DÉCLARATIONS D’INTÉRÊT
No
declarations of interest were filed.
Confirmation of minutes
ratification des procès-verbaux
Minutes 15 of Tuesday 19 August 2008
were approved.
«OPEN MIKE» SESSION
TRIBUNE
LIBRE
Richmond Community Design Plan
Doug Arnold provided
written documentation regarding development in the Richmond area.
Moved by B. Webster:
That the written submission provided by Doug
Arnold be included within the minutes of the Rural Issues Advisory Committee
meeting on 16 September 2008.
CARRIED
“As you are aware, Richmond is currently
facing a dramatic increase in new home starts once Mattamy Homes presents its
development proposal to the city planners.
At the moment, Mattamy Homes is participating in Richmond’s review and
renewal of its Community Development Plan (CDP), which city planners are
predicting will take another one to two years to complete. Upon completion of our CDP, it will become
part of the City’s Secondary Plan. Our
Councillor has told us that upon completion of the CDP review, we stand a
better chance of defending our village’s development objectives if an Ontario
Municipal Board (OMB) hearing occurs sometime in the future.
The Village of Manotick’s Secondary Plan
envisioned a steady increase in housing development concurrent with
infrastructure improvements. However,
when Minto submitted a Secondary Plan Amendment for a very rapid increase in
house construction, a city planner approved the request. Subsequently, we have the ludicrous
situation wherein City Council voted down Minto’s amendment and then voted to
fund an oversized wastewater pipe to service Manotick’s core and the Hillside
Garden development. While Minto’s
amendment ‘appear’ is currently before the OMB, the fact that a city planner
approved the Minto amendment and that the city funded an oversized wastewater
pipe to Manotick will likely result in the OMB siding with Minto’s vision of
housing growth in Manotick.
The Ottawa Citizen has reported that
developers have submitted amendments to Westboro’s Secondary Plan on five or
six different occasions. The OMB has
ruled in favour of the developer in each instance. In fact, the city planner didn’t even show up at the most recent
OMB hearing.
In short, it seems to me that Ottawa’s
residents have invested a lot of time and effort developing CDP’s only to see
city planners and city councillors disregard their wishes. Several very active residents of Richmond
Village are in the process of moving out of Richmond because they figure that
some developer, whether it be Mattamy Homes or some other company, are about to
change the character of our village in a matter of months based upon what we
see going on in other parts of the amalgamated City of Ottawa. Is there any reason to believe that there
will be a Village of Manotick or a Village of Richmond in five years or a
Village of Merrickville in 10 – 15 years?
In closing, I would point out that a City
Councillor is on record as saying that there is sufficient land within the
current urban boundaries to last for 17 years at the city’s current rate of
development. Therefore, in view of the
Councillor’s statement, why does city council continue to plan for future
transit and infrastructure development beyond the current urban boundary to the
detriment of villages like Richmond, Manotick, Merrickville, and Burritts
Rapids?
Doug
Arnold, Richmond”
Action: Coordinator to send memo
with Mr. Arnold’s presentation to ARAC members.
ACTION
ITEMS
POINTS D’EXÉCUTION
1. RURAL DIRECTIONAL
SIGNAGE - PHASE 2
SIGNALISATION DIRECTIONNELLE RURALE - ÉTAPE 2
Derrick Moodie, Rural Affairs Officer, advised that
Building Code Services staff intended to present to RIAC tonight; however, they
are currently discussing the above-noted issue with stakeholders and requested
deferral to the next meeting.
Action: Coordinator to include this item on
the next agenda.
2. CHOOSING
OUR FUTURE INITIATIVE
Choisir notre prochaine initiative
Member Warda referred to the meeting schedule that was
forwarded to RIAC regarding the above-noted initiative and advised that most
meetings were scheduled during the day.
Derrick Moodie, Rural Affairs Officer, advised that
staff were looking beyond the Official Plan to try to prepare for an emergency
and set a prevention plan.
Action: RIAC requested that staff
make a presentation at an upcoming meeting.
3. LYNWOOD
TRAILER PARK – LACK OF POTABLE WATER
TERRAIN DE
CARAVANING LYNWOOD – manque d’eau
potable
Member Webster added this item at the request of the
Lynwood residents and introduced Nick Fleming. Mr. Fleming showed photographs of the water, rusty pots and
corroded taps. Medical officials and
lab technicians have stated the water is unfit for drinking and contaminated
before treatment. The typical sodium content in Ottawa water is
18mg per litre; in compassion it is between 1360 to 1800mg per litre at Lynwood
with 1900mg of sulphate. He advised that Lisa McLeod, MPP and Pierre Polievre, MP have
championed the issue.
Derrick Moodie, Rural Affairs Officer, advised that the
former Medical Officer of Health had determined the water is potable.
Discussion occurred on
whether the matter was a provincial or municipal responsibility.
Moved by B. Webster:
WHEREAS it is
recognized that the area known as Lynwood Trailer Park on Yorks Corners Road,
in the former Township of Osgoode, now Ward 20, under the Chairmanship of
Councillor Doug Thompson, has a longstanding (25 years) of not having usable
water supply;
AND WHEREAS all
agencies, provincial government, Ministry of Health, City of Ottawa,
Commissioner of the Environment, Province of Ontario, Ministry of the
Environment and any other agencies which have been contacted with this problem
are in full agreement that the lack of usable water for this area needs and
must be address;
AND WHEREAS the
federal government, in partnership with the Provincial government, has a
funding program (Build Canada Infrastructure), from which the City could
readily access sufficient funding support to rectify this issue;
BE IT THEREFORE
RESOLVED that RIAC wishes to have the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
consider at an earliest opportunity to find a resolution to provisions of
usable drinking water and the Planning and Environment Committee and Legal
Department contribute their best knowledge to the Lynwood Trailer Park and present
a solution to ARAC.
CARRIED
PLAN DE
TRAVAIL DE 2009 ET RAPPORT ANNUEL DE 2008 – FORMATION DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL
INFORMATION ITEMS
INFORMATION
5. VERBAL REPORT FROM THE RURAL AFFAIRS
OFFICE
RAPPORT
VERBAL DU BUREAU DES AFFAIRES RURALES
ByWard Market Business Improvement
Area
Derrick Moodie, Rural Affairs
Officer, informed the Committee that a report would be forthcoming on a
framework that will differentiate between local growers and resellers at the
market.
Action: A presentation will be
provided at the next meeting
Governance
Councillor Brooks suggested RIAC
should consider how local decisions are made and study the possibility of
implementing a burrow system.
Action: A
sub-committee and the issue to be added to the 2009 Workplan.
6. UPDATE FROM
DRAINAGE/WETLANDS SUBCOMMITTEE
RAPPORT DE
MISE À JOUR DU SOUS-COMITÉ SUR LE DRAINAGE / TERRES HUMIDES
Drainage
Member Hale explained some
progress is occurring on the Upper Flowing Creek Municipal Drain and the final
draft of the engineer’s report was delivered on August 29, 2008. Meetings will occur with property owners
with an appeal session. The matter is
expected to rise to Council at the end of the year with construction slated for
2009.
Wetlands
The Ministry of Natural Resources
conducted a new fly over and took pictures.
The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will consider the Goulbourn
Wetlands report on September 25, 2008.
Goulbourn is not unique as other areas are going through the same
process.
Councillor Brooks suggested the
City should keep pressuring the Province.
To that end, he has met with Minister Watson, who is aware of the issue
and concerns.
OTHER BUSINESS
AUTRES QUESTIONS
7. Pedestrian plan study (pac)
Action: Coordinator
will provide information to members on the dates of the meetings.
8. Wedding
business
Vice-Chair Stanley raised concerns with the City expanding civil wedding
services.
Moved by S. Knox:
Whereas the City should not
be competing with private business;
AND Whereas
the City's current proposal to expand their wedding business is outside of it's
core business and will impact small and medium sized business in the rural
areas;
Therefore
be it resolved that the Rural Issues Advisory Committee
does not support the expansion the City's wedding service.
CARRIED
9. list of motions
Action: Coordinator to provide a list of RIAC motions as of January 2007.
ADJOURNMENT
LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE
The Committee adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m.
Committee Coordinator Chair
