MINUTES FROM THE FIRST MEETING OF THE

MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE IN 2008

 

Town of Markham

York Room - Civic Centre

January 16, 2008 – 5:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Members                                                                      Regrets

Wil Pialagtis                                                                  Councillor C. Moretti   

Peter Ross                                                                    Ibrahim Ali

Jonathan Mingay                                                           Keith Thirgood

Councillor J. Webster                                                   Helen Walter

Diane More

Phil Howes, BIA

Deirdre Kavanagh

 

 

Staff

Regan Hutcheson, Manager, Heritage

Alida Tari, Committee Clerk

The first meeting of the Main Street Markham Committee meeting in 2008 was convened at 5:30 PM with Councillor John Webster in the Chair.

 

1.         MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 21, 2007 MEETING OF THE MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE

 

THE MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:

 

That the minutes of the Main Street Markham Committee meeting held on

November 21, 2007, be adopted.

CARRIED

 

2.         UPDATES

 

a)                  Strategic Plan – Markham Main Street: Master Plan Subcommitte

 

Deferred to the February 20, 2008 meeting.

 

b)                  Design of the Median at 16th Avenue

 

THE MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:

 

That the current design layout for the 16th Avenue median be endorsed with one adjustment. The Committee is requesting that the 20 Coneflowers originally shown on the central portion of the drawing for the median at 16th Avenue be replaced with

 

 

20 Russian Sage shrubs. 

CARRIED

 

The Committee Clerk will confirm with the Urban Design Group if these shrubs can be incorporated into the design.

 

                                                                              ACTION:  Committee Clerk

 

c)                  Parking Lot Signs

 

Mr. Phil Howes, BIA, delivered a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating the current parking situations for Main Street Markham.  The presentation included both Municipal and Private parking lots.

 

THE MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:

 

That map signs be installed at each Municipal parking lot indicating where other Municipal parking lots are located.

CARRIED

 

THE MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:

 

That directional parking signs be installed at the following locations as listed in Appendix ‘A’.

CARRIED

 

There was considerable discussion with respect to the Parking signs and whether to continue using the Heritage signs or the standard P parking sign.  The Committee suggested removing the words “Public Parking” from the Heritage sign and also changing the colour of the wording.

 

THE MAIN STREET MARKHAM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:

 

That the Town of Markham Sign Shop craft the following adjustments to the current Heritage Parking sign:  delete the words ‘Public Parking’, lower the wording ‘Markham Village’, lower the parking symbol and increase its size and change the colour of the lettering to black.

CARRIED

 

 

d)                  Tannery Pond

 

Deferred to the February 20, 2008 meeting.

 

e)                  Interpretative Signage and Walking Tour

 

The Committee discussed different options and approaches to consider for future interpretation of Main Street Markham.  The issue of whether another walking tour pamphlet was really the best approach or needed was discussed. Some of the options discussed included:

·        Interpretive signs on the buildings with historical information about the building and property

·        Stand alone interpretive plaques on the sidewalk in front of the building

(Museum of the Street approach)

·        Using the funding to undertake additional social history research on properties (searching historical newspapers) to make the interpretive experience more exciting

·        Additional signs or information inside the building

·        Pamphlets that would be distributed by the store owners and at Municipal locations such as Library’s, Museums, etc.

 

Heritage Staff offered to put together some interpretive options for consideration at the next meeting.

           

f)                   Environment Assessment – Highway 48

 

The Committee requested that Lloyd Fernandes attend the February 20, 2008 Main Street Markham Advisory Committee to provide an update on the Environmental Assessment for Highway 48.

 

 

3.         NEXT MEETING

 

The next meeting of the Main Street Markham Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, February 19, 2008 at 5:30 pm in the York Room.

 

 

4.         ADJOURNMENT

 

            The meeting of the Main Street Markham Committee adjourned at 6:55 PM

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECTIONAL PARKING LOT SIGNS

APPENDIX ‘A’

 

 

Main Street Markham - @ driveway to 144 Main – Markham Village Lanes - Signs required on both sides of Main Street

– NEW - one facing Southbound traffic on the West side of Main Street – pointing to the right down the driveway

– NEW - one facing Northbound traffic on the East side of Main Street – pointing to the left down the driveway

 

Main Street Markham – @ Wilson  - Signs required on both sides of Main Street

– NEW - one facing Southbound traffic on the West side of Main Street – pointing to the right

– NEW - one facing Northbound traffic on the East side of Main Street – pointing to the left

 

Main Street Markham – at Robinson

                        Signs required on both sides of Main Street

–        NEW - one facing Southbound traffic on the North West corner of Main Street – pointing to left and right

–        REPLACE - one facing Northbound traffic on the South East  side of Main Street – pointing to the left and right – needs to be larger

 

Main Street Markham – at Dublin

                        Signs required on both sides of Main Street

–        REPLACE - one facing Southbound traffic  – pointing to right – needs to be larger

–        NEW - one facing Northbound traffic -  pointing to the left

 

Main Street Markham – at Center

REPLACE - one facing Northbound traffic -  pointing to the left – damaged

 

Wilson Ave – at Water Street – the first intersection

                                    – NEW - one on the North side of Wilson Ave – pointing to the left

 

Wilson Ave – at Water Street – the second intersection –

- REPLACE – existing sign on the south side of Wilson Ave  – pointing to the right – it is not visible from Main Street

 

Water St at Wilson Ave: first intersection

- NEW - one on the pole opposite the northern end of this stretch of Water Street near where there is an existing sign saying “Water Street Continues”  – pointing to the left

 

 

Water St – at the exit from the parking lot of 144 Main – Markham Village Lanes – on pole opposite the driveway exiting the lot – pointing right to the BIG lot

 

Robinson St. – at Water Street

Signs required facing both directions of traffic on Robinson (Pole on NE corner of Robinson & Water)

-  NEW – sign pointing right up Water Street facing Westbound Traffic 

-  NEW – sign pointing left up Water Street facing Eastbound Traffic

 

Robinson St – at Bank of Nova Scotia Lot

                                    - NEW – sign pointing right into the lot for traffic facing East

 

Center St – at Royal Bank Parking Lot