HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHC 2017-03-07 minutes.pdfThe Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Community Heritage Commission, held in the Blaney
Room, at Maple Ridge City Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday,
March 7, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT
Brenda Smith,Chair Maple Ridge Historical Society
Councillor Craig Speirs Council Liaison
Eric Phillips Member at Large
Julie Koehn Maple Ridge Historical Society
Kevin Bennett Member at Large
Russell Irvine Member at Large
STAFF PRESENT
Lisa Zosiak Staff Liaison, Community Planner
Sunny Schiller Committee Clerk
GUESTS
Erica Williams President, Maple Ridge Historical Society
REGRETS/ABSENT
Len Pettit Member at Large
Steven Ranta, Vice-Chair Member at Large
1.CALL TO ORDER
There being a quorum present, the Chair called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm.
3.MINUTES APPROVAL
R17-010
It was moved and seconded
That the Minutes of the February 7, 2017 meeting be approved.
CARRIED
2.AGENDA ADOPTION
R17-011
It was moved and seconded
That the agenda dated March 7, 2017 be adopted.
CARRIED
4.DELEGATIONS -Nil
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5.FINANCE
5.1 Financial Update
Russell Irvine provided a verbal update on the current Commission budget.
6.CORRESPONDENCE -Nil
7.NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7.1 Membership
7.1.1 Calendar of Events
The Chair led a review of the calendar of events.
7.1.2 Training and Networking for Advisory Committees
The Committee Clerk shared details about events coming up for Advisory
Committee members.7.2 Cultural Plan Update
The Chair provided an update on the work of the Cultural Plan task group.
7.3 Tourism Strategy
Councillor Speirs reported the draft tourism strategy was reviewed by Council at the
March 6 Workshop meeting.Russell Irvine provided a Tourism Strategy liaison
report.
7.4 Canada 150
Moved to Item 8.2.4.
7.5 Tax Assessments
Russell Irvine provided a status report on the issue of property tax assessment in
regards to provincially owned heritage property.
7.6 Private Members Bill Tax Credit
Russell Irvine reported on proposed federal Bill C323 “An Act to Amend the Income
Tax Act (Rehabilitation of Historic Property)”. A draft report to Council recommending
support has been prepared and a decision to move forward will be made after
second reading in Parliament, scheduled for this week.The merits of the Bill were
discussed by the Committee.
7.7 BC Museum Funding
The Chair shared that the provincial government recently announced eight milliondollarsin funding for museums across BC.
8.SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
8.1 Communications Subcommittee
8.1.1 Local Voices
8.1.2 Communications Package
The new CHC logo has been received.
8.2 Recognitions Subcommittee
8.2.1 Heritage Week Subcommittee
The Chair reported on Heritage Week events.
8.2.2 Heritage Awards 2017 Nominations
The 2017 Heritage Awards were well attended.The event was reviewed by
the Commission.
8.2.3 Review of Heritage Awards Annual Nomination Deadlines
To be revisited in June.
8.2.4 Canada 150 Projects
The Chair provided an update on Canada 150 projects.
8.3 Education Subcommittee
8.3.1 BC Societies Act WorkshopThe planning of the workshop is currently on hold.
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8.3.2 Oral History Training
Julie Koehn and Councillor Speirs reported the Oral History training was very
informative.
8.3.3 Heritage BC Webinars
Russell Irvine will host a “Heritage and Cultural Tourism”Heritage BC
Webinar March 17th at City Hall.
8.4 Maple Ridge Oral History Project
Kevin Bennett and the Staff Liaison provided a status report on the Oral History
project.
8.5 Digitization Project Subcommittee
The Staff Liaison and the Chair provided a status update on the digitization project.
Plans for an electronic catalogue of historic documents were discussed.
8.6 Heritage Inventory Project UpdateTheChairprovided a report on the Heritage Inventory update project.Plans to store
data and share the inventory publicly were discussed.
8.7 Robertson Family Cemetery Project Subcommittee
The Staff Liaison is arranging a surveyor for the Robertson Family Cemetery property.
8.8 Museum and Archives Update
Councillor Speirs provided an update on the collection of community input regarding
proposed civic facilities. A proposal for the museum and archives facility will be
submitted to the federal government for review.
9.LIAISON UPDATES
9.1 BC Historical Federation
The Chair shared agenda items for the upcoming BC Historical Federation
conference.
9.2 Heritage BC
The Chair provided a report on Heritage BC.
9.3 BC Museums Association
No update.
9.4 Maple Ridge Historical Society
Julie Koehn reported graffiti at the Wharfinger’s office has been removed by the City.The MRHS Annual General Meeting will be held March 16th. A donation from the
Maple Ridge Rotary has been received to support Music on the Wharf.
9.5 Council Liaison
Councillor Speirs shared his proposed resolutions to be brought forward to the Lower
Mainland Local Government Association conference. A question was raised about
the moving date for the archives.
10.QUESTION PERIOD -Nil
11.ROUNDTABLE
Eric Phillips has been working on the issue of trucking in lower Hammond. Councillor Speirs
provided an update on the topic.
12.ADJOURNMENT
It was moved that the meeting be adjourned at 9:00 pm.
Chair
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