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PRESENTATION TO COTW PRESENTATION TO COTW PRESENTATION TO COTW PRESENTATION TO COTW BY UNESCO COMMITTEE BY UNESCO COMMITTEE BY UNESCO COMMITTEE BY UNESCO COMMITTEE JANUARY 9, 2017 JANUARY 9, 2017 JANUARY 9, 2017 JANUARY 9, 2017 IN PURSUIT OF WORLD HERITAGE DESIGN IN PURSUIT OF DESIGNATION

� JIM ALEXANDER � PETER HARVEY � DAVID HEMMINGS � PETER KAVANAGH** � FINN MADSEN � DOUG STEWART � REPRESENTATIVE, PARKS CANADA � DENISE HORNE, HERITAGE ADVISOR, TOWN OF NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE � CO-CHAIRS: BETTY DISERO, COUNCILLOR RICHARD MERRITT �

APPLICATION TO PARKS CANADA’S TENTATIVE LIST, (JANUARY 27, 2017) APPLICATION TO PARKS CANADA’S TENTATIVE LIST, (JANUARY 27, 2017) APPLICATION TO PARKS CANADA’S TENTATIVE LIST, (JANUARY 27, 2017) APPLICATION TO PARKS CANADA’S TENTATIVE LIST, (JANUARY 27, 2017) � SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NOTIFIED (DECEMBER, 2017) AND REQUESTED SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NOTIFIED (DECEMBER, 2017) AND REQUESTED SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NOTIFIED (DECEMBER, 2017) AND REQUESTED SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES NOTIFIED (DECEMBER, 2017) AND REQUESTED � TO RESUBMIT EXTENSIVE DOSSIER ON THE PROPOSED SITE (2 TO RESUBMIT EXTENSIVE DOSSIER ON THE PROPOSED SITE (2 TO RESUBMIT EXTENSIVE DOSSIER ON THE PROPOSED SITE (2 TO RESUBMIT EXTENSIVE DOSSIER ON THE PROPOSED SITE (2- -3 YEARS) - - 3 YEARS) 3 YEARS) 3 YEARS) RESUBMISSION AND IF SATISFACTORY, SITE ADDED TO CANADA’S RESUBMISSION AND IF SATISFACTORY, SITE ADDED TO CANADA’S RESUBMISSION AND IF SATISFACTORY, SITE ADDED TO CANADA’S RESUBMISSION AND IF SATISFACTORY, SITE ADDED TO CANADA’S � TENTATIVE LIST TENTATIVE LIST TENTATIVE LIST TENTATIVE LIST WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF UNESCO INVITES 2 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF UNESCO INVITES 2- WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF UNESCO INVITES 2 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE OF UNESCO INVITES 2 - -3 SUBMISSIONS - 3 SUBMISSIONS 3 SUBMISSIONS 3 SUBMISSIONS � FROM SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES’ TENTATIVE LISTS, SUCH AS CANADA FROM SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES’ TENTATIVE LISTS, SUCH AS CANADA FROM SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES’ TENTATIVE LISTS, SUCH AS CANADA FROM SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES’ TENTATIVE LISTS, SUCH AS CANADA (EVERY 5 (EVERY 5 (EVERY 5 (EVERY 5- -10 YEARS) - - 10 YEARS) 10 YEARS) 10 YEARS) WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE REVIEWS APPLICATIONS FROM AROUND WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE REVIEWS APPLICATIONS FROM AROUND WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE REVIEWS APPLICATIONS FROM AROUND WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE REVIEWS APPLICATIONS FROM AROUND � THE WORLD AND CHOOSES SEVERAL NEW SITES FOR DESIGNATION THE WORLD AND CHOOSES SEVERAL NEW SITES FOR DESIGNATION THE WORLD AND CHOOSES SEVERAL NEW SITES FOR DESIGNATION THE WORLD AND CHOOSES SEVERAL NEW SITES FOR DESIGNATION (SEVERAL YEARS) (SEVERAL YEARS) (SEVERAL YEARS) (SEVERAL YEARS)

� THE CROSSROADS OF CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA, LAST GLACIER (10,000 BCE) TO 1870s LAST GLACIER (10,000 BCE) TO 1870s LAST GLACIER (10,000 BCE) TO 1870s LAST GLACIER (10,000 BCE) TO 1870s � REFUGE AND SAFE HAVEN FOR DISPOSSESSED PEOPLES � LAYERS OF EXPERIENCES OF DIVERSE PEOPLES HAVE CREATED AN UNIQUE HISTORIC CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE WORTHY CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF DESIGNATION

� DESIGNATION DOES NOT IMPOSE ANY NEW EASEMENTS OR NEW LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED AREA or THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES � DESIGNATED SITE IS INSPECTED PERIODICALLY TO ENSURE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE PROPERTIES THAT WOULD REDUCE THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUES OF THE SITE

� COMMUNITY SUPPORT � POTENTIAL COSTS

� DESIGNATION WILL INDIRECTLY HELP CONSERVE THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL FURTHER EDUCATE OUR VISITORS AND CITIZENS OF OUR UNIQUE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE � DESIGNATION ENCOURAGES MORE ‘WORLDLY TOURISTS’ � INCREASED REAL ESTATE VALUES

� IT’S NOW TIME FOR NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CLIMB ONTO THE WORLD STAGE AS AN HISTORIC CULTURAL LANDSCAPE of WORLD HERITAGE STATUS THE COMMITTEE STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE TOWN OF NOTL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PARKS CANADA’S TENTATIVE LIST FOR DESIGNATION AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.