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Development Charges 2014 – 2018: The Untold Story

Adapted from our 2015-16 Annual Report: …by the end of 2013, the City proceeded with the revision of the Development Charges By-law, to be completed by June 2014 as prescribed by the Development Charges Act. The public was excluded from this process, despite a joint effort by the Alliance, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations (FCA) and the Healthy Transportation Coalition (media release of 31 March 2014). At the last minute

DevAdmin April 20, 2018 December 7, 2024

2018 municipal election

New updated content: 2018-03-26 10:04:19 update, brainstorm Amanda has focused on researching what other nonprofit organizations have done regarding municipal elections. She suggested the possibility of using a survey as a way to communicate with candidates. Jake looked through our archives to identify strategies we’ve used during previous elections. He compiled data on how city councillors have voted in the past regarding issues GA has worked on. The data showed

Paul Johanis March 26, 2018 September 27, 2024

Beyond 2036 Sounding Board

In preparation for the next revision of the Official Plan, the City has launched the Beyond 20136 Sounding Board. Around 50 representatives from a wide spectrum of organization and interests, public, private and from civil society have been invited by the City to advise it on how to frame and position the next revision of the Official Plan. What approach should it take? What kind of public engagement? Clean slate

Erwin Dreessen February 26, 2018 November 26, 2024

Site Alteration Bylaw

New updated content: 2018-02-26 18:01:19 Paul met with Amy MacPherson, and emailed Councillors Nussbaum and Leiper to voice our concerns on three issues we identified in the Site Alteration Bylaw: (1) We would have preferred that the bylaw be enforced through a permitting system, rather than a complaint procedure. Ottawa would be the only municipality in Ontario with a Site Alteration bylaw that does not include a permit system. (2)

Paul Johanis February 26, 2018 August 30, 2024

Pre-hearing conference of January 3, 2018

January 3 was booked as the first of three days for an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) Pre-Hearing Conference to consider a raft of appeals on a long list of matters, but it was all over by 1 p.m. So while everything hummed along smoothly, the last hour produced a nasty surprise. At issue were the appeals of – OPA 150, approved by Council in December 2013 but derailed by the

DevAdmin February 12, 2018 June 24, 2024

The final stretch

Pre-hearing conference of January 3, 2018 Pre-hearing conference of May 4, 2018 The consolidated text of the Official Plan, as of October 2018 (PDF – 15 MB), annotated Pre-hearing conference of October 22, 2018 Pre-hearing conference of May 22, 2019 (includes Building Heights and Design settlement) Hearings (and links to the respective Procedural Order) + Mineral Aggregates – October 23-24, 2018 + Agricultural matters: March 4, 2019 (10 days) (PO) UPDATE:

DevAdmin February 12, 2018 June 24, 2024

Canada’s Resilient Capital

Last December 13, students in Queen’s University Urban Planning Program presented the result of a project, Canada’s Resilient Capital: Ottawa in the Next Half Century. The project was devised and executed in cooperation with the City, under the supervision of David Gordon. (The clients are identified as John Smit and Alain Miguelez.) Their Report (181 pp.) and Executive Summary (3 pp.) are now available from here: http://www.queensu.ca/geographyandplanning/surp/project-courses. Here are the

DevAdmin January 15, 2018 June 24, 2024

Preparing for a New Official Plan: Beyond 2036

The Greenspace Alliance was invited to sit as a member of the Sounding Board for the City planning exercise Beyond 2036. The goal of this planning project was to set the scene and context for the next review of the Official Plan. Through its participation at meetings and workshops organized by city planners over several months, the GA contributed to the production and review of the planning reports listed on

Erwin Dreessen January 9, 2018 June 24, 2024

Choosing our Future reports and papers

One-page infographic: Sustainability Goals (E/F) Reports 2011 Baseline Report (5.3 MB; 31 pp.) Sustainability and Resilience (8.2 MB; 120 pp.) Energy (5.3 MB; 78 pp.) Risk Prevention and Mitigation (7.8 MB; 50 pp.) Discussion Papers (June 2011): The Future of… …Land Use, Growth Management and Urban Form (0.8 MB, 21 pp.) …Natural Systems (0.8 MB; 15 pp.) …Food and Farming (1.3 MB; 23 pp.) …Buildings and Energy Supply (1.1 MB; 27 pp.) …Mobility (1.1

DevAdmin November 24, 2017 October 7, 2024

City of Ottawa Budget 2018

The Greenspace Alliance has submitted its input to the City of Ottawa regarding the 2018 Budget. It called on the City to adequately fund the recently approved Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP), to replenish the capital reserve used to acquire greenspace for preservation purposes and to invest in developing the geographic data required to evaluate whether the targets stated in the Official Plan for total greenspace (4 hectares per 1000

Erwin Dreessen November 10, 2017 October 7, 2024

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Development Charges 2014 – 2018: The Untold Story

2018 municipal election

Beyond 2036 Sounding Board

Site Alteration Bylaw

Pre-hearing conference of January 3, 2018

The final stretch

Canada’s Resilient Capital

Preparing for a New Official Plan: Beyond 2036

Choosing our Future reports and papers

City of Ottawa Budget 2018

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