINTS • Designating city’s modern resources (post 1960s) • Balancing needs of institutional, commercial and residential property owners with preservation • Awareness and promotion of historic sites • Community capacity building and momentum for heritage conservation • Financial limitations for heritage conservation • Interpreting intangible history

OPPORTUNITIES • Tourism growth • Partnership opportunities • Awareness and promotion of heritage resources

PRIORITIES

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