The annual general meeting of the LCA was a well-attended ZOOM affair. The annual reports presented by the treasurer and the president will be posted on the website soon.L'assemblée générale annuelle de l'ACB a été une affaire de ZOOM très fréquentée. Les rapports annuels présentés par le trésorier et le président seront bientôt affichés sur notre site Web. (Please join us for the AGM of the Lowertown Community Association / Veuillez nous joindre pour l'Assemblé générale annuelle de l'Association communautaire de la Basse-Ville. Agenda / Ordre du jour 1. Welcome / Mot de bienvenu 2. Messages from our elected representatives / Messages de nos élus 3. Introduction of the chairperson for the Formal Business Meeting / Introduction du président de la réunion formelle a) Approval of the Agenda / Approbation de l'ordre du jour b) Approval of Minutes / Approbation du compte-rendu (see below) c) President's Report / Le rapport du président d) Presentation of Vision 2035 / Présentation de la Vision 2035 (see below) e) Treasurer's Report / Le rapport du trésorier f) Election of the Board / Élection du conseil d'administration 4. The Year Ahead / L'année qui s'en vient
This is the presentation text that will be used for the special community meeting on the vision, September 28, 2020 at 7pm on ZOOM. Please feel free to review it in advance of the meeting and prepare your comments and questions. Register to attend here. If you cannot attend, feel free to forward your comments and questions to info@lowertown-basseville.ca.
The theme of this Echo is learning to live in the new normal of COVID. Click on the Echo tab to read or download the issueA number of our partners are conducting surveys to get your views on important matters. If you wish to shape the future of these, completing the surveys are a good way to learn about what are the issues and to share your views. One concerns the services available to francophones from the Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville, The second one relates to the future of the ByWard MarketSondage sur les besoins des résidents francophones de la Basse-Ville / Centre de ressources communautaires de la Basse-Ville Étude sur les besoins des résidents francophones de la Basse-Ville |
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Covid 19 is threatening the livelihood of our small businesses in Lowertown. Many of our restaurants are attempting to stay in business by introducing or expanding take-out options for residents of our community. See the list here .
These businesses are the lifeblood of our community, they provided support to our community in numerous ways – supporting community events, donations to our social agencies, and advertising revenue to support the Lowertown Echo de la Basseville. Echo.
The LCA-ACB and the Echo will be posting regular updates on places staying open to serve you. We will also post notices of services that members in our community are prepared to provide. Check back daily for updates.
If you wish to notify the community of available services, notify residents of who or where to contact to obtain or provide services, send this information to info@lowertown-basseville.ca
Monday February 10th / lundi, le 10 Février 7pm / 19hrs
Routhier Centre / Centre Routhier
172 Guigues Ave
AGENDA / ORDRE DU JOUR
Welcome and Introductions / Bienvenue et Introductions
Review of the Agenda / Considération de l'ordre du jour
Minutes of January 13 Meeting / Compte rendu
de la réunion du 13 Janvier
Update by Councillor Fleury / Mise à jour par le Conseiller Fleury Update on Committee Activities / Mise à jour des comités
Presentation by the Ottawa Police Service / Présentation par les Services de Police d'Ottawa
Help shape the new approach to community policing in Lowertown.
Aidez-nous à créer la nouvelle approche aux services policières dans La Bassee-Ville.
Information : info@lowertown-basseville.ca
Echo 11-1 is now available and should be delivered to residents soon. . Click on the Echo tab for more information and don't forget to fill in our survey which you can do below or via a link on the Echo pages.
Routhier Centre / Centre Routhier
172 Guigues Ave
AGENDA / ORDRE DU JOUR
- Welcome and Introductions / Bienvenue et Introductions
- Review of the Agenda / Considération de l'ordre du jour
- Minutes of December 9 Meeting / Compte rendu de la réunion du 9 Decembre
- https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9223e76ca546c982764eeb4ff/files/5ed3e5b7-66fc-4687-b78b-8460425d5801/LCA_Dec9.docx
- Print copies will not be available onsite / Des copies imprimées ne seront pas disponibles
- Update by Councillor Fleury / Mise à jour par le Conseiller Fleury
- Update by Constable Lemay / Mise à jour par Constable Lemay
- Heritage panel discussion / Table ronde sur le patrimoine
- Update on Committee Activities / Mise à jour des comités
Come to an informal panel discussion on the benefits of heritage in Lowertown. The LCA monthly meeting will focus on heritage and local culture at its January 13th meeting. The 2020s and beyond are about sustainably performing communities, and Lowertown can take a leadership role in preserving our special community for future generations. Come and join the conversation!
Venez à une discussion informelle sur les avantages du patrimoine dans la Basse-Ville. La réunion mensuelle de l'ACBV portera sur le patrimoine et la culture locale lors de sa réunion du 13 janvier. Les années 2020 et au-delà portent sur des collectivités performantes et, et la Basse-Ville peut jouer un rôle de chef de file dans la préservation de notre communauté spéciale pour les générations futures. Venez vous joindre à la conversation!
Information : info@lowertown-basseville.ca
Monday, December 9/ lundi, le 9 décembre7pm / 19hrs
Routhier Centre / Centre Routhier
172 Guigues Ave
AGENDA / ORDRE DU JOUR
- Welcome and Introductions / Bienvenue et Introductions
- Review of the Agenda / Considération de l'ordre du jour
- Minutes of November 18 Meeting / Compte rendu de la réunion du 18 novembre
- Update from Councillor Fleury / Mise à jour par le conseiller Fleury
- Update by Constable Lemay / Mise à jour par le Constable Lemay
- Reports from sub-committee chairs / Rapports des présidents des sous-comités
- Vision for Lowertown: community brainstorming / Vision pour La Basse-Ville: remue-méninges communautaires
- Holiday snacks / Goûters et gourmandises
Take the survey (in English) | Prenez le Sondage sur le système de déclaration en ligne du Service de police d'Ottawa (en Français)
July 7, 2019
Mayor and City Council
City of Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
Reference: Chateau Laurier at 1 Rideau Street
Dear Mayor and Councillors,
The Chateau Laurier is a key landmark in our local community and we are sensitive to any incompatible alterations. We try to maintain the integrity, uniqueness and authenticity of our neighbourhoods as good stewards, and we wish the private owner of the Chateau Laurier to meet the same standard. The LCA does not believe the owners of the Chateau Laurier are meeting their responsibilities of owning and altering a significant historic place – a National Historic Site of Canada.
The proposed design has not been supported by the LCA since it was first version was unveiled over three years ago. Since then, the property owner has not respected the high community value we place on this building. The LCA hoped the Council’s motion from last year at the Built Heritage Sub-Committee would encourage the developer, their architects and planners to refine the design to meet the requirements stipulated in the motion.
The LCA supports the proposed motion that the developer of the Chateau Laurier have not fulfilled the conditions of the heritage permit and that Council should rescind the permit.
The LCA recommends:
· That Council encourage the owner to further develop the design of the addition to satisfy the conditions of meeting Standard 11 in the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada (2010).
· That the Planning Committee would act on the Built Heritage Sub-Committee’s resolution to: “direct staff to work with both the applicant and the National Capital Commission on a further revised plan to the proposed addition that is sufficiently visually compatible with, and sympathetic to, the existing Chateau Laurier building (that is discreet in form with character defining elements to its historical place).”
· That Council and City staff encourage the owners to explore other means of creating a publicly acceptable relationship between the addition and adjoining federal lands (Majors Hill Park, the Rideau Canal, Connaught Building).
· That Council form a special stranding committee of experts, community members, the owners and federal representatives to address this file, in particular developing clearer guidelines for the benefit of the owner.
The LCA would encourage an ongoing collaborative effort with the owner and to take any means possible to discourage and dissuade threats of legal actions by the owner. It is clear that in this case there is ample ethical justification to side with the public’s valuation of this building within a local, provincial, national and international context. The Mayor’s recent statement on the private rights of the owner to select their own design and designer is correct; however, it avoids the ethical and social responsibility of governing for citizens and not an individual property owner.
The City’s decisions affecting land use planning matters should be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement (section 3 of the Planning Act) by “encouraging a sense of place, by promoting well-designed built form and cultural planning, and by conserving features that help define character, including built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes;” (Provincial Policy Statement, 2014, Section 1.7.1). Well-design built form is of public value in this case because the building is a prominent national landmark.
The LCA does not agree with the conclusions of the conservation architect’s Cultural Heritage Impact Statement (CHIS). The conclusions from the heritage consultant (ERA Architects) are not impartial because this firm is the sub-consultant to the design architect, and in turn employed by the developer.
Lowertown is an urban community that values the integrity of its heritage buildings and spaces. We have two heritage conservation districts and many heritage buildings, both publicly and privately owned. We understand that the Chateau Laurier is a private property within a larger landscape on federal and municipal lands, and there are jurisdictional implications due to its prominence within the federal precinct.
The LCA respects the hotel’s wish to build an addition. In the news, the debate has centred on the architectural expression of the addition. There are aspects and features of the design that are positive and beneficial to enhancing the site, but the design has not met other criteria for a compatible addition.
Heritage is about retaining the integrity and authenticity of values: social, architectural, historic, economic, associative etc. These intertwining values of place can produce exceptional and deeply appreciated expressions and emotions for many generations. This sense of place was understood by the designers when the hotel was built (the sublime and picturesque landscape beside the Rideau Canal, connected to Parliament and as the gateway to the West). The architect of the second addition also understood the meaning of this place. The current architects have not embraced all values of the place, and the consequence is a poor addition and a negative public outcry – which has an impact on our community and our communal values.
The LCA supports the motion being put forward to Council.
Yours sincerely,
Norman Moyer
President
Lowertown Community Association
Association communautaire de la Basse-Ville
https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-engagement/projects/lowertown-east-area-traffic-management-study
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Meanwhile, you are invited to try our quiz based on stories in this issue to win some prizes.
Jeu-questionnaire de la Basse-ville #10-2
Lowertown Quiz #10-2
- Which LCA committee recently won an award from the City?/ Quel comité de la ACB a récemment remporté un prix de la ville?
- What bistro opened in the Byward Market in August, 2018?/ Quel bistro a ouvert au marché By en août 2018?
- When is the Spring clean-up in Bingham Park?/ Quand aura lieu le nettoyage de printemps à parc Bingham?
- Where and when is the LCA annual general meeting taking place?/ Où et quand se tient l’assemblée générale annuelle de l’ACB?
- Which team lost the annual Winterfest hockey challenge?/ Quelle équipe a perdu le défi de hockey annuel Winterfest?
- Who in Lowertown had the nickname “Killer”? / Qui dans la Basse-Ville avait le surnom de “Killer”?
- How many seniors’ residences are there in Lowertown?/ Combien de résidences pour personnes âgées y a-t-il dans la Basse-Ville?
- Name the first owners of two houses that have been restored in Lowertown./ Nommez les premiers propriétaires de deux maisons restaurées dans la Basse-Ville.
- What percentage of the OCH housing stock is located in Lowertown?/ Quel pourcentage du parc de logements de LCO est situé dans la Basse-Ville?
- How many children did William and Rose-Alma have? / Combien d’enfants William et Rose-Alma ont-ils?
A winner will be drawn on June 1st from the names of all those who have submitted correct entries. The prize will be a $25 gift certificates from Shoppers Drug Mart on Dalhousie St and a piece of art from the ByWard Market BIA.
Le nom d’un gagnant sera tiré au sort le 1er juin parmi les personnes ayant répondu correctement. Le prix consistera en un chèque-cadeau de 25 $ de Shoppers Drug Mart sur la rue Dalhousie et en une œuvre d’art du BIA du marché By.
Submit your answers to /Envoyez vos réponses à/ mailto:ads.in.echo@gmail.com
Get a copy of the quiz to download here
Avez-vous un projet de restauration en tête pour votre maison?
March 29th is the City of Ottawa’s deadline for applying for an external restoration project. Learn more at: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and-development/heritage-conservation/heritage-grant-program-building-restoration
If you own a property that is in a Heritage Conservation District (and is a Category 1, 2 or 3 building), or have an individual privately owned property that holds a heritage designation under the Ontario Heritage Act, then you can receive up to $5,000 in matching funds for restoration work on the exterior of your building.
You can find out if your building is designated by visiting the geoOttawa website at maps.ottawa.ca/geoottawa/ (Adobe Flash required, select Heritage Layers)
According to Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada "Restoration involves accurately revealing, recovering or representing the state of an historic place or individual component as it appeared at a particular period in its history, while protecting its heritage value. Restoration may include removing non character-defining features from other periods in its history and recreating missing features from the restoration period. Restoration must be based on clear evidence and detailed knowledge of the earlier forms and materials being recovered."
For more information you can contact Ashley Kotarba from the City of Ottawa.
Phone: 613-580-2424 ext. 23582
Email: ashley.kotarba@ottawa.ca
This is your chance to improve your neighbourhood and community through support from the City. Here is the process mapped out by the Lowertown Community Association's Heritage & Culture Committee:
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Family Skating Party Every Sunday
Saturday, February 9th
1 pm
current cup holders
Team US Embassy
vs
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Coffee and cold drinks provided
Jules-Morin Park
Stay tuned for information on
Winterfest,
Family Day, February 18
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
National Gallery of Canada, Auditorium, 380 Sussex Drive
The City of Ottawa invites all to an inspiring keynote presentation by renowned placemaking expert Gil Penalosa, Founder and Chair of 8-80 Cities, followed by a facilitated question and answer period.
Register now for this free event where we will explore big ideas for creating great public spaces starting with our beloved ByWard Market: https://www.eventbrite.ca/
Public Workshop #1: ByWard Market Public Realm Plan
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
4:30 p.m. OR 7 p.m.
Jean Pigott Place at City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
There will be two workshop sessions that will include a presentation and a table group discussion to gather your input on what’s important, what you love about ByWard Market, and what could be improved. Please note that you only have to attend one of the two sessions. The first session will start at 4:30 p.m. and the second session will start at 7:00 p.m. Doors will open at 4 p.m.
Register now at: bywardworkshop1.eventbrite.ca
For more information about the project, visit ottawa.ca/designbyward
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Prochaines activités
Présentation principale : Plan du domaine public du marché By
Le mardi 22 janvier 2019
18 h 30 à 20 h 30 (ouverture des portes à 18 h)
Auditorium du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada — 380, promenade Sussex
Venez assister à une conférence inspirante prononcée par Gil Penalosa, expert reconnu en matière de création d’espaces et président fondateur de 8-80 Cities. Sa présentation sera suivie d’une période de questions dirigée.
Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant pour cette activité gratuite au cours de laquelle nous explorerons de grandes idées afin de créer de merveilleux espaces publics: bywardkickoff.eventbrite.ca
Atelier public No. 1: Plan du domaine public du marché By
Le mercredi 23 janvier 2019
16 h 30 OU 19 h
Place Jean-Pigott, hôtel de ville d’Ottawa — 110, avenue Laurier Ouest
Chaque atelier comportera une présentation et une discussion en table ronde pour recueillir vos commentaires sur les éléments importants, sur ce que vous aimez du marché By et sur des améliorations possibles. Veuillez noter que vous ne devez assister qu'à l'une des deux sessions. La première session commencera à 16h30 et la seconde à 19h00. Les portes ouvriront à 16h00.
Inscrivez-vous maintenant en vous rendant à :bywardworkshop1.eventbrite.ca
Pour en savoir plus sur le projet, rendez-vous à ottawa.ca/conceptionmarchéby
Centre Routhier - 172 Guigues St
Description:
The goal of this panel is to educate local residents and unpack the stigmatized reality of homelessness within our nations’ capital. What do we know, and how can we support those who are marginalized in our community?
Panelists:
Steve Pomeroy – Senior Research Fellow, Carleton University Centre for Urban Research and Education
Mark Taylor – Former Deputy Mayor, previous City Liaison for Housing & Homelessness
Joanna Binch – Nurse Practitioner with 10+ years’ experience of outreach in Ottawa Rooming Houses
Terrilee Kelford – Board Chair of Cornerstone Landing Youth Services: a non-profit registered charity dedicated to ending youth homelessness in Lanark County
Sean LeBlanc – Outreach Worker at Ottawa Inner City Health and Person with Lived Experience of Homelessness. Read his article Hope Eternal
Moderator: Catherine Hacksel, Frontline Worker at Ottawa Inner City Health and LCA Board Member
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