Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital
Meeting of October 17, 2001
9:40 p.m., Honeywell Room, new City Hall, following the Annual General Meeting
DRAFT MINUTES
Attending: Erwin Dreessen, Amy Kempster, Bryan Hawley, Barbara Barr, Bill Royds, Eric Moore, Mary Hegan, Arthur Mathewson, Juan Pedro Unger, Quentin Bristow, Michael Mack
Guests: Sarah Grant, Jill Follert, Manal Masri, Roula Chamoun, Adewunmi Adekunle, Stan Rosenbaum
Regrets: Carol Tattersall, David McNicoll, Albert Dugal
| TIME |
ITEM |
ACTION |
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9h40 |
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA |
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| It was agreed to provide updates on: 1) EAC, 2) Quarry Forest, 3) OFAC, 4) Leitrim, 5) Heron/Walkley. | ||
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9h42 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE |
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| Mary reported that the Committee is developing a Workplan, along with priorities and major themes for policies and criteria re land development; the Plan is to go to Planning & Development Committee on November 22. The EAC meets the second Thursday of every month. Agendas and Minutes are expected to be available on the City web site soon. A workshop on the Official Plan is tentatively planned for January, assisted by a Trillium grant via the Ontario Federation of Naturalists. Initiation of a review of the Provincial Policy Statement was noted; Stan went to a workshop in Kingston; there seemed to have been no consultation in Ottawa. | ||
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9:53 |
QUARRY FOREST |
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| Barbara and Amy reported on the OMB pre-conference hearing earlier today. Minto’s appeal of the Interim Control Bylaw (recently passed by the City to allow for further study) is scheduled to be heard in the week of Feb.11, 2002. If the appeal is upheld then the other appeals will go forward the week of May 27. | ||
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10:03 |
OTTAWA FORESTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE |
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| Arthur advised that the first meeting of this committee would take place the next day. | ||
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10:06 |
LEITRIM |
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| Barbara noted that Transport Canada has issued a Request for Proposal re a Risk Assessment for the landfill site which is leaching towards the proposed development. Several members of the Friends of Leitrim have already written to DFO that this assessment should put the screening on hold. The GACC could write too. |
Bill to advise & draft. |
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10:08 |
HERON/WALKEY |
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| Bryan reported that he has been unable to find out whether the 3 agreed conditions had been attached to the site plan. | ||
| 10:10 | ADJOURNMENT | |
| Bryan moved adjournment. |
The next meeting of the GACC is on November 21, 2001, at 7:30 p.m., in the Honeywell Room.