Featuring The Flowers of Canada art exhibit by Mary Margaret Land
Speaker: Ken Farr, Canadian Forest Service
Tuesday September 26, 2017
Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
7 p.m. Art Exhibit and Nature Expo
8 p.m. Opening remarks and Presentation
Admission is free and will be on a first come, first served basis.
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| A call for nominations for the 2017 Immigrant
Entrepreneur Awards is out there! As the name of the award suggests, the City is looking for nominees who embody the entrepreneurial spirit! Do you know an immigrant to Canada who deserves to be recognized for their contributions to the Ottawa economy? The deadline for nominations is September 27, 2017. Visit the award page on ottawa.ca for more information, or email Matt Eason, Economic Development Officer, at matt.eason@ottawa.ca |
 Be there when decisions are made!
For upcoming Council and Standing Committee meetings use
e-Agenda, you can search meeting materials, see voting records, browse the OpenData catalogue, or listen to or view standing committee audiocasts and webcasts.
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 Monday, September 25
Alexander Community Centre, 960 Silver Street
6:30 to 9 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m.
The new location for the Civic Hospital Campus, known as The Sir John Carling site at 930 Carling Avenue and 520 Preston Street, requires an amendment to the City of Ottawa's Official Plan and Zoning By-law. To find out more, attend this information session and have your say on the changes. City and Hospital staff will be there to answer your questions.
Visit ottawa.ca/newhospital to see the proposed land use and zoning changes. Send your comments to sean.moore@ottawa.ca.
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The City of Ottawa is developing a new by-law to regulate site alteration. The Municipal Act defines site alteration to mean the clearing and grading of land, including the removal of topsoil and the dumping of fill. Staff expect to present the Site Alteration By-law to the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee, Planning Committee and Council either late 2017 or early 2018.
Please provide your feedback on the draft Site Alteration By-law to Amy MacPherson before Monday, September 25
The Site Alteration By-law is intended to:
- Prevent drainage problems
- Protect the productivity of soils in designated Agricultural Resource Areas
- Protect designated natural areas and other identified natural heritage features (such as significant woodlands and valleylands) from negative impacts
- Reduce the risk of root damage to City-owned trees or other trees protected under the City's tree by-laws
- Establish basic rules for how site alteration is done, to avoid impacts to neighbours and the environment
- Where site alterations are undertaken that are not in keeping with the rules, the by-law would provide the ability for the City to require corrective actions
In most cases, residents would not need to obtain the City's approval before beginning site alteration, however, residents need to follow the rules in the by-law.
For more information, visit ottawa.ca/sitealteration |
 The City of Ottawa has launched its Ready for Rail information and education campaign to equip all customers with the information they need to take their journey on the new O-Train Confederation
Line in 2018.
To ensure that all customers have a smooth transition to the new multimodal transit system, the Ready for Rail information, communications and marketing campaign offers a range of information on topics, including routes and stations, ticket machines and customer help points, accessibility and safety features, and frequency of service. Our goal is to make sure that all customers are familiar with the new system features and that they are ready for their new journey in 2018 on the O-Train Confederation Line.
For more information on getting Ready for Rail, please visit www.octranspo.com/ready4rail.
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