Just a reminder that the biodiversity garden tour is this Monday evening.
We meet at Pontiac Street and Carleton Avenue at 7pm to start the tour with the Environment Committee volunteer team of Champlain Park, who are our resident gardeners. Everyone welcome!
Neighbours,
This document is long but very important for all homeowners to read. It is the first in a series that will take us through the new Bylaw Provisions and their likely impacts.
As you know the city of Ottawa has released the first Draft – third (final) draft proposed for Q4 2025 – of a proposed comprehensive new zoning bylaw that will greatly increase the density in our community. Developers are being encouraged to build a lot of new housing, especially in communities close to the LRT.
The By-laws proposed for Champlain Park will allow developers to build multiple units on our lots. Our standard lot sizes will be reduced. Front and rear yard setbacks will be reduced. This will have a significant impact, particularly on our streets or parts of streets that already have shallow front yards. Greenspace and many trees will be lost. There will be little room left to plant new trees to replace them.
Continue reading “New Zoning Bylaw applied to our Neighbourhood”
The Champlain Park Community Association environment committee invites residents and friends to visit our local biodiversity gardens on Monday July 29, 7-8 pm at Carleton and Pontiac. There will be a guided tour of the gardens and chance to meet volunteers. A presentation to a special volunteer will occur.
![[Champlain Park Pollinator Garden 2024]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240729-garden-tour-img_1660.jpg)
The City of Ottawa wants your input to learn how the City’s Parks and Facilities By-law can better serve its residents.
This Bylaw provides details on the activities allowed in municipal parks and activities that are prohibited. We have started public engagement for the review of the Parks and Facilities By-law, which is intended to enhance public safety, maintain green spaces and provide equal opportunities for the public to enjoy these spaces.
This review is intended to consider more substantive changes to the bylaw to reflect evolving user needs. The review will also assess and recommend activities people can’t do at their residence, such as barbecuing or permitting the responsible use of personal consumption of alcohol in parks.
If you are interested in completing the survey, please visit the Parks and Facilities By-law Review Engage Ottawa page. The online survey will be available until August 2. Results of the survey will be shared in a ‘What We Learned’ report, along with recommendations for a new and improved Parks and Facilities By-law.
The City of Ottawa Parks and Facilities By-law Review team
parksfacilitiesbylaw@ottawa.ca
La Ville d’Ottawa sollicite votre avis pour savoir comment les règlements des parcs et les installations pourrait mieux servir les résidents.
Cet examen régit les activités autorisées dans les installations et parcs municipaux et décrit les conditions et restrictions relatives à ces activités, ainsi que les interdictions. Nous avons commencé les démarches de consultation publique en prévision de l’examen du Règlement sur les parcs et les installations, dont l’objectif est d’améliorer la sécurité publique, d’entretenir les espaces verts et les commodités et de traiter le public sur un pied d’égalité pour permettre à tous de profiter de ces lieux.
Cet examen vise à apporter au règlement des changements plus substantiels pour tenir compte de l’évolution des besoins de la collectivité et des besoins émergents des usagers, en plus de mettre à jour la terminologie et d’apporter des changements administratifs. Il permettra aussi d’évaluer et de recommander les secteurs à prévoir pour les activités auxquelles les gens n’ont pas l’occasion de participer dans leur résidence, par exemple les barbecues ou la consommation personnelle responsable et autorisée d’alcool dans les parcs.
Pour en savoir plus et accéder au sondage, consultez la page sur l’examen du Règlement sur les parcs et les installations sur le site Participons Ottawa. Le sondage sera en ligne jusqu’au 2 août. Les résultats seront présentés dans un rapport « Ce que nous avons appris », accompagnés de recommandations destinées à améliorer leRèglement sur les parcs et les installations.
N’hésitez pas à le partager avec les membres de votre communauté. Nous vous remercions et avons hâte de vous entendre!
L’équipe de l’examen duRèglement sur les parcs et les installations de la Ville d’Ottawa
Reglementsparcsinstallations@ottawa.ca
For a bit of summer variety (we usually don’t post surveys but this seems fun), here’s a survey from the University of Toronto, asking people to send in photos of parts of their housing they like and parts they hate. The professors (Dr. Marianne Touchie and Dr. Alstan Jakubiec) seem legitimate, and have published quite a lot of similar research.
The primary goal of our study is to uncover the environmental, economic, and social aspects of housing design that are most significant to residents. Through this study, we aim to inform the design of socially and environmentally sustainable urban housing in Canada.
Who knows, maybe one day building codes and what developers offer will reflect things that bug people (like not having dangerously narrow stairs) or make people happy (like having big windows for enjoying winter sunshine). So what do you enjoy or get annoyed by?
– Alex
Subject: Request from the University of Toronto to share survey on housing perceptions
From: CivMin Housing Survey <housingsurvey.civmin@utoronto.ca>
Date: 2024-07-16, 20:27
Hello Ottawa Resident Associations,
University of Toronto researchers, Dr. Marianne Touchie and Dr. Alstan Jakubiec, seek your insights on the experience of living in different housing forms, from multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) to single-family homes.
To collect our data, we request residents in your neighbourhood to fill out a short (10-15 min) survey which involves answering questions about their dwelling unit’s features and amenities and taking pictures of housing features. Please help us by sharing this survey link with residents in your neighbourhood through your newsletter/mailing lists/social media channels: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/housingpreference.
Participants will receive a $10 Amazon e-gift card for their participation if they complete the survey and provide their contact details.
Thank you. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Alstan Jakubiec and Dr. Marianne Touchie
![[Poster for MURBS survey on housing likes and dislikes, 2024]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/murbs-survey.jpeg)
Coming to Champlain Park on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM!
A Company of Fools presents
Macbeth
90 Minutes of Mayhem (and laughs)
With a coven of witches, a sword fight to the death 😱 and a moving wood.
All are welcome. Pay what you can.
Interested in volunteering with The Fools? Check out their web site at: https://fools.ca/get-involved/
AND
The Champlain Park Community Association Cookie Table is back
Free Cookies for all between 5:15 PM and 6:45 PM
The next Champlain Park’s Games Night is on Thursday July 11th, starting at 7pm in the Field House. See the original post for details. Join us for an evening of fun playing games with friends and neighbours.
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via Laurie Fagan, posted on Facebook too:
Hello fellow residents,
You may have noticed the new ornamental/pollinator garden in front of the field house. It has taken several years – yes I said years – to get approval from the city of Ottawa to build it.
Earlier this Spring someone dig up and helped themselves to a peony I planted there last fall. (It was dug up and the hole it left wasn’t even covered over)
Today I noticed an Asiatic Lilly has been snapped off at ground level and the phlox have been sheared off. I am an experienced gardener and I am fairly certain this latest damage isn’t from an animal.
If you live in Champlain Park could you take a minute to talk to your family members and tell them about the garden and all the hard work that went into creating this project. Many generous residents donated the perennials making it a truly community initiative. Let’s ensure it lasts.
The good news is the Champlain Rose has started blooming.
![[Fieldhouse Garden started in 2024]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240621-fieldhouse-garden1.jpg)
![[20240621 Rose in Fieldhouse Garden]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240621-fieldhouse-garden2.jpg)
Agenda items are limited to 5 minutes unless otherwise requested.
This is a meeting of the CPCA Board of Directors. Champlain Park Community members are welcome to attend, if you would like to propose items for discussion, to ask questions, to organize an event or activity, or to learn more about the issues affecting our community.
Activities and Issues must fall within our community plan/areas of operation in order to be addressed by the CPCA. You can write to the webmaster champlainpark@gmail.com to request a link to join the meeting and/or to connect you with the appropriate Board member for information and guidance including how to submit a Community Project Proposal.
Agenda last updated on June 12. Contact the secretary to add topics.
The Planning, Zoning and Environmental Policies Committee invites you to check out our new public-facing Google Drive folder. This folder will be regularly updated with new material as we continue to address the big-picture issues that have an impact on Champlain Park. The most recent files address the impacts of the new Official Plan and the ongoing development of the new Zoning Bylaw.
Presentations, current and historical:
Selected Presentations, Analyses and Letters from CPCA Planning Volunteers to the CPCA Board, AGM, FCA, City and the Province – Inside this Planning and Zoning Google Drive Folder.
![[Screen shot of Planning and Zoning Google Drive Folder]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/20240613-google-drive-for-planning-and-zoning.png?w=863)
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