Category: Government

Messages from various levels of government.

Connecting with the City of Ottawa

One way of keeping up with the many things happening in Ottawa is to subscribe to the City’s newsletters. Here is the link to the registration page, with checkboxes for a couple of dozen topics you can sign up for.
https://ottawa.ca/esubscriptions/signup-form-en.html

There’s also https://ottawa.ca/en/news for press releases and other pieces of news (there’s an RSS feed if you want to subscribe to those). As you can guess, there’s also a French version at https://ottawa.ca/fr/sujets-de-lheure
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2018 Planning Primer I – September 22+

The next Planning Primer I classes for residents will be on September 22, 24 and in French on October 1. Details and sign-up at https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-involvement/planning-primer

The Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development 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. Please see our schedule for other Primer courses.The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years.

City wants Feedback on Mooney’s Bay Pavilion, Sparks Street, ByWard Market

Give feedback and get informed about City projects: Week of August 20

The City of Ottawa wants your input on the projects, policies, programs and services that affect your daily life. From open houses to workshops and online consultations, your feedback helps to shape City decisions.

The following opportunities are now available online:
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Re: Repaired Park Benches!

New boards on the picnic tables.

On 2018-05-15 08:52 PM, Heather Pearl wrote:

Hi neighbours. This note is an update to Alex’s message regarding the new / refurbished park benches and picnic tables. This truly was a successful team effort, led by Champlain Park resident Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie. Dominique was ably and enthusiastically assisted by residents Alex Smith and Carol Arnason, and Fiona Mitchell, who is Jeff Leiper’s Assistant.

As a result of the team effort, we not only have better furniture. Carol Arnason now has a contact in the City’s Public Works Department. Carol hopes to benefit Park users by fostering this relationship with Public Works, but she needs your help. As a first step, she would like to meet with neighbours who use the play area and pool during the summer. One goal is to involve residents in helping to maintain a safe, clean Park for their kids. Please be in touch.

Carol can be reached at arnasoncarol@gmail.com

Thank you,
Heather

pearhea@aol.com

AccessAbility Day 2018 – May 31

Registration is now open for AccessAbility Day 2018!

A healthy body and mind are critical elements to your overall health. Join us for our 15th annual AccessAbility Day at Ottawa City Hall on Thursday May 31 and find out how keep your mind and body in top shape.

Join Mayor Jim Watson and City Manager Steve Kanellakos who will deliver opening remarks. Mayor Watson will proclaim the day as AccessAbility Day in Ottawa.

The event includes:

  • Morning : Resource fair centred on health-related topics
  • Between 10 and noon : Three athletes who have medaled for Canada at the Paralympics will share their experiences and how they maintain optimal mental and physical health. Join Todd Nicholson, Tyrone Henry and Jason Dunkerley for an exciting panel discussion
  • Prizes and lunch
  • Afternoon : Health presentations from Ottawa Public Health

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Repaired Park Benches!

I see that we have some repaired park benches, with new wood replacing the older splintered boards. There’s a bit of a story behind that…

Our community association co-chair had noticed that the benches were getting worn out, with splintered or rotting wood in several places. She took some photos last year in May 2017 to document it.

Worn out Bench (they all look like this). Though this one has one more recent beam in the back rest. Note the partial coverage of the back rest, which can be uncomfortable for some people. In May 2017.

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Ottawa Older Adult Plan Survey

Via Roland & FCA, also see https://ottawa.ca/en/older-adult-plan

City of Ottawa Older Adult Plan 2019-2022

The City of Ottawa is planning for its third Older Adult Plan 2019-2022. We want to hear from you!

Fill out this survey and tell us what you think is important for older adults living in Ottawa.

Like many other large cities in Canada and around the world, we are taking action to make Ottawa a more age-friendly city. The City of Ottawa Older Adult Plan supports a long-term vision for our community that values, empowers, and supports older persons and their quality of life.

The Older Adult Plan includes actions that are within the responsibility of municipal government. The City also works closely with the Council on Aging of Ottawa through Age Friendly Ottawa, who supports an Age Friendly Community Action Plan.

If you have questions about this survey or the Older Adult Plan, email olderadults@ottawa.ca

The survey will be open until Sunday May 20, 2018

Kitchissippi Ward Forum – April 30

From Jeff Leiper, city councillor, http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/final-kitchissippi-ward-forum-term-council

We are thrilled to announce that the final Ward forum for this term of Council is coming-up!

The forum will be on Monday, April 30 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Van Lang Field House (29 Van Lang Pvt).

Our guest speaker this time will be John Manconi, the GM for Transportation. John will be speaking about transportation within the City of Ottawa with a focus on Kitchissippi-related issues. In addition to our normal updates from Jeff and the community, we will also have staff from the LRT Stage 2 office present with boards and information.

We hope you can attend and we are looking forward to talking all things Kitchissippi!

O-Train Energized to Tunney’s Pasture

From: Berlin, Damon <Damon.Berlin@ottawa.ca>
Date: 10 April 2018 at 10:50
Subject: Overhead Catenary System – Electrification

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Please be advised that OLRTC has begun with the electrification of segment 1 of the Confederation Line (Tunney’s to West Portal). This is exciting for the project and your ward but it is also important to remember that this is also a new danger that people need to be made aware of. To that end, I am attaching a bilingual education poster for you to share with your community association and neighbours. I will also be sharing this poster with the local schools.
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