When I speak with residents in Kanata Lakes, I know that top of mind is the golf course development. I have already demonstrated as your City Councillor that I am 100% with you. You know that. With the progress we have all made, the steps forward will require the help of the Province. Thanks to your advocacy, Premier Ford has told all of us in voice mails, texts, emails and in person that he is working with Mayor Sutcliffe on a land swap. City Council passed a motion asking the Premier and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing for a Municipal Zoning Order, special legislation or any other option or mechanism that would honour the 40% agreement so the community would get its park back. When that work is done and the land goes back to the City as was always intended, the planning for the Central Park will begin. The Kanata Lakes Community Association, the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association and the Kanata Greenspace Protection Coalition have given Mayor Sutcliffe a flexible proposal to consider. As the City always planned to have this land as a Central Park and for stormwater management, I will make sure that the community is fully engaged throughout the park planning process.
Kanata Lakes residents are also concerned with the state of their pathways, the speeding in the community and the vitality of Centrum. They look forward to the Centrum LRT stop, but want better local bussing. They are happy with the Mosquito Program and were very happy to read the report that indicated that the company doing the spraying was using a spray that was not harmful to any of the other wildlife that thrive in the many natural places all throughout Kanata Lakes. The Kizell Pond trail system is well used by Kanata Lakes residents and they want to make sure their pathways connect up to the paths to Beaverbrook, the Richcraft Center and right up to the South March Highlands trails. They want their boulevards cut, their pathways plowed and Bill Teron Park kept intact for all to enjoy, as the new Official Plan ensures.
Kanata Lakes residents are community minded. They support their KGPC, their Kanata Lakes Community Association and the Kanata Central BIA. I meet with all three amazing groups every month and look forward to continuing those connections for the next four years.
