[homeles_ot-l] Tonight FW: City to give itself powers to ticket people for being "unruly" in city streets - public meeting Thursday Apr. 22

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

147 Besserer St., 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

Cell 613-513-6647

Office 613-241-7913, ext. 205

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca <http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/> 

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From: Linda Lalonde [mailto:linda_lalonde_ottawa at yahoo.com] 
Sent: April 21, 2010 10:41 PM
To: Linda Lalonde
Subject: City to give itself powers to ticket people for being "unruly" in
city streets - public meeting Thursday Apr. 22

 


Hi folks,

 

Public Meeting Thursday, April 22 at 7 pm at City Hall

 

I'm sending this to both local and national folks because this could be a
bylaw that will impact your use of Ottawa streets. Although I'm sure you'll
want to Maintain Safety and Harmony on City streets!

 

The suggestion is that this is to deal with rowdy characters outside bars
and clubs. The question is whether that is all it will be used for.

 

Who is going to decide if I am disturbing adjacent property owners and where
is the line between our mutual rights to access/occupy the public spaces in
the city? Will this be used against people who some members of society would
rather not have in their neighbourhoods? Is Not-In-My-Back-Yard moving to
the front yard and the streets?

 

Will this be used to quell legitimate citizen protest such as marches,
demonstrations or sit-ins? 

 

It also concerns me that the notice went out just over 48 hours before a
public meeting which has, I'm sure by coincidence, been scheduled for Earth
Day when many members of the community will be otherwise occupied.

 

Linda.

The City of Ottawa is moving to give itself powers to ticket people for
making noise in the streets.  "Disorderly conduct" is defined pretty
broadly:

 

1.     No person shall engage in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive,
insulting or indecent language, or engage in any disorderly conduct or
behaviour on a highway; and

2.     No person shall engage in any activity so as to interfere with or
become a nuisance to the general public using the highway or to adjacent
property owners.

A "highway" is any city street, sidewalk or space, in this case.  

 

There is little indication what the "useful enforcement tools" might
be....This could apply to folks on the street who do their living and
hanging out there - it could just as easily apply to any demonstration or
action you could imagine.  The notice was sent out yesterday evening...

 

Public meeting at City Hall on this tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, 7:00 PM

 

 

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From: "Lemay, Anne" <
<http://ca.mc306.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Anne.Lemay@ottawa.ca>
Anne.Lemay at ottawa.ca>

Date: April 20, 2010 4:51:49 PM EDT

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Subject: Invitation: Public meeting / Réunion publique

 

 

Please see the attached invitation to a public meeting at City Hall this
Thursday April 22nd.  
Re: MAINTAINING SAFETY AND HARMONY ON CITY STREETS 

Veuillez prendre note de l'invitation ci-joint pour une réunion publique à
l'hotel de ville ce jeudi 22 avril. 
Re: SÉCURITÉ ET TRANQUILLITÉ DANS LES RUES DE LA VILLE 

<<Reunion Publique - avril 22 - Sécurité et Tranquillité dans les Rues de la
Ville - FR.pdf>> <<Public Meeting - April 22 - Safety and Harmony on City
Streets - EN.pdf>> <<Discussion Paper - Maintaining Safety and Harmony on
City streets - final.doc>>   <<FR - Discussion Paper - Maintaining Safety
and Harmony on City streets - final.doc>> 

Georges Bédard 
Councillor / Conseiller 
Ward 12 / Quartier 12 Rideau-Vanier 
georges.bedard at ottawa.ca
<http://ca.mc306.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=georges.bedard@ottawa.ca>  
tel.: 613-580-2482 fax/téléc.: 613-580-2522 
"In the Heart of the City / Au coeur de la ville"

 

 

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