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Consultation publique – hiver 2013

Phase Timeline Phase Work Final Document

1 September

2009

Preliminary report containing a reference

framework and a proposal for the

development of a heritage policy in

Sherbrooke.

Pour une Politique municipal du

patrimoine, by Louise Brunelle-Lavoie.

2 October 2010 Documentary work to put together an

overall profile of the situation on

Sherbrooke’s Heritage and summarize the

evolution of the occupancy of

Sherbrooke’s territory.

Synthèse historique, by the Sherbrooke

historical Society [Historical synthesis of

the occupancy of the city of

Sherbrooke’s current area and inventory

of Heritage elements].

3 May 2012 1st public consultation on the status of the

situation.

Status of the situation.

4 Fall 2012 /

Winter 2013

2nd public consultation on the draft

policy statement;

Approval of the draft statement by

municipal council;

Adoption of the draft statement.

Draft cultural heritage policy

statement;

Cultural heritage policy statement.

5 2013 - 2014 Cultural heritage policy implementation

program to be aligned with the adoption

of the future land use and development

plan for the city’s territory.

Action plan.

Location… location… location… Southern Quebec (Sherbrooke)

Sherbrooke and the region is:

• The only fully bilingual territory in the Province of Quebec outside of Montreal, 90 minutes east of the Champlain Bridge (our airport being 2½ hours by car from the Trudeau Airport and 2½ hours south of Quebec City’s Jean Lesage Airport).

• Sherbrooke is located midway between Thetford Mines, St-

Georges, Victoriaville, Drummondville (15 000 industrial jobs), Granby, Magog/Orford (an international tourism centre), and the United States-Canada border.

A consensus-based definition

Sherbrooke at the confluence of

cultures Based on its history and its geography, the Ville de Sherbrooke

recognizes its immovable, movable, and intangible heritage as

the cultural heritage within the area under its jurisdiction.

The city’s cultural heritage is composed of personalities; historic

sites and events; heritage documents, property, items, and sites;

cultural heritage landscapes; expertise; the know-how to live

together in cultural and linguistic harmony; traditions; and

toponymy.

Recognizing this rich, creative heritage, the Ville is hoping to

inspire the public to take an interest in it by establishing the

community’s right and duty to protect and promote its cultural

heritage from a sustainable development perspective.

Sherbrooke’s Three Cultural

Heritage Categories

Immovable Built heritage

(properties and

sites)

Cultural

landscapes

Archeological

sites

Intangible Knowledge

Expertise

Traditions /

Folklore

Toponymy

Movable Heritage

objects

Works of art

and public

works of art

Documentary

material

Archeological

objects

City of Sherbrooke, Qc population: 157 600 Federal census metro. area of Sherbrooke: 201 900 Sherbrooke’s 75 km catchment: 302 000 Sherbrooke’s 100 km catchment: 608 578 Sherbrooke’s 130 km catchment: 810 000 TOTAL * MBA Research public survey, Montreal, May 2012 ** Statistics Canada (1) Includes 3 Quebec administrative regions and 2 regional municipalities (2) Includes Estrie Quebec administrative region, Acton, Brome-Missisquoi, Haute-Yamaska, Drummond, and the Appalachian (3) Includes Middlesex, Lambton, Elgin, Oxford, Huron and Perth counties (4) Includes Westmoreland, Kent, Albert, and Northumberland counties in New Brunswick and Cumberland county in Nova Scotia

Le cadre législatif

Extraits de la Loi sur le Cultural heritage (LPC)

Article 18. « La désignation d’un paysage culturel patrimonial doit être demandée par l’ensemble des municipalités locales, des municipalités régionales de comté et des communautés métropolitaines dont le territoire comprend tout ou partie du territoire du paysage »

Article 121. « Une municipalité peut, par règlement de son conseil et après avoir pris l’avis de son conseil local du patrimoine, identifier des éléments du patrimoine immatériel, un personnage historique décédé, un événement ou un lieu historique. »

Article 143. « Le conseil peut établir, pour un bien patrimonial cité, un plan de conservation qui renferme ses orientations en vue de la préservation, de la réhabilitation et, le cas échéant, de la mise en valeur de ce bien en fonction de sa valeur patrimoniale et de ses éléments caractéristiques. »

Extraits de l’avant-projet de Loi sur l’aménagement durable du territoire

et l’urbanisme (LADTU)

Article 20.5. « Le schéma d’aménagement et de développement du territoire délimite toute partie de territoire présentant un intérêt particulier d’ordre historique, culturel, esthétique ou écologique et à l’égard de laquelle des mesures de conservation ou de mise en valeur sont indiquées. »

Article 85. « Un plan particulier d’urbanisme peut comprendre, à l’égard de tout ou partie du territoire qu’il vise, un programme de revitalisation. »

Article 143. « Le conseil, ou le cas échéant le comité décisionnel d’urbanisme, autorise la démolition s’il est convaincu de sa opportunité et après avoir tenu une audience publique s’il l’estime opportun. »

The components of Sherbrooke’s cultural

heritage reflect the confluence of cultures

that has created Sherbrooke’s distinctive

character

Mission

Preserve and highlight the Ville’s cultural

heritage treasures and thus enhance the

city’s beauty while maintaining and even

strengthening its personality

Vision

• Cultural heritage is a contributing factor in the

sustainable development of the city, benefiting the

community;

• The Ville is responsible for preserving and

highlighting its immovable and movable property

(within and beyond its limits);

• Citizen involvement is vital to the knowledge and

promotion of cultural heritage;

• Cultural heritage requires innovative and

converging partnerships.

Four guiding principles

6 general directions

11 specific directions:

4 in immovable heritage

4 in movable heritage

3 in intangible heritage

Several commitments specified in the Policy

will be given priority in an Action Plan to

be carried out, beginning in 2013

Directions, goals, and commitments

Consolidate and update cultural heritage

acquisitions

Thus, the Ville plans to:

Prioritize the inventories to be done.

General direction 1

Act in an exemplary manner in terms of

protecting and highlighting municipal

property within and beyond city limits


Have at its disposal a full, up-to-date

characterization of the property it owns;

Act in a responsible manner in interventions

pertaining to its immovable and movable property.

General direction 2

Provide a framework for and harmonize

management and interventions

throughout the city, to the benefit of

cultural heritage


Ensure that decision-making bodies apply the

Policy;

Identify a resource person assigned to follow up the

Policy;

Draw up a list of municipal immovable and movable

property;

Prioritize interventions affecting the public domain.

General direction 3

Establish and develop collective

management of cultural heritage on a

permanent basis


Carry out an action plan over 10 years, beginning in

2013.

General direction 4

Raise public awareness and promote citizen

appropriation of cultural heritage


Have an interactive “cultural heritage” tab on its

Web site;

Equip municipal administration through ongoing

training;

Raise awareness and encourage developers to

incorporate cultural heritage into their projects.

General direction 5

Focus on the economic potential that

cultural heritage represents, especially

through tourism


Stress in promotional activities the presence of

cultural heritage;

Prioritize the revitalization of sectors where

heritage predominates;

Encourage property developers to take

Sherbrooke’s cultural identity into account.

General direction 6

A-1 Complete and enhance knowledge pertaining

to immovable heritage.

A-2 Incorporate immovable heritage in

decision making involving land use planning.

A-3 Encourage the public to preserve

immovable heritage.

A-4 Promote immovable heritage in partnership

with interested stakeholders.

Specific directions

Immovable heritage

Complete and enhance knowledge

pertaining to immovable heritage


Establish inventory methods and prioritize

sectors;

Complete, standardize, and update built

environment inventories;

Establish a preservation priority;

Undertake archeological studies;

Continue landscape characterization;

Create a municipal registry of cultural landscapes.

Specific direction A-1

Immovable heritage

Incorporate immovable heritage in decision

making involving land use planning


Define immovable heritage in planning and regulations;

Incorporate a direction in the land use plan;

Incorporate the heritage dimension in city and sector

planning;

Adopt an emergency protocol;

Systematically monitor the demolition committee;

Incorporate the cultural landscape and archeological

sites in urban development through by-laws;

Incorporate the heritage dimension in PIIAs.


Immovable heritage

Encourage the public to preserve

immovable heritage


Name an immovable heritage contact person;

Consider all preservation requests from the public;

Assess the possibility of introducing a heritage

component in revitalization and renovation aid

programs.


Immovable heritage

Promote immovable heritage in

partnership with interested stakeholders


Expand collaborative efforts;

Draw up a list of buildings to convert or that are

threatened;

Carry out projects through a single-window

approach;

Highlight significant archeological sites.


Immovable heritage

B-1 Have a global view of the objects

that are part of movable heritage.

B-2 Seek accessibility to collections of a movable

nature.

B-3 Increase support and assistance to

stakeholders.

B-4 Continue efforts to manage movable property.

Specific directions

Movable heritage

Develop a global view of the objects

comprising movable heritage


Gather information on the economic spinoffs

associated with highlighting movable heritage;

Make the public aware of individual objects that

could enrich the complete collection.

Specific direction B-1

Movable heritage

Seek accessibility to collections of a

movable nature


Create a program to circulate the municipal

collection and related documentary material;

Highlight local history.


Movable heritage

Increase support and assistance to

stakeholders


Establish a dialogue with religious communities;

Develop partnerships with interested institutions

and establishments;

Support private collections.


Movable heritage

Continue efforts to manage

movable property


Keep methods of managing its collections up to date;

Facilitate the ongoing training of city employees;

Maintain municipal properties and collections;

Ensure appropriate conservation conditions.


Movable heritage

C-1 Know and recognize the value of the

intangible heritage in the sustainable

development of the city’s territory.

C-2 Increase support to stakeholders.

C-3 Help promote information and contribute to

its dissemination.

Specific directions

Intangible heritage

Know and recognize the value of

intangible heritage in the sustainable

development of the city’s territory


Encourage partners to jointly prepare a

characterization;

Use intangible heritage in the public domain.

Specific direction C-1

Intangible heritage

Increase support to stakeholders


Identify the resources and needs of community

organizations;

Prioritize sectors for intervention.


Intangible heritage

Help enrich information and contribute to

its dissemination


Produce a brochure with partners;

Create a directory of resources in the restoration of

heritage buildings and in traditional know-how, and

incorporate it into the city’s electronic directory.


Intangible heritage

In conclusion

The goal of Sherbrooke’s cultural

heritage policy is to enhance the

community’s distinctive character

A 10-year action plan, to be drawn up in 2013

and implemented in 2014, and to be

accompanied by a

periodic review mechanism

Production team COMITÉ DE SUIVI

Diane Délisle, municipal councillor, chair of the culture committee, co-chair of the committee

overseeing the development of the cultural heritage policy

Chantal L’Espérance, municipal councillor, chair, of the planning advisory committee, co-chair

of the committee overseeing the development of the cultural heritage policy

Jean-Pierre Kesteman, historian

Michel Harnois, Executive Director, Sherbrooke Historical Society

Danielle Potvin, research and socio-economic planning officer, Direction régionale de l’Estrie,

ministère de la Culture et des Communications (MCC)

René Girard, head, urban planning, permits and inspection division, Ville de Sherbrooke

Suzanne Bergeron, urban planner-designer, coordinator, urban planning, permits and inspection

division, Ville de Sherbrooke

Marie-Claude Leblanc and Stéphanie Doyon, communications officers, communications

department, Ville de Sherbrooke

Yves Masson, head, culture division Ville de Sherbrooke

CONSULTANTS

Hélène Laperrière, urban planner, PhD

Charlotte Horny, urban planner

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