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BARRIE INITIATED CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING A REQUEST TO THE PROVINCE TO EXTEND THE REMOVAL DATE OF LISTED (NON-DESIGNATED) PROPERTIES FROM THE MUNICIPAL HERITAGE REGISTER
WHEREAS subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act stipulates that any non-designated heritage property listed on the municipal register of properties as of December 31, 2022 shall be removed from the municipal register on or before January 1, 2025, if the council of the municipality does not give a notice of intention to designate the property under subsection 29(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act on or before January 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS some 36,000 listed heritage properties in over 100 municipalities in Ontario are affected; and
WHEREAS since January 1, 2023, the City of Barrie has been diligently working to:
• review the municipal heritage register;
• research the heritage value and interest of listed (non-designated) properties;
• review and research the heritage value and interest of non-designated properties;
• contact owners of such properties; determine which properties should potentially be designated in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act; and
• take all required steps to designate such properties.
WHEREAS the above-noted work involving 46 listed properties in the City of Barrie is extremely time-consuming and cannot be completed by December 31, 2024, with the limited municipal resources available.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the City of Barrie authorize the Mayor to promptly send a letter to Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, and Michael Ford, Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, requesting that Subsection 27(16) of the Ontario Heritage Act be amended to extend the above noted deadline for five years from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2030.