14 February
2007
10:00 a.m.
MINUTES 7
The Council of the City of Ottawa met at Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, on 14 February 2007 at 10:00 a.m.
The Mayor, Larry
O’Brien, presided and the Clerk led Council in prayer.
The National Anthem was performed by Mr. Pierre Quesnel.
Announcements/Ceremonial Activities
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT – CITY OF OTTAWA FIREFIGHTERS
Mayor O’Brien, on behalf
of Council and the residents of Ottawa, acknowledged the City’s Firefighters
for their bravery and dedication. In
particular, the Mayor recognized six firefighters who were injured in the line
of duty on Monday, 12 February 2007, while fighting a fire on Forward Avenue in
the Hintonburg Neighbourhood. The six
firefighters were: Lieutenant John Chatterton; Carissa Campbell; Rob Witham;
Tim Taylor; Gerry Barrett; and, Les McBride.
PRESENTATION - GOVERNOR GENERAL'S CERTIFICATES
OF COMMENDATION
Mayor O’Brien presented Governor General’s Certificates of Commendation to Ms. Sarah Katleen Munkittrick, Mr. Evan Dyer, Ms. Joanne Hartley, Mr. Randall McConnell and Ms. Barbara Szymanski
RECOGNITION - 2006 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE
MAHARAJA'S BALL
Mayor O’Brien recognized the organizing committee of the 2006 Maharaja’s Ball, which raised $85,000 for the purchase of defibrillators for non-profit centres in the city. Members of the Ball’s Executive Committee in attendance were: Dr. Nalin Bhargava; Mr. Lawrence Greenspon; Mr. Raj Narula; and, Ms. Kathey Cauley. The Mayor presented Dr. Bhargava with a framed proclamation declaring February 14th, 2007 as Heart Health Day in Ottawa.
Roll
Call
ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.
Confirmation of Minutes
The Minutes of the regular meeting of 24 January 2007 and the special meeting of 7 February 2007 were confirmed.
Declarations of
pecuniary interest including those originally arising from prior meetings
See specific Agenda Item for declaration (Corporate Services and
Economic Development Committee Report 2, Item 4).
Communications
The following communications were received:
·
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
Alerts
·
Discussion Paper on Strengthening
Extended Producer Responsibilities for Ontario's Blue Box
·
Government
Announcement of New Child Care Fee Subsidy Model Received with Caution and
Concern
· AMO's Pre-budget Submission Calls for New Fiscal Arrangements
Regrets
No regrets were filed.
Postponements and Deferrals
CORPORATE
SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 1
8. AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT
CHARGES BY-LAW 2004-307 MONAHAN DRAIN AND FRONT-ENDING AGREEMENT STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT FACILITY AREA 2 |
Committee
Recommendations
That Council:
1. Approve the amending
background study as identified in Document 3, being an amendment to Development
Charges By-law 2004-307 to reflect changes in the rates of the benefiting area
for the Monahan Drain Area (W-1);
2. Authorize the City to
enter into a Front-Ending Agreement with TCK Co-Tenancy and Claridge Homes
(Eagleson) Inc. for the cost reimbursement for land acquisition, design, and
construction of the Monahan Drain Stormwater Management Facility, Area 2 based
upon the principles set out in Document 1, and City Council approved
Front-Ending Policy noted in Document 2 with the final form and content of the
Front-Ending Agreement being to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager,
Planning, Transit and the Environment and the City Solicitor;
3. Approve the
expenditure of $6,361,125.00 for land acquisition, design and construction of
the Monahan Drain Stormwater Management Facility Area 2, subject to the
execution of the Front-Ending Agreement; and
4. Authorize the City to
establish a budget in the amount of $6,361,125.00 for the Monahan Drain
Stormwater Management Facility Area 2 land acquisition, design, and
construction, under Internal Order Number 903250: Stormwater Pond Monahan
Drain.
CARRIED
Motion to Introduce Committee Reports
MOTION NO. 7/1
Moved by Councillor P. Feltmate
Seconded by Councillor M. Wilkinson
That the Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee Reports 1, 2 and 2A (In Camera), Community and
Protective Services Committee Reports 2 and 2A (In Camera), Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee Report 2, Planning and Environment
Committee Report 2B and Transit Committee Report 2 be received and considered.
And that the Rules of
Procedure be suspended to receive and consider Planning and Environment
Committee Reports 3 and 3A (In Camera).
CARRIED
Committee Reports
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 1
1. ZONING - 98 KING STREET |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the
former Township of Goulbourn Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 98 King
Street from Future Development Zone (D-1) to Residential (R-1) and Environmental
Protection Area Zone (EPA) and to rezone from EPA to R-1, as shown in Document
1 and detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
2. ZONING - PART OF 6010 KNIGHTS
DRIVE |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the
former Osgoode Zoning By-law to change the zoning of part of 6010 Knights Drive
from Rural (RU) and Hazard (HAZ) to Country Estate (Exception XX), CE(EXX) and
Open Space 2 (Exception YY), O2(EYY) as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in
Documents 2 and 3.
CARRIED
3. ZONING
- PART OF 2123 DEVINE ROAD |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the
former City of Cumberland Rural Zoning By-law to change the zoning on part of
Part of 2123 Devine Road from GR,
General Rural to Rs3(H1), Residential Serviced Three - Holding Zone as shown in
Document 1.
CARRIED
4. ZONING - 5396 DUNNING ROAD |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Cumberland
Rural Zoning By-law to change the zoning of part of 5396 Dunning Road from
"MX" Mineral Extraction to "GR" General Rural as shown in
Document 1.
CARRIED
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 2
1. ZONING – 107 and 111 Westhunt
Road |
That Council approve an amendment
to the former Township of West Carleton Zoning By-Law to change the zoning
of 107, 111 and 117 Westhunt Road from MR (Rural Industrial) to MR-29
(Special Rural Industrial) as shown on Document 1 and as detailed in Document
2; and that
1. Document
1 (Location Map) to the report be substituted with the attached revised
Location Map which reflects the affected lands; and
2. Document
2 to the Report be revised to delete all references to “MR-14” and replace the
references with “MR-29”; to delete the line that reads “Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 16(1)(b) hereof to the contrary” in its entirety; and to
delete the line that reads “shall only” and replace it with “may also.”
THAT
pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17) no further notice be
given.
CARRIED
2. ZONING
- 1369, 1378, 1384, 1390 AND 1461 YORKS CORNERS ROAD |
That Council approve an amendment to the former Osgoode Zoning By-law to change the zoning of 1378, 1384 and 1390 Yorks Corners Road from RU - Rural Zone to CE - Country Estate Zone and of 1369 and 1461 Yorks Corners Road from RU - Rural Zone to RU (X) - Rural Exception (X) Zone as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 2A
1. APPOINTMENTS TO THE RURAL PANEL
OF THE COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT: IN-CAMERA- PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT
IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUALS – REPORTING OUT DATE: AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL |
Further
to deliberations of the Selection Panel, that Council approve the following
appointments of individuals to the Rural Panel of the Committee of Adjustment,
effective March 1st, 2007. All voting
members’ terms to expire 30 November 2010, unless otherwise indicated:
Claudine Giraud
Dwight Johnson
Steven Lewis
Richard McDonald
Jack Shaw
Gino Nicolini,
reserve 1
Alan Warnock reserve 2
CARRIED
COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 2
1.
Arts
Investment Strategy and festivals sustainability plan
|
Committee recommendationS
as amended
That Council
approve the following:
1.
Support the overall
Arts Investment Strategy (Document 1) and Festivals Sustainability Plan
(Document 2), which include the following components:
·
increased
municipal arts, festival, fair and special event funding;
·
expanded
advocacy directed to senior levels of government and aimed to increase
provincial and federal funding for local arts and festival organizations;
·
increased
cultural partnerships that include the local arts and festival sector, the
National Capital Commission, the City of Gatineau and federal cultural
institutions in Ottawa;
·
increased
partnerships between local arts, festival, fair and special event organizations
and the private sector;
·
analyze the
feasibility of developing an Arts Stabilization Project for Ottawa, and an
Ottawa Arts Investment Service including an Arts Endowment Fund;
·
increased
integration of Ottawa’s local festivals, fairs and special events into Ottawa
Tourism’s annual destination marketing program;
·
development of a
policy for “in-kind” and invoiced services provided to festivals, fairs and
special events; and
·
amendment to the
City of Ottawa’s current sponsorship policy to accommodate community requests.
2.
Consider, during
the 2007 budget process, an increased municipal funding plan of $2.5M for local
arts, festivals, fairs and special events over a four-year time period, in
order to:
·
meet existing
and emerging community needs;
·
achieve average
competitiveness with Canada’s six other largest single cities and;
·
achieve the
greatest capacity of leveraging investment from other levels of government and
alternate sources in a timely manner.
·
2007 - $1.5M (to
be allocated as follows: $650,000 for Festivals, Fairs and Special Events and
$850,000 for Arts Investment)
·
2008 - $400,000
·
2009 - $400,000
·
2010 - $200,000
4.
That the Festival,
Fairs and Special Events funding program ($713,000) be reinstated, as
identified in, and subject to approval of, the 2007 Draft Budget.
5. Identify opportunities and advocate for increased provincial
and federal allocations for Ottawa’s local arts/festival sector.
6.
Identify
opportunities to increase cultural partnerships that include the local arts and
festival sectors, the National Capital Commission (NCC), the City of Gatineau
and federal cultural institutions located in Ottawa.
7.
Increase private
sector support of the arts by implementing an ArtsVest matching grants program
in Ottawa in 2008, in collaboration with the Council for Business and the Arts
in Canada.
8.
Build partnerships
between the local business and local arts sectors in collaboration with the
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, le Regroupement des gens d’affaires, the Council
for the Arts in Ottawa, Arts Ottawa East and Ottawa Festivals.
9.
Analyze the
feasibility of developing an Arts Stabilization Project for Ottawa and an Arts
Investment Service, including an Arts Endowment Fund, in support of Ottawa’s
local arts sector in collaboration with the Council for the Arts in Ottawa, the
Department of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and other
local arts service organizations.
10.
Direct Cultural
Services staff to work with Business Development staff, Ottawa Festivals and
Ottawa Tourism to ensure that the City’s Festivals, Fairs and Special Events
are integrated wherever possible into Ottawa Tourism’s annual destination
marketing program.
11.
Direct Events
Central staff to continue tracking the City of Ottawa’s “in-kind” services and
“invoiced” services in 2007 to provide an analysis and a report back prior to
the 2008 budget respecting a policy for “in-kind” and “invoiced” services.
12. Direct Events Central staff to report back with an amendment
to the City of Ottawa’s current sponsorship policy to accommodate community
requests including requests from Fairs, Festivals and Special Events seeking
City sponsorship.
13. WHEREAS the
existing Festivals, Fairs, Special Events Programs supports major local
festivals, fairs and special events that have a City wide impact, are held for
2 consecutive days or more and have a budget of over $30,000;
AND WHEREAS there are large community events
which take place across the City including local Canada Day Events;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
staff be directed to develop and implement a pilot funding program for large
Community events in 2007 with report back to Council;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
$25,000 be redirected from the $650,000 proposed allocation for Fairs,
Festivals and Special Events for this purpose;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
staff consult with non-profit community groups that operate large special
events to determine needs and bring back to Committee a report with
recommendations for large community events prior to the 2008 budget.
CARRIED with Councillors E. El-Chantiry, G. Hunter, D. Thompson and
Mayor L. O’Brien dissenting.
2. SOCIAL
AND HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS OF RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITIES |
That Council receive this
report for information.
RECEIVED
3. HOUSING
ALLOWANCES COMPONENT OF THE CANADA-ONTARIO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
|
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the City's participation in the Housing Allowances
component of the Canada/Ontario Affordable Housing Program and authorize the
Director of Housing to enter into a Service Manager Administration Agreement
with the Province to deliver the Housing Allowances component of the
Canada/Ontario Affordable Housing Program.
CARRIED
4.
License committee
|
Committee recommendationS
That Council approve:
a) that
License Committee be reconvened from a panel of six (6) members of Council, a
minimum of three (3) of which shall also be members of the Community and
Protective Services Committee;
b) that
three (3) members of this panel shall form License Committee for any hearing to
be brought before it;
c) that
the members of the panel be appointed at the February 15, 2007 meeting of the
Community and Protective Services Committee and confirmed by Council at its
meeting February 28, 2007; and,
d) that the licensing by-laws be amended
accordingly to reflect Recommendation a) and b), and that references to “Emergency
and Protective Services Committee” in any of the by-laws administered by the
By-law and Regulatory Services Branch be amended to “Community and Protective
Services Committee”.
CARRIED
COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE
REPORT 2A
1. Ontario heritage TRUST –
Nominations for the heritage community recognition program 2006 – In-camera
– Personal matters about identifiable individualS REPORTING OUT DATE: ONCE NOMINEES ARE CONFIRMED BY THE
ONTARIO HERITAGE TRUST
|
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the nomination as
contained in Document 1.
CARRIED
CORPORATE SERVICES AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 2
1. ERNST & YOUNG LLP 2005
management letter AND 2006 AUDIT PLAN |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council
receive the attached reports from Ernst & Young LLP for information.
RECEIVED
2. City of Ottawa Branch-By-Branch
Overtime Review |
Committee
RecommendationS as amended
That Council:
1. Receive for
information the report prepared by Deloitte Consulting entitled, City of
Ottawa Branch-by-Branch Overtime Review Final Report dated September 7,
2006; and
2. Approve that
discussion of overtime budgets take place on a service by service basis as part
of 2007 budget deliberations so that any changes contemplated to those budgets
would be understood as they relate to service levels or standards;
3. Approve the
implementation of all of Deloitte Consulting’s recommendations, effective
immediately, via Council’s Audit Working Group;
4. That the
implementation of all the recommendations be complete by June 1, 2007; and
That the
Audit Working Group report to the Corporate Services and Economic Development
Committee and Council no later than June 30, 2007 confirming the completion of
the implementation of all the recommendations.
CARRIED
3. COMMUNITY CONCERT HALL -
EXTENSION |
Committee
Recommendations as amended
That Council:
1. Extend the deadline
for the conditional release of City funding for the Community Concert Hall
until November 30, 2007 to provide the Ottawa Chamber Music Society a
final opportunity to obtain a decision from the Department of Canadian Heritage
and to secure all required funding for the Concert Hall.
2. Authorize the City
Manager to finalize and execute an agreement amending the Development Agreement
and Restrictive Covenants between the City and Morguard Elgin Limited dated 21
December 2005 to extend the performance dates by one year in accordance with
terms and conditions that are consistent
with those set out in the draft agreement attached as Annex "A" to
this report.
CARRIED with Councillors J. Harder, E.
El-Chantiry, S. Qadri, G. Hunter, R. Jellett and D. Thompson dissenting.
4. Public-Private Partnership (P3)
For indoor sports dome |
Committee
Recommendations
That Council:
1. Authorize the Deputy
City Manager of Community and Protective Services to conclude and execute all
necessary agreements with Thunderbird Management Services Inc. (TMSI) for the
provision of a domed playing facility and outdoor sports fields at Ben Franklin
Park in accordance with the proposal submitted by TMSI as amended through
negotiations, the terms and conditions of the Request for Proposal, and the
framework contained in this report;
2. Designate 24 Gibbard
Avenue, a City-owned property – Ben Franklin Park Phase II Lands – as a
Municipal Capital Facility as permitted under section 110 of the Municipal Act
and Ontario regulation 603/06 and that this designation be implemented by way
of an Agreement, as set out in recommendation 1, between the City and TMSI, and
by presenting to Council for enactment a by-law in accordance with the
requirements of the Municipal Act and this report; and
3. Declare that the
Municipal Capital Facility at 24 Gibbard Avenue is for the recreational
purposes of the municipality and is for public use.
DECLARATION OF INTEREST
Mayor O’Brien declared a potential, indirect
pecuniary interest, on Item 4 of Corporate Services and Economic
Development Committee Report 2, as he previously owned shares in Thunderbird
Management Services Inc. (TMSI).
Mayor O’Brien did not take part in the
discussion or vote on this Item.
Item 4 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report
2 was then put to Council and CARRIED with Councillor A. Cullen dissenting.
5. sinking fund levies 2007 |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council
receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
6. tAXES - REMISSIONS - REPORT #2,
2006 |
Committee
Recommendations
That,
in accordance with Sections 334, 354, 357 and 358 of the Municipal Act,
Council:
1. Approve taxes
totalling $152,394.01 be cancelled, reduced or refunded in accordance with the
list, entitled as Document 1.
Authority
- Sections 334, 354, 357 and 358 Amount
Fire,
demolition or otherwise $ 39,646.76
As
a result of a change event 0.00
Property
became exempt from taxation 12,108.68
Substantialy
unusable 182.96
Gross
or manifest error 1,215.92
Unused
due to renovations/repairs 1,412.62
Previous
year gross or manifest error 68,670.83
Due
to previous year 357/358 25,474.13
Bank
Street Business Improvement Area 0.00
Sparks
Street Business Improvement Area 0.00
Byward
Market Business Improvement Area 0.00
Capping/Phase-in
Adjustments 3,682.11
Tax
Adjustments $152,394.01
2. Approve
the “ no recommendation” decisions on the list entitled Document 2.
CARRIED
7. city of ottawa archives - 111
sussex drive |
Committee
Recommendation
That Council
approve the Lease Renewal from Public Works and Government Services Canada
(PWGSC), to the City of Ottawa for the Main City Archives at 111 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, consisting of 492m² office space, Bytown Pavilion and 165.9m² climate
controlled storage space, Rideau Pavilion.
The Lease is for a period of three (3) years commencing 1 January 2008
and terminating on 31 December 2010, for the total rent consideration of
$543,693.93 plus GST. The City is also
responsible for its proportionate share of the Municipal taxes.
CARRIED
8. SALE OF LAND - part of the road
allowance ADJACENT TO 6126 RENAUD ROAD |
Committee
Recommendations
That Council:
1. Declare a vacant
parcel of land, shown hatched on Annex “A” attached, containing an area of 461
m2, described as part of the Road Allowance between Lots 5 & 6,
Concession 4 (Ottawa Front), geographic Township of Gloucester, now City of
Ottawa, subject to final survey and subject to the lane being stopped up and
closed by by-law, as surplus to the City’s needs;
2. Approve the sale of
the land detailed in Recommendation 1, subject to any easements that may be
required, to Joseph Potyka for $15,900.00 plus GST, pursuant to an Agreement of
Purchase and Sale that has been received.
CARRIED
9. SALE OF LAND - PART OF SOLANDT
ROAD |
Committee
Recommendations
That Council:
1. Declare a vacant
parcel of land shown hatched on Annex “A” attached, containing approximately
3,650 m2 (0.901 acres),
described as being part of Solandt Road and part of Block 32 and all of Block
42, Registered Plan 4M-280 being Parts 2,3,4,5 and 6, Plan 4R-21488, in the
City of Ottawa, subject to the road being stopped up and closed by by-law, as
surplus to the City’s needs;
2. Approve the sale of
the land detailed in Recommendation 1, subject to any easements that may be
required, to Kanata Research Park Corporation, for the amount of $124,025 plus
GST and appraisal costs of $500, pursuant to an Agreement of Purchase and Sale
that has been received.
CARRIED
10. sale of land - part of slater street
- adjacent to 199 slater street |
Committee
Recommendations
That Council:
1. Declare a vacant
parcel of land shown hatched on Annex “A” attached, containing approximately 56
m2, described as being part of Slater Street, Registered Plan 3922
being Part 1, Plan 5R-13986, in the City of Ottawa, subject to the road being
stopped up and closed by by-law, as surplus to the City’s needs;
2. Approve the sale of
the land detailed in Recommendation 1, subject to any easements that may be
required, to Slater Street (Ottawa) Inc., for the amount of $62,300 plus GST,
pursuant to an Agreement of Purchase and Sale that has been received.
CARRIED
PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 2B
1. zONING
- 286 Kent Street |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Ottawa Zoning By-law to change the
zoning of 286 Kent Street from Residential R5D[82] H(10.7) to a R5D H(10.7)
exception zone as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.
LOST on a division of 4 YEAS to 19 NAYS as follows:
Yeas (4): Councillors G. Hunter, R. Bloess, E. El-Chantiry and S.
Desroches.
Nays
(19): Councillors M. Wilkinson, D.
Deans, J. Harder, G. Brooks, S. Qadri, C. Leadman, A. Cullen, C. Doucet,
P. Feltmate, J. Legendre, G. Bédard, D. Holmes, P. Hume, R. Jellett, M.
McRae, B. Monette, D. Thompson, M. Bellemare and Mayor Larry O’Brien.
2. OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING -
490 TERRY FOX DRIVE |
Committee recommendationS
That Council:
1. Approve and adopt an amendment to the City of Ottawa
Official Plan, Volume 2B to include "Retail Store" as a permitted use
in the "Low Density Employment Area" designation for the property
situated at 490 Terry Fox Drive, as shown in Document 1 and detailed in
Documents 2 and 3.
2. Approve an amendment to the former City of Kanata Zoning
By-law 142-93, as shown in Document 4 for 490 Terry Fox Drive, to change the
zoning from M1C-1 (Light Industrial Mixed) zone to M1C – exception, as shown in
Document 1 and detailed in Document 4.
CARRIED
3.
ZONING - PART OF 10 WARNER COLPITTS LANE |
That Council approve an amendment to the former Township of Goulbourn Zoning By-law to change
the zoning of part of 10 Warner Colpitts Lane from Parks and Recreation (PR) to
a Parks and Recreation Exception Zone (PR-x) as shown in Document 1 and
detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
4.
ZONING - PART OF 5264 FERNBANK ROAD |
That Council approve an amendment to the former Goulbourn Zoning By-law to change the zoning of part of 5264 Fernbank Road from R4-12 (Residential Type 4, Special Exception 12) to R5-6 (Residential Type 5, Special Exception 6) as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
5.
ZONING - 150 ISABELLA STREET |
That Council approve an amendment to the former City of
Ottawa Zoning By-law to modify the General Commercial CG9 [441] F(3.3) Sch 35
and 36 zone applying to 150 Isabella Street as detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
6. ZONING - 2741 PAGÉ ROAD |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve an amendment to the former
Gloucester Zoning By-law to change the zoning of part of 2741 Pagé Road from FG
- Future Growth Area Zone to Rs3 – Residential, Single Dwelling as shown in
Document 1.
CARRIED
7.
ZONING - 4184 SPRATT ROAD |
That Council approve an amendment to the former City of
Gloucester Zoning By-law to change the zoning of 4184 Spratt Road from
Commercial Neighbourhood Zone (CN) to Commercial Neighbourhood Exception Zone
(CN-XX) as detailed in Document 2.
CARRIED
8. SIGN MINOR VARIANCE - 1650 CARLING AVENUE |
That Council refuse the application to vary the sign
area and height provisions of Sign By-law 2005-439 to permit two oversized
ground signs adjacent to Carling Avenue and Clyde Avenue.
MOTION NO. 7/2
Moved by Councillor C. Leadman
Seconded by Councillor D. Deans
WHEREAS at the subject meeting the applicant
was not present to speak to the issue;
AND WHEREAS the applicant intended to submit sign
modifications to address the concerns identified in the report;
AND WHEREAS following discussion of the proposed sign
modifications, staff and the Ward Councillor agreed that a new submission would
be considered appropriate;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Council refer the
item back to the Planning and Environment Committee for consideration.
9. ROBERT O. PICKARD ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE -
ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN |
That Council receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 3
1. INTERIM CONTROL – AMENDMENT TO BY-LAW 2006-373 –
PROHIBITION OF NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS IN THE BYWARD MARKET AREA 1.
|
That Council
approve an amendment to By-law
2006-373 to add 291 and 293 Dalhousie Street, as shown in Document 1, to the
list of exempt properties detailed in Section 2 of the By law.
CARRIED
PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 3A
1.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE URBAN AND
SUBURBAN PANELS OF THE COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT: IN-CAMERA- PERSONAL MATTERS
ABOUT IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUALS – REPORTING OUT DATE: FFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL
|
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council
approve the following appointments of individuals to the Rural
Urban and Suburban Panels of the Panel of the CCommittee
of Adjustment,,
to be effective
March 1st, 2007.. All voting members’ terms to expire
30 November 2010, unless otherwise indicated.
Claudine
Giraud
Dwight
Johnson
Steven
Lewis
Richard
McDonald
Jack
Shaw
Gino
Nicolini, reserve 1
Alan
Warnock reserve 2
Urban
Panel |
Suburban
Panel |
Philip Brown Louis Comerton Kristina Leaning Brendan
Reid David
Seaborn Nick
Masciantonio, reserve 1 Doug
Brousseau, reserve 2 |
Gilles
Girard Janet
MacDonald Pierre Maheu Sharanne
Paquette Fernando
Ribas Wayne
Beaten, reserve 1 Jack
Dymond, reserve 2 |
CARRIED
TRANSIT
COMMITTEE REPORT 2
1. STATUS OF EAST-WEST LIGHT RAIL
TRANSIT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT PRIORITY PROJECTS |
Committee
Recommendation as amended
That Council suspend the
work on the East-West (Orleans-Walkley-Kanata) LRT Environmental Assessment and
defer the initiation of the Carling LRT Environmental Assessment Study,
Rideau-Montreal LRT Environmental Assessment Study, and the Interprovincial
Transit Environmental Assessment Study pending the review of Rapid
Transit Expansion Study (RTES) and Ottawa Rapid Transit Expansion Program (ORTEP).
CARRIED on a division of 18 YEAS to 5 NAYS as
follows:
Yeas (18): Councillors M. Wilkinson, G. Hunter, G. Brooks, S. Qadri, C.
Leadman, A. Cullen, P. Feltmate, J. Legendre, G. Bédard, R. Bloess, P.
Hume, M. McRae, E. El-Chantiry, B. Monette, D. Thompson, S. Desroches, M.
Bellemare and Mayor L. O’Brien.
Nays (5): Councillors D. Deans, J. Harder, C. Doucet, D. Holmes and R. Jellett.
Motion to Adopt Reports
Moved by Councillor P.
Feltmate
Seconded by Councillor M. Wilkinson
That
the Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee Reports 1, 2 and 2A (In Camera) Community
and Protective Services Committee Reports 2 and 2A (In Camera),
Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report 2, Planning and
Environment Committee Reports 2B, 3 and 3A (In Camera) and Transit
Committee Report 2 be received
and adopted as amended.
CARRIED
Motions
of Which Notice Has Been Given Previously
MOTION NO. 7/4
Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson
Seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
WHEREAS Waste Management has
filed terms of reference for an environmental assessment on their proposal to
triple the size of the Carp Landfill; and
WHEREAS during the thirty day
period for responses to these terms of reference Waste Management has held
three open houses to provide information to the public on the terms of reference;
and
WHEREAS none of these open
house was held in either Stittsville or Kanata, the areas most affected by the
landfill; and
WHEREAS residents of
Stittsville and Kanata are daily affected by odour and ground water problems
arising from the Carp landfill; and
WHEREAS the five City
Councillors representing the areas in and around the landfill arranged a
meeting in Stittsville for affected residents to which they invited Waste
Management officials; and
WHEREAS Waste Management
refused to attend the public meeting in Stittsville; and
WHEREAS residents attending
the meeting requested that City Council send a strong letter to Waste
Management indicating their displeasure for this failure to attend the meeting
to answer their questions;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City
of Ottawa, at the request of citizens attending a meeting on February 6, 2007,
send a strong message to Waste Management indicating that their refusal to
either hold or attend a meeting in Stittsville to discuss the terms of
reference for a major expansion of their landfill shows an unwillingness to
hear from the public or to work with affected and concerned citizens to
determine the best way to handle waste in the twenty-first century.
AND THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City
Clerk work with the Mayor and the Councillors from Wards 4 (Kanata North), 5
(West Carleton- March), 6 (Stittsville-Kanata West), 21 (Rideau Goulbourn) and
23 (Kanata South) in the preparation of
this correspondence.
MOTION NO. 7/5
Moved by Councillor R. Bloess
Seconded by Councillor M. McRae
That Motion
No. 7/4 be deferred to the next regular Council meeting scheduled for 23
February 2007.
DEFERRAL CARRIED on a division of 12 YEAS to 11 NAYS as follows:
Yeas (12): Councillors G. Hunter, J. Harder, C. Leadman, C. Doucet, J. Legendre, G. Bédard, R. Bloess, P. Hume, R. Jellett, M. McRae, D. Thompson and M. Bellemare.
Nays (11): Councillors M. Wilkinson, R. Chiarelli, G. Brooks, S. Qadri,
A. Cullen, P. Feltmate, D. Holmes, E. El-Chantiry, B. Monette, S.
Desroches, and Mayor L. O’Brien.
Motions (Requiring
Suspension of the Rules of Procedure)
MOTION NO. 7/6
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Seconded by Councillor M. Wilkinson
That the Rules
of Procedure be waived to consider the following Motion:
WHEREAS on November 23, 2006 the Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee, (ARAC), carried Item 2, Agenda 36, a Report which staff recommended
Council approve regarding an application for a Zoning By-law Amendment to the
former Township of West Carleton Zoning By-law to change the zoning of 3760,
3770 and 3780 Grainger Park Road from CT-Tourist Commercial to three new
RU-Rural Exception Zones.
AND WHEREAS the Report Recommendation, Document 1 (Location Map) and
Document 2 to the Report did not accurately reflect the property boundary of
Area C - 3760 and part of 3798 Grainger Park Road to be changed from CT-Tourist
Commercial to RU-XC Rural Exception.
AND WHEREAS the intent of Document 1 and Document 2 was to identify all
of the Area C lands as noted above to be changed from CT-Tourist Commercial to
RU-XC Rural Exception Zone.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that:
1)
the Report
Recommendation be revised to delete reference to “3760, 3770 and 3780 Grainger
Park Road” and replace it with “3770, 3780 Grainger Park Road, and 3760 and
part of 3798 Grainger Park Road”; and
2)
the Location Map,
Document 1 to the report, be substituted with the attached revised map which
reflects all of the affected lands, and
3)
Document 2 be
revised to delete the line that reads “Rural Zone Exception (RU‑XC) 3760
Grainger Park Road” and replace it with “Rural Zone Exception (RU-XC) 3760 and
part of 3798 Grainger Park Road.
“No further notice will be given under
subsection 34(17) of the Planning Act.”
CARRIED
MOTION NO. 7/7
Moved by Councillor R. Jellett
Seconded by Councillor M. Bellemare
That the Rules
of Procedure be waived to consider the following Motion:
WHEREAS the Community of
Orléans has not participated fully in the business growth and development of
the City;
AND WHEREAS the 150,000
residents of Orléans and environs would benefit from increased and more
convenient access to small business start-up and expansion services;
AND WHEREAS the Ontario
Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship has created 53 Enterprise
Centres across the Province in cooperation with local municipalities to help
entrepreneurs start and grow their business;
AND WHEREAS TEAM
Ottawa/Orléans Equipe was created in 2005 as a grass-roots organization
dedicated to the social and economic development of the community;
AND WHEREAS TEAM
Ottawa/Orléans Equipe has the capacity to manage the operations of an
Entreprise Centre;
AND WHEREAS an Enterprise
Centre in Orléans would be aligned with and be supported by the OCRI
Entrepreneurship Centre, which would provide start-up assistance and access to
materials and resources;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
the City of Ottawa endorse the Government of Ontario’s plan to establish an
Enterprise Centre in the Community of Orléans under the management of TEAM
Ottawa/Orléans Equipe, and that any agreement with respect to the City of
Ottawa’s participation in the Centre be brought back to Corporate Services and
Economic Development Committee and Council for approval; and
THAT Mr. Kirkpatrick investigate the establishment of a staff position to work on the City of Ottawa receiving Federal and Provincial funding – the position to be paid from the successful receipt of upper tier funding.
CARRIED
on a division of 23 YEAS to 0 NAYS as follows:
Yeas (23): Councillors M. Wilkinson, G. Hunter, D. Deans, J. Harder, G. Brooks, S. Qadri, C. Leadman, A. Cullen, C. Doucet, P. Feltmate, J. Legendre, G. Bédard, R. Bloess, D. Holmes, P. Hume, R. Jellett, M. McRae, E. El-Chantiry, B. Monette, D. Thompson, S. Desroches, M. Bellemare and Mayor L. O’Brien.
Nays (0):
MOTION NO. 7/8
Moved by Councillor J. Legendre
Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess
That the
Rules of Procedure with respect to:
(a) requiring
Notice of Motion; and
(b) revisiting a prior decision of Council,
being the Governance Report in December 2006;
be waived to permit the introduction of a motion to restructure the
Transportation Committee and the
Transit Committee.
Pursuant
to Subsection 1 (2) of Procedure By-law 2006-462, suspension of the Rules of Procedure LOST on a division
of 11 YEAS to 13 NAYS as follows:
Yeas (11): Councillors M. Wilkinson, J. Harder, C. Leadman, J. Legendre, G. Bédard, R. Bloess, R. Jellett, M. McRae, E. El-Chantiry, D. Thompson and Mayor L. O’Brien.
Nays (13): Councillors G. Hunter, D. Deans, R. Chiarelli, G. Brooks, S. Qadri, A. Cullen, C. Doucet, P. Feltmate, D. Holmes, P. Hume, B. Monette, S. Desroches, and M. Bellemare.
Councillor Legendre advised of his
intent to give Notice of this Motion (for consideration at a subsequent
meeting).
Notices of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
Moved by Councillor J. Legendre
Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess
That
the Rules of Procedure, with respect to revisiting a prior decision of Council,
being the Governance Report in December 2006, be waived to permit the
introduction of a motion to restructure the Transportation Committee and the
Transit Committee.
Moved by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor R. Chiarelli
WHEREAS according to a letter
from the Siemens/PCL consortium (Ottawa LRT Corp.) dated February 13, 2007
regarding the Project Agreement for the Ottawa North-South Light Rail Transit
Project between the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa LRT Corp., the Ottawa
LRT Corp. advises that the consortium members are willing to accept the sum of
$175.3 million in final settlement of all claims against the City of Ottawa
arising out of the termination of the project agreement.;
WHEREAS according to a second
letter from the Siemens/PCL consortium dated February 13, 2007 the consortium
members are committed to continuing with the project if the city opts to
continue and would be prepared to proceed with an increase to the contract
price not to exceed $70 million and with an anticipated project start date of
June 1, 2007;
AND WHEREAS these letters
constitute new information from the Siemens/PCL consortium, which is being very
constructive in their approach to finding a positive outcome;
AND WHEREAS re-instating the
North-South LRT project is in the long term best interest of the City of
Ottawa;
AND WHEREAS exploring
alternative opportunities to address the downtown would strengthen overall
confidence in the project;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT
the City of Ottawa Council give authority to the City Manager to re-instate the
contract signed on September 15, 2006 with the Siemens/PCL consortium and
direct the City Manager to negotiate renewed terms with the consortium prior to
the February 28, 2007 deadline;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT
this agreement be conditional upon confirmation of the Federal and Provincial
contribution agreements be forthcoming in accordance with the previous MOU’s;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
THAT City Council commence an environmental assessment to bring the project to
the Hurdman Station as the next priority and that the City Manager prepare a
time line for this priority plan;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
THAT an environmental assessment process be initiated to review all options for
downtown, including a tunnel;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
THAT an environmental assessment process be initiated to remove buses from the
Albert-Slater corridor, for possible future implementation if after the
North-South LRT project has been fully operational for one year it is
determined that the corridor is not functioning appropriately;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
THAT the City Manager be directed to negotiate the incremental price increase
of the project due to the delay;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
THAT the City Manager be directed to seek agreement from upper tier
governments to share in the increased cost of the project.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
THAT Council move in-camera to discuss the associated legal ramification.
Moved by Councillor R. Bloess
Seconded by Councillor B. Monette
WHEREAS the Municipal
Elections Act (“the Act”) requires local municipalities to conduct a
regular election on behalf of all school boards within their jurisdiction on
the second Monday in November every four years;
AND WHEREAS the use of schools
is essential in providing convenient and accessible voting places;
AND WHEREAS the security and
safety of students is of paramount importance;
AND WHEREAS the security and
safety of students may be compromised due to the increased number of visitors
on school property on voting day;
AND WHEREAS the school boards
have the ability to establish dates on which professional development days (“PD
days”) are held;
AND WHEREAS, within the City
of Ottawa, two of the local school boards held a PD day four (4) school days
after November 13, 2006, and the two remaining school boards held a PD day nine
(9) school days after voting day;
THEREFORE Be it resolved that this motion be forwarded to the
Directors of Education so that it can be considered at their respective board
meetings; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the
City of Ottawa hereby petitions the Minister of Education to require school
boards throughout Ontario to hold a PD day on the date a regular voting day is
to be held under the Act.
By-laws Three
Readings
Moved by Councillor
P. Feltmate
Seconded by Councillor
M. Wilkinson
That the following by-laws
be enacted and passed:
2007-34
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No.
2003-77 respecting the Animal Control Tribunal.
2007-35 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2002-189 respecting the License Committee.
2007-36 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-481 respecting the License Committee.
2007-37 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 170 of 2000 of the old Corporation of the City of Gloucester respecting the License Committee.
2007-38 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 139-00 of the old Corporation of the City of Kanata respecting the License Committee.
2007-39 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 29-00 of the old Corporation of the City of Vanier respecting the License Committee.
2007-40 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number L6-2000 of the old Corporation of the City of Ottawa respecting the License Committee.
2007-41 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 20-85 of the old Corporation of the City of Cumberland respecting the License Committee.
2007-42 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 135-2000 of the old Corporation of the City of Nepean respecting the License Committee.
2007-43 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on Bradwell Way, Cedar Creek Drive, Kelly Farm Drive, Albion Road and Bank Street, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
2007-44 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on Hazeldean Road as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
2007-45 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 333 of 1999 being a Zoning By-law of the former City of Gloucester, to lift a holding zone in respect of 2565 Pagé Road.
2007-46 A by-law of the City of Ottawa authorizing a Tax Arrears Extension Agreement pursuant to the Municipal Act.
2007-47 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain land as common and public highway (Gravelle Crescent).
2007-48 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain land as common and public highway (Stanmore Street).
2007-49 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to stop up and close part of Slater Street.
2007-50
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 4184 Spratt Road.
2007-51 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 part of the property known municipally as 10 Warner Colpitts Lane.
2007-52 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 93-98 of the former City of Ottawa to change the zoning provisions for the property known municipally as 150 Isabella Street.
2007-53 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 property known municipally as part of 5264 Fernbank Road.
2007-54
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to
amend By-law Number 93-98 of the
former City of Ottawa to change the zoning for the property known
municipally as 286 Kent Street.
2007-55
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 part of the property known municipally as 2741 Pagé Road.
2007-56
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to
amend the Official Plan of the City of
Ottawa to change the designation for the property known municipally as
490 Terry Fox Drive.
2007-57
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 142-93
of the former City of Kanata to change the zoning for the property known
municipally as 490 Terry Fox Drive.
2007-58
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 64-82 of the
former City of Cumberland to change the zoning for part of the property known
municipally as 5396 Dunning Road.
2007-59
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to
amend By-law No. 64-82 of the former City of Cumberland to change the
zoning for part of the property known municipally as 2123 Devine Road.
2007-60
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to
amend By-law No. 2003-230 of the City
of Ottawa to change the zoning for part of the property known
municipally as 6010 Knights Drive.
2007-61
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 property known municipally as 98 King Street.
2007-62
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 3770, 3780 Grainger
Park Road and 3760 and part of 3798 Grainger Park Road.
2007-63 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 107, 111 and 117 Westhunt Road.
2007-64
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-230 of the City of Ottawa to change the
zoning for the properties known municipally as 1369, 1378, 1384, 1390 and 1461
Yorks Corners Road.
2007-65
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal in part By-law
No. 2006-373 as it relates specifically to the properties known municipally as
291 & 293 Dalhousie Street.
2007-66 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law 2004-307 (Monahan Drain).
2007-67 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 2367 Tenth Line Road as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
2007-68 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-60 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with private property parking enforcement.
CARRIED
Confirmation By-law
Moved by Councillor M. McRae
Seconded by Councillor P. Feltmate
That By-law 2007
- 69 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.
CARRIED
Adjournment
Council adjourned the meeting at 2:08
p.m.
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