I am an Ottawa municipality…

I am an Ottawa municipality land owner and part of the Bowesville Land Owners Group ("BLOG"). Since the subject lands (as more clearly referenced in the attached correspondence) were added to the Official Plan approximately one year ago, both City staff and landowners have invested considerable time and effort in accounting for these lands, including the Infrastructure Master Plan (IMP) and the Riverside South Community Infrastructure Servicing Study Update (ISSU). The landowner group in this area has also been formed, entered into a Cost Sharing Agreement and has spent $500,000 and nine months on the Secondary Plan/Community Design Plan process, meeting numerous times with City staff. If these lands are now excluded from the Official Plan as seems possible if the Planning Statute Law Amendment Act, is adopted as written, significant changes will be required to all of this work and effort to date, wth seemingly no purpose. We strongly encourage you to consider excluding these lands as part of this blanket reversal.