Here are the presentations the community group provided to the Planning and Environment Committee (a sub-committee of full City Council) on Tuesday, September 8.
· Pedestrian Traffic Safety Concerns
· Traffic Congestion Concerns 1
· Traffic Congestion Concerns 2
· Shade impact and compatibility
· The character of a community
· Assessment of the Environmental Impact
· Summary
Last October, the City received an application for a Zoning By-law Amendment for the property located at the north east corner of Baseline Road and Morrison Drive. The application was to rezone the property to allow medium and high-rise apartment buildings. The owner proposed to demolish the existing townhouse buildings and construct a multi-storey housing complex composed of two 4-storey apartment buildings, two 3-storey stacked unit buildings, two 14-storey apartment buildings and one 20-storey apartment building. The total number of units to be developed is 537 (453 more units than currently exist).
After public consultation and consultation with City Planning staff, the developer submitted a new proposal that includes 12-, 8-, and 6-storey buildings for a total 334 units.
The site currently includes seven townhouse buildings with 12 units each.
For more information about the latest developments, see Councillor Chiarelli's note at:
http://www.qualicum.org/rickchiarellinote.pdf
The Qualicum-Graham Park Community Association Executive continues to oppose the rezoning proposal. The property was rezoned by the City in early in 2008 to allow redevelopment of up to 11 metres (3-storey buildings). Neither residents nor the property owner opposed this change.
A few months later, the property owner submitted the zoning amendment proposal.
This proposal impacts traffic, shade, pollution, and overall quality of life. The other community associations representing residents around this property also oppose the zoning amendment.
You can see the proposal and supporting documentation at:
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__6B2RM4
Next steps:
The zoning amendment application will go before the Planning and Environment Committee (a sub-committee of full City Council) on Tuesday, September 8 (9.30 a.m.).
You are invited to attend to show support for the community steering committee presentations and/or to speak at the public delegations section of the hearing. It takes place at:
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Ave West
Andrew Haydon Hall
If you would like to speak or present to the Planning and Environment committee, contact rob.tremblay@ottawa.ca or phone 3-1-1 and ask to speak to Rob Tremblay.
Here's a note from Councillor Chiarelli's office:
I have spoken with city staff and they have assured me that you can sign up the day of the meeting. I have suggested that there may be quite a few residents who will be signing up; this will not be a problem. It has been advised that you come for 9:00 AM the sign up sheets will be located in front of Andrew Hayden Hall, and can be submitted to Rob Tremblay or Jody Collins. My office (Amanda Greene) will be there at 9:00 AM to help sign everyone up who hasn't emailed or called Rob in advance. As per the presentations, staff has advised that you bring it on a memory stick and the technical staff will be able to bring it up on the screen. PowerPoint is best.
The rezoning is the 3 Item on the agenda. This could come up very quickly or it could be a couple of hours depending on how quickly the committee gets through the first two items.
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Alternatively, you might want to email committee members with your opinion. I know many people did this last fall but you might want to do so again.
The committee includes:
· Peter Hume
· Peggy Feltmate
· Michel Bellemare
· Clive Doucet
· Diane Holmes
· Gord Hunter
· Bob Monette
· Shad Qadri
Click here to send an email to the committee members. If the link doesn't work for you, here are all the addresses. You can copy them into your email client using CRTL+C and CTRL+V to paste into your email program.
Peter.Hume@ottawa.ca; Peggy.Feltmate@ottawa.ca; Michel.Bellemare@ottawa.ca; Clive.Doucet@ottawa.ca; Diane.Holmes@ottawa.ca; Gord.Hunter@ottawa.ca; Bob.Monette@ottawa.ca; Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca; rick.chiarelli@ottawa.ca; louise.sweet-lindsay@ottawa.ca
This list also includes Councillor Chiarelli and the city planner responsible for this project (Louise Sweet-Lindsay).
I hope you can support your neighbours and community in fighting this proposal.
Kind regards,
Leo Paoletti
Rezoning is currently on hold as the developer comes up with a revised proposal. Likely March 08 for the new proposal.
The City has received an application for a Zoning By-law Amendment for the property located at the north east corner of Baseline Road and Morrison Drive. The site currently contains seven townhouse buildings each with 12 units. The application is to rezone the property to allow medium and high-rise apartment buildings. The owner proposes to demolish the existing townhouse buildings and construct a multi-storey housing complex composed of two 4-storey apartment buildings, two 3-storey stacked unit buildings, two 14-storey apartment buildings and one 20-storey apartment building. The total number of units to be developed is 537 (453 units more units than currently exist). The application will go before Planning and Environment Committee sometime in late fall.
Click here to see the document the City has sent to nearby neighbours. It outlines the proposed amendments to the City by-laws to enable the building of these units.
The residents of Morrison Gardens have already started to send out information alerting their neighbours about the potential changes to their community. Click here to see the document.
You can also see other documents regarding this matter:
· Councillor Rick Chiarelli’s comments
· City of Ottawa by-law application for zoning change. Here you will find some environmental assessments. However, there is very little mention of Qualicum-Graham Park.
· The Planning Rationale document submitted by the developer.
· See some of the Drawings and Renderings from the architect. (added September 10)
This development could have a significant impact in our community including:
· Traffic
· Parking
· Crime
· Speeding
· Public Facilities and services
In addition, three high rises will be very imposing on our neighbourhood.
If you have comments on this issue, click here to send them to Councillor Rick Chiarelli, the City planner responsible for this project, and Leo Paoletti (Qualicum-Graham Park Exec). Please do so as soon as you can.
Thanks,
Leo Paoletti