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Dear Neighbour,
Thank you for reading The Village Voice. As always, we truly welcome your comments and suggestions. Please forward this newsletter to other residents of our community, who you think may be interested in any of these topics. With your help, we can grow our membership and keep our residents informed and engaged. The larger our membership, the stronger our voice.
Your friends and neighbours,
The MVCA
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Your MVCA Needs You!
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This year's annual general meeting of your Manotick Village and Community Association is an opportunity for our 560 members to come out and vote for four officers of the board to join the one continuing officer in leading your community association over the next two years.
The MVCA is looking for an exceptional person to be our VP of Communications. For more information about the job and its requirements, please contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Mr. Giulio Maffini, at info@manotickvca.org .
Your community association is also looking for members to express an interest in joining the MVCA board as directors. Directors will be elected by the board officers in the months following the AGM. We are also looking for people to volunteer their time on one or more of the many MVCA activities, events and projects. Your MVCA is an all- volunteer community association and we encourage members to help out in their areas of interest. We welcome members to assist with MVCA events, with our web-site and Facebook page, with reviewing city policy documents and proposals going to council that may affect Manotick, with community-driven initiatives such as MVCA's road safety program, working with other Manotick groups, representing the MVCA on environmental assessments for planned new roads and widening of existing roads, reviewing development applications and more.
Please come to the meeting on June 7th at 7 p.m. at the Manotick Arena to learn more about the MVCA, to vote for its officers and to express interest in volunteering.
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Regional Group's Plans for Small Bungalows in Manotick
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Area residents who want to remain in Manotick when the time comes to downsize have been asking for small bungalows inside the village boundary. Manotick's updated Secondary Plan identified two development areas where this could potentially happen and the Regional Group is the first to step up with draft plans for an adult lifestyle community of 86 bungalows at Manotick Main and Kelly Marie Drive.
On Monday May 2nd, Councillor Moffatt hosted a community pre-consultation meeting with David Kardish, VP Land, Regional Group; Erin O'Connor, Development Planner, Regional Group; and Jack Sterling, Consultant. Also invited were Donna Smith (Executive Director MBIA), Mr. W Freitag (resident living next to the development), Noel Norenius (President MCPRA ), and Klaus Beltzner (President MVCA).
Draft plans were presented at this pre-consultation meeting as the first step in involving the community to help shape a development application, which is expected to be submitted to the city this summer. Plans are underway to organize a general public meeting in Manotick this summer as well.
Earlier concept plans went through a number of iterations to address some issues before a draft site plan could be prepared for discussion with the community. Early stumbling blocks included resolving the issue of about 200 butternut trees on the property with the provincial environment ministry, the location and sizing of a sanitary sewage pumping station (the city said it had to be large enough to include Island View Drive properties), and design of the road network.
The draft plan is for 56 bungalow towns (groups of two or three attached houses), 25 single bungalows and 5 waterfront bungalows. Lot sizes are 50' for waterfront, 42' for internal singles, 32'/33' for two-house towns and 30' for 3-house towns. The draft plans include a sidewalk on the internal road connecting with Manotick Main and Kelly Marie. A waterfront park is located at the southeast corner adjacent to Kelly Marie. Under recent rule changes, the Regional Group is responsible for building the park and there is a separate process, directed by the city's parks department, that also includes public consultations. The concept is for a passive park with benches. There could possibly be a small club house/community centre.
VP David Kardish told the community leaders that he is looking forward to working with Manotick to make the proposed bungalow development a very attractive adult lifestyle community. It was his company that built the much sought-after Village Walk development.
The MVCA will be posting an updated electronic copy of the draft plan for the adult lifestyle community proposal by the Regional Group at Kelly Marie Drive as soon as it becomes available.
To give residents an idea of the kind of bungalows planned, pictures of bungalows in existing Regional EQ communities in Ottawa and surrounding areas can be seen at http://www.eqhomes.ca/home/ . The names of models shown at the pre-consultation meeting included: Pebble Beach, Berkley, Royal Ottawa, Summerside, Del Mar, Pinehurst and Dumont. Sketches of models proposed for Manotick will be updated and there will be freshened versions that reflect Manotick's heritage village character.
Watch this column for regular updates on this exciting development for smaller bungalows in Manotick.
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Manotick in the News
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Manotick Village President says Plan for Expansion of Leitrim Road should be Reworked
Pressure on River Road already bad enough: Beltzner
Planned Leitrim widening Courtesy of City of Ottawa
This map represents the planned route for the expansion of Leitrim Road.
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Community Events
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This Week at YOMA: Movie Night
Manotick Arena 2nd Floor, 6:30-9pm, Friday May 13th
Sit back, relax and enjoy! Bring a friend! Programs are currently for youth age 12-17.
ITR Theatre Company presents "The Foreigner
May 13th, 14th & 15th 
Almost 200 people saw the show last weekend and loved it! The laughter was uproarious and the applause was thunderous. You have three more opportunities to see this excellent show - don't miss it. For an all-inclusive evening, come out to the dinner theatre on May 14th and enjoy a delicious meal followed by award-winning comedy. There is also an evening performance of "The Foreigner" on May 13th, with good seats left, and a matinée on May 15th. All shows are at the Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Osgoode Main Street. For times and prices and to buy tickets, go to
www.itrtheatre.com or call 613-800-1165.
Cycle Tourism Development Workshop,
Miller's Oven (1137 Mill Street, Manotick)
May 12th, 9 - 10:20 am
You are invited to participate in a workshop providing information and development assistance to elevate the southeast region of Ottawa as a cycling destination. Learn more about:
*Why cyclists and cycle tourists are good for local business
*Ottawa rural cycling routes project
*Key elements of destination development and opportunity assessment
*Ontario By Bike bicycle friendly business and business area certification
Watson's Mill & Dickinson Square:Spring Cleaning Bee May 14th, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Volunteers needed: "Many hands make light work." There are many choices of chores - sweeping, dusting, window washing, lawn work. Feel free to come for an hour or spend the morning with us. See the list of specific chores on our website. There is a sign-up sheet available at the admin office. Please call us at 613-692-6455 to join the effort.
We welcome help at any time for all sorts of odd jobs!
Watson's Mill and Dickinson Square Season Opening
May 21st & 22nd, 10am - 4pm
Fun weekend for everyone, all ages. Saturday - local dignitaries; live music; BBQ by Manotick Butcher (free sausage for WMMI 2016 members). Have tea with Queen Victoria at Dickinson House between 2 and 4 pm (limited seating). Sunday - Milling demonstration from 1-3pm. All weekend - kids' craft time. Daily - guided tours & used book sale. Farmer's Market begins on Saturday, June 4th .
Watson's Mill & Dickinson Square Annual Spring Plant Sale
May 28th, 9:00am-12:00pm
Fundraiser for the Manotick Horticultural Society. Best to come early for this event - it's always a busy day with great horticultural finds.
Watson's Mill "Mini-Wheats" Summer Camp 2016 Registration
REMINDER - LAST DAY OF EARLY REGISTRATION OF MINI-WHEAT'S SUMMER DAY CAMP IS MAY 23rd.
(Camps run weeks of July 11-15, July 25-29, August 4-7, August 8-12, August 22-26)
Targeted at children ages 6-12, each week of the summer day camp has a theme, and each day
includes theme-appropriate games, crafts, activities, and guest presentations.
For more information, please call 613-692-6455 or email us at
programs@watsonsmill.com.
JazzNhouse (Manotick), a community non-profit, presents Jazz Vibes with special guest William Lamoureux
May 28th, 8-10:30 pm, in a private home in Manotick
This is a house concert series starting to take root in Manotick. Concerts are held in private homes. Seating is limited. Please reserve seating online at
http://www.jazzn.ca/concerts.html#concertM4.
A confirmation email and location details will follow.
Camp Ottawa Adventure Summer Camp
Manotick Arena, weekly from July 4th - Aug 29th
The city of Ottawa is offering an adventure summer camp every week this summer at the Manotick Community Centre, 2nd Floor, Manotick Arena. This camp is for ages 6-12 and offers out-trips, theme days and a chance to make new friends. Mont Cascades, Cosmic Adventures, Funhaven and Parc Omega are just a few of the trips planned. Some of the theme days include Sport Jam, Survivor Challenge and Ooey Gooey Day.
To see the full schedule of events for Camp Ottawa Adventure, please click
here or call for a copy via e-mail.
Weekly registration fee is $165.00. Camp hours are 9am-4pm with early drop off starting at 8:00am and late pick-up till 5:00pm. Additional extended Pre/post care is available at an additional cost. Scheduled payments can be arranged for registrations totalling more than $300.00.
For more information on these camps, please contact:
613-580-2424 ext. 30235
Pat Drummond's Directory of Local Events:
MVCA on Twitter
Follow the MVCA on Twitter -
@manotickVCA - for up-to-date news about Association activities and upcoming village events.
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If you have any comments or suggestions you would like to share, please contact us at
president@manotickvca.org. Your feedback is important to us.
Sincerely,
Manotick Village & Community Association
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