Category: Ottawa Official Plan review 2012-2014 (OPA 150 a.o.)

On December 11, 2013, Council passed the By-law giving formal approval to the new Official Plan approved on November 26.  It is now sent off to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.  When it comes back with “Ministerial Modifications” a Notice will follow and a 20-day appeal period will start.  (The by-law is item “cc)” on Council’s list of by-laws adopted “in third reading.” Its official name is: “cc)

Erwin spoke at Committee and posted the following report to the GA List on 15 November; published on the web site, slightly revised, on 3 December:   In sharp contrast to the Planning Committee meeting of November 8, all but 6 of the 37 delegations that came forward represented community organizations or were private individuals.  Also, Committee followed an orderly and transparent process: a 15-minute staff presentation (reporting on the

Erwin posted the following report to the GA List on November 11 (published to the web site, slightly revised, on 2 December 2013): The official “public meeting” for the new Official Plan was held on November 8, 2013.  It was remarkable on two accounts: 1. There was not a single public delegation registered for the first agenda item, the Infrastructure Master Plan.  There was no staff presentation. Nor was there

On September 5, 2013 the Alliance sent in six pages of comments to the proposed Official Plan Amendment tabled by staff on June 25.  Staff will need to take these comments into account in its report to Planning Committee and Council in advance of the formal public meeting of October 22. [Ed.:] The staff proposal is no longer available online. Important supplementary documents were: – the methodology staff employed to

A Panel discussion on natural linkages (eco-corridors) in and around Ottawa, organized by the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital, was held on Saturday morning, June 8, 2013, at the Hintonburg Community Centre. Brought together were Professor Emeritus Gray Merriam, landscape ecologist; Dr. Gary Bell, program manager for Eastern Ontario at the Nature Conservancy of Canada; François Cyr, senior manager of the Greenbelt at the National Capital Commission; Dr. Nick Stow, senior

On January 10, 2013, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations organized a workshop on the Official Plan review. It was attended by about 35 people from all over the city. FCA has two representatives on the City’s “Community Panel” which was to have its first substantive meeting on January 23. Please go to the FCA web site for an overview of the outcome of the workshop. Remarkable in the summary of