The City of Ottawa does not have the right to "modernize" the Greber Plan.

 Plan for the National Capital 1950 by Jacques Greber.

"The Master Plan is dedicated as a National War Memorial." (page 11/395). "The Master Plan herein set forth organizes and protects a vast area of urban,rural and wooded territories." (page 7/395.) The National War Memorial will encompass 900 square miles.

  5 Big Moves|The New Official Plan| Engage Ottawa. Big Move 3: Urban and Community Design.

• This strategy may include renewed partnerships with the NCC on possible diversification of the use of certain federally-owned green spaces in key locations. (from page 14/24, New Official Plan, August 13, 2019.)

"The City has identified more than 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt... that could be developed." (from "Beyond Ottawa 20/20. Tabling of the Official Plan Review-White Paper on Development in the Greenbelt.")

There are several recommendations in the Official Plan that I object to:

• removing any green space that is collectively owned by all Canadians.
• selling the air rights above community centres to condominium developers.
• encouraging the creation of "parkettes" which encompass less than one acre of land. There are vast areas of land in Nepean and Somerset Ward that could be converted into national parks. Why do the royal families own hundreds of thousands of acres of land, while children in Ottawa have to play in parkettes or cement plazas. Not only that, recreational land is off-limits---the Lebreton Flats, Greenbelt Research Farm and the skating rink and grounds at Rideau Hall. The only people who can visit the 2021 Tulip Festival on Commissioners Park are nearby residents.

The following properties are part of Jacques Greber's Greenbelt:

 Greenbelt Research Farm.  Commissioners Park.  Majors Hill Park. 

.Affordable Housing Opportunities-

 1.)Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road.

• Property Owner-City of Ottawa.
• Location-Site located along the easterly limits of Mechanicsville/Hintonburg south of both Albert and Scott Street at the intersection of the Trillium (O-Train) Corridor and the Bayview Station.
• Site Area-1.8 hectares or 4.4479 acres.
• Zoning - Mature Neighbourhood Overlay - relevant for residential dwellings of four storeys or less.
• Height Limit - 11 metres (12 storeys) but not for residential.
• Official Plan - Schedule B - General Urban Area.

Councillors call on city to reopen park green space. Ottawa closed all city parks and amenities on March 27 amid pandemic. by Hillary Johnstone, CBC News, May 5, 2020.

"Seven Ottawa city councillors have co-signed an open letter calling on the city to reopen green spaces in Ottawa's parks...Many residents have been struggling with physical and mental health without adequate space to physically distance while getting outside. Access to nature, open spaces and room for exercise are important and necessary coping strategies that are well documented to increase well-being and physiological resiliance...For families with small children, and those who have little or no green space on their properties, the closure of parks has been especially difficult..."

The letter was signed by councillors Shawn Menard, Riley Brockington, Catherine McKenney, Carol Anne Meehan, Rawlson King, Jeff Leiper and Theresa Kavanagh.