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Faircrest Heights Community Association Fall Meeting Monday, November 7, 2011 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Park Baptist Church

Faircrest Heights Community Association Fall Meeting Monday, November 7, 2011 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Park Baptist Church. Agenda. Ditches Lynda Lane Parking Urban Woodlot Management Park Planning 2012 Draft Budget. Ditches. Lynda Lane. Lynda Lane Urban Woodlot Management.

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Faircrest Heights Community Association Fall Meeting Monday, November 7, 2011 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Park Baptist Church

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  1. Faircrest Heights Community Association Fall Meeting Monday, November 7, 2011 7:30 p.m. Pleasant Park Baptist Church

  2. Agenda • Ditches • Lynda Lane Parking • Urban Woodlot Management • Park Planning • 2012 Draft Budget

  3. Ditches

  4. Lynda Lane

  5. Lynda Lane Urban Woodlot Management • extent of buckthorn is quite significant in the wooded area along Lynda Lane • many ash trees on this site will be impacted by EAB • Multi year project • Work this summer included: • site inventories for several woodlots, including Billings Park and Robert Andrew Russell Park in the Lynda Lane vicinity • developed preliminary urban woodlot management guidelines • provides options for managing the loss of ash and buckthorn removal

  6. Lynda LaneUrban Woodlot Management • Next steps: • develop a detailed plan over the 2012 winter/early spring for each location to outline buckthorn removal, ash tree interplanting/removal and reforestation • Will determine costs and timelines for implementation

  7. Current Projects Canterbury Park: improved playground, replace gazebo roof, addition of benches and picnic tables and small pad with water feature Grasshopper Hill Park/Kilborn Park: improved play area, enhancements to the sliding hill and places to sit along the dog walking paths Park Planning

  8. Park Planning Next Steps Detailed designs, cost analysis, and tender documents Installation to begin Spring 2012 Next projects Applewood Acres Park, Dale Park and Weston Park Planning process to being January 2012 Community participation is integral – all ideas are welcome!

  9. City of Ottawa 2012 Draft Budget

  10. Property Tax Breakdown Percentage (by service) of your 2011 property tax bill • Emergency Services  22.09%  (Police/Fire/Paramedics) • Provincial Education 18.23% • Provincial Mandated Programs  10.95% • Transit & Para-Transpo  14.10% • Capital Financing _9.14% 74.51% Roads/Traffic/General Admin/Parks/ 25.49% Recreation/Culture/Library/Garbage/ Recycling/Planning/Economic Development/Environment

  11. Budget Highlights

  12. Budget Highlights

  13. Budget Highlights

  14. Budget Highlights

  15. 2012 Tax Supported Summary Offsets Increases Revenues $20 M Maintain $55 M Uploading $3 M Assessment Growth $25 M User Fees $3 M Growth $16 M Council Priorities $6 M Prov./Leg. $8 M Tax Levy Increase $30 M (2.39%) Transit Fares $4 M Total : $85 M Total : $85 M Net tax requirement to support City programs is $30 M million or 2.39%. 17

  16. 2012 Tax Supported Expenditures $2.460 Billion - By Service

  17. 2012 Draft Capital Budget

  18. Capital Budget Framework • 2012 budget and 2013-2015 forecast incorporates term of Council Priorities • Use debt as needed but limited to: • Under 7.5% of own source revenues • Maximum yearly impact of ¼ of 1% of the levy • Based on tabled budget, tax supported debt servicing will be 4.6% of own source revenues

  19. Ottawa on the Move $340M Multi-Year Program of Works • Need to advance / complete projects in order to minimize disruption with LRT construction • The need to improve the state of City owned infrastructure • To provide stimulus to the local economy • Low interest rate environment • Prepare the capital for 2017 celebrations

  20. Ottawa on the Move Program Funding : Federal / Provincial revenue programs 30.6 Rate Supported * 179.4 Development Charges 5.2 Tax Supported Debt Financing 125.0 340.2 * Specific funding from Rate sources will be determined through the development of the 2012 Rate Supported Capital budget

  21. Ottawa On the Move

  22. 2012 Capital Budget City tax supported services

  23. 2012 Capital – Sources of Funding $850.8M

  24. Questions?

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