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, Darlene Conway’s alternative Terms (which were submitted on time…) “will be reviewed in the context of the recently received ministry comments. A recommendation will be made on the appropriateness of further modifications to the Terms of reference at that point”.
Other comments did not fare any better. In fact, the recommended Terms differ from the original ones by the addition of six (non-essential) words!
Left to their own devices, what do you think is the chance that further modifications will be deemed necessary?
The Carp River Coalition has sent an “open letter” to Council, with copies to the media, hoping that, on Tuesday, 24 June, at Planning and Environment Committee, consideration of this item will be deferred “with recommendations”. We keep trying to have sanity return to this file.
Erwin