COVID VACCINATION UPDATE ownership representatives for an onsite meeting and tour of the construction site at 770 Brookfield Vaccines Road. They are currently on schedule with a target to have occupancy by September 2021. Phase 1 of ● The City of Ottawa launched the start of its the development, which is going up on the west Phase 2 vaccination program today, side of the property, includes two luxury rental Wednesday, April 7, permitting all eligible apartment buildings with 426 residential units and Ottawa residents 60 and older to book their amenity space plus 19,000 square feet of retail first vaccine dose at the City’s community space. The company’s site plan application for clinics. Those can be booked through the Phase 2 on the east side of the site has not yet provincial booking website at been submitted to the City. The goal is to begin Ontario.ca/bookvaccine or by calling construction in 2022 and open the second phase 1-833-943-3900 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for the 2023 school year. The total build-out will seven days a week. Appointments are being include two apartment residences with a mix of added until April 30. More appointments will three, six and nine floors for a total of 824 become available after that date as the City contemporary furnished suites, from studios to receives more vaccines. four-bedroom units, marketed to post-secondary ● Just last week Ottawa residents 55 and older students. I have requested that the community be could begin booking an appointment at invited to attend an open house to tour the participating pharmacies across the city to premises before the official opening. receive their AstraZeneca vaccine. They have to book directly with participating pharmacies. This program is separate from the City of Brigil - 729 Ridgewood Avenue Ottawa and Ottawa Public Health's vaccination Brigil plans to submit their zoning bylaw program. Here is that link, which includes a amendment application and development plans to the City of Ottawa in mid-May. The company says link to the list of pharmacies: its 4th design incorporates public comments that www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health- have been heard loud and clear. As such, building topics/covid-19-vaccine.aspx#AstraZeneca-vac heights have been significantly reduced cine-in-select-pharmacies-for-adults-55-years- throughout the site and now includes a 6-storey of-age-or-older building at the front, two 4-storey buildings to the ● Additional COVID-related resources are east and a 6-storey podium with a 15- storey available on Page 4 of this report. building at the north end. They have moved the main entrance to the complex further east. The LOCAL DEVELOPMENT density has been reduced overall by almost 300 units. The plan now features 383 units instead of 770 Brookfield Road (The Revalie Ottawa) 679 units and includes up to 10,000 square feet of On March 15, I met with The Revalie Ottawa potential retail space. The proposed design construction, accommodation, development and includes four different buildings with their own unique architecture and dedicated public space, operating a bulldozer at the construction site for one with a semi-public courtyard connected to about 3 to 4 hours total over the coming week. It amenity spaces and a shared garden, and one with will be used to level the ground where it has been a front and back yard for larger units and families. I torn up due to the rain and moisture. The uneven will host a public consultation session this spring. ground poses a safety risk for workers on the site and they want to resolve it as quickly and as 2660 Norberry Crescent (Norberry efficiently as possible. Every attempt will be made Residences Expansion) to keep the noise at a minimum. The company’s I am planning to meet with Norberry site supervisor plans to let the neighbours know representatives later this month to prepare a they will be operating the bulldozer for a short public consultation session regarding their plans to period. I also received an update today from the construct three low-rise apartment buildings. The Project Manager that the Riverside Drive entrance property’s representatives have been making has become unusable due to the spring thaw. They arrangements for those tenants who use the need to use their track loader to help restore this parking garage, which will be impacted during access point. Crews will need to use Springland for construction. a few weeks until the ground fully thaws and the groundwater has somewhere to go. Right now, the 3071 Riverside Drive - Canoe Bay Seniors' only equipment that can operate in the field is track equipment. They do not anticipate that there Village will be blockages on Springland due to The Canoe Bay development has stalled. During construction traffic. my March 9 meeting with Canoe Bay’s CEO and CFO, they indicated their financial situation changed due to the fallout from the pandemic. 3930 & 3960 Riverside Drive Since then, they have been contemplating some Taggart Realty Management’s proposed design changes and alternate financing development for 3930 and 3960 Riverside Drive at arrangements. A redesign is also coming to the Hunt Club Road is on hold and the company does retail space fronting Riverside Drive. They are not anticipate advancing in the next 12 months. considering reducing the retail component, replacing it at the front with townhouses or LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE condos and moving professional services to the front of the building in the centre of the village. Bank Street Renewal (Riverside Drive to That redesign may prompt a site plan amendment. Ledbury Avenue) The other layout redesigns of the retirement A virtual public information session will be held on apartment suites may be dealt with through the Thursday, April 22 at 6:30 pm. If you wish to building permit process. Beyond that, additional participate, please go to the project website at delays are not anticipated. If approvals go through ottawa.ca/bankstreet where there is a link to as expected, work at the site may begin this register for the session. Participants are autumn, beginning with two to three months’ encouraged to submit their questions to the worth of site servicing, including interior roads, project contacts in advance of the session. sewers and water. The retirement residence and seniors’ apartments would be the first to go up, A virtual meeting with businesses along the Bank closely followed by the townhomes and Street corridor is slated for Tuesday, April 13 to bungalows. form a Business Advisory Committee. I have been assured that businesses will be consulted Mooney’s Bay Childcare Centre throughout the detailed design stage, and that Thomas Fuller Construction, which is building the feedback from businesses and property owners new Mooney’s Bay Childcare Centre, will be will be taken into consideration prior to finalizing sunken, raised or broken catch basin or a drain the detailed design. where the cover is broken or missing. You can also let my office know of pothole and/or catch basin Airport Parkway Expansion issues and a service request will be made on your City staff are currently finalizing the project behalf. charter for the first phase of the widening, from Brookfield to Hunt Club Road. A consultant will be Street Sweeping hired by this fall or winter to do the preliminary In some parts of the city, street sweeping and detailed designs. Funding for construction will operations have already begun – an early start this be sought in the 2023-24 budget and construction year due to the exceptionally warm weather we could begin in 2024 and finish in 2025 depending experienced last week. Suburban street sweeping on several factors. begins as early as the weather will allow in the spring. Signage will be posted to alert residents to As part of the widening project, an off-ramp to our concentrated street sweeping operations. The Walkley Road and a roundabout will be built. phased work includes sidewalks, bus stop pads Modifications to Walkley Road between the and medians, followed by roadways. If vehicles are off-ramp and McCarthy Road are included. When parked on the street, the unswept area is noted the off-ramp at Walkley opens, there is a proposal and crews will return to sweep that portion at a to shrink the number of travel lanes from 4 to 2 later date. Residents are reminded to not rake or between the Parkway and McCarthy Road. blow leaves, lawn clippings or other debris onto Separate from the Parkway widening, there is also roadways in violation of the City’s Use and Care of a bike lane proposal for the entire stretch from Roads Bylaw. Residents are also reminded to Bank to Riverside that is ambitious with its plan. A observe all posted signage and to remove their possible autumn public meeting this year may vehicles in designated areas to allow street shed more light on the proposal. sweeping teams to complete their work. PARKS & GREENSPACES CITY UPDATES & CONSULTATIONS OC Transpo Service Adjustments Pauline Vanier Park The Transit Commission, of which I am a member, City staff are planning to have the two swing sets and received an update on March 31 about service the engineered wood fibre underneath them replaced adjustments that will go into effect on June 20. We this year. The work will likely take place by the end of heard that the adjustments will result in a this summer or by the beginning of this fall. If funds reduction in OC Transpo operations by allow, new wood fibre will be installed in the approximately 2,170 service hours per week and a remaining play areas.