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New Field House Garden’s Plant Mystery

via Laurie Fagan, posted on Facebook too:

Hello fellow residents,

You may have noticed the new ornamental/pollinator garden in front of the field house. It has taken several years – yes I said years – to get approval from the city of Ottawa to build it.

Earlier this Spring someone dig up and helped themselves to a peony I planted there last fall. (It was dug up and the hole it left wasn’t even covered over)

Today I noticed an Asiatic Lilly has been snapped off at ground level and the phlox have been sheared off. I am an experienced gardener and I am fairly certain this latest damage isn’t from an animal.

If you live in Champlain Park could you take a minute to talk to your family members and tell them about the garden and all the hard work that went into creating this project. Many generous residents donated the perennials making it a truly community initiative. Let’s ensure it lasts.

The good news is the Champlain Rose has started blooming.

[Fieldhouse Garden started in 2024]

[20240621 Rose in Fieldhouse Garden]

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – June 18

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 18, 2024
7:00 PM via Google Meet
Everybody Welcome

Agenda items are limited to 5 minutes unless otherwise requested.

This is a meeting of the CPCA Board of Directors. Champlain Park Community members are welcome to attend, if you would like to propose items for discussion, to ask questions, to organize an event or activity, or to learn more about the issues affecting our community.

Activities and Issues must fall within our community plan/areas of operation in order to be addressed by the CPCA. You can write to the webmaster champlainpark@gmail.com to request a link to join the meeting and/or to connect you with the appropriate Board member for information and guidance including how to submit a Community Project Proposal.

  1. Approval of Minutes
  2. Interim Motions
    • Approved – Enviro Tour for School children June 5, 6
    • Approved – Defend the Committee of Adjustment Decision at the Ontario Land Tribunal re: 182 Daniel Ave. Heather will represent CPCA. A limited amount from the P&Z fund approved.
  3. Community Members Agenda Items
  4. Park and Fieldhouse Improvement – Joanne
  5. Draft Zoning By-Law Update 10 minutes
    • Draft Zoning By-Law (ZBL) for CP Update: Heather
    • Jeff’s Meeting on draft ZBL: Lynne
    • Reminder: Zoom on Zoning June 20 6:30 to 8:30 Register here
  6. Public-facing Google folder for Planning, Zoning and Environmental Policies – Heather
    CPCA PZ&E presentations and analyses, including those relating to the Planning & Zoning fund and conditions for its use, are Board-approved, public information. This information now is posted in a public-facing Google folder.
  7. Finance, Membership, Insurance Updates – Lynne 7 minutes
    • Updates on insurance etc.
    • Draft changes to Project Proposal CPP form and process
    • Motion: Not to schedule CPCA activities 2025 June 1 to 14 for insurance change-over reasons

Agenda last updated on June 12. Contact the secretary to add topics.

Champlain Park Planning and Zoning Document Archive Now Online

The Planning, Zoning and Environmental Policies Committee invites you to check out our new public-facing Google Drive folder. This folder will be regularly updated with new material as we continue to address the big-picture issues that have an impact on Champlain Park. The most recent files address the impacts of the new Official Plan and the ongoing development of the new Zoning Bylaw.

Presentations, current and historical:

Selected Presentations, Analyses and Letters from CPCA Planning Volunteers to the CPCA Board, AGM, FCA, City and the Province – Inside this Planning and Zoning Google Drive Folder.

[Screen shot of Planning and Zoning Google Drive Folder]

Info Session on New Zoning – June 20

The City will host a virtual meeting on June 20, 2024, to provide an overview of the proposed new comprehensive zoning by-law. The Zoom meeting will be held from 6:30-8:30 pm. Register here.

Champlain Park residents take note: at the end of 2025, our Zoning will be changed radically, to comply with the policies in Ottawa’s new Official Plan (OP), which dictates increasing population density and small-c commercial development in neighbourhoods.

Engage Ottawa link for past and ongoing information:
https://engage.ottawa.ca/zoning
Final Official Plan:
https://ottawa.ca/en/planning-development-and-construction/official-plan-and-master-plans/official-plan

Heather

Champlain Bridge Night Closures – May 26 to June 11

Update – now going to June 11th, as the NCC says in their closure advisory / avis de fermeture.

A message from the NCC, looks like they will be doing bike lane enhancements…

National Capital Region—There will be full overnight closures of Champlain Bridge as part of the final phase of the Champlain Bridge Rehabilitation Project.

  • Schedule: Nightly, from Sunday, May 26 to Thursday, June 6, 2024, 9 pm to 5 am
  • Location: Champlain Bridge
  • Impact on motorists: Take alternate routes.
  • Impact on pedestrians and cyclists: Champlain Bridge remains open to pedestrians and cyclists. Cyclists are asked to please walk their bikes on the sidewalk.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Fermeture du pont Champlain en soirée et durant la nuit, du 26 mai au 6 juin 2024

Région de la capitale nationale – Le pont Champlain sera fermé en soirée et durant la nuit pour la dernière étape du projet de sa réfection.

  • Horaire : le soir et durant la nuit, du dimanche 26 mai au jeudi 6 juin 2024, de 21 h à 5 h
  • Endroit : pont Champlain
  • Circulation automobile : changement d’itinéraire à prévoir
  • Circulation à pied et à vélo : aucune incidence sur les déplacements à pied; descente de vélo et circulation sur le trottoir obligatoires

Merci de votre collaboration.