Due to provincial health measures forbidding larger gatherings in parks, the Spring Parks Clean-Ups planned on the weekend of May 15, 2021 did not go ahead. We look forward to renewing our Fall and Spring cleanups as physical distancing measures are relaxed.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The GCA Parks Committee’s input to the GCA’s March 2021 comments on the City of Ottawa Official Plan echoed many of the recommendations put forward in our Evergreen Plan for Glebe Parks. The committee was pleased to see an articulated commitment in the City of Ottawa’s proposed Official Plan 2021 to certain urban design first [...]
The Ward Council will help provide for the kind of transparency with regards to discretionary spending called for by the GCA in its passage of Recommendation 5b) of the GCA Evergreen Parks Plan: that the City of Ottawa and the Capital Ward Councillor should develop a protocol for the allocation, tracking and annual reporting on [...]
In November, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee Motion which called upon the MTO and the City of Ottawa for a commitment that they actively and transparently consult each other and the affected communities (Glebe and Glebe Annex) on aspects of the Highway 417 Bronson Avenue Interchange and Operational Improvements, Detail Design plan. The [...]
As part of its 2021 municipal budget submission and other advocacy efforts, the GCA emphasized in October the important role that parks have played in enabling residents to get outside for fresh air and exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through its motion, approved by the GCA Board in October, the Parks Committee backed the GCA’s continued efforts to work for new and replacement sound barriers on both sides of the Queensway as part of improvements to the 417. This same motion pushed for related provincial and city budget considerations for well designed green spaces [...]