OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES 67
Wednesday, December 8, 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, December 8, 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.
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RETIREMENT RECOGNITION FOR KEVIN WYLIE, GENERAL
MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
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Mayor Watson,
Councillor Scott Moffatt, Chair of the Standing
Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management, and Steve Kanellakos, City Manager, offered thanks to Kevin
Wylie, General Manager, Public Works and Environmental Services, on the
occasion of his impending retirement.
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All Members were present at the meeting.
CONFIRMED
Councillor
Diane Deans
Councillor Diane
Deans declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the following portions
of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget:
Community and
Protective Services Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget, Community and
Social Services, Children’s Services, as follows:
1.
User Fees
(page 7 of the CPSC Budget book); and
2.
Municipal
Child Care Centres Operating Resource Requirement (Page 6 of the CPSC Budget
book)
As my daughter works for Children’s
Services in an area that 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. 67/4, Item 4.A)
Councillor
Catherine McKenney
Councillor
Catherine McKenney declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the
following portions of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget:
Item 6 - 2021 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa
Board of Health - Ministry of Health Programs &
Standards: Cost-shared Core
Programs (Page 5 of the Board of Health Budget Book); and
Item 9 -
Community and Protective Services Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget,
as follows:
Community and Social Services, Housing Services Operating
Resource Requirement (Page 10 of the CPSC Budget Book) as follows:
1.
Housing Programs
2.
Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative
3.
Home for Good
4.
Reaching Home; and
5.
COVID-19 Funding
as my spouse is employed by Options Bytown,
and a member of the Board for Ottawa Inner City Health, organizations that will
receive funding from, or would be eligible to receive funding from, these
budget line items.
Councillor
McKenney did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the
budget. (Budget Roadmap Motion No. 67/4 Item 1 E 2) Item 4.B. 1), 2), 3), 5) and 6)
Councillor
Keith Egli
Councillor Keith
Egli declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the following portions
of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets:
Item
3 – 2022 Draft Operating Budget, Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) –
Transfers/Grants/ Financial Charges (Page 1 of the CPO Budget Book); and
Item 6 – 2022
Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health - Ministry of Health Programs
& Standards: 100% City Programs (Page 5 of the Board of Health Budget
Book); and
Item 9 – Community
and Protective Services 2022 Draft Operating Budget, as follows:
1.
Community
and Social Services, Housing Services (Page 10 of the CPSC Budget Book), as
follows:
a)
Housing
Programs;
b)
Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative;
c)
Home
for Good;
d)
Housing
and Homelessness Prevention Plan;
e)
Reaching
Home;
f)
COVID-19
Funding; and
2.
Community
and Social Services, Gender & Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations
and Social Development - Operating Resource Requirement - Community Funding
(Page 15 of the CPSC Budget Book);
as
I sit on the Board
of Directors of the Youth Services Bureau and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of
Ottawa, and my spouse sits on the board of directors for the Nepean Rideau and
Osgoode Community Resource Centre, organizations 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 (Budget Roadmap Motion Items 1 B., 1 E. 1), 4. B. and 4. C.)
Councillor
Matthew Luloff
Councillor
Matthew Luloff declared a potential, deemed pecuniary interest on the following
portions of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget:
Item 9 - Community
and Protective Services Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as
follows:
·
Emergency
and Protective Services, Fire Services Operating Resource Requirement,
Communications (Page 21 of the CPSC Budget Book);
as my spouse is employed by Versaterm Public
Safety, a software firm that provides RMS, MDT and CAD services to Ottawa Fire
Services and Ottawa Police 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. 67/4, Items 4.
D.)
Councillor
Mathieu Fleury
Councillor Mathieu
Fleury declared a potential, indirect pecuniary interest on the following portions
of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget:
Community and
Protective Services Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
1.
Recreation,
Cultural and Facilities Services, General Manager’s Office and Business Support
Services Operating Resource Requirement (Page 44of the CPSC Budget Book) as I
am on the Board of the Ottawa Sport Council, an organization which would
receive funding from, or would potentially receive funding from, this budget
line item; and
2.
Recreation,
Cultural and Facilities Service Operating Resource Requirement, Community
Recreation and Cultural Programs (Page 48 of the CPSC Budget Book), as I am on
the Board of the Rideau Winter Trail of Ottawa, an organization which (via the
Winter Trail Alliance) would receive funding from, or would potentially receive
funding from, this budget line item.
Councillor Fleury did not participate in discussion or vote on these
portions of the budget. (Budget Roadmap Motion No.
67/4, Items 4. E. 1) and 2).)
Councillor
Rawlson King
Councillor Rawlson
King declared a potential indirect pecuniary interest on the following portions
of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget:
Community and
Protective Services Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget, Recreation,
Cultural and Facilities Services, Community Recreation and Cultural Programs
(Page 48 of the CPSC Budget Book);
As I am on the Board of the Rideau Winter
Trail of Ottawa, an organization which (via the Winter Trail Alliance) would
receive funding from, or would potentially receive funding from, this budget
line item.
Councillor
King did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the budget.
(Budget Roadmap Motion No. 67/4, Items 4 E. 1. )
Councillor Cathy
Curry
Councillor Cathy
Curry declared a potential indirect pecuniary interest on the following
portions of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget:
Any City funding that may be applied to the
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s following programs:
- Preschool Program
- Regional Preschool Program
- Caution Parent Learning Program
- Specialized Programming in Recreation,
Integration and Therapy (SPIRIT)
This includes the following:
1.
Community
& Social Services - Children's Services - Operating Resource Requirement
a.
“Special
Needs Resourcing” under “Legislated Programs”; and (p. 6)
b.
“Special
Needs Resourcing” under “Municipal Investment”. (p. 6)
2.
Complexes,
Aquatics and Specialized Services - Operating Resource Requirement
a.
“City
Wide Programs, Aquatics and Specialized Services” (p. 55)
As I am on the Board of Directors for the
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), an organization which would
receive funding from, or would potentially receive funding from, this budget
line item.
Councillor
Curry did not participate in discussion or vote on these portions of the
budget. (Budget Roadmap Motion No. 67/4, Item 1.
E., 4 A. 3. and 4., and 4E.3.)
MOTION NO 67/1
Moved by
Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
That the following reports be received
and considered:
- the report from the Deputy City Treasurer
entitled “2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Committee of Adjustment entitled “Committee
of Adjustment – 2022 Draft Operating Budget”;
- the report from Crime Prevention Ottawa entitled “2022 Draft
Operating Budget - Crime Prevention Ottawa”;
- the report from the Ottawa Police Services Board entitled “Ottawa
Police Service 2022 Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board entitled “Ottawa Public Library: 2022 Draft Budget Estimates”;
- the report from the Ottawa Board of Health entitled “2022 Draft
Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health”;
- Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 27;
- Audit Committee Report 13;
- Community and Protective Services Committee Report 23;
- Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste
Management Report 20A;
- Information Technology Sub-Committee Report 4;
- Planning Committee Report 53;
- Transit Commission Report 15;
- Transportation Committee Report 24; and
15. 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 24, 2021”; and
That Council Receive
and Consider Planning Committee Report 54, pursuant to subsection 35 (5) of
Procedure By-law 2021-24; and
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive
and consider the Finance and Economic Development Committee
Report 32 due to the time sensitivity of the items contained in the report.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/2
Moved by Councillor
T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
That City Council resolve to move into
Committee of the Whole pursuant to Sections 52 and 53 of the Procedure
By-law.
CARRIED
MOTION
NO 67/3
Moved by Councillor G.
Darouze
Seconded by Councillor
L. Dudas
WHEREAS, on
November 3, 2021, Council received and tabled the 2022 Draft Capital and Operating
Budget transmittal report (ACS2021-FSD-FIN-0025) and associated Committee budget
books;
AND WHEREAS it has been determined that
various updates to the Capital Funding Summary schedules are required in some
Committee budget books to reflect the corrections as outlined in the attached
table of corrections;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council as Committee of the Whole approve the corrections
for the 2022 Budget books as outlined in Attachment 1 to this motion (See Annex
1 at end of Minutes); and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Financial Officer be delegated the authority to
make any required updates to the final 2022 Budget documents to ensure they
reflect the corrections as outlined, as well as those made through the Standing
Committee budget process.
The following Roadmap Motion was put to
Council in Committee of the Whole to consider the 2022 Draft Operating and
Capital Budgets, divided as set out below for voting purposes. This Roadmap
Motion replaced the recommendations set out in Items 1-15 on the Agenda.
ROADMAP MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 2022 BUDGET
MOTION
NO 67/4
Moved by Councillor G. Darouze
Seconded by Councillor L. Dudas
BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council, as
Committee of the Whole, receive and consider the Draft
2022 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, Information Technology Sub-Committee, and the Draft
2022 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 Approve:
1.
The following 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:
A.
The
2022 Draft Operating Budget for the Committee of Adjustment;
CARRIED
B.
The 2022 Draft
Operating Budget for Crime Prevention Ottawa, as follows:
i.
Operating Resource
Requirement – Transfers, Grants and Financial Charges (Page 1);
CARRIED
ii.
Remaining Crime Prevention Ottawa 2022
Draft Operating Budget;
CARRIED
C.
The amended
2022 Ottawa Police Service Draft Operating and Capital Budgets, as
recommended by the Ottawa Police Services Board, which includes the $2.65
million operating budget reduction approved by the Board;
CARRIED
on a division of 19 YEAS and 5 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (19):
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Councillors S. Moffatt, J. Cloutier, T. Tierney C.A. Meehan, K.
Egli,
C. Curry, G. Darouze, C. Kitts, R. King, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh,
E. El-Chantiry, D. Deans, A. Hubley, L. Dudas, M. Luloff,
R. Brockington, M. Fleury, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (5):
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Councillors S. Menard, J. Leiper, R. Chiarelli, J. Harder,
C. McKenney,
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DIRECTION TO
STAFF (Councillor T. Kavanagh)
That the City Manager
be directed to provide regular updates to Committee/ Council that specifically
include the use of funds diverted from Ottawa Police Services Budget.
D.
The amended 2022 Ottawa
Public Library Board Draft Operating and Capital Budgets as recommended by the
Ottawa Public Library Board, which includes the reallocation of $40,000 in
the draft budget from “Transfer to Reserves” to Account 170073 for 2022
(one-time) to allow staff to increase community development work throughout the
system to address the needs of vulnerable communities and others, as funds
permit, as approved by the Board; and
CARRIED
E.
The 2022 Ottawa Board of Health Draft Operating
Budget as recommended by the City of Ottawa’s Board of Health, as follows:
1)
Ministry of Health Programs &
Standards – 100% City Programs (Page 5);
2)
Ministry of Health Programs & Standards
– Cost Shared Core Programs (Page 5)’
3)
Remaining 2022 Ottawa
Public Health Draft Operating Budget;
CARRIED
2.
The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee portion of the
2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
3. The Audit
Committee portion of the 2022 Draft Operating Budget, as amended by
the following:
A.
That Council approve
the re-classification and additional FTE in the Office of the Auditor General, as
recommended by the Audit Committee;
CARRIED
The following motions were put forward with respect to the
Community and Protective Services portion of the 2022 Draft Budget (Item 4 of
the Roadmap Motion)
MOTION NO 67/5
Moved by Councillor D. Deans
Seconded by Councillor R. King
WHEREAS every person in Ottawa has the right to culturally-appropriate,
trauma-informed mental health service; and
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s Community Safety and
Well-Being Plan has established the mandate of the Guiding Council to create a
strategy to support an enhanced or new mental health and addiction crisis
response system that will improve the outcomes for those experiencing crises related
to mental health and substance use, which is to be achieved through
relationship building and engagement with key stakeholders, including Ottawa Police, coordination and strategy development,
and specific actions such as pilot projects; and
WHEREAS the Community and Protective Services Committee directed
the General Manager of Community and Social Services at its meeting of November
18, 2021 to work with the Guiding Council to identify immediate service gaps and
priority actions to develop a safer alternative for a mental health crises
response and to report back to Council in Q2 2022 with a detailed
implementation plan to achieve that outcome, including short-term pilot
projects, timelines and objectives as well as a status update on the
availability of one-time and sustainable funding sources; and
WHEREAS the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets for
the Ottawa Police Service includes $400 thousand for a call referral program to
develop and implement an alternative call referral program for low-risk, low-acuity
911 calls or calls to police; and
WHEREAS there remains a funding gap to develop the appropriate
social services infrastructure to handle these calls for service; and
WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Services Board approved and referred
to Council a draft 2022 Budget estimate based on a two per cent police tax levy
increase, resulting in $2.65 million in unallocated funds; and
THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED that up to $550 thousand of the $2.65M
in unallocated funds be directed to the Community and Social Services
Department to work with the Guiding Council on the development of [a
culturally-appropriate, trauma-informed], enhanced or new mental health
and addiction crisis response system, and specifically on the development of an
alternative call referral program identifying how and to whom low-risk, low-acuity
911 calls should be re-directed, including a feasibility study, business
case, and a monitoring and evaluation plan;
THEREFOR BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Community and
Social Services Department and Guiding Council work with the Ottawa Police
Services to coordinate the development of an alternative call referral program,
which will also include a review of call
classification to determine the appropriate response and resource deployment.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/6
Moved by Councillor J.
Cloutier
Seconded by Councillor K. Egli
WHEREAS Council approved the
City’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan (ACS2021-EPS-PPD-0003) on October 27,
2021, which includes goals, strategies, and actions to address key local priorities:
discrimination, marginalization, and racism; financial security and poverty reduction;
gender-based violence and violence against women; housing; integrated and
simpler systems; and mental well-being; and
WHEREAS Council has heard from
community members, organizations, and service providers over the last year
through emails, telephone calls, delegations and written reports to committees
and boards with regards to changing how social concerns should be addressed in
our City; and
WHEREAS, Council has heard that
there needs to be a new approach to the provision of supports and services for
at risk groups; and
WHEREAS Council and Staff
recognize and acknowledge the importance and value of working collaboratively
with internal and external stakeholders in the City to develop a new approach;
and
WHEREAS there has been an
expressed desire by stakeholders to provide funding to address areas of social concern
including but not limited to; programs to build community well being and
resilience, such as enhanced programming for racialized youth, mental health supports
and crisis outreach services and programs to prevent violence against
Indigenous women and girls; and
WHEREAS to date, while the
Community Safety and Well-Being Plan is a requirement under Ontario’s Police
Services Act, the provincial government has not committed to providing any
funding relating to this project at this time; and
WHEREAS Councillor Cloutier’s
motion (Motion No. FEDC 2021 1/27) was referred for Council’s consideration
during the 2022 draft budget review process and recommends that “the budget directions be amended to provide
that, should the Ottawa Police Service table a draft budget with the Board and
Council that provides for less than a 3% increase, that Council be presented
with recommended options to approve the allocation of the corresponding
difference between the tabled police budget % increase and the 3% increase to community
mental health support services.”; and
WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Services Board approved and referred
to Council a draft 2022 Budget estimate based on a 2% police tax levy increase,
which has resulted in $2.65 million in unallocated funds; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that $2.1M
of the 2.65M in unallocated funds from the 2022
Budget be directed to the Community and Social Services Department in support
of the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan and in consultation with the
Guiding Council as follows:
1.
That $2.1 million in project
funding be allocated to community organizations to:
A.
support racialized youth program solutions across the city that
are community-based, culturally appropriate and that assess risks and promote
protective factors, such as increasing employment, mentorship and skills development
for youth; and
B.
support community-based, culturally appropriate 24x7 (24
hours a day, seven days a week) mental health prevention,
addictions and crisis outreach services across the city; and
C.
enhance access to culturally safe mental
health programs, services, and crisis and social supports for the Indigenous
community in Ottawa, and prevent violence against Indigenous women and girls;
and
2.
That funding be allocated as
soon as practicable in 2022 for initiatives that can be implemented in 2022 in
accordance with the Council-approved Community Funding Framework mandate and
process (ACS2019-CSS-GEN-0012)
and that Community and Social Services staff report back to Council via a memo
on funding allocations by the end of Q1 2022 and that the performance indicators
be established for these investments and that performance outcomes be reported
as part of the Council-approved Community Funding Framework reporting process;
and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor write to the Ontario Solicitor General and Associate
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions with an overview of work undertaken by
the City of Ottawa to promote mental health through the Community Safety and Well-Being
Plan and to request that the Province of Ontario provide funding for municipalities
to meet the mental well-being strategic objectives of these plans; and
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor write to Minister of Mental Health and
Addictions to seek federal funding opportunities for the mental well-being strategic
objectives of the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan.
CARRIED
(Appendix 1 to Cloutier/ Egli Motion 67/6 re: Guiding Council See Annex
1 at end of Minutes )
DIRECTIONS TO
STAFF (Councillor C. McKenney)
That the Director,
Housing Services, be directed to initiate a pilot project in Somerset Ward in partnership
with the Salvation Army that aims to stabilize precariously-housed rooming
house residents by providing them monthly portable housing benefits. The
Director, Housing Services, shall provide Members of Council with a status update
on this pilot project in Q1 of 2022.
4.
The Community
and Protective Services Committee (CPSC) portion of the 2022 Draft
Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
A.
Community and Social Services, Children’s
Services as follows:
1. User fees (Page 8); and
2. Municipal Child Care Centres Operating Resource Requirement (Page 6)
3. Special Needs Resourcing under "Legislated Programs"; and
(Page 6)
4. Special Needs Resourcing" under "Municipal
Investment".(Page 6)
CARRIED
B.
Community and Social
Services – Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement (Page 10), as
follows:
1)
Housing Programs;
2)
Community Homelessness Prevention
Initiative;
3)
Home for Good;
4)
Housing and Homelessness Prevention Plan;
5)
Reaching Home;
6)
COVID-19 Funding;
CARRIED
C.
Community and Social Services - Gender & Race Equity, Inclusion,
Indigenous Relations and Social Development - Operating Resource Requirement -
Community Funding (Page 15);
CARRIED
D.
Emergency and Protective Services, Ottawa Fire
Services Operating Resource Requirement, Communications (Page 21)
CARRIED
E.
Recreation, Cultural and Facilities Services Operating Resource
Requirement, as follows:
1)
General Manager’s Office & Business Support Services Operating
Resource Requirement (Page 44);
2)
Community Recreation, Culture and Sports Programs Operating
Resource Requirement, Community Recreation and Cultural Programs (Page 48);
3)
Complexes,
Aquatics and Specialized Services (Page 55)
CARRIED
F.
That the 2022 Ottawa Hand in Hand subsidy be increased from
$200 to $205 per participant to offset the recommended 2022 inflationary increase
to fees and that funding for the increase be derived from the anticipated lower
level of program registration;
CARRIED
G.
That no new ice resurfacing units be purchased until the pilot
project and assessment is completed, except in urgent circumstances where the failure
of existing units could negatively impact ice operations and that the findings
of the pilot project be reported back to Community and Protective Services
Committee in Q3 2022 and be used to guide the acquisition of ice resurfacers in
2022;
CARRIED
H.
Remaining 2022 CPSC Draft
Operating Budget, as amended, including the remaining portions of
Community and Social Services, Emergency and Protective Services, Recreation,
Cultural and Facilities Services and the Parks Services Draft Operating Budgets;
CARRIED with Councillor M. Fleury dissenting on the Housing
Services - Operating Resource Requirement (765K - Transition to Block Funding
instead of Per Diem funding for Emergency Shelters)
I.
2022 Community and
Protective Services Draft Capital Budget.
CARRIED
5.
The Transportation Committee portion of
the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
A.
Transportation Committee Operating
Budget;
CARRIED with Councillor M.
Fleury dissenting.
B.
Transportation Committee Capital Budget;
CARRIED with Councillor M. Fleury, C. McKenney, J. Leiper, S. Menard
and
R. King dissenting.
The following
motions were put to Council on the Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management portion of the Draft Operating and Capital
Budget (Item 6 of the Roadmap Motion).
MOTION NO 67/7
Moved by Councillor M.
Fleury
Seconded by Councillor
T. Kavanagh
WHEREAS the
City of Ottawa joined the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign to enact
climate action;
WHEREAS this
“race” aims to take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero
by 2050 includes short, mid, and long-term targets for the City of Ottawa;
WHEREAS these
commitments included Council declaring a climate emergency in 2019; and
WHEREAS
Councillor Fleury introduced Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-5-25 at the Joint Planning
Committee and ARAC meeting on Oct. 18, 2021 concerning accelerating the
construction of new greener buildings (re :Report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0036); and
WHEREAS this
motion has been referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Protection,
Water and Waste Management, for their consideration to direct staff to study
and develop additional mitigation measures which offer incentives for new and
existing buildings;
WHEREAS in
order to meet and achieve climate action goals must be realigned with the
current emergency;
WHEREAS the
need to accelerate the shift to a lower carbon economy is agreed and an opportunity to
accelerate is to take the plan for a study on HPDS incentives expected for
2023, and fast track this to a more focussed action-oriented program
feasibility and design report by mid-2022; and
WHERAS the Standing Committee on
Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management is recommending that
Council Direct staff to allocate $1M in one-time funding through the annual
capital close review, should the Chief Financial Officer/ Treasurer determine
there are sufficient funds, to fund the Climate Change Master Plan to catalyze
emission reductions, support ongoing climate adaptation work, leverage federal
funding; and
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED that Council:
1) Allocate $100,000 of the $1 Million in one-time funding
through annual capital close review to accelerate the program feasibility and
design work for a municipal incentive program for the High Performance
Development Standard (HPDS) for new and existing buildings to initiate the
incentive study in Q2 2022, should the Chief Financial Officer/ Treasurer
determine there are sufficient funds,
2) direct staff that the HPDS incentive program feasibility
and program design work include:
a) a scan of
municipal incentive programs
b) review of
regulatory barriers and enabling legislation
c) review of funding
sources, including consideration on how funding for affordable housing can be
stacked with funding for energy efficiency, conservation and GHG emissions
reductions
d) proposed
eligible projects and foundational elements
e) proposed
business process
f) consult
with Energy Evolution sounding board stakeholders including industry and
community, and
g) program
evaluation metrics and key performance indicators
h) within the
revision that priority incentive levels be given to properties that advance
greener buildings within TOD areas as well as those who include affordable
housing
3) Direct staff to report back to FEDCO by Q4 2022 with
recommendations on implementation options including identification of co-financing
and funding sources, including from senior levels of government to successfully
launch a Climate incentives program by Q2 2023.
WITHDRAWN
MOTION NO 67/8
Moved by Councillor
C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor
S. Moffatt
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa officially
declared a climate change emergency in April of 2019 for the purposes of
naming, framing, and deepening our commitment to protecting our economy, our
ecosystems, and our community from climate change; and
WHEREAS the declaration recognized
climate change as a strategic priority in the City’s strategic plan and
accompanying budget directions for the remaining Term of Council; and
WHEREAS the urgency of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions and implementing climate risk mitigating measures is well-understood
scientifically and documented by the 2021 International Panel on Climate Change
“Code Red” report, and delay is understood as the ‘new denial’ and having dire
consequences; and
WHEREAS Energy Evolution outlines that
the City needs to make the most significant financial investments over the next
nine years to realize greenhouse gas reductions and energy-cost savings for residents,
businesses, and the municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS the funding for implementing the
measures identified in Energy Evolution: Ottawa’s Community Energy Transition
Strategy decreased by 69% from $2.6M in 2020 to $0.8M in 2021, due to the drop in
the Hydro Ottawa dividend surplus which Council designated as funding source in
2019, but the climate plan calls for $621M per year capitalization (all levels
of government combined); and
WHEREAS as a result, the City will not
keep pace with actions identified in the Climate Change Master Plan and Energy
Evolution to achieve Council’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets; and
WHEREAS a motion adopted by the Standing
Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management at its
November 16, 2021 budget meeting calls for the establishment of an Energy
Emissions Fund, with an allocation of $1M seed funding; and
WHEREAS, the one-time increase in
Federal Gas Tax revenue of $57M received in 2021 has not been allocated;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that $9M be
allocated from the Federal Gas Tax revenue to the Energy and Emissions Fund (in
addition to $1M from Capital Close) to establish a GHG reduction plan with future
savings directed back into the revolving fund; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
staff bring forward projects to the appropriate committee that would meet these
objectives; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
staff work with Hydro Ottawa to seek opportunities to leverage the City’s investments
by finding matching or alternative funding or financing strategies and opportunities
to accelerate implementation of projects.
REFERRED by the following Motion:
MOTION NO 67/9
Moved by Councillor A. Hubley
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
BE IT RESOLVED that the McKenney/Moffatt motion proposing
to allocate $9M from the Federal Gas Tax revenue to the Energy and Emissions
Fund be referred to staff to be analyzed and, in turn, staff report back to
Council in Q2 2022 in the context of the Long-Range Financial Plan – Transit.
REFERRAL
CARRIED on a division of 14 YEAS and 10 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (14):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, T. Tierney, C.A. Meehan, C. Curry,
G. Darouze, C. Kitts, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, A. Hubley, L. Dudas, R.
Chiarelli, M. Luloff, J. Harder, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (10):
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Councillors S. Moffatt, S. Menard, K. Egli, J. Leiper, R. King,
T. Kavanagh, D. Deans, C. McKenney, R. Brockington, M. Fleury
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6.
The Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management portion of the 2022 Draft Operating
and Capital Budget, as follows:
A.
The Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management (Tax-supported) portion of the 2022
Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
B.
The Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management (Rate-supported) portion of the 2022 Draft
Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
1) Rate-supported Operating Budget; and
2) Rate-supported Capital Budget;
CARRIED
C.
That Council Direct staff to allocate $1M in one-time funding
through the annual capital close review, should the Chief Financial Officer/
Treasurer determine there are sufficient funds, to fund the Climate Change
Master Plan to catalyze emission reductions, support ongoing climate adaptation
work, leverage federal funding; and
CARRIED
D. Direct staff to
report back by Q2 2022 with recommendations on the establishment of an Energy
and Emissions Fund including:
1)
The purpose and scope of the fund (ex. whether it supports corporate
or community projects and how it balances financial vs emissions savings)
2)
The source of funds (ex. utility savings from energy projects
started in the 2015 CDM plan, the Hydro Ottawa Dividend Surplus, and additional
funding sources)
3)
What the funds can be used for (ex. projects, staffing,
professional services, financing, debt servicing, to leverage other funding
sources, etc.)
4)
How projects are selected to ensure that the funds advance the
City’s climate objectives specifically and target further savings for the
municipality
5)
Evaluation, monitoring and reporting
6)
Reporting schedule, frequency and scope; and
CARRIED
E.
Direct staff to assess direct energy savings beginning with
the 2015 Conservation Demand Management Plan that result in tangible savings to
the budget as a potential source of funds to seed an Energy and Emissions Fund
by Q1 2022; and
CARRIED
F.
Direct staff to explore the development
of a new community focused Climate Change Financial Plan to ramp up to stable
funding from senior levels of government in line with Energy Evolution.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/10
Moved Councillor L. Dudas
Seconded by Councillor G.
Darouze
BE IT RESOLVED that the meeting time be
extended past 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 PM pursuant to Subsection 8(1)(c) of Procedure
By-law (By-law No. 2021-24).
CARRIED
Council recessed
at 4:52 PM and resumed at 5:30 PM.
The
following motion was put to Council on the Planning Committee portion of the
Draft Operating and Capital Budget (Item 7 of the
Roadmap Motion).
MOTION NO 67/11
Moved Councillor M.
Fleury
Seconded by Councillor
C. McKenney
WHEREAS Ottawa
City Council declared a Housing and Homelessness Crisis and Emergency on
January 29, 2020; and
WHEREAS in
2019, almost 9 000 people stayed in emergency shelters – an increase of almost 300
people from 2018; and
WHEREAS in
2020, the annual average length of stay in emergency shelters was 120 days – an
increase of over 20 days since 2019; and
WHEREAS in
2020 there were more than 1,100 family households who stayed at least one night
in temporary emergency accommodation for families;
WHEREAS of
these 1,100 family households, the annual average length of stay is 178 days;
WHEREAS in
2021, the City is estimated to spend $34 million on emergency shelters (shelters/hotels/motels)
increasing over $10 million since 2016; and
WHEREAS the
City’s capital investments in affordable housing are currently capped at $15
million as per page 52 of the Planning Committee Draft 2022 Budget; and
WHEREAS the
COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the inability to adapt from an outdated shelter
model;
WHEREAS this
failure in the current model has placed an additional strain on individuals
experiencing homelessness and/or chronic homelessness; and
WHEREAS in
January 2021, the Provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing stated
on Twitter, “the days of the old shelter system have come and gone” ; and
WHEREAS a
shift in mindset is needed and can be achieved through increased investments in
supportive and affordable housing, in all neighbourhoods in the City of Ottawa;
and
WHEREAS it is
well documented from notable researchers such as Tim Aubry and Kevin Page, have
showcased the economic and social benefits of building a spectrum of affordable
housing;
WHEREAS with
more targeted housing investments to meet local objectives, Ottawa can move the
yardstick and ensure permanent and affordable homes are available for all; and
WHEREAS the
need to match spending in investments of affordable housing and in investments
in emergency shelters yearly would remove the need for the outdated
shelter funding model;
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED THAT Council increase the City’s commitment to the construction of
affordable housing by matching City operational financial expenses for
emergency shelters (shelters and motels) totaling $34 million in 2021 for new
affordable housing in the 2022 budget; and
FURTHER BE IT
RESOLVED THAT the additional $19 million needed to reach this $34 million goal
be funded through the City’s reserve funds as per the 2022 Draft Capital Summaries,
Document 2, redirecting funds from the City-wide capital reserves account.
LOST
on a division of 8 YEAS and 15 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (8):
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Councillors S. Menard, R. King, T. Kavanagh, D. Deans, M. Luloff,
C. McKenney, R. Brockington, M. Fleury
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NAYS (15):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, T. Tierney, C.A. Meehan, K. Egli, J. Leiper,
C. Curry, G. Darouze, C. Kitts, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, A. Hubley, L.
Dudas, R. Chiarelli, J. Harder, Mayor J. Watson
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7.
The Planning Committee portion of the 2022 Draft
Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED with Councillor
C. McKenney dissenting.
The
following motions were put to Council on the Transit Commission portion of the
Draft Operating and Capital Budget (Item 8 of the
Roadmap Motion).
MOTION NO 67/12
Moved by Councillor C.
McKenney
Seconded by Councillor
J. Leiper
WHEREAS a strong public transit system
is essential to a successful, livable city, resulting in less congestion, faster
commutes, more convenience, higher productivity and lower emissions; and
WHEREAS Council has previously directed through
the fare funding model that the revenue-cost ratio (the portion paid by transit
riders) make up 55% of its annual funding; and,
WHEREAS this will result in a 2.5%
increase to transit users in 2022; and
WHEREAS continually raising the price of
fares will increasingly make transit unaffordable for many residents, which
will inversely lower ridership, and lead to lost revenue; and,
WHEREAS the risk of increased private
vehicle use due to less available public transit includes downstream costs including
congestion; land use for parking and roads; health impacts from pollution; the
cost of greenhouse gas emissions; and increased injuries, deaths, and property
damage from collisions; and
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s climate
change goals can only be met through the decreased use of private vehicles and
increased use of public transit and active transportation modes;
THEREFORE be it resolved that the
proposed transit fare increase of 2.5% in the 2022 Budget which equates to
$5.12M in revenues, be transferred to the Transit Tax Levy, increasing the levy
from 4.5% to 5.97% and recovered from the property tax base.
LOST
on a division of 9 YEAS and 15 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (9):
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Councillors S. Menard, C.A. Meehan, J. Leiper, R. King,
T. Kavanagh, D. Deans, M. Luloff, C. McKenney, M. Fleury
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NAYS (15):
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Councillors S. Moffatt, J. Cloutier, T. Tierney, K. Egli, C. Curry,
G. Darouze, C. Kitts, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, A. Hubley, L. Dudas, R.
Chiarelli, J. Harder, R. Brockington, Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 67/13
Moved by Councillor R.
Brockington
Seconded by Councillor
T. Kavanagh
WHEREAS OC Transpo transit fare is free for children aged 0-5 years
old,
WHEREAS OC Transpo transit fare (cash) for children aged 6-12 is
$1.85,
WHEREAS transit fare is free in the following Canadian jurisdictions,
by specified children’s age group:
·
Victoria, BC, transit fare is free for
children aged 0-12,
·
Vancouver, BC, transit fare is free for
children aged 0-12,
·
Edmonton, AB, transit fare is free for
children aged 0-12, when accompanied by a fare-paying customer,
·
Winnipeg, MB, transit fare is free for
children aged 0-11, when accompanied by a fare-paying customer,
·
Toronto, ON, transit fare is free for children
aged 0-12,
·
Montreal, QC, transit fare is free for children
aged 0-11, when accompanied by a fare paying customer,
·
Halifax, NS, transit fare is free for children
aged 0-12,
·
St John’s, NL, transit fare is free for
children aged 0-11
WHEREAS transit fares paid by passengers aged six years old are
estimated, on an annual basis, to generate $100,000 in fare revenue and $106,000
by those aged seven years old, based on pre-pandemic ridership; and
WHEREAS increasing the coverage of free fares for children will
benefit families, particularly racialized families and those led by single
parent households; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve that Transit fares for
children aged 0-7 be free of charge in 2022, to be funded on a one-year basis
from the Transit Operating Reserve; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Treasurer and Transit Services
staff be directed to calculate the anticipated financial impacts, as well as
the projected increase in ridership, if transit fares were to permanently become
free for children aged 0-12, and report back as part of the 2023 Budget
Process.
CARRIED
MOTION
NO 67/14
Moved by Councillor L.
Dudas
Seconded by Councillor
A. Hubley
WHEREAS tourism and hospitality have been some of the
hardest-hit sectors since the on-set of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS private bus tour operators are regulated by the
City of Ottawa, in accordance with the Transit By-law (2003-268), in order to
review the business and operating plans of operators and ensure their route and
pick-up/drop-off locations are deemed to be safe and do not interfere with the
ongoing operations of OC Transpo; and
WHEREAS the City should be charging private bus tour
operators on a cost-recovery basis, in accordance with the Ontario Municipal
Act, 2001
WHEREAS this review of business and operational plans and
the permit issuance process require staff resources, and staff have recently audited
the staff time and resources required as part of this process;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve
that the Transit By-law (2003-268), as amended, be amended to replace existing
subsection 5(1)(b)(iv) with the following: “(iv) a payment to the City of
$1,500 per year plus $100 per vehicle per year.”
CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/15
Moved by Councillor L.
Dudas
Seconded by Councillor
C. McKenney
WHEREAS the
most recent Council approved Transit Long Range Financial Plan calls for annual
increases to the transit fare to cover anticipated increased costs, and the
Long-Range Financial Plan estimates the necessary fare increase to be roughly
2.5% every year till 2048; and,
WHEREAS Council
has previously directed that the revenue-cost ratio, that is, the percentage of
the OC Transit budget that is revenue generated, make up 55% of its annual funding;
and,
WHEREAS transit
revenue, in actuality, makes up 47% of its pre-pandemic revenue, a discrepancy
that pre-dates the drop in ridership from the COVID-19 pandemic; and,
WHEREAS the
Canadian Urban Transit Association Factbook highlights that the majority of
Canadian cities with transit systems rely on a revenue-cost ratio of less than
50%; and,
WHEREAS
continually raising the price of fares will increasingly make transit
unaffordable for many residents, which will inversely lower ridership, and lead
to lost revenue; and,
WHEREAS the
Long Range Financial Plan for Transit is the appropriate avenue for any Council
decision surrounding any long-term solution to ever-increasing transit fares;
and,
WHEREAS the
current Transit Tax Levy, in addition to the Long Range Financial Plan’s
requirements for an increase, includes funding to replace the loss in provincial
transfers from the Gas Tax, and that this requirement for inclusion in the Levy
will end in 2023, thus providing an opportunity to maintain the existing Tax Levy
percentage, and using that funding to offset transit fare increases in part;
THEREFORE it be
resolved that the Chief Financial Officer report back as part of the 2022-2026
Term of Council Governance Review with recommendations for finding a balance within
the Long-Range Financial Plan for Transit that would reduce the need for an
annual transit fare increase of 2.5%, and instead, look at funding options for
offsetting, such as through the Transit Tax Levy; and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that Finance Services staff report back options for adjusting the
revenue-cost ratio in a manner that ensures transparency with taxpayers,
including those who use transit, and would provide stability for long-term
transit funding without requiring ever-increasing transit fares;
BE IF FURTHER
RESOLVED that OC Transpo and Finance Services staff review the current fare
structure (cash fares; Presto single fares; monthly passes; etc.), including
reviewing how other comparable Canadian big cities structure their fare system
for best practices in line with Ottawa’s long-term transit objectives, and
report back to Transit Commission the findings of that review.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/16
Moved by Councillor R.
Brockington
Seconded by Councillor
C.A. Meehan
WHEREAS, the public transit ridership level in 2019 for OC Transpo
was 97.4 million trips; and
WHEREAS, the estimated public transit ridership level in 2021 for OC
Transpo will be between 31 and 33 million trips; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 budget deficit for OC Transpo, before provincial
and federal government bail-out funding was $124 million; and
WHEREAS, when a State of Emergency was declared on March 17, 2020,
the vast majority of local, federal public servants were required to work from
home; and
WHEREAS, federal public servants represent a large cohort of public
transit passengers and by not commuting to their respective offices, OC Transpo
has not realized millions of dollars in fare revenue; and
WHEREAS, given that Ottawa is the Nation’s Capital and home to most
of the federal government office personnel, OC Transpo has been disproportionally
impacted due to the federal government’s decision to keep their workers at
home, compared to other Canadian public transit systems;
THEREFORE, BE IS RESOLVED THAT the Mayor write to the Federal Minister
of Finance, the President of the Treasury Board and Federal Minister of the
Environment and Climate Change, as well as all Members of Parliament in the
National Capital Region, requesting that the federal government provide funding
to offset the operating deficit of OC Transpo, as a result of the decision to
maintain the work-from-home model.
REFERRED by the following Motion:
MOTION NO 67/17
Moved by Councillor J.
Leiper
Seconded by Councillor R.
Brockington
That the Brockington/Meehan Motion be
referred to the Transit Commission.
REFERRAL
CARRIED
During discussion of this item, Council
recessed at 6:57 PM due to technical difficulties impacting the virtual
meeting, and resumed at 7:02 PM.
DIRECTIONS TO STAFF (Councillors M. Fleury and C McKenney)
That Council direct staff to
1. Recommend that the service levels with the real ridership
be reviewed and the reductions be reversed, where is needed, in order to
rebuild Ottawa’s public transit to a state which meets riders’ needs
2. That staff report back in Q2 2022 at the first available
Transit Commission committee meeting with the route adjustments to reflect the
increases in ridership and route re-instatement plan.
8.
The Transit Commission portion of the 2022 Draft
Operating and Capital Budget as follows:
A.
That the fare increase planned for January 1, 2022 only be
implemented one full month after RTG/RTM have provided the City with the full
complement of 15 trains required for full revenue service, to be used at the
discretion of the GM of Transit Services in order to meet passenger demand; and
1)
That delegated authority be given to the General Manager of
Transit Services to confirm the resumption of full service on O-Train Line 1
and the coming into effect date of the 2022 fare increase; and
2)
That the foregone revenue from the delayed fare increase,
estimated at $426,700 per month, be funded from the anticipated funds from the
financial and performance provisions in the Project Agreement with the Rideau
Transit Group;
CARRIED
B.
That a program be established for the issuance of weekly and
monthly transit passes for emergency shelter clients; and
1)
That these passes be provided at no charge to the social
agencies providing emergency shelter services, so that they may distribute them
to their clients; and
2)
That the agencies document the procedures under which they
will distribute and control the passes through funding agreements with the City;
and
3)
That staff produce up to 2000 of these passes per period, in a
mixture of weekly and monthly forms, that matches the needs of the agencies;
and
4)
That staff develop and implement appropriate procedures to
monitor the use of these passes; and
5)
That Schedule “C” (Fares for Transit Services) of the Transit
By-law (By-law No. 2007-268) be amended accordingly to create a new category,
Emergency Shelter Clients; and
6)
That staff monitor the distribution and use of these passes and
provide further recommendations to the Transit Commission to expand or revise
the program as appropriate;
CARRIED
C. The Transit Commission portion of the 2022 Draft Operating Budget, as
amended;
CARRIED on a division of 14 YEAS and 10 NAYS, as follows:
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NAYS (14):
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Councillors S. Moffatt, J. Cloutier, T. Tierney, K. Egli, C. Curry,
G. Darouze, C. Kitts, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, A. Hubley, L. Dudas, M.
Luloff, J. Harder, Mayor J. Watson
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YEAS (10):
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Councillors S. Menard, C.A. Meehan, J. Leiper, R. King,
T. Kavanagh, D. Deans, R. Chiarelli, C. McKenney, R. Brockington,
M. Fleury
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D. The Transit Commission portion
of the 2022 Draft Capital Budget;
CARRIED
- That Council
direct the Mayor and Transit Commission Chair write to the federal
government requesting operational funding through the federal gas tax or
other channels to reduce the user share of the cost of public transit so
that we can reduce or eliminate user fees and encourage more transit use;
CARRIED
- That Council
direct the Chief Financial Officer / Treasurer, General Manager of Transit
Services and General Manager of Community and Social Services to undertake
a review of the Working Group’s recommendation that the next Council consider
a fare freeze for the Community Pass, the Access Pass, and the EquiPass
for the entire Term of Council; and
- That staff
report back on the results of this review as part of the 2022-2026 Term of
Council Governance Review so that Council may consider this
recommendation as soon as possible in the new Term
CARRIED
9.
The Information Technology Sub-Committee
portion of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
10.
The Finance and Economic Development
Committee portion of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget;
CARRIED
11.
Approve that the Chief
Financial Officer/ City Treasurer be delegated the authority to make the
necessary adjustments to the 2022 Draft Operating Budget and to make any
necessary authority and debt financing adjustments to the 2022 Draft Capital
Budget to reflect the decisions of City Council;
CARRIED
12. Approve that the Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer be
delegated the authority to add the 2022 accrual budget presentation to the City
of Ottawa’s Final Adopted 2022 Budget Book, as described in the report entitled
Report on 2022 Budget Expenses Pursuant to Ontario Regulation 284/09
(ACS2021-FSD-FIN-0028), approved at this meeting; and
CARRIED
13.
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.
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 67/4 as noted above.
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FINANCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
1. That City Council receive and table the Draft 2022
Operating and Capital Budgets at its meeting of November 3, 2021 for
subsequent consideration by Council sitting in Committee of the Whole to be
held December 8, 2021.
2. That City Council refer the relevant portions of the
2022 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 8, 2021.
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See
the Roadmap Motion for consideration of the 2022 Budget (Motion No. 67/4) above.
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council receive and table the Committee of Adjustment
2022 Draft Operating Budget at its meeting on November 3, 2021, for subsequent
consideration by Council in Committee of the whole to be held December 8,
2021.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 1A)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council receive and table the Crime Prevention Ottawa
Draft 2022 Operating Budget at its meeting of November 3, 2021 for subsequent
consideration by Council in Committee of the Whole to be held December 8,
2021.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 1B)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That the City of Ottawa Council approve the amended Ottawa Police
Service 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 1C)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That City Council approve the 2022 Ottawa Public Library Board
Operating and Capital Budget.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 1D)
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BOARD OF HEALTH RECOMMENDATION
That City Council approve the 2022 Draft Operating Budget for the
Ottawa Board of Health, outlined at Document 1.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 1E)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee 2022 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 12-15].
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 2)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, AS AMENDED
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Audit
Committee 2022 Draft Budget - Operating Resource Requirement, as amended
by the following:
That Council approve the re-classification and additional FTE in
the Office of the Auditor General.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 3)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED:
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Community and Protective Services Committee 2022 Draft Operating and Capital
Budgets as follows:
1. Community and Social Services Budget, as follows:
a)
General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services Operating
Resource Requirement (page 2);
b)
Employment and Social Services Operating Resource Requirement (page
4);
c)
Children’s Services, as follows:
i)
User fees (page 8);
ii) Municipal Child Care Centres Operating Resource Requirement (page 6)
iii) Remaining Children’s Services Operating Resource Requirement including
the revised page 6 with the visibility of the “Sustainability, Reopening
& Safe Restart” line (pages 6-7)
d)
Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 10), as follows:
i) Housing Programs
ii) Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative
iii) Home for Good iv) Reaching Home
v) COVID-19 Funding
vi) Remaining Housing Services Operating Resource Requirement;
e)
Long Term Care Operating Resource Requirement (page 12);
f)
Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social Development
(page 15), as follows:
i)
Community Funding
ii)
Remaining Gender and Race Equity, Inclusion, Indigenous Relations and Social
Development Operating Resource Requirement
2.
Emergency and Protective Services Budget, as follows:
a)
General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services - Operating Resource
Requirement (page 16);
b)
Public Safety Service, as follows:
i) User Fees (page 19);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 18);
c)
Fire Services, as follows:
i) User fees (pages 22 - 24);
ii) Fire Services Operating Resource Requirement (Page 21), as follows:
a. Communications;
b. Remaining Fire Services Operating Resource Requirement
d)
Paramedic Service, as follows:
i) User Fees (page 27);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 26);
e)
By-Law and Regulatory Services, as follows:
i) User fees (pages 30-39);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 29).
f)
Public Policy Development –Operating Resource Requirement (page 41)
3.
Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services Budget, as follows:
a)
General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services
i) 2022 User fees (page 45);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 44);
b)
Community Recreation, Culture and Sports Programs
i) 2022 User Fees (pages 49 - 52);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 48);
c)
Complexes, Aquatics and Specialized Services and
i)
2022 User Fees (pages 56 - 58);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 55);
d)
Parks and Facilities Planning
i) 2022 User Fees (page 61);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 60)
e)
Facility Operations Services
i) 2022 User Fees (page 65);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 64).
4.
Public Works and Environmental Services Department – Parks - Operating
Resource Requirement (page 67).
5.
Community and Protective Services Committee Capital Budget (pages
68-71, individual projects listed on pages 123 –197).
6.
That no new ice resurfacing units be purchased until the pilot
project and assessment is completed, except in urgent circumstances where the
failure of existing units could negatively impact ice operations and that the
findings of the pilot project be reported back to Community and Protective
Services Committee in Q3 2022 and be used to guide the acquisition of ice
resurfacers in 2022.
7.
That the 2022 Ottawa Hand in Hand
subsidy be increased from $200 to $205 per participant to offset the
recommended 2022 inflationary increase to fees and that funding for the
increase be derived from the anticipated lower level of program registrations.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 4)
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
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That Council,
sitting as Committee of the Whole:
1. Approve
the Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste
Management 2022 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 (pages 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 pages 14-15, individual projects listed on
pages 30-31 (Environment), page 33 (Parks, Buildings and Grounds) and pages
35-44 (Solid Waste).
2. Approve the Standing Committee on Environmental
Protection, Water and Waste Management 2022 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 18-22, individual projects listed on
pages 36-62 (Drinking Water), 64-69 (Integrated Water and Wastewater – Rate
Portion), 71-93 (Stormwater) and 95-114 (Wastewater).
3. Direct staff to allocate $1M in one-time
funding through the annual capital close review, should the Chief Financial
Officer/ Treasurer determine there are sufficient funds, to fund the Climate
Change Master Plan to catalyze emission reductions, support ongoing climate
adaptation work, leverage federal funding; and
4. Direct staff to report back by Q2 2022
with recommendations on the establishment of an Energy and Emissions Fund including:
a. The purpose and scope of the fund (ex.
whether it supports corporate or community projects and how it balances
financial vs emissions savings)
b. The source of funds (ex. utility savings
from energy projects started in the 2015 CDM plan, the Hydro Ottawa Dividend
Surplus, and additional funding sources)
c. What the funds can be used for (ex.
projects, staffing, professional services, financing, debt servicing, to
leverage other funding sources, etc.)
d. How projects are selected to ensure that the
funds advance the City’s climate objectives specifically and target further
savings for the municipality
e. Evaluation, monitoring and reporting
f. Reporting schedule, frequency and scope
5. Direct staff to assess direct energy
savings beginning with the 2015 Conservation Demand Management Plan that
result in tangible savings to the budget as a potential source of funds to
seed an Energy and Emissions Fund by Q1 2022; and
6. Direct staff to explore
the development of a new community focused Climate Change Financial Plan to
ramp up to stable funding from senior levels of government in line with
Energy Evolution.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 6)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Finance and Economic Development Committee 2022 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 9);
4. Transit Services, Rail Construction Program Service
Budget as follows:
a) User fees (pages 12-14);
b) Operating Resource Requirement (page 11);
5. Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department
Budget, as follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and Business and Technical
Support Services – Operating Resources Requirement (page 15);
b) Economic Development and Long-Range Planning, as
follows:
i. User fees (page 19)
ii. Operating Resource Requirement (page 18);
c) Corporate Real Estate Office, as follows:
i. User fees (page 22);
ii. Operating Resource Requirement (page 21);
6. Innovative Client Services Department Budget, as
follows:
a) General Manager’s Office and Business Support Services –
Operating Resource Requirement (page 23)
b) Service Transformation – Operating Resources Requirement
(page 25)
c) Public Information and Media Relations - Operating
Resource Requirement (page 27);
d) Human Resources - Operating Resource Requirement (page 29);
e) ServiceOttawa as follows:
i. User fees (page 32);
ii. Operating Resource Requirement (page 31);
f) Legal Services Operating Resource Requirement (page
34);
g) Supply Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page
36);
7. Finance Services Department Budget, as follows:
a) Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer and Business Support
Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 37);
b) Revenue Services, as follows:
i. User fees (pages 40-41);
ii. Operating Resource Requirement (page 39);
c) Corporate Finance – Operating Resource Requirement (page
43);
d) Payroll, Pensions and Benefits Services – Operating Resource
Requirement (page 45);
8. Non-Departmental - Operating Resource Requirement (page
48-51).
9. Finance and Economic Development Committee Capital
Budget (page 52, individual projects listed on pages 103-108)
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 10)
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SUB-COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the ITSC
portion of the 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
1. The Information Technology Services Budget as follows:
a. Information Technology Services Operating Resource
Requirement (page 2 of the ITSC budget book);
b. ITSC Capital Budget (page 3 of the ITSC budget book,
individual projects listed on page 10).
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 9)
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Planning
Committee 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget as follows:
1) The
Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Budget, as follows:
a) Right
of Way, Heritage and Urban Design:
i) User Fees (pages 4-8);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 3);
b) Planning
Services (excluding Building Code Services):
i) User Fees (pages 11-18);
ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 10);
c) Building
Code Services:
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 (page
34).
3) The
Planning Committee Capital Budget (page 35) [individual projects listed on
pages 50 (Building Services), 52 (Housing Services), and 54-55 (Planning and
Development)].
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 7)
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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Transit
Commission 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as amended, as
follows:
1.
That the fare increase planned for January 1, 2022 only be implemented
one full month after RTG/RTM have provided the City with the full complement
of 15 trains required for full revenue service, to be used at the discretion
of the GM of Transit Services in order to meet passenger demand; and
a.
That delegated authority be given to the General Manager of
Transit Services to confirm the resumption of full service on O-Train Line 1
and the coming into effect date of the 2022 fare increase; and
b.
That the foregone revenue from the delayed fare increase, estimated
at $426,700 per month, be funded from the anticipated funds from the
financial and performance provisions in the Project Agreement with the Rideau
Transit Group;
2.
That a program be established for the issuance of weekly and
monthly transit passes for emergency shelter clients; and
a.
That these passes be provided at no charge to the social agencies providing
emergency shelter services, so that they may distribute them to their
clients; and
b.
That the agencies document the procedures under which they will
distribute and control the passes through funding agreements with the City;
and
c.
That staff produce up to 2000 of these passes per period, in a
mixture of weekly and monthly forms, that matches the needs of the agencies;
and
d.
That staff develop and implement appropriate procedures to monitor
the use of these passes; and
e.
That Schedule “C” (Fares for Transit Services) of the Transit
By-law (By-law No. 2007-268) be amended accordingly to create a new category,
Emergency Shelter Clients; and
f.
That staff monitor the distribution and use of these passes and
provide further recommendations to the Transit Commission to expand or revise
the program as appropriate;
3. That
Council consider Motion No. 2021 TTC 30-03 re: transit free of charge for
children age 0-7;
4.
Transit Services User fees (pages 4-6), as amended, including
the revised page 6 reflecting the correction of the rate for the Gold Pass
park and ride monthly permit to $63.25;
5.
Transit Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 3);
6.
Transit Commission Capital Budget (pages 7-8, individual projects
listed on pages 15-40).
7. That
Council direct the Mayor and Transit Commission Chair write to the federal government
requesting operational funding through the federal gas tax or other channels
to reduce the user share of the cost of public transit so that we can reduce
or eliminate user fees and encourage more transit use.
8.
That Council direct the Chief Financial Officer / Treasurer,
General Manager of Transit Services and General Manager of Community and
Social Services to undertake a review of the Working Group’s recommendation that
the next Council consider a fare freeze for the Community Pass, the Access Pass,
and the EquiPass for the entire Term of Council; and
a.
That staff report back on the results of this review as part of
the 2022-2026 Term of Council Governance Review so that Council may consider
this recommendation as soon as possible in the new Term of Council.
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 8)
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the
Transportation Committee 2022 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:
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1. The
Public Works and Environmental Services Department Budget, as follows:
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a) General
Manager’s Office and Business Support Services - Operating Resource
Requirement (page 2);
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b) Roads
Services, as follows:
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i) User Fees (page 5);
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ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 4);
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c) Parking
Services, as follows:
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i) User Fees (pages 8-12);
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ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 7);
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d) Traffic
Services, as follows:
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i) User Fees (pages 15-16);
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ii) Operating Resource Requirement (page 14);
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2. Planning,
Infrastructure & Economic Development Department, Transportation Planning
Budget, as follows:
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a) User
Fees (page 19)
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b) Operating
Resource Requirement (page 18)
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3. Innovative
Client Services Department, Fleet Services Budget, as follows:
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a) User
Fees (page 22);
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b) Operating
Resource Requirement (page 21);
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4.
Transportation Committee Capital Budget (pages 23-26) [Individual
projects listed on pages 42-136, including revised pages 57 - 59].
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See Motion No. 67/4
above (Recommendation 5)
MOTION NO 67/18
Moved by Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
CARRIED
Upon rising and reporting from the
Committee of the Whole, the Budget was put to Council as follows:
MOTION NO 67/19
Moved by Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
Be it Resolved
that the 2022 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 “2022 Draft
Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Committee of Adjustment entitled “Committee
of Adjustment – 2022 Draft Operating Budget”;
- the report from Crime Prevention Ottawa entitled “2022 Draft Operating
Budget - Crime Prevention Ottawa”;
- the report from the Ottawa Police Services Board entitled “Ottawa
Police Service 2022 Operating and Capital Budgets”;
- the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board entitled “Ottawa Public Library: 2022 Draft Budget Estimates”;
- the report from the Ottawa Board of Health entitled “2022 Draft
Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health”;
- Item 1 of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 27;
- Item 5 of Audit Committee Report 13
- Community and Protective Services Committee Report 23;
- Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste
Management Report 20A;
- Item 1 of Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 32;
- Information Technology Sub-Committee Report 4;
- Item 2 of Planning Committee Report 53;
- Transit Commission Report 15;
- Item 1 of Transportation Committee Report 24; and
Be it further
resolved 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
CARRIED
on a division of 16 YEAS and 8 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (16):
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Councillors S. Moffatt, J. Cloutier, T. Tierney, C.A. Meehan, K.
Egli, C. Curry, G. Darouze, C. Kitts, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, A. Hubley, L.
Dudas, M. Luloff, J. Harder, R. Brockington, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (8):
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Councillors S. Menard, J. Leiper, R. King, T. Kavanagh, D. Deans,
R. Chiarelli, C. McKenney, M. Fleury
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With
dissents as noted in in Committee of the Whole (Roadmap Motion 67/4 above) and with an additional dissent from Councillor C.A. Meehan on Transit
Commission Report 15 .
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the Preliminary Engineer's Report for the
Kizell Creek Municipal Drain and instruct the Engineer to prepare a full
Engineer’s Report in accordance with Section 10(5) of the Drainage Act of
Ontario.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED
That Council approve:
1. An amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 4400
Piperville Road to temporarily permit an orphaned accessory structure by rezoning
the land from Rural Countryside Zone (RU) to Rural Countryside Zone rural
exception XXXX (RU[XXXXr]) as detailed in Document 2.
2. That the text under the heading “LEGAL IMPLICATIONS”
on page 5 of the report be replaced with the following: “There are no legal
implications associated with implementing the recommendation contained within
this report.”
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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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RECEIVED and CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, AS AMENDED
That Council approve the 2021 Annual Report.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the Office of the Auditor General’s 2022-2023
Audit Work Plan.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopt this report.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive the 2020 Business Improvement Area Annual
Reports and Audited Financial Statements.
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CARRIED
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PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 53
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. approve an amendment to the Scott Street Secondary Plan
for 1560 Scott Street to permit a 25-storey mixed-use building, as detailed
in Document 2;
2. direct staff to incorporate the amendment to the Official
Plan, Volume 2, as detailed in Document 2, into the Scott Street Secondary Plan
as part of the new Official Plan; and,
3. approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 1560
Scott Street to permit a 25-storey mixed-use building, as detailed in Document
3.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council:
1. Approve an amendment to the Official Plan as detailed
by Part B and C of the Official Plan Amendment in Document 2 as amended
– Bank Street in the Glebe Secondary Plan, including a revision to Schedule
C16 to amend the right of way protection for Bank Street between Isabella
Street and Holmwood Avenue;
2. Direct staff to incorporate the Bank Street in the Glebe Secondary Plan as
amended into the new Official Plan’s Volume 2A;
3. Approve amendments to Zoning By-law 2008-250 to create
a new TM subzone for Bank Street in the Glebe that modifies performance standards
related to rear yard setbacks and stepbacks, introduces a new urban exception
for corner side yard setbacks and stepbacks abutting Heritage Conservation
Districts, deletes a zoning schedule and maximum floor space index, and makes
modifications to urban exceptions, as detailed in Documents 3 and 4; and
4. Approve Document 5 – Consultation Details, to be
included as part of the ‘brief explanation’ in the Summary of Written and
Oral Public Submissions, to be prepared by the Office of the City Clerk and
submitted to Council in the report titled, “Summary of Oral and Written
Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation
Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of December 8, 2021,” subject to
submissions received between the publication of this report and the time of
Council’s decision.
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CARRIED
as amended by the following motion:
MOTION NO 67/20
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconded by Councillor G. Gower
WHEREAS report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0034
recommends Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments to implement the Bank
Street in the Glebe Height and Character Study;
AND WHEREAS Planning
Committee Motion PLC 2021 53-02 made two technical corrections to Document 2 –
Secondary Plan;
AND WHEREAS an
inconsistency was identified between the aforementioned motion and the section
of the Secondary Plan to be amended;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that Council approve that the second direction in the aforementioned
motion be replaced with the following: “Delete Policy 3.1.4 Section 12 in
its entirety and renumber the policy sections accordingly.”
AND BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED that the text “Part C – Schedule” be added in Document 2 after the
text “61) Maximum building height will reflect the height of the existing six
storey building.” and before the text “Schedules”.
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, AS AMENDED
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for
2605 Tenth Line Road to permit a residential subdivision, as detailed in
Document 2.
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CARRIED
as amended by the following motion:
MOTION NO 67/21
Moved by Councillor C. Kitts
Seconded by Councillor G. Gower
WHEREAS Report
ACS2021-PIE-PS-0134 recommends a Zoning By-law amendment to permit a residential
subdivision at 2605 Tenth Line Road; and
AND WHEREAS a technical
correction to Document 2 – Details of Recommended Zoning is necessary to clarify
where a new urban exception applies;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that Council substitute the text “R3YY [YYYY]-h” in point 2.a. of
Document 2, as contained on page 9 of the report, with the text “R3YY [XXXX]-h.”;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the Planning
Act, subsection 34(17), no further notice be given
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, AS AMENDED
That Council approve an amendment to Section 85 of Zoning By-law
2008-250 as detailed in Document 1 as amended.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the closure of a portion of an unopened road allowance
located at 3730 Carp Road (John Street) in the Village of Carp, as shown in Document
1.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for
1368 Labrie Avenue to permit a proposed six storey, 45-unit apartment
building, as detailed in Document 2.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the installation of an All Way Stop Control
at the intersection of Crownhill Street and Sumac Street.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council request the Mayor:
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1. write to the Ontario Premier in support of the Private
Member’s Bill 26 to upload OR 174 back to the Province, on the condition that
the transfer not take place until after the completion of the Stage 2 East
Extension to Trim Road; and
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2. write to the Minister of Transportation that should
Bill 26 be approved, the Ministry’s first priority for OR 174 be the
planning, design, and construction of the Trim Road Park & Ride parkade.
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CARRIED
Note: Recommendation 2 of this report on
the published Council Agenda included extraneous text that was included in
error and did not form part of the Motion approved by Transportation Committee.
Pursuant to the City Clerk’s Authority under Schedule C, Section 7 of
the Delegation of Authority By-law No. 2020-360 to correct clerical, spelling,
or minor errors of an administrative nature in reports to Council, the words “.that
this study include both OC Transpo and ParaTranspo.” were removed from the end
of Recommendation 2 above, and the corrected report republished with the Agenda
and Confirmed Minutes from this meeting.
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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 24, 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 Document 1.
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CARRIED
RECEIVED
MOTION NO 67/22
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 27;
- Audit Committee Report 13;
- Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 32;
- Planning Committee Reports 53 and 54;
- Transportation Committee Report 24;
- 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
24, 2021”.
CARRIED
MOTION
NO 67/23
Moved by Councillor A. Hubley
Seconded by Councillor T. Kavanagh
WHEREAS former Ward 4 (Kanata North) Councillor Jenna Sudds
held the following Council-appointed positions:
1.
Planning Committee
2.
Transit Commission
(and Transit Commission representative on the Council Climate Change Sponsors
Group)
3.
IT Sub-Committee
4.
Hydro Ottawa Holding
Inc. Board of Directors
5.
Deputy Mayor and
Member of Finance and Economic Development Committee; and
WHEREAS Council declared the Ward 4 (Kanata North) Councillor’s
Office to be vacant on October 13, 2021, and on November 10, 2021, Council
appointed Cathy Curry as the new Ward Councillor for the remainder of the
2018-2022 Term of Council; and
WHEREAS the Mayor, as Chair of Nominating Committee, and in
consultation with the City Clerk, has reviewed the above-noted vacancies in the
context of the expressions of interest from the new Ward 4 Councillor Cathy Curry;
and
WHEREAS Councillor Curry has expressed an interest in sitting
on the Committees and Boards vacated by her predecessor; and
WHEREAS appointing Councillor Curry to these vacancies
would allow for the opportunity to meaningfully participate in Committee
business during the last year of the Term; and
WHEREAS it would be beneficial to support gender parity on
key Committees whenever possible; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Procedure By-law, the
Deputy Mayors are recommended by the Mayor to Council, and the Mayor is recommending
the third Deputy Mayor position remain vacant, subject to review in the new
year should the volume of community events meaningfully increase in 2022;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the appointment
of Councillor Cathy Curry as a Member of the following Committees and Boards
for the balance of the 2018-2022 Term of Council:
- Planning Committee;
- Transit Commission;
- Transit Commission representative on the Council Climate
Change Sponsor Group;
- IT Sub-Committee;
- Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. Board of Directors; and
- Finance and Economic Development Committee (at-large member).
MOTION
NO 67/24
Moved by Councillor R. King
Seconded by Councillor C. McKenney
WHEREAS the recent departure of former Ward 4 (Kanata-North)
Councillor, Jenna Sudds, has resulted in a vacancy on the City’s Finance and
Economic Development Committee; and
WHEREAS the Finance and Economic Development Committee is
responsible for the City of Ottawa’s high-level fiscal and management policy
issues, including the development of the fiscal framework and corporate financial
planning, overseeing the Operating and Capital Budgets, and ensuring the financial
sustainability of the Corporation; and
WHEREAS the current membership of the Finance and Economic
Development Committee is predominately comprised of Standing Committee Chairs,
including the Chair of the Transit Commission, in recognition of the financial
significance of these portfolios to the overall city budget; and
WHEREAS the Police Services Budget currently makes up 9.3% of the
total City Budget which includes a net operating budget of $346.5 million and a
capital budget of $35.6 million and is comparable to other major Standing
Committees; and
WHEREAS there is currently no representation on the Finance and
Economic Development Committee from the Ottawa Police Services Board; and
WHEREAS the current vacancy on the Committee is a Deputy Mayor Position;
and
WHEREAS the Mayor is recommending the third Deputy Mayor position
remain vacant, subject to review in the new year should the volume of community
events meaningfully increase in 2022; and
WHEREAS it would be prudent of Council to recognize the significant
financial portfolio of the Ottawa Police Service by ensuring representation on
the Finance and Economic Development Committee;
THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED that Council appoint Councillor Diane Deans,
Chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board to Finance and Economic Development
Committee for the remainder of the 2018-2022 Council term.
LOST
on a division of 10 YEAS and 14 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (10):
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Councillors S. Menard, C.A. Meehan, J. Leiper, R. King,
T. Kavanagh, D. Deans, R. Chiarelli, C. McKenney, R. Brockington, M. Fleury
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NAYS (14):
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Councillors S. Moffatt, J. Cloutier, T. Tierney, K. Egli, C.
Curry,
G. Darouze, C. Kitts, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, A. Hubley, L. Dudas, M.
Luloff, J. Harder, Mayor J. Watson
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The
Hubley/Kavanagh was then 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 S. Moffatt, J. Cloutier, T. Tierney S. Menard,
C.A. Meehan, K. Egli, J. Leiper, C. Curry, G. Darouze, C. Kitts,
R. King, G. Gower, E. El-Chantiry, T. Kavanagh, D. Deans,
A. Hubley, L. Dudas, R. Chiarelli, M. Luloff, J. Harder C. McKenney,
R. Brockington, M. Fleury, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (0):
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MOTION NO 67/25
Moved by Councillor M. Luloff
Seconded by Councillor G. Gower
WHEREAS By-law
2020-214 was approved by Council on July 15, 2020, to rezone the lands known
municipally as 6758 and 6766 Rocque Street; and
WHEREAS the
applicant intends to construct a stacked dwelling consisting of 2.5 storeys in
height with and containing six dwelling units for the site located at 6766
Rocque Street; and
WHEREAS prior to obtaining
a building permit, the applicant would be required to seek a minor variance for
lot width reduction of approximately 3.71 metres to obtain a building permit, from
the minimum lot width requirement of 22 metres for a stacked dwelling to allow
a reduced lot width of approximately 18.29 metres; and
WHEREAS pursuant to
the Planning Act, a minor variance is not permitted within two-years
following the approval of a Zoning By-law concerning the subject site; and
WHEREAS pursuant to
Section 45(1.4) of the Planning Act, Council may waive the two-year
moratorium period; and
WHEREAS Staff support
the invocation of Section 45(1.4) of the Planning Act to allow the applicant
to apply to the Committee of Adjustment for a Minor Variance; and
WHEREAS all other provisions
of the applicable zoning provision are intended to remain in compliance – including
minimum yards, height, parking and lot area;
THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED
that Council allow the applicant to apply for a minor variance to the Committee
of Adjustment with respect to the lot width requirement by approving an
exception to the two-year period in which no application for a minor variance
may be applied for pursuant to Section 45(1.3) & (1.4) of the Planning
Act, concerning By-law 2020-214 for 6766 Rocque Street.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/26
Moved by Councillor J. Harder
Seconded by Councillor T. Kavanagh
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 Tom Keeley was a respected
former City of Nepean employee for over 20 years with Parks and Recreation and upon his retirement a department superintendent, and
WHEREAS Tom created many new parks
and the waterfall in Andrew Haydon Park located at the western end of the park,
and where many visitors come as a top destination spot; and
WHEREAS ; his former employees gave a retirement gift of a plaque naming the
falls “Keeley Falls”; and
WHEREAS upon request by family to officially name the falls “Keeley Falls”; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the waterfall,
located at Andrew Haydon Park 3127 Carling Ave be confirmed as “Keeley Falls”;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an
appropriate stand and plaque be installed displaying the name and including a
brief history of Tom Keeley’s contributions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all
costs related to the production and installation of the stand, plaque and
subsequent event will be funded through the Councillor’s office.
CARRIED
MOTION
NO 67/27
Moved by Councillor R.
Brockington
Seconded by Mayor J.
Watson
That the
Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion due to time
sensitivity, as this is the last Council meeting in 2021.
WHEREAS, on
November 17, 2021, the Province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency
“to mitigate impacts on transportation networks and movement of essential goods
and supplies, and to support the provincewide response and recovery from the
widespread damage caused by severe flooding and landslides in British
Columbia”.
WHEREAS, homes,
businesses, First Nations’ communities, transportation and distribution
networks, and various industries have been significantly impacted,
WHEREAS,
the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), in speaking with their
sister organization in British Columbia, is alerting member municipalities to encourage
their residents to support the people of British Columbia by donating to the
Canadian Red Cross,
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that, City Council encourage the residents and businesses of
Ottawa, if they have the financial means, to make a donation to the Canadian
Red Cross to support disaster relief in British Columbia.
CARRIED
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NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT SUBSEQUENT
MEETING)
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MOTION
Moved by Councillor G.
Darouze
Seconded by Councillor
C.Kitts
WHEREAS Conservation
Authorities are legislated under the Conservation Authorities Act, and
each has its own Board of Directors comprised of members appointed by local municipalities;
and
WHEREAS in
accordance with the Conservation Authorities Act, the City of Ottawa may
appoint four (4) Members to South Nation Conservation Board of Directors, which
may be Members of Council or City of Ottawa residents appointed by Council; and
WHEREAS
Ottawa’s current representatives are Councillors George Darouze (Chair of the
Board) and Catherine Kitts, and Council-appointed public members Gerrie Kautz
and Michael Brown; and
WHEREAS one
of the City-appointed public members of the South Nation Conservation board,
Michael Brown. has advised the City that he will be resigning from the board on
January 3, 2022; and
WHEREAS in
light of a number of new regulations for Conservation Authorities, and the fact
that there are no public members on the reserve list, the Chair of South Nation
Conservation is recommending that a Member of Council be appointed to fill the
seat for the remainder of the Term of Council; and
WHERAS
Councillor Allan Hubley has expressed a willingness to serve on the Board.
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOVED the Council appoint Councillor Allan Hubley as the City of Ottawa’s
fourth representative on South Nation Conservation, until the end of the
2018-2022 Term of Council.
MOTION
Moved by Councillor J.
Leiper
Seconded by Councillor
C. McKenney
WHEREAS at its
meeting of December 1, 2021, the Transportation Committee considered a report
from Councillor Leiper entitled Eliminating “revert reds” and ensuring
cyclists receive a green display whenever they are detected by a traffic signal
in Ottawa (ACS2021-OCC-TRC-0031); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Subsection 83(8) of the Procedure By-law, where an item fails at a Standing
Committee/Commission, such item shall not be forwarded to Council, subject to
the right of Council to have the matter brought forward through a motion
adopted by Council.
BE IT RESOLVED that
Council approve to eliminate in all cases “red revert” traffic signals such
that in any instance where a sensor detects the arrival of a cyclist or other
mobility device user at an intersection, that user will be given a full green
light regardless of whether the sensor detects the continued presence of that user
at any point in the phase subsequent to triggering the green light cycle.
MOTION NO 67/28
Moved by Councillor
T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
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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2021-388.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain
lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Aylwin Road).
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2021-389.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain
lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Corkstown
Road)
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2021-390.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal By-law
2021-267 and to correct the name of chemin Montreal Road, a municipal highway
in the City of Ottawa, to chemin de Montréal Road
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2021-391.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish
fees and charges for services, activities and information provided by Revenue
Services of the Finance Services Department and to repeal By-law No. 2021-13
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2021-392.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate
certain lands at place Pingwi Place on Plan 4M-1617 as being exempt from Part
Lot Control
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2021-393.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate
certain lands at rue Chakra Street, terrasse Cashmere Terrace, rue Hamsa
Street, rue Lilith Street, rue Namaste Street and ruelle Everbloom Lane on
Plan 4M-1684 as being exempt from Part Lot Control
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2021-394.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain
lands at Limnos Lane on Plan 4M-1505 as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
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2021-395.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain
lands at rue Kayenta Street, voie Maygrass Way,
croissant Taliesin Crescent, voie Orvieto Way, promenade Cosanti Drive, croissant
Maverick Crescent and rue Ocala Street on Plan 4M-1689 as being exempt
from Part Lot Control
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2021-396.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
2003-445 respecting the regulation of road activity on City highways and By-law
2003-446 respecting the regulation of encroachments on City highways
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2021-397.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish
certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use
(Winsome Terrace)
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2021-398.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2003-520 respecting signs on City roads
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2021-399.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2004-239 respecting temporary signs on private property
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2021-400.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2014-431 respecting the OCHC Municipal Housing Project Facilities and Tax
Exemption
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2021-401.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2019-397 designating community safety zones throughout the City of Ottawa
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2021-402.
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 2605 Tenth Line Road and 2450 Portobello Boulevard
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2021-403.
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 1368 Labrie Avenue
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2021-404.
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend
the Official Plan to implement the Bank Street in the Glebe
Secondary Plan
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2021-405.
A by-law of the City
of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 to implement the Glebe Height
and Character Study zoning
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2021-406.
A by-law
of the City of Ottawa to amend by-law No. 2008-250 relating to outdoor
commercial patios
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2021-407.
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 4400 Piperville Road
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2021-408.
A by-law
of the City of Ottawa to amend the Scott Street Secondary Plan of Volume 2A
of the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to amend the height schedule for
the lands municipally known as 1560 Scott Street
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2021-409.
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 1560 Scott Street
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2021-410.
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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CARRIED
MOTION NO 67/29
Moved by Councillor
T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
That the
following by-law be read and passed:
By-law 2021-411 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of
December 8, 2021.
CARRIED
Councillor C.A. Meehan (OCC 21-19)
Would staff please detail how many
fare inspectors and security officers
are employed at OC Transpo. How
does that number compare with Transit Services in cities of similar size to
Ottawa? Please include Gatineau’s STO.
Is fare enforcement a priority in
those other cities? Why? How is enforcement carried out?
Please include data on recovery from
fare inspectors.
Please explain Ottawa’s policy on fare
inspection. What data - rationale was used to inform operators to
not enforce or even tell riders they should pay their fare.
Number of assaults please?
Can we estimate how much lost fares
cost OC Transpo?
Is there data that indicates fare
inspections deter people from taking transit.
The meeting
adjourned at 8:04 pm.
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CITY
CLERK MAYOR