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3. MOTION - GRANT TO THE ST.VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
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That
Council approve that funding in the form of a grant in the amount of $890.00 be
allocated from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund to reimburse the SVPS to
offset the building permit fees paid to the City for the rehabilitation of the
drop-in centre.
Que
le Conseil approuve le versement à la Société St-Vincent de Paul, d’un montant
de 890 $ sous la forme d’une subvention provenant du Fonds de réserve pour
immobilisations de la Ville d’Ottawa, afin de compenser cet organisme pour les
frais d’obtention de permis de construire payés à la Ville pour la réfection de
la halte-accueil.
DOCUMENTATION
1.
Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee report dated 9 March 2007
(ACS2007-CRS-CSE-0002).
2.
Extract
of Draft Minute, 6 March 2007.
Report to/Rapport au :
Submitted by/Soumis par : Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee
Comité des services organisationnels et du
développement économique
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Diane Blais, Coordinator,Corporate Services
and Economic Development Committee / Coordonatrice, Comité des services
organisationnels et du développement économique
City Clerk’s Branch/Direction du greffe
(613) 580-2424 x28091, Diane.Blais@ottawa.ca
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MOTION
- GRANT TO THE ST.VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
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OBJET
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motion - subvention à la société de
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend
Council approve that funding in the form of a grant in the amount of $890.00 be
allocated from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund to reimburse the SVPS to
offset the building permit fees paid to the City for the rehabilitation of the
drop-in centre.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
At its meeting of 6 March 2007, the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee considered and approved the following motion, put forward by Councillor Maria McRae on behalf of Councillor George Bédard:
WHEREAS
the Ottawa 20/20 Vision and the Official Plan describe a “Caring and Inclusive
City” and a “City of distinct liveable communities” and that charitable
organizations such as the St. Vincent de Paul Society (SVPS) have, for a number
of years, provides services to the poor and marginalized citizens to improve
the quality of life for these citizens;
AND
WHEREAS the SVPS has operated, in partnership with the Centre Espoir Sophie, a
drop-in centre at 145 Murray Street, Ottawa, for marginalized women and that
the building requires renovations to continue to operate in this capacity;
AND
WHEREAS the SVPS and the Centre Espoir Sophie receive very little funding
assistance from the City and have obtained partial funding to renovate the
building and continue to seek more funding to commence renovations;
AND
WHEREAS the SVPS has requested the City provide a grant to offset the building
permit fees for applications A06-008062 and A06-008561, totally $890.00;
AND
WHEREAS on July 1, 2005, new legislation, the Building Code Statue Law
Amendment Ac, 2002, and Ontario Regulation 305/03 took effect, which
necessitated changes related to the collection of building permit fees in that
these fees must cover those costs associated with servicing building permits
and enforcing the Act and Code and more particularly, be revenue neutral;
AND
WHEREAS surplus revenues no longer can be generated and relied upon for
offsetting waivers or reimbursements of fees in support of various construction
projects by charitable and non-profit organizations;
AND
WHEREAS if Council wishes to support requests for grants to offset building
permit fees, it is necessary to fund the offset from the City-Wide Capital
Reserve Fund;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that funding in the form of a grant in the amount of $890.00 be
allocated from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund to reimburse the SVPS to
offset the building permit fees paid to the City for the rehabilitation of the
drop-in centre.
N/A
FINANCIAL
IMPLICATIONS
Should Council approve the recommendation, the sum of $890.00 will be drawn from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund.
DISPOSITION
The
Planning, Transit and the Environment Department to process the remittance
request.
Corporate
Services Department, Financial Services to prepare the payment to the Société
de St. Vincent de Paul and adjust accounts accordingly.
MOTION - GRANT TO THE ST. VINCENT DE
PAUL SOCIETY
motion - subvention à la société de saint-vincent
de paul
Moved by Councillor M. McRae
That the Corporate Services and
Economic Development Committee approve the addition of this item for
consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting pursuant to Section 81(3) of
the Procedure By-law.
CARRIED
Councillor McRae introduced this
item, noting that she was moving the motion on behalf of Councillor
Bédard.
Responding to questions from
Councillor Bloess, Councillor McRae indicated Councillor Bédard wished to have
Committee deal with the motion at the current meeting because the St. Vincent
de Paul Society needed to have their building permit issued as soon as possible
and she confirmed the amount requested.
Moved by Councillor M. McRae
WHEREAS the Ottawa 20/20 Vision and the Official
Plan describe a “Caring and Inclusive City” and a “City of distinct liveable
communities” and that charitable organizations such as the St. Vincent de Paul
Society (SVPS) have, for a number of years, provides services to the poor and
marginalized citizens to improve the quality of life for these citizens;
AND WHEREAS the SVPS has operated, in partnership
with the Centre Espoir Sophie, a drop-in centre at 145 Murray Street, Ottawa,
for marginalized women and that the building requires renovations to continue
to operate in this capacity;
AND WHEREAS the SVPS and the Centre Espoir Sophie
receive very little funding assistance from the City and have obtained partial
funding to renovate the building and continue to seek more funding to commence
renovations;
AND WHEREAS the SVPS has requested the City provide
a grant to offset the building permit fees for applications A06-008062 and
A06-008561, totally $890.00;
AND WHEREAS on July 1, 2005, new legislation, the
Building Code Statue Law Amendment Ac, 2002, and Ontario Regulation 305/03 took
effect, which necessitated changes related to the collection of building permit
fees in that these fees must cover those costs associated with servicing
building permits and enforcing the Act and Code and more particularly, be
revenue neutral;
AND WHEREAS surplus revenues no longer can be
generated and relied upon for offsetting waivers or reimbursements of fees in
support of various construction projects by charitable and non-profit
organizations;
AND WHEREAS if Council wishes to support requests
for grants to offset building permit fees, it is necessary to fund the offset
from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that funding in the form
of a grant in the amount of $890.00 be allocated from the City-Wide Capital
Reserve Fund to reimburse the SVPS to offset the building permit fees paid to
the City for the rehabilitation of the drop-in centre.
CARRIED