June 10, 2011 - Glebe Report

BANK STREET
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Bank Street Construction
Bus Detour Map
From June 6, for at least two weeks, southbound buses will use Fourth Avenue.
Bank Street Reconstruction
PUBLIC MEETING
Monday, June 13, 7-8:30 p.m.
Glebe Community Centre
175 Third Avenue
(corner of Third Avenue and Lyon Street)
Hosts
Councillor David Chernushenko
and City of Ottawa
Residents and merchants
will learn more about the project and give feedback.
Everyone in the community is welcome.
GCA update
on Bank Street reconstruction
by Catherine Waters
The reconstruction of Bank Street
in the Glebe started on May 24
and the detours of buses and traffic
were put into action. While some
access remains south of Fifth Avenue,
the majority of Bank Street is
now closed to all traffic. The Bank
Street Reconstruction project is due
to continue until mid-November,
when all the underground work is
scheduled for completion. Streetscaping
will take place in spring of
2012.
The GCA and the BIA continue to
meet regularly with the city and the
contractors to ensure that, as much
as possible, we are able to function
normally in the neighbourhood. The
Bank Street Reconstruction Advisory
Committee (BRAC) meets biweekly,
chaired by Councillor Chernushenko,
to discuss the ongoing
construction work and to plan for the
streetscaping design. In addition, the
BIA block captains and GCA area
reps meet with the project manager
and contractor team every week to
deal with specific issues taking place
that week.
During the first few weeks of the
construction, the focus for the GCA
has been on the safety precautions
taken for the detour routes in the
Glebe, in particular Holmwood and
Fifth avenues and O’Connor Street.
Crossing guards (including the police)
are in place to ensure that children
going to and leaving school are
NCC ROAD CLOSURES
safe, a radar speed sign on lower
O’Connor warns drivers of their
speed as they pass the park and fences
have been erected.
The GCA has pressed the city to
provide as much timely information
as possible to residents close to
Bank Street about the construction
work and the movement of heavy
vehicles, as well as the disruption of
water services for overnight work.
For residents with street parking
permits who are unable to find parking,
Lansdowne Park is available for
free parking with certain conditions.
Residents who have questions about
this parking should contact the City
of Ottawa on 3-1-1.
The GCA will be monitoring the
construction work throughout the
summer and will present the concerns
and questions of residents to
the city through the BRAC and the
weekly construction meetings. To
raise concerns and ask questions,
residents should call the City of Ottawa’s
main contact line 3-1-1 or e-
mail311@ottawa.ca. For residents
who wish to contact the GCA or their
area rep. please email: bankstreet@
glebeca.ca. For more information,
you can visit the GCA website:
www.glebeca.ca, with a link to the
City of Ottawa website and Councillor
Chernushenko’s website: www.
capitalward.ca.
Catherine Waters is chair of the
GCA Bank Street Reconstruction
Committee.
EVENT NAME EVENT TYPE EVENT LOCATION START END
Sunday
Bikedays
Underwear Affair
TELUS
Walk to Cure
Diabetes
Walmart Children’s
Miracle Network
Heel ‘n
Wheel-a-thon (SBD)
Festival
Franco-Ontarien
Parkway
Closure
Large Scale
Small Scale
Small Scale
Small Scale
JUNE 2011
CBD, ORP
& Rockcliffe Pkwy
CBD between HBR and
Pretoria Bridge
Rideau Canal Pathways,
Experimental Farm
Confed / QED and CBD
between Confederation
and Pretoria Bridge
During SBD
CBD/Anniversary Park
May 22 Sept. 4
June 11 June 11
June 12 June 12
June 11 June 12
June 12 June 12
Major Scale QED/Festival Plaza June 14 June 21
AUGUST 2011
RONA MS Bike Tour Small Scale CBD and HBD Aug. 6 Aug. 7
ANCOP Walk Small Scale CBD and QED Aug. 13 Aug. 13
Fresenius Alive to
Strive (SBD)
Tribute to
Veterans Ride
Small Scale
CBD from Hog’s Back
to Pretoria Bridge
Aug. 14 Aug. 14
Small Scale IPD – ORP – QED Aug. 27 Aug. 27
SEPTEMBER 2011
Canadian
Triathlon
Parkway use CBD Sept. 3 Sept. 3
Army Run Large scale CBD and QED Sept. 16 Sept. 18
Terry Fox Run Large scale CBD Sept. 16 Sept. 19
Hike for CHEO Pathway
CBD between Hogs Back
and Bank Street
Sept. 25 Sept. 25
CBD: Colonel By Drive, ORP: Ottawa River Parkway, HBR: Hog’s Back Road
QED: Queen Elizabeth Driveway, IPD: Island Park Drive
SBD: Sunday Bike Day
GCA
Great response to GCA
membership campaign
by Elizabeth Ballard
Plan to attend the GCA’s Annual General Meeting, 7:30 p.m. June 14 at the
GCC to listen, give some input or join one of the committees. Below, you will
find a quick update on what your community association has been doing and
what’s happening this summer.
Membership
We’ve finished the GCA’s May membership drive with a great response but
if you were missed and wish to join, you can do so at the GCA’s AGM June 14,
or at the desk at the Glebe Community Centre.
Heritage Committee
At the time of writing, the City of Ottawa staff recommendation for the proposed
Clemow Estates East Heritage Conservation District is slated to be presented
to the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee (OBHAC) June 16,
Planning Committee June 21 and city council July 13. Public representations
are invited at the meetings on June 16 and June 21. Any changes to these dates
will be posted on the GCA website. The revised district study and plan can be
found on the GCA site under heritage activities.
Appeal to the OMB on Rezoning of Lansdowne Park
Concerned about the cost of carrying the OMB appeal to a hearing phase, the
GCA, like the Old Ottawa South Community Association (OSCA), negotiated
a settlement with the city and OSEG. Terms of the agreement are posted on the
website.
The GCA/OSCA settlement is hardly satisfactory, but it amended the zoning
to protect the park area as “open space,” reduced building heights, assured a
small public space in the vicinity of the Sylvia Holden Park corner and guaranteed
an opportunity to consult on traffic management (see Traffic Committee
below).
The city also agreed to fund up to $30,000, shared by the GCA and OSCA,
to mitigate the reconstruction of Bank Street and the planned Lansdowne development,
with the city manager authorizing all expenditures. Once specific
uses of that fund are proposed and authorized they will be announced.
Traffic Committee
GCA, OSCA and Holmwood representatives will be meeting with the city
and traffic management consultants to reduce the impact of increased day to
day traffic that the Lansdowne Park mixed-use development would bring to the
community every year and the additional traffic and parking demands posed by
stadium events.
Environment Committee
You may want to be inspired by the GCA’s declaration of a pesticide free
Glebe on the website and use the website to review the range of issues on the
Environment Committee’s agenda, including promoting sustainable technologies
to graffiti to involvement with the mid-town bridge planning.
Northeast Glebe Parks Committee
A positive community consultation in April persuaded the GCA to ask that
the city undertake technical feasibility reviews of two tot play area sites: one in
the woodsy southwest corner of Central Park, the other at Elgin Street and the
traffic island near Pretoria Bridge. Both sites would expand the Glebe’s limited
useable parkland. Passers-by will notice that a volunteer-crew cleaned up the
southern slope and southwest corner of Central Park East to improve safety and
security in the park area.
As the pressure of intensification continues, the GCA continues to work to
preserve Central Park’s 99-year heritage as a natural, pastoral oasis of green
within our urban environment. Discussions about a belvedere and a power
kiosk are ongoing and your input is welcomed at the AGM or by writing to
neglebeparks@glebeca.ca.
Education Committee
The Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) has established a
working group with representatives from local schools and community associations
to identify solutions to address the accommodation challenges some of
our schools are experiencing. The GCA Education Committee is participating
in the working group to contribute a community perspective to the process. A
link to the OCDSB webpage can be found on our website (www.glebeca.ca).
If you have innovative ways to approach this complex issue or want to express
a community perspective, please email: education@glebeca.ca and plan
to attend the public meeting June 22 at Lisgar High School.
Great Glebe Garage Sale
Even with the Bank Street reconstruction going on, people came out and had
fun looking for deals and sharing their finds with friends and strangers. The
25 th anniversary for the GGGS has been a great fundraiser for the Ottawa Food
Bank (OFB) through donations from buyers and vendors, plus store merchants
along Bank Street. We’ll have the grand total of the OFB collection in the
August Glebe Report issue. Thank you to all who participated, played music,
danced, face painted and made hotdogs for the masses. Cheers to all!
Bank Street Reconstruction
Call 311 or email 311@ottawa.ca if you have concerns about the reconstruction.
And remember to support your local Bank Street merchants during the
reconstruction.
Elizabeth Ballard is vice president of the GCA Board and has written this
update in consultation with other GCA team members.
gca@glebeca.ca
www.glebeca.ca
Facebook group:
Glebe Community Association
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What if the
characters
in a vampire
novel left
their world—
and came into
yours?
Find out on
Friday, June 10th at 7pm
as we launch
Allison Van Diepen's
The Vampire Stalker.
Cake, wine
(and other refreshments
for the under 19 crowd)
and vampires –
a perfect Friday night!
Allison will do a reading and
there will be some time
for Q and A.
1018 Bank St.
(across from
Lansdowne Park)
613.232.7406
www.kaleidoscopekidsbooks.ca