Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee

To pass a Resolution that; The agenda be approved and adopted as amended.

To pass a Resolution that; The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee approves and adopts the Minutes of the MHAC Meeting held September 21, 2023.

To pass a Resolution that: The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee acknowledges the discussion on the Cemetery Grant Program.

To pass a Resolution that: The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee acknowledges the discussion on the draft Storyboard Program Guidelines. AND FURTHER that a prioritized list of storyboards to be completed prioritizing Communities in Rideau Lakes.

To pass a Resolution that: WHEREAS the Cemetery Sub-Committee established in 2012 is no longer active; WHEREAS the majority of the Local Cemetery Sub-Committees identified in Schedule "B" to By-Law 2012-48 are now owned by the Municipality; NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee recommends to Council that the Cemetery Sub-committee be dissolved and By-Law 2012-48 that established the Sub-Committee be rescinded; AND FURTHER Recommends that Schedule "A" to By-Law 2005-71, to Establish the Heritage Advisory Committee, be amended to add matters concerning designated/abandoned/neglected cemeteries under the Cemeteries Act to be received by MHAC.

To pass a Resolution that: The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee acknowledges the discussion on the Heritage Property Research project.

To pass a Resolution that: WHEREAS the Newboro and Area Heritage Society (NAHS) is a newly incorporated Heritage Society in Rideau Lakes in 2023; and WHEREAS Council through Res #108-2023 provided $1,000 in seed funding for the NAHS in 2023; and WHEREAS By-Law 2012-62 provides for grants of up to $500 annually to each of the incorporated Heritage Societies existing within the Township; NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee recommends to Council that By-Law 2012-62 be amended to provide up to $1,500 on a yearly basis to each of the Incorporated Heritage Societies within the Township of Rideau Lakes.

To pass a Resolution that; The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee requests the Economic Development Committee and the Rideau Lakes Library Board to provide a contribution towards a Heritage Centre (Museum/Archives) feasibility study, in their 2024 budgets in conjunction with the MHAC budget.

To pass a Resolution that: WHEREAS a Storyboard for Philipsville was approved within the 2023 Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee Budget; AND WHEREAS this Storyboard will not be completed as planned in 2023; AND WHEREAS the MHAC Digitization Project is proceeding in 2023; NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee agrees to redirect funds within the approved 2023 MHAC Budget in the amount of $3,500 from the line item for MHAC Storyboards to the line item for MHAC Digitization.

To pass a Resolution that: WHEREAS the property known as the Philipsville Baptist Church located at 1407 County Road 8 is listed as a Designated Property; AND WHEREAS the owners have applied for a building permit to complete renovations; AND WHEREAS the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee has reviewed the proposal for the renovations; NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee has no concerns regarding the proposed renovations to the Designated Heritage Property located at 1407 County Road 8.

MHAC Thursday, October 19, 2023 p. 3 To pass a Resolution that: The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee acknowledges the discussion on the Cemetery Grant Program.

To pass a Resolution that: The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee acknowledges the discussion on the draft Storyboard Program Guidelines. MHAC Thursday, October 19, 2023 p. 4 AND FURTHER that a prioritized list of storyboards to be completed prioritizing Communities in Rideau Lakes.

To pass a Resolution that: WHEREAS the Cemetery Sub-Committee established in 2012 is no longer active; WHEREAS the majority of the Local Cemetery Sub-Committees identified in Schedule "B" to By-Law 2012-48 are now owned by the Municipality; MHAC Thursday, October 19, 2023 p. 5 NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee recommends to Council that the Cemetery Sub-committee be dissolved and By-Law 2012-48 that established the Sub-Committee be rescinded; AND FURTHER Recommends that Schedule "A" to By-Law 2005-71, to Establish the Heritage Advisory Committee, be amended to add matters concerning designated/abandoned/neglected cemeteries under the Cemeteries Act to be received by MHAC.