REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: May 10, 2016 Report No. ADM-16-016
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Anja Nurvo, Director of Corporate Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Heritage Initiatives Alternatives End
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council:
1. direct staff in Development Services, Archives, and Parks and Recreation to continue with review and implementation of Council Policies dealing with Heritage;
2. direct staff to include for future Committee recruitment when relevant requirements for knowledge or experience in heritage, cultural resource management, and heritage conservation; and
3. rescind Council Policy ADMIN-50 Terms of Reference - Heritage Advisory Committee.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Council Policies HER-01 Archival Centre, HER-01 Heritage Designation, HER-03 Heritage Trees, HER-05 Heritage Policy and Resources Update - 2012, and HER-06 Selection and Placement of Monuments
Council Policy ADMIN-50 Terms of Reference - Heritage Advisory Committee
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
This Request for Decision relates to the Operational Strategies to conduct review of Committee governance to ensure alignment with strategic priorities, and to provide Council with a report on alternatives to Heritage Advisory Committee
BACKGROUND:
At the Committee of the Whole (COTW) meeting on May 9, 2016, the COTW reviewed Staff Report ADM-16-014 titled ‘Heritage Advisory Committee and Alternatives’ and passed the following motion:
“To direct staff to prepare a report for Council’s consideration to direct staff in Development Services, Archives and Parks and Recreation to continue with review and implementation of Council Policies dealing with Heritage.”
Staff requests that Council consider passing the expanded motion set out above as staff’s recommendation.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
The background information and rationale for staff’s recommendation is as set out in Staff Report ADM-16-014, posted on the Township’s website with the May 9, 2016 Committee of the Whole Agenda package.
2. Organizational Implications
Staff’s recommendation is that Council Policy ADMIN-50 Terms of Reference - Heritage Advisory Committee be rescinded as being obsolete.
3. Financial Implications
There are no financial implications.
4. Sustainability & Environmental Implications
There are no sustainability or environmental implications
5. Communication & Engagement
Once approved, the website committee pages will be updated, and staff will be advised of Council’s decision. Future Committee recruitment and appointments will be completed taking into account heritage and other relevant expertise.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. That Council direct staff in Development Services, Archives and Parks and Recreation to continue with review and implementation of Council Policies dealing with Heritage.
2. That Council provide alternative direction to staff.