COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT & LOCAL PLANNING APPEAL TRIBUNAL, A Guide To Objecting The following is offered as a brief guide for persons wishing to object to an Application to a Committee of Adjustment, for a minor variance of a zoning bylaw and/or division or severance of land and will be helpful also for [...]
The Glebe Community Association (GCA) strongly supports the motion tabled on February 10, 2021 by Councillors Theresa Kavanagh and Catherine McKenney regarding nuclear waste disposal plans at Chalk River. We urge you to support this motion and urge Council to swiftly adopt and act on it, in the interests of the health and safety of [...]
Check out the priorities of Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) regarding the urban forest. We'll be pursuing these over the coming months. Ottawa's new Tree Protection Bylaw comes into effect (January 1, 2021). CAFES-tree action now-2020
Submission to the City of Ottawa’s Finance and Economic Development Committee Meeting of November 12, 2020 Item 2. Lansdowne Annual Report and COVID Impact Update Dear Mayor and Councillors, The Glebe Community Association (GCA) is a 50-year old volunteer organization with a deep commitment to Lansdowne Park, one of Ottawa’s most important public spaces. The [...]
Dear Mayor Watson, I hope this note finds you well. I am writing today on behalf of the Glebe Community Association. During our board meeting on October 27, 2020, we decided to put forward several suggestions for inclusion in the 2021 municipal budget. Briefly, we would like to see: - the City move forward with [...]
July 30, 2020 Mayor Jim Watson, City of Ottawa Councillor Matthew Luloff, Chair, Ottawa Public Library Board Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Dear Mayor, Councillor and Ministers, RE: Taking a bird-friendly approach for the new OPL-LAC Joint Facility On behalf of the Glebe Community Association [...]
May 26, 2020 Mayor Jim Watson, City of Ottawa Ottawa City Councillors Dear Mayor Watson and Councillors, The Glebe Community Association (GCA) supports maintaining the current urban boundary in Ottawa’s new Official Plan and, on May 27, urges you to vote against expansion. Earlier, we wrote to members of the two committees considering [...]
April 22, 2020 Mayor Jim Watson, City of Ottawa Councillors of the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee Copy: Councillor Shawn Menard Dear Mayor Watson and Councillors, The Glebe Community Association (GCA) supports maintaining the current urban boundary in Ottawa’s new Official Plan and urges you to vote against any proposal to [...]
Thank you to the more than 500 people who came to the public forum on the future of Lansdowne Park on October 28. Here are more ways you can show you care about Lansdowne: Sign up to speak at the City of Ottawa’s Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDCO) on November 5 starting at 9:30am. To get on [...]
A message from the GCA Environment committee: Dear Friends, I just signed the Petition for Ottawa's Trees. Before September 9, 2019 please add your name because: In this era of climate emergency – as recently declared by City Council –the importance of trees in mitigating climate change and adapting to its impacts must be acknowledged. They [...]