Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2016-04-25

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Subject: Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for April 25
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:26:20 -0400
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

Dear Subscribers,

As there is only one item today, I’m sending it as a regular email.

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

CRIME ALERT

In the past couple of weeks, there has been a significant increase in THEFTS FROM VEHICLES, particularly in the Preston St. and Somerset St. areas. Vehicles are being targeted in the late afternoon and overnight. These are quick smash-and-grabs and the thieves are looking for easily portable items: GPS, CDs, cash, etc. Please remove valuables from your vehicle and keep it secured.

If you see any suspicious activity around parked vehicles, don’t hesitate to call 911.

This time it’s Preston and Somerset. Next is anybody’s guess. Be prepared.

Spring Cleanup 2016 Summary

Just following up on the Spring Cleanup…

We had a good turnout this year, about 20 people and families signed in and I heard that a team of around 4 people sponsored by Glad came from Wakefield (saw them leaving at the end in their yellow shirts). Glad also provided the garbage bags, looks like we had about the right amount. The same can’t be said for the home baked cookies, which ran out before the baker could have one!

Andrea and Ian seemed to have everything in hand, even down to fridge magnets from the city’s “Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital” program, beverages for the volunteers, a campaign map and so on. Thanks for setting it up and staffing mission control!

Signing Up and Getting Supplies
20160423_100156_AS_6587 Signing up

Fridge Magnet

Sticker

Campaign Map with Post-it™ notes claiming work areas
20160423_112401_AS_6602 Campaign Map

I found lots of candy wrappers, plastic cups, cigarette packs, lighters, cigarette butts, plastic bags, beverage cans, plastic water bottles and such things, mostly near the woods at the school. Weirdly, no glass bottles and just one glass fragment. But I also found a few noteworthy items:

First off, an unusual brass Allen Wrench. Usually they’re silver steel. This was in an area on Pontiac with noticable contractor debris, such as electrical wire insulation strippings.
20160423_101306_AS_6588 A rare Brass Allen Wrench

On the opposite corner of the neighbourhood on Patricia, I found this magnifying glass keychain.
20160423_103437_AS_6589 Magnifying Glass

Getting closer to the school area on Patricia, and the woods, here’s yet another glove. Seems to be designed for cartoon characters, with only four fingers.
20160423_105324_AS_6592 One Glove of Many

A blue golf ball stands out on a sunny day (great weather today for working outside).
20160423_105814_AS_6593 Blue Golf Ball

A piece of tile. Wonder where it came from.
20160423_105938_AS_6594 Tile Fragment

This assortment of garbage is brought to you by the letter O. Made of foam.
20160423_110409_AS_6595 Foam Letter O

Close to a school gate is the remains of a lesson on cooking with mud. The felt marker beside the pot is for taking notes? I left this behind since it didn’t seem to be garbage.
20160423_110504_AS_6596 Lesson on Cooking with Mud

I was surprised to see this bow tie. A closer look reveals that it is a hair ribbon accessory.
20160423_110739_AS_6598 Bow Tie Hair Ribbon

One of the lighters I found. Other people were finding them too.
20160423_111043_AS_6599 Cigaratte Lighter

Another team found an antique car leaf spring in the forest. It seems to have been halved with a cutting torch.
20160423_112448_AS_6603 Car Leaf Spring

Ian Reid with the mysterious, helpful people from planet GLAD (via Wakefield). Photo and description courtesy of Andrea Murphy.

The final result of all this work is an even larger pile of garbage. Just think how many candy wrappers are there!
20160423_120457_AS_6610 Our Garbage Pile

Thanks everyone for pitching in and cleaning up.

If you have stories or photos of interesting items, I can add them to this post. Send them to champlainpark@hotmail.ca or tweet them to @ChamplainPark.

– Alex

Spring Cleanup 2016 – April 23 Reminder

Just a reminder that the Spring Cleanup is this weekend. Additionally, the NCC forest is now officially part of the cleanup area.

LIFE’S MESSY.

APRIL 23 WE CLEAN IT UP.

Champlain Park is looking for volunteers for our annual Spring Cleanup. The snow is finally melting, and trash accumulated over a long winter has started to appear.

The cleanup, part of the City’s Cleaning the Capital campaign, is a chance for neighbours of all ages – kids, teens, and adults – to get together, say hello, and help spruce up the neighbourhood.

We’ll meet at the fieldhouse on Saturday, April 23 at 10 a.m. Juice, coffee, and cookies will be served. There is a map so that people can choose an area to work on. We’ll wrap up by noon. In case of rain, we’ll meet instead on Sunday, April 24.

The designated cleanup areas are the south side of Premier above the transitway; the boulevard on Northwestern and the path at its north end; and along the fence on Patricia and Pontiac and in the NCC forest between the fence and the parkway. It can also include the area along the river at the foot of Carleton, or any other public spaces you think could use some help.

We recommend wearing pants and long-sleeved shirts, appropriate footwear and gloves. The City will provide garbage bags.

If you have any questions or suggestions, call Andrea Murphy or Ian Reid at 613-715-9504.

Local Break-in

Subject: info for champlain park community members
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:39:41 -0400
From: Sarah Livermore <sarah.livermore@hotmail.com>

Hello Everyone:

A house on Patricia Avenue was broken into last night, April 17 2016.

The occupants had been out from 2:30 pm until around 9pm. As they turned off Island Park Drive, they noticed a bicycle resting on the cedar hedge on the north side of Sunnymede at Island Park Drive. They also noticed a young man walking towards the bicycle from Patricia Avenue.

The occupants noticed that their back door was wide open and three basement window screens had been cut. They also noticed bike tire tracks in their backyard. Nothing appears to have been stolen.

One of the occupants believes he saw that same young man with a bicycle a few nights earlier, at night, in front of their house. The occupant does not believe the young man was there very long.

If you have any information about this or anything similar, contact me, Sarah, at sarah.livermore@hotmail.com.

I will forward any information to Constable Dawn Neilly of the Ottawa Police Service (without your personal information, if you so wish).

Thank you.

Sarah

Sarah Livermore, B.A. (Hons.), M.A.
sarah.livermore@hotmail.com

Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for 2016-04-18

This week’s topics:

Increase in thefts from vehicles – even small stuff.
Suspicious incident on OC Transpo No. 86 – on morning of April 10th.
Road safety.
Information session and PREP Test workshop.

– Alex

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Subject: Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for April 18
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:15:09 -0400
From: Dawn Neilly <wellingtoncpc@gmail.com>

Attached is the Neighbourhood Watch Bulletin for April 18, 2016. Please feel free to pass it along to anyone who may 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.

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

NeighbourhoodWatch-2016-04-18.pdf

Drive-through Restaurant at 70 Richmond Road

Subject: Drive-through, 70 Richmond Road
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:00:07 -0400
From: Heather Pearl <hpearl2012@gmail.com>

Please note that the Champlain Park Executive does not object to the proposal to build a restaurant in this location. We object to building a drive-through facility, which is not allowed under the Traditional Mainstreet zoning and which would be a dangerous addition at an already dangerous intersection.

Residents of Champlain Park are welcome to discuss the issues and write their own letters to the Planner in charge, Andrew McCreight, and Councillor Jeff Leiper. Jeff is working with the surrounding communities on this issue.

Thank you,
Heather
pearhea@aol.com

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From: Heather Pearl <hpearl2012@gmail.com>
Date: 17 April 2016 at 21:47
Subject: Drive-through, 70 Richmond Road
To: andrew.mccreight@ottawa.ca

Dear Mr. McCreight:

The Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) objects strongly to the proposed drive-through component of the proposed restaurant at 70 Richmond Road.

The attached letter outlines our concerns.

We would appreciate your recommendation to Planning Committee, and their subsequent recommendation to Council, to reject Zoning By-law Amendment request D02-02-16-0017 for 70 Richmond Rd.

Thank you,

Heather Pearl
Co-chair, CPCA, on behalf of the CPCA Executive
613-725-1422
hpearl2012@gmail.com

70RichmondCPCAtoPlanning160417.pdf

There’s a related note from our city councillor at http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/drive-through-proposal-70-richmond

Canadian Census – May

Following up on the previous census jobs post, here’s more info about the upcoming census in May. It looks like it will be mailed out in early May, and you can then fill it in on paper or do the census online.

From: Amy Kempster <amykempster@bell.net>
Sent: Sat, Apr 16, 2016 12:20 am
Subject: Fw: Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital – Census 2016 Supporter Information

Completion of Census forms ensures good data for many uses. For accuracy at neighbourhood levels it is extremely important as the smaller the area the greater need for all to participate. Census data can be shown at levels where the population is low only if the response rate is very high. Individual data is never available as confidentiality of individual or family data is protected by such means as rounding data, or suppressing in cases of very low numbers.

Further information re the Census can be obtained. It will take place in May . This material will allow you to encourage response. If you wish me to forward the census supporter toolkit toolkit I can do so.

From: Postorino, Joseph (STATCAN)
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 1:42 PM
To: amykempster@bell.net
Subject: Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital – Census 2016 Supporter Information

Good afternoon, Amy.

I am contacting you today to inform you that the promotional products related specifically to promoting the completion of the Census questionnaire have been added to the Community Supporter Toolkit and are ready and available for use!

As part of the outreach strategy for the Census in 2016 we have developed this Community Supporter Toolkit (CST) in order to provide organizations, who wish to support the Census, with tools and materials necessary to do so. This tool kit contains a variety of electronic, social media and print media tools that you may use in order to help promote the benefits of completing the Census questionnaire within your community and networks. Your support and participation are both fundamental in helping to create awareness of the benefits of completing the questionnaire within your community.

At this point we are officially focusing our outreach efforts on Census questionnaire completion, with the questionnaire going out to households in May. However, you will not need to receive anything new, as the interactive PDF that you received previously has been updated to include new promotional materials. Please keep in mind that more materials will be added over the coming weeks, so be sure to check back periodically. Moreover, if you are having trouble finding your copy of the Community Supporter Toolkit, please let me know and I will send it to you again.

Notably, the Community Supporter Toolkit has been equipped with social media calendars. Essentially, these are calendars outlining the when and where for all our planned social media content for any given month. Currently, the calendar for April is available and the calendar for May will be added near the end of this month. I have attached the April calendar to this email. One of the simplest ways of helping to promote the Census within your community is through social media so feel free to follow, share, like and retweet content from Statistics Canada. Our accounts can be found at:

Twitter: @StatCan_eng and @StatCan_fra
Facebook: Statistics Canada and Statistique Canada
YouTube: Statistics Canada and Statistique Canada

If you encounter difficulty printing materials found within the CST, printed materials can be provided for you in some cases.

Once you have had time to look over the new products within the Community Supporter Toolkit, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns or requests. I can be reached at 613-951-0567 or at joseph.postorino@canada.ca.

Thank you,

Joseph Postorino
Outreach Officer | Agent de sensibilisation
Census Communications | Communications du recensement
Statistics Canada | 100 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6
Statistique Canada | 100, promenade Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa ON K1A 0T6
joseph.postorino@canada.ca
Telephone | Téléphone 613-951-0567
Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada

2016 Census Social Media Calendar_April_FR.pdf
2016 Census Social Media Calendar_April_EN.pdf

Decommissioning Service to celebrate Northwestern United Church – April 24

Sunday, April 24 at 2pm friends and former members of Northwestern United Church and members of the Northwestern community are invited to a special closing service to celebrate Northwestern United Church at 241 Northwestern Avenue. There will be a reception following the service including memorabilia from Northwestern archives open to the public to view. All are welcome!

For more information about this event or to RSVP for the reception please contact the Kitchissippi United Church office at 613-722-7254 or email kgracequist@kitchissippiuc.com. For more information please go to http://www.kitchissippiuc.com/.

Kitchissippi Ward Forum – April 30

Subject: Save The Date: Kitchissippi Ward Forum – Saturday, April 30, 2:00-5:00pm
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:12:58 +0000
From: Mitchell, Fiona <Fiona.Mitchell@ottawa.ca>

Hello Kitchissippi community!

We hope this finds you well. We wanted to send you a Save The Date for the next Kitchissippi Ward Forum, which will be Saturday, April 30 from 2-5pm at Hilson Ave school, in their gym. Right now, all you need to do is save the date should you or members of your association want to attend.

I will be reaching out further to confirm your attendance and if you would like to give the community some updates from your association. I will also pass along the agenda for the meeting in the next week or so.

Many thanks and enjoy the beautiful weather I’m told we will have this week. J

Kindly,

Fiona

Fiona Mitchell

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

For inquiries related to city services such as sidewalk maintenance, recycling, garbage pickup, by-law enforcement, etc. call 3-1-1 or visit http://www.serviceottawa.ca.

Pour toute question concernant l’entretien des rues, le recyclage et le service des règlements municipaux composez le 3-1-1 ou consultez http://www.serviceottawa.ca

Cycling in the City Newsletter

The city’s cycling newsletter April edition http://cityofottawa.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=0e3a37aa85a14e359df74fa77eded3f6.1515&ref=twitter has a few items that may be of interest.

Locally, there’s a bit on “Byron Avenue Traffic Calming & Advisory Bicycle Lanes”.

The “New safe crossings of Carling Avenue and Bronson Avenue” mean you can now cycle along the parkway, get off at Bayview (Prince of Wales railway bridge) and cycle all the way to Dow’s Lake; the cycle path runs parallel to Preston Street and along-side the O-Train line. You can now easily cycle downtown along canal paths or to Carleton University.

Other topics worth mentioning are the Winter Biking Survey and Bike to Work Month in May.