Glebe Report

GCA
A new rider in the GCA saddle
By JIM MC
CARTHY
Readers may have noticed
the absence of Rob Quinn's
smiling visage at the top
of this column. After two
years in the saddle, he has
finally managed to pass
the reins of office to
another marginally willing
victim.
The occasion for this
handover was the GCA's Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
an May 14. This meeting
was highlighted by statements
from two declared mayoralty
candidates, and the opportunity
to question them on
their views on a variety of
issues.
The new slate of GCA Directors
coming out of this
year's AGM can be found
elsewhere in this issue.
One feature of this slate
is the addition of a second
director to represent
business interests, consistent
with the renewal surge of
interest in our business
community.
In last month's column
and at the AGM, Rob and I
mentioned the contributions
of retiring directors, particularly
Don Ray, our longterm
expert on Lansdowne
Business
1985 SLATE OF GCA DIRECTORS
President
Jim McCarthy
Vice-President
Eric Meek
Vice-President
Ratna Ray
Past President
Rob Quinn
Secretary
Linda Thorne
Treasurer
Harold Jones
Membership Coordinator Michel Biais
Membership Assistant Geoff Davidson
Publicity Coordinator Barbara Liddy
Committee Chairmen
Education
Heritage
Lansdowne Park
Neighbourhood Plng.
Recreation
Social Planning
Tenants
Traffic
June 14, 1985, GLEBE REPORT - 8
matters. I shall limit
further tributes to an expression
of thanks and appreciation
to Rob Quinn.
My predecessor has bequeathed
me an organization that is
in excellent shape in terms
of its membership, its administrative
efficiency,
its ability to react to new
situations and issues, and
the respect in which we
are held by the various
bodies and groups which
act on and within our neighbourhood
(e.g. the City,
Region, developers, business
community, etc).
Those of us who have worked
with Rob know how much
this state of affairs is
due to Rob's personal
efforts. His is quite an
act to follow, and he has
left me a substantial
agenda. Now to business:
Annual report
Elsewhere in this issue
is a page devoted to the
GCA's Annual Report, which
was delivered and approved
at the Annual General
Meeting.
Myrna Fenton
'Ernie Saar
Beatrice Raffoul
Richard Raycraft
Chris Leggett
Wayne Kauk
Don Finless
Brian Jonah
Bill Lippman
Roger Short
Business group
The Glebe Business Group
232-7688
232-8765
235-7188
235-5179
232-9028
234-2665
235-3982
235-0397
236-2443
(bus) 234-6572
(bus) 232-7407
237-3115
237-0857
232-6069
234-6666
236-2299
235-6149
234-1371
Area Directors
Zone 1 Martha Quann 232-5433
Dow's Lake Ursula Mount 237-0081
Zone 2 Wendy Sailman 233-8007
Southwest George Papadas 230-1861
Zone 3 Joan Miller 233-5640
Midwest Joan Over 233-2054
Zone 4 Marilyn Marshall 233-0397
Northwest Loretta Mahoney 234-9863
Zone 5 Renate Mohr 235-8703
Southeast Ann Shefflin 236-6547
Zone 6 Pat Kealey 233-6868
Northeast Allison MacPhail 234-2084
(GBG) held its first
Common sense, aided by
General-and-dinner meeting scores of letters from
at Benny Lo's on May 6. Glebe and Ottawa South resi-
Expertly chaired by Judy dents, has prevailed. City
Richards of Davidson's Council on May 16 reversed
Jewellers, the membership its earlier decision to
reviewed issues related to allow Lansdowne to be used
parking, joint advertising, for an Autocross event,
and special events to pro- whose first holding last
mote community spirit. year had caused much noise
Chairmen were selected for and disruption. We hope
committees to deal in
that this latest decision
each of these areas, and will prove to form part of
action is already evident: a trend towards more rathe
Glebe will have "Gone tional and appropriate
National" on CBC TV at
use of Lansdowne Park by
Mid-day, June 6, with a the City. Our contacts
televised Community fitness with the management of the
workout on Bank Street, Annual Ex suggest that
sponsored by the GBG. The common sense continues to
enthusiasm shown by the bus- prevail within the CCEA,
iness community really sug- in terms of its new degests
that their business termination to be a good
group was an idea whose neighbour as long as it
time had come. Membership continues to operate in
at this writing is 87, more the Glebe. General Manager
than half of the number of Don Reid advises us that he
businesses known to be oper- intends to ensure that as
ating in the Glebe. The many supply and equipment
GBG has established a formal trucks as possible will use
structure in which it is an the Bank Street entrance
autonomous GCA division
to the Park during the
operating in close conjunc- Exhibition rather than the
tion with the GCA Board. entrance at Holmwood and
Adelaide Street. By the
time of the next Glebe
Whyte House
Report, preparations for
the Ex and for minimizing
The GCA, working with its negative impacts on our
neighbours in the Broadway- community will be virtually
QE Driveway area has prepared
a brief on this subject
which has been sent
to the NCC and various City
authorities, and in which
our questions and concerns
about the proposal are
summarized: heritage, traf-
fic , drainage, and blockage
of sunlight to surrounding
houses. Contrary
to a recent Citizen article,
the GCA has not yet taken
a position for or against
the development. The City
has now invoked a 90-day
review period which will
allow it to study and prepare
a report on the development
proposal.
The background to this
development has appeared
in previous Glebe Reports and
is updated in our Annual
Report elsewhere in this
issue. The developer,
Mr. Sal Khan, met with the
Directors at our May 28
meeting and offered to
involve the community in
planning for the development
of the land formerly used
for the Second Avenue
Garage parking lot. We
took him up on his offer
and selected a committee
of directors, business
people and other members to
work with him and report
back at the June 25 meeting.
complete. We hope for
continued positive news on
this front.
Till August ....
Si:EPP-KIM
LoDGE,-
174 Glebe Ave.
(4tawa, Ont.
K1S 2C7
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