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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, M ar ch 10 ,2 02 2 | 10 oakville.ca NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE On December 7, 2021, Oakville Town Council resolved to give Notice of Intention to Designate the following property under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18, as amended, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest: Glenclare Farmhouse 4243 Sixth Line, Oakville, Ontario Part of Lot 15, Concession 2 Trafalgar North of Dundas Street, being Part 4 on Plan 20R-22101; Oakville Description of Property The Glenclare Farmhouse at 4243 Sixth Line is located on the east side of Sixth Line, north of Burnhamthorpe Road, south of Highway 407 in the Town of Oakville. The Farmhouse is a two-storey structure with stone foundation, red brick cladding, hipped roofwith asphalt shingles, and contains a single-storey frame tail section with stone foundation at the rear. The Farmhouse was constructed in 1898, according to the date stone set into the front façade. The legal description for land registration purposes for the Glenclare Farmhouse cultural heritage resource is Part 4 on Plan 20R-22101. Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest Design and Physical Value The house demonstrates design/physical value as a representative example of a Queen Anne Revival Dwelling. The subdued Queen Anne style is reflected in the two-storey, irregular plan of the building with hipped roof, bay window projection on the south elevation, decorative terra-cotta brick inset on the south elevation, and rectangular window openings with rusticated stone sills and lintels. A two-storey bay projection on the south elevation, inset wooden porch with decorative wooden trim is located on the south elevation, between the main brick house and frame tail. Historically, the house had additional Queen Anne decorative elements, including a full-width wooden porch with elaborate spindle work and paired brackets at the eaves of the second storey. Historical and Associative Value The house demonstrates historical value due to its associations with the Biggar Family. The Biggar family was an early settler family in Trafalgar Township, purchasing the property in 1854 and became a prominent farming family on the subject property. One member of the family, Michael Biggar, served as Deputy Reeve of Halton County in 1890-91. Descendants of the Biggar family, Albert and Harriet, constructed the existing dwelling in 1898 and named the farm "Glenclare Farm". Members of the Biggar family owned Glenclare Farmhouse and farmed the Glenclare Farm until 1985. Description of Heritage Attributes: Key attributes of the Farmhouse that exemplify its value as a representative example of a Queen Anne Revival dwelling include: • Two storey height, irregular plan, hipped roof • Stone foundation, red brick cladding and frame tail section with wooden clapboard cladding • Large rectangular window openings with rusticated stone sills and lintels • Inset porch between brick house and frame tail, with decorative wooden trim • Decorative terra cotta tiling on the south elevation below the second storey window • Two storey bay projection on the south elevation • Brick chimneys on the south and north elevations Further information respecting this proposed designation is available from the Town of Oakville. Any inquiries may be directed to David Addington, Heritage Planner at 905-845-6601, ext. 2919 (TTY 905-338-4200), or by email at david.addington@oakville.ca. The last date to file a notice of objection is April 11, 2022. Wright said these vehi- cles all feature push-button to start, which makes them vulnerable to the technolo- gy-based methods thieves have developed to steal them. One method, dubbed a relay theft, involves two thieves. "One will approach the front of your house with a signal relay device. The second thief will be by your vehicle and they will access the handle. This will send a signal from your vehicle, through the signal relay de- vice and it will search for the key fob inside your house," said Wright. "Once it finds it, it will relay the signal back out through the relay device and then to another device the thief has and that will reprogram a key that they have in their possession. This is a very quick theft, and it can take place in sec- onds." Wright said this type of theft can be defeated by putting your key fob in a signal blocking Faraday Bag; however, this type of theft is declining in popu- larity. A second more widely used method involves the thief using a screwdriver to get inside the vehicle, at which point they use a de- vice to plug into the vehi- cle's on-board diagnostic reader and reprogram a key they have in their pos- session. Wright said this method takes longer, about 15 min- utes, but the thief doesn't need to access the key fob inside the house, so it ren- ders Faraday Bags ineffec- tive. After being stolen, Wright said, the vehicles are typically shipped to overseas locations where a lack of supply, specifically of mid-size SUVs and pick- up trucks, makes these sto- len vehicles attractive. "This truly is organized crime," said Wright. "We have a layer of thieves, a layer of shippers and we have a higher layer of indi- viduals who are involved in actually exporting them overseas or re-VINing them and reselling them to other criminal elements." Carolyn McMinn of the Trafalgar Chartwell Resi- dents' Association said her husband's Jeep Grand Cherokee was stolen from their driveway in 2020. She was told at the time that her vehicle was one of 17 taken across Oakville that night. "There's real disbelief. It was pretty shocking," said McMinn, thinking back to the theft. "We were like, 'No, no, surely someone hasn't stolen our car. We live in this lovely little cor- ner of Oakville.'" After McMinn reported the vehicle stolen, she said police were up front with her, noting her vehicle was probably in a shipping con- tainer at the Port of Mon- treal and she would never see it again. McMinn said she parks her vehicle in her garage now and has had police pro- vide information about au- to theft prevention for her residents' association's newsletter. Wright said parking a vehicle in a garage is the best way to keep it safe, since auto theft groups have spotters who drive up and down residential streets looking for certain types of vehicles. Other preventive tips in- clude getting a steering wheel lock or installing an aftermarket GPS on the ve- hicle so if it is stolen it can be tracked. When asked by Oakville resident Arun Bhat what police are doing to prevent future auto thefts, Wright noted Halton police con- duct investigations into ve- hicle thefts and partner with other police agencies to combat auto theft groups. Halton police said of the 867 auto thefts in Halton in 2021, a total of 204 of these cases were cleared. Wright said police also conduct proactive patrols of areas that either have been or are likely to be tar- geted by auto thieves. For more theft preven- tion tips, visit https:// www.haltonpolice.ca/en/ staying-safe/vehicle-theft- prevention-tips.aspx. STORY BEHIND THE STORY: With a significant increase in vehicle thefts in Halton, we wanted to let residents know what makes are being targeted, how thieves are stealing them and what residents can do to keep their vehi- cles safe. CRIME Continued from page 3 VARIETY OF METHODS USED TO STEAL VEHICLES "We have a layer of thieves, a layer of shippers and we have a higher layer of individuals who are involved in actually exporting them overseas." - Det. Ron Wright