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CITY COUNCILLOR / CONSEILLER MUNICIPAL RILEY BROCKINGTON Community Bulletin / Bulletin communautaire River Ward / Quartier Rivière 613-580-2486 ● [email protected] November 2016 Proudly serving the residents of River Ward 2016: Focus on Community Safety Dear Residents of River Ward, I trust you are well and are enjoying working in collaboration with local autumn. As we slowly transition to community groups, the Ottawa Police winter and given the Christmas and Service and Ottawa Community holiday season is weeks away, I wish Housing, I intend to ensure that you and your family best wishes. matters brought to my attention are addressed promptly and various Community safety and security has community groups take a greater always been one of my main areas of proactive approach within our focus during my tenure as your City communities as well. Councillor. Solving chronic crime overnight is not I strongly believe in safe, liveable realistic and in many cases we need to neighbourhoods, where you have the better understand the root causes of right to live, work and play and not it. That said, if there are matters that have to worry about your personal you would like to bring to my safety or that of your private attention, please do so, I will be happy property. to assist you. In October, I hosted the annual River If you’d like more information on Ward Community Safety Night as well starting a Neighbourhood Watch On October 20, 2016 the Ottawa Senators Foundation officially announced the as a Carlington-focused Safety Night program on your street or would like construction of a new Sens Rink at Alexander Park in Carlington with a ground- later in the month. River Ward has to receive a free home safety audit breaking ceremony. From left, Mayor Jim Watson; Chris Phillips, Ottawa Senators had some high profile incidents over from the Ottawa Police, please Alumni; Kim MacDonald, WE Gowling PS Principal; Cyril Leeder, President, Ottawa the last couple of months, highlighting contact my office. Senators; and City Councillor Riley Brockington. the need for greater community awareness of the resources that exist Sincerely, and contribute to improved Follow me on Twitter: @RiverWardRiley community safety and security. By Riley Open Letter from Ottawa Fire Chief Gerry Pingitore I am pleased to address the residents of management and administration to Through the completion of the Standards and install SmartBurners™ to vulnerable River Ward through this article and I complete the two main components of of Cover, our Service was able to modify residents. SmartBurners™ make stove- want to thank Councillor Brockington for the CFAI process, the Self-Assessment its deployment strategy to align with top cooking more safe by blocking food providing me the opportunity to do so. Manual and a Standards of Cover. These industry best practice and has adopted a from falling between coils and keeping First and foremost, Ottawa Fire Services two documents provided a risk-based deployment model based on heat below burning temperatures. (OFS) protects the lives, property and comprehensive look at each Division and an effective response force (number of Kitchen fires remain the number one environment for the citizens and visitors its deployment strategy to ensure it is firefighters needed to mitigate risk) and cause of fires. These are the types of of the City of Ottawa. We have Mission, operating efficiently and effectively. The response times that are recognized partnerships our Service is looking for. Vision and Value statements that direct documents were examined by peer internationally. These standards were There are a number of staff engagement our Service’s day-to-day operations and evaluators from CFAI comprised of then applied across the city and used to initiatives that the OFS Management are in the midst of developing a new leaders from fire services around North develop a new Station Location Study Team and I have launched or plan to Strategic Plan that will guide our Service America. which was approved by Council in June of launch to increase the safety of our through this term of Council. The Self-Assessment Manual evaluates 2015. personnel. All too often we forget about fire services on 253 performance As a result, OFS is working towards In 2014, OFS received “accredited the mental occupational injuries that our indicators, of which 82 are core building a new fire station in Orleans and first responders endure. OFS has agency” status with the Commission on competencies that OFS had to consolidating Station 36 (Industrial Road) Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). successfully delivered a Mental Health immediately comply with in order to and Station 55 (Blair Road) to Cyrville First Aid Training, the first of its kind, The accreditation process began in 2012 receive “accredited agency” status. The Road with hopes of both new stations as part of a key initiative within our delivered through partnership with the Standards of Cover serves as OFS being fully operational by the end of Mental Health Commission of Canada to Strategic Plan (2012-2015). Over the two integrated Risk Management Plan. It is a 2017. OFS is also monitoring growth in year span leading up to accreditation, all uniform personnel. Additionally, we comprehensive deployment analysis that Kanata which will require a new fire have provided staff with information to our Service gathered materials from all of defines the written procedures which station likely in the year 2020. This new its Divisions including, operations, special assist with critical incident stress determine the distribution and plan will allow OFS to prepare for growth management and a list of mental health operations, training, inspections, concentration of fixed and mobile OFS in Ottawa for the next ten years. investigations, communications, asset resources available to personnel in assets. Over the next few years, OFS is hoping to Ottawa. expand its fire prevention community outreach through various partnerships. We hope to build upon our current Fire prevention is the first line of defence momentum as we work to enhance our against fires and a vital component of our current Health and Wellness Program Service. Prevention staff includes: and streamline communications from myself and the Management Team to Fire engineers who are engaged in our frontline personnel. several projects such as new city developments, light rail transit and Lastly, our Service considers our stations Lansdowne Park; and its personnel pillars of the community and we hope you do as well. Fire inspectors who ensure the When you see your local firefighter crews establishments we visit and enjoy are in and around the community please say fire safe; hello and feel free to drop in for a tour of Fire investigators who determine the the station and meet the men and causes of fires; woman that serve and protect you and And public educators who are out in the your family. community every day educating residents about the proper ways to be Thanks, fire safe. Gerry Pingitore Pour In 2015, Prevention staff worked with Fire Chief Gerry Pingitore and City Councillor Riley Brockington Ottawa Community Housing to deliver une version en français, s’il vous plaît appelez 613-580 -2486 Development & Infrastructure Updates Carlington Pumping Station anticipated to take place in 2017. input in the analysis of design for the (resident and visitor) on-site. Riverside Drive (North and South), Alta Expansion 3071 Riverside Drive (former site of I hosted a public meeting on October Vista Drive, Heron Road and Walkley The City of Ottawa will be undertaking Bayview PS) 13 with local residents. Subsequently, I Road intersections, as well as the the expansion of the Carlington plan on meeting with the owner of the The Ottawa Community Lands roadway segments in between. Pumping Station to provide additional property to request they halt their Development Corporation (OCLDC), an capacity. The output of this station is A key study objective will be to plans and consider a less invasive arm’s length development corporation limited by pump capacity. incorporate cycling facilities into the proposal. I have also brought a number of the City, released a Request for plan. The results of the initial analysis of concerns to their attention including Improvements are needed so that this Offers for the 10-acre parcel of land Station can provide adequate will assist in identifying the need for but not limited to traffic, reduced during the summer months. Many and the degree to which protected parking, density, and issues with the emergency supply to the different bids were received and ultimately one pressure zones. These improvements facilities can be achieved. The study current buildings. submission was recommended as the will also review the need for transit will also add capacity to selected development proponent, I intend to continue to work with the accommodate projected peak signal priorities based on their financial offer, property owner prior to their formal demands of urban growth in these adherence to the 2009 concept plan as The Recommended Functional Design application to minimize impacts on zones. This project will improve the well as other criteria. As the OCLDC Plan will be refined based on future local residents. If you would like to reliability of supply to both existing meetings and negotiations are input received from stakeholders and keep up to date on this file I have and future development. confidential, the specifics of the the public. created an email outreach list for local Carlington Park will remain accessible proposal, including the identity of the A public open house is scheduled for residents. to the public outside of construction developer will be released once a December 6, 2016 at the Jim Durrell 900 Merivale (Carlington Community areas. Construction is tentatively signed deal is in place.