OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES 45
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
10:00 am
By Electronic Participation
This Meeting was held through electronic
participation in accordance with Section 238 of the Municipal Act, 2001
as amended by the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020
The
Council of the City of Ottawa met on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 beginning at
10:00 AM. The Mayor, Jim Watson, presided over the Zoom meeting from Andrew S. Haydon Hall, with the remaining Members participating
remotely by Zoom.
Mayor Watson led
Council in a moment of reflection.
All Members of
Council were present.
CONFIRMED
Councillor Rick Chiarelli
Councillor
Rick Chiarelli declared a pecuniary interest on the following matters
considered by City Council 9 December 2020;
a)
Report by the City Clerk: College Ward 8 –
Delegation of Budgetary Approval Authorities and Related Matters
b)
Any other related matters brought to the floor
Councillor
Chiarelli did not participate in discussion or vote on this report, Item #30 on
the Agenda.
Councillor Diane Deans
Councillor
Diane Deans declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the following
matters related to the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets:
Agenda
Item 9 - Community and Protective
Services Committee (CPSC) 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, Children’s Services, as follows:
·
User fees (page 35 of the CPSC Budget Book);
and
·
Municipal Child Care Centres Operating
Resource Requirement (pages 33-34 of the CPSC Budget Book)
as
her daughter works at the Centre Éducatif Tournesol Municipal Child Care
Centre, which receives funding from these budget line items.
Councillor
Deans did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the budget
(Budget Roadmap Motion No. 45/4, Item 6.C.iii.)
Councillor Matthew Luloff
Councillor
Matthew Luloff declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the following
matters related to the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets:
- Item 9 - Community and Protective Services
Committee (CPSC) 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget – Fire Services
Operating Resource Requirement (Page 8 of the CPSC Budget Book)
as
his spouse is employed by Versaterm Public Safety, a software firm that
provides RMS, MDT and CAD services to Ottawa Fire Services and would receive
funding from, or would potentially receive funding from, these budget line
items.
Councillor
Luloff did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the
budget. (Budget Roadmap Motion No. 45/4, Items
6.C.iv.)
Councillor Catherine McKenney
Councillor
Catherine McKenney declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the
following matters related to the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets:
Item 6 - 2021 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board
of Health - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Programs, Cost-shared Core
Programs (Page 4 of the Board of Health Budget Book), as their spouse is on the
Board of Directors of Ottawa Inner City Health, an organization that will
receive funding from, or would be eligible to receive funding from, this budget
line item; and
Item 9 - Community and Protective Services Committee (CPSC)
2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget - Housing Services Operating Resource
Requirement (Page 37 of the CPSC Budget Book) as follows:
·
Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative;
·
Home for Good;
·
Reaching Home;
as
their spouse is employed by the Options Bytown, an organization that will
receive funding from, or would be eligible to receive funding from, these
budget line items. (Roadmap Motion No. 45/4 (Roadmap Motion Item 5B) Item 6.C.i.)
Councillor
McKenney did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the
budget.
Councillor Keith Egli
Councillor
Keith Egli declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the following
matters in relation to the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets:
Item 3 – 2021 Draft Operating Budget, Crime Prevention
Ottawa (CPO) – Transfers, Grants and Financial Charges
(Page 1 of the CPO Budget Book);
Item 6 - 2021 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board
of Health, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Programs & Standards - 100% City Programs (Page 4 of the Board of Health Budget Book); and
Item
9 - Community and Protective Services Committee 2021 Draft Operating and
Capital Budget, as follows:
1.
Community and Social Services, Housing
Services (Page 37 of the CPSC Budget Book), as follows:
·
Community Homelessness Prevention
Initiative,
·
Home for Good;
·
Reaching Home;
2.
Community and Social Services, Partner and
Stakeholder Initiatives, Community Funding (Page 41 of the CPSC Budget Book)
as he sits on the Board of Directors of the Youth Services Bureau, an
organization that will receive funding from, or would be eligible to receive
funding from, these budget line items.
Councillor
Egli did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the budget (Roadmap Motion Items 2.A. 5.A. and 6.C.i. and 6.C.ii), nor on parts 2 and 3 of the McKenney/King Motion No. 45/6 to amend
the CPSC Budget.
Points of Personal Privilege
Councillor
Egli also rose on a point of personal privilege.
His spouse is a member of the Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode Community Resource
Centre Board of Directors, an organization that receives funding from the City.
While he has no pecuniary or financial interest under the Municipal Conflict
of Interest Act, he decided to declare this relationship to provide
transparency in the spirit of Section 1 of the Code of Conduct and to fulfil
his responsibilities under Section 243 of the Municipal Act in
participating in this debate and voting on the matter. In addition, he filed
with the Clerk's Office a copy of the Integrity Commissioner's memorandum on
this matter.
Councillor
Sudds rose on a point of Personal Privilege to disclose that she had recently
acquired a home near the lands of the proposed plan of subdivision and zoning
by-law amendment – 7000 Campeau Drive, which is before Council today. She
disclosed this matter to the Integrity Commissioner and sought advice on the
implications of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and the Code of
Conduct and was advised that she did not have a pecuniary conflict of interest
and therefore may participate in the discussion and vote on the matter.
No regrets were
filed.
MOTION NO 45/1
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
That the
following reports be received and considered:
- the report from the Deputy City Treasurer
entitled “2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Committee of Adjustment entitled “Committee
of Adjustment – 2021 Draft Operating Budget”;
- the report from Crime Prevention Ottawa entitled “2021 Draft
Operating Budget - Crime Prevention Ottawa”;
- the report from the Ottawa Police Services Board entitled “Ottawa
Police Service 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board entitled “Ottawa Public Library:
2021 Draft Budget Estimates”;
- the report from the Ottawa Board of Health entitled “2021 Draft
Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health”;
- Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 18;
- Audit Committee Report 9;
- Community and Protective Services Committee Report 15A;
- Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste
Management Report 12A;
- Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 19;
- Information Technology Sub-Committee Report 3;
- Planning Committee Report 33;
- Transit Commission Report 7;
- Transportation Committee Report 14; and
- Item 1 of Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 18
entitled “Lansdowne Annual Report and COVID-19 Impacts Update”
17.
The report from the City Clerk entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to
the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting
of November 25, 2020”; and
18.
The In Camera report from the Ottawa Board of Health
entitled “Appointment of Associate Medical Officer of Health – In Camera -
Personal Matters About an Identifiable Individual - Reporting Out Date: Upon
Council Approval”; and
That the Rules
of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider the report from the City
Clerk entitled “College Ward 8 – Delegation of Budgetary
Approval Authorities” as Council on November 25, 2020 directed this report be
brought forward at this meeting and the and the next regular Council
meeting is not scheduled until January 27, 2020.”
CARRIED
MOTION
NO 45/2
Moved by Councillor M.
Luloff
Seconded by Councillor
L. Dudas
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2020, Council received and tabled the 2021
Draft Capital and Operating Budget transmittal report (ACS2020-FSD-FIN-0023)
and associated Committee budget books; and
WHEREAS on December 4, 2020 all Members of Council received, as part
of the Draft Agenda for the December 9, 2020 meeting of Council, a revised
version of the Treasurer’s
transmittal report for the 2021 Budget that was originally received and tabled
at the Special City Council meeting of November 4, 2020, with the updates to
the report and associated supporting documents summarized in the table below:
|
Transmittal
Document
|
Section(s)
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ENG Page
|
FR Page
|
Correction /
Update Details
|
|
Report
|
2021 Tax-Supported
Budget - Operating Budget
|
8
|
9
|
Updated from $156.7M
to $158.7M increase from 2020.
|
|
Document 1
|
- Expenditures &
Revenue Summary by Category
- Operating Summary by Committee
- Operating Budget Changes
|
1
3 to 5
7 to 8
|
1
3 to 5
7 to 8
|
Updated transfers
expenditures, revenue and related totals based on one-time contribution from
the Tax Stabilization Reserve to the Housing Reserve.
|
|
Document 2
|
Capital Four Year
Forecast Summary
|
2
|
1
|
Updated Housing
Services forecasted authority from 2022 to 2024
|
|
Document 2
|
2021 Reserve
Continuity Forecast
|
3 to 4
|
4 to 5
|
Updated employee
benefit and housing reserve projections
|
AND WHEREAS at its November 26, 2020 meeting,
the Planning Committee approved a revised
Planning Committee Draft 2021 Budget book that included various corrections,
and staff have since determined that additional corrections are required to the
user fees for both Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design and Planning
Services, as outlined in the table below:
|
Service Area
|
ENG Full (page)
|
ENG Condensed
(page)
|
FR Condensed
(page)
|
Correction / Update
|
|
Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design
|
8
|
8
|
10
|
User Fees - Corrected Engineering Design
Review and Inspection Fees - Value of soft servicing “2020 Rate $” from 2.3%
to 2.25%.
|
|
Planning Services
|
15
|
15
|
21
|
User Fees - Corrected Engineering Design
Review and Inspection Fees - Value of soft servicing “2020 Rate $” and “2021
Rate $” from 2.3% to 2.25%.
|
|
Planning Services
|
14
|
14
|
19
|
User Fees - Corrected Site Plan - Complex,
Site Plan - Revision, Complex and Site Plan - Master Draft to superscript
notes 2 and 5 instead of only note 2.
|
AND WHEREAS it has been determined that various updates to service
area names are required in some Committee budget books to reflect the City’s
current organizational structure;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council, as Committee of the Whole,
receive and consider the revised version of the transmittal report for the 2021 Budget; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT City Council, as Committee of the Whole,
receive and consider the further revised Planning Committee Draft 2021 Budget
document; and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED THAT the Chief Financial Officer be delegated the authority to make
any required updates to service area names in the final Budget documents to
ensure they reflect the City’s current organizational structure.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/3
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
That City Council resolve to move into Committee of the Whole
pursuant to Sections 52 and 53 of the Procedure By-law.
CARRIED
The following Roadmap Motion was put to
Council in Committee of the Whole to consider the 2021 Draft Operating and
Capital Budgets, divided as set out below for voting purposes.
ROADMAP MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF 2021 BUDGET
MOTION NO 45/4
Moved by Deputy Mayor M. Luloff
Seconded by Deputy Mayor L. Dudas
BE IT
RESOLVED THAT City Council, as Committee of the Whole, receive
and consider the Draft 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets
as recommended by the Committee of Adjustment, Crime Prevention Ottawa, the
Ottawa Police Services Board, the Ottawa Public Library Board, the Ottawa Board
of Health and by the Standing Committees, Transit Commission and
Information Technology Sub-Committee, and the Draft
2021 Rate-Supported Operating and Capital Budgets as recommended by the
Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management, as
listed in the Council Agenda and incorporating all amended budget books and
pages; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council, sitting as
Committee of the Whole, receive and consider the following motion:
That the Committee of the Whole recommends that
Council:
1.
Approve the
2021 Draft Operating Budget for the Committee
of Adjustment;
CARRIED
2.
Approve the
2021 Draft Operating Budget for Crime Prevention Ottawa, as follows:
A.
Operating Resource
Requirement – Transfers, Grants and Financial Charges (Page 1);
CARRIED
B. Remaining Crime Prevention Ottawa 2021 Draft Operating Budget;
CARRIED
The
following Motion was put to Council with respect to the Ottawa Police Service
Draft Budget (Item 3 of the Roadmap Motion):
MOTION NO 45/5
Moved by
Councillor S. Menard
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
WHEREAS
the City of Ottawa has budgeted revenue from Red Light Cameras at $11.725
million including an increase of $1.8 million from 10 additional red-light
cameras (Finance and Economic Development Committee Budget (Non-Departmental –
Page 52 of the FEDCO Budget Book); and
WHEREAS
the funds generated from automated traffic enforcement are best used to
implement safety measures on our streets; and
WHEREAS
the City has committed to reducing the number of traffic deaths and serious
injuries in our city; and
WHEREAS
police enforcement of traffic laws is an inefficient use of funds intended to
increase traffic safety; and
WHEREAS
the 2021 Draft Ottawa Police Services Board Budget included $1.2 million of
this revenue to be diverted from the City’s automated traffic enforcement to
Ottawa Police Services as part of a three-year funding strategy to stabilize
the tax rate; and
WHEREAS
traffic safety is best achieved through engineering and road designs; and
WHEREAS
ward Temporary Traffic Calming budgets are becoming an ever-increasingly
important means of altering dangerous road design; and
WHEREAS
in accordance with the Police Services Act, Council has the authority to
establish the overall police budget that it considers necessary to fulfill its
statutory obligations under Section 4 of the Act, but does not have the
authority to approve or disapprove of specific line items in the estimates submitted
by the Ottawa Police Services Board;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that Council reduce the Ottawa Police Services Board 2021 Draft
Operating Budget by $1.2 million, corresponding to the amount that would have
been received from the City’s Red Light Camera revenue; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the $1.2 million in revenue generated from Red Light
Camera enforcement that was budgeted to be transferred to Ottawa Police
Services be reallocated to the 2021 Transportation Committee Budget capital
budget less the estimated staffing costs to implement ward installations, to
increase the ward Temporary Traffic Calming budgets for 2021, split evenly by
all 23 wards (Project 910021 2021 Traffic & Pedestrian Safety Enhancement
Program - Ward Initiative – Page 131 of the Transportation Committee Budget
Book).
LOST
on a division of 6 YEAS and 18 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (6):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh,
R. King, S. Menard
|
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NAYS (18):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, D. Deans,
R. Chiarelli, J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
|
3.
Approve the 2021 Ottawa
Police Service Draft Operating and Capital Budgets, as recommended by the
Ottawa Police Services Board;
The
Ottawa Police Service Budget was put to Council and CARRIED on a division of 19
YEAS and 5 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (19):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A. Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, T. Kavanagh, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas,
D. Deans, R. Chiarelli, J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
|
|
NAYS (5):
|
Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, M. Fleury, R. King,
S. Menard
|
4.
Approve the
2021 Ottawa Public Library Board Draft Operating and Capital Budgets as
recommended by the Ottawa Public Library Board;
CARRIED
5. Approve the 2021 Ottawa Board of Health Draft Operating Budget as
recommended by the City of Ottawa’s Board of Health, as follows:
A. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Programs & Standards
– 100% City Programs (Page 4);
CARRIED
B. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Programs & Standards –
Cost Shared Core Programs (Page 4);
CARRIED
D. Remaining 2021 Ottawa Public
Health Draft Operating Budget
CARRIED
6. Approve the 2021 Draft Operating and
Capital Budgets as recommended by the Standing Committees of
Council, Transit Commission and the Information Technology Sub-Committee
as follows:
A.
The Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee portion of the 2021 Draft Operating and
Capital Budget;
CARRIED
B.
The Audit
Committee portion of the 2021 Draft Operating Budget;
CARRIED
The following motions were put forward with respect to the
Community and Protective Services portion of the 2021 Draft Budget (Item 6C of
the Roadmap Motion)
MOTION NO 45/6
Moved by Councillor C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor
R. King
WHEREAS Ottawa City Council declared a Housing
and Homelessness Crisis and Emergency on January 29, 2020; and
WHEREAS in 2019 almost 8,000 people stayed in
emergency shelters which have been operating at over 100% capacity for years;
and
WHEREAS the homelessness emergency has been
significantly amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS there is a need for funding from all
levels of government to meet the growing and persistent affordable housing and
homelessness emergency in Ottawa and other municipalities; and
WHEREAS over 200 people are sleeping outside in
Ottawa because of their fear of staying in crowded shelters during the COVID-19
pandemic; and
WHEREAS Indigenous people account for 2.5% of
Ottawa population yet 24% of people experiencing homelessness in Ottawa
identify as Indigenous, according to the 2018 Point-in Time Count; and
WHEREAS
approximately 1,200 youth experience homelessness and live in precarious
housing situations in Ottawa each year; and
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has made investments
to reduce chronic homelessness and increase the affordable housing supply; and
WHEREAS the COVID pandemic has resulted in an
increase in stress and isolation and worsening mental health in Ottawa; and
WHEREAS Black, Indigenous and racialized
communities are more likely to work in front-line jobs and live in crowded
housing and therefore experience disproportionate risks and stress related to
the COVID pandemic; and
WHEREAS the 2018 Community Wellbeing Report
highlighted serious concerns about chronic underfunding in the non-profit
social services sector with many organizations reaching a crisis point in their
efforts to serve marginalized and vulnerable residents; and
WHEREAS the 2018 Community Wellbeing Report
found that the non-profit social infrastructure service providers in Ottawa
were facing an increase of 87% demand for service, a 77% increase in the number
of people served, including a 67% increase in the number of clients with
complex needs; and
WHEREAS the 2018 Community Wellbeing Report
found that residents in need of social services faced more barriers, including
longer waiting lists, less access to long term support, reduced services, and
the reality of being turned away; and
WHEREAS Community Health and Resource Centres
have played an essential role in the response to the COVID-19 crisis, including
staffing cooling centres, respite and testing centres, delivering food,
providing phone calls and transporting people to medical appointments; and
WHEREAS Ottawa’s non-profit social service
sector need for funding far outweigh the offer as demonstrated by the Social
Services Relief Fund call for proposals round one that elicited $12.1M in
request for $3M available funding; and
WHEREAS Ottawa’s non-profit social service
sector provides a range of prevention supports, including helping people cope
with stress and trauma, providing counselling and suicide prevention, harm
reduction, mental health first aid training; and
WHEREAS Ottawa’s non-profit social service
sector works to improve the community conditions that can lead to poor mental
health or addictions such as abuse, poverty, homelessness, long-term
unemployment, social isolation and trauma; and
WHEREAS adequate funding is required immediately
to coordinate and centralize variously mental health services in the City
including homeless outreach, mobile crisis and harm reduction; and
WHEREAS within community-based organizations
there is a common understanding of the challenges marginalized people are
facing as well as a depth of experience in responding to those challenges in
the community; and
WHEREAS this is an opportunity to leverage this
expertise to deliver a model that will enhance safety while reducing the
likelihood of negative fatal interactions with police services; and
WHEREAS a community-based approach with
multidisciplinary teams with extensive training in trauma-informed care and
de-escalation would be most effective at complementing the work of police; and
WHEREAS municipal funding for the social
services sector through Community Funding invested $24.25 per resident in 2018
compared to the Police Service budget at $334.87 per resident in 2018 (compared
to 2011 and adjusted for inflation, this represents a decrease of 12.8% for
social services and an increase of 12.4% for Ottawa Police Services); and
WHEREAS, the City of Ottawa eliminated the
non-renewal project funding in 2011 and deferred the sustainability fund from
2011 to 2016 that allowed agencies to respond to growing and critical needs;
and
WHEREAS a modest increase of $13.2 million in
the 2021 City of Ottawa operating budget represents a 1.33% increase in the
city-wide tax levy, resulting in an annual increase of $28.53 for an average
urban residential property assessed at $415,000;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council Approve
that a one-time increase of $13.2 million be added to the 2021 Community and
Protective Services and Planning Committee’s budgets for the following, funded
through a corresponding increase in the city-wide tax levy of 1.33%:
- $5 million above the 2021 draft budget of $15 million to create new affordable housing options (Planning
Committee Operating and Capital Budget – Municipal Investment in
Affordable Housing 2021-Project 910240 – Page 34, 35 and 50 of the
Planning Committee Budget Book);
- $5 million above the 2021 draft budget of
$25.2 million in the Community Funding envelope to provide the social
infrastructure funding necessary for non-profit providers to meet the
critical needs for supports to Ottawa’s vulnerable and marginalized
communities who are in a state of growing and persistent despair
(Community and Protective Services Committee Operating Budget – Partner
and Stakeholder Initiatives – Community Funding – Page 41 of the CPSC
Budget Book); and
- $3.2 million in new funding to be added to the
Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social
Development Service to enhance a community-led and community-based
Neighbourhood Crisis Team, including harm reduction, homeless outreach,
and other alternatives to policing (Community and Protective Services
Committee Operating Budget – Partner and Stakeholder Initiatives – Page 41
of the CPSC Budget Book); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council direct the
Mayor to write to the Premier of Ontario to request an immediate, significant and permanent increase in
funding for health and mental health supports to complement the funding
requirements to establish a model of response to mental health crises in order
to keep our vulnerable and mentally stressed residents safe and free from harm
during moments of distress.
Motion 45/6 was separated for voting purposes and put to
Council as follows:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council Approve
that a one-time increase of $13.2 million be added to the 2021 Community and
Protective Services and Planning Committee’s budgets for the following, funded
through a corresponding increase in the city-wide tax levy of 1.33%:
- $5 million above the 2021 draft budget of $15 million to create new affordable housing options (Planning
Committee Operating and Capital Budget – Municipal Investment in
Affordable Housing 2021-Project 910240 – Page 34, 35 and 50 of the
Planning Committee Budget Book);
LOST
on a division of 8 YEAS and 16 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (8):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh,
R. King, D. Deans, K. Egli, S. Menard
|
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NAYS (16):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas,
R. Chiarelli, J. Sudds, Mayor J. Watson
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- $5 million above the 2021 draft budget of
$25.2 million in the Community Funding envelope to provide the social
infrastructure funding necessary for non-profit providers to meet the
critical needs for supports to Ottawa’s vulnerable and marginalized communities
who are in a state of growing and persistent despair (Community and
Protective Services Committee Operating Budget – Partner and Stakeholder
Initiatives – Community Funding – Page 41 of the CPSC Budget Book); and
LOST
on a division of 7 YEAS and 16 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (7):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh,
R. King, D. Deans, S. Menard
|
|
NAYS (16):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas,
R. Chiarelli, J. Sudds, Mayor J. Watson
|
- $3.2 million in new funding to be added to the
Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social
Development Service to enhance a community-led and community-based
Neighbourhood Crisis Team, including harm reduction, homeless outreach,
and other alternatives to policing (Community and Protective Services
Committee Operating Budget – Partner and Stakeholder Initiatives – Page 41
of the CPSC Budget Book); and
LOST
on a division of 7 YEAS and 16 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (7):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh,
R. King, D. Deans, S. Menard
|
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NAYS (16):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas,
R. Chiarelli, J. Sudds, Mayor J. Watson
|
The remaining resolution of Motion
45/6 was put to Council and CARRIED:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council direct the
Mayor to write to the Premier of Ontario to request an immediate, significant and permanent increase in
funding for health and mental health supports to complement the funding
requirements to establish a model of response to mental health crises in order
to keep our vulnerable and mentally stressed residents safe and free from harm
during moments of distress.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/7
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury
Seconded by Councillor R. Brockington
WHEREAS the 2021 Recreation, Cultural and
Facility Services Operating budget includes an additional temporary increase to
recreation and cultural program fees to offset the cost of necessary measures
to comply with COVID-19 regulatory requirements; and
WHEREAS the City offers participant fee
subsidies for qualifying residents in recreation and cultural programs; and
WHEREAS the 2021 budget does not include an
increase in the maximum subsidy available to each resident from the current
$180 per person level; and
WHEREAS there would be a benefit to temporarily
increasing the Hand in Hand subsidy to assist in offsetting the impact of the
additional temporary COVID-19 related fee increase; and
WHEREAS it is anticipated that current
regulations, restrictions and public demand for programming will reduce the
number and types of recreation and cultural programs offered for at least the
first half of 2021; and
WHEREAS this reduced level of program
availability and delivery is expected to result in a lower volume of registrations
and a corresponding lower demand for subsidies and a reduced draw on the
budgeted amount;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve
that the Hand and Hand participant subsidy be increased from $180 to $200 per
participant on a temporary basis for 2021 and funded within the existing budget
provisions based on anticipated reduced volume of requests; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Manager
of Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services be directed to review the Hand
and Hand maximum subsidy as part of developing the 2022 operating budget and
include a recommendation on an appropriate individual subsidy maximum level as
part of the 2022 draft budget.
CARRIED
DIRECTION TO STAFF (Councillor M. Fleury)
Park wading pools and City beaches are an important
part of the City’s strategy to keep families and younger children refreshed and
safe during the hot summer months. Ottawa’s wading pools have an annual
staggered start with half the sites commencing operations in the last week of
June, and the other half in the first week of July, and Ottawa’s beaches yearly
open on the third Saturday in June regularly later than when
communities begin using access to water.
The weeks of June prior to the end of the elementary
school term and the opening of wading pools can be very warm. It would be
beneficial to have wading pools and beaches operate for pre-season weekends in
the second and third week of June and to labour day weekend. We have
changes to climate which has impacted residents wishes to access the water
safely to refresh and stay safe, the same issues exist through and including
labour day weekend. Beaches and Wading pools have been an effective
amenity to ensure safe COVID response. A weekend opening for wading pools
requires an investment of $91,000 per weekend, an additional weekend of
opening for beaches requires $14,000 per weekend investments.
That the General Manager of Recreation, Cultural
and Facility Services directed to pursue sources of funding, including COVID-19
response and resiliency and summer student employment grant programs, that
would enable the City to add pre and/or post-season weekends to the summer 2021
wading pools and beach program with the funding approach for this important
equity resiliency for families. And for staff to use its delegated authority to
apply these grants to extending the pre and/or post-season swimming season for
wading pools and beaches.
The Community and Protective Services Committee portion of
the Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as amended by the Fleury/Brockington
Motion, was then put to Council:
C.
The Community
and Protective Services Committee (CPSC) portion of the
2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
i.
Community and Social
Services – Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement (Page
37), as follows:
a.
Community
Homelessness Prevention Initiative;
b.
Home for Good; and
c.
Reaching Home
CARRIED with Councillor M. Fleury dissenting on Housing
Services’ Operating Resource Requirement
ii.
Community and Social
Services – Partner and Stakeholder Initiatives – Community Funding (Page
41)
CARRIED
iii.
Community and Social
Services Children’s Services as follows:
a.
User fees (Page
35); and
b.
Municipal Child Care
Centres Operating Resource Requirement (Page 33-34)
CARRIED
iv.
Ottawa Fire Services Operating Resource
Requirement (Page 8)
CARRIED
v.
Remaining
2021 Community and Protective Services Draft Operating Budget
CARRIED, as amended, with Councillors M. Fleury and C.
McKenney dissenting on By-law and Regulatory Services’ Operating Resource
Requirement
vi.
2021 Community and
Protective Services Draft Capital Budget
CARRIED
D.
The Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management (Tax-supported) portion of the
2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
E.
The Transportation Committee portion of
the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED with Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, and S.
Menard dissenting on the following Capital Budget projects:
• Capital
Project 903159 Airport Parkway (Brookfield - Hunt Club)
• Capital
Project 903163 Bank Street (Leitrim to Dun Skipper)
• Capital
Project 907405 Strandherd Dr. Phase 2 (Maravista to Jockvale)
F.
The Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management (Rate-supported) portion of the
2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
i.
Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management (Rate-supported) Operating Budget;
and
CARRIED
ii.
The Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management (Rate-supported) Capital Budget;
CARRIED
G.
The Planning Committee portion of the
2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
with Councillors C. McKenney and S. Menard dissenting on the Affordable Housing
portion of the Planning Committee budget.
The
following motion was put to Council on the Transit Commission portion of the
Draft Operating and Capital Budget.
MOTION NO 45/8
Moved
by Councillor R. King
Seconded
by Councillor C. McKenney
WHEREAS Ottawa has
one of the most expensive transit passes in Canada; and
WHEREAS Ottawa has
one of the most expensive single-ride fares in Canada; and
WHEREAS the
COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented financial hardship to many Ottawa
residents, particularly those who are unemployed or working in low wage jobs; and
WHEREAS
retail workers, other front-line workers, and minimum wage workers in general
are most reliant on public transit to get to work; and
WHEREAS the 2021 Budget Directions report, as approved by Council,
included an OC Transpo fare increase of 2.5% and the 2021 Draft Budget
recommends an overall 2.5% base increase to fares to take effect on January 1,
2021; and
WHEREAS
freezing transit fares for 2021 would
have an anticipated revenue loss of $4.5M, equating to a 1.48%
increase to the transit levy, or an annual increase of $10.77 for an average
urban property assessed at $415,000;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that transit
fares be frozen for the 2021 municipal budget, or until 60 days after the
COVID-19 pandemic is declared over and the state of emergency is lifted, should
this occur before the end of Q4 2021, to be funded by a corresponding
increase in the transit levy as described in this motion; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council direct the Mayor write to the
Prime Minister and the Province of Ontario to request permanent financial
assistance as highlighted in the 2020 Federal Government Fall Economic
Statement on November 30, 2020.
LOST
on a division of 7 YEAS and 17 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (7):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh, R.
King, D. Deans and S. Menard
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NAYS (17):
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Councillors G. Darouze, Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A. Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, R. Chiarelli,
J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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The
following Motion was also introduced:
MOTION NO 45/9
Moved
by Councillor S. Menard
Seconded
by Councillor M. Fleury
WHEREAS a healthy, accessible and affordable transit system is
essential for residents and the future of the City of Ottawa; and
WHEREAS many front-line and service-industry workers who have
had their incomes reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic require on public transit
in order to get to work and staff many of our essential services; and
WHEREAS fears of COVID-19, remote work and the need to maintain
physical distancing has reduced ridership; and
WHEREAS increased transit fares will reduce
ridership even further; and
WHEREAS the city is currently investing in Stage 2 LRT and will
require more and more residents to travel via public transit, and,
therefore, cannot further discourage ridership; and
WHEREAS the city has declared a Climate Emergency, and cannot afford
to have more residents abandon public transit if we are to meet our carbon
emission targets and fight climate change; and
WHEREAS the fare freeze of 2020 was to be covered by
RTG and not 2021 reserve funds;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT transit fares for 2021 be
frozen at 2020 levels, and that the $5.1 million required to offset
the fare freeze be covered by the 2021 reserve funds.
Mayor
Watson ruled Motion 45/9 out of order. Councillor Menard appealed the Mayor’s
decision pursuant to Subsection 44(2) of the Procedure By-law, and a
vote was called on the following question:
Shall the Mayor be sustained
The
Mayor was sustained on a division of 19 Yeas to 5 Nays as follows:
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YEAS (19):
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Councillors G. Darouze, J. Leiper, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E.
El-Chantiry, G. Gower, C. A. Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S.
Moffatt,
M. Fleury, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, D. Deans, J. Sudds,
K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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YEAS (5):
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Councillors C. McKenney, T. Kavanagh, R. King, R. Chiarelli, and
S. Menard
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H.
The Transit Commission portion of the
2021 Draft Operating Budget, as amended by the following:
i. That OC Transpo implement the Family Day Pass:
a.
during the March
Break as scheduled in 2021 by the four school boards in Ottawa, beginning on
the Saturday through to, and including, the following Sunday; and
b.
from July 1 to
September 6, 2021; and
c.
from the first
Saturday of the primary and secondary school Christmas week through the period
ending on the Sunday before school classes begin, as scheduled in 2021-22 by
the four school boards in Ottawa; and
d.
on Family
Day 2021; and
e.
That staff report back in the proposed
2022 budget with any estimated changes to ridership and fare revenue that were
recorded in 2021, so that Council can make a decision on whether to make this a
regular change to the OC Transpo fare table; and
Item
6(h)(i)(a-e) was put to Council and CARRIED
The
Transit Commission Operating Budget was then put to Council and CARRIED on a
division of 15 YEAS and 9 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (15):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S. Moffatt,
R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, J. Sudds, K. Egli,
Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (9):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, M. Fleury,
T. Kavanagh, R. King, D. Deans, R. Chiarelli, S. Menard
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I.
The Transit Commission portion of the
2021 Draft Capital Budget;
CARRIED with Councillors C. McKenney and S. Menard
dissenting.
J.
The Information Technology Sub-Committee
portion of the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
K.
The Finance and Economic Development
Committee portion of the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
7.
Approve that the City Treasurer be
delegated the authority to make the necessary adjustments to the 2021 Draft
Operating Budget and to make any necessary authority and debt financing
adjustments to the 2021 Draft Capital Budget to reflect the decisions of City
Council; and
CARRIED
8.
Approve that the City Manager or his
delegate be authorized to make applications for any subsidies or grants on the
City’s behalf, and that the City Clerk be delegated the authority to amend any
by-laws and approve and execute any necessary agreements in order to implement
the decisions of Council; and
CARRIED
9.
As recommended by the Transit
Commission, that Council request the Mayor to
write to the Prime Minister as well as the Federal Minister of Finance and
Minister of Infrastructure to request that federal funding for transit includes
operational costs along with capital investments, to ensure a healthy city and
healthy economy; and
CARRIED
10.
As recommended by the Community and
Protective Services Committee, that Council:
b.
Request the Mayor and the Chair of Community Protective Services
Committee, send a follow up letter to Premier Doug Ford and Minister Stephen
Lecce requesting that the province confirm the 2021 allocations and include
continued investments in child care operations and the Safe
Restart Funding (SRF), and that the proposed cost-sharing funding changes be
eliminated as the impacts to the child care and early years
providers would significantly impact the sector; and
b.
Direct the
General Manager of Community Social Services Department and the Director of Children’s
Services, in consultation with the Child Care and Early Years System Planning
Advisory Group, to provide an update via a memo to Council outlining
the impacts of COVID-19 and the ongoing supports being offered to the sector,
once the once the Provincial allocation has been announced.
CARRIED
NOTE: The following Items listed as
items 1-15 of the Agenda were considered by Council in Committee of the Whole
via the Roadmap Motion 45/4 as noted above.
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
1. That City Council receive
and table the Draft 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets at its meeting of
November 4, 2020 for subsequent consideration by Council sitting in Committee
of the Whole to be held December 9, 2020.
2. That City Council refer the
relevant portions of the 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets to each Standing
Committee of Council, IT Sub-Committee and the Transit Commission for their
consideration and recommendation to Council sitting in Committee of the Whole
to be held December 9, 2020.
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See
the Roadmap Motion for consideration of the 2021 Budget (Motion No. 45/4) above.
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That City Council receive and table the Committee of Adjustment
2021 Draft Operating Budget at its meeting on November 4, 2020, for
subsequent consideration by Council in Committee of the whole to be held
December 9,
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 1)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council receive and table the Crime Prevention Ottawa
Draft 2021 Operating Budget at its meeting of November 4, 2020 for subsequent
consideration by Council in Committee of the Whole to be held December 9,
2020.
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 2)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the City of Ottawa Council approve the Ottawa Police Service
2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets.
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See Motion No. 45/4 above (Recommendation 3)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That City Council approve the 2021 Ottawa Public Library Board
Operating and Capital Budget.
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 4)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That City Council approve the 2021 Draft Operating Budget for the
Ottawa Board of Health, outlined at Document 1.
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 5)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee 2021 Draft Operating and Capital
Budget as follows:
1. Development Review Process
(Rural) Operating Resource Requirement (page 2).
2. Rural Affairs Office as
follows:
i) User Fees (page 5);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 4)
3. The Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee Capital Program (page 6) [individual projects listed pages
13-15].
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.A.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Audit
Committee 2021 Draft Budget - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 2).
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.B.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Community and Protective Services Committee 2021 Draft Operating and Capital
Budgets as follows:
1. Emergency and Protective
Services Budget, as follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and
Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 1);
b) Security and Emergency
Management, as follows:
i) User Fees (page 5);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 4);
c) Fire Services, as follows:
i) User fees (pages 9 - 11);
ii) Operating
Resource Requirement (page 8);
d) Paramedic Service, as
follows:
i) User Fees (page 15);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 14);
e) By-Law and Regulatory
Services, as follows:
i) User fees (pages 18-26);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 17);
f) Public Policy Development –
Operating Resource Requirement (page 28)
2. Community and Social
Services Budget, as follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and
Business Support Services Operating Resource Requirement (revised page 29);
b) Employment and Social
Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 31);
c) Children’s Services, as
follows:
i) User fees (page 35);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (pages 33 - 34)
d) Housing Services Operating
Resource Requirement, as follows:
i) Community Homelessness
Prevention Initiative (page 37);
ii) Home for Good (page 37)
iii) Reaching Home (page 37)
iv) Remaining Housing Services
Operating Resource Requirement (page 37);
e) Long Term Care Operating
Resource Requirement (page 39);
f) Partner and Stakeholder
Initiatives, Operating Resource Requirement (page 41).
3. Recreation, Cultural and
Facility Services Budget, as follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and
Business Support Services
i) 2021 User fees (revised
page 45);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 44);
b) Community Recreation and
Cultural Programs
i) 2021 User Fees (revised
pages 49 - 54);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 48);
c) City Wide Programs, Aquatics
and Specialized Services and
i) 2021 User Fees (revised
pages 58 - 60);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 57);
d) Parks and Facilities Planning
i) 2020 User Fees (page 63);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 62)
e) Facility Operation Services
i) 2020 User Fees
(page 67);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 66).
4. Public Works and
Environmental Services Department – Parks - Operating Resource Requirement
(page 69).
5. Community and Protective
Services Committee Capital Budget as follows: (pages 70-73, individual
projects listed on pages 123 –206).
6. That Council request that
Mayor Watson and the Chair of Community Protective Services Committee, send a
follow up letter to Premier Doug Ford and Minister Stephen Lecce requesting
that the province confirm the 2021 allocations and include continued
investments in child care operations and the Safe Restart Funding (SRF), and
that the proposed cost-sharing funding changes be eliminated as the impacts
to the child care and early years providers would significantly impact the
sector; and that once the Provincial allocation has been announced that the
General Manager of Community Social Services Department and the Director of
Children’s Services, in consultation with the Child Care and Early Years
System Planning Advisory Group, provide an update via a memo to Council
outlining the impacts of COVID-19 and the ongoing supports being offered to
the sector.
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.C.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of
the Whole, approve:
1. The Standing Committee on
Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management 2021 TAX-supported Draft
Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
a. Infrastructure Services as
follows:
i. User Fees (page 3);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirement (page 2).
b. Resiliency and Natural
Systems Policy Operating Resource Requirement (page 6);
c. Solid Waste Services as
follows:
i. User Fees (page 9-10);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirements (page 8);
d. Forestry Services as follows:
i. User Fees (page 13);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirement (page 12).
e. Standing Committee on
Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management Tax-supported Capital
Budget on page 14, individual projects listed on pages 28-29 (Environment)
and pages 31-36 (Solid Waste).
2. The Standing Committee on
Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management 2021 RATE-supported
Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:
a. Drinking Water Services as
follows:
i. User Fees (pages 3-7);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirement (page 2).
b. Wastewater Services as
follows:
i. User Fees (pages 10-11)
ii. Operating Resource
Requirement (page 9);
c. Stormwater Services as
follows:
i. User Fees (pages 14-17);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirements (page. 13);
d. The Standing Committee on
Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management Rate-Supported Capital
Budget, on pages 18-21, individual projects listed on pages 33-57 (Drinking
Water), 59-61 (Integrated Water and Wastewater), 63-82 (Stormwater) and 84-102
(Wastewater).
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.D. and 6.F.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Finance and Economic Development Committee 2021 Draft Operating and Capital
Budget, as follows:
1. Elected Officials -
Operating Resource Requirement (page 2);
2. Office of the City Clerk
Budget, as follows;
a) User fees (pages 6-7);
b) Operating Resource
Requirement (Revised page 5);
3. City Manager’s Office
Operating Resource Requirement (page 13);
4. Innovative Client Services
Department Budget, as follows:
i) City Solicitor (Legal
Services) Operating Resource Requirement (page 10);
ii) General Manager’s Office
and Business Support Services – Operating Resource Requirement (page 25)
iii) Service Transformation –
Operating Resources Requirement (page 27)
iv) Public Information and Media
Relations - Operating Resource Requirement (page 29);
v) Human Resources - Operating
Resource Requirement (page 31);
vi) Service Ottawa as follows:
i. User fees (page 34);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirement (page 33);
5. Transportation Services,
Rail Construction Program Service Budget as follows:
a) User fees (pages 17-19);
b) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 16);
6. Finance Services Department
Budget, as follows:
a) Chief Financial
Officer/Treasurer and Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement
(page 35);
b) Revenue Services, as follows:
i. User fees (pages 38-39);
ii. Operating Resource
Requirement (page 37);
c) Corporate Finance – Operating
Resource Requirement (page 41);
d) Payroll, Pensions and
Benefits Services – Operating Resource Requirement (page 43);
e) Supply Services - Operating
Resource Requirement (page 45);
7. Planning, Infrastructure and
Economic Development Department Budget, as follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and
Business Support Services – Operating Resources Requirement (page 20);
b) Economic Development and
Long-Range Planning, as follows:
i) User fees (page 24)
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 23);
c) Corporate Real Estate Office,
as follows:
i) User fees (page 48);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 47);
8. Non-Departmental - Operating
Resource Requirement (page 51-53).
9. Finance and Economic
Development Committee Capital Budget (page 54, individual projects listed on
pages 105-112).
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.K.)
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SUB-COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the ITSC
portion of the 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
1. The Information Technology
Services Budget as follows:
a. Information Technology
Services Operating Resource Requirement (pages 3-4 of the ITSC budget book);
b. ITSC Capital Budget (page 5
of the ITSC budget book, individual projects listed on page 11).
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See Motion No. 45/4 above (Recommendation 6.J.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Planning Committee 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, including
amended pages 34, 46, 47, 50 and 55, as follows:
1) The Planning, Infrastructure
and Economic Development Budget, as follows:
a) Right of Way, Heritage and
Urban Design:
i) User Fees (pages 4-9);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 3);
b) Planning Services (excluding
Building Code Services – Ontario Building Code):
i) User Fees (pages 12-18);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 11);
c) Building Code Services -
Ontario Building Code:
i) User Fees (pages 22-29);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 21);
d) Long Range Planning -
Operating Resource Requirement:
i) User Fees (pages 32);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 31);
2) Community and Social
Services, Affordable Housing Operating Resource Requirement (revised page
34 ).
3) The Planning Committee
Capital Budget (page 35 ) [individual projects listed on pages 50 (revised),
52-54].
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.G.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS
AMENDED
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole,
approve the Transit Commission 2021 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as
follows:
1. Transit Services as follows:
a. User fees (pages 4-6);
b. Operating Resource Requirement (page
3);
2. Transit Commission Capital
Budget (pages 7, individual projects listed on pages 15-33); and
3. That OC Transpo implement
the Family DayPass during the March Break as scheduled in 2021 by the four
school boards in Ottawa, beginning on the Saturday through to, and including,
the following Sunday; and
4. That OC Transpo implement
the Family DayPass from July 1 to September 6, 2021; and
5. That OC Transpo implement
the Family DayPass from the first Saturday of the primary and secondary
school Christmas week through the period ending on the Sunday before school
classes begin, as scheduled in 2021-22 by the four school boards in Ottawa;
and
6. That OC Transpo implement
the Family DayPass on Family Day 2021; and
7. That staff report back in
the proposed 2022 budget with any estimated changes to ridership and fare
revenue that were recorded in 2021, so that Council can make a decision on
whether to make this a regular change to the OC Transpo fare table; and
8. That Council request the
Mayor to write to the Prime Minister as well as the Federal Minister of
Finance and Minister of Infrastructure to request that federal funding for
transit includes operational costs along with capital investments, to ensure
a healthy city and healthy economy.
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendations 6.H. and 6.I.)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council,
sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transportation Committee 2021
Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
1. The Public Works and
Environmental Services Department Budget, as follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and
Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 2);
b) Roads Services, as follows:
i) User Fees (page 5);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 4);
c) Parking Services, as follows:
i) User Fees (pages 8-12);
ii) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 7);
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2. The Transportation Services Department Budget, as follows:
a) Traffic Services, as follows:
i) User Fees (pages 15-17);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 14);
b) Transportation Planning Operating Resource Requirement
(page 19);
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3. Innovative Client Services
Department, Fleet Services Budget, as follows:
a) User Fees (page 22);
b) Operating Resource
Requirement (page 21);
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4. Transportation Committee
Capital Budget (pages 23-26) [Individual projects listed on pages 42-133, including
revised pages 77 and 108].
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See Motion No.
45/4 above (Recommendation 6.E.)
MOTION NO 45/10
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/11
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
That the 2021
Draft Operating and Capital Budgets, listed as items 1 - 15 on the Agenda as
set out below, and including all matters approved in Committee of the Whole
through the Roadmap Motion, be received and adopted as amended:
- the report from the Deputy City Treasurer entitled “2021 Draft
Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Committee of Adjustment entitled “Committee
of Adjustment – 2021 Draft Operating Budget”;
- the report from Crime Prevention Ottawa entitled “2021 Draft
Operating Budget - Crime Prevention Ottawa”;
- the report from the Ottawa Police Services Board entitled “Ottawa
Police Service 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board entitled “Ottawa Public Library:
2021 Draft Budget Estimates”;
- the report from the Ottawa Board of Health entitled “2021 Draft
Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health”;
- Item 1 of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 18;
- Item 2 of Audit Committee Report 9;
- Community and Protective Services Committee Report 15A;
- Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste
Management Report 12A;
- Item 1 of Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 19;
- Information Technology Sub-Committee Report 3;
- Item 1 of Planning Committee Report 33;
- Item 2 of Transit Commission Report 7;
- Item 1 of Transportation Committee Report 14; and
That any
dissents and declarations of interest recorded during the Committee of the
Whole session be deemed to be recorded in the Council session.
CARRIED
on a division of 18 YEAS and 6 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (18):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, C. A. Meehan, J. Clouter, J. Harder, M. Luloff,
S. Moffatt, M. Fleury, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas,
D. Deans, J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (6):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, T. Kavanagh, R. King,
R. Chiarelli, S. Menard
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With
dissents as noted in in Committee of the Whole (Roadmap Motion 45/4 above):
Council recessed
at 2:31 PM and resumed at 2:45 PM.
Councillor Chiarelli
left the meeting at 2:31 PM.
Deferred from the Council meeting of November 25,
2020
This item was considered in conjunction with the Audit of
Lansdowne Accounting Waterfall (See Item # 20 - Office of the Auditor
General (OAG) – Annual Report and Detailed Audit Reports).
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve the changes to the
Lansdowne Partnership Plan Agreements identified below, as required and as
outlined in this report, to assist in mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 by
increasing the liquidity of the partnership to better manage cashflows, and
delegate the authority to the City Manager, in consultation with the City
Solicitor and Chief Financial Officer, to negotiate and execute any
amendments required to give effect to Council’s decisions:
a. To extend the partnership
and associated closed financial system and Waterfall by ten years from 2044
to 2054; and
b. To remove the participation
rent and to maintain base rents at current levels in the event of a permitted
transfer of the Retail Component during the term of the Retail Lease; and
c. To remove the City’s
provision to terminate the Retail Lease without cause; and
d. To provide the Ottawa Sports
& Entertainment Group (OSEG) one-time access to the current capital
reserve (lifecycle) funds, while they continue to fund lifecycle investments
required based on formalized administrative practices for the City to approve
these investments; and
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2. Approve the establishment of
a Lansdowne Park Partnership Working Group consisting of City staff and
representatives from OSEG to explore the options to improve the Lansdowne
Park Partnership and position it for continued success in a post-COVID
environment as well as a Council Sponsor Group to support the Working Group,
as described in this report, with the Working Group to report back to the
Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council no later than Q2 2021;
and
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3. Receive the following status
update report related to the Lansdowne Partnership Plan:
a. The update from the City
Manager outlining the delegated authority exercised from October 2019 to date
by the City Manager, the City Solicitor and the Chief Financial Officer,
under the finalized and executed Lansdowne Partnership Plan Legal Agreements;
and
b. The update from the City
Manager on the August 28, 2020 Lansdowne Master Partnership Meeting and
Meetings Amongst Parties to the Unanimous Shareholder Agreements; and
c. The status update outlined
in this report regarding the operations of the Lansdowne Public-Private
Partnership as referenced in Section 10 of the 2019 - Procurement Year in
Review report (ASC2020-ICS-PRO-0001).
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MOTION NO 45/12
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconded by Councillor D. Deans
WHEREAS OSEG is asking the city to change the
financial terms of the Lansdowne Partnership Plan without presenting a business
plan or operational plan that would outline what will be done to improve the
ongoing operational challenges of the site; and
WHEREAS in any other professional setting this
would require a full business plan showing how remediations will fix the
current issues before any new long-term investment is made; and
WHEREAS the proposed 10-year extension would see
the city give up market rents for the stadium, arena and retail for an
additional 10 years until 2054, and continuing to rent those spaces for
$1/year; and
WHEREAS the suggested changes to the
participation rent and base rent mean Ottawa would not collect the base rent,
nor the 50 per cent share of the annual net cash flow from the retail
operations until after the year 2066 (22 years without these rents); and
WHEREAS under the waterfall the city is expected
to receive $0 at the end of the 10-year extension while ensuring asset lifecycle
investments and OSEG is expected to receive $468.4 million; and
WHEREAS it has been confirmed by OSEG that they
are pursuing the transfer of the retail portion of the site and would like to
‘bring this into the waterfall’ with no analysis on the implications of this;
and
WHEREAS the city intends to strike a working
group and Councillor Sponsors group that will look into the long-term
operational planning at Lansdowne Park;
WHEREAS the most prudent course of action for
the city would be to allow for short term relief, while allowing the working
group and sponsors group to consider the implications of the long-term changes
being proposed;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council:
A)
Approve the 10-year waterfall
extension of the Lansdowne Park Partnership Plan with the following conditions:
a.
A formal Business and Operational
Plan, describing how long-term challenges with the site can be ameliorated, is
submitted to the satisfaction of City Council.
b.
That the auditor general submits
a value-for-money review of the proposed extension to the satisfaction of City
Council.
c.
That staff conduct due diligence
and ensure risk mitigation for the city, should OSEG choose to leave the
partnership even after receiving new benefits in the deal, by reviewing alternative
partnerships and a not for profit model of operation, to be presented to city
council.
d.
That these elements be presented
to the working group and Councillor Sponsors group prior to going to full
Council for consideration in 2021.
B) Refer the proposed changes
to the retail rent agreements and participation rent changes to the working
group and Councillor Sponsors group to review a transfer or sale of the retail
portion of the site, the future revenue loss to the city, the effects on the
waterfall, and the implications of the effects of COVID-19 on retail.
LOST
on a division of 7 YEAS and 16 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (7):
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Councillors J. Leiper C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, T. Kavanagh, R.
King, D. Deans, S. Menard,
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NAYS (16):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E-El Chantiry,
G. Gower, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S. Moffatt, M. Fleury, R.
Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 45/13
Moved by Councillor G. Gower
Seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
WHEREAS the Lansdowne Annual Report and COVID-19
Impacts Update report recommends the establishment of a staff working group who
will work with OSEG representatives to undertake the technical work to explore
options to enhance the sustainability and long-term financial viability of
Lansdowne’s operations and the Partnership, including both operating and
capital requirements, as well as identifying ways to increase foot traffic on
the site, including the options to enhance animation, improve public amenities,
assessing aging infrastructure and increasing the density on the site, in
keeping with Council’s urban intensification principles and including
affordable housing, and the development of a robust public engagement plan to
ensure that the community is able to be involved in the future success of
Lansdowne Park; and
WHEREAS staff is also recommending that a
Council Sponsors Group be struck to support the Working Group, to act as a
sounding board for the staff working group and to review the proposed public
engagement plan, such that the Council Sponsors Group be made up of five
Members of Council, representing the East, South, West, Rural and Central (the
representative for Ward 17), as this is a city-wide facility, as well as the
Chief Financial Officer, the Deputy City Treasurer, the City Solicitor, the
Director of the City Manager’s Office, the General Manager of Recreation,
Cultural and Facility Services and Planning, Infrastructure and Economic
Development, or the designates of these individuals, as well as other City
staff as needed; and
WHEREAS Council believes that the staff working
group would also benefit from input from key stakeholders during the
development phase, and the establishment of a Stakeholder Sounding Board for
the development of the Solid Waste Master Plan, along with the Councillor
Sponsors Group, has worked effectively in providing valuable feedback to the
staff working group and the Councillor Sponsors Group for the Solid Waste
Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, given the status of Lansdowne Park as a
city-wide asset and the Partnership’s importance to a host of organizations and
interests, staff will need to consult with a broad range of stakeholders, in a
manner similar to the Solid Waste Master Plan sounding board; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that the Stakeholder Sounding
Board for the Solid Waste Master Plan was broad-based but also not too large to
be effective, the Councillor Sponsors Group reviewed the proposed membership
and suggested changes;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed
to establish a Stakeholder Sounding Board for the Lansdowne Park staff working
group, as described in this motion, that includes, but is not limited to,
representatives from the following: the Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East and
Glebe Community Associations, a representative of Holmwood Avenue Residents,
the Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA), the Ottawa Farmers Market, Ottawa
Tourism, Invest Ottawa, the Ottawa Council of BIAs, le Regroupement des gens
d’affaires de la capitale nationale (RGA), the Ottawa music industry coalition,
the Ottawa Festival Network, the Ottawa Board of Trade, and the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
CARRIED
The
Committee Recommendations, as amended by the above motion, were put to Council
and divided for voting purposes.
Committee
Recommendation 1(d) was put to Council:
1. Approve the changes to the Lansdowne
Partnership Plan Agreements identified below, as required and as outlined in
this report, to assist in mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 by increasing the
liquidity of the partnership to better manage cashflows, and delegate the
authority to the City Manager, in consultation with the City Solicitor and
Chief Financial Officer, to negotiate and execute any amendments required to
give effect to Council’s decisions:
d. To provide the Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group
(OSEG) one-time access to the current capital reserve (lifecycle) funds, while
they continue to fund lifecycle investments required based on formalized
administrative practices for the City to approve these investments;
Recommendation
1.d. CARRIED
The
remaining Committee Recommendations were put to Council and CARRIED on a
division of 16 YEAS and 7 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (16):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E-El Chantiry,
G. Gower, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S. Moffatt, M. Fleury, R.
Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (7):
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Councillors J. Leiper C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, T. Kavanagh, R.
King, D. Deans, S. Menard,
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DIRECTION
TO STAFF (Mayor J. Watson):
That, as part of the amendments to
the Lansdowne Partnership Plan Agreements, and in keeping with the letter
received from OSEG on December 7, 2020 in response to the request from the
Mayor and the Sports Commissioner, staff ensure that OSEG’s commitment to keep
the Ottawa REDBLACKS and 67’s playing at Lansdowne Park for another 10 years is
reflected in the revised Agreements.
Council did not resolve in camera. The following
recommendations were put to Council in open session:
BOARD OF HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS
1. That Council recommend the appointment of
Dr. Michelle Foote as Associate Medical Officer of Health to the Minister of
Health and Long-Term Care in accordance with the City of Ottawa Act, 1999
and the Health Protection and Promotion Act; and
2. Subject to approval of recommendations 1,
that Council transmit its recommendations for approval of the appointments to
the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council support:
1. The redesignation by the
Local Area Planning Tribunal of those areas of the property at 6776
Rothbourne Road no longer identified by the Province as Provincially
significant wetland from Significant Wetland to General Rural Area as well as
the proposed crossing.
2. The rezoning by the Local
Area Planning Tribunal of those areas of the property at 6776 Rothbourne Road
no longer identified by the Province as provincially significant wetland as
RG1 as well as the proposed crossing.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive this report for information.
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RECEIVED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council consider and approve the audit recommendations.
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MOTION NO 45/14
Moved by Councillor J.
Cloutier
Seconded by Mayor J.
Watson
WHEREAS the Audit Committee considered the
report titled Office of the Auditor General (OAG) –
Annual Report and detailed audit reports at its meeting of November 24,
2020; and
WHEREAS because management comments were not
submitted to the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) in time for the scheduled
Audit Committee meeting, the original documents regarding the Auditor General
Annual Report and the Facilities Management Audit were issued as they were
delivered to management; and
WHEREAS subsequent to the Audit Committee
meeting , the OAG and Management completed the fact review process and the
review of management comments as well as amended minor edits to the reports,
which resulted in the replacement of Recommendation 1 of the Facilities
Management Audit and associated amendments to the Office of the Auditor General
(OAG) – Annual Report and detailed audit report;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the report titled
Office of the Auditor General (OAG) – Annual Report and detailed audit reports,
including the Facilities Management Audit be replaced with the revised reports
submitted to the Office of the City Clerk and distributed with the Draft Agenda
on December 4, 2020.
CARRIED
The
Audit of Lansdowne Accounting/Waterfall was held for consideration in
conjunction with Item 16 (Lansdowne Annual Report and COVID-19 Impacts
Update), and subsequently CARRIED.
The
remainder of the report CARRIED as amended by Motion 45/14.
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FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 19
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS
AMENDED
That Council:
1. Recommend to the Finance and
Economic Development Committee (FEDC) that the next Long Range Financial
Plans consider the affordability of raising the debt limit for projects in
Energy Evolution that either generate income or savings to the City and
the results of this analysis and any staff recommendations be brought back to
FEDC with the report on the LRFP; and
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2. Direct the Climate Change
and Resiliency Section Manager of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic
Development department’s climate change team to participate in the
development of the Long Range Financial Plans to help identify new funding
mechanisms for Energy Evolution initiatives required by the Corporation as
per the Climate Change Master Plan, to meet the 100 percent emissions
reduction scenario.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve:
1. That the Chief Financial
Officer and/or Manager, Treasury, be directed to report back to FEDC at the
end Q2 in 2021 with a summary of barriers to achieving Prudent Investor
Status, how they are addressing those barriers, and a summary of actions
taken to date; and,
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2. That, should Council approve
a direction to implement prudent investor standards for the City of Ottawa,
staff evaluate the prudence of divesting of fossil fuels as input to the
development of the Investment Strategy that will need to be approved by
Council. The scope of this review will include an assessment of the
following:
a) no new purchases of stocks or
mutual funds with coal, oil, and gas companies, specifically excluding any
new investment in the 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel corporations;
and
b) Sell off all fossil fuel
holdings from these same companies over the next five years.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council approve the following:
PART I – COUNCIL, STANDING COMMITTEES AND RELATED MATTERS
1. That staff be directed to
provide the Audit Committee with quarterly information reports regarding the
status of the City’s implementation of accepted audit recommendations, as
described in this report and in Document 1;
2. Establish the Debenture
Committee as described in this report and in accordance with the Terms of
Reference attached as Document 2;
3. That the Terms of Reference
for the Built Heritage Sub-Committee be amended to provide that annual staff
reports regarding removal of properties from the Heritage Register, as
required under Section 4.1 of the Heritage Register Procedures, be routed
directly from the Built Heritage Sub-Committee to City Council, as described
in this report;
4. That the Terms of Reference
for the Transit Commission be amended to provide that staff reports regarding
contracts awarded under delegated authority to OC Transpo are received by the
Commission and forwarded to Council, as described in this report;
5. That the Advisory Committee
Procedure By-law be amended to provide for the continuation of electronic
meetings for Advisory Committees, as described in this report;
6. Approve the increased
meeting frequency for the Accessibility Advisory Committee as described in
this report;
7. Approve administrative
process improvements for Advisory Committees further to the pilot project
with the Arts, Culture and Recreation Advisory Committee and Advisory
Committee feedback, as described in this report;
8. That the Office of the City
Clerk, in consultation with the Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous
Relations and Social Development Service, be directed to undertake a
comprehensive review of recruitment, selection and appointment practices and
associated policies and legislation that may improve Council’s ability to
achieve diverse representation in public appointments and report back to
Council with findings and any recommendations in advance of the 2022-2023
recruitment process, as described in this report;
9. That the Appointment Policy
be amended to include an updated equity and diversity statement as described
in this report; and
10. That the standard Council and
Committee report template be amended to include optional sections for Climate
Implications, Economic Implications, and Indigenous, Gender and Equity
Implications, as described in this report.
PART II – ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
1. Receive the 2020 Annual
Report of the Integrity Commissioner, attached as Document 3;
2. That the Council-approved
codes of conduct for Members of Council [By-law No. 2018-400], members of
local boards [By-law No. 2018-399], and citizen members of the Built Heritage
Sub-Committee [By-law No. 2018-401] be amended as described in this report
and in Document 4;
3. That the Lobbyist Registry
By-law [By-law No. 2012-309] be amended as described in this report and in
Document 5;
4. That the Community,
Fundraising and Special Events Policy be amended as described in this report
and in Document 6; and
5. Receive the Integrity
Commissioner’s Interpretation Bulletin titled, “Use of Social Media,” as
attached in Document 3.
PART III – LOCAL BOARDS
1. Approve the following
recommendations from the City/Business Improvement Area (BIA) Governance
Working Group, as described in this report:
a. That ward Councillors
appointed directly by City Council to a BIA Board of Management pursuant to
Subsection 204(3)(a) of the Municipal Act, 2001, be ex officio,
non-voting members of the Board of Management;
b. That the General Manager,
Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development, be delegated the authority
to appoint to a BIA Board of Management those directors who have been
selected by a vote of the membership of the improvement area in accordance
with Subsection 204(3)(b) of the Municipal Act, 2001;
c. Direct Economic Development
Services staff to develop a policy with respect to the relationship between
Members of Council and BIA board members and staff, to be brought forward to
the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council in Q1 of 2021;
d. Direct Economic Development
Services staff to develop a standardized BIA Governance By-law to be brought
forward to the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council in Q1
of 2021;
2. Receive the status report on
the compliance of the City’s Agencies, Boards and Commissions (“ABCs”) with
respect to their Municipal Act, 2001 policy requirements and direct
staff to provide a further update on ABC compliance as part of the 2022-2026
Governance Review;
3. That the Chairs of Ottawa
Board of Health and the Ottawa Police Services Board each be provided with a
temporary half Full-time Equivalent (FTE) to support their roles, as a
two-year pilot project to be funded from the Council Administrative Services
budget, as described in this report; and
4. That the Secretary-Treasurer
of the Committee of Adjustment report to the City Clerk for administrative
matters, as described in this report.
PART IV – AMENDMENTS TO VARIOUS BY-LAWS, POLICIES AND RELATED
MATTERS
1. The amendments to the
Procedure By-law as described in this report and in Document 7;
2. The amendments to the
Delegation of Authority By-law as described in this report and in Document 8;
3. The amendments to the
Procurement By-law as described in this report;
4. The amendments to the
Delegation of Powers Policy as described in this report and in Document 9;
5. The amendments to the
Statutory Officer Recruitment, Appointment and Contract Administration
Procedures as described in this report, including:
a. The performance review
process for the Auditor General and City Manager, as set out in Document 10;
b. The voluntary exit interview
process for statutory officers who report directly to City Council, as set
out in Document 11;
6. Approve by-laws for
statutory officers who report directly to City Council as described in this
report, including:
a. The City Manager’s By-law
attached as Document 13;
b. The Integrity Commissioner’s
By-law attached as Document 14; and
7. The amendments to the
Auditor General’s By-law [By-law No. 2013-375, as amended], including the
adoption of the Institute of Internal Auditors’ (IIA) International Standards
for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing as the City of Ottawa
audit standard, as described in this report and attached in Document 15.
PART V – OTHER MATTERS
1. Approve the updated
Councillors’ Office Manual attached as Document 19;
2. Direct the City Clerk to
bring forward in Q3 of 2021 a report regarding matters relating to the 2022
Municipal Elections, as described in this report; and
3. That the City Clerk be
delegated the authority to implement changes to all related processes,
procedures, policies, terms of reference and to bring forward by-laws as
required to implement Council’s decisions further to the approval of this
report and to reflect the current organizational alignment.
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MOTION NO 45/15
Moved
by Mayor J. Watson
Seconded by Councillor J. Sudds
WHEREAS as a general practice formalized as part
of the 2009 Mid-term Governance Review report, the mid-term review is also a
regular opportunity for Members of Council to review their membership on
Standing Committees and other Council bodies and to make any changes to same;
and
WHEREAS Councillor Jenna Sudds has advised the
Mayor and City Clerk that she will be stepping down as the Chair of the Community
and Protective Services Committee (CPSC) effective upon appointment of a
replacement; and
WHEREAS the City Clerk has undertaken a
circulation to seek expressions of interest from Members of Council interested
in being considered for appointment by Council to replace Councillor Sudds as
Chair of CPSC;
WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office has received two
expression of interest for Chair of CPSC, being Councillor Matthew Luloff and
Councillor Catherine McKenney, both of whom are already members of CPSC;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council Consider
and approve one of the following Members for appointment as Chair of the
Community and Protective Services Committee:
1.
Councillor Matthew
Luloff
2.
Councillor Catherine
McKenney
The names of the two candidates were put to Council and
Council approved the appointment of Councillor M. Luloff as Chair of the
Community and Protective Services Committee division of 14 to 9, as follows:
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M. Luloff (14):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S. Moffatt, C. Kitts,
L. Dudas, J. Sudds, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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McKenney (9):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, M. Fleury,
T. Kavanagh, R. Brockington, R. King, D. Deans, S. Menard
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MOTION NO 45/16
Moved by Mayor J. Watson
Seconded by Councillor L. Dudas
WHEREAS
Council has approved the appointment of Councillor Matthew Luloff to replace
Councillor Jenna Sudds as the Chair of the Community and Protective Services
Committee (CPSC); and
WHEREAS
expressing interest for the position of Chair of CPSC, Councillor Luloff
advised that he would be prepared to step down as Deputy Mayor should he be
appointed as Chair of CPSC; and
WHERAS
in accordance with the 2018-2022 Governance Report and the approach taken over the
last three Terms of Council, Deputy Mayors are recommended to Council by the
Mayor;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that Councillor Jenna Sudds be appointed to replace Councillor
Matthew Luloff as a Deputy Mayor for the remainder of the 2018-2022 Term of Council.
CARRIED
CARRIED on a division of 17 YEAS and 6 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (17):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S. Moffatt, T. Kavanagh, R.
Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, J. Sudds, K. Egli, S. Menard, Mayor J.
Watson
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NAYS (6):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, M. Fleury,
R. King, D. Deans.
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MOTION NO 45/17
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
WHEREAS
Subsection 1(1) of the City of Ottawa’s Procedure By-law, being By-law No.
2019-8. provides that Roberts Rules of Order, are to be followed for the proceedings of Council and the Committees/Commissions
thereof and the conduct of its Members
when the City’s Rules of Procedure are silent on a particular matter; and
WHEREAS
Roberts Rules of Order state the following in regard to the Chair of
an assembly participating in debate:
This
should rarely be done, and nothing can justify it in a case where much feeling
is shown and there is a liability to difficulty in preserving order. If the
chairman has even the appearance of being a partisan, he loses much of his
ability to control those who are on the opposite side of the question. There is
nothing to justify the unfortunate habit some chairmen have of constantly
speaking on questions before the assembly, even interrupting the member who has
the floor. One who expects to take an active part in debate should never accept
the chair, or at least should not resume the chair, after having made his
speech, until after the pending question is disposed of (Art. X of the 4th
Edition); and
WHEREAS
the provisions in the City’ current Procedure By-law on the chairing of
Council do not align with this approach; and
WHEREAS although Section
4 in the Procedure By-law governing the “Participation of Mayor in Debate”
does allow for some greater latitude than what is
outlined in Robert’s Rules of Order, the current practice nevertheless deviates
from Subsection 4(1) of the Procedure By-law as well, which
states the following:
(1) The Mayor may state relevant facts and the Mayor’s position
on any matter before the Council without leaving the chair, which may take
place immediately prior to the vote, but it shall not be permissible for the
Mayor to move a motion or debate a question without first leaving the chair;
and
WHEREAS
the current practice is for the Mayor to move motions, to contribute
substantive arguments to the debate of motions, and to both state his
position and encourage members to support his position immediately prior
to the vote, and without leaving the chair; and
WHEREAS the
Procedure By-law should be revised to provide greater clarity and consistency
with respect to this rule and the current practice;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the following amendments be made to Document
7, Proposed amendments to the Procedure By-law 2019-8:
(1)
The Mayor may state relevant facts and the Mayor’s position on any matter
before the Council without leaving the chair, which may take place
immediately prior to the vote or, should the mover of a substantive motion
wish to reply pursuant to Section 47, prior to the mover’s wrap-up.
(2) it shall be
permissible for the Mayor to move a motion or debate a question without first leaving
the chair, unless a Member of Council requests that the chair be ceded.
(3) If the
Mayor desires to leave the chair to move a motion or to take part in the
debate, the Mayor shall call on the Member designated as Deputy Mayor pursuant
to Section 5, to preside until the Mayor resumes the chair and the Mayor shall
assume a seat reserved for a Councillor.
LOST on a division of 7 YEAS and 16 NAYS, as follows:
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YAYS (7):
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Councillors J. Leiper, C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, T. Kavanagh, R.
King, D. Deans, S. Menard
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NAYS (16):
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Councillors G. Darouze, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
G. Gower, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M. Luloff, S. Moffatt, M. Fleury, R.
Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, J. Sudds, K. Egli,
Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 45/18
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
WHEREAS in
2018, Ottawa City Council made a formal commitment to reconciliation and
approved the City's first Reconciliation Action Plan; and
WHEREAS the
2018 Reconciliation Action Plan opens with a recognition of Algonquin Territory
stating that:
We
recognize that Ottawa is located on unceded territory of the
Algonquin Anishinabe Nation.
We
extend our respect to all First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples for their
valuable past and present contributions to this land. We also recognize and
respect the cultural diversity that First Nations, Inuit and Métis people bring
to the City of Ottawa; and
WHEREAS
in accordance with Action #2 under “Education and Awareness Building” within
the 2018 Reconciliation Action Plan Report, the City has incorporated
acknowledgements of Algonquin Unceded Territory at the opening of
City-organized events, but Council has not formally extended such
acknowledgments to meetings of Council; and
WHEREAS
this recognition should not only inform our Reconciliation Action Plan, but
should inform all the work of Council, regardless of where or by
what means Council is meeting; and
WHEREAS
this recognition should therefore not only be made in the context of
a Reconciliation Action Plan, but should be made whenever Council
is conducting business;
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED the following amendments be made to Document 7, Proposed
amendments to the Procedure By-law 2019-8:
Regular and Special City Council meeting:
29. AGENDA IN COUNCIL
(1)
The Clerk shall, under the direction of the Mayor, prepare for the use of the
Members at the regular meetings of Council an agenda under the following
headings:
(a) Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
changing the previous (a) to be (b) and so on; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of the City Clerk work with the Gender and
Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social Development Service to
develop appropriate language to be used by the Mayor at each City Council
meeting beginning with the first meeting in 2021, and that may also be used by
any Committee Chair where they deem appropriate.
REFERRED by the
following motion:
MOTION NO 45/19
Moved by Mayor J. Watson
Seconded by Councillor J. Sudds
WHEREAS City Council has adopted a formal structure the City has in
place to implement the Truth and Reconciliation action plan; and
WHEREAS it’s important to honor the principles and the collaborative
relationship and the good work of the formal process that is in place to
consult on this issue; and
WHEREAS the City has a duty to look at this with the
Indigenous community, in consultation with that broad-based community, and not
to assume we know best;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Menard/McKenney motion on Land
Acknowledgment be referred to staff, and that staff be directed to consult with
the City’s Aboriginal Working Group and the broader Indigenous Community, and
to report back to FEDCO and Council with a recommendation as early as possible
in 2021, following that consultation.
CARRIED
with Councillor C. McKenney dissenting.
The
Committee Recommendations were then put to Council and CARRIED.
DIRECTION
TO STAFF (T. Kavanagh):
- That staff from Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion,
Indigenous Relations and Social Development Services work with the Council
Sponsors Group for Women and Gender Equity to do a review on the use of
the Indigenous, Gender and Equity Implications section in Q4 2021 to ensure
it is being used appropriately by staff and to determine if additional
supports are necessary for report authors; and
- During the review of the all Implication sections in
the 2022-2026 Governance Review report, staff consider replacing the term
“Optional Section” in the Committee and Council report template with
“Mandatory Section for Applicable Reports” to provide clarity for both
staff and the public.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED
That City Council approve the recommendations for a new City of
Ottawa ward boundary structure as set out in Document 1, to take effect for
the 2022 Municipal Elections; and
a. That the boundaries of
RW-6 be amended to include the lands south of Wilhaven Drive, west of Canaan
Road, north of Russell Road and east of the VIA Rail corridor and Milton
Road:
b. That the boundary between
RW-13 (Beacon Hill-Cyrville) and RW-14 (Alta Vista) be adjusted to be Highway
417, St. Laurent and the Via Rail Corridor;
c. That the parking lot
bounded by Carling Avenue to the north, Prince of Wales Drive to the south,
Preston Street to the east and the Trillium Line to the west, be added from
RW-19 (Capital) to RW-21 (River); and
d. That the southern boundary
between RW-16 (Rideau-Rockcliffe) and RW-17 (Rideau-Vanier) be moved from
McArthur Avenue to Donald Street, and the eastern boundary remain Rue de
L’église but extend west on McArthur Avenue and south on Brant Street to
Donald Street.
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MOTION NO 45/20
Moved by Councillor J. Harder
Seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
WHEREAS on December 9, 2020, City Council considered the report
titled, “Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020 – Recommendations,” which recommended
the realignment of the City of Ottawa’s ward boundaries into 24 wards; and
WHEREAS the proposed ward boundaries are forecast to last for
three or possibly four municipal elections (i.e. 2022, 2026, 2030 and possibly
2034); and
WHEREAS there continues to be significant population growth
within the City, including but not limited to the fast-growing areas of
Barrhaven and Cumberland, and there may be variances in locations and/or rates
of growth from what is forecasted in the Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020 –
Recommendations Report;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2018-2022 Term of Council
recommend to future Councils that staff be directed to review the population
and growth numbers every four years, beginning in 2024, to determine whether
population figures have varied sufficiently from the projections forecasted in
the Ottawa Ward Boundary Review 2020 – Recommendations Report to warrant a
scoped ward boundary review, including but not limited to Cumberland and
Barrhaven (Wards RW-6, RW-8 and RW-9 as adopted by City Council at its meeting
of December 9, 2020).
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/21
Moved
by Councillor R. King
Seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
WHEREAS on 1 December 2020, the Finance and
Economic Development Committee considered the report Ottawa Ward Boundary
Review Recommendations Report; and
WHEREAS the report was amended by Motion 2020
7/19 which moved the southern boundary between RW-16 and RW-17 from MacArthur
Avenue to Donald Street; and
WHEREAS the components of geographic communities of interest and
minority interest are to be balanced against the component of natural/physical
boundaries such as main roadways, however a main roadway boundary should not be
used as the prime component if it will give raise to detrimental impacts on
communities of interest and minority interests; and,
WHEREAS moving the existing south ward boundary more to the north
(McArthur Avenue) would gravely impact the former City of Vanier or moving it
to further south (Donald Street) would likewise impact Overbrook a
neighbourhood of Ottawa (and former Police Village of Overbrook) such that a
significant portion of either community would be lost one to the other or vice
versa; and,
WHEREAS both communities strongly believe that the existing ward
boundary, not a main road, should be maintained as there is no ability to
select a main road as ward boundary that would not divide or truncate existing
communities of interest;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the recommendations for a new City of
Ottawa ward boundary structure as set out in the report titled, “Recommended
Ward Boundaries: Final Report (November 13, 2020),” be further amended as
follows:
That the southern boundary between RW-16 (Rideau-Rockcliffe) and
RW-17 (Rideau-Vanier) be maintained at its current location mid-way between
McArthur Avenue and Donald Street with it extending eastward to Moorvale Street
and then north to de l’Église Street.
LOST on a division of 4 YEAS and 19 NAYS, as follows:
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YAYS (4):
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Councillors M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh, R. Brockington, R. King
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NAYS (19):
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Councillors G. Darouze, J. Leiper, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E.
El-Chantiry, G. Gower, C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M.
Luloff, S. Moffatt, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, D. Deans, J. Sudds, K. Egli, S.
Menard, Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 45/22
Moved
by Councillor R. King
Seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
WHEREAS on June 12, 2019, City Council
considered the staff report titled, “City of Ottawa Ward Boundary Review
(2019-2020),” and approved a process to review the City’s ward boundaries and
establish new boundaries in time for the 2022 Municipal Elections; and
WHEREAS on 15 July 2020 City Council moved a
motion that sought to address the only the three wards projected to be
significantly in excess of the average ward population and outside the
acceptable variances; and
WHEREAS in August 2020 the consultants Beate
Bowron Etcetera released their supplementary report with the final option ‘six’
which retained the current boundary between W6-17 (Rideau-Vanier) and W6 – 16
(Rideau-Rockcliffe); and
WHEREAS on 1 December 2020, the Finance and
Economic Development Committee considered the report Ottawa Ward Boundary
Review Recommendations Report which had alterations to the interior boundary
affecting the community of Cardinal Glen which is closely associated with their
neighbours in Manor Park, where the President of the Cardinal Glen Association
is an ex-officio member of the Manor Park Community Association; and
WHEREAS the report was amended by several
motions by concerned communities wishing to remain with their communities of
interest; and
WHEREAS the components of geographic communities of interest and
minority interest are to be balanced against the component of natural/physical
boundaries such as main roadways, however a main roadway boundary should not be
used as the prime component if it will give raise to detrimental impacts on
communities of interest and minority interests; and,
WHEREAS moving the existing boundary to St Laurent Boulevard would
effectively cut off Cardinal Glen from its natural community of interest in
Manor Park; and
WHEREAS both communities strongly believe that the existing ward
boundary, not a main road, should be maintained as there is no ability to
select a main road as ward boundary that would not divide or truncate existing
communities of interest;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the recommendations for a new City of
Ottawa ward boundary structure as set out in the report titled, “Recommended
Ward Boundaries: Final Report (November 13, 2020),” be further amended as
follows:
That the boundary between RW-16 (Rideau-Rockcliffe) and RW-17
(Rideau-Vanier) be maintained at its current location.
LOST on a division of 4 YEAS and 19 NAYS, as follows:
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YAYS (4):
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Councillors M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh, R. Brockington, R. King
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NAYS (19):
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Councillors G. Darouze, J. Leiper, T. Tierney, A. Hubley, E.
El-Chantiry, G. Gower, C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder, M.
Luloff, S. Moffatt, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, D. Deans, J. Sudds, K. Egli, S.
Menard, Mayor J. Watson
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The
Committee Recommendations, as amended by Motion 45/20, were put to Council and
CARRIED on a division of 17 YEAS and 6 NAYS, as
follows:
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YAYS (17):
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Councillors G. Darouze, J. Leiper, T. Tierney, A. Hubley,
E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower, C. A. Meehan, J. Cloutier, J. Harder,
M. Luloff, T. Kavanagh, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, L. Dudas, D. Deans, J.
Sudds, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (6):
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Councillors C. McKenney, S. Moffatt, M. Fleury, R. King, K. Egli,
S. Menard
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve the ByWard Market
Public Realm Plan, as described in this report and attached in Document 3.
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2. Direct staff from the
Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department to evaluate the
existing governance of the public realm in the ByWard Market and report back
to Committee and Council in Q2 2021 with recommendations to improve
place-making operations and regulation, as described in this report.
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3. Direct staff to seek out
funding from other levels of government and through prioritization within the
2022 City’s capital program, to proceed with the detailed design phase for
York Street Flex Plaza (from Sussex Drive to ByWard Market Square), as
described in this report.
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4. Direct staff to undertake a
detailed transportation study for the Rideau-Sussex Node followed by a
national design competition, as described in this report, using funds available
in the 2020 and 2021 public realm minor intervention account.
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5. Direct staff from Planning,
Infrastructure and Economic Development Department to initiate a Request for
Information in Q4 2021 to redevelop the municipal ByWard Garage (Parking Lot 04)
at 70 Clarence, using funds from the 2021 public realm minor intervention
account, and to return to Finance and Economic Development Committee to
present its findings.
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6. Direct staff from Planning,
Infrastructure and Economic Development Department and Roads and Parking
Services to investigate partnerships according to the Parking Replacement
Strategy for ByWard Market, as described in this report.
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7. Direct staff from the
Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department to immediately
launch a Working Group on economic recovery for the ByWard Market, as
described in this report, with group representation from the Mayor’s Office,
Ward Councillor’s office, Marchés d’Ottawa Markets Corporation, the ByWard
Market Business Improvement Area, the Lowertown Community Association, the
National Capital Commission and other key external stakeholders.
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DEFERRED
by the following motion:
MOTION NO 45/23
Moved by Councillor M.
Fleury
Seconded by Mayor
J. Watson
WHEREAS the ByWard Market Public Realm Plan was
considered by the Finance and Economic Development Committee on December 1,
2020; and
WHEREAS, given the very heavy agenda for the
December 9th Council meeting, the Ward Councillor has requested to
defer this report until the next City Council meeting;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the ByWard
Market Public Realm Plan report be deferred to the next City Council
meeting scheduled for January 27, 2021.
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS
AMENDED
That Council:
1) Confirm the City of Ottawa’s
interest in a partnership to develop community recreation space at 205
Scholastic Drive (formerly known as 175 Main St.) and direct the General
Manager of Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services to execute the attached
Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Ottawa and the
École-Catholique Centre Est which outlines the agreed upon roles and
responsibilities relating to this partnership project
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2) Delegate authority to the
General Manager, Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services in consultation
with the Director, Corporate Real Estate Office to negotiate agreements,
including a detailed financial plan for the City’s contribution, with
École-Catholique Centre Est for the construction and operation of a community
recreation component in the Deschâtelets Building at 205 Scholastic Drive for
City Council approval; and
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3) Approve a one-time City of
Ottawa contribution of $50,000 from existing Recreation, Cultural and
Facility Services budgets to produce, in partnership with École-Catholique
Centre Est, a Class C cost estimate to effectively determine the detailed
design costs and construction value of including a community recreation
component in the Deschâtelets Building and Greystone Village development; and
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4) That Schedule “B”, be
added to the report.
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CARRIED
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PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 33
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. endorse the position that
the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal not approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision
for 7000 Campeau Drive as it is premature, inclusive of all matters as set
out in this report;
2. refuse an amendment to the
Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 7000 Campeau Drive to permit a residential
subdivision that includes a mix of housing types, parks, stormwater
management ponds, open spaces and roadways in Kanata North.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council:
1. approve the application to
demolish 390-394 Bank Street;
2. approve the application for
new construction at 390-394 Bank Street, according to plans by RAW Design
dated August 14, 2020, conditional upon:
a. the applicant, in
consultation with staff and the ward Councillor, introducing an
additional design element on the Bank Street façade, to better reflect the
low-rise historic character of Bank Street, to the satisfaction of the
General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development
Department, prior to Site Plan Approval;
b. the applicant providing samples of the final exterior
cladding materials, for approval by heritage staff, prior to the issuance of
a Building Permit;
c. the applicant submitting a lighting plan for approval by
heritage staff, as part of the Site Plan Control process, to ensure
compliance with the HCD guidelines;
3. delegate authority for minor
design changes to the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic
Development;
4. approve the issuance of the
heritage permit with a three-year expiry date from the date of issuance.
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CARRIED
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TRANSIT COMMISSION REPORT 7
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COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the revisions to the boundary of the Urban
Transit Area as detailed in this report, to be effective January 1, 2021, to
provide for the provision of funding for transit service in expanding areas
of the city, and that Council enact an implementing By-law.
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CARRIED with Councillor M. Fleury dissenting.
Councilor
Chiarelli left the meeting at 10:23 AM prior to consideration of this item and
returned at 10:55 PM during consideration of the 2021 Draft Operating and
Capital Budgets.
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council:
1. Approve that the City Clerk
and the Manager, Council and Committee Services, be delegated the authority
for human resources-related matters and to order and approve any budgetary
expenditures for the Ward 8 office for the remainder of the 2018-2022 Term of
Council, as described in this report;
2. Receive the options for
introducing further restrictions on the Ward 8 Councillor’s access to City
staff in City of Ottawa municipal buildings, as described in this report; and
3. Receive the procedures for
the Ward 8 Councillor’s participation in in-person Council and Committee
meetings, as described in this report.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for
2415 Richardson Side Road for the purposes of rezoning the lands from Rural
Countryside Zone (RU) to Rural Countryside Zone, Rural Exception XXXXr
(RU[XXXXr]), to add a warehouse as a permitted use, as detailed in Document
2.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive this report for information.
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RECEIVED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve the Brownfield
Redevelopment Grant application submitted by 9840508 Canada Inc. (Ashcroft
Inc.), owner of the property at 256 Rideau Street and 211 Besserer Street,
for a Property Tax Assistance Grant under the Brownfield Redevelopment
Community Improvement Plan Program not to exceed a total of $620,345 for
which the grant payment period will be phased over a maximum of three years
of development, subject to the establishment of, and in accordance with, the
terms and conditions of the Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Agreement;
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2. Delegate the authority to
the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development, to
execute a Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Agreement with 9840508 Canada Inc.
(Ashcroft Inc.), establishing the terms and conditions governing the payment
of the grant for the redevelopment of 256 Rideau Street and 211 Besserer
Street, to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure
and Economic Development Department, the City Solicitor and the City
Treasurer
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CARRIED
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PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 33
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 35
and 37 William Street and part of 62 York Street to permit a four-storey
mixed-use building, as detailed in Document 2.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. authorize the City and
delegate authority to the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and
Economic Development Department to enter into an Amending Front-Ending
Agreement with Mattamy (Mer Bleue) Ltd. for the increased overall cost
reimbursement for the design and construction of the Tenth Line Road Sanitary
pumping station overflow, within the City’s untraveled road allowance, from
the previously approved $500,000 to an upset limit of $922,415 plus applicable
taxes, in accordance with the Front Ending Agreement principles and policy
set forth in Documents 2 and 3 and with the final form and content being to
the satisfaction of the City Solicitor;
2. pursuant to the City and
Mattamy (Mer Bleue) Ltd. entering into an Amending Front-Ending Agreement,
authorize the reimbursement for the increased overall cost of the design and
construction of the Tenth Line Road Sanitary pumping station overflow, within
the City’s untraveled road allowance incurred by Mattamy (Mer Bleue) Ltd.,
from the previously approved $500,000 to a maximum amount of $922,415 plus
applicable taxes, in accordance with the reimbursement schedule set out in
the Amending Front-Ending Agreement.
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CARRIED
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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT 14
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the installation of all-way stop controls at
the intersection of Canadian Shield Avenue and Great Lakes Avenue, and the
intersection of Canadian Shield Avenue and Maritime Way.
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CARRIED
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the Summaries of Oral and Written Public
Submissions for items considered at the City Council Meeting of November 25,
2020 that are subject to the ‘Explanation Requirements’ being the Planning
Act, subsections 17(23.1), 22(6.7), 34(10.10) and 34(18.1), as
applicable, as described in this report and attached as Documents 1 and 2.
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CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/24
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
That the remaining following reports, excluding those items previously
adopted by Council as part of the Budget, be received and adopted as amended:
- Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 18;
- Audit Committee Report 9;
- Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 19;
- Planning Committee Report 33;
- Transit Commission Report 7
- Transportation Committee Report 14;
- Item 1 of Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 18
- The reports from the City Clerk entitled “College Ward 8 –
Delegation of Budgetary Approval Authorities and Related Matters” and “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items
Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City
Council Meeting of November 25, 2020”; and
the In
Camera report from the Ottawa Board of Health entitled “Appointment of
Associate Medical Officer of Health - Personal Matters About an Identifiable
Individual - Reporting Out Date: Upon Council Approval”.
CARRIED
Councillor Harder left the meeting at 5:18
PM.
MOTIONS
OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN
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MOTION NO 45/25
Moved by Councillor C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor R. Brockington
WHEREAS Ottawa has one of the most expensive transit passes in
Canada; and
WHEREAS Ottawa has one of the most expensive single-ride fares in
Canada; and
WHEREAS the average processing time for an EquiPass is six weeks; and
WHEREAS the requirement to provide proof of annual income is
a barrier to applying to the EquiPass; and
WHEREAS Canadian municipalities have moved from a single-price low
income pass to a sliding scale fare;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff examine options for
sliding scale fares and passes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff examine options for eliminating
the means test when applying for any low income or special pass; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff report to Transit Commission by
Q2 2021 on their findings including how other cities are managing these issues.
REFERRED by the
following motion:
MOTION NO 45/26
Moved by Mayor J. Watson
Seconded by Councillor L. Dudas
That Councillor McKenney’s motion (45/25) be
referred to the Working Group established at the November 18, 2020 Transit
Commission meeting.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/27
Moved by Mayor J. Watson
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
That City Council approve that the Rules of
Procedure be suspended, as the next Council meeting is January 27, 2021 and the
City requires direction to study tax policies for affordable housing purposes;
WHEREAS the provincial Minister of Finance may, by regulation,
designate the City of Ottawa, as having the power to impose an optional
property tax on the assessment of vacant residential units, pursuant to Section
338.1 of the Municipal Act, 2001; and
WHEREAS other municipalities in Ontario are conducting reviews of
the optional property tax on vacant residential units to address residential
properties left vacant for extended periods until sale or redevelopment, that
could be used in the interim for rental housing; and
WHEREAS the City is developing a Long Range Financial Plan (LRFP) to
support the construction of affordable housing through Ottawa Housing
Corporation and recognizes the importance of sustained funding for affordable
housing, and wishes to explore the proposed residential vacant unit tax as a
means to finance a portion towards affordable housing;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City study the power to impose an
optional property tax on the assessment of vacant residential units including
an analysis of potential revenue and report back by the end of the second
quarter of 2021 on the feasibility and viability of implementing such as tax.
CARRIED
DIRECTION TO STAFF (M. Fleury)
That
when the City goes to the Province to ask for taxation authorities for vacant
buildings, that it also seek additional authorities for tighter timelines for
compliance with property standards violations.
MOTION NO 45/28
Moved
by Mayor Watson
Seconded by Councillor Leiper
That
the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion in order
to allow staff to begin work as soon as possible.
WHEREAS the Prince of Wales bridge is an
existing rail structure crossing the Ottawa River that provides impressive
views of the river, Parliament Hill and LeBreton Flats but is currently out of
service; and
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa purchased the currently out of service
railway bridge from Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 2005 for a future,
longer-term transit crossing; and
WHEREAS the City has the obligation to maintain
the structure and perform periodic inspections and evaluations to assess the
condition and ensure integrity of the bridge; and
WHEREAS the Prince of Wales bridge is being
retained as a future rail transit bridge in the City’s Three-Year Plan as filed
with the Canadian Transportation Agency; and
WHEREAS the Prince of Wales Bridge is an
asset that can be improved to elevate active transportation between Ottawa and
Gatineau, as an interim use, and would serve as an interprovincial link for
cycling commuters, recreational users and visitors; and
WHEREAS preparing the bridge for an interim use
would require some structural repair work, permits and approvals to begin
construction, including an Environmental Assessment and design that will take
time to complete and obtain; and
WHEREAS the funds required for the Environmental Assessment,
design, internal costs, permits and approvals are estimated to be $540,000; and
WHEREAS there is an existing project for this bridge “Prince of
Wales Bridge” (Pier Work) which contains funds for the rehabilitation of the
bridge piers; and
WHEREAS staff reviewed the opportunities to phase the pier
rehabilitation work of the bridge and determined that $540,000 could be
reassigned to the Environmental Assessment and design for the bridge deck
modification into a Multi-Use Pathway (MUP) from the account for the “Prince of
Wales Bridge” (Pier Work) (908990) without impacting the rehabilitation plans
for the structure, as pier works can be prioritized with the remaining funds
and completed in phases in future years;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that Council authorize the use of existing funds in the “Prince of
Wales Bridge” (Pier Work) account (908990) to undertake the Environmental
Assessment and design work for the interim use for the Prince of Wales bridge
as a Multi-Use Pathway; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council direct the
General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development to notify
Council via memo upon the approval of the Environmental Assessment and provide
further details on the detailed design of the Multi-Use Pathway; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council further
authorize the City, once the appropriate funding for the project becomes
available from another level of government, to proceed with the construction of
the Multi-Use Pathway, with the concurrence of the City Treasurer and the
General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/29
Moved by Councillor J. Cloutier
Seconded by Councillor M. Luloff
BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be
suspended to consider the following Motion as this is the last scheduled
meeting of City Council before the Auditor General’s term expires on December
31, 2020;
WHEREAS the appointment of Ken Hughes as the
City’s Auditor General is set to expire on December 31, 2020, as set out in
Subsection 3(2) of the Auditor General’s By-law, being By-law No. 2013-375, as
amended by By-law No. 2015-11; and
WHEREAS on May 13, 2020, City Council approved
Motion No. 33/3, as amended, which began the recruitment and appointment process
for a new Auditor General in accordance with the Council-approved Statutory
Officer Recruitment, Appointment and Contract Administration Policy and
Procedures, and directed the Auditor General Hiring Panel to report back to
Council by Q4 of 2020 with a recommended candidate for Council’s approval as
the new Auditor General; and
WHEREAS executive recruitment searches have
proven to be more challenging under the circumstances of the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic and the Auditor General Hiring Panel may require an extension beyond
December 9, 2020 in order to ensure it has sufficient time to thoroughly
consider all candidates; and
WHEREAS Subsections 223.19(5) and Subsection
223.19(6) of the Municipal Act, 2001 (Act) provide that the
Auditor General “may delegate in writing to any person, other than a member of
council, any of the Auditor General’s powers and duties under this Part” of the
Act, and that the Auditor General “may continue to exercise the delegated
powers and duties, despite the delegation”; and
WHEREAS Mr. Hughes has advised that he has made
a written delegation to the two Deputy Auditor Generals, Sonia Brennan and Ed
Miner, such that in the absence of the Auditor General, the Deputy Auditor
Generals have all of the powers and duties of the Auditor General under the
Act; and
WHEREAS Section 81 of the Legislation Act,
2006 provides that the “delegation of a power or duty remains valid until
it is revoked or amended, even if the author of the delegation is no longer in
office”; and
WHEREAS Subsection 11(1) of the Auditor
General’s By-law provides that, “In each year subsequent to the year of
appointment, the Auditor General shall submit an annual audit plan for the next
following year to City Council … by December 31st of each year”;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council
direct the Auditor General Hiring Panel to report back to Council by the end of
Q1 of 2021 with a recommended candidate for Council’s approval as the new
Auditor General;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that upon expiration of
Ken Hughes’ appointment as Auditor General on December 31, 2020, Deputy
Auditors General Sonia Brennan and Ed Miner shall operate the Office of the
Auditor General on an interim basis in accordance with their delegated
statutory powers and duties as described in this motion, and pursuant to any
requirements relating to the Auditor General under the Municipal Act, 2001 and
By-law No. 2013-375, as amended, until the new Auditor General is appointed;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council waive the
requirement set out in Subsection 11(1) of By-law No. 2013-375, as amended, for
the current Auditor General to submit to Council an annual audit plan for 2021,
with Council to issue further direction to the new Auditor General upon
appointment regarding the timing of an interim audit plan for 2021.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/30
Moved
by Councillor Fleury
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to
consider the following Motion, in order to allow the proposed demolition to
proceed in a timely manner as this is the last Council meeting of 2020.
WHEREAS the building at 29 Marquette Ave is in an advanced
state of disrepair; and
WHEREAS there are neighbourhood concerns related to criminal
activity in the building on the property in addition to risk of fire; and
WHEREAS given the dilapidated condition of the building and the
community’s safety concerns it would be in the public interest to demolish the
building; and
WHEREAS there is currently no building permit application for a
replacement building;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve demolition control for
the existing building on the property subject to the following conditions;
1.
That until the time of the construction of
the first replacement building, the registered Owner shall landscape the
property to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Planning
Infrastructure and Economic Development.
The registered Owner shall prohibit the use of the property for other interim
uses and maintain the property in accordance with the Property Standards
By-law;
2.
The landscaping of the property shall be
finalized in collaboration with City staff;
3.
The Owner shall pay one hundred percent
securities to the City for the value of landscaping the property, with the
securities to be released once these works are completed;
4.
The Owner agrees that to the discretion of
the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development
Department, a replacement building must be substantially completed within five
years from the date of this approval and in default thereof, the City Clerk
shall enter on the collector’s roll the sum of $5,000 for the residential
dwelling to be demolished;
5.
The registered Owner shall enter into an
Agreement with the City of Ottawa to include the foregoing conditions and pay
all costs associated with the registration of 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 of the Owner. The Owner shall pay all costs associated with the
release of the agreement;
6.
The Owner agrees that a demolition permit
will not be issued and the building cannot be demolished until such time that
the agreement referenced herein has been executed and registered on title;
7.
This approval is considered null and void if
the Agreement is not executed within six months of Council’s approval.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/31
Moved
by Councillor Fleury
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following
Motion, in order to allow the proposed demolition to proceed in a timely manner
as this is the last Council meeting of 2020.
WHEREAS the building at 146 Russell
Ave is in an advanced state of disrepair; and
WHEREAS there are neighbourhood concerns related to criminal
activity and unwanted gatherings on the property; and
WHEREAS given the dilapidated condition of the building and the
community’s concerns it would be in the public interest to demolish the
building; and
WHEREAS there is currently no building permit application for a
replacement building;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve demolition control for
the existing building on the property subject to the following conditions;
1.
That until the time of the construction of
the first replacement building, the registered Owner shall landscape the
property to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Planning
Infrastructure and Economic Development.
The registered Owner shall prohibit the use of the property for other interim
uses and maintain the property in accordance with the Property Standards
By-law;
2.
The landscaping of the property shall be
finalized in collaboration with City staff;
3.
The Owner shall pay one hundred percent
securities to the City for the value of landscaping the property, with the
securities to be released once these works are completed;
4.
The Owner agrees that to the discretion of
the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development
Department, a replacement building must be substantially completed within five
years from the date of this approval and in default thereof, the City Clerk
shall enter on the collector’s roll the sum of $5,000 for the residential
dwelling to be demolished;
5.
The registered Owner shall enter into an
Agreement with the City of Ottawa to include the foregoing conditions and pay
all costs associated with the registration of 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 of the Owner. The Owner shall pay all costs associated with the
release of the agreement;
6.
The Owner agrees that a demolition permit
will not be issued and the building cannot be demolished until such time that
the agreement referenced herein has been executed and registered on title;
7.
This approval is considered null and void if
the Agreement is not executed within six months of Council’s approval.
CARRIED
MOTION
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury
Seconded by Councillor D. Deans
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is committed to
reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS the City is planning to install 24 new
on-street electric vehicle charging stations at 12 stations across Ottawa; and
WHEREAS these stations are being installed as
part of street parking facility improvements and to increase uptake of electric
vehicles in Ottawa;
WHEREAS switching from gas and diesel to
electric vehicles is one of the most important actions required to meet
Ottawa’s target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 100 per cent by
2050; and
WHEREAS to meet this target, by 2030, 90 per
cent of new vehicles sold will have to be electric;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Ottawa City
Council request that the Ottawa Police Services Board ask the Ottawa Police
Services to work with the City of Ottawa and its Partners Envari, an affiliate
of Hydro Ottawa, with support under the Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure
Program to complete an assessment in 2021 to determine if an Electric Vehicle
pilot project can be implemented by the Ottawa Police Services where
operationally feasible.
MOTION
Moved
by R. King
Seconded by Councillor J. Harder
WHEREAS on July 24, 2002, City Council approved, as amended, the
Commemorative Naming Policy; and
WHEREAS
in keeping with its powers set out in the Municipal
Act, 2001, Council may assign a commemorative name by resolution,
notwithstanding the provisions included in the Commemorative Naming Policy; and
WHEREAS
the Addressing By-law 2014-78 provides the regulatory framework for municipal
addressing in the City of Ottawa, where changes to existing street names are
undertaken primarily for public safety or wayfinding reasons, City Council may
approve a name change for other resolutions; and
WHEREAS Langevin Avenue, located in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward 13, was
named after Hector-Louis Langevin, one of the founding Fathers of the
Confederation who was also involved in the residential school system, where
schools forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and undermined
Indigenous identity and culture; and
WHEREAS the residential school system has contributed to a general
loss of Indigenous language and culture and disrupted families for generations;
and
WHEREAS in 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC),
whose mandate is to educate Canadians on the impacts of residential schools;
released its findings and 94 Calls to Action directed at all levels of government, the private sector and to
Canadians as a whole; and
WHEREAS through the City’s commitment to reconciliation, Council
approved in 2018 the City of Ottawa’s Reconciliation Action Plan, that
addresses the TRC Calls to Action; and
WHEREAS renaming public spaces respects the Principles of
Reconciliation, as laid out by the TRC, and in 2017, the Prime Minister of
Canada approved the renaming of Parliament’s Langevin Block to the Office of
the Prime Minister and Privy Council; and
WHEREAS in 2019 Council established the Anti-Racism Secretariat and
appointed Councillor Rawlson King as the Liaison for Anti-Racism and
Ethnocultural Relations Initiatives to address systemic racism in our
community; and
WHEREAS during the previous term of Council, the Ward Councillor and
his office generated a list of suitable replacement names for Langevin Avenue
in consultation with the community; and
WHEREAS William Commanda was an Algonquin elder, former Chief
of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, who spent years advocating
forgiveness and reconciliation; he was a carrier of the sacred wampum belts of
the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation, and a wise and gifted traditional
knowledge keeper who promoted peace, harmony and racial equality for all people
through his vision and work: the Circle of all Nations; and
WHEREAS consultation on the name Commanda Way was done with the
residents of the street by the Councillor’s office; and
WHEREAS implementation of the street renaming must be coordinated
with Canada Post;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that Langevin Avenue,
located in Rideau-Rockcliffe, Ward 13, be renamed “Commanda Way”; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council direct staff in the Addressing
and Signs branch of Building Code Services work with the Ward Councillor to
implement the street name change in a timely manner while respecting the
timelines issued by Canada Post; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all costs related to the street
renaming, including name change fee, blade signs and post, notifications, along
with any subsequent unveiling, will be funded through the Councillor’s office.
MOTION NO 45/32
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
That the
by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings
be read and passed.
CARRIED
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BY-LAWS
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THREE READINGS
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2020-342.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2003-527 respecting a schedule of retention periods for certain records
of the City of Ottawa.
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2020-343.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2017-180 respecting the appointment of Municipal Law Enforcement Officers
in accordance with private property parking enforcement.
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2020-344.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Skead's Mills Methodist
Church, 307 Richmond Road, to be of cultural heritage value or interest.
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2020-345.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Overbrook Public School,
149 King George Street, to be of cultural heritage value or interest.
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2020-346.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Hydro Sub-Station No. 5,
39 Riverdale Avenue, to be of cultural
heritage value or interest.
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2020-347.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Hydro Sub-Station No. 2,
247 Glebe Avenue, to be of cultural heritage value or interest.
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2020-348.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate the Ottawa Electric
Railway Sub-Station, 340 Holland Avenue, to be of cultural heritage value or
interest.
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2020-349.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Hydro
Sub-Station No. 4, 351 King Edward Avenue, to be of cultural heritage
value or interest.
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2020-350.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Hydro Sub-Station No. 3,
1275 Carling Avenue, to be of cultural heritage value or interest.
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2020-351.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to change the zoning of the lands known municipally as 2415
Richardson Side Road.
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2020-352.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to change the zoning of part of the lands known municipally as
6335 Perth Street.
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2020-353.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to change the zoning of the lands known municipally as 35, 37
William Street and part of 62 York Street.
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2020-354.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2019-241 respecting property owners of public places and workplaces.
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2020-355.
A by-law to provide for the making of an
application for approval to expropriate temporary easements in property at
Queensview Drive in the City of Ottawa for the purposes of the Stage 2 Ottawa
Light Rail Transit System project
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2020-356.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate
certain lands at avenue Shinny Avenue on Plan 4M-1551,
as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
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2020-357.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate
certain lands at avenue De Mazenod Avenue on Plan 4M-1583 are being exempt
from Part Lot Control.
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2020-358. A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as
common and public highway and assume them for public use (rue Chakra Street,
rue Hamsa Street, terrasse Cashmere Terrace, rue Lilith Street, rue Namaste
Street)
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2020-359.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate
certain lands at promenade Hawkeswood Drive, cercle Chipping Circle, avenue
Borbridge Avenue, cote Canvasback Ridge, avenue Horned Owl Avenue, avenue
Eider Street and bois Trumpeter Grove on Plan 4M-1663 and avenue Brian Good
Avenue on Plan 4M1641 as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
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2020-360.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa respecting the
delegation of authority to various officers of the City and to repeal By-law
No. 2019-280.
2020-361.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2014-431, as amended by By-law No. 2015-119 and By-law No. 2017-297,
respecting the OCHC Municipal Housing Project Facilities and Tax Exemption.
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CARRIED
MOTION NO 45/33
Moved
by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor C. A. Meehan
That
the following by-law be read and passed:
By-law 20201-362 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting
of December 9, 2020.
CARRIED
Council adjourned
the meeting at 5:49 PM.
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CITY
CLERK MAYOR