Category: THREATS

Planning manager Don Herweyer wrote to planner Sally Switzer on July 4, 2007: Sally, I spoke to Erwin Dreessen today regarding the RONA application that is currently on circulation. Mr. Dreessen would like clarification on a number of points including the following: 1) Does the proposed development intrude into the 1982 floodplain limit? 2) If it does it would be premature for the City to consider approving the development. I

Two documents pertaining to the perennial issues around the flood plain at Britannia Village: + A June 15, 2004 OMB decision re appeal of denial of a Variance by the Committee of Adjustment for 174 Kehoe Avenue: pl031331. + Minutes of a July 27, 2006 RVCA meeting on Britannia Village. Media coverage: Ottawa Citizen, August 23, 2006 [no longer online], about the outcome of the vote at RVCA. See also:

On March 31, 2006, the Corporate Services Committee considered a project for the Klondike Subdivision: http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/csedc/2006/04-18/ACS2006-PGM-APR-0053.htm The 1999 Study by Dillon had recommended corridor widths – including the 55-70m width for the Kizell Drain, where it is now reduced to 15m near the March Pump Station. The study does not show any need for rehabilitation for Shirley’s Brook in the reach where the channelization is proposed for the Klondike Subdivision.

Material received from the City and dated June 8, 2007 re: RONA application (375 Didsbury Road) is posted below. Letter.jpg – (Zoning By-law amendment & Plan of Subdivision proposal) proposal_summary_pg1.jpg   pg2.jpg   pg3.jpg   location map.jpg   comment sheet.jpg 21 June 2007 — Erwin Dreessen writes: Public Meeting on the RONA application A Public meeting on RONA’s application has been called.  The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 31, 2007,