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The oldest portion of Broadview Public School — a red-brick tower built in 1927 in the collegiate gothic style popularized in the early 20th century — should receive a heritage designation, the city’s built heritage subcommittee ruled Thursday.
The move comes even as the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board prepares to build a replacement for the aging Westboro elementary school on the same property after years of pressure from some parents.
Although the heritage designation could delay the project if city council ultimately approves it, the board said Thursday it will stick with plans to build a new, modern, two-storey school to the south of the current school.
“Parents should be very confident that this new school is going to be rebuilt,” OCDSB chairwoman Shirley Seward said after the meeting at city hall.
“We anticipated that this decision could be made. The new school itself will be the same, but the entire site plan could be different, so that could cause a delay of two to three months because we have to get site plan approval again,” she said.
If council ultimately approves the designation, the OCDSB says the impact would be reduced green space on the property and amendments to the site plan to account for the change in stormwater management and parking.
This would cause a delay of approximately two to three months, the board says, adding the future use of the Broadview tower would be a separate issue to be discussed with the OCDSB, community and the city.
Once the new school is finished sometime next year, staff and students would move in and the old building — save for the tower, if it receives the recommended heritage designation — will be torn down.
A property can be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act if it meets one or more of the following criteria: design or physical value, historical or associative value, and contextual value, a heritage planner told the committee.
Broadview meets all three, according to heritage planner Lesley Collins.
But several parents, some of whom have been integral parts of the years-long effort to rebuild Broadview, spoke out against the proposed designation. They fear the designation could complicate or even jeopardize the rebuild, and say the tower portion hasn’t met the needs of students for many years.
“Our children and teachers have struggled with an inadequate learning environment long enough,” said Ashley Brasfield.
Some of the speakers who opposed the designation spoke in detail about the condition inside the school, but Collins told the committee she was only recommending that the building’s exterior receive the designation.
Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper, who doesn’t sit on the committee, said he’s aware of concerns that the tower could sit vacant if it’s designated as heritage, but added he’s confident the OCDSB won’t let it become a safety concern.
Leiper supported the heritage designation recommendation and said after the meeting that he hopes the city and perhaps some private sector partners could come together to transform the building into a new community space.
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The move comes even as the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board prepares to build a replacement for the aging Westboro elementary school on the same property after years of pressure from some parents.
Although the heritage designation could delay the project if city council ultimately approves it, the board said Thursday it will stick with plans to build a new, modern, two-storey school to the south of the current school.
“Parents should be very confident that this new school is going to be rebuilt,” OCDSB chairwoman Shirley Seward said after the meeting at city hall.
“We anticipated that this decision could be made. The new school itself will be the same, but the entire site plan could be different, so that could cause a delay of two to three months because we have to get site plan approval again,” she said.
If council ultimately approves the designation, the OCDSB says the impact would be reduced green space on the property and amendments to the site plan to account for the change in stormwater management and parking.
This would cause a delay of approximately two to three months, the board says, adding the future use of the Broadview tower would be a separate issue to be discussed with the OCDSB, community and the city.
Once the new school is finished sometime next year, staff and students would move in and the old building — save for the tower, if it receives the recommended heritage designation — will be torn down.
A property can be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act if it meets one or more of the following criteria: design or physical value, historical or associative value, and contextual value, a heritage planner told the committee.
Broadview meets all three, according to heritage planner Lesley Collins.
But several parents, some of whom have been integral parts of the years-long effort to rebuild Broadview, spoke out against the proposed designation. They fear the designation could complicate or even jeopardize the rebuild, and say the tower portion hasn’t met the needs of students for many years.
“Our children and teachers have struggled with an inadequate learning environment long enough,” said Ashley Brasfield.
Some of the speakers who opposed the designation spoke in detail about the condition inside the school, but Collins told the committee she was only recommending that the building’s exterior receive the designation.
Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper, who doesn’t sit on the committee, said he’s aware of concerns that the tower could sit vacant if it’s designated as heritage, but added he’s confident the OCDSB won’t let it become a safety concern.
Leiper supported the heritage designation recommendation and said after the meeting that he hopes the city and perhaps some private sector partners could come together to transform the building into a new community space.
mpearson@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/mpearson78
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