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CITY HALL – The Built Heritage committee (BHc) directed staff to undertake a Heritage Conservation District (HCD) study and prepare an HCD plan for Island Park Drive.
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CITY HALL – Council approved the 2025 Asset Management Plans (AMPs), ensuring the city’s compliance with provincial regulations.
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CITY HALL – Both sides lobbied hard on the South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for the last several months, but despite a unanimous decision by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) to reject a Municipal Support Resolution (MSR) last week (June 5), council overwhelmingly approved the MSR earlier today (June 11).
Read moreCITY HALL – The city’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) received a presentation on the city’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP), focused specifically on how it proposes to address rural needs and interests.
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NEPEAN – Following a nearly 10-hour (not including two recesses) meeting yesterday (June 5) featuring 69 delegations, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) unanimously voted to recommend council not provide a Municipal Support Resolution to Evolugen’s South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility.
Read moreOTTAWA – Ontario’s Minister of Energy, King-Vaughan MPP Stephen Lecce, wrote Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe April 15 in support of Evolugen’s proposed South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility requesting the city not make the approval and permitting process “overly onerous,” endangering area growth.
Read moreOTTAWA – The Ontario Associate Minister of Energy – Intensive Industries MPP Sam Oosterhoff recently expressed his support for battery energy storage systems, such as the South March BESS, and for Ontario’s broader efforts to strengthen energy infrastructure across the province.
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CITY HALL – Following a 23-1 vote in favour of approving a motion to send Evolugen’s request for a Municipal Support Resolution to the June 5 Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee (ARAc) meeting, June 5, West Carleton-March Coun. Clarke Kelly says amalgamation has been a “miserable failure” for West Carleton.
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OTTAWA – While Evolugen has started the process to seek a Municipal Support Resolution (MSR) from the City of Ottawa for its proposed South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility off Marchurst Road, there are still several steps along the way before it can reach its completion date of 2027.
Read moreOver recent months, our teams at Evolugen and the Algonquins of the Pikwàkanagàn First Nation have had the pleasure of engaging with residents, stakeholder groups and industry leaders on the potential for developing the South March Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project on Marchurst Road. I am writing to share an update on the project and our next steps.
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