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Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – November 20

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Monday November 20, 2023
7:30 PM via Google Meet
Everybody Welcome

Board meetings will have an open session for community residents to observe business discussions. Non board community members will also be invited to participate at certain times by the chair and there will be “in camera” topics for the board members only. Please contact the secretary via champlainpark@gmail.com to request a link to join the meeting.

Open session

  1. Approval of minutes of September 27, 2023 – Liz
  2. Improving Board Meeting Efficiency – Nick – (Decision – 5 minutes)
  3. AGM Planning – All (see previous AGM)
    • Date: Jan 25, 2024
    • Technical arrangements for hybrid in person/virtual meeting: Alex
    • Chair: Nick?
    • Guest Speaker: Heather to confirm Dennis Jacobs as guest speaker
    • Slate for Election of Officers: Lynne
    • Panel discussion or presentation on what recent provincial legislation on Housing and Zoning will mean for Champlain Park: Richard
    • Business Items (to be confirmed):
      1. Approval of Minutes of Previous AGM: Liz
      2. Financial Report – Lynne
      3. Planning and Zoning Report – Heather
      4. Environment and Kichi Sibi Winter Trail – Kris Phillips?
      5. Rink Update – ?
      6. Communications – Carol?
      7. Membership – Lynne or Mike?
      8. Social – Nick Xenos
      9. Civic Engagement – Richard
      10. Fieldhouse Update – Laurie
  4. New Board Structure Options – Lynne and Laurie – (Decision – 15 minutes)
  5. Update on Community Insurance Issues (CPIP) and brief context including risk management and retaining corporate status – Lynne – (Information – 10 minutes)
  6. List of Operational Issues – Modus Operandi – Lynne (Decision – 10 minutes)
  7. Top of Agenda for first meeting with new Board: Decision on list of priority topics – Lynne (Decision – 10 minutes)
    • Corporate responsibilities
    • Risk Management
    • Division of Tasks and Position Titles
  8. Other Business
  9. Next Meeting

Agenda last updated at 3:28 on November 15. Contact the secretary to add topics.

Tunney’s Pasture Open House – November 21, 22

Invitation to Tunney’s Pasture Public Engagement Meeting

Have your say! Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and Canada Lands Company (CLC) want your input on their proposed Complete Street and Active Transportation Network for Tunney’s Pasture.
Continue reading “Tunney’s Pasture Open House – November 21, 22” →

Home Sharing Experiences

A Master’s student from McGill University’s School of Urban Design is looking for homeowners willing to talk about home sharing arrangements in Ottawa (Basement suites, laneway homes) for a research project. He’s looking for homeowners who support the practice (or not) and those who have had experience with it.

The project is being done with the Ottawa Climate Action Fund in an effort to create more affordable, carbon-friendly housing alternatives. The interviews will add input from Ottawa home owners into future projects.

It involves a 30-minute discussion via Zoom. They hope to do the interviews by the end of November. Those interested should contact Gavin Armitage-Ackerman at: gavin.armitage-ackerman@mail.mcgill.ca

Leaf Drop Done!

From: Daniel Buckles <dbuckles@sas2.net>

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Neighbours collected and dropped off more than 130 bags of neighbourhood leaves at the community gardens and tiny forest along Pontiac. That is all we need for this season. Anyone can complete the cycle by picking up and reusing the empty leaf bags from the stash in my front driveway (Daniel Avenue).
Continue reading “Leaf Drop Done!” →

Home Improvement Loans from the City

The Better Homes Ottawa Loan Program is a municipal program, delivered in partnership with EnviroCentre, provides loans from the City of Ottawa directly to homeowners to undertake energy efficiency and climate resiliency home improvements. More details on the program can be found on the Better Homes Ottawa website.

The City will be hosting a pair of online information sessions providing an overview of this program, as well as the other rebate and financial support programs available to homeowners supporting environmental home improvements. Information and registration via Zoom can be found at the links below.

November 2nd from 12 to 1pm
November 7th from 7 to 8:30pm

Also see the city’s web site about the project at:
https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/environment-conservation-and-climate/climate-change-and-energy/better-homes-ottawa

Job Matchmaker and Listing Service Commences

We’re starting a new way of listing babysitters, snow shovellers and other people in the neighbourhood who are looking for casual work. On the flip side, we are also listing people who want workers to help them out. Prompted by problems with creepy callers, we now have a volunteer matchmaker to act as a go-between and anonymity options for both the web listing and the paper listing.

Have a look at https://champlainpark.org/matchmaker/ for the current listings, and go there to sign up too.

Winter Carnival Coming – January 20

via Erin Topping on Facebook…

Hey all, starting to think about the Winter Carnival. Mark your calendars for January 20th, 2024. Looking for local musical talent and anyone else’s special skills (in the past we’ve seen balloon making and face painting). feel free to reach out to me directly if you have an idea. Thanks!

Please contact Erin for more info at erintopping@hotmail.com.

Great turnout of skaters on Champlain Park rink and skiers on SJAM trail! From Winter Carnival 2019.

Craft Show – November 25

Saturday, Nov. 25 at the Fieldhouse, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Well, the leaves are turning, the rink boards are up in the park…. it cannot be long until the annual craft show at the fieldhouse!

Expect to find a lovely selection of jewelry, ceramics, paintings, knitting, soaps, body lotions, cards, preserved flowers, vintage Christmas decor, cashmere scarves, baking, artisan woodworking AND much, much more…..

For more information, contact Laurie Fagan at lauriefagan59@gmail.com.

[Kitted Decorated Hats]