Attendees:

• John Sankey President
• Alan Asselstine Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Peter Foulger
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch
• Liz Russell
• Maria McRae Councillor

Motion: To approve the June, 2011 minutes. Moved by Liz Russell, seconded by Alan Asselstine, carried.

Maria McRae first welcomed everyone to the meeting and said that she is pleased to work with the Hunt Club Community Organization. She then presented her report.

Fred McLennan: When will the bridge over the Airport Parkway be finished?
Maria McRae: The bridge itself will be finished by the end of October, this year but the final landscaping will be finished next spring.

Maria McRae: Now that John Smith is available, she will set up a meeting with the HCCO and City staff to review the situation on Hunt Club Road between the Airport Parkway and Riverside Drive.
Alan Asselstine: The problem goes beyond just that section of Hunt Club Road and should include the intersection with Prince of Wales.
Maria McRae: Yes it does and the review will include the Sheflin Bridge but if it goes past it then she would have to engage the other four councillors. That engagement could pose problems for the study.
John Sankey: It will be good to move forward on this issue.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: What is the construction just to the west of the Shoppers Drug Mart on Walkley Road?
Maria McRae: That is the new Mariott Hotel. There will only be the one entrance off Walkley Road. The Hotel is on a strip of land west of Bank Street which will be the subject of a Community Design Plan. The strip runs from the Home Depot to Billings Bridge.

Alan Asselstine: There is almost a complete bike trail all the way from Walkley Road down to Lester. It’s not continuous and some parts are better than others.

Liz Russell: During the winter, a car went off McCarthy Road on the bend south of the railroad tracks. The NCC has just fixed the fence. The City has painted “dragons teeth” on the road but the only thing that works is the electronic sign that shows the drivers speed.
Maria McRae: The fence belongs to the NCC and only it can fix it.

Liz Russell: The firemen were supposed to adopt Paul Landry Park. Have they?
Maria McRae: She assumes they have. She will look into it.

John Sankey: The Mayor has requested citizen and community input to the budgeting process so this gives us a chance to advise him of our concerns related to Hunt Club Road and the Sheflin Bridge.
Alan Asselstine; The Mayor’s attention should complement Maria’s actions in engaging staff to look at the problem.

Motion: To write the Mayor, with a copy to Maria, pointing out the traffic problems on Hunt Club Road related to the Sheflin Bridge and ask that resources be budgeted to study the problems and possible solutions. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried. John, Alan and Jerry are to draft the letter.

John Sankey: There is a new community Police Officer, Heather Cooper. One of her duties is to co-ordinate the Neighbourhood Watch captains. They are organizing a barbecue. Would the HCCO contribute to the barbecue?

Motion: To spend $50.00 as our contribution to the barbecue. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

Motion: To start the monthly meetings at 7:00 instead of 7:30 PM. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

Liz Russell: She will lead the fall clean up of McCarthy Road: 10:00, Saturday October 17.

Next meeting October 3, 2011 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey President
• Alan Asselstine Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Issie Berish
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Peter Foulger
• Gord Graham
• David Bernier
• Janice Thiessen EMC Newspaper
• Maria McRae Councillor
• Nichole Hoover Assistant to the Councillor

Clean up of Owl Park by Dog Walkers
Jerry Beausoleil: Dave Bernier led a group of dog walkers in the clean up of Owl Park. He is here tonight to tell his story.

Dave Bernier: He has lived in the neighbourhood for 20 years, his children went to Holy Family School and he is grateful to have Owl Park. He contacted Councillor Maria McRae with the idea of a clean-up of Owl Park. Greg Killough from Maria’s office was very helpful. On the day, 40 people showed up to help and they worked for a couple of hours to clean up all of Owl Park including the properties owned by Bayview and Holy Family Schools. His group cleaned up plastic garbage and broken beer bottles. They are committed to keeping the Park clean.

Peter Brimacombe: His daughter complained to the City about dogs in the Park, last year. The worst offenses were two dog owners who allowed their dogs to run through the play structures and then mocked the mothers who complained.
Dave Bernier: He saw dogs running through the play structures and told their owners to get their dogs out of the play structures.
Issie Berish: His daughter goes to Bayview Public School. He would like to thank Dave Bernier and his group for cleaning up the Park. He noticed graffiti on the Club House.
John Sankey: Dave Bernier could ask the City for a kit to remove graffiti.
Dave Bernier: Last year, some of the dog walkers identified some vandals who had caused major damage to Holy Family School. They were arrested by the Police.

Motion: To recognize and thank Dave Bernier and his group of dog walkers for their clean-up of Owl Park. Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Issie Berish, carried.

Approval of Minutes of May 2011 meeting

Motion: To approve the May, 2011 minutes. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

Maria McRae: Presented the Councillor’s Report.

Clean up Issues in Hunt Club

John Sankey: The City put garbage bins along McCarthy Road but then removed one of them.
Maria McRae: It was because people were filling it with dog pooh. This constitutes untreated sewage which is a health hazard. People with dogs can put small amounts of dog pooh in their household garbage or flush it down the toilet. Cat pooh can be put in the household garbage if it is mixed with kitty litter.

John Sankey: Liz Russell reported that the firemen at the McCarthy Fire Station are in favour of adopting Paul Landry Park. This is encouraging but is there going to be a formal announcement?

Use of Owl Park By Dog Owners

Dave Bernier: On Sunday morning and Tuesday afternoon, bylaw officers in Owl Park asked dog owners to leash their dogs despite the fact that Owl Park is an off-leash park.
Maria McRae: Dogs are not allowed near the play structures. Owl Park consists of three properties: the City’s , the Public School Board’s and the Catholic School Board’s. Without knowing all the details of who complained and why, it’s hard to comment.

Traffic Issues on Hunt Club Road

Maria McRae: John Smith is the City’s key person to study and recommend changes to Hunt Club Road. He cannot devote any time to traffic issues on Hunt Club Road because he is completely tied up with the legal challenge to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park. She could not say when he might be available to meet with representatives of the HCCO to address the written questions and areas of interest submitted to her office. She noted that her office had not received one phone call complaining about excessive traffic on Hunt Club.
Gord Graham: Can the City restrict trucks to the right hand lane on Hunt Club Road? He had experienced a situation recently where two trucks were blocking the traffic for many blocks.
John Sankey: Provincial policy may not allow the City to restrict trucks to certain lanes.
Maria McRae: The failure of the North South Rail Line makes the traffic on Hunt Club worse. She will see if the City can restrict the lanes in which trucks can drive and let us know.
Gord Graham: CFRA (the radio station) announces back-ups on Hunt Club Road and advises drivers to take Uplands Drive to by-pass the problem.
John Sankey: He made inquiries on how well emergency vehicles can move along Hunt Club Road. The report is that they can move fairly well because the lanes are wide which allows the cars to squeeze over and make a lane for them.
Jerry Beausoleil: In May we sent a written request to Maria’s office setting out our concerns with Hunt Club Road. e.g. how bad is the traffic situation, how it affects our community, what initiatives are under consideration to address our concerns. We need to meet with city staff to understand their perspective. We are not looking for answers to all the questions at this stage but we would like to know what city staff is thinking. The traffic situation is very serious and getting worse. He has searched the city web site and has not been able to find documents describing the seriousness of the traffic situation and the initiatives planned to address it. He looks forward to working with our councillor and city staff.
Maria McRae: (Addressing Jerry Beausoleil’s request for more information on traffic flow on Hunt Club Road and a meeting with city staff) What are you looking for?
Jerry Beausoleil: The HCCO wants to understand the issues, what is possible, what are the possible remedies, and what are the costs.
John Sankey: There are improvements that can be made to Hunt Club Road without big costs. Liz Russell was talking to J.P. Trottier who works for the City’s Emergency Services. He asked “why were traffic lights installed at T & T?”

John Sankey: He polled members on meeting during the summer. The consensus was no unless the agenda warranted a meeting.

Next meeting: Monday September 12 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey President
• Peter Brimacombe Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Peter Foulger
• Liz Russell
• Gord Graham
• Greg Killough Assistant to the Councillor

Motion: To approve the April, 2011 minutes. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, carried.

Greg Killough: Presented the Councillor’s Report.

GENERAL DISCUSSION:

John Sankey: As part of the widening of Riverside Drive, could the City raise the issue of the intersection at Hogs Back Drive with the NCC? East-bound traffic on Hogs Back Drive is constantly backed up waiting to turn south on Riverside Drive.

Liz Russell: Registered for “Spring Cleaning the Capital” May 7. She should be out on McCarthy Road at 10 am.

Jerry Beausoleil: Dave Bernier led the dog-walkers in a big clean-up of Owl Park. Dave Bernier is invited to make a presentation to HCCO at the next meeting.

Peter Brimacombe: The big wind storm Thursday blew down trees around the neighbourhood.
John Sankey: There was a whole row of hydro poles blown down on McCarthy Road.
Peter Foulger: The stop lights at Riverside and Uplands were damaged but they were repaired quickly. Construction of the Pedestrian Bridge over the Airport Parkway should be put up for tender?

HUNT CLUB RD./RIVERSIDE DRIVE TRAFFIC ISSUES:

Jerry Beausoleil: He provided a hand-out that describes how he proposes to proceed with the traffic issues and asked for comment. The handout proposes that the HCCO proceed by doing its homework first – ascertain the facts, determine the views of city staff, and enter into a dialogue with our councillor. The HCCO should then determine its views and how it wishes to proceed. Maria’s office (Nichole) will organize a meeting with city staff next week. In developing this file, it is important to work with Maria McRae. There are multiple priorities facing the City and there are huge budget constraints. At the same time, the Hunt Club Road/Riverside Drive traffic issues are very serious and the situation continues to get worse. He estimates that the intersection of Riverside and Hunt Club is one of the five worst intersections in the City. The HCCO needs to develop an approach to improve the situation.

Peter Foulger: Emergency services are critical and they can’t travel quickly along Hunt Club Rd. The traffic is much worse than last year.

John Sankey: There is a disconnect between the Planning and Traffic Committees. Hunt Club Bridge is currently carrying 2.2 times its design capacity.

Peter Brimacombe: It should be possible to find solutions for Hunt Club Road unlike King Edward Avenue where different communities in the City have opposing interests.

Jerry Beausoleil: There are many ways to add concrete data to our understanding of the issues we are facing. For example, Board members could log their own trips along Hunt Club Rd. particularly in the rush hours. The results would be revealing. Moreover, we can ask the emergency services in our area what their target response times are for getting to an emergency in our community and the extent to which they are hampered by the increasing traffic congestion. He knows a fire chief and can get estimates from him.
Liz Russell: She can ask some paramedics about Hunt Club Rd.

Jerry Beausoleil: He is looking for the traffic study on the Shenkman Trade Centre and the Strandherd Bridge as these will shed light on the issues we face. He will follow up with Greg Killough in Maria’s office.

Next meeting: Monday June 6 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch
• Jerry Beausoleil

Motion: To approve the March, 2011 minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: She has a list of e-mail contacts. How does the contact list work?
John Sankey: We have a contact list so that we can consult with the wider community. When the Board agrees we will send out e-mails to the list.
Jerry Beausoleil: When he presented his report on Hunt Club Road to the Planning Committee, there was criticism that the HCCO had not consulted with the wider community. He suggested that Board members create contact lists so that each member could contact community members and get their views on issues coming to the Board, as required. In order to be effective with city staff and councillors, it would be important to create large contact lists e.g. 500 to 800 people in total. Jerry found that many community members are not willing to have their names on a list where they do not know the person who controls the list. He suggested that each Board member create and control their own list. To date three Board members have taken this approach – Jerry has over 150 contacts on his own list.

John Sankey: Developments along Hunt Club Road will interfere with through traffic. Walkley Road is no longer an effective road for through traffic because of the 50 km/hour speed limit.
Fred McLennan: What is the problem? What are the facts? We need to have the traffic counts along Hunt Club Road.
John Sankey: Quintera residents don’t have access to their houses because Riverside is blocked from the railway tracks to Hunt Club Road. Fire and Emergency Services also depend on the ability of Hunt Club Road to move through traffic. There are two kinds of traffic counts: by observers and by traffic meters.
Jerry Beausoleil: He prepared a hand-out setting out our approach for dealing with “Hunt Club Road as a Priority Arterial”. He suggested that the key information that we want to develop include the following:

• what is the nature of the problem
• what are the defining factors, can we get supporting data, what does city staff think
• what has been done or is planned to be done
• what else can be done
• how should we proceed
• how should we measure success

There was agreement that Jerry should contact Councillor McRae and arrange a meeting to determine how she can help us with this issue.

John Sankey: OC Transpo has undertaken a major re-organization of existing bus routes. In our community it will re-route route 87 which will result in slower service. We can oppose the change or work to mitigate the damage by repeating our 2007 request to take out stops that are closer than required and by moving stops to where buses must stop anyway. Hopefully the new transit commission will listen more than OCTranspo did in the past.
Peter Brimacombe: The Board dealt with proposals to remove specific stops along route 87 in February 2007. They were defeated.

Motion: Whereas route 87 is the only bus available to two-thirds of our community of 13,000, and whereas the proposed re-routing of the 87 through the Mooney’s Bay community will add approximately 5 minutes to the travel time of all of us who use it, therefore be it resolved that the HCCO request OCTranspo to do everything it can to minimize this additional delay, and that it urgently examine all possible ways of reducing existing unnecessary delays on route 87. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Jerry Beausoleil, carried.

John Sankey: At the meeting 5 February 2007, we passed the following motion and no action was taken at that time with regards to our concerns: That the HCCO request OC Transpo to examine all routes serving the Hunt Club Community with a view to consolidating bus stops that are within 200 metres of each other.

Next meeting: Monday May 2 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Issie Berish

John Sankey: Asked that the agenda be approved. It was.

Motion: To approve the February, 2011 minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Alan Asselstine, carried.

John Sankey: Presented a Map of the List of Contacts. Peter Brimacombe sent John a list of those who attended prior HCCO meetings. John added his own and contacted them all, then gave those who agreed to be contacted by the HCCO to Peter who made the map. There are 31 contacts so far.
Alan Asselstine: Are the email and street addresses confidential?
John Sankey: They are. Only the President and the Secretary have them. The people will only be contacted with the approval of the Board. The List should belong to the HCCO.
Alan Asselstine: There can be one contact list for the HCCO or each board member can have his own contacts. Alan is going to keep his own contact list and as issues come up he will contact his list and report to the Board.
Fred McLennan: Those are my thoughts too.
Issie Berish: It makes sense to have one list. In case of disagreements, the time and place to voice them is in person at our meetings . How are people supposed to learn about the HCCO?

John Sankey: We used to have to pay to put something on the notice board here at the Community Centre. He will check to see if this is still the case.

John Sankey: Jerry Beausoleil has the lead on Hunt Club Road. He recommends it be designated as a priority arterial. Concurrently there are arterials and restricted access roads.
Alan Asselstine: In the City Road Classification Framework of the City of Ottawa Transportation master plan, Arterial roads have a Primary Function to “Serve through travel between points not accessed directly from the road itself” and a Secondary Function to “Provide direct access to adjacent lands”.
John Sankey: The City with the permission of the Province will connect the 417 with Hunt Club Road which of course will increase through traffic on Hunt Club Road. Along the whole of Hunt Club road the greatest congestion is in our neighbourhood.
Alan Asselstine: The Paramedic Station at Hunt Club and Bowesville emphasizes that Hunt Club Road provides an important corridor for through traffic. Also the new Trade Show Centre on Uplands will increase through traffic on Hunt Club Road.
Issie Berish: How will the completion of the Strandherd Bridge relieve the pressure on Hunt Club Road? The major traffic flow in the evening is south on Riverside, west across the Hunt Club Bridge and then south on Prince of Wales. This flow causes west-bound Hunt Club Road to back up. How are we going to move this issue forward?
John Sankey: My estimate is that 10% of the traffic now crossing the Rideau River at Hunt Club will move to Strandherd Bridge when it is completed. When Jerry Beausoleil returns he will meet with City staff.
Allan Asselstine: As the area south of Hunt Club Road from Uplands to Riverside is developed, the City and the Airport Authority should develop service roads parallel to Hunt Club so as to restrict/ not increase the number of intersections on Hunt Club road.

Alan Asselstine: The biggest point of contention in the City is Bronson Avenue. It is a truck route and it is the major north-south route but at the same time there is a movement to restrict the flow of traffic.

Issie Berish: Are there going to be closed-circuit cameras on the pedestrian bridge?
John Sankey: Who would monitor them?
Alan Asselstine: There won’t be cameras but the bridge will be lit.

Next meeting: Monday April 4 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Peter Foulger
• Issie Berish
• Maria McRae, Councillor
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to the Councillor

John Sankey: Asked that the agenda be approved. It was.

Motion: To approve the January 2011 minutes. Moved by Peter Foulger, Fred McLennan, carried.

John Sankey: The HCCO sent an e-mail to Councillor Marianne Wilkinson, Chair of the Transportation Committee expressing our concerns about restrictions to traffic on Bronson Avenue. She replied that work on Bronson has been postponed.

Councillor Maria McRae presented her report.

Peter Brimacombe: Two motions were made by e-mail and they should be confirmed now.

Motion: Whereas the proposed solar farm on city property will burden all electricity users for 20 years with up to ten times the current cost for the power generated, we request that our Councillor oppose the installation. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.

Motion: That Issie Berish be appointed a board member until the next AGM. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

Maria McRae: You should update the HCCO by-laws to allow for motions via e-mail.

John Sankey: Following his presentation at Planning Committee, Jerry Beausoleil recommended that each of us build up a list of contacts with whom we could consult from time to time as issues warrant. It was agreed that John will collect a master list and that Peter Brimacombe will plot them on a map so we can verify coverage of our community.

Next meeting: Monday March 7, 2011 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Peter Foulger
• Greg Killough, Assistant to the Councillor
• Issie Berish
• Gord Graham
• Emma Jackson, Ottawa This Week

John Sankey: A development is proposed at 934 and 938 Hunt Club Road. It consists of a three story, 20 unit apartment building located just east of Downpatrick on Hunt Club Road. The developer has submitted a request to rezone the land from R1 to R4 and to relax the parking requirements. The HCCO has submitted its comments but City staff rejected our comments and also those of Councillor Diane Deans in who’s ward the development is. Alan Asselstine has prepared a brief outlining our position.
Alan Asselstine: The crux of the argument is that Hunt Club Road will be adversely affected by the development. City staff have recommended the development based on the traffic/parking brief. Councillor McRae asked for a study and the traffic/parking brief is a brief and not a study. It doesn’t consider the negative affects of the development. The development is advertised for seniors but it’s just a generic apartment building. So we have to compare it to the other apartment buildings on Downpatrick where there is not enough parking so the overflow parking is on the streets. Currently parking is allowed on Hunt Club Road! Since Hunt Club Road is divided by a median, then only east-bound traffic can access the site. We have to expect that there will be u-turns on Hunt Club Road which are dangerous and disrupt traffic. We have written up a submission which we want to present to Planning Committee: You have a conflict. The first priority is that Hunt Club be an arterial road and the second priority is that it provide access to adjoining residential and commercial developments.

Motion: To present orally and in writing to the Planning Committee, our brief opposing the rezoning and the reduction in parking requirements. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

John Sankey: Hunt Club Road is not the only east-west corridor – there is also Walkley-Heron Road-Baseline. If the developer receives approval to relax the parking requirements, the City cannot evict the tenants because they have too many cars. The landlord can but we should not expect him to.
Gord Graham: I agree with the motion but there are other developments which will add traffic to Hunt Club Road: the proposed trade centre on Uplands Drive, the Hampton Inn and any new development on the land where there is now a pine forest.
Jerry Beausoleil: We should further emphasize the main point – that this development sets a precedent. Our goal is to ensure that traffic continue to flow on Hunt Club and we are not against economic development and infill. Our arguments to the Planning Committee will be: you’re the guys that approved the Traffic Plan. We have raised the problems with T& T. Councillor McRae is not on Planning Committee.
Issie Berish: That stretch of Hunt Club is very busy; it only takes a little thing to disrupt the flow of traffic. There is a proposal to increase Hunt Club from 4 to 6 lanes. How does this proposal affect our thinking?
John Sankey: The proposal is a long-term plan, 10 years away.

Motion: To approve the December minutes. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, carried.

Greg Killough: Presented the Councillor’s Report. Several items elicited discussion.
New Sidewalk on Riverside Drive:
Jerry Beausoleil: Why is it necessary to build sidewalks on both sides of Hunt Club Road?
John Sankey: The Quintera neighbourhood would like a sidewalk to connect to the park on the west side of Riverside Drive.
Green Bin Program:
Gord Graham: Randall Denley wrote that of the 53,000 tonnes of organic waste 20,000 are leaf and yard waste .
John Sankey: The province as much as ordered the City to implement the Green Bin Program.
Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: She has only one big green bin for her whole development.
John Sankey: That’s because your garbage collection is not handled by the City but by WSI.
Low Income Energy Assistance Program:
Jerry Beausoleil: He is on the Board of Envirocentre which might be able to help with the Low Income Energy Assistance Program.
John Sankey: He is on the Board of the Services Centre which also provides subsidies to low-income families. There are a lot of such programs that are too disconnected from each other.

John Sankey: Our long-term goal should be to promote traffic flow along Hunt Club Road. The 417 highway will soon have a direct connection to Hunt Club Road which will allow traffic to bypass downtown and also allow trucks a new route.
Jerry Beausoleil: Hunt Club Road is important to us. When the new T & T store was built it required its own traffic lights which we learned about after the store was built. The back-up on Hunt Club Road is getting worse and worse. We have two or three proposals for development that will disrupt flow of traffic. The free flow of traffic is a priority for our community.
Gord Graham: We have to have a ring road to provide access to the growing numbers of commercial and residential developments.
John Sankey: We should also unplug Walkley and Heron Roads.
Peter Brimacombe: He agrees that Hunt Club Road is important and he does support restrictions to development that threaten the flow of traffic however the City’s major capital project is the tunnel underneath the downtown core and the major funds must be reserved for this project.
Issie Berish: There is a lot of concern about the increase in traffic on Hunt Club Road.
John Sankey: The tunnel is not in our area and we have a higher percentage of private to public traffic. Outside of peak hours, public transit is not attractive. It takes him 1 hour and 3 minutes on the bus to go from his house to Farm Boy on Merivale Road.
Peter Foulger: The vehicle with the worst fuel efficiency is a bus operating in off-peak hours.
Gord Graham: Two intersections, the one at Riverside and Hunt Club Roads and the one at Prince of Wales Drive and Hunt Club Road will require a massive infrastructure investment to significantly add capacity.

Motion: The HCCO adopts the designation of Hunt Club Road as a priority arterial. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

John Sankey: The City has put forth three proposals to reduce the costs of garbage collection:
1.that the green bin be collected once a week all year round. Currently in the winter green bins are collected only once every two weeks.
2.That the present distinction between black and blue boxes be eliminated. That is paper waste and cans and plastics would be collected at the same time in the same containers (either blue or black bins) and be collected once a week all year round.
3.That the regular landfill garbage be collected only once every two weeks all year round

Motion: The HCCO does not support proposal 1 that is the status quo is OK; it does support proposal 2 that is paper ,cans and plastic be picked up once a week, together and it strongly opposes proposal 3. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

Gord Graham: Why don’t we limit landfill to one bag a week and allow residents to purchase tags for additional bags?

Next meeting: Monday Februrary 7, 2011 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Fred McLennan
• Peter Foulger
• Greg Killough, Assistant to the Councillor
• Issie Berish
• Gord Graham

Motion: To approve the November minutes.
Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

John Sankey: Liz Russell sends her regrets but would like to thank Peter Brimacombe for the photos he took of McCarthy Road, Councillor Maria McRae for her work in arranging for the garbage bins on McCarthy and John Sankey for his help in the fall cleanup of McCarthy Road. Liz reports that the McCarthy Road Fire Station has agreed to adopt Paul Landry Park. The firemen are working with Councillor Maria McRae on the Park.

Greg Killough: Presented the Councillor’s Report. Two items were possible speed reductions on local residential streets and the Integrated Road Safety Program.
Peter Brimacombe: The speed limit on Plante Drive is 50 km/hour and this limit should be maintained to allow efficient movement of buses.
Greg Killough: In order to reduce the limit, staff expect that 2/3 of the residents sign the petition.

Peter Foulger: The police should write tickets for tail-gating!
Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: They should also write tickets for improper lane changes!

John Sankey: There is pressure to reduce Bronson Avenue to two lanes north of the Canal.

Motion: The HCCO wishes to express its concerns over possible restrictions to Bronson Avenue that would seriously impede the flow of traffic from our neighbourhood to downtown and Gatineau.
Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

John Sankey: There are three priorities this year:

• traffic in particular traffic on Hunt Club and Riverside, Jerry Beausoleil has taken the lead on this priority
• Southern Corridor could become an issue because the agreement between the City and the NCC expires next year
• the Pathway to South Keys

Peter Brimacombe: Commends the police officer who ticketed drivers who passed a school bus which had stopped with its lights flashing. This action took place on Walkley Road just east of Bank Street.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: What is the construction at Brookfield and Riverside?
Greg Killough: The intersection is being reconfigured.

Gord Graham: Traffic east bound on Hogs Back Road wanting to make a right-hand turn onto Riverside Drive is routinely backed up. Why doesn’t the City make a longer right-hand turn lane to help the flow of traffic? Why is Shenkman building its Convention Centre on Uplands Drive? Extra traffic will follow Uplands Drive through our neighbourhood. Hawthorne will be extended to connect the 417 directly to Hunt Club. Hunt Club is already severely congested and this will make it worse.
John Sankey: The NCC controls Hogs Back Road and it doesn’t want to spend money to solve Ottawa’s traffic problems. Trade shows are conventions. The Convention Centre has to be close to the airport. Most of the traffic from the Convention Centre should take the Airport Parkway but there is no question that there will be extra traffic on Uplands Drive. The extension of Hawthorne will increase traffic on Hunt Club by 20 to 30 percent and we are concerned.
Gord Graham: Hunt Club is not a ring road. There are 35 stop lights along its length. Traffic east of the bridge over the Rideau River is routinely backed up 2 kms. We need a ring road around the south end of the City.

Next meeting: Monday, Jan 10, 2011 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Liz Russell
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to the Councillor

Motion: To approve the June minutes. Moved by Liz Russell, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

John Sankey: The all-candidates debate will take place Monday October 4 at 19:00 at the Hunt Club/Riverside Park Community Centre. Rogers Television will broadcast it. Afterwards there will be a chance to meet the candidates in the south gym. So far, Jim Watson and Clive Doucet have accepted our invitation. The Riverside Park Community & Recreation Association, the Hunt Club Riverside Community Services Centre and the HCCO are hosting the event.

Fred McLennan: Shenkman Corporation has proposed a convention centre off Uplands Drive near Alert. Delcan has written a report analyzing the traffic impact. The impact should be minimal except for Uplands and Alert at peak hours. Klaus Beltzner opposes the convention centre. He wrote a letter asking how many jobs will be created and how much tax revenue there will be.

John Sankey: The site is not a wetland. The parking lot should be paved with permeable paving to reduce runoff. The Airport is not part of the Greenbelt. Present zoning calls for construction of a convention centre as well as a hotel. Shenkman Corporation has applied for a variance whereby it would not have to construct a hotel. John thinks that we should support the variance but be vigilant about the traffic impact.

Peter Brimacombe: What options are available to serve the convention centre with public transit?

Alan Asselstine: Bernie Geiger doesn’t like the idea that the convention centre itself is set so far back from Uplands Drive. He wants the Centre itself located close to Uplands Drive and the parking lot be located behind it in order to make it more accessible to buses.

General discussion: There was a feeling that we should support the variance because it represents needed economic development and does not damage wetlands. There was concern with respect to additional traffic on Riverside Drive and Hunt Club Road.

Jerry Beausoleil: Fred should use the opportunity to stress the severe transportation problems already existing in our area, note that the new development would further stress the traffic problems on major roads including cut-through traffic on neighbourhood roads, and insist that the city come forward with measures to address the existing and additional traffic burden being imposed on our neighbourhood. Jerry was very skeptical of the consultant’s conclusion that the nearly 1000 vehicles/hour during major events would not coincide with the commuter peak hours. The consultant has identified some measures which could be taken and Jerry would like to know what the city is proposing to do to address critical local traffic issues.

Alan Asselstine: He has written to the City on behalf of the HCCO objecting to the rezoning of land south of Hunt Club from R1 to R4. The developer proposes to build a three story, 20 unit apartment building. The standard is to provide 1.2 parking spaces per apartment but the developer proposes to provide only 0.7 space per apartment. The HCCO is objecting to both the rezoning and the reduced parking spaces because they will impede traffic on Hunt Club Road. The HCCO believes that the smooth flow of traffic along Hunt Club Road is a priority and opposes projects which impede the flow and lead to more cut-through traffic.

Councillor Maria McCrae says that she would support an updated transportation study. The newly approved Pedestrian Bridge over the Airport Parkway will be designed to allow expansion of the Airport Parkway.

Nichole Hoover: Reported for Councillor McRae on the following items: seniors programs, new fitness equipment, pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway, Genevar, Sawmill Creek Pathway, ribbon cutting ceremony, cycling link between Hunt Club Road and Confederation Station, Rideau Canoe Club Renovation, sidewalk on north side of Hunt Club between Bowes Road and Riverside is almost complete, construction of the sidewalk on the east side of Riverside between Uplands and Hunt Club should start soon, Hunt Club Road will be resurfaced.

Peter Brimacombe: Cars are cutting through the parking lot of Mr. Lube on the north-east corner of Walkley and Bank. The police should ticket the drivers.

Liz Russell: Paul Landry Park is located behind the Metro Plaza between Twyford and Uplands. It is heavily wooded and has been taken over by teen-aged boys. The plan is to open up the pathways and add lighting. Is there anybody that would like to adopt the Park? Adoption would mean taking a regular interest and co-ordinating clean up with the City. Councillor Maria McCrae has been very helpful in addressing problems in the Park: removal of debris and fire pits, adding garbage cans and fixing the fencing at the back of the Quarry Co-op. On Saturday September 18, Liz will lead the clean-up of McCarthy Road. McCarthy Road should be graded so that cars don’t slide off on the corner. She has discussed a possible design project with Carleton University. She got the City to paint over the graffiti on the signal box on the railway. Someone looped a pair of running shoes over the hydro lines to the signal box. The lines belong to Hydro One. There is a half-way house near her house on Plante Drive. Residents have given their concerns to Councillor Maria McCrae. Bartlett Private is located off Pattermeade Crescent at the south end of Plante Drive. Residents cross Hunt Club Road to catch the east-bound buses. Would it be possible to add a pedestrian crosswalk?

General discussion: Liz’s crosswalk request did not receive broad support and it was dropped.

Next meeting: Oct 4 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Peter Foulger
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to the Councillor

Motion: To approve the May minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

Peter Brimacombe: May 15 was McCarthy Road clean-up day. Liz Russell, the Cameron Family and Peter Brimacombe each gathered up a big bag of garbage. We noticed that the roofing contractor had again thrown old shingles into the swamp just south of the railway tracks, west of the Road. The next week a City crew cleaned them up.

John Sankey: He noted a newspaper article that claims that other cities are recycling drywall whereas Ottawa is not. The City should find out how other cities manage it so they can organize it too. In Uplands Park there is a new sign that says “No Dogs within 5 meters of Play Area”.

Nichole Hoover: Presented the Councillors Report. The Request for Proposal to build the Pedestrian Pathway to South Keys should be ready this month and the design should proceed this summer.

John Sankey: There are various proposals for the front lawn of Lansdowne Park. Some have a cost of $30 million even though only $5 million is budgeted. Light Rail and especially the tunnel under the downtown core must be the priority.
Alan Asselstine: The redesigned Lansdowne Park is supposed to reduce the City’s ongoing operating cost associated with the Park.
Motion: Whereas the HCCO sees public transportation as a high priority especially the problems in the downtown core, the tunnel should have priority over the Lansdowne front lawn. The Lansdowne front lawn should cost no more than the budgeted $5 million. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Alan Asselstine: Are we interested in holding an all-candidates meeting for the October 25 municipal election? We would have to book the gym in the Community Centre, send out invitations to the candidates and check the audio system during the summer to be prepared.
There was a general discussion. It was felt that the meeting should be organized to allow only the candidates for mayor and councillor to speak and not the candidates for the school board. The candidates for the school boards would be allowed each to set up a table and put up a poster. The all-candidates meeting would be October 4, 2010.

Next meeting: Monday, September 13 at 19:30