Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

THAT the following item be added to the agenda of the February 5, 2015 meeting of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee pursuant to the Procedure By-law, subsection 89(3)

WHEREAS in 2010, Parks Canada formally created the Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy to steer its commitment to undertake an assessment of the visual character of the Rideau Canal Corridor; and WHEREAS the Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy is led by a Steering Committee composed of representatives from Parks Canada, the National Capital Commission, the Province of Ontario and First Nations, as well as the City of Ottawa and 12 other municipalities, three counties and two conservation authorities located along the Rideau Canal; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa nominates one urban representative and one rural representative to the Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy Steering Committee, and the City’s representatives during the 2010-2014 Term of Council were Councillors David Chernushenko (urban) and Doug Thompson (rural); and WHEREAS the Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy has issued a report titled, “Landscape Character Assessment & Planning and Management Recommendations,” and the work of the Steering Committee continues with respect to the implementation of planning and management approaches and the coordination of different jurisdictions in the Rideau Canal Corridor, and is about to embark on the next phase of this work; and WHEREAS it would be beneficial for the City of Ottawa’s representatives to have a continuity of knowledge and experience during the Steering Committee’s ongoing work, and Councillor Chernushenko is continuing as the City’s urban representative on the Stee