Richardson Lands

467 Terry Fox Development Side

Richardson Farm View from the ridge

June 17, 2010

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Terry Fox Drive Environmental Assessment Addendum Richardson Side Road..... 2.1.1 Planning and Design Policies
The City OP is committed to environmentally-sensitive development of land and infrastructure. This philosophy, reflected in a number of OP policies, was used as a guiding principle in the development of the environmental impact mitigation strategy.

The new Official Plan enumerates policies that reinforce the City of Ottawas commitment to environmentally-sensitive infrastructure planning and design:
Natural Areas policy is aimed at protecting environmental areas within urban and rural areas. This policy ensures the environmentally-sensitive development of land through development review process requirements. The City of Ottawas Land Form Features policy ensures that the educational, scientific and the landscape value of the Geomorphic, Geological and Landform Features will not be impaired. The City will encourage the protection of significant landform features, such as rock outcrops, escarpments, knolls, valley or other identified features
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2.2.2 Land Use Designation

The former Region of Ottawa-Carleton and City of Kanata recognized that a large segment of the lands between the former Urban Boundary (First Line Road road allowance) and Terry Fox Drive (the interstitial lands) have significant environmental value. The existing land use designations (prior to resolution of OPA 16) were a combination of Natural Environment Area (NEA) B (described as Marginal Resource Restricted (Special Policy Area 1) in the former Regional and Kanata OPs) and Agricultural Resource Area (ARA).
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467 Terry Fox development -notice a stream from compensation lands joining Carp river (not sure if this is accommodated in the TFD design culverts)

Richardson Ridge (notice rocky outcrops) Birds eyes view (from Bing Maps)

This is unusual natural wander worth preserving Rocky outcrops-lookout towards the Carp river

Richardson Farm
at the foot of the Hill (Richardson Ridge) with Rocky outcrops

Richardson Lands - Kanatas Algonquin Park

South March Highlands Birds eye view (Bing Maps)

South March Highlands

Future Terry Fox Extension.

Carp River

Richardson farm

Grassy flat pastureland

Richardson Ridge and forest on the right

(Bing Maps)

467 Terry Fox (Richardson Lands) Development area -this beautiful rocky ridge and mature pine forest will be clear cut and blasted out

Stream from City compensation Lands

Grading for 467 Terry Fox development side-Richardson Lands Notice beautiful and unusual rocky landscape formation- this natural jewel is worth preserving

The City of Ottawas Land Form Features policy ensures that the educational, scientific and the landscape value of the Geomorphic, Geological and Landform Features will not be impaired. City encourage the protection of significant landform features, such as rock outcrops, escarpments, knolls, valley or other identified features. Those were never identified in the dev. plan
Terry Fox extension

Carp River flood plane

Richardson Side Rd

This unusual rocky ridge and forest with wetlands for sure should be considered in this category :

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This SWM plan does not take into consideration latest proposal for much higher density housing (see next slides) notice that the rocky ridge above the farm beautiful natural landscape featurelookout towards CARP VALLEY was designated as an open space in draft

Ottawa City Concession Lands

Storm water management

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Another plan notice that the open space rocky ridge open block above the farm- disappeared and it was replaced by blocks of extra houses see Open Space block 435 still shown here Park - Block 435 2.96 Acres; block 462

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Proposed storm water management area (dashed lines added in pencil) -notice that SWM area is extended now through the City Concession Land which is at higher ground level than flood plane closer to Carp river

OPEN SPACES YET

The originally designated open space ( TO PROTECT THIS BEATUFUL ROCKY RIDGE) was replaced by housing

This dashed line (in pencil) indicate that all floodplane including comp. land is at 93.3m which is contradicted on the next slide
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Topography map of this area (Carp river 93 m, City Compensation Lands 110-130 m

Magnified area

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This unusual rocky terrain covered by beautiful mature forest with wetlands will be replaced by this proposed development completely contradictory to official city policy regarding preserving and protection of significant landform features, such as rock outcrops, escarpments, knolls, valley or other identified features

LOST OPEN SPACE

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And this Kanatas Algonquin Park forest and Carp Ridge Rockies will be gone forever

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Wetlands in the forest close to Richardson Side Rd (In the dry season)

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Another wetland ponds in dry summer perhaps habitat of Species-at-Risk, aquatic animals and Blanding turtles 20

Dense and mature Forest

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Mature trees
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Another wetland in Richardson woods Summer 2010

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Tall mature pine tree

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One more sample of the Richardson Forest

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Mature Pine trees in the forest Above the farm

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Beautiful pine trees above the farm

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Rocky ridge above the farm

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Rocky slope - View towards the Carp River Valley

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View from the rocky ridge Visible work on Terry Fox Rd extension
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Carp River valley - view from the Ridge Terry Fox work in the background

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Old tree close to the green pasture area Work on Terry Fox extension in the background

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Richardson mixed forest area

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Rocky slope towards the Carp River valley

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Stony outcrops

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Beautiful landscape of the Richardson ridge

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Flat area close to the pasture land Older forest visible

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Rocky terrain Boulders visible

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Richardson Ridge - beautiful landscape

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Old tree worth preserving See large boulder behind

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Large pocket of trees on the hill overlooking the green grass pasture

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Pockets of mature trees

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Pockets of mature trees

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Trees island on the flat grassland

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Mixed forest
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Richardson Forest

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Richardson Forest View from the ridge

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Small part of the ridge View from the carp river side

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Beautiful rocky outcrops

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Large boulders

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View of the farm From the ridge

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Worth preserving Rockies

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Transition from the Rockies to the forest

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Another rocky sample

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Forest and flat land (view from the ridge)

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Part of the ridge

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Carp river valley view

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Sunset view Flock of gees flying by

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Rocky outcrops
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Old Tree above the farm

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Future of Richardson Lands

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Rocky outcrops converted into gravel hills

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Future sunset

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Future landscape (Sunset)

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Present view- sunset (Terry Fox extension)

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Present sunset (Kanata Ave view)

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