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Rockcliffe
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NOVEMBER 2004 NEWS FROM CITY HALL
Budget – 2005
December 15th will see the tabling of the proposed (draft)
operating and capital 2005 Budget. There will be a public meeting
in this ward in January. Please consult your ward web site (below)
for the time and place. January 24th – 28th, 2005, Committee of
the Whole will listen to public delegations on the draft budget.
This is quite different than previous practice. It means that, in
principle, public delegations will be able to address the entire
Council on any item of interest. February 1st – 4th, 2005, Council
deliberates on the budget.
I hope that Council will have learned the right lessons for this
next budget round. Maybe this new approach will lead to more
rational decisions. As usual, your participation is very
important.
Acacia Update
Works have largely finished for this year. There may yet be some
small adjustments to private entrances for example. Final asphalt
layers and landscaping will wait the spring.
Crime Prevention – A Smarter Way of Investing in a Safer Ottawa
My office has been quite busy over the summer period preparing,
with a panel of prominent citizens, a proposal for Council. As the
title indicates, the proposal advances a strategy that has real
hope of enhancing the safety of our City as well as coming to
grips with our rapidly increasing policing costs. The idea is to
build on proven effective strategies that have been endorsed by
organizations elsewhere in Canada and around the world. I have
left copies of the report at your branch library. It is also
available on your ward web site.
Beechwood Community Design Plan Starts
Some of you may remember that this study will examine how
Beechwood Avenue will redevelop over time. Prior to amalgamation,
control over planning, zoning and design was divided among four
municipalities – Ottawa, Vanier, the Village of Rockcliffe Park
and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. Each had its own
objectives for the street. As it is stated in the OP, “the main
purpose of the community design plan is to translate the
principles and policies of the Official Plan to the community
scale” (Section 2.5.7). The study area extends along Beechwood
from the St. Patrick’s Bridge to Juliana and the Beechwood
Cemetery entrance. The intention is to include the properties
fronting on Beechwood and an adjacent transition area. A web page
on the City’s website will be created. The study should take one
year to complete. Please stay tuned.
Councillor Jacques Legendre
I can be contacted by telephone at 580-2483, by fax at 580-2523 or
by email at
jacques.legendre@ottawa.ca
Visit your web site at
www.rideau-rockcliffe.com
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