Contact MarianneCouncillor Marianne Wilkinson
613-580-2474 (tel)
613-580-2514 (fax)
Marianne.Wilkinson@ottawa.ca
@ City Hall
Kanata North - Ward 4
110 Laurier Ave W, Ottawa ON
K1P 1J1
@ My Ward Office
Mlacak Centre
(2500 Campeau Dr)
Wed & Fri, 10:00AM-3:00PM
613-580-2424 x33242
Also available by appointment
Contact the City of Ottawa
Telephone: 3-1-1
TTY: 613-580-2401
Fax: 613-580-2495
Online: ottawa.ca
Visit City Hall or a Client Service Centre at Terry Fox
580 Terry Fox Drive
Kanata, ON
K2L 4C2
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Latest News Beaverbrook Lawn Lights
In certain sections of our community, lawn lighting is the homeowner's responsibility. In other areas, lawn lights are owned and maintained by the City of Ottawa. The City owns and maintains lawn lights in Beaverbrook within the area bounded by March Road, Campeau Drive, Knudson Drive/Weslock Way/Walden Avenue, Kimmins Court, and Steacie Drive. Residents can help the City to maintain uniform night-time visibility on our streets by maintaining the lawn lights on your front lawn with the existing globe-style fixtures. To report a defective or burnt-out lawn light that is maintained by the City, you can use one of the following available avenues:
- Call 3-1-1 and report the light out to the City's call centre staff.
- Call 613-580-2424 x23036 and leave a voice message.
When Beaverbrook was developed in the former City of Kanata, Bill Teron worked with Kanata Council to create a uniform look and feel for street lighting. The City is working with the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association (KBCA) to maintain the standard globes, to assist in providing quicker and more cost-efficient maintenance in effectively lighting the roads at night for public safety.
The lawn lights are located on the municipal right-of-way. City policy outlines that property owners are not permitted to relocate or change them out. This policy was adopted following discussions with myself, the KBCA, the Program Manager of City Lighting, and in consultation with an Ottawa architecture-lighting consultant.
Your cooperation in helping to keep the community safe at night and beautiful every day is appreciated. If you have any questions or concerns about the policy, please contact the Program Manager for street lighting, Scott Edey, at 613-580-2424 x23197 or myself at 613-580-2474.
Former March Landfill Newsletter 13
For the latest on the Former March Landfill, please download and review this newsletter (PDF). This is the item I referred to in my column in the Kanata Kourier-Standard and Kanata EMC on August 26th, 2010.
New Crossing Guards
 A number of new Adult Crossing Guard locations have been approved in Kanata North for the start of the upcoming school year in September 2010. The locations are: - Knudson Drive and Nelford Court Intersection, Stephen Leacock Public School Students
- Shirley’s Brook and Marconi Intersection, South March Public School Students
- Klondike and Marconi Intersection, South March Public School Students
Adult Crossing Guards can assist in ensuring the safest crossing possible for children crossing municipal streets, as younger children often have not yet developed the proper skills and judgement to negotiate traffic safety during peak traffic periods. As a motorist, remember that once the stop sign is raised and the Adult Crossing Guard enters the roadway all vehicle movement approaching the crossing must stop. Only after the Adult Crossing Guard has returned safely to the curb and lowered the sign can motorists proceed through the crossing.
Fall Cleaning the Capital
 Registration is now open for the annual Fall Cleaning the Capital campaign, which begins on September 15, 2010. Get involved and help make Kanata North the cleanest ward in the City, and be sure to register your project - whether it is with your school, neighbourhood group, community association, business, family, or friends - for a chance to win prizes. In 2009, Ottawa had a record 87,400 participants and we are hoping to beat that record this year! Cleanup Starter Kits for littler pickup and/or graffiti removal projects are available to all registered volunteers. For more information, contact ottawa.ca/clean or 3-1-1.
LRT Provincial Funding
The Light Rail Transit Project received approval this week of the Environmental Assessment by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. This is a major milestone for the LRT project, and in conjunction with the funding announcements by both the federal and provincial governments, shows great progress for this project. The Environmental Assessment examined the potential impact of the planned 12.5 kilometres of light rail transit between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair Station and a tunnel through the downtown. The report examines everything from noise and vibration levels to air and water quality and the preservation of vegetation, wildlife and local heritage sites along the planned route, such as the Rideau Canal.
Carling Avenue Watermain
The City of Ottawa is completing the detailed design of the Carling Ave Watermain Rehabilitation from March Rd to Schneider Rd, including the replacement of existing asphalt shoulders (north and south side of Carling Ave from March Rd to Herzberg) and intents to undertake the construction starting in the summer of 2010, with completion anticipated at the end of October, 2010. The work currently identified includes reconstruction of the 400 mm watermain, sanitary sewer maintenance hole repairs and replacement of asphalt shoulders. For more information from the public open house download and view this PDF.
Economic Development Strategy Update
Ottawa has a new economic development strategy, approved in July by Council as “Partnerships for Prosperity,” a blueprint for economic development and growth in Ottawa over the next five years. The new five-year strategic plan was developed after broad consultations with dozens of stakeholders and interested parties. It will formalize partnerships with stakeholder groups and use a scorecard and performance measurements to track success.
Green Bin
 By using your Green Bin, you have helped to divert over 26,000 tonnes of organic material from area landfills - the equivalent of nearly 3,000 garbage trucks - during the first six months of the program. Residential waste diversion rates for the first half of 2010 rose to 42%, with nearly 20% of all residential waste collected being returned to the earth through the organics program. This is great progress, and we can do more to reach our diversion target of 60%. Remember to feed your green bin all organic materials that qualify for the program, including food scraps, soiled pizza boxes, paper plates, napkins, paper coffee and beverage cups, and leaf and yard waste.
Next Stop Announcement System Update
The Next Stop Announcement System (or NSAS) will be introduced on buses throughout the City beginning in September 2010. This new automated system will advance accessibility, enhance rider comfort, and improve convenience by automatically announcing all bus stops in English and in French. Additionally, onboard displays will also illustrate and announce the route number and destination of the bus.
Lansdowne Partnership Plan
City Council voted to proceed with redevelopment of Lansdowne Park in a 15 to 9 decision to include refurbishment of the stadium and Civic Centre, creation of a large urban park and construction of a mixed-use area that includes shops, offices and residences. The approval means the project will now proceed to stage two, where integration of the mixed-use design and the proposed urban-park design can be completed. A master site plan will be developed and zoning approvals will need to be obtained. A number of amendments benefiting the neighbourhood and the city, and protecting Lansdowne as a public asset, were also passed as a part of this decision. These include: - Devoting $2.5M in revenue from the project to uphold Ottawa’s affordable housing program;
- Responding to public opinion by keeping the community park that borders Lansdowne in its current form;
- Continuing the role of the Lansdowne Design Review Panel moving forward;
- Confirming that no land sales will be a part of the project and the City of Ottawa will continue to own Lansdowne;
- Affirming that the project will have a Farmers’ Square and that Lansdowne could be the site of a new home for the Ottawa Art Gallery;
- Requiring that traffic demand management practices be used in the redeveloped site; and
- Confirming the importance of bilingual services at Lansdowne.
Construction timelines will be dictated in part by design and approvals processes. Work on the stadium and mixed-use area could be completed by 2013 at the earliest. The urban park area would see work phased in over a number of years as funds become available. For more information visit Ottawa.ca/lansdownepartnership or conctact 3-1-1.
Graffiti
Public and urban art play an important role in our community and can contribute to community pride and beautification. Graffiti tagging is not art, it is vandalism, and comes with serious consequences.
Graffiti includes all types of markings or writing with paint, markers, scratches, and even acid-based etching on glass. The City is raising awareness of the problem and is working with stakeholders to remove and prevent graffiti year round through its Graffiti Management Program. For more information on graffiti, including tips for concerned parents, visit Ottawa.ca/graffiti or call 3-1-1.
2009 OC Transpo Annual Performance Report
The 2009 OC Transpo Annual Performance Report shows that transit use in Ottawa has bounced back from the strike. A year later, performance measurements are up across the board. Increases were steady month to month with an unprecedented level of ridership in the second half of 2009, and a new all-time record of 8.4 million riders in December. To learn more about OC Tranpso’s performance in areas such as on-time service, Internet use, accessibility, Park & Rides, and customer satisfaction, visit octranspo.com.
Waste Management / Carp Landfill
Waste Management of Canada has filed their proposed Terms of Reference with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for the Environmental Assessment of their expansion plans for the Carp Road Landfill facility, which provides services to Industrial, Commercial and Institutional and residential sectors. The ToR identify those areas in which detailed environmental assessment study will be undertaken. The Minister’s decision on the ToR is expected to be released in October, 2010. For more information, please visit the MOE website on the Carp Landfill (West Carleton Environmental Centre): ene.gov.on.ca.
Kanata North Picic - Thank You!
* NEW * Latest South March Highlands Documents
Available for download are the latest documents I have received regarding the land north of the Beaverpond in the South March Highlands:
- Kanata North Picnic
4th Annual Kanata North Picnic
Wednesday, July 28th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Sandwell Green Park
(The Parkway, across from Earl of March)
The 4th Annual Kanata North Picnic is coming up this Wednesday, July 28th in its usual location at the Sandwell Green Park across from the Earl of March (near the corner of Teron Rd and The Parkway) from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. – rain or shine! I would like to invite you, your family, neighbours and friends to come out for a fun, family-friendly, free event thanks to the contributions of picnic sponsors.
As always, we will have a variety of entertainment from magician Chris Pilsworth to performances by local musicians and a variety of activities like a petting zoo and the always popular children’s bouncies. Hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers will be served up by Enbridge and our volunteers while supplies last. We are also thrilled that Councillor Qadri will be joining us again this year to serve sno cones and cotton candy.
While we have always been conscious of our environmental impact at the picnic, you will notice some additional measures at this year’s event – we will no longer be serving bottled water, and instead will provide free of charge City of Ottawa tap water; please bring your own refillable water container! Also, we are glad to be including separate organics waste collection at the picnic this year – so please ensure that soiled napkins and other appropriate materials are disposed properly in the organics bins on site.
In previous years we have accepted non-perishable food item donations for the Kanata Food Cupboard and have accepted monetary donations in support of the Kanata North Recreation Complex Youth Room, which we will continue to do this year. While this is a free event I would encourage you to participate in the spirit of giving to either the Kanata Food Cupboard or the Kanata North Recreation Complex.
I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, July 28th!
- Beaverpond Development
We had a great turn out (over three hundred people) at the Thursday, July 15th Public Meeting on the KNL Lands north of the Beaverpond. Thank you to those who came to receive information, ask questions, and share your viewpoints. Please find a copy of the presentation that was given by staff below. As well, for your information, the motions passed at Council on Wednesday, July 14th are below for your reference and the letter from City of Ottawa to KNL Developments as a result of Council's direction.
Public Meeting Presentation
Letter to KNL from City of Ottawa (July 16, 2010)
MOTION
Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson
Seconded by Councillor C. Doucet
THAT the Rules of Procedure be waived, due to the community’s belief regarding the imminent risk to the forest and the fact that the next Council meeting is not until the end of August, to consider the following motion:
WHEREAS the South March Highlands is a unique old growth forest landscape identified as a priority ecological protection area by the City’s Greenspace Master Plan; and
WHEREAS no other city in the world has an old growth forest that is home to a dense, wilderness environment and many at risk species within the boundaries of the city; and
WHEREAS there is a conditional OMB approved plan of subdivision for the South March Highlands, subject to 89 important conditions before each phase of the subdivision can be constructed including:
·a Communications Strategy acceptable to the Director of Planning;
·an Archaeological Plan;
·a Storm Water Management Plan consistent with the Subwatershed Study;
·a Natural Features & Vegetation Preservation Plan; and
·a Detailed Tree Planting & Conservation Plan; and
WHEREAS the community fears that the site will be clear cut or modified in ways that damage this unique ecological imprint prior to the relevant conditions of the subdivision approval being met;
WHEREAS a contractor for the developer has previously clear cut large tracts of land in Kanata that was part of lands to be deeded to the City without any approval being given;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to send a letter to KNL Development Ltd (KNL) advising the developer that, until the relevant OMB subdivision conditions are met and explicitly approved by the City of Ottawa, no clear cutting or other site modification can occur in the South March Highlands; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to pursue all legal means, including an injunction, in the event that KNL fails to comply.
CARRIED
MOTION
Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson
Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
That the Rules of Procedure be waived to permit the introduction of the following motion. Waiver is necessary as the developer is being requested to finalize as soon as possible the Tree Conservation Plan;
WHEREAS the Trillium Woods is a significant natural feature in the City of Ottawa;
AND WHEREAS there is no suitable connection from the community to the south to the Trillium Woods;
AND WHERE a 20 metre corridor would provide a meaningful connection;
AND WHEREAS there is no further opportunity for the City to acquire a suitable corridor through the forty per cent agreement.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve in principle, a land exchange for an approximate 20 metre corridor whose location is generally shown on Document 1 to this motion and that staff report back on the results of negotiations at the next meeting of Council.
CARRIED
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Thank you to everyone who has been sending me messages about the lands north of the Beaverpond. My staff has been working to respond to your e-mails on my behalf while I am in meetings today.
I too would like to save them, but it is almost impossible considering that this was an approved City of Ottawa development (approved prior to my return to Council) and approved by the Ontario Municipal Board after a group of us appealed the decision. I've been criticized for only saving 40% of the lands in the area by an agreement in 1981. That remains a huge saving of lands, well above the provincial standard of 5%, including land adjacent to the Beaverpond and the Trillium Woods. Since then, no Mayor or Council or Community Group has saved any additional land at all. In 2003, the Beaverbrook Community Association was able to get KNL to agree to a land swap - but City staff at the time completely rejected that, saying Kanata had enough land saved already, even though the City at that time had land that could have been traded for these lands.
What I've been doing lately is seeing if I can add to the previously saved lands and at this time am moving forward in obtaining a natural lands connecting link from the Beaverpond saved lands to Trillium Woods. I will also be putting forward a motion at Council tomorrow, July 14th, to notify KNL (the developer) that no tree cutting can occur until the City approves relevant conditions. KNL insists they have this approval but City staff have confirmed to me that they do not have such approval. That will give us some time and help to reduce the future impact but it will not stop the development from going ahead later with the cutting of the trees on those lands not being deeded to the City.
The only way to stop it permanently is to buy the land and the City does not have the resources to do so - except for the connecting link I've mentioned above. The total area under the subdivision approvals is valued at about $400 million with those north of the Beaverpond being about 25% of the total. So far no means of raising those funds has been forthcoming.
I will continue to do what I can to minimize or stop the impact but I am limited in what I can do due to the former approvals given.
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You are invited to attend a public meeting regarding a proposed residential subdivision for lands located north of the Beaver Pond, between Goulbourn Forced Road and Kimmins Court.
Thursday July 15, 2010 at 7 pm
Hall A of the John G. Mlacak Centre
2500 Campeau Drive
KNL Developments Inc. intends to proceed with the next phase of the Lakeside residential subdivision, as Draft Approved in February 2006 (File: D07-16-03-0025). The portion of the lands zoned for residential use will be developed with lots for detached dwellings and blocks for freehold townhouses. The portion of the lands zoned Environmental Protection Zone will be dedicated to the City.The meeting is to discuss relevant Draft Plan Conditions related to tree preservation and general pre-requisites that need to be met prior to commencing construction.
For additional information, please contact the assigned planner:
Kathy Rygus
Planning and Growth Management Department
Tel: 613-580-2424, ext. 28318
Fax: 613-560-6006
E-mail: Kathy.Rygus@ottawa.ca
Public Meeting Notice with Location Map
As many are aware, Urbandale plans to begin construction north of the Beaverpond this year. This is the next phase of development that was approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in 2006. I have been receiving a great deal of feedback from the community and have been working with staff on this issue, in particular with a recent motion at the Planning and Environment Committee with respect to the Tree Preservation Plan and conditions from the OMB approval. For your reference, the approval conditions, 2006 OMB Decision, and 2007 Tree Preservation Plan are available for download.
- Conditions of Approval (PDF)
- Tree Preservation Plan (PDF)
- OMB Decision (PDF)
- Ward Council - Location Change for June 21st Meeting
Please note that the monthly Ward Council, usually held in the Seniors' Centre Program Room, will be held in the Mlacak Centre in Halls B & C this Monday, June 21st at 7:00 p.m. For details on the meeting, which will follow a somewhat different format including a Q&A Session with Waste Management, please visit the Ward Council section of my website.
- Canada Day in Kanata Volunteers Needed
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 is Volunteer Recruitment and Orientation for Canada Day in Kanata from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Lion Dick Brule Community Centre (170 Castlefrank Rd). If you're young, or young at heart, your help is needed for a variety of jobs beginning with set up on June 30th and ending with tear down on July 2nd and everythingi n between! For more information, contact volunteers@canadadayinkanata.com
- FCM Board of Directors Re-Election
Earlier in June I was re-elected to the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. There are more than 1,900 members representing over 90% of the population of Canada at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. FCM represents the interests and voices of Canadian municipalities, large and small, on all federal government policies and programs. I’m proud to play a role in ensuring federal policies and programs meet the need of all municipalities across Canada, including the City of Ottawa, and am honoured to be chosen by my peers to represent them. For more information on FCM and its activities, visit www.fcm.ca.
Last Updated: 2010-08-24
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