OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

14 April 2010

ANDREW S. HAYDON

 HALL

10:00 a.m.

 

MINUTES 87

 

The Council of the City of Ottawa met at Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, on 14 April 2010 beginning at 10:00 a.m.

 

 

The Deputy Mayor, Steve Desroches, presided and the Deputy City Clerk led Council in prayer.

 

 

The National Anthem was performed by the Broadview Grade 8 Concert Ensemble.

 

 

Announcements/Ceremonial Activities

 

 

Presentation - Governor General’s Certificate of Commendation

 

Deputy Mayor Steve Desroches presented a framed Governor General’s Certificate of Commendation to Mr. Bir Bikram Singh Basarke.

 

 

Roll Call

 

ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT EXCEPT COUNCILLOR D. THOMPSON AND MAYOR LARRY O’BRIEN.

 

 

Confirmation of Minutes

 

The Minutes of the regular meetings of 24 March 2010 were confirmed.

 


 

Declarations of interest including those originally arising from prior meetings

 

No declarations were received.

 

 

Communications

 

The following communications were received

 

·         Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO):

·         2008 Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) Reconciliation

·         2010 Provincial Budget

·         Labour Policy Update

·         Joint and Several Liability Paper

 

·         Responses to Inquiries

·         28-08 - Designation of Two Communities for Increased Density

·         07-10 - Wading Pool Hours of Operation

·         12-10 – Motion at Audit, Budget and Finance Committee

 

 

Regrets

 

Mayor O’Brien (City Business) and Councillor Thompson (City Business) advised they would be absent from the Council meeting of 14 April 2010.

 

 

Motion to Introduce Reports

 

MOTION NO. 87/1

 

Moved by Councillor A. Cullen

Seconded by Councillor G. Hunter

 

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 51, Audit Budget and Finance Committee Report 7, Community and Protective Services Committee Report 52 and 52A (In-Camera), Corporate Services and Economic Development Report 53, Planning and Environment Committee Report 66A and Transportation Committee Report 38, be received and considered.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Reports

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 51

 

          

1.             COMPREHENSIVE ZONING BY-LAW 2008-250:
ANOMALIES AND MINOR CORRECTIONS - FIRST QUARTER 2010

 

rÈGLEMENT DE ZONAGE général 2008-250 :
ANOMALIES ET CORRECTIONS MINEURES - premiEr trimestre 201
0

 

 

 

pLANNING AND eNVIRONMENT Committee RecommendationS as amended

That Council approve the amendments recommended in Column 3 of Document 1, to correct anomalies in Zoning By-law 2008-250 as amended by the following:

 

1.      That Document 1, Item 18, Column 3 be amended to read: “maximum driveway width is 3.05 m at the street lot line, and in the case of a semi-circular driveway, the maximum driveway width, for both accesses combined, must not exceed 6.1 metres.”

 

2.      That Document 1 be amended to add a new Item 20, as follows:

 

Item

Objective of Amendment

Proposed Amendment

20. Certain lands located on Friendly Crescent, Shining Star Circle, Brightside Drive, Hopetown Steet and Hartsmere Drive

 

Ward  6

 

 

In the former Goulbourn Zoning By-law, the lands were zoned R1-6, exception 6 reducing the lot width and area and establishing different setbacks from the R1 zone. The new R1T zone most closely approximated the lot width of the former exception zone, and a new exception zone, exception 721, was created to reflect the other modified performance standards. Unfortunately, when the new zone was affixed to the zoning map, it became R1D and the old exception zone number 6 was retained, rather than applying the “T” subzone and the new exception number 721.

 

Reference to the RID zone in exception 6 should be removed. Additionally, there was no maximum front yard setback in the former Goulbourn zoning, so this provision should be deleted.

Amend the Zoning Map to rezone the R1D[6]zone to R1T[721] as shown on the attached map.

 

Amend Section 239, Column II to remove the zone reference R1D[6] in exception 6.

 

Amend Section 239, Column IV to remove the words “-maximum front yard setback 6 m” in exception 721.

 

3.      That a map be added to Document 3, that identifies the lands that are being re-zoned in Item 20 of Document 1.

 

4.      That there be no further notice pursuant to Section 34 (17) of the Planning Act.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Recommendation

That Council approve the amendments recommended in Column 3 of Document 2, to correct anomalies in Zoning By-law 2008-250.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

2.             Village of Carp - Area-Specific Infrastructure Recovery Charge

 

Redevances d’infrastructure pour un secteur particulier s’appliquant au village de Carp

 

 

Committee Recommendations as amended

That Council:

 

1.   Approve a new Area-Specific Infrastructure Charge By-law for the Village of Carp to recover outstanding charges and future capital costs associated with water and wastewater infrastructure upgrade/expansion required to accommodate new development, to be in effect on May 1, 2010, the principles of which are identified in Document 1.

 

2.   Provide a transition period until 31 October 2010 for multi-residential and Institutional/Commercial/Industrial (ICI) development from the date of the enactment of the by-law whereby infrastructure charges can be paid under the existing by-laws.

 

3.   That the draft by-law be appended as an additional document in the Report from Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee to Council.

 

                                                                                                                                                CARRIED

 

AUDIT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT 7

 

 

1.         2011 BUDGET – CRITERIA TO DESCRIBE IMPACT ON SERVICE, POLICIES AND REQUESTS

 

                BUDGET DE 2011 – CRITÈRES DE DESCRIPTION DES RÉPERCUSSIONS SUR LES SERVICES, LES POLITIQUES ET LES DEMANDES

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

 

That Council refer the following motion to staff with a direction to incorporate the subject of this recommendation into the report to come forward in the fall of 2010 with respect to the 2011 Budget process and timetable:

 

That the 2011 Budget include criteria that describe the impact on service to residents, the impact on City policies, and the impact on overall requests for taxes.

 

                                                                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

2.               2011 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS – PRIORITY TO PROJECTS AND SERVICES WILL REDUCE OVERALL OPERATING COSTS IN THE SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM

 

                  PROCESSUS D’ÉLABORATION DU BUDGET DE 2011 – LA PRIORITÉ AUX PROJETS ET AUX SERVICES PERMETTRA DE RÉDUIRE LES COÛTS GLOBAUX DE FONCTIONNEMENT À COURT, MOYEN ET LONG TERME

 

 

COMMITTE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

 

That Council receive the following motion:

 

That the LRFP Working Group review ways that the 2011 budget development process be adjusted to give priority to all projects and services that will in the short, medium, and long term reduce the overall operating costs required by the City of Ottawa to deliver municipal services; and review ways that the budget development process could be changed to identify all projects and services which attract operational costs that rise faster than the rate of inflation and that these projects be given secondary status for approval.

 

MOTION NO. 87/2

 

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor J. Legendre

 

WHEREAS the budget is presently organized without giving priority to projects and services that will in the short, medium, and long term reduce the overall operating costs to the City of Ottawa; and

 

WHEREAS during the 2010 budget deliberations Council voted to refer Motion No. 82/37, which states, “the LRFP Working Group review ways that the 2011 budget development process be adjusted to give priority to all projects and services that will in the short, medium, and long term reduce the overall operating costs required by the City of Ottawa to deliver municipal services; and review ways that the budget development process could be changed to identify all projects and services which attract operational costs that rise faster than the rate of inflation and that these projects be given secondary status for approval.”, to the Audit, Budget and Finance committee.

 

WHEREAS the ABFC received the motion on March 22, 2010 with no further discussion or direction to staff to review ways to incorporate this policy into the budget process

 

WHEREAS this is a new and complicated way of organizing budget

 

WHEREAS it may be wise to initiate this budgetary process amendment as a pilot project on only one part of the multilayered municipal budget

 

WHEREAS Transportation and Transit operating and capital budgets encompass a significant portion of the City’s overall costs

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the LRFP Working Group review ways that the 2011 budget development process be adjusted to give priority to all Transportation and Transit projects and services within those budget envelopes that will in the short, medium, and long term reduce the overall operating costs required by the City of Ottawa to deliver these services; and review ways that the budget development process could be changed to identify all Transportation and Transit projects and services that attract operational costs that rise faster than the rate of inflation and that these projects be given secondary status for approval.

 

Motion No. 87/2 LOST on a division of 5 YEAS to 14 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (5):       Councillors C. Doucet, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, A. Cullen and G. Hunter.

 

NAYS (14):    Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, G. Bédard, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, D. Deans, B. Monette and P. Feltmate.

 

Item 2 of Audit Budget and Finance Committee Report 7 was then put to Council and RECEIVED

 

 

 

3.             Multi-residential tax policy

 

                politique fiscale sur les logements multiples

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council maintain the existing Multi-Residential Tax Ratio at 1.7000.

 

MOTION NO. 87/3

 

Moved by Councillor J. Legendre

Seconded by Councillor A. Cullen

 

WHEREAS in 1993 the Ontario Fair Tax Commission said “There is no justification for a distinction in tax rate policy on the basis of the type of tenure enjoyed by the occupant of the dwelling unit under consideration”;

 

WHEREAS in 2001 the City of Ottawa Task Force on Property Assessment & Property Tax Issues recommended that the multi-residential tax rate be lowered to reduce the unfair discrepancy in property taxation between renters and homeowners;

 

WHEREAS since 2001 the City of Ottawa has taken progressive steps to reduce this unfair discrepancy, from 2.3359 to 1.7;

 

WHEREAS since 2001 any new multi-residential buildings have been taxed at the same rate of residential homes;

 

WHEREAS 2006 census data shows that the average household income of renters is less than half (42.6%) the average household income of homeowners, yet renters in multi-residential buildings are taxed at a higher rate (in Ottawa at 1.7) than the residential sector;

 

THEREFORE Be It Resolved that Council continue its movement toward a fairer taxation treatment for everyone by setting the multi-residential tax ratio at 1.65 .

 

Motion No. 87/3 LOST on a division of 9 YEAS to 11 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (9):       Councillors C. Leadman, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, R. Chiarelli, A. Cullen, G. Hunter, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (11):    Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, J. Harder, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, D. Deans and B. Monette.

 

 

MOTION NO. 87/4

 

Moved by Councillor J. Harder

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

 

WHEREAS the Province controls the assessment system through the Assessment Act and the Municipal Act; and

 

WHEREAS the Ontario Government established tax ratios and “ranges of fairness” for tax classes with the property tax reform that took effect in 1998; and

 

WHEREAS the allowable range for the tax ratio for the multi-residential tax class was set at 1.0 to 1.1; and

 

WHEREAS the different valuation approaches applied to owner-occupied properties and rental properties in the current assessment system make it difficult to determine a fair rate of property tax for rental property; and

 

WHEREAS a thorough analysis has not yet been conducted to conclusively determine an appropriate allowable range for the tax ratio for the multi-residential tax class relative to other tax classes, including owner-occupied properties; and

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa ask the Province to establish a Task Force that will examine and provide recommendations with respect to the following matters:

1.                  The question of the fair ratio of municipal property tax on rental property to property tax on owner-occupied property, and whether this should differ based on the different circumstances of each municipality; and

 

2.                  How that fair ratio of municipal property tax should be achieved.

 


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Province direct this Task Force to provide its report prior to the determination of tax rates for 2011 and that the City forward this resolution to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario for distribution to its members.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

Item 3 of Audit Budget and Finance Committee Report 7, as amended by Motion No. 87/4 was then put to Council and CARRIED with Councillor A. Cullen dissenting.

 

 

COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 52

 

 

1.             HELMET USE AT CITY FACILITIES

 

LE PORT DU CASQUE AUX INSTALLATIONS MUNICIPALES

 

 

Committee RecommendationS AS AMENDED

 

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.

 

2.         Approve that Ottawa Public Health report back to the appropriate Standing Committee on the results and progress of the youth engagement strategy one year after its full implementation and that Ottawa Public Health continues to consult with community stakeholders during the development and implementation of the youth engagement strategy.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 


 

 

2.             PRICING STRUCTURE FOR ICE ARENA RENTALS

 

STRUCTURE DE PRIX POUR LA LOCATION DES PATINOIRES DES ARÉNAS

 

 

Committee RecommendationS

 

That Council approve:

 

1.         A policy amending the pricing structure for arena ice rentals for seasonal ice clients to consider the prime time portion of the blended hour as non-prime when this hour is secured as part of a continuous booking, where a significant portion of the time slot booked by the client falls within non-prime time and that the prime time half hour be charged at the non-prime rate.

 

2.         Directing staff to ensure that when blended hours are booked on their own and/or as part of a booking that falls primarily within prime-time hours, or is booked under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Practice Ice they will continue to be charged at the blended rate. 

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

3.             RENAMING A PARK TO “BANDMASTER PARK”

 

CHANGEMENT DE NOM DE PARC À PARC BANDMASTER

 

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council rename Fairwinds Park, located at 230 Mistral Way, to “Bandmaster Park.”

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED


 

 

4.             EXEMPTION TO NOISE BY-LAW (2004-253) – RELAY FOR LIFE   

 

EXEMPTION AU RÈGLEMENT SUR LE BRUIT (2004-253) – RELAIS POUR LA VIE

 

 

Committee Recommendation

 

That Council approve that the provisions of subsection 18(1), 19(2)&(3) of the City of Ottawa Noise By-law (2004-253) shall not apply so as to preclude the use of sound reproduction devices during the Relay For Life event, which may exceed 55 dBA, but will not exceed 65 dBA, when measured at the property line of a business person or person whose peace and comfort is disturbed before 11 p.m. or disturbs the peace and comfort of a resident whose peace and comfort is disturbed after 11:00 p.m. on the dates of June 11th and June 18th, 2010. 

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 52A (IN-CAMERA)

 

 

1.         COMMEMORATIVE NAMING APPLICATION – PARK –IN CAMERA - PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL.  REPORTING OUT DATE: SUBSEQUENT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL

 

DEMANDE D'ATTRIBUTION DE NOM COMMÉMORATIF -  PARC

- À HUIS CLOS - QUESTIONS PERSONNELLES CONCERNANT UNE PERSONNE IDENTIFIABLE. DATE DE RAPPORT : A LA SUITE DE L’APPROBATION DU CONSEIL

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve the commemorative naming proposal to name the park at 85 Hartsmere Drive in the West Wind Subdivision Trustee M. Curry Park.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED


 

 

2.         COMMEMORATIVE NAMING APPLICATION – ROOM –IN CAMERA - PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL.  REPORTING OUT DATE: SUBSEQUENT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL

 

DEMANDE D'ATTRIBUTION DE NOM COMMÉMORATIF -  SALLE - À HUIS CLOS - QUESTIONS PERSONNELLES CONCERNANT UNE PERSONNE IDENTIFIABLE. DATE DE RAPPORT : A LA SUITE DE L’APPROBATION DU CONSEIL

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve the commemorative naming proposal to name a room in Maki House a community building in the Crystal Beach/Lakeview area located at 19 Leeming Drive the Elizabeth Gravelle Room.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT 53

 

 

1.             APPROVAL OF A POLICY FOR DIVERSIFIED ADVERTISING OF VOLUNTEER AND        EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE CITY OF OTTAWA

 

                APPROBATION D’UNE POLITIQUE DE DIVERSIFICATION DANS LES ANNONCES           D’OFFRES D’EMPLOIS ET DE BÉNÉVOLAT À LA VILLE D’OTTAWA

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

The Council approve a policy to diversify City of Ottawa advertising for notices of employment and recruitment of volunteers for Advisory Committees and Boards to include local community publications that attempt to target readers in the Designated Groups (women, aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority groups, and gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender [GLBT]) in the hopes of obtaining better representation of the City residents in all competitions and recruitment initiatives.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED


 

 

2.             City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan 2009 Report and 2010 Plan

 

                Rapport sur le Plan d’accessibilité municipal de la Ville d’Ottawa pour 2009 et 2010

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report on the 2009 City of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan (COMAP) and the proposed activities for the 2010 COMAP.

 

                                                                                                RECEIVED

 

 

 

3.             CENTRAL CANADA EXHIBITION association - Forgiveness of 2009 and 2010 License fee for lansdowne park

 

                ASSOCIATION DE L’EXPOSITION DU CANADA CENTRAL – REMISE DES DROITS DE PERMIS 2009 ET 2010 POUR LE PARC LANSDOWNE

 

 

            COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve the following:

 

1.                  That the 2009 License fee of $280,000 to be paid by the Central Canada Exhibition Association to the city of Ottawa be set aside, when received, in a dedicated reserve fund to be used to help the Association offset the costs of relocation to a new site on the condition that the CCEA allow the City to place a lien (mortgage) on the CCEA’s Rideau/Albion property to cover the costs of the 2009 License Fee and the costs to the City of providing water and sewer servicing to the site in the event that the CCEA ceases to operate;

 

2.                  That the Treasurer be directed to forgive 2009 License Fee owed to the City of Ottawa by the Central Canada Exhibition Association (CCEA) as a general revenue when the conditions in Recommendations 1 have been met;

 

3.                  That the release of funds from the dedicated reserve to the CCEA be conditional upon the City receiving a viable business plan as determined by the City Manager;

 

4.                  That any funds or other support provided to the CCEA approved by Committee and Council as a result of this report be the last financial support provided to the CCEA by the City; and

 

5.                  That the elimination of the 2010 licensing fee payment of $310,000 by the CCEA to the City's Lansdowne Park operating budget be funded from the One-time and Unforeseen account. 

 

MOTION NO. 87/5

 

Moved by Councillor B. Monette

Seconded by Councillor S. Qadri

 

WHEREAS, on April 6, 2010 the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee approved, subject to certain amendments to protect the financial interests of the City and its taxpayers, the City staff Report on the Central Canada Exhibition Association (“CCEA”) for the forgiveness of the 2009 and 2010 license fee for the use of Lansdowne Park by the CCEA;

 

AND WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the CCEA has requested the opportunity to consider the recommendations endorsed by the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee;

 

AND WHEREAS a Report regarding the sale of a vacant parcel of City property to the CCEA together with a grant to the CCEA to offset applicable fees for planning applications, engineering, development charges and building permits to the end of 2015 is scheduled to come before the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee for approval on May 4, 2010;

 

AND WHEREAS it would be advantageous to Council to deal with both Reports at the same time in order to provide a comprehensive review of and recommendation regarding the proposed financial support to the CCEA going forward;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report 53, Item 3, Central Canada Exhibition Association – Forgiveness of 2009 and 2010 License Fee for Lansdowne Park be referred to the meeting of the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee of May 4, 2010,  to be considered within the context of the Report regarding the sale of a vacant parcel of City property and other support to the CCEA.

 

                                                                                                REFERRAL CARRIED

 


 

 

4.             Appointments to The glebe BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

 

                NOMINATIONS AU CONSEIL DE GESTION DE LA ZONE D’AMÉLIORATION COMMERCIALE DE GLEBE

 

 

            COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve the appointment of Allan Bateman and Sarah Hyde to the Glebe Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the term expiring November 30, 2010. 

 

                                                                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

 

5.             FEDERAL GAS TAX - AMENDING AGREEMENT

 

                TAXE FÉDÉRALE SUR L’ESSENCE – ACCORD MODIFICATEUR

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve the signing of the Amending Agreement related to the transfer of federal gas tax revenues under the New Deal for Cities and Communities between the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the City of Ottawa in the form attached as Document 1; and,

 

2.                  Enact a by-law in the form attached as Document 2 to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Amending Agreement described in Document 1.

 

                                                                                                                                                CARRIED

 


 

 

6.             REPORT ON FRENCH LANGUAGE SERVICES

 

                Rapport sur les services en français

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

 

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

 

MOTION NO. 87/6

 

Moved by Councillor R. Jellett

Seconded by Councillor S. Desroches

 

WHEREAS at its meeting of April 6, 2010, Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee approved the report entitled Report on French Language Services, with a revised Table 1;

 

AND WHEREAS the numbers contained in the revised Table 1, impact numbers set out in the text of the report, specifically in the Executive Summary;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Executive Summary, set out on pages 143 and 145 of the French version of the report and pages 165 and 167 of the English version of the report be amended to change “20 per cent” to “17 per cent” and “2,845 budgeted positions” to “2,362 budgeted positions”, to read as follows:

 

“ Au 31 décembre 2009, quelque 2 362 postes budgétés par la Ville, soit une proportion de tout près de 17 %, sont désignés comme demandant une connaissance des deux langues. ”

 

 and

 

“As of 31 December 2009, about 2,362 or close to 17 per cent of budgeted City positions were designated as calling for some knowledge of both languages.”

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

Item 6 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Report 53 was then put to Council and RECEIVED, as amended by Motion No. 87/6.

 


 

 

7.             eNHANCED rISK mANAGEMENT (ERM) – PHASE 1

 

                GESTION AMÉLIORÉE DES RISQUES (GAR) – PHASE 1

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:

 

That Council approve the conceptual Enhanced Risk Management Framework described in this report, including the revised Enhanced Risk Management Policy attached as Document 2.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 

 

8.             2010 MUNICIPAL BALLOT QUESTION

 

                QUESTION SUR LE BULLETIN DE VOTE DES ELECTIONS MUNICIPALES 2010

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this matter for information.

 

 

MOTION NO. 87/7

 

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess

 

WHEREAS the amalgamated City of Ottawa was established on January 1, 2001, by virtue of the City of Ottawa Act, 1999; and

 

WHEREAS there has not been any empirical research undertaken to evaluate this amalgamation and to review the options for de-amalgamation;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the following question be placed on the Municipal Ballot during the 2010 Regular Election:

 

 

Should the City of Ottawa commission a study including details as to how de-amalgamation could be effected, to be reviewed by City Council by January 25, 2011?

 

Councillor Bloess withdrew his name as the seconder of the motion.  Deputy Mayor Desroches then ruled Motion No. 87/7 OUT OF ORDER.

 

MOTION NO. 87/8

 

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

 

WHEREAS Lansdowne Park is a resource for all the residents of Ottawa;

 

AND WHEREAS Lansdowne Park represents a significant legacy, passed on within the public realm from generation to generation;

 

AND WHEREAS, given Lansdowne significance in the City, its future should not be decided by one term of Council;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED That the following question be placed on the Municipal Ballot during the 2010 Regular  Election:

 

Should the City of Ottawa have a competitive process for the disposition of Lansdowne Park?

 

Motion No. 87/8 LOST on a division of 7 YEAS to 15 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (7):       Councillors C. Doucet, C. Leadman, M. Bellemare, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, A. Cullen and P. Feltmate

 

NAYS (15):    Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, G. Brooks, S. Desroches, G. Bédard, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, G. Hunter, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M McRae, D. Deans, B. Monette and P. Hume


 

MOTION NO. 87/9

 

Moved by Councillor P. Hume

Seconded by Councillor A. Cullen

 

That Council give formal notice of the intent to pass a by-law on April 28, 2010, to permit the following question to be placed on the ballot for the October 25, 2010 municipal elections:

 

Should the City, in consultation with the Leadership Table on Homelessness and community agencies, such as Ottawa Social Housing Network and Alliance to End Homelessness, implement a comprehensive strategy, with an additional investment of at least $5 million a year, toward the goal of ending homelessness in Ottawa by 2014?

 

Motion No. 87/9 LOST on a division of 10 YEAS to 12 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (10):     Councillors C. Doucet, C. Leadman, M. Bellemare, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, A. Cullen, G. Hunter, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (12):    Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, G. Brooks, S. Desroches, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans and B. Monette.

 

Item 8 of the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report 53 was then put to Council and RECEIVED.

 

 

 

9.             INFORMATION SESSION FOR CANDIDATES

 

                SÉANCES D’INFORMATION AUX CANDIDATS

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council direct that the Elections Office for the City of Ottawa offer information sessions in both English and French to registered candidates, one session in each language, to be provided prior to July and the other after close of nominations. 

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

 


PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 66A

 

 

1.                   DESIGNATION OF THE Soeurs de la vISITATION MONASTERY, 114 RICHMOND ROAD, UnDER PART IV OF THE oNTARIO hERITAGE aCT

 

DÉSIGNATION DU MONASTÈRE DES SŒURS DE LA VISITATION - 114, CHEMIN RICHMOND, EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE IV DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO

 

 

Committee recommendations as amended

 

That Council approve the designation of the Soeurs de la Visitation Monastery, 114 Richmond Road, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in accordance with the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value, attached as Document 6, and as amended by the following:

 

1.                  The staff-recommended amendments to the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value, issued as revised Document 6;

 

2.                   An amendment to the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value to include the totality of the property, delineated by Richmond Road to the north, and the property line to the south.

 

MOTION NO. 87/10

 

Moved by Councillor R. Bloess

Seconded by Councillor S. Qadri

 

THAT Planning and Environment Committee Report 66A, Item 1 be deferred to the May 12, 2010 Council meeting to allow a third party review of the Heritage Designation to be completed and brought forward to Council at that time.

 

Motion No. 87/10 LOST on a division of 5 YEAS to 17 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (5):       Councillors S. Qadri, S. Desroches, J. Harder, G. Hunter and R. Bloess.

 

NAYS (17):    Councillors C. Doucet, E. El-Chantiry, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, R. Chiarelli, A. Cullen, R. Jellett, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 


MOTION NO. 87/11

 

Moved by Councillor Leadman

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

 

Whereas the Soeurs De La Visitation Monastery, 114 Richmond Road is a significant heritage property;

 

And Whereas it is the opinion of the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee and Planning and Environment Committee that such significance extends to the entirety of the property;

 

And Whereas, as directed by Planning and Environment Committee, modifications to the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value are required to reflect the heritage significance of 114 Richmond Road;

 

Therefore Be It Resolved that Document 6 to Planning and Environment Committee Report 66A, Item 1 be replaced with Attachment A to this motion.

 

                                                                                                  CARRIED

 

 

ATTACHMENT A

 

STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE     REVISED DOCUMENT 6

 

 

Description of Property - The Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa, 114 Richmond Road.

 

The Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa Monastery is a large stone structure surrounded by vast enclosed grounds, located on Richmond Road in the Westboro neighbourhood of Ottawa.

 

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest 

The Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa Monastery consists of a convent building sited within 4 acres of carefully tended grounds, and enclosed on its perimeter by walls and mature vegetation. The building is comprised of two parts, a Gothic Revival house built in 1864-1865 and four additional wings completed in 1913 to transform the structure into a monastery. Its cultural heritage value lies in its being an excellent example of both an 1860s Gothic Revival House and an early 20th century monastery.  The complex has historical value for its association with James Skead (owner 1880 until his death in 1884, whose widow lived there until 1887), a lumberman, senator, Ottawa booster and founder of Skead’s Mills and George Holland, (owner 1887-1910), a successful publisher and innovator, and with the Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa. It is also a rare surviving example of a property that housed a cloistered religious community for over 100 years and functioned as a self-sustaining entity for much of that time.

 

The original house portion of the monastery structure was built in 1864-1865.  James Dyke, a local merchant, is thought to have built the house prior to selling the property to George Eaton, a gentleman farmer.  It was one of a number of properties built on larger lots laid out along Richmond Road for members of Ottawa’s emerging elite class.  Features of the house associated with the Gothic Revival style include the steeply pitched gable roof, the dormer and bay windows, gables with bargeboard trim, and stone quoins and voussoirs. The picturesque gardens located at the front of the property are also a feature often associated to the Gothic Revival style. 

 

The longest owner of the building prior to its purchase and conversion to a monastery in the early 20th century was George Holland, a prominent local newspaperman, and with his brother Andrew, a communications entrepreneur. In 1909 George and Alison Holland sold the entire property to the Soeurs de la Visitation, a cloistered order of nuns founded in Annecy, France in 1610.  The order, whose members devote themselves to prayer, established monasteries across Europe in the centuries following its establishment.  The Order’s founders, St. Francis de Sales and Ste. Jeanne Francois de Chantal, have both been beatified. The nuns moved into the house in 1910 and, by 1913, its conversion to a monastery was complete.  It consists of four wings, arranged around a central courtyard or cloister, a plan followed by the monasteries of medieval Europe, and used for Roman Catholic convents and monasteries around the world.  The features of the 1913 wings that express the building’s role as a cloistered convent include its inward-facing plan with the wings arranged around a central courtyard or cloister, the tall, two storey construction with regularly spaced rectangular windows, a high basement and an attic lit by spaced dormer windows, the chapel and its associated pointed arch windows, the steeple and the galleries and verandas.  

 

Early on, after its acquisition by the Soeurs de la Visitation, the property was encircled by high walls and vegetation which shielded the monastery from the exterior world. The grounds demonstrate the historic use of the property by the 19th Century owners, including Skeads and Hollands, and by the Soeurs de la Visitation. They comprise, at the front, the picturesque gardens dating from the 19th Century. At the rear of the building, more domestic spaces were initially used for the purposes of communal farming, including a kitchen garden, which sustained the needs of the community.  Later this evolved into a more contemplative space, which acted in part as a burial location for the Order. Like the building, the formal and domestic landscape associated with the monastery is rooted in the traditions of Western European religious architecture.


 

Description of Heritage Attributes

 

Key attributes that embody the heritage value of the Soeurs de la Visitation d’Ottawa Monastery as an excellent example of both a large Gothic Revival house and a monastery include:

 

House

     steeply pitched roof with narrow gable-roofed dormers

     front veranda

     bay window  with wooden pointed arch details

     decorative bargeboard

     tall chimneys

     stone quoins and voussoirs

 

1913 Monastery addition

     tall stone walls with evenly spaced windows

     high hipped metal-clad roof with gable and triangle dormers

     bellcote 

     veranda and galleries

     Chapel and its interior volume

     the plan, including central courtyard/ cloister enclosed on four sides

     the distinctive flower bed pattern in the courtyard

 

Grounds:                   picturesque garden with its mature trees and layout of pathways and flowerbeds

        the duality of the formal landscape fronting Richmond Road, and domestic, more informal character of the grounds at the rear

 

Item 1 of Planning and Environment Committee Report 66A, as amended by Motion No. 87/11 was then put to Council and CARRIED with Councillors S. Qadri, S. Desroches, J. Harder, G. Hunter, R. Bloess and P. Hume dissenting.

 

 

2.             Demolition and new construction under the Ontario heritage act in the rockcliffe PArk heritage conservation district at 32 birch street

 

DÉMOLITION ET NOUVELLE CONSTRUCTION AUX TERMES DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO, AU 32 RUE BIRCH, DANS LE DISTRICT DE CONSERVATION DU PATRIMOINE DE ROCKCLIFFE PARK

 

 

PEC AND OBHAC RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve the application to demolish the existing building at 32 Birch Street and to construct a new building in its place, in accordance with plans submitted by David Mailing, David Mailing and Associates, Architects, received on December 16, 2009.

 

2.                  Delegate authority for minor design changes to the General Manager of the Planning and Growth Management Department.

 

3.                  Issue the heritage permit with a two-year expiry date from the date of issuance.

 

(Note: The statutory timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on April 30, 2010.  The time period was extended with the written permission of the applicant.)

 

(Note: Approval to alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

3.             Application to alter 225 cloverdale road, a property located in the rockcliffe park heritage conservation district and designated under part v of the ontario heritage act

 

DEMANDE VISANT À TRANSFORMER LA PROPRIÉTÉ SITUÉE AU 225, CHEMIN CLOVERDALE, DANS LE DISTRICT DE CONSERVATION DU PATRIMOINE DE ROCKCLIFFE PARK, ET DÉSIGNÉE AUX TERMES DE LA PARTIE V DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L'ONTARIO

 

 

PEC AND OBHAC RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve the application to alter 225 Cloverdale Road, as per plans submitted by FoTenn Consultants Inc. on February 4, 2010 and included as Document 3.

 

2.                  Issue the heritage permit with a two-year expiry date from the date of issuance.

 

(Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on May 9, 2010.)

 

(Note: Approval to Alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 



 

4.             Application to alter 73 crichton street, a property designated under part v of the ontario heritage act and located in the new edinburgh heritage conservation district

 

DEmande en vue de modifier la propriété du 73, rue Crichton, désignée en vertu de la partie v de la loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario et située dans le district de conservation du patrimoine de new edinburgh

 

 

Committee recommendationS as amended

 

That the Planning and Environment Committee approve the staff recommendation to:

 

1.                  Approve the application to alter 73 Crichton Street, in accordance with the plans submitted by James Colizza, James A. Colizza Inc. as received on February 4, 2010 and shown in Document 3.

 

2.                  Issue the heritage permit with a two-year expiry date from the date of issuance

 

(Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on May 5, 2010)

 

(Note: Approval to Alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)

 

LOST on a division of 5 YEAS and 16 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (5):       Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, M. Bellemare, G. Hunter and B. Monette.

 

NAYS (16):    Councillors C. Doucet, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, S. Desroches, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, A. Cullen, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans and P. Feltmate.

 


 

 

5.             Application to alter 375 cooper street, a property located in the centretown heritage conservation district and designated under part v of the ontario heritage act

 

DEMANDE AFIN DE MODIFIER LE 375, RUE COOPER, PROPRIÉTÉ SITUÉE DANS LE DISTRICT DE CONSERVATION DU PATRIMOINE DU CENTRE-VILLE ET DÉSIGNÉE EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE V DE LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO

 

 

PEC AND OBHAC RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.                  Approve the application to alter 375 Cooper Street, according to plans submitted by Stéphane Lessard, Stéphane Lessard Design and Implementation on February 4, 2010 and as shown in Document 3.

 

2.                  Issue the heritage permit with a two-year expiry from the date of issuance.

 

(Note: The statutory 90-day timeline for consideration of this application under the Ontario Heritage Act will expire on May 10, 2010.)

 

(Note: Approval to Alter this property under the Ontario Heritage Act must not be construed to meet the requirements for the issuance of a building permit.)

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

6.             ZONING - 95 ROYDON PLACE

 

ZONAGE - 95, PLACE ROYDON

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

(This matter is subject to Bill 51)

 

That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 to change the zoning of 95 Roydon Place from General Mixed Use Subzone [GM23 H(22)] to Arterial Mainstreet Exception Zone [AM[1375] H(22)], and to amend Exceptions 1374 and 1375 as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

7.             ZONING - 4030 AND 3853 CAMBRIAN ROAD

 

ZONAGE - 4030 ET 3853, CHEMIN CAMBRIAN

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

(This matter is subject to Bill 51)

 

That Council approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law 2008-250 to change the zoning of part of the properties at 4030 and 3853 Cambrian Road from DR (Development Reserve Zone) and MR (Mineral Aggregate Reserve Zone) to EP1 (Environmental Protection Zone, Subzone 1), as shown in Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

8.             DEMOLITION CONTROL - 389 WILMONT AVENUE

 

RÉGLEMENTATION DES DÉMOLITIONS - 389, AVENUE WILMONT

 

 

Committee recommendationS

 

That Council approve the demolition of a two-storey detached dwelling at 389 Wilmont Avenue, subject to the following conditions:

 

1.         The Registered Owner shall seed/sod the property and install bollards around the perimeter to maintain the property as open space, and to prevent the use of the property for other interim uses until the time of construction of the replacement building.  The foregoing shall occur within six months of demolition of the building, failing which, the City will undertake this work and enter on the collector’s roll the sum of the costs incurred to perform this work.  The registered owner shall maintain the property in accordance with the Property Standards By-law. 

 

2.         That the Registered Owner enter into an Agreement with the City of Ottawa, to be registered on title, including the forgoing conditions, and pay all the costs associated with the registration of the said Agreement.  At such time as a building permit is issued to redevelop the site and the replacement building is in place, the Agreement will become null and void and will be released upon request by the owner. The owner shall pay all costs associated with the registration of the release from this Agreement.

 

3.         That the approval be considered null and void if the provisions of Recommendation 2 above have not been fulfilled within six months of the date of approval.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

 

9.             MANAGEMENT UPDATE SEWAGE AUDIT

 

Mise à jour de la direction sur la vérification des eaux d’égout

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

                                                                                                            RECEIVED

 

 

 

 

10.          MOTION – DELETION OF CENTRUM BOULEVARD EXTENSION

 

MOTION - SUPPRESSION DU PROLONGEMENT DU BOULEVARD CENTRUM

 

 

Committee recommendationS

 

That Council direct that staff:

 

1.         Initiate an Official Plan amendment to the Town Centre Secondary Official Plan (former City of Cumberland) to delete the Centrum Boulevard extension;

 

2.         Review the feasibility of replacing the Centrum Boulevard extension with a pedestrian pathway; and

 

3.         Schedule the amendment for a public hearing no later than the Planning and Environment Committee meeting of August, 2010.

 

CARRIED, with Councillor J. Legendre dissenting.

 


TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT 38

 

    

1.             IMPROVING THE URBAN DESIGN OF THE PORTION OF SUSSEX DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

AMÉLIORER LE DESIGN URBAIN DE LA PARTIE DE LA PROMENADE SUSSEX SITUÉE DEVANT L’AMBASSADE DES ÉTATS-UNIS D’AMÉRIQUE

 

 

Committee Recommendations

 

That Council:

 

1.         Approve the replacement of the barricades in front of the United States of America Embassy on Sussex Drive with bollards;

 

2.         Recognize these measures as a temporary encroachment under the Encroachment By-law and that no fee be charged.

 

MOTION NO. 87/12

 

Moved by Councillor A. Cullen

Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess

 

WHEREAS Sussex Drive has been a public street in the City of Ottawa for over a century, paid for by residents of Ottawa;

 

WHEREAS the proposal to install bollards on Sussex Drive will encroach on City of Ottawa public property and deprive residents of Ottawa of vehicular access to a lane of the travelled portion of Sussex Drive;

 

WHEREAS a legal opinion provided by the law firm Borden Ladner Gervais indicates (1) an obligation for the Federal Government to provide for the safety of Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates; and (2) an obligation for the Federal Government to compensate a municipality for depriving it of the use of public property for these purposes;

 

WHEREAS the City’s Encroachment Bylaw permits the City of Ottawa to charge, under these circumstances, up to $306 a day for the encroachment in question ($111,690 a year);

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Recommendation 2 be amended by replacing “and that no fee be charged” with “and that an annual fee of $111,690 be charged (based on $306 a day)”.

 

Motion No. 87/12 LOST on a division of 10 YEAS to 11 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS(10):      Councillors S. Qadri, G. Brooks, S. Desroches, J. Harder, A. Cullen, G. Hunter, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson and D. Deans.

 

NAYS(11):     Councillors C. Doucet, E. El-Chantiry, M. Bellemare, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, R. Chiarelli, M. McRae, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

Item 1 of the Transportation Committee Report 38 was then put to Council and CARRIED with Councillors S. Qadri, S. Desroches, J. Harder, A. Cullen, G. Hunter and M. Wilkinson dissenting.

 

Motion to Adopt Reports

 

MOTION NO. 87/13

 

Moved by Councillor G. Hunter

Seconded by Councillor R. Chiarelli

 

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 51, Audit Budget and Finance Committee Report 7, Community and Protective Services Committee Report 52 and 52A (In-Camera), Corporate Services and Economic Development Report 53, Planning and Environment Committee Report 66A and Transportation Committee Report 38, be received and adopted as amended.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Motions of Which Notice has been Given Previously

 

MOTION NO. 87/14

 

Moved by Councillor C. Doucet

Seconded by Councillor R. Jellett

 

WHEREAS Council has passed two motions requesting that an Intergovernmental Source Water Protection Committee be convened for the Ottawa River – the first on April 17, 2009, the second on January 13, 2010; and

 

WHEREAS no Committee has been convened by the Province and the motion required this be done by September 2009 more than six months ago;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor, acting on behalf of Council, invite other heads of Municipal Council and Provincial representatives to an inaugural meeting at Ottawa City Hall and this be done with dispatch.

                                                                                                            WITHDRAWN

 

Direction to Staff

 

That at the upcoming intergovernmental staff meeting considering initiatives to protect Ottawa River quality, staff bring forward the suggestion to their colleagues that political representatives of the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, together with the municipalities of Ottawa and Gatineau, co-sponsor a joint meeting of elected officials representing all jurisdictions bordering on and using Ottawa River water for drinking, with the objective of establishing an Intergovernmental Source Water Protection Committee for the Ottawa River.

 

 

Motions Requiring Suspension of the Rules of Procedure

 

MOTION NO. 87/15

 

Moved by Councillor R. Jellett

Seconded by Councillor G. Hunter

 

That the Rules of Procedure be waived to consider the following due to the immediacy of the need:

 

WHEREAS it is important that the Mayor or Deputy Mayor be available at all times to sign legal documents and address other administrative matters in a timely fashion;

 

AND WHEREAS both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor will be absent due to city business on April 14, 15 and 16;

 

AND WHEREAS Councillor Alex Cullen has indicated that he will be in Ottawa and available for the identified dates;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, pursuant to Section 242 of the Municipal Act, 2001, Councillor Alex Cullen be delegated the authority of the Acting Deputy Mayor during the period of April 14 – April 16, 2010 in the absence of both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 


MOTION NO. 87/16

 

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor J. Harder

 

THAT the Rules of Procedure be waived, due to playoff timelines, to consider the following motion:

 

WHEREAS Elgin Street was known as the “Sens Mile” when Ottawa was last in the playoffs and it became a central gathering place for Sens fans across the City; and

 

WHEREAS the Ottawa Senators are once again in the National Hockey League playoffs and the City wants to demonstrate its support for the Sens and their fans;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that each time the Ottawa Senators make the National Hockey League playoffs, the City of Ottawa formally identify Elgin Street as “Sens Mile” by placing through the placement of commemorative blades for the duration of the Senators’ playoff run. 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

MOTION NO. 87/17

 

Moved by Councillor J. Legendre

Seconded by Councillor M. Bellemare

 

That the rules of procedure be waived to consider the following motion due to tight timelines for creating the necessary signage:

 

WHEREAS, on July 13, 2005 City Council approved the Corporate Sponsorship and Advertising Policy which requires that Council approve opportunities involving the naming of City property, buildings and structures; 

 

AND WHEREAS the City is constructing a BMX riding park at Presland Park and Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust has agreed to support this initiative and to provide a $30,000 contribution towards the construction of the BMX riding park;

 

AND WHEREAS the City wishes to recognize this sponsorship and name the BMX riding park at Presland Park in recognition of the sponsor’s contribution;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the name of the Presland BMX riding park be the “St Laurent Centre BMX Riding Park” and “Parc BMX Centre St Laurent” for a term of ten years.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

MOTION NO. 87/18

 

Moved by Councillor R. Chiarelli

Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry

 

THAT the Rules of Procedure be waived, to immediately establish the City of Ottawa as a municipal leader in the move to keep Ontario public sector compensation in line with what taxpayers can afford, to consider the following motion:

 

Waiver of the Rules of Procedure CARRIED on a division of 20 YEAS to 2 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (20):     Councillors C. Doucet, S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (2):      Councillors A. Cullen and G. Hunter.

 

WHEREAS, on March 25, 2010, the Government of Ontario tabled a Budget for its next fiscal year that will “extend the current salary freeze for Members of Provincial Parliament from one year to three years, freeze the compensation structures of non-bargained political and Legislative Assembly staff for two years, and freeze compensation structures in the Broader Public Sector and Ontario Public Service for all non-bargained employees for two years”; and

 

WHEREAS the Province indicated that, although it is not imposing a similar compensation freeze on Ontario municipalities, it is leading by example; and

 

WHEREAS compensation costs form 50% of the City of Ottawa’s overall budget; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa also has a history of leading by example by limiting compensation increases for its non-union staff and is prepared to continue in its leadership role amongst its municipal peers to limit compensation increases to reduce the overall burden on the taxpayer; and

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is already 3 and ½ months into its current fiscal year;

 

1.         THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council implement a compensation freeze for the City of Ottawa modelled on the Ontario Government for its next fiscal year as follows:

 

a.         That the salaries of the Mayor and City Councillors be frozen for two years;

b.         That the compensation structures of non-union City staff, including political assistants, be frozen for two years.

c.         That the MPE bonus component of the Merit Pay Program be suspended for 2010 (affecting 2011 compensation); and

 

2.         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City’s local boards and agencies, including the Ottawa Police Services Board and the Ottawa Public Library Board, be provided with this direction and report back to Council what, if any, similar compensation restraint measures they intend to take.

 

 

MOTION NO. 87/19

 

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor P. Feltmate

 

That a report be prepared on the overall effect of these actions on recruitment, retention and fairness, to be tabled at Committee prior to the 2011 budget

 

Motion No. 87/19 CARRIED on a division of 15 YEAS to 7 NAYS

 

YEAS (15):     Councillors C. Doucet, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, J. Harder, A. Cullen, R. Bloess, M. McRae, D. Deans, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (7):      Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, S. Desroches, R. Chiarelli, G. Hunter, R. Jellett and M. Wilkinson.

 

Motion 87/18 was then put to Council and divided for voting purposes.

 

Recommendation 1 a CARRIED on a division of 18 YEAS to 3 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (18):     Councillors C. Doucet, S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, D. Holmes, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (3):      Councillors G. Bédard, J. Legendre and A. Cullen.

 

Recommendation 1 b LOST on a division of 10 YEAS to 12 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (10):     Councillors S Qadri. E. El-Chantiry, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, R. Chiarelli, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae and D. Deans.

 

NAYS (12):    Councillors C. Doucet, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, J. Harder, A. Cullen, G. Hunter, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate

 

Recommendation 1 c CARRIED on a division of 13 YEAS to 9 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (13):     Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans and B. Monette.

 

NAYS (9):      Councillors C. Doucet, C. Leadman, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes, A. Cullen, G. Hunter, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

Recommendation 2 CARRIED on a division of 17 YEAS to 4 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (17):     Councillors C. Doucet, S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, C. Leadman, M. Bellemare, S. Desroches, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, G. Hunter, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, M. McRae, D. Deans, B. Monette, P. Hume and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (4):      Councillors G. Bédard, J. Legendre, D. Holmes and A. Cullen.

 

MOTION NO. 87/20

 

Moved by Councillor D. Deans

Seconded by Councillor M. Wilkinson

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa received the first court decision on the City’s policy of not removing healthy trees due to foundation damage, in accordance with the Municipal Trees and Natural Areas Protection By-law 2006-279 (Guinan v. City of Ottawa);

 

AND WHEREAS in a memo dated March 26, 2010, the City Clerk and Solicitor has advised Council that he has instructed the City’s legal counsel to appeal the Guinan v. City of Ottawa case to the Ontario Court of Appeal;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be suspended, as it is favourable to find a timely resolution to litigation matters, in order for Council to go in camera to receive an update on the pending appeal of the case of Guinan v. City of Ottawa and the impact this will have on the other similar cases that are currently pending before the courts.

 

CARRIED on a division of 17 YEAS to 4 NAYS as follows:

 

YEAS (17):     Councillors S. Qadri, E. El-Chantiry, C. Leadman, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, J. Harder, R. Chiarelli, A. Cullen, G. Hunter, R. Jellett, R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, D. Deans, B. Monette and P. Feltmate.

 

NAYS (4):      Councillors C. Doucet, D. Holmes, M. McRae and P. Hume.

 

MOTION NO. 87/21

 

Moved by Councillor D. Deans

Seconded by Councillor G. Hunter

 

BE IT RESOLVED that Council resolve In Camera pursuant to Subsections 13. (1) (a) the security of the property of the City, (e) litigation or potential litigation, affecting the City, including matters before administrative tribunals and (f) the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose, of Procedure By-law 2006-462, to receive an update on the pending appeal of the case of Guinan v. City of Ottawa and the impact this will have on the other similar cases that are currently pending before the courts.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

Council resolved In Camera at 4:20 p.m.

 

IN CAMERA SESSION

 

IN COUNCIL

 

Council resumed in open session at 5:40 p.m.

 

Upon resuming in open session, Deputy Mayor A. Cullen indicated Council had met In-Camera and that the matters dealt with were related to the case of Guinan v. City of Ottawa and the impact this will have on the other similar cases that are currently pending before the courts.  City Council directed that the appeal to the Guinan case be abandoned.

 

 


By-laws                                                                                                           Three Readings

 

MOTION NO. 87/22

 

Moved by Councillor G. Hunter

Seconded by Councillor R. Chiarelli

 

That the following by-laws be enacted and passed.

 

 

2010 - 123              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to amend technical anomalies and minor corrections as described in Planning and Environment Committee Report and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report: Comprehensive Zoning By law 2008-250: Anomalies and Minor Corrections – First Quarter 2010 – Reference No. ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0066.

 

2010 - 124              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to bring into effect changes identified for the lands known municipally as 80 Aberdeen Street set out in Planning and Environment Committee Report:  Comprehensive Zoning By-law 2008-250: Anomalies and Minor Corrections - First Quarter 2010” – Reference No. ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0066.

 

2010 - 125              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to bring into effect changes identified regarding selected lands zoned RR4, RR5, RR14, RR15 in the former Township of West Carleton as described in Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report: Comprehensive Zoning By law 2008-250: Anomalies and Minor Corrections – First Quarter 2010” – Reference No. ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0066.

 

2010 - 126              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in Licensing, Permits & Markets Unit of the By-law & Regulatory Services Branch, in the Emergency and Protective Services Department, to enforce the provisions of By-law No. 2008-449, being the ByWard Market Program By-law.

 

2010 - 127              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to strike a certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officer in the Licensing, Permits & Markets Unit of the By-law & Regulatory Services Branch, in the Emergency and Protective Services Department, from enforcing the provisions of By-law No. 2008-449, being the ByWard Market Program By-law.


 

2010 - 128              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in Licensing, Permits & Markets Unit of the By-law & Regulatory Services Branch in the Emergency and Protective Services Department, to enforce the provisions of By-law No. 2008-448, being the Parkdale Market Program By-law.

 

2010 - 129              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to strike a certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officer in the Licensing, Permits & Markets Unit of the By-law & Regulatory Services Branch in the Emergency and Protective Services Department, from enforcing the provisions of By-law No. 2008-448, being the Parkdale Market Program By-law.

 

2010 - 130              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 751, 753 and 755 Cedar Creek Drive as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

2010 - 131              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2010-110 regarding fees for on-site signs for planning applications.

 

2010 - 132              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the signing of an amending agreement respecting the Transfer of the Federal Gas Tax Revenues.

 

2010 - 133              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2006-273 to appoint certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers.

 

2010 - 134              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2005-303 respecting fees for view and release of building permits and to repeal By-law No. 2010-95.

 

2010 - 135              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.

 

2010 - 136              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-500 respecting the water surcharge and other water system charges.

 

2010 - 137              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-514 respecting fees for sewer use.

 

2010 - 138              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose a fee in respect of Water and Sanitary Sewer Capital Charges in the Village of Carp.

 

2010 - 139              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 95 Roydon Place.

 

2010 - 140              A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2007-338 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Rail, Safety and Development Branch of the Transit Services Department.

 

2010 - 141              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 part of the lands known municipally as 3853 and 4030 Cambrian Road.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

 

Confirmation By-law

 

MOTION NO. 87/23

 

Moved by Councillor G. Hunter

Seconded by Councillor R. Chiarelli

 

THAT By-law 2010-142 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.

 

                                                                                                            CARRIED

 

Inquiries

 

From Councillor R. Bloess with respect to legal costs for the Guinan Case.

 

 

Adjournment

 

Council adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITY CLERK

 

MAYOR