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O•S•C•A•R© the Community Voice of Old Ottawa South Year 38 , No The O•S•C•A•R© The Community Voice of Old Ottawa South Year 38 , No. 11 The Ottawa South Community Association Review DEC 2010 Exciting News From the Lansdowne Park Conservancy (LPC)! Conservancy Competitive Bid Registered n Monday, November 15, 2010 the Conservancy offi- Ocially registered its competi- tive bid for the development and man- agement of Lansdowne Park with the city of Ottawa. On Wednesday, November 17, we hosted our press conference and un- veiling of the proposal at the Canal Ritz. We were pleased to have in at- upon Fairness Commissioner whose will be open and competitive. The Board of Advisors will include tendance both one of the principals job will be to determine if the overall representation from the City of Ot- and one of the senior architects from objectives for the City have been met, How will the Conservancy oper- tawa, NCC, Parks Canada, Agricul- NBBJ, the internationally acclaimed and seek best value for the taxpayer. ate? ture/Rural, The Arts/Culture, Herit- design firm we retained for the project. The conservancy will be a non- age, Sports, Tourism, Community and Over 50 people were in attendance at Meeting the Major Guidelines this early morning event including of the City members of local government, busi- The guidelines set out by the City ness, academia, culture, tourism and for the development of Lansdowne community as well as print, radio and Park boil down to four key elements TV coverage. which are: On Thursday, November 18, the City procurement department rejected 1. Stadium, the bid. This was not only anticipated 2. Green Space, but prepared for. 3. Revenue Model and 4. Outside Management. Conservancy Competitive The Conservancy meets all the re- Bid Commences Internal quirements and as noted, retained the Review services of NBBJ, arguably among the foremost recognized professional On Friday November 19, we com- sports stadium firms in the world. menced an internal review process NBBJ has partnered with a variety of under the rules of Substantive Ob- project management and construction profit charitable foundation. Members Business. The park will remain 100% jection within City Procurement, not companies on the most cost effective of the prestigious board will receive public but managed professionally. City Council. Part of this process is and timely delivery of projects includ- no compensation; it’s about giving the appointment of a mutually agreed ing park elements. All subcontracting back to our city and Nation’s Capital. Cont’d on page 6 More articles about Landsdowne Park on pages 4, 6, 7, and 8 Page 2 The OSCAR - OUR 38th YEAR DEC 2010 CONTRIBUTIONS The OSCAR The OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY Contributions should be in electronic format sent either by e-mail to ASSOCIATION REVIEW [email protected] in either plain text or WORD format, or as a printed copy delivered to the Firehall office, 260 Sunnyside Avenue. 260 Sunnyside Ave, Ottawa Ontario, K1S 0R7 www.OldOttawaSouth.ca/oscar SUBSCRIPTIONS Please Note: The OSCAR Has No Fax Moving away from Old Ottawa South? Know someone who would like E-mail: [email protected] to receive The OSCAR? We will send The OSCAR for one year for just $40 to Canadian addresses (including foreign service) and $80 outside Editor: Mary Anne Thompson of Canada. Drop us a letter with your name, address, postal code and [email protected] country. Please include a check made out to The OSCAR. Distribution Manager: Larry Ostler 613-327-9080 Business Manager: Susanne Ledbetter [email protected] SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS Advertising Manager: Gayle Weitzman 613-730-1058 The OSCAR is sponsored entirely from advertising. Our advertisers are [email protected] (not classy ads) often not aware that you are from Old Ottawa South when you patron- OSCAR is printed by Winchester Print ize them. Make the effort to let them know that you saw their ad in The OSCAR. They will be glad to know and The OSCAR will benefit from their support. If you know of someone providing a service in the com- munity, tell them about The OSCAR. Our rates are reasonable. NEXT DEADLINE: FRIDAY, December 17 The OSCAR is a community association paper paid for entirely by ad- FUTURE OSCAR DEADLINES vertising. It is published for the Ottawa South Community Association Inc. (OSCA). Distribution is free to all Old Ottawa South homes and Dec 17 (Jan issue), Jan 21 (Feb issue), Feb 18 (March issue). March 18 businesses and selected locations in Old Ottawa South, the Glebe and (April issue), April 15 (May issue), May 13 (June issue), June 10 (July/Aug Billings Bridge. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not issue), Aug 12 (Sept issue) necessarily of The OSCAR or OSCA. The editor retains the right to edit and include articles submitted for publication. tHe old FireHall FOR DISTRIBUTION INQUIRIES, ottawa soutH CommuNity CeNtre CALL 613-327-9080 or email: [email protected] The OSCAR thanks [email protected] the following people who brought us to your door this month: HOURS PHONE 613 247-4946 ZONE A1: Kathy Krywicki (Coordinator), Mary Jo Lynch, Brian Eames and Kim Barclay, Wendy Robbins, Jim and Carrol Robb, Terri-Lee Lefebvre, MONDAY TO THURSDAY 9 AM TO 9 PM Becky Sasaki, Kevin and Stephanie Williams. FRIDAY 9 AM TO 6 PM ZONE B1: Ross Imrie (Coordinator), Family Gref- Innes, Gabriela Gref-Innes and Fiona Fagan, the Montgomery family, Laurie Morrison, SATURDAY 9 AM TO 1 PM* Susanne Ledbetter. SUNDAY CLOSED ZONE B2: Craig Piche (Coordinator), Pat Eakins, Laine Mow, Hayley *Open only when programs are operating, please call first. Atkinson, Leslie Roster, Kathy Krywicki. ZONE C1: Laura Johnson (Coordinator), the Williams family, Josh Rahaman, Lynne Myers, Jeff Pouw, Curt LaBond, Brendan McCoy, the Woroniuk-Ryan family. WHAT’S THAT NUMBER? ZONE C2: Craig Piche (Coordinator), Alan McCullough, Owain O’Connor, Curt LaBond, Charles and Phillip Kijek, Sam & Avery Piche, Kit Jenkin, Michel and Christina Bridgeman. Ottawa South Community Centre - The Old Firehall 247-4946 ZONE D1: Bert Hopkins (Coordinator), Emily Keys, the Lascelles family, Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA) 247-4872 Gail Stewart, Gabe Teramura, Oliver Waddington, Sullivan-Greene family, Ottawa Public Library - Sunnyside Branch 730-1082 the Sprott family. Rob Campbell - [email protected] 730-8128 ZONE D2: Janet Drysdale (Coordinator), The Adriaanse Family, Gaia Kathy Ablett, Catholic Board Trustee 526-9512 Chernushenko, The Rand family, Aidan and Willem Ray, the Stewart family. Centretown Community Health Centre 233-5430 ZONE E1:Brian Tansey(Coordinator) , Wendy Johnston, the Rae Brown- CARLETON UNIVERSITY Clarke Family (esp. Katie), Anna Cuylits, Sutherland family (esp. Edwina CUSA (Carleton U Students Association) 520-6688 and John), Sanger-O’Neil family. Graduate Students Association 520-6616 ZONE E2: Chris Berry (Coordinator), Mary-Ann Kent, Glen Elder and Community Liaison 520-3660 Lorraine Stewart, the Hunter family, Brodkin-Haas family, Allan Paul, Mediation Centre 520-5765 Christina Bradley, Caroline Calvert, Larry Ostler. Athletics 520-4480 ZONE F1: Carol and Ferg O’Connor (Coordinator), Jenny O’Brien, the CITY HALL Stern family, T. Liston, Ellen Bailie, Dante and Bianca Ruiz, Wendy Kemp, Kelly Haggart and Taiyan Roberts, Walter and Robbie Engert. Clive Doucet, City Councillor ([email protected]) 580-2487 ZONE F2: Bea Bol (Coordinator), the Tubman family, Paulette Theriault, Main Number(24 hrs) for all departments 3-1-1 Ryan Zurakowski, Susan McMaster, Paige Raymond, Pierre Guevremont, Community Police - non-emergencies 236-1222 Cheryl Hyslop. Emergencies only 9-1-1 ZONE G: Bernie Zeisig(Coordinator), Claudia and Estelle Bourlon- Serious Crimes 230-6211 Albarracin, David Lum, Cindy MacLoghlin, Hannah and Emily Blackwell, Ottawa Hydro 738-6400 Katya and Mikka Zeisig. Streetlight Problems (burned out, always on, flickering) 3-1-1 Echo Drive: Alex Bissel. Brewer Pool 247-4938 Bank Street-Ottawa South: Rob Cook, Tom Lawson, Paula Archer. Brewer Arena 247-4917 Bank Street-Glebe: Larry Ostler. City of Ottawa web site - www.city.ottawa.on.ca Ottawa East: Brian Lowley, Dave White. DEC 2010 The OSCAR - OUR 38th YEAR Page 3 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The OSCAR welcomes letters on subjects of interest to the community or in response to previous articles. All letters must disclose the name of the writer, as well as the address and phone number. Lettters may be edited for length, clarity, and libelous statements. The opinions of the writers are not necessarily those of the newspaper or its editor. Email your letters to [email protected] or leave in print at the Firehall. Jim Watson 2) Secondly, it is unaccept- of the child hit by a car at Seneca & these buses would be removed from Mayor, City of Ottawa able that a proposed solution to one Sunnyside Aves., stop signs began go- the bus route no. 7. This agreement community’s traffic flow/ circulation ing up at intersections. Even so, as was respected for awhile. However, Office of the Mayor problems, be to re-direct that traf- recently as two – three years ago, an- since September 2010, these elon- 110 Laurier Ave. W., fic/ problem into the adjacent neigh- other pedestrian (waiting for the bus gated buses, ( in “off duty” status) are Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1J1 bourhood. Any proposal to forbid at Sunnyside & Seneca) was gravely back, roaring up Sunnyside Ave east- Dear Jim Watson: right or left turns onto Glebe Ave., injured after being hit by a car. bound, every week-day at late-after- (or any avenue in the Glebe) from I have been a Sunnyside Ave noon rush hour time (approx. 4:00 to Subject: Congratulations Bronson Ave. during morning & late home owner since 1975. I raised my 5:30 pm). Why are these noisy, intru- & Suggestions afternoon rush-hours can only result children in this neighbourhood.
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