OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

11 April 2007

ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL

10:00 a.m.

 

DISPOSITION 11

 

 

Postponements and Deferrals

 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 3

 

 

2.             ZONING - PART OF 5707 FIRST LINE ROAD

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former Rideau Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 5707 First Line Road from "A1" Restricted Rural Zone and "R" General Residential Zone to "A1-XX" Restricted Rural Zone - Exception 'X' as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 2.

 

CARRIED as amended by the following Motion:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor G. Brooks

Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry

 

WHEREAS the applicant has satisfied conditions of rezoning in an agreement pursuant to the Planning Act;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Details of Recommended Zoning in Staff Report ACS2007-PTE-APR-0061, be revised such that the following phrase is deleted: “Maximum of 9 Livestock Units will be permitted to be housed in the existing barn on the property, based on accepted Ministry of Agriculture and Food criteria in calculating Minimum Distance Separation, utilizing roofed or covered storages for manure,” and

 

THAT the zoning by-law amendment reflect the above change; and

 

THAT pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17) no further notice be given.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 3

 

 

2.             rEQUEST FOR DEVELOPMENT CHARGE EXEMPTIOn

 

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council resolve to exempt the River Parkway Preschool Centre from development charges as a non-profit corporation under Section 7(s) of the Development Charges By-law 2004-298.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES BOARD REPORT 3

 

 

1.                   AUDITOR GENERAL'S FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON THE GOVERNANCE AUDIT OF THE OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES BOARD

 

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

 

 

2.              AUDITOR GENERAL'S FOLLOW-UP REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE OTTAWA POLICE SERVICE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

REFERRED BACK to Ottawa Police Services Board by the following motion:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor J. Legendre

Seconded by Councillor B. Monette

 

WHEREAS the growth in the OPS Budget, in recent years, has caused concern on Council;

 

WHEREAS the OPS Board received, on July 25, 2005, the Auditor General’s final report on the Budget Development Process at the OPS Board;

 

WHEREAS the OPS Board approved the Auditor General’s recommendations contained in the report, and directed staff (i.e. the Service) to implement them beginning in the 2006 budget cycle;

 

WHEREAS the Office of the Auditor General has now completed a follow-up on the 2005 audit;

 

WHEREAS the Office of the Auditor General has found that only 5 of 12 recommendations were implemented and that, overall, “the OPS could have been more diligent in ensuring that the 2006 budget development process incorporated the 2005 recommendations more fully in order to meet the Board’s direction.”

 

AND WHEREAS the OPS Board received an update on the Audit on 26 June 2006 with very little comment or questioning of staff as to why the recommendations have not been implemented as planned and furthermore, the OPS Board received this latest follow-up report, along with the OPS Management response dated 29 January 2007, at their meeting of 26 February 2007, again without comment or questions;

 

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council refer the Auditor General’s Follow-Up Report on the Development Process at the OPS Board back to the Board;

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council request that the Board engage OPS Management in a discussion as to the reasons for the shortcomings in the Board’s Budget Development Process that were found in the Auditor General’s Follow-Up Report and report back to Council.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Reconsideration

 

TRANSIT COMMITTEE REPORT 4

 

 

1.             TRANSIT FARES IN 2007

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve the fare structure in Attachment 1, that represents a two percent increase in average fares.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Committee Reports

 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 4B

 

 

1.             RURAL ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE – 2006 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2007 WORK PLAN

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That City Council:

 

a)         Receive the 2006 Annual Report of the Rural Issues Advisory Committee as detailed in Attachment 1; and

 

b)         Approve the objectives contained in the Rural Issues Advisory Committee’s 2007 workplan, as detailed in Attachment 2.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 5

 

 

1.             UPDATE ON PROVINCIAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANDATORY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES GUIDELINES (MHPSG)

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.         Approve the final consolidated response to the draft Ontario Public Health Standards, as submitted to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Technical Review Committee, by Ottawa Public Health, on March 9, 2007, on behalf of the City of Ottawa (see document 1).

 

2.         Write to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care requesting a thorough review of the provincial public health funding formula and it’s application, in order to redress the inequitable per capita funding status with respect to Ottawa Public Health.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 5A

 

 

1.                   APPOINTMENT TO THE SENIORS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – IN CAMERA - PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL – REPORTING OUT DATE, UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council:

 

That Council approve the following appointment to the Seniors Advisory Committee:

 

Mr. Rodney Durnin, as the representative of the Senior Citizens Council of Ottawa, (to expire 31 December 2008).

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

2.                   APPOINTMENTS TO THE CUMBERLAND HERITAGE VILLAGE MUSEUM BOARD – in camera - Personal matters about identifiable individuals – REPORTING OUT DATE, UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approveRefer to Council approval of the following of the following appointments of individuals to the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum Board.  All voting members’ terms to expire 30 November 2009, or at such time as the Board is replaced with another governance structure.

 

·        Mohammed Azhar Ali Khan, voting

·        André Dessaint, reserve 1

·        Bernard Girault, reserve 2.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

3.                   TAXI advisory committee – appointmentS (IN CAMERA – PERSONAL MATTER ABOUT IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUALS) REPORTING OUT DATE: UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approveRefer to Council approval of the following appointments to the Taxi Advisory Committee, terms to expire 31 December 2007:

 

·                    Mr. Yusef Al Mezel as the representative of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688 (Ontario Taxi Union)

·          Mr. Victor Ferreira as the representative of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association (OGHA)

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 5

 

    

1.             FRENCH LANGUAGE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE -
2006 ANNUAL REPORT AND 2007 WORKPLAN
 

 

Committee Recommendations

 

That Council:

 

1.         Receive the 2006 Annual Report of the French Language Services Advisory Committee, as detailed in Attachment 1; and

 

2.         Approve the 2007 Workplan for the French Language Services Advisory Committee, as detailed in Attachment 2.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

 

2.             QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO COUNCIL
Q4 - OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2006

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

 

 

3.             Policy on Debt and Financing

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council adopt the Policy on Debt and Financing attached as Annex A.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

4.             Lease Financing Agreements - Orleans Arts Centre

 

Committee RecommendationS

 

Subject to adopting the Policy on Debt and Financing, that Council approve:

 

1.         Entering into a Lease Financing Agreement with Orleans Town Centre Partnership (OTCP)  and a loan guarantee, to provide financing for the construction of the Orleans Arts Centre to be repaid over a period of 30 years on the basis of the terms and conditions outlined in this report;

 

2.         Authorizing the City Solicitor and the City Treasurer to bring forward a by-law as required for this lease financing agreement for execution by Council.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

 

5.             CORPORATE Policy - ACQUISITION OF REAL Property

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council adopt the policies and procedures for the Acquisition of Real Property by the City of Ottawa as described in Annex “A” attached to this report.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

6.             Sale of land - 3 and 5 River bend drive

 

Committee Recommendations

 

That Council:

 

1.         Declare a vacant parcel of land shown hatched on Annex “A” attached, containing approximately 704.6 m2  (7,584 square feet), municipally known as 3 and 5 River Bend Drive, described as Lot 215, Registered Plan 404887 (Part 1, Plan R-43) and part of Lot 216, Registered Plan 404887 (Part 1, Plan 4R-21612), in the City of Ottawa, 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 Total Communication Environment, for the amount of $114,000 plus GST, pursuant to an Agreement of Purchase and Sale that has been received.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

7.             Innes park woods - Land Exchange - Emparrado

 

Committee RecommendationS

 

That Council:

 

1.         Declare three parcels of vacant land, consisting of approximately 6.47 ha (15.99 ac), having a value of $959,400, described as being Parts of Lot 1, Concession 3, Ottawa Front, geographic Township of Gloucester, now in the City of Ottawa, as shown hatched on Annex “A” attached, as surplus to the City's needs;

 

2.         Approve the acquisition of one parcel of vacant land, consisting of approximately 8.72 ha (21.54 ac), described as being Part of Lot 3, Concession 2, Ottawa Front, geographic Township of Gloucester, now in the City of Ottawa as shown on Annex “B” attached, having a value of $1,292,400 from Emparrado Corporation, in exchange for the land detailed in Recommendation 1, subject to final surveys and any easements that may be required, plus the sum of  $350,861, being the agreed compensation for the difference in the value of the lands being exchanged, pursuant to a Land Exchange Agreement that has been received.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES BOARD REPORT 4

 

 

1.             RESULTS OF 2006 BOARD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PILOT PROCESS

 

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

 

 

2.             2006 POLICE SERVICES BOARD ACTIVITY AND TRAINING REPORT

 

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

 

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 5A

 

 

1.          INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN (IWMMP) UPDATE

 

 

Committee recommendationS AS AMENDED

 

That Council receive this update on the status of the Integrated Waste Management Master Plan (IWMMP).

 

WHEREAS on June 14, 2006 City of Ottawa Council unanimously approved a motion requesting greater leadership from the Province of Ontario in supporting the management of institutional, commercial and industrial (IC&I) waste;

 

AND WHEREAS to date negligible progress has been undertaken by the Province to respond to the need for an integrated approach to managing IC&I waste;

 

AND WHEREAS the Province has the authority and regulatory ability to directly impact diversion rates and lower the reliance on landfills and has not taken any substantive action directing the ICI sector to achieve the 60% diversion goal;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council urges that the Province of Ontario:

 

1.                  Be requested to increase province-wide enforcement of existing regulations such as Waste Audits and Waste Reduction Work Plans (O. Reg 102/94) and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) Source Separation Programs (O. Reg. 103/94); and,

 

2.                  Be requested to establish a Task Force involving appropriate stakeholders, including municipal representatives from Association of Municipalities of Ontario, LUMCO, Rural Ontario Municipalities Association and representatives from ICI sectors, Ontario Waste Management Association, Recycling Council of Ontario and others to formulate integrated waste management strategies for areas within the Province of Ontario, and;

 

And that this motion be circulated to the Premier of Ontario, Minister of the Environment, all Ottawa area M.P.P.s, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, the Large Urban Mayors’ and Council of Ontario (LUMCO), the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA), the Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA) and the Recycling Council of Ontario (RCO).

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

2.          Procurement Status of the Source Separated Organics (SSO) Program

 

 

Committee recommendationS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

1.         The completion of the current Source Separated Organics (SSO) Request for Proposal (RFP) process, and direct staff to bring forward all-in program delivery costs for Council’s consideration.

 

2.         The establishment of a Source Separated Organics program to be in operation by the fall of 2008 within the financial resources set aside for this purpose.

 

CARRIED as amended by the following Motion:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor P. Feltmate

 

That Recommendation 2 be amended to read:

 

The establishment of a Source Separated Organics program to be in operation by the fall of 2008 within the financial resources set aside for this purpose including the potential issuance of debt financing from FCM.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

3.          LCBO DEPOSIT RETURN PROGRAM AND CITY’S BLUE BOX RECYCLING PROGRAM

 

 

Committee recommendationS

 

1.                  That Council receive this report for information.

 

2.         That Council instruct the City Clerk to write to the Minister of the Environment and Waste Diversion Ontario seeking an amendment to the Recycling and Composting of Municipal Waste Regulation 101/94 to specify that beverage containers available for return within Provincial Deposit Return programs not be required for collection within the Blue Box recycling program.

 

CARRIED as amended by the following Motions:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor J. Harder

Seconded by Councillor M. McRae

 

WHEREAS the new liquor bottle return policy of the province of Ontario could save the City of Ottawa one million dollars in waste management costs if the policy is successful in encouraging residents to return empty liquor and wine bottles to the Beer Store instead of placing them in their blue boxes;

 

AND WHEREAS there appears to be customer resistance to the perceived inconvenience of returning liquor and wine bottles to Beer Stores;

 

AND WHEREAS the Province of Ontario has not given the City of Ottawa the power to decree what shall and shall not be placed in blue boxes;

 

AND WHEREAS the collection of used liquor and wine bottles is costly for the City of Ottawa;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa request the Province of Ontario to investigate the possibility of contracting the collection of used liquor and wine bottles out to a private business, to convenience stores or to a bottle collection depot network such as that in the Province of Alberta, where 8 out of 10 beverage containers are recycled and 90% of residents participate in the bottle return system.

 

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED That the Province extend the “deposit return policy” to other containers such as plastics and metal.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor A. Cullen

Seconded by Councillor J. Legendre

 

That the Harder/McRae motion be treated as an amendment in addition to the Committee Recommendations.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

 

4.             OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING - 4497 O' KEEFE COURT

 

 

Committee recommendationS as amended

 

That Council approve and adopt:

 

1)                  An amendment to the Official Plan to redesignate 4497 O'Keefe Court from a Limestone Resource Area to a General Rural designation to allow the following uses:

Bank

Business Office

Convention facility

Hotel

Light assembly and production

Recreational commercial

Multi-occupancy industrial building.

 

2)                  An amendment to the Rural Zoning By-law of the former City of Nepean to rezone 4497 O'Keefe Court from a Mineral Extraction - MX Zone to an MBC(H) Exception Zone – Industrial Business Campus Zone (Holding).

 

3)                  An amendment to lift the Holding symbol subject to the following:

i)          the submission of a site plan application that shows the development is complementary to its gateway function and the Prestige Business Park to the satisfaction of the City of Ottawa.

 

CARRIED as amended by the following Motion:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor J. Harder

Seconded by Councillor R. Jellett

 

WHEREAS, the applicant has applied for an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment for 4497 O’Keefe Court, in order to develop the site in conformity with the adjoining lands,

 

AND WHEREAS, the Planning and Environment Committee at its meeting on March 27, 2007, carried a motion to limit the range of permitted uses contained in the staff report No. ACS2007-PTE-APR-0014, and proposed an MBC (H) Exception Zone,

 

AND WHEREAS, that motion indicated that the range of uses be limited in the Official Plan Amendment rather than the implementing zoning amendment,

AND WHEREAS, that motion indicated that the property be zoned to an MBC (H) Zone, which does not exist in Zoning By-law 73-92,

 

AND WHEREAS, the MC Zone is a comparable zone in Zoning By-law 73-92, the Rural Area By-law for the former City of Nepean,

 

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Committee Recommendations 1, 2 and 3, as set out in Item 4 of Planning and Environment Committee Report 5A be replaced with the following:

 

1.         An amendment to the Official Plan to redesignate 4497 O’Keefe Court from a limestone Resource Area to a General Rural designation.

 

2.         An amendment to the Rural Zoning By-law of the former City of Nepean to rezone 4497 O’Keefe Court from a Mineral Extraction Zone – MX to a Holding Industrial Commerce Exception Zone – HMC-Block D.

 

3.         An amendment to the Rural Zoning By-law of the former City of Nepean to add the following definitions to the definition section of the By-law:

 

“Light Assembly and Production” means an establishment engaged in clean manufacturing or assembly of small products in a business office environment, but does not include any use otherwise defined or classified in this by-law. This definition includes uses such as production and artisans studios. Such manufacturing or assembly activities do not require loading and distribution facilities dissimilar to those normally associated with a Business Office.

 

“Multi-Occupancy Industrial Building” means a building containing two storeys or less, located within an Industrial Zone, wherein a combination of two or more industrial occupants, including a combination of Warehouse, Business Office, Sample and Showroom and/or other uses permitted in the zone, occupy separate, homogeneous floor space areas and where no individual occupant is identifiable as a dominant occupant of the building.

 

4.         An amendment to the Rural Zoning By-law of the former City of Nepean to add a new exception zone to Section 15      including the following site-specific permitted uses and requirements:

 

i)          Despite the permitted uses specified in subsection 15:1 Permitted Uses, only the following uses are permitted:

 

-           Bank

-           Business office

-           Convention Facility

-           Hotel

-           Light Assembly and Production

-           Recreation Commercial

-           Multi-occupancy Industrial Building

 

ii)         Despite anything to the contrary in this by-law, no outside storage is permitted in association with the above-noted land uses.

 

iii)        Despite the Zone Requirements of 15.2 to the contrary, the following applies:

minimum yard front    6.0 metres

minimum yard side                 6.0 metres

minimum yard rear                 6.0 metres

 

iv)                Despite the special screening requirements adjacent to Highway 416:

 

1)         the landscaped strip adjacent to the Highway must be a minimum of 10 metres, and

2)         all other screening requirements continue to apply.

 

v)         Prior to the lifting of any  “holding” provision on lands zoned MC Block D, the following requirements must be satisfied:

 

1)         the submission of a site plan application that shows the development is complementary to its gateway function and the Prestige Business Park to the satisfaction of the City of Ottawa.

 

            AND THAT pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17) no further notice be given.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

5.             ZONING - PART OF 3773 STRANDHERD DRIVE

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Nepean Zoning By-law to change the zoning of parts of 3773 Strandherd Drive from CM Blk 2 (Commercial Major Zone Block 2 South West Corner of Greenbank and Strandherd) and CA2(CH) (Commercial Automotive Alternative Use Zone) to CA1 Blk xx (Commercial Automotive Zone Block xx), CA3(CM) Blk xy (Commercial Automotive (Dual Use) Zone Block xy), CM Blk xz (Commercial Major Zone Block xz) and remove the H1, H2 (Hold 1 and Hold 2 designation) from the CM Blk 2 (Commercial Major Zone Block 2 South West Corner of Greenbank and Strandherd) as shown in Document 1.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

6.                   ZONING - 620 PALLADIUM DRIVE

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve that 620 Palladium Drive be deleted from the former City of Kanata's March Rural Zoning By law No. 74-79 zoning map and the lands will no longer be subject to By-law No. 74-79, and subsequently, the said land be incorporated into the former City of Kanata's Zoning By-law No. 125-90 for the NHL Facility zoning map, zoned "MCF-3A" (Major Community Facility - 3, Exception A), as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 3.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

7.             ZONING - 3505 STRANDHERD DRIVE, 3211 GREENBANK ROAD, 400 PAUL MÉTIVIER DRIVE, 80 AND 261 BREN MAUR ROAD

 

 

Committee recommendationS AS AMENDED

 

1.                  That Council approve an amendment to the former Nepean Urban Zoning By-Law to change the zoning of 3505 Strandherd Drive, 3211 Greenbank Road, 400 Paul Metivier Drive, and 80 and 261 Bren Maur Road from Future Growth (FG) and Conservation - CON Zone to Residential Mixed Unit (RMU) Zone, Institutional School - IS Zone, Parks and Recreation Zone (Public) - PRP Zone, Conservation - CON Zone and Institutional - I Zone as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.

 

2.         WHEREAS, the applicant has applied for a Zoning By-law Amendment for 3505 Strandherd Drive, 3211 Greenbank Road, 400 Paul Metivier Drive, and 80 and 261 Bren Maur Road, in order to develop a residential subdivision,

 

AND WHEREAS, the draft by-law schedule attached to the staff report as document 1 does not fully correspond to the details of recommended zoning contained in the staff report as document 2,

 

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Council approve the replacement of Document 1 in the staff report with the amended Document 1 attached to this motion.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

8.             PLAN OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL - 400 PAUL METIVIER DRIVE

 

 

            The inclusion of this matter in the Committee Report to Council was in error and therefore this item was not called as part of the agenda for the Council Meeting of 11 April 2007.

 

 

 

9.             ZONING - 1200 WALKLEY ROAD

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

1.                  An amendment to the former City of Ottawa Zoning By-Law to modify the R1J [17], detached house exception zone, applying to 1200 Walkley Road, to permit a 'personal service business' and a dwelling unit, as shown on Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.

 

2.                  The replacement of Detail 1 of Recommended Zoning with the following:

 

“An office, personal service business limited to a beauty salon/spa providing manicuring, pedicuring and accredited massage therapy services and a dwelling unit are added as permitted uses, providing they are located within the building existing on March 27, 2007”.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

10.          ZONING - 260 TOMPKINS AVENUE

 

 

Committee recommendation as amended

 

That Council approve an amendment to the former City of Cumberland Zoning By-law to change the zoning of 260 Tompkins Avenue from Institutional School (IS) to Residential – Row Dwellings Exception (R3D – X) as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 2, with a density of no more than 26 units per hectare which would enable 16 units on this property.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

11.          SANDY HILL INTERIM CONTROL BY-LAW

 

 

Committee recommendationS as amended

 

1.                  That Council approve an amendment to former Ottawa Zoning By-law, 1998 to replace exception [87] in the area shown in Document 1, with a new exception that will:

 

i)                    Carry forward the existing exception of permitting a dwelling unit as an additional use under Column II, Part XV –Exceptions;

 

ii)                  Retain the provision under Column IV Provisions, Part XV – Exceptions, permitting a rooming house limited to 50 per cent of the gross floor area of the building;

 

iii)                Reduce the size of a permitted special needs house from 30 to 10 residents;

 

iv)                Apply a separation distance to this exception zone that states: “Where located within or abutting this zone, a special needs home must be separated from any other lot containing a special needs home, a distance of 300 metres from each property line of the lot on which the special needs home is located”, and;

 

That no further notice be provided pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act.

 

 

2.                  That following adoption of the implementing zoning by-law, the interim control by‑law 2005-253 be repealed.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

12.          RIDEAU STREET URBAN DESIGN STUDY

 

 

Committee recommendationS as amended

 

That Council approve the Terms of Reference attached as Document 1.

 

1.         That the Downtown Rideau Business Improvement Area be included on the Technical Advisory Committee.

 

2.         That a representative of the Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee be included on the Technical Advisory Committee.

 

3.         That the study area be extended to include Waller Street and the Arts Court area.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

13.          SIGN MINOR VARIANCE - 118 SPARKS STREET

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve a minor variance to Section 129(1) of Sign By-law 2005-439 to permit two logo signs on the same wall in the top storey on the east and west elevations of the building located at 118 Sparks Street.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

14.          STREET NAME CHANGE - 51 SPECTRUM WAY

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council enact a by-law to change the street name Spectrum Way to Alti Place.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

15.        GRANT TO THE OTTAWA HOME HAEMODIALYSIS PROGRAM

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council provide a grant of $10,000 to the Ottawa Hospital Home Haemodialysis Program to be funded from the City-Wide Reserve Fund and in cooperation with the Medical Officer of Health.

 

CARRIED as amended by the following Motion:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor G. Bédard

 

That the Committee Recommendation be replaced with the following:

 

That Council provide a grant of $10,000 for Home Haemodialysis to be funded from the Water Sewer Reserve Fund and in cooperation with the Medical Officer of Health.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

TRANSIT COMMITTEE REPORT 5

 

 

1.             RIDEAU STREET – SUSSEX DRIVE TO NICHOLAS STREET

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That City Council receive this report for information.

 

RECEIVED as amended by the following Motion:

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor G. Bédard

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

 

WHEREAS the Waller Mall is adjacent to the St-George Condominium;

 

WHEREAS the St-George Condominium and the City of Ottawa entered into an agreement in 2002 to provide security and control within the Waller Mall;

 

WHEREAS under that agreement the St-George Condominium security personnel lock the gates during silent hours and unlock during daytime hours to the mutual satisfaction of both parties;

 

WHEREAS this has become more difficult to execute because of certain individuals refusing to leave the premises in the evening hours and damaging the Waller Mall and St-George Condominium properties;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to negotiate an agreement with the St-George Condominium in order to make it possible to give the St-George further powers to ensure better security for the Waller Mall and report back to Transportation Committee.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT 2

 

 

1.             INNES SNOW DISPOSAL FACILITY - 2170 MER BLEUE ROAD

 

 

Committee recommendations as amended

 

1.                  That the implementation of the Innes Snow Disposal Facility at 2170 Mer Bleue Road proceed, and that staff undertake the necessary steps of updating the noise study using criteria of the current Official Plan and developing an Official Plan Amendment to exempt the Innes Snow Disposal Facility site from the Mixed Use Centre designation as proposed in this report.

 

2.                  That staff review the 1:50 year snow storage event criteria and evaluate the impact of the 1:25 year criteria and report back on the City’s needs for current and planned snow disposal facilities in the context of modeling for this evaluation.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Motions of which Notice has Been Given Previously

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson

Seconded by Councillor S. Desroches

 

WHEREAS there is an increasing concern over the use of landfill sites situated in proximity to local communities; and

 

WHEREAS one way to extend the life of existing landfill sites while alternative ways of dealing with waste are explored is to find ways to re-use items that might otherwise be discarded in the garbage; and

 

WHEREAS the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association held a successful Give-Away Day in 2006 where residents placed unwanted items at the curb for others to take; and

 

WHEREAS staff of the City of Ottawa agree that holding a City-wide Give-Away Day would be both a useful way to reduce waste going to landfill and a financial saving for the City of Ottawa; and

 

WHEREAS a Give-Away Day only requires information and publicity to be successful;

 

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa support a City-wide Give-Away Day on a Saturday in mid to late June (rain date on the Sunday) where residents can clear out their unwanted household items and furniture while benefiting others; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Section 67 of By-law No, 2006-300, the Solid Waste Management By-law that prohibits scavenging be waived for the City-wide Give-Away Day; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff work with residents who have held successful Give-Away Days to develop the necessary information and publicity for the event, with any information and publicity to include a requirement that, at the end of the Give-Away Day, people remove any uncollected items from the curbside; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff prepare an evaluation of this event for the Planning and Environment Committee, with the objective of holding two Give-Away Days per year if the event is deemed successful.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 
MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor J. Harder

 

WHEREAS the existing MPAC tax assessment system is unpredictable and volatile; 

 

WHEREAS the changes in property taxes due to MPAC assessments often dwarf changes in the city’s budget;

 

WHEREAS the volatility of MPAC assessments forces many people on fixed incomes to sell their homes because the taxes they pay rise much faster than the rate of inflation;  

 

WHEREAS the cost of running the city and providing services is not being shared by all residents equitably as a result of the provincially mandated assessment system; 

 

WHEREAS the lifting of the freeze on tax assessments will make the potential for zero tax increases impossible to achieve real for a substantial portion of Ottawa;

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa must pay MPAC over $10 million a year and their annual “fee” has been rising beyond the rate of inflation even while assessments have been frozen.

 

WHEREAS the recent provincial budget announced that "Residents will be assessed once every four years.  In the case that their assessment rises, the increase will be spread over four years”;

 

WHEREAS the change announced will not address fundamental inequities, volatility or fairness;

 

WHEREAS reduction in assessment frequency does not come with an accompanying reduction in the cost of MPAC;

 

WHEREAS the four year timing of assessments will highlight problems closer to municipal elections and hence make them less evident during provincial elections;

 

BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa ask Queens Park to reconsider the fundamental nature of the assessment system and of MPAC’s legislated monopoly with an objective of introducing assessment reform which is predictable, fair and empowers municipalities rather than making them scapegoats.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Motions Requiring Suspension of the Rules of Procedure

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor J. Harder

Seconded by Councillor S. Desroches

 

WHEREAS Council at a meeting held January 24, 2007, (CSEDC report 1, Item 7) authorized the City Clerk to send out a notice of Council's intention to pass a by-law to expand the existing Barrhaven BIA boundaries in accordance with section 210 of the Municipal Act, 2001;

 

AND WHEREAS the City Clerk has initiated the notification process to permit objections to be made by April 30, 2007; 

 

AND WHEREAS new information has come to City staff's attention concerning the application of BIA levy on industrial class properties which are to be excluded from the proposed expansion area;

 

AND WHEREAS the Barrhaven BIA Board has directed the City to withdraw the proposed expansion (resolution attached);

 

AND WHEREAS Bill 130 has amended Municipal Act, 2001 requirements for BIAs;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the notification process be terminated and the City Clerk advise the Barrhaven BIA Board to inform its members of Council's decision to terminate this process in order to revisit the proposed expansion;

 

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that City staff review the proposed expansion area and that the City Solicitor advise staff of any requirements of Bill 130 amendments.

 

Barrhaven BIA Board of Management Minutes for

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

7:30 a.m., Walter Baker Center, Ruth E. Dickinson (Library) Boardroom

ITEM

ACTION

Call Meeting to Order

 

MOTION: 

Moved By: TM

Seconded By: VT

 

Attendance

 

Board MembersJohn Baizana (JB), Michael Carreira (MC), Councillor Steve Desroches (SD), Councillor Jan Harder (JH), Tom Moss (TM), Ken Ross (KR), Victor Tsang (VT), Tom West (TW), Andrea Steenbakkers (ED)

Reserve Board Members:  Patrick Creppin (PC)

Absent: :  Willy Bagnell (WB), Betty Hillier (BH)

 

 

Approval of Minutes

 

MOTION: To approve the attached March 6th BBIA Board meeting minutes

Moved by:  MC

Seconded by: JH

-CARRIED-

 

New Business

 

  • Boundary Amendment Issue. See attached. 

MOTION:  To Withdraw the Current Application to expand the boundaries of the BBIA.

Moved by: JB

Seconded by: MC

-CARRIED-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By-laws                                                                                      Three Readings

 

2007-153                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 16 of 1999 of the old Corporation of the Township of West Carleton respecting kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-154                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 39/99 of the old Corporation of the Township of Rideau respecting kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-155                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law 86-87 of the old Corporation of the City of Cumberland respecting kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-156                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law 11-95 of the old Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn respecting kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-157                 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 kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-158                 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 kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-159                 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 kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-160                 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 kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-161                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 83-2000 of the old Corporation of the Township of Osgoode respecting kennel licensing fees.

 

2007-162                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-520 respecting election signs on City roads.

 

2007-163                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 252 Calaveras Avenue, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

2007-164                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 265 Centrum Boulevard, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

2007-165                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-44 being a Zoning By-law of the City to lift a holding zone in respect of 11 and 13 White Cedar Street.

 

2007-166                 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 lands zoned R5C[87] in the area bounded by Laurier Avenue East, Chapel Street, Somerset Street East and Henderson Avenue except for 433 Nelson Street and to repeal By-law No. 2005-253.

 

2007-167                 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 1200 Walkley Road.

 

2007-168                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 100-2000 of the former City of Nepean to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 3773 Strandherd Drive.

 

2007-169                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 125-90 and By-law Number 74-79 of the former City of Kanata to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 620 Palladium Drive.

 

2007-170                 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 property known municipally as 260 Tompkins Avenue.

 

2007-171                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 100-2000 of the former City of Nepean to change the zoning for the properties known municipally as 3505 Strandherd Drive, 3211 Greenbank Road, 400 Paul Metivier Drive, and 80 and 261 Bren Maur Road.

 

2007-172                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to change the designation for the property known municipally as 4497 O’Keefe Court.

 

2007-173                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law Number 73-92 of the former City of Nepean to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 4497 O’Keefe Court.

 

2007-174                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-15 to appoint Inspectors in respect of Fire Prevention Matters.

 

2007-175                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-428 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 5707 First Line Road.

 

2007-176                 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.

 

2007-177                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law 2006-273 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers with respect to parking infractions on City Streets and City Property.

 

CARRIED