What
Come chat with your City Councillor one-on-one
When
May 11th, 10 a.m. – noon
Where
Dovercourt Recreation Centre
411 Dovercourt Avenue
Is there something in the neighbourhood or the city that you would like to share? It would be great to have a chat.
Katherine
Many in Kitchissippi are wondering what’s happening to the City owned 7 Bayview Road building? Here is an update:
On March 13th, I was proud to have students from the McGill School of Urban Planning present their report on a future redevelopment of the Public Works Building at 7 Bayview. It was a great opportunity for the students to have first hand experience of presenting to a City committee, and it has provided a shot in the arm of moving this project forward.
To date, the City has spent $122,329.00 to stabilize the building, preventing it from collapse, and cleaning up the site. There is a total budget for the full clean up and repairs of $1,229,000.00. This will be enough to make the building stable, clean and safe, but not a total refurbishment.
The City is using an integrated, streamlined approach to see an adaptive reuse of this tremendous asset as quickly as possible, by integrating different departments’ work on the site, and completing a number of necessary steps simultaneously, including a heritage designation. This could see the space occupied and thriving by 2015.
A diagram of the floor space in 7 Bayview completed by the McGill School of Urban Planning project team. The City will take their ideas into account in their long term plan for a revitalized use of 7 Bayview.
Next Steps
Currently, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment is underway, to be completed by mid-year. Clean up efforts will take approximately two years, paid for by the City and through an application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Brownfields Feasibility Study category of their Green Municipal Funding Program. This will be completed in late 2014.
Meanwhile, a development plan is underway to use surplus land on the same lot as the building to fund the rehabilitation and reuse of 7 Bayview. This will be based on heritage and environmental costs, as well as integration into the Bayview-Carling LRT Community Design Plan, which foresees a vibrant new urban district. It is my vision that 7 Bayview will be at the very heart of that new community.
The City is driving forward an adaptive redevelopment that will see new cultural space in Kitchissippi, at the heart of the larger Bayview Yards redevelopment as part of the City’s LRT future. With Bayview Station set to become an important transfer point on the City’s rapid transit network, this will be an accessible City-wide resource that will build on an already strong arts community in Kitchissippi Ward.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION
Holland Avenue Reconstruction
Scott Street to 40 meters South of Tyndall Street
The City of Ottawa has identified the need to replace the existing watermain on Holland Avenue from Scott Street to Tyndall Street. The watermain was originally installed between 1908 and 1922 and has reached the end of its service life.
Specifically, the work required includes:Replacement of the existing 152mm diameter watermain in Holland Avenue from Scott Street to Tyndall Street, with a 406mm diameter watermain including tie-ins at Scott Street, Spencer Street, Armstrong Street, Byron Avenue and Tyndall Street.
The work is scheduled to proceed to construction in the summer of 2012 and to be complete by the fall of 2012.
During construction, the northbound (east side) lanes will need to be closed to accommodate the watermain construction work. One lane in each direction will be maintained for the duration of the work.
A Public Information Session to present the design is planned as follows:
PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION
Wednesday, May 16 2012, 4:30 to 7:30
Fisher Park Community Centre / School
250 Holland Avenue, Room 115
At the Information Session, you will be able to review the proposed plans and related objectives, provide comments and bring forth any issues that have not yet been identified.