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Tobi Talks Newsletter - July 2018

Tobi vous jase - juillet 2018

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Château addition must balance imitation and contrast

My thoughts about the Chateau Laurier Addition application

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Rideau-Rockcliffe Seasonal Traffic Calming 2018

Check our map to see new locations and view what we've already accomplished

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Construction to close a section of Beechwood July 16-29

Access between Putman and Beechwood will also be closed June 4-17

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My key priorities

Mes priorités principales

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C onstruction to close a section of Beechwood July 16-29

Beechwood Avenue will be closed from Charlevoix Street to St. Charles Street from July 16 to 29 due to construction to relocate a gas main. This is being done in preparation for necessary sewer work in the same location in 2019. Local access for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians will be maintained. As part of related gas main work, there will also be impacts at Putman Avenue, which will be closed at Beechwood Avenue from June 4 to 17. Read more>>

E nding tax incentives for parking lots

My motion to have City Staff review Ottawa’s commercial property class tax rates was unanimously passed at City Council on April 11. The parking lot and vacant land tax rate is the lowest of all commercial tax rates, meaning a small business owner pays a higher tax ratio than the owner of an empty parking. At a time when our City wants to invigorate our main streets, encourage small business and intensify within the urban boundary, this tax disparity incentivizes the opposite – empty lots and surface parking. Read more >>