[homeles_ot-l] Carling Avenue CIP - Carling Family Shelter

[Linda Lalonde]

Hi folks,
 
The Finance & Economic Development Committee at the City will be looking at a report on Tuesday September 3rd at 9:30 which recommends providing incentives to property owners along Carling between Pinecrest and Bayshore. This is the area around the Colisseum movie theatre.
 
It also includes the Carling Family Shelter property. I thought that the City purchased that property when they established the Shelter but, if it's municipally-owned, I would expect the property to be excluded from the CIP district. This is a fairly large property with the potential to support a more commercially-attractive development than a Shelter. I don't believe that it is in the City's or the community's interest to potentially put the Shelter at risk and would like to see it removed from the area covered by the CIP. As most of you know, establishing a shelter is never easy and this property is both an essential City service and is serving the community well.
 
If the City owns the property, there may be no reason for concern although there is then no need to include it in the CIP. If the City doesn't own it, it should be excluded from the CIP to protect the ongoing use of the property as a family shelter. The message below went to Mark Taylor both as the ward councillor for the Shelter and as Chair of the Community & Protective Services Committee. He also sits on FEDCO and I've copied the other members of that Committee.
 
Unfortunately, because the FEDCO agenda only was sent out after 2 pm on Friday and I was out at a meeting then, I only saw it this afternoon which means that many of you will only get this message on Tuesday morning. However, if FEDCO does approve it, it still has to go to Council - not that anything is likely to change there but ...
 
Linda. 
 
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall 
  
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From: Linda Lalonde <linda_lalonde_ottawa at yahoo.com>
To: Mark Taylor <mark.taylor at ottawa.ca> 
Cc: Tim Tierney <tim.tierney at ottawa.ca>; Peter Clark <peter.clark at ottawa.ca>; Rick Chiarelli <rick.chiarelli at ottawa.ca>; Diane Deans <diane.deans at ottawa.ca>; Keith Egli <keith.egli at ottawa.ca>; Allan Hubley <allan.hubley at ottawa.ca>; Peter E Hume <peter.hume at ottawa.ca>; Maria McRae <maria.mcrae at ottawa.ca>; Bob Monette <bob.monette at ottawa.ca>; Doug Thompson doug.thompson at ottawa.ca 
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:35:49 PM
Subject: Carling Avenue CIP - Carling Family Shelter
 
Hi Mark,
 
In the map that accompanies the Carling Avenue CIP report that's going to FEDCO on Tuesday morning, it looks like the Carling Family Shelter property is included. Doesn't the City own this property and is it 'available' for a private project? Is there a way of removing this property from the CIP area or otherwise protecting it?
 
In the event that the City doesn't own the property, it would be difficult to locate another place to put the Shelter if a private owner decided to 'improve' the property. Given the potential of that piece of land, this could be a very real danger if the City made it more attractive. I don't think it's in the City's interest to offer incentives to dislodge the Shelter.
 
The report is at http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/cache/2/hpttmv3d4t4hqrwfs3imeine/7656608312013013316698.PDF
 
Thanks,
 
Linda. 
 
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall 
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