All Candidates Meeting Entertaining by Laird Greenshields the floor, elect a Moslem spokes- nomists are the omly of this election are Independent Ernest man. scientists who count the creation of jobs A near capacity crowd Bouchard called for a Liberal Candidate crooked. "Sure I'm a and control of our filled the Glebe Colle- stop of exploitation John Evans said the pro- long shot, but a vote resources. "Judge giate auditorium Monday of the merchant and posed Tory budget would for the engineer is a the NDP on the con- night to listen to 10 offered a strong voice penalize lower income shot on goal." tributions they have candidates running in in Parliament. "A vote groups and higher energy A majority Rhino go- made and what contri- Ottawa-Centre. for Bouchard is a vote prices are only more vernment will move into butions they can make." Political debates for Clark, Trudeau or gravy for Alberta and office after the elec- All but one is op- need not be tediously Broadbent, I'll join oil companies. tion according to Lan- posed to capital pu- dull exercises in poli- whoever forms the gov- Robin Mathews stated gille, his party pro- nishment. Langille tical rhetoric as demon- ernment and supports only the National Party mises to break all pro- said the Rhinos fa- strated at this meeting. my position." offers Canadians con- mises and will intro- vour it,"everyone Rhino Party candidate Communist Marvin trol of their country duce a floating dollar should have to live in Dave Langille and engi- Glass stated the multi- and economy. printed on balloons. Ottawa during the win- neer John Turmel offer- nationals benefit from PC candidate Jean All working people ter." ed an amusing alterna- high taxes and his par- Pigott asked for a man- are repressed according Pigott supports the tive to voters. ty would place Canadi- date to implement the to Marxist-Leninist Tory mortgage tax cre- The meeting, sponsor- ans in control of the change started by the Robin Collins, his par- dit while Smart said ed by the GCA and chair- economy. Clark government. ty calls for Canadians aid should be given to ed by Howard Smith star- Independent Ben Independent John to'oppose all imperial- families with a net ted with opening state- Tahir said to under- Turmel, an engineer, ists. income below $30,000. ments by candidates fol- stand the Islamic world stated interest rates NDP candidate John Evans and Mathews are lowed by questions from it is necessary to cause inflation and eco--Smart said the issues opposed to it. Council Approves Neighbourhood Plan By Doug Gloin City Council gave its assent to the Glebe Neighbourhood Plan on Jan. 16; the approval, fiowever, was not without controversy. Although Alderman Joe Quinn cast the only vote against the plan, several other members of City Council said they feared the plan had fallen short of some of its goals. Ottawa, February 15, 1980 8 The areas of greatest dispute in the 63-page Vol. No. 2 report were recommendations concerning rental dwellings within the Glebe. Many councillors felt the plan was defeating the intent outlined at its inception more than two years ago. The neighbourhood plan states its concern to "main- tain, preserve and enhance the Glebe as an attractive residential neighborhood for people of various ages, income levels and life situat- ions." The Glebe Neighbourhood Plan was initiated on Sept. 15, 1977. The goal was to promote a "villagén atmosphere within the Glebe and the plan was drawn up through cooperation between the Glebe Community Association and the City's planning board. Different interest groups worked in committee to study areas of concern such as transportation, land use, and recreational and social needs. Alderman Rolf Hasenack voiced the strongest objections to the plan. He disagreed with cer- A Gatineau Park Winter Scene on Dow's Lake? This sculpture, one of 74, tain zoning proposals, saying they will inhibit Is a federal employees entry built by Gatineau Park staff for Winterlude. the further development of low-income housing in the Glebe. In fact, Hasenack said that the Ottawa Neighbourhood studies in general are Big Rent Hike Hurts Druggist encouraging single-family housing and discourag- By Laird Greenshields ing the conversion of older homes into apart- Redevelopment is forcing some Glebe merchants to move or shut down ments. their businessea. In disagreeing with Hasenack, Alderman Trip A development similar to Fifth Avenue Court is planned on Bank Street Kennedy said he felt it was easy for councillors by Lahey and Associates. Store owners on the east side of the Block who have no R3 designated zones (primarily between Second and Third avenues face a 300 percent increase in rent if single family) in their wards to say conversions they elect to stay. should be allowed. James Hurlow, owner of Glebe Drug Store, 781 Bank Street, says his An amendment proposed by Alderman Michèle rent would increase from $5,000 to $15,000 a year. He bought the MacKinnon to require 30 percent of the lot to business several years ago and can't afford the increase. be landscaped property on any building convert- "I'll either have to declare bankruptcy or relocate, but I think that ed to apartments was carried. However, Hasenack would be a shame because this drug store has served Glebe residents since objected to the proposal, saying many of the it was built in the early 1900's." lots in the Glebe are too small to support such Hurlow says it is another case of a developer pushing the small busi- an arbitrary requirement. nessman out. He says, "You need te small shops to maintain the personal A proposed compulsory 90-day owner-occupancy basis, but developers are pushing businessmen out of the Glebe." period in rental dwellings was contested by Although only a little more than three years have expired on Hurlow's Controller Brian Boums. Boums said while he five-year lease, Lahey and Associates cancelled once they finalized purchase of the building. Commercial Council Approves P. 2 tenants have no protection and leases in effect are void when ownership changes. Rent Hike P. 3 GLEBE REPORT February page 2 Council Approves Plan from p.1 realized the recommendation was designed to control the number of absentee landlords operat- ing in the Glebe, he thought "conversions are an integral part of a community, and allow it to change and adapt.' MacKinnon argued in favour of the regulation. She said it would prevent speculators from operating "whose only interest is making money." Hasenack lost a motior in a tie to delete a proposed 10.7 metre height limit on new buildings. He said the height limit eliminated the possib- ilities of a varied neighbourhood. "We have done a flip-flop," Hasenack said, "the concern o tenants is not beiNig thought of." Dissatisfaction with what some members of council saw as a movement to turn the Glebe into an area of single-family dwellings focused on the half-acre proposed park at the corner of Lakeview Terrrace and Bronson Avenue. While the plan to use the site as parkland Photo by Toni Venturi was carried, Controller Ralph Sutherland gave "reluctant support" for the proposal. Suther- land said it was "a shame to have to support this park when it is in a community which will Council Gives Developer Go-Ahead support fewer and fewer people." Hasenack voted against the proposed park By Inez Berg purely out of protest." He said while he On Jan 16th Ottawa City Council upheld Planning Board's Dec. approved of the park itself, the Neighbourhood 21,'79 decision to allow enclosure of Fifth Avenue Court. A Caucus of Council Plan destroyed the type of diversified commun- held before the meeting gave those concerned a chance to express ity the Clebe had for a long time. Hasenack their views. said the Glebe would turn into the "Ottawa Merchants and sub-contractors, angry at the inconveniences they've equivalent of Forest Hill' within 10 years if suffered, said it was Council's responsibility to resolve the impasse present trends continued. by allowing the enclosure. A proposal by Controller Boums to use land Numerous residents and their spokesmen expressed anger at the way on the north-east side of Lansdowne Park for the the developer had proceeded. Sheila Johnston. a Craig Ave. resident development of non-profit houstog was referred said "The developer, not the city, caused the hardships to merchants and to City's non-profit housing corporation for sub-contractors and he should be held responsible". She teit that consideration. by allowing the roof the city was undermining the neighbourhood study process for which so many had worked. Let the Courts Take Care of It Howard Smith and John McLeod, President and Past President of the CLEAR CCA spoke against the roof. Said McLeod "The general feeling seems to bethat City Hall can't say No to the developer. Why don't they do just that and let the courts take care o -he matter?" Counsel for the developer simply stated that the project would have to be deferred indefinitely for financial reasons if the roof was refused. Controller Sutherland defended Council's support of the enclosure. 'It was felt that nothing useful would be gained by denying the roof" he said. "While we do not applaud the methods of the developer we do not feel that the neighbourhood planning process will be compromised by granting enclosure." Sutherland did not comment on residents' concerns that the antici- Technics RS-M11 pated increase in sales resulting from the enclosure (25 to 40per Front load cassette 359.95 might mean a corresponding increase in traffic.