Joint Planning and Housing Committee and the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:

5

Date:

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Time:

1:00 P.m. - 4:00 P.m.

Location:

Andrew S. Haydon Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Present:

• Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Chair: Councillor David Brown, 
• Planning and Housing Committee Chair: Councillor Jeff Leiper, 
• Planning and Housing Committee Vice-chair: Councillor Glen Gower, 
• Councillor Matt Luloff, 
• Councillor Laura Dudas, 
• Councillor Cathy Curry, 
• Councillor Tim Tierney, 
• Councillor Ariel Troster, 
• Councillor Riley Brockington, 
• Councillor Catherine Kitts, 
• and Councillor Wilson Lo 

Absent:

• Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Vice-Chair: Councillor Clarke Kelly, 
• Councillor Theresa Kavanagh, 
• and Councillor Laine Johnson 

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

Notices and meeting information are attached to the agenda and minutes, including: availability of simultaneous interpretation and accessibility accommodations; in camera meeting procedures; information items not subject to discussion; personal information disclaimer for correspondents and public speakers; notices regarding minutes; and remote participation details.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available, upon request.

Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 in Joint Planning and Housing and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 5.

The deadline to register by phone to speak, or submit written comments or visual presentations is 4 pm on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, and the deadline to register to speak by email is 8:30 am on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Ce « procès-verbal sommaire » indique les suites à donner relativement aux points et aux mesures prises lors de la réunion. Ce document ne contient pas tout le texte qui fera partie du procès-verbal complet, comme la consignation des soumissions écrites et verbales. Les votes et les avis contraires consignés dans le présent procès-verbal sommaire demeurent des données préliminaires jusqu’à ce que le procès-verbal complet soit confirmé par le comité. La version préliminaire du procès-verbal complet (à confirmer) sera publiée en même temps que l’ordre du jour de la prochaine réunion ordinaire du comité et, une fois confirmé, il remplacera le présent document.

Conformément à la Loi sur l’aménagement du territoire, la présidence fait la lecture de la déclaration suivante au début de la réunion.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

PHC-ARAC Minutes 4 – Monday March 31, 2025

Deferred to the next Joint Meeting of Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

4.

Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department

4.1

Update on the Provincial Planning Statement 2024 Consistency Review

File No. ACS2025-PDB-PS-0015 – City Wide

Lorraine Stevens, Planner III, Planning, Development and Building Services (PDBS) provided an overview of the report and answered questions from the Committee.  A copy of the slide presentation is held on file with the Office of the City Clerk.  

The following PDBS staff were present and responded to questions:

• Royce Fu, Manager, Policy Planning
• Derrick Moodie, Director, Planning Services

The Committee then heard from the following delegations:

1. Roger Trudel, Solicitor, Préseault Homeowners Association
2. John Castle
3. Dan Raymond*
4. Jason Burggraaf, Executive Director, Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ As-sociation (GOHBA)*
5. Ursula Melinz, Soloway, Wright, LLP

[ Individuals / groups, as marked above, either provided comments (*) in writing or by e-mail; all submissions and presentations (+) are held on file with the Office of the City Clerk. ]

The following written submissions was received by, and are held on file with, the Of-fice of the City Clerk, and were distributed to Committee Members:

·    Letter from Jason Burggraaf, Executive Director, Greater Ottawa Home-builders Association (GOHBA) dated April 8, 2025

• Letter from Paul Johanis, Federation of Citizens’ Association (FCA) dated April 8, 2025
• Email from Dan Raymond dated April 4, 2025

Following questions to the delegations and to staff, and at the conclusion of Com-mittee discussions, the report recommendations were put before Committee and were “Carried”, as presented.

• Report Recommendation(s)

  That Joint Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, recommend Council:

  1. Direct staff to draft amendments relating to the planning matters described in this report and begin the consultation process;
  2. Receive this report on the revisions to the Official Plan that may be required and consider written and oral submissions and discussions of the public, as per Section 26 (3) and (5) of the Planning Act;
  3. Delegate, to a joint meeting of Planning and Housing Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, the authority for the following items, to be held in succession at a meeting preferably in June 2025:
     1. The public meeting under Section 17 of the Planning Act for the purposes of considering the Official Plan amendments required to be consistent with the Provincial Planning Statement 2024; and
     2. The special meeting required under Section 26 of the Planning Act for the purposes of discussing the revisions to the Official Plan that may be required as part of the growth projections update, which is separate from the contents of this report and is a separate amendment process.
  Carried

5.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

There were no Notices of Motion.

6.

Inquiries

There were no Inquiries.

7.

Adjournment

Next Meeting

To be determined.

The meeting adjourned at 1:59 pm.