KEY ISSUES
DISCUSSED AT 11 SEP 2000 MEETING

ATTENDEES

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Art Miskew, Vice-President (absent)
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (memberships)
• Nancy Seaby, Director (transportation and editorial)
• Shelley Parlow, Director (representing the Hunt Club Corridor Protection Association) (absent)
• Kathy Ablett (Resident, Hunt Club Estates) (absent)
• Fred Winters (absent)
• Brian Gifford
• Peter Foulger (representing the Hunt Club Corridor Protection Association) (absent)
• Wendy Stewart , RMOC councillor
• Jim Bickford, City councillor (absent)
• Tom Collins, The News
• Elizabeth Russell
• Des Walker
• Hillory Johnson

KEY ISSUES

The following summarizes the issues presented at the 11 Sep 2000 meeting of the Hunt Club Community Organization (HCCO) at the Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre (HCRCC).

1. Regional Councillor, Wendy Stewart, presented a report (contact Wendy for a copy) on the following:
• OC Transpo (see report item).
• Light Rail (see report item).
• In-house Garbage Collection Exceeds Expectations (see report item).
• Additional Expenditures to Protect Drinking Water (see report item).
• Red Light Cameras (see report item).
• New Cycling Map Available (see report item).
• Region Receives Award for Innovative Road Technology (see report item).
• Chair Appointed for Central Experimental Farm Advisory Council (see report item).
• Development and Proposals Underway in River Ward (September 2000) (see report item).

Call Wendy's office at 560-1223 to get involved or for more information.

2. Issues discussed:  /\

Wendy Stewart presented a written report:

• OC Transpo, ridership and revenues are up from last year, Light Rail will go into service next summer.
• Garbage collection, the region is divided into five zones, Regional staff has been selected to collect garbage in one zone to maintain competitiveness.
• Drinking water, the City will spend an extra $570,000 a year plus $630,000 capital to protect the wells not served by the City water system. See http://www.rmoc.on.ca/water-eau/ .
• Wendy said that the Airport Parkway will be resurfaced by the first week in October 2000 and that construction of the Alta Vista Parkway was going ahead.

Peter Brimacombe said that the orginal plan for the Alta Vista Parkway included the collector/distributors on either side of the Queensway and that the downtown neighbourhoods are absolutely opposed to them.

Brian Gifford said that he will be running for the position of Trustee for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. He believes that the Provincial funding formula is causing chaos in the school system in general and our local schools in particular. Good luck Brian!

Nancy Seaby: there will be an All-Candidates meeting October 18 at the Community Centre. Mike Wollock from CJOH will preside. All candidates for the positions of Mayor and Councillor of the River Ward will be invited to participate. These positions will be for the new City of Ottawa, which encompasses the same area as the old Regional Municipality of Ottawa/Carleton. The Riverside and Quinterra Community Associations will also support the meeting. Nancy raised the issue of articles in the Hunt Club News; she felt that the source of the article be identified. Wendy Stewart made the point that, since the Hunt Club News would not accept anonymous letters, then it should not publish anonymous articles. The Board agreed.

Allan Asselstine reported that Peter Vasdi asked for $50 to support the Hunt Club Community Web Site.

Motions: Peter Brimacombe moved that the Association give $50 to Peter Vasdi to pay for the Web Site, seconded by Brian Gifford. carried.

3. Next HCCO meeting:  /\
• To be held Mon 2 Oct 2000 at 7:30pm at the Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre at the corner of Paul Anka and McCarthy. Anyone is welcome.

For more information, call FredMcLennan at 521-0682/956-1384.

4. Submit any comments via computer (to PeterVasdi):  /\
• Freenet address huntclub@freenet.carleton.ca.
• To access information on the HCCO via computer, web address is http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/hunt-club/.

DISTRIBUTION

By email:

Dave Allston, Kevin Arnold, Alan Asselstine, Jim Bickford, David Biggs, Peter Brimacombe, Michael Cleary, Ken Donnelly, Erwin Dreessen, Peter Foulger, Brian Gifford, Andrei Grushman, Karin Howard, Rob McCulloch, Fred McLennan, Art Miskew, Mike Novak, Shelley Parlow, Andy Porowski, Ted Requard, Bill Royds, Nancy Seaby, Robert Staples, Wendy Stewart, Frances Tanner, Sue Taylor, The News, Fred Winters.

By fax:

Kathy Ablett (523-8015), Gord Aitken (521-9991), Donna Allen (733-3651), Riley Brockington (738-1570),