OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
23 January
2008
ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL
10:00 a.m.
AGENDA 30
1. Prayer
2.
National Anthem (Councillor
C. Leadman)
3. Announcements/Ceremonial
Activities
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Recognition - Heart Month
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Presentation - 2007 City of Ottawa United Way / Centraide
Employee Campaign Cheque Presentation
4. Roll Call
5. Confirmation
of Minutes
Confirmation of
Minutes of the regular meeting of 9 January 2008.
6. Declarations of pecuniary
interest including those originally arising from prior meetings
7. Communications
·
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
Alerts :
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Municipal Infrastructure Initiative (MIII) -
Update
8. Regrets
The following
members of Council advised that they would be absent from the Council meeting
on the date indicated:
Councillor E. El-Chantiry 23 January 2008
Councillor P. Hume 23 January 2008 (City Business)
9. Postponements
and Deferrals
DEFERRAL FROM COUNCIL
MEETING OF 14 NOVEMBER 2007
MOTION NO. 24/2
Moved by Councillor J. Harder
Seconded by Councillor P. Hume
2. The
shareholder’s target dividend for HOHI of 60% of annual net income be respected
in the future provided that: Hydro
Ottawa Holding Inc. is in compliance with the OBCA, relevant OEB guidelines, is
not in breach of any covenants on its bond or credit facility obligations, and
does not negatively impact its credit rating as a result of the dividend
payment;
MOTION NO. 24/3
Moved by Councillor G. Bédard
Seconded by Councillor R. Jellett
That
Recommendation 2 of Motion No. 24/2 be deferred to the Council meeting of
23 January 2008.
DEFERRAL
CARRIED
10. Motion to Introduce Reports
(Councillors G. Brooks and D.
Holmes)
City Treasurer’s Report
RECOMMENDATION
That Council:
1. Authorize the Mayor and City Treasurer to sign an agreement with
the Province relating to the City's share of the provincial gas tax in
accordance with the terms set out in Document 1; and
2. Approve the by-law authorizing the agreement as set out in Document 2.
Committee
Reports
AGRICULTURE AND
RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 16
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1. North Gower Community Design Plan – official plan and zoning
amendments |
COMMITTEE
recommendationS AS AMENDED
(This application is subject
to Bill 51)
That Council:
1. Approve the North Gower Community
Design Plan (Document 1 – On file with the City Clerk),
2. Approve
City of Ottawa Official Plan __
Amendment [Document 2] to:
a) Remove the North Gower Village Plan from Volume 2C of the Official Plan,
b)
Revise City of
Ottawa Official Plan Schedule A – Rural Policy Plan to revise the North Gower
village boundaries and to redesignate lands from “Agriculture Resource Area”
and “General Rural Area” to “Village”.
3.
Approve an
amendment to the Draft Comprehensive Zoning By-law as shown on the location
maps and as detailed in Document 3.
4. Approve that Schedule A – Land Use be amended so that the
portion of the Stevens Creek flood plain located west of Fourth Line Road,
south of Roger Stevens Drive and north of Church Street be changed to extend
the “Agriculture” land use designation (green colour) westward to the village
boundary; and
5. Approve that the North Gower
Community Design Plan be brought back to committee in a Secondary Plan format
and be incorporated in the Official Plan.
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2. ZONING – 4806 MOHRS ROAD |
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
(This application is subject
to Bill 51)
That Council approve an amendment to the former Township of West Carleton Zoning By-law to change the zoning of 4806 Mohrs Road from Institutional (I) and Low Density Residential Exception (RL-1) to Low Density Residential - Exception (RL-1(x)) as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 2.
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3. ZONING – 6746 LAKES PARK DRIVE |
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
(This application is subject
to Bill 51)
That Council approve an amendment to the former Osgoode
Zoning By-law to change the zoning of 6746 Lakes Park Drive from RU - Rural and
HAZ - Hazard to CE[365] - Country Estate
and O1 - Public Open Space as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in
Document 2.
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4. COMMUNITY DESIGN PLANS |
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, AND
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That
Council direct that the Official Plan continue to provide for Community Design
Plans to be either Council policy or adopted as a Secondary Plan through amendment
to the Official Plan; and that when a Community Design Plan is to be adopted as
a Secondary Plan, that the Secondary Plan be an extract from the Community
Design Plan.
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5. STREET NAME CHANGE – FORMER HWY
17, UPPER DWYER HILL, FORMER HWY 15 CUL DE SAC, FORMER HWY 15 |
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council enact a by-law to change the street
names :
1.
Hwy
17 to Madawaska Boulevard and this By-law would only be prepared and processed once the transfer
of this portion of the highway from the Province to the City has been completed;
2.
The
northerly section of Upper Dwyer Hill to Keatley Road;
3.
The
remnant cul de sac of former Highway 15 to Big Horn Way; and
4.
Former
Highway 15 to Ottawa Road 29, as illustrated in Document 1.
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6. SHIELDS MUNICIPAL DRAIN –
APPOINTMENT OF ENGINEER |
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the appointment of
Stantec Consulting Ltd. as the engineer of record for the preparation of an
Engineer's Report under Section 78 of the Drainage Act for modifications
to the Shields Municipal Drain.
CORPORATE
SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 18
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1. Appointment
to The barrhaven BUSINESS |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council approve the appointment of Patrick Creppin to the Barrhaven Business
Improvement Area Board of Management for the term expiring November 30, 2010.
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2. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY - |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council receive this report for information.
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3. 2008
INTERIM PROPERTY TAX RATES AND DUE DATEs |
Committee Recommendations
That Council approve:
1. That the 2008 interim property tax billing be set at 50% of the
2007 Adjusted Annualized Taxation as permitted by legislation;
2. That the amount protected classes are billed on the interim tax
billing be set at the maximum percent of last years' adjusted taxation, as
permitted by legislation (50% of the adjusted 2007 taxes);
3. That the following tax due dates be approved for 2008:
i. Interim: March
20, 2008
ii. Final: June
19, 2008;
4. That the penalty and interest percentage charge on overdue and
unpaid tax arrears remain at the rate of 1.25% per month (15% per year)
unchanged from 2007; and
5. That the following tax due dates be approved for 2008 for
properties that are part of and subject to the Bank St. and Somerset St. BIA’s:
i. Interim: August
21, 2008
ii. Final : December
4, 2008.
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4. QUARTERLY
PERFORMANCE REPORT |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council receive this report for information.
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5. POLICY
STATEMENTS ON THE DISPOSAL OF ROAD ALLOWANCES |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council adopt the Policy Statements on the Disposal of Road Allowances.
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6. APPROVAL
TO EXPROPRIATE LANDS - Rothbourne Road Re-alignment |
Committee RecommendationS
That Council
approve:
1. The expropriation of the
lands set out in the attached Schedule “A”;
2. The enactment of an
expropriation by-law to expropriate the said lands; and
3. The registration of the
plan of Expropriation, service of Notices of Expropriation, Election and
Possession, all pursuant to the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E-26 as
amended.
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7. pROJECTED
EXHAUST OF AREA CODE 613 |
Committee Recommendation
That Council advise the CRTC that it
supports the distributed overlay approach to addressing the exhaust of the 613
exchange code in Ottawa.
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8. INTENTION
TO DESIGNATE THE GLEBE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA |
Committee Recommendations
That Council:
1. Designate the area
described by Document 1 as a Business Improvement Area (BIA) under Section 204
of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001;
2. Authorize and direct the
City Clerk to send out a notice of Council's intention to pass a by-law
designating the area, as defined in Document 1, as a Business Improvement Area,
in accordance with Section 210 of the Ontario
Municipal Act, 2001;
3. Authorize and direct the City Solicitor to:
(i) Prepare a by-law to designate the area as a
Business Improvement Area, as described in Document 1, to be named the
"Glebe Business Improvement Area";
(ii) Prepare a by-law to establish the Board of
Management of the Business Improvement Area, to be named the "Glebe
Business Improvement Area Board of Management"; and
4. Enact the two
aforementioned by-laws in accordance with section 204 of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, subject to
the City Clerk reporting favourably on the results of the intention to pass a
by-law designating the area referred to in Recommendation (2).
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9. INTENTION
TO EXPAND THE westboro |
Committee Recommendations
That Council:
1. Designate the area described by Document 1 as an expanded Business
Improvement Area (BIA), under Sections 204 and 209 of the Municipal Act, 2001;
2. Authorize and direct the City Clerk to send out a notice of
Council's intention to pass a by-law to alter the existing BIA boundaries, as
defined in Document 1, in accordance with Section 210 of the Municipal Act, 2001;
3. Authorize and direct the City Solicitor to prepare a by-law to
designate the area as an expanded Business Improvement Area, as described in
Document 1, in accordance with Sections 204 and 209 of the Municipal Act, 2001; and
4. Enact the aforementioned by-law in accordance with section 204 and
209 of the Municipal Act, 2001,
subject to the City Clerk receiving favourable results on the notices referred
to in Recommendation 2, advising of the intention to pass a by-law expanding
the boundary.
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10. BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS |
Committee Recommendation
That
Council direct City Manager Kent Kirkpatrick to increase the advance to
first-class firefighters’ backpay to the total amount of $12,500 in accordance
with the interim award dated on or about 29 June 2006, and to implement a
pro-rated amount for 2nd, 3rd and 4th class
firefighters.
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11. MOTION - IMPLEMENTATION OF
NEW ON-STREET PARKING RATES AND HOURS |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve that the
implementation of the increase to on-street parking rates and the extension of
hours be deferred to March 1, 2008.
CORPORATE
SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 18A (IN CAMERA)
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1. SOUTH MERIVALE BUSINESS PARK - IN CAMERA - SOLICITOR/CLIENT
PRIVILEGE and Litigation or potential litigation, affecting the city,
including matters before administrative tribunals - REPORTING OUT DATE: 90 DAYS AFTER THE RESOLUTION OF ALL
MATTERS |
To be dealt with In Camera
PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 22A
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1. PROACTIVE LEAD SERVICE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM |
Committee
recommendationS
That Council approve the continuance of:
a) The Proactive Lead Service Replacement
program into 2008 with $1 million in funding sourced fron the Water Fund and
associated FTEs all of which are subject to the 2008 Rate Budget;
b) The program in subsequent years to enable
replacement of lead water services for property owners, giving priority to
homes with children 6 years of age and under and expectant mothers; and
c) A public information outreach program.
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2. ZONING - 1445 MERIVALE ROAD |
Committee recommendationS
AS AMENDED
(This application is subject
to Bill 51)
1. That Council approve
an amendment to the former City of Nepean Zoning By-law to change the zoning of
1445 Merivale Road from CO – Commercial Office Block 8 to a MMU – Merivale
Mixed Use Exception Zone as shown in Document 1 and as detailed in Document 4.
2. Whereas
access and egress for 1445 Merivale Road via Burris Lane is a major concern for
the surrounding community.
THEREFORE
Be it resolved that should the application for rezoning be approved
staff be directed to consider a Site Plan with access and egress on Merivale
Road.
AND THAT
if such access is considered not desirable that it be subject to a report to
the Transportation Committee.
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3. SIGN MINOR VARIANCE - 515 INDUSTRIAL
AVENUE |
Committee
recommendation
That Council approve a Minor
Variance to Sign By-law 2005-439, to allow for the installation of a
directional information ground sign with an area of 24 square metres and a
height of 9.0 metres.
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4. SIGN
MINOR VARIANCE - 1650 CARLING AVENUE |
Committee
recommendation
That
Council approve to vary the sign area provision of Sign By-law 2005-439 to
permit a four square metre increase in the maximum permitted ground sign face
area for a sign to be located adjacent to Clyde Avenue.
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5. LEADERSHIP
IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (LEED) PROMOTION PILOT PROGRAM |
Committee
recommendation
That Council approve the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) promotion pilot program.
PLANNING AND
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORTS 23
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1. MONAHAN
DRAIN STORMWATER DEVELOPMENT CHARGE |
Committee
recommendationS
That Council:
1.
Endorse the changes to
By-law 2007-66 set forth in this report; and
2.
Direct
staff to prepare and submit to Committee and Council a revised background study
incorporating the revised residential and non-residential growth forecasts.
11. Motion
to Adopt Reports
(Councillors G. Brooks and D.
Holmes)
12. Motions of which Notice has
Been Given Previously
MOTION
Moved by Councillor P. Feltmate
Seconded by Councillor P. Hume
WHEREAS the EnviroCentre as a
non-profit organization is eligible to apply for grants that are not available
to municipalities; and
WHEREAS some of these
grant-making organizations, such as the Community Foundation of Ottawa, have
requirements that donations above a certain limit may only be made to charities
that can issue tax receipts; and
WHEREAS the EnviroCentre
cannot issue tax receipts;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
when the EnviroCentre has obtained a grant to support a program being done in
conjunction with the City of Ottawa, as certified by the Deputy City Manager,
Planning, Transit and the Environment and the City Treasurer, the City
may receive the grant, issue a receipt and transfer the money to
EnviroCentre.
13. Notices
of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
14. Motion to Introduce By-laws Three Readings
(Councillors G. Brooks and D.
Holmes)
a)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the issue of amortizing debentures
in the principal amount of $75,000,000.00 for purposes of the City of Ottawa.
b)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the issue of amortizing
debentures in the principal amount of $25,000,000.00 for purposes of the City
of Ottawa.
c)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services,
activities and information provided by the Revenue Division of the Financial
Services Branch of the City Manager’s Office.
d)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services,
activities and information provided by the City Clerk's Branch of the City
Manager’s Office.
e)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services,
activities and information provided by the Real Property Asset Managment Branch
of the Business Transformation Services Department.
f)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-145 respecting the fees
for a civil marriage ceremony.
g)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2006-76 respecting fees and
charges for Ottawa Fire Services.
h)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2006-75 respecting fees and
charges for inspections and file searches by Ottawa Fire Services.
i)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to set the instalment due dates and the interest
and penalty rates applicable to the collection of property taxes for 2008.
j) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2007-452 respecting tax deferral program fees.
k) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain land as common and public highway (Vendevale Avenue, Huntmar Drive).
l) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 2901 Lester Road as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
m) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 Winsome Terrace as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
n) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 5554-5644 Lombardy Drive as being exempt from Part Lot Control and to repeal By-law No. 54-1995 of the former Corporation of the Township of Osgoode.
o) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 266 of 1981 of the former Township of West Carleton to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 4806 Mohrs Road.
p) 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 6746 Lakes Park Drive.
q) 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 1445 Merivale Road.
r) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa regarding the North Gower Community Design Plan.
s) A by-law of the City of Ottawa designating the Wellington West Area as an improvement area.
t)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish a Board of Management for the
Wellington West Improvement Area.
u) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-499 respecting Fire Routes.
v) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2007-338 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Transit Services Branch of the Planning, Transit and the Environment Department, to enforce the provisions of the “Transit By-Law”.
w) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-506 to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Environment Program & Technical Support Branch of the Transportation, Utilities and Public Works Department, to enforce the provisions of the “Sewer Use By-law”.
x) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-17 to appoint certain Inspectors, Property Standards Officers and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Building Services Branch of the Planning, Transit and Environment Department.
y) 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.
z)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-500 regarding certain
service charges related to the municipal water supply.
aa)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the entering into of an agreement with
the Province of Ontario through the Minister of Transportation relating to
funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the City under the Dedicated Gas
Tax Funds for Public Transportation Program.
15. Confirmation
By-law (Councillors G.
Brooks and D. Holmes)
16. Inquiries
17. Adjournment (Councillors G. Brooks and D.
Holmes)
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