The City is seeking feedback on a draft Emergency Management Tool Kit and Response Plan Template to assist community groups in preparing for emergencies. This step-by-step guide is intended to help you and your community learn how to prepare for an emergency. This Tool Kit will: Show you what steps you can take to plan…
In preparing Ottawa’s new Older Adult Plan, the City is looking for your assistance in the selection of bench locations. Approximately 10 to 12 new benches will be installed across the City in 2021 to support older adults requiring additional mobility assistance, and to encourage healthy and active living. Where would you like to see…
The City is developing a Climate Resiliency Strategy to assess how Ottawa is vulnerable to climate change and identify strategies to adapt to future conditions and mitigate the greatest climate risks. Ottawa will become much warmer over the coming decades, with more intense rainfall and more extreme events. This will impact our health and safety,…
A new active transportation project is planned within Kitchissippi Ward, but touches on Bay Ward. I wanted to give Bay Ward residents the opportunity to participate in the online consultation process. Online Consultation: March 29 to April 25, 2021 The project would benefit residents of Bay Ward by improving a cycling route that people will…
Ottawa – The City of Ottawa is holding an online engagement until March 8 to present the Prince of Wales Bridge Environmental Assessment study and proposed options for a new interim multi-use pathway. This link would become an interprovincial active transportation crossing over the Ottawa River, where residents would be able to walk, cycle and…
The City is looking for feedback from residents as it considers a residential Vacant Unit Tax, which would help the City fund more affordable housing. Go to engage.ottawa.ca/VUT to fill out the brief survey – it is quick and easy. The deadline is Wednesday, March 31. The Vacant Unit Tax is a secondary tax to…
The City wants your input Ottawa – The City is gathering opinions and ideas on the City’s first-ever combined Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan (PRFMP), in support of the new Official Plan (OP). You are invited to share your knowledge and experiences to help the City plan for the future of municipal parks, recreation…
The city is looking for your input at Ottawa.ca/NewOP by February 17th, 2020. My message this week covers the City’s Growth Management Strategy and the recent committee decision to include two motions taht would be a major shift of land use for the urban-land expansion. Neither were recommended by City staff who had developed the various options and rated them on suitability for…
The city is looking for your input at Ottawa.ca/NewOP by February 17th, 2020. The City has developed 21 different one-page fact sheets to give people a general sense of the topics the OP will address. During the next couple of months, I will be highlighting these topics in the weekly Bay Ward Bulletin. Click here to view the…