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19 June 2024

🔥 Fire Ban

  • To no one’s surprise, the City has instituted a ban on open air fires until further notice. This includes those who have existing fire permits. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

🏘️ Sprawl

  • Two dozen home owners in Eastboro cannot move into their new builds because of a standoff between the developer and the City. The hitch is the storm sewer – developers are normally required to pay for the bits that service a new project but can be reimbursed for anything that improves the sewer system for those outside the community. The developer says it has done $19 million of community improvements, the City says it has done $4 million. Until it is worked out, no one can move in. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen)

    ➕Related Capital ward councillor Shawn Menard is worried that the City will be on the hook for millions on the Tewin development as the developers will only be paying for their part of the infrastructure.

♻️ Landfill

  • The Environment and Climate Change Committee has approved the solid waste master plan, which it hopes will extend the life of the Trail Waste Facility landfill to 30 years from the expected 15. The plan mostly involves diversion: recycling items, diverting food waste into compost, and reducing materials. City Council will approve or disapprove the plan next week. (Natasha O’Neill at CityNews) (The Master Plan)

⚓ Heritage Neighbourhoods

  • The Built Heritage Committee is looking into declaring three Ottawa neighbourhoods as historic. Studies will move ahead on the Golden Triangle; Dundonald Park on Somerset Street with surrounding blocks; and Bank Street  from Albert Street to Gloucester Street. After that, the committee wants studies on Beaverbook in Kanata; Macdonald Gardens in Lowertown East; Wellington Street West in Hintonburg; and Island Park Drive from the Kitchi Zibi Mikan parkway to the Central Experimental Farm. (Joanne Laucius in the Ottawa Citizen)

🏒 The Sens

  • The Ottawa Senators will play a preseason match against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the small town of Elliot Lake, midway between the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. Elliot Lake was selected as the 2024 winner of the Kraft Hockeyville pageant, which grants a $250,000 upgrade to the arena and $10,000 worth of youth hockey equipment. The game is September 29 at Centennial Arena.  (National Hockey League Player’s Association)