1560, 1620 and 1636 Maple Grove Rd.
(Residential Subdivision)
The applicant has submitted a plan of subdivision for their residential
development located at in Kanata West, south of Maple Grove Rd, east of
Mattamy's Fairwinds Subdivision and north of the proposed commercial development
on Hazeldean Rd. Zoning for this land will take place in the new year. There are
approximately 1200 to 1400 dwelling units being proposed which will consist of
single detached, townhouses and multiple unit (stacked) dwellings. For more
information please contact my office and the City Planner, Sally Switzer at
613-580-2424 x27597 or
Sally.Switzer@ottawa.ca.
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Orville Station
Proposed Development (Residential and Commercial)
The applicant has submitted a site plan control and plan of condominium
application for 4 Orville Street and 1531, 1535, 1539, and 1541 Stittsville Main
Street located east of Stittsville Main Street and south of Orville Street.
The proposal is for three residential
buildings accessed by Orville Street for the development of 36 stacked townhouse
units. There are also two mixed-use (residential / commercial) buildings
proposed to face Stittsville Main Street. The existing Stittsville Main Street
building will be retained.
For more information please contact my office and the City
Planner, Kalle Hakala at 613-580-2424 ext. 16228 or
Kalle.Hakala@ottawa.ca.
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1921 Stittsville Main Street
An application has been submitted for an official plan amendment
requesting the designation of the subject lands, approximately 19 hectares, be
changed from General Rural to General Urban Area. This is being requested to
accommodate a future subdivision of approximately 142 lots for single detached
houses. Immediately north of the lands is a residential urban subdivision, known
as Upcountry, and to the south of the lands is an estate lot subdivision.
Further to the comments raised at the public meeting on
January 28, the applicant has made revisions to the proposed plans. The
revisions include a new road connection to Stittsville Main Street, the removal
of one road connection into the adjacent residential subdivision, and the lots
along the southern side of the proposal have been increased in size.
I will be hosting a public meeting to discuss these
revisions with the Upcountry residents on July 10 at 7 p.m. at the Pretty Street
Community Centre located at 2 Pretty Street.
Councillor Glenn Brooks will also be hosting a meeting in
the future to discuss these revisions with the estate lot residents.
Given both groups of residents have different concerns
with the proposal, we feel it would be best to meet separately with each
affected group; however, both meetings are open to the public.
For more information please contact my office and the City
Planner, Sally Switzer at 613-580-2424 x27597 or
Sally.Switzer@ottawa.ca.
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60 Sweetnam Dr. (proposed Stacked
Townhouses)
Last year the City received a development proposal for stacked townhomes at 60
Sweetnam Drive, located on the northeast corner of Sweetnam Drive and Harry
Douglas Drive. The applicant proposed to develop four, three and one-half storey
stacked townhouses that will accommodate a total of thirty-two residential units
with eight units per townhouse block.
On May 23, 2007 City Council rejected the zoning by-law
amendment application to rezone the land from “Local Commercial” (CL) to a
“Residential Type 4” (R4) Exception Zone to allow for stacked townhomes. The
applicant has appealed this decision to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). The
OMB hearing will be on May 12, 2008 and 5 days have been provided for the
hearing.
Concurrently with the zoning application, the applicant
has also submitted the Site Plan Control Application. Site Plan Control is the
process that is used to control or regulate the various features on the site of
an actual development, including building location, landscaping, drainage,
parking, and access by pedestrians and vehicles. Both the zoning request and the
site plan will be dealt with at the OMB hearing.
In preparing for the OMB hearing, the City must hire an outside planner to
represent the City's case at the OMB. City planners cannot be used for this case
because the City's Planning Department supported the application as it followed
the City's Official Plan infill policy.
The City's legal council contacted a total of 12 planning
firms, and all those firms declined the offer. Professional planners will only
accept cases that they believe they can represent given their interpretation of
the City's Official Plan. The recommendation from the City's legal department is
that if 12 planning firms have declined the case, then they will not be able to
find a planner to represent the City Council decision to refuse this
development. If there is no planner to represent the City Council decision, then
there will not be a case to put in front of the OMB for the rezoning proposal.
Therefore, the City will not be able to fight the zoning
request at the OMB. However, the City can still work on the site plan issues
with the developer. The major site plan issues that have been raised by the
community have been building locations, parking, garbage storage, pedestrian
connections and landscaping.
For more information please contact my office and the City
Planner, Mark Young at 613-580-2424 x41396 or
Mark.Young@ottawa.ca.
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240 West Ridge Drive
An application for a plan of subdivision has been submitted proposing 31
single-detached dwellings and one public street. The site is located on the
west side of West Ridge Drive, south of Abbott Street and north of Deer Run
Park. It is proposed that the public street would have two intersections which
would align with the southern intersections of Eliza Crescent and Greenhaven
Crescent.
On October 24, 2007 City Council approved a zoning by-law amendment to rezone
the land from
Institutional Zone (I) to Special Residential Type 4 (R4-15 and R4-17). This
zoning permits town homes, semi-detached, and single detached dwellings.
Originally the applicant was proposing town homes and single dwellings, given
the community's concern with that proposal there were additional zoning
restrictions which did not permit town homes fronting on West Ridge Drive and I
also put a motion forward altering the original concept plan submitted by the
proponent restricting the development of some town homes siding onto West Ridge
Drive. I am very pleased that the proponent has instead decided to build single
detached dwellings on this land.
For more information please contact my
office and the City Planner, Kalle Hakala at 613-580-2424 x16228 or
Kalle.Hakala@ottawa.ca.
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2 Wildpine Court (Residential Development)
The applicant has requested a one year extension for their site plan for a
previously approved development for 24 residential units to be located in one
building with the height of 14 meters. The extension to the site plan has been
granted and will lapse on February 5, 2009. For more information please contact
my office and the City Planner, Mark Young at 613-580-2424 x41396 or
Mark.Young@ottawa.ca.
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Commercial Developments
613 & 5585 Hazeldean Rd
The applicant has submitted a site plan proposal for a commercial development at
613 and 5585 Hazeldean Road located in Kanata West on the north side of
Hazeldean Road and west of the Carp River.
This proposal is to permit a shopping centre
development on this site, which will have a total gross floor area of 37,581 sq.
m. made up of 11 freestanding commercial buildings.
For more information please contact my office
and the City Planner, Kalle Hakala at 613-580-2424 x16228 or
Kalle.Hakala@ottawa.ca.
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5649 & 5705 Hazeldean Rd
The applicant is proposing 26, 500 square metres of retail and service
commercial space, and there is also Gas Station included in the proposal. For
more information please contact my office and the City Planner, Kalle Hakala at
613-580-2424 x16228 or
Kalle.Hakala@ottawa.ca.
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Community Infrastructure
Goulbourn Recreation Complex Expansion
Construction is underway for the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC)
expansion located at 1500 Shea Road in Stittsville. The GRC is currently just
under 60,000 square feet and will grow by approximately 21,000 square feet once
the project is completed in September 2008.
This is excellent news for our community, as
we will now have access to a new meeting hall, a gymnasium, fitness room,
multi-purpose programming rooms and meeting rooms at the GRC. In addition to the
new space, the centre will offer a number of sports and recreation programs for
people of all ages. Also included in the construction plans is my new ward
office and I look forward to having the opportunity to working in such a great
location.
For further information on this project
please contact my office or Rebecca Lauhn-Jensen, Project Manager, City of
Ottawa, Parks and Recreation Branch by email at
Rebecca.lauhn-jensen@ottawa.ca
or by phone at 613-580-2424 x 27910.
For additional information please visit the
Goulbourn Recreation Complex Expansion website.
http://ottawa.ca/residents/public_consult/goulbourn_expansion/index_en.html
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Hydro Ottawa Pole Line Extension
Hydro Ottawa is proposing an above ground hydro line extension along Abbott
Street East and Shea Road to provide consistent and reliable high quality
electrical service safely to the existing and new residents in the Stittsville
area. Hydro Ottawa has received reports in the past from residents in
Stittsville experiencing voltage problems with their hydro service. It is being
proposed that the above ground hydro line on Abbott Street will run on the north
side of Abbott Street East from Iber Road to the Granite Ridge Long Term Care
Facility. Then this line will cross over to the south side of Abbott Street and
continue westbound to the hydro corridor that runs north-south near Carbery
Drive.
Hydro Ottawa’s standard is to install above
ground lines on arterial and collector roads. Hydro Ottawa has established these
standards based on the funds that they have available made by user fees paid by
hydro customers. Abbott Street East is a major collector road defined by the
volume of traffic on the road.
Hydro Ottawa has agreed to work further with
City Staff and myself to determine how funding can be made available to place
these hydro lines underground. Given that these lines will also be servicing new
residents joining our community I will also be in discussions with nearby
developers to see if they will contribute to having these lines placed
underground. Currently an above ground hydro line has been installed along Shea
Road.
Discussions will be ongoing in the next
months to determine what possibilities are available.
Please do not hesitate to contact my office
if you have further questions.
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Secondary School in Stittsville
For many years now the community has been requesting a public secondary
school in our community. Our Ottawa-Carleton District School board Trustee, Lynn
Scott, has advised that in the Board's capital plan developed approximately two
years ago it was identified that a secondary school in Stittsville is required
by 2010. The Board has indicated that now Stittsville is at the top of their
priority list for new secondary schools.
In the Fernbank Community Design Plan there has been interest by the school
board to develop a public high school in this development. This development is
currently still in the design phase however construction is anticipated to begin
over the next few years.
Lynn Scott
Trustee, Zone 1: West Carleton-March, Stittsville-Kanata West,
Rideau-Goulbourn
Vice-Chair of the Board
Telephone 613-832-3813
Lynn.Scott@ocdsb.ca
One of the challenges for the development for
new schools is that the school board is dependent on provincial funding for
school construction. To assist in insuring that this secondary school is built
by 2010 you can contact our Provincial Member of Parliament and the Minister of
Education and request that more funding be provided for the construction of new
schools.
Norm Sterling, M.P.P.
(Lanark-Carleton)
Heritage Walk, 130 Lansdowne Ave., Unit 5
Carleton Place, ON K7C 2T7
Tel.: 613-253-1171 / Toll-Free: 1-800-267-1020
Fax: 613-253-1175
norm.sterlingco@pc.ola.org
www.normsterling.com
Hon. Kathleen Wynne, M.P.P. (Don
Valley West)
Minister of Education
900 Bay St, 22nd Floor, Mowat Block
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
Tel.: 416-325-2600
Fax: 416-325-2608
kwynne.mpp@liberal.ola.org
www.kathleenwynne.com
For more information on the Legislative
Assembly of Ontario visit:
www.ontla.on.ca
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Stittsville Art Gallery
The dream of a Stittsville Art Gallery is moving forward with the creation of
the Ottawa West Arts Association (OWAA). This association has been formed with
residents who expressed interest at the March 6 public meeting I held on the
matter.
OWAA is currently seeking new members to join
the executive to work on this initiative. Executive members are required to hold
a position on the executive or on a committee. If you are interested in joining
the OWAA executive please contact Sue Perley-Robertson at
jessler@rogers.com or 613-836-7546.
Having an enclosed gallery in Stittsville may
be a long-term plan; however, in the interim, the community can use wall space
in the expanded Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) to display art. The GRC
expansion is planned to be open this fall.
A potential art gallery will have a
long-lasting impact on ensuring we have a thriving arts and culture scene
coursing through the Stittsville community. I will continue to post additional
information and future meeting minutes on this section of my website.
Upcoming Meetings:
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Timbermere Community Planting Project
City staff along with local residents have developed a Community Planting
Project to beautify the Timbermere hydro corridor. This naturalization plan
consists of a multi-year community planting project to improve the hydro
corridor by planting a variety of small trees and shrubs within the corridor.
Below you can view the comprehensive naturalization plan. Please note that a
hard copy of this plan is also available at my constituency office.
On May 10, roots were spread in the
Timbermere Hydro Corridor. Through the dedicated work of Kimberly Mantas and
several volunteers, trees, scrubs and plants took root in Timbermere, all in the
name of making the hydro corridor more attractive. The planting took place in
the Timbermere Hydro corridor off of Kittiwake Drive at the south end of the
soccer field.
Those interested in more information can go to
www.timbermere.org.
Transportation Infrastructure
Kanata West Transportation Infrastructure
On June 26 a public meeting was held to discuss the transportation
connections in Kanata West. This meeting was a follow up to a meeting held on
September 18, 2007 to discuss the transportation connections in Kanata West.
The possible closure or redirection of
Johnwoods Street has been discussed but the majority of the community is not in
favour of any change to Johnwoods Street current format.
There has also been discussion regarding the
possible connection of Stittsville Main St to Maple Grove Rd. A further traffic
study has been done on this proposal and it is suggesting that these two roads
should be connected. City staff and the Councillor must further discuss this
proposal and no decisions have been finalized at this time.
Please contact our office to provide your
comments on this proposal.
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Highway 417 Construction
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