Category: THREATS

Planning Committee on September 22, 2015 will consider key components of the redevelopment of the former CFB Rockcliffe.  The Greenspace Alliance sent in the following comment today: To: Members of Planning Committee, and Melody Duffenais, Committee Coordinator Cc: the other Members of Council, and Dawn Whelan, Council Coordinator   Re: Planning Committee, Item 3, Agenda 14, 22 September 2015 – Community Design Plan, Master Servicing Study and Official Plan Amendment

2 July 2015 Other comments sent to the City include: + Al Crosby on the Tree Conservation and Environmental Reports; + Lorne Peterson noted that residents and local naturalists can provide consultants with better information for the planning documents in a community design plan; + Iola Price on tree preservation and the Parks Master Plan; + Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre on Wildlife and Significant Wildlife Habitat; and the City’s reply. Don Schultz, Director, Real

2 July 2015 Following a public meeting called by the City on June 25, 2015, the Greenspace Alliance sent in its response. Canada Lands Company is commended for its public consultation process and its generous designation of parkland, among other things. We do feel that more effort could be made to retain existing trees and that park amenities should be more respectful of the existing vegetation. We argue for an additional

February 2014 The Greenspace Alliance submitted its response to Canada Lands Company (CLC) following the Open House on 18 Feb 2014 concerning the preferred draft Community Design Plan (CDP) for the former CFB Rockcliffe. http://www.greenspace-alliance.ca/files/CLC Rockcliffe Draft CDP GA response final_0.pdf

26 November 2013 Since I last posted an update on the development plans for the former Rockcliffe Airbase (17 May 2013 — [GA List] Rockcliffe Airbase Community Design Plan Alternatives), there has been a workshop at the Hampton Court Inn held on May 25th and two further Public Advisory Group (PAG) meetings where I represent our Alliance. At the Public Advisory Group (PAG) meeting of April 30th, 2013 I tabled

17 May 2013 CLC has kindly provided the Rockcliffe Public Advisory Group (PAG) the most recent versions of the three Alternatives that will be shown at the May 25 Open House.  The alternatives will be presented at the workshops on Saturday 25 May, 2013 in the Hampton Inn at the intersection of Coventry Road and Alta Vista Drive between 9 am to 4 pm. For more information and to register,

On 26 November 2012, Canada Lands Company (CLC) restarted discussions with the public about the development of CFB Rockcliffe. The initial public meeting was called an “Ideas Fair” and the official CLC Rockcliffe Lands website is at: http://www.clcrockcliffe.ca/ At this site under NEWS, you can read more about this public presentation, but under LEARN MORE > RESOURCE LIBRARY there is the Ideas Fair Report and other details on the Public

Following a settlement with the Algonquins of Ontario earlier this year, Canada Lands Corporation acquires the 127-hectare former airbase for $27.2 million from DND. Copy of the Ottawa Citizen story here – “Crown agency buys former base” 26 May 2011.” 26 May 2011. R. Sibley, “$10M deal struck on CFB Rockcliffe land; Algonquins to get say in property development”, Ottawa Citizen, 25 March 2011 [no longer online].

19 January 2008 Canada Lands Company (CLC) has stopped working on this project. Several newspaper articles were written in 2007 explaining why the Rockcliffe Development has been put in abeyance. You may recall the initial week long series describing the development three years ago beginning November 26, 2005. Basically, the old Rockcliffe Airbase is part of a native land claim that is still unresolved. The Canada Lands vice-president for real

15  April 2007 ROCKCLIFFE REDEVELOPMENT – Community Design Plan Success Indicators for Greenspace Preservation Following my previous request to the GA members for your ideas on success indicators to measurer the greenspace objective of the Rockcliffe Community Design Plan, I did receive 4 replies and one offer of assistance. Three suggestions are shown below: 1. green space area / population 2. green space dispersion; and 3. vegetated interior conditions. On