Connecting with the City of Ottawa

One way of keeping up with the many things happening in Ottawa is to subscribe to the City’s newsletters. Here is the link to the registration page, with checkboxes for a couple of dozen topics you can sign up for.
https://ottawa.ca/esubscriptions/signup-form-en.html

There’s also https://ottawa.ca/en/news for press releases and other pieces of news (there’s an RSS feed if you want to subscribe to those). As you can guess, there’s also a French version at https://ottawa.ca/fr/sujets-de-lheure
Continue reading “Connecting with the City of Ottawa” →

Treeplanters Wanted – September 17

Want to be a “Treeplanter” in Champlain Park? Volunteers are needed to prepare the ground for National Tree Day, and plans for Grade 3 students from St. George Elementary School to plant trees.

Contact Daniel Buckles (Daniel.buckles@gmail.com) to pitch in from 6:45 to 7:30 pm this week. We’ll start Monday evening, Sept 17 and continue each evening until it is done. We will dig holes for 8 trees to be planted in the NCC forest along Pontiac Ave. as part of the Champlain Park Community Association partnership with the NCC. If you don’t want to dig, you can help prepare the fences needed to protect the saplings.
Continue reading “Treeplanters Wanted – September 17” →

Dog Training Classes

Dog training is now available at Champlain Park Field house! Join Carol the Dog Trainer on Saturday mornings to brush up on your skills or learn some new ones.

This fall, we are offering:

  • Basic Training for Pooches and Pups (Level 1) for all ages
  • Complete Puppy (for pups ages 2-5 months)
  • Combo Class: Re-Call and Leash-Walking Skill Improvement (All ages)

[Three Dogs Paying Attention]
Full descriptions and registration information are available under “group classes” at http://www.carolthedogtrainer.ca/group-classes/
Continue reading “Dog Training Classes” →

2018 Planning Primer I – September 22+

The next Planning Primer I classes for residents will be on September 22, 24 and in French on October 1. Details and sign-up at https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-involvement/planning-primer

The Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department offers the Planning Primer Program to help residents become more aware of, and more involved in, the land-use planning process. The program is a series of half-day courses. Please see our schedule for other Primer courses.The content of these Primer courses is the same as those offered in previous years.

Friends of the Farm Fall Activities

Since they mentioned tree tours…
– Alex

Subject: Friends of the Farm Fall Events and Activities
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:15:15 -0400
From: Friends of the Farm <info@friendsofthefarm.ca>

Hello, here are the Friends of the Farm events and activities for Fall 2018. Please help us get the word out, thank you.

September 23rd– Friends of the Farm Tree Tour at 10am Blgd 72, Arboretum.  Citizen Science: How to Document Trees. Tour leader Owen Clarkin will focus on how and why to document trees to the family, genus, and species levels for scientific/conservation databases, emphasizing techniques in photography.  Free, public welcome.  Register online http://friendsofthefarm.ca/arboretum-tree-tours/ or 613-230-3276
Continue reading “Friends of the Farm Fall Activities” →

Garden Club on Longwood Gardens – September 11

Join us for the start of the Champlain Park garden club season on Tuesday, September 11th at 7 pm at the field house. We’ll have a slideshow and talk on one of the world’s most spectacular botanical gardens, the 1077 acre Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. It has an award-winning orchid garden, an idea garden exploring all kinds of textures and colours, water gardens and much more.
[Longwood Fountains via Wikipedia]
Come and get inspired.

Drop in fee is $5.00 or join for the year.
Details call Laurie at 613-728-1945.

Thanks

Laurie Fagan

Community Association Board Meeting Agenda – September 5

Agenda

Champlain Park Community Association (CPCA) Board Meeting

Wednesday September 5, 2018
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

  1. Approval of previous minutes of executive meeting May 5, 2018 and review of action items, attached – All
  2. Report of interim executive motions – All
  3. Discussions on the use of the $500 donation – Duncan, Michael, Jennie – Information (10 minutes) (Postponed from previous meeting)
  4. Board discussion protocol: referring items back to committee, instead of board discussion – Decision – (Postponed from previous meeting)
  5. Website Branding – use of our name (Champlain Park Community Association) or acronym (CPCA) for meeting descriptions (i.e. Board Meeting) and in Website title – CoChair1 – Discussion – (Postponed from previous meeting)
  6. FCA update – Roland
  7. Ward All Candidates Debate – Roland – 5- 10 Minutes
  8. Briefing on election related aspects of the TreeActionNow coalition with implications for all candidate meetings – Daniel (10 minutes) (see website: https://www.treeactionnow.net/)
  9. Update on the planters related to the Park extension – Daniel (5 min)
  10. Pontiac Street depraving project – Information – Adrian (5 mins)
  11. Little Woods Restoration project – Adrian (5-10 mins) (CPP motion required for CPCA liability Insurance coverage for volunteers i.e. CPCA supports this activity)
  12. Ongoing Champlain Woods maintenance projects – Adrian (5 mins)
    • (CPP motion required for CPCA liability Insurance coverage for volunteers:   i.e. CPCA supports this activity, includes all low risk and what I did last year
    • planting trees + shrubs
    • trimming pathways, moving + spreading mulch and earth within the Champlain Woods
    • NCC coverage under Land Access Permit (LAP19937)
    • Adrian provides Waiver forms for volunteers to sign, and advises them to wear safety protection
  13. Update re: the illegal Airbnb on Keyworth Ave – Heather (2 minutes)

Ecology Ottawa Tree Event for Municipal Candidates

From: Debra Huron <debra@debrahuron.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:40:52 -0400

Ecology Ottawa is inviting YOU to create a tree-loving event for candidates in YOUR ward. It’s all about putting trees on the agenda for the Oct 22 municipal election. Get active now and make our voices heard during National Forest Week, Sept 23-29. https://ecologyottawa.ca/2018/08/24/this-national-forest-week-make-trees-an-election-issue/

/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\
Debra Isabel Huron
http://www.debrahuron.com
Phone: 613 859-8049
/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\/|||\