OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

8 April 2009

ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL

10:00 a.m.

 

DRAFT AGENDA 64

 

 

 

1.       Prayer

 

 

2.                 National Anthem (Councillor R. Jellett)

 

 

3.       Roll Call

 

 

4.       Confirmation of Minutes

 

Confirmation of Minutes of the regular and In Camera meetings of 11 March 2009 and the special and In Camera meetings of 25 March 2009.

 

 

5.       Declarations of interest including those originally arising from prior meetings

 

 


6.       Communications

 

·                    Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Alerts :

·                    Pesticides Ban

·                    Municipal Energy Performance Benchmarking Project

·                    Minister Smitherman on Infrastructure and Green Energy Act

 

·                    Responses to Inquiries

·                    07-09 – Free Thought Association of Canada – Bus Ads

 

7.       Regrets

 

No Regrets filed to date.

 

 

8.       City Auditor General

 

 

1.             OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL - TABLING OF 2008 AUDIT REPORTS  – volume 1

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council receive and table the following reports from the Office of the Auditor General at its meeting on February 25, 2009, for referral  to the appropriate Standing Committee, and for subsequent consideration and approval of the audit recommendations by Council on April 8, 2009:

 

2008 Audit Reports - Volume I

i)    Audit of IT Capital Expenditures and Project Approval Process

ii)   Audit of the Parking Function

iii)  Audit of the Building Code Services Process for 215 Preston Street

 

And that, on April 8, 2009, Council refer all audit recommendations where management is in disagreement to the Council Audit Working Group for resolution.

 

 

 


CITY COUNCIL 25 FEBRUARY 2009

 

RECEIVED AND TABLED to the Council meeting of 8 April 2009 and REFERRED by the following motions:

 

MOTION NO. 61/1

 

Moved by Councillor M. McRae

Seconded by Councillor D. Deans

 

WHEREAS on 11 February 2009, the City’s Auditor General gave Notice to table at the 25 February 2009 Council meeting, a report entitled "Office of the Auditor General – Tabling of 2008 Audit Reports – Volume 1”; and

 

Whereas these Audit Reports have been Tabled with City Council on 25 February 2009; and

 

WHEREAS the Auditor General’s reporting protocol, as approved by Council on 26 November 2007, provides for referral of the audit reports to the appropriate Standing Committee to allow for public delegations only;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Audit of IT Capital Expenditures and Project Approval Process be referred to the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee for the purpose of hearing public delegations.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

MOTION NO. 61/2

 

Moved by Councillor M. McRae

Seconded by Councillor D. Deans

 

WHEREAS on 11 February 2009, the City’s Auditor General gave Notice to table at the 25 February 2009 Council meeting, a report entitled "Office of the Auditor General – Tabling of 2008 Audit Reports – Volume 1”; and

 

Whereas these audit reports have been tabled with City Council on 25 February 2009; and

 

WHEREAS the Auditor General’s reporting protocol, as approved by Council on 26 November 2007, provides for referral of the audit reports to the appropriate Standing Committee to allow for public delegations only;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Audit of the Parking Function be referred to the Transportation Committee for the purpose of hearing public delegations.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

MOTION NO. 61/3

 

Moved by Councillor P. Feltmate

Seconded by Councillor J. Harder

 

WHEREAS on 11 February 2009, the City’s Auditor General gave Notice to table at the 25 February 2009 Council meeting, a report entitled "Office of the Auditor General – Tabling of 2008 Audit Reports – Volume 1”; and

 

WHEREAS these audit reports have been tabled with City Council on 25 February 2009; and

 

WHEREAS the Auditor General’s reporting protocol, as approved by Council on 26 November 2007, provides for referral of the audit reports to the appropriate Standing Committee to allow for public delegations only;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Audit of the Building Code Services Process for 215 Preston Street be referred to the Planning and Environment Committee for the purpose of hearing public delegations.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

2.             OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL - AUDIT OF TRANSIT STRIKE COSTS - TIMEFRAME AND RESOURCING

 

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

 


9.       Ottawa Community Housing Corporation

 

 

1.             CONFIRMATION OF ELECTION OF OTTAWA COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION (OCHC) CHAIR

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

1.      That the Shareholder confirm the election of Councillor Diane Holmes to the position of Chair of Ottawa Community Housing Corporation for the year 2009.

 

2.   That the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign a written resolution on behalf of the City of Ottawa as shareholder of Ottawa Community Housing Corporation setting out the resolution approved by the City Council.

 

 

10.     Motion to Introduce Committee Reports

(Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)

 

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 38

Community and Protective Services Committee Reports 37 and 38

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Reports 38A, 39

and 39A (In Camera) and 40A**

Ottawa Police Services Board Report 14

Planning and Environment Committee Report 47A and 48*

Transportation Committee Report 27A

 

*          Rising from the Special Planning and Environment Committee meeting of 6 April 2009

**        Rising from the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee meeting of 7 April 2009

 

11.     Motion to Adopt Reports

(Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)

 

 

12.     Notices of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

 

 

13.     Notice of Intent from the City’s Meeting Investigator to submit an investigation report for consideration at the 22 April 2009 Council meeting.

14.     Motion to Introduce By-laws                                          Three Readings

(Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)

 

a)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-483 respecting planning fees for vacant land and common elements condominiums and to repeal By-law No. 2009-31.

 

b)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use.

 

c)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 2 and 4 Summitview Drive as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

d)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 88 to 110 Forestbrook Street as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

e)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 107 Hornchurch Lane, as being exempt from Part Lot Control and to repeal By-law No. 2009-91.

 

f)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 937 and 969 Klondike Road as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

g)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 610, 616, 618 and 619 Spikemoss Place and 1871, 1873, 1886, 1914 and 1916 Arrowgrass Way as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

h)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 184, 202, 226, 230, 238, 242, 248 and 250 Calaveras Avenue and at 169, 171, 175 Hornchurch Lane, as being exempt from Part Lot Control and to repeal By-law No. 2009-94.

 

i)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 1016 Grapefern Terrace, 1422-1440, 1421-1441 Comfrey Crescent, 1778, 1782, 1788, 1794 and 1796 Plainridge Place as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

j)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 323-365 Saddleridge Drive, 200-302 Rolling Meadow Crescent and 100-124 Esterbrook Drive, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

k)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on 212, 216 to 256 (even inclusive) 264 to 278 (even inclusive) Maxwell Bridge Road and 254 to 284 (even inclusive) Celtic Ridge Crescent as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

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 2215 Sixth Line Road.

 

m)                A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to add a site specific policy for 2775 Moodie 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 2775 Moodie Drive.

 

o)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal certain provisions of Licensing By-laws of former municipalities of Goulbourn, Vanier, Gloucester, Ottawa and Nepean related to plumbers, master plumbers and plumbing contractors.

 

p)                  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.

 

q)                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Real Property and Asset Management Division (Venture Properties Unit), of the Public Works Branch, in the City Operations Department, to enforce the provisions of By-law No. 2008-448, being the Parkdale Market By-law.

 

r)                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Real Property and Asset Management Division (Venture Properties Unit), of the Public Works Branch, in the City Operations Department, to enforce the provisions of By-law No. 2008-449, being the ByWard Market Program By-law.

 

s)                   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.

 

t)                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to change the name of a municipal highway in the City of Ottawa (Northerly section of Upper Dwyer Hill (between Highway 417 and Herrick Road) to Keatley Road; cul de sac (between Regional Road 29 (formerly Highway 15) and Highway 417 to Big Horn Way; and Regional Road 29 (formerly Highway 15) between Madawaska Boulevard and the City limits at the County of Lanark) to Ottawa Road 29).

 

 

15.     Confirmation By-law (Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)

 

 

16.     Inquiries

 

 


17.     Adjournment  (Councillors M. Bellemare and D. Thompson)

 

 

 

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