Call Wendy's office for
more information.
Airport Parkway/Hunt Club Rd. interchange:
- Process to build crossing over Cahill
tributary to Sawmill creek (prior to constructing the northbound ramp) has begun. Public
comment on preliminary recommended solution is being received until 20 Apr. A 30-day
public and agency review period will be announced in Apr.
- Call the project manager, Neil Stout,
at 560-1223, ext. 1289, for more information.
Impact of the changing government
structure:
- Ontario is downloading (to the
municipalities) a number of responsibilities (and costs) that they previously
administered.
- Aging population must be protected into the
future.
- If municipalities have more responsibilities,
then could the Province also give them greater authority in taxing.
- If Province believes that workfare and their
changes to welfare will create a better future, then perhaps the Province should either continue
administering these or share the policy-making with the municipalities.
- More efficient use of existing school
buildings.
- Some new Canadians have limited
education and need help to get off welfare.
- Call Wendy's office for more
information.
Bill 106, Fair Municipal Finance Act,
1997
- Will change the current system of property
taxation in Ontario and increase the responsibility of RMOC re municipal property taxation
beginning 1st quarter 1998.
- Properties to be assessed based on current
value as of 30 Jun 1996.
- No more business occupancy tax.
- Municipalities will need to recover business
tax revenues.
- Municipalities to be empowered to levy
different tax rates against different classes of property, based on Provincial guidelines.
- Call Wendy's office for more
information.
Mooney's Bay Ward
council:
- 2nd meeting of held 1 Apr, and established
its mandate. Paul Greer elected as chairperson, Mary Sardelis as (temporary) secretary.
- Next meeting scheduled for 27 May at
7:30pm at Carleton Heights Community Centre on 1665 Appledoorn Ave. Public is welcome
and encouraged to come.
- Question about value of this council. Value
is to coordinate between community associations on things that effect neighboring community
associations: HCCO and Gloucester, Windsor Park, Elizabeth Park, Blossom Park
, etc. Existing ward boundaries do not effect communities. Enables City to receive input from
several communities on city-wide policy that impacts several communities at once.
- Call Bill Royds for more
information.
Health Services restructuring commission:
- Riverside Hospital to be
closed.
- Deadline for public comment
was 8 Apr.
- Costing of options and
technical report not yet complete.
- Call Karin Howard for
more information.
Private property significant tree designation:
- City Dept. of Planning, Economic
Development and Housing is working on a policy to preserve significant trees on private
property.
- Final report due in fall.
- Call Pierre Lacroix for
more information.
Hunt Club Neighborhood Plan:
- Initial open house to public
scheduled for late May 97.
- Next Public Advisory
Committee (PAC) meeting to at 6pm on 14 May at City Hall.
- Representatives from Hydro and
NCC attended last meeting on 26 Mar.
- Call Christine Creighton for more information.
Passed a motion to support
Fairhaven Cooperative Community Association in their efforts to prevent the rezoning of
Montfort Woods from public to residential. Asked K. Howard to take this motion to city council
meeting dealing with this issue.
Call Bill Royds at 733-7727 for more
information.
Security check policy for city
partners. All people running city facilities should insist that people employed to help them
undergo a security check. This may, however, double the cost of running city facilities.
Call Bill Royds at 733-7727 for more
information.
Protecting disappearing
woodlands and our green spaces:
- Bill Royds attended the Greenspace
conference:
- Were able to convince people to put City
greenway corridors into regional plan, which weren't there before. Prior, the regional plan just
indicated city areas as urban, and didn't separately also include the green
corridors as green.
- Wendy Stewart was there and agreed with
the motion.
- New meeting on 26 Apr at 111 Lisgar. from
9-12, registration 8:45 am. Land use transportation and greenspace.
- Call Bill Royds for more
information.
Cleaning up Hunt Club
Creek:
- A stewardship committee has
been set up to preserve and enhance the Creek.
- Call Jim Dempsey for more information.
Other issues
discussed:
- Liability insurance payment has gone up by
$28 to $378 and moved to accept this.
- Bill from Hunt Club News for a notice $72
was approved.
- FCA meeting on 21 April to be attended by
Bill Royds.
- Try to motivate people in the community,
who are not working, to maintain their neighborhood. Perhaps City could initiate a program to
promote or pay for this.
- Rekindle pride in community.
- OC Transpo has vans replacing low-volume
routes holding 6-7 people.
Next HCCO meeting to be
held Mon 5 May 97 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre at the corner of
Paul Anka and McCarthy. Anyone is welcome.
Call Fred McLennan at 521-0682 for
more information.