Monthly Archives: July 2021

June, 2021: A New Parkette with a Seniors’ Focus, Design, and Name – Thoughts on Reconciliation and a Carbon Neutral 2050 – Parks Committee Provides its Feedback to the City’s Public Consultation on the Proposed Park at corner of Fifth and O’Connor (next to the Firehall)

The city is almost ready to break ground on the planned parkette at the corner of Fifth and O’Connor (next to the Fire Station Number 12). The designs, including the idea that this be a park centred on the needs of senior citizens in particular, take into account ideas articulated by the committee and the [...]

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June, 2021: A City Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan Envisioning More Parkland and Greenspace in Inner Urban Neighbourhoods, Health, Urban Livability, and Heritage Protection

In June, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee motion to provide the City of Ottawa with its feedback on the City of Ottawa’s first-ever combined Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan (PRFMP) in support of the new Official Plan (OP). The draft PRFMP contains recommendations about new and existing parks and recreation facilities to [...]

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June, 2021: Pickleball at Chamberlain Park Tennis Courts? “Due Diligence” First

In the draft Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan (which is going to the Community and Protective Services Committee and City Council in September, 2021 for approval) City staff are recommending that pickleball court lines be added on all existing and new public tennis courts. In June, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee [...]

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April, 2021: Drawing a Line in the “Grass,” Part II: Parks Committee Reports its Majority Position on the proposed Bistro at Patterson Creek Park

In April, the GCA Parks Committee reported to the GCA Board the committee's majority position opposing on principle any permanent or seasonal commercial project in City-owned or NCC-owned Glebe parks, including the proposed Bistro at Patterson Creek Park, subject to a full and extensive engagement in meaningful consultation by the City and/or the NCC with [...]

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April, 2021: Pandemic-related increase in parks garbage overflow

Parks have played an important role in enabling residents to get outside for fresh air and exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has understandably increased the amount of park use and take-out waste, and consequently garbage overflow, in park garbage containers. The GCA approved a Parks Committee motion in April asking that the City establish [...]

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March, 2021: Progress on proposed Park at corner of Fifth and O’Connor (next to the Firehall)

Members of the Parks Committee met in March with staff from Councillor Menard’s office and the City of Ottawa for a discussion of next steps for the Park. Park design is now underway at the city, taking into account ideas articulated by the committee and the community at various opportunities over the years since 2013 [...]

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March, 2021: Drawing a Line in the “Grass”: Parks Committee’s opposition to permanent or seasonal commercialization in City-owned Glebe Parks subject to meaningful consultation on proposals for all Glebe Parks

In March, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee motion designed to help protect City-owned parks from permanent or seasonal commercialization and urging meaningful consultation for any such proposed projects. A second motion, also passed by the Board, reiterated this same call for NCC-owned parks in the Glebe, in particular concerning the proposed Bistro at [...]

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