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Ottawa Park Summit – April 22

Ottawa Park Summit

April 22, 2017, 1 – 5 PM

Join us on Earth Day for this FREE event!

This innovative event will bring together people from across the City of Ottawa that are active in their local parks to generate ideas and build momentum for better parks in our great city. This will include keynote speakers on critical issues, discussions among city park staff and community partners, as well as breakout workshops on specific issues such as community gardens, park naturalization and tree planting, and investing in local parks.

More information (l’information en français aussi) and registration at http://www.ecologyottawa.org/park_summit


17 04 13 park summit poster.pdf

SpringTide Youth Charitable Craft Fair – June 10

SpringTide

Ottawa’s Youth Craft Fair

SpringTide craft fair is an amazing opportunity for the youth of Ottawa to do some charity work and make some money. There are only a few rules to this craft fair: only handmade products, only youth vendors (age 8-16), donate at least 25% of proceeds to a registered charity. So get creative and apply today!

[Spring Tide - Ottawa's Youth Craft Fair]
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Update on 190 Richmond Real Canadian Superstore Development

This isn’t directly in our neighbourhood but is likely of interest…

From: “McCreight, Andrew” <Andrew.McCreight@ottawa.ca>
Date: April 11, 2017 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Update – 190 Richmond Road applications

Hello,

Please note that all members of the public and registered community groups, whom have provided comment(s) to date, are included on this e-mail and have been Bcc’d in order to maintain e-mail privacy.

The applicants for 190 Richmond Road (Zoning – D02-02-16-0031, Site Plan D07-12-16-0055) have submitted revised plans and studies in response the initial comment period, the community open house (Sept. 2016), and recent review by the Urban Design Review Panel.

All revisions have been uploaded to the http://ottawa.ca/devapps website and can be viewed by searching the address or above noted file numbers.

Highlights of the proposed development include:

  • 6-storey apartment building with 187 units
  • 143 parking spaces in underground garage
  • 94 Bicycle parking spaces (40 at grade, 54 below grade)
  • The 5th and 6th storeys are setback 1.5m from the below storeys facing Kirkwood and Byron Linear.
  • Additional building setback along Byron Linear to preserve all trees.
  • Surface parking lot for Grocery Store and LCBO reconfigured providing 400 parking spaces (approx. 380 exist currently).
  • Land set aside for a new park, approximately 1000sq.m in size and located in the southwest corner of the site abutting Byron Linear. Note – the size and location of the park will be confirmed through the Zoning application, but the design will be subject to a separate public process.
  • New north-south pedestrian/cyclist connections through the site, including landscaping.
  • Section 37 (community benefits) is required for the proposed development. Staff will discuss this with Councillor Leiper.

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Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2017-04-10

This week’s topics:

  • Online reporting session tomorrow – Info session April 11 at 7 Bayview road.
  • Stranger danger – Classic suspicious man in Blossom Park story.

Additionally there’s a post on the Ottawa Neighbourhood Watch site pointing out http://www.crimepreventionottawa.ca/Media/Content/files/Get%20involved/Articles/Protect%20yourself%20from%20fraud-article-2017.pdf which is an article about online scams, particularly ones relevant this tax season.
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Spring Street Sweeping

Also see http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/transportation-and-parking/road-and-sidewalk-maintenance/spring-maintenance-and-flood-control#spring-clean-street-sweeping, particularly for concentrated street cleaning locations and schedules.

From the city’s winter parking alerts newsletter:

Street sweeping operations now in effect

The City of Ottawa’s winter overnight parking restrictions are now completed for the 2016-2017 season. The City would like to thank you for your cooperation in making our streets safer throughout the winter season.

On Sunday, April 9 City of Ottawa crews will begin the annual city-wide sweeping of streets and sidewalks, including both daytime and night-time operations. These operations are necessary to remove debris, dust and sand that accumulated over the winter months.
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CPCA Executive Meeting – April 11

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive Meeting Open Session
Tuesday April 11, 2017
7:30 PM at Heather’s House

Exec meetings will have an open session for community residents to observe exec business discussions. Non exec community members will also be invited to participate at certain times by the chair and there will be “in camera” topics for the executive only.

Heather’s house is at 251 Keyworth, check the web site (this post) for last minute location changes.

Agenda

Open session (Approx 1.25 hours)

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting Jan 11, 2017, and review of action items – All
  2. Report of interim executive motions – All
  3. Decision-making process re: what issues CPCA will address as a board vs. inform community via website – Duncan, Roland, all
  4. Suggestion to have CPCA Agenda and Minutes posted on the CP website for providing more transparency to our community at large – Adrian
  5. Information Management practices for CPCA – Liz
  6. Environment Committee report – Daniel
  7. LRT Phase 2 Bus Detour – Roland
  8. Community Projects for Approval – Adrian

LRT Bus Detour Meeting Aftermath

Following up on the LRT Bus Detour Meeting post, there’s a copy of the presentation materials at http://www.stage2lrt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FIN_Scott_Detour_Presentation.pdf (other presentations and reports are at http://www.stage2lrt.ca/resources/).

Councillor Jeff Leiper’s archive of the live stream of the meeting is at https://www.facebook.com/KitchissippiWard/videos/714185092095248/ though there seems to be a longer one (possibly unedited footage) also at https://www.facebook.com/pg/KitchissippiWard/videos/.