Category: Carp River flood plain / Kanata West

Planning and Environment Committee, Meeting of 9 October 2007, (Agenda 18), Item 3 Zoning – 20, Frank Nighbor Place Ref. ACS2007-PTE-APR-0158 Mr. Chairman, Members of Committee: I would likely have appeared here on behalf of the Carp River Coalition, but the short notice and the intervening Thanksgiving weekend have made it impossible to secure approval from the constituent members – representing the Friends of the Carp River, Ottawa Riverkeeper, The

Back in 2002, then Planning and Development Committee agreed to change a portion of the Carp River flood plain, on the opposite shore of the Corel Centre, into a 2-zone floodplain, the floodway and a flood fringe. Then Councillors Munter and Stavinga dissented. Council approved this rezoning on 28 August 2002 without a recorded vote. (See PDC’s Report 33 to Council, Minutes 38. For more on 2-zone flood plain policy,

In July 2006, the Carp River Coalition submitted a Part II Order Request under section 16 of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. The CRC’s cover letter and brief are attached. For these and several other related documents (including cover and follow-up letters to the Minister), please visit John Almstedt’s web site. The Coalition’s key objections are: modifications to the main channel of the Carp River are subject to the Drainage

Development proposals in Kanata West may be traced back to the construction of the “Palladium” (a.k.a. the Corel Centre, a.k.a. ScotiaBank Place) in 1995. At the time, the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) decided that the surrounding agricultural land could not be developed. But in 2000, months before the municipal election for an amalgamated City of Ottawa, Regional Council decided to designate the 1,900 surrounding acres (780 hectares) as General Urban

Background:  From Concept Plan to Watershed Study to the formation of the Carp River Coalition (CRC) — 1995 – 2006 The Coalition’s Part II Order Request under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (Jul 2006) A 2002 City of Ottawa decision is challenged (Oct 2007) CRC objections to Carp River flood plain development validated (February 5, 2008) Kanata West put on hold (February 5, 2008) Newspaper misses key point in conflict of

As a result of an Order by the Ontario Municipal Board, the City negotiated with the Alliance and the Ottawa-Carleton Homebuilders’ Association a definition of “adjacent impact” of development on a Rural Natural Feature. (Refer to section 3.2.4 of the OP.) On November 22, 2006, City Council agreed to the following definition, which is now part of the Plan’s Glossary: Adverse Impact – For the purpose of Section 3.2.4, adverse