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City staff are submitting a zoning change for the land within the Centrum Shopping Centre that fronts onto Kanata Avenue from Lord Byng Way to Earl Grey Drive. This land is currently used as a temporary parking area. The reason for the zoning change is to make the specific zone requirements conform to the Official Plan for the area and to implement the vision for the Kanata Town Centre. The provisions of the zoning bylaw may include clarifying the minimum building height, the maximum setback from Kanata Ave, clarifying the finished building grade, describing the relationship to the Main Street Extension roadway midway along that section, and ensuring design factors are implemented. The effect of the proposed amendment would be to achieve a built-form along Kanata Avenue that better reflects council's current vision, goals and objectives for the development of the Kanata Town Centre, including the subject Regional Shopping Centre lands. Details will be provided to community groups and will soon be on the Citys website. I will have this as an item on a future Ward Council agenda, as well.
Park Development
I am very concerned over all of the delays in getting the parks in our new areas developed as soon as possible. I have met with the new park planner for our area and briefed her on the status of the parks and the need for action and spoken with staff who deal with developers in the field. Richcraft has sent me an email saying that they would not to building the Keyrock Park as weve been discussing, but Im hoping that they will reconsider that so that the park can be built as soon as possible. If not, staff have told me theyd move forward quickly to tender the work and get it done. Discussions are ongoing on the Briarbrook and Sandhill parks as there is some work remaining to be done by the developers under their subdivision agreements. As soon as they finish, the City can tender the park development itself. Once I have detailed timelines, Ill include them in my column.
Coming events
March 26. Deadline for nominations for Civic Appreciation Awards. March 31. Deadline for applying for Community Environmental Initiatives Grant. April 9. Deadline for applications for funding for murals to combat graffiti.
April 19. Ward Council, 7 p.m., in the Program Room of the Kanata Seniors Centre.