December 13 Meeting Minutes
Posted: December 18th, 2011 | Author: westwellington | Filed under: Minutes | No Comments »WVCA Meeting – December 13, 2011
WVCA Meeting – December 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 13
7:00 p.m.
Fisher Park School
See you there!
WVCA has received notificication of a zoning by-law amendment proposal (proponent is Urbandale Construction) for 99-107 Parkdale Ave. This proposal will be considered by the Planning Committee on Feb 28, 2012.
The preliminary concepts for this site are to develop a 28-storey, 161-unit concominium building with five floors of underground parking. Most notably, the amendment would increase the maximum height from 37m to 85m for the site, reduce the front yard setback from 3m to zero, and the rear yard setback from 7.5m to 3m.
To access all information relating to this proposal, go to ottawa.ca/devapps and input File Number D02-02-11-0108 in the “Search” criteria.
From a neighbour:
Please be aware that the Westboro Beach CA has posted the open letter Mr. Mayor, How Ugly is Ottawa? (with permission of the author) to its website.
I’d like to encourage you to send this link out on your networks, especially via Twitter and Facebook, and to write a letter
*in opposition to the proposed zoning amendment, if you oppose it.
*in support of Dr. Christoph Zürcher’s views, if you agree with his views.
Here’s the link to share: http://bit.ly/vjNVmu
Time is of the essence. On Monday, December 5 the City of Ottawa’s planning committee will vote on the proposal of Urban Uniform for a zoning by-law amendment proposal for 335 Roosevelt Ave, file Nr. D02-02-11-0068. Write to the Mayor and to members of the Planning Committee, especially if your councillor sits on the committee. Here is the committee list:
| Chair: | Vice Chair: | Members: | Ex officio: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Councillor Peter Hume | Councillor Jan Harder | Councillor Stephen Blais Councillor Rainer Bloess Councillor Rick Chiarelli Councillor Katherine Hobbs Councillor Allan Hubley Councillor Bob Monette Councillor Shad Qadri Councillor Mark Taylor |
Mayor Jim Watson |
From a neighbour:
This is your invitation to come to a meeting on Saturday Dec. 3 at the Champlain Park fieldhouse. Charles Hodgson will be on site to give you his views on why local actions to ameliorate the impacts of climate are possible. You’ll have lots of time to ask questions, devise strategies, and munch on some snacks that I’ll prepare for the event. Have you ever co-created change? That’s what this meeting is all about.
Date: Saturday December 3
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Champlain Park fieldhouse, 140 Cowley Ave., Ottawa
Check out Charles’ blog: http://climateottawa.ca/
From Hampton Iona:
Ashcroft has just advised HICG that they will be holding an open house at the Soeur de la Visitation Convent building this Saturday. All are welcome to attend.
The open house is from 12pm to 5pm.
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www.hamptoniona.ca
Tuesday, November 8
7:00 p.m.
Fisher Park School
As usual, everyone is welcome!
Everyone is welcome to the October meeting of the WVCA
Tuesday, October 11
7:30pm
Fisher Park