Report to: Development Services Date
of Meeting: January
16, 2007
SUBJECT: Heritage
Week 2007
February 19-25, 2007
PREPARED BY: Regan
Hutcheson, Manager, Heritage
Planning
(ext. 2080)
RECOMMENDATION:
THAT the week of February 19-25,
2007 be
proclaimed as Heritage Week in the Town of Markham;
And that Staff be authorized and
directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution as outlined
in the report.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Not applicable
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Not applicable
To
recommend that Council proclaim the week of February 19 to 25, 2007 as Heritage Week in Markham. Council permission
is also requested for staff to implement steps as outlined in the report.
February 19 to 25,
2007 is Ontario Heritage
Week, a time during which municipalities across the province are invited by the
Ministry of Culture/ Ontario Heritage Trust to join in the celebration of Ontario’s rich and diverse heritage. Since 1974, the Heritage
Canada Foundation has designated the third Monday in February as Canada’s Heritage Day. Ontario communities have taken up the challenge and chosen to
celebrate our heritage for a full week.
This year’s theme is “Community Heritage:
Celebrating 40 Years of Conservation” (see Appendix ‘A’).
As part of Heritage Week, staff will undertake the following:
a) An educational heritage display will be set up by the Heritage
Section in the Great Hall for the period of Heritage
Week 2007. The display table will allow
the distribution of heritage related brochures including material from the Heritage
Canada Foundation. This display will not
only serve as part of the Town’s participation in the 2007 Heritage
Week Celebration, but will also serve as another means of fulfilling, in part,
the Commission’s objective of public outreach, information and education.
b) For the duration of the week, the Prince of Wales Prize
Flag will be flown on the Town of Markham Flagpole in commemoration of Heritage
Week. The Prince of Wales Prize flag is
an award bestowed by the Heritage Canada Foundation and was presented to the Town by his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. In
2000, the Town of Markham was the first ever recipient of the Prince of Wales Prize,
for outstanding stewardship of the built heritage by the municipality. The flag to be flown is a duplicate of the
original flag, presented to the Mayor and Council.
RECOMMENDED BY:
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Valerie Shuttleworth, M.C.I.P., R.P.P.
Director of Planning & Urban Design
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Jim
Baird, M.C.I.P., R.P.P.
Commissioner of Development Services
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Appendix A Letter from Ontario
Heritage Trust