Latest News March 30, 2007 Public Consultation Meeting - McGarry Funeral Home & Crematorium Proposal - Old Montreal Road, Cumberland Site Plan Control Proposal 1296 Old Montreal Road You are invited to attend a public meeting regarding this application on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 7 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. R.J. Kennedy Memorial Centre, 1115 Dunning Road The subject land is situated south of Old Montreal Road and west of Frank Kenny Road. The subject lot, which encompasses an area of approximately 7.67 hectares, is vacant, flat and cleared of any trees. The property's immediate surrounding is farmland. The purpose of this proposal is to construct a 1460 square metre two-storey building that will serve as a tribute centre and a crematorium. This site has one access on Old Montreal Road. It consists of a storm water pond south west of the site and a septic area south east of the proposed building. There are three entrances to this building, which also has a basement. 79 parking spaces are dedicated to this development. For additional information, please contact: Evode Rwagasore Planner Development Approvals City of Ottawa Planning, Transit and the Environment Department 110 Laurier Avenue West, 4th Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 tel.: 613-580-2424, ext. 16483 fax: 613-580-2576 e-mail: Evode.Rwagasore@ottawa.ca March 27, 2007 April 5th CCCA Meeting Update The April 5th CCCA Monthly Community meeting will now feature two guest speakers! From 7 - 8 PM, the community will hear from Pat Scrimgeour, OC Transpo Program Manager for Planning Transit and the Environment.  Pat will be providing information on upcoming changes which OC Transpo is proposing to routes in the area and will provide a forum for community feedback. From 8 - 9 PM, the community will hear from Julie Jackson, Forester for Public Works and Service in the City of Ottawa.  Julie will be providing information on Tree Planting programs which the CCCA may be eligible to apply for. CCCA meetings are held the first Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 PM at the South Fallingbrook Community Centre - 998 Valin St.  Keep an eye on cardinalcreek.org for updates! We look forward to see you at the meeting!   March 22, 2007 Valin Park Update The following information was provided by Louise Cerveny, Planner/Project Manager for City of Ottawa - Parks and Recreation: Storm pond and storm water outfall construction work in the creek undertaken by the developers in November and December of 2006, created a number of problems that require a course of action above and beyond the original requirements of the City. May include restoration work. RVCA [Rideau Valley Conservation Authority] has sent letter of notification of violation to developer (cc.’d to Councillor Monette 5 March, 2007). Issues are currently under investigation - how and when they will proceed may influence the timing and how much work we are able to do in the west end of the park. RVCA has identified the area that is not to be disturbed during park construction. Any further inquiries regarding the violations at Valin Park should be discussed with Hal Stimson or Nancy Smith at the RVCA. Louise has also enclosed two concept plans - Options 1 & 2 for the playground structures for Valin Park.  She would like to emphasize “that the Little Tikes proto-types are examples only and the components and theme were assembled by our Landscape Architecture consultant and based on the information from the community feedback to the “shopping list” as well as our own in-house professional experience and personal experience as parents.” Please follow the link to Valin Park Options to view information on the two samples and provide your comments and recommendations through the online form provided. All comments from the community are required by April 5th, 2007! March 22, 2007 Pine Vista Park Update The following information was provided by Louise Cerveny, Planner/Project Manager for City of Ottawa - Parks and Recreation: Concepts to follow for posting on CCCA website and a neighbourhood flyer drop week of March 26th, 2007. To be reviewed at community consultation April 11th. Please stay tuned for more information on the concept plan and the community consultation.   March 22, 2007 Park 18B Update The following information was provided by Louise Cerveny, Planner/Project Manager for City of Ottawa - Parks and Recreation: As indicated in my letter of January 24th, 2007 to Councillor Monette's office (see attached) to be forwarded on to Sean, work at Park 18B was halted in December 2006, due to poor weather conditions and saturated soils. In December the contractor was only able to partially till the site - unfinished work resulted in uneven grades because the work is not complete. The grades will be level and to neighbourhood park standards. The contractor will commence work to complete the tilling and blading in Spring 2007, when weather permits.   The soil was tested in August 2006 indicating the soil was suitable (previous pasture lands) for growing grass seed mix for the park ground cover and therefore loam is not required. After seeding the area, signs notifying people to stay out of seeded area as well as snow fencing will be installed on both sides of existing pathway and fanned out at the road to discourage access to seeded area. Pathway to be retained as it is a well-used pedestrian access to the open space and an established desire line to the adjacent neighbourhood. Parks and Recreation does not have the funds to provide loam and sod a portion of the site. Estimates provided to us by the contractor on site to install 6” of loam and sod on ½ acre is $15,500.00 inclusive.   March 10, 2007 CCCA Gets a New website The Cardinal Creek Community Association has moved to it's new web hosting provider - Sibername.com.  CCCA would like to thank Sibername for it's generous discount to our growing non-profit organization. During the move to the new site we are refreshing our look and adding new features.  Please forgive the mess as we transition information from the old site to the new one. If you have comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us though the Contact Us page on the website, or by emailing webmaster@cardinalcreek.org   March 1, 2007 CCCA Priority List for 2007 During the March 1, 2007 Cardinal Creek Community Assocation meeting, a free vote was taken to update the list of Community Priorities for 2007.  The top three priorities for 2007 remains Parks and Recreation facilities, followed by OC Transpo, and closely by Transportation. The CCCA Prorities for 2007 list has been updated based on the outcome of the votes (including vote counts).   Archives February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 April 2010 June 2010