Back in 2009, the CCCA published a list of 16 pre-conditions to the development of Cardinal Village. We are repeating them here for reference.
May 23, 2009
Taggart Investments agrees to Area 11 [now know as Cardinal Village] pre-conditions
Taggart Investments has agreed in writing (see letter below) to support and agree with 16 pre-conditions that were outlined in the CCCA presentation made on May 12, 2009 at the Planning Committee.
These pre-conditions are:
- Complete the Cardinal Creek Sub-watershed study and environmental management plan before allowing the consideration of the Community Design Plan. This will ensure that the proper environmental baseline studies are completed by independent City staff. Ensure this work is completed by September 30, 2009 as it is a year and one-half late.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) support for the four-laning of Hwy 17 from Trim Road to the entrance of the mixed use commercial-Cardinal Village Sports Complex to be located adjacent to Hwy 17 (11E). Ensure a safe and secure traffic light and merge lane at this location.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) support and plans for the four-laning of Montreal Road to Trim Road.
- Secure City Council approval and funding to accelerate the development of the Trim Road re-alignment, the four-laning of Trim Road to Innes Road and construction of a clover leaf at Trim Road and Hwy 174 to accommodate increased traffic demands from the new Cite Collegial, new commercial-industrial expansion and urban growth.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) written concurrence to ensure all treed areas adjacent and backing onto Ted Kelly Lane are removed from their OPA 11 submission.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) written concurrence to plant a minimum of $250,000 value of trees in this new OPA area and ensure that a portion are butternut trees, an endangered species in the Province of Ontario and a tree common to this area.
- Secure City Council approval NOW on a tree conservation by-law that places strict controls on the cutting of trees within one kilometre of the urban boundary area. This will assist in preventing the Kanata and Cumberland tree clear cutting experiences from happening in the future. It will also demonstrate the City of Ottawa’s environmental stewardship leadership.
- Obtain written agreement from Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) for the transfer of 60 acres of valuable wood lots, in close proximity to Cardinal Creek and the Ottawa River, to the City of Ottawa for a dollar.
- Obtain Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) written approval to make the results of all of their OPA 11 soil tests public to ensure no future development is going to take place on unstable soils.
- Secure City Council approval for a special protection zone (e.g. no construction of any kind) on lands surrounding the Cardinal Creek Karst, the 8th longest karst in Ontario and soon to be recognized as a provincially significant earth sciences ANSI.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) written concurrence to a stone dust pathway connection to Watters Road East and Petrie Island as part of its proposed pathway system.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) written consent to special measures to maintain and protect the wildlife, aquatic life and natural environmental area of Cardinal Creek.
- Secure a funding commitment by Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) to contribute a minimum of $250,000 for the construction of a new sports complex in the vicinity of Cardinal Village to reduce the obesity concerns of a growing and young community, similar to the approach initiated by Mattami Homes Ltd.
- Ensure some provision for adequate public transit is built into the requirements of OPA 11 to demonstrate Tamarack (Queen Street Corp’s) commitment to environmental stewardship.
- Secure Tamarack (Queen Street Corp) written concurrence to quarterly on-going public consultations on all key planning and development matters related to OPA 11 over the next five years.
- As the CCCA noted in our submission of March 31, 2009, we are supportive of reasonable growth in OPA 11. In our view, reasonable growth would put a 10-year moratorium on all OPA 11 growth south of Montreal Road until such time as the lands (11A, 11B and 11E) north of Montreal Road are fully built out. We would therefore request that you not permit amendment #69 (Technical OPA Amendment) to apply to this OPA in the future. We would respectfully request that a full Council vote be required in the future to bring this 10-year moratorium area into the build zone.
Taggart Investments has agreed to these pre-conditions in writing as shown in the following letter:
