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Saturday, 23 May 2009 - An updating note from Cumberland resident Tamara Belle-Isle
Clear cutting of trees east of Cardinal Creek...
investigated by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - people from the area are angry
Cumberland residents fight urban boundary expansion
'It's a bad practice developers should think twice about doing'
Councillors consider a bylaw to put an end to clearcutting just outside city's urban boundary
Homebuilder makes case to expand east urban community
Cumberland residents upset over proposed expansion of urban boundary
Residents slam urban boundary expansion
To find more stories about the
Cumberland Village please
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Here are some related
stories to the
Urban Boundary Expansion:
(You can click on the links)
Tuesday protest to call for
end of city sprawl
(Citizen - May 11, 2009)
Ottawa's official plan
update underway
(Citizen - May 11, 2009)
Urban-suburban split heats up
over land use
Coalition for a Sustainable
Ottawa makes debut with rally
(Citizen - May, 12, 2009)
Urban expansion highlights
infrastructure deficiencies
(Public delegations begin for Official Plan review - May 14, 2009, Orleans Star)
Groups protest urban
boundary expansion
( Urban growth unsustainable, residents charge - May 15, 2009, Orleans Star)
Drawing the line on urban expansion
("It's not enough to limit where we build, we have to look at what we build, too" - By Randall Denley
Citizen - May 17, 2009)
Hello Everyone,
Today's Ottawa Citizen (Saturday, May 23, 2009) has an article regarding the trees cut in Cumberland. You can find it by clicking here.
To date about 50 residents have written letters to City Councillors declaring their opposition to the urban boundary expansion into Cumberland.
Ten residents spoke to city council on May 12 to explain why this expansion should not be approved.
A petition with over 400 names was submitted on May 12.
City Councillors will debate the issue on Tuesday May 26 and will vote in the next couple of weeks.
This is our last chance to persuade those Councillors that may be undecided or may not fully realize the implications of their decision.
Lack of adequate transportation, enormous cost to the city for development in outlying areas and the loss of rural land and woodlands are some of the many valid reasons to oppose this expansion of the urban boundary into Cumberland.
Please, write a brief e-mail to the Councillors or a letter to the editor of the Citizen to keep this issue in the forefront.
Tamara
Here is a list of E-mails for members of the Joint Rural Affairs and Planning and Environment Committee
Peter.Hume@ottawa.ca
rob.jellett@ottawa.ca
Peggy.Feltmate@ottawa.ca
Doug.Thompson@ottawa.ca
Glenn.Brooks@ottawa.ca
Eli.El-Chantiry@ottawa.ca
Jan.Harder@ottawa.ca
Bob.Monette@ottawa.ca
Jacques.Legendre@ottawa.ca
Gord.Hunter@ottawa.ca
Clive.Doucet@ottawa.ca
Michel.Bellemare@ottawa.ca
Steve.Desroches@ottawa.ca
Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca
diane.holmes@ottawa.ca
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The Ottawa Citizen is reporting that Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources officers are investigating the clearcutting of a forest just outside Ottawa's eastern development zone after roughly 50 hectares of established forest was razed.
The area is part of the urban boundary extension that has been slammed by local residents,
organized by the Cumberland Village Community Association. More...
(SEE related story next...)
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Background: The City of Ottawa is considering changes to the urban boundary which in
Cumberland represents seven areas totalling 337 gross hectares located on both sides of Old
Montreal Road, east of Trim Road, between Cardinal Creek and Ted Kelly and Frank KennyRoad and as far as Wilhaven
Road:
(Photo by Etienne Ranger, Courtesy EastOttawa.ca)
On Tuesday, April 14, close to 300 people crowded into the Lions Hall in Cumberland Village to attend a public
meeting on the urban boundary extension, organized by the Cumberland Village Community Association. Most of those
attending were against the expansion. We have two stories
and more information. Click here.
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Councillor Rob Jellett represents Cumberland ward and chairs city council's rural-affairs committee, and Councillor Peter Hume represents Alta Vista and chairs the planning and environment committee. Both say in many cases recent and past, it's clear trees have been cut because landowners think without them the chances of land being approved for development by city council are better, or they are trying to avoid conservation rules and designations later in the municipal planning process.
"They do it because they think it betters the chance of getting to do what they want," Hume said. "It's a bad practice that developers should think twice about doing.
"It's creating a serious image problem for the development industry and the city. The city looks totally ineffective and powerless, and the development industry looks crude." More...
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Representatives from Tamarack Homes and the Taggart Group of Companies faced members of the community during a public meeting Monday night to explain why they want the city to expand the east urban boundary and allow them to go ahead with plans for a massive subdivision that will eventually grow to 4,500 homes over the next 15 years.
Close to 80 concerned residents sat through the presentation, including representatives from both the
Cumberland Village Community Association and the Cardinal Creek Community Association which are opposed to the
development.Ted Phillips (Photo-Meikle) from Tamarack Homes made a thorough presentation of the company's plans which call for 4,500 homes to be built over the next 10 to 15 years in the area bordered by Innes Road to the south, Cardinal Creek to the west, the Ottawa River to the north and Ted Kelly Lane and Frank Kenny Rd. to the east.
During his presentation, Phillips tried to dispel the fear that the 4,500 homes would be built overnight. The reality is that Tamarack would likely build between 150 and 250 homes a year, depending on demand, with a probable peak of 400 homes a year. More...
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More than 200 residents packed the Lions Maple Hall in Cumberland Village last night to find out more about the proposed expansion of the east urban boundary beyond Trim Road.
The standing room only crowd heard city planner Leslie Patterson (standing left in photo) explain that the city is considering increasing the amount of vacant land available for development by 850 hectares, which would give it a large enough surplus to meet the it's needs for the next 22 years.
But to do so will require expanding the city's urban boundary. Staff is currently assessing 11 different possible locations where expansion can take place. The total size of the areas is 2,000 gross hectares
One of the locations being considered is an area bordered by Cardinal Creek in the west, Old Montreal Road in the north, Ted Kelly Lane and Frank Kenney Road in the east and Innes Road in the south. (To continue the story, click here.)
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With the city's urban boundary up for review, dozens of rural residents came out to protest a
proposed expansion into the east end at a packed meeting earlier
this week.Though there are two areas in the east end up for inclusion in the revised urban boundary as part of the city's mandated, five-year Official Plan review, it's the section east of Cardinal Creek in Cumberland Ward – 337 gross hectares of general rural area land – that has raised the ire of residents. While concerns voiced at the meeting ranged from overburdened infrastructure to crowded roads to destruction of rural culture, the core issue was the potential future creation of an "Orléans-type" subdivision there.
"This represents about 28 per cent of the total (being considered for urban boundary extension) for the entire city of Ottawa," said Tamara Belle-Isle, the CVCA's city liaison and community development coordinator. "It looks like nothing to city councillors, but to us, we might recognize it as a beautiful stretch of land."
Her concerns lay with a preliminary proposal for a portion of the property put forward by Tamarack Homes at a March 31 city committee meeting, which she said calls for more than 4,000 homes and an additional 12,500 residents. (Click here to continue this story)
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