Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisè1e Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Liz Russell
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Maria McRae, Councillor
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to the Councillor
• Frank Horgor
• Michael Tiger
• Martin Canning

Michael Tiger: He has followed the proposal to redevelop Lansdowne Park as a resident and a taxpayer who lives in the Glebe and has recently retired from Industry Canada. The Lansdowne Live proposal is faulty and represents a misuse of taxpayer’s funds on three major counts:

1. the process to select the private group goes against all normal, open government procurement policies;
2. transportation is grossly inadequate to service the development (both mass transit and parking); and
3. the harmful financial impact on businesses in the Glebe and Ottawa South and the many negative impacts on the neighbourhood, given the scale of the project.

An international design competition for all of Lansdowne was approved by Council. It was cancelled after 8 months without explanation by the City Manager. Some months later, the current project was announced as an unsolicited sole-source venture by the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) led by Roger Greenberg, President of Minto. A project of this importance, dealing with a major city asset of 37.5 acres, should have a formal design competition to allow Council and citizens to consider various ideas and not just one proposal. On April 6, 2009, City Council considered two totally separate unsolicited proposals. One was by the Senators Sports & Entertainment Group (led by Eugene Melynk) for a 20,000 seat soccer stadium in Kanata next to ScotiaBank Place with 8,000 parking spots. The other was for the Lansdowne renewal project with only 2,200 parking spots.

The City Manager presented Council with additional Lansdowne options, including one that would require only $3.8 million per year for 10 years (or $38 million) to fix up the stadium and the arena and provide these facilities with another 30 years of useful life. Council decided not to pursue the Kanata soccer (and mixed use) proposal which was based upon splitting the $100 million costs between federal, provincial and municipal governments. Council decided to further explore the OSEG proposal. Under the OSEG proposal, the City will pay the entire cost ($129 million) for stadium renovations and some underground parking. Surprisingly, there are no Federal or Provincial funds, the most likely reason being that the project is sole-sourced. The current plan is to -hand control of the entire site to OSEG for at least 30 years. The City will provide OSEG with 10 acres of land for 30 years at no cost. On the 10 acres, OSEG will build a shopping complex of nearly 300,000 sq ft which is similar in size to Billings Bridge before its recent expansion. In addition, OSEG will build an office block, a hotel, a Cineplex, a condo tower and 40 town homes, all of which will be on public land provided rent free by the City for 30 years. These other projects will be provided with rental leases of 50 years renewable to 70 years.

A complex revenue sharing arrangement is being negotiated as part of the proposal. Because the City is providing the land, it is deemed to have equity of $20 million in the entire project ($2 million an acre).

Transportation to the new development and site parking is inadequate to deal with large crowds and major events. While people have attended events at Lansdowne for years, there has never been adequate parking at the site nor in the immediate neighbourhood. With the addition of a shopping complex and the growth in the city, ready access to Lansdowne will require mass transit. The proposal is to use distant satellite parking with shuttle buses. Major parking restrictions on various routes are planned for large events, such as football. Overall, there will not be easy access to the site. Most Canadian cities have built their stadiums next to mass transit. As an example, in Montreal, McGill Stadium is close to the Metro which can handle 20,000 people per hour. Toronto’s Skydome, Air Canada Centre, BC Place in Vancouver, Calgary are other examples. In Ottawa, the stadium and shopping complex will not be anywhere close to rapid transit nor are there plans to extend mass transit to Lansdowne. There are many other options which the City could have and should have considered; a solid transportation and parking plan are two vital missing elements.

Martin Canning: He is a member of the Friends of Lansdowne and he lives in Somerset Ward. He doesn’t like the look and feel of the OSEG plan. The provincial MPP Yasir Naqvi doesn’t like it either.
John Sankey: He is in touch with three councillors who oppose the OSEG plan: Alex Cullen, Diane Holmes and Clive Doucet.
Frank Horger: It seems that the developer always gets his own way.
Alan Asselstine: This case is different than most developments because it is the City and not the developer that owns the land.
Martin Canning: He loves football and lived in Saskatchewan which supports football with a population of only 1 million. Saskatchewan has built up its team over years before embarking on major retrofits to the stadium. You need to build the team first and then worry about a stadium second. The OSEG plan would add significant commercial space which would compete unfairly with established businesses in the area, all of whom had to purchase their land or pay rent to building owners who purchased their land.
Alan Asselstine: In the case of Scotia Bank Place, hockey was the bait to get the land rezoned. In the case of Lansdowne Park, sports is the bait for commercial development. The Hunt Club Community Association opposed the O Train because it does not provide efficient transportation. It looks like the people in the Glebe would like to have their own private park but this runs contrary to the need to have a denser more efficient city. The Lansdowne Live plan is a chance to revitalize the area with viable economic development. He went to a big soccer match at Lansdowne Park and everybody walked! Transportation was not a problem.
Peter Brimacombe : The former Councillor Wendy Stewart tried to promote Lansdowne Park but could not generate the income needed for major renovations. Lansdowne Park needs major renovations. Commercial and residential space must be built in the City core.
John Sankey: He thanked Michael Tiger and Martin Canning for their presentations.

Motion: To approve the March minutes, moved by Liz Russell, seconded by Alan Asselstine, carried.

John Sankey: In Uplands Park there is a sign right next to the play structures saying dogs are allowed.
Maria McRae: There will be signs posted in Owl Park. Maria then presented her report. City Staff are now requesting proposals for the construction of the Pathway. This Friday will mark the official opening of the Expanded Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre.

Alan Asselstine: He is a member of a group that plays basketball in Holy Family gym. In the past the group was insured through the Hunt Club Recreational Association but it no longer exists. Alan would now like the group to be insured through the City-run Community Centre.
Maria McRae: The basketball group should continue and she will endeavor to make arrangements to insure the group through the City.

Next meeting: Monday, June 7 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Peter Foulger
• Liz Russell
• Ches Croft
• John Leslie
• Michael Nihmey

Motion: To approve February minutes with one minor change, moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

John Sankey: Concerning the dogs in Owl Park, Jerry Beausoleil was going to prepare a draft brochure. He did but Sarah Brimacombe does not agree with it and will proceed on her own. Jerry will proceed with his and hand it out to dog owners in the Park.

John Sankey: Last meeting some people presented their concerns over Mike Nihmey’s traffic proposals. Tonight Mike Nihmey is here to present them himself.
Mike Nihmey: He has been dealing with traffic since 1995. Just around that time, traffic on McCarthy Road in front of his house increased three fold. There were two factors: new ramps from the Airport Parkway and the opening of South Keys Shopping Mall. He made many proposals to reduce the traffic, he presented them to Councillor Wendy Stewart but everything he proposed was turned down. However there were no new ramps from the Airport Parkway. Recently after talks with John Sankey, he came up with new proposals which he put together in a package. (Copies were handed out.)
John Sankey: He didn’t design the proposals.
Mike Nihmey: The package was circulated door-to-door in three blocks in his neighbourhood and residents were invited to sign a form in support. In the first block 72% (21/29) signed the form. In the second block 52% (13/25) signed and in the third block nobody signed. He spoke personally to people who objected.
Liz Russell: She finds the proposals irritating. The proposals would interfere with the flow of traffic and frustrate the people who drive it everyday. McCarthy is a major artery and you don’t reduce the flow. She does agree that speed on McCarthy is out of hand especially the dangerous curve just south of the railway tracks.
Ches Croft: McCarthy is the main thoroughfare from Hunt Club to Cahill. The curve is dangerous as evidenced by the destruction of a car by a hit-and-run vehicle. The next block has parking on only one side of the road, so the block with the curve should have parking on only one side. This restriction on parking would improve safety. Another reason to restrict parking at the curve is that the Road is narrower there.
Several Board members asked for more accurate diagrams of McCarthy Road and data on traffic volume and speed.
Fred McLennan: The warrants do not justify traffic lights at McCarthy and Cahill so you’re never going to get stop signs at the south end of Plante. Also the 146 bus goes south on McCarthy and turns onto Plante. You cannot interfere with it.

John Sankey: Councillor Maria McRae prepared and distributed her report for March. (Copies were handed out.)

Liz Russell: She spoke to the City concerning McCarthy Road south of the railway tracks. Constant resurfacing of the Road has raised it and has effectively lowered the curb. The fence on the east is down in two spots. She continues to advocate for concrete barriers between the Road and the sidewalk. She has asked the City to supply four waste bins which have not been replaced. There are 500 to 1000 people a day who walk along McCarthy. She phoned CN Rail to ask that it remove the sneakers hanging from the wires to its signal box. There is graffiti on the box but in the cold, she cannot remove it. There will be a spring cleanup May 15 of McCarthy Road and Paul Landry Park. Volunteers should meet at the north end of Plante at 8:00 on Saturday May 15.
Motion: To register the HCCO with the City as the spring cleaner of McCarthy Road on May 15. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.

Peter Brimacombe: He sent an e-mail to Councillors Maria McRae, Alex Cullen, Rick Chiarelli, and Peter Hume, to Mayor Larry O’Brien, to MPP Jim Watson and to Premier Dalton McGuinty stating his opposition to expansion of the boundaries of the City. Councillor Alex Cullen replied saying “There is no reason to revisit this issue now, except at the behest of those developers contesting the City’s very legitimate position.”

Alan Asselstine: A group asked him if the HCCO would be interested in a huge outdoor display suitable for presenting sports or other events. He asked if anyone was interested in pursuing this. No takers.

Next meeting: Monday, April 5 at 19:30 (this meeting was cancelled)

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Peter Foulger
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Nichole Hoover-Bienasz, Assistant to the Councillor
• Christine Hartig, Policy Officer, Emergency & Protective Services
• Sheena Bolton, The News
• Sarah Brimacombe
• Suzanne Lapointe
• Reinerio Recarid
• Ann MacKenzie
• Al Alvares

Motion: To approve last month’s minutes, moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.

Sarah Brimacombe: Her daughter goes to Bayview Public School and they have had problems with dogs off leash. She called the bylaw officer to complain and was told over the phone that action would be taken. In one incident, there was a rottweiler running loose through the play structure in Owl Park. She and her daughter felt threatened. She confronted the owner and he told her to “mind your own business”. In another incident a dog was jumping up on the children. The owner said that his dog was deaf and so he could not control it. The children of Bayview and Holy Family Schools feel threatened by dogs but the parents don’t know that Owl Park is an off-leash dog park. When did it become an off-leash dog park? She has contacted both school councils and will present the problem at their meetings.
Jerry Beausoleil: What have been the problems?
Sarah Brimacombe: A girl in 4th grade at Holy Family fell in some dog poop in the morning and it was on her all day long.
John Sankey: Most dog owners are responsible.
Sarah Brimacombe: There were two doberman pinschers who ran through the play structures. The mothers who were watching their children felt threatened. Dogs should not be the priority, children should.
Christine Hartig: She is a Policy Officer with the City Emergency and Protective Services Department. Owl Park has been an off-leash dog park for as long as she can remember, having worked in old Ottawa starting in 1987. There is a process to re-designate the rules for dogs in parks. There are a number of conditions by which the City will consider a re-designation. One of them is a petition signed by 25 residents who live within 500 meters of the park. Consultation would have to be undertaken, in accordance with the Council-approved policy. Since amalgamation in 2001, there have only been 11 complaints with respect to dogs in Owl Park. Although the school principals had no particular concerns with respect to off-leash dogs in the park, they mentioned that failure to stoop-and-scoop is an issue from time to time.
Peter Brimacombe: There should be no dogs in Owl Park because there are no fences between it and the two schools. In the Park itself there are play structures, a wading pool, a tennis courts and a skating rink. Out of control dogs interfere with the enjoyment of these facilities.
Sarah Brimacombe: The City of Ottawa, through the Hunt Club Community Centre, in the summer runs day camps at the Park but parents are not warned about free-running dogs.
John Sankey: He and his three grand-children are afraid to walk in the Southern Corridor because of big aggressive dogs. (The Southern Corridor is owned by the NCC.) Dog poop is a health risk to children.
Motion: To distribute a flyer to the dog owners using Owl Park and to the parents with children at Owl Park. The flyer would advise the parents that the Park is an off-leash dog park and it would advise the dog owners that they must scoop the poop, they must keep dogs 5 meters away from the play structures, and they must keep dogs under control particularly when kids are around. The flyer would also be sent to the schools for distribution to the parents of the children at the two schools. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by John Sankey, carried.
Christine Hartig: She will check what signs are posted in the Park and step up bylaw patrols. There should be signs saying that dogs are not allowed within 5 meters of the play structures nor the wading pool.

John Sankey: He understood that Mike Nihmey was to present a proposal on traffic calming but he didn’t appear.
Suzanne Lapointe: She has contacted her neighbours concerning Mike Nihmey’s most recent proposals to reduce traffic past his house. She would like to thank Frank and Val Hallman for going door-to-door on her end of the street. Since 1999, Mike Nihmey has constantly proposed measures to reduce the traffic past his house. His proposals are impractical and tiring.
Ann MacKenzie: She spoke supporting Suzanne Lapointe.
Reinerio Recarid: He spoke supporting Suzanne Lapointe.
Amy Tan: She sent an e-mail on behalf of residents of 3384 McCarthy Road stating their objections to Mike Nihmey’s proposal.

Nichole Hoover: Presented the Councillor’s Report.

Jerry Beausoleil: He commended Maria McRae for her work on the pedestrian bridge to connect Hunt Club to the Transitway.
Motion: To send Maria McRae and Nichole Hoover a letter thanking them for their good effort in securing funding for the bridge. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: The late Bill Royds was instrumental in promoting the Poets’ Path.

Jerry Beausoleil: A Hampton Inn will be built at 2869 Gibford Drive. The Inn will be on the south side of Hunt Club Road and some residents on the north side were concerned. The residents and the architect have met and resolved their issues. Access to Hunt Club Road will be indirect and no new traffic lights will be needed.

Next meeting: Monday, March 1 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Liz Russell
• Peter Foulger
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to Councillor
• Kevan Shantz, Community Centre Director

Kevan Shantz: He is the new Community Centre Director. He has worked for the City for 25 years. The renovated Community Centre will become available in stages – this week the Weight Room will be open. Vollyball and Step Dancing should start by the end of the month. For dates of specific programs, phone Kevan at 613 521-1392.
Fred McLennan: Will the Recreation Centre be staffed by union members and will this affect fees for programs?
Kevan Shantz: Yes the Centre will be staffed by union members but this should not affect fees for programs.

John Sankey: He circulated the contact list that is on the web site and asked board members to update their information.

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

Nichole Hoover: She presented the Councillor’s Report.

Peter Brimacombe: He read that the City doesn’t want plastic bags in the compost program. The Glad Compostable bags claim to be 100% biodegradable – can they be used?
Nichole Hoover: She will check. Later someone from her office phoned and said that they cannot.

Motion: With respect to the Hunt Club Community Pathway Connection to the Southeast Transitway Environmental Assessment Study report, the Hunt Club Community Organization strongly supports the Environmental Assessment study’s recommended plan for the pathway connection between the Hunt Club community (at Cahill Drive West) and the Southeast Transitway (at the South Keys Transitway station). Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

Jerry Beausoleil: Noted three areas where new development affects traffic: 3860-3930 Riverside Drive, 300 Hunt Club ( T&T), 2869 Gibford Drive.
Motion: Jerry Beausoleil will write a letter regarding the proposed development at 2869 Gibford Drive stating our opposition to more traffic lights on Hunt Club Road. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

John Sankey: The City has approved funding of three keystone monuments to the Poets’ Pathway.
Motion: To support the installation of a monument to Archibald Lampman to be erected just north of the Community Centre to mark the Poets’ Pathway. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

Peter Brimacombe: His daughter takes her daughter to Owl Park. Most dog owners keep their dogs on a leash but some do not. On one occasion she felt threatened by a doberman pinscher. On another there were two cocker spaniels and one was jumping up on her. The owner explained that the dog was deaf and so could not hear his commands! He was under the impression that his dogs do not have to be on a leash in the Park. A City sign would make it clear that dogs must be on a leash and must not be close to the play structures.
John Sankey: Call 311 and register a complaint to the City bylaw officer.

John Sankey: Next meeting will be Monday February 1, 2010.

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Membership
• Liz Russell
• Peter Foulger
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to Councillor

Motion: To approve the November minutes. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

Nichole Hoover: Last Tuesday, December 1, there was an Open House concerning the Pathway to South Keys. Feedback was very positive. The rezoning at 3860-3930 Riverside Drive will be discussed at City Hall tomorrow. The expansion of the Community Centre will be ready to open this month as scheduled.

Alan Asselstine: What is the status of the proposed traffic lights at 300 Hunt Club?
Nichole Hoover: The lights will be installed.

Peter Foulger: He had asked about the cost of the round-about at Flannery and Brookfield. He discussed this with a City engineer. The round-about takes more land but requires less on-going maintenance. There are pot holes on Paul Anka and on Uplands Drive near Rhapsody Lane.

Liz Russell: In the course of cleaning up McCarthy Road she picks up glass bottles and returns them for cash and gives the money to the HCCO. She presented Alan Asselstine with $5. The Cameron Family were out Saturday morning cleaning up McCarthy Road.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch gave Alan Asselstine $75.00 associated with memberships in 2008/2009. As the 08/09 books are closed this money will be shown in 09/10 financial statements.

Next meeting will be Monday January 4, 2010.

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch
• Liz Russell

Motion: To accept the September 2009 minutes. Moved by Liz Russell, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.

John Sankey: We have presented our objections to the traffic lights at 300 Hunt Club Road but they will be installed anyway. The traffic on Riverside Drive at Hunt Club Road is causing congestion and delays. In the afternoons, south-bound traffic on Riverside Drive, north of Hunt Club Road is so backed up that Quintera residents must wait in traffic to get home. Similarly, in the mornings north-bound traffic on Riverside Drive south of Hunt Club Road is backed up. In the short term, there wouldn’t be any improvement.

Peter Brimacombe: Prepared a written comment on the Lansdowne Partnership Plan. The City is talking with the Airport Authority about trade-show facilities on the airport land. The main advantage of the airport land is that you could put in a large parking lot. The trade show industry has suffered a small decline in total revenue in the last year. With the economic uncertainty, a big parking lot doesn’t seem to be much of an advantage.
Fred McLennan: Jeff Huntley is a sponsor of the Lansdowne Partnership Plan. Jeff said that there is 85% support for a sports facility at Lansdowne Park.

Liz Russell: The City should develop the land around the baseball stadium on Coventry Road and connect it to transportation.

Alan Asselstine: We presented our issues to the Hunt Club Road In-Service Review. We are concerned with the safety of bicyclists and pedestrians but the Review did not recognize any problems for them. The solution is the pathway over the Airport Parkway.
Motion: To ask Alan Asselstine to draft a letter to the City indicating that the In-Service Review did not address the serious concerns of pedestrian and cyclist safety. Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Alan Asselstine, carried.

Liz Russell: Regarding the pathway over the Airport Parkway, she distrusts the motivations for presenting longer, indirect routes. She believes that the best crossing point is at Cahill Drive.

John Sankey: Suggested that the Annual General Meeting be held at our regular meeting date, November 2, 2009. There was agreement and plans were made to distribute and put up posters.

Liz Russell: Metro shopping carts are all over the place. In one week she found 8 carts. She spoke with the Metro Office in Toronto. Its approach is to send a man with a truck to gather up the carts. This approach does not look after the carts. The carts litter the City. Her approach is to have the City collect the carts and fine the stores $50 a cart. This fine will provide a direct incentive to the stores to look after their carts. She will put this proposal to Maria.

Next meeting: Monday 2 November 19:30, Annual General Meeting

Note: Maria McRae’s report was distributed after the meeting.

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch
• Maria McRae, Councillor
• Nichole Hoover, Councillor’s Office
• Rachel Rowe, Councillors’s Office

Motion: To accept the June 2009 minutes. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

John Sankey: Jerry Beausoleil prepared and delivered a letter concerning the traffic lights at 300 Hunt Club Road. The letter said that the HCCO opposes the traffic lights because they will disrupt the flow of traffic on a major arterial road.

Maria McRae: Presented her report.

Peter Brimacombe: Mothers with young children sometimes feel threatened by dogs running in Owl Park.
Maria McRae: Dogs are not allowed within a certain distance of the play structure so the mothers should immediately call the City ( 311) to complain. Dogs are allowed off-leash in Owl Park but they are not allowed near the play-structure. She wants to keep the existing designation but supports complaints against owners who allow their dogs within the restricted zone.

Next meeting: October 5, 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey President
• Peter Brimacombe Secretary
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Fred McLennan
• Liz Russell
• Nichole Hoover Councillor’s Office
• Rachel Rowe Councillors’s Office
• Tim Koradi
• Cherylin Perkins
• Wade Wallace

Motion: To accept the April 2009 minutes. Moved by Jerry Beausoleil, seconded by John Sankey, carried.

Rachel Rowe: Presented the Councillor’s report. The Integrated Road Safety Program lead to a discussion about speeding tickets.
John Sankey: It used to be that the Province got the revenue from the speeding tickets, but now the City gets most of it and is passing it on directly to the police. Our police are spending too much time collecting speeding tickets rather than solving crimes.
Nichole Hoover: Council has passed a motion asking that the Province allow municipalities to assess speeding fines based on photo-radar.

Wade Wallace: He introduced Cherylin Perkins, Tim Koradi and himself. They have just moved to the Gilboa Apartments on Uplands Drive near Paul Anka Drive. They have been harassed by gangs – there have been swarmings and beatings in front of their houses.
Nichole Hoover: We had a community safety meeting two weeks ago at the Jim Durrell Centre.
Wade Wallace: We are looking for community recognition that gangs are a problem and for support in opposing them. His group wants to canvass the neighbourhood, knock on doors and set up a system of patrols.
John Sankey: You should set up a Neighbourhood Watch Program – it gives you official status and links to the police.
Everyone on the Board supported the group from the Gilboa Apartments.

John Sankey: Traffic lights are going in on Hunt Club Road, 220 metres to the east of Riverside Drive.
Motion: In view of the fact that no new traffic lights were described as part of the proposed zoning of 300 Hunt Club, that the proposed traffic lights on Hunt Club Road just east of Riverside Drive be disallowed because of the major disruption of traffic on Hunt Club. Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

John Sankey: Councillor Alex Cullen wants to eliminate election contributions from unions and corporations.

Liz Russell: Thanks to the IBM volunteers for their help with the pickup at Paul Landry Park on May 15, 2009. Thanks to John Sankey for his help with the pickup on McCarthy Road on May 9, 2009 and at Paul Landry Park on May 16 2009. Also thanks to P. McCann (City employee) for all his support with city clean-up projects and his assistance with my street and park adoptions. I have called the City again regarding the fencing along McCarthy Road. I have spoken to the City regarding ownership of Paul Landry Park and McCarthy Woods and the need for waste receptacles at Paul Landry Park and McCarthy Road. I have spoken with Linda Debois, President of the Shearwater Tenant Association regarding the need for a more proactive approach to maintaining Paul Landry Park, that is regular clean-ups May, June, July and September and also the possibility that the Tenant Association and IBM adopt Paul Landry Park.

Next meeting: Monday, September 14 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Fred McLennan
• Liz Russell
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch
• Maria McRae, Councillor
• Nichole Hoover, Councillor’s Office
• Rachel Rowe , Councillors’s Office
• Linda Poulsen, Hunt Club/Riverside Recreation Association

Motion: To approve the April minutes with the correction to Maria McRae’s name. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

Maria McRae: Presented her report to the Hunt Club Community Organization May 4, 2009. She presented floor plans of the expanded Community Centre.

Alan Asselstine: said that he had sent out an e-mail by mistake and apologized for the confusion it had caused.

John Sankey: The HCCO is the community association. We expect to be kept informed and involved concerning services to our community. We need to make sure sure that the new expanded Community Centre meets the needs of the Recreation Association and the Services Centre. He sent a list of questions to Maria McRae. He consulted with several staff and board members of the Recreation Association and the Services Centre.
Maria McRae: Linda Poulsen is the President of the Recreation Association and she is here to report on the expanded Community Centre.
Linda Poulsen: She wanted more storage and a bathroom for the kids. This is what she wanted and she got it. She is confident that the expanded Community Centre will meet the needs of the Recreation Association.
Alan Asselstine: Based on the meeting from October at City Hall we had a list of questions and we wanted to follow up on them. He is glad that Linda showed up tonight to clear up her position and that we should move on from here.
Jerry Beausoleil: He is a recent member of the Board but feels that the details of the expansion are not the responsibility of the Board.
John Sankey: It is valid to ask if the concerns of the community are met.
Maria McRae: Lynda Barrett, President of the Services Centre and Linda Poulsen, President of the Recreation Association have to be the points of contact for their organizations. Any concerns must be addressed to them and if there are any outstanding concerns then they should be addressed to City staff. The list of questions will go to the two Presidents.
Motion: That discussion of the list of questions be closed. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Alan Asselstine: Asked if there is an update on the Airport Parkway Services Study and the Bronson Avenue Review.
Maria McRae: City Council unanimously approved both the studies which are safety studies. On the Airport Parkway, there will be more police enforcement and better signage and on Bronson Avenue there will be improved lanes to get off onto Findlay Avenue. Next meeting she should have more information on 300 Hunt Club where there will be a new Asian Grocery Store.

Alan Asselstine: City staff will provide the Hunt Club In-Service Safety Review, one week before council meets, probably in August. This review deals with Hunt Club Road from the Airport Parkway to Albion Road. Councillor McRae’s Office will share the review the HCCO when it is available.
Motion: That Alan Asselstine be our representative on the Hunt Club Road In-Service Safety Review. Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.

John Sankey: Clean up of McCarthy Road starts this Saturday at 8:00 at Plante and McCarthy near the railroad.
Motion: That the HCCO be registered as the organization to clean up McCarthy Road and that Liz Russell be the leader. Moved by Liz Russell, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Next meeting: Monday, June 1 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey President
• Alan Asselstine Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe Secretary
• Jerry Beausoleil
• Fred McLennan
• Liz Russell
• Maria McRae, Councillor
• Nichole Hoover, Councillor’s Office
• Rachel Rowe, Councillor’s Office

Maria McRae: Presented her report to the Hunt Club Community Organization April 6, 2009. She presented a drawing of the expansion of the Community Centre and said that the expansion should be completed before the end of the year.
John Sankey, Jerry Beausoleil and Fred McLennan asked her if there was more detailed information available concerning the expansion.
Maria McRae: She has only the one drawing and does not want to part with it. She is confident that management of the expansion is in place and does not want to interfere.

Alan Asselstine: The Hunt Club Riverside Recreational Association in the past provided programs at a lower cost than City-run programs in other Centres because of lower overhead cost.
Maria McRae: She thinks that this no longer holds. There are two organizations which will be using the expanded Community Centre: the Hunt Club Riverside Services Centre and the Hunt Club Riverside Recreation Association. There should be a single board composed of members from both organizations to manage the new Centre. On the matter of the pathway over the Airport Parkway, a contractor will be chosen to conduct the Environmental Assessment. This process is almost completed. Once underway, the Environmental Assessment will have public advisory meetings.

Alan Asselstine: Does the contractor get extra points if he promises to do it faster? Alan would like to get the Environmental Assessment done as soon as possible. He is knowledgeable with the area and has worked on the Managed Wetlands project. He would be available to work with the contractor.
Maria McRae: There are two studies: The Airport Parkway Services Study and the Bronson Avenue Review.
Peter Brimacombe: Presented his map “Population West of the Proposed Pathway“. The map is based on the 2006 Census data. The map shows that there are 15,054 people who cannot easily walk to the Greenboro or South Keys transit stations. Distribution Areas should be Dissemination Areas and there should be a scale bar.

Motion: To approve the March minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

Fred McLennan: Should we maintain our membership in The Federation of Community Associations (FCA)?
Alan Asselstine: There is no point in being a member unless you send a representative. It tends to be dominated by downtown groups.
Motion: Whereas we don’t have an active participant, to discontinue our membership in the FCA. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

John Sankey: People who live in Quinterra are delayed on their way home because of traffic on Riverside Drive. If they are driving south they have to join the queue of cars waiting to turn west over the Hunt Club Bridge. The traffic lights at the Bridge should be reprogrammed to reduce these delays. People cleaned up their yards last weekend but the first leaf-and-yard-waste collection is not until April 23!
Alan Asselstine: On streets around Plante Drive, we have the organic waste project. If you are in the project you can put out your yard waste with the organic waste.

Liz Russell: She has been out cleaning up on McCarthy Road. The fence is down in two places, she cleaned off graffiti in 10 spots, the signal box at the train tracks has been tagged (with graffiti). She will register for the Spring cleanup with the City and do the full length of McCarthy Road on the first week of May.

Next meeting: Monday, May 4, 2009 at 19:30

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Kimberley Dagenais
• Martina Francis
• Fred McLennan
• Liz Russell
• Nichole Hoover, Councillor’s Office
• Rachel Rowe, Councillors’s Office

John Sankey: Alan Asselstine, Gisèle Loiselle-Branch and Jerry Beausoleil send their regrets.

The environmental assessment of the Pedestrian Pathway across the Airport Parkway is underway. The Pathway will provide the Community with pedestrian access to the Transitway and the O-Train. It will improve the safety of pedestrians crossing the Airport Parkway. Right now, it is dangerous: One man was killed crossing the Airport Parkway on a footpath near Cahill Drive and another man was injured on the sidewalk on Hunt Club Road. The Pathway will provide access to the Managed Wetlands.

Kim Dagenais: Will there be a fight on the Council? There have been people killed or injured crossing the Airport Parkway. What can we do to push the process?
Nichole Hoover: You cannot push the Environmental Assessment because it is governed by provincial regulations.
John Sankey: There will be a fight because of the money. We can present the reasons for it: access to transit, safety and access to the managed wetlands.

Peter Brimacombe: Wants to do a mapping project that show the population that would use the Pedestrian Pathway – how many within 1 kilometre, how many within 2.

Nichole Hoover: Will help get the data from the City for Peter. She would like two amendments to the February minutes and will send them to John Sankey.
John Sankey: He will amend the minutes.

Motion: To accept the minutes subject to the two amendments.
Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Liz Russell. 4 in favour, 1 opposed, carried.

Nichole Hoover presented the Councillor’s report.

Road Resurfacing: Kim Dagenais said that Riverside Drive from Heron Road to Billings Bridge is in rough shape. John Sankey said that all the NCC roads were made so they cannot support trucks and when they are allowed on the NCC roads it wrecks them.

Block Parent Program Closed: John Sankey said that as a single parent he was not allowed to be a block parent. Kim Dagenais said that at her day-care centre, husbands and boy-friends are not allowed to be alone with the children for a moment.

Downtown Transit Tunnel Open House: John Sankey wanted to be involved but he didn’t know about it. Nichole Hoover will have someone from the City contact John.

John Sankey: The Neighbourhood Centre Improvement is our project to improve the area around Paul Anka Drive and McCarthy Road because it is the focal point of our Community. The area includes the A & P Shopping Centre on one side and the Community Centre on the other. As part of the expansion of the Community Centre, we have an option of adding public art. Here are some options:

• Surface treatments: murals, tile work, mosaics, graphics, bas-reliefs, text; interior or exterior. Tile and mosaics can be floor treatments as well as walls
• Free standing elements: materials concrete, stone, bronze, iron; role sculptural or architectural; interior or exterior
• Display: Flat screen slide display showing our community, history, service and recreational activities, city governance; passive or active; interior only

John has put together photographs of mural projects around the City and put them on his web site.

Motion: The Board notes the passing of Bill Royds and would like to offer its sympathy to Bill’s family and express its appreciation for his efforts in the Community Organization.
Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Liz Russell, carried.

Next meeting: Monday April 6 at 19:30