OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
11 march 2009
ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL
10:00 a.m.
DRAFT AGENDA
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1. Prayer
2.
National Anthem (Councillor
J. Legendre)
3. Announcements/Ceremonial Activities
4. Roll Call
5. Confirmation of Minutes
Confirmation
of Minutes of the regular and In Camera meetings of 25 February 2009.
6. Declarations
of interest including those originally arising from prior meetings
7. Communications
·
Association of
Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Alerts :
·
Responses to Inquiries
· 04-09 - Interprovincial Bridge Study
· 05-09 - Bike Share Program
· 06-09 – Overnight Parking Ban Improvements
8. Regrets
Councillor
D. Deans has advised she will be absent from the Council meeting of 11 March
2009
.
9. Motion to Introduce Committee Reports
(Councillors M. Bellemare and D.
Thompson)
Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee Report 37
Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee Report 38
Planning and
Environment Committee 46 and 47*
Transit Committee
Reports 24 and 25
Transportation
Committee Report 27
*Rising from the
Planning and Environment Committee meeting of 10 March 2009
10. Motion to Adopt Reports
(Councillors M. Bellemare and D.
Thompson)
11. Motions of Which Notice has Been Given
Previously
MOTION
Moved by Councillor A. Cullen
Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess
WHEREAS from
December 10, 2008 to January 31, 2009 the City of Ottawa experienced a strike
by ATU 279, representing OC Transpo bus drivers and mechanics; and,
WHEREAS OC Transpo acquired both direct cost savings and revenue losses
from this strike, as well as other costs associated with this strike being
charged to the OC Transpo budget (including Council-approved mitigation
measures and resumption of service fare incentives, among others); and,
WHEREAS there
have been a number of estimates presented to City Council and published in the
media regarding the cost and purported "savings" from this strike;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED THAT City Council direct OC Transpo to
conduct an independent audit of the costs to OC Transpo and the City of Ottawa
as a result of this strike, to be reviewed by the City's Auditor-General and reported to Transit
Committee and City Council;
AND THAT such an independent audit include the direct costs (including
revenue losses) and savings of the strike to OC Transpo for both the 2008 and
2009 budgets (including the Council-approved mitigation measures and resumption
of service fare incentives) as well as the other costs to the City of Ottawa
associated with the strike for both the 2008 and 2009 budgets.
MOTION
Moved by Councillor A. Cullen
Seconded by Councillor J. Legendre
WHEREAS
the Free Thought Association of Canada is running an advertisement campaign on
public transit buses that states “There’s Probably No God. Now Stop Worrying
And Enjoy Your Life”; and,
WHEREAS
these ads are running on buses in Toronto, London and Calgary, but have been
rejected by OC Transpo based on their interpretation of their policy that this
message “might be deemed prejudicial to other religious groups or offensive to
users of the transit system”; and,
WHEREAS the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms states:
“2. Everyone has the following fundamental
freedoms:
(a) freedom of
conscience and religion;
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;” and,
WHEREAS these
fundamental freedoms can be “subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed
by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society”
(Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms); and,
WHEREAS the
Supreme Court of Canada, in interpreting the application of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, has ruled that a public transit company,
city or municipality cannot impose a blanket ban on religious (or political)
advertising (Canadian Federation of Students vs. Greater Vancouver
Transportation Authority); and,
WHEREAS the
Supreme Court of Canada, in interpreting the application of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, has ruled that no individual has a right
not to be offended, in particular: “The key is that people will disagree about
important issues, and such disagreement, where it does not imperil community
living, must be capable of being accommodated at the core of a modern
pluralism. People are free to disagree with our beliefs as they wish.” (Chamberlain
vs. Surrey School District No. 36); and,
WHEREAS the
Canadian Human Rights Commission has stated: “The essence of the concept of the
freedom of religion is: the right to declare religious beliefs openly and
without fear of hindrance or reprisal; and the right to manifest religious
belief by worship and practice or by teaching and dissemination.”; and,
WHEREAS the Canadian
Code of Advertising Standards, in Section 14 - Unacceptable Depictions and
Portrayals, states: “It is recognized that advertisements may be distasteful
without necessarily conflicting with the provisions of this Clause (14); and
the fact that a particular product or service may be offensive to some people
is not sufficient grounds for objecting to an advertisement for that product or
service.” ;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that OC Transpo be directed to accept the ads proposed by the
Free Thought Association of Canada (subject to the usual charges).
12. Notices of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
13. Motion to Introduce By-laws
(Councillors M. Bellemare and D.
Thompson)
First and Second Readings
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to provide for
the relocation, partial abandonment and the future maintenance of drainage
works in the City of Ottawa - McEvoy Branch of the Shields Municipal Drain.
Three Readings
a)
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003 - 446 respecting fees for
encroachments.
b)
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003 - 497 respecting permit fees for
over-dimensional vehicles.
c)
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003 - 447 respecting fees for private
approaches.
d)
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-445 with respect to road cut fees.
e)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend
By-law No. 2003-520 respecting the fees for certain signs and advertising
devices on City roads.
f)
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to authorize the entering into of an agreement with the Province
of Ontario relating to funding provided by the Province of Ontario to the City
under the Ontario Bus Replacement Program.
g) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to provide for a municipal housing project facility on the lands that are municipally known as 372-380 Blake Boulevard.
h) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Walkley Road).
i) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning for the property known municipally as 2880 Barlow Crescent.
j)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to implement policies
dealing with the provision of lands for park or other public recreational
purposes and the use of the alternative requirement as set out in the Planning
Act.
k)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of
the City of Ottawa to change the zoning for part of the property historically
known municipally as 2299 Tenth Line Road, now known as 2367 Tenth Line Road;
part of the properties historically known municipally as 2413 and 2553 Tenth
Line Road, now known as 2599 Tenth Line Road, part of 2605 Tenth Line Road; and
part of the former road allowance between Lots 3 and 4, Concession 10, in the
former City of Cumberland.
l)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of
the City of Ottawa to change the zoning for the property known municipally as
8865 North Service Road.
m)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to change the
designation set out in the South Nepean Secondary Plan for Areas 4, 5 and 6 for
the property known municipally as 40 Barnstone Drive.
n)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No.
2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning for the property known
municipally as 40 Barnstone Drive.
o) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning for the properties known municipally as 1420 and 1424 Carling Avenue.
p)
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2002-521 to add the names of
certain private roadways.
q)
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.
r)
A by-law of the City of
Ottawa to designate certain lands on 107 Hornchurch Lane, as being exempt from
Part Lot Control;
s)
A by-law of the City of
Ottawa to designate certain lands on 549 Dalewood Crescent and 1876 Stittsville
Main Street, as being exempt from Part Lot Control;
t)
A by-law of the City of
Ottawa to designate certain lands on 1837 Stonehenge Crescent, as being exempt
from Part Lot Control;
u)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate
certain lands at 184, 202, 226, 230, 238, 242, 246, 248 and 250 Calaveras
Avenue and at 169, 171, 175 Hornchurch Lane, as being exempt from Part Lot
Control.
v) A by-law of the City of Ottawa for the conveyance of land or the payment of money in-lieu of land for parks and public recreational purposes.
w) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-483 respecting fees for the payment of money in-lieu of conveyance of parkland for rural severances
14. Confirmation By-law (Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)
15. Inquiries
16. Adjournment (Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)
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