The city of Ottawa will be holding an information session regarding the designation of the Cardinal Creek karst as an ‘Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest’. The session will take place on Wednesday June 20 from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm at the South Fallingbrook Community Centre at 998 Valin Street. The meetings will be in an open house format where maps and text will be displayed and the public will have an opportunity to speak with staff. Sign-in and comment sheets will be available.
If you are unable to attend, there will be 3 additional sessions throughout the city:
Tuesday June 5, 2012 – 4:30 pm to 8:00pm – Jean Pigott Place, City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Tuesday June 26, 2012 – 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Greenboro Community Centre, 363 Lorry Greenberg Drive
Wednesday June 27, 2012 – 6:30pm to 8:30pm – John G Mlacak Community Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive
Additional information of the designation:
The purpose of the third amendment to the Official Plan is to update schedules to identify a portion of Cardinal Creek located south of Watters Road, east of Everlasting Crescent and west of the urban boundary currently identified as a ‘Landform Feature’ to an ‘Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI)’. The Ministry of Natural Resources has confirmed that the Cardinal Creek karst is a Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI). With this amendment, the review of development of this site or land within 50m of the feature will be subject to specific Official Plan policies established to protect the educational, scientific and landscape value of the feature.
Below are documents pertaining to the information session:
Cardinal Village – Open House (PDF)
Integrated Planning Act and Environmental Assessment Act Process – Cardinal Creek Village (PDF)
Official Plan Amendment Submission Planning Rationale (PDF)
Processus intégré en vertu de la Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire et de la Loi sur les évaluations environnementales Village du ruisseau Cardinal (PDF)
