Category: Carp River flood plain / Kanata West

On May 9, 2013, the City of Ottawa terminated Ted Cooper’s employment as a water resources engineer “for just cause.” His union (the Civic Institute of Professional Personnel) grieved on his behalf and arbitration hearings were held during three days in 2013, six days in 2014 and two more in January 2015.  A decision was issued on September 30, 2015. At the request of developers, Ted had been taken off

February 16, 2008 The Ottawa Citizen of Saturday, February 16 [article no longer online] (The Observer, page B7) carried an op-ed piece by Ted Cooper wherein he discusses his motivation for contesting decisions about development along the Carp River and why fellow engineers appear to neglect their prime duty: Safeguarding of public health and safety. Erwin Dreessen Updated February 20, 2008 OMB Appeal: Ted Cooper’s Witness Statement An Ontario Municipal

Excerpt from: File No. CA 003-05, L. Kamerman, Mining and Lands Commissioner, Friday, the 9th day of March, 2007, pages 9-11. [Underlining added] Adverse Economic Impact The issue in Mr. Russell’s appeal is whether his proposal will adversely affect the conservation of land. For purposes of the section 28 application and appeals, the issues are technical, not social or economic. Economic and social interests come into play in the planning

From: Ted Cooper To: Marianne.Wilkinson@ottawa.ca ; Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca ; Peggy.Feltmate@ottawa.ca Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: Filling at Richcraft Dear Councillors: I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing on CBC News at Six concerning the on-going filling activities at the Richcraft Plan of Subdivision. This is another example of MVC misunderstanding it’s responsibilities in enforcing Regulations under the Conservation Authorities Act. As you know there are problems

Carp River Floodplain Development For at least two years Ottawa Riverkeeper has been working with a coalition of local groups to warn the City of Ottawa against building in the floodplain of the Carp River. Recently, a major error was discovered in the engineering studies being used to back the decision to build hundreds of homes in the floodplain. As a result, the City of Ottawa has temporarily put the

13 February 2008 CBC TV News at Six yesterday carried a story about an unending row of trucks dumping huge amounts of fill on land owned by Richcraft at Maple Grove Road very near the Carp River. Ottawa Riverkeeper Meredith Brown was interviewed. See a story about this in the February issue of the ORK newsletter. It turns out that the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority had issued a permit last

(Letter to the Editor of The Citizen, published on February 8) Search for truth February 8, 2008 Re: Sweet vindication for crusading engineer, Feb. 5. Hats off to Ted Cooper. He selflessly committed himself to the greater public good in his fight against the ill-conceived plans to fill and develop the Carp River floodplain. It is greatly appreciated that Citizen reporter Patrick Dare and columnist Randall Denley brought Ted Cooper’s

On March 31, 2011 Part II Order requesters received the Minister’s reply.  All requests were denied but three conditions were imposed on the City: 1: The City and KWOG shall implement all commitments made in their letter of October 15, 2009: + Additional Stormwater Management (SWM) Runoff Volume Controls and Widening of Planned Restoration Corridor; + Municipal Planning Controls Regarding Floodplain Management; + SWM Model Validation and Contingency Plan; +

July 5, 2008 Erwin reported to the Coalition and the GA Board on June 25: I attended Planning and Environment Committee yesterday from 9:30 till past 4:00. The bulk of the time (from 11 to 4) was taken up by the matter of Terms of Reference (ToR) for the so-called Third Party Independent Review of the Carp River/Kanata West fiasco. Before the item came on, file manager Rob MacKay distributed

June 20, 2008 Staff’s report (including all of the comments received) and recommended Terms were posted to the City’s web site earlier this week: http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/pec/2008/06-24/ACS2008-PTE-ECO-0018.htm Also in the report is a letter from the Ministry of Environment which sets out the questions this independent review should cover. Having been received on June 13, staff said the letter had come in too late and they’ll come back with amendments if need be! Similarly,