COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council approve the following:

1. That staff be directed to establish an integrated working group consisting of by-law, fire, public health, police, rooming house enforcement officers and representatives of the Rideau-Vanier Councillor’s office.

2. That the Drug Unit of the Ottawa Police Service be invited to participate and provide their expertise.

3. That this working group meets at least once a month to implement an integrated, coordinated, proactive approach to target problematic nuisance addresses by educating the tenants and landlords of these nuisance addresses concerning the repercussions of their negative, disruptive, and/or disorderly behavior and enforce all possible infractions systematically until the issues are resolved.

Recommandations du comité

Que le Conseil d’approuver ce qui suit :

1. Que le personnel soit chargé de créer un groupe de travail intégré, formé d’agents des Règlements municipaux, du Service des incendies, de Santé publique, du Service de police, de l’application des règlements sur les maisons de chambres, ainsi que de représentants du bureau du conseiller de Rideau-Vanier.

2. Que les membres de l’escouade antidrogue du Service de police d’Ottawa soient invités à participer et à partager leur expertise.

3. Que ce groupe de travail se réunisse au moins une fois par mois dans le but de mettre en place une approche intégrée, coordonnée et proactive qui permette de cibler les adresses constituant une source de nuisance, en sensibilisant les locataires et les propriétaires visés par ces adresses aux répercussions de leur comportement négatif, perturbateur et/ou indiscipliné, et qui permette de sanctionner systématiquement toutes les infractions possibles jusqu’à ce que les problèmes soient résolus.

DOCUMENTATION

1. Councillor George Bédard report dated 20 April 2007 (ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0009).

Report to / Rapport au:

Community and Protective Services Committee

Comité des services de protection et d’urgence

and Council / et au Conseil

20 April 2007 / le 20 avril 2007

Submitted by/Soumis par : Councillor/ Conseiller Georges Bédard

Contact Person/Personne ressource : George Bédard

(613) 580-2482 George.Bédard@ottawa.ca

Rideau-Vanier (Ward 12)

Ref N°: ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0009

SUBJECT: TARGETING PROBLEMATIC ADDRESSES IN RIDEAU-VANIER

OBJET: CIBLER LES ADRESSES PROBLÉMATIQUES À RIDEAU-VANIER

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend that Council approve the following:

2. That the Drug Unit of the Ottawa Police Service be invited to participate and provide their expertise.

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité des services communautaires et de protection recommande au Conseil d’approuver ce qui suit :

2. Que les membres de l’escouade antidrogue du Service de police d’Ottawa soient invités à participer et à partager leur expertise.

BACKGROUND

On 19 April 2007, Councillor Bédard put forward the following Notice of Motion, for consideration at a subsequent meeting:

WHEREAS numerous problematic nuisance addresses have been identified in Rideau-Vanier involving drugs, prostitution, public health, fire, minimum standards and other by-law violations

WHEREAS these problematic addresses are repeat offenders

WHEREAS these problematic addresses result in numerous calls for service by police, public health, fire and by-law officers resulting in heavy costs to City of Ottawa tax payers

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa services respond to these problematic addresses on the basis of complaints, resulting in a scattergun approach that does little to prevent reoccurrences and increases the frustration of local law abiding residents and land owners

WHEREAS a proactive coordinated and integrated response of City of Ottawa services that will likely result in the consistent implementation of serious consequences against violators, thereby acting as a deterrent for further violations

WHEREAS the downtown core, which is the centre for tourism in Ottawa, is a high-density residential area, the epicenter of local economic activity as well as jobs

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to establish an integrated working group consisting of by-law, fire, public health, police, rooming house enforcement officers and representatives of the Rideau-Vanier Councillor’s office

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Drug Unit of the Ottawa police be invited to participate and provide their expertise

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this working group meets at least once a month to implement an integrated, coordinated, proactive approach to target problematic nuisance addresses by educating the tenants and landlords of these nuisance addresses concerning the repercussions of their negative, disruptive, and/or disorderly behavior and enforce all possible infractions systematically until the issues are resolved.

CONSULTATION

Community and Protective Services Department provide the following comments:

There are models of 'problem address' working groups within the City (e.g., Somerset Ward) and the Community and Protective Services Department, which includes Fire Services, By-law Services, Public Health, and Housing Branches, in conjunction with our partners in the Ottawa Police Services would be pleased to explore establishment of such a group in Rideau Vanier."

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

N/A

DISPOSITION

City staff, Ottawa Police Service and Ottawa Fire Services to take appropriate action on the Committee’s direction.