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Glabar Gazette – Fall 2019
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2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
The 2019 AGM will be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 from 7pm-9pm at the Ottawa Adventist School (beside Seventh Day Adventist Church at 2200 Benjamin Ave.).
Rental Accommodations Study
The Glabar Park Community Alliance received the following email from the City of Ottawa. We encourage all Glabar Park residents to complete the surveys – make sure your voice is heard!
Dear Community Associations,
Please be advised that Maclaren Municipal Consulting has just published two policy options papers on ottawa.ca:
- Housing Conditions Policy Options – This paper examines various options for regulating rental housing.
- Short-Term Rental Policy Options – This paper examines options for regulating short-term rental services such as Airbnb and VRBO.
Residents are invited to review the policy options papers and complete two short surveys:
The deadline for completion of the surveys will be September 4, 2019.
Detailed written submissions are also being accepted and can be sent to Jerrod Riley at jerrod.riley@ottawa.ca.
Bay Ward – upcoming meetings
Councillor Kavanagh’s office shared the following meeting schedule for topics affecting Bay Ward:
| Date | Time | Location | Event |
| Sept. 4 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Ron Kolbus | Water Utility Bill Information Session |
| Sept. 11 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Ron Kolbus | Ward Meeting – Ready-4-Rail, Safety and Traffic Calming |
| Sept. 19 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Olde Forge | New Official Plan Consultation Session |
| Sept. 25 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | City Hall Champlain Rm | The Chair of the Planning Advisory Committee called a Special Meeting for the purpose of discussing the Official Plan |
| Oct. 3 | 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Ron Kolbus | Ward Meeting – Tentative topic LRT Stage 2 Information Session on timelines and construction |
Tour of Smart Living building
Councilor Kavanagh has arranged for a small group of Glabar Park residents to take a tour of the student residences on Amaya with a representative from Smart Living on August 27th in the evening. This is a great opportunity to see the residences up close and to ask questions.
If you are interested in joining this tour, please email glabarparkca@gmail.com. I will coordinate with the first 5 people to respond. Please respond by Aug. 23 so I can provide details back to Councilor Kavanagh’s office.
FYI – the Smart Living representative has been asked about renting the units through AirBnB. He explained that they did put the units up on AirBnB, but this was only a transitional option for the period of time from construction to leasing the units. Then they will be signing leases of one year. Their tenants are not allowed to sublet without approval. Also, there will be an on-site student ambassador who will be responsible for keeping an eye on things.