 Winter
Parking Regulations now in effect.
For more information: English francais or call 311
Help for Glebe fire victims updated
Jan. 28 more>>
Haitian Relief see below
Councillor
Doucet advocates NCC purchase Lansdowne.
"I am writing to confirm my request that the
National Capital Commission consider purchasing Lansdowne
Park in its entirety." more>>
Public
Consultation on "Front Lawn of Lansdowne Park"
Design Competition
The online
comment form is available at ottawa.ca/lansdownepartnership. The
deadline for comments is Wednesday, February 10, 2010. more>>
Motion to replace 3.7% of the 3.9% tax increase with one time levy.
Councillor Clive Doucet will be tabling two budget motions.
The first will make it clear to the public that the 3.9% increase
this year is not a service related cost. It is a one time
only charge to pay for the Siemens lawsuit and it should be treated
this way - as a one time levy. There should be no ongoing
reduction in transit or other services to pay for this one time
cost.
“There’s a elephant in the room we need to acknowledge. The
proposed tax increase in the 2010 budget is for nothing”.
The 3.9% increase should equate to $39 million additional funds
but
the city won’t get these additional funds because $37 million
will be spent for the legal settlement resulting from for the
cancellation of the previous light rail project. Services
are being cut and taxes are being raised for nothing in return. “This
shouldn’t be hidden. The $37 million isn’t for a
service which your taxes are meant to pay for and we need to
make this clear”.
Clive Doucet will be tabling a motion in the 2010 budget to
separate the $37 million settlement as a separate one time lump
sum so the true incremental cost of city services can be reflected
properly in the budget.
Councillor Doucet will bring forth a second motion to release
$9.9 million worth of pressure by deferring Bank Street reconstruction
until a later date
Haitian Relief
Residents wishing
to contribute should donate money to established
relief organizations that can respond immediately including
Canadian
Red Cross, the Centre
d’étude
et de coopération internationale (CECI), Doctors
Without Borders and the Humanitarian Coalition of
Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Quebec, CARE
Canada, and Save the
Children Canada.
Clive
receives A+ from Ecology Ottawa
 The results are in for Ecology Ottawa's annual report card on
city council. In this year's report, seven council members scored
D or lower -- including Mayor O'Brien, who received a failing grade.
The report reviews 14 key environmental decisions made by council
over the past year and assigns a grade to the mayor and each councillor
based on the votes he or she cast. It is available online at www.ottawacouncilwatch.ca
LANSDOWNE STILL NEEDS YOU
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for lots of information and our petition.
Reaction
of the Professional Design Community
Ian
Chodikoff, Editor of Canadian Architect Magazine, December
2009
"Rarely has there been such a shameful
attempt at redeveloping a critical site in a Canadian city."
Full
Article
Lisa Rochon,
architecture critic at the Globe and Mail,
Dec. 26, 2009
"No design competition.
No civic aspirations for the site. Ottawa has been robbed. And,
the new development sits next to the Rideau Canal, designated
a World Heritage Site in 2007." Full article Christopher Hume,
architecture critic at the Toronto Star Dec.
21, 2009. Good design sets a city up for success. Full
Article
LANSDOWNE
INFORMATION INDEX
Sole-sourcing Lansdowne.
Nov. 9, 2009
Metro News coverage of the event
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Coming Events in the Ward
- Old Ottawa East - Winter Party in
the Park, Brantwood Park, Jan. 24, 1-4 p.m.
- OSCA Winter Carnival, Feb.
7, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Windsor Park.
- Old Ottawa East,
Valentine's Day skating party, Brantwood Park 6-8pm,
Friday Feb. 12, 6 - 8 p.m.
- Councillor's Cup Hockey Tournament, Saturday Feb. 13, Brantwood
Park, more information to come.
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