How to o The Munster Mash President’s Message community centre. Heather has Special Interest done the most fantastic job looking Articles: Hello Munster, after the building at the very heart of our community. She kept the For starters, I would like to thank everyone that building busy with community • Introductions was able to make it to our Annual General th activities and it was always Meeting this past April 11 . Thank you for immaculately organized. Thank you • Victoria Day helping us elect this years’ group of volunteers Fireworks so much, Heather, for giving so that will plan and run the host of events around much of your personal time over the Munster. We have included a photo and a list of • Community last four years. The MCA, Munster names here in the Munster Mash so be sure to Garage Sale and and surrounding communities really say hi next time you see them helping out Clean Up Day appreciate the fantastic job you did. around our little hamlet. Heartfelt thanks. • Ball Tournament Most notably, we have five new faces around As we look forward to another year • Canada Day the Munster Community Association (MCA) here in Munster, your Munster table, all of whom are no strangers to helping Community Association will be • Community Safety out around the community. I would like to letting you know about all the welcome Georgia Read who will be teaming up activities happening in our with Tami Campbell to host the social events in community. Keep an eye out on our Munster. We have Iain Clogg who is taking over www.munsteronline.ca website and the reins of running our community centre. please join us and enjoy your Individual Susan McDonald will be working on keeping Highlights: community. Muster beautiful. She will be coordinating the spring and fall clean-ups along with other Here are few more dates to keep in Welcome 2 beautification projects. So please come out on th mind. The Munster Annual Ball Munster Events 3 Sunday, May 26 , we need your help for the tournament is happening on the spring clean-up. Christina McNabb is jumping st nd Ward News 5 weekend of May 31 to June 2 . right into the role of publishing the Munster This spring favourite is sure to be a Classic Theatre 11 Mash newsletter which goes out four times a big hit again this year, so keep year. If you have something you want to be reading for more details. I hope to Mailbox Award 12 included in our community newsletter, she is see you all at our Canada Day the person to reach out too. This year, for the Insurance Blog 14 celebrations. first time, we have a youth member advising the Library 16 board on what activities we should consider Happy Spring! running. Kids and teens can pass their Spring Colouring 17 suggestions along to Connel Browne. Of Church News 18 course, it’s really nice to see so many returning faces too! Thank you, returning board, Dave Tellier MCA Meetings 18 members for helping out for yet another year. Sponsors 19 If you have ever had to use our community Danbys 20 centre in the last four years, chances are you have met and talked to Heather Kirk. Taking care of our community centre is a big job, one that requires a lot of time from the volunteer MAY 2019 responsible. They have to handle all the centre’s bookings and communicate with the city about any issues that involve the THE MUNSTER MASH www.munsteronline.ca Page | 1 Introducing the 2018-2019 Executive By Jude Sammon th 2019-2020 EXECUTIVE As a result of the AGM which took place on April 11 at the Community Centre, several new additions have been elected to the MCA Executive. President Dave Tellier [email protected] As mentioned in the President’s message, I too would like to thank the outgoing Vice President Jude Sammon members and welcome Iain Clogg, Christina McNabb, Susan McDonald and [email protected] Georgia Read to the board. Secretary Barb Moulton [email protected] Without further ado, below is your 2019-2020 Board Members. Treasurer Bruce Ewen [email protected] Community Centre Iain Clogg [email protected] Environment Susan McDonald [email protected] Membership Genn Browne [email protected] Newsletter Christina McNabb [email protected] Photographer Laura Rupert [email protected] Recreation Gabriella Beyer [email protected] Social Directors Tami Campbell [email protected] Georgia Read [email protected] Webmaster Jessica Breckenridge Photo by Laura Lee Photography [email protected] Back row from left to right: Georgia, Iain, Genn, Christina, Susan, Laura Youth Connel Browne Front row from left to right: Dave, Jude, Tami, Jessica, Connel Missing members: Barb, Bruce, and Gabriella NO DITCH DUMPING! Please, be a good neighbour, dispose of your waste properly. Yard waste is picked up weekly at your curb. Please DO NOT throw yard waste over your back fence if you back onto Munster Road – it will distract from the beauty of our village to visitors and residents, interfere with mowing of the grass, and if the City has to clean it up you might be liable for the cost. For tips on handling large or bulky items, visit: http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/garbage-and-recycling/garbage-collection/curbside-garbage-collection THE MUNSTER MASH WWW.MUNSTERONLINE.CA Page | 2 THE MUNSTER MASH WWW.MUNSTERONLINE.CA Page | 3 Recent and Future Munster Events – Save the Date By Tami Campbell EASTER EGG HUNT UPDATE We had a great turnout for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. The weather was spectacular and for the first time in recent memory the Easter Bunny and his helpers didn’t have to hide eggs in the snow! Kids loved choosing their own prizes from the prize table and also had fun with the Easter egg craft. The weather was just right for many kids to use the kites they won as prizes and the skies of Munster were very colourful. Hurray for spring! Thanks to Dave Tellier, Barb Moulton, Tami Campbell, Tammy Gibson and anyone who lent a hand cleaning up. UPCOMING EVENTS On Saturday, June 1st the MCA is hosting the KIDS FUN ZONE for the 11th Annual Munster Lob Ball Tournament. It will run from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm and will feature an interactive show with Reptiles Rock, as well as more exciting guests to be announced later. SAVE THE DATE Spend Canada Day in Munster for another Spectacular Event. As always we know how to have fun in Munster on Canada Day with inflatables, awesome shows, a scavenger hunt, and of course FIREWORKS. Don’t forget about the crowd favourite DUNK TANK.....visit the website at munsteronline.ca and the MCA Facebook page frequently for updated details. THE MUNSTER MASH WWW.MUNSTERONLINE.CA Page | 4 Ward News Scott Moffatt Councillor, City of Ottawa Rideau-Goulbourn Ward 613 580-2491 | RideauGoulbourn.ca STORMWATER FEE UPDATE Approved in 2016, there remain plenty of misconceptions being shared about the City of Ottawa's stormwater fee so I would like to take this opportunity to provide some context. In 2019, $12 million will be spent on culvert replacements, repairs and construction in the rural area, funded by the stormwater fee. Specifically, $3.8 million will be used to design and construct 42 culverts in Rideau-Goulbourn. To put that $3.8M in perspective, the stormwater fee collected $1M last year across rural Ottawa. The money collected in rural Ottawa stays in rural Ottawa and then some. I have included a comprehensive list of culvert replacements planned for 2019 below. Culverts, wet ponds and dry ponds found in rural areas are key pieces to the stormwater system – in the prevention of flooding, mitigating erosion, as well as protecting water quality in rivers, creeks, and streams. As a refresher, the intent of the new fee was to improve how the City bills for water, wastewater and stormwater to create a fairer and more sustainable system for its residents. It recognizes the different types of services received by those in serviced areas of the City and those who rely on private wells in urban and rural Ottawa. One of the key outcomes of the new rate structure was the implementation of a new charge for stormwater services for properties that did not pay this fee. Stormwater will be charged through a fixed rate fee to all applicable properties that benefit from stormwater service. For connected properties, this fee was previously included in the sewer surcharge rate for connected properties. Therefore, if you have always received a water and/or sewer bill, you have always been paying for this and nothing changes significantly except for that other residents are now sharing the cost. Properties that do not receive a water utility bill see the stormwater fee on their property tax bill instead. Historically, all properties were paying for stormwater either on their water bill or as a tax levy, or a combination of the two. In 2001, 100% of the fee was moved to the water utility bill as part of the sewer surcharge, meaning that only connected properties that received a water bill contributed to stormwater management funding. For those connected to the City water system, the fee was charged based on water consumption. However, stormwater services are not affected by how much water you consume and nearly everyone benefits from stormwater infrastructure, even those not connected to City water. The implementation of the new rate structure started in May 2017 when non-connected properties first saw a new stormwater charge on their final tax bills.