Minutes - City of Welland

Heritage Welland Committee
MINUTES
Wednesday October 7, 2015
Welland Historical Museum
1. Call to Order:
Meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm with the following members present: Giorgio Giovinazzo
Chair, Bridget Krajnak, Nora Reid, Tony Dockrill, Rose Dzugan and Debbie Kallender
(recording secretary), Connie McCutcheon new member pending council approval.
Regrets: John Mastroianni, Adam Moote, Diane Zakraysek
2. Connie McCutcheon was welcomed to the committee by Giorgio.
3. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of September 2, 2015 were approved on a motion by Rose Dzugan, seconded by
Bridget Krajnak. CARRIED
4. Business arising from the Minutes:
a) Central Fire Hall – No Report. ACTIONS: Adam Moote and Nora Reid to look at the
Canada 150 Committee and see where they are in their planning stages.
b) War of 1812 & Cooks Mills –Giorgio Giovinazzo met with Peter Boyce at the Peace Park
and discussed the “Fifty Faces of War” sign and powder coating the stand.
c) Summerlea and Montgomery Neighbourhood – The ceremony for the sign unveiling went
well even though it was raining. Malcolm Allen, MPP and Mayor Campion both attended
and brought greetings. Adam did a great job as M. C. for the event. There were two veterans
who attended that still live in the Neighbourhood.
d) Historical Designation of Mural “Canal Construction” – No report
e) Sacred Heart Church Monument – Giorgio received a letter from Ralph Belvedere stating
that any permissions needed for the Monument Project will be obtained. The secretary will
pass on the outstanding invoice to the treasurer for payment.
f) Colbeck Cemetery - No further information yet from City Hall.
g) Rex Hotel – No report. ACTION: Debbie to prepare a report.
h) Strategic Plan
• ACTION: Nora to find a list of the oldest business in the city as
produced in the Tribune several years ago.
• Website – In building a website the content and the committee’s goals and
objectives are important to be made very clear. ACTION: Connie, Rose,
and Toni to form a work group to gather information to build a website.
• Email address – a new email address will come from the website.
• Need to create a brochure explaining what having a property designated under
the Ontario Heritage Act means to an owner.
• Plan a get-together for owners of designated properties. ACTION: George,
Nora, Rose, maybe Adam meet to plan a presentation on what Heritage
Designation entails.

• Staff at City Hall needs to be educated about the Heritage Committee.
Anyone answering the phone should be aware to pass any inquires to the
Chair, or the secretary.
• What information held by the committee is private and what is public.
• How does the committee deal with conflicts of interest?
• ACTION: Debbie to contact Tracey to obtain policies that pertain to
Committees of City Council.
• Arts and Culture Committee – It was decided that Heritage Welland
Committee does not need to have a representative on the Arts & Culture
Committee. Any information can be shared through our minutes. ACTION:
Debbie to approach Arts & Culture secretary to obtain their minutes and
send our minutes to them.
• Letter to City Council re: Name Change – ACTION: Debbie to draft a letter
to City Council asking to change the committee’s name to City of
Welland Heritage Advisory Committee.
i) Heritage Houses on Niagara Green Belt - ACTION: Debbie to contact the Greenbelt
website to inquire how to list the Heritage Properties of Welland.
j) Heritage House Tours – Rose and Giorgio took pictures of the designated properties and
some interesting older properties. Discussed ensued about what kind of help the Heritage
Committee can provide to the home owners. ACTION: Giorgio to contact the Building
Department to discuss Heritage Properties and what action needs to be taken if a
permit for a property is requested.
5. Treasurer’s report: There was no treasurer’ report. The budget was prepared and submitted to City
Council on September 25, 2015.
6. Correspondence: None
7. New Business: Several items of new business were placed under Strategic Plan.
a) Location of Meetings: There was discussion about moving the meetings to a room at City Hall.
It was felt that this move would legitimize our committee as a committee of City Council. This
discussion was tabled to our next meeting.
b) HST Rebate – ACTION: Nora and Toni to check the Federal Grant for War of 1812 to see
if HST was included.
8. Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 6:30pm on a motion by Rose Dzugan. The next regular meeting will
take place on November 4, 2015 at 5:00pm at the Welland Historical Museum.