Representing the Bel-Air Heights, Bel-Air Park and Braemer Park neighbourhoods of West-end Ottawa.
Membership Fee
The Bel-Air Community Association (BACA) Board of Directors has reinstated an annual membership fee
to ensure that BACA has the required funding to carry out our objectives and events.
The membership will cost $10 annually. The fee may be paid via e-transfer, cash or cheque. It will be prorated on a quarterly basis. The fee can be e-transferred to belaircommunityassociation@gmail.com or it can be paid by cash or by cheque made out to the Bel-Air Community Association and given to any board member.
Membership can be either for an individual or a household regardless of the number of family members.
Paid membership entitles individual members or households to a single vote at the AGM or any special meetings per the association constitution.
If residents want to vote at the Nov 2024 AGM, they must have their membership paid no later than the date of the AGM.
As per the BACA Constitution Section 7.01 Members : Membership in the Bel-Air Community Association shall consist of persons interested in furthering the Bel-Air Community Association’s purposes. “Full members” must be residents 18 years of age or over, living in the area within the boundaries of the Bel-Air Community and paid the annual membership fee. Only full members have the right to vote and hold office or be a member of a Committee. “Associate Member” means an individual who has joined the Bel-Air Community Association, and paid the annual membership fee, but is resident outside the boundaries as described in section 1.03. A copy of the BACA Constitution is on our website under “About Us”. Bel Air Community Association
The 2024 BACA AGM will be soon coming up.
Details will be posted once they are finalized.
BACA 2024 COMMUNITY EVENT CALANDER
Clean the Capital Event Oct 5th - Agincourt and Bel-Air Park 10am to 1 pm.
Halloween Decorating Contest
Halloween Scavenging Hunt - TBD
Christmas Lighting & Decoration Contest
Snow Thing Contest
2024 GARDEN CONTEST
All our winners are adding garden areas to our community that not only look great and add beauty, but they also contribute immensely to reducing rain runoff and they provide native pollinators with their preferred food supply and habitat.
First place - Front Yard / ROW garden. 1088 Field St was selected for their gorgeous front yard which includes the city Right of Way (ROW) area in front of their place.
Second place – Rain Garden. 1306 Ferguson St has a beautiful rain garden that will accept water from their property and absorb it instead of putting it in the city storm drain system.
Third Place - Agincourt St Boulevard Native Plant Garden in the city ROW placed in third - it is an ambitious garden project covering well over 600 sq feet with native plants by members of the Maitland Area Pollinator Project (MAPP)
Board of Directors 2023-2024
The Executive Members are:
Harry Fischer (President), Jonathan Ede (Treasurer) and Matthew Carey (Secretary)
Board of Director Members & Committe Position: Morley Brownstein (Membership), Matthew Carey & Steve Bonderski (Traffic) Tatiana Vorobej (Housing & Development), Bruce Thomson (SWM Pond), Jonathan Ede (NCC and City Parks) and Morley Brownstein (FCA and CAFES) Harry Fischer (Enviroment)
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MEMBERSHIP
To join, please provide your information by completing the form on our Join/Renew webpage .
Membership in BACA costs $10 annually and we also appreciate donations! Email transfers are accepted at: belaircommunityassociation@gmail.com
Full membership is for in-area members, and gives full voting rights. See "About Us" page for details of the Bel-Air boundary. Associate membership is for those living out of the community boundary.
If you have any questions, please use the form on the Contact Us webpage.
The Bel Air community is located on the traditional unceded , unsurrendered territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People. The Algonquin People have inhabited and cared for these lands long before today. We take this time to show our gratitude and respect to them, and to the land for all that it provides us: trees to give shade, water and food to sustain us, and paths to connect us. Within our community , we embrace the responsibility to help ensure that the next generations of land stewards are respectful and grateful for the bounty of this land on which we all live, work, play, and study.