Jacques Legendre ---- Rideau-Rockcliffe

New Edinburgh News

AVRIL 2006

This project is the continuation of the works started last year involving Lisgar to the Dufferin/Rideau Terrace intersection, and Maple from Springfield to Lisgar. Those works will be finalized this coming season with a final layer of asphalt as well as edge landscaping. The new works on Princess will not start until a second round of consultations with the affected communities has occurred - the first was on February 28th, 2005. Following further discussions between the City and the NCC (representing the interests of the Rideau Hall/Government House federal property) the proposal has evolved somewhat from that presented last year for the Princess component, although the differences are minor in my opinion. Initially, the officer in charge will consult with the respective community associations, and then by means of a general public meeting in April, which I will chair. Details of the meeting will be posted in community centres and on your Rideau-Rockcliffe website.

C.F.B. Rockcliffe – Community Stirrings

The Canada Lands Corporation (CLC), the crown agency that will be charged with proposing new uses for Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe, expects to have legal title to the 336-acre site by May of this year. This follows over ten years of uncertainty concerning this large piece of territory in the capital’s urban core. The size of the site as well as its location in the Nation’s capital mean that a carefully conducted planning exercise will be necessary to ensure that the very best ideas will come forward.

Anticipating the work ahead, a meeting of surrounding community groups was held at the Gloucester North Public Library on Ogilvie Road on Monday February 13th. The convenor, Jane Brammer, President of the Rothwell Heights Property Owners Association, presented a summary of the status of CFB Rockcliffe. Those present were first asked to express their concerns or their hopes for the site. There was much support for the creation of an umbrella community organization, embracing all of the surrounding communities, charged with engaging CLC in the public dialogue to occur over the next years. There was a strong feeling that such a gathering would be in everyone’s best interests. I am strongly supportive of that view and would encourage anyone interested to signal his or her interest. You can do so either through my office or by contacting Gemma Kerr, President of NECA, at necapres@magma.ca .

Jacques Legendre
Councillor, Rideau-Rockcliffe

You can communicate with me at (please include a telephone number):
City of Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 1J1
Tel: 580-2483, Fax: 580-2523
E-mail: jacques.legendre@ottawa.ca
Web Site: www.rideau-rockcliffe.com

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