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Heritage Property Removal Approved for Demolition - 04 Jun 26

Richmond Hill · June 05, 2026

Uh, councelor Silivitz, we are live streaming. >> Thank you, sir. >> Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the June 4th Heritage Richmond Hill meeting. I am Wife Councelor Karen Silivitz and I am your chair. This afternoon's meeting is an electronic meeting being held pursuant to section 238 3.3 of the Municipal Act 2001. We have not received any regrets from committee members for today's meeting. The public had the opportunity to submit written correspondence regarding agenda items by email to the clerk's office. All written correspondence received by 12:00 p.m. noon yesterday would have been included on the agenda, but none were received. The public also had the opportunity to apply to appear as an electronic delegation either by video conference or by telephone by 12:00 p.m. noon yesterday, but none were received. Therefore, as chair of the committee, I will now call this meeting to order and ask for a motion to adopt the agenda from a committee member. Please just raise your hand. Diane Mloud. Thank you. So moved. Okay. Are there any disclosures of Oh, sorry. All in favor? All in favor of adoption. Thank you. Passes unanimously. Um, are there any disclosures of pecuniary interest or the general nature thereof? Seeing none, welcome Barb. And I see councelor Thompson has once again joined has once again joined us. Thank you councelor. Um, item number four is the adoption of previous minutes. As I always say, I trust everyone has read them. Uh item 4.1 minutes heritage Richmond Hill meeting HR326 held April the 2nd 2026 that the minutes of such be adopted. Uh can I have a member of committee move those please move the minutes? Just raise your hand. Thank you Brian Hat. Are there any comments? Brian is the mover. Do you wish to say anything? Nope. Okay. Any other comments? Seeing none, all those in favor of adopting the minutes passes unanimously. Thank you. We have no delegations and we have one item of scheduled business before us which is agenda item Hi Timothy which is agenda item 6.1 in front of us. Um SRPBS.26.039 039 request to remove 9494 Elgen Mills Road West City file D207180 from the heritage register. Do I have a member of committee who would move that forward to the floor for discussion? Just raise your hand if you wish to. Uh thank you Steven Labboutier. So moved. I see councelor Davidson has joined us and Annette welcome. Thank you. Um, okay. So, Stephen, as you are the mover, um, would you do you have any comments? >> I should have been prepared for that. >> Ah, it's okay. >> Uh, not really. Uh, I'm in favor of the demolition. I don't see the historical significance of this. Uh, >> basically a workman's cottage. >> Yeah. Unfortunately. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Um members of committee, does anybody else wish to wish to make any comments regarding what is before us for 94 Elgen Mills Road West? No comments. Councelor Thompson, as I always say, do you wish to make any comments? Well, unfortunately, I have to agree. Even though I felt bad that something similar happened to a small cottage that I owned on Mil Street, which had been on the registry and then was subsequently removed for similar reasons. So, it it is what it is unfortunately. >> Unfortunately, I agree. Thank you. Um, yeah. So, my anybody else last time wish to make any comments? Seeing none. Okay. So, um I I I also agree with the recommendations by uh by staff. It's um as always, it's it's a it's we're sorry to have to remove um a property from the from the registry and this one is to be um this one is to be demolished. So, um uh but as Council Thompson said, what can you say? It's one of those one of those times this is um this house no longer is uh no longer serves it purpose as a heritage as a heritage uh property. So we have item item 6.1 before us moved by Steven Betier. Um that's staff report SRPBS.26.039 039 titled request to remove 94 Elgen Mills Road West, city file D1207180 from the heritage register be received and B that 94 Elgen Mills Road West be removed from the rich city of Richmond Hills heritage registry. All those in favor just raise your hands if you are Timothy Chang. Thank you. Okay, that passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Um that's all the that's all on our agenda today. It's bit of a record I think for this this term uh this terms here at Richmond Hill. The next item is adjournment. But before we go there, if I may, um Mr. Deputy Clerk, if you can just confirm with me for our committee that we do still have one uh scheduled committee meeting in July and one coming up in September. Uh thank you. Uh through the chair to the committee. Yes, there is a meeting scheduled for Thursday, July 2nd, as well as a meeting Thursday, September 3rd. >> Okay, that's that's great. Thank you very much. So, just in case we we don't have that July meeting, I want to wish everybody on this call um a wonderful summer. Enjoy enjoy the uh the lovely heat. Hopefully not too much torrential rain, but have a wonderful summer. if I don't see you in in July. And to council Thompson, as always, thank you so much for joining us. Um, so item number seven is adjournment. Who would like to take that? Anyone? Do I see a hand? Barbara, thank you. Barbara Marwin. So moved. All those in favor, just raise your hands if it's a yes. It is. Thank you. That passes unanimously. Thank you again to staff everyone and to all members of committee. Thank you very much everyone. Have a see you later. Bye-bye.