September 23, 2019 Council Meeting Packet

THIS MEETING WILL BE WEBCAST ON THE CITY’S PUBLIC YOUTUBE SITE (CITYWATERLOO) AND MAY BE TELECAST ON PUBLIC TELEVISION

COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 23, 2019 1:00 PM

AGENDA

Mayor Jaworsky in the Chair

1. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

2. CLOSED MEETING

That Council hold a closed meeting for the purposes of considering the following subject matters:

a) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board (Potential Disposition of City- Owned Lands, Potential Acquisition of Lands);

b) advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose (Legal Advice re Potential Disposition of City-Owned Lands, Legal Advice re Potential Acquisition of Lands, Legal Advice re Public Nuisance By-law, Legal Advice re Heritage Conservation).

Council Meeting Page 1 of 377 September 23, 2019 COUNCIL MEETING WILL RECESS AND RECONVENE AT 4:00 PM

3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

4. MOMENT OF REFLECTION

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

That the previous meeting minutes be approved.

a) August 12, 2019 – Council Meeting Page 7

Recommendation:

That the minutes of the Council meeting held on August 12, 2019 be approved as printed.

b) September 9, 2019 – Special Council Meeting Page 18

Recommendation:

That the minutes of the special Council meeting held on September 9, 2019 be approved as printed.

Council Meeting Page 2 of 377 September 23, 2019 6. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

a) Title: Committee of the Whole Report – Page 21 September 9, 2019 Report No.: CORP2019-064 Prepared By: Kevin Gerlach

Recommendations:

1. That CORP2019-064 be approved.

2. That the recommendations of the Committee of the Whole meeting of Monday, September 9, 2019 be adopted.

b) Title: Finance and Strategic Planning Page 24 Committee Report – September 16, 2019 Report No.: CORP2019-065 Prepared By: Kevin Gerlach

Recommendations:

1. That CORP2019-065 be approved

2. That the recommendations of the Finance and Strategic Planning Committee meeting of Monday, September 16, 2019 be adopted.

7. PRESENTATIONS

None

8. DELEGATIONS

None

9. CONSENT MOTION

None

Council Meeting Page 3 of 377 September 23, 2019 10. STAFF REPORTS

a) Title: Amendments to Public Nuisance By-law Page 29 Report No.: COM2019-027 Prepared By: Shayne Turner

Presentation: Shayne Turner, Director, Municipal Enforcement Services

Recommendations:

1. That Council approve COM2019-027.

2. That Council approve the enactment of a by-law to amend the Public Nuisance By-law 2011-125, as outlined in report COM2019-027.

3. That Council declare the dates of September 27, 28 and 29, 2019, during the hours of 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM, each day, as “designated times” in accordance with section 1 of Public Nuisance By-law 2011-125, as amended.

b) Title: Cultural Heritage Landscape Study: Final Page 33 Inventory and Report Report No.: IPPW2019-039 Prepared By: Michelle Lee

Presentation: Michelle Lee, Senior Policy Planner, Heritage

Recommendations:

1. That staff report IPPW2019-039 be approved.

2. That Attachment A to IPPW2019-039 titled “Cultural Heritage Inventory - Background Report” be approved.

3. That Attachment B to IPPW2019-039 titled “Cultural Heritage Landscapes Inventory” be approved.

Council Meeting Page 4 of 377 September 23, 2019 4. That staff be directed to initiate the short term actions identified in Section 5.0 of report IPPW2019-039 using the remaining Cultural Heritage Landscape study funds and the 2019 funds approved through the 2019 Capital Budget.

5. That Council endorse the medium and long term actions identified in Table 1 of Attachment D and direct staff to initiate those actions according to the proposed timeframes, subject to Council’s approval of the 2020- 2022 budget.

COUNCIL MEETING WILL RECESS AND RECONVENE AT 6:00 PM

11. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

12. WORKSHOPS

a) IAP2 Community Engagement Workshop Richard Delaney, President and Principal, Delaney & Associates

13. FORMAL/INFORMAL PUBLIC MEETINGS

None

14. CONSIDERATION OF NOTICE OF MOTION GIVEN AT PREVIOUS MEETING

None

15. NOTICE OF MOTION

None

16. COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE

None

Council Meeting Page 5 of 377 September 23, 2019 17. REGIONAL INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE

None

18. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

None

19. NEW BUSINESS

i. Delegations ii. Items removed from Consent Motion to be dealt with separately iii. Staff Reports iv. Other Business

20. QUESTIONS

21. ENACTMENT OF BY-LAWS Recommendation:

That the By-laws listed below be read a first, second and third time and finally passed, numbered sequentially commencing with By-law Number 2019-047 and that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign them accordingly.

a) By-law establishing (widening) a public highway in the City of Waterloo known as Albert Street. (SP-18-15, July 31, 2018)

b) By-law establishing (widening) a public highway in the City of Waterloo known as Columbia Street West. (SP-16-09, November 20, 2017)

c) By-law to adopt the City-Wide Brownfields Community Improvement Plan for the City of Waterloo. (CAO2019-016, June 17, 2019)

d) A By-law to Amend By-law Number 2011-125, being a by-law to prohibit and regulate public nuisances within the City of Waterloo. (COM2019-027, September 23, 2019)

e) By-law to confirm all actions and proceedings of Council, September 23, 2019 - Regular

22. ADJOURNMENT

Council Meeting Page 6 of 377 September 23, 2019 Council Meeting Minutes Page 189 August 12, 2019

A meeting of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo was held on August 12, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 100 Regina Street, South, Waterloo, Ontario

COUNCIL MEETING Monday, August 12, 2019

Minutes – DRAFT

PRESENT: Mayor Dave Jaworsky, Councillor Sandra Hanmer, Councillor Royce Bodaly, Councillor Angela Vieth, Councillor Diane Freeman, Councillor Jen Vasic, Councillor Jeff Henry, Councillor Tenille Bonoguore

Mayor Jaworsky in the Chair

1. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

No disclosure of pecuniary interest was declared by any member of Council at this point in the meeting.

2. CLOSED MEETING

Moved by Councillor Freeman, seconded by Councillor Hanmer:

That Council hold a closed meeting for the purposes of considering the following subject matters:

a) the security of the property of the municipality or local board (Security Assessment);

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b) personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees (Waterloo Award Nominations);

c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board (Potential Disposition of City-Owned Lands);

d) advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose (Legal Advice re: Potential Disposition of City- Owned Lands, Legal Advice re: Unsanctioned Public Events).

Carried Unanimously

Council Meeting Recessed: (Time: 2:01 p.m.) Council Meeting Reconvened: (Time: 6:31 p.m.)

Mayor Jaworsky in the Chair

3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

No disclosure of pecuniary interest was declared by any member of Council at this point in the meeting.

4. MOMENT OF REFLECTION

The Mayor opened the meeting with a moment of reflection.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

a) June 24, 2019 – Council Meeting

Moved by Councillor Bonoguore, seconded by Councillor Henry:

1. That the minutes of the Council meeting held on June 24, 2019 be approved as printed.

Carried Unanimously

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6. DELEGATIONS

a) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – Voluntary Local Review Pilot

Julie Wright, Executive Director, introduced Council to the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI), a non-profit partnership between the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Waterloo which promotes collective action on complex global issues.

Ms. Wright explained that WGSI was proposing that four Ontario communities (London, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Peterborough) consider initiating a joint Voluntary Local Review of their communities to determine how they are performing relative to the Sustainable Development Goals: a set of indicators to measure public welfare developed by the United Nations. These communities would determine how the indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals could be measured locally and which indicators would be most useful to communities based on their own priorities.

Julie Wright requested of Council that the City of Waterloo consider what would be required in order to carry out a voluntary local review for Waterloo and continue discussions with WGSI on collaborating with other municipalities as part of the pilot project.

7. CONSENT MOTION

Moved by Councillor Vieth, seconded by Councillor Freeman:

That Consent Motion items (a) and (b) be approved.

a) Title: Procurement Award Summary – Q2 2019 Report No.: CORP2019-058 Prepared By: Jason Wilhelm

1. That Council receive CORP2019-058 as information.

Carried Unanimously

b) Title: Administrative Monetary Penalty System Hearing Officer Appointments and Indemnification Report No.: CAO2019-025 Prepared By: Julie Scott Susan Smith

1. That CAO2019-025 be approved.

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2. That Council appoint Susan Campbell and Ben Drory as Administrative Monetary Penalty System Hearing Officers for purposes of the City’s Parking Administrative Penalty By-law, for a term ending November 2022 or on such other date as determined by Council or otherwise in accordance with the City’s Policy For Appointment of Screening and Hearing Officers.

3. That Council establish a per diem honorarium of $260/half day or $520/full day for hearing officers in relation to the City’s Parking Administrative Penalty By-law.

4. That the Hearing Officers will be indemnified under the City’s Indemnification By-law as they are providing a service to the City for which they will receive an honorarium.

5. That Council delegate authority to the City Clerk to execute an agreement, on terms satisfactory to the City Solicitor, between the City and the respective hearing officers.

Carried Unanimously

8. STAFF REPORTS

a) Title: 2019 Second Quarter Health and Safety Report Report No.: CORP2019-055 Prepared By: Lisa Dunlop

Moved by Councillor Vieth, seconded by Councillor Bodaly:

1. That Council receives this report for information.

Carried Unanimously

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b) Title: Health and Safety Policy Statement Report No.: CORP2019-056 Prepared By: Lisa Dunlop

Moved by Councillor Hanmer, seconded by Councillor Vasic:

1. That Council approves the attached Health and Safety Policy Statement and authorizes the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer to sign the policy statement.

Carried Unanimously c) Title: 2019 Q2 Surplus Projection Report No.: CORP2019-057 Prepared By: Paul Hettinga

Moved by Councillor Henry, seconded by Councillor Freeman:

1. That Council receives CORP2019-057 as information.

Carried Unanimously

d) Title: FCM GMF Grant Application – Erosion Control and Advanced Sedimentation Pilot Project Report No.: CORP2019-059 Prepared By: Jessica Kellerman Brad Witzel

Moved by Councillor Freeman, seconded by Councillor Vieth:

1. That Council approve CORP2019-059.

2. That Council approve the grant application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund – Feasibility Studies and Pilot Projects program for the Erosion Control and Advanced Sedimentation Pilot.

3. That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund – Feasibility Studies and Pilot Project grant transfer agreement and any related documents should our application be successful.

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4. That Council delegates authority to the CFO and Director of Financial Planning & Deputy CFO to execute the Green Municipal Fund – Feasibility Studies and Pilot Projects program application.

Carried Unanimously

e) Title: Traffic and Parking By-law Amendments – Various Locations Report No.: IPPW2019-050 Prepared By: Christine Koehler

Christine Koehler, Director, Transportation Services, responded to questions from Council.

Moved by Councillor Bodaly, seconded by Councillor Bonoguore:

1. That IPPW2019-050 be approved.

2. That Traffic and Parking By-law #08-77 be updated with the amendments contained herein.

Carried Unanimously 9. FORMAL/INFORMAL PUBLIC MEETINGS

Formal Public Meeting

a) Title: Zoning By-law Amendment Z-19-05 to Remove the Holding Symbol from 12 Lodge Street, Wilfrid Laurier University Report No.: IPPW2019-049 Prepared By: Dominik Simpson

Olga Smith, City Clerk, advised that notice was advertised in the Waterloo Chronicle on Thursday, July 25, 2019 and mailed or emailed on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, to all property owners within 120 metres of the subject property and to public agencies. She further informed Council that no informal public meeting was held.

Dominik Simpson, Planner, responded to questions from Council.

As there was no one else present to speak to the application, the Chair concluded the formal public hearing.

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Moved by Councillor Bonoguore, seconded by Councillor Hanmer:

Having considered all written and oral submissions from the public and stakeholders, and considered the professional opinions of planning staff, Council approves Zoning By-law Amendment Z-19-05, 12 Lodge St, in accordance with Section 6 (Recommendations) of IPPW2019-049 for the reasons specified in Section 5 (Conclusions) of the report.

Carried Unanimously

b) Title: Official Plan Amendment No. 18 and Zoning By-law Amendment Z-17-21, Bel Communities Partnership Ltd, 635 Erb Street West & 12 Westhill Drive Report No.: IPPW2019-007 Prepared By: John Vos

Olga Smith, City Clerk, advised that notice was advertised in the Waterloo Chronicle on Thursday, July 25, 2019, and mailed or emailed on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, to all property owners within 120 metres of the subject property, to all public agencies, to all persons who signed in or spoke at the informal public meeting held on Monday, January 29, 2018, and to all persons who requested further notice.

John Vos, Planner, provided an overview of the application by Bel Communities Partnership Ltd., proposing the construction of two apartment buildings with a height limit of 40 metres and a series of stacked townhouses with a height limit of 20 metres. To facilitate the proposed development, the applicant is requesting that the Official Plan and zoning-bylaws be amended for 12 Westhill Drive to permit greater density and height and that they be amended for 635 Erb Street West to permit the development of stacked townhouses. All amendments would include site-specific provisions to limit building height, tower dimensions, and setbacks, as well as to mandate a specific rate of parking provision.

Dave Galbraith, Senior Planner, and Thomas Hardacre, Senior Planner, Associate, of IBI Group reviewed the application on behalf of the applicant, Bel Communities Partnership Ltd., and responded to questions from Council.

Roy Wilhelm, spokesperson for Westhill Drive Community residents, expressed concern that residents and visitors at the proposed development would use the shared driveway between the Westhill Retirement Residence and the Tim Hortons at 5 Westhill Drive to access the Westhill Drive entrance of the development citing concerns that this would reduce access for emergency vehicles and threaten pedestrian safety.

Mr. Wilhelm requested that Council require the entrance to the development be situated on Erb Street instead of Westhill Drive and referred Council to a petition submitted prior to the meeting protesting the inclusion of a Westhill Drive entrance. He further

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requested that construction vehicles not be permitted to use Westhill Drive and that parking along Westhill Drive be restricted to one side.

Councillor Vasic left the meeting. (Time: 8:11 p.m.) Councillor Vasic returned to the meeting (Time: 8:13 p.m.)

Councillor Bodaly left the meeting. (Time: 8:13 p.m.) Councillor Bodaly returned to the meeting (Time: 8:16 p.m.)

Nadia Mazzarolo, a resident of Waterloo, requested clarification on the need for approval of the zone change application and Official Plan Amendment for 12 Westhill Drive, given that the existing zoning for the lands at 635 Erb Street West permitted similar height and density. Additionally, Nadia Mazzarolo raised concerns that the data from the traffic study submitted as part of the application used historical data which did not take into account current conditions and, further, that traffic volumes would increase at the Erb Street West and Ira Needles Boulevard roundabout, which could cause drivers to seek shorter routes through residential neighbourhoods.

Chris Code, a resident of Waterloo, spoke to the development’s impacts on population density and the resulting effects on traffic volumes, pedestrian safety, and the capacity of schools to accept additional students. Chris Code noted that when Westhaven Street is connected to the rest of the neighborhood, it might be used to circumvent the roundabouts at Erb Street West and Thorndale Drive along Ira Needles Boulevard.

Councillor Vieth left the meeting. (Time: 8:27 p.m.) Councillor Vieth returned to the meeting (Time: 8:31 p.m.)

As there was no one else present to speak to the application, the Chair concluded the formal public hearing.

Moved by Councillor Hanmer, seconded by Councillor Vasic:

Having considered all written and oral submissions from the public and stakeholders, and considered the professional opinions of planning staff, Council approves Zoning By-law Amendment Z-17-21, 635 Erb St W & 12 Westhill Dr, in accordance with Section 7 (Recommendations) of IPPW2019-007 for the reasons specified in Section 6 (Conclusions) of the report, save and except, that a holding provision for a traffic study be included in addition to the noise study currently required.

Carried Unanimously

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10. ENACTMENT OF BY-LAWS

Moved by Councillor Hanmer; seconded by Councillor Vasic:

That By-law Numbers 2019-038, 2019-039, 2019-040, 2019-041, 2019-042, 2019-043, 2019-044, and 2019-045 below be read a first, second and third time and finally passed, and that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign them accordingly.

a) By-law No. 2019-038 By-law to amend By-law No. 2018-050 being a Zoning By-law controlling land use development within the City of Waterloo. Partial removal of a Holding provision for the lands municipally known as 12 Lodge Street, to permit non-sensitive “University / College” uses. (Zoning By-law Amendment Z-19-05, IPPW2019-049, August 12, 2019)

b) By-law No. 2019-039 By-law to amend By-Law No. 2018-050, being A zoning by-law controlling land use in the City of Waterloo. Rezone the lands known municipally as 185 King Street North from Zone Change Application (ZC) to Residential Mixed-Use 81 (RMU-81) with site specific provisions. Maison Canada Holdings Limited. (IPPW2019-042, June 24, 2019)

c) By-law No. 2019-040 By-law to amend By-Law No. 1108, being a zoning by-law controlling land use in the City of Waterloo. Rezone lands known municipally as 185 King Street North from Multiple Residence 25 (MR-25) to Multiple Residence-25 (MR-25) with site specific provisions. 2422409 Ontario Inc. Maison Canada Holdings Limited. (IPPW2019-042, June 24, 2019)

d) By-law No. 2019-041 By-law to adopt Official Plan Amendment No. 18 for the lands known municipally as 12 Westhill Drive, to re-designate the property to “Mixed Use Medium High Density Residential”, “Minor Corridor” and “Medium High Density, 40 metres” (OPA18, IPPW2019-007, Council Meeting – August 12, 2019, Bel Communities Partnership Ltd)

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e) By-law No. 2019-042 By-law to amend By-law No. 1418, being a zoning by-law controlling land use in the City of Waterloo. To rezone lands known municipally as 12 Westhill Drive from Single Residential One (SR1) to (Holding) Multiple Residence Twelve ((H)MR-12) with site specific provisions and to apply site specific provisions to lands known municipally as 635 Erb Street West. (Z-17-21, IPPW2019-007, Council Meeting – August 12, 2019, Bel Communities Partnership Ltd)

f) By-law No. 2019-043 By-law to amend By-law No. 2018-050, being a zoning by-law controlling land use in the City of Waterloo. To rezone lands known municipally as 635 Erb Street West and 12 Westhill Drive from Zone Change Application (ZC) to (Holding) Residential Mixed-Use Forty ((H)RMU-40) with site specific provisions and Parking Overlay “Area F”. (Z-17-21, IPPW2019-007, Council Meeting - August 12, 2019, Bel Communities Partnership Ltd)

g) By-law No. 2019-044 By-law to amend By-law No. 08-77, regulating traffic and parking on highways under the jurisdiction of Waterloo. (IPPW2019-050, August 12, 2019)

h) By-law No. 2019-045 By-law to confirm all actions and proceedings Of Council, August 12, 2019 – Regular

Carried Unanimously

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11. ADJOURNMENT

Moved by Councillor Bodaly; seconded by Councillor Vasic:

That the meeting adjourn. (Time: 9:20)

READ AND APPROVED, September 23, 2019

Mayor

City Clerk

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A special meeting of the Council of The Corporation of the City of Waterloo was held on September 9, 2019 at 2:04 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 100 Regina Street, South, Waterloo, Ontario.

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 9, 2019

Minutes - DRAFT

Mayor Jaworsky in the Chair

1. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

No disclosure of pecuniary interest was declared by any member of Council at this point in the meeting.

2. CLOSED MEETING

Moved by Councillor Freeman, seconded by Councillor Bodaly:

That Council hold a closed meeting for the purposes of considering the following subject matter:

a) labour relations or employee negotiations (Staff Association).

Carried Unanimously

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Special Council Meeting recessed: (Time: 2:05 p.m.) Special Council Meeting reconvened: (Time: 2:30 p.m.)

3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

No disclosure of pecuniary interest was declared by any member of Council at this point in the meeting.

4. STAFF REPORTS

a) Title: Ratification of Staff Association Agreement 2020-2024 Report No.: CORP2019-062 Prepared By: Kathy Weidhaas

Moved by Councillor Vieth, seconded by Councillor Hanmer:

1. That Council approve the terms of settlement between the City of Waterloo and the Staff Association covering the period of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024.

Carried Unanimously

5. ENACTMENT OF BY-LAWS

Moved by Councillor Henry, seconded by Councillor Bonoguore:

That By-law Number 2019-046 below be read a first, second and third time and finally passed, and that the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign it accordingly.

a) By-law No. 2019-046 By-law to confirm all actions and proceedings of Council, September 9, 2019 – Special

6. ADJOURNMENT

Moved by Councillor Freeman, seconded by Councillor Bodaly:

That the meeting adjourn. (Time: 2:32 p.m.)

Carried Unanimously

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READ AND APPROVED, September 23, 2019

Mayor

City Clerk

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STAFF REPORT Legislative Services

Title: Committee of the Whole Report – September 9, 2019 Report Number: CORP2019-064 Author: Kevin Gerlach Meeting Type: Council Meeting Council/Committee Date: September 23, 2019 File: N/A Attachments: N/A Ward No.: City-Wide

Recommendations:

1. That CORP2019-064 be approved

2. That the recommendations of the Committee of the Whole meeting of Monday, September 9, 2019 be adopted.

A. Executive Summary

This report contains the recommendations approved by the Committee of the Whole on Monday, September 9, 2019.

B. Financial Implications

None

C. Technology Implications

None

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D. Link to Strategic Plan (Strategic Objectives: Equity, Inclusion and a Sense of Belonging; Sustainability and the Environment; Safe, Sustainable Transportation; Healthy Community & Resilient Neighbourhoods; Infrastructure Renewal; Economic Growth & Development)

(Guiding Principles: Equity and Inclusion; Sustainability; Fiscal Responsibility; Healthy and Safe Workplace; Effective Engagement; Personal Leadership; Service Excellence)

 Service Excellence

E. Previous Reports on this Topic

F. Approvals

Name Signature Date Author: Kevin Gerlach Director: Olga Smith Commissioner: Keshwer Patel Finance: N/A CAO

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Committee of the Whole Report – September 9, 2019 CORP2019-064

1. Approval of Minutes June 10, 2019 - Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes

1. That the minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on June 10, 2019 be approved as printed.

2. Title: Region of Waterloo’s Draft Community Climate Adaptation Plan Report No.: IPPW2019-051

1. That IPPW2019-051 be received for information.

3. Title: Large Public Gatherings Report No.: COM2019-026

1. That COM2019-026 be received as information.

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STAFF REPORT Legislative Services

Title: Finance and Strategic Planning Committee Report – September 16, 2019 Report Number: CORP2019-065 Author: Kevin Gerlach Meeting Type: Council Meeting Council/Committee Date: September 23, 2019 File: N/A Attachments: N/A Ward No.: City-Wide

Recommendations:

1. That CORP2019-065 be approved

2. That the recommendations of the Finance and Strategic Planning Committee meeting of Monday, September 16, 2019 be adopted.

A. Executive Summary

This report contains the recommendations approved by the Committee of the Whole on Monday, September 16, 2019.

B. Financial Implications

None

C. Technology Implications

None

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(Guiding Principles: Equity and Inclusion; Sustainability; Fiscal Responsibility; Healthy and Safe Workplace; Effective Engagement; Personal Leadership; Service Excellence)

 Service Excellence

E. Previous Reports on this Topic

F. Approvals

Name Signature Date Author: Kevin Gerlach Director: Olga Smith Commissioner: Keshwer Patel Finance: N/A CAO

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Finance and Strategic Planning Committee Report – September 16, 2019 CORP2019-065

1. Approval of Minutes June 17, 2019 – Finance and Strategic Planning Committee Meeting Minutes

1. That the minutes of the Finance & Strategic Planning Committee Meeting held on Monday, June 17, 2019 be approved as printed.

2. City of Kitchener – Resolution of Council Denouncing the Passage of Bill 21 in the Province of Quebec

1. WHEREAS, according to a Statistics Canada report there has been a 207% increase in hate crimes reported by Muslims in Ontario.

WHEREAS, Islamophobia and religious intolerance are prevalent and longstanding problems in Waterloo Region.

WHEREAS, the Province of Quebec has recently passed Bill 21 which prohibits public servants in influential positions from wearing religious symbols.

WHEREAS, this bill directly affects the health, well-being, and sense of belonging of members of the growing Muslim Community in Waterloo Region, and disproportionately Muslim women, who fear this bill might incite similar systemic policies, legislation, and practices in other provinces and communities, such as the province of Ontario and the City of Waterloo.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Waterloo denounces Bill 21’s intent and substance and reaffirms its commitment to its strategic plan’s priorities of equity, inclusion and belonging, healthy community and resilient neighbourhoods, and a healthy and safe workplace, which includes religious freedom practiced with sincerity, compassion, and love.

THEREFORE BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, the City of Waterloo is urging the province and provincial advocacy bodies to affirm their commitment to policies, legislation, and practices that promote religious freedom, anti-racism, as well as promote equity, inclusion, and belonging in neighbourhoods, communities, and workplaces.

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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that this resolution be forwarded to the Honourable Premier of Ontario, local Members of Provincial Parliament, the Region of Waterloo, local municipalities, and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

3. Title: RFQ19-44 Supply and Delivery of Highway Salt Report No.: IPPW2019-053

1. That IPPW2019-053 be approved.

2. That Council approve the award of RFQ 19-44 – Supply and Delivery of Highway Salt to Compass Minerals Canada Inc. for the submitted yearly price of approximately $774,592.00 (based on four year average) plus unrecoverable HST in the amount of $13,696.69 for a total award value of $788,228.69.

3. That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the Master Adoption Agreement between The Corporation of the City of Waterloo and Compass Minerals Canada Inc., and any other documents related to this project, subject to the satisfaction of the City’s Director of Legal Services.

4. Title: Award of RFQ#19-04 – Pumper/Rescue 12 Replacement Report No.: COM2019-025

1. That Council approve report COM2019-025.

2. That Council approve the 2019 capital funding for Replacement of Pump 12 ref#319 in the amount of $682,000, funded from Capital Infrastructure Replacement Reserve Fund (CIRRF).

3. That Council approve the award of RFQ19-04 for the purchase of one (1) new pumper/rescue fire apparatus to ResQtech Systems Inc. at the negotiated price of $739,575.00 plus unrecoverable HST in the amount of $13,020.22 for a total award value of $752,595.22.

4. That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to sign the Agreement between the Corporation of the City of Waterloo and ResQtech System Inc., and any other documents related to this project, subject to the satisfaction of the City’s Director of Legal Services.

5. Title: Efficiencies and Continuous Improvement Efforts Report No.: CAO2019-031

1. That CAO2019-031 be received as information.

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6. Title: 2020-2022 Budget Strategy Report No.: CORP2019-061

1. That Council receives CORP2019-061 for information.

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STAFF REPORT Municipal Enforcement Services

Title: Amendments to Public Nuisance By-law Report Number: COM2019-027 Author: Shayne Turner, Director, Municipal Enforcement Services Meeting Type: Council Meeting Council/Committee Date: September 23, 2019 File: N/A Attachments: None Ward No.: All

Recommendation:

1. That Council approve COM2019-027.

2. That Council approve the enactment of a by-law to amend the Public Nuisance By-law 2011-125, as outlined in report COM2019-027.

A. Executive Summary

Noise Control By-law 2010-073 contains the City’s regulations with respect to noise control throughout the City. Municipal Enforcement Services officers rely on this by-law when responding to and addressing complaints with respect to noisy parties, among many other types of noise complaints.

The provision contained in the by-law with respect to loud music creates a violation to cause amplified sound (i.e. loud music) between 5 PM on one day and 7 AM the next day (9 AM on Sundays).

As Council is aware, staff are consistently reviewing ways to revise or add new approaches to address the growing concerns associated with large public gatherings, such as what occurs in the City during St. Patrick’s Day or Homecoming Weekend. As such, staff have identified an opportunity to revise

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the City’s Public Nuisance By-law, 2011-125, to enhance the existing noise regulations as contained in the Noise Control By-law.

Further, staff are proposing an additional amendment to the Public Nuisance By- law to increase staff’s authority to ensure proper and accurate identification is obtained from persons who are subject to legal proceedings under the By-law.

B. Financial Implications

N/A

C. Technology Implications

N/A

D. Link to Strategic Plan

This report links to the Strategic Priority of Healthy Community & Resilient Neighbourhoods, as contained in the City’s Strategic Plan.

E. Previous Reports on this Topic

COM2019-026 Large Public Gatherings Update – Sept. 9, 2019

F. Approvals

Name Signature Date

Author: Shayne Turner Sept. 11, 2019 Director: Shayne Turner Commissioner: Mark Dykstra Finance: N/A CAO

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Amendments to Public Nuisance By-law COM2019-027

BACKGROUND

Municipal Enforcement Services officers rely on the City’s Noise Control By-law, 2010- 073 when addressing complaints with respect to a variety of noise concerns throughout the City. This includes noisy parties where loud music is disturbing resident in proximity to the subject property.

The provision contained in the By-law with respect to loud music creates a violation to cause amplified sound (i.e. loud music) between 5 PM on one day and 7 AM the next day (9 AM on Sundays).

Staff continually review ways to revise or add new provisions to help address the growing concerns associated with large public gatherings, such as what occurs in the City during St. Patrick’s Day or Homecoming Weekend. As such, staff have determined that the current regulation with respect to loud music, being the permitted time of 5 PM, is an issue when attempting to address situations where loud music creates a disturbance within public areas during these large public gatherings.

In addition to the obvious disturbance caused by such loud music, the situation can also result in people being attracted to the address where the music is being played, which can eventually cause challenges with the obstruction within the public right of way. Past experiences for staff clearly indicate that many of the people who illegally obstruct the sidewalks, boulevards or roadways in front of an address where loud music is playing, are attracted to the area because of the music and are in no way associated with or invited to the address by the occupants.

Therefore, staff are proposing an amendment to the City’s Public Nuisance By-law, 2011-125, which would create a prohibition for causing nuisance noise (i.e. loud music) which creates a disturbance when audible from public property. Further, staff are proposing that this provision would only be in effect during times when large public gatherings are known to occur and would not be subject to any permitted time constraints as is contained in the Noise Control By-law. During these time periods it is clearly evident that there is a substantial increase in the number of noise complaints throughout the City during the day (i.e. prior to 5PM). The rationale for this approach is that loud music is a primary, but not only, factor in the dynamics of large public gatherings. Having said this, it should be noted that the proposed regulation could be used in a variety of circumstances during the designated days, when excessive noise is

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audible within the public right of way. In other words, it would not be necessary for a large gathering to be evident to constitute a violation.

For the purposes of this amendment, the disturbance created by loud noise, including music, which spans the width of a public right of way or is generated within, is deemed to be a public nuisance.

As mentioned, staff are recommending that this new provision only take effect during designated time periods. In order to achieve this, the proposed by-law amendment provides for the establishment of a “designated time” which identifies March 17th of each year and the day before and the day after March 17th, as dates when the provision is in effect. As for Homecoming weekend, the proposed amendment provides for Council to establish, by resolution, a “designated time”, as being any date that they, reasonably determine.

In order to prepare for Homecoming Weekend this year, staff have included a recommendation in this report to declare the dates of September 27, 28 and 29, 2019, as a “designated time” pursuant to the Public Nuisance By-law.

For future times of concern or Homecoming events in subsequent years, staff will present a resolution to Council in advance of the subject dates once they become known.

It must be noted that this provision would not replace, but would enhance the authority already contained in the Noise Control By-law. In other words, staff would use their best judgment as to which provision to use, when both are in effect.

Further, staff are proposing an additional amendment to the Public Nuisance By-law to increase staff’s authority to ensure proper and accurate identification is obtained from persons who are subject to legal proceedings under the By-law, including the existing provisions and the proposed amendment relating to loud music.

The proposed amendment is clear in that officers can only require the production of proper identification when they have established that they plan to lay a charge under the By-law. Further, staff will receive enhanced training and guidance from Legal Services to ensure that they clearly understand the authority contained in the amendment.

Municipal Enforcement and Legal Services staff have collaborated to prepare the proposed amending by-law an resolution for Council’s consideration.

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STAFF REPORT Planning

Title: Cultural Heritage Landscape Study: Final Inventory and Report Report Number: IPPW2019-039 Author: Michelle Lee Meeting Type: Council Meeting Council/Committee Date: September 23, 2019 File: Attachments: Attachment A. Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory - Background Report Attachment B. Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Attachment C. Public Feedback Attachment D. Prioritization and Future Study Scope Analysis Ward No.: All Wards

Recommendations:

1. That staff report IPPW2019-039 be approved. 2. That Attachment A to IPPW2019-039 titled “Cultural Heritage Inventory - Background Report” be approved. 3. That Attachment B to IPPW2019-039 titled “Cultural Heritage Landscapes Inventory” be approved. 4. That staff be directed to initiate the short term actions identified in Section 5.0 of report IPPW2019-039 using the remaining Cultural Heritage Landscape study funds and the 2019 funds approved through the 2019 Capital Budget. 5. That Council endorse the medium and long term actions identified in Table 1 of Attachment D and direct staff to initiate those actions according to the proposed timeframes, subject to Council’s approval of the 2020-2022 budget.

A. Executive Summary

In accordance with Provincial policy, the Planning Division recently commenced a study to identify significant cultural heritage landscapes in the city. A background report and final inventory of significant cultural heritage landscapes, developed in consultation with stakeholders and the community, are presented in Attachments A and B. The inventory

Council Meeting Page 33 of 377 September 23, 2019 2 Integrated Planning & Public Works identifies 27 Cultural Heritage Landscapes (“CHLs”) that staff recommend Council consider to be significant. If approved by Council, the inventory will be used to guide future technical studies, plans and initiatives to conserve, enhance and/or celebrate the landscape’s cultural heritage value and/or interest as the City continues to grow and build out.

This report: (i) seeks Council’s approval of the background report and inventory; (ii) recommends priority actions; and (iii) sets out the likely scope of future studies for each landscape on the inventory.

B. Financial Implications

The Cultural Heritage Landscape Study was funded through a financial contribution by the Region of Waterloo of $30,000 and a transfer of surplus funds in the amount of $30,000 from the Heritage Strategy project (IPPW2016-093). Currently there is $22,750 remaining in the Cultural Heritage Landscape study fund. Future initiatives that are identified and recommended as a result of this study will be funded through the remaining study funds, the 2019 Approved Capital Budget and the 2020-2028 Forecast as follows: • 2019: $22,750 remaining CHL study funds plus $112,000 (Ref# 647, $21K-CRF and $91K-DC) • 2020: $147,000 (Ref# 647, $27K-HER and $120K-DC) • 2021: $243,000 (Ref# 648, $97K-CRF and $146K-DC).

C. Technology Implications

Staff will be considering opportunities to use technology to raise staff and public awareness and appreciation of Cultural Heritage Landscapes through the implementation of the actions recommended in this report.

(Guiding Principles: Equity and Inclusion; Sustainability; Fiscal Responsibility; Healthy and Safe Workplace; Effective Engagement; Personal Leadership; Service Excellence)

Conservation of significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes supports the Healthy Community and Resilient Neighbourhoods strategic objective by helping to create and maintain vibrant public spaces, conserve heritage resources and help foster a sense of place and identity.

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E. Previous Reports on this Topic

IPPW2016-093 – Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Terms of Reference IPPW2019-013 – Draft Inventory of Significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes

F. Approvals

Name Signature Date Author: Michelle Lee Director: Joel Cotter Commissioner: Cameron Rapp Finance:

CAO

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Cultural Heritage Landscape Study: Final Inventory and Report IPPW2019-039

1.0 Introduction Archaeological Research Associates (ARA) was retained in 2017 to identify, map and evaluate significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes in the City of Waterloo. The study is now complete and the consultant has submitted a final background report (Attachment A) and an inventory of significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes (CHLs) (Attachment B). The inventory identifies and maps 27 CHLs that the consultant found to have cultural heritage value, historical integrity and community value. The background report outlines the rationale and methods for creating the inventory and identifies short, medium and long term recommendations for the City to consider as part of its ongoing efforts to conserve and recognize significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes.

This staff report provides an overview of the Cultural Heritage Landscape Study’s findings and anticipated outcomes, and seeks Council’s approval of: (i) the background report in Attachment A; (ii) the inventory of significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Attachment B; and (iii) staff’s recommendations regarding the scope and priority of future studies and initiatives to conserve, enhance and celebrate the landscapes.

2.0 Consultation and Feedback Following Council’s receipt of the draft report and inventory in April 2019, staff engaged various stakeholders and the community to obtain feedback on the study documents from April 16 to June 5. Consultation included email notifications, letters, face-to-face meetings, and a posting on EngageWR.com. Invitations to review the study documents and to provide feedback were sent to all Neighbourhood Associations and community contacts, relevant Committees of Council, and individuals who requested notification. Key stakeholders (e.g. those whose properties comprised an entire landscape) who had not already submitted their feedback earlier in the study process were contacted directly by email or letter.

EngageWR statistics reveal that 58 individuals downloaded the draft Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory, and another 72 visited the study’s FAQs or other project pages. A modest number of individuals (i.e.,15) submitted feedback through EngageWR or by email. Feedback is summarized in Attachment C. The relatively low response rate may reflect the fact that extensive consultation had already occurred earlier in the study process and that the inventory by itself will not have a significant impact on the

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landscapes or property owners. The majority of feedback received from the public was supportive of the inventory.

Consultation with key stakeholders included meetings or email correspondence with indigenous representatives, Grand River Conservation Authority, Wilfrid Laurier University, Martin Luther University College, University of Waterloo, Westmount Golf Course & Country Club, Sun Life Financial, and Concert Real Estate Corporation (owners of the property at the corner of King Street South and Union Street formerly owned by Sun Life Financial). Some stakeholders, including the GRCA, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Westmount Golf & Country Club expressed general support for the inventory provided that it would not constrain their day to day operations and that future studies or initiatives involving their properties would include further consultation with them as land owners. Concert Real Estate Corporation requested more detail and clarity around the intent and proposed next steps of listing the former Sun Life Financial property at King and Union. Staff worked with key stakeholders to clarify the intent of the CHL listing and the likely scope of future studies and or initiatives. The results of these discussions are reflected in Section 5.0 and Attachment D.

Given the generally positive feedback, only minor modifications were made to the draft report and inventory since it was presented to Council in April 2019. Key changes include:

1. Former Snyder Farmstead Minor corrections (e.g. removal of reference to spring house) 2. University of Waterloo – North Campus Renamed Brubacher House to more accurately reflect heritage value of the landscape. Boundaries revised to exclude reservoir and to coincide with existing designation by-law for the Brubacher House. 3. Martins Mennonite Meeting House and Cemetery Minor corrections to technical information (e.g. landscape name changed to be consistent with common use, clarification of the number of meeting houses in the Region) 4. Sun Life Financial Office (King/Union) Revised landscape boundaries to exclude aspects of the building and landscape that are considered to have limited heritage value (e.g. newer buildings, building additions (since 1921), landscaping not immediately adjacent to the designated building elements and the parking lot toward the west and northwest side of the property) 5. Colonial Acres Neighbourhood Description of elements that relate to Quality of Life. 6. McDougall Road Revised northern boundary that ends at Keats Way 7. Menno Euclid Neighbourhood Minor corrections and clarifications to historical information (Alexandra School construction date and date of original survey)

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8. Grand River Corridor Reference to the Haldimand Tract and indigenous people’s historic and ongoing interests in the Grand River and its tributaries. These include incorporation of feedback from the Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation who requested that their land claim with the Federal and Provincial Governments for title to the water, ground water, and flood plains within their traditional territory, including the Grand River and its tributaries be noted. 9. Forested Hills Revised boundary to include the city-owned “McNally Lands” outside of ESPA 19. 10. Uptown Cultural District Revised boundary to capture the replica Grist Mill located beside Silver Lake, which while not the original mill, serves as a valued cultural facility. 11. Wilmot Line Not included in the inventory, but a new recommendation was added in the background report for the City to support the Township of Wilmot in efforts to conserve the scenic components of the road.

4.0 Overview and Recommendations The inventory in Attachment B identifies 27 significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes for approval by Council. The 27 landscapes were deemed significant by ARA because they satisfied all three criteria for significance as set out in the Region of Waterloo’s Implementation Guidelines for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation. Candidate landscapes that were not included in the inventory were those that the consultant and staff considered to be limited or weak in their achievement of one or more of the criteria, or that were located outside of the City’s boundaries.

The inventory is intended to be a starting point to aid Council in identifying and prioritizing valued heritage areas that would benefit from further cultural heritage study and planning. Staff supports the consultant’s recommendation that the inventory be considered a living document. This would ensure that the inventory is reviewed and updated from time to time to reflect new information, emerging or newly appreciated heritage areas, and community values.

The consultant’s background report contains the rationale and methods for creating the inventory. Section 9.4 of the background report contains nine short, medium and long term recommendations for managing the inventory and implementing future studies and actions. Using the consultant’s recommendations as a starting point, staff has developed recommendations for future studies based on threats, opportunities and significance (Section 5.0).

Staff is supportive of the consultant’s recommendations and conclusions, and recommends that Council approve the background report included in Attachment A and the Inventory of Significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Attachment B. Staff further

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recommends that Council endorse in-principle the proposed priorities and scope for future studies as set out in Section 5.0 and Appendix D of this report, and direct staff to initiate the recommended short term actions.

5.0 Next Steps: Priority Landscapes and Study Scope

5.1 Official Plan Framework Staff recommend that, as a first step, the Official Plan be amended to include a schedule of the 27 significant CHLs identified in the inventory, and that one or more policies be added to Section 4 of the Official Plan to enable the City to require a Heritage Impact Assessment for certain types of development applications within or adjacent to a significant Cultural Heritage Landscape. The amendment would require a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for Official Plan Amendments, Zoning By-law Amendments, and or land subdivision of properties within or adjacent to a CHL. In accordance with the Official Plan’s existing HIA policies, HIAs for CHLs could be scoped or waived by the City or Regional Municipality of Waterloo, as applicable (e.g. the requirement for an HIA could be waived for development applications that are not anticipated to have a negative impact on the cultural heritage attributes of the CHL). The amendment would provide the City with a mechanism to help the property owner and the City understand the impact of the proposal on all or part of the CHL, and identify alternatives that better conserve the cultural heritage value and/or interest related to the landscape. The intent of this mechanism (i.e. HIA) is not to impede sympathetic or small scale changes within the CHL but rather to help proponents plan for and avoid or mitigate negative impacts from large scale changes.

As part of the policy framework, staff recommend a more detailed confirmation of intent and policy language for Westmount Golf and Country Club, as outlined on page 22 of Appendix D, to align with the specific language adopted in the City of Kitchener’s planning framework for the Kitchener portion of the lands.

5.2 Future Studies and Plans The inventory does not provide automatic protection of CHLs or their component cultural heritage resources or attributes. Rather, the inventory identifies significant CHLs that are important to the community and that should be the focus of future studies and plans. Future studies and plans will be tailored to the specific needs of the individual CHL, the community’s values, and the interests of impacted stakeholders.

The number of identified significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes combined with limited staff time and resources necessitates the prioritization of future studies and actions. Staff has undertaken an assessment to help determine priorities and scope of future studies based on: an assessment of each landscape’s heritage attributes (described in the inventory), the existing planning framework, and feedback received to date from City departments, relevant external agencies, stakeholders and the community. Attachment D summarizes the assessment in a table and provides a more detailed explanation of the criteria and analysis used by staff.

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Figure 1 identifies seven landscapes that are recommended for short term action based on the prioritization exercise in Attachment D. Recommended actions for these landscape vary in terms of scope and resource needs, with the William Street Pumping Station and Waterloo Park having the broadest study scope and highest resource needs, and the remaining landscapes having increasingly narrow scopes and lower resource needs. Remaining medium and long term actions are identified in Table 1 of Attachment D. All anticipated costs associated with the actions fall within existing approved and forecasted budgets, which are subject to Council’s approval. It is also anticipated that a number of these actions will come back to council with associated terms of reference and project outlines at the appropriate time.

Figure 1. Recommended Short Term Actions (1-4 years)

• William Street Pumping Station Staff-led review of designation by-law and joint implementation (with other Divisions)

of relevant Uptown Public Realm Strategy actions. Possible need for a consultant for some of the planning/design/assessment work.

More • Waterloo Park Staff-led analysis, in coordination with the City’s Environment & Parks Division and other relevant Divisions, to examine the existing planning/conservation framework to identify and resolve gaps. Possible need for a consultant for a component of the project (e.g. development of a Conservation Plan for the Log School House).

• Uptown Cultural District Staff-led analysis to determine heritage attributes and possible approaches for conserving and enhancing the landscape.

• Seagram Lands

Resource Intensity Resource Staff-led analysis of designation by-laws and heritage commemoration and education options.

• Brubacher House Staff-led analysis of the designation by-law, in consultation with the University of Waterloo.

• Sun Life Financial Office (King/Union) Staff-led analysis to evaluate gaps in designation by-law, in consultation with Concert Real Estate Corporation. Less

• Colonial Acres Staff-led analysis of options to celebrate post-war/veteran landscape features and conserve rural streetscape in consultation with City Engineering and Transportation Divisions.

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Appendix A. Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory – Background Report

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Council Meeting Page 41 of 377 September 23, 2019 Appendix A. Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Background Report City of Waterloo

Prepared for City of Waterloo 100 Regina Street South Waterloo, ON N2J 4A8

By Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. 219-900 Guelph Street Kitchener, ON N2H 5Z6 Tel: (519) 804-2291 Fax: (519) 286-0493 www.arch-research.com

HR-105-2017 (2017-0042)

09/12/2019

Original

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

To plan for and celebrate Waterloo's cultural heritage, an understanding of which places are of value to the community must be determined. This understanding will help the City of Waterloo plan how and where it should grow, and where there might be opportunities to celebrate, enhance or protect places valued for their cultural heritage.

In response to this need, and under a contract awarded in April 2017 by the City of Waterloo, Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. has carried out a Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory project within the City of Waterloo. This project represents an initial step in conserving significant cultural heritage landscapes as required by provincial, regional and municipal policy requirements. The study identifies, evaluates and maps cultural heritage landscapes that possess cultural heritage value or interest and that are valued by the community. In determining significance, the inventory uses evaluation criteria outlined in the Region of Waterloo’s Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a).

The project was composed of four phases of work: 1) Phase 1 – Supporting Documentation and Information 2) Phase 2 – Public Engagement 3) Phase 3 – Development of a Final List of Candidate Cultural Heritage Landscapes 4) Phase 4 – Evaluation and Reporting

This report includes a description of the thematic framework used to guide the study, an overview of field investigation efforts, archival research and public consultation methods, along with the application of evaluation criteria. These efforts have resulted in the identification of three groups of candidate cultural heritage landscapes: 1. Those recommended as significant; 2. Those that require further study to determine their significance, which may result in their future removal from the inventory; and 3. Those that do not currently meet the evaluation criteria outlined in the Region’s Implementation Guideline and thus do not possess cultural heritage value or interest. These landscapes may be more appropriately recognized using other means of conservation.

An information sheet was completed for each significant cultural heritage landscape and includes an evaluation and description of the area’s cultural heritage value or interest along with an illustration of the proposed landscape boundary. A list of 27 cultural heritage landscapes representing seven land-use categories were found to be significant in the City of Waterloo and worthy of further examination and consideration of new or additional conservation tools.

The identification and evaluation of cultural heritage landscapes is the first step in the conservation process as outlined in the Region’s Implementation Guideline and will be an ongoing planning exercise as the City of Waterloo continues to develop in the future. A series of next steps were identified and include the prioritization and initiation of cultural heritage landscape technical studies and the review of potential conservation tools, including Official Plan Amendments, and the evaluation of the potential regional significance and archaeological potential of each significant cultural heritage landscape.

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A total of 27 areas are identified in this study as significant cultural heritage landscapes. Specifically, short-, medium- and long-term recommendations and conclusions are presented:

Short-Term Recommendations • That Council endorse the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory. • That the City examine threats, opportunities and significance (including regional significance) of each cultural heritage landscape to inform the prioritization of future technical studies and initiatives. Regional significance would be determined in cooperation with the Region of Waterloo using the Region’s guidelines for determining regional significance. • That opportunities be explored for the conservation of significant cultural heritage landscapes and their heritage attributes through the implementation of the plans, strategies and area-specific initiatives outlined in the Uptown Public Realm Strategy. Specifically, it is recommended that the City continue to dedicate funding to the interpretation of the City’s unique development history, for example the commercial and industrial heritage of the Commercial Core, Uptown Cultural District and railway, the evolution of Waterloo Park, and the long histories of the remaining agricultural farmsteads. • That the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory be promoted and shared widely with the public in celebration of the cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City of Waterloo’s unique identity, to help foster a culture of conservation, cultural heritage appreciation and sense of place.

Medium-Term Recommendations • That the City initiate technical studies or other initiatives, where appropriate, for significant cultural heritage landscapes in order of priority. • Future technical studies should include a more fulsome examination of Indigenous history and values through targeted consultation and a review of the archaeological record to provide a richer understanding of the history of each landscape and its associated cultural heritage value or interest. Research and dissemination of any archaeological information must be carried out in a way that respects the sensitivity and confidentiality of specific site locations of known archaeological sites. • That for significant cultural heritage landscapes that span the municipal boundary between the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, conservation efforts should be undertaken in consultation and coordination with the City of Kitchener to communicate a clear understanding of the landscape’s value ensuring the effective conservation of the larger landscape and its associated heritage attributes.

Long-Term Recommendations • That the City, in coordination with the Grand River Conservation Authority and local Indigenous communities, continue to steward the existing public open space along the shores of the Grand River and work to further develop the interpretive program associated with the river, the Walter Bean Trail and the Claude Dubrick Trailway that passes through Kaufman’s Flats. • That the City consider the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory to be a living document that may change over time as landscapes evolve and new landscapes emerge. The City should re-examine the Inventory on a regular basis to ensure that it remains relevant and up to date.

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This document provides a foundation for the continued research and inventory of the City of Waterloo’s cultural heritage resources. By proactively identifying, evaluating and conserving its significant cultural heritage landscapes, the City of Waterloo can continue to evolve as it has for the last 200 years, adapting to the needs of its current residents through a spirit of innovation while respecting and celebrating its valuable landscapes for the appreciation of generations to come.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The consultant team would like to acknowledge the contribution the following individuals made to this project:

Public Open House, Focused Workshop and Online Survey Participants – members of the public and stakeholders that participated in the various public engagement activities provided valuable input related to candidate cultural heritage landscapes and the importance and significance of each landscape to their community. Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. appreciates the time and insight provided by participants and encourages their continued engagement in future initiatives focused on the protection of the City’s valuable cultural heritage resources identified through this study.

Municipal Heritage Committee Members – for their expertise in contributing to the development of a preliminary list of candidate cultural heritage landscapes and for providing supporting documentation. These initial efforts were the basis upon which this inventory project was built.

Project Team and Reviewers - representatives of key city departments, agencies and interest groups who provided valuable direction both in terms of defining the goals and objectives of the study and in determining the level of detail necessary to ensure the cultural heritage landscape evaluations were meaningful and clearly presented.

The project team members included: • Michelle Lee, Growth Management, City of Waterloo • Lindsay Benjamin, Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. • Kayla Jonas Galvin, Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. • Chloe Richer, Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. • Kate Hagerman, former Cultural Heritage Specialist, Region of Waterloo • Bridget Coady, Cultural Heritage Planner, Region of Waterloo • Astero Kalogeropoulos, Economic Development, City of Waterloo • David Lubell, Municipal Heritage Committee, City of Waterloo • Christine Feniak, Municipal Heritage Committee, City of Waterloo

And reviewers included: • Joel Cotter, Planning Services, City of Waterloo • Jeff Silcox Childs, Environment and Parks Services, City of Waterloo • Municipal Heritage Committee, City of Waterloo • Nancy Davy and Melissa Larion, Grand River Conservation Authority

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 STUDY PURPOSE 1 3.0 WHAT ARE CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES? 2 4.0 WHY PLAN FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES? 3 5.0 METHODOLOGY 3 5.1 Approach 3 5.2 Historical Research 4 5.3 Field Review 5 5.4 Public Consultation 5 5.5 Information Sheets 5 6.0 HISTORICAL THEMATIC FRAMEWORK 5 7.0 EVALUATION OF SIGNIFICANCE 6 7.1 Cultural Heritage Value or Interest 7 7.2 Historical Integrity 8 7.3 Community Value 8 8.0 CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO 8 8.1 Categories of Cultural Heritage Landscapes Identified 8 8.1.1 Residential Neighbourhoods 10 8.1.2 Commercial, Industrial and Retail Landscapes 11 8.1.3 Institutional Landscapes 12 8.1.4 Cemeteries 12 8.1.5 Parks, Natural Areas and other Public/Private Open Space 13 8.1.6 Agricultural Landscapes 13 8.1.7 Transportation Corridors 14 9.0 ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS 14 9.1 CHLs That Require Further Study 15 9.2 CHLs Not Found to Possess Significance 15 9.3 Next Steps 16 9.3.1 Evolution of the CHL Inventory 16 9.3.2 Technical Studies and Official Plan Amendments 16 9.3.3 Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources 17 9.3.4 Archaeological Potential 17 9.4 Recommendations and Conclusions 18 9.4.1 Short-Term Recommendations 18 9.4.2 Medium-Term Recommendations 18 9.4.3 Long-Term Recommendations 18

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LIST OF IMAGES

Image 1: CHL inventory project public open house notice 32 Image 2: Engaged participants at interactive survey station, October 25, 2017 32 Image 3: Sample participant mapping/notes from focused workshop 33 Image 4: Sample Presentation Slide 34 Image 5: Sample Presentation Slide 34 Image 6: Sample Presentation Slide 35 Image 7: Sample Presentation Slide 35 Image 8: Sample Presentation Slide 36 Image 9: Sample Presentation Slide 36 Image 10: Sample Presentation Slide Describing a Candidate CHL 37 Image 11: Sample Slide from Online Mapping Tool 38 Image 12: Sample Slide from Online Mapping Tool 38 Image 13: Sample Slide from Online Mapping Tool 39 Image 14: Hardcopy survey tool used at PIC and workshops 40 Image 15: Sample mind mapping notes from Public Open House 44

LIST OF MAPS

Map 1: Location and boundary of each significant CHL inventoried in the City of Waterloo 9

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Criteria outlined in the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation used to determine CHL significance 7 Figure 2: Summary of Hardcopy Survey Responses Ranking the Importance of Candidate CHLs 41

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix A: Methodology 22 Appendix B: Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation 27 Appendix C: Synthesis of Public Feedback 30 Appendix D: Region of Waterloo – General Historical Themes from Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Waterloo Region: A Framework for Inventory, Assessment and Policy Development (Scheinman & Envision 2006) 52 Appendix E: Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Summary Evaluation Table 55

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GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

ARA – Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. CHL – Cultural Heritage Landscape CHVI – Cultural Heritage Value or Interest HCD – Heritage Conservation District MTC – Ministry of Culture (now Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport) MTCS – Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport OHA – Ontario Heritage Act OHT – Ontario Heritage Trust O. Reg. – Ontario Regulation PPS – Provincial Policy Statement

PERSONNEL

Senior Review: P.J. Racher, M.A., CAHP Project Directors: R. Shipley, Ph.D., RPP, MCIP, CAHP; K. Jonas Galvin M.A., CAHP Project Manager: L. Benjamin, M.A.E.S., CAHP Historical Research: S. Clarke, B.A.; C. Richer, M.Sc. Pl. Site Visit: L. Benjamin; C. Richer Cartographer: K. Brightwell B.A., P.G.(GIS) Technical Writers: L. Benjamin; K. Jonas Galvin; P. Young, M.A., CAHP; S. Clarke; J. McDermid, B.A.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

Heritage makes our cities more interesting and appealing places to live. Historic buildings and landscapes reveal important information about past social structures, political movements, architectural styles, craftsmanship, and local traditions. Newer places may hold special meaning because they support emerging cultural practices, contemporary architecture and design, or scientific/technological innovation. These spaces and places, called cultural heritage landscapes (CHL), are important because we attach memories, stories and value to them. By conserving significant CHLs, we keep alive those stories that are important to us and that help to give our community its character and sense of place.

To proactively plan for and celebrate Waterloo's cultural heritage, particularly in light of rapid growth and intensification of the City’s built up area, the City needs to understand which heritage places are valued by the community. This understanding will help the City of Waterloo plan how and where it should grow, and where there might be opportunities to celebrate, enhance or protect places valued for their cultural heritage. It will also help the city respond to provincial, regional and local policies that require the City to conserve significant CHLs.

In response to this need, and under a contract awarded in April 2017 by the City of Waterloo, Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. (ARA) has carried out a Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory within the City of Waterloo. This project represents an initial step in conserving significant CHLs as required by provincial, regional and municipal policy. This inventory identifies, evaluates and maps cultural heritage landscapes that possess cultural heritage value or interest (CHVI) and that reflect Waterloo’s unique local histories and community values. Development of the inventory follows the guidelines set out in the Region of Waterloo’s Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a).

This report includes the results of the inventory work. Specifically, it describes the planning policy and thematic framework used to guide the study, an overview of public consultation methods undertaken, evaluation criteria used, mapping and documentation of the significant CHLs identified, information on those landscapes not found to be significant and finally a description of recommendations and next steps.

It is anticipated that the final inventory will help provide the necessary information for City of Waterloo staff to prioritize future technical studies and recommended conservation measures for Council’s consideration.

This CHL inventory should be considered a living document that may change over time as the City continues to develop and as landscapes continue to evolve. Subsequently, the CHVI and significance identified for the CHLs included in this inventory may change and new areas of the City not previously assessed may be identified. Suggested revisions to the Inventory should continue to be evaluated to ensure the ongoing and proactive conservation of Waterloo’s significant landscapes. As such, this document provides a foundation for the continued research and inventory of the City of Waterloo’s cultural resources.

2.0 STUDY PURPOSE

This study identifies, evaluates and maps significant cultural heritage landscapes located in the City of Waterloo. While the inventory itself does not protect CHLs or their component cultural heritage resources or attributes, it will provide the City with a starting point for subsequent studies

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and initiatives that will determine how best to conserve and celebrate the identified CHLs. These subsequent studies and initiatives will be developed to address the specific needs of the CHL and subject to public consultation and Council approval.

3.0 WHAT ARE CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES?

The 2014 Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) defines a cultural heritage landscape as: “a geographical area that may have been modified by human activity and is identified as having cultural heritage value or interest by a community, including an Aboriginal community. The area may involve features such as structures, spaces, archaeological sites or natural elements that are valued together for their interrelationship, meaning or association.”

The Region of Waterloo’s Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation goes on to describe CHLs as a “location where the influence and/or activity of humans on the natural landscape has resulted in a place with distinctive character and cultural importance” (2018a:2). The Guideline further states that “these historically significant landscapes are valued for the important contribution they make to our understanding of the history of a place, an event, an individual and/or a community” (2018a:2). The distinctive characteristic of CHLs that differentiates them from other classifications of cultural heritage resources is the understanding that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It is the individual elements located on the landscape that together create a significant form that is distinctive from its individual parts.

Cultural Heritage Landscapes can be further explained as providing: • Concentration of cultural heritage resources, such as buildings, structures and landforms; • Concentration of supporting structural elements such as vegetation, fences or roads; • Sense of visual coherence; • Distinctiveness that enables the area to be recognized from neighbouring areas; and • Associated oral traditions and/or spirit of place (Region of Waterloo 2018a:2).

Examples of CHLs may include but are not limited to: heritage conservation districts (designated under the Ontario Heritage Act), villages, parks, gardens, battlefields, main streets and neighbourhoods, cemeteries, shrines and special spiritual places, Indigenous landscapes, riverscapes, trails, views, vistas, view corridors, land-use patterns, traditional agricultural lands and industrial complexes of cultural heritage value (OHT 2012).

Three main types of CHLs, as described by the Ontario Heritage Trust, are internationally recognized and include: • Designed Cultural Landscapes – These are areas that are clearly defined and created intentionally by human design. They may include garden and parkland landscapes constructed for aesthetic reasons and may be associated with religious or monumental buildings. • Evolved Cultural Landscapes – This type of landscape is often the result of a social, economic, administrative and/or religious motivation that has continued to develop into its present form due to associations with, or in response to, its natural environment. There are two sub-categories of this CHL type: o Relic Landscape – One in which an evolutionary process came to an end but its significant distinguishing features are still visible.

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o Continuing Landscape – One that retains associations with traditional practices but which retains an active social role in the current community while continuing to evolve and exhibit material evidence of this ongoing evolution. • Associative Cultural Landscapes – These landscapes have religious, artistic, or cultural associations with nature rather than with material cultural evidence, which may be insignificant or absent (2012).

Section 5.0 and Appendix A contain additional information on and interpretations of cultural heritage landscapes.

4.0 WHY PLAN FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES?

Consideration of CHLs in land use and infrastructure planning is a requirement of Provincial, regional and municipal policy. The PPS requires that significant CHLs be conserved. The Region of Waterloo Official Plan directs area municipalities to designate CHLs in their Official Plans and establish associated policies to conserve these areas. Reflecting this planning framework, Waterloo’s Official Plan requires the City to identify and document any CHLs in accordance with guidelines that have been developed by the Region.

In November 2015, Council approved the Built Heritage Strategy for the City of Waterloo. The strategy outlined goals and 24 actions to be undertaken over the next ten years to manage and capitalize on Waterloo’s cultural heritage resources. Under the goal of “Identify properties of cultural heritage value or interest to the community,” is the action to “initiate a Cultural Heritage Landscape Study to identify, evaluate and prioritize potential cultural heritage landscapes, heritage conservation districts and other resource groupings.” This Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory project represents the implementation of this action to ensure that landscapes are part of the Waterloo’s placemaking approach to city building as outlined in the City’s Official Plan.

Planning for CHLs can also provide a number of community benefits. Like historic buildings and districts, CHLs can reveal information about unique and valued aspects of an area and how it has evolved over time. By conserving forms and features that reveal important stories from our past, CHLs contribute to a community’s character and sense of place. Quality of life, encompassing a variety of social, cultural and economic benefits (i.e., cultural activities and tourism), are closely tied to the historical and aesthetic values and educational opportunities provided by CHLs.

5.0 METHODOLOGY

The framework for this assessment report is provided by international, federal and provincial guidance, legislation and policies including the Provincial Policy Statement (2014), the Ontario Heritage Act (R.S.O. 1990), and the Ontario Heritage Tool Kit series (MCL 2006a), as well as the Region of Waterloo and City of Waterloo Official Plans and the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a). The Region’s Implementation Guideline outlines a multi-step process for the identification, evaluation and conservation of CHLs. The first step in the CHL study process is the CHL inventory, which is the focus of this report. Appendix A provides more detailed information on the project’s methodology.

5.1 Approach

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A number of methods of investigation were undertaken to complete this Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory study. The project was composed of four phases of work: Phase 1 – Supporting Documentation and Information Phase 2 – Public Engagement Phase 3 – Development of a Final List of Candidate CHLs Phase 4 – Evaluation and Reporting

In accordance with the Regional Implementation Guideline for Conserving Cultural Heritage Landscapes (2018a, see Appendix B), Phase 1 of this study began with City of Waterloo staff, in consultation with the Municipal Heritage Committee, identifying a list of 30 candidate CHLs that included: a) areas that corresponded to the historic themes and associations important to the development of the municipality; b) areas that contained a grouping of cultural heritage resources identified through a visual survey; and c) landscapes valued by a community suggested by the public through consultations or in writing, such as local histories, planning documents, listings of important landscapes, etc.

Phase 2 involved the combined efforts of the City of Waterloo and the consultant team to undertake community engagement to confirm whether the candidate list of CHLs was valued by the community, identify additional landscapes of value to the community, and determine the values, general boundaries and characteristics (i.e., heritage attributes) that defined those landscapes.

In Phase 3, the consultant team incorporated input from the extensive program of community consultation, documentation provided by the City, preliminary archival research, and field assessments to arrive at a final list of candidate CHLs for consideration.

Lastly, in Phase 4, the consultant team evaluated the final list of candidate CHLs for significance using criteria described in the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation to create an inventory of significant cultural heritage landscapes. This involved a site-specific reconnaissance survey of the landscapes that provided the level of detail required to determine the cultural importance of each CHL and the preliminary list of associated heritage attributes (i.e., built, natural and man-made heritage features).

5.2 Historical Research

The goal of the historical research was to support the identification and preliminary documentation of candidate CHLs. Research was conducted using local history publications, existing studies (i.e., Heritage Conservation District Studies, Waterloo Park Master Plan), electronic historic image inventories, as well as federal, provincial, regional and municipal databases. It is anticipated that more in-depth historical research carried out as part of CHL technical studies may reveal additional cultural heritage value or interest and/or refine the preliminary list of heritage attributes.

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5.3 Field Review

In order to document candidate CHLs, a field review was undertaken by members of the consultant team, L. Benjamin and C. Richer, on numerous dates: October 31, 2017, November 3, 2017, May 25, 2018, June 7, 2018, July 11, 2018 and September 19, 2018. Site investigations confirmed the location, extents and identified landscape features and cultural heritage components that expressed each site’s CHVI. Given that field assessments are limited to areas of public access (i.e., roadways, intersections, non-private lands, etc.), there is always the possibility that obscured cultural heritage resources may have been missed or that heritage attributes may be refined upon closer inspection in future phases of study.

5.4 Public Consultation

Effective public consultation is a key aspect of the development of a collaborative and successful project framework. An integral component of this study’s approach relied on a consultation process that sought to draw on the knowledge and values of the people who live, work and play in the City of Waterloo. A fulsome program of public consultation initiatives was undertaken including a public open house, focused workshops, presentations, meetings with individual property owners and an online survey and community mapping tool. The approach to and results of each public consultation initiative is described in Appendix C.

5.5 Inventory

The Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory is presented in a separate document that summarizes the results of the background research, site analysis, field review and public consultation and capture the following information:

• Name; • Municipal Address and/or boundary description; • Map of Boundaries; • Photographs; • Existing recognition (i.e., Part IV or Part V designation under the Ontario Heritage Act, Municipal Heritage Register listing, identification in the City of Kitchener’s 2014 CHL Inventory project, etc.) • Historic theme; • Landscape type; • Property description; • Evaluation of the CHVI, historical integrity and community value of each CHL (using the criteria prescribed in the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation); • Summary of findings related to the CHVI, historical integrity and community value of each CHL; • Preliminary list of heritage attributes within each CHL; and • A list of sources consulted.

6.0 HISTORICAL THEMATIC FRAMEWORK

A necessary component of all cultural heritage resource studies is the identification of the historic themes that have influenced the historic development of a site or area (Scheinman & ENVision 2006). As CHLs may encompass a large area with multiple land uses, there may be a number of

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Consideration of these historic themes informed the initial identifiication of candiate CHLs studied as a result of this project. Following the evaluation and confirmation of significant CHLs (see Section 8.0 for the full inventoried list), applicable themes were recorded on the information sheets for the inventoried CHLs to draw direct collelations to broader City and Regional historic themes.

7.0 EVALUATION OF SIGNIFICANCE

As outlined in the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation the significance of each candidate CHL included in this inventory project was evaluated based on a three-pronged approach related to the PPS definition of a CHL. This evaluation specifically determined the cultural heritage value or interest, historical integrity, and community value related to each landscape (see Figure 1). A summary of how each CHL met the evaluation criteria is provided in an evaluation table in Appendix E and the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory.

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Figure 1: Criteria outlined in the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation used to determine CHL significance (Region of Waterloo 2018a:18)

7.1 Cultural Heritage Value or Interest

The criteria adopted to determine the CHVI of a CHL is based on the criteria used to evaluate the CHVI of other types of cultural heritage resources provided by the Province of Ontario in Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 09/06 made under the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). In order to objectively identify cultural heritage resources, O. Reg. 9/06 sets out three principal criteria with nine sub- criteria for determining CHVI. The criteria set out in the regulation were developed to identify and evaluate properties for designation under the OHA. Best practices in evaluating properties that are not yet protected employ O. Reg. 9/06 to determine if they have CHVI. These criteria include: design or physical value, historical or associative value, and contextual value. The Regional evaluation guidelines included in Appendix B provide further details related to the evaluation criteria included in O. Reg. 9/06. A evaluation and statement of CHVI was provided for each of the 27 CHLs identified in this inventory project.

A complete statement of CHVI includes the identification of tangible heritage attributes that contribute value to a cultural heritage resource. Heritage attributes are defined in the Ontario Heritage Act as “the principal features or elements that contribute to a protected heritage property’s cultural heritage value or interest, and may include the property’s built or manufactured elements, as well as natural landforms, vegetation, water features, and its visual setting (including significant views or vistas to or from a protected heritage property means, in relation to real property, and to the buildings and structures on the real property, the attributes of the property, buildings and structures that contribute to their cultural heritage value or interest” (Government of Ontario 2009). A preliminary list of heritage attributes associated with each significant CHL inventoried is included in the information sheets in the CHL Inventory.

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7.2 Historical Integrity

As defined in the Region of Waterloo’s Implementation Guideline, historical integrity is a measure of how well the existing landscape physically reflects the landscape of the past and the functional continuity of the landscape over time. In order to measure integrity, the historic context of the landscape in terms of use, relationships, views, circulation networks, boundaries, etc. must be understood (2018a). An evaluation of the historic integrity of each candidate CHL using the Region’s criteria included in Appendix A was undertaken to summarize the findings for all 27 CHLs in a Statement of Historical Integrity.

7.3 Community Value

The Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation suggests that a community “can be broadly defined to include any grouping of people, such as: those who regularly visit or reside in an area; historians or heritage advocates; tourists; artists; researchers; cultural groups; etc.” (Region of Waterloo 2018a:30). Based on an understanding of the groups of individuals likely to appreciate a space and possess local knowledge, community value can be evaluated by determining the presence of indicators of community value. An evaluation of community value of each candidate CHL was undertaken by the consultant team through a fulsome program of public engagement. The consultation was done in an effort to gather information and summarize findings using the Region’s criteria included in Appendix B. Following a synthesis of this feedback, a Statement of Community Value was prepared for each significant CHL inventoried.

8.0 CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO

8.1 Categories of Cultural Heritage Landscapes Identified

A total of 27 cultural heritage landscapes were identified as significant and included in the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory. Map 1 on the following page illustrates the location and boundary of each inventoried CHL.

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Map 1: Location and boundary of each significant CHL inventoried in the City of Waterloo

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A brief description of each inventoried significant CHL is included in the sections below and organized according to one of the seven categories of land uses representative of CHLs found in the City of Waterloo. The land use categories and system of coding were adopted from the City of Kitchener’s Cultural Heritage Landscape Study (2014) to better streamline the classification and identification of CHLs that span municipal borders. The coding used in this report adheres to the following format: City of Waterloo acronym (WL) - landscape category - sequential numbering assigned within that landscape category. For example, the Elam Martin Farmstead is classified as an “Agricultural” (AGR) landscape and is the first identified CHL included in this landscape category, and as such is coded as WL–AGR–1.

The CHVI of each landscape is described in greater detail in the individual CHL information sheets provided in the CHL Inventory.

8.1.1 Residential Neighbourhoods

There are eight residential neighbourhoods identified as significant CHLs in the City of Waterloo. Following field investigations, documentation and archival research, each of the residential landscapes was evaluated and found to possess CHVI, as well as historical integrity and community value. The residential neighbourhoods inventoried represent a diversity of eras of construction, development motivations and patterns, and architectural styles.

• Colonial Acres Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-1) is a low density, mid-20th century suburban residential development with post-war veteran bungalows and Colonial Revival style homes. The community first developed as part of the Veteran’s Land Act in 1957 in an effort to provide housing for returning veterans. Subsequent plans for the suburban residential neighbourhood were presented to the Waterloo Planning Board in 1963 and the development again expanded in 1964 through the creation of the Colonial Acres residential subdivision. This residential neighbourhood continued to expand through to the end of 1980s. • Erbsville (WL-NBR-2) is a former pioneer settlement characterized by low density residential structures, several of which date to the mid-19th century. The former village contained a cluster of non-Mennonite immigrants, mainly European Germans, who developed the area post-1835. Erbsville is the last remaining rural village within the boundaries of the City of Waterloo. Natural features of the Erbsville area include Laurel Creek, two Environmentally Sensitive Policy Areas, a portion of Erbsville Park, and the Wideman Tributary. • MacGregor-Albert Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-3) is the only Heritage Conservation District (HCD) in the City of Waterloo. Located adjacent to the commercial core of Uptown Waterloo, the neighbourhood is characterized by single detached houses constructed around a 19th century street plan. It is the city’s oldest residential neighbourhood and was established in conjunction with the expansion and development of King Street north of Abraham Erb’s mill. Due to its long period of development, the neighbourhood’s buildings represent a diversity of ages and architectural styles. • Mary Allen Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-4), located southeast of Uptown Waterloo, is a distinctive, older inner-city residential area that developed largely between 1880 and 1920. It is one of the city’s oldest residential neighbourhoods and features a diversity of architectural styles, including Queen Anne Revival, Berlin Vernacular, Italianate and Ontario Gothic. The neighbourhood includes three churches, a school, a public park and is bisected by a historic rail line. • McDougall Road Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-5), a residential neighbourhood spanning from Erb Street West to Keats Way, is an organically evolved neighbourhood with a September 2019 May 2019 Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. HR-105-2017 (2017-0042) HR-105-2017 (2017-0042) Council Meeting Page 59 of 377 September 23, 2019 11 Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Project – City of Waterloo

diversity of residential architectural styles. Some of the homes were originally constructed as summer cottages and have since been transformed into year-round residences. The neighbourhood’s topography is hilly and contains mature trees, garden plots, as well as wildlife including deer and pheasants. The roadways are narrow with a rural cross section that does not include sidewalks, a unique streetscape design remaining in the predominantly urban fabric of the City of Waterloo. • Menno Euclid Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-6) is representative of an early residential neighbourhood built around a 19th century grid street pattern in the City of Waterloo. The landscape is predominately composed of modest, single detached homes constructed between the 1860s into the early 20th century. The neighbourhood is historically associated with Waterloo’s early manufacturing industries, and physically and functionally linked to one of Waterloo’s most significant industrial employers, the Seagram Distillery. • Veterans' Green (WL-NBR-7) is a 50-unit affordable housing complex comprised of 12 two-storey townhouse buildings. Representative of victory housing, the design of the complex is simple and compact and set amongst open manicured green space. It is one of Ontario’s first housing projects designed for returning veterans from World War II. • Westmount Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-8), located west of the commercial core of Uptown Waterloo, is characterized as an upscale garden suburb with curvilinear streets with boulevards. Initiated in 1912, a portion of the land was assembled by industrialist/developer Talmon Rieder, who was influenced by the City Beautiful movement and the designs of the Mont Royal and Westmount neighbourhoods in Montreal. The neighbourhood continued to develop until the mid-20th century and reflects a variety of architectural styles as a result.

8.1.2 Commercial, Industrial and Retail Landscapes

Four commercial, industrial and retail landscapes were identified in the City of Waterloo, all of which contain properties designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and exhibit the evolution and contemporary adaptation of historic landscapes. Two represent the historic centre of Waterloo, the Commercial Core and Uptown Cultural District, which have played a vital social, cultural and economic role in the community since its establishment in the early 1800s. The remaining two CHLs, Seagram Lands and the Sun Life Financial Office, reflect the influence of significant industries that shaped the economy and development of the City.

• Commercial Core (WL-COM-1), located along the King Street corridor between William Street and Young Street, has served as Waterloo’s commercial centre for over 200 years. It contains a wide-range of building styles and spaces, including those from Waterloo’s early settlement period. The area is an evolving CHL containing contemporary buildings, public spaces and streetscapes that reflect present day social, cultural, economic and transportation needs. • Seagram Lands (WL-COM-2) are located on the site of the former Seagram Distillery (in operation from 1857 to 1992) in Uptown Waterloo. The landscape contains five designated industrial buildings from the former distillery. As the Seagram company became the world’s largest producer of spirits, these remaining structures define the historic industrial character of the City as a manufacturing powerhouse of the 19th and 20th centuries. • Sun Life Financial Office (WL-COM-3) represents the headquarters of the city’s first life insurance company, the former Mutual Life head office, and is a grand example of the Renaissance Revival style of architecture within a Beaux Arts designed landscape in the City of Waterloo. • Uptown Cultural District (WL-COM-4) contains a concentration of award winning historic and contemporary buildings that serve as a focal point for arts, culture, innovation and

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research. Centred around the intersection of Caroline Street and Erb Street West, the landscape represents a unique expression of the evolution and contemporary adaptation of a 19th century landscape.

8.1.3 Institutional Landscapes

Three significant institutional landscapes were identified in the City of Waterloo, two of which represent post-secondary education institutions with a long history in the region, the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University and Martin Luther University College. In addition, the William Street Pumping Station, a well-preserved historic public utility was also identified.

• University of Waterloo (Main Campus) (WL-INS-1) the 237-acre campus, centred on Ring Road, is directly associated with local community builders, the creation of higher education and the establishment of the City of Waterloo as a globally recognized Intelligent Community. Several significant architects designed the campus’ modern and contemporary buildings in a variety of architectural styles, set within a complementary designed landscape. • Wilfrid Laurier University & Martin Luther University College (WL-INS-2) form an evolving post-secondary landscape north of the commercial core of Uptown Waterloo. Founded in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada, the Martin Luther University College was the first post-secondary institution in the city and the landscape continued to evolve as Waterloo Lutheran University and ultimately became Wilfrid Laurier University in 1973. The institutions developed in conjunction with the urban development of Waterloo and pioneered the city’s reputation as a hub for post-secondary education. • William Street Pumping Station (WL-INS-3), built in 1899, was the first pumping station constructed in Waterloo and is associated with the town’s early urban and economic development. Pressure to develop a reliable water system came from the need for better fire protection and the increase in water demand as a result of a surge in industrial growth and population increases in the latter part of the 19th century. The architectural details of the structures on site are consistent with the Victorian Industrial style, a design commonly used for utility buildings during this era.

8.1.4 Cemeteries

There are two significant historic cemeteries that have been identified in the City of Waterloo representing a diversity of faiths and burial practices.

• Martins Mennonite Meeting House & Cemetery (WL-CE-1) contains a simple, Georgian-style meeting house as well as an adjacent cemetery. Constructed in 1848, the meeting house exemplifies the style and materials of 19th century Mennonite meeting houses in Ontario and yields information that contributes to an understanding of the region’s early Mennonite community and culture. It was the first Mennonite meeting house and cemetery to be located within the City’s boundaries and is the last remaining early Mennonite meeting house in Waterloo. • Mount Hope Cemetery (WL-CE-2) is a large, multi-denominational cemetery established in 1867 containing the gravesites of Waterloo’s early settlers and prominent local families. The cemetery forms part of the larger park-like Mount Hope cemetery that includes lands in the City of Kitchener.

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8.1.5 Parks, Natural Areas and other Public/Private Open Space

A diversity of parks, natural areas and public/private open spaces were explored through this inventory project and resulted in the identification of five significant CHLs. • Forested Hills (WL-OPS-1) is the largest woodland in the City of Waterloo. Located on the west side of the city within the Waterloo Moraine, the landscape contains the Forested Hills Environmentally Sensitive Protection Area (ESPA 19) and lands known as the McNally lands. The landscape includes a rolling landscape with hardwood forests, wetlands, rare plants, migratory breeding birds and other wildlife. It provides over 12 kilometres of walking and hiking trails, including Waterloo GeoTime Trails and associated interpretive signs. • Grand River Corridor (WL-OPS-2), including the Walter Bean Trail, Kaufman Flats and Kaufman Estate, forms part of a larger river system that has played a significant role in sustaining and enriching the lives of indigenous peoples, non-indigenous settlers and present day residents of the region. Archaeological evidence and oral histories point to the Grand River and its banks as a critical resource and place of cultural importance for indigenous peoples. The Grand River Corridor continues to be valued for its natural heritage features and ecosystem services, aesthetic and scenic qualities, recreational opportunities, and historic relationships. The adjacent Walter Bean Trail and Kaufman Flats support the river corridor by buffering it from adjacent development and providing opportunities to view and access the river. The Grand River in its entirety has been designated a Canadian Heritage River. • Heritage Green Park and Brewmeister's Green Park (WL-OPS-3) serve as one of Waterloo’s earliest public spaces. The parks include green space, landscaped flower beds and outdoor furniture. A fountain is located in what is now Brewmeister’s Green Park and dates to 1950, replacing the original circa 1900 fountain that fell into disrepair. A commemorative plaque and a large glockenspiel in a gazebo are also located in Brewmeister’s Green Park. • Waterloo Park (WL-OPS-4), located on 116 acres northwest of the commercial core of Waterloo, is characterized by its built heritage and commemorative elements, outdoor recreation opportunities and natural features such as Silver Lake and Laurel Creek. Opened in 1894, Waterloo Park was the first municipal park in the Village of Waterloo and one of the earliest established in Ontario. Although land use changes and development have occurred in the urban core surrounding the landscape, the park has evolved while maintaining its historic presence, many built and natural elements and opportunities for recreation in the city. • Westmount Golf & Country Club (WL-OPS-5), located adjacent to the Westmount neighbourhood, is a 64 hectare private golf course that spans the border of the Cities of Waterloo and Kitchener. Established in 1929, it was designed by renowned Canadian golf course architect, Stanley Thompson. The landscape provides an important open space in the context of its setting adjacent to Waterloo’s urban core.

8.1.6 Agricultural Landscapes

Three former agricultural farmsteads survive within the urban setting of the City of Waterloo, two bordering the north edge of the city and one located in the core. Each of the landscapes are associated with the Mennonite community in Waterloo, specifically the Pennsylvania German Mennonite settlers who were the founding and dominant cultural group in Waterloo Region for many years.

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• Brubacher House (WL-AGR-1) provides a contrast to the adjacent purpose-built, innovative and high-tech UW Main Campus. The landscape contains the Brubacher House Museum (former farmstead), which is reflective of its historic agricultural land use and is associated with early Pennsylvania German settlement practices and culture. • Elam Martin Farmstead (WL-AGR-2) is a sixth-generation Mennonite farmstead that was founded in 1820. The property contains 14 structures and several landscape elements, including orchards (fruit trees), a treed farm lane, kitchen garden and fence line on an 18.5 acre heritage landscape. The buildings and layout that make up the farm complex demonstrate the Mennonite Old Order way of life as its built and natural elements were constructed to service the needs of a large, immigrant family. • Former Snyder Farmstead (WL-AGR-3) is associated with the Snyder family, one of the earliest Pennsylvania German Mennonite families to settle in Waterloo County. The property contains a Georgian Mennonite farmhouse constructed in 1877-78, a rare three- storey bank barn constructed in the 1880s, a drive shed and shop, along with other smaller outbuildings and three contemporary structures added to the site as a result of the commercial function of the current property owner, The Timeless Materials Company.

8.1.7 Transportation Corridors

Two transportation corridors containing CHVI were identified through this inventory. Both are tied to the historic presence of railways in the City of Waterloo, one which continues to function as the Region of Waterloo Railway Line and one that provides a walking trail along the abandoned Preston & Berlin Street Electric Railway corridor, now the Iron Horse Trail.

• Iron Horse Trail (WL-RD-1), located along the former Preston & Berlin Street Electric Railway corridor, links Uptown Waterloo to downtown Kitchener. It is 5.5 kilometres in length and connects Waterloo Park to Victoria Park, providing a scenic and historic recreational amenity for the two cities. • Region of Waterloo Railway Line (WL-RD-2), running north-south through the centre of the city, is an early example of a Canadian railway system. Constructed between 1853 to 1856, it was the first railway to cross Waterloo Township. The southern portion of the corridor, now known as the Spurline Trail, includes a 2.5 kilometre multi-use trail that runs along the Waterloo Spur Line. The trail connects Uptown Waterloo with downtown Kitchener in addition to connecting the Trans Canada and Iron Horse Trails.

9.0 ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS

Following the completion of a program of public outreach initiatives, archival research, field investigation and analysis, the consultant team has compiled a recommended CHL Inventory in the City of Waterloo. The inventory includes CHLs identified by the City in Phase 1 of this project, as well as additional landscapes that were identified through research and community value expressed through public consultation initiatives. Some CHLs identified in Phase 1 of the study have been merged within broader landscapes when the historic themes and land use of each CHL was seen to be compatible by the consultant and project team.

The research and evaluation undertaken to complete this inventory project has resulted in the identification of three groups of candidate CHLs: 1. Those recommended as significant (see Section 8.1); 2. Those that require further study to determine their significance, which may result in their future removal from the inventory (see Section 9.1); and

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3. Those that do not currently meet the evaluation criteria outlined in the Region’s Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (see Appendix A) and thus do not possess sufficient CHVI, historical integrity or community value to be considered significant (see Section 9.2). These landscapes may be more appropriately recognized using other means of conservation, (i.e., zoning as open space or Conservation Authority protection of areas of natural heritage).

9.1 CHLs That Require Further Study

Based on the initial research and evaluation undertaken to compile this inventory, no candidate CHLs requiring further study to determine their CHVI were identified.

9.2 CHLs Not Found to Possess Significance

The following candidate CHLs were identified through historical research and public feedback. They were evaluated by the consultant and project team and found not to possess sufficient cultural heritage value or interest, historical integrity and/or community value to be considered significant. These landscapes are not included in the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory. As a result, they will not be taken any further through the CHL identification process and will no longer be referred to as CHLs:

• Bechtel Park – This recreational landscape was found to possess community value due to the opportunities it presents to enjoy the conserved natural landscape in the urban core of the City; however, the consultant team was unable to draw any direct associations indicative of the landscape’s cultural heritage value or interest. • Laurel Creek Conservation Area – This landscape is valued by the public as a significant space for recreation and provides opportunities for nature appreciation and education; however, it was not found to possess direct associations indicative of cultural heritage value or interest. • Laurel Trail, Hillside Park and Moses Springer Park – Each of these recreational landscapes were found to possess community value but limited CHVI and in those cases where CHVI was identified, there is limited historical integrity to support the landscape’s significance. For Hillside Park specifically, although it is associated with an important historical event, the formation of Upper Canada's first Evangelical Church congregation, there is no physical evidence remaining of this event. As such, the association that provides the landscape with CHVI possesses no heritage integrity, making it challenging to identify heritage attributes. • Mount Hope Neighbourhood – Although the southern portion of the landscape was identified by the City of Kitchener as a significant CHL in their 2014 inventory project, the northern portion of the neighbourhood located in the City of Waterloo does not exhibit the same heritage attributes of this characteristically urban, late 19th century working class neighbourhood. The small Waterloo section of the neighbourhood was constructed later than the larger Kitchener portion, and thus represents a differing style and scale of housing stock. The Waterloo section is peripheral to the main Mount Hope neighbourhood, which is more closely associated with the industrial development along the rail line – the impetus for the establishment of the neighbourhood for local working-class families. • Uptown Waterloo Residential Area (East Side of King Street North) – The historically residential portion of Uptown Waterloo on the east side of King Street North bound by Elgin Street in the north, Peppler Street in the east, Erb Street East in the south and Regina Street in the west was evaluated and found not to be a suitable candidate for CHL conservation. The historical integrity of the landscape has been impacted through the

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conversion of many of the former residential structures into businesses. This portion of Uptown Waterloo is planned for intensification as there is limited developable space in the core. The neighbourhood was also found to possess limited community value on a landscape level. It is recommended that the City of Waterloo pursue listing or individual property designation under Part IV of the OHA for built heritage resources that possess significant CHVI. • David Johnston Research + Technology Park – This portion of the North Campus of the University of Waterloo was assessed as part of the broader University campus candidate CHL but is not recommended for inclusion in the inventory as its development and associations are contemporary in nature and do not possess CHVI. The adjacent Brubacher House and Main Campus of UW were found to have CHVI and are identified as significant CHLs in the inventory. • Wilmot Line – Although Wilmot Line is a scenic transportation corridor, it is located entirely within the boundary of the Township of Wilmot and thus is beyond the scope of this City of Waterloo study. The City is encouraged to share information about the landscape with the Township of Wilmot to support conservation this scenic road.

9.3 Next Steps

The identification and evaluation of CHLs is the first step in the conservation process as outlined in the Region of Waterloo Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation and will be an on-going planning exercise as the City of Waterloo continues to develop in the future.

9.3.1 Evolution of the CHL Inventory

It is anticipated that newly identified landscapes will be added to the inventory and in rare cases landscapes will be removed should their heritage integrity or significance be altered as a result of the balancing of competing interests in the land use planning process. Inclusion in this inventory does not provide automatic protection for cultural heritage landscapes or their heritage attributes. Conservation of CHLs will occur through subsequent steps.

9.3.2 Technical Studies and Official Plan Amendments

Following the identification of significant CHLs, the second step involves the detailed assessment and planning for individual CHLs through a series of technical studies. The technical study would identify key features of a CHL and recommend measures to conserve those features. In some cases, recommended conservation measures could include the designation of one or more properties or a heritage conservation district. In other cases, the measures could include the modification of public works plans, area specific design guidelines or interpretive signage.

The third step and a requirement of Waterloo’s Official Plan is the identification of significant CHLs in the City’s Official Plan using the Official Plan Amendment process under the Planning Act. This enables the City to require Heritage Impact Assessments for proposed development, site alterations and infrastructure projects within CHLs as a means to conserve the CHVI and heritage attributes of the CHL. Heritage Impact Assessments may be scoped or waived by staff in cases where the proposed development is not anticipated to have a significant negative effect on the heritage features of the CHL.

The PPS notes that CHVI is bestowed upon cultural heritage resources by communities (MMAH 2014). Accordingly, the system by which heritage is governed in this province places emphasis

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on the decision-making of local municipalities in determining CHVI. As such, the tools chosen to conserve a significant CHL must reflect the level of heritage conservation and change acceptable to the municipality, property owners and the public. Listing on the Municipal Heritage Register and designation should also be considered as conservation tools where additional protection is warranted and deemed appropriate for the particular CHL. Other tools to manage change are identified in Part II of the Region’s Implementation Guideline (2018a:22). It should be noted that most conservation measures are not mutually exclusive and can be implemented in combination or can be built upon over time as resources permit (Region of Waterloo 2018a).

9.3.3 Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources

In their Regional Implementation Guideline for Conserving Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources (2018b), the Region of Waterloo has outlined ten criteria to evaluate potential cultural heritage resources of Regional interest (Appendix B). An initial evaluation of the regional significance of a CHL is recommended in the Region’s Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a). The evaluation of significant CHLs for regional significance will be carried out by City of Waterloo staff as part of a future and separate initiative to this inventory project. However, prior to this evaluation City of Waterloo Council must determine if each candidate CHL does indeed possess local CHVI worthy of identification as a significant CHL. City of Waterloo staff propose to work with the Region of Waterloo to review and evaluate the list of significant CHLs to help determine regional significance and prioritize future action related to the conservation of significant regionally significant CHLs, for example through the completion of CHL technical studies.

9.3.4 Archaeological Potential

The Region of Waterloo has been occupied by Indigenous peoples dating to approximately 11,000 years ago, as documented in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Archaeological Facilities Master Plan (1989) study discussed in Appendix A. Many of the archaeological sites found in the Region of Waterloo represent this Indigenous occupation as well as those that date to the arrival and settlement of the area by early European settlers. Since the publication of the Archaeological Facilities Master Plan in 1989, many archaeological sites have been located and registered within the Region as well as within the City of Waterloo. Information about these registered archaeological sites is contained within the Ontario Archaeological Sites Database managed by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS), which is accessible to licensed archaeologists and municipalities. The identification of existing archaeological sites located within the significant CHLs identified in this inventory is beyond the scope of this study.

As documented and mapped in the Region’s Archaeological Facilities Master Plan there is the potential to find areas within the inventoried CHLs that contain undocumented archaeological sites. These are considered areas where archaeological sites may be located but have not been examined to confirm their presence. Areas of archaeological potential are considered areas that exhibit particular physiographic, geological and soil features that increase the likelihood of discovering archaeological remains, for example well-drained soils and locations close to bodies of water were attractive for certain types of Indigenous settlement.

Defining areas of archaeological potential within the inventoried CHLs would involve a review of the Archaeological Facilities Master Plan. As with recording registered archaeological sites located within CHLs, the documenting of areas of archaeological potential would be a separate and future initiative. Undertaking this work would provide a fulsome understanding of the history

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of each landscape and its associated CHVI. For a review of provincial and local policies that guide the conservation of archaeological resources see Appendix A.

9.4 Recommendations and Conclusions

It is the recommendation of the consultant and project team that the 27 areas identified in this study be considered significant cultural heritage landscapes. The location and boundary of each CHL is indicated in the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory, which presents detailed information sheets for each CHL. This document provides a foundation for the continued research and inventory of the City of Waterloo’s significant cultural heritage resources.

In addition, ARA presents the following recommendations and conclusions grouped by suggested implementation timeline (i.e., short-, medium- and long-term).

9.4.1 Short-Term Recommendations

• That Council endorse the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory. • That the City examine threats, opportunities and significance (including regional significance) of each cultural heritage landscape to inform the prioritization of future technical studies and initiatives. Regional significance would be determined in cooperation with the Region of Waterloo using the Region’s guidelines for determining regional significance. • That opportunities be explored for the conservation of significant cultural heritage landscapes and their heritage attributes through the implementation of the plans, strategies and area-specific initiatives outlined in the recently adopted Uptown Public Realm Strategy. Specifically, it is recommended that the City continue to dedicate funding to the interpretation of the City’s unique development history, for example the commercial and industrial heritage of the Commercial Core, Uptown Cultural District and railway, the evolution of Waterloo Park, and the long histories of the remaining agricultural farmsteads. • That the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory be promoted and shared widely with the public in celebration of the cultural heritage resources that contribute to the City of Waterloo’s unique identity, to help foster a culture of conservation, cultural heritage appreciation and sense of place.

9.4.2 Medium-Term Recommendations

• That the City initiate technical studies or other initiatives, where appropriate, for significant cultural heritage landscapes in order of priority. • Future technical studies should include a more fulsome examination of Indigenous history and values through targeted consultation and a review of the archaeological record to provide a richer understanding of the history of each landscape and its associated cultural heritage value or interest. Research and dissemination of any archaeological information must be carried out in a way that respects the sensitivity and confidentiality of specific site locations of known archaeological sites. • That for significant cultural heritage landscapes that span the municipal boundary between the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, conservation efforts should be undertaken in consultation and coordination with the City of Kitchener to communicate a clear understanding of the landscape’s value ensuring the effective conservation of the larger landscape and its associated heritage attributes. 9.4.3 Long-Term Recommendations

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• That the City, in coordination with the Grand River Conservation Authority and local Indigenous communities, continue to steward the existing public open space along the shores of the Grand River and work to further develop the interpretive program associated with the river, the Walter Bean Trail and the Claude Dubrick Trailway that passes through Kaufman’s Flats. • That the City consider the Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory to be a living document that may change over time as landscapes evolve, and new landscapes emerge. The City should re-examine the Cultural Heritage Landscape inventory on a regular basis to ensure that it remains relevant and up to date.

By proactively identifying, evaluating and conserving its significant CHLs, the City of Waterloo can continue to evolve as it has for the last 200 years, adapting to the needs of its current residents through a spirit of innovation while respecting and celebrating its valuable landscapes for the appreciation of generations to come. This report and the CHL inventory represent an important step toward proactively planning for and conserving places that are important to the community and ensuring the City meets its legislative obligations to conserve significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes.

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10.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES

Archaeology Division, Regional Municipality of Waterloo 1989 The Municipality of Waterloo Archaeological Facilities Master Plan. Accessed online: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/exploring-the-region/resources/Documents/ ARCHAEOLOGICAL_MASTER_PLAN.pdf.

Chapman, L.J. and D.F. Putnam 1984 Ontario Geological Survey Special Volume 2: The Physiography of Southern Ontario. A Ministry of Natural Resources Publication.

City of Waterloo 2018 Uptown Public Realm Strategy. Accessed online at: www.waterloo.ca/en/government/ uptown-public-realm-strategy.asp. 2016 Official Plan City of Waterloo. Accessed at online: www.waterloo.ca/en/contentresources/ resources/government/OP_Nov2016_Consolidated_version.pdf

Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) 1994 The Grand Strategy for Managing the Grand River as a Canadian Heritage River. Coordinated by the GRCA on behalf of the Province of Ontario.

Ministry of Culture 2005 Ontario Heritage Act. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. Accessed online at: www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90o18. 2006a Ontario Heritage Toolkit. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. Accessed online at: www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/heritage/heritage_toolkit.shtml. 2006b Information Sheet #2 Cultural Heritage Landscapes. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. Accessed online at: www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/Heritage_Tool_Kit_ Heritage_ PPS_infoSheet.pdf.

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) 2017 Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 2014 Provincial Policy Statement. Queen’s Printer for Ontario.

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport 2011 Standards and Guidelines for Consultant Archaeologists. Accessed online at: www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/SG_2010.pdf.

Ontario Heritage Trust 2018 Resources – Ontario Heritage Act. Accessed online at: www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/index.php/.../ontario-heritage-conservation.../resource. 2012 Cultural Heritage Landscapes – An Introduction. Accessed online at: www.heritagetrust.on.ca/user_assets/documents/HIS-020-Cultural-heritage-landscapes- An-introduction-ENG.pdf.

Parks Canada 2010 Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada: A Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration, 2nd edition. Queen’s Printer for Canada.

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Region of Waterloo 2015 Region of Waterloo Official Plan. Accessed online at: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/ en/regionalGovernment/ PreviousROP.asp. 2018a Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation. Accessed online at: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/exploring-the- region/resources/Documents/Final_Implementation_Guideline_for_CHL_Conservation- access.pdf. 2018b Regional Implementation Guideline for Conserving Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources. Accessed online at: www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/exploring-the- region/resources/Documents/Guideline_for_Conserving_RSCHR.pdf.

Scheinman and ENVision et. al. 2006 Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Waterloo Region: A Framework for Inventory, Assessment and Policy Development. A background document prepared for the Region of Waterloo.

Susan Saunders Mavor 2011 Westmount - The Tie That Binds the Twin Cities. An Illustrated History of Westmount 100 Years.

The Landplan Collaborative Ltd., et al. 2014 City of Kitchener Cultural Heritage Landscapes, December 2014.

UNESCO 2017 Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. Accessed online at: https://whc.unesco.org/en/guidelines/.

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Appendix A: Methodology

Although relatively new to Canada, the identification and conservation of cultural heritage landscapes has been part of heritage practice in Europe and the United States for the last generation. It has great potential as a means of change management in culturally sensitive areas and is becoming better known in Canada and Ontario as time goes on. The following sections summarize the overarching legislation related to cultural heritage landscapes that have influenced the establishment of municipal conservation policies.

Canadian Cultural Landscape Framework

At the national level, Parks Canada’s Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada provides guidance for the preservation, rehabilitation and restoration of historic places, including cultural landscapes (2010). For the purposes of the guidelines, a cultural landscape is defined as “any geographical area that has been modified, influenced or given special cultural meaning by people, and that has been formally recognized for its heritage value” (Parks Canada 2010:113). The document acknowledges that “cultural landscapes are often dynamic, living entities that continually change because of natural and human-influenced social, economic and cultural processes” (Parks Canada 2010:113).

Section 4.1 identifies the three categories of cultural landscapes contained within the UNESCO (2017) Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention: designed; organically evolved (vernacular); and associative. It further outlines specific guidelines for cultural heritage landscapes, including 11 subsections on: “evidence of land use; evidence of traditional practices; land patterns; spatial organization; visual relationships; circulation; ecological features; vegetation; landforms; water features; and built features” (Parks Canada 2010:50). Where significant buildings, engineering works and archeological resources are present within a cultural landscape, the guidelines for cultural landscapes refer to other accompanying guidelines when appropriate.

Cultural Heritage Landscapes – Provincial Level

The Province of Ontario, through legislative and guidance materials, provides the tools for municipalities to conserve cultural heritage resources including significant CHLs primarily under the OHA, PPS and the Planning Act.

The concept and definition of landscapes as cultural heritage resources defined as “cultural heritage landscapes” has been part of the PPS, issued under the Planning Act, since at least 1997. In the PPS 2005, CHLs were considered landscapes that had been modified by human activity and were valued by a community. In the PPS 2014, CHLs are defined as a “geographical area that may have been modified by human activity and is identified as having cultural heritage value or interest by a community, including an Aboriginal community” (MMAH 2014:40). The PPS defines what it means to “conserve” a cultural heritage resource and offers tools such as: “…the implementation of recommendations set out in a conservation plan, archaeological assessment, and/or heritage impact assessment. Mitigative measures and/or alternative development approaches can be included in these plans and assessments” (MMAH 2014:40).

As noted above, the OHA provides the provincial legislative framework for heritage conservation. As outlined in the Region of Waterloo Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a), “the OHA provides three key tools for the conservation of CHLs:

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1. If a CHL is contained on a single property (i.e., farmstead, park, garden, estate, cemetery), a municipality can designate the CHL as an individual property under Part IV of the OHA. 2. If a CHL includes a grouping of properties, a municipality can designate the area as a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) under Part V of the OHA.

An OHA designation provides the strongest heritage protection available for conserving a CHL. It allows a municipality to deny demolition permits, to guide change through development review of protected property(ies) and adjacent protected property(ies) and to control property alterations through a heritage permit system.

3. A municipality may list a CHL as an individual or grouping of non-OHA designated property(ies) of heritage value or interest on their Municipal Heritage Register” (Region of Waterloo 2018a:4).

The Ontario Heritage Toolkit series produced by the (former) Ministry of Culture (MCL) contains Information Sheet #2 Cultural Heritage Landscapes (MCL 2006b). The Toolkit series is a non-legislative resource to assist communities in the conservation of cultural heritage resources. InfoSheet #2 outlines methods used to identify CHLs, defines what it means to classify a CHL as “significant” and other processes for their conservation. In defining CHLs, InfoSheet #2 echoes the definitions in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.

In order to put various forms of protection in place, they must be incorporated into a region, county, city or town's Official Plan (OP). An OP is the “road map” for how land in a community is to be used (MMAH 2010). An OP provides guidance and long-term goals for planning and heritage conservation and provides a municipality with the legal authority to plan and protect its resources, including cultural heritage resources (OHT 2018). Municipalities may also create guidance documents, regulations, terms of reference or provide direction for heritage studies (i.e., heritage impact assessments and conservation plans), as well as guidelines, all of which may serve to direct the conservation of heritage in their communities.

Region of Waterloo

The Region of Waterloo Official Plan (2015) has policies that address cultural heritage landscape conservation. Policy information below is also outlined in the Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a:8-9):

• 3.G.5 The Region will prepare and update a Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation. This guideline will outline the framework for identifying Cultural Heritage Landscapes, including Cultural Heritage Landscapes of Regional interest, and for documenting each individual landscape through a Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation Plan (an amendment may be made to change this to CHL Technical Study) that includes: o (a) a statement of significance; o (b) a listing of the cultural heritage resources and attributes being conserved within the Cultural Heritage Landscape through the use of existing planning tools, such as Heritage Act designations, listings on the Area Municipal Heritage Register, official plan policies, secondary plans and zoning bylaws; and o (c) recommendations for additional conservation measures (Region of Waterloo 2015:49). • 3.G.6 Area Municipalities will designate Cultural Heritage Landscapes in their official plans and establish associated policies to conserve these areas. The purpose of this designation is to conserve groupings of cultural heritage resources that together have greater heritage September 2019 May 2019 Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. HR-105-2017 (2017-0042) HR-105-2017 (2017-0042) Council Meeting Page 72 of 377 September 23, 2019 24 Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Project – City of Waterloo

significance than their constituent elements or parts. Designating a CHL in an Area Municipal Official Plan means formally recognizing a CHL on a list and map or schedule contained in or appended to the Official Plan (Region of Waterloo 2015:50). • 3.G.7 The Region will assist Area Municipalities with the preparation of Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation Plans (an amendment may be made to change this to CHL Technical Study) for Cultural Heritage Landscapes of Regional interest (2015:50). • 3.G.13 Area Municipalities will establish policies in their official plans to require the submission of a Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment in support of a proposed development that includes or is adjacent to a designated property or includes a non- designated resource of cultural heritage value or interest listed on the Area Municipal Heritage Register. (An amendment may be made in order to clarify that this includes the consideration of Cultural Heritage Impact Assessments within or adjacent to a CHL) (Region of Waterloo 2015:51).

The study, Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Waterloo Region: A Framework for Inventory Assessment and Policy Development (Scheinman & ENVision 2006), provides historic themes within the Region to help identify landscapes and outlines some candidate CHLs. The heritage value of a CHL is often derived from its association with a variety of historical themes that characterize the development of human settlement in an area (Scheinman & ENVision 2006). In Ontario, typical themes that may be associated with heritage value within a community include, but are not limited to: 1) Pre-Contact habitation, 2) early European exploration, 3) early European and First Nations contacts, 4) pioneer settlement, 5) development of transportation networks, agriculture and rural life, 6) early industry and commerce, and/or 7) urban development (Scheinman & ENVision 2006). Individual CHLs may be related to a number of these themes simultaneously.

The Region of Waterloo’s Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a) outlines the existing policy context, details the process for identifying and evaluating landscapes, and outlines the CHL conservation process for the Region of Waterloo. The guideline also contains sections that provide guidance including: D.1, Identification and Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Landscapes; D.2 Preparation of a Cultural Heritage Landscape Technical Study; D.3 Designating Cultural Heritage Landscapes in an Official Plan; and D.4 Conservation of a Cultural Heritage Landscape through a Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment.

The Region of Waterloo published an additional Implementation Guide in 2018 entitled, Conserving Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources. Similar to the CHL Implementation Guide, this guideline details the existing policy context, defines Regionally Significant Cultural Heritage Resources (RSCHR), the rationale for RSCHR identification and evaluation, and the objectives of the RSCHR identification process. The guideline also outlines the “key steps” to be taken in the conservation of a RSCHRs and how to undertake them (Region of Waterloo 2018b).

The Region of Waterloo has developed criteria used to evaluate regional significance. The criteria are meant to be applied by Region of Waterloo Cultural Heritage staff and the Region’s Heritage Planning Advisory Committee (HPAC). To date, the Region of Waterloo has not published a list of identified RSCHR.

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City of Waterloo Official Plan

With respect to cultural heritage, the Official Plan City of Waterloo Policy 4.7 states that “Conservation of cultural heritage resources is an integral part of this Plan, recognizing that such resources contribute to Waterloo’s identity, economic potential and quality of life.” (2016:53). The Official Plan City of Waterloo has policies specifically addressing cultural heritage landscapes under subsection 4.7.5. The Official Plan City of Waterloo (2016:57) states: “The City shall require the conservation of cultural heritage landscapes that are characteristic of the City or Region through the review of applications for development and/or site alteration.” Additionally, it acknowledges that it will identify and document any cultural heritage landscapes following the Region of Waterloo’s Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a).

Archaeological Considerations

The 2014 PPS (29) addresses the conservation of archaeological resources in policy 2.6.2, which states: “Development and site alteration shall not be permitted on lands containing archaeological resources or areas of archaeological potential unless significant archaeological resources have been conserved.” The Regional Municipality of Waterloo was one of the pioneers in municipal planning for archaeological resources through its development of a Regional Municipality of Waterloo Archaeological Facilities Master Plan (1989), which was originally passed by council in 1989. This plan included an inventory of known archaeological sites at the time and the identification of areas of potential for the presence of undocumented archaeological resources defined in 1989 on the basis of a series of environmental and historical factors. The City of Waterloo’s Official Plan (2016) recognizes the Regional Archaeological Master Plan as a tool in determining when an archaeological assessment will be required in advance of a development application. Subsequent to the production of the master plan the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) has produced the Standards and Guidelines for Consultant Archaeologists (2011). This document references the use of municipal master plans when discussing the project/development context of an archaeological assessment. (MTCS 2011:124).

Policies in the City of Waterloo Official Plan (2016:56) addressing archaeology include: 4.6.6(1)… In recognizing the need to ensure the conservation of …sites of archaeological value, the following measures will be taken:

(a) As part of the development or site alteration review process, applicants will be required to submit archaeological assessments in accordance with the Regional Archaeological Implementation Guideline where archaeological resources and/or areas of archaeological potential have been identified in the Regional Archaeological Master Plan. Where archaeological resources are identified, applicants will be required to conserve the archaeological resource by: (i) Ensuring the site remains undeveloped. Where the site remains undeveloped, the City will undertake to designate such lands as Open Space at the time of a 5 year review of the Official Plan; or, (ii) Removing the archaeological resource from the site by a licensed archaeologist, prior to site grading or construction. (b) The City will not pass by-laws or otherwise facilitate proposed development until such time as the Province has cleared the site of archaeological concerns and the recommendations of archaeological assessments have been secured

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The overarching legislation related to cultural heritage landscapes summarized above have influenced the establishment of municipal conservation policies and were relied upon to frame the identification and evaluation of CHLs inventoried through this study.

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Appendix B: Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation

This appendix contains the recommended evaluation criteria adopted from the appendices provided in the Region of Waterloo’s Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a).

Appendix B – Criteria for Heritage Value or Interest The following criteria can be used as a framework to record information about the cultural heritage value or interest of a landscape. These criteria are based on the criteria provided by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport in Regulation 9/06 under the Ontario Heritage Act. The cultural heritage value and interest of the individual cultural heritage resources within the landscape will add to the overall value and interest of the landscape as a whole. Design or Physical Value manifests when a feature: • is a rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type, expression, material or construction method; • displays a high degree of craftsmanship or artistic value; or • displays a high degree of technical or scientific achievement.

Historical or Associative Value appears when a resource: • has direct associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or institution that is significant to the community; • yields or has the potential to yield information that contributes to the understanding of a community or culture; or • demonstrates or reflects work or ideas of an architect, builder, artist, designer or theorist who is significant to the community.

Contextual Value is implied when a feature: • is important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area; • is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings; or • is a landmark.

Appendix C – Attributes and Indicators of Historical Integrity The following criteria can be used as a framework to record information that would indicate that a landscape has historical integrity. These examples are not exclusive and may not be appropriate for all Cultural Heritage Landscapes. • Land Use and Land Use Patterns: The landscape has had continuity in use and/or a compatible use (agricultural, commercial, residential or institutional). • Ownership: There has been a continuity of ownership, association with a specific group, or occupation of the site, dating to a historic period. • Built Elements: The buildings and other built elements (fences, walls, paths, bridges, corrals, pens, garden features, lighting, sidewalks, fountains, piers, etc.) have survived in their historic form and in relatively sound condition. • Vegetative Elements: Plantings (hedgerows, windrows, gardens, shade trees, etc.) are still evident and their traditional relationship to buildings, lanes, roadways, walks and fields are still discernible.

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• Cultural Relationships: The relationships between historic buildings and other built and designed elements (yards, fields, paths, circulation networks and road patterns, parks, gardens, etc.) are intact. • Natural Features: Prominent natural features (cliff, stream, vegetation, etc.) remain intact. • Natural Relationships: The historical relationships to prominent natural features still exist both for the site as a whole and within the site. • Views: The existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos). • Ruins: Ruins and overgrown elements still convey a clear ‘message’ about the site’s history. • Designed Landscapes: Changes to a designed landscape can be corrected so that the property retains integrity versus being irrevocable.

Appendix D – Indicators of Community Value The following criteria can be used as a starting point to record information that may indicate that a landscape is valued by a community. A community can be broadly defined to include any grouping of people, such as: those who regularly visit or reside in an area; historians or heritage advocates; tourists; artists; researchers; cultural groups; etc. The listed indicators of Community Value below are examples and may not be appropriate for all Cultural Heritage Landscapes.

• Community Identity: The landscape contributes to the community’s identity and is used to tell the story of the community. • Landmark: The area is widely recognized as a landmark. • Pride and Stewardship: The community demonstrates a high degree of pride and stewardship in the area (heritage designations, plaques, voluntary upkeep). • Commemoration: The area or elements within the area are named to celebrate or commemorate someone or something. • Public Space: The area is a site of frequent or longstanding public gatherings or events. • Cultural Traditions: People use the area to express their cultural traditions. • Quality of Life: Aspects of the landscape are valued for their impact on day to day living. • Local History: The place is written about in local histories or spoken about through local stories or lore. • Visual Depiction: The location is widely photographed or depicted in works of art (visual, literary, etc.). • Genius Loci: People refer to the area as having a distinctive atmosphere or pervading ‘sense of place’. • Community Image: The area is identified with the community image (e.g. appearing in promotions or marketing material). • Tourism: The area is promoted as a tourist destination. • Planning: The area has been identified through another planning process as being unique.

Appendix E – Criteria for Regional Significance

The Region will identify cultural heritage resources of Regional interest. To be identified as being of Regional interest a cultural heritage resource must meet four (4) or more of the following criteria: 1. Recognized/Protected - it is, or it contains element(s) that are, recognized on a municipal, regional, provincial or national heritage list;

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2. Old/Rare - it dates from a Pre-Contact or early historical period in the development of the region, province or nation; 3. Outstanding Design - it is, or contains element(s) that are, a representative example of the work of an outstanding regional, national or international architect, engineer, builder, designer, landscape architect, interior designer or sculptor; 4. Associated with a Key Person - it is associated with a person(s) who is recognized as having made a significant contribution to the social, cultural, political, economic, technological or physical development or as having materially influenced the course of regional, provincial, national or international events; 5. Associated with a Key Event - it is directly associated with an historic event which is recognized as having regional, provincial, national or international importance; 6. Illustrates Community’s Development - it is a significant example and illustration of the region’s Pre-Contact or historic social, cultural, political, economic or technological development; 7. Provides Context - it contributes to the effectiveness of the urban and rural composition, streetscape, viewshed, or landscape of which it may form a part; 8. Economic Resource - it has the potential for contributing to commercial tourism or other development that is based on heritage and/or culture; 9. Regional Character - it is, or contains elements that are, a good example of vernacular architecture or part of a group of similar bridges/ structures/ landscapes which contribute to the particular “look” of the area or region; 10. Part of a Collection - it is part of a group of historically associated structures which may be totally within the region or which may be part of a larger area within the context of the Grand River (a nationally designated Heritage River).

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Appendix C: Synthesis of Public Feedback

Part I of the Region of Waterloo’s Regional Implementation Guideline for Cultural Heritage Landscape Conservation (2018a) notes that undertaking public and property owner engagement and consultation is strongly encouraged during the development of the list of candidate CHLs to establish general feed back and specifically to: establish or determine community value of candidate landscapes; learn of associated and anecdotal history of the area; and, garner additional evidence of historical integrity (15). As recommended by the Implementation Guideline, a fulsome program of public engagement was undertaken by the consultant team and City of Waterloo staff and included a public open house, focused workshops, presentations, meetings with individual property owners and creation of an online community mapping tool.

Summary of Public Outreach Initiatives

Below is a list of public consultation initiatives that were undertaken by the consultant team and/or City of Waterloo staff:

Public meeting: • Public Open House – October 2017 • Council meeting – March 2019

Focused workshops: • Advisory Committee on Culture (ACC) • KW Apostolic Committee • Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) North Waterloo • Waterloo Park Committee of Council • Colonial Acres Neighbourhood • Mary Allen/Uptown West Neighbourhood

Presentations: • Uptown Vision Committee • Uptown Public Realm Event • Active Transportation Committee • Grand River Conservation Authority and City of Waterloo Joint Heritage Day Workshop – • Uptown BIA

Online: • Interactive mapping tool posted from October 2017 to November 2018 • Final study documents and simplified mapping tool posted on EngageWR from April – August 2019

Meetings with key stakeholder: • Grand River Conservation Authority • Westmount Golf & Country Club • Wilfrid Laurier University and Martin Luther University College • University of Waterloo • Concert Real Estate Corporation • Six Nations of the Grand River (Haudenosaunee Development Institute) • Timeless Materials (owner of former Snyder Farm landscape) Email and mail correspondence:

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• All neighbourhood associations • Sustainability Advisory Committee of Council • Six Nations of the Grand River (Elected Council) • Mississaugas of the Credit River First Nation • City of Kitchener

Other: • Neighbourhood Strategy survey (questions about on CHLs) • CHL Jane’s Walk 2019 (led by Municipal Heritage Committee members)

Public Open House

On October 25, 2017 a Public Open House was hosted by the consultant team and the City of Waterloo at the Waterloo Recreation Centre from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (see Image 1). Twenty- eight individuals were in attendance and represented members of the public as well as property owners and stakeholders. The first half of the meeting included a PowerPoint presentation introducing the inventory project and was concluded with time for questions. The concept of CHLs was explained, as were the implications of identifying and planning for CHLs. The goals, objectives and scope of study was discussed in addition to the illustration of examples of candidate CHLs in the City of Waterloo. A demonstration was provided to educate attendees on how to use the online interactive mapping tool that was produced to compliment the study’s outreach initiatives. The second half of the meeting allowed attendees to rotate through three interactive stations (see Image 2). The first station focused on the completion of a hard copy survey ranking participant opinions of candidate CHL significance, a second included mind mapping that encouraged attendees to draw the boundaries of CHLs they believe to be significant, and the third was an interview station where participants were invited to tell stories of the places they most value in the city.

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Image 1: CHL inventory project public open house notice

Image 2: Engaged participants at interactive survey station, October 25, 2017

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Focused Workshops

The second method of public engagement included focused, hands-on community mapping workshops. Six workshops (see above for the full list) were facilitated with specific community stakeholder groups allowing smaller groups of attendees to actively participate in identifying and sharing stories about geographic areas within the City that they consider to be of cultural heritage value. The workshop format offered the opportunity for open dialogue with the community about its shared history and values and allowed for additional background information to be collected directly from members of the public. The consultant team sought input regarding those CHLs that the public values, and why. This feedback informed the revised list of candidate CHLs that were evaluated in Phase 3 of this study and which aided in the preparation of landscape specific research and evaluation. Each workshop involved a short presentation introducing the project, explaining what a CHL is and illustrating examples of CHLs in the City of Waterloo. The presentation was then followed with a round table discussion and mapping activity (see Image 3) aimed at garnering individual responses about each candidate CHL, CHL boundary suggestions as well as suggestions for CHLs worthy of consideration but which may not have been identified yet. A hardcopy survey was also distributed at each focused workshop (see below).

Image 3: Sample participant mapping/notes from focused workshop

Presentations

In addition to presentations being made at the public open house and focused workshops, City of Waterloo staff also gave presentations at various heritage-related events in the City of Waterloo over the course of the winter of 2018. These presentations were made in an effort to bring attention to the study, encourage collaboration with other City initiatives resulting in related studies, and to encourage members of the public to participate in the interactive online mapping tool (see below). Presentation sample slides are illustrated below in Image 4-Image 10.

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Image 4: Sample Presentation Slide

Image 5: Sample Presentation Slide

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Image 6: Sample Presentation Slide

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Image 8: Sample Presentation Slide

Image 9: Sample Presentation Slide

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Image 10: Sample Presentation Slide Describing a Candidate CHL

Online Interactive Mapping Tool

In an effort to engage a broader cross section of the public than is traditionally reached through public meetings, the City of Waterloo, with assistance from the consultant team, designed an online interactive survey mapping tool to compliment the consultation efforts undertaken at the public open house and focused workshops (see Image 11-Image 13). The survey tool was hosted on the City’s online public consultation platform, Engage Waterloo. The intent of the interactive mapping tool was to enable the public to identify and describe the places they value in the City of Waterloo. Participants were asked to map these places based on a number of criteria: architecture and design, historical associations, community identity, context and landmarks and views. By following simple point and click steps participants were guided through the creation of boundaries (polygons) around locations in the City that they perceived to be important. Next, participants were asked to vote on and provide comments related to the 28 candidate CHLs that had been initially identified by the City in Phase 1 of this project. The location of each candidate CHL and its proposed boundaries were illustrated on the interactive map to help orient participants. The feedback received through this community mapping exercise was used to help evaluate the list of significant CHLs identified in the City of Waterloo.

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Image 11: Sample Slide from Online Mapping Tool

Image 12: Sample Slide from Online Mapping Tool

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Image 13: Sample Slide from Online Mapping Tool

Engagement Results

Hardcopy Survey A hard copy survey was distributed at the public open house, at all focused workshops and was made available on the City’s website. The survey asked respondents to rank the candidate CHLs that had been initially identified by the City in Phase 1 of this project. A copy of the survey is shown in Image 14 below for reference. Thirty-five surveys were completed with responses received at the public open house, Colonial Acres Neighbourhood, ACC and ACO North Waterloo focused workshops. The CHL ranking provided by the responses helped the consultant team to identify the community value of candidate CHLs as well as to identify landscapes not previously considered and which are now reflected in the CHL Inventory. The percentage of respondents that ranked the significant CHLs as “Very Important” or “Somewhat Important” are identified in the CHL Inventory.

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Image 14: Hardcopy survey tool used at PIC and workshops

The bar chart below graphically summarizes the survey responses and provides an indication of the level of community value bestowed upon each candidate CHL initially examined by the consultant team (see Figure 2).

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Figure 2: Summary of Hardcopy Survey Responses Ranking the Importance of Candidate CHLs

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Notes provided by participants on the hardcopy surveys regarding the candidate CHLs as well as newly identified CHLs were recorded and included the following:

• Elam Martin Farmstead - could use site for educational/tourist purposes; use as interpretive site; museum use; there are Mennonite Farms still operating just outside; combine w/Walter Bean?; city owned, needs a maintenance program • Commercial Core - create better sense of place for tourism/commercial promotion; more mature trees; preserve low-rise streetscape; include Regina St.; • Laurel Trail - maps along the trail; great view • Iron Horse Trail - enjoy events that use the trail; stop permitting changes; already compromised • Grand River Corridor - more publicly accessible trail needed along the river; Indigenous people should be the major group deciding about this; esp. no re: indigenous connection • Heritage Green/Brewmeister's Green - use as a market space; should be better interpreted to reflect history • MacGregor Albert HCD - more education needed • Mary Allen Neighbourhood - consider for HCD designation; needs protection; already a heritage district; extend boundary • Walter Bean Trail - expand trails; put in Grand River CHL; need green space to enjoy built heritage • Laurel Creek - good wildlife habitat; + Nature Centre; external boundary • Old Waterloo Area (Waterloo St.) (sign on Waterloo St.) • Old Westmount Neighbourhood - aka Uptown West; should expand this neighbourhood - Young Westmount, Stanley Dr. Forsyth Empire; younger, mid-century modern neighbourhood should be studied; needs protection; should be Rieder's survey • Waterloo Park - should be focal point of our city, need to remediate impact from ION construction • Erbsville - Include environmentally sensitive areas; should be HCD • Forested Hills - aka Vista Hills; impending developments; city owned • Mennonite Meeting House and Cemetery - designate; Mennonites decide about this; surrounding area has spoiled, surrounded by insensitive industrial/commercial development • Region of Waterloo Railway Line - should include the George House and Paul Puncher; put with Spur Line, one all together • Seagram Lands - less critical as already designated; remove Willis Way; connection • Sun Life - update designation to include landscape features; + fences, gates; add in gates and yard; designate group & land • University of Waterloo - focus on Ring Road; + North Campus; Conrad Grebel building • Veterans' Green Housing - should be designated; should be affordable housing; University Ave townhouses • Westmount Golf & County Club - focus on architectural/historic significance; buildings need protection as well as lands; work with Kitchener • Wilfrid Laurier University - Seminary should be designated • Kaufman Flats - under Grand River Corridor?; 'cottage' • Menno Euclid Neighbourhood - needs protection; extend boundary • Mount Hope Cemetery - is safe?; in connection with Kitchener • Spurline Trail - do as one region w/Region of Waterloo Railway Line; all trails together! • William St. Pumping Station - with park around it, have horse shed next to it

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• Colonial Acres Neighbourhood - no sidewalks for car love culture • Hillside Park • General comment – all CHLs need a maintenance plan

Mind Mapping Exercise

The following candidate landscapes were suggested by the public as a result of the mind mapping exercise facilitated at the Public Open House (see Image 15) and Focused Workshops:

• Snyder’s Corner (at Northfield/Bridge/ Country Squire, 3 farms and 4 lots) • Wilmot Line • Clair Creek (was a Jane’s Walk here) • Clair Hills • Snider House Farm (Forsyth Dr.) • Erb Street Mennonite Church & Cemetery • Martins Meeting House & Cemetery • Indigenous areas/sacred sites • Bechtel Park • Moses Springer Park • Village on the Green • Back alleys in residential neighbourhoods • Amos Ave. and surrounding social housing • Memorial Garden (Erb St.) • Moses Springer Park • Village on the Green • Back alleys in residential neighbourhoods • Amos Ave. and surrounding social housing • Memorial Garden (Erb St.)

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Image 15: Sample mind mapping notes from Public Open House

Group Interviews

The results of the conversations that were facilitated at the public open house to spark a discussion with the public regarding the shared history and values, stories and oral traditions associated with each of the candidate CHLs under study are summarized below. This consultation initiative focused primarily on eliciting community value related to intangible heritage.

If you had one photo of the City of Waterloo to send to a relative in another country, what would that picture be? • It would be my neighbourhood, which is a heritage district (MacGregor-Albert Heritage Conservation District). On my street, there are various interesting architectural features. Housing goes back to the 19th century through the 20th century – not a cookie-cutter HCD. • Brewery at William and King Streets, very old machinery inside. • Waterloo Park, long history and generations have enjoyed using it. Feels like home. • Waterloo Park again, also Mennonites. Question of how to visually depict an area as associated with Old Order Mennonites. Not a single visual image, more of a collage of images. • Was on the “Futures Committee” 30 years ago. Questions of who are we? Where are we heading? At a plenary session, individuals could get up and speak. Thought Waterloo was suburbs in search of a city – there was not really a core but it has changed a lot since then. It didn’t have cohesion then. The core was torn down but there was Waterloo Square. Kitchener was the core. Series of shopping centres connected by regional roads. Now have Costco and the boardwalk. Mentioned Westmount Place.

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• Silver Lake with the grist mill and waterfall, early in the morning with the sun. • As much of King St as you could get standing in one spot, with the older buildings. • Seagram’s used to be known all over the world. • The corduroy road they dug up. One person has a beautiful photograph of it being colourized. • Perimeter Institute. • Her own house. • The corner with all the award-winning buildings (Caroline and Erb). • Lots of places where you can be totally removed from the city, in forested areas, like RIM Park and Laurel Conservation Area. You hardly have any sense of the city in these areas. Could be in northern Ontario. • There are also some wonderful walks off the new section of Laurel Creek. A back piece is under development pressure. • The natural landscape, when it was covered with trees, sandhills and Indian trails. The landscape has been unbelievably modified. • The machine shop at Seagram’s. • The mill at Silver Lake and the old schoolhouse.

When you describe the City of Waterloo to outsiders, what landmarks do you include? • Who would know about Beechwood or MacGregor-Albert if they didn’t live there? • Even City Hall isn’t on the main street. Centre as commercial area. • Market and Old City Hall, Fire Hall are gone. • Likes the old Post Office, which is still small town-ish. • Building in conflict with Princess Cinema. • Mention of brewery again. • The trails are really special; sad when trees along the Iron Horse Trail were cut down. Someone else jumped in to mention clearcutting. Trails as connections. • Carnegie Library – is it protected? Yes (Kayla). • The Tannery building is so beautiful inside but not outside. • MacGregor Public School – protected as a school zone. Well used on the weekends by people and their dogs. The first school site in Waterloo. Discussion of neighbourhood boundaries between main library and WLU. In your opinion, what makes the City of Waterloo special or unique? Are there any stories you can tell about the City? 4. People are drawn to neighbourhoods due to libraries, the university, other things she uses in the downtown neighbourhood. 5. Natural streetscapes (not cookie-cutter) add to the feel of Waterloo. 6. Everything and nothing. Which areas of the City do you feel take pride in their landscapes/streetscapes? • More about the natural look of the streets, not a cookie-cutter destination. • Does not like when the streets get so wide. • Have mercy on old neighbourhoods and let them have narrow sidewalks. Don’t remove trees or spoil the character of the neighbourhoods. • All of them do, for the most part. • Except where all of the high rises are on King with absentee landlords.

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• In the summer, the Waterloo Horticultural Society drove around looking for nominees. Didn’t want to choose people from the same area. Found owners with pride everywhere, in every single neighbourhood. • Sun Life’s grounds has always been a sense of pride in the commercial land (will soon be covered by high rises – tearing down remaining houses on King St). Where people get their wedding pictures taken. • Not used to places like in Europe with big, paved courtyards and plants. There are cars everywhere here. • No setback on King Street. • All of the areas always have taken pride. • The neighbourhoods are distinctively different but shows its pride in community. All neighbourhoods have pride. If you were to take a Sunday drive, where would you go to see interesting views/streetscapes? • Usually goes to St. Jacobs for the farm and trail. The drive on the way there is nice as well. • One of the advantages of Waterloo is that rural townships are protected. You can be in the farmland in 10 minutes. Not so much about driving in Waterloo. More likely to walk in Waterloo and drive out of the city. Do you know of any fiction books written about Waterloo? What areas are included as a setting? • Read a book in grade 8 about Mennonites. • Trail of the Conestoga is about European settlement (is it fiction?). • Jane Urquhart? Where in the City of Waterloo do you spend your downtime and why? • Waterloo Park again. • Old mill building and old schoolhouse. • Albert-MacGregor, Uptown West, Westmount, Mary-Allen, the Core as great areas to walk in. • John Street, appreciates the trees, and Union (especially in the fall). Can we add the tree line in the boulevard? • In the gardens off Willow Street, very peaceful and relaxing; can’t heard traffic. • Cemeteries are beautiful and quiet (Mennonite Cemetery off Erb Street). • Westside Park and extension of trail of Manulife. • Mostly walk in these areas but sometimes bike. • Mary-Allen with George and Herbert Streets, nice and quiet. • Outer reaches of Westmount to King St (his neighbourhood). Lots of change is occurring with additions to houses and new houses. Not boring like the suburbs. • Neighbourhood between Bridgeport Road and Lincoln Ave, goes for long walks at nights on the paths between streets. Really nice and hilly in some places. • Used to be racing stables off River Street with horses. An interesting place. • Lexington by Anndale Road used to be an airport. There is a plaque there, hard to see. • Lives at Barrel Works and there is considerable historical significance in this area. Was part of a furniture site. Seagram Core is centred in this area. • A lot of history in this area [site of meeting?] with grist mill. • Around Amos Avenue is an interested neighbourhood, there is some social housing, seeing how people have adapted to smaller spaces. • In our backyard at the corner of Severn and John. There are trees around.

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• Use the trails and the parks, all of those kinds of things. Meditative quiet time is spent in their backyard. • Waterloo Park and the Iron Horse Trail. List 3-5 details about the City that you like (i.e. building materials, landscape features, monuments, environmental elements, city layout, etc.). • Personally, likes that the old buildings are made of yellow brick from Allen Street. Materials didn’t come from very far away. Several generations of brickmakers. • Don’t have as many wood buildings. Very little was made from stone. • Difficult to answer due to huge infrastructure changes. Small streets and quiet neighbourhoods but this is change. Also has a rapid change in population that puts tremendous change on the pleasant environment. • Waterloo Park is one of the best features. It’s downtown, has water. Jewel because it’s so large and protected. • Historic churches in uptown are significant in architecture and the kinds of community work they do. • Likes the little train station that is no longer a train station. • Machines from Seagram’s. Good use of that old building. • Laurel Creek under the city. Could have been a feature but was buried. Connected to the history of the place. Original buildings connected to it have all disappeared. • Pumping Station. Bring it into Waterloo Square and have that area where people could sit. Could draw people into that end of downtown.

Online Interactive Mapping Tool

The results of the votes cast for each candidate CHL using the online interactive mapping tool are presented in the chart below.

Candidate CHL Votes Candidate CHL Votes Wilfrid Laurier University 1 Grand River Corridor 3 Forested Hills 1 Laurel Trail 3 Spur Line Trail 1 MacGregor-Albert HCD 4 Erbsville 2 Commercial Core 4 Veterans’ Green 2 William St. Pumping Station 4 Martins Mennonite Meeting House & 2 Menno Euclid Neighbourhood 5 Cemetery Heritage Green/Brewmeister's Green 2 Seagram Lands 5 Westmount Golf Course 2 Iron Horse Trail 5 Laurel Creek Conservation Area 2 Mary Allen Neighbourhood 6 Kaufman Flats 2 Sun Life Financial 6 Region of Waterloo Railway Line 2 Old Westmount Neighbourhood 8 Colonial Acres Neighbourhood 3 University of Waterloo 7 Mount Hope Cemetery 3 Waterloo Park 8 Elam Martin Farmstead 3 Walter Bean Trail 0

In total, 96 votes were cast for the candidate CHLs suggested by the mapping tool. However, the number of participants that successfully engaged with the tool was low and the City received feedback that the website was difficult to navigate for some members of the public. This feedback

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resulted in valuable lessons learned that can be applied to future online initiatives undertaken by the City. A considerable amount of effort and resources were dedicated to creating the interactive mapping tool in an effort to offer new functionality and potentially reach new stakeholder groups. Challenges arose from the varying levels of technological capability possessed by the older demographic that is often most likely to participate in cultural heritage related consultation initiatives. Computer functionality was also a reported issue, for example some participants did not posses the hardware and/or software capabilities to successfully manipulate the tool to record their feedback. Additionally, the city-wide scale of the mapping presented may have been too broad or daunting for participants to clearly conceptualize. The use of this tool for projects focused on a smaller scale, for example to gather feedback on individual CHLs during a Technical Study, may be more successfully executed.

The results of this experimental tool provide interesting insight into the aim of using technology to engage a more diverse, less traditional demographic of stakeholders. An analysis of the website analytics over the time period during which the mapping tool was live may help to adjust its functionality to facilitate the more effective use by all members of the public. Specifically, it would be informative to determine who used the tool, how many people were able to complete the exercise successfully, how many gave up use and at which point, and subsequently how the technology can be improved and/or better used in future applications.

Feedback Received from the General Public

Below is a collection of general feedback related to suggested CHLs and boundaries received during the focused workshops and from the public as a result of the engagement activities undertaken by the consultant team and the City of Waterloo.

Suggested Candidate CHL Where Suggested Westmount (modern Section), extend Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church boundary (look at Talmon Rieder Survey) Congregation Focus Group – ACO NWR Focus Group – Mary Allen/Uptown West Neighbourhood Online Interactive Mapping Tool Snyder’s Corner (at Northfield/Bridge/ Email from member of public - Nov. 3, 2017 Country Squire, 3 farms and 4 lots) Bechtel Park Email from member of public – Jan. 4, 2018 Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Congregation Waterloo Park Iron Gazebo Facebook Post Response – Dec. 1, 2017 Angie’s Kitchen Facebook Post Response – Dec. 1, 2017 Uptown Cinema Marquee Facebook Post Response – Dec. 1, 2017 Glockenspiel Facebook Post Response – Dec. 1, 2017 Huether Hotel Facebook Post Response – Dec. 1, 2017 McDougall Road Steering Committee & local resident – Jan. 9, 2018 Online Interactive Mapping Tool Breithaupt Park Email from member of public – Jan. 4, 2018 Area around Columbia Lake Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Focus Group – ACO NWR Beechwood neighbourhood Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church

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Suggested Candidate CHL Where Suggested Rummelhardt School (600 Erb St W, Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church designated) Waterloo Collegiate Institute (300 Hazel St) Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Waterloo Public Library (35 Albert St) Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Sunny’s Diner (256 Weber St N) Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Glenbriar Home Hardware (262 Weber St Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church N) used to be curling club, held church services there Former University Heights School now Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Conestoga College campus (108 University Ave E) Former apostolic churches (45 Lodge St) Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Other churches (154 King St N) Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Extend Laurel Creek boundary to include Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church education centre Focus Group – ACO NWR “Any funeral homes that should be added?” Focus Group – ACO NWR “Early doctors houses?” Focus Group – ACO NWR UW Research Focus Group – ACO NWR Extend to uptown residential streets Focus Group – ACO NWR including Regina, Peppler and Elgin Brubacher house & farm Focus Group – ACO NWR Online Interactive Mapping Tool Grad house Focus Group – ACO NWR Extend Erbsville boundary Focus Group – ACO NWR Erbsville Go cart track Focus Group – KW New Apostolic Church Spring House Focus Group – ACO NWR Lexington Neighbourhood Focus Group – ACO NWR Former Airport/Hillside Park Focus Group – ACO NWR Mary Allen Neighbourhood – extend Focus Group – ACO NWR boundary Extend Veteran’s Green boundary Focus Group – ACO NWR Silver Lake, trail race, historic milling area in Focus Group – ACO NWR uptown- Notes from Phil Elsworthy Timeless Materials and surrounding farm Focus Group – ACO NWR complex Kaufman Property Focus Group – ACO NWR Parkview Cemetery (Charlie Voelker Focus Group – ACO NWR designer) Historic farm property in SE of city near Focus Group – ACO NWR River Buildings at Albert/Erb and Princess Phone call from member of public – Jan. 18, Cinema 2018 John St. Boulevard (Plan 203) Email from member of public – Jan. 22, 2018 Dietz Ave Focus Group – Mary Allen/Uptown West Neighbourhood

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• Combine Kaufman Flats with Grand River Corridor • Combine Region of Waterloo Railway Line and Spur Line Trail (include train station) • Extend Laurel Creek CA boundary to include Education Centre across Beaver Creek Rd. • Expand Menno Euclid/Old Westmount to include more of Uptown West neighbourhood (Dietz Ave., Stanley Dr., Forsyth Dr. extend boundary passed Rosland to the west) • UW boundary could extend north across Columbia to include Brubacher House and Columbia Lake • Uptown CHL to include area around Erb/Albert, Regina • Waterloo Park CHL to include Abe Erb’s old mill, Perimeter Institute, old train station, Clay & Glass, etc. • Elizabeth Ziegler PS included in Mary Allen Neighbourhood boundary • Expand Erbsville to include Environmentally Sensitive Area • Extend Westmount boundary to Lourdes, Somerset and Melbourne, or the whole neighbourhood up to Dawson and Westmount Feedback on Final Draft of CHL Inventory

Respondent Method of Summary of Comments Engagement 1 EngageWR Favour the inclusion of the Mary Allen neighbourhood on inventory. Suggests that Mary Allen neighbourhood be considered as a Heritage Conservation District. 2 EngageWR Supportive of the inventory and the mix it represents. Lives near Westmount Golf Course and has special interest in inclusion of the Westmount neighbourhood and golf course on inventory. Recommends expansion of Westmount landscape to be included and co-ordination with Kitchener south of the Waterloo Boundary. 3 EngageWR Owner of property on McDougall Road not favourable of inclusion of the road on the inventory for three reasons: little architectural value to the houses, no historical story of importance, natural aspects of landscape not considered to have cultural or historical value.

Recommends inclusion of William Street from Westmount Road South to King Street on the inventory because the street has a common house style and historic character. 4 EngageWR Recommends that Albert Street, from Erb Street to University Avenue be considered a heritage district because of historic houses. 5 EngageWR Favourable of mid-century bungalows around Economical Life to be included on inventory. Concerned about high rate of demolition in the Westmount neighbourhood. 6 EngageWR Not supportive of including Visitor Centre (replica of a train station) and parking lot at the corner of Erb St W and Father David Bauer Drive on the inventory (part of proposed Uptown Cultural District CHL). More should be done to preserve and recognize the heritage on Erb Street. 7 Email Favourable of inclusion of Brubacher House. Technical and historical corrections and suggestions provided.

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Respondent Method of Summary of Comments Engagement 8 Email Favourable of inventory. Historical details suggested for Brubacher House and Martins Mennonite Meeting House and Cemetery 9 Phone Owner of property on McDougall Road - Favourable of including message McDougall Road on inventory 10 Email Owner of a property on McDougall Road - Questions about impact of listing McDougall Road on inventory 11 Email Owner of a property on McDougall Road - Questions about the impact of listing McDougall Road on the inventory 12 Email Owner of property on McDougall Road – favourable of listing McDougall Road on inventory 13 Email Favourable of inventory. Technical corrections and comments about each landscape, including: • suggestion that future use be determined for Elam Martin Farmstead • Sun Life Financial boundary should include Wegenast House at 217 King St S • Erbsville requires protection so that it doesn’t disappear like the villages of Lexington or Rummelhardt • Colonial Acres boundary could be expanded to the east. Landscape faces considerable development pressure • Mary Allen neighbourhood candidate for HCD • McDougall Road considered low priority • Menno Euclid threatened and high priority • Veteran’s Green high priority • Iron Horse Trail lacks historical integrity 14 Email Supportive of inclusion of Martins Mennonite Meeting House and Cemetery on inventory. 15 Letter Supportive of inclusion of Erb and Caroline intersection, gardens of CIGI, Forested Hills, and William Street Pumping Station on inventory. Suggest inclusion of natural elements of RIM park on inventory as well.

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Appendix D: Region of Waterloo – General Historical Themes from Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Waterloo Region: A Framework for Inventory, Assessment and Policy Development (Scheinman & Envision 2006)

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Appendix E: Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory Summary Evaluation Table

City of Waterloo

Significant CHLs Cultural HeritageDesign Value/Interest ValueDesign - Rare, ValueDesign unique, - Craftsmanship ValueAssociative representative, - TechnicalAssociative or Value artistic or early -scientificAssociative Theme, valueValue achievement-Contextualevent, Understanding Value belief, -Contextual Reflects Value person of - ContextualDefine,communitywork Value of maintain, - architectHistoricalPhysical, Valueor culture support -or Landfunctional,Landmark Integritydesigner use character Ownershipand visual, land historical useBuilt patterns elements linkVegetativeCultural elements relationshipsNatural featuresNatural relationshipsViews Ruins DesignedCommunity landscapesCommunity Value Landmark identityPride andCommemoration stewardshipPublic spaceCultural traditionsQuality of Locallife historyVisual depictionGenius LociCommunityTourism image Planning Existing HeritageDesignated ListedResources under on Part BorderingMunicipal IV or V HeritageCHL of OHA identified Register by City of Kitchener Code Residential Neighbourhoods WL-NBR-1 Colonial Acres 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-2 Erbsville 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-3 MacGregor-Albert Neighbourhood 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-4 Mary Allen Neighbourhood 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-5 McDougall Road Neighbourhood 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-6 Menno Euclid Neighbourhood 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-7 Veterans' Green 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-NBR-8 Westmount Neighbourhood 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 Commercial, Industrial, Retail WL-COM-1 Commercial core 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-COM-2 Seagram Lands 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-COM-3 Sun Life Financial Office 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-COM-4 Uptown Cultural District 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 Institutional WL-INS-1 University of Waterloo (Main Campus) 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-INS-2 WLU & Martin Luther University College 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-INS-3 William Street Pumping Station 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 Cemeteries WL-CE-1 Martins Mennonite Meeting House & Cemetery 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-CE-2 Mount Hope Cemetery 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 Parks, Natural Areas, Public/Private Open Space WL-OPS-1 Forested Hills 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-OPS-2 Grand River Corridor 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-OPS-3 Heritage Green Park / Brewmeister's Green Park 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-OPS-4 Waterloo Park 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-OPS-5 Westmount Golf & Country Club 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 Agricultural WL-AGR-1 Brubacher House 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-AGR-2 Elam Martin Farmstead 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-AGR-3 Former Snyder Farmstead 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 Transportation Corridors WL-RD-1 Iron Horse Trail 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 WL-RD-2 Region of Waterloo Railway Line 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 🗸🗸 May 2019 Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. Council Meeting Page 104 of 377 SeptemberHR-105-2017 23, (2017 2019-0042) 10 Integrated Planning & Public Works

Appendix B. Cultural Heritage Landscape Inventory

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City of Waterloo

Council Meeting Page 106 of 377September 23, 2019 Cultural Heritage Report, 2019 © 2019, City of Waterloo, 100 Regina St. S., PO Box 337, Station Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont., N2J 4A8 All rights reserved. No part of this report may be copied or reproduced in any form without prior permission from the City of Waterloo.

PROJECT TEAM Archaeological Research Associates Ltd Lindsay Benjamin, Project Manager - Heritage Kayla Jonas Galvin, Heritage Operations Manager Jaqueline McDermid, Technical Writer Sarah Clarke, Researcher Chloe Richter, Intern - Heritage City of Waterloo Michelle Lee (Project Manager), Senior Policy Planner Torin Whitnell, Planning Technician Warren Davison, GIS Analyst Astero Kalogeropoulos, Manager Arts and Culture Jeff Silcox-Childs, Director of Environment & Parks Services Municipal Heritage Committee Christine Feniak David Lubell Region of Waterloo Bridget Coady, Principal Planner Cultural Heritage Kate Hagerman, Manager of Environmental Planning and Sustainability

Photography: City of Waterloo Archive

Design: Karl Griffiths-Fulton Photography and Design., Email: [email protected]

Maps: Torin Whitnell

Printed by: Pandora/Arkay Print Shop 330 Gage Ave, Kitchener, ON N2M 5C6

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5 I n t r o d u c t i o n

7 R e s i d e n t i a l N e i g h b o u r h o o d s 9 Colonial Acres Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-1) 17 Erbsville (WL-NBR-2) 25 MacGregor-Albert Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-3) 33 Mary Allen Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-4) 41 McDougall Road Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-5) 49 Menno Euclid Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-6) 57 Veterans' Green (WL-NBR-7) 65 Westmount Neighbourhood (WL-NBR-8)

73 C o m m e rc i a l , I n d u s t r i a l a n d R e t a i l L a n d s c a p e s 75 Commercial Core (WL-COM-1) 83 Seagram Lands (WL-COM-2) 91 Sun Life Financial Office (WL-COM-3) 99 Uptown Cultural District (WL-COM-4)

107 I nstitutional L a n d s c a p e s 109 University of Waterloo (Main Campus) (WL-INS-1) 117 Wilfrid Laurier University & Martin Luther University College (WL-INS-2) 125 William Street Pumping Station (WL-INS-3)

133 C e m e t e r i e s 135 Martins Mennonite Meeting House & Cemetery (WL-CE-1) 143 Mount Hope Cemetery (WL-CE-2)

151 P a r k s , N a t u r a l A r e a s a n d o t h e r P u b l i c / P r i v a t e O p e n S p a c e 153 Forested Hills (WL-OPS-1) 161 Grand River Corridor (WL-OPS-2) 169 Heritage Green Park and Brewmeister's Green Park (WL-OPS-3) 177 Waterloo Park (WL-OPS-4) 185 Westmount Golf & Country Club (WL-OPS-5) Council Meeting Page 108 of 377September 23, 2019 4

193 A g r i c u l t u r a l L a n d s c a p e s 195 Brubacher House (WL-AGR-1) 203 Elam Martin Farmstead (WL-AGR-2) 211 Former Snyder Farmstead (WL-AGR-3)

219 T r a n s p o r t a t i o n C o rr i d o r s 221 Iron Horse Trail (WL-RD-1) 229 Region of Waterloo Railway Line (WL-RD-2)

237 S o u rc e s

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INTRODUCTION

Heritage makes our cities more interesting and appealing places to live. Historic places reveal important information about past social structures, political movements, architectural styles, craftsmanship, and local traditions. Newer places may hold special meaning because they support emerging cultural practices, contemporary architecture and design, or scientific/technological innovation. Heritage places come in all shapes and sizes. While most people recognize and appreciate individual historic buildings, larger landscapes containing multiple buildings, structures and/or natural features can also serve as important heritage places. Landscape- scale heritage places are known as Cultural Heritage Landscapes. These places are important because we attach memories, stories and value to them. By conserving significant landscapes, we keep alive those stories that are important to us and that help to give our community its character and sense of place. This inventory describes 27 significant Cultural Heritage Landscapes in Waterloo. The inventory, developed by Archaeological Research Associates Inc. in consultation with city staff, draws on historical research, feedback from the community and stakeholders, and information and guidance from the Region of Waterloo. The inventory celebrates the city’s most special places and will help the city in its efforts to support, enhance, and conserve the places that people value. As a living document, the inventory will be reviewed and updated from time to time to reflect new information, emerging or newly appreciated heritage areas, and community values. We encourage you to peruse the inventory and learn about the many places that make Waterloo a unique and memorable place.

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Residential Neighbourhoods

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Colonial Acres Neighbourhood

B o u n d a r i e s Bound by Lexington Road from Anndale Road to Bridge Street West. Northwest of Anndale Park to Old Abbey Road and northeast to Deer Run Park.

R e c o g n i t i o n None.

H i s t o r i c Urban Development. T h e m e ( s )

T y p e o f Residential Neighbourhood. L a n d s c a p e

D e s cr i p t i o n The Colonial Acres neighbourhood, located in the Lexington Bridge area, is a low density, mid- 20th century suburban residential development with post-war veteran bungalows and Colonial Revival style homes. The community first developed as part of the Veteran’s Land Act in 1957 in an effort to provide housing for returning veterans. Subsequent plans for the suburban residential neighbourhood were presented to the Waterloo Planning Board in 1963 and the development again expanded in 1964 through the creation of the Colonial Acres residential subdivision. The neighbourhood continued to expand through to the end of 1980s.

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The Colonial Acres neighbourhood contains victory housing, a post- World War II architectural style characterized by its compactness, simplicity and low cost, as well as later suburbanhousing characteristics of the 1960s –’70s and ‘80s. The lands northwest of the intersection of Lexington Road and Bridge Street West were developed as part of the Veterans’ Land Act in 1957 to provide housing for returning veterans. This early portion of the neighbourhood was designed to a grid plan and street names, such as Normandy Avenue, were war-time inspired. Typical residential structures consisted of bungalow-style or modest two-storey homes built on large lots. It is reported that properties were large enough to support subsistence farming for returning veterans, a characteristic common to the design of many victory housing subdivisions. In 1963, Mr. W. Oliver requested that the Waterloo Planning Board approve preliminary plans for a 70-acre residential subdivision on lands adjacent to the neighbourhood established by the Veterans’ Land Act, on what had formerly been agricultural lands. In 1964, it was announced that the community now known as Colonial Acres was to be further developed and the plan was to be designed by Charles Voelker. Voelker was a self-taught architectural designer and served on Waterloo Council for 15 years. His accomplishments included improved designs for curbs, gutters and street lighting, and helping to establish the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). Voelker’s plan for the new community included a system of curvilinear streets and cul- de-sacs set amongst residential lots considerably larger than those in the early Veterans’ Land Act development. Voelker created plans for many of the homes in the Colonial Acres area and was known as “Colonial Charlie” due to his penchant for traditional, symmetrical designs typical of the Colonial Revival style. Colonial Acres represents a designed landscape characterized by large properties, many designed in the Colonial Revival style, with deep front lawns containing a concentration of mature trees. The landscape is physically and functionally tied to the road system, which continues to be based upon a rural style cross-section typified by an absence of curbs, gutters and sidewalks.

D e s i g n rare, unique, representative or early example V a l u e of a landscape (style, trend, movement, school of theory, type, expression, material use or construction method, settlement pattern, time period or lifeway).

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D e s i g n V a l u e displays a high degree of design or aesthetic appeal.

D e s i g n demonstrates a high degree of technical or V a l u e scientific achievement.

H i s t o r i c a l direct association with a theme, event, belief, V a l u e person, activity, organization, or institute significant to a community.

H i s t o r i c a l yields, or has the potential to yield, information V a l u e that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture.

H i s t o r i c a l demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of V a l u e an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist significant to a community.

C o n t e x t u a l is important in defining, maintaining or supporting V a l u e character of an area.

C o n t e x t u a l physically, functionally, visually or historically V a l u e linked to surroundings.

C o n t e x t u a l a landmark. V a l u e

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The area’s residential land use remains unchanged since its development in the mid-20th century. The neighbourhood was initially planned to house veterans as part of the Veterans’ Land Act and was subsequently expanded to accommodate suburban development in the 1960s. This expansive development continued in the neighbourhood through the 1970s and 1980s. The current layout exhibits large lots, roadway widths that are relatively wide with rural cross sections, streets lined with deciduous and coniferous trees, and a system of pedestrian trails through a forested corridor at the north end of the landscape. The original roadways constructed in the 1960s remain, however they have been engulfed by additional roads built to accommodate the numerous expansions made to this residential landscape. Many of the large lots in the Colonial Acres neighbourhood have been subdivided to build additional single-detached houses. Some of these replacement dwellings respect the design, massing and setback common to the area, but the division of the neighbourhood’s large lots and the use of contemporary designs and construction materials has impacted the integrity of the largely cohesive streetscapes.

B u i l t buildings and other built elements (fences, walls, E l e m e n t s paths, bridges, corrals, pens, garden features, lighting, sidewalks, fountains, piers, etc.) have survived in their historic form and in relatively sound condition. V e g e t a t i v e plantings (hedgerows, windrows, gardens, shade E l e m e n t s trees, etc.) are still evident and their traditional relationship to buildings, lanes, roadways, walks and fields are still discernible. C u l t u r a l relationships between historic buildings and other R elationships built and designed elements (yards, fields, paths, parks, gardens, etc.) are intact. N a t u r a l prominent natural features (cliff, stream, F e a t u r e s vegetation, etc.) remain intact.

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N a t u r a l historical relationships to prominent natural R elationships features still exist for the site as a whole and within the site

V i e w s existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos).

R u i n s ruins and overgrown elements still convey a clear message about the site’s history. D e s i g n e d changes to a designed landscape can be corrected L a n d s c a p e s so that the property retains integrity versus being irrevocable.

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The neighbourhood’s heritage significance has been identified by residents through previous planning studies, environmental assessments and a comprehensive zoning by-law review. Residents have also expressed a desire for the neighbourhood to be considered a CHL and a subcommittee was formed to collect research about the area. Residents reported a number of aspects of the landscape that are valued for their impact on day to day living and improved quality of life, including the system of trails, mature vegetation and the preservation of dark skies despite the landscape’s urban location. When asked to prioritize the importance of this landscape in the City’s survey, 60% of respondents noted it as “very important” or “somewhat important.”

C o m m u n i t y landscape contributes to the community’s identity I d e n t i t y and is used to tell the story of the community.

L a n d m a r k area is widely recognized as a landmark.

P r i d e a n d community demonstrates a high degree of pride S t e w a r d s h i p and stewardship in the area (heritage designations, plaques, voluntary upkeep).

C o m m e m o r - area or elements within the area are named to a t i o n celebrate or commemorate someone or something.

P u b l i c S pa c e area is a site of frequent or longstanding public gatherings or events. C u l t u r a l T r a d i t i o n s people use the area to express their cultural traditions.

Q u a l i t y o f aspects of the landscape are valued for their L i f e impact on day to day living.

L o c a l location is written about in local histories or H i s t o r y spoken about through local stories or lore.

V i s u a l location is widely photographed or depicted in D e p i c t i o n works of art (visual, literary, etc.).

G e n i u s L o c i people refer to the area as having a distinctive atmosphere or pervading ‘sense of place’.

C o m m u n i t y area is identified with the community image (e.g. I m a g e appearing in promotions or marketing material).

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T o u r i s m area is promoted as a tourist destination.

P l a n n i n g area has been identified through another planning process as being unique.

P r e l i m i n a r y h e r i t a g e a t t r i b u t e s i n c l u d e : • Grid street pattern of the veterans’ housing portion of the landscape developed in 1957; • Mid-20th century suburban form, including cul-de-sacs; • Relatively large roadway widths; • Rural cross section of roadways; • Mid-20th century veterans’ bungalow and modest two- storey style homes; • Collection of Colonial Revival style homes constructed from the early 1960s on; • Large lots; • Deciduous and coniferous trees; and • Deer Run and Anndale Parks and trail system.

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ERBSVILLE

B o u n d a r i e s Former Erbsville settlement at the crossroads of Erbsville Road and Conservation Drive, extending north along Erbsville Road to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church; east to the properties on the east side of Erbsville Road; west to the properties on the west side of Erbsville Road and Laurel Creek; and south to one lot south of Schnarr Street on both the east and west sides of Erbsville Road.

R e c o g n i t i o n 3 listed, non-designated properties of Cultural Heritage Value/Interest.

H i s t o r i c Pioneer Settlement. T h e m e ( s )

T y p e o f Residential Neighbourhood. L a n d s c a p e

D e s cr i p t i o n The Erbsville neighbourhood, located within the early settlement of Erbsville, is characterized by low density residential structures, several of which date to the mid-19th century. The former village contained a cluster of non-Mennonite immigrants, mainly European Germans, who developed the area post-1835. Natural features of the Erbsville area include Laurel Creek, two Environmentally Sensitive Policy Areas (Laurel Creek Forest, ESPA 80 and Schaefer’s Woods, ESPA 17), a portion of Erbsville Park, and the Wideman Tributary.

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Erbsville is representative of an early village in the City of Waterloo with historical value as a community settled by European Germans, many of whom were the main agents in village development in Waterloo County post-1835. The landscape is associated with the Erb family, early and influential pioneers in Waterloo County. The settlement was named for the Erbs as Samuel Erb, son of John Erb, the founder of Preston, established a sawmill on Lot 45 of the German Company Tract in the west corner of Waterloo Township by 1845. A dam was constructed on Laurel Creek, which flowed through the village, and provided waterpower to run the mill. Erb ownership continued until the 1870s when Charles Kreutziger took over and established a sawmill, shingle and lath factory in the area. The settlement also operated as a post village from 1863 to 1914. By 1861, Erbsville had begun to be established at the intersection of Erbsville Road and Conservation Drive, and by 1863 had a population of 100 people, primarily German immigrants from Hesse. At its peak occupation, the village contained a general store offering postal service, a school (1859, replaced in 1873 and again in 1959), a church, cheese factory, carpenter’s shop run by Demetrius Schnarr, Baltzer Schnarr's British Crown Inn, and two blacksmith shops, at one of which William Fritz was a local blacksmith for over 60 years. The landscape elements that remain from Erbsville’s early settlement yield information that contributes to an understanding of the area’s past. These elements include the historic residential building stock and associated outbuildings, notably three early buildings that date to the 1850s: 741 Erbsville Road (1855), 720 Schnarr Street (1850) and 728 Schnarr Street (1854); and the 1877 yellow brick St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Erbsville Road’s rural cross-section and historic streetscape is physically and historically linked to its surroundings through the presence of historic buildings and landscape elements set close to the road and the creek crossing. The Laurel Creek Forest (ESPA 80) and Schaefer’s Woods (ESPA 17) Environmentally Sensitive Policy Areas, and the Wideman Tributary, which cross through Erbsville, contribute to the mature vegetation that characterizes the landscape and provides a dense tree canopy bordering Erbsville Road.

D e s i g n V a l u e displays a high degree of design or aesthetic appeal.

D e s i g n demonstrates a high degree of technical or V a l u e scientific achievement.

H i s t o r i c a l direct association with a theme, event, belief, V a l u e person, activity, organization, or institute significant to a community.

H i s t o r i c a l yields, or has the potential to yield, information V a l u e that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture.

H i s t o r i c a l demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of V a l u e an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist significant to a community.

C o n t e x t u a l is important in defining, maintaining or supporting V a l u e character of an area.

C o n t e x t u a l physically, functionally, visually or historically V a l u e linked to surroundings.

C o n t e x t u a l a landmark. V a l u e

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Erbsville has experienced a continuity in land use as a residential community, evolving from an isolated rural village to a neighbourhood now encompassed by the City of Waterloo. Beginning in the 1970s, the area faced significant development pressure and saw many of its residents move further into the city’s core. Despite a loss of population and the removal of historic landscape elements, some of the built heritage features that define the village’s historic character have been maintained. Notably, the historic residential building stock, church, and contemporary former school (1959, closed in 1980) remain on the landscape. Although the former mill pond has been removed, the historic crossing of Laurel Creek beneath Erbsville Road remains a significant feature of the streetscape and is indicative of the creek’s historic importance in powering the local industry. The concentration of mature vegetation remaining on the landscape maintains the rural appearance of the former village, such as the dense tree canopy that has been preserved along Erbsville Road.

N a t u r a l historical relationships to prominent natural R elationships features still exist for the site as a whole and within the site.

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V i e w s existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos).

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The Erbsville landscape contains three buildings with potential cultural heritage value or interest listed on the City of Waterloo’s Municipal Heritage Register: 741 Erbsville Road, 720 Schnarr Street and 728 Schnarr Street. A number of the place names in Erbsville commemorate founding members of the community. Erbsville was named after the Erb family. Samuel Erb, son of John Erb, the founder of Preston, brought industry to the area through his sawmill. Schnarr Street is named to commemorate Demetrius Schnarr, the village’s first carpenter and an early settler and land owner. A book was written focused on the Schnarr family entitled, The Schnarr’s from Erbsville, Descendants of Charles Demetrius Schnarr. The landscape has been included in tourism materials such as the Waterloo Region Historic Countryside Tours brochure. When asked to prioritize the importance of this landscape in the City’s survey, 54% of respondents noted it as “very important” or “somewhat important.”

C o m m u n i t y landscape contributes to the community’s identity I d e n t i t y and is used to tell the story of the community.

L a n d m a r k area is widely recognized as a landmark.

P r i d e a n d community demonstrates a high degree of pride S t e w a r d s h i p and stewardship in the area (heritage designations, plaques, voluntary upkeep).

C o m m e m o r - area or elements within the area are named to a t i o n celebrate or commemorate someone or something.

P u b l i c S pa c e area is a site of frequent or longstanding public gatherings or events. C u l t u r a l T r a d i t i o n s people use the area to express their cultural traditions.

Q u a l i t y o f aspects of the landscape are valued for their L i f e impact on day to day living.

L o c a l location is written about in local histories or H i s t o r y spoken about through local stories or lore.

V i s u a l location is widely photographed or depicted in D e p i c t i o n works of art (visual, literary, etc.).

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G e n i u s L o c i people refer to the area as having a distinctive atmosphere or pervading ‘sense of place’.

C o m m u n i t y area is identified with the community image (e.g. I m a g e appearing in promotions or marketing material).

T o u r i s m area is promoted as a tourist destination.

P l a n n i n g area has been identified through another planning process as being unique.

P r e l i m i n a r y h e r i t a g e a t t r i b u t e s i n c l u d e : • Erbsville Road, Conservation Drive and Schnarr Street streetscapes: o Collection of early buildings; o Limited setbacks; o Rural cross-section; o Mature vegetation; • St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1877); • 741 Erbsville Road, 1 1/2 storey vernacular residential structure with three bays, a gable roof and asymmetrical two-over-two windows (1855); • 720 Schnarr Street, 1 1/2 storey vernacular residential structure with a gable roof and two-over-two windows (1850); • 728 Schnarr Street, 1 1/2 storey vernacular residential structure with a gable roof and three bays (1854); • Bridge over Laurel Creek with decorative concrete balustrades and metal railings; • Laurel Creek; • Environmentally Sensitive Policy Areas: o Laurel Creek Forest (ESPA 80); and o Schaefer’s Woods (ESPA 17).

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MacGregor-Albert neighbourhood

B o u n d a r i e s Located southwest of Wilfrid Laurier University between Waterloo Park and King Street North. Albert Street is the principal street, which runs northwest from Uptown Waterloo and extends through the neighbourhood.

R e c o g n i t i o n 9 properties designated (Part IV) under the Ontario Heritage Act. 137 properties designated (Part V) under the Ontario Heritage Act.

H i s t o r i c Pioneer Settlement, Urban Development. T h e m e ( s )

T y p e o f Residential Neighbourhood. L a n d s c a p e

D e s cr i p t i o n The MacGregor-Albert neighbourhood, located adjacent to the commercial core of Uptown Waterloo, is characterized by single-detached houses constructed around a 19th century street plan. It is the city’s oldest residential neighbourhood and was established in conjunction with the expansion and development of King Street, north of Abraham Erb’s mill. Due to its long period of development, the neighbourhood’s buildings represent a diversity of ages and architectural styles. The Heritage Conservation District designation (By-law 06- 097) for this neighbourhood came into effect in January 2008.

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The MacGregor-Albert neighbourhood is the oldest neighbourhood in the city and its first Heritage Conservation District (HCD). The neighbourhood developed in conjunction with the development of King Street, north of Abraham Erb’s mill, on lands that were higher and drier than the cedar swamp surrounding the mill. The angled street patterns, triangular areas of open space (i.e., Carnegie Green), and neighbourhood limits are historically rooted in the orientation of King Street and Albert Street, which connected the mill to farming communities to the north, and by the creation of Waterloo Park to the west in the 1890s. Approximately one third of the perimeter of the neighbourhood fronts the park. It provides a special character to the entire neighbourhood as it is visible from many vantage points, notably from the streets that access it (Central, Spring and Young Streets). The neighbourhood displays a high degree of design and aesthetic appeal, containing many architecturally and historically significant buildings, including local institutional landmarks such as the former Carnegie Library (1905) and Emmanuel United Church (1905). Typical residential buildings consist of single-detached one-and-a-half to two-storey homes with red brick construction, setback from the street. Examples include a Gothic Revival house at 36 Young Street West, an Italianate farmhouse at 157 Albert Street and an Edwardian Classical house at 137 Albert Street. There is a diversity of architectural ages and styles represented in the MacGregor-Albert HCD, although most are traditional rather than modern styles. The age of the neighbourhood’s buildings range from the mid-19th century to recent times, with approximately 90% of buildings predating the end of World War II. The variation in construction dates is due to gradual infilling and selective redevelopment. The neighbourhood housed many individuals significant to the community, including J. Charles Mueller (president of the Board of Trade), artist Woldemar Neufeld, J.E. Frowde Seagram (president of Canada Barrels & Kegs Ltd. and Seagram Distillery), Elias Snider (who hired surveyors to lay out the neighbourhood lots), Herbert Snyder (the owner of Snyder Brothers Furniture) and Councillor Charles E. Voelker.

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D e s i g n V a l u e displays a high degree of design or aesthetic appeal.

D e s i g n demonstrates a high degree of technical or V a l u e scientific achievement.

H i s t o r i c a l direct association with a theme, event, belief, V a l u e person, activity, organization, or institute significant to a community.

H i s t o r i c a l yields, or has the potential to yield, information V a l u e that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture.

H i s t o r i c a l demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of V a l u e an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist significant to a community.

C o n t e x t u a l is important in defining, maintaining or supporting V a l u e character of an area.

C o n t e x t u a l physically, functionally, visually or historically V a l u e linked to surroundings.

C o n t e x t u a l a landmark. V a l u e

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The area’s land use remains unchanged since its development as a residential neighbourhood. The landscape’s troughs and ridges remain from the original landscape and the 19th-century street plan and resulting open space deltas persist. The relatively narrow, tree- lined streets remain virtually intact with only minor changes such as slight road widenings, curb and gutter placement, and driveway access to the streets in the form of low retaining walls. Many of the early residential and institutional buildings and outbuildings have been conserved and are in sound condition. The predominant architectural styles in the area are traditional rather than modern. Views originally established with the creation of Waterloo Park in the 1890s from Young Street West, Spring Street West and Central Street are comparable to historic views captured through early photography.

N a t u r a l historical relationships to prominent natural R elationships features still exist for the site as a whole and within the site.

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V i e w s existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos).

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The historic features of the neighbourhood comprise a significant component of the MacGregor-Albert community’s identity. The heritage value of the neighbourhood is celebrated by its residents through activities such as the sharing of historic information through social media and photo displays at neighbourhood block parties. The community boasts an active neighbourhood association that holds annual events and rallies together when necessary to conserve the unique sense of place of the historic neighbourhood. City-wide pride and stewardship is demonstrated through the designation of the neighbourhood as an HCD in 2006, and the designation of nine properties under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. The City of Waterloo and the Waterloo Public Library have both published walking tour brochures of the neighbourhood. The heritage value of the MacGregor-Albert neighbourhood is supported through a variety of planning documents, including the Uptown Community Improvement Plan and the Zoning By-law. The community identity of the area was reported to be valued through the public consultation undertaken as part of this study. When asked to prioritize the importance of this landscape in the City’s survey, over 85% of respondents noted that this landscape was either “very important” or “somewhat important.”

C o m m u n i t y landscape contributes to the community’s identity I d e n t i t y and is used to tell the story of the community.

L a n d m a r k area is widely recognized as a landmark.

P r i d e a n d community demonstrates a high degree of pride S t e w a r d s h i p and stewardship in the area (heritage designations, plaques, voluntary upkeep).

C o m m e m o r - area or elements within the area are named to a t i o n celebrate or commemorate someone or something.

P u b l i c S pa c e area is a site of frequent or longstanding public gatherings or events. C u l t u r a l T r a d i t i o n s people use the area to express their cultural traditions.

Q u a l i t y o f aspects of the landscape are valued for their L i f e impact on day to day living.

L o c a l location is written about in local histories or H i s t o r y spoken about through local stories or lore.

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V i s u a l location is widely photographed or depicted in D e p i c t i o n works of art (visual, literary, etc.).

G e n i u s L o c i people refer to the area as having a distinctive atmosphere or pervading ‘sense of place’.

C o m m u n i t y area is identified with the community image (e.g. I m a g e appearing in promotions or marketing material).

T o u r i s m area is promoted as a tourist destination.

P l a n n i n g area has been identified through another planning process as being unique.

P r e l i m i n a r y h e r i t a g e a t t r i b u t e s i n c l u d e : • 19th-century street plan that forms two deltas; • Relatively narrow roadway widths that contribute to the perception of intimacy and enclosure for pedestrians; • Vistas and views into Waterloo Park from Central Street, Spring Street West and Young Street West; • Views of the Italianate farmhouse at 157 Albert Street and the Gothic Revival house at 36 Young Street; • Built form characterized by early-to-mid-19th century wood clapboard, buff or red brick single-detached houses; • Historic detached outbuildings of the same age as their related houses; • Building coverage that provides generous, open space typical of many older, southern Ontario small-town neighbourhoods; • Two institutional landmarks – former Carnegie Library and Emmanuel United Church; • Gentle, undulating topography of troughs and ridges; and • Mature street trees, including Black Walnut, Sugar Maple and Silver Maple, White Pine and Norway Spruce.

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Mary Allen Neighbourhood

B o u n d a r i e s Bound by George Street in the north, Moore Avenue South in the east (including the Elizabeth Ziegler Public School on the east side of the street), Union Street East in the south, and Dodds Lane in the west. Also includes the property at 172 King Street South (Abraham Erb house).

R e c o g n i t i o n 5 properties designated (Part IV) under the Ontario Heritage Act. 74 listed, non-designated properties of Cultural Heritage Value/Interest.

H i s t o r i c Pioneer Settlement, Urban Development. T h e m e ( s )

T y p e o f Residential Neighbourhood. L a n d s c a p e

D e s cr i p t i o n The Mary Allen Neighbourhood, located southeast of Uptown Waterloo, is a distinctive, older inner-city residential area that developed largely between 1880 and 1920. It is one of the city’s oldest residential neighbourhoods and features a diversity of architectural styles, including Queen Anne Revival, Berlin Vernacular, Italianate and Ontario Gothic. The neighbourhood also includes three churches, two schools, a public park and is bisected by a historic rail line.

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The Mary Allen neighbourhood is residential area that is directly associated with Waterloo’s earliest non-indigenous inhabitant, Abraham Erb, and early prominent businessman, John Hoffman. Erb built Waterloo’s first commercial business in 1808, a sawmill located on King Street at the corner of King and Erb Streets, followed by a gristmill in 1816. Before 1812 he built the first homestead in the area located in the Mary Allen neighbourhood at 172 King Street South. This residence is the oldest surviving building in Waterloo. The landscape is also associated with John Hoffman whose survey of the lands opened it up for settlement. Hoffman also lived in the former Erb house and had servants’ quarters built on George Street. As one of the oldest residential neighbourhoods in Waterloo, the landscape is linked to the economic prosperity and urban development of the city. Due to its proximity to the city’s core, the neighbourhood is associated with Waterloo’s early industries as many of the homes were built by prominent employees and owners of Waterloo’s first businesses. Notable residents included Julian Germann, the owner of the Market Hotel; Levi Stauffer, one of the founders of North Waterloo Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company and its first president; early Waterloo industrialist, Alfred Snyder; William Reade, barrister and later judge; and Clayton Wells, dentist and town councillor. Prominent local builder, Charles Moogk was responsible for the construction of homes in the neighbourhood, such as 39 George Street. The neighbourhood displays a high degree of design and aesthetic appeal, containing many architecturally and historically significant buildings, including a concentration of local institutional landmarks such as the St. Louis Catholic Church and former St. Louis School, the W-K United Mennonite Church, Church of the Holy Saviour and the Elizabeth Zeigler Public School. Typical residential buildings consist of single-detached one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half storey brick homes that date from 1880 to 1920. The residences were built in the architectural styles popular during this era, including Queen Anne Revival, Waterloo Vernacular, Italianate and Ontario Gothic. The landscape possesses aesthetic appeal through its building styles, heights, massing, setbacks and construction materials. The narrow streets, mature canopy and front yard gardens add to the appeal and visual cohesiveness of the neighbourhood.

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D e s i g n V a l u e displays a high degree of design or aesthetic appeal.

D e s i g n demonstrates a high degree of technical or V a l u e scientific achievement.

H i s t o r i c a l direct association with a theme, event, belief, V a l u e person, activity, organization, or institute significant to a community.

H i s t o r i c a l yields, or has the potential to yield, information V a l u e that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture.

H i s t o r i c a l demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of V a l u e an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist significant to a community.

C o n t e x t u a l is important in defining, maintaining or supporting V a l u e character of an area.

C o n t e x t u a l physically, functionally, visually or historically V a l u e linked to surroundings.

C o n t e x t u a l a landmark. V a l u e

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The Mary Allen landscape continues to function as a residential neighbourhood since its establishment in the mid-to-late 19th century. The majority of the buildings were constructed between 1880 and 1920 with very few added after 1950. Many of the residences have changed little since they were built, largely resulting in the maintenance of their architectural integrity. However, there are some residences that have fallen into disrepair while others have been restored incorporating contemporary designs and materials. The primary types of interventions observed include the removal or enclosure of front porches and the addition of vinyl siding over original cladding. The former St. Louis School is currently undergoing restoration and adaptive reuse that will convert the structure to condominiums while retaining the exterior facades. The Abraham Erb house remains in sound condition with the oldest portion of the building preserved at the rear, facing George Street. In 1849, the house was enlarged, establishing its current façade oriented towards King Street South. The neighbourhood’s characteristic grid street pattern, grassed boulevards, organization of residential lots, front yard gardens and mature vegetation has been retained since the landscape was established in the 1880s. Specifically, the large, mature trees were planted during development of the neighbourhood and appear to remain in generally good health. Mary Allen Park provides green space within the neighbourhood and park vegetation includes a mix of high branching deciduous trees of various ages and a few mature coniferous trees. The landscape offers several notable views that have remained consistent to their historic appearance, specifically the sight lines and vistas from the Spurline Trail (former rail line) to the spire of the St. Louis Church, and the terminating vista down John Street East that ends at the Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.

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V e g e t a t i v e plantings (hedgerows, windrows, gardens, shade E l e m e n t s trees, etc.) are still evident and their traditional relationship to buildings, lanes, roadways, walks and fields are still discernible. C u l t u r a l relationships between historic buildings and other R elationships built and designed elements (yards, fields, paths, parks, gardens, etc.) are intact. N a t u r a l prominent natural features (cliff, stream, F e a t u r e s vegetation, etc.) remain intact.

N a t u r a l historical relationships to prominent natural R elationships features still exist for the site as a whole and within the site.

V i e w s existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos).

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The Mary Allen Neighbourhood Association is actively involved in maintaining the area’s historical integrity and culture through participation in planning projects and volunteer-run events. There is also a volunteer run blog for the neighbourhood, Mary-Allen Stories, where the history of the neighbourhood is explored. The neighbourhood is the subject of a walking tour compiled by the City of Waterloo and the Waterloo Public Library. Earlier efforts were made in 2000-2003 by members of the Mary Allen neighbourhood to establish a heritage conservation district (HCD). As part of this work, a survey was conducted that indicated that 67.7% of property owners were in favour of the establishment of a HCD. Pride and stewardship is illustrated through the designation of five properties under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and the listing of 74 non- designated properties on the City’s Municipal Heritage Register. When asked to prioritize the importance of this landscape in the City’s survey for this CHL inventory, 94% of respondents noted it as “very important” or “somewhat important.”

C o m m u n i t y landscape contributes to the community’s identity I d e n t i t y and is used to tell the story of the community.

L a n d m a r k area is widely recognized as a landmark.

P r i d e a n d community demonstrates a high degree of pride S t e w a r d s h i p and stewardship in the area (heritage designations, plaques, voluntary upkeep).

C o m m e m o r - area or elements within the area are named to a t i o n celebrate or commemorate someone or something.

P u b l i c S pa c e area is a site of frequent or longstanding public gatherings or events. C u l t u r a l T r a d i t i o n s people use the area to express their cultural traditions.

Q u a l i t y o f aspects of the landscape are valued for their L i f e impact on day to day living.

L o c a l location is written about in local histories or H i s t o r y spoken about through local stories or lore.

V i s u a l location is widely photographed or depicted in D e p i c t i o n works of art (visual, literary, etc.).

G e n i u s L o c i people refer to the area as having a distinctive atmosphere or pervading ‘sense of place’. Council Meeting Page 143 of 377September 23, 2019 39

C o m m u n i t y area is identified with the community image (e.g. I m a g e appearing in promotions or marketing material).

T o u r i s m area is promoted as a tourist destination.

P l a n n i n g area has been identified through another planning process as being unique.

P r e l i m i n a r y h e r i t a g e a t t r i b u t e s i n c l u d e : • 19th century grid street pattern; • Narrow roadways lined with mature trees and grassed boulevards; • Compact lots with private front yard gardens; • Late 19th and early 20th century residential housing stock, including the 74 listed properties, that exhibits: o One-and-a-half to two-storey construction; o Variety of architectural styles including Queen Anne Revival, Berlin Vernacular, Italianate and Ontario Gothic; o Building materials largely of brick; o Presence of front porches; o Consistent setbacks; • Five properties designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act: o Abraham Erb Residence, 172 King Street South (circa 1812); o Bellinger-Bean House, 73 George Street (1882); o Snyder Weber House, 43 George Street (1875); o Schavio-Richber House, 222 Mary Street (1859); o Elizabeth Ziegler Public School, 90 Moore Avenue South (1931); • Historic church complexes, including St. Louis Catholic Church and associated buildings, W-K United Mennonite Church, and Church of the Holy Saviour; • Terminating vista down John Street East to the Elizabeth Ziegler Public School; and • Waterloo Region Railway Line and the Spurline Trail (WL– RD-3) and the sight lines and vistas from the walking trail.

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B o u n d a r i e s Includes residential structures and landscaping along McDougall Road from Erb Street West to Keats Way.

R e c o g n i t i o n None.

H i s t o r i c Agriculture, Urban Development. T h e m e ( s )

T y p e o f Residential Neighbourhood. L a n d s c a p e

D e s cr i p t i o n McDougall Road, a residential neighbourhood spanning from Erb Street West to Keats Way, is an organically evolved neighbourhood with a diversity of residential architectural styles. Some of the homes were originally constructed as summer cottages and have since been transformed into year-round residences. The neighbourhood’s topography is hilly and contains mature trees, garden plots, as well as wildlife including deer and pheasants. The roadways are narrow with a rural cross section that does not include sidewalks. Original large lots can be found on the east side of the southern end of the road.

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McDougall Road is a rare, unique and early example of a residential, scenic streetscape reminiscent of rural traditions in the City of Waterloo. Once functioning as agricultural land in the 19th century and farmed by the McDougall family, large lots (1-2 acres) were subdivided early in the 20th century at which point the streetscape began to take shape. The original lots at the south end of McDougall Road were cultivated in the 1920s with vegetable and flower gardens. This practice continues today and represents a unique land use in the urban core of the city given the scale of open space dedicated to cultivation. The neighbourhood evolved organically, and no two houses were built alike, resulting in a diversity of built forms. Edwardian and Tudor Revival design elements are articulated in the largely vernacular architecture expressions observed on the street. Many of the houses on the landscape were built by their first owners and decisions about setbacks, orientation and landscaping appear to have been made with consideration being given to integrating new residential development with the existing natural features of the landscape. McDougall Road was first developed to accommodate summer cottages built for wealthy, prominent families living in Waterloo and today has evolved into year-round residences. The Cressman Cottage, located at 37 McDougall Road, was the first summer home to be built on the street, designed as a typical Muskoka-style cottage. In 2006, of the 38 houses located on the landscape, nine were identified as having been built prior to the 1940s. The street also boasts Waterloo’s first two in-ground swimming pools located at 37 and 22 McDougall Road. McDougall Road is physically, visually and historically linked to its surroundings. The vernacular cottages on large lots, mature vegetation and tree canopy, rolling topography and gardens culminate in a residential landscape and rural cross section that has been maintained for over 100 years despite encroaching urban development. The landscape is defined by a natural change in elevation that breaks it into two observable sections; a rise of hill that then reveals the remaining scenic residential streetscape.

D e s i g n V a l u e displays a high degree of design or aesthetic appeal.

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D e s i g n demonstrates a high degree of technical or V a l u e scientific achievement.

H i s t o r i c a l direct association with a theme, event, belief, V a l u e person, activity, organization, or institute significant to a community.

H i s t o r i c a l yields, or has the potential to yield, information V a l u e that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture.

H i s t o r i c a l demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of V a l u e an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist significant to a community.

C o n t e x t u a l is important in defining, maintaining or supporting V a l u e character of an area.

C o n t e x t u a l physically, functionally, visually or historically V a l u e linked to surroundings.

C o n t e x t u a l a landmark. V a l u e

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The landscape has seen continuity in residential land use, with some early dwellings first constructed as summer cottages and later converted to year-round homes. Some of these cottages have been enlarged and/or altered, and new homes built, however the original setback distance has been kept consistent. The preservation of the tree canopy, narrow roadways and lack of sidewalks has maintained the road’s scenic qualities. The rolling topography of the area remains, making clear the intentional placement and orientation of structures on the landscape by the original property owners.

N a t u r a l historical relationships to prominent natural R elationships features still exist for the site as a whole and within the site.

V i e w s existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos).

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McDougall Road is a historic scenic road with a rural cross-section representative of a type of street configuration not commonly observed in the City of Waterloo. The road’s name commemorates a farmer with the surname McDougall, who once tilled the land in the area. Local residents have historically used the area to express their cultural traditions through agriculture and continue to do so as exemplified by 52 McDougall Road, which contains a community garden on private property. Local residents have been recommending the designation of the area as a heritage conservation district or cultural heritage landscape since 2006 and a Wilfrid Laurier University professor in the Department of Geography used McDougall Road as a case study for students studying cultural heritage landscapes. Residents have described the neighbourhood as a “social microcosm” of diversity with residents ranging from university professors, teachers, lawyers, doctors, retired manual labourers, office workers and students , and have remarked to enjoy the “country lane” character of the streetscape. Inclusion of the landscape in this inventory was suggested by members of the public during public consultation initiatives undertaken as part of this study.

C o m m u n i t y landscape contributes to the community’s identity I d e n t i t y and is used to tell the story of the community.

L a n d m a r k area is widely recognized as a landmark.

P r i d e a n d community demonstrates a high degree of pride S t e w a r d s h i p and stewardship in the area (heritage designations, plaques, voluntary upkeep).

C o m m e m o r - area or elements within the area are named to a t i o n celebrate or commemorate someone or something.

P u b l i c S pa c e area is a site of frequent or longstanding public gatherings or events. C u l t u r a l T r a d i t i o n s people use the area to express their cultural traditions.

Q u a l i t y o f aspects of the landscape are valued for their L i f e impact on day to day living.

L o c a l location is written about in local histories or H i s t o r y spoken about through local stories or lore.

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V i s u a l location is widely photographed or depicted in D e p i c t i o n works of art (visual, literary, etc.).

G e n i u s L o c i people refer to the area as having a distinctive atmosphere or pervading ‘sense of place’.

C o m m u n i t y area is identified with the community image (e.g. I m a g e appearing in promotions or marketing material).

T o u r i s m area is promoted as a tourist destination.

P l a n n i n g area has been identified through another planning process as being unique.

P r e l i m i n a r y h e r i t a g e a t t r i b u t e s i n c l u d e : • Narrow roadway with a rural cross-section, no sidewalks and mature tree canopy; • Original large lots located at the east side of the south end of McDougall Road; • Former summer cottages, including 49 McDougall Road and 37 McDougall Road (Cressman Cottage); • Diverse range of houses with significant setbacks, some predating the 1940s; • Rolling topography and mature vegetation; and • Community garden.

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ERB ST W EUCLID AVE

MENNO ST

AVONDALE AVE S PARK ST

DUNBAR RD S

ROSLIN AVE S

WILLIAM ST W

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Menno Euclid Neighbourhood

B o u n d a r i e s Bound by Erb Street in the north, the Seagram Lands and Caroline Street South in the east, William Street West in the south, and Roslin Avenue South in the west.

R e c o g n i t i o n 2 properties designated (Part IV) under the Ontario Heritage Act.

2 listed, non-designated properties of Cultural Heritage Value/Interest.

H i s t o r i c Pioneer Settlement, Urban Development. T h e m e ( s )

T y p e o f Residential Neighbourhood. L a n d s c a p e

D e s cr i p t i o n The Menno Euclid Neighbourhood, located west of the commercial core of Uptown Waterloo, is an early residential area characterized by modest-sized, vernacular houses constructed around a 19th century grid street plan. Due to its long period of development, spanning from the 1860s into the early 20th century, the neighbourhood features a variety of architectural styles including early vernacular and Georgian homes interspersed with Victorian styles, including Queen Anne, later Edwardian and Arts and Crafts style houses.

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The Menno Euclid neighbourhood is representative of an early residential neighbourhood built around a 19th century grid street pattern in the City of Waterloo. The landscape is predominately composed of modest, single detached homes. The dwellings in the neighbourhood span a long period of construction, ranging from the 1860s into the early 20th century. There are a wide variety of architectural styles in the neighbourhood including early vernacular and Georgian homes interspersed with Victorian styles, including Queen Anne and later Edwardian and Arts and Crafts style houses. Although the architectural styles differ, a consistent setback, heights of one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half storeys and the presence of mature trees create a visual cohesiveness in the neighbourhood. The Menno Euclid neighbourhood is historically associated with Waterloo’s early manufacturing industries, and physically and functionally linked to one of Waterloo’s most significant industrial employers, the Seagram Distillery. Due to the area’s close proximity to the commercial core, many of the homes were built by employees and owners of Waterloo’s early industries. Historically, a portion of the neighbourhood was a showground, located north of the intersection of Park Street and William Street West. It was used for sports, races, celebrations and was the location of fall fairs and circuses. This site was one of three considered in 1890 for a proposed public park. The Eby farm (now Waterloo Park) won out and the lands of the old show grounds were surveyed for subdivision, with land set aside for the Alexandra School and its playgrounds. The school, constructed in 1923, is a landmark in the neighbourhood. The landscape has a direct association with individuals significant to the community. Thomas Hilliard, known as the “Grand Old Man of Waterloo,” was the founder of the Dominion Life Assurance Company, publisher of what is now the Waterloo Chronicle and involved in founding the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company (which merged with Canada Trust in 1968). Hilliard lived in the 1880 Victorian-style house located at 88 William Street West, which is now a designated property. Conrad Fenner was a deputy fire chief for the village and later a councillor. He was a carpenter and joiner who built his own wood-frame Georgian-style house in 1867 at 20 Menno Street, which is also designated. The natural landscape of the Menno Euclid neighbourhood, including its mature trees, grassed boulevards and private front yard gardens, is important in maintaining the character of this 19th century urban residential neighbourhood. It is historically linked to its surroundings through its associations with employees and owners of early industries and prominent citizens in Waterloo, such as Thomas Hilliard and Conrad Fenner.

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D e s i g n V a l u e displays a high degree of design or aesthetic appeal.

D e s i g n demonstrates a high degree of technical or V a l u e scientific achievement.

H i s t o r i c a l direct association with a theme, event, belief, V a l u e person, activity, organization, or institute significant to a community.

H i s t o r i c a l yields, or has the potential to yield, information V a l u e that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture.

H i s t o r i c a l demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of V a l u e an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist significant to a community.

C o n t e x t u a l is important in defining, maintaining or supporting V a l u e character of an area.

C o n t e x t u a l physically, functionally, visually or historically V a l u e linked to surroundings.

C o n t e x t u a l a landmark. V a l u e

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The history of the Menno Euclid landscape is predominately residential, and this land use has continued through to today. The first sales in the Menno Snider survey took place in the 1850s and the area was resurveyed in 1857. The neighbourhood features surviving buildings from as early as 1860. Although changes have occurred to some of the residences, such as additions and enclosed front porches, the housing stock has largely retained its integrity with few radical alterations or complete replacements. In 1999, the vacant Alexandra School was converted to condominiums and a portion of the site was reverted to use as a public park. The former school’s exterior was preserved and as such it remains a landmark in the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood’s characteristic grid street pattern, grassed boulevards, organization of residential lots, front yard gardens and presence of mature trees has been retained through the landscape’s long period of development, beginning in the 1860s.

N a t u r a l historical relationships to prominent natural R elationships features still exist for the site as a whole and within the site.

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V i e w s existing views of and within the site can be closely compared to the same view in the past (certain views may have been captured in historic photos).

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Pride and stewardship in the area is seen through the organization of the Uptown West Neighbourhood Association and the hosting of annual community events such as the Grand Porch Party. Elements of the landscape commemorate prominent local citizens, including Thomas Hillier and Conrad Fenner, whose homes are designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. The landscape also includes two listed buildings. When asked to prioritize the importance of this landscape in the City’s survey for this project, 72% of respondents noted it as “very important” or “somewhat important.”