Category: Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA)

Champlain Park’s Annual General Meeting – November 22

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA)
Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Tuesday November 22, 2016
at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse
7:15 to 7:30 PM: Refreshments
7:30 PM: Business Meeting

Guests:

  • Councillor Jeff Leiper: Updates on Champlain Park Issues (20 minutes)
  • Catherine McKenna, MP, Ottawa Centre (sends her regrets)
  • A representative of the Ottawa Mosque

(Q & A will be hosted by each guest)

Business Items:

  1. Approval of minutes of 19 Nov 2015 AGM – Liz (2)
  2. Community Plan – Nick (5)
  3. Election of Executive for 2016/17 and Call for Volunteers – CoChair1 (5)
  4. Reports (5 minutes each)
    • Treasurer – Joan
    • Membership – Boris
    • FCA (Federation of Citizens’ Associations) – Roland
    • Planning and Zoning – Duncan
    • Social – Carol
    • Environment – Nick
  5. Other Business
  6. Adjournment

Election of Officers and Call for Volunteers:

  • You can ask to be nominated for any of the listed positions.
  • Names of current nominees are listed on the chart. Most are current executive members who are willing to stay on.
  • However we are actively seeking new board members.
  • Some positions can be shared, as there is always plenty to do. For example, we have 2 Co-Chairs.
  • We also have an executive position called “Member at Large”. This allows people to be on the executive without a specific “portfolio” and to contribute in a variety of ways as per your interests. Some of our current board members started as Member at Large and then “specialized”.
  • Please see the CPCA organizational chart to get some ideas of how you might contribute if you are interested in becoming an executive member or non-executive volunteer.
  • If you are thinking of joining the executive/board in the future, attending some of our open executive meetings (advertised on our website) is a good way to familiarize yourself with the work of the community association.

To be added to the slate of executive/board member nominees for the election, contact CoChair1 CPCA, at champlainpark@gmail.com

Please provide: Name, Position/area of interest

Also see the Community Plan for a description of our activities. Contact the listed co-ordinator if interested in a specific volunteer area.

Champlain Speaker Paper Editions Archive

We now have a web page with our collection of recent paper editions of the Champlain Speaker, in PDF format. These are the ones delivered to the doorsteps of our neighbourhood by a band of volunteers (thanks!), with some production support from the Ottawa Citizen (thanks too!).

The list on our main web page was getting too big, so now the archive has its own page at https://champlainpark.org/champlain-speaker/

Update: Champlain Park – Park Land Expansion Proposal

Important:
Closing date for Councillor receiving your comments is October 31, 2016.

We would like to give a big thank-you to all those who made it to our best attended community meeting on September 27, 2016 with Councillor Jeff Leiper, discussing the proposed park land expansion within Champlain Park, involving the closure and conversion of a portion of Pontiac street.

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On the following Thursday and Friday after the meeting, Jeff did his own traffic survey of the traffic flow along the part of Pontiac Street in question. Below is a snippet of Jeff’s traffic survey counts which were published in his weekly Kitchissipi Ward Newsletter. For the complete article of Jeff’s observations, comments and counts regarding this proposal, please see his newsletter at: http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/update-potential-pontiac-closure

Traffic counts (snippet from Jeff’s Kitchissippi Ward Newsletter – October 1)
On Thursday morning, I did a count from 7:30 to 9:15 am.
On Pontiac westbound I observed:
From Northwestern: 9 vehicles, of which 8 had kids visible
From Carleton: 14 vehicles, of which 10 had kids visible and one bus
4 bikes
10 pedestrians
On Pontiac eastbound I observed:
One vehicle – a resident of the Keyworth/Cowley block
One vehicle from Cowley
12 vehicles from Keyworth, of which 4 were buses
7 vehicles from Patricia, of which 1 was a bus
33 bikes
6 pedestrians
On Friday, I was out from 3:15-5:05 and counted on Pontiac in the stretch we’re floating closing:
15 cars westbound that came from Northwestern
4 cars westbound that came from Carleton
17 cars eastbound from Cowley. My impression is that these were almost all Tunney’s parkers.
17 cars eastbound from Keyworth, including 7 that had a child visible in the car (my assumption is that these are pick-ups from the school), and 3 buses
10 cars eastbound from Patricia, including 6 that had a child visible in the car (again, I’m making an assumption of pick-ups)
2 bikes eastbound, and 15 bikes westbound
14 pedestrians eastbound, and 25 pedestrians westbound. As you might imagine, a very large number of these westbound pedestrians looked like they were headed to their car from Tunney’s Pasture.
As an observation, the school rush lasts for about 10 minutes immediately after the bell. Traffic is extremely light outside of that period.

Councillors next update
Jeff Leiper will be updating the Community on this proposal in a mid-November time-frame after he has received additional community comments and made further consultations.  Jeff has also done a preliminary discussion of the proposal with the City and he found there were no infrastructure issues and that there may be funding options available through grants.

October 31, 2016  – Closing date for receiving your comments
We strongly encouraged you to send your comments if you haven’t already done so before the closing date to: Councillor Jeff Leiper  Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca

CPCA Executive Meeting Agenda – October 6

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive Meeting

Thursday October 6, 2016
7:30 PM at 251 Keyworth (Heather Pearl’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.

Open session (Approx 1 hour)

  1. Greenspace Alliance: Proposed event on May 27th, 2017 (Paul Johanis guest) 10
  2. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting Aug 30, 2016 and review of action items (All) 5
  3. Report of interim executive motions (All) 5
  4. Setting timings for agenda items for executive meetings (Joan) 5
  5. AGM planning: CoChair1 and All 25
    1. exec members to confirm nomination for new term
    2. list business items and responsible exec member
    3. other presentations: Topics, Presenter
    4. roles – chair, set-up, refreshments(?)
  6. SJAM Winter Trail Request for donations from CA’s: Vote on whether to contribute, amount, mechanism (grant or project form) CoChair1 5
  7. Approval of Proposal Process (Nick) (filename: cpca-comm-improvement-call-and-template-sept-3-2016.doc) 10
  8. Community Project Proposals: Printing Pontiac Meeting, Ski Trail Clearing (Adrian) 5
  9. Rosemount Library Report (Nick) 5
  10. Update 145 Carleton (Duncan, Heather) 5
  11. FCA Priorities Questionnaire (Roland) Link to Quest: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VN5WRQN 5

Friendly Reminder: Park Expansion Opportunity, We need your support!

Community Consultation

 If you can make it, we would really appreciate your support as this can make a difference in determining what will become the final outcome. Thank-you.

Community discussion on possible extension of park land along Pontiac St (between Carleton Ave & Cowley Ave)

When:   Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Time:     7:30pm
Where: Champlain Park Fieldhouse (Champlain Park)

Together with the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA), Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Jeff Leiper would like to invite you to come and discuss the potential permanent closure of Pontiac Street, between Carleton Ave and Cowley Ave. The street closure would help expand Champlain Park north across Pontiac St and would connect the park with the NCC parkway lands. Further, the street closure would create a connection between the new 16km Sir John A. Macdonald Winter Trail, Champlain Park and the broader community.

Please join us to learn more and to let us know what you think. We look forward to your feedback!

If you cannot attend, please send questions or comments to the following:
CPCA coordinator: Carol Arnason – carol.arnason@ocsb.ca (613) 729-6639
Councillors office:  Jeff Leiper – Jeff.Leiper@ottawa.ca (613) 580-2485

For more information at Kitchissippi Ward website

Park Expansion Opportunity, We need your support!

Community Consultation

Community discussion on possible extension of park land along Pontiac St (between Carleton Ave & Cowley Ave)

When:   Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Time:     7:30pm
Where: Champlain Park Fieldhouse (Champlain Park)

Together with the Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA), Kitchissippi Ward Councillor Jeff Leiper would like to invite you to come and discuss the potential permanent closure of Pontiac Street, between Carleton Ave and Cowley Ave. The street closure would help expand Champlain Park north across Pontiac St and would connect the park with the NCC parkway lands. Further, the street closure would create a connection between the new 16km Sir John A. Macdonald Winter Trail, Champlain Park and the broader community.

Please join us to learn more and to let us know what you think. We look forward to your feedback!

If you cannot attend, please send questions or comments to the following:
CPCA coordinator: Carol Arnason – carol.arnason@ocsb.ca (613) 729-6639
Councillors office:  Jeff Leiper – Jeff.Leiper@ottawa.ca (613) 580-2485

For more information at Kitchissippi Ward website

CPCA Executive Meeting Agenda – August 30

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive Meeting

Tuesday August 30, 2016
7:30 PM at the Fieldhouse (doors open at 7:15)

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.

Open session (Approx 1 hour)

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting June 16, 2016 and review of action items attached (All)
  2. Report of interim executive motions (All)
  3. Donations/Sponsorships (Boris)
  4. Community Association Social Events (Carol)

CPCA Executive Meeting – June 16

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive Meeting Open Session
Thursday June 16, 2016
7:30 PM at the Fieldhouse

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.

Agenda

Open session (Approx 1.25 hours)

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting May 5, 2016 and review of action items attached (All)
  2. Report of interim executive motions (All)
  3. Engagement of the Community and how to ensure that we get volunteers to organize our 3 traditional social events (All)
  4. Donations/Sponsorships (Boris)
  5. Clearview/Island Park intersection (Roland)
  6. Follow up on meeting with Jeff Leiper concerning the Park and its future. (Carol)
  7. To propose advertising our bimonthly meetings as Community meetings on the website instead of Executive meetings (Carol)
  8. Status of the Infill II OMB appeal (CoChair1 and Heather)
  9. 132 Cowley: (CoChair1 and Heather)
  10. 137 and 141 Carleton: (CoChair1 and Heather)
  11. Inner Urban Area – Pre-consultation Pilot Project (CoChair1, Heather, Roland)
  12. Update on process for reviewing community projects including insurance coverage (CoChair1)
  13. Brief summary on D&O insurance discussion (Liz and CoChair1)

CPCA Executive Meeting – May 5

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Executive Meeting Open Session
Thursday May 5, 2016
7:30 PM at the Fieldhouse

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.

Agenda

Open session (Approx 1.25 hours)

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting Mar 17, 2016 and review of action items (All)
  2. Report of interim executive motions (All)
  3. Community Garden (Laurie)
  4. Engagement of the Community and how to ensure that we get volunteers to organize our 3 traditional social events (All)
  5. Carol Arnason’s report to CPCA on meeting with Jeff Leiper to discuss park improvements (report to be distributed at the meeting)
  6. Getting additional revenues from nearby retailers and private businesses: financial donations/sponsorships, in kind donations/sponsorships and advertising. What has been tried so far? What can we try? (Boris)
  7. Infill II update – meeting for CA update on May 1 (CoChair1)
  8. Fieldhouse roof and teenagers (Laurie)