OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

8 FEBRUARY 2006

ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL

1:00 p.m.

 

AGENDA 52

 

 

1.       Prayer

 

 

2.       National Anthem  (Councillor R. Bloess)

 

 

3.                 Announcements/Ceremonial Activities

 

·                     Presentation - Inaugural Dr. Dan Offord Excellence Award

 

 

4.                 Roll Call

 

 

5.                 Confirmation of Minutes

 

Confirmation of Minutes of the regular meeting of 25 January 2006.

 

 

6.       Declarations of pecuniary interest including those originally arising from prior meetings

 

 

7.       Communications

 

·                     AMO Alerts

·                     Province Announces Improvements to Ottawa Municipal Partnership Fund

·                     OMERS – Bill 206 – More Amendments, Bill Remains Flawed

·                     AMO Pre-Budget Submission to Close the Fiscal Gap

 

·                     From the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee respecting a motion approved by City Council on 28 September 2005 respecting City-owned properties of heritage significance.

 

 

8.       Regrets

 

No Regrets filed to date.

 

 

9.                 Motion to Introduce Committee Reports 

(Councillors A. Cullen and P. Hume)

 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 16

 



 

1.             PROPOSED CLEAN WATER ACT, 2005 (BILL 43)

 

Please note, details on this report can be found in Planning and Environment Committee Report 42B, Item No. 13.

 

 



 

2.             ONTARIO REGULATION 97/04:  DEVELOPMENT, INTERFERENCE WITH WETLANDS AND ALTERATIONS TO SHORELINES AND WATERCOURSES

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 41

 

 

1.             OTTAWA RIVER WATERWAY – CHAT’S DAM MARINE BYPASS PROJECT

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That City Council release to the Ottawa River Project Inc. the balance of the partnership funding for the development of the Chat's Dam Marine Bypass based upon the completion of each project milestone referenced in the Financial Implications section of this report.

 


HEALTH, RECREATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 28

 



 

1.             impact of school fees on low income families

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

1.                  That the City of Ottawa write the Minister of Education, the Minister of Community and Social Services, and other appropriate agencies (including area MPPs) for the Province of Ontario, and to the Chairs and Directors of Education of the four Ottawa Boards of Education to:

 

a.                  Raise the concern of the increasing financial burden of school fees on its poorer families, in the face of the rising costs of the basic necessities to raise a health family; and

b.                  Ask the Minister to ensure that the cost of essentials for any program of Public Education are fully funded by the Ministry and not in any way downloaded onto individual students and their families without their fully informed and voluntary consent.

 

2.                  That the City of Ottawa, during renegotiating of the Ottawa/Municipal Act seek a formal mandate and mechanism to engage with the local school boards within its boundaries; as both being legally constituted governing bodies under Provincial legislation, elected by the same citizens; to collaborate on common matters affecting the health, well-being and realization of the innate potential of the children within their overlapping jurisdictions and by extension their families; as well as creating a forum for addressing solutions to the added financial demands on both their own available resources and those of low-income families within their areas of jurisdiction.

 

3.                  That the City of Ottawa communicate with the other member municipalities of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario urging them to consider similar initiatives to protect, not just the most vulnerable in their communities, but the basic principle of universal access to Public Education in Ontario.

 

4.                  That the City of Ottawa through the Community and Protective Services Department establish a Liaison/Working Group with the four local school boards in Ottawa; to include representation from principals, school councils and established groups working to reduce child and family poverty, etc., to ensure that funds provided to low-income clients for basic needs are not being diverted to pay for anything deemed essential to a course of study under the Ontario Education Act and that low-income parents in particular are informed of any and all subsidies available for course enhancements not covered under the Act; directly in writing, in a way that does not require children to act as go-betweens on financial matters; and prevents their embarrassment and stigmatization in front of their schoolmates.

 

5.                  That should a mechanism to inform these parents of the limits of their fee obligations under the Education Act not be in place and communicated to parents by June 2006, that the Employment and Financial Assistance Branch of the City of Ottawa include an insert in their August cheques to Ontario Works recipients that includes the back to school allowance and that clearly explains the recipient’s rights and obligations under the Education Act and informs them that this allowance is intended to assist with the many added costs of preparing their growing children for the new school year and that they are not legally obliged to use this allowance on fees for course books, materials, etc. that are essential to any program of study offered under the Provincial Education Act and therefore should be paid for under the budgetary provisions of the Act.

 

6.                  That recommendations 4 & 5 [see above] be referred to staff for review and recommendation and come back to Committee by June 2006.

 

7.                  That recommendations 1, 2 and 3 of this report be forwarded to all Advisory Committees of the City of Ottawa for their information, support and endorsement.

 

 



 

2.             community funding framework policy – phase two

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve the Community Funding Framework Policy outlined in this report.

 

2.                  Include an investment of $500,000 for consideration in the annual operating budget submission each year for 10 years, beginning in 2007, with a review after 5 years, resulting in a total cumulative base budget increase of $5M by 2016, to help address identified agency staffing and operating cost budget pressures related to existing programs.

 

3.                  Invest unallocated funds on an annual basis, as available, giving first consideration to those organizations not currently receiving renewable funding that have established a track record through 3 year project funding, subject to specific annual priorities.

 



 

3.             implementation of ottawa’s 2006-2008 community action plan on homelessness

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Receive and endorse Ottawa’s 2006-2008 Community Action Plan on Homelessness produced by the community-based homelessness Community Capacity Building Team.

 

2.                  Approve the proposed actions to be taken by Community and Protective Services Department in order to implement the recommendations of the Community Action Plan on Homelessness.

 

3.                  Delegate authority to Community and Protective Services Department, through the Housing Branch, to allocate its currently budgeted homelessness funding envelope in accordance with the recommendations of the Community Plan, to:

 

a.                  maintain 2006 provincial and City baseline funding for support services for the duration of this Community Action Plan, until December 2008;

b.                  in consultation with the management of agencies participating in the Street Health Coalition/Outreach, refocus outreach services in order to place clients directly from the street into transitional or long term housing; implement the recommendations of the evaluation of the Housing Loss Prevention Network, including funding for strengthening services in the east end of the City;

c.                   allocate funding for strengthening housing support services, particularly to the newcomer and Aboriginal communities;

d.                  approach the Chamber of Commerce to join the round table of community leaders to lobby for more investment in affordable housing from the Province.

 

4.                  That the strategy include a component dealing with community relations best practices and that the agencies be requested to establish a response mechanism to community complaints about their clients and services and establish specific neighbourhood involvement in established areas.

 

 



 

4.             public health branch accreditation – march 2006

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Receive this report regarding Public Health Branch accreditation by the Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation (OCCHA) for information, and

 

2.                  Approve and adopt, as the Ottawa Board of Health, two Ottawa Public Health policies regarding:

a.                  Research Ethics Policy (Document 1)

b.                  Public Health Communications Policy (Document 2)

 

pursuant to the revised standards of the Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation (OCCHA) for the Accreditation Review planned for March 2006.

 

3.                  Direct the Public Health Department to prepare a concept plan document during 2006 for the possibilities of measuring air quality and outline some proposals for reacting to declining air quality based on the origin of declining air quality conditions.

 

 



 

5.             public-private partnership (p3) for new indoor sports field dome at ben franklin park

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council authorize staff to issue a request for proposals for the provision of an indoor sports field dome at Ben Franklin Park per the framework attached in Appendix A.

 

 


PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 42B

 

               

1.             zONING - 913 howie road

 

Committee recommendations

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former Township of West Carleton Zoning By-law, for a Temporary Use By-law to change the zoning of 913 Howie Road from "Rural" (Ru) to "Rural-Temporary Exception", Ru(t) shown in Document 1, and detailed in Document 3, subject to the following condition:

 

That the Owner enter into an agreement with the City, setting out that:

 

i.          the existing dwelling is to be occupied exclusively by the co-owner's parent;

ii.         the existing dwelling is to be removed at such time as it no longer required by the occupant, at any time prior to expiry of the three-year period; and

iii.        the existing dwelling is to be removed at the end of the three-year period, unless an extension has been requested and approved by City Council, prior to the expiry of the Temporary Use By-law.

 

 

     

2.             zONING - 3492, 3486 and 3474 Dunrobin Road

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former West Carleton Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 3492, 3486 and 3474 Dunrobin Road as shown in Document 1.

 

 

     

3.             zONING - 335 Michael Cowpland Drive

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Kanata Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 335 Michael Cowpland Drive from Light Industrial, Select, M1A to M1A-2 Light Industrial Select, - Exception, M1A-2, to permit a private school and day nursery as shown in Document 1.

 

 

     

4.             zONING - 296 SAVARD AVENUE

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Vanier Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 296 Savard Avenue from Public Use Zone (PU) to Downtown Commercial Exception Zone (C2/B-33), and to amend the provisions of exception 33, as shown in Document 1, and as detailed in Document 3.

 

 

     

5.             ZONING - 1987 Rosebella Avenue

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Gloucester Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 1987 Rosebella Street from Rs3 (Residential, Single Dwelling), to Rs3 (E…) (Residential, Single Dwelling, exception), as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.

 

 

     

6.             ZONING - Part of 4784 and 4794 Bank Street and PArt of Lots 17, 18, and 19, Concession 4 Rideau Front, Former City of GLoucester

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Gloucester Zoning By-law to change the zoning of part of 4784 and 4794 Bank Street together with part of Lots 17, 18 and 19, Concession 4, Rideau Front, former City of Gloucester, as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Documents 2 and 3.

 

 

               

7.             ZONING – 100 ROSSIGNOL CRESCENT

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council refuse an amendment to the former City of Cumberland Urban Zoning By-law, to change the zoning of 100 Rossignol Crescent to permit residential high-density apartment uses and row dwellings.

 

 

     

8.             ZONING - 4275 and 4279 Innes ROad

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former Cumberland Urban Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 4275 Innes Road from "R1A(RAU) Block 'B'" Residential - Alternative Use Block 'B' to "R1A(RAU) Block 'B' Exception One" Residential - Alternative Use Block 'B' Exception One and 4279 Innes Road from "R1A(RAU) Block 'B'" Residential - Alternative Use Block 'B' to "R1A(RAU) Block 'B' Exception Two" Residential - Alternative Use Block 'B' Exception Two as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 2.

 

 

     

9.             Plan of Subdivision – END OF JAMES BELL DRIVE, RIDEAU WARD-DEREGISTRATION OF LOTS 16, 17, 18 and 19, plan 480

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve a By-law under Section 50(4) of the Planning Act as shown in Document No. 1.

 

 

     

10.          APPLICATION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPARKS STREET  HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AT 100 WELLINGTON STREET - PORTRAIT GALLERY
OF CANADA

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve the application for new construction in the Sparks Street Heritage Conservation District at 100 Wellington Street in accordance with the plans filed by Dixon Jones/Teeple Architects/COLE + Associates Architects Inc. included as Documents 3 to 6.

 

 

     

11.          SANDY HILL HERitage study terms of referencE

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve the Sandy Hill Heritage Study Terms of Reference in Document 1 and 2 and authorize the initiation of a Request for Quotations and Proposals in accordance with that Terms of Reference.

 

 

     

12.          dESIGN GUIDELINES - outdoor patios

 

Committee recommendations

 

That Council approve:

 

1.         The Outdoor Patio Design Guidelines attached as Document 1, for the use of applicants and City staff in the preparation and review of Temporary Encroachment Permit, Zoning Amendment and Site Plan Control applications.

 

2.         That minor revisions and additions to the Outdoor Patio Design Guidelines may be made by staff in order to maintain the validity of the document without further review by Planning and Environment Committee or approval by City Council.

 

 

     

13.          PROPOSED CLEAN WATER ACT, 2005 (BILL 43)

 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council:

 

1.         Receive the information report on the proposed Clean Water Act, 2005 (Bill 43); and

 

2.                  Direct staff to forward the attached letter, endorsing as well as commenting upon potential municipal impacts of the proposed legislation, to the Ontario Ministry of Environment.

 


PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT Committee recommendations AS AMENDED

 

That Council:

 

1.         Receive the information report on the proposed Clean Water Act, 2005 (Bill 43); and

 

2.         Direct staff to forward the attached letter, endorsing as well as commenting upon potential municipal impacts of the proposed legislation, to the Ontario Ministry of Environment, as amended by the following addition to (a) of the draft letter shown as Document 1:

 

That the City strongly insists that the Province provide sufficient funding or funding capability to pay for these proposed downloaded responsibilities.

 

 

10.            Motion to Adopt Committee Reports 

(Councillors A. Cullen and P. Hume)

 

 

11.            Motions of which Notice has been given previously

 

Moved by Councillor D. Deans

Seconded by Councillor P. Feltmate

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s new Official Plan prohibits big box retail from locating in industrial and business parks;

 

AND WHEREAS Loblaw applied for an Official Plan and Zoning Amendment to permit a 160,000 square foot store with over 800 parking spaces in the Ottawa Business Park, one of the City’s premiere business parks;

 

AND WHEREAS on June 8, 2005 Ottawa City Council on a 14 to 6 vote rejected an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning application for 1890, 1900, 1920 Walkley Road, 2980, 3000 Conroy Road and 2500, 2502, 2510 St. Laurent Boulevard and 2425 Don Reid Drive;

 

AND WHEREAS an Ontario Municipal Board hearing initiated by Loblaw against the City of Ottawa will commence on February 28, 2006;

 

AND WHEREAS the City-owned easement, illustrated in appendix A, located at 2502 St. Laurent Boulevard crosses the site;

 


THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that to ensure that there is no ambiguity at the February 28th Ontario Municipal Board Hearing on City Council’s position on the application; City Council confirms that it has no intention of declaring the land at 2502 St. Laurent Boulevard surplus.

 


Moved by Councillor S. Little

Seconded by Councillor D. Thompson

 

WHEREAS an application for cash-in-lieu of parking providing 8 parking spaces for 357 Richmond Road has been received by the Planning and Infrastructure Approvals Branch;

 

AND WHEREAS the new owner is maintaining the same restaurant use;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the total per space be reduced to one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) for a total payment of nine thousand six hundred dollars ($9,600).

 

 

12.     Notices of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

 

 

13.     Motion to Introduce By-laws                                          Three Readings

(Councillors A. Cullen and P. Hume)

 

a)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint an Acting Treasurer for the City of Ottawa.

 

b)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003 - 446 respecting fees for encroachments.

 

c)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003 - 497 respecting permit fees for over-dimensional vehicles.

 

d)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003 - 447 respecting fees for private approaches.

 

e)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-513 respecting sewer connection charges.

 

f)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-445 with respect to road cut fees.

 

g)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain land as common and public highway in the City of Ottawa (Wood Duck Drive).

 

h)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain land as common and public highway in the City of Ottawa (Trim Road).

 

i)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain land as common and public highway in the City of Ottawa (Sparkling Lake Way, Lake Forest Walk, South Village Drive).

j)                    A by-law pursuant to Section 50 of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990, deeming Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 on Registered Plan No. 480 in the former Township of Rideau, now in the City of Ottawa, not to be lots on a Registered Plan of Subdivision.

 

k)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to provide for a municipal housing project facility at 345 Clarence Street.

 

l)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to provide for a municipal housing project facility at 138 Somerset Street West

 

m)                A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 2227 Mondavi Street, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

n)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 1-84 of the former City of Cumberland to change the zoning for the properties known municipally as 4275 and 4279 Innes Road.

 

o)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 266 of 1981 of the former Township of West Carleton to change the zoning for the properties known municipally as 3474, 3486 and 3492 Dunrobin Road.

 

p)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 333 of 1999 of the former City of Gloucester to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 1987 Rosebella Avenue.

 

q)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2380 of the former City of Vanier to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 296 Savard Avenue.

 

r)                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 135-93 of the former City of Kanata to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 335 Michael Cowpland.

 

s)                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 40-99 of the former Township of Goulbourn to change the zoning for the properties known municipally as 6043 Hazeldean Road.

 

t)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 333 of 1999 of the former City of Gloucester to change the zoning for the properties known municipally as 4784 and 4794 Bank Street and part of lots 18 and 19, Concession 4 Rideau Front.

 

u)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 168-94 of the former City of Kanata to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 5255 Hope Side Road.

 

v)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to govern the proceedings of its Advisory Committees and to repeal By-law No. 2003-600.

 

w)                A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the amendment of the previously signed Millennium Partnership Agreement with the Province of Ontario relating to funding provided by the Province of Ontario and Government of Canada to the City pertaining to certain projects to support the expansion of transportation infrastructure within Ontario.

 

 

14.     Confirmation By-law  (Councillors A. Cullen and P. Hume)

 

 

15.     Inquiries

 

 

16.     Adjournment  (Councillors A. Cullen and P. Hume)

 

 

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