CCA Trees & Greenspace Meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 @ 7 p.m. Location: Virtual Meeting (Contact ccca@centretowncitizens.ca for Zoom meeting access.)

The time is always right to do what is right." Martin Luther King Jr. Save the date! We just received confirmation from the Councillor’s office so our next meeting will be held on Thursday September 10th, 2020 at 6:30PM. Please contact Anti-Racism@centretowncitizens.ca for the Zoom meeting details. Rawlson King was elected the first-ever Black city councillor in a historic by-election held April 2019, in Rideau-Rockcliffe (Ward 13), in the City of Ottawa. To advance anti-racism and race relations initiatives, on June 10, 2020 Council appointed King as the first-ever Council Liaison for Anti-Racism and Ethnocultural Relations Initiatives.   B. Knight and N. Dankotuwage Co-Chairs of…

Centretown Community Association Board Meeting – Agenda Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 18:30 – 20:30, Zoom Online Meeting Contact CCCA@centretowncitizens.ca for Zoom meeting details Call to order, round table introductions Adoption of agenda (Motion) Approval of previous meeting minutes (Motion) August 25, 2020 meeting minutes Planning Committee Report Presentation on proposal for 267 O'Connor St. - Emily McGirr, Taggart Realty Management Anti-Racism Working Group (Attachment 2) Meeting with Councillor Rawlson King Participation of the OPS at the Fall Harvest Festival in Dundonald Park Trees & Greenspace Committee Report (Attachment 3) Single Use Plastics Sub-Committee Report (Attachment 4) Ward Boundary Process Dundonald…

The CCA Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 @ 6:30 p.m.  Location:  Virtual Meeting (Contact ccca@centretowncitizens.ca for Zoom meeting access.) Agenda CAFES letter Street closings in Centretown 267 O'Connor - public consultation process (to be considered at Planning Committee Oct.8th - http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/agdocs.aspx?doctype=agenda&itemid=402226 100 Argyle Street https://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/appDetails.jsf?lang=en&appId=__A9WSB4 254 Argyle Street - possible presentation by developer. 400 Albert – Parkette Somerset House Other business.

CCA’s Anti-Racism Working Group Meeting on Thursday, October 8, 2020 @ 6:30pm via Zoom.  Contact anti-racism@centretowncitizens.ca for Zoom details.   Topic: “Do what you can” We will review some scenarios that some of you may have experienced from various points of view.  

CCA Trees & Greenspace Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday Oct 13, 2020 19:00 h. Zoom meeting details to be sent separately. 1. Dundonald Gardening Group, Status report since Sept 19, 2020, Barbara Sibbald Formal motion:  “Whereas the second gardening season of the Dundonald Gardening Group, 2020, has been an unqualified success in building a group of active gardeners, in fund raising, and in transforming the entire central gardens into a sound foundation for a formal garden, and whereas, Barbara Sibbald has provided a sustained and committed leadership to this result in her capacity as Acting Lead Gardener since her appointed in May,…

Centretown Community Association Board Meeting – Agenda Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 18:30 – 20:30, Zoom Online Meeting (Contact CCCA@centretowncitizens.ca for Zoom meeting details) Call to order, round table introductions Adoption of agenda (Motion) Approval of previous meeting minutes (Motion) September 15, 2020 meeting minutes October 14, 2020 meeting minutes Planning Committee Report (Attachment 5): Motion: That the Board approve in principle, pending review by the CCA Planning Committee, a letter to the City advocating closing the Queen Elizabeth Driveway to vehicles permanently. See Attachment 8. Motion: That the Board approve signing the Healthy Transportation Coalition letter (Attachment 7) in support…

"The time is always right to do what is right." Martin Luther King Jr. Special Meeting - Where do we go from here?? In light of the verdict announced recently in the trial of Const. Daniel Montsion, we have decided to hold a section meeting on Wednesday October 28th, 2020at 6:30 PM. Please contact anti-racism@centretowncitizens.ca for the Zoom meeting details. Our special guest will be Ms. Dahabo Ahmed Omer, who was recently hired as the Executive Director of the BlackNorth Initiative. She also was the recipient of the 2019 Black History Ottawa Community Builder award.   Brenda Knight and Natale Dankotuwage…

The CCA Planning Committee meeting on Monday, November 9, 2020 @ 6:30 p.m.  Location:  Virtual Meeting (Contact ccca@centretowncitizens.ca for Zoom meeting access.) Agenda Approval of letter regarding the permanent closing of the QE Driveway to vehicles (See attached PDF file). The Board already has approved the letter in principle but is returning it to the PC for comment 267 O’Connor An application for this site is expected any day Shawn and Jack have commented to the developer that the design is not the iconic building stipulated in the Landmark Buildings Policy 400 Albert Do we have input for the proposed…