OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

24 March 2010

ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL

10:00 a.m.

 

AGENDA 86

 

 

1.       Prayer

 

 

2.                 National Anthem (Councillor M. Wilkinson)

 

 

3.       Announcements/Ceremonial Activities

 

·                     Recognition – Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte

 

 

4.       Roll Call

 

 

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

 

Confirmation of Minutes of the regular and In Camera meeting of 24 February 2010.

 

 

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

 

 

7.       Communications

 

No Communications filed to date

 

 

8.       Regrets

 

Councillors G. Hunter and J. Legendre (City Business) have advised they will be absent from the Council meeting of 24 March 2010.

 

 

9.       Motion to Introduce Reports

(Councillors A. Cullen and R. Jellett)

 

City Clerk and Solicitor

 

 

1.             sTATUS UPDATE - COUNCIL INQUIRIES AND MOTIONs for the period ending 24 February 2010

 

RAPPORT DE SITUATION – DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS ET MOTIONS DU CONSEIL POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT LE 24 février 2010

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 51

 

 

2.          CULTURAL FACILITIES FUNDING FOR GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY

FINANCEMENT POUR L'INFRASTRUCTURE CULTURELLE - GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY

 

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council approve a Cultural Facilities Fund grant in the amount of $175,000 for the Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC).

 

 

 

3.             HELMET USE AT CITY FACILITIES

 

LE PORT DU CASQUE AUX INSTALLATIONS MUNICIPALES

 

 

Committee RecommendationS

 

That Council :

 

1.                  Approve a comprehensive strategy to develop community-based interventions that raise awareness and promote helmet use among children and youth. The strategy will be led by Ottawa Public Health, in partnership with Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services and community stakeholders, and will include:

a.                  Enhanced helmet promotion interventions across public health and recreation programming;

b.                  Community partnerships to make helmets more accessible to low-income families;

c.                   A youth engagement strategy

d.                  Engagement of community skating rink operators in the promotion of helmet use; and

e.                   Monitoring rates of youth helmet use over time to gauge effectiveness of the youth engagement strategy.

 

 

 

4.             WAIVING OF THE ENCROACHMENT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS 314 BOOTH STREET (CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN) AND 424 METCALFE STREET (CENTRETOWN CITIZENS OTTAWA CORPORATION)

 

DISPENSE DES DROITS D’EMPIÈTEMENT POUR DES ENSEMBLES DE LOGEMENTS ABORDABLES SITUÉS AU 314, RUE BOOTH (FONDATION LE PILIER POUR LES FEMMES) ET AU 424, RUE METCALFE (CENTRETOWN CITIZENS OTTAWA CORPORATION)

 

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council waive up to $185,000 in Encroachment Fees for Affordable Housing developments known municipally as 314 Booth Street and 424 Metcalfe Street.

 

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 52

 

 

1.             VACANT POSITIONS

 

                POSTES VACANTS

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

1.                  That if a position in the City remains open (vacant) for a period of two years from the date that it last had an Owner that the position be declared as surplus to the Corporation’s needs and that the budget allocation and FTE(s) associated with the position be removed from the corresponding departmental budget; and

 

2.                  That should there be a substantive reason that the position remain open that a staff report be brought before the appropriate Standing Committee for their consideration with a reason why the position is still needed and with a plan that will ensure that the position is filled.

 

 

 

2.             VACANT POSITIONS due to retirement

 

                POSTES VACANTS EN RAISON DE DÉPARTS À LA RETRAITE

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

That staff routinely analyze each position that will become vacant due to retirement looking at the job description, compensation level and whether the work could be consolidated with another position and report to the Corporate Services and Economic Development meeting on the results of such analysis on a quarterly basis.

 

 

 

3.             2010 Municipal Elections – ADVANCE VOTE DATES & TIMES

 

                ÉLECTIONS MUNICIPALES DE 2010 – DATES ET HEURES DU VOTE PAR ANTICIPATION

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council approve:

 

1.      Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. as the dates and hours of operation for the advance votes for the municipal elections; and

 

2.      That the implementing by-law be adopted for advance vote dates and hours.

 

 

 

4.             2009 STATEMENT OF REMUNERATION, BENEFITS & EXPENSES PAID TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND COUNCIL APPOINTEES

 

                2009 ÉNONCÉ DES SALAIRES, DES AVANTAGES SOCIAUX ET DES DÉPENSES PAYÉS AUX MEMBRES DU CONSEIL ET AUX PERSONNES NOMMÉES PAR CONSEIL

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

 

That the Council receive the report with the revised statement for information.

 

 

 

6.             HIRING OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS

 

                EMBAUCHE D’EXPERTS-CONSEILS EXTERNES

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve to permit the City to contract the services of consultants to carry out technical reviews of development applications in Barrhaven South, where necessary, to address high volumes, without being subject to the specific provision of the City's Purchasing By-law outlined in this report; and

2.                  Approve to permit the City to hire Stantec Consulting Ltd. to undertake the 2010 update to the Gloucester East Urban Community Infrastructure Servicing Study.

 

 

OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES BOARD REPORT 17

 

 

1.                   POLICE SERVICES BOARD ACTIVITY, TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE – 2009 ANNUAL REPORT

 

RAPPORT ANNUEL SUR LES ACTIVITÉS, LA FORMATION ET LE RENDEMENT DE LA COMMISSION DE SERVICES POLICIERS - 2009

 

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

 

 

2.                   COMMEMORATIVE NAMING POLICY FOR POLICE FACILITIES

 

POLITIQUE SUR LES NOMS COMMÉMORATIFS POUR LES INSTALLATIONS DU SERVICE DE POLICE

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That the City of Ottawa Council approve an amendment to its Commemorative Naming Policy for Municipal Parks, Streets and Facilities (July 2002) to delegate authority for the naming of municipal police buildings, in whole or in part, to the Ottawa Police Services Board.

 

 

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 65A

 

 

4.             2010 WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE-SUPPORTED RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS

 

ProjetS de budget de fonctionnement et d’immobilisations 2010 SOUTENUS par les tarifs d’eau et d’eaux usées RECOMMANDÉS

 

 

Committee meeting information

 

Delegations:    Four delegations spoke to this item

Debate:            Committee spent approximately three hours in discussion on this item

Vote:               The budget was Carried, as presented, with six directions to staff.

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council approve the 2010 Rate Operating and Capital Budget Estimates.

 

 

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 66

 

 

1.             FEE Adjustment FOR on-Site SignS

 

RAJUSTEMENT DES DROITS DEMANDÉS POUR LES ENSEIGNES SUR LES LIEUX DES PROJETS

 

 

Committee recommendationS

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve an increase to the on-site sign fee so that it remains full cost-recovery to the City, as detailed in Document 1;

 

2.                  Amend By-law No 2004-160, the Planning Fees By-law, to reflect the on-site sign fee increase.

 

 

TRANSIT COMMITTEE REPORT 37

 

 

1.             sERVICE ANIMALS ON BOARD TRANSIT VEHICLEs

 

aNIMAUX DE SERVICE À BORD DES VÉHICULES DE TRANSPORT EN COMMUn

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

 

 

3.         STATUS AND APPLICATION OF FRONT OF THE BUS PROCEDURES/POLICIES

 

STATUT ET MISE EN OEUVRE DES POLITIQUES ET PROCÉDURES EN MATIÈRE DE GESTION DE L’AVANT DES AUTOBUS

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

1.         That OC Transpo staff be offered training with regard to dealing with conflicting needs; and

 

2.         That drivers having received such training be accorded the necessary authority to deal with the circumstances that arise.

 

 

10.     Bulk Consent Agenda

 

That Council approve the Revised Bulk Consent Agenda attached as Document 1.

 

 

11.     Motion to Adopt Reports

(Councillors A. Cullen and R. Jellett)

 

 

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

 

 

13.     Motion to Introduce By-laws                                                     Three Readings

(Councillors A. Cullen and R. Jellett)

 

a.                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Montserrat Street).

 

b.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Farisita Drive, Trudeau Avenue).

 

c.                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to close part of the untravelled road allowance at the northwest corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Byron Avenue.

 

d.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Verchere Street).

 

e.                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2002-521 to replace the name of the private roadway Madeleine Meilleur Private with the name Meilleur Private.

 

f.                   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 Code Services Branch of the Planning and Growth Management Department.

 

g.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 333 Laurier Avenue West, 152 Bank Street and 250 Slater Street.

 

h.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa amending By-law No. 2009-323 respecting the Auditor General of the City of Ottawa.

 

i.                    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.

 

j.                    A By-law to undertake Nichol's Island Road as a Local Improvement.

 

k.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers to enforce the provisions of the Sewer Use By-law and to repeal By-law No. 2004-248 and By-law No. 2004-506.

 

l.                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 2632 Half Moon Bay as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

m.                A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 3317 to 3323 Woodroffe Avenue as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

n.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at Arrita Terrace, Brigitta Street, Lokoya Street, Romina Street and Opus Street as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

o.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 123 Huntmar Drive as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

p.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Whitemarsh Crescent).

 

q.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Innes Road).

 

r.                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-499 respecting fire routes.

 

s.                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to provide policies regarding permission for drive-through facilities in the Central Area and Village designations.

s.

t.                    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges in the Building Code Services Branch for agency letters.

 

u.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-69 respecting fees for compliance reports in the Building Code Services Branch.

 

v.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-322 respecting fees for a highway name change.

 

w.                A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-259 respecting fees for pool enclosure permits.

 

x.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2002-521 respecting the processing fee for private roadways.

 

y.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-439 respecting fees for permanent signs on private property.

 

z.                   A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-303 respecting fees for view and release of building permits

 

 

aa.               A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2002-189 respecting license fees.

 

bb.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-77 respecting pet registration fees.

 

cc.               A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-481 respecting taxi licensing fees.

 

dd.             A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-239 respecting permit fees for temporary signs.

 

ee.               A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-145 respecting the fees for a civil marriage ceremony.

 

ff.                A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services, activities and information provided by the City Clerk and Solicitor Department.

 

gg.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for the sale of City merchandise provided through the Client Services Branch of the City Operations Portfolio.

 

hh.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-446 respecting fees for encroachments.

 

ii.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-497 respecting permit fees for over-dimensional vehicles.

 

jj.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-447 respecting fees for private approaches.

 

kk.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-445 with respect to road cut fees.

 

ll.                  A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-513 respecting sewer connection charges.

 

mm.          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.


 

nn.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services, activities and information provided by the Business and Technical Services Branch of the Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability Portfolio.

 

oo.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose fees for planning applications and to repeal By-law No. 2008-483.

 

pp.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees and charges for services, activities and information provided by the Revenue Branch of the Finance Department of the City Manager’s Office.

 

qq.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2009-396 respecting fees and charges for solid waste services.

 

rr.                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2006-76 respecting fees and charges for Ottawa Fire Services.

 

ss.                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.

 

tt.                 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish fees for services and activities provided by the Real Estate Partnerships and Development Office.

 

uu.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa respecting parking permit fees and charges for Parking Operations, Maintenance and Development Branch in the Public Works Department.

 

vv.              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the entering into of an agreement with the Province of Ontario relating to a grant provided by the Province of Ontario to the City of Ottawa pursuant to the Ontario Municipal Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program.

 

 

 

14.     Confirmation By-law (Councillors A. Cullen and R. Jellett)

 

 

 

15.     Inquiries

 

 

16.     Adjournment  (Councillors A. Cullen and R. Jellett)

 

 

 

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