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The City of Ottawa’s Forestry Services team is proactively reaching out to request assistance protecting trees in your neighborhood this summer. Trees in your community are likely to be impacted by the Spongy moth (LDD) in 2022.
Spongy moth or Limantra dispar dispar (LDD), formerly known as Gypsy moth, is an invasive forest insect found in Ontario. Recent observations and surveys in the Ottawa area indicate that populations are increasing and that the current outbreak will likely last for two to three years. During severe outbreaks, trees and shrubs may be completely defoliated. Although most trees can produce a new crop of leaves over the summer, repeated defoliation can cause trees to decline. More information on Spongy moth including identification can be found at [Ottawa.ca/spongymoth]Ottawa.ca/spongymoth.
The City of Ottawa is carefully monitoring the progress of the outbreak and has developed a multi-faceted Response Plan for the Spongy moth (LDD). This plan includes monitoring, tree protection, communications, and community outreach.
As part of the 2022 Spongy moth response plan, the City is exploring various outreach activities for community groups to assist with mitigating the impacts.
During its caterpillar stage, Spongy moths feed on the leaves of trees causing defoliation. In June and July, burlap can be installed around tree trunks to form a trap where caterpillars congregate. Frequent disposal of the caterpillars from the trap reduces the number of insects feeding on leaves and helps to protect trees from the infestation.
The City is seeking support from community groups to install burlap on trees in City parks in your area. Participating community groups will receive a bundle of material which includes a roll of burlap (300 ft x 4ft / 92m x 1.2m), twine, and instructions on how to install the burlap and dispose of the caterpillars. Community groups are asked to oversee the installation of the burlap with volunteers or may choose to distribute burlap “kits” for residents to install independently. Currently, the City will not be distributing burlap to individual residents.
More information on how to install the burlap will be distributed to your group electronically and will be available on Ottawa.ca this spring. Guiding information on how to prepare individual burlap kits will also be shared.
Should your group wish to participate in this initiative, you will be asked to provide a point of contact where your burlap bundle will be delivered the week of April 25. The point of contact does not need to be present to receive the burlap kit.
To participate in the program, please complete this request form by Friday, April 8th. Click on the link below. The request form is available in both official languages (see top right corner to change the language of the form).
Burlap Distribution Request Form
If you have any questions, please visit our website or send your inquiry to forestryengagementforestier@ottawa.ca
Thank you for your support in protecting our City’s trees!
Regards,
Forestry Services
Bonjour,
Les Services forestiers de la Ville d’Ottawa communiquent avec votre groupe pour obtenir votre aide afin de protéger les arbres de votre quartier cet été. Les arbres de votre communauté sont susceptibles d’être touchés de façon importante par les spongieuses (Lymantria dispar dispar ou LDD) en 2022.
La spongieuse (LDD), est un insecte forestier envahissant que l’on trouve en Ontario. Selon des observations et des enquêtes récentes dans la région d’Ottawa, sa population est en croissance et l’on s’attend à ce que le phénomène d’éclosion actuel dure de deux à trois ans. Dans les situations d’éclosion graves, les arbres et les arbustes peuvent être complètement défoliés. Bien que la plupart des arbres puissent produire de nouvelles feuilles au cours de l’été, une défoliation répétée peut causer le déclin des arbres. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur la spongieuse, y compris les façons de l’identifier, veuillez visiter la page suivante : [www.ottawa.ca/spongieuse]www.ottawa.ca/spongieuse.
La Ville d’Ottawa surveille de près l’évolution de l’éclosion et a élaboré un plan d’intervention à multiples facettes contre la spongieuse (LDD). Ce plan comprend la surveillance de l’éclosion, la protection des arbres, l’envoi de communications et une sensibilisation communautaire.
Dans le cadre du Plan d’intervention contre la spongieuse de 2022, la Ville explore diverses activités de sensibilisation à l’intention des groupes communautaires afin de les aider à atténuer les répercussions de l’infestation. Pendant sa phase de chenille, la spongieuse se nourrit des feuilles des arbres et provoque la défoliation. En juin et en juillet, des toiles de jute peuvent être enroulées autour des troncs des arbres où les chenilles se rassemblent afin de former un piège. L’élimination fréquente des chenilles qui se trouvent sur le piège réduit le nombre d’insectes qui se nourrissent de feuilles et aide à protéger les arbres contre l’infestation.
La Ville sollicite le soutien de groupes communautaires pour installer des toiles de jute autour des troncs des arbres des parcs municipaux de votre quartier. Les groupes communautaires participants recevront un ensemble de matériaux comprenant un rouleau de toile de jute (300 pi × 4 pi/92 m × 1,2 m), de la ficelle et des directives sur l’installation de la toile et l’élimination des chenilles. On demande aux groupes communautaires de superviser l’installation des toiles avec des bénévoles; les groupes communautaires peuvent également choisir de distribuer des trousses pour que les résidents puissent les installer de façon indépendante. À l’heure actuelle, la Ville ne distribuera pas de toile de jute aux résidents.
De plus amples renseignements sur l’installation des toiles de jute seront communiqués à votre groupe par voie électronique et seront également accessibles sur le site Ottawa.ca ce printemps. Des renseignements sur la façon de préparer des trousses individuelles seront également communiqués.
Si votre groupe souhaite participer à cette initiative, vous devrez nous communiquer les renseignements d’une personne-ressource qui recevra la livraison de la trousse au cours de la semaine du 25 avril. La personne-ressource n’aura pas besoin d’être présente pour recevoir la trousse.
Pour participer au programme, veuillez remplir ce formulaire de demande d’ici le vendredi 8 avril. Veuillez cliquer sur le lien ci‑dessous. Le formulaire de demande est accessible dans les deux langues officielles (il est possible de changer la langue dans le coin supérieur droit du formulaire).
Formulaire de demande de distribution de toile de jute
Si vous avez des questions, veuillez visiter notre page web ou envoyer un courriel à l’adresse forestryengagementforestier@ottawa.ca.
Nous vous remercions de votre soutien dans la protection des arbres de la Ville!
Cordialement,
Services forestiers
Marjorie Shaver-Jones is president of the Copeland Park Community Alliance. PHOTO BY ERROL MCGIHON /Postmedia
Marjorie Shaver-Jones, president of the Copeland Park Community Alliance, said she was “incredibly disappointed” with the tribunal’s decision. She characterized the new development as a “sterile warehouse.”
“It’s not something we want,” she said Thursday. “We have a vision of what we want our community to be and this just doesn’t fit. We want wide sidewalks with lots of pedestrian activity and businesses that create that activity.”
Further reading
Dymon Storage Building at 1375 Clyde Avenue Approved
The dispute, regarding the construction of a “Dymon warehouse facility” south of the gas station at Clyde Avenue and Baseline Road, has gone on for several years. The community felt dismay when the city’s planning department supported the request for a zoning amendment and recommended that the Planning Committee likewise support the project. We were very pleased when the Planning Committee rejected this development plan.
Dymon made an appeal to OLT (the Ontario Lands Tribunal). This Toronto-based organization has the authority to over-ride planning/development decisions taken at the municipal level.
A virtual hearing was held at the end of September/early October. Your president, Marjorie Shaver-Jones, attended, having been granted “participant status”. The city was represented by lawyer Tim Marc as well as planning consultant, Dennis Jacobs. Strong arguments were made against the project. But, in the end the Tribunal decided against us.
Mrs Shaver-Jones received official notification on Monday, November 8. The Interim Order reads as follows:
THE TRIBUNAL ORDERS that the appeal is allowed. The amendment to City of Ottawa Zoning By-law No. 2008-250, as detailed in Exhibit 5, pp. 219-221, is approved 25 PL200187 in principle. The Tribunal will withhold its final Order for thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of this Decision, pending finalization of the form of the zoning by-law amendment that is satisfactory to the City of Ottawa’s Zoning and Interpretations Unit, Policy Planning Branch and permits the proposed development.
The entire 25 page report from LPAT is available to download.
Further reading
Please find attached the Notice of Passing for By-law 2021-281, which amends the Zoning By-law to change the zoning of the lands known municipally as 1356 Clyde Avenue. The Notice of Passing is a requirement of the Planning Act.
It includes important information with respect to your rights to appeal the by-law. It also includes the Explanatory Note which gives a more detailed description of the effect of the by-law.
Please review the attached documents and if you have any questions or concerns please contact Laurel McCreight at 613-580-2424 ext. 16587 or by email at Laurel.McCreight@ottawa.ca.
The City of Ottawa wasted no time, late Thursday, August 26, in reporting the outcome of that day’s Planning Committee meeting.
“The Committee approved zoning changes that would permit a couple of two-tower residential developments. On Clyde Avenue north of Baseline Road, two mixed-use towers of 18 and 28 storeys would add 416 dwelling units near the future Baseline Bus Rapid Transit corridor.“
It was a long and arduous meeting dealing with other subjects, and our agenda item was not dealt with until late afternoon, by which time everyone – councillors and residents alike – were wearing down.
A number of Copeland Park’s community members spoke, effectively and persuasively, against construction of the two-tower development.
Although not a voting member of the committee, our Councillor was in attendance. Mr Chiarelli asked questions; but, disappointingly, gave no indication of his support for or against the tower development.
So, the battle is lost! It remains only for City Council to approve the Planning Committee’s recommendation. This is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8.
Thanks to all who worked tirelessly to defeat this initiative.
While we have not been given any recent official information about the proposed towers, we understand that Golpro will be presenting their final plans to the City’s Planning Department on August 26, and then presenting them to City Council, for approval, on September 8.
If you have not already expressed you feelings about this inappropriately tall pair of towers, please do so now. The development is completely out of character with the rest of our community and threatens to overwhelm our roads with increased traffic.
Every letter to the City ( Laurel.McCreight@ottawa.ca ) will help to make our case that the requested re-zoning should be rejected. Please help.
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The City of Ottawa reviewed its ward boundaries in 2020, to balance population numbers and achieve other components of “ effective representation,” as established by the Supreme Court of Canada and Ontario’s Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT), which was formerly the Ontario Municipal Board. The last major review in 2005 established the City’s current 23 wards.
Since the last review, Ottawa has seen considerable population growth, especially in suburban wards outside the Greenbelt. Some wards are growing twice as fast as others, creating population imbalances.
The Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020 was meant to establish boundaries that can be used in at least three municipal elections (2022, 2026 and 2030).
Based on direction from City Council, an independent, third-party consultant team conducted the Review to ensure it was objective and impartial. The team consulted extensively with the public, Members of Council and stakeholder groups, including school boards. The final recommendations were considered by the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council during their meetings of December 1, 2020 and December 9, 2020.
Council approved a new ward boundary structure for the City. Pending appeals and hearings by LPAT, the City’s by-law to establish the new boundaries will come into force for the 2022 Municipal Elections, before which the Council will need to approve the numbering of the new wards.
We would like to invite you and your fellow neighbors to a Crime Prevention Strategy Information Session in cooperation with the Ottawa Police Service. We would appreciate if you can help us get the word out by sharing this invitation with your members.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Thursday July 15, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: College Ward Crime Prevention Strategy Information Session with OPS
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://tinyurl.com/CollegeWardCrimePrevention
After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Kind Regards ,
Chantal Lebel
Director of Strategic Affairs & Communications
Office of Councillor Rick Chiarelli
City of Ottawa | 110 Laurier Ave. W.
Ottawa. Ontario K1P 1J1
613-580-2400 ex 12599
Chantal.Lebel@ottawa.ca
In September, City Council will be making final decisions regarding the new Official Plan
We have until then to give the Planning Department our feedback. If you have not done so, please have a look at what is proposed for the region and for College Ward 8 by visiting the The New Official Plan | Engage Ottawa information page.
If you have any thoughts about what the City is proposing, please forward them directly to the Planning Department. You will find the contact information you need on the website. And, thank you for participating.