Meetings & Documents

February 1, 2021

Monthly Meeting
February 1, 2021

AGENDA

Welcome and Introductions (5 Minutes)
Approval of the Agenda (5 Minutes)
Consent Agenda (5 Minutes)
City Services (70 Minutes)
1. Presentation: Ottawa’s New Official Plan Focusing on Hunt Club (35 minutes)
  https://engage.ottawa.ca/the-new-official-plan/news_feed/draft-new-official-plan
  Motion that HCCA submit feedback and general comments by Feb 17, 2021
2. Councillor Riley Brockington’s Report (25 minutes)
  https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-02-01_councillorsReport.pdf
3. Library Services (10 Minutes)
  Motion that HCCA write to the appropriate government officials requesting that they review subscription and licensing fees for electronic books and magazines in the effort to make them more affordable and remove unnecessary barriers that currently exist.
Environment (20 Minutes)
1. Environment Committee Report (20 minutes)
Other (10 Minutes)
Adjournment of Meeting
1. Next Meeting: March 1, 2021

Present:

Brian Wade, President
Sue McCarthy, Vice-President
Sabrine Barakat, Treasurer
Jason Dubue, Secretary
Christine Johnson, Past President
Abiodun Mosuro, Director
John Reid, Director
Kat Gracie, Director
Lynette Joseph-Sankey, Director
Marilyn Koch, Director
Peter Foulger, Director
Zivana Pavic, Director
Riley Brockington, Councillor
Carol Ruddy, City of Ottawa
David Wise, City of Ottawa
Elizbeth Whyte, City of Ottawa
George Claydon, City of Ottawa
Lorraine Stevens, City of Ottawa
Erin McCracken
Alan Asselstine
Barb Shea
Cathy Bourguignon
Denyse Baizana
Dora Joseph
France Picard
Ijeoma Udechukwu
Kathy Wright
Margaret Skulska
Matt Page
Noella-Mae Bussieres Butler
Tony van der Mout
Peter Brimacombe
Tania Mushka
Zane Oueja

Regrets: Marie Ly

Meeting Minutes

1. Welcome & Introductions

a. Introductions

Brian welcomed everyone to the monthly meeting. We refrained from the usual round of greetings due to the number of participants. This allowed more time for discussions or questions for a planned presentation from the City of Ottawa on the New Official Plan.

2. Approval of the Agenda

a. Agenda: February 1, 2020

Brian presented the Agenda for approval:
https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-02-01_agenda.pdf

What HCCA is doing for Black History Month added to [6. Other]
Add Motion under Finance added to [6. Other]

Motion: To accept the agenda, with additions, for this meeting.
Moved by Sue McCarthy, seconded by Lynette Joseph-Sankey, motion carried

3. Consent Agenda

a. Meeting Minutes: Monday January 4, 2021

https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-01-04_minutes.pdf

b. Treasurer’s Report

https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-02-01_treasurers.pdf

c. Communications Committee Report

https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-02-01_3c_communications.pdf

Motion: To approve the consent agenda items.
Moved by Zivana Pavic, seconded by Jason Dubue

4. City Services

a. New Official Plan

Officials from the City of Ottawa provided a presentation on Ottawa’s New Official Plan. For information and to provide feedback: https://engage.ottawa.ca/the-new-official-plan

The following are some of the clarifications brought up in questions after the presentation.

Secondary Plans: The purpose of Secondary plans is to bring additional policy details to a specific area needed for development. Since the creation of Hunt Club’s plan, all of the outlined zoning projects have been completed. The new secondary plan for this area would be revised to help guide redevelopment policies instead.

15 Minute Neighbourhoods: The current planning for 15 min. neighbourhoods are mostly focussed on areas where rapid in-fill is expected to occur. Evolving neighbourhoods where housing stock is older. Hunt Club is younger and is not expected to have heavy development pressure for a while. Policies are being developed to encourage the future evolutions.

Developing Land along Rideau river, west of the Ottawa Airport brought up a concern regarding traffic congestion and safety, specifically at Hunt Club & Riverside Drive—known already as the most dangerous intersection in the city.

George Claydon mentioned he could contact someone connected to the transportation master plan, and follow up.

“What are the significant changes to Hunt Club under the new official plan?”

From an in-fill perspective, promoting density and proximity to corridors. When there’s redevelopment, we ensure 40/units per hectare. Redevelopment is estimated at about 1% of buildings every 2 years.

Motion: That HCCA submit feedback and general comments by Feb 17, 2021. Moved by Sue McCarthy, seconded by Lynette Joseph-Sankey, motion carried

b. Councillor Riley Brockington’s report

The Councillor presented a written report
https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-02-01_councillorsReport.pdf

c. Library Services

eBooks bring expensive costs to the libraries, and make it less accessible to the public.

Motion: The HCCA write to the appropriate government officials requesting that they review subscription and licensing fees for electronic books and magazines in the effort to make them more affordable and remove unnecessary barriers that currently exist.

Motion: That the above motion be deferred until all committee members have an opportunity to discuss the issue. Moved by Christine Johnson, seconded by Zivana Pavic, motion carried.

5. Environment

a. Environment Committee Report

John Reid presented some priority issues from the report
https://hunt-club.ca/meetings/2021-02-01_5a_environment.pdf

6. Other

a. Finance

An application for funding had a requirement that the association provide our articles of Incorporation, which unfortunately could not be found. Sue applied for a mailed copy.