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OOECA Annual Report 2015 Annual General Meeting

November 10, 2015 website: www.ottawaeast.ca Follow us on Twitter: @ottawaeast

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Overview

• Board Members
• Financial Report
• Transportation
• Main Street Renewal
• Planning
• Institutional Lands
• Community Achievements
• Next Year
• Parting Thoughts

OOECA Board Members

Nominated

• President: Phyllis Odenbach Sutton
• Vice President: Ed Janes*
• Treasurer: Don Fugler**
• Secretary: Katherine Simonds
• Planning: Stephen Pope
• Transportation: Glen Linder*
• Communications: Catherine Pacella
• SLOE: Ian McRae
• Lees Apts: Bill Baldwin and Syed Zaffar
• Membership: Suzanne Johnston
• Community Safety: Mark Seebaran*

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* New for 2015-2017 Board ** Fourth term

• Fed. Of Citizens Ass’ns: Eddie Gillis*
• City Centre Coalition: Kate Martin*
• At large: Paul Goodkey*
• Past-president: John Dance

Retiring

• Nick Masciantonio
• Jill Wherrett
• Ron Rose
• Caroline Hyslop
• Jim Strang

Financial Report

Expenses

• Rentals/supplies

0.5

• Insurance

0.6

• Photocopying

0.4

• Brochure printing

0.7

• OMB appeal

0.1

• Miscellaneous

0.2

($2.5)

Revenues

• Memberships

2.5

• Main Event BBQ

0.8

• SHCHC brochure

0.3

• Miscellaneous

0.1

$3.7

Carryover (2014) $17.6 Balance: $18.8

[ ($3.7 + 17.6) – 2.5= $18.8]

Transportation

• Main Street / McIlraith bridge reconstruction (third done)
• Mitigate impact of construction
• Safe Col By – Clegg crossing completed
• Advocate acceleration of footbridge construction
• Traffic calming/pedestrian safety
• Advocate “complete streets”
• Advise design of river pathway (Brantwood / RGD)
• Member of Lansdowne transportation committee
• Propose improvements (Echo Drive, Col By Drive)

Main Street Renewal

• Major investment: $41 + $15 = $56M (2014 – 2017)
• Done: “complete street” between Clegg & Springhurst (E side); much of

the underground work north of Clegg

• Mitigated impact (e.g., speedboards, “tips for surviving”)
• Clegg: very busy
• Cut-through traffic: south and north of Clegg; Echo at Ascension
• Inadequate enforcement of restrictions
• Different cut-through problems in 2016
• Vigilance: call police,* inform city staff / Councillor
• “Eye on the prize,” more trees, support merchants

_____________________ *Contact the police at 613-236-1222 ext. 7300 or at: http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/safety-and-crime-prevention/aggressive-driving-and-rules-of-the-road.asp

Planning

• 16 requests for minor variances reviewed and commented
• Support neighbourhood OMB appeals (99 Greenfield; 43 Chestnut; Infill 2)
• CDP / Secondary Plan implementation:
• Ongoing engagement with Domicile and Regional Group
• Neighbourhood charrettes for North of Queensway and Archville to be planned
• Extensive participation in the review of Infill 2:
• Second phase of “Mature Neighbourhoods” Bylaw, but city wide
• Changes made to allowable building heights, rear and side yard setbacks
• OMB appeal regarding height of triplexes in R3 neighbourhoods
• Now in Monitoring phase for both infill bylaws.
• Planning committee is growing:
• 2 volunteers each needed for Spenceville and Rideau Gardens
• 1 volunteer needed for south of Clegg east of Main
• Contact us at planning@ottawaeast.ca, or sfpope@bell.net

Development of Institutional Lands

Regional Group’s Greystone Village (Oblates)

• "Draft Plan of Subdivision" approved
• "Brownfield" clean-up begins in November
• 916 dwelling units: singles, towns, condos, rental
• Sales centre opened and many units sold
• Phase 1 construction start in 2016
• Grande Allée / Forecourt park planned with community
• River open space - City: "no," RVCA Trust: considering
• Potential of community centre in Deschatelets
• SLOE / Planning Committee input incorporated

Domicile’s Corners on Main (Sisters)

• Sales have been good
• Permit and working drawings are underway
• Construction is planned to start in March 2016

• Influence Domicile/Regional plans
• Ongoing input to development proposals
• Monitor Main Street construction / traffic
• Create “Welcome” brochure
• Expedite construction of river pathway
• Conceive “610 Action Plan” (flooding)
• Contribute to Lansdowne committees
• Safe CBD-Clegg crossing consulted on / built
• Main Event BBQ
• Accessible Old Town Hall
• Engage AIDS Committee of Ottawa re its OOE relocation

Community Achievements 2015

Next Year

• Main Street renewal vigilance
• Mitigate construction impacts
• Complete plan for Grande Allée/Forecourt park
• Influence Greystone’s river “open space”
• Build river pathway north of Clegg
• Accelerate footbridge construction
• Community centre: CAG
• Greening AVTC land (160 Lees)
• Plan sesquicentennial projects (e.g., trees,

PM book club, circumnavigation)

Parting Thoughts

• Volunteers: diligent, creative, collaborative, persistent
• Success: persistence + multi-organizational
• Most city staff excellent / some not
• You can fight city hall (but collaborating is better)
• Strive for best-possible – not perfection
• Seize opportunities to implement change
• Overcome resistance / fear of change
• Having an idea is only the start
• Importance of community
• OOE is on the map