Winter Trail Scott Street Connector Survey

The Kìchì Sìbì Winter Trail (KSWT) wants to hear from you!

This brief KSWT “Scott Street Connector” survey was created in partnership with the Wellington Village Community Association as a follow-up to the first survey conducted in 2022.

[Scott Street Connector for the Winter Trail in January 2022 when it opened]

Three years in, we would love to hear from the users of, and neighbours living near, this Trail segment. Your feedback will remain anonymous. Survey results will be shared with Winter Trail partners and used in support of discussions centred on the future redevelopment of Tunney’s Pasture.

The survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

Thank you in advance for providing your input, and helping us improve our active transportation connections to the Ottawa River Pathway network.

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf55cuN9SFvbarnC0CadzYxG3RFb0XEn9xs3jcLaC4bjTvhig/viewform

Naturehood Spring Bird Walks – May 2 to Early June

Friday Morning Spring Bird Walks

Date: Friday morning (May 2 – early June)
Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Location: Champlain Park Pollinator Garden (Carleton and Pontiac)
Leader: Jennifer Neate

Description:

Come out and greet some of the resident and migrant birds of your naturehood on this family-friendly walk. All skill levels are welcome. For beginner birders, we will practice some basic skills that will help you to locate, identify and get to know some of your bird neighbours. Bring your curiosity, and a set of binoculars if you have them. Apps like Merlin and eBird are optional learning tools that can be helpful to bring along.

[Bird picture]

Registration is not required but if you would like to be notified of cancellations due to weather, send an email to jen@spiritwalkers.ca with the subject: “Naturehood Bird Walks.”

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – May 6

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7:00 PM via Google Meet
Everybody Welcome

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.

  1. Minutes Protocols – Lynne
    • Financial Data Minutes: provide on member request, not on web site
    • Add Board member attendance to template and to March 25 minutes
    • Edit Access to Board meeting agendas and minutes
  2. Approval of Minutes – Sarah
  3. Interim Motions – Lynne
    • Federal Election Debate Ottawa Centre: Funding requested
    • Traffic & Safety Committee Survey: Approved questionnaire
  4. Tunney’s Pasture Transportation Plan – Joanne
    The NCC’s Master Plan docs for Tunney’s Pasture are part of their January 23 meeting info.
  5. Use of Google Meet for committee meetings – Bill
  6. CPCA Budget: Process/Framework – Nick and Lynne, 20-25 minutes
    Define uses of contingency and surplus
  7. Traffic Safety committee – Bill
    • Traffic survey (information)
    • Bike Rodeo (possible decision)
  8. Insurance for Children/Youth Programs (like bike rodeo) – Lynne
  9. CPCA By-Laws – Lynne, Up to 10 minutes
    Info, Discussion and Motion to Approve Version 3
  10. Spring Fling BBQ and Picnic – Joanne, 10 minutes
  11. Park Committee Update – Joanne
  12. Business Updates – Lynne
    • Membership Drive
    • Insurance Applications
    • CPP Insurance Approvals – timelines
    • Vacation Alert
  13. Other business
  14. Next Meeting

Agenda last updated on May 6 at 14:00. Please contact the secretary to add topics.

Spring Cleanup 2025 – May 3

Time to limber up and to get ready to stoop, scoop, lunge and squat our way to a cleaner community!

It’s a great way to get some exercise and help make our neighbourhood beautiful at the same time.

When: Saturday May 3rd (new date because of rain on April 26th)

Where: meet outside the Champlain Park fieldhouse at 10am and pick up a garbage bag and gloves. We’ll also provide snacks to tide you over! Children should be accompanied by an adult.

What: Choose a part of the neighbourhood and pick up any garbage you see and make our neighbourhood clean and beautiful. Dispose of the garbage bag with your normal household garbage/recycling/composting.

[A group of children. who are spring cleaning a river, depositing river debris (old tires, plastic wrappers) into an anthropomorphic recycling bin with a big smile. - generated by DreamStudio.ai]

Ottawa Centre All Candidates Debate – April 15

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A candidates’ debate will be held April 15 featuring the prime candidates contesting the federal seat of Ottawa Centre. The event is being organized by a quartet of community associations (Glebe, Centretown, Old Ottawa East and Old Ottawa South).

Residents of Champlain Park are invited to attend, watch on cable TV, stream on YouTube and to submit their questions for candidates. Details are in the poster attached, which you may wish to circulate in your community.

[Admin stuff – Funding, Contact info, etc.]

[Poster for the debate]
FederalAllCandidatesDebatePoster250415.pdf

See Elections Canada https://www.elections.ca/ to find out more about voting procedures and the Monday April 28th 2025 federal election.
[Elections Canada web site screen shot April 8, 2025]

Garden Club – April 8

Join the Champlain Park Garden Club on Tuesday April 8 at the field house for a talk/slideshow on the history of kitchen gardens.

Master Gardener Judith Cox presents the history of kitchen gardens from those at Monasteries to the Victorian-era and the varieties planted during the two World Wars. She’ll also give a brief history of walled gardens.

7:00 pm at the Champlain Park field house.
Drop-in fee is $5.00 and all are welcome.

[Stock photo of a kitchen garden]