2012 Planning Primer Program – City of Ottawa

2012 Planning Primer Program

These are excellent seminars provided free by the Planning and Growth Management Department of the City of Ottawa.

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2012 Planning Primer Program

Have you ever wondered how land-use planning is done? What those black and white signs in your community mean? How a zoning application is made? How to make a presentation to Planning Committee? What land-use planners do for your community?

Now is your time to find out

The Planning and Growth Management Department offers the Planning Primer Program to help residents become more aware of, and more involved in, the land-use planning process.  The program is a series of half-day courses.  The series includes two core courses and two elective courses.

The core courses, called Primer I and Primer II, describe the legislative and policy basis under which land-use planning decisions are made, the way policy documents are amended and how to make a development application.

The second elective course on November 17 and repeated on November 19 will focus on urban design planning. Registration will open the first week of November 2012.

To make the most of the information being presented, residents must attend the Primer I course before attending Primer II and attend both the Primer I and II courses before attending an elective course. The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years. The courses are offered in English only.

Take the Primer I & II courses

Primer I Course
Saturday, September 22, 2012 or
Monday, September 24, 2012

Primer II Course
Saturday, October 20, 2012 or
Monday, October 24, 2012

Location:
City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West,
Colonel By Room, Second Floor
8:30 a.m. to noon

The Primer I course is a pre-requisite for the Primer II course. Registration for Primer II will open on October 1, 2012

Register today!
Space is limited, so register soon.

Questions?
Please send your questions to primer@ottawa.ca

Abécédaire de l’aménagement 2012

Vous vous êtes déjà demandé comment l’aménagement du territoire était réalisé? Ce que signifient ces enseignes noires et blanches dans votre quartier? Comment adresser une demande de zonage? Comment faire une présentation devant le Comité de l’urbanisme? Ce que font les planificateurs de l’utilisation du sol pour votre collectivité?

Le moment est venu de le découvrir

Le Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance propose son Abécédaire de l’aménagement, un programme destiné à aider les résidents à se familiariser avec le processus de planification d’aménagement du territoire et à mieux y prendre part. Il s’agit en fait d’une série de cours d’une demi-journée, dont deux cours de base et deux cours optionnels.

Les cours de base, intitulés Abécédaire de l’aménagement I et Abécédaire de l’aménagement II, décrivent le fondement des lois et des politiques en vertu desquelles les décisions d’aménagement du territoire sont prises, la manière de modifier les documents de politique et la manière de présenter une demande d’aménagement.

Le cours optionnel aura lieu le 17 novembre et 19 novembre et sera axé sur la planification du design urbain.

Pour tirer profit au maximum des renseignements présentés, les résidents doivent avoir suivi l’Abécédaire I avant d’assister à l’Abécédaire II, et avoir suivi les deux Abécédaires avant de suivre un cours optionnel. Le contenu de ces cours est le même que par les années passées. Ces cours ne sont offerts qu’en anglais.

Participez aux cours Abécédaire I et II

Abécédaire I
Samedi 22 septembre 2012 ou
Lundi 24 septembre 2012

Abécédaire II
Samedi 20 octobre 2012 ou
Lundi 22 octobre 2012
Lieu :
Hôtel de ville, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest
Salle Colonel-By, 2e étage
De 8 h 30 à midi

L’Abécédaire I est un cours préalable à l’Abécédaire II. L’inscription au cours Abécédaire II commence le 1er octobre 2012.

Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd’hui!
Le nombre de places est limité alors inscrivez-vous sans tarder.

Des questions?
Transmettez vos questions à l’adresse primer@ottawa.ca.

Soccer in the Park

Soccer : Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club (OISC)

Soccer in the park is available for the Boys Under 7, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Soccer is also available for boys and girls in the following age groupings depending on the number of registrants:

Under 5, Under 7, Under 9 and Under 11

Select a location on the grid for the different age groups and locations:
Team Availabity Grid

Registration:
The 2012 registration is presently underway – please see DSP-Developmental Soccer Program 2012 Summer Registration

Ottawa Internationals Soccer Club-DSP
1237 Newmarket St. Ottawa, Ontario K1B 5N6
dsp@ottawasoccer.com
mailto:dsp@ottawasoccer.com

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING – April 21

On Saturday April 21 (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) the Broadview Avenue Public School Parents Council will be holding an e-waste collection fundraiser. This is a good opportunity to get rid of those old cell phones, computers, monitors, scanners, CD players and other bits of technology you might have lying around. Funds raised from this drive will go toward the Broadview Yard Renewal Project.

Although the main event is on Saturday there is an early bird drop-off on Friday, April 20 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Items can be dropped off at Broadview Public School, 590 Broadview Avenue (at Avondale) in Westboro.  Use the Broadview Avenue entry.

A complete list of the devices that you can donate can be found at www.broadviewparents.org/yard/2012/01/20/give-us-your-old-electronics-please

For additional information please call 613 721-1460.

Other Electronics Recycling:
Best Buy – Recycle and Save Event  April 20 – May 3, 2012

You’re invited! The Vanishing of the Bees!


Paul Dewar, MP for Ottawa Centre,
Invites you to an evening on BEES!

 

“Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food.”

Please join in the discussion to save the bees, our food and indeed the entire ecosystem before it is too late!

When:     Thursday, April 26, 2012
Time:       7:00 p.m.
Where:    Churchill Seniors Centre, 345 Richmond Road
(corner of Richmond and Churchill, entrance off Churchill)

7:00 p.m. Documentary film: Vanishing of the Bees
7:45 p.m. Brent Halsall, local beekeeper and Past President of the Ontario    Beekeepers Association
8:00 p.m. Open discussion

For more information please visit this web page, http://www.vanishingbees.com/

Bake Sale and Raffle for Kadra’s Family Fund on April 14th at 248 Daniel Avenue

Churchill Alternative School recently lost an Educational Assistant, Kadra Koulmiye. She leaves behind four sons (ages 19, 18, 12 and 6) and many students who benefited from their time with Kadra. The two eldest boys who are in first and second year university are hoping to keep their family together.

On Saturday, April 14th from 1:00 – 4:00pm three Champlain Park families are holding a bake sale and raffle at 248 Daniel Avenue to raise money for Kadra’s Family Fund. All proceeds will go to the fund.

The raffle features over $500 in prizes! Win a gift certificate or gift basket from one of these retailers:

  • Boomerang Kids
  • Bridgehead
  • Cube Gallery
  • John’s Restaurant
  • Kiddie Kobbler
  • Mrs Tiggy Winkles
  • Newport Restaurant
  • Parma Ravioli
  • Saslove’s Meat Market
  • Thyme and Again
  • Tivoli Florist
  • Truffle Treasures
  • Wabi Sabi

Raffle tickets are $5.00 for one and $10.00 for three. The raffle draw will be made on Saturday, April 14th at 4:00pm (at 248 Daniel Avenue). Winners will be contacted by phone or email.

And there will be lots of delicious home-made bake sale goodies to buy!

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the local retail community for their generosity and support, and to the many Churchill Alternative School families who will be providing baked goods for the sale.

If you would like to buy a raffle ticket and will not be able to drop over during the sale, please contact Nancy Elias at nancy.joan@hotmail.ca or at 613.728.7885.

Donations to Kadra’s Family Fund may also be made directly at http://kadra-koulmiye.ca/

Please come to the bake sale and raffle rain or shine!

Environmental survey – fill it out!

ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY
The Champlain Park Environment Committee is establishing
an environmental strategy for our neighbourhood. We
would like to understand our neighbourhood’s views and
practices related to environmental issues.
We would appreciate it if one person in each household
would complete the survey delivered with this issue of the
Champlain Speaker.
Completed surveys can be dropped off at:
• 141 Keyworth Ave.,
• 118 Clearview Ave., or
• 201 Daniel Ave.
If you would like to fill out the survey on-line, go to http://
champlainparker.polldaddy.com/s/champlain-parkenvironmental-
survey
The closing date for the survey is January 31, 2012. We hope
to re-issue the survey in coming years to see what change is
taking place. Thank you fortaking the time to complete the
survey.
–Brian Tychie
To join the Environment Committee or learn more about its
activities contact the chair, Nick Xenos at 719-7780. Email
Nick at xenosn@yahoo.com.