MINUTES FROM THE TENTH MEETING OF THE
Town of
York Room - Civic Centre
Members Regrets
Keith Thirgood Councillor
C. Moretti
Jonathan Mingay
Councillor J. Webster
Diane More
Ibrahim Ali
Deirdre Kavanagh
George Duncan, Senior Heritage Planner
Alida Tari, Committee Clerk
Laura Gold, Committee Clerk
The tenth meeting of the
1. MINUTES FROM THE
THE
That the minutes of the Main Street Markham Committee meeting held on
CARRIED
2. 2008 BUDGET
Councillor John Webster reported
that all requested budget items have been submitted and anticipate it will be
finalized in February 2008. The
Committee recommends this item be moved to the “Parking Lot” until the February
2008 meeting.
3. STRATEGIC PLAN
The following strategic objectives were discussed:
1)
The entrance sign posts at the
The sign posts at the Markham Museum are scheduled to be painted in the summer of 2008.
The Committee requested that this be move to the “Parking lot” and confirmed in the spring of 2008.
2) Cleaning Tannery Pond after a water main break.
The Committee suggested the clean up from the main break in
the flood plain of
Councillor J. Webster will request that the Environmental Committee, represented by Councillor Erin Shapero, send a letter to the Region of York with respect to the cleaning of materials left behind as a result of the main break.
ACTION: Councillor J. Webster
3)
Garbage Bins at Tannery Pond
The Committee recommends that garbage bins be placed at Tannery Pond.
Councillor J. Webster will confirm with Bob Walters, District Manager East, Operations, how many receptacles have been ordered.
ACTION: Councillor J. Webster
Councillor J. Webster will confirm with the Waste Management if these receptacles could be added to their summer routes.
ACTION: Councillor J. Webster
4)
Truck ban signage
Councillor J. Webster reported that he was in correspondence
with David Poretta, Engineering Technician, with respect to the truck ban
signage on
The Committee suggested a letter be sent to York Regional
Police stating that all the truck ban signage on
ACTION: Councillor J. Webster
5)
The design of the median at 16th
There was discussion with
respect to the type of plants that could be planted in the median at
ACTION: Committee Clerk
6)
Walking Tour Improvements
The Committee suggested having a series of short walking
trails rather than one long walking trail.
George Duncan, Senior Heritage Planner, had a sample of a walking tour
brochure created by the Town’s Corporate Communications for Heritage Markham. Mr. Duncan advised that Corporate Communications
would be interested in assisting with the creation of a walking trail brochure
for
The Committee suggested inviting Corporate Communications to the January 2008 meeting to discuss the brochure.
ACTION: Alida Tari, Committee Clerk
7)
Service Club Signs
The Committee agreed the signs should meet the Heritage guidelines. Mr. Duncan distributed an example of a Heritage sign the Committee could use as a guide when creating the service signs. He advised a heritage permit may not be required for the sign located at the north end although, one may be required for the sign at the south end.
Mr. Keith Thirgood, stated that he will provide a sketch of
a sign to present to the
ACTION: Keith Thirgood
8)
Grant to eliminate backlit signs
Phil Howe, BIA, advised the Committee that although a $1000.00 non-conforming grant is available it may be easier to work with the merchants to improve the appearance of their existing signs.
9)
Parking situation
There was considerable discussion with respect to the
current parking situation on
together with Mr. David Pearce, Manager, Real Property, with respect to obtaining a piece of privately owned land that would make access to one of the parking lots easier for residents and the general public.
The Committee suggested obtaining a sample of the Heritage parking sign and a sample of the standard green parking sign from Operations and bring it to the January 2008 meeting for the Committee to discuss.
ACTION: Committee Clerk
10) Interpretation
Sub-Committee
The Interpretation Sub-Committee will report back at the January 2008 meeting regarding the gateway program and the commemorative plaques.
ACTION: Deirdre Kavanagh and Diane Moore
11) Benches
and Receptacles
There was some confusion in with
respect to the number of benches and garbage receptacles that have been
ordered. The Committee suggested contacting Bob Walter, District Manager East,
Operations, to confirm number of benches and receptacles ordered for the
ACTION: Committee Clerk
The Committee was informed that a heritage bench had been stolen from Tannery Pond and had been replaced with a standard bench. The Committee requested contacting Mr. Walters to have the standard bench replaced with a heritage bench at Tannery Pond.
ACTION: Committee Clerk
12) Status of
Morgan Park
Councillor J. Webster advised that there is not any work scheduled to be done at Morgan Park. The Committee suggested removing this item from the “do list” on the Strategic Plan.
ACTION: Keith Thirgood
13) What is
the Status of the
The Committee suggested removing this item until the Environmental Assessment is completed.
14) Add
improvements to the Hwy 7 intersection
There was discussion with respect to the advantages of
adding counting style crossing signals to the intersection at highway 7 and
THE
That the counting style crossing improvements at the intersection of Highway 7 and Main Street be added to the Main Street Markham Vision.
CARRIED
4.
TANNERY POND
Mr. Thirgood presented an actual size sample of the interpretive signage created for the Tannery Pond.
THE
That
the Main Street Markham Committee approve the interpretive signs designed by
Capestone Communications Group and be forwarded to Ms. Irvine for the next
steps.
CARRIED
ACTION: Keith Thirgood
5.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the
6.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting of the