At its October 26, 2021 meeting, the GCA Board passed a Parks Committee motion which urged that the City, in its consideration of a project proposed at 770 and 774 Bronson Avenue, and other like it, continue in good faith to work to ensure that new developments be approved that:
– are consistent with the Official Plan’s vision of preserving, enhancing, and promoting additions to Ottawa’s parks and greenspaces;
– prevent more “parks deserts” and “heat islands” in our inner core;
– maximize green space rather than cash-in-lieu of park payments;
– protect existing parks and neighbourhoods from the microclimatic impacts of new, adjacent high-rise development; and
– if high-rise in nature, occur in designated areas other than those bordering new and existing parkland in inner urban and downtown core neighbourhoods.
The full text of the motion is linked below.