We've received notice of two short road closures:
Contractors will be doing work associated with integrated road, sewer and watermain construction. Local and emergency access will be maintained.
Next week, Planning Committee will be asked to recommend approval of a 23- and 25-storey condo tower development at the corner of Scott and Parkdale. Residents may recall that this Richcraft project was first proposed before the Scott Street Community Design Plan (CDP) was undertaken, then put on hold. When that CDP and associated secondary plan (the zoning law) were approved, those essentially cleared the way for this development.
The roadwork that started last year will continue in Westboro this summer. We've received notice that Edison from Kenwood to Dovercourt has been authorized to be closed from April 9 to August 26. Nearby residents will soon receive written notification in their mailbox. My thanks to residents in the area for their patience and understanding. Of course, if you have any concerns, please call or write to me anytime.
The eastside O-Train MUP is being extended from Carling to Young. The meeting outlined in the notice below is an opportunity to take a look at the preliminary design and provide community feedback.
Trillium Multi-Use Pathway Phase II
Young Street to Carling Avenue
Contract No. ISD14-5085
PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE INVITATION - MEETING #2
April 2015
Many of you have been waiting to hear about the requested off-leash dog hours for Fisher Park. After a long consultation with many comments received, it's been decided to designate the park to allow dogs off-leash year-round from 5 am to 7:30 am, and 8:30 pm to 11 pm. Dogs will be allowed on leash at other times of day.
Fisher Park was our park when my son was a toddler, and we spent countless hours on the play structure there. I'm comfortable that these hours are a good compromise that will allow all park users to enjoy the space.
New signage will be posted imminently.
At our most recent City Council meeting, my colleague Tobi Nussbaum provided notice of a motion he intends to bring to our April 15 meeting to ask for the authority from Queen’s Park to ban corporate and union donations in our municipal election.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I am fully supportive of his efforts.
Corporate and union donations fundamentally skew our elections by providing some stakeholders a second opportunity to influence election outcomes.
Yesterday, a cat named Jeremy belonging to a Hintonburg resident went missing. Residents are asked to keep an eye out for Jeremy.
Just before the cat disappeared, the owner reports some suspicious behaviour on her property. The resident notes that she saw a woman approaching Jeremy. When she asked the woman whether she could help, the woman was startled, and handed the resident a package of cat treats saying she was giving out free samples. Without providing any information at all, the woman left, and an hour later Jeremy went missing.
In the lead up to the 2nd Kitchissippi Forum on Saturday 18 April 2015, we're doing a series on the first 6 not-for-profit organisations that have a connection to our ward and have been asked to participate at the forum. Today, we start with one of the lovely organisations who work so hard for not just our ward, but the residents of Ottawa.
Attached is a summary of decisions from the March 18th Committee of Adjustment hearing. These decisions are in their appeal period until Thursday, April 16th.
Here are the current applications for variances and divisions being heard on Wednesday, April 15th at the Committee of Adjustment. Please contact Jeff at Jeff.Leiper@ottawa.ca with any questions or concerns you may have.