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Newsletter of the Lindenlea Community Association OCT 2019

• Learn what’s gone on• Learn what’s coming up • Learn about our 100th anniversary projects• Celebrate our Volunteers• Vote for the 2019-2020 Board• Discuss area interests• View our local artists’ works

Dear Residents of LindenleaAs our AGM approaches on Thursday, October 17th, we hope some of you will be interested in getting involved as a Director of the Board of our Community Association. Below is some information to help you better understand the expec-tations of a Board Member. If you are interested in becoming a Board Member, please contact me directly. We hope you will give it your consideration.

- President LCA

CALLING ALL RESIDENTS

LINDENLEA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION’S

Annual General Meeting &

Volunteer Appreciation NightTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

7:30pm

AccountabilityThe Board of Directors of the Lindenlea Community Association is collectively accountable to the community and other stakeholders. They are account-able for the Association’s performance, and for the effective stewardship of financial and human resources. AuthorityIndividual board members have no authority to approve actions by the As-sociation, to direct staff, or to speak on behalf of the Association unless given such authority by the Board. ResponsibilityBoard members are responsible for act-ing in the best long-term interests of the Association and the community bring-ing informed decision-making, a broad

knowledge and an inclusive perspective.

Principle DutiesEvery member of the Board of Direc-tors, including the Board’s officers, are expected to do the following: • Prepare for and participate in board meetings (monthly)• Support board decisions once made• Abide by the by-laws, code of con-duct, conflict of interest and other polices that apply to the board• Participate in the approval of the an-nual budget and monitor the financial performance of the Association• Participate, support and encourage Community Association events, includ-ing the leading and planning of events• Participate in the hiring of, evaluation, and, if required, the releasing of staff

• Attend and participate in Annual General Meetings• Be an ambassador for the Association – ensure one’s involvement is known within their own network of friends and contacts• Be informed about community issues relevant to the mission and objectives of the Association

QualificationsThe following are considered key job qualifications:

• Residency in and knowledge of the community• Commitment to the Association’s mis-sion and strategic directions• A commitment of time• Willingness to be an active participant

We have some fabulous upcoming fall events to share with you! Save these dates and join us. Visit our web-site or our social media pages for more information.

Our annual Chili Cook off and Sleigh Ride has a new date. This year, it will be held on Saturday, November 30. See our next issue for details.

Your library is here for you! On Sat-urday, October 5th, from 10:00am to 1:30pm, the Rockcliffe Park Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, located at 380 Springfield, welcomes you and your family to a complimentary Open House and Fun Day. Enjoy a music show with Monkey Rock Music, re-freshments, crafts and have lots of fun.

Our library is a local treasure, full of community spirit. Please join in the cel-ebrations and share in a love of reading.

Event sponsored by Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale

Proud part of the Lindenlea community.

Jacquie LaRocquecompassrosegroup.org

On Halloween, Andrew Ager’s op-era Frankenstein debuts at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

Local Lindenlea musician Andrew Ager has written four operas, all of which have been produced. Described in Toronto Star as "one of Canada's most intriguing classical musicians," he lives in Ottawa and works as a full-time composer and accompanist.

Frankenstein The Opera 2019 makes its Ottawa debut October 31st and November 1st at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.ca (Frankenstein -Ottawa) or at the door. VIP tickets include preferred seating and a chance to meet the cast after the perfor-mance. Students (and anyone wearing a Hallowe'en costume!) receive a discount.

Andrew Ager, composer.

Constantine Meglis as the Monster

Come find your “golden ticket” at the 2019 Rockcliffe Park Public School Book Fair. Students are excited for this year’s theme: Roald Dahl. The author of the children’s novel, James and the Giant Peach (1961), who appeals to both the young and the young at heart, is the inspiration for this year’s event.

The RPPS Book Fair has been our school’s top fundraiser for nearly 60 years! We welcome you to visit

thousands of donated books over three days in the RPPS gymnasium, Queen Juliana Hall. Bookshelves are restocked regularly, so there are new treasures each day.

Children are welcome and can be found “wondering what to read next” in our abundant children’s section. They can also explore our Craft Corner. No need to hurry home for lunch, you

can enjoy a hot meal, dessert, and cof-fee in our Café. We hope to see you at the 58th annual RPPS Book Fair, 1-3 November, 2019 in the Rockcliffe Park Public School gymnasium (Queen Juli-ana Hall – enter off Springfield Road near Buena Vista).

RPPS Book Fair Committee

We are excited to announce that we are updating our brand with a new logo. The new logo was introduced at our 100th anniversary party and has been on display on posters and our website since the early summer.

We think the new design by Daniel Hanson represents the community association well. A big thank you to Daniel - we are so happy with the new look!

On June 21st 2019, a group of talented individuals tested and received their 1st degree black belts in the art and sport of Taekwondo. Nathan Fin-nie, Paul Finnie, Sarah Geh, Justin Knight, Connor Blair, Shacha Parker, Cameron Pelda, Jerome Levesqueand Chandra Wiegand all suc-cessfully completed the two hour physically trying test, as well as a six page essay and a written exam in advance. They all did extremely well. Their success means 59 black belts have been world certified through the Lindenlea community centre’s Taekwondo program.

The physical test requires con-centration and effort, and is not easy, but every one of the students pushed through, breaking two boards each with hand and foot techniques. They did kicking tech-niques on punching bags and speed tests with many varying techniques. They were also required to perform many different patterns as well as dif-

ferent forms of sparring, with different degrees of difficulty. They were re-quired to perform all of the curriculum ranging from white belt to black belt.

As students, this group worked both as a team and individually, each tackling their own strengths and weaknesses, but they all continued to persevere.

They all had different stories on how they got to be in the group, but all nine of them worked seamlessly together to achieve the collective goal of black belt.

They set wonderful examples for the lower level students in class and are looking forward to help-ing with instruction in the future. The students are looking forward to being a part of the Tae E Lee Moo Kwang Taekwondo black belt family.

A very special thank you to Mas-ter Taylor Haas for his endless effort and support for everyone who tested, as well as the sup-port of the Lindenlea School of Taekwondo and the community in general. Additional thanks to Ms. Alexandra Vincent and Miss Emma Kerr for donating their

time to helping at Lindenlea as well as being present to help out at the test.

Your library is here for you! On Saturday, October 5th, from 10:00am to 1:30pm, the Rockcliffe Park Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, located at 380 Springfield, welcomes you and your family

to a complimentary Open House and Fun Day. Enjoy a music show with Monkey Rock Music, refreshments, crafts and have lots of fun.

Our library is a local treasure, full of community spirit. Please join in the cel-ebrations and share in a love of reading.

Event sponsored by Rockcliffe Park Spring Book Sale

We have had an abundance of op-portunities to express our democratic right in our neighbourhood. In the last 5 years (since June of 2014) we have had 8 elections within the 3 levels of Government and have an upcoming Federal Election (October 21st) and a Provincial by-election. This is especial-ly staggering if we consider the recent historic permanency of our elected officials. Federally, from 1995 until his untimely death in 2016 (8 elections), Mauril Bélanger, represented Ottawa-Vanier, for a total of 21 years. Provin-cially, from 2003 to 2016 (4 elections) Madeleine Meilleur was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Ottawa-Vanier for 13 years. Municipally, Jacques Legendre represented Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward on regional council from 1994 until amalgamation in 2001 and continued to serve the ward on city council until 2011. He also represented Overbrook-Forbes Ward on city council from 1991 to 1994 (6 elections), for a total of 20 years.

Some political junkies might revel in all these electoral opportunities. To hear from candidates, research polling data, volunteer on campaigns, and attend the debates. Besides the time and costs of multiple, is there anything wrong with all these votes taking place? The data below might suggests that there may be some harm with all these election in the form of voter fatigue creeping into our community.In the 2014 and 2015 provincial and federal elections, our ridding had a

relatively reasonable turnout as it compared with the overall vote. In the Provincial election of June 2014, the voter turnout in Ottawa-Vanier was 48.9%, where the overall Provin-cial turnout at 51.3%, a difference of 2.4%. By June 2018 (after a by-election in November 2016, where numbers tend to be lower than normal), the voter turnout in Ottawa-Vanier was 52.9% where the overall provincial voter turnout was 56.7%, a difference of 3.8%. So although Ottawa-Vanier’s voter turn-out percentage appeared to increase election to election, (which they tend to do in a transformative election - new party forming government- Liberal to PC) the riding fell further below the provincial average, from 2.4% to 3.8%.

The 2015 Federal election had an over-all voter turnout of 68.3%, the highest since 1993 (69.6%), another transfor-mative election when a new party formed Government (PC to Liberal). Ottawa-Vanier with a 73.6% turnout was 45th highest of the 338 ridings in the country, a very respectable show-ing. However, the good news doesn’t last long. Of the 18 federal by-elections called since 2015, Ottawa-Vanier had the 5th highest turnout, where the average turnout for those 18 elections was 31.3%, Ottawa-Vanier had a turn-out of 34.5%. Looking closer however, things may not be as positive as the numbers indicate. Of those 18 by-elec-tions, their 2015 average voter turnout was 66.4%, where Ottawa-Vanier was 73.6% (7.2% higher), the second high-

est of the 18 ridings. Suggesting, we should have expected a higher turnout in the by-election if it were to reflect the same pattern of the 2015 election cycle and as we compare all 18 ridings. Comparatively, we did worse.

The municipal circumstances are even more glaring. In 2014, both the overall City and the Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward vote had a turnout of 39.9%. In 2018, that number dropped to 37.2%, even as the city wide numbers went up to 42.6% a 5.4% difference. This 37.2% was the lowest overall turnout of any of the City’s 23 Wards. Things were worse in the by-election on April 2019. Even with 17 candidates on the ballot and a competitive election, voter turn-out was 30.6%.

So what does this all mean? It is difficult to see any clear reasons, as elections are too infrequent and un-known variables dictate voter turnout. However, overall the numbers show a decrease in voter turnout that may be attributable to voter fatigue/apathy initiated by the never-ending elec-tion cycles. This might further erode voters’ interest and general malaise of elections. With elections at the Federal and Provincial levels are upon us, I would nevertheless encourage us to be part of the political discourse by voting. It is better to have too many opportunities to vote then too few.

Thousands of gently-used books – restocked daily

Vinyl, board games & puzzles

Delicious café meals & snacks

Kids’ craft corner

HOURS OF OPERATION

**Friday 10am–9pm

Saturday 10am–6pmSunday 11am–5pm

Rockcliffe Park Public SchoolNovember 1-3, 2019

Queen Juliana Hall – 360 Springfield Road

FB: RockcliffeParkBookFair

Twitter: @RPPSBookFairInstagram: RPPSbookfairrockcliffeparkbookfair.com

We accept cash, credit & debit.

We had a great time celebrating sum-mer with the community! We did art in the park, salsa danced, gazed at the stars, fixed lanterns, did yoga, listened to stories and watched movies. Thanks to everyone who participated in our events. It was great to see so many neighbours and friends out enjoying the nice weather.

The O-Train Confederation Line has opened to the public, marking a sig-nificant milestone in Ottawa’s history with the completion of the largest infrastructure project since the Rideau Canal. It was North America’s busiest light rail line at opening and moved over 1 million people in the first few days. Stage 1 LRT provides rapid and high-quality transit service from Tun-ney’s Pasture Station in the west to Blair Station in the east and improves congestion in the downtown core and the reli-ability of our transit system.

On Saturday, September 14, I had the privilege of being been joined by my Council col-leagues, provincial and federal government representatives, city staff and stakeholders for the official LRT opening ceremony and inaugural ride. This unforgettable event was the culmination of several years of hard work, as well as the establishment of important partnerships with both the public and private sectors.

The dream of a fast and sustainable light rail transit system linking our community together began over 20 years ago. Studies and discussions were succeeded by plans, designs and construction. I’d like to sincerely thank

our provincial and federal partners who generously contributed to make this dream a reality.

Thanks to the collective will and effort of thousands of individuals, the Confederation Line is a reality, creating a backbone to support and guide future growth in Ottawa. Con-struction for Stage 2 LRT is already

underway and planning for Stage 3 LRT to bring rail to Kanata-Stittsville and Barrhaven has started.

Stage 2 will extend rail father east to Trim Road, west to Moodie Drive, southwest to Algonquin College and south to Limebank Road, with a spur to the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. It will add 44

kilometres of track and 24 new sta-tions. With these extensions in place, the light rail network will be fully integrated with cycling and pedestrian pathways to encourage sustainable transportation and links to Ottawa’s major residential, employment, commercial and cultural hubs. Once completed, approximately 77% of Ot-tawa’s population will live within five

kilometres of LRT.

I invite all Ottawa residents to explore the O-Train Con-federation Line 1 - our new, reliable, clean, quiet and comfortable 12.5 kilometre LRT system with 13 beautiful and fully accessible stations. Please join us in celebrating this significant milestone in our city’s transportation history that is transforming Ottawa into a more connected and accessible city.

The future of transit in Ottawa is here.

Welcome aboard!

More information is available at www.octranspo.com and www.jimwatsonottawa.ca

- Mayor

Kick off your holiday season with our annual Chili Dinner and Sleigh Ride on November 30th at 5:00pm! Please bring your own plate, cutlery and mug for this eco-friendly event. The sleigh ride

and dinner are free, but we always collect donations for a worthy

cause. This year we will be donating to Rob-

ert E Wilson Pub-lic School's

emergency fund to help chil-dren and families

in crisis. As usual we are looking for donations of meat and vegetarian chili for the event! Email Seanna atLindenleacommunitycentre@gmail.com to tell her what you plan to bring. You can also bring a plate of cookies or a sweet treat for our dessert table.

Come out and enjoy your neighbours, a

sleigh ride, and some warm chili! We hope to see you there!

As we progress towards autumn, my office has been working hard to respond to your concerns about major transit and transportation issues. I’d also like to thank the hundreds of residents who took the time to fill out the community survey that my office put out in August. We will use that feedback as a road map for future transportation planning.

In fact, transportation will be the focus of our upcoming, second Ward Coun-cil meeting, to be held in September. Our Ward Council is designed to allow residents across Rideau-Rockcliffe to voice their concerns and provide direct and useful input to my office. The Ward Council includes representatives from each community association in the Ward, along with social service organizations. The Council meets on a quarterly basis, allowing residents to have an op-portunity to outline their top priorities to my office, including transportation.Commemorative Street Signs for Lindenlea

The Transportation Committee ac-cepted my office’s report and is recom-mending that City Council approve the installation of centennial com-memorative street signs in the historic village of Lindenlea.

To commemorate the 100th anniversa-ry of its founding, my office has been working with the Lindenlea Commu-nity Association to install 38 commem-orative street signs throughout the original neighbourhood of Lindenlea. (The area defined by Springfield Road to the west, Maple Lane to the north, Lamb-ton Avenue to the east, and Rideau Terrace to the south.)

Many of the street signs in this area are already scheduled to be updated, and staff has

agreed that the costs that would be regu-larly incurred by these replacements will be taken on by the City.

The LCA has fundraised for this project and is able to cover the replacement of the 12 signs not scheduled for renewal, as well as any variance in cost incurred by the

difference of materi-als or la-bour in the creation of the remain-ing 26 com-memora-tive signs. This project has been going smoothly, and I look forward to seeing the new signs unveiled soon.

Official Plan

In August, the city released a new document about big policy changes that could be included in the new Offi-cial Plan. The document, entitled "The 5 Big Moves", will help explain the direction the city is taking as it looks towards shaping the future of Ottawa.

The City is proposing to make a number of significant policy changes through the Official Plan to make Ottawa the most liveable mid-sized city in North Ameri-ca. The following statements capture the most significant policy proposals for the new Official Plan:

1. Growth: Achieve, by the end of its planning period, more growth by intensification than by greenfield de-velopment. This growth will provide a variety of affordable housing options for residents.2. Mobility: By 2046, the majority of trips in the City of Ottawa will be made by sustainable transportation.3. Urban Design: Improve our so-phistication in urban and community design, and put this knowledge to the service of good urbanism at all scales, from the largest to the very small.4. Resiliency: Embed public health, environmental, climate and energy resiliency into the framework of our planning policies.5. Economy: Embed economic devel-opment into the framework of our planning policies.

My office, in conjunction with other urban councillors held a consultation earlier this summer, and will continue to solicit input from Rideau-Rockcliffe resi-dents as to what they would like to see reflected in the City’s new Official Plan.

If you have any concerns about any is-sue, please contact our office by e-mail at rideaurockcliffeward@ottawa.ca or by phone at 613.580.2483. You can also visit www.rideau-rockcliffe.ca for more updates for to be added to the mailing list for our newsletter.

- Councillor

AGM October 17 at 7:30pm January 9, 2020 April 9

November 14 February 13 May 14

December 12 March 12 June 11

LCA BOARD MEETINGSThe Board meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month, except in the summer. Meetings are held

at 7:30pm in the community centre and are open to the public. You are welcome to attend.

EVENT DATE

Fall Programs September 3rd -December 21

Hallowe'en Costume Exchange Oct. 5th at 2:30 to 4pm

AGM Thursday October 17th 7:30pm

Thriller Dance Workshop October 20 at 2pm

Pumpkin Carving Workshop October 27th at 2:30pm

RPPS Book Fair Nov. 1-3

Games Night Nov. 12th at 7pm

Sleigh Ride and Chili Dinner Nov 30th at 5pm

Rink Opens Late December (weather dependent)

Winter Programs 2020 January 6th - March 14th

Family Day Activities February 17th

March Break March 16th- 20th

Spring Programs March 23rd - June 27th

Soccer Registration March

Easter Egg Hunt April 11th

Spring Park Clean Up April 25th

Plant Sale May 9th

Tennis Courts Open Early May (weather dependent)

Last Day of School June 25th

LCA 2019-2020 EVENTS SCHEDULE

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