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Significant Woodlands Working Group

New updated content: 2018-05-28 11:50:12 April 24 Paul was unable to attend, along with one other member, and Nick Stow will arrange to meet individually with him. We learned at the May 4 OMB pre-hearing conference that the appeal of OPA 179, by which the Significant Woodland Policy was adopted, will not be heard until 2019. As a result, the output of the Working Group will likely not be considered

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Paul Johanis May 28, 2018 August 30, 2024

Council Disposition – Policy on Seeking Cost Awards

OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL 25 February 2009 ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL 10:00 a.m. DISPOSITION 61 CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 37 MOTION – POLICY ON SEEKING COST AWARDS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED That Council confirm its policy on seeking cost awards after successfully defending its positions against community and resident public interest groups such that the City will not seek cost awards from community or resident groups before administrative

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Claudia Ruiz June 2, 2017 October 7, 2024

Findlay Creek developers charged

BACKGROUNDER Illegal Water Taking at Leitrim and elsewhere On October 26, 2007, alerted by observations made by members of the community, the Ministry of the Environment issued a Provincial Officer’s Order to Findlay Creek Properties Ltd., Taggart Construction and 1374537 Ontario Ltd. as provided for in section 34.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act. The Order requires that water taking not exceed 50,000 liters/day while no Permit is issued; and

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Claudia Ruiz June 2, 2017 October 7, 2024

Council approves cost award policy

COMMITTEE DEBATE Feb 12, 2009 After two delays because a staff report was not available, the Motion sponsored by Councillors Rick Chiarelli and Alex Cullen will finally be considered at Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee at its meeting of Tuesday, February 17, 2009. The meeting, to be held in the Champlain Room at City Hall, starts at 10 a.m. and the Motion is the first item on the agenda.

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Claudia Ruiz June 2, 2017 October 7, 2024

Redefining “significant woodlands”

From our 2015-16 Annual Report: The 2014 version of the Provincial Policy Statement obliges municipalities to adopt the criteria set out in the Ministry’s Natural Heritage Reference Manual to determine whether a woodland is “significant” and thus part of the Natural Heritage System. Erwin [Dreessen] and Owen Clarkin attended a stakeholder consultation meeting called by the City’s senior environmental planner; other attendees were the Conservation Partners, the NCC and Ecology

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DevAdmin October 2, 2016 October 7, 2024

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