Winter Carnival Photos and Thanks

Champlain Park Families come out of hibernation to reconnect and to enjoy sleigh ride, outdoor rink, fiddle music, and chili at Winter Carnival 2017!!!

Carol Arnason, Social Committee Coordinator on the CPCA Executive, reports a large turnout of neighbours and a very successful party on Saturday afternoon, January 28, 2017. We welcomed visits from our elected representatives in all three levels of government: City Councillor Jeff Leiper, MPP Yasir Naqvi, and MP Catherine McKenna. Our Federal Environment Minister was judge of the Chili Cook-Off Contest and diplomatically celebrated all of the cooks until she awarded the Metro Gift card prize to Joscelyn Coolican, long time volunteer from Carleton Ave.

Thank you from the Champlain Park Community to the following enthusiastic volunteers who made it a memorable fun event:

Sarah Kotyck and Natalie Raffoul were the awesome organizers of Winter Carnival 2017.
Jim Kot had rink in great shape and Graydon ran outdoor activities.
Champlain Park Community Association sponsored free sleigh rides, free coffee and hot chocolate, and free entertainment.
Jason Keats, creator of balloon animals, kept the children amused.
Linda Landreville, Katie and Olivia Bolger, served food and hot drinks.
Chris and Sharon Kelly provided the sleigh rides.
Triple Trouble, Canterbury High School students, entertained with fiddles and step dancing.
Bridgehead supplied coffee and hot chocolate at a discount.
Neighbours donated chilis and baked goods for the lunch counter.

Here are a few photos by John Arnason from this year’s Winter Carnival:

CPCA Winter Carnival organizers Sarah Kotyck (left) and Natalie Raffoul (right) with volunteers Olivia and Katie Bolger.

Triple Trouble provided musical entertainment, sponsored by the Champlain Park Community Association

Turning a corner. Sleigh and horses provided by Chris and Sharon Kelly, sponsored by the Champlain Park Community Association.

Jason Keats, Carleton Ave. resident, entertains children with balloon animal creations.

Fun and games on the outdoor rink managed by Jim Kot.

137 Carleton Proposal Update

See the previous discussion at 137 Carleton Advance Proposal.

Subject: Update: 137 Carleton Proposal is now on the CofA web site.
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:38:10 -0500
From: pearhea@aol.com

This is an update on the proposal to build a new semi-detached at 137 Carleton Avenue. The Committee of Adjustment (CofA) will hear the proposal on February 1, 2017. The (135)/137 Carleton Avenue plans are posted on the CofA web page (Agenda items 2 – severance – and 3 – minor variance – applications). To view the application:

Click this link: http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=7109&doctype=AGENDA
Click item 3: 137 Carleton. The relevant .pdf documents will appear in the panel to the right.
Click: 137 Carleton Plans.pdf to view a copy of the site plan and elevations.

Thank you,
Heather Pearl

Carleton 137 Plan Thumbnail.jpeg

Park Planning Consultation – January 26, 28

From: “Mitchell, Fiona” <Fiona.Mitchell@ottawa.ca>
Date: January 24, 2017 at 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: Plan Your Parks! Kitchissippi Parks Participatory Plan – Consultation. Reminder: Round 2, Session 1 – Thursday, Jan 26 6:30- 9:00pm at Churchill Senior’s Centre. Session 2 – Saturday, Jan 28 1:00- 3:30pm at Tom Brown Arena

Good afternoon everyone,

You are receiving this e-mail either as a representative of your association or because you filled out the on-line survey in December and submitted your e-mail address in order to be kept up to date.

Thank you all so much for helping us spread the word for these consultation sessions, and for those of you who have been able to attend either session in Round 1, thank you as well for taking time to attend and submit your ideas. We are really enjoying the conversation so far, and are working towards a very strong vision for the future of our CIL funds. I wanted to reach out and send a quick reminder about the up-coming sessions for Round 2 of our Kitchissippi Parks Participatory Plan. These sessions will be very important moving forward. The final sessions in Round 3 will not be the opportunity to take further feedback regarding what kind of park improvements folks would like to see. Round 3 will work towards building our priorities, after assessing all of the previously-submitted ideas. Please let me know if you need me to clarify any of that information. So if there are any ideas that have yet to come forward, this is your chance!

The two sessions for Round 2 are:

This Thursday, Jan 26 from 6:30-9:00pm at the Churchill Senior’s Centre OR

This Saturday, Jan 28 from 1:00-3:30pm at Tom Brown Arena

To learn more about what will be happening during these sessions, check out this blog post:

http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/plan-your-parks-kitchissippi-parks-participatory-plan-round-2

As a reminder, both locations are fully accessible and child care is provided! Thank you Dovercourt. J

We hope to see you and the members of your associations there.

Thank you.

Kindly,

Fiona

Fiona Mitchell-Gougeon
Councillor’s Assistant | Adjointe au conseiller
Office of Councillor Jeff Leiper, Kitchissippi Ward 15
City of Ottawa | Ville d’Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
t: 613.580.2424 ex. 15823
e: fiona.mitchell@ottawa.ca

For more information follow us:
http://www.kitchissippiward.ca
@KitchissippiOtt
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Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2017-01-23

This week’s topics:

New hours at OPS front desks – Unified across the city, some services moved too.

– Alex

—– Forwarded Message —–
Subject: Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for January 23
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:28:16 -0500
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

Attached is the Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for January 23, 2017. Please feel free to pass it along to anyone who might be interested in receiving it. Any comments, information or requests to be added to or deleted from the list may be sent to wellingtoncpc@gmail.com. If you need to contact Cst. Neilly directly, please us neillyd@ottawapolice.ca.

Eileen Reardon
Volunteer, Wellington Community Police Centre
(613) 236-1222 x5870

NeighbourhoodWatch-2017-01-23.pdf

Just to remind you of what they do, here’s a message from the Ottawa Neighbourhood Watch Executive Committee blog at https://onwec.com/2017/01/21/crime-prevention-is-everybodys-responsibility/ by P. Luchuck:

Crime prevention is everybody’s responsibility

A Neighbourhood Watch program gives you permission to talk to your neighbours about keeping you, your neighbours and your community safe. A Neighbourhood Watch program teaches you how • to increase community communication and knowledge • to reduce preventable crime • to encourage reporting of criminal or suspicious activity • to improve the quality of information passed on to police • to improve the level of home security • to improve personal safety • to encourage property marking to help reduce the fear of crime particularly for the elderly in your local community.

Richmond Road and Byron Park Open House – January 31

From: Stage2 – Etape2 <stage2@ottawa.ca>
Date: January 16, 2017 at 11:29 AM
Subject: Richmond Road Complete Street & Byron Linear Park Renewal Open House / Séance portes ouvertes sur le projet de rue complète du chemin Richmond et le projet de réfection du parc linéaire Byron

Please join us for the next round of consultations with the City of Ottawa as we present what we heard during the Richmond Road Complete Street and Byron Linear Park consultation with residents and stakeholders that took place on November 15^th, 2016. We will have a discussion about what we heard during the previous consultation and review the proposed design concepts for Richmond Road Complete Street and Byron Linear Park.

What: Richmond Road Complete Street & Byron Linear Park Renewal Open House

When: January 31^st, 2017 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Where: Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 1000 Byron Avenue

Agenda:

6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. – Introductions/presentation – “What We Heard”
7:20 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. – Q&A
8:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. – Review boards (design concept) for Byron Linear Park, Richmond Road Complete Street and meet with project leads

Ward Councillors and City staff will be available to discuss the projects and answer questions.

Accessibility is an important consideration for the City of Ottawa. If you require special accommodation, please email your request before January 23^rd, 2017. For more information, please email richmondbyron@ottawa.ca

Nous vous invitons maintenant à participer à la prochaine séance de consultation sur le projet de rue complète du chemin Richmond et le projet de réfection du parc linéaire Byron, où vous saurez ce qui a été dit lors des consultations menées le 15 novembre 2016 auprès des résidents et des intervenants. Suivront une période de discussion et une présentation des concepts proposés pour les projets en question.

Quoi : Séance portes ouvertes sur le projet de rue complète du chemin Richmond et le projet de réfection du parc linéaire Byron

Quand : Le 31 janvier 2017, de 18 h à 21 h

Où : Église orthodoxe ukrainienne Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, au 1000, avenue Byron

Ordre du jour

De 18 h 30 à 19 h 15 : Mot de bienvenue et présentation (« ce qui a été dit »)
De 19 h 20 à 20 h : Période de questions
De 20 h à 20 h 45 : Présentation des concepts proposés pour le parc linéaire Byron et la rue complète du chemin Richmond, et rencontre avec les responsables des projets

Des membres du personnel de la Ville et des conseillers de quartier seront présents pour discuter des projets et répondre aux questions.

La Ville d’Ottawa accorde une grande importance à l’accessibilité. Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation particulières, veuillez le signaler par courriel d’ici le 23 janvier 2017. Pour en savoir plus, écrivez à l’adresse richmondbyron@ottawa.ca.

New Facebook Group for Neighbours

If you want to chat with your neighbours online, and Tweets are too short or too public, there’s now an unofficial Facebook group you can join, just for people who have lived in the neighbourhood. You do need a Facebook account to be able to apply to join the group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChamplainPark/

Their description is:

A fun, informal Facebook group for people who live in the Champlain Park neighbourhood in Ottawa Ontario. Feel free to post community events, photos, volunteer requests, items needed or for sale, or discuss community issues! No commercial advertising or partisan political links please.
NOT FORMALLY AFFILIATED WITH CHAMPLAIN PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION!

SJAM Winter Trail in the News

It’s nice to see that the new winter trail along the river has made it into the news. Here’s a CTV article on the basics:
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sir-john-a-macdonald-winter-trail-officially-opens-1.3234140

Looking for a Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator

Champlain Park Neighbourhood Watch

Champlain Park is looking for a new Neighbourhood Watch (NW) Coordinator.

This volunteer opportunity enables you to act as a liaison between our community and our Community Police Constable (CPC) Dawn Neilly-Sylvestre.

This volunteer position does not require a lot of time commitment, as Champlain Park has an established NW.

Tasks for this position include:

Signing up with ONWEC (Ontario Neighbourhood Watch Executive Committee) to receive updates and newsletters on the NW community;
Updating the CPC about our NW, including changes of personnel (coordinator, block captains), crimes in the neighbourhood, inquiries from community members;
Receiving NW Bulletins from the CPC and forwarding them to our webmaster to post them on our website;
Updating Block Captains on any new information, such as Ottawa Police Service initiatives and/ or programs;
Recruiting Block Captains;
Write notices to community members about criminal/ unwanted activity in the neighbourhood and ask for assistance;
Interacting with the Champlain Park Executive;
Attend Champlain Park General Meetings and Champlain Park Annual General Meetings (optional).

If you are interested in actively participating within our community and have an interest in safety, health and wellness, then this is the opportunity for you!

Please note: the current NW Coordinator will assist the new NW Coordinator learn about the position and answer any questions.