This planning meeting of Guelph City Council will focus for the most part on heritage matters. For the last several months, Heritage Guelph has been banking new designations for council to finally sign off on and the horseshoe will take a look at five of them. But that’s not the end of the agenda, there will also be a request to extend a deadline, a request to send a letter, and a request to build some new student accommodations.
NOTE #1: Delegates will be able to appear at this meeting in-person or via tele-presense but you do have to register with the clerks office before 10 am on Friday June 7. You can also submit written delegations and correspondences for agenda items.
NOTE #2: In addition to meeting in-person, this meeting will also be live-streamed on the City of Guelph’s website here.
408 Willow Road: Notice of Intention to Designate – This property along Willow Road between Marksam and the Hanlon that was once a 100 acre farm meets six of the nine prescribed criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest, according to Ontario Regulation 569/22. Heritage Guelph approved this designation at their March meeting.
100 Queen Street: Notice of Intention to Designate – This old house designed by famous Guelph architect Frye Colwill meets four out of the nine possible criteria for designation, and was approved by Heritage Guelph at their May meeting.
211 Silvercreek Parkway South: Notice of Intention to Designate – For Guelphites living in the 21st century, this building is best known as The Manor, an adult entertainment venue and sometimes church plus a motel. It’s a two-storey Queen Anne-style brick home that meets five of the criteria to designate. It was approved for designation by Heritage Guelph in September.
167 Suffolk Street West: Notice of Intention to Designate – This building that’s presently home to Barber Glass and Gallery, and meets four of nine of the criteria for having cultural heritage value and interest. This designation was approved by Heritage Guelph at their November meeting.
14 Neeve Street: Notice of Intention to Designate – This building may be more commonly known as the Law House, and that’s because Law family lived for 134 years. According to staff, the property meets four of nine of the criteria under Ontario Regulation 569/22, and it was approved at May’s Heritage Guelph meeting by the committee.
Request for an Extension to Draft Plan Approval 55 and 75 Cityview Drive – Way back in June 2016, council approved this subdivision, and then they got a five-year extension in June 2019. Now, five years later, Fusion Homes is asking for a three-year extension, which will take us to June 2027. Staff are willing to give the developer more time so that upgrades to downstream infrastructure can be completed and then construction can begin.
Letter to Premier Ford on Municipal Register Deadline – Along with some designations, Heritage Guelph at their May meeting approved a motion to ask Mayor Cam Guthrie to send a letter to the provincial cabinet that asked for an extension to the deadline to de-list all non-designated properties on the heritage registry. As you may know, that deadline is the end of this year.
Public Meeting Report 601 Scottsdale Dr. Proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments OZS24-007 Ward 5 -This property, which is presently vacant, may soon be home to 489 residential suites in two, 7-story towers. The intention here is to create some more housing geared specifically to university and college students, and it’s a good location because the Alma, the old Holiday Inn building that was converted into student housing, is already there next door to this site. No final decision will be made about this development during the meeting, this is the public hearing of the application and council will only be voting to receive the report for information.
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