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April 26, 2007

Councillor Qadri Keeps His Eye on Speeders

Many of you have raised concerns with speeding in our community and next month I will be hitting the streets to ensure they are safe.

I recently purchased a speed gun from my office budget and will be using it to monitor speeding in a variety of areas in Stittsville this summer. I plan to be out on weekends with my office staff and community volunteers.

I was motivated to do this because several residents have requested changes to speed limits, additions of traffic lights and stop signs on a variety of streets in our community. Before any of these changes are made, I feel it is important to gather my own information and decide which areas require further enhancements to help prevent speeding.

One of my main priorities is to ensure our community remains safe, in particular for the children. Please be assured this project does not replace any police activity in our community, I am simply hoping to see for myself where the problems truly are, raise awareness of the issue and encourage people to practice safe driving. I invite any community groups who would like to work with us to please contact my office and we will arrange a time and date for your organization to join us.

Our community will have access to the speed gun until September and then I will be donating it back to the City for their use. Please see my column next week for further details about the launch of this exciting project.
 

60 Sweetnam - Planning & Environment Committee Meeting. The proponent has submitted an application to re-zone the land from Local Commercial (CL) to Special Residential Type 4 (R4-X) with the (X) representing additional permitted use of stacked townhomes. Planning and Environment Committee will consider this application on May 8 at 9:30 a.m. in the Champlain Room at City Hall (110 Laurier Avenue West). For more information, to register to speak or provide comments please contact Monique Beauregard, Committee Coordinator: Monique.Beauregard@ottawa.ca / 613-580-2424 x21622.
 

Comments Due on 6303 Hazeldean Road - Commercial Development. The purpose of this site plan control application is to permit the construction of a shopping plaza. The site is located in the northwest quadrate of the Carp Road and Hazeldean Road intersection. The applicant is proposing a plaza with 6 retail buildings including a 3,719 square meter supermarket building and one drive through. To submit comments by May 2 or for more information, contact Jennifer Shepherd, City Planner: Jennifer.Shepherd@ottawa.ca or 613-580-2424 x16482 .
 

Happy Anniversary
I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to Andrew and Phyllis Dunlop of Stittsville who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on May 1. I wish them all the best and many more years of health and happiness together with friends and family.

New Ottawa Public Health Numbers
Ottawa Public Health is retiring some of their old phone numbers. Please see below for a list of the most commonly called phone numbers for your information:

  • Ottawa Public Health Information: 613-580-6744
    TTY- 613-580-9656
    Toll free- 1-866-426-8885
    Email: healthsante@ottawa.ca
     

  • Frequently called numbers:
    Multilingual Health Information Line: ext. 28020
    (This is a three way calling service to provide capacity in Arabic, Chinese, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese)
     

  • Environmental Health Information
    Includes restaurant inspections: ext. 23748
     

  • well water inquiries: ext. 23748
     

  • Ottawa Public Health Nurse Janice Tughan ext. 15251

Always Working For You
If you have any concerns please never hesitate to contact myself or my staff at 613-580-2476 or by email at shad.qadri@ottawa.ca. For assistance after hours please contact the City of Ottawa Helpline at 3-1-1 or visit www.ottawa.ca.

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