Category: THREATS

Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces

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Threats / Major Urban

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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Threats / Rural

Goulbourn Wetlands Complex Chalk River radioactive waste disposal facility Chaudière Islands Ottawa on-side with Windmill (October 2014) Chaudière Islands: A letter (26 Jan 2016) & updates Order-in-Council on land transfers (December 2017)

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Distinctive tree removal, Old Ottawa East

New updated content: 2018-07-23 12:35:12 Paul reported on a contact from a concerned resident regarding a very contentious distinctive tree removal for an infill project in Old Ottawa East which will likely involve a precedent setting private lawsuit against the developer. More information will be shared as this action is formalized. New updated content: 2020-07-20 09:20:48 The GA has been assisting a local resident who has sued a developer for

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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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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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21 Withrow Update

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:20 There is a development plan to build several single detached residences on the 2 acre historic property at 21 Withrow Avenue. It is currently the site of a heritage residence known as Kilmorie, which once belonged to the renowned Confederation poet William Wilfred Campbell. It is heavily treed, with many mature specimens. We previously wrote a letter to Planning staff to try and preserve this

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Chalk River Letter

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:20 We signed on, with eight other local organizations, to a letter to MP Greg Fergus providing additional information on the nuclear waste being stored at Chalk River and proposing a meeting to fully brief him on the dangers of the current decommissioning plan. New updated content: 2018-04-23 11:06:41 Chalk River update, April 23 event We signed on to a  letter to the International Atomic Energy Association

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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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Goulbourn wetlands boundary changes

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:19 We wrote to the Chairman of the Environment and Climate Protection Committee explaining what has been happening and requesting that he look into enacting an interim control bylaw to prevent further wetland loss. Response from staff indicate that this mechanism is not applicable in this case and that enforcement of wetland protection rests with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority. The only real option seems to be

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Order-in-Council on land transfers

On December 15, 2017, the government passed Order-in-Council P.C. 2017-1684 which set out a number of land transfers and related matters; the Order includes Schedules A to O (1.8 MB). The Order always refers to Windmill as “Windmill Dream Zibi Master LP, by its general partner, Windmill Dream Limited Partnership, by its general partner, EB Eddy Sustainable Revitalization Inc.”  This suggests that any land transfer from Eddy to Windmill/Dream has

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