Category: Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA)

Community Association AGM Draft Agenda – February 1

Final agenda and link to the Zoom webinar is now ready, see https://champlainpark.org/2022/01/24/annual-general-meeting-february-1/

Note that there’s a newer agenda in the AGM poster. The final Agenda and link to the Zoom webinar will be posted on noon on Monday January 24th.

Draft Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association Annual General Meeting

Tuesday, February 1, 2022
7:00 PM via Zoom
Everybody Welcome

Here is a draft of the agenda for the AGM. Please contact the secretary with new items and changes.

Meeting Chair: Nick Xenos

Agenda

  1. Guest Speaker: David Wise, City of Ottawa, Planner and Program Manager, Zoning Unit (30 minutes)
  2. Financial Report from CPCA Finance Committee: Dave Harding (10 minutes)
  3. Election of Board for 2022: Nick Xenos (10 minutes)
  4. Report from City Councillor: Jeff Lieper (30 minutes)
  5. Business Items:
    1. Approval of minutes of previous AGM 27 Jan 2021: Liz Gyalokay (2 minutes)
    2. Reports from the 2020/21 Board (5 minutes each)
      1. Planning and Zoning – Heather Pearl
      2. Environment – Kris Phillips
      3. Rink Update- Dan Wilcock
      4. Communications: Carol Arnason
      5. Social – Nick Xenos
      6. Civic Engagement – Roland Dorsay
      7. Thanks to departing board members – Nick Xenos
    3. Call for volunteers – Lynne Bankier (5 minutes)
    4. Other Business
    5. Adjournment

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – January 10

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Monday January 10, 2022
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 Nov 16, 2021 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
  3. AGM Agenda: – Lynne (agenda for last AGM for reference)
    1. Date: Tuesday Feb 1, 7 pm
    2. Chair: Nick
    3. Report from City Councillor: Jeff Leiper is confirmed
    4. Financial Report from CPCA Finance Committee: Dave Harding
    5. Election of Board for 2022: (need to finalize the slate): Nick
    6. Guest Speaker: David Wise, City of Ottawa, Planner and Program Manager, Zoning Unit is confirmed
    7. Business Items:
      1. Approval of minutes of previous AGM 27 Jan 2021: Liz
      2. Reports:
        1. P&Z – Heather
        2. Environment committee – possibly Kris and others;
        3. Rink – Dan;
        4. Communications – Carol;
        5. Finance – Dave;
        6. Social – Nick;
        7. Thanks to long term members of the Board who are departing: Lynne and Heather
    8. Call for volunteers: ?
  4. Financial Report: discussion of draft report for AGM: Dave – 10 minutes
  5. Other Business
  6. Next Meeting

Agenda last updated at 13:36 on January 9th.

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – November 16

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday November 16, 2021
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 – draft agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of Sept 14, 2021 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
  3. Intensification of the area and how high the new buildings are (Louise Rousseau)
  4. AGM Agenda: Chair, Reports, Election, call for volunteers; date, do we want a speaker; should we focus on trying to attract some of the new families to attend the meeting, how? – Lynne
  5. Board composition and liaison when key volunteers do not wish to retain full board positions – Lynne
  6. OP and Zoning Bylaw Review: brief updates from involved Board members and how to inform/involve the community
  7. ONCA: New not for profit corporate legislation passed: Need to revise constitution within 3 years – Lynne
  8. Finances: Dave cannot attend meeting; Lynne may give brief summary and/or email
  9. Fieldhouse Garden Update (tentative) – Laurie
  10. Other Business
  11. Next Meeting

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – September 14

Oops, sorry for the short notice. At least we don’t need to send a reminder around.

– Alex

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday September 14, 2021
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 – final agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of June 10, 2021 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
    • $100 donation to federal all candidates meeting for Ottawa Centre (doodle carried).
    • Assign $1,000 donation to Mini Forest project as per donor request (doodle carried).
    • Fieldhouse Election Polling Station Lease discussion; decision to request City to sign the lease
  3. Financial Update – Dave, Lynne – (10 to 15 minutes)
  4. Operations for Fall 2021 – Lynne, Liz, Laurie, Jennie – (5 minutes)  Given continuing pandemic, assume operations to continue status quo:  Virtual Meetings, Fieldhouse closed, Door to Door Membership Drive deferred.
  5. All Candidates Meeting Questions from CA’s – Lynne –(5 minutes)
  6. Insurance and Contracts – Liz, Lynne –  (7 minutes)
  7. Official Plan Update – Heather, Roland –  (10 minutes)
  8. Increased sightings of tents and wood “forts” in the Champlain woods and beach – Ian – (Information/Decision, 10 minutes)
  9. Outdoor Rink update – Dan – (Information, 5 minutes)
  10. Update on river water quality testing – Dan – (information, 2 minutes)
  11. Other Business
  12. Next Meeting

Support for Councillors’ Request to Rename the SJAM Parkway

Champlain Park neighbours are encouraged to review the following information and consider writing individual letters in support of the initiative to rename the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.

Coucillor’s Jeff Leiper, Catherine McKenney and Theresa Kavanagh have asked the Federal Government to facilitate an Indigenous-led consultation process to rename the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. The letter is posted on Jeff’s web site at: https://kitchissippiward.ca/content/name-reconciliation-re-name-sjam

For those with an interest in history, a precipitous name change in 2012 turned the Ottawa River Parkway into the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. There is no historical link between the Parkway and Sir John A. Macdonald, who died in 1891. The Parkway, first proposed in the 1940s as part of the Greber Plans for Ottawa, was built on former rail lands and the sites of waterfront houses.

An excellent synopsis is contained in Kelly Egan’s article in the Citizen, published on June 3: https://o.canada.com/news/local-news/egan-sir-john-a-wrong-name-for-parkway-in-2012-even-more-wrong-today.

Wikipedia has a brief section on the history of the Parkway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_A._Macdonald_Parkway.

Community Association Board Meeting – June 10

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Thursday June 10, 2021
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 – draft agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of April 19, 2021 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
  3. FCA update – Roland (Information, 5 Minutes)
  4. Membership Fee Update – Dave
  5. Start discussions on Registering the CPCA as a charitable organization and assign a board member to lead – Adrian (Guest Lana Saleh will contribute her expertise also)
  6. CPCA Signing authority – Adrian – quickly discuss and agree who can sign for:
    a) 2021-22 NCC Winter Passes for Non-Profits
    b) Register for Non-Profit Software Licenses
  7. Update on our Insurance (Lynne, Liz)
  8. Other Business
  9. Next Meeting

Champlain Speaker Non-Paper April Issue

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 restrictions, volunteers will not deliver the April edition of the Champlain Speaker to Champlain Park residents’ home mailboxes.

— Update – all the paper copies in the fieldhouse box have been picked up —

[Fieldhouse Doorway with a Small Table holding a box of Champlain Speaker Paper Copies]

Meanwhile, you can download it in colourful PDF format. If you have legal size paper (the editor needed the extra space), you can print it out and perhaps give a copy to a neighbour without a computer.
Continue reading “Champlain Speaker Non-Paper April Issue” →

Community Association Board Meeting Final Agenda – April 19

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Monday April 19, 2021
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 – final agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of November 25 2020 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
    1. Rink expenses above grant amount $393.19 on behalf of Dan and Matt
    2. Submit CPCA Chalk River Letter on behalf of Dan and Heather
    3. Submit TD Parks People Grant Night Sky on behalf of Adrian and Don
    4. Submit Nomination for Dave Adams Order of Ottawa
  3. Spring Cleanup – Kris
  4. FCA update – Roland – 5 minutes
  5. Membership Drive Options – Dave
  6. Rink Volunteers Recognition – Liz
  7. Update on Fieldhouse Garden – Laurie
  8. Financial Update – Lynne
  9. Insurance Update – Lynne/Liz
  10. Environment Committee proposal for tree nursery/planting project (“Urban mini-forest and Plant Caretaker Network”) – Daniel
  11. Next Meeting

Community Association Board Meeting – April 19

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Monday April 19, 2021
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.

If any neighbourhood resident would like to officially add an item to the agenda for discussion, please submit your request to the secretary:

  • Detail the item to present.
  • Provide a brief description and the goal of presenting the item.
  • Length of time for agenda items is normally 5 minutes unless otherwise specified.
  • The Chair will discuss additional time at the beginning of the meeting if that is requested.

Open session – draft agenda

  1. Approval of minutes of November 25 2020 – Liz
  2. Report of interim motions – all
  3. Spring Cleanup – Kris
  4. FCA update – Roland – 5 minutes
  5. Membership Drive Options – Dave
  6. Rink Volunteers Recognition – Liz
  7. Next Meeting