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On Wednesday Ottawa City Council voted by a strong majority to adopt Councillor Shawn Menard’s climate emergency motion. Ecology Ottawa has posted an explainer on what that means for Ottawa. See that here.
Spring Cleanup Change – April 28
Due to the rain and generally miserable weather on Saturday, and fieldhouse scheduling conflicts, the Spring Cleanup has been moved to Sunday April 28. Meet at the fieldhouse at noon (not 10). See https://champlainpark.org/2019/04/19/spring-cleanup-2019/ for the rest of the details.
Emergency Preparedness Session – May 14
Note, may be postponed, see http://kitchissippiward.ca/content/update-postponed-personal-emergency-preparedness-info-session-may-14-hcc
Subject: Emergency Preparedness
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:56:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: ROLAND DORSAY <dorsay@rogers.com>
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Emergency Preparedness Hintonburg.pdf
P.S. At last night’s FCA Board meeting, I proposed that all CA’s would benefit from working together and learning from each other’s experiences. With rising waters on many people’s minds, agreement was unanimous. The FCA will develop a means of doing so.
Roland
Fletcher Wildlife Garden Native Plant Sale – June 1
Fletcher Wildlife Garden Annual Native Plant Sale
Saturday, 1 June, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Fletcher Wildlife Garden Interpretive Centre, located off Prince of Wales Drive south of the Arboretum. Volunteers will be on hand to show you where to park.
Help pollinators and butterflies, attract birds to your backyard. We’ll show you which native plant species are favourites with wildlife at the FWG and which species will do well in your growing conditions. We have milkweeds for monarchs, asters to suit any garden location, goldenrods, blue-eyed grass, bergamot, beardtongue, a few native grass species, and hundreds of other species from our own garden.
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Community Policing Forum Registration
From: PIA < PIA@ottawapolice.ca>
Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2019 2:40 pm
Subject: Ottawa Police Service Community Policing Forum Registration ~ Inscrivez-vous pour la forum sur la police communautaire service de police d’Ottawa
Dear Community Partner,
You are invited to join us for a full day Community Policing Forum; Building Trust Together.
“Songs of Hope” Choral Concert – May 4
Following on from https://champlainpark.org/2018/11/27/songs-of-hope-choral-concert-december-2/
Songs of Hope Part II Spring Choral Concert
Did you miss Songs of Hope Part I? What a pity! But don’t worry, you have a second chance to fill your life with hope during these turbulent times. The three choirs at First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa will further explore the concept of hope on Saturday May 4 at 7:30 PM. We will also have an accompanying slide show and messages of hope to further entertain you. Free will donation accepted at the door. Refreshments will follow.
Our beautiful campus is located at 30 Cleary Avenue, off Richmond Road, West of Westboro and East of Woodroffe Avenue. There is ample free parking. We have accessible parking spots, and an elevator located at the west entrance.
Bus #11 stops at Cleary Avenue and Richmond Road. The intersection has audible aids for the visually impaired.
Bus #87 stops further down Richmond Road at Woodroffe Avenue.
Hope to see you there! Deirdre Kellerman is the Music director and Noah Landers is the Accompanist.
Thank you for supporting a local fundraising event by a not-for-profit organization.
Mary Jackson
Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – April 23
Agenda
Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting
Tuesday April 23, 2019
7:30 PM at the Fieldhouse
Everybody Welcome
Board meetings will have an open session for community residents to observe business discussions. Non board community members will also be invited to participate at certain times by the chair and there will be “in camera” topics for the board members only.
Open session
- Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting March 7, 2019 – Liz – 5 minutes
- Report of interim executive motions – All
- Treasurer Update – Josh – (Information, 10 minutes)
- Update on Fundraising Discussion – Josh – Information – 5 minutes
- Vote on woodlands proposal – Daniel – Decision, 10 minutes
- Death of the LPASC – Heather – Information, 5 minutes
- Emergency preparedness plan – Roland – Decision – 5 minutes
- Planning and Zoning: 227 Carleton – Heather – Information – 5 minutes
- NCC Land Access Permit – Heather, Adrian, Dan – Information – 5 minutes
- SJAM trail – donation of additional funds – CoChair1 – Decision – 5 minutes
- Other Business
- Next Meeting
Playground Flooding Warning
Champlain Park is constructed on part of the Ottawa River’s old flood plain. This can affect the rate of storm water drainage during heavy rains. Therefore, we suggest that our residents also exercise caution around the wading pool, play structure and in any low-lying areas.
General flood info and current status: https://ottawa.ca/en/residents/emergency-services/emergency-preparedness/flood-information-0
From https://ottawa.ca/en/news/water-pooling-and-flooding-creates-hazard-some-city-parks
Water pooling and flooding creates hazard at some City parks
April 17, 2019 Announcements and Events
The City of Ottawa is asking residents to ensure that children and pets are kept away from City wading pools and play structures in parks located near a river.
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Spring Cleanup 2019
LIFE’S MESSY.
April 27 28 WE CLEAN IT UP.
Champlain Park is looking for volunteers for our annual Spring Cleanup. The snow has gone and debris accumulated over a long winter has started to appear. Now’s the time to get it! Later, spring growth makes us pull out more grass than trash, and we wouldn’t want to do that.
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.
Due to rain on Saturday and fieldhouse scheduling, we’ll meet at the fieldhouse on Sunday, April 28 at 12 noon. 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 in a couple of hours.
The designated cleanup areas are the south side of Amanda 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 Champlain Woods between the fence and the parkway. It also includes the beach area along the river at the foot of Carleton, and 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.
For posts about Spring Cleanups, see https://champlainpark.org/category/community-news/spring-cleanup/
It’s time to TREE yourself!
Please contact the Environment Committee if you have any ideas for the neighbourhood regarding the following Ecology offerings…
Our tree giveaways are starting back up!
The largest outreach effort in the history of our organization is about to begin!
For the past two years, we have been giving local native tree saplings to Ottawa-area residents. 2019 will be the largest giveaway yet. Ecology Ottawa has 12,000 trees that need to find their forever homes. This year, in addition to nine different kinds of coniferous and deciduous trees, we will be giving away a variety of fruit- and nut-bearing trees and shrubs.
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Champlain Park Community 