Agenda: 2025-06-10
OOECA board agenda with links to committee reports for June 10, 2025
Hybrid meeting (in-person, online) – Details at OttawaEast.ca/Events
1. Welcome and land acknowledgement
2. Approval of agenda
- Request from Glenn McInnes for OOECA to support application to City to rename Springhurst Park to Barbara McInnes Park. Consult briefing note with links to email request and biography.
3. Approval of Minutes
4. President’s report – Bob Gordon
5. Treasurer’s report – Don Fugler
- OOECA balance is $21,324.81 (once $500 cheque to Rideau Winter Trail is cashed)
6. Capital Ward Report (ShawnMenard.ca) – Councillor Menard, Hannah Tellier
7. Community Activities Group (OttawaEastCAG.org) report – Lee Jacobs
8. Committee reports (links to submitted reports where applicable)
- Planning – Vacant (Report)
- OOECA second letter of objection to proposed Official Plan Amendments
- Secondary Plan Amendments – City Recommendations (May 2025)
- Secondary Plan Amendments – City Recommendations (April 2025)
- Notice of June 18 Joint PAHC and ARAC meeting discussing OPA PPS 2024 Consistency Amendments including OOESP with links to documents:
https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=d9efda0b-abbb-48a8-b190-4389a654220e&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English&Item=17&Tab=attachments
- Lansdowne – Alexandra Gruca-Macaulay (Report)
- Consult report for Lansdowne 2.0 letters from OOECA Lansdowne Chair and FCA, and financial estimates for Lansdowne 2.0
- Call to Action: June 23 “People’s Committee” – Make your own delegation
- Ottawa Citizen Article quoting Councillor Menard: lansdowne-cost-more-offer-less
- FCA (Federation of Citizens’ Associations) – Ron Rose
- June newsletter shares date of FCA Annual Meeting, June 18, including election of members. Newsletter also includes link to Engage Ottawa to provide feedback on City’s engagement efforts at https://engage.ottawa.ca/engaging-with-you.
- Health and Safety – Georgia Blondon (Report)
- Parks and Greenspace – Vacant
- Email sent to councillor asking Councillor and City to include OOECA and CAG as key partners on Brantwood dock design (and other OOE parks projects) so we can help meaningfully engage our community in discussions to guide planning, final design.
- OOECA request for safety features at Springhurst dock letter drafted. Kristine will circulate to board by email for approval to send to Dan Chénier, Councillor, and Accessibility Advisory Committee who provided recommendations when Parks team sought accessibility exceptions for Springhurst dock at AAC’s May 2023 meeting.
- Main, Greystone, Lees – Peter Tobin (Report)
- Transportation and Infrastructure – Tom Scott
- Membership – Jayson MacLean
- SLOE (Sustainable Living Ottawa East) – Vacant
9. New Business
10. Adjournment
- Monthly board meetings are paused during the summer, resuming September 9.
- Send questions, comments, and feedback to OOECA at Info@OttawaEast.ca.