Attendees:

• John Sankey President
• Peter Foulger Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe Secretary
• Steve Long
• Issie Berish
• Marilyn Koch
• Sylva Baroody
• Maria McRae Councillor
• Kamal Ubhi Councillor’s Assistant
• Bernie Geiger
• Al Gullon
• Murray Manley
• Marc Rivard
• Lynda Pedley
• Iga Dzikiewicz
• Richard Lawrence

John Sankey invited people to join the HCCO. He presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Motion: To approve the February 2014 minutes. Moved by Bernie Geiger, seconded by Al Gullon, carried.

DND Lands
The property is a narrow strip of land north of Hunt Club Road between the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to the west and the backyards of the individual homeowners on Paul Anka Drive to the east. Hunt Club Creek runs down one side of the strip of land.
Richard Lawrence: Sale of the property could take several years. The Canada Land Corporation is in charge of the sale. The Golf Course is interested, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is too but it would need donations to take it on and the City of Ottawa is not.
John Sankey: Richard will keep an eye on this issue.

Bus Routes
Bernie Geiger: The 146 bus doesn’t come as often. It used to come every 10 minutes but now it’s only every 15 minutes during rush hour.
Marilyn Koch: Are there any buses in our community coming more often?
John Sankey: No. The 87 goes right by his house.

Councillor’s Report
Maria McRae: Presented the Councillor’s Report. She had asked for a Third-Party Independent Review of the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway. The Review is now complete and she has meet with the Mayor, the City Manager and the City Solicitor. She thanked John Sankey for his advice and professional manner.
Murray Manley: What percentage of City vehicles are green?
Maria McRae: She doesn’t know the exact percentages but there are hybrid-electric buses, and electric Zambonis. The Parking Enforcement cars are hybrid- electric. Conversion to hybrid vehicles is done in the context of vehicle life-cycle.
John Sankey: There is a page on his website that shows how to calculate your carbon dioxide budget.
Al Gullon: Within the automotive industry it is common practice to measure pollution and energy consumption of vehicles from the well to the wheel (well-2-wheel).  For example the fuel consumption and pollution of an all-electric vehicle is not zero but would include the fuel consumed and pollution created both in the production of the fuel and in the generation and delivery of the electricity.
Al Gullon: In the report, composting is now 51.9% of the total. How is the total calculated?
Maria McRae: The figures are for 2013. The percentage is based on tonnages of which the City has a very accurate count.
Al Gullon: Speed boards are devices set up on roads that measure and display the speed of vehicles passing by. He thought that the speed board on McCarthy Road should be in the other direction.
Steve Long: Speeding on Hunt Club Road is a problem. He was going 80 kph and noticed a lot of cars passing him.
Lynda Pedley: She would like a speed board on Paul Anka Drive.
Maria McRae: She thinks that is a good idea. There will be a miniature traffic study on Paul Anka Drive.
Issie Berish: Councillor Wilkinson talks about the traffic counts at the intersection of Hunt Club and Prince of Wales. Why cannot we get traffic counts along Hunt Club?
Maria McRae: City staff told her the counts are not available. She will ask for new counts to be done and make them available to the HCCO.

Treasurer’s Report
Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report.

Newsletter
John Sankey: The March issue is ready to go.

Emergency Measures
Murray Manley: Does the City of Ottawa have an emergency measures plan? He is concerned about a catastrophe such as an earth quake. During the Ice Storm of 1998 he lived in the country and was without power for 14 days.
John Sankey: Ottawa has a large number of very small earth quakes but it’s very unlikely to have a big one. His bigger concern is our vulnerability to a failure in our electrical system. A major point of failure are the electrical sub-stations.
Bernie Geiger: He referred to the City of Ottawa’s Office of Emergency Management.

Next meeting: Monday April 7 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Kamal Ubhi, Councillor’s Assistant
• Iga Dzikiewicz
• Christine Tausig Ford
• Phil Ford
• Samantha Neeb
• Richard Lawrence
• Dawn Lawrence
• Marc Rivard
• Michelle Ouimet
• Jamie Stewart
• Bernie Geiger
• Vlad Tonkykh
• Al Gullon
• Bethany Hartgerink

John Sankey invited people to join the HCCO. He presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Motion to approve January 2014 minutes
Motion: To approve the January 2014 minutes. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.

DND Lands
Richard Lawrence: First it was noted that regardless of what the owners thought, they have no rights to the stream property or its usage. There is no such thing as squatters’ rights when it comes to federal land. The usage that everyone currently enjoys was granted by DND and Public Works in 1999 providing the home owners made no further improvements on the strip of land on either side of the stream and that the fence that was installed was honoured. Failing that, they would erect standard seven foot chain link fence with three strand barbed wire along the actual property lines. The result of investigation so far is as follows:

• Federal: no contact was made
• Provincial: no contact was made
• Municipal: despite several attempts to contact our Municipal representative, no information has been forthcoming
• Rideau Valley Conservation Authority: Contact with Chelsey Ellis who stated that the RVCA would probably have little interest in this strip of land because they are usually interested in more important wetlands and would have to come up for the money to purchase and maintain the waterway. They are funded primarily by donations.
• Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club: Mr. Theo Mayer indicated that the Golf Course would be interested in acquiring the land but only if it was not expensive. Their possible uses of the land would be to primarily leave things as they are but that would be subject to discussion with the Board of Directors after any acquisition. They are very open to discussions with the homeowners.
• Nature Conservancy Canada: No contact back from this group.

John Sankey: Presently the Canada Lands Corporation is tasked with disposing of federal land. If it has little value than it will be given to the Federal Public Works Department to dispose of. Public Works has a fixed policy of how to dispose of land: first priority would be federal agencies, next provincial and finally municipal.
Christine Tausig Ford: How do we know that DND is getting rid of the land?
John Sankey: He wrote the Minister of Defence who replied that it is.
Christine Tausig Ford: Yet there is no evidence that the Canada Lands Corporation has an interest. There are many reasons why the land would not be suitable for development. One reason is there are power cables buried under ground for which Hydro has an easement.
Phil Ford: He finds it hard to believe that anyone would have an interest in developing the land.
John Sankey: The City has an interest in the land because Hunt Club Creek is part of storm water management.
Bernie Geiger: He brought a map of the area. He asked if the land behind Boone Crescent was part of the DND land but it isn’t. The worst case scenario would be if the Golf Course acquired the land and then put the whole Golf Course up for sale for development.
Christine Tausig Ford: We need to look at facts and not speculation.
John Sankey: Do the residents agree that Richard Lawrence continue to lead on this issue?
There was general agreement.

Freedom of Information Request
John Sankey: HCCO has asked the City repeatedly for traffic counts along Hunt Club Road but to no avail. Finally he submitted a Freedom of Information request to the City. The answer was there is no data at all.

11 Royal Hunt Court
John Sankey: There is an application for a minor variance at 11 Royal Hunt Club Court. A dozen residents went to City Hall and appeared before the Committee of Adjustment. After a four and a half hour wait, they made their presentation but the Committee decided to give the developer everything he wanted.

Councillor’s Report
Kamal Ubhi distributed two documents: the Councillor’s Report and the Council Member Inquiry Form, subject Traffic Congestion Along Hunt Club Road and Riverside Drive

Treasurer’s Report
Peter Foulger presented the Treasurer’s Report. Money was received from two sponsorships: City of Ottawa (Maria McRae) and Candace Kroeger. Sponsorships approximately cover the cost of the newsletter.

Auction of Tim Horton’s Gift Card
John Sankey received a $50 gift card to Tim Hortons for adopting Uplands Park. He auctioned it off with the proceeds going to the HCCO. Bernie Geiger was the winning bidder.

Bus Routes
Bernie Geiger: The 146 used to come every 10 minutes. It now comes every 15 minutes. Leaving from home you can time your departure but returning from downtown you cannot time connecting routes.
John Sankey: The 87 runs every 15 minutes but on a route schedule downtown he saw that it comes every hour.
Bernie Geiger: The LRT (Light Rail Transit) is the largest infrastructure project in the City Ottawa. There will be major changes to the existing bus facilities and routes. Hurdman Station will be shut down. He has a question to the Councillor: What are the anticipated route changes?

Official name of Hunt Club Creek
Motion: The HCCO calls the described creek Hunt Club Creek. Description: The Hunt Club Creek flows north from the DND property across Hunt Club Road, through the Golf Course. It then flows westwards into the Rideau River. Hackett Pond is a part of it. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Al Gullon, carried.

Ecology Ottawa
Marc Rivard Ecology Ottawa is organizing workshops to promote reducing the carbon footprint of the community.
Al Gullon: He published a scientific paper that examined the cause of increased CO₂ in the atmosphere. Whether it was caused anthropogenically or through increased solar radiation. His conclusion was that it was caused by increased solar radiation. He will make his report available. Still he is very interested in promoting energy conservation.
John Sankey: He is also a scientist and he argues that the increased CO₂ is caused by human activity.
Motion: The HCCO supports Ecology Ottawa’s initiative to outreach to homeowners. Moved by Marc Rivard, seconded by Al Gullon, carried.

Arterial Roads, Hunt Club Road
John Sankey: Two views on the future of Hunt Club Road have emerged. It has been the view of the Board that Hunt Club Road is an arterial road, that through traffic be allowed to flow along it as smoothly as possible and as a corollary that local roads be protected from traffic. He has written an article: http://www.johnsankey.ca/arterials.html The other view is that Hunt Club Road be redesigned so that people feel safe walking beside it and crossing it. Since the two Board members who advocate the second view are not present tonight there will be discussion but no vote.
Bernie Geiger: Work on the 417/Hunt Club interchange is underway and may be complete this summer. When complete it will bring significant increase in traffic, especially truck traffic. The obvious question is “should Hunt Club Road be widened?”.
Peter Foulger: America does arterial roads better. They are better separated from community roads and the traffic flows more smoothly along them. Traffic flow on Hunt Club Road is hampered by too many traffic lights and the presence of malls that are too close. The best way to move cars is to have roads where the traffic flows smoothly. The present congestion on Hunt Club Road is caused by extra traffic from outlying areas.
Al Gullon: The bottlenecks are the two interchanges Hunt Club/Riverside and Hunt Club/Prince Of Wales. The solution is to elevate two lanes in each direction so that traffic can pass over the River without interference from turning traffic.
John Sankey: That would cost in the ballpark of $150 million.

Next meeting: Monday, March 3 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Christine Johnson
• Steve Long
• Issie Berish
• Marilyn Koch
• Sylva Baroody
• Kamal Ubhi, Councillor’s Assistant
• Denis Aubin
• Steve Martin
• Bernie Geiger
• Donna Allen
• Ralph Harrison
• Claude Paul Boivin
• Lynda Pedley
• Glenn MacCrimmon
• Judy Kelley
• Gordon Sexton
• Doris Yee
• Iga Dzikiewicz
• Richard Lawrence
• Dawn Lawrence
• Eileen Lalonde
• Chanel Boucher
• Peter Lidington
• Julian Taylor
• Gary Guzzo

John Sankey presented the agenda. The major item is the disposal of the DND property. The property is a narrow strip of land north of Hunt Club Road between the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to the west and the backyards of the individual homeowners on Paul Anka Drive to the east. Hunt Club Creek runs down one side of the strip of land. Hunt Club Creek is described at this link: http://www.johnsankey.ca/hccreek.html
He asked if there are any other items.
Bernie Geiger: There is the issue of reduced bus service – in particular route 146.

DND Lands
John Sankey: To dispose of the land, DND must first transfer it to the Canada Lands Corporation (CLC). CLC does not deal with individual property owners. There are four options:

1. persuade a public entity, such as the City of Ottawa or the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, to take over the land,
2. form a land trust, perhaps under the Nature Conservancy of Canada, to manage the land in the interests of adjacent property owners,
3. hire a real estate broker to buy the land then distribute it to individual homeowners, and
4. work with the golf course for them to buy the land with access for homeowners.

He invited the homeowners to express their views. If there is a consensus then the HCCO can represent them.
Richard Lawrence: He is a homeowner that abuts the property. DND put up the existing fence to exclude the public from Hunt Club Creek. It is to the west of the property lines of the homeowners so the effect is to give them a bigger backyard.
John Sankey: Portions of the Creek are not well maintained. He doubts that the golf course would want to take on the maintenance of the Creek. The HCCO has status under the Stream Watcher program of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.
Richard Lawrence: After the 1998 ice storm, the homeowners complained about the state of the Creek. After some discussion, DND put up the existing page wire fence. It’s to the west of the homeowners’ property line.
Denis Aubin: DND has maintained the area. He did find junk but the contractors working for DND have cleaned it up. A lot of good has happened. Another option is to maintain the area as is.
John Sankey: “As is” is not an option. Any of these options could be pursued if there is a consensus of abutting homeowners. The City already owns 2 sections along the Creek where the public is allowed.
Judy Kelley: There are so many trees on her side of the Creek that it would be difficult to put a path along it.
John Sankey: On the other side, most of the trees are quite small.
Bernie Geiger: The golf course has acquired more land. They could buy this land to expand and protect the golf course. Canada Lands Corporation has to sell for the highest price. What is the zoning?
John Sankey: It doesn’t have zoning because it is federal land.
Lynda Pedley: She is not clear on the difference between public and private partnerships.
John Sankey: The City and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority are two public bodies. The City can buy and maintain the land within its existing budget. The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority cannot. It would have to have extra funds to buy and maintain the land. The Nature Conservancy is a private body. Private bodies have more flexibility. For example if the City bought the land, it would be a public park and the public would have access to it. The Nature Conservancy could allow or exclude the public.
Bernie Geiger: If some homeowners buy the property but some don’t then the ones that don’t would have the same benefits as the ones that do.
Julian Taylor: The likelihood of all property owners buying the land is low.
Gary Guzzo: The Hunt Club Golf Course believes it owns the property. The Creek is a municipal ditch, the municipality should be responsible.
John Sankey: He does not sense a consensus among the homeowners. Richard Lawrence is a homeowner who has knowledge and experience with the management of this land. Is there agreement among the homeowners to have Richard lead in following up this issue?
There was general agreement.

Motion to approve December 2013 minutes
Motion: To approve the December 2013 minutes. Moved by Issie Berish, seconded by Sylva Baroody, carried.
Christine Johnson: She would like to receive all draft meeting minutes even when she is not able to attend a meeting.

Councillor’s Report
Kamal Ubhi distributed the Councillor’s report:

Newsletter
Christine Johnson drew the winner of the free pizza: Jinzhao Wang
John Sankey: Reported that four articles have already been submitted and three sponsors secured for the March issue.

Treasurer’s Report
Peter Foulger presented the Treasurer’s Report. There were two new sponsors of the newsletter: City of Ottawa (Maria McRae) and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (John Fraser).

Traffic
John Sankey: Jerry Beausoleil has been trying to get traffic statistics from the City. Jerry is busy with family matters so John Sankey is trying to get them. He has asked for the traffic box data along Hunt Club Road under the Freedom of Information rules.
Lynda Pedley: Can we have traffic lights at Paul Anka and Uplands?
John Sankey: It’s a question of warrants. It’s definitely a possibility.
Al Gullon: He is an engineer who is an expert in traffic. The Shared Space is an urban design approach which we should follow
John Sankey: Pointed to his own paper on arterial roads and invited people who had other views to prepare their own position paper.

Minor Variance
John Sankey: There is an application for a minor zoning variance at 11 Royal Hunt Club Court. The Committee of Adjustment is scheduled to hear this matter on January 15, 2014.

Next meeting: Monday, February 3 at 19:30.

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Fred McLennan
• Steve Long
• Issie Berish
• Marilyn Koch
• Sylva Baroody
• Kamal Ubhi, Councillor’s Office

John Sankey asked for approval of the agenda.

Minutes
Motion: To approve the October minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Marilyn Koch, carried.
Motion: To approve the November minutes. Moved by Fred McLennan, seconded by Sylva Baroody, carried.
Issie Berish: He would like to get the minutes even though he is not at the meeting.
Peter Foulger, Marilyn Koch, Sylva Baroody, John Sankey and Steve Long said the same thing.
Peter Brimacombe: Will do.

Councillor’s Report
Kamal Ubhi presented the Councillor’s report: He wished everyone happy holidays, Merry Christmas. The first item was the speed boards. They are signs which display the speed of vehicles as they pass by.
John Sankey: He would like to get detailed reports from the speed boards, whatever they are.
Steve Long: He would like to see the speed on Hunt Club Road reduced. The present speed is 60 but it’s not enforced. It’s not safe for bicyclists nor for pedestrians. Outside rush hour, traffic is going 80.
John Sankey: Speed and traffic on Hunt Club Road will be an item on the January agenda.
Steve Long: Councillor Diane Deans put together a meeting on the recent assaults and robberies in her ward. Does Councillor Maria McRae have any meetings planned?

Newsletter
Issie Berish: Distribution of the December issue of the newsletter is almost complete – 52 out of 81 routes. The route lists have been reorganized and seems to be working well. There are 3 routes without volunteers: Uplands, Paul Anka and Shearwater Court. (Marilyn Koch, Sylva Baroody and John Sankey took them.)
Marilyn Koch: What do we do when we see a ‘no junk mail’ sign?
Issie Berish: Don’t deliver them. Sometimes they are delivered anyway but no one has complained.

Financial Report
Peter Foulger presented the Financial Report. The major expense is the publication of the newsletter but this is balanced by its sponsorships. The term account at the Alterna Bank is due in April 2014 when the money will be available.
Issie Berish: Are there any proposals to spend this money?
John Sankey: He will be listening attentively to any proposals.

Next meeting: Monday January 6, 2014 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Christine Johnson
• Fred McLennan
• Marilyn Koch
• Michael Dunlop
• Janice McLean
• Andy Yee
• Leslie Saunders
• Theresa Yan
• Paul McRae
• Marc Rivard
• Robert Dussault
• Maria McRae, Councillor
• Kent Kirkpatrick, City Manager
• Nancy Schepers, City Deputy Manager
• Carina Duclos, Manager Infrastructure Services

John Sankey: He asked everyone to introduce themselves. He presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Minutes
Motion: To approve the September minutes. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Fred McLennan, carried.
John Sankey: From the previous minutes: Does the City charge for the commercial shopping carts that it collects?
Maria McRae: No it doesn’t. There is a new by-law which is now in effect.

Pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway
Maria McRae: The most pressing business is the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway so she discussed only briefly other items in the Councillor’s Report. She brought three City staff to the meeting to address the issue of the bridge and asked to preside over their presentations. Her role is to hold everyone accountable. The City Manager Kent Kirkpatrick is responsible for delivery of this project. In order to protect the City’s interest there will be legal action. Public discussion is constrained as a result. She has asked for a third-party arms-length review of the project.
Fred McLennan: Does this review involve a change in the bridge design?
Nancy Schepers: There are two independent reviews now underway: the first is a review of the bridge design. This review is strictly an engineering analysis of the existing structure with the goal of designing the completion of the bridge and a contract has been awarded to Delcan to complete it. The Delcan review should be ready by the end of November. The second review is a third-party review of the internal decisions and processes and will be presented to Councillor McRae and Mayor Jim Watson and to the FEDCO Committee of Council.
John Sankey: The bridge consists of a deck attached to a tower. Usual practice is to attach the deck to the tower by cables. Instead the design calls for rigid stays. He was unable to find any other bridge like this.
Nancy Schepers: Delcan is completing an engineering review of the existing built elements with the goal of completing the design.
Leslie Saunders: So the process review is separate from the Delcan review? It’s a debacle. Why should there be such a fancy design? She would like to see it finished.
Nancy Schepers: The final bridge must be fully functional and be able to be maintained with minimum cost as part of the City’s infrastructure.
Leslie Saunders: Right now construction is stopped so can we expect everything to stay as is?
Nancy Schepers: Yes
Maria McRae: There were many open houses where input from the community was solicited. A common theme was that the bridge should express its role as a gateway to the City. There is a 2010 report which summarizes these open houses. She and city staff are trying to move the project along. The design must meet the City’s life-cycle expectations.
Leslie Saunders: At least she knows that Nancy Schepers and Kent Kirkpatrick are responsible. There is also the Strandherd Bridge which is a mess.
Kent Kirkpatrick: There are three factors which have impeded progress: a design concern, the supply of the concrete and staff performance. We were late in identifying problems in the construction and concerns about the design. We need to look at the processes. The project has failed to meet any reasonable expectation. Construction on the bridge has been halted and must wait for the Delcan review to be restarted. On Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge, problem was the contractor going bankrupt. Mr. Kirkpatrick acknowledged it has taken a long time to get the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge project restarted. He apologizes on behalf of the City. On Airport Bridge, Councillor McRae was the first one to bring concerns to our attention. She has made us responsible.
John Sankey: There seems to be no recognition that Ottawa residents with relevant training could alert officials about problems. He knew of the problems but there was no route for his warnings.
Kent Kirkpatrick: We will consider them in the future.
Michael Dunlop: Everyone in Ottawa is aware of the project. He would like to thank Councillor McRae and city staff for making it a priority.
Maria McRae: She expects to receive the Delcan review by the end of November. The second review is a third-party review of the internal decisions and processes and will be presented to Councillor McRae and Mayor Jim Watson and to the FEDCO Committee of Council. The speed limit on the Airport Parkway has to stay at 60 kph because of the form work.
Nancy Schepers: The Delcan report is subject to legal review. Delcan will redo the design and then the City will approach Bray construction to complete it.
Christine Johnson: She appreciates the presentation by the three city staff. She would like to thank John Sankey who watched over this project so carefully.
John Sankey: He expressed his thanks to Kent Kirkpatrick, Carina Duclos and Nancy Schepers for their presentations tonight.

Newsletter
Christine Johnson: There are six sponsors for the December issue. She is waiting for confirmation on two articles. She would like to publish a question that invokes community involvement. Which question would be the best:
? who is responsible for keeping the walkway between the sidewalk and your house clear of snow?
? Do you use the green bin, when and how often?
John Sankey: On the green bin, he did his own study: 30% of residences on Uplands use the green bin but 100% on Rhapsody Lane use them. We should use Rhapsody Lane’s example to encourage others. He feels the city advertising could be more effective.

Treasurer’s Report
Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report. He must pay suppliers connected with the newsletter and there is just barely enough money from the sponsorships. He would like a float to better manage the account. John Sankey has loaned the HCCO $500 to cover the cost of printing our newsletter when payment for sponsorships has not been received in time to coincide with our payment for the printing.
Motion: The HCCO accepts a loan of $500.00 from John Sankey which would be repaid from the Alterna term deposit due April 2014. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Christine Johnson, carried.

Windsor Park
Leslie Saunders: She lives in the Windsor Park area. The area is south of Hunt Club Road, west of the Airport Parkway and east of Uplands Drive. It is in Diane Deans’ ward. Leslie Saunders would like to join the Hunt Club Community Organization. She has contacted Diane Deans and would like her blessing.
Christine Johnson: That would be a perfect fit! Windsor Park is right next to Wisteria which has already joined the HCCO. There are many similarities.
Maria McRae: The interests of Windsor Park align with the HCCO. For example redevelopment of Hunt Club impacts the traffic on both sides of the Road.

Annual General Meeting
John Sankey: The next meeting Monday November 4 will be our Annual General Meeting. Fred McLennan will conduct selection of the Board.

Paul Landry Park
Peter Foulger: Reported on the clean-up: Turnout was light with only three people attending.  The tally was 12 bags of garbage, another bag of recyclables plus two smaller bags of metal items.  The worst areas are the two hangout sites.  The one in the centre of the park is on an eroded rock outcrop that has many crevices.   It’s impossible to clean up the broken glass that has fallen down the crevices.  In addition brush has been piled up for campfires.  The other problem area is along the north side where residents of the townhouses are dumping trash, sweepings, dead shrubs and waste gravel at the entry points.  Several heavy items left over from last year remain to be picked up on the south side near the midpoint of the trail: an old doghouse and a roof truss.  The City-supplied kit includes plastic gloves that are very small and not suitable for the broken glass we encounter.   The kit doesn’t have enough small Glad bags but has too many yard waste bags.
Christine Johnson: Paul Landry Park is located on Uplands Drive east of Paul Anka Drive. It connects the Metro Plaza with Uplands Drive. The HCCO has adopted the Park and we have cleaned it up. She sees Paul Landry Park as a mini Central Park. She thinks the Park could be spruced up. People should feel comfortable and safe to use it. She is looking for support to improve it particularly grant money.
Maria McRae: The Park extends to the Metro Plaza. She agrees that people should feel comfortable and safe in it.
Marilyn Koch: She was part of a group that recently cleaned up the Park. There were beer bottles and the usual garbage.

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Christine Johnson
• Issie Berish
• Sylva Baroody
• Fred McLennan
• Isabel Tang
• Neva Everett
• Christine Tausig Ford
• John Reid
• Anoushae Eirabie
• Kimberley Araniyasundaran
• Rebekah Dalm
• Maria McCrae, Councillor
• Moe Elmi, Ottawa Police

John Sankey: He presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Minutes
Motion: To approve the June minutes. Moved by Christine Johnson, seconded by Sylva Baroody, carried.
John Sankey: Construction on the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway is proceeding slowly. We have distributed the September issue of Hunt Club Our Community. Does the City charge for the commercial shopping carts that it collects?
Maria McCrae: She will check on the shopping carts. There is a by-law.

Councillor’s Report
Maria McCrae: She welcomed everyone and presented the Councillor’s Report.
Issie Berish: He loves the traffic calming measures on Springland. Maria McCrae: Thank you. There are three criteria for traffic calming for a street: it is near a school, near a seniors residence or beside a big park.
Issie Berish: The Ottawa Public Library has eliminated its limit of 2 DVD’s per customer. He is curious as to its reasoning. On Maria’s website, there should be links to all the community associations.
Maria McCrae: The links would have to treat them all the same even though they’re not.
John Reid: Maria’s table in the Community Centre obscures the Library Kiosk.
Maria McRae: Staff put the table where they did and she thinks it doesn’t interfere with people’s use of the Kiosk.
Christine Johnson: There are a lot of vacant retail stores in Metro Plaza. Does the community have any input into the kind of stores moving in?
John Sankey: Riocan owns the plaza. Its headquarters are in Toronto. Peter Foulger: Is yard waste included in the recycling numbers? What about Plasco as a long term solution to waste?
Maria McCrae: Plasco needs to address problems in its operation but she very much hopes that it is successful. It’s hard to get permission from the province for regular incinerators. She believes in the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Retail packaging is often excessive. Over packaging is contrary to our efforts to reduce waste.
John Sankey: His first R is Refuse. That is he refuses to accept excess packaging or junk such as flyers.

Newsletter
Christine Johnson: We distributed the September issue of our newsletter Hunt Club Our Community. We did get more volunteers to distribute the newsletter. It is generating a lot of positive comments. There is an article in the September issue: What do you like most about living in Hunt Club? She read a few other suggestions for survey questions for future issues and circulated the sheet for members to add on their own suggestions and/or tick off their favourite question(s).
Issie Berish: We now have more people to distribute than we have newsletters so we should print more – say from 3000 to 4000. How can we get more income to pay for the extra copies? There are different lists of volunteers, there isn’t a good master list. We want to get the newsletters to the volunteers as quickly as possible. Next issue is December.
Christine Tausig Ford: You should print more than you need because incremental costs are small on a big order. You could look at a digital edition which could generate on-line advertising.

Community Police
Constable Elmi: He is the new community police officer. If anyone has any issues he can call him at 613 236-1222 or send him an e-mail. He started working on patrol and working with the schools.

Financial Report
Peter Foulger: He passed out the year-end Treasurer’s Report and the September Report. Last year, there was a $155 decrease in Members’ Surplus but there still is around $9000 in the bank.
John Sankey: Thank you for your work. Because of your efforts the accounting is in better shape than it’s ever been.

Hunt Club Creek
John Sankey: He would like to adopt the Hunt Club Creek. Students working for Christine Johnson had prepared a map of the community and on it was Hunt Club Creek. The map was on display at the meeting. Hunt Club Creek flows north from the DND property across Hunt Club Road, through the Golf Course. It then flows westwards into the Rideau River. Hackett Pond is a part of it. Motion: That the HCCO adopt the Hunt Club Creek under the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority stream adoption program. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Christine Johnson.
Christine Tausig Ford: Thinks it is a great idea.
Maria McCrae: She sent the service manager to clean up debris near Hackett Pond. Anything she can do to help, she’ll do.
John Reid: We should have a statement of objectives.
Vote on motion: carried

Miscellanea
John Sankey: The HCCO will again take part in Cleaning the Capital. There are four areas and everyone is invited to help.

Christine Johnson: The Federation of Community Associations has an update on its activities.

John Reid: The Ottawa Public Library did a consultation on possible initiatives: make more convenient allow people to return books at community centres present services at community centres The Library service needs to improve. Between 2011 and 2012, circulation for the Ottawa Public Library as a whole dropped 11%. Kiosk technology is improving and we would like to have an upgraded Kiosk.
John Sankey: Back in the day, he took his four kids to the Library. They were limited to eight books per family and this limitation was the source of much discussion. Today you can browse on-line, you can request the books and pick them up at the Kiosk, at a bookmobile or at any branch. The Library has improved unbelievably.
Maria McCrae: Ottawa is the only major city in Canada with kiosks. They have increased circulation. She was a strong advocate for the Kiosk at the Community Centre. The Centre was rebuilt specifically for the Kiosk and it would be difficult to change.

Next meeting: Monday October 7 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Christine Johnson
• Marilyn Koch
• Issie Berish
• Sylva Baroody
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle
• Steve Long
• Isabel Tang
• Marcus Cole

John Sankey: He presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Motion: To approve the May minutes as amended. Moved by Christine Johnson, seconded by Marilyn Koch, carried.

John Sankey: Noted that the question on traffic counts at the intersections of Hunt Club and Riverside and Hunt Club and Prince of Wales is still outstanding.
Steve Long: What is the problem? This is public information. Why isn’t it publicly available?

Christine Johnson: Her group cleaned up the Hydro right-of-way behind Erin Crescent between Hunt Club and Lillico.
Marilyn Koch: She and seven other ladies cleaned up along McCarthy, Uplands, Paul Anka, the back of the Metro plaza and parts of Twyford. She noted that there is lots of garbage along Uplands Drive south of Hunt Club.
John Sankey: Liz Russell cleaned up Plante Drive and parts of McCarthy.
Peter Foulger: Cleaned up Paul Landry Park. City vehicles dumped something in the Park and left big gouges in the grass. There is still graffiti but the fence has been repaired.
Sylva Baroody: She and her children and eight other scout members cleaned up around Holy Family School and Owl Park.

Comments on the Councillor’s Report
John Sankey: Construction on the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway is proceeding slowly. The City and Bray Construction are ‘papering the file’ anticipating legal procedures.
Christine Johnson: The lack of progress is frustrating.
John Sankey: There have been no design changes. Once the concrete of the deck is poured it must cure for 30 days.

Christine Johnson: She encouraged the Board to do the survey on the Library:

Steve Long: He commented on 700 Hunt Club Road. He wondered how nearby residents would be affected.
Christine Johnson: Sound barriers and the placement of the Seniors Residence should provide protection.
Issie Berish: There are not going to be enough parking places.
John Sankey: Drive-through food businesses on Hunt Club do an astounding business.

Issie Berish: I have a Presto Card and it works! He used it to pay for himself and his daughter.

Christine Johnson: Hunt Club Our Community: Here are articles she is preparing for the September Issue: solar electrical panels and thermal heating, an article on community policing, Linda Dubois re the open house on Shearwater Court, communty gardens, What do you like about our community? The idea is to elicit responses rather than do a survey. Responses can be dropped off at the Community Festival September 7 or sent via e-mail to the editor.

Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report.

Gisèle Loiselle: The City is spending $50,000 a year to pick up shopping carts. The stores own the carts and they should pay to pick them up.
Issie Berish: On May 16, City Council directed staff to draft a bylaw dealing with shopping carts.

Motion: That the City fine or charge the stores for each shopping cart that it picks up. Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Christine Johnson, carried.

Peter Foulger: Beside Hunt Club Creek between Uplands and Gillespie there are a lot of fallen trees. The City needs to send a crew to haul them away. A neighbour reported that the path along the Creek is being used for drug dealing.

Christine Johnson: Reported on FCA activities. The FCA encourages participation in the City’s on-line survey on bicycle and pedestrian paths. The last possible date to treat ash trees against the emerald ash borer is the end of June. Hintonburg has started a development watch on its website. June 2nd to the 9th is Good Neighbour’s Week.
John Sankey: There are at least 180,000 ash trees on City property.
Gisèle Loiselle: The City will saw a few ash trees into boards which will be used to decorate the new LRT stations.

Christine Johnson: The sign on Erin Crescent should be changed from Adopt a Park to Adopt a Road.

Isabel Tang: She has made an HCCO page on Facebook.

Next meeting: September 9 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Christine Johnson
• Marilyn Koch
• Issie Berish
• Fred McLennan
• Jeannine Simonsen
• Isabel Tang

John Sankey: Introduced two new visitors: Jeannine Simonsen and Isabel Tang. He presented the agenda and asked for approval.

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

John Sankey: Reported on the construction of the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway. Pouring of the tower was delayed by other factors not by the weather. The cap is expected to be completed by the end of May. Hopefully the entire project should be complete by the end of summer. Self consolidating concrete has vastly different properties than ordinary concrete.
The proposal before Transportation Committee concerning Bronson Avenue is going ahead with no changes to the original plan.
The question on traffic counts at the intersections of Hunt Club and Riverside and Hunt Club and Prince of Wales is still outstanding.

Christine Johnson: Reported on the newsletter Hunt Club Our Community. All copies of the April issue have been delivered. She is looking for a volunteer for Uplands between Chatsworth and Country Club.
Jeannine Simonsen said that she could do it.
Christine Johnson: She needs another volunteer to deliver Killdeer Bay and Yorkberry Gate. Here are some ideas for the September issue:

• cleanups
• the Hunt Club Community Survey
• FCA
• old orchards along Riverside
• Michael Sankey, a guitar maker in our community
• the Greenbelt Master Plan Review which includes a proposal to widen Hunt Club Road
• John Sankey has another historical article
• Marilyn Koch has an article on Paul Landry

Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report. The HCCO has an account at the TD Canada Trust in the T&T Plaza. In addition there is a fixed term investment of $8,615.00 at the Alterna Bank.

Christine Johnson: The Federation of Citizens Associations is sponsoring an Emerald Ash Borer Information Forum on May 13. 50% of the trees around Sawmill Creek are ash. The FCA is promoting a website.
John Sankey: The City should replace the ash trees with a variety of species not just a single species.

Fred McLennan: Joanne Chianello writes regularly in the Ottawa Citizen. In her recent article Who Speaks for You? she makes the point that some community associations are not elected and may not represent the views of the residents.

John Sankey: On Saturday April 27, 8 volunteers showed up to help him clean up Uplands Park: Sarah McCormack, Jeff, Carter and Giffin Brown, John’s son Michael and grandchildren Lola, Margo and Anaïs.
On Saturday May 4, Peter Foulger led a clean up of Paul Landry Park. Helpers were Christine Johnson, John Sankey, Shirani Wijesekera, Marilyn Koch, Heather Parker.
Marilyn Koch: She intends to lead a cleanup of other areas and will report back. This year the City did a great job of street sweeping.
Christine Johnson: As she does her cleanup she keeps a separate bag for trash from McDonalds. There should be a way to encourage the company to look after its trash better.

Isabel Tang: She lives on Pigeon Terrace and goes to Carleton U. She would like to start a Facebook Page or a Twitter Account to promote the HCCO. Everybody welcomed her ideas and encouraged her.

Next meeting: Monday June 3, 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Christine Johnson
• Marilyn Koch
• Sylva Baroody
• Fred McLennan
• Gisèle Loiselle
• Steve Long
• Almeera Ismail, Assistant to the Councillor

John Sankey: Presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Motion: To approve the March minutes. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Christine Johnson, carried.

John Sankey: The question on traffic counts at the intersections of Hunt Club and Riverside and Hunt Club and Prince of Wales is still outstanding. Is there an update?
Almeera Ismail: The Councillor’s Report has summary figures but she will get the detailed figures. She then presented the Councillor’s Report.

John Sankey: Bray Construction is building the pedestrian bridge over the Airport Parkway. It is waiting for warmer weather to pour the upper portion.

Christine Johnson: Reported on the newsletter Hunt Club: Our Community. She is looking for a sponsorship co-ordinator. The next issue will be in September. Issie Berish has been very busy but the April issue should be delivered soon.

Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report. The expense of printing and distributing the April issue was $608. The income received from sponsorships was $600. This difference is well within expectations.

Christine Johnson: The Federation of Citizens Associations made a presentation to the City’s Official Plan Review. Here is a quote:

While the City has committed to a number of Community Design Plans like the proposed Centretown CDP being discussed today many residents feel there should be a principled statement on community character built into the Official Plan for every community in the City.  People want the City to recognize their communities for their distinctive values and needs

Old Ottawa South did a survey – should we do a survey? Here are some ideas:

• what is great about Hunt Club
• what are three key trends that you see
• what would make Hunt Club better
• what resources do we have
• what are the barriers

John Sankey: 20 years ago there was a Neighbourhood Study. The proposed development of the Southern Corridor aroused fierce emotions. The issue remains potentially explosive.
Christine Johnson: Given that it is a generation later from the last survey, it would be appropriate to conduct another one. Our community is evolving both demographically and descriptively (new businesses, airport expansion, foot bridge over the parkway, Sawmill Creek Constructed Wetland project, new Wisteria community, etc.); these changes are impacting perceptions, perspectives and visions for our community. It would be timely to hear again from community members.

John Sankey: Sent out an email to the directors advising that the Transportation Committee was considering further restrictions on traffic on Bronson Avenue. Nine directors approved the idea that we were against further restrictions. Peter Brimacombe then presented before the Committee.
Peter Brimacombe: Read his presentation:

The HCCO opposes further restrictions on Bronson Avenue.  Bronson Avenue provides our community with access to downtown and to Gatineau.  For the City as a whole it is a crucial north-south arterial route for buses, trucks and cars.  It is vital to the economy of the City as a whole. There simply is no alternative to Bronson Avenue.  30 years ago I lived in Ottawa East off Main Street.  Even then, all the north – south routes through the downtown area were at capacity but there was the realization that these routes were vital to our economy.  Bronson Avenue is an established route, whatever restrictions you put on Bronson Avenue will negatively impact the City as a whole.  There is no way around it.

The LRT tunnel is important to Hunt Club because it allows east-west movement of trains without taking away from north-south capacity.

John Sankey: Presentations at city public meetings can be very intimidating. Last year he was at a city consultation meeting called by a councillor that was so stridently one-sided he felt he would be subject to uncontrolled verbal abuse if he made a presentation on behalf of the HCCO. The clearly organized group opposed measures to improve through traffic on Bronson Avenue north of the Queensway. On the issue before the Committee last week, here are the next steps:

• staff will make changes by delegated authority in the Carleton University area to further separate cycle and vehicle traffic,
• the committee will consider further changes, including at least one additional traffic signal on Bronson, at a later date,
• changes north of the Queensway will be done this year as local residents wish, contrary to what was considered by staff (and the HCCO) to be in the best interests of the city,
• we must expect the pattern in 3. to apply to 2014 work between the Queensway and Carling, and to 2015 work between Carling and Queen Elizabeth Drive.

John Sankey: Passed around maps that he had put on the website and asked for comments: Comments were favourable.
Fred McLennan: The Glebe fought tooth and nail to prevent off ramps from the Airport Parkway onto Hunt Club and Walkley.
Peter Foulger: A pedestrian bridge at Brewer over Bronson Avenue would be the best solution.

Next meeting: Monday May 6 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Christine Johnson
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Marilyn Koch
• Keith Hendricks
• Theresa Hendricks
• Steve Long
• Almeera Ismail, Assistant to the Councillor

John Sankey: Presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Motion: To approve the February minutes. Moved by Christine Johnson, seconded by Steve Long, carried.

Almeera Ismail: Presented the Councillor’s Report.

Christine Johnson: Presented an update on the newsletter Hunt Club Our Community. A draft of the April edition is ready. She asked for volunteers to distribute the newsletter in Wisteria. There are 164 households and the newsletter is sent out four times a year. Steve Long said he would help.

Motion: To approve an approximate cost of $630 to print the newsletter. $600 to be offset by sponsorships. Moved by Christine Johnson, seconded by Marilyn Koch, carried.

Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report. The expense of printing the quarterly newsletter is roughly $630 of which $600 is matched by income from sponsorships.

Christine Johnson: The Federation of Citizens Associations has put forward four points on the Official Plan:

• better transparency and accountability in the planning process
• affordable, sustainable development in a healthy, natural environment
• early community engagement in the planning process as an equal stakeholder
• ensuring future development of an area is in the best interest of the community as a whole

Spot rezoning remains a big problem. Most communities do not have a neighbourhood plan.
Old Ottawa South is doing a survey on what is the consensual vision for the community.

John Sankey: There are three shifts in population that affect development in Ottawa: shift to single parent families; shift to urban areas from rural; and shift in immigration to Muslim and Asian instead of European, John Ibbitson has chronicled this change.
Peter Brimacombe: The Southern Corridor is the largest vacant section of land in Ottawa apart from the Central Experimental Farm. Talk of higher densities and better energy efficiency has to include the Southern Corridor. It has to be and will be developed.
Christine Johnson: Ottawa is a hodge podge. There is no consensual vision.
John Sankey: Ottawa is a collection of different cities that have grown into each other. The OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) favours developers. It is killing us.

John Sankey: Including Wisteria, there are eight parks in our boundaries. Three have been adopted: the HCCO has adopted Paul Landry Park; John Sankey has adopted Uplands Park; and Liz Russell has adopted Owl Park.
The minimum requirement to adopt a park is to do a clean-up in the spring and the fall. Riverwood Park in Quintera and Wisteria Park could be adopted by one person. Three parks, McCarthy, Cahill and Riverside-Uplands, would be too big a project for one person.
There are two separate programs to protect the rivers and streams in the City. Stream Watch is a City program which uses City resources to clean up and protect the streams. The Constructed Wetlands just to the east of the Airport Parkway is an example of a City program. The other program is Adopt a Stream which is run by the Rideau Valley Conservation Program. Christine Johnson wants to take care of Sawmill Creek between Dazé and Hunt Club but her project is not part of either program.
Theresa Hendricks: How are skating rinks in the parks organized?
John Sankey: There are two ways: the City pays part-time help to prepare and maintain the ice. The skating and hockey rinks at Owl and McCarthy Park are maintained in this way; unpaid volunteers prepare and maintain the ice. The skating rink at Uplands Park is maintained in this way. A City 1-1/2 inch water pipe is used at Owl and McCarthy, a neighbour’s 1/2 inch outdoor tap is used at Uplands. Household hoses are inadequate for any but the smallest puddle rink.

Next meeting: Monday April 8 at 19:00

Attendees:

• John Sankey, President
• Peter Foulger, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle
• Christine Johnson
• Sylva Baroody
• Nichole Hoover, Assistant to the Councillor
• Lesley LeMarquand
• Marc Rivard
• Aija Auzina
• Steve Long
• Abbas Mokabbery
• Keith Hendricks
• Theresa Hendricks
• Andrea Fowler
• Crystal Karam
• Bob Andrews

John Sankey: Presented the agenda and asked for approval.

Christine Johnson: Introduced people from Wisteria. Wisteria is south of Hunt Club and is not part of River Ward.

Motion: Given that the neighbourhood known as Wisteria Community bounded by Hunt Club Rd to the north, Uplands to the east, the airbase to the south and the DND woods to the west, shares the same roadways, traffic concerns, community centre, shopping facilities, service providers, schools and green spaces as the rest of our Hunt Club Community and Given that a representative number of residents from Wisteria Community have indicated interest in joining our HCCO and Given that the Wisteria neighbourhood is the most recently built housing development off of Hunt Club and adjacent to Paul Anka Drive that the HCCO officially welcomes the Wisteria Community into its organization and adjusts its boundaries accordingly to reflect this extension of our Hunt Club Community. Moved by Christine Johnson, Andrea Fowler, carried.
John Sankey: Welcomed the people from Wisteria and described the role of the Hunt Club Community Organization. It is concerned about issues that impact our area, its goal is to make this a better place to live.

Motion: To appoint Steve Long and Keith Hendricks as directors to the Hunt Club Community Organization. Moved by John Sankey, seconded by Peter Foulger, carried.

Nichole Hoover: She has a response to the question: what options do we have to restrict left-hand turns from the T & T parking lot onto Hunt Club Road. Response:
Available traffic counts for the intersections of Hunt Club Road at 225 m east of Riverside Drive (T & T access). These counts indicate that the left turning volumes during peak period from the T&T site are very minor and contribute minimally, if at all, to any traffic flow issues in the corridor. The east-west traffic and other turning volumes at the Riverside Drive and Prince of Wales Drive intersections are such that significant delays are experienced, resulting in significant queues throughout the area.
In conversation with staff at Signals it was indicated that the queues currently experienced along Hunt Club Road through the T&T access would occur even if the access did not exist. As a result of the signal timing plans put into place through this corridor no direct impacts resulting from the T&T access have been identified.
In consideration of the above, especially that impacts relating to left turns from the site onto Hunt Club Road  are minimal at this time the Department is not in a position to recommend removal of the left turns during peak periods.

John Sankey: In the new Traffic Plan three arterial roads have been downgraded. As well as maintaining their role as arterial roads they now have equal priority to providing access to adjoining properties. Walkley Road is one of the arterial roads. In addition, the new Traffic Plan promotes access to pedestrians and cyclists on all arterial roads. This runs counter to our recommendations. The role of arterials such as Bronson Avenue should be to move through traffic, where traffic is understood to be cars and trucks. It is impossible to provide efficient access to traffic while at the same time making cycling pleasant and safe. In the case of Bronson Avenue, there are two low volume streets that run parallel to it – Percy and Lyon. They should be the cycling routes.

Aija Auzina: She is interested in reducing greenhouse gases and global warming. Something should be done at the municipal level.
John Sankey: The average temperature in Ottawa has risen but 60% of the increase is due to the heat created by activities in the City itself. Heating and cooling buildings give off heat. Driving vehicles gives off heat. Improving the insulation in buildings and improving the efficiency of appliances such as refrigerators can reduce the heat given off.

Gisèle Loiselle: Many drivers fail to make proper turns. They don’t keep to their lanes and they don’t signal.

Motion: To approve the January minutes. Moved by Christine Johnson, seconded by Sylva Baroody, carried.

John Sankey: At the last meeting we discussed our membership fees. Issie Berish surveyed other community associations in Ottawa and the average is $10.
Gisèle Loiselle: Leave it at $3.
Christine Johnson: $10 is not a lot to ask. If someone cannot afford it then they contribute in some other way.
Peter Brimacombe: In the late 1970’s, Ottawa East was under tremendous pressure from plans to expand the road network. As a group we met three or four nights a week. We organized presentations at City Hall and prepared briefs to the Ontario Municipal Board. Donations of $20 were common. They helped to pay for signs, typing and courier services. $10 is a minimum.
Aija Auzina: $3 is not a serious commitment.
Lesley LeMarquand: $10 is not a big commitment.

Motion: To raise the membership fee to $10.00 effective August 1, 2013. Moved by Peter Brimacombe, seconded by Gisèle Loiselle.
There was a general discussion on the motion.
Vote on motion: carried.

Christine Johnson: Presented an update on the newsletter Hunt Club My Community. Articles are ready for the April edition which should be ready March 25. There are spots in the newsletter for six sponsors, four have already signed up for the April edition: T&T, Shawarma Planet, Tire Changers and Royal LePage.

Peter Foulger: Presented the Treasurer’s Report. Alan Asselstine the former Treasurer has forwarded an electronic summary of previous transactions for the period 2005 to the present. He will turn over the paper copies for the period 1990 to 2005. TD Canada Trust at the T&T plaza holds our account. It charges a fee of $1.95 a month. In addition the Alterna Bank holds a term account of $8,615.00.

Christine Johnson: The Federation of Citizens Association met on 10 January 2013. People at the meeting are committed and engaged. The number one issue is to update the zoning bylaw so that there is not a constant stream of zoning amendments.
Peter Foulger: The Zoning Committee is really the Re-zoning Committee.
Christine Johnson: We are the heart of the City. We are centrally located north of the new sub-divisions in River Road south and south of the older developed areas.
Peter Brimacombe: The Southern Corridor runs across our territory, it follows the railway line. Apart from the Central Experimental Farm, it is the largest undeveloped parcel of land in the City. That it be developed is natural and inevitable.
John Sankey: The western half of the Southern Corridor holds no special value in terms of bio-diversity.

Christine Johnson: There is a proposal to build four commercial buildings at 700 Hunt Club. She would like to ask four questions: there is currently a sign advertising that 28 new townhouses will be built on the site, is this still the case? one of the commercial buildings will be a fast food outlet. Which one? all the affected homeowners were not notified. Why not? the site plan calls for Hunt Club Rd to be widened. Where would it be widened?

Motion: To delegate Christine Johnson to forward questions regarding the site plan proposed for 700 Hunt Club Road to the City on behalf of the HCCO. Moved by Peter Foulger, seconded by Peter Brimacombe, carried.

Next meeting: Monday March 4, 2013 at 19:00