Keeping Informed
The City of Clarence-Rockland encompasses several smaller communities,
including: Clarence, Rockland, Clarence Creek, Bourget, St.Pascal-Baylon,
Hammond and Cheney. Meeting the demands of all its residents is a huge
challenge not only for the Mayor and eight city councilors, but also for the
various Municipal
Services.
Keeping our residents informed is an onerous task. But it is a two-way street.
While the City trys to keep us informed, it is also our responsibility as citizens
to inform ourselves. The Canaan Connexion hopes to assist by bringing you
some of the news on this page.
The City of Clarence- Rockland
has issued its second edition of their newspaper. Read it online. Click
here.
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You can contact the appropriate City Department, but you should also contact your local City Councillor. He or she should be your first line of inquiry. Not only will your call keep them informed of what is happening in your ward, but perhaps more importantly, they have a voice at Council meetings and may have a stronger ability to get things done. To find your City coucillor, Click Here.
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Vox Populi offerings found in the Vision Newspaper.
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COUNCIL MEETINGS |
Council proceedings by
tuning in to Videotron
Cablevision, Chanel 22.
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CLARENCE-ROCKLAND |
Community Development
Corporation (PRCDC)
has put together
statistical tables on the
demographics, economic
activities and social
characteristics of
Clarence-Rockland.
(The data was prepared
by the PRCDC to assist
business and organizations
in their economic
development activities. )
Click here.
Clarence-Rockland overnight winter parking regulations
City-Info aims to deliver the real municipal news
By-Law Notes: Temporay car shelters - Front yeard maintenance
Ottawa River and heads towards Rockland.The heavy record rains are being blamed for sending millions of litres of raw sewage from the City of Ottawa treatment plant into the Ottawa River. The city estimates 120 million litres of raw sewage and untreated waste water overflowed the sewage system and into the historic waterway on Monday (January, 25, 2010). The Ministry of Environment, Ottawa Public Health and downstream water system operators (including Clarence-Rockland) have been notified of the spill.
What does this mean for Clarence-Rockland?
Not to worry. In spite of the sewage spills, and the high e-coli counts that are recorded after many heavy rains in the Ottawa area, (often shutting down area beaches like Petrie Island) Clarence-Rockland's drinking water is safe to use.
Why? Because the intake pipe that pulls water from the middle of the Ottawa River is some 150 feet below the surface and the contamination is on the surface of the water. The water also goes through an extensive filtering process.
Furthermore, the water is tested every day, with additional testing whenever something happens, like this recent spill.
From the C-R Web site: "The City assures the quality
of drinking water with a contract with the Ontario Clean Water Agency to process
tests and deliver potable water from the Rockland water treatment plant located on Edwards Street in Rockland."If you want more you can read the Clarence-Rockland Drinking water systems annual report 2007.
For an overall view of the current Clarence-Rockland Regional Water Supply study, click here.
And if you want to learn more about the Ottawa River you can visit the Ottawa Riverkeeper Web site. "Ottawa Riverkeeper is an independent voice for the Ottawa River, working to protect, promote and improve its ecological health and future."
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| C-R -Overnight winter parking now in effect | |
| From the City of Clarence-Rockland Web site: Please note that overnight winter parking restrictions are in effect from November 15th, 2009 to April 1st, 2010. By-Law No. 2007-01 stipulates that no person shall park a vehicule or permit a vehicle to be parked on a highway (street) at anytime between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. from November 15th, to April 1st. Vehicles parked in violation of this by-law are subject to a $45.00 fine. For more information you can call the By-law Department at: (613) 446-6022 ext. 2244. |
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The lead
item reads:"The City of Clarence-Rockland's Municipal Council is proud to present this first edition of City-Info, and information bulletin on the Municipality. Our goal is to give clear and concise information on many subjects concerning our municipality. City-Info is a bilingual publication that will be published on a monthly basis in order to give residents reliable information."
The publication doesn't deliver hard-hitting news, but it does offer a venue for readers to keep abreast about recent C-R events.
It may even counter some of the over-the-top asperse reporting offered by some local wannabe journalists whose main intent seems to be to bash the municipal establishment and it may even allow discerning readers to find a balance between the inane and the bureaucratic.
If you missed the first edition of City-Info you can read it all on the Clarence-Rockland Web site.
Click here to visit their home page, then click on the City-Info logo in the right-hand column.
You can also read the latest edition. Click here to go to the upper right-hand column on this page.
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Query: Parking hazard at Avenue du Parc and St. Joseph (Just south of the LCBO) - Motorists traveling south on St. Joseph, going towards the schools in the area, are face with a traffic hazard because vehicles are allowed to park on both sides of St. Joseph. The road is too narrow to accommodate large vehicles, especially oncoming trucks or school buses.
Reply: This matter is coming up before City Council at their January meeting, where recommendations are being made to reduce the parking to one side of the street only.
Temporary Car Shelters - The City is working on a by-law to restrict the use of temporary car shelters (we call them "Quebec garages") to winter use only. There will be a time limit put to their use. This may apply only to the "urban area" and will not affect the rural residents. (It was not know if this by-law would be applicable to the su-divisions like Forest Hill and Blue Jay.)
Front Yard Maintenance - The City has put out notices to residents about proper maintenace of their front yards, ditches, etc. Up until now it has been considered a shared responsibility between the City and the land owner and the City has looked upon it as "voluntary compliance". However it appears that many residents have not "complied" with the City's wishes, so it looks like a by-law may enforce the requirements more stringently come next summer.
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