Whitewater Ontario supports Ottawa River runners tailrace project

To: Hume, Peter E; Feltmate, Peggy; Bellemare, Michel;
Desroches, Steve
Cc: Doucet, Clive; Harder, Jan; Holmes, Diane; Hunter, Gord W;
Monette,
Bob
Subject: brief, clear and specific information concerning slalom
use of
Ottawa tailrace


To Members of Planning and Environment Committee

Whitewater Ontario is here to serve as the voice of paddlers
interests to
government and business. We want to increase access to
whitewater resources
and work cooperatively to develop whitewater recreation
opportunities in
Ontario and Canada. We are the designated provincial whitewater
sport
paddling organization and owner/operator of the Minden Wildwater
Preserve in
Minden. We have a membership of around 500 active members, 6
active clubs,
and 25 corporate members.

We have just learned about the date of an important committee
hearing on
which you sit. What you learn BEFORE the meeting will as much if
not more
more impact than what you will hear during the meeting

The Ottawa Pumphouse tailrace slalom project is the tenth of
eleven items on
the morning agenda. Due to the brief amount of time available
there will
likely be 3 delegate presentations (max 5 min each) as follows:

1. On behalf of ORR using brief power point with slides of
Valleyfield, Hogs
back, pumphouse, new fencing near war museam and locks at
chateau (to make
point that the project has safety in mind);
2. a professional expert and advisor on whitewater safety and
risk
management
3. a senior national team member/coach, re importance of site
to the CKC.

Here are some important internet links to the tailrace project
site:

http://ottawariverrunners.com/12apr05_tailrace_ss/default.htm
http://ottawariverrunners.com/web_pages/orr_tailrace.htm

The Ottawariverrunners club plans to:

In the short term, (1 year) :
-reopen the Pumphouse as a training facility;

In the long term (1-3 years):

-complete the construction of a club house and boat storage
building;
-restore the Pumphouse as a competition site;
-establish a coaching development program to expand coaching
opportunities
to both recreational and competitive paddlers.

We hope that you will make every effort to learn about this
project and
support it wholeheartedly as does Whitewater Ontario

Peter

Peter Karwacki President,
Whitewater Ontario
www.whitewaterontario.ca


ORR
Doug dougsyl@magma.ca 521-0526

COUNCILLOR CONTACT INFO

Members of Planning and Environment Committee
Peter Hume, Chair 613-580-2488 Peter.Hume@ottawa.ca
Peggy Feltmate,Vice Chair 613-580-2752 Peggy.Feltmate@ottawa.ca
Councillor Michel Bellemare, 613-580-2481
Michel.Bellemare@ottawa.ca
Councillor Steve Desroches, 613-580-2751
Steve.Desroches@ottawa.ca
Councillor Clive Doucet, 613-580-2487 Clive.Doucet@ottawa.ca
Councillor Jan Harder, 613-580-2473 Jan.Harder@ottawa.ca
Councillor Diane Holmes, 613-580-2484 Diane.Holmes@ottawa.ca
Councillor Gord Hunter, 613-580-2479 Gord.Hunter@ottawa.ca
Councillor Bob Monette, 613-580-2471 Bob.Monette@ottawa.ca
Councillor Shad Qadri 613-580-2476 Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca