NEWS ARCHIVES

August 2, 2007

Dear residents,

One Cent NOW! Campaign

The City of Ottawa has joined forces with over 30 municipalities across the country and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in an effort to make more cents of your tax dollars.

Our City has joined Toronto’s One Cent NOW! Campaign, which is calling on the federal government to return one cent of the GST tax on every dollar back to Canadian municipalities. This campaign would see a return of approximately $140 million, which would help fund our City’s key services, programs and infrastructure.

I encourage you to lend your support to this campaign by filling out the online petition. To access this Citywide petition and for more information on the One Cent NOW! Campaign please visit my website at www.shadqadri.com.
 

Odour Update

Last week I met with Waste Management staff at their Carp Road landfill to discuss our community’s concerns.

In particular I wanted to view the operations of their on-site weather monitoring system and also discuss the reasoning behind the unsubstantiated odour complaints outlined in the company’s report.

During this meeting, it was explained to me that several of the odour complaints were deemed erroneous for a number of reasons including lack of information, wind direction and odours emanating from sources other than the Carp Road landfill.

As a follow-up to this meeting, I have requested that Waste Management participate in a public meeting in our community to provide everyone with an overview of this report and the opportunity to ask questions. Also, this would be a great opportunity for our community to learn more about which efforts are being made by Waste Management to reduce odours from their landfill site.

I thank all of you for your interest in this issue and for staying involved in a respectful and intelligent manner. Please be assured I will inform you as this process continues. It is important that we continue to work together to demand better for our community.
 

Firefighters March

On Sept. 7 thousands of people will gather in downtown Ottawa to pay tribute to firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty last year.

The Sixth Annual Ottawa Firefighters March and Memorial Service will kick off with a parade commencing at the Museum of Nature on Elgin Street at 11:30 a.m. The Memorial Service is being held at Festival Plaza, located on the grounds of City Hall at 12 p.m. As Vice Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee, it is a great honour to take part in this sod-turning ceremony, which will officially kick off the construction of a memorial monument for City of Ottawa Firefighters.

I invite anyone who is interested to visit City Hall for this special event and honour those individuals who keep all Ottawa residents safe.
 

Transportation Summit

Last week I attended the Mayor’s Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec Transit Summit.

Over 30 municipal leaders participated in the Mayor’s Summit and signed a memorandum in support of a rail system, which would link Ottawa with surrounding municipalities. This Summit was based on some of the findings from the Mayor’s Task Force on Transportation. I feel this is a great step forward in enhancing transportation for all Ottawa residents. For more information on the future of our City’s transit system please visit http://www.moving-ottawa.ca.
 

News From Mattamy

Mattamy Homes has informed me that they will be cutting down some trees located in the area of Johnwoods Street and Maple Grove Road. This work is being done in preparation for their Fairwinds subdivision, which is set to begin construction in May 2008. This work will commence shortly and continue into spring of next year.

I would like to thank the Mattamy staff for keeping us informed of their activities in our community. If you have any questions regarding this please contact Matt Kingston, Project Manager with Mattamy Homes at 613- 831-3502.

Sincerely,

Councillor Shad Qadri

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