Thursday, June 8, 2023

Big changes are on the horizon for Confederation Heights.

Confederation Heights - A Road Network  iii "City Council shall support the ownership transfer from Public Works and Government Services Canada to the City, those portions of Heron Road and Riverside Drive that traverse the Confederation Heights area to have them formally integrated as part of the arterial road network."

Vincent Massey Park, Hog's Back Park and Mooney's Bay may be transferred to the City of Ottawa. The city believes in parkettes or pocket parks that are less than one acre.iii "Council shall consider the appraisal of any lands to be transferred in the context of their current use as open space, their classification as open space in the City of Ottawa Official Plan and in consideration that they will remain as open space."

Recreational Land Strategy for Ottawa 2006-2031. Parks and Open Spaces 4.4.2. "The City's requirements for parks and open spaces may have to be revisited to ensure that the types of spaces required of developers reflect the need for quality spaces of all sorts. The goal of a review of parks and recreational land should be "Quality over quantity of space should be a guiding principle". Parks don't have to be grassy to green.

Mooney's Bay is a federal park that is now being leased to the City of Ottawa:

"In lieu of payment the parkland levy by the Federal Government and/or partners involved in the development of lands within the Confederation Heights Employment Centre, with the exception of Canada Post Headquarters, may direct the developers to pay the NCC the cash equivalent of the levy subject to a further agreement between the City and the NCC to transfer title of Federal lands now leased to the City of Ottawa for park purposes."

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