Environment Committee

Comité de l’environnement

 

 

DISPOSITION 10 / SUITE À DONNER 10

 

Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 9:30 a.m.

le mardi 20 septembre 2011, 9 h 30

 

                                                        

 

Note:      1.             Unless otherwise noted, reports requiring Council consideration will normally be presented to Council on 28 September 2011 in Environment Committee Report 9.

 

Nota :     1.             À moins d’avis au contraire, les rapports nécessitant un examen par le Conseil municipal devront être présentés au Conseil le 28 septembre 2011 dans le rapport no 9 du Comité de l’environnement.

 

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
RATIFICATION DES PROCÈS-VERBAUX

 

Minutes 9 of the Regular meeting on 16 June 2011 were confirmed.

 

 



COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS

 

Responses to Inquiries: / Réponses aux demandes de renseignements:

ENV 04-11:    Storm Water Management Systems /

                  Système de gestion des eaux pluviales

 

Item to be considered at the October 18th Environment Committee meeting.

 

 

PRESENTATION

PRÉSENTATION

 

1.         PROCLAMATION - NATIONAL TREE DAY

PROCLAMATION – JOURNÉE NATIONALE DE L’ARBRE

                                                                        CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE

BUREAU DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL

 

City Clerk and solicitor department

services du greffier municipal et du contentieux

 

2.         STATUS UPDATE - ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND

            MOTIONS - for the period ending 9 SEPTEMBER 2011

RAPPORT DE SITUATION - DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS ET MOTIONS DU comitÉ de l’ENVIRONNEMENT POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT LE 9 SEPTEMBRE 2011

ACS2011-CMR-CCB-0076                         ALL (CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE)

 

That the Environment Committee receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED


FINANCIAL SERVICES

SERVICES FINANCIERS

 

3.         2011 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET Q2 STATUS REPORT - RATE SUPPORTED

Budgets de fonctionnement et des immobilisations 2011 – T2 – Rapport d’étape - Programmes soutenus par les tarif

ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0047                    ALL (CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE)

 

That the Environment Committee receives this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

CITY OPERATIONS

OPÉRATIONS MUNICIPALES

 

organizational development and performance

dÉveloppement organisationnel et rendement

 

4.         QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO COUNCIL, q2: APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 2011

rapport TRIMESTRIEL SUR LE rendement présenté au conseil POUR LE 2ieme TRIMESTRE, du 1ER avril AU 30 juin 2011

ACS2011-CMR-ENV-0006                         ALL (CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE)

 

That the Environment Committee receive this report for further review and discussion of the service areas’ performance results, as outlined in document 1.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

PUBLIC WORKS

TRAVAUX PUBLICS

 

 

5.         2012 vehicle growth – Annual report

AUGMENTATION DES DEMANDES DE VéHICULES POUR 2012

ACS2011-COS-PWS-0015                    ALL (CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE)

 

That the Environment Committee receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

 

INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY

SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET VIABILITE DES COLLECTIVITES

 

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAUX

 

 

6.         2010 ONTARIO DRINKING WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT STANDARD REPORT

Rapport annuel 2010 du système de gestion de la qualité de l’eau potable

ACS2011-ICS-ESD-0037                             ALL (CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE)

 

That the Environment Committee and Council receive the 2010 Drinking Water Quality Management System Annual Report.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

7.         OTTAWA RIVER ACTION PLAN (ORAP) – YEAR ONE UPDATE

Le plan d’action de la rivière des Outaouis (PARO)- Mise à jour de la première année

ACS2011-ICS-ESD-0032                      ALL (CITY WIDE/ À L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE)

 

That the Environment Committee and Council receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

DIRECTION TO STAFF:

 

That staff to provide the Committee with the value assessment and the amount of the money spent from the funding that was previously approved by Council.

 

 

NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT SUBSEQUENT MEETING)

AVIS DE MOTION (POUR EXAMEN LORS D’UNE RÉUNION SUBSÉQUENTE)  

 

Councillor S. Desroches

 

WHEREAS taxpayers and ratepayers who mistakenly direct payments for property taxes or for water and sewer charges to wrong accounts are charged a $31 payment distribution fee, as per By-law No. 2010-111, to cover the administrative costs of distributing the payment to the correct accounts;

 

AND WHEREAS taxpayers and ratepayers regularly contact Councillors and staff requesting that a change of policy be made to waive this fee when it is applied to a ratepayer for the first time where the City is in receipt of the payment;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Environment Committee recommend Council approve:

A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2010-111 respecting certain fees and charges in the Revenue Division.

The Council of the City of Ottawa enacts as follows:

1.             Schedule “B”, Revenue Branch Fees, of By-law No. 2010-111 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services, activities and information provided by the Revenue Branch of the Finance Department of the City Manager’s Office, is amended by striking out the dollar figure “31.00” where it occurs in Column 2 next to “Payment distribution” and substituting:

 

  0.00 (First time)

31.00 (Second or subsequent time)