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LRT Extension through the Greenbelt and Beyond Road ecology Road through Stony Swamp Kanata North Urban Expansion Area (Area 1) Tree cutting incident of July 2014 and its aftermath Greenspace Alliance appeals OPA 173 and location of Stormwater Pond *Outcome of our appeal: A settlement and a loss South March Highlands Urban Expansion Area (Area 2) — 2015 and 2017 public meetings Kanata Lakes North (KNL) KNL’s application for an “overall

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Claudia Ruiz October 25, 2018 June 24, 2024

Wesley Clover park

New updated content: 2018-04-23 11:06:42 A Zoning Bylaw Amendment, which has been under the radar for more than a year, will be coming forward for consideration at Planning Committee. It seeks to add specific uses to the general rural  (RU) and Environmental Protection (EP) zoning which covers these properties, which are the former municipal equestrian park and campgrounds on Corkstown Road, west of Moodie Drive.  Since 2014, these facilities have

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Paul Johanis April 23, 2018 August 30, 2024

Rochester Field – NCC corridors and pathways

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:20 City Council has approved the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw that will allow commercial development on part of Rochester Field fronting on Richmond Rd. As was agreed with the NCC, 80% of the field will be preserved as greenspace. New updated content: 2018-11-26 14:54:35 We have received notification that the NCC has settled its appeal of the 2003 Official Plan designation as Open Space of

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Paul Johanis February 26, 2018 August 30, 2024

Leitrim Road Realignment

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:20 February 22 (Greenbelt) Paul attended, reporting that a final draft was presented by the consultants retained by the City for this Environmental Impact Study. The draft incorporates a number of proposals and suggestions that were made at previous consultations but still proposes an alignment that runs through the Greenbelt lengthwise through its narrowest reach, causing significant habitat   fragmentation compared to the more southerly route proposed

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Paul Johanis February 26, 2018 October 16, 2024

Planning the new hospital (1)

While the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments remain an open file at City Hall, the Hospital has moved swiftly to “turn the page” in its dealing with the community. First, it commissioned a report by two respected experts in public engagement, Don Lenihan and Grégoire Jodouin: Setting the Stage, Turning the Page (September 20, 2017, 36 pp., 2.6 MB). The report sets out a strategy of deliberate engagement. Then

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DevAdmin February 2, 2018 June 24, 2024

McKay Lake: An example management plan

Just before amalgamation, the old City of Ottawa agreed to a management plan for McKay Lake in the then Village of Rockcliffe Park.  The area was later designated Urban Natural Area # 176. Here is the Management Plan, the UNA Report (including a species list), and a aerial photo of the site (1.4 MB). (Posted at the request of Joseph Potvin.) E.D. — 17 March 2009

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iWEBAPP May 9, 2017 June 24, 2024

The Sir John Carling site

The Sir John Carling site now destined to receive the new Civic Hospital campus is not quite the same site that was considered earlier. The Hospital’s 2007 evaluation exercise provided no specific definition for any site but in the 2016 report for the Hospital by HDR, the SJC site was described as “Located on the northeast portion of the CEF. The parcel is bounded by Carling Avenue, Maple and Birch

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DevAdmin January 20, 2017 October 7, 2024

Over to the NCC

On May 20, 2016 Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly tasked the National Capital Commission with a review of possible locations for a new Hospital.  A report is due in November.  (Ottawa Citizen; CBC News; more in the Citizen here and here) The Coalition wasted no time meeting with NCC officials.  We received assurances that the assumption of a 60-acre requirement will be questioned and that our input is welcomed. At

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DevAdmin July 1, 2016 October 7, 2024

The discussion continues

On March 10, 2016 Joanne Chianello on CBC News puts the key question: Why does TOH need 60 acres? Cameron Love gives five reasons why they need so much space and makes a comparison with a new hospital in Dallas; it, however, serves a metropolitan area of 7 million. He concedes that some parts of the desired campus will have 8 to 10 stories. Three letters to the Editor of

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DevAdmin May 6, 2016 October 7, 2024

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