OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

Wednesday, 23 August 2017

10:00 a.m.

Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West

MINUTES 55

The Council of the City of Ottawa met at Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, on Wednesday, 23 August 2017 beginning at 10:00 a.m.

The Mayor, Jim Watson, presided and led Council in a moment of reflection.

(note: the transcript can be found at the Confirmation of Minutes link)

Mayor Watson, accompanied by Somerset Ward Councillor Catherine McKenney, presented the Mayor’s City Builder Award to Michael in recognition of his commitment to showcasing Canadian artists and for his many contributions to the LGBTQ community.

Mr. Deyell returned to Ottawa in 2012 to purchase After Stonewall, Ottawa’s only LGBTQ bookstore, founded in 1990, in order to keep it open. He added further life to the store by, turning the business into Stonewall Gallery to showcase Canadian artists and their creations. In the last year, Mr. Deyell merged the gallery with his partner’s business, Wilde’s, creating Stonewall Wilde’s, a community shopping destination featuring the works of over 70 Canadian artists on two levels.

Mr. Deyell is also an active community leader and supporter of LGBTQ initiatives and causes. He is an advocate and fundraiser for Bruce House, which cares for and supports people living with HIV and AIDS, and has also been active and supportive of the Village, Ottawa’s Gay Village, helping nurture it into a thriving, inviting and inclusive neighbourhood with businesses and restaurants. In 2015 Mr. Deyell sat on the board of Swirl and Twirl, an annual Ottawa fundraiser for charities, and currently sits on the board of TotoToo Theatre.

All Members were present for the meeting except Councillor D. Chernushenko.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
	Confirmation of the Minutes of the regular Council meeting of July 2017.

CONFIRMED

No declarations of interest were filed.

	COMMUNICATIONS
		The following communications were received.
		Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO):
		·	Ambulance Act Legislative Consultation Including Fire-Medic Proposal
		·	AMO Submission on Bill 148 – Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017
		·	Minister’s Expert Panel Report on Public Health Released
		·	Highlights of the August 2017 Board Meeting
		·	AMO 2016 Annual Report
	REGRETS
Councillor D. Chernushenko advised that he would be absent from the City Council meeting of 23 August 2017.

CARRIED

1.	ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT – 2025 MER BLEUE ROAD AND 4200 INNES ROAD

Deferred from the City Council meeting of July 12, 2017

CARRIED

2.	APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION AT 110 LAKEWAY DRIVE, A PROPERTY DESIGNATED UNDER PART V OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT AND LOCATED IN THE ROCKCLIFFE PARK HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

CARRIED

3.	APPLICATION FOR DEMOLITION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION AT 1 COLTRIN PLACE, A PROPERTY DESIGNATED UNDER PART V OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT AND LOCATED IN THE ROCKCLIFFE PARK HERITAGE CONSERVATION DISTRICT

CARRIED

4.	ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT – 5045 INNOVATION DRIVE

CARRIED

A.	SUMMARY OF ORAL AND WRITTEN PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS FOR ITEMS SUBJECT TO BILL 73 ‘EXPLANATION REQUIREMENTS’ AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 12, 2017

CARRIED

CARRIED

MOTION NO. 55/3

Moved by Councillor J. Leiper
Seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion, due to the desire to move forward with this initiative after delays resulting from the summer legislative agenda schedule and the City's interest in supporting economic development opportunities. 

WHEREAS Telecommunication companies generally have a statutory right to use municipal streets, but this is subject to the consent of the municipality, with the process, terms and conditions for granting Municipal Consent embodied in a Municipal Access Agreement (MAA) and consistent with the five right-of-way management principles developed by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) as adopted by Council on March 28, 2001; and 

WHEREAS Community Fibre Company is a registered telecommunications provider with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC); and

WHEREAS Community Fibre Company has entered into an agreement, subject to Council approval, with City of Ottawa whereby Community Fibre will install telecommunications equipment including wires and cables, ducts, conduits, manholes and other structures, within the City rights-of-way to provide communities with higher speed internet access; and

WHEREAS as part of the MAA, Community Fibre Company has agreed to pay the City an annual cost recovery fee of $5,000 plus appropriate taxes as compensation for costs incurred by the City due to the installation of its equipment and its presence in City streets and has agreed to all other conditions in the City’s standard MAA as on file with the City Clerk and Solicitor;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve entering into the Municipal Access Agreement with Community Fibre Company and delegate the authority to execute the MAA to the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development.

CARRIED

MOTION NO. 55/4

Moved by Councillor J. Cloutier
Seconded by Councillor J. Harder

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion to avoid unnecessary delays in the redevelopment of the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre in accordance with the recently adopted Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre Secondary Plan.

WHEREAS Report ACS2017-PIE-PS-0057 recommended approval of an amendment to Volume 1 of the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to designate 1910 St. Laurent Boulevard as Arterial Mainstreet and add to Volume 2a of the Official Plan the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre Secondary Plan; and

WHEREAS Council on July 12, 2017 approved the report recommendation and adopted Official Plan Amendment No. 189 through By-law No. 2017-233; and

WHEREAS Document 2 of the said report as well as Official Plan Amendment No. 189 contain schedules associated with the Elmvale Acres Shopping Centre Secondary Plan that were incorrectly labelled;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council adopt the attached Official Plan Amendment to amend the title blocks of the schedules contained within the Elmvale Acres Secondary Plan to read as set out in the attached schedules to this motion.

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE B

SCHEDULE C

SCHEDULE D

CARRIED

MOTION NO. 55/5

Moved by Councillor T. Tierney
Seconded by Councillor M. Wilkinson

That the Rules of Procedure be waived, due to the Federation of Canadian Muncipalities’ (FCM) timelines, to consider the following:

WHEREAS the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is working in partnership with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on the Building Inclusive Green Municipalities (BIGM) project, a five-year, $5.8 million initiative to help build sustainable infrastructure, generate inclusive growth and address the impact of climate change in the Eastern Cape Province; and

WHEREAS the BIGM project pairs individual Canadian municipalities with South African municipal counterparts in the Eastern Cape Province in order to share advice, training and best practices regarding modernizing infrastructure, including integrating climate change adaptation and asset management practices, and stimulating local economies, with a strong emphasis on empowering vulnerable segments of society, including women and youth; and

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa applied, subject to obtaining Council approval, to participate in the BIGM project, and on 1 August 2017, was notified that it has been selected to partner with the Municipality of Ndlambe and the Municipality of Nelson Mandela Bay for a period of three years; and

WHEREAS FCM and the SALGA have secured funding to cover the direct costs associated with the City of Ottawa’s participation in the BIGM project and the municipal contribution will be the donation of staff time; and

WHEREAS, should Council approve this partnership, City staff will commit to providing advice, training and best practices through a minimum of two, two-week long missions to these two municipalities each year, as well as hosting incoming delegations from the City’s partner municipalities throughout the duration of the project; and

WHEREAS participation in the BIGM project provides opportunities for staff to exchange ideas and enhance their skills; and

WHEREAS Council approval for the City of Ottawa’s participation as a partner in the BIGM project is required to allow the necessary project planning and coordination to commence in a timely manner with FCM and the Municipalities of Ndambe and Nelson Mandela Bay;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the City of Ottawa’s participation in the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Building Inclusive Green Municipalities project, as described in this motion, including a partnership with the Municipalities of Ndlambe and Nelson Mandela Bay; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Manager of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department, or his designate, be delegated the authority to approve and execute the project partnership agreement and supplemental agreements necessary for the City of Ottawa’s participation in the BIGM project; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities upon adoption to confirm Council’s commitment to the City of Ottawa being a Canadian partner in the Building Inclusive Green Municipalities project, as described in this motion

CARRIED

MOTION NO. 55/6

Moved by Councillor M. Fleury

Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, in order to allow the institution of interim control within a portion of the Glebe without delay.

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law No. 2008-250 controls the size of the building envelope for low-rise single detached and multi-unit dwellings, but does not regulate the number of bedrooms in such dwellings; and

WHEREAS on 12 July 2017 Council carried a motion to establish interim control in certain inner urban established neighbourhoods where the development of low-rise single detached dwellings and low-rise multi-unit dwellings is resulting in the creation of units with multiple bedrooms making these units and developments appear more as rooming houses rather than more traditional dwelling units within a more traditional residential dwelling type and in a way that is disruptive to maintaining a healthy fabric and character for these neighbourhoods; and

WHEREAS on 12 July 2017 Council recognized that a review is being undertaken of the current zoning for inner urban residential communities that is known as the R4 Review (given the predominate zoning of these neighbourhoods as R4) to ensure that zoning provisions will provide for new development and change within established mature neighbourhoods that will maintain and positively contribute to the neighbourhood fabric and character of these neighbourhoods while still allowing for gradual evolution as dynamic mature communities; and

WHEREAS Council also recognized there is a need to allow the study to be completed and to ensure that those developments that are causing considerable concern to how neighbourhoods are being impacted is held in abeyance; and

WHEREAS the above issue is also present within a portion of the Glebe neighbourhood; and

WHEREAS there is a need to expand the R4 Review to include these lands;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the ongoing R4 Study being undertaken by the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department deemed on 12 July 2017 by Council to be the study pursuant to Section 38 of the Planning Act in respect of the land use planning policies associated with low-rise single detached and multi-unit dwellings for the purposes of assessing the land use planning impact of such dwellings where they contain more than four bedrooms and establishing further zoning standards to help ensure their compatibility and which Study Council directed be expanded to include R1, R2, and R3 zoned lands within the study area be expanded to include the Glebe; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council enact an Interim Control by-law to apply to all residential R1, R2, R3 and R4 zones within that portion of the Glebe defined on the map attached to this motion with the Interim Control By-law setting out the following prohibitions:

1.    No dwelling unit in any building other than a single detached dwelling may contain more than 4 bedrooms and no such unit may exceed 120 m² in floor area;

2.    No single detached dwelling may contain more than 6 bedrooms; and

3.    No multi unit dwelling with 6 dwelling units or fewer may exceed a total floor area of 500m² measured from the inside of the exterior walls, including any basement, motor vehicle storage area, or any other building area.

CARRIED

MOTION

Moved by Councillor K. Egli
Seconded by Councillor S. Blais

WHEREAS the Federal Government launched the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and Clean Water Waste Water Fund as Phase 1 of their Infrastructure Funding Program in 2016; and

WHEREAS, on September 14, 2016, City Council approved the City of Ottawa’s application to the Public Transit Infrastructure fund and, on October 26, 2016, approved the City’s application for the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund, and directed staff to complete the City’s applications for these programs; and

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa applied to these programs and received approvals to undertake the works applied for under the programs; and

WHEREAS the Province, as an agent for the Federal Government, requires a Council Resolution authorizing the City to enter into a Payment Transfer Agreement with the Province of Ontario, and to name an authorized representative for the purposes of these programs;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council delegate authority to the Mayor and the City Clerk and Solicitor to finalize and execute Payment Transfer Agreements with the Province of Ontario for the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund and the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund, as described in this motion and including placing any required authorizing By-laws directly on a Council Agenda; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council designate the Manager of Asset Management as the City’s authorized representative for all other administrative purposes of the agreement and that such delegation does not extend established delegation of authority for changes, additions or deletions to the list of projects previously approved by Council.

CARRIED

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Council adjourned the meeting at 10:32 a.m.

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CITY CLERK                                                         MAYOR