KEY ISSUES
DISCUSSED AT 3 APR 2006 MEETING

ATTENDEES

• Fred MacLennan, President
• Art Miskew, Vice-President (absent)
• Alan Asselstine, Treasurer (absent)
• Peter Brimacombe, Secretary
• Gisèle Loiselle-Branch, Director (absent)
• Shelley Parlow, Director
• John Sankey, Director
• Gillian Villeneuve
• Maria McRae, City councillor (City website - email at maria.mcrae@ottawa.ca) (absent).

ACTION ITEMS

Motions:

To give $100 towards the Victoria Day Fireworks and Gala. Moved by Shelley Parlow; seconded by Peter Brimacombe. Carried.

To approve the March 2006 minutes as amended. Moved by John Sankey; seconded by Shelley Parlow. Carried.

• Fireside chats: Residents can meet with Maria to discuss their concerns. There will be a Fireside Chat on Fri 21 Apr 2006 from 3-5pm at the Alexander Community Centre, 960 Silver Street (see report).
• Household hazardous waste depot (see report).
• Integrated road safety program (see report).
• Spring cleaning the Capital 2006! (see report).
• Proposed solid waste utility runding and rire supply charge rates (see report).
• Streetsweeping (see report).
• Economic development in Ottawa (see report).
• Sportsfields (see report).
• Accountability (see report).
• 10-digit dialing (see report).
• Light rail news (see report).

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

KEY ISSUES

The following summarizes the issues presented at the 3 Apr 2006 meeting of the Hunt Club Community Organization (HCCO) at the Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre (HCRCC).

1. Issues discussed:  /\

John Sankey: The HCCO, in cooperation with other interested parties, is developing a logo to represent Hunt Club. An announcement will appear in The News.

Fred McLennan: received a flyer from the Task Force on Assessment and Property Tax. http://www.OuchAssessment.ca MPAC is the government agency that does the assessments; link to http://www.mpac.ca/.

John Sankey: A property owner can ask MPAC to reconsider its assessment of a property - MPAC does not charge to reconsider an assessment. However, a favorable reconsideration is good only for one year. If the property owner is not satisfied with the reconsideration, he may appeal, in which case MPAC charges $285. This charge is strictly an administrative fee; he would likely have to spend many times that amount to present his case.

Gillian Villeneuve: For two years in a row she asked for reconsideration and received a favorable answer; but last year she asked a third time and was turned down.

Shelley Parlow: The City has adopted an acquistion policy whereby at the request of the landowner, it would purchase land designated as Urban Natural Feature or Major Open Space. This policy may be relevant to the Southern Corridor. The City will present the acquistion policy before the Ontario Municipal Board. PL031324 is the relevant OMB Case No. See http://ottawa.ca/city_services/planningzoning/2020/op/omb_en.shtml. The question of a minimum requirement for parks for a neighbourhood will be discussed at an environ-mental hearing on 9 May 2006.

2. Next HCCO meeting:  /\
• To be held Mon 1 May 2006 at 7:30pm at the Hunt Club Riverside Community Centre at the corner of Paul Anka and McCarthy.
3. For more information, call FredMcLennan at 521-0682 or email huntclub@niva.com.