Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
(posted to the GA List, 20 May 2015) As usual, the NCC has worked in its mysterious ways. Just over a year ago [in April 2014], on a tight deadline following a public meeting, one was asked to send in comments on a draft Capital Urban Lands Master Plan, its numerous Appendices and a draft NCC Policy for Parkways. Silence followed. Then, at its meeting of April 22, 2015, the
April 6, 2014 To: Madeleine Demers & Lucie Bureau Cc: Sandra Pecek & Jocelyne Moncion Hello, Please find below my comments on: – the Capital Urban Lands Master Plan, March 2014 draft – the CULMP Appendices – the updated NCC Policy for Parkways, March 2014 draft I would have preferred to share my draft comments with others in the community and send you comments on behalf of the Greenspace Alliance
On March 19, 2014 a meeting of the PAC was finally held. A large number of groups had been invited but only five people attended, representing the Poets’ Pathway, the Greenspace Alliance and Heritage Ottawa. Not much was learned, but repeated assurances were given that there were no plans to sell any land. The following week the NCC held public consultations about the NCC’s Urban Lands Master Plan, combined with
23 June 2007 (updated 17 July 2007) The Citizen reported on June 19, 2007 that the NCC has advertised for a consulting firm to study federal land holdings in the National Capital Region outside Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt. The study is expected to start in a month and be completed in a year. (Read the article here.) NCC Director of Planning François Lapointe puts this study in the context
