Planning Advisory Committee members sought

Last March, as part of the City's mid-term governance review, the City had proposed creating a new Planning Advisory Committee that would have been mostly made up of senior City staff and councillors. The Committee is a requirement of new legislation passed by the Province, and I and others were concerned that a top-heavy committee made up of more City people than residents wouldn't fulfill the spirit of Bill 73. Working very closely with Councillor Nussbaum, I and Councillor Harder put foward a motion to defer the creation of that body to take a second look at its composition.

As I noted in one of my newsletters, that has since moved forward with a much more encouraging mix of residents and representatives of different stakeholders, a change we passed late last year.

Membership to that Committee is now open! Take a look at the following for more information on how you can apply.

• Residents residing in the Rural Area of Ottawa (2 members)
• Residents residing inside the Greenbelt (2 members)
• Residents residing within the Urban Area outside of the Greenbelt (2 members)
• A practicing architect and member of the Ontario Association of Architects (1 member)
• A practicing landscape architect and member of the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (1 member)
• A practicing professional planner and member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (1 member)

• Résidents du secteur rural d’Ottawa (2 membres)
• Résidents habitant à l’intérieur de la Ceinture de verdure (2 membres)
• Résidents habitant dans le secteur urbain, à l’extérieur de la Ceinture de verdure (2 membres)
• Un architecte actif, membre de l’Ordre des architectes de l’Ontario (1 membre)
• Un architecte-paysagiste actif, membre de l’Association des architectes-paysagistes de l’Ontario (1 membre)
• Un planificateur professionnel actif, membre de l’Ordre des planificateurs professionnels de l’Ontario (1 membre)