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Presentation by Dennis Van Staalduinen to Planning and Environment Committee of Ottawa City Council. Septemer 28, 2010.
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Phone: 613.829.1919E-mail: [email protected]: @denvanBlog: www.begtodiffer.com
WWW.BRANDVELOPE.COM
Dennis Van Staalduinen
Brand strategy for humans.
Title goes here: and a longer title looks like this when it wraps.
BUILDING COMMUNITY
IS FOR GROWN-UPS
Dennis Van Staalduinen
Sept 28, 2010: Presentation to City of Ottawa
Planning and Environment Committee
Opposing Ashcroft Richmond Rd. Convent proposal
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• I live in Champlain Park with my wife and 3 kids
• I have run Brandvelope – my business strategy consulting firm – out of a home office for 10 years.
• The Visitation Convent is 600 m from my front door.
• And of course I'm concerned about cut-through traffic, the failure of Island Park Drive, and the concrete canyon effect on Richmond.
Why I'm not here today
But that's not why I'm here!
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Why I AM here today
• I helped found the Wellington West Business Improvement Area in 2008, and serve the BIA Marketing Committee.
• From 2006-2010 I actively participated in the Hintonburg and Wellington St. West Neighbourhood Planning Initiative and Community Design Plan.
• I became very passionate about urban planning issues, and in particular the powerful role of CPDs and other secondary plans as instruments of local decision making.
• The best decisions are made when local leaders are empowered with information, city resources, and legislation with teeth – the whole idea of a CPD.
Complex planning decisions should be made by adults.
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So when I heard about the Sisters of Visitation…
I thought: great!
There's a Community Design Plan for that.
The grown-ups are in charge!
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But then in March,I saw this…
And it reminded meof something…
Ashcroft's proposalFrom March of 2010
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It reminded me of this…
Designed by….
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Awesome kid. Loads of fun. Super smart.But I don't want him planning my neighbourhood!
My son: 3 years oldAspiring urban planner
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Richmond Rd.
Byron Linear Park
HilsonAve. PublicSchool
Leig
hton
Terrac
e
Byron Avenue
N
Convent
The property in Lego:
So what if grown-upswere in charge?
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With adult supervision:You get 300 "blocks"
6 Stories Front4 Stories Back
Very dense. But human-scaled.
The grown-ups on the CDP decided this was appropriate.
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No adult supervision:600 "blocks"
9 Stories Front6-9 Stories Back
Any 3 year old can see: this is just
plain silly!
This is what Ashcroft wants – and city staff are recommending!
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The view from Richmond Rd.
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Behold: your future Ottawa.
My son would be so proud.
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So grown-ups of council
• It should never have come to this.
• If the grown-ups in Planning were doing their job, Ashcroft would never have been allowed to come to the table with this proposal.
• So now we the grown-ups of Ottawa are forced to ask you the grown-ups on council to intervene….
We need your help!
EVERYBODY NEEDS A TIME OUT!!!!
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Send Ashcroft to their room without supper!
We need you to make a clear statement:
1. Deny this application: Community Design Plans are critically important to the future of our city and MUST be respected by planning and developers.
2. Deny access to Byron: Public land MUST not be sacrificed to reward developers who game the system.
3. Reaffirm your own rules: 300 units. 6 Stories on Richmond. 4 Stories in the back.
4. Don't make us fight you: that's not a threat, it's a request.
Let's work together like grown-ups to build our city.
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THANK YOU!