Dalhousie Community Association

DCA Minutes,  3Feb 2010 Present: Archie Campbell,, Eric Darwin, Lori Mellor, David Seaborn, Charles Akben-Marchand,Ida Henderson,Diane Holmes, Jessica Sellars, Grace Xin,Zsofia Orosz, Doug Gablemann, Michael Hatfield, Maija Kagis, Phil Robinson, Craig Haines Minutes of January approved as presented, with typo correction Chinatown gateway arch – update by Grace Xin, of Chinatown BIA (CBIA) click to enlarge to see detail of gold painting Delcan is the Ottawa design consultant, with Chinese designers just completed their 2nd trip Construction begins in April. The whole structure will be precast concrete. The precasting of features may be done in a tented workshop behind Yangtze restaurant using handcarved wooden molds, then put on the concrete main frame. It will take two months to cast, then painting will take two months, altogether five to six months. There are a number of concerns regarding the use of residential land adjacent to houses on Cambridge for industr...

To: Diane Holmes, Ainsley Shepperd, NCC During Bluesfest in 2008 there was a lot of off-road parking on the greenspace that runs along the north side of Albert between Booth and City Centre Avenue. This was while the City's new multipurpose path/sidewalk and landscaping was still being installed. The land immediately along the north side of Albert Street is city owned, the land further north is NCC property. A chain link fence in the area may not reflect the ownership boundary. In 2009 the situation was much improved. With the hard work of Ainsley Shepherd and the active cooperation of the NCC, off-road parking was severely curtailed during Bluesfest. Parking on the grass and greenspace crept back during the Festival in the Park the following week. After the festivals, the area remained pleasantly green with minimal rutting and erosion. The Dalhousie Community Association is concerned that vigiliance and extra effort will have to be expended each and every year to protect thi...

Somerset Street will undergo reconstruction starting in 2010 for the section from West Wellington Street (in Hintonburg, west side of the Otrain) to Preston Street. And in 2011 from Preston up the hill to Booth. This means major hole digging, new sewers, etc and streetscaping like wider sidewalks, pedestrian lighting, protected parking bays, etc. The consultant, Ron Clark from Delcan, gathered ideas at the DCA meeting on Dec. 2, 2009 and there is a opportunity for those keen on the subject to discuss the issues and solutions on Tuesday, Jan 12 at 7pm, room 36, Dal Centre at the corner of Empress/somerset.

Dalhousie Community Association Meeting January 6, 2010 Present: Michael Hatfield, Doug Gabelmann, Phil Robinson, Charles Akben-Marchand, Eric Darwin, David Seaborn, Archie Campbell, Maija Kagis, Zsofia Orosz Guests: Laura Bergen (councillor's office); from The Door: Malik Ayass, ED, Debbie Barton, Board member The minutes from December The minutes were approved as presented - Charles, seconded by Doug. The Door The Door is a youth drop-in centre that has been operating upstairs in the Dalhousie Community Centre for almost 16 years. Its open for youth 12-18 years and offers recreational, social, educational programs, Monday to Thursday 4-9PM – see attached documents for program details. Members provide a lot of input for the programming. There are many new Canadians among the members in particularly Karen, a growing community in Ottawa that sees The Door as a focal point for the youth. Thus English as a 2nd language is offered. They are working closely with local school...

This message is sent on behalf of Marie Lemay, Chief Executive Officer, National Capital Commission. Mr. Eric Darwin President Dalhousie Community Association E-mail: EricDarwin1@gmail.com Dear Mr. Darwin: Thank you for your correspondence of November 9, 2009, in which you express the concerns of your Association on the possibility of having an intermodal rapid transit station located at Bayview, as part of the Rapibus Transit initiative. As you are probably aware, the NCC is leading the ongoing joint Interprovincial Transit Integration Strategic Planning Study. This joint study aims to recommend the most suitable and feasible strategies for seamless and efficient integration of interprovincial transit and is examining a number of routing options as an effective means of improving interprovincial transit as well as various infrastructure options to accommodate growth in transportation and transit demand. These different infrastructure options are based on the assumpti...

The DCA is proud to be supporting the addition of supportive women's housing units at the Cornerstone Project, to be constructed starting in March 2010 on Booth St corner of Eccles, site of the old Loeb grocery store. Councilor Holmes, Royal Galipeau MP, Jim Watson, MPP, Sue Garvey of Cornerstone, Yasir Naqvi MP. Present but not in the picture: Clive Doucet, Mayor OBrien, Grace Xin (Chinatown BIA), about 60 volunteers and friends that turned out to get the project launched. Thanks to the hosts, Somerset West Community Health Centre. Royal Galipeau and Sue Garvey with the Olympic Flame that made a surprise visit to the launch. Yasir Naqvi, Diane Holmes, Anthony Leaning architect, Sue Garvey of Cornerstone, Eric Darwin representing the DCA

The new green bin recycling program for organic waste starts in January. Now is the time to start loading it up with food scraps, peelings, etc. This video tells you more... http://bit.ly/8drPrk