Attendees

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Fred Winters
• Maria McRae, City councillor
• Tom Collins, The News

Maria McCrea: NCC is appealing the designation of part of the Southern Corridor: The appeal concerns only a small part of the Southern Corridor: 37 hectares. The area in question is designated as Major Open Space but the NCC wants it to be General Urb an Area. Maria supports the existing designation and feels that more development will bring more traffic. Maria would like to have a public meeting in April to discuss the Southern Corridor.

Peter Brimacombe: The Southern Corridor needs to be developed to provide housing. Development in the Southern Corridor would allow a more compact and efficient city.

Alan Asselstine: Three years ago, the NCC proposed a major development on the Southern Corridor, at the time there was widespread opposition but this opposition is not unanimous.

Maria McCrea is serving on three committees: Emergency and Protective Services, Transportation & Corporate Services and Economic Development. She insists that the Hunt Club Community Association be consulted on Light Rail Expansion in Southern Ottawa. Red Pines is a name for the 8 hectares south of Hunt Club Road now planted with red pine trees. She expects that this area will be developed. Eight new houses will be developed at Hunt Club Private which is just off Hunt Club Road. There will be more h otels and restaurants going in around Hunt Club Road including a Star Bucks just south of the new Petro Canada gas station. The City Budget will be cut: $108 million from $2.2 billion, there will be real cuts in services such as bus routes. There will be no increase in the mill rate. As property increases in value its assessment increases, the increase in Ottawa is higher than the provincial average. Councillors Maria McCrea and Gord Hunter will host a public meeting on the Budget on February 24 at 19:00 at the Carleton Heights Community Centre, 1665 Apeldoorn Avenue.

Alan Asselstine: the present method of assessment based on property value is better than the old. The cap on increases to the assessment on commercial property puts more of a load on residential property.

Nancy Seaby reported on the Information Session on Securing Our Wealth: Investing in the Environmental Quality of Canadian Cities. This Session was held at the Congress Centre and was presented by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Eco nomy. Nancy Seaby, Peter Brimacombe and Bill Royds from our community attended the Session. Bob Chiarelli, the Mayor of Ottawa spoke of the importance of Canadian Cities: which are the centres of wealth and growth, where 80% of Canadians live, by 2025 t his figure will increase to 98%. He spoke of the need to restructure government to support cities. He said that the cities should be more compact and that urban sprawl had to be curtailed. Other speakers such as Edwin Aquilina and Ned Lathrop reiterated the need for compact cities. Brownfields were the topic of the second half of the Session: brownfields are sites which suffer from contaminated soil so that they cannot be developed. The solution is to limit liability to a specified period such as 15 ye ars: this limit will then make it attractive to clean up the contaminated sites.

Alan Asselstine said that Toronto is on the verge of collapse because of urban sprawl. Alan is a member of the Sawmill Creek Study Committee. He is concerned that all its tributaries are identified. He said that we still need a pedestrian/bicycle path from our community over to South Keys Shopping Plaza.

Nancy Seaby: received a letter from OC Transpo acknowledging our request for a bus shelter for the east-bound bus at Downpatrick and Hunt Club. Nancy asked about new development near Giant Tiger on Bank Street.

Next meeting: Mon 1 Mar 2004 at 7:30pm

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Fred Winters
• David Lamb

Fred McLennan: The City of Ottawa is reviewing its budget with a view to cutting costs: it has published a document Universal Program Review (UPR); link to http://ottawa .ca/inside_govt/program_review/final_upr/report_en.shtml.

The City has also published its Official Plan; link to http://ottawa.ca/2020/op/index_en.shtml.

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE); link to http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/overview/overview_e.htm. NRTEE is an independent group of decision makers appointed by the Prime Minister to promote sustainable development. It is holding an information session chaired by David Dalton, on Investing in Canadian Cities, January 30 2004.

Peter Brimacombe noted that intensification is the only way to allow for growth and avoid urban sprawl.

Alan Asselstine noted that the pathway between Patermeade and Hunt Club is now open. Longwood development has promised to complete this pathway. There should be a bus shelter on the south side of Hunt Club at Downpatrick.

Nancy Seaby asked about new development at the stand of red pine on the south side of Hunt Club.

Next meeting: Mon 2 Feb 2004 at 7:30pm

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Fred Winters
• Michael Seaby
• Nancy Seaby

Fred McLennan: The Annual General Meeting was pre-empted by the All Candidates Meeting. Maria McRae is absent as she is being sworn in tonight.

The recent fatality on the parkway at the Cahill crossing emphasises the need for an overpass to the South Keys Mall for Hunt Club residents. The Sawmill creek wetlands project was discussed, also the effect of the departure of MP John Manley on the future of the Southern Corridor. The question was asked as to when Minto will pave McCarthy and Cahill and put in traffic lights at this intersection, also when Longwood will complete the pedestrian walkway from Pattermead to Hunt Club Road. A proposal that the current executive should continue with new directors appointed to strengthen it was discussed as an option to rescheduling the AGM.

The News has requested articles for the paper from the HCCO.

Next meeting: Mon 5 Jan 2004 at 7:30pm.

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Michael Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Jane Mosgrove, The News
• David Lamb
• Lynda Barrett

Fred McLennan: The Annual General Meeting will be postponed to November 3, 2003. We need to check out the possibility of having an All-Candidates meeting just for the candidates for Councillor at the AGM.

Nancy Seaby: The O Train now runs more often: every 15 minutes instead of every 20.

Allan Asselstine: The Saw Mill Creek Watershed Study is now finished! A Public Information Session will be held soon. http://ottawa.ca/public_consult/sawmill/sawmill_en.shtml There is no plan to provide a pathway between Cahill Drive and the South Keys Shopping Mall. Allan presented the Treasurer’s Report.

Next meeting: Mon 3 Nov 2003 at 7:30pm [it was rescheduled to 1 December]

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Art Miskew, Vice-President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Fred Winters
• Maria McRae, Community Services Centre
• Todd Mattila-Hartman
• Rod Lister
• Flo Ladds
• Lynda Barrett
• Marita Moll

Marita Moll: Is running for Public School Trustee. She is recently retired, has lived in the area for 25 years and her children went to the public schools. The provincial funding formulas are driving the School Board to close schools: all schools in our area are threatened with the exception of R Burns Curry. 40% of new teachers leave in their first five years because of stress due in part to Ontario’s highly centralized school system. Brian Gifford is the Public School Trustee for our ward but he won’t be running again.

Fred McLennan: During the blackout August 14th, someone smashed the glass in the bus shelter at the corner of Cahill Drive and McCarthy Road, cost of repair is $2000-$3000. Someone broke in to the wine store in the A & P Plaza and stole four bottles of wine before the police arrived. There will be a provincial election October 2nd and a municipal election November 10th. For the municipal election, there will be an all-candidates meeting October 22nd – time and place to be confirmed.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch: In her area, someone stole a wheelchair, someone stole a car, and someone vandalized another car.

Maria McRae: the Community Services Centre held a car seat clinic on June 7th in cooperation with the A & P Grocery Store (there will be another car seat clinic October 18th) ; June 23rd, the Centre had a Seniors picnic which the New RO covered; Aug 15th a Barbeque for Beef to support the Canadian Beef Industry; over the summer, Camp Spirit to provide training and activities for youth; September 8th, Family Fun Day to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hunt Club/Riverside Community Centre. At the Family Fun Day, the seniors led by Flo Ladds had a bake sale and raised $450. On the night of the blackout, someone broke a window in the Community Centre and stole a computer. There should be a Community Forum to find solutions to vandalism and crime in our neighbourhood: in particular grow houses are a problem.

Next meeting: Mon 6 Oct 2003 at 7:30pm

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Patricia McGill, Community Services Centre
• Todd Mattila-Hartman
• Christine Van Ginkel

Motion: To sponsor the Community Services Crew for $100 to take part in the Enbridge Canoe for Kids. The purpose of the Enbridge Canoe for Kids is to send 80 under-privileged kids to a two week camp on Christie Lake (http://www.christielakekids.com). Moved by Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, seconded by Nancy Seaby, carried.

Peter Brimacombe: The City delivered a big green bin to his house but he didn’t know what to do with it: It can hold organic waste the same as the existing yellow bin. Nancy Seaby provided a contact at the City: Chris Wood, Project Co-ordinator, Waste Diversion and Processing 580-2424 ext 25839.

Todd Mattila-Hartman is running for City Council in River Ward. The election will be on November 10, 2003, councillors are elected for three-year terms. Todd lives off McCarthy Road across from the A&P Plaza. He wants more accessible and efficient government, improved transportation and better community services. He believes that the Airport Parkway should be extended. He is in favour of proportional representation: ward boundaries should be set so that each ward has the same number of people.

Nancy Seaby: The O-Train is closing down for three weeks in June to allow the rails to be relaid. The O-Train was begun as an experimental project – it will become a permanent project. Nancy noted that since she complained, delivery of the News has improved.

Fred McLennan led a discussion on upcomming meetings: it was decided that the next meeting would be Monday, September 8, 2003 and that the Annual General Meeting would be October 6, 2003.

Next meeting: Mon 8 Sep 2003 at 7:30pm.

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (memberships)
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Maria McRae, Community Services Centre

Motion: To sponsor the Community Services Crew for $100 to take part in the Enbridge Canoe for Kids. The purpose of the Enbridge Canoe for Kids is to send 80 under-privileged kids to a two week camp on Christie Lake (http://www.christielakekids.com/). Moved by Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, seconded by Nancy Seaby, carried.

Fred McLennan: There will be an public meeting on Thursday May 8 at the Hellenic Community Centre to discuss the Moffat Farm. The issue is development of the Farm.

Nancy Seaby reported that delivery of the Hunt Club News is not consistent and many homes are being missed.

Maria McRea: There will be a meeting on May 14 at 19:00 to discuss the People Services Facility Study. The Study reports on the community centres in Ottawa, the need for major additions and for long term funding. The existing Hunt Club/Riverside Community Centre is too small. The Community Services Centre will run Camp Spirit this summer. Camp Spirit is a day camp for children ages 6 to 12. For more information call the Services Centre at 247-1600.

Alan Asselstine: There is a proposal for an in-fill project at the south-east corner of Hunt Club and Downpatrick Roads. The project consists of ten units: six freehold townhouses and four semi-detached units. The proposal requires a zoning amendment.

Next HCCO meeting: Mon 2 Jun 2003 at 7:30pm.

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (memberships)
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Maria McRae, Community Services Centre

Motion: to give $100.00 to the Victoria Day Committee headed by Lucy Corbin to provide for Victoria Day celebrations. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Fred McLennan: The City of Ottawa Draft Official Plan 2003 shows that McCarthy Woods is zoned as Urban Natural Feature but the rest of the southern corridor is General Urban Area which allows it to be used for housing. There was an e-mail from the Greenspace Alliance which said that City staff refused to designate the southern corridor as Major Open Space which would prevent it from being used for housing.

Peter Brimacombe: The City of Ottawa needs 172,000 new homes in the next 20 years and needs to build on the southern corridor in order to reduce the high cost of services and prevent the loss of farmland.

After discussion, it was proposed to ask the City to the zone the southern corridor as an Urban Natural Feature.

Gisèle Loiselle-Branch sent a letter to the City asking for parking restrictions on Twyford Street. The City agreed and has promised to put up no-parking signs on the west side of Twyford.

Anti-fortification: Jeff Leiper sent a letter to Fred McLennan asking for support for a by-law that would forbid biker gangs from erecting fortifications around buildings in Ottawa. There was a consensus to support the by-law.

Tamarack Developments Corporation has submitted a site plan for a 10 story, 80 unit apartment building in the Landmarks of Hunt Club. Tamarack already has zoning approval.

Maria McRae: Wendy Stewart has been named as Honorary Councillor for Canoe for Kids. Maria and Wendy want to raise $500 to send under-privileged kids for a two week camp. Income Tax receipts will be given.

Next meeting: Mon 5 May 2003 at 7:30pm.

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (memberships)
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Maria McRae, Community Services Centre

Fred McLennan will write a letter to the City asking that it construct a pathway underneath the Airport Parkway to connect Cahill Drive and South Keys.

Maria McRae: The Hunt Club/Riverside Community Services Centre will hold its first annual general meeting at General Vanier Public School on Wednesday February 26, 2003 at 18:30. She invited everyone to attend. City Council has increased its funding to the Services Centre to a total of $256,924. She said that recent changes in environmental standards would provide less protection to McCarthy Woods.

There was a general discussion about the need for housing and the importance of intensification.

Gisèle told us that Des Walker had died: Des was active in our community and contributed to the planning of the Minto Development on McCarthy Road. Gisèle wrote a letter to Wendy Stewart asking the City to restore the sidewalks and put up more NO PARKING signs on Twyford.

Next HCCO meeting: Mon 3 Mar 2003 at 7:30pm.

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (memberships)
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Maria McRae, Community Services Centre
• Tom Collins, The News
• Bhoo Agarwal
• Louise Vincent
• Fred Winters
• Dave Lamb

Motion: To restrict parking along Twyford where it meets McCarthy. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Dave Lamb, carried.

Motion: To construct a pathway linking the Hunt Club Community with the South Keys Shopping Mall, the pathway would pass under the Airport Parkway by a tunnel. This pathway should be done at the same time as the construction of the ponds that are part of the Sawmill Creek Wetlands. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Maria McRae: The Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee of the City of Ottawa approved $236,000 which is the original budget submitted by the HC/R Services Centre. In addition the Committee recommended an addition $12,000. The Annual General Meeting will take place on Feb 26 at General Vanier Public School. The Annual General Meeting would be a chance to celebrate the HC/R Services Centre. Maria is enthusiastic about serving the community.

Bhoo Agarwal discovered cracks in his basement wall after he noticed that his basement was flooded, he then hired a contractor to repair the cracks. He thinks that the cracks were caused by blasting carried out at the Minto Development across the road.

Gisèle is afraid that that cars have been parking on Twyford. She will write a letter regarding the possibility of have No Parking signs installed on either side of Twyford, up to the bend.

Next meeting: Mon 3 Feb 2003 at 7:30pm.

Attendees:

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (memberships)
• Fred Winters

Motion: To support the Services Centre budget proposal. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Fred Winters, carried.

Motion: To approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting, November 4, 2002. Moved by Alan Asselstine, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Alan Asselstine: The Sawmill Creek Subwatershed Study has been completed: it recommends the construction of three large ponds between the Airport Parkway and the railroad and the construction of berms behind the houses on Plante Drive that back onto the Airport Parkway. Construction was paid for from development fees collected over the past 10 years. We need to push for a pedestrian walkway to connect Plante Drive with the South Keys Shopping Centre, the walkway would go under the Airport Parkway by means of a tunnel.

Maria McRae reported on the Hunt Club Riverside Community Services Centre (HC/R CSC). The Services Centre has completed its Strategic Planning to 2006, it has prepared its Business Plans, Human Resources Manual and the 2003 Spring Directory of Services. On December 7 there will be an Open Spaces Forum at the Nepean Sportsplex. On Dec 11, the Services Centre will present its budget to the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee of the City of Ottawa. On December 17 there will be a tour of Christmas Lights with singing by Dominic Dunn, for tickets call 247-1600.

Next meeting: Mon 6 Jan 2003 at 7:30pm