Further to the May 16 post about the Gazette being available online, we finished delivering the Gazette yesterday. Hopefully everyone received one in their mailbox!
Glabar Gazette – Spring 2019 (update)
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Heritage Inventory Project – Update to flood-impacted wards
The GPCA received the following email from the City of Ottawa on May 23:
Dear Ward 7 – Bay Community Association,
In April 2019, as part of the Heritage Inventory Project, Heritage Services staff sent letters to owners of approximately 480 properties in wards 1, 5, 7 and 19 informing them that their properties were being proposed for addition to the City of Ottawa’s Heritage Register. A report to Built Heritage Sub-Committee was scheduled for June 11, 2019 to recommend that these and approximately 2100 additional properties in the remaining wards be added to the Register as non-designated listings.
In response to the major flooding occurring in and around the City of Ottawa, Heritage Services staff have been directed to remove properties in wards 1, 5, 7 and 19 from the June report to Built Heritage Sub-Committee. These properties will be recommended for addition to the Heritage Register in a report postponed until fall 2019.
The drop-in session scheduled for May 1 at the West Carleton Client Service Centre was cancelled due to ongoing flood relief efforts being undertaken by City staff. We sincerely apologize for the last-minute cancellation and apologize for any inconvenience it caused. Upcoming public information sessions and remaining drop-in sessions will proceed as scheduled, and property owners from all wards are welcome to attend. Staff are planning to offer additional public information and drop-in sessions in the fall for property owners in flood-impacted wards.
Feedback about the Heritage Inventory Project from property owners in flood-impacted wards has been recorded and will be addressed in the fall report. Heritage Services staff continue to welcome feedback from property owners in these wards.
Property owners in wards 1, 5, 7 and 19 will be notified by mail about the removal from the June 11 report to the Built Heritage Sub-Committee, and subsequently notified when a new report date is scheduled. Councillors in these wards will also be notified.
For more information:
• Visit us online – ottawa.ca/heritageinventory
• Email us – heritageinventory@ottawa.ca
• Call us – 613-580-2463
Sincerely,
Cass Sclauzero Avery Marshall
Built Heritage Researcher Built Heritage Researcher
Heritage Services Heritage Services
Rink Update – 2019-03-10
While it is below freezing when I write this (@9am), I expect the warmer temperatures being forecast for this afternoon will require us to close the rink. The forecast for the rest of the week and beyond is even warmer, so yesterday was likely the last day of the 2018-2019 rink season.
Thank you to all the volunteers that made this season possible. Some of you know that – before the season started – we had a contractor lined up to build and maintain the ice in order to lighten the burden on volunteers. When the contractor declined last-minute, I was not sure how we could build the ice with the small number of volunteers we had or if we were even going to have a rink in our community this year. Then, a core group of volunteers stepped up to help with the ice build and maintenance. At that point, it was no longer a question of what we were going to do, but how quickly we could organize.
The following people deserve a special thank you for volunteering a lot of their time to make sure we had 2 great ice surfaces all season: Andy, Curtis, Ted, Jeff, and Stephanie. Without these individuals (and their families), there would not have been a rink this year.
Thank you to everyone that volunteered their time to shovel, snow blow, scrape, chip, pack, flood, fix, supervise, clean, and do all the other miscellaneous (and sometimes thankless) tasks that make our community rink possible!
Rink Update – 2019-03-03
The rink is open for skating today (has been open for a few days – sorry for not posting earlier). We only have 1 volunteer supervisor scheduled for 5-7pm. The fieldhouse will not be open otherwise.
Rink Update – 2019-02-27
The hockey rink was flooded several times yesterday and again around noon today. It is ready for skaters!
The puddle rink was in worse condition than the hockey rink and still needs work. The following things caused significant damage that will take longer to repair:
- foot traffic during above-freezing temperatures this weekend, and
- skaters leaving piles of snow on the ice, especially when above-freezing temperatures are expected
Please stay off the ice when the temperature is above freezing.
Please stay off the ice when the “Rink Closed” signs are out.
We need supervisors for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and beyond. Please sign up at http://signup.com/go/AYVqZth and/or notify Adam.