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Newsletter Date Councillor’s Newsletter July 21 , 2017 KEEPING YOU INFORMED Councillor’s View INSIDE THIS ISSUE Kanata West Pump Station Update 2 Dear Residents, Sidewalk Construction on Hazeldean 2 Fernbank Culvert Installation 3 Last Tuesday night, I met with some Stittsville By-law Q2 Report 4 business owners for an excellent discussion at the Stittsville Committee of Adjustment Application 5 information session regarding the potential Public Health Exprt Panel Report 6 Stittsville Business Improvement Area (BIA). La Machine Comes to Ottawa 7 Splash Pads, Beaches and Pools 14 Colonel By Day Schedule Changes 18 A BIA is important for the growing business …and more! community in Stittsville to have access to the resources which help them to thrive. English French The session was well attended and some valuable points were brought up by some of the Please note that the survey will close on August 4 attendees. I strongly support the establishment of a BIA in I would like to thank the steering committee and Stittsville as I see there are many benefits that it all potential members who joined to share their would provide and it would be a valuable insight, particularly Jim Walker for taking the lead investment for businesses. All decisions of the BIA as Chair person. would be made by the businesses and it is the businesses that would elect a Board made up of I have attached a copy of the presentation made Stittsville businesses. at the meeting for your information available by clicking here. Another meeting is being planned and will hopefully take place later this autumn. More A number of businesses have volunteered to be information on that will be shared in my newsletter part of the Stittsville BIA Steering Committee to as it is received. engage the discussion in the community and seek input. Now, it is very important that the Steering For more information or to provide additional Committee hears from Stittsville’s business comments please contact myself and the Stittsville leaders to provide their input. All types of BIA Steering Committee at [email protected]. feedback are important and welcomed from every If you have specific questions regarding the area of our diverse business community. assessment of your property and potential levy Businesses and commercial property owners are please feel free to contact the City’s Economic requested to please complete an online survey Development Officer Brian Simpson at available at the below links: [email protected]. -Shad Page 2 Keeping You Informed Kanata West Pump Station and Forcemain Project and Maple Grove Closure - UPDATE I would like to provide a quick update regarding the ongoing construction work for the Kanata West Pump Station and Forcemain Project Maple Grove Road between Terry Fox Road and Huntmar Road. As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, the segment between Terry Fox and Silver Seven was reopened last Friday. However, due to weather, I have been advised that the sewer installation work and subsequent road closure between Silver Seven and Huntmar scheduled for completion July 21st has been extended to August 4th to allow more time for road reinstatement and paving. I would like to thank affected residents for their patience at this time. The Contractor will take every precaution necessary to minimize interruptions to residents but as you can appreciate, there may be some inconvenience during the course of the work, such as delays and traffic detours when travelling through the construction zone, noise, dust and vibration. Signed detours for vehicles and bicyclists will be in place during the duration of the road closure. Sidewalk Construction on Hazeldean I would like to update residents on the construction of a sidewalk on Hazeldean to take place later this year. The overall project involves the construction of a new 2.0m wide asphalt sidewalk along the north side of Hazeldean Road east of Kittiwake Drive. The new sidewalk will connect to the existing sidewalk at the intersection of Hazeldean Road and Kittiwake Drive at the western limit and the existing Keeping You Informed Page 3 sidewalk connection from Abaca Way at the eastern limit. The sidewalk will be located behind the existing shoulder and streetlighting within the existing grass boulevard. Schedule is unknown at this point, but the sidewalk is anticipated to be constructed before the end of 2017. It is noted that while the design is being completed by the City, construction will be undertaken by the Developer of Bulat Court. For the construction of sidewalk, traffic should not be impacted and therefore no long duration lane closures will be required. Pedestrian access and construction site control will be per the City’s latest requirements. I will be certain to provide updates in my weekly newsletter on this project as they become available. Fernbank Rd Culvert Installation I would like to advise residents that Fernbank Road will be closed from Shea to Robert Grant between Tuesday, August 8th and Tuesday, August 22nd. The contractor, Taggart Construction, will be installing a box culvert across the roadway for future storm water management. Notification signs will be posted in advance of the closure with additional signs posted during the affected period. Local and emergency vehicle access will be maintained. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Page 4 Keeping You Informed By-law Q2 Report I would like to take a moment to supply residents with a breakdown of the quarterly by-law regulatory service request report. Every three months, by-law services releases a ward-by-ward summary of general request types. These requests range from a multitude of services offered by calling or emailing 3-1-1 ([email protected]). By-law & Regulatory Services experienced an overall decrease of -3.5% in total call volume compared to Q2 of 2016. The full report can be found here and Stittsville’s individual report can be found here. As you can observe, parking was the most-requested by-law item within our ward (268) however it only comprised 1.5% of the total city’s parking requests (consistent with last year’s statistics at Q2). Alternatively, Stittsville’s greatest reflection against the city as a whole were requests regarding care of streets (3.8%) and signs (3.8%) which saw 51 and 23 requests respectively for the first half of the year. At this time last year, Parks were among the highest representation of requests in Stittsville at 5.2% (this year down to 2.8%). Learning from these trends helps the City of Ottawa to ensure that proper investments are made into resources for the future. I encourage residents to take a moment and see what trends they can spot. Of course, as your City Councillor, I am always keen to hear your well thought-out ideas regarding how to improve our community. You can do so by emailing me at [email protected]. Keeping You Informed Page 5 Committee of Adjustment Stittsville Items The Committee of Adjustment for the City of Ottawa is holding a Public Hearing on August 2nd and residents’ input is requested. Of the items for discussion, one application falls within the Stittsville Ward for 6111 Hazeldean/603 Geranium to consider an Application for Consent to subdivide the property into two separate parcels of land in order to create one new lot for future commercial mixed-use development. I highly encourage residents to share their thoughts on this item so that they may be discussed in full at the Public Hearing. Comments are required by July 26th. Please email comments to [email protected]. For more details of the applications scheduled for this Hearing, please visit the City’s e-Agenda website at http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/agendaminutes/index_en.aspx. Public Health Expert Panel Report In January of this year, the Provincial Ministry of Health partnered with public health units together to create an Expert Panel on public health which would generate a report to guide the future of public healthcare plans in Ontario. This report makes recommendations on structural, organizational and governance changes for Ontario’s public health sector that, if implemented, would constitute a significant departure from status quo. As part of their recommendation, the Expert Panel was asked to consider: 1. The optimal organizational structure for public health in Ontario to: ensure accountability, transparency and quality of population and public health programs and services improve capacity and equity in public health units across Ontario support integration with the broader health system and the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) – the organizations responsible for planning health services leverage public health’s expertise and leadership in population health-based planning, decision-making and resource allocation, as well as in addressing health equity and the social determinants of health. Page 6 Keeping You Informed 2. How best to govern and staff the optimal organizational structure. Yesterday, the report was made available in full and is available by clicking here. I believe this is a great stride forward toward a public health sector that operates consistently between municipality and province. Moreover, an integrated health system will make the programs offered by public health will be more visible in the public domain, thereby improving upon resources that are readily available. I highly encourage all residents to review the report as there are quite a few perspectives explained in the way of optimizing public health for everyday life. La Machine creatures and crowds will take over downtown streets https://vimeo.com/218662694 La Machine, an Ottawa 2017 Signature Event, will occur in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market and Downtown Rideau, from July 27 to 30. This event will bring giant mechanical creatures, thousands of visitors and five days of intermittent traffic impacts – including one for setup on Wednesday, July 26 – to Ottawa’s downtown.