Searchable version of the 1Sep2021 draft of the new Official Plan
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September 22, 2021
September 22, 2021
Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
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The City of Ottawa released the first draft of its new Official Plan on November 20, 2020. After years of high level discussion papers, strategic policy directions, deferred growth management decisions, we would finally see what the City concretely intended to put in the new Official Plan. It wasn’t easy to discern however as the draft OP is a massive 264 page document, plus schedules and annexes. A deadline of
We don’t want any urban expansion, because climate change. In May 2019, we proposed a No Expansion scenario, with 63.5% of projected growth to be achieved through intensification, the balance by building out the remaining vacant greenfields already inside the urban area. The City concedes that: “This scenario represents the greatest extent to which growth management can contribute to achieving policy directions where most growth occurs through intensification, growth uses existing
On September 24, City staff briefed the FCA-GOHBA (Federation of Citizens’ Associations, of which the Greenspace Alliance is a member, and the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association) stakeholders group on policy directions expected in the draft Official Plan that will be released in late November 2020. In an extensive presentation, senior planning staff gave the attendees a first look at the proposed structure of the new Official Plan. New concepts
Greenspace Alliance comments on the Preliminary Draft, November 2002 Comments on the January Draft, February 2003 Comments on the Final Draft, April 2003 Greenspace Alliance appeals Rural Natural Features provision, OMB hearing & Decision, May 2006 / March 2007 Greenspace Alliance appeals Country Lot Estate provisions, and settles, December 2006
From : Barbara Barr Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 17:11 To: gacc@home.com Subject: Budget 2000 Oral Presentation Hello Greenspace Alliance members and friends, I gave the oral presentation for Ottawa’s “Budget 2000″ on Jan. 14. Since some councillors were not present at the public hearing, I wrote a short cover letter and faxed it and the text of the oral presentation for distribution to every councillor. Thanks very much to
On November 15 and 16 some 100 people gathered for a day and a half at Bayview Yards in Ottawa to discuss the climate crisis face to face and define priority actions that must be included in Ottawa’s new Official Plan to address the climate emergency. The organization of the workshop was led by Daniel Buckles and Paul Johanis of the Greenspace Alliance, with significant support from Ecology Ottawa, The
Once again, hearings which were scheduled to take two weeks, were disposed of in a 20-minute teleconference call on June 11, 2019. Settlement with all appellants had been presented to Council on March 6 (Item 23) and April 10 (Item 1). On the appeals of OPA 179 (Significant Woodlands), the settlement involved a change from 40 to 60 years as the minimum age of an urban woodlot to be designated
The pre-hearing conference of May 22 was over within the hour. The main business was the City’s motion to settle all appeals related to “Building Heights and Design.” This was presented to Planning Committee on April 11, 2019 (item 8) and endorsed by City Council on April 24 (item 20). The City could now announce that the last appellant (Bridgeport) had withdrawn its appeal and that settlement had been reached
At Environment Committee, May 19, 2015 The Greenspace Alliance’s submission (May 19, 2015) The City’s new proposals and decision (October 2016; updated February 2019) ECO calls on the Province to lead stormwater funding reform (November 2016) Province proposes runoff volume control targets (July 2017) What Waterloo, Victoria and Halifax are doing About rain gardens and road run-off
