OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES 48
Wednesday, February 10 2021
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, 10 February 2021,
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.
Mayor Watson with Councillor Rawlson King, Council
Liaison for Anti-Racism and Ethnocultural Relations Initiatives, recognized
Black History Month in Ottawa, including a drum performance by musician Mr. Eric
Wandara.
All Members of
Council were present.
CONFIRMED
No declarations
of interest were filed.
No
regrets were filed.
MOTION NO 48/1
Moved
by Councillor C. A. Meehan
Seconded by Councillor R. King
That Finance and Economic Development
Committee Report 20; Finance and Economic Development Committee and Nominating
Committee Joint Report 3; Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee Joint Report 4; Transportation Committee Report 15; and 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
January 27, 2021”; be
received and considered.
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for
114 Richmond Road to permit a temporary surface parking lot, as detailed in
Document 2.
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MOTION NO 48/2
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper
Seconded by Councillor J Harder
WHEREAS Report
ACS2021-PIE-PS-0010 (the “Report”) recommends temporary zoning changes for the lands
municipally known as 114 Richmond Road; and
WHEREAS on January 27, 2021 Council deferred the
adoption of the relevant by-law to permit the present amendment to the Report,
which ensures that the zoning amendment restricts surface parking to the intended
area of the subject lands;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Document 1,
“Location Map”, of the Report be replaced by Attachment 1[1] hereto;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the text of Document
2, “Details of Recommended Zoning”, be replaced with the following:
“1. The Zoning Map of By-law No. 2008-250,
entitled the “City of Ottawa Zoning By-law” is amended by rezoning the lands
shown on Document 1 as follows:
a. Area A from TM[1763] S256 to TM[1763] S256
SXXX;
b. Area B from O1[1763] S256 to O1[1763] S256
SXX; and,
c. Area C from TM[2570] S397 to TM[2570] S397
SXXX.
2. Column II of Exceptions 1763 and 2570 of
Section 239 – Urban Exceptions of By-law No.
2008-250, entitled the “City of Ottawa Zoning By-law”, is amended by replacing the text with, “Multiple”.
3. Column V of Exceptions 1763 and 2570 of
Section 239 – Urban Exceptions of By-law No.
2008-250, entitled the “City of Ottawa Zoning By-law”, is amended by adding the text, “-The following
applies until January 27, 2024: a temporary surface parking use, limited to visitor
parking for the development at 98 Richmond Road with a minimum of 11 spaces, is
permitted within the area shown on Schedule XXX;
4. Part 17 – Schedules of the said by-law No.
2008-250 is amended by adding Schedule XXX as shown in Document 5.”
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a new Document
5, “Zoning Schedule”, be appended to the report, as shown on Attachment 2
hereto;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no further
notice be given pursuant to subsection 34 (17) of the Planning Act.
CARRIED
The
Committee recommendations, as amended by Motion No 48/2, were then put to
Council and CARRIED.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council:
1. Approve an extension to April
12, 2021 of the deadline of the City’s remaining three repurchase options
with the Carp Airport Option to Purchase Agreement;
2. Agree to release the
remaining three repurchase options with the Carp Airport Option to Purchase
Agreement being:
• The Option described in
Clause 1.3 of the agreement is related to the Core Airport Lands;
• The Option described in
Clause 1.4 of the agreement is related to Block 293; and
• The Option described in Clause
1.5 of the agreement is related to Blocks 297, 302, 305 and 319
3. Approve the proposed changes
to the existing Municipal Capital Facility Agreement for the Carp Airport as
described in this report; and
4. Delegate authority to the
General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development to
negotiate, conclude, execute and amend on behalf of the City, the final
documents including the Municipal Capital Facility Agreement and Mortgage for
the Carp Airport in accordance with the contractual and financial parameters
outlined in this report.
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MOTION NO 48/3
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Seconded by Councillor L. Dudas
WHEREAS on February 2, 2021, the City’s Finance and Economic
Development Committee considered staff report #ACS2021-PIE-CRO-0001
concerning amendments to the existing Municipal Capital Facility Agreement (MCFA)
for the Carp Airport
AND WHEREAS the Ward Councillor for West Carleton-March, the ward where
the Carp Airport is located, suggested a new amendment to the MCFA to allow a
member of City Council to be appointed to the Airport Advisory Committee as an observer;
AND WHEREAS a representative of West Capital Development (WCD), the
owner of the Carp Airport, indicated at the February 2nd Finance and
Economic Development Committee meeting their concurrence for a member of City
Council to be part of the Airport Advisory Committee as an observer;
AND WHEREAS the staff report recommended an amendment to the MCFA to
require WCD, the owner of the Carp Airport, to provide a $1 million performance
bond for the next 20 years that offsets the operating costs of the airport for
up to two years, enabling the City to determine how it would wish to proceed should
WCD cease to operate the Carp Airport; and
AND WHEREAS the Finance and Economic Development Committee discussed
the value of that performance bond over the twenty-year time period and whether
$1 million would be enough value in the future for the City or another operator
of the airport; and
AND WHEREAS the Municipal Capital Facilities By-law will need to be
revised to respect the new Municipal Capital Facilities By-law authorized by
the Carp Airport Report.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council
1.
Direct Staff to include in the amended
MCFA for the Carp Airport that a member of City Council be part of the composition
of the Airport Advisory Committee and that said City Councillor be in a role as
observer on that committee;
2.
Direct staff to negotiate with WCD a revised
requirement for the performance bond to incorporate the value of money over
time such that the performance bond be increased in value by 15% every five
years. This revised requirement is to be reflected in the amended MCFA for the
Carp Airport.
3.
Approve that the
Municipal Capital Facilities By-law in respect of the Carp Airport (By-law 2012-23)
be revised in accordance with the report.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/4
Moved
by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Seconded by Mayor J. Watson
WHEREAS on February 2, 2021, Finance and Economic Development Committee
considered Carp Airport – Amendments to the Terms and Conditions of the 2011
Agreements (ACS2021-PIE-CRO-0001) which details release the City’s
remaining three repurchase options, conditional on amendments to the Municipal
Capital Facility Agreement (MCFA) with West Capital Development (WCD); and
WHEREAS for the release of its repurchase options related to the
development lands adjacent to the airport, the City negotiated a payment from WCD
in the amount of $4.408 million, where the terms of the payment include $700,000
upon signing the agreement, with payment of an additional $3.708 million, plus
interest, to be received by the City within 10 years of signing the amended
MCFA; and
WHEREAS section 1.4 of the City’s Disposal of Real Property requires
that monies received from a disposal activity, which includes releasing repurchase
options, be deposited into the City’s Sale of Surplus Land Account, unless
otherwise directed by City Council or as stipulated by the Affordable Housing
Land and Funding Policy; and
WHEREAS on February 4, 2021, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
(ARAC) received a presentation on the Rural Ontario Municipal Association
Municipal Connectivity Roadmap, which identified gaps in access in Rural Ottawa
for broadband internet service; and
WHEREAS rural economic development is critical to the City of Ottawa;
and
WHERAS ARAC directed staff to bring an
information report to ARAC no later than the end of Q2 2021 to outline the
current policy and financial environment of rural broadband, the role of senior
governments, the role of the City, and specific initiatives that Economic
Development with support from Right of Way branch can undertake for improved
service in all underserviced areas of Ottawa; and
WHEREAS Council can provide an immediate
incentive for all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to install telecommunication
infrastructure in the rural area and improve connectivity by waiving the cost
of road cut fees that are paid when a provider cuts into the roadway;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
for the remainder of 2021, Council direct staff to waive the fees for all road
cut permits applied for under the Road Activity By-law No. 2003-445 in the
rural area, as defined in the Official Plan, for all Internet Service Providers
and their agents undertaking the installation of telecommunication
infrastructure, with the revenue loss funded within overall Right of Way,
Heritage and Urban Design revenues; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council:
1. Waive section 1.4 of the City’s Disposal of Real
Property Policy that requires monies received from a
disposal activity be deposited into the City’s Sale of Surplus Land Account;
2. Direct staff to allocate the initial $700,000 payment
from West Capital Development as follows:
- $175,000 be deposited to the Housing Reserve, as per the City’s Affordable Housing Land and Funding
Policy;
- $265,000 to be invested in rural
broadband and economic development, as follows:
i)
$20,000 for Just Food to support buy local initiatives and
farmers’ markets, as well as skills training for farmers, including food production
and processing, and training specific to new Canadians looking for
opportunities in the agriculture sector;
ii)
$50,000 to be added to the 2021 Rural Community Building Grant Program,
to support more projects led by rural not-for-profit organizations that contribute
to economic development and community wellbeing;
iii) $75,000
to invest in carbon capture technology at the Smart Farm; and
iv) $80,000
for a one-year temporary position to support connectivity expansion within
Ottawa and the Smart Farm project, with $40,000 in supplemental compensation
funding from Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design revenues;
v) The
remaining $40,000 to be allocated as part of a forthcoming information report
to Council regarding connectivity, as directed at the Agricultural and Rural
Affairs Committee meeting of February 4, 2021; and
- $260,000 to road renewal and
resurfacing in West Carleton-March (Ward 5).
CARRIED
The
Committee recommendations, as amended by Motion No 48/3 and 48/4, were then put
to Council and CARRIED.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the following:
1. That as part of the City’s
COVID 19 economic recovery efforts, direct the Chief Procurement Officer to
identify opportunities to include and encourage the City’s use of social
procurement projects and social enterprises in City procurement, in close
collaboration with City Economic Development staff, staff from the Community
and Social Services Department, City staff on the Human Needs Taskforce, Invest
Ottawa, as well as community stakeholders, such as the United Way East Ontario
and Community Foundation, Buy Social Canada and others as appropriate, with
the intent of ensuring: citizen-led economic efforts, local social
procurement capacity building and job creation initiatives are included in
the City’s overall recovery strategy;
2. That the Chief Procurement
Officer report back to the Finance and Economic development Committee no
later than the end of Q3 2021 with the actions taken to enhance social
sustainability in City Procurement, and recommendations to incorporate social
enterprises in future City procurement for Committee and Council’s consideration;
and
3. That social procurement
opportunities be considered as part of projects initiated by other levels of government,
where appropriate.
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CARRIED
DIRECTION
TO STAFF (Councillor R. King)
That
staff be directed to:
1.
Develop an approach which
increases the diversity of the City's supply chain by providing diverse suppliers
with equitable access to competitive City procurement processes, especially
from the most disadvantaged groups, including female racialized and Indigenous
entrepreneurs; and
2.
Explore the potential to increase
the number of employment, apprenticeship and training opportunities leveraged
for people experiencing economic disadvantage, including those from
equity-seeking communities including:
· Indigenous People
· Racialized groups/visible minorities
· Persons with disabilities
· Newcomers / new immigrants
· Women
· LGBTQ+ people
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the plan for remediation for the affected
Whitewood Avenue properties, as described in this report, as follows:
1. Approve Option 2, Domestic
water supply and fire protection, consisting of 260 metres of 200 mm diameter
watermain from Doctor Leach Drive, including fire hydrants, be conditionally
approved, as it is consistent with the City’s ultimate servicing strategy for
Manotick, with $1.39 millon of budget authority established, with $1.319
million to be funded from the City’s water rate reserve and $71 thousand to
be funded through cost-recoveries from residents; and
2. That, if the consultation
process with residents cannot be resolved prior to the completion of the design
process of Option 2, staff will proceed with Option 1, with the establishment
of $1.23 million of budget authority funded from the City’s water rate reserve.
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CARRIED
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FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND
NOMINATING COMMITTEE JOINT REPORT 3
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillors Jean Cloutier and Jenna Sudds as
members of Planning Committee.
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CARRIED
with Councillors D. Deans, M. Fleury, R. King, J. Leiper, C. McKenney and S. Menard
dissenting.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That council consider the matter.
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MOTION NO 48/5
Moved
by Councillor J. Leiper
Seconded by Mayor J. Watson
WHEREAS at its meeting of November 25, 2020,
City Council approved the Integrity Commissioner report titled “Report to
Council on an Inquiry Respecting the Conduct of Councillor Chiarelli, removing
Councillor Chiarelli from the membership of all committees of Council and any
other local boards, agencies or commissions he has been appointed to by Council
for the remainder of the 2018-2022 term of office, including as Member and Vice-Chair
of the IT Sub Committee; 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 Chiarelli as
Member and Vice-Chair of the IT Sub- Committee; and
WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office has received two
expressions of interest from Members of Council to joint the IT Sub-Committee
as Members, being Councillors Theresa Kavanagh and Rawlson King; and
WHEREAS the IT Sub-Committee has in the past had
either five or six Members and Council has the flexibility to appoint both of
these two additional Members; and
WHEREAS Councillor Theresa Kavanagh has also
expressed an interest in serving as Vice-Chair;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve
the appointment of Councillors Theresa Kavanagh and Rawlson King to the IT
Sub-Committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council appoint Councillor
Kavanagh to serve as Vice-Chair of the IT Sub-Committee.
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillor Glen Gower as member of Built
Heritage Sub-Committee.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillors Laura Dudas, Theresa Kavanagh and
Tim Tierney as members of Community and Protective Services Committee.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillor Catherine Kitts as Vice-Chair of
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.
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CARRIED
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PLANNING COMMITTEE AND AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS,
AS AMENDED
That Council:
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1. approve the corrections
and additions to the main report and documents, as outlined in Motion No
PLC-ARAC 2021-4/1;
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2. direct staff to include
mapping and policies to establish a Gold Belt in the new Official Plan, as
described in this report, such that the Gold Belt be primarily composed of
Agricultural Resource lands, aggregate resource areas and natural areas and
with the intent that this Belt be established to contain future urban
expansion in the City of Ottawa until the end of the century;
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3. direct staff to submit to
Council amending by-laws to the Tree Protection and Site Alteration By-laws
to apply the relevant provisions of each by-law to protect trees and natural
features on any land areas evaluated in Documents 2 or 3 until such time as
the new Official Plan is approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing, and the appropriate limits of each by-law’s protections are finalised
in accordance with that decision;
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4. approve the Category 1 lands
identified in Appendix A and described in Document 2, representing land
clusters of 1,011 hectares that best meet the evaluation criteria and the
Five Big Moves, as candidate areas to be added to the urban boundary in the
new Official Plan, and direct staff to insert this Appendix into the draft
Official Plan for technical circulation purposes, as amended by the
following:
a. that the Pass 2 cluster
in Riverside South, representing 106.29 net hectares, be removed and an
equivalent amount of land be added between the existing Riverside South Community
and the Pass 1 lands proposed to be added so that Riverside South to form a
logical boundary that is contained north of Rideau Road
b. that the South March land
cluster identified in Recommendation 3 be removed and that the land supply (175.35
net hectares) be added to the new community option in Recommendation 5 of the
staff report, as amended
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5. direct staff to include
gating policies for mobility and infrastructure upgrades that are required
before development can take place as part of the recommended urban expansion
of Category 1 lands in Appendix A that will be recommended to Council
in the draft Official Plan;
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6. direct staff that the
remaining 445.35 ha be added into the Urban Boundary on the lands identified
as Tewin, and that staff focus on the creation of a new community on the
Tewin lands; and, that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of
Ontario between now and June to identify the specific lands in the land use
schedule of the new Official Plan, and that it be understood that it is Council’s
intent, in the spirit of a positive and constructive working relationship
with the Algonquins of Ontario and a respect for their objectives for Tewin,
that the planning process for this new community will be an expeditious and
collaborative planning process; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of Ontario and their
representatives to help secure funding from the federal and provincial governments
to support the Tewin development; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that in the draft Official Plan to be presented to Council in 2021, staff
shall recommend necessary policies and technical requirements that are required
before Council approves a secondary Plan for the Tewin development;
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7. direct staff to monitor the uptake
of identified growth lands, and the number of units created through
intensification against the growth management strategy adopted by Council in
May 2020, and report back to Council on the City’s compliance with the
Provincial Policy Statement’s requirement for a 15-year land supply no later
than Q4 2026;
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8. receive and adopt the
Industrial and Logistics Land Strategy, attached as Document 5;
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9. approve the lands identified
in Appendix D, representing land clusters of 140 net hectares, for inclusion
in the urban boundary as new Traditional Industrial, Freight and Storage
lands and direct staff to insert this Appendix into the draft Official Plan for
technical circulation purposes;
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10. approve the lands identified
in Appendix E, representing land clusters of 20 net hectares, as new Rural
Industrial, Freight and Storage lands and direct staff to insert this
Appendix into the draft Official Plan for technical circulation purposes, as
amended by the following:
a. that Council direct staff
to evaluate new LEAR information referenced in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-4/2
and consider the validity of the submission and report to Council by June on
whether the City can add an additional 34 gross ha as new Rural Industrial
Freight and Storage on lands at the south west quadrant of the Hwy 416 /
Fallowfield interchange, as shown on attached Schedule A;
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11. direct staff, through the new Official
Plan, to convert the lands shown as Industrial Area 1 in the Richmond Secondary
Plan to a non-industrial land use; and include an area-specific policy for
the area southeast of McBean Street and the railway with the intention of
requiring a secondary planning process to provide the requirements in Section
12 of the new Official Plan that amends the Richmond Secondary Plan prior to
any approvals for plans of subdivision or site plans within this area;
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12. approve that the staff
review, to be conducted no later than 2026, of the City’s intensification
targets and 15-year land supply required by the Provincial Policy Statement
consider the following:
• residential
development patterns through intensification and on greenfield lands from
2020 to 2026 and whether that has resulted in any observable change to market
housing demand and affordability;
• a review of gross to
net ratios on land utilization to ensure that the required number of units
from gross hectares are being realized;
• industrial development
patterns from 2020 to 2026, and an assessment of the uptake of lands for industrial
freight and storage and the adequacy of the supply at that five-year review,
particularly in the vicinity of the major highways (417, 416 and 7);
• the potential for
these development patterns to continue over the long-term; and • the adequacy
of the residential and industrial land supply as required by the Provincial
Policy Statement.
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13. approve that the Agricultural
and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee be delegated the
authority:
i) to hold the public meetings
pursuant to the Planning Act for the consideration of the comprehensive
Official Plan; and
ii) to receive a report and
provide recommendations to Council with respect to any draft decision by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with respect to the comprehensive
Official Plan.
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The
following motion to table the report was put to Council and LOST:
MOTION NO 48/6
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconded by Councillor D. Deans
WHEREAS on January 25th and January 26th,
2021, at a joint meeting of the Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committees, Councillors reviewed land parcels to add an additional 1281 ha to
the Urban Boundary; and
WHEREAS
the Joint Committee, through several motions, decided to remove the South March
lands, include 445.35 ha of Category 3 lands known as
the Tewin lands, swap lands in Riverside South, and provided no
opportunity for public review, analysis, feedback or delegations on these
impactful changes; and
WHEREAS
decisions related to unceded Indigenous land must be within a transparent,
robust, inclusive reconciliation protocol, while the decision to add in the Tewin
lands was inappropriately framed as an act of reconciliation without proper consultation;
and
WHEREAS
staff were not provided the opportunity to conduct a thorough and fulsome
review of the impact of adding the Tewin lands to the Urban Boundary
as they had recommended, thus limiting civic engagement and democratic process;
and
WHEREAS
the City of Ottawa has declared a climate emergency and there was no climate
lens applied to the impactful motions; and
WHEREAS there has been no detailed assessment of the costs to the
City relating to the capital, and lifecycle expenses of the new infrastructure
that will be required to service the new proposed development areas, while a
similar expansion analysis in Edmonton estimated ongoing costs at $10.6 Billion;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council table the report
entitled, “New Official Plan – Growth Management Strategy”, and direct
staff to:
- Prepare and present an analysis of the financial and
environmental costs of alternative expansion scenarios;
- Develop a consultation approach with Indigenous communities
in line with the City’s reconciliation framework; and
- Conduct a formal, transparent and inclusive consultation
with residents of Ottawa impacted by the motions.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT staff report back on their
progress within a year and that findings be presented to the Joint Committee
and Council prior to any further action being taken on this report.
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, T. Kavanagh, M. Fleury, C. McKenney,
R. King, S. Menard, R. Brockington, D. Deans
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NAYS (16):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Harder, L. Dudas, G. Darouze,
J. Cloutier, J. Sudds, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower,
C. Kitts, S. Moffatt, C. A. Meehan, R. Chiarelli, M. Luloff, K. Egli, Mayor
J. Watson
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The
Committee recommendations were then divided for voting purposes as set out
below:
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That Council:
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1. approve the corrections
and additions to the main report and documents, as outlined in Motion No
PLC-ARAC 2021-4/1;
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CARRIED
Committee Recommendation 2 was replaced by
the following Motion:
MOTION NO 48/7
Moved by Councillor C. Kitts
Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
WHEREAS the January 26, 2021 Joint Planning
Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee considered the New
Official Plan: Growth Management Report II - Lands Proposed for Residential and
Industrial Urban Expansion (ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001); and
WHEREAS the idea of the Gold Belt
was not specifically discussed with rural residents and land stewards or the
agricultural community, and there remains much confusion and concern on the
purpose of the Gold Belt, and how it relates to existing policies that protect
rural land uses from suburban development; and
WHEREAS, the protection of
important lands including agricultural, aggregate and Natural Heritage are accomplished
through their existing land use designations;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, in
respect of the rural area, Council direct staff to focus on reviewing existing
Rural Policies of the Official Plan to ensure they are consistent with the Five
Big Moves and the Provincial Policy Statement 2020, and not introduce the concept
of a Gold Belt in the draft Official Plan.
CARRIED
Committee Recommendation 3 was replaced by
the following Motion:
MOTION NO 48/8
Moved by Councillor J. Harder
Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Whereas the Growth Management Report
recommendations the protection of trees and natural areas on candidate lands
pending the final determination through Council adoption and Minister Approval
of the Official Plan of which areas will be brought within the urban boundary;
and
Whereas the lands to be protected in
Recommendation 3 to the report are those shown in Documents 2 and 3 to the
report; and
Whereas the Joint Committee recommended the
consideration of lands adjacent to Riverside South which are not shown in Documents
2 and 3; and
Whereas it is appropriate to provide further clarity
that the protections will be in place until Council considers a report on the
matter subsequent to the Minister’s decision;
Therefore Be It resolved that Recommendation 3
be deleted and replaced with the following:
Direct staff to submit to Council by-laws in
respect of the Tree Protection and Site Alteration By-laws to apply the
relevant provisions of each by-law to protect trees and natural features on any
land areas evaluated in Document 2 or 3, and the lands within Riverside South
shown on attachment 1[2] to this motion until such time subsequent
to Ministerial approval of the new Official Plan, Council considers a report on
the appropriate geographical limits of each by-law in accordance with the
Minister’s decision.
CARRIED
The following motion was considered in
relation to Committee Recommendation 4:
MOTION NO 48/9
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt
Seconded by Councillor M. Luloff
WHEREAS Report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001 recommended
for Council approval by the joint meeting of Planning and Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee includes Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-4/4 which deletes the staff
recommended Pass 2 cluster in Riverside South, representing 106.29 net hectares
and directs that an equivalent amount of land be added between the existing
Riverside South Community and the recommended Pass 1 lands; and
WHEREAS the City, as permitted by the Provincial
Policy Statement (PPS), utilizes a Land Evaluation and Area Review (LEAR) analysis
to determine if lands should be considered Prime Agricultural Area as defined
in the PPS and Agricultural Resource Area as designated in the City’s Official
Plan; and
WHEREAS the “equivalent amount of land” includes
Agriculturally Designated lands with LEAR scores above 151; and
WHEREAS a site-specific study under the City’s
LEAR has not been conducted in respect of the lands immediately adjacent the
existing Riverside South Community and the Pass 1 lands adjacent to Riverside
South proposed to be added;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, in respect of the
substitute lands in Riverside South representing 106.29 net hectares, staff be
directed to work with the proponent to undertake an examination of the LEAR
score, including ground truthing, and other relevant agricultural impacts of
lands between the existing Riverside South Community and the Pass 1 lands
proposed to be added;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That Council be provided
with the above results before a final decision is made with respect to adding the
substitute lands in Riverside South within the urban boundary.
CARRIED
on a division of 14 YEAS and 10 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (14):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Leiper, J. Sudds, A. Hubley,
E. El-Chantiry, T. Kavanagh, M. Fleury, R. King, S. Moffatt,
S. Menard, R. Brockington, M. Luloff, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (10):
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Councillors J. Harder, L. Dudas, G. Darouze, J. Cloutier,
G. Gower, C. Kitts, C. McKenney, C.A. Meehan, R. Chiarelli,
D. Deans
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4. approve the Category 1 lands
identified in Appendix A and described in Document 2, representing land
clusters of 1,011 hectares that best meet the evaluation criteria and the
Five Big Moves, as candidate areas to be added to the urban boundary in the
new Official Plan, and direct staff to insert this Appendix into the draft Official
Plan for technical circulation purposes, as amended by the following:
a. that the Pass 2 cluster
in Riverside South, representing 106.29 net hectares, be removed and an
equivalent amount of land be added between the existing Riverside South Community
and the Pass 1 lands proposed to be added so that Riverside South to form a
logical boundary that is contained north of Rideau Road
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b. that the South March land
cluster identified in Recommendation 3 be removed and that the land supply (175.35
net hectares) be added to the new community option in Recommendation 5 of the
staff report, as amended
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Committee
Recommendation 4.a) above was put to Council and CARRIED on a division of 24 YEAS and 0 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (24):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Harder, J. Leiper, L. Dudas,
G. Darouze, J. Cloutier, J. Sudds, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry,
T. Kavanagh, G. Gower, C. Kitts, M. Fleury, C. McKenney,
R. King, S. Moffatt, C. A. Meehan, R. Chiarelli, S. Menard,
R. Brockington, M. Luloff, D. Deans, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (0):
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The remainder of Joint Committee Recommendation
4 (including 4b) was put to Council and CARRIED.
Committee Recommendation 5 was replaced by
the following motion:
MOTION NO 48/10
Moved by Councillor Harder
Seconded by Councillor El-Chantiry
WHEREAS the report for the New Official Plan: Growth Management
Report II - Lands Proposed for Residential and Industrial Urban Expansion (ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001)
details specific lands for urban, commercial and industrial growth, framed by
the establishment of a Gold Belt in the new OP to direct future urban
development away from Ottawa’s agricultural and natural areas; and
WHEREAS lands to be added to the urban expansion have been amended
by a number of motions; and
WHERAS these added lands may not be Category 1 or included in
Appendix A, which makes these added lands not subject to recommendation 5:
Direct
staff to include gating policies for mobility and infrastructure upgrades that
are required before development can take place as part of the recommended urban
expansion of Category 1 lands in Appendices A that will be recommended to
Council in the draft Official Plan; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council
replace recommendation 5 with the following:
Direct staff to include gating policies
for mobility and infrastructure upgrades that are required before development
can take place for the urban expansion land that will be recommended to Council
in the draft Official Plan.
CARRIED
The
following Motions were put forward in relation to Committee Recommendation 6:
MOTION NO 48/11
Moved
by Councillor C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor D. Deans
WHEREAS
on January 25 2021, the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee (the Joint Committees) met to consider which parcels of land
should be added into the urban boundary in the new Official Plan, representing
1,011 hectares necessary to fulfil a 15-year supply as required by the Provincial
Policy Statement; and,
WHEREAS
staff identified an additional 270 ha in the report to the Joint Committee
where further study was recommended before determining which should be included
within the urban boundary; and,
WHEREAS
175.35 ha of lands proposed by staff met the criteria to be included in Category
1 to be added to the urban area in South March have been recommended not to be
included by the Joint Committee giving a total of 445.35 acres to be
designated; and,
WHEREAS
the Joint Committees recommended on the basis that City Council is committed to
reconciliation with local Indigenous communities and recognizes the importance
of working with First Nations people as a meaningful opportunity towards
achieving that goal that staff be directed:
that
the remaining 445.35 ha be added into the Urban Boundary on the lands identified
as Tewin, and that staff focus on the creation of a new community on the Tewin
lands; and, that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of Ontario
between now and June to identify the specific lands in the land use schedule of
the new Official Plan, and that it be understood that it is Council’s intent,
in the spirit of a positive and constructive working relationship with the
Algonquins of Ontario and a respect for their objectives for Tewin, that the
planning process for this new community will be an expeditious and
collaborative planning process; and
WHEREAS
City Council has received correspondence from several prominent Algonquin
leaders including Grand Chief Verna Polson on behalf of the Algonquin
Anishinabeg National Tribal Council that criticises the City’s lack of
consultation with all interested parties about whether the inclusion of the
Tewin land within the urban boundary fulfils the City’s reconciliation goals
with local Indigenous persons and nations; and,
WHEREAS
the City’s planning staff did not identify the Tewin lands as those that should
be included in the first tranche of lands to be included in the necessary 1,011
ha to be added to the urban boundary, and have identified concerns about the
developability of the lands as well as servicing and transit challenges; and
WHEREAS
the inclusion of any lands in an expanded urban boundary have the potential to
increase greenhouse gases and increase costs to taxpayers if those are not
carefully chosen and mitigations required based on careful study; and
WHEREAS
the determination of which lands to be included in the urban boundary is a
major decision by Council warranting careful consideration and study; and
WHEREAS
Council approved a set of criteria to guide the addition of lands to the new
urban boundary and which sought to ensure that new lands would meet the goals of
the Official Plan, the Provincial Policy Statement, and the Five Big Moves; and
WHEREAS
the original recommendation to include the South March lands was based on their
ranking as Category 1 lands under this set of criteria;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council amend the report to remove
Recommendation 4b and reinstate the 175.35 hectares identified as the South
March lands back into the proposed urban boundary; and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED THAT Council, in respect of the remaining 270 ha, proceed with the analysis
set forth in Option iii) in the staff report in respect of the Leitrim
East/Carlsbad West Lands; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED THAT analysis shall include the establishment of a
comprehensive consultation framework that encompasses meaningful dialogue with
all local Indigenous persons and nations and groups who have expressed interest
in land issues in the context of the Urban Boundary with an emphasis on
Algonquin communities.
LOST
on a division of 8 YEAS and 15 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (8):
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Councillors J. Leiper, T. Kavanagh, M. Fleury, C. McKenney,
R. King, S. Menard, R. Brockington, D. Deans
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NAYS (15):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Harder, L. Dudas, G. Darouze,
J. Cloutier, J. Sudds, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower,
C. Kitts, S. Moffatt, C. A. Meehan, M. Luloff, K. Egli, Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 48/12
Moved by Councillor G. Gower
Seconded by Councillor A. Hubley
WHEREAS, on May 27, 2020, Council
approved the New Official Plan – Growth Management
Strategy (ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0012), with an intensification rate of 51% over
the lifetime of the plan and the addition of 1,281 Hectares to the urban
boundary to meet the Provincial Policy Statement 15-year land supply; and
WHEREAS staff were directed in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2020-3/12 to
ensure that any rural parcels that are beyond the catchment area of an
already-planned transit station will need Council confirmation of a funding
source or mechanism for any necessary transit network extensions, and any other
component of required municipal infrastructure, prior to the approval of its
implementing secondary plan; and
WHEREAS staff were directed in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2020-3/14 to bring forward policies in the draft
Official Plan to ensure that any urban expansion areas are being planned,
funded, phased and built so that the necessary infrastructure and community
amenities are in place and coordinated with the development approvals process,
and staff confirm they were directed in the same
motion to establish clear guidelines for developers
to notify residents who have purchased a home or land within the development of
all infrastructure and amenities which will be required to be constructed or
upgraded as a condition of application approval, and timelines be made publicly
available to increase accountability and transparency of the application
process; and
WHEREAS the January 26, 2021 Joint Planning Committee and
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee considered the New Official Plan:
Growth Management Report II - Lands Proposed for Residential and Industrial Urban
Expansion (ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001); and
WHEREAS the original recommendation 5.iii) in ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001 recommended staff conduct a focused analysis of the Tewin lands
outlining the financial, planning, infrastructure, transit, transportation,
geotechnical, hydrological, environmental and ecological considerations and
proponent-financed studies necessary, and to report back to Council with informed
recommendations, no later than Q4 2026 with informed recommendations for adding
the remainder of the lands required to meet the 1,281 Hectare urban boundary
expansion land requirement, approved in May 27, 2020; and
WHEREAS Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-4/6 replaced the
original recommendation 5, directing staff to work with the proponent to
identify the lands to include the Tewin lands in the June 2021 draft Official
Plan report; and
WHEREAS Ottawa City Council supports an approach that “growth should
pay for growth” as it relates to urban expansion;
WHEREAS the Tewin partners have stated, in writing, to
the City their intention to pay for the design and construction of servicing
and infrastructure through development charges, area specific charges, landowner
contibutions and other funding mechanisms; and
WHEREAS staff have confirmed that specific financial,
planning, infrastructure, transit, transportation, geotechnical, hydrological,
environmental and ecological considerations are required from the Tewin proponent
prior to approval of a secondary plan; and
WHEREAS staff have confirmed that future
studies (proponent and City) would be financed by the proponent, as per the
original recommendation 5.iii) to report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to identify the specific
planning, infrastructure, transit, transportation, geotechnical, hydrological,
environmental and ecological considerations that the proponent must address
prior to the approval of a Secondary Plan, and that these considerations be
included for Council approval in the Draft Official Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT staff report back to Council on the
legal and financial mechanisms available that would ensure that servicing and
infrastructure costs can be paid by the proponent, and that this information
also be included in the report back to Council on the Draft Official Plan
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/13
Moved by Councillor J. Cloutier
Seconded by Councillor J. Sudds
WHEREAS representatives from several Algonquin communities
in Quebec, as well as other local Indigenous groups, have indicated their desire
to be consulted on the Tewin development; and
WHEREAS the Algonquins of Ontario have their own
relationships with nearby Algonquin communities, and the City of Ottawa has no
role to play in those nation-to-nation relationships, or any role to play with
respect to any land claims process; and
WHEREAS the City’s consultation processes on
both the Official Plan, which is about land use and not land ownership, and all
development processes in the City require consultation with the public;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff ensure that
representatives from those local Algonquin communities in Quebec and other
Indigenous communities that have expressed interest in the Tewin development
are informed of any consultations on that development arising from City processes,
and that those communities also be encouraged to communicate directly with the
Algonquins of Ontario on the next phases of the Tewin development.
MOTION NO 48/14
Moved by Councillor R. Brockington
Seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
That the following be added to the Cloutier/ Sudds motion :
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and senior Planning
staff invite and meet with Grand Chief Verna Polson of the Algonquin Anishinabeg
Nation Tribal Council, other Chiefs and elders to discuss how to improve
communication and consultation with the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation and City
of Ottawa on the Official Plan and components therein.
CARRIED
on a division of 16 YEAS and 8 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (16):
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Councillors J. Leiper, L. Dudas, T. Kavanagh, C. Kitts, M. Fleury,
C. McKenney, R. King, S. Moffatt, C. A. Meehan, R. Chiarelli,
S. Menard, R. Brockington, M. Luloff, D. Deans, K. Egli,
Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (8):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Harder, G. Darouze, J. Cloutier,
J. Sudds, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower
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The
Cloutier/ Sudds Motion, as amended was put to Council.
The
resolution added by the Brockington/ Fleury motion was deemed CARRIED by virtue
of the above-noted vote.
The
original resolution of the Cloutier/Sudds Motion was then put to Council and
CARRIED on a division of 13 YEAS and 11 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (13):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Harder, L. Dudas, G. Darouze,
J. Cloutier, J. Sudds, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower,
S. Moffatt, R. Chiarelli, M. Luloff, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (11):
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Councillors J. Leiper, T. Kavanagh, C. Kitts, M. Fleury,
C. McKenney, R. King, C. A. Meehan, S. Menard, R. Brockington,
D. Deans, K. Egli
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6. direct staff that the
remaining 445.35 ha be added into the Urban Boundary on the lands identified
as Tewin, and that staff focus on the creation of a new community on the
Tewin lands; and, that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of
Ontario between now and June to identify the specific lands in the land use
schedule of the new Official Plan, and that it be understood that it is Council’s
intent, in the spirit of a positive and constructive working relationship
with the Algonquins of Ontario and a respect for their objectives for Tewin,
that the planning process for this new community will be an expeditious and
collaborative planning process; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of Ontario and their representatives
to help secure funding from the federal and provincial governments to support
the Tewin development; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that in the draft Official Plan to be presented to Council in 2021, staff
shall recommend necessary policies and technical requirements that are required
before Council approves a secondary Plan for the Tewin development;
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Committee
Recommendation 6, as amended, was put to Council and CARRIED, on a division of 16 YEAS and 8 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (16):
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Councillors T. Tierney, J. Harder, L. Dudas, G. Darouze,
J. Cloutier, J. Sudds, A. Hubley, E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower,
C. Kitts, S. Moffatt, C. A. Meehan, R. Chiarelli, M. Luloff, K. Egli, Mayor
J. Watson
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NAYS (8):
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Councillors J. Leiper, T. Kavanagh, M. Fleury, C. McKenney, R.
King, S. Menard, R. Brockington, D. Deans
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DIRECTION
TO STAFF (K. Egli):
Can staff include a requirement for the applicants
to provide information to the City as to what steps will be taken to preserve
and protect the wildlife and plant life present on these lands.
The remaining Joint Committee Recommendations
were put to Council and CARRIED.
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7. direct staff to monitor the uptake
of identified growth lands, and the number of units created through
intensification against the growth management strategy adopted by Council in
May 2020, and report back to Council on the City’s compliance with the
Provincial Policy Statement’s requirement for a 15-year land supply no later
than Q4 2026;
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CARRIED
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8. receive and adopt the
Industrial and Logistics Land Strategy, attached as Document 5;
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CARRIED
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9. approve the lands identified
in Appendix D, representing land clusters of 140 net hectares, for inclusion
in the urban boundary as new Traditional Industrial, Freight and Storage
lands and direct staff to insert this Appendix into the draft Official Plan for
technical circulation purposes;
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CARRIED
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10. approve the lands identified in
Appendix E, representing land clusters of 20 net hectares, as new Rural
Industrial, Freight and Storage lands and direct staff to insert this
Appendix into the draft Official Plan for technical circulation purposes, as
amended by the following:
a. that Council direct staff
to evaluate new LEAR information referenced in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-4/2
and consider the validity of the submission and report to Council by June on
whether the City can add an additional 34 gross ha as new Rural Industrial
Freight and Storage on lands at the south west quadrant of the Hwy 416 /
Fallowfield interchange, as shown on attached Schedule A;
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CARRIED
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11. direct staff, through the new
Official Plan, to convert the lands shown as Industrial Area 1 in the Richmond
Secondary Plan to a non-industrial land use; and include an area-specific
policy for the area southeast of McBean Street and the railway with the intention
of requiring a secondary planning process to provide the requirements in Section
12 of the new Official Plan that amends the Richmond Secondary Plan prior to
any approvals for plans of subdivision or site plans within this area;
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CARRIED
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12. approve that the staff
review, to be conducted no later than 2026, of the City’s intensification
targets and 15-year land supply required by the Provincial Policy Statement
consider the following:
• residential
development patterns through intensification and on greenfield lands from 2020
to 2026 and whether that has resulted in any observable change to market housing
demand and affordability;
• a review of gross to
net ratios on land utilization to ensure that the required number of units
from gross hectares are being realized;
• industrial development
patterns from 2020 to 2026, and an assessment of the uptake of lands for
industrial freight and storage and the adequacy of the supply at that
five-year review, particularly in the vicinity of the major highways (417, 416
and 7);
• the potential for
these development patterns to continue over the long-term; and • the adequacy
of the residential and industrial land supply as required by the Provincial
Policy Statement.
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CARRIED
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13. approve that the Agricultural
and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee be delegated the authority:
i) to hold the public meetings
pursuant to the Planning Act for the consideration of the comprehensive
Official Plan; and
ii) to receive a report and provide
recommendations to Council with respect to any draft decision by the Minister
of Municipal Affairs and Housing with respect to the comprehensive Official
Plan.
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CARRIED
The
following additional motion was put to Council amending this report:
MOTION NO 48/15
Moved by Councillor Harder
Seconded by Councillor El-Chantiry
WHEREAS the January 26, 2021 Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee considered the New Official Plan: Growth Management
Report II - Lands Proposed for Residential and Industrial Urban Expansion
(ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001); and
WHEREAS this report delegates authority
to Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee to hold the
public meetings pursuant to the Planning Act for the consideration of the comprehensive
Official Plan; and to receive a report and provide recommendations to Council with
respect to any draft decision by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
with respect to the comprehensive Official Plan; and
WHEREAS staff estimate that the volume of work still
to be done will be completed in time to report back to Council in September
2021;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve that all reference to
staff reporting back in “June” be replaced with “September”.
CARRIED
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TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT 15
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS,
AS AMENDED
That Council:
1. Receive the results of 2020
Electric Kick Scooter Strategy and Pilot, as outlined in the report; and
2. Approve the continuance of
Ottawa’s Electric Kick Scooter Pilot in 2021 as detailed in the report, with
the proposed changes to the pilot program, revised fee structure and
procurement strategy; and
3. Approve the implementation
of a competitive procurement process and enter into Agreements with successful
proponents of the process; and
4. In recognition of the
increasingly warmer seasonal weather and e-scooter industry operational
practices of making e-scooters unavailable for rent while storing them in local
warehouses during inclement weather, approve an extension of the 2021 season
starting April 1st to November 30, 2021, with providers requiring the concurrence
of City staff to deploy in the months of April and November; and
5. Direct staff to report back
to the Transportation Committee and Council at the conclusion of the 2021
pilot project on the potential of extending it past 11 p.m., based on a
review of any issues with e-scooters ridership from dusk to 11 p.m., as well
as comparable data from other jurisdictions where riding is permitted past 11
p.m.; and
6. Direct staff to report back to the Transportation
Committee and Council at the conclusion of the 2021 pilot project for
consideration of future pilot seasons.
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CARRIED
with Councillor C. McKenney dissenting.
Item B on the
Bulk Consent Agenda was lifted from the Bulk Consent Agenda for consideration
as part of the regular Agenda.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve the Brownfield Redevelopment
Grant application submitted by Carling Richmond Storage GP Corporation, on behalf
of Carling/Richmond Storage Limited Partnership, owner of the property at
2583 and 2599 Carling Avenue, for a Property Tax Assistance and Rehabilitation
Grant under the Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan Program
not to exceed a total of $1,260,918 for which the grant payment period will
be phased over a maximum of 10 years of development, subject to the
establishment of, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the
Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Agreement;
2. Delegate the authority to
the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development, to
execute a Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Agreement with Carling Richmond
Storage GP Corporation, on behalf of Carling/Richmond Storage Limited
Partnership, establishing the terms and conditions governing the payment of
the grant for the redevelopment of 2583 and 2599 Carling Avenue, 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
with Councillor S. Menard dissenting.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve that the City convey to Zena-Kinder Holdings
Ltd the lands described in Document 1 subject to the terms set forth in
Document 2 for a consideration of $1.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
That Council approve the installation of all-way stop controls at
the intersection of Montfort St and Hannah St.
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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 January 27, 2021 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 1-5.
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CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/16
Moved
by Councillor C. A. Meehan
Seconded by Councillor R. King
That Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 20; Finance and
Economic Development Committee and Nominating Committee Joint Report 3; Planning
Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Joint Report 4; Transportation
Committee Report 15; and 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 January 27, 2021”; be received and adopted
as amended.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/17
Moved
by Councillor C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor J. Leiper
WHEREAS the building at 131 Balsam
Street is in an advanced state of disrepair due
to a fire at the property; 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 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 48/18
Moved by Councillor R. Brockington
Seconded by Councillor T. Kavanagh
WHEREAS Mooney’s Bay Park, located in River Ward, along the Rideau
River, is one of the most visited City of Ottawa park; and
WHEREAS, Mooney’s Bay Park offers a number of amenities and attractions
that draw visitors in every season, including the Mooney’s Bay Hill (the Hill),
an attraction popular for tobogganing; and
WHEREAS, the 25-person cap for toboggan hills and ice rinks, as imposed
by Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health, has not been respected on the Hill this
winter, part of a requirement to social distance to reduce the risk of COVID-19
transmission; and
WHEREAS, a 2017 safety audit of the Hill was conducted and
concluded that The Hill poses a number of safety issues and was subsequently
removed from the City’s sanctioned toboggan hill list; and
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2021, the City of Ottawa closed the Hill
for toboggan use; and
WHEREAS, a significant amount of communications from the public
has been received by the local Councillor’s office in support of finding a
solution to open the Hill, respecting health and safety protocols,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff in Recreation, Cultural and
Facility Services be directed to assess the safety issues associated with tobogganing
at Mooney’s Bay Hill and identify options that would assist in mitigating risks
to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks Recreation and Cultural
Services, to permit tobogganing on site.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/19
Moved
by Councillor M. Luloff
Seconded by Mayor J. Watson
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to
consider the following motion to address in a timely manner the pending vacancy
on the Ottawa Public Library Board.
WHEREAS Councillor Tim Tierney has advised the
Mayor and City Clerk of his intention to step down as a Member of the Ottawa
Public Library Board, effective upon Council’s approval of a replacement; and
WHEREAS the City Clerk has undertaken a circulation
to seek expressions of appointment by Council to replace Councillor Tierney as
a Member of the Ottawa Public Library Board; and
WHEREAS the Clerk’s office has received one
expressions of interest for consideration as Ottawa Public Library Board Chair,
being Councillor Rawlson King; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED Council appoint
Councillor Rawlson King to the Ottawa Public Library Board.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/20
Moved by Councillor C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor J. Leiper
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following
Motion, in order that the property owner may address these issues as soon as
possible:
WHEREAS the buildings on the parcel of land known as 494 Lisgar
Street are considered to be in a state of disrepair; and
WHEREAS the site is being redeveloped for new affordable housing
with funding being provided by the City of Ottawa and the Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporation through their Rapid Housing Initiative; and
WHEREAS there is an Order to Comply with the Property Standards By-law
with a correction deadline of March 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS construction on the site will begin within the next 12
months in accordance with the timelines associated with the Rapid Housing Initiative
funding; 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 buildings on the property subject to the following conditions;
- The landscaping of the property shall be finalized in accordance
with conditions established by the General Manager of Planning,
Infrastructure and Economic Development;
- The registered Owner shall enter into a Contribution Agreement for
affordable housing funding with the City of Ottawa, to the satisfaction of
the General Manager of Community and Social Services;
- The registered 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;
- This approval is considered null and void if the Agreement is
not executed within two months of Council’s approval.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/21
Moved
by Mayor J. Watson
Seconded by Councillor L. Dudas
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following
Motion, so that the Sponsors
Groups may be formed as soon as possible.
WHEREAS at its meeting of December 9, 2020, City
Council approved the report titled “Lansdowne Annual Report and Covid-19
Impacts Update (ACS2020-CMR-OCM-0003)”, including the recommendation to
establish a Lansdowne Park Partnership Council Sponsors Group; and
WHEREAS on January 28, 2021 the City Clerk
undertook a circulation to seek expressions of interest from Members of Council
interested in participating in the Sponsors Group; and
WHEREAS as part of the circulation for interest,
Members were advised that, provided sufficient interest from Members of
Council, staff could engage with two Sponsors Groups for the next phase of
Lansdowne within the two broad categories of review for the long-term
sustainability options, namely:
1. Planning, infrastructure and affordable
housing; and
2. Economic development, tourism, increased
animation of the site, and the ability of the partnership to foster city-wide
and ward-specific support for small businesses; and
WHEREAS expressions of interest have been
received from 11 Members of Council interested in being
considered for the Sponsors’ Group, including the Ward Councillor;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following
Members of Council be appointed to participate in each of the two Sponsors’ Groups,
in addition to the City staff previously-identified in the Lansdowne Annual
Report and Covid-19 Impacts Report and the Mayor or his representative ex officio:
A. Planning,
Infrastructure and affordable housing Sponsors’ Group:
1.
Councillor J.
Harder (Chair)
2.
Councillor T.
Tierney
3.
Councillor E.
El-Chantiry
4.
Councillor J.
Sudds
5.
Councillor G.
Gower
6.
Councillor S.
Menard (Ward Councillor)
B.
Economic
Development Sponsors Group
1. Councillor A. Hubley (Chair)
2. Councillor C. Kitts
3. Councillor M. Fleury
4. Councillor S. Moffatt
5. Councillor R. Brockington
6. Councillor S. Menard (Ward Councillor)
CARRIED
MOTION NO 48/22
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following
Motion, in order that the property owner may address these issues as soon as
possible,
WHEREAS the buildings on the parcels of land known as 147 & 159
Forward Avenue are considered to be in a state of disrepair; and
WHEREAS the sites are being redeveloped for new affordable housing
with funding being provided by the City of Ottawa and the Province of Ontario; and
WHEREAS there is a Provincial deadline to start construction on the
site by April 30, 2021;
WHEREAS the issuance of a demolition permit will be considered to be
start of construction;
WHEREAS given the dilapidated condition of the buildings and the timelines
associated with the funding for the proposed development; 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 buildings on the properties subject to the following conditions;
- The landscaping of the properties shall be finalized in
accordance with conditions established by the General Manager of Planning,
Infrastructure and Economic Development;
- 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;
- The registered Owner agrees that demolition permits will not be
issued and the buildings cannot be demolished until such time that the Agreement
referenced herein has been executed and registered on title;
- This approval is considered null and void if the Agreement is
not executed within two months of Council’s approval.
CARRIED
MOTION
Moved
by Councillor Deans
Seconded by Councillor Kavanagh
WHEREAS in 1910 women delegates from
around the world met in Copenhagen to propose that Women’s Day become an international
event to promote equal rights for women; and
WHEREAS the first International
Women’s Day was held in 1911 with the support of over a million people; and
WHEREAS in 1977, the General Assembly
of the United Nations officially called for all countries to mark a day for the
recognition of women's economic, political and social achievements; and
WHEREAS we are witnessing a significant rise in women’s activism to
accelerate women’s equality along with a deepening resolve to reject gender
discrimination in all forms; and
WHEREAS every year thousands of events are held around the world to
inspire, celebrate and honour women.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa
City Council declare March 8, 2021, to be International Women’s Day in the City
of Ottawa.
MOTION
Moved by Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
WHEREAS Ottawa City Council is aware of the
intention of the privately-owned Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to build a
Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) for low and intermediate nuclear waste,
including plutonium and high-activity cobalt-60, at the Chalk River
Laboratories on the Ottawa River; and
WHEREAS we are on unceded Algonquin, Anishinabek
territory; and
WHEREAS in May of 2017, the Anishinabek Nation
and the Iroquois Caucus issued a Joint Declaration that stated their opposition
to the abandonment of radioactive waste on their territory as they have an
“intimate relationship to the land [and] waters” and believe that they “need to
protect the lands, waters and all living things for future generations”; and
WHEREAS these planned waste facilities are
likely to be increasingly subject to large-scale flooding and are located in an
active earthquake zone; and
WHEREAS the NSDF “engineered mound” would cover
an area the size of 70 NHL hockey rinks and hold 1,000,000 cubic metres of
radioactive waste, including waste transported from former reactors and nuclear
research sites in Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario, as well as highly-radioactive
industrial wastes from private companies; and
WHEREAS CNL also proposes to entomb the Rolphton
Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) reactor and its nuclear components in grout
and concrete, less than 200 metres from the Ottawa River; and
WHEREAS the International Atomic Energy Agency
says entombment is not an acceptable strategy for decommissioning nuclear
waste; and
WHEREAS radioactive pollutants increase the risk
of congenital disabilities, genetic damage, cancer and other chronic diseases in
current and future generations; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa City
Council oppose the creation of an above-ground mound for permanent disposal of
radioactive waste less than one kilometre from the Ottawa River, our primary
source of drinking water, and the plan to entomb the former Rolphton Nuclear
Power Demonstration nuclear reactor in grout and concrete; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Ottawa City Council
direct the Mayor to write to the Ministers of Natural Resources, Environment and
Climate Change, Infrastructure and Crown-Indigenous Relations, as well as the
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to
express the City of Ottawa’s official opposition to the two proposals in their
current form, given the location and proposed designs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council direct the
General Manager, Public Works and Environmental Services (or his designate), to
present the City’s opposition at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s
hearings prior to final the consideration of the NSDF and NPD projects; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Clerk be
directed to share Council’s opposition with the Anishinabek Nation as well as
the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Association of Municipalities
of Ontario.
MOTION
TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS
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MOTION NO 48/23
Moved
by Councillor C. A. Meehan
Seconded by Councillor R. King
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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THREE READINGS
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2021-63.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2001-17 to appoint certain Inspectors, Property Standards Officers and
Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the Building Code Services Branch of
the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department.
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2021-64.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to temporarily change the zoning of the lands known municipally
as 114 Richmond Road.
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2021-65.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to remove the holding symbol from the lands known municipally as
3713 Borrisokane Road.
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2021-66.
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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MOTION NO 48/24
Moved
by Councillor C. A. Meehan
Seconded by Councillor R. King
That the
following by-law be read and passed:
To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of 10 February 2021.
CARRIED
Council adjourned
the meeting at 4:52 PM
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CITY
CLERK MAYOR