OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES 62
Wednesday, October 27, 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
Note:
Please note that the Minutes are to be considered DRAFT until confirmed by Council.
The Council of
the City of Ottawa met on Wednesday, October 27, 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 ANTHONY DIMONTE, GENERAL
MANAGER, EMERGENCY AND PROTECIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
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Mayor Watson, Councillor
Matthew Luloff, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee, and
Steve Kanellakos, City Manager, offered thanks to Anthony Di Monte, General
Manager, Emergency and Protective Services Department, on the occasion of his
impending retirement after 42 years of public service.
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Mayor Watson also to welcomed
Renée Amilcar, as the new General Manager of the Transportation Services
Department.
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All Members were present at the meeting.
CONFIRMED
No declarations
of interest were filed.
No regrets were
filed.
MOTION NO 62/1
Moved by
Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
That report from the Ottawa Community Lands Development
Corporation entitled “Ottawa Community Lands Development
Corporation 2020 ‑ Annual Report”; the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board entitled “Ādisōke –
Project Update and Funding Strategy”; Joint Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and
Planning Committee Report 5; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 22; Standing
Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Water Report 19; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 30; Transit
Commission Reports 14 and 14 A; and the
report from the City Clerk entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to
the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting
of October 13, 2021” be received
and considered.
CARRIED
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REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Receive
the Audited financial statements of the Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation
for the year 2020 in the Annual Report attached as Document 1; and
2. Appoint
Ernst & Young LLP as the auditor of the Ottawa Community Lands
Development Corporation for the year 2021.
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CARRIED
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That Ottawa City Council receive this report for information.
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RECEIVED
on a division of 21 YEAS and 2 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (21):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, J.
Leiper,
R. Chiarelli, J. Harder, L. Dudas, G. Darouze, E. El-Chantiry, C. Kitts,
T. Tierney, K. Egli, D. Deans, R. Brockington, M. Luloff, R. King,
A. Hubley, S. Menard, M. Fleury, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (2):
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Councillors C. McKenney, C.A. Meehan
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the following:
1. Receive
the report for information.
2. Approve
additional budget authority of $65,560,163 for Library and Archives Canada
(LAC)’s share of the joint facility which is fully funded from the federal
government;
3. Approve
additional $35,907,679 budget authority for the City share of the joint
facility to be funded by Tax Support Debt;
4. Approve
additional $27,969,266 budget authority for Ottawa Public Library share of
the joint facility:
a. $16,000,000
to be funded by Library Reserves;
b. $11,969,226
to be funded by Development Charge Debt;
5. Approve
additional budget authority for the fit up of food and beverage spaces of
$1,200,000 to be recovered by retail revenues;
6. Approve
a $910,753 budget transfer from IO# 908141 ORAP Albert Street Bronson
Avenue Slater Street; and
7. Approve
additional budget authority of $9,692,580 for the City-owned underground parking
facility to be funded by Tax Supported Debt, with the debt servicing funded
from net parking revenues.
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Councillors R. Brockington and C. McKenney dissented on recommendations
4 and 7, and Councillor S. Menard dissented on recommendation 7.
The
item was then put to Council and CARRIED on a division of 22 YEAS and 1 NAYS, as follows, with the above-noted
dissents:
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YEAS (22):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, J.
Leiper, R. Chiarelli, J. Harder, L. Dudas, C. McKenney, G. Darouze,
E. El-Chantiry, C. Kitts, T. Tierney, K. Egli, D. Deans, R. Brockington, M.
Luloff, R. King, A. Hubley, S. Menard, M. Fleury, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (1):
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Councillor C.A. Meehan
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS
AMENDED
That Council:
1.
Receive the new Official Plan
engagement report attached as Document 1;
2.
Receive the following documents
prepared in support of the new Official Plan as Documents 2 through 7;
a. Document 2: Resolution of Council Motions relating to growth and
the Official Plan;
b. Document 3: Resolution of Ministry of Municipal Affairs and
Housing Comments;
c. Document 4A: Financial report – ‘development pays for
development’;
i.
Document 4B: 2021 Hemson Report –
Summary Update of Comparative Municipal Fiscal Impact Analysis
ii. Document 4C: May 26, 2021 Memo – New Official Plan Growth
Management Strategy – Financial Analysis Rationale
d. Document 5: Growth Management Strategy – Implementation Modelling;
e. Document 6: Memorandum detailing a framework for consideration of
in-process applications;
f.
Document 7: Draft Adoption By-law for
Official Plan.
3.
Approve Document 12 (revised October
14, 2021) [m2.1]: Staff recommended changes to the draft new Official
Plan;
4.
Adopt the new Official Plan Volume 1
and Volume 2 (Secondary Plans and Area-Specific Policies) as presented in
Documents 8 and 9 (being Volume 1 and, Volumes 2A urban secondary plans, 2B
rural secondary plans and 2C Area Specific Policies, respectively), as
amended by the following motions approved by the Joint Planning Committee and
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee:
a.
[m64.1] That the specific public
benefits of community gardens be described in section 2.2.4 Healthy and
Inclusive Communities in the new Official Plan and direction for
consideration of land allocation for community gardens be identified in the
update to Urban Forest and Greenspace Master Plan; and
b. [m64.1] That section 2.2.4(3), as contained on page 30 of New
Official Plan, be amended by adding the words “, healthy eating, and active
living, helps reduce food insecurity and social isolation while providing
broader environmental, aesthetic, and educational benefits;” immediately
following the words “and villages to promote equitable access to healthy food”
in the 5th bullet point.
c. [m84.1] That Policy 3.1.5(f) be revised to read as follows:
f) That lands
designated as part of a natural heritage system are excluded while maintaining
the possibility of minor, site-specific adjustments along the boundaries to
reflect the results of more detailed field investigations if required.
d. [m77.1] That Council approve that a new subsection 7) be added to
3.1 (Designate Sufficient Land for Growth) as follows:
7) To reduce greenhouse gas emissions through land-use, transportation and
energy planning consistent with Council-approved greenhouse gas reduction
targets, projected demand for urban expansion will be reported on as part of
the Climate Change Master Plan’s annual status updates considering the
following objectives:
a) Alignment with local energy utilities to help control the cost of
distribution, facilitate on-site generation and support
local distributed energy;
b) Energy efficient built forms and proximity to a mix of land uses;
c) Maximize the energy and emission reduction performance of new
development or modifications to existing development; and
d) Access to sustainable modes of travel as well as infrastructure to
support the electrification of private and public vehicles.
e. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Section 3.2.7 be amended (by adding
clause e) as follows:
3.2 7) To reduce
greenhouse gas emissions through land-use, transportation and energy planning
consistent with Council-approved greenhouse gas reduction targets,
intensification will be reported on as part of the Climate Change Master
Plan’s annual status updates considering the following objectives:
a) Alignment
with local energy utilities to help control the cost of distribution,
facilitate on-site generation and support local distributed energy;
b) Energy
efficient built forms and proximity to a mix of land uses;
c) Maximize
the energy and emission reduction performance of new development or modifications
to existing development; and
d) Access
to sustainable modes of travel as well as infrastructure to support the electrification
of private and public vehicles.
e) Alignment of intensification targets with progress towards targets
for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
f.
[m14.1] That Council direct Staff to modify
the New Official Plan to remove the policies that allow for consideration of
5- or 6-storey buildings on Minor Corridors without an Official Plan
Amendment process.
g. [m14.1] That, to implement the above, the text be modified in the
New Official Plan as approved by the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-5-5;
h. [m63.1] That section 5.2.3(3)(b) be
deleted from the Official Plan.
i.
[m62.2] That Section 5.6.1.1(3)(a) be
deleted and replaced with following:
“Where the
Zoning By-law for an area has not been updated either before adoption of this
Plan in anticipation of this Plan’s policy direction, or post adoption of
this Plan, to be consistent with the policy intent of this Plan, the City
will generally be supportive of applications for low-rise intensification
that seek to amend the development standards of the underlying zone where the
proposal demonstrates that the development achieves objectives of the
applicable transect with regards to density, built form and site design in
keeping with the intent of Sections 3 and 5 of this Plan.”
j.
[m91.1] That 6.3.3(8)(a) be amended to
remove the words “or eliminated” and replace with the words "or exempted
under limited and appropriate circumstances and requirements”; and
k. [m91.1] That 11.1(2)(a) be amended to read as follows:
“Development proposals for Low-rise residential or mixed-use
buildings that fulfill the intensification objectives of the Growth
Management Framework may be exempt, under
limited and appropriate circumstances and requirements, from Site Plan Control or shall have
reduced submission requirements and a simplified site plan process subject to
meeting defined criteria in order to streamline the process for, and lower
the costs of intensification;”
l.
[m51.2] That Council approve the following
with respect to Section 9.2.2 (2)(b)(i) of the New Official by adding the words:
“private medical or medical-related clinics, veterinary services,”
immediately following the words “such as restaurant, gas station”;
m. [m47.1] That Council retain the Urban
Natural Feature designation for all of the Carlington Woods;
n. [m13.1] That the Alta Vista/Faircrest Heights/Riverview Park
Secondary Plan be amended by adding to Section 2 the following new policy 4
after policy 3, and renumbering the subsequent policies in that section accordingly:
“4)
Notwithstanding the right-of-way protection or existing width along Smyth
Road, high-rise buildings are not permitted on any parcel of land on the
north side of Smyth Road within the boundary of this Secondary Plan.”
o. [m13.1] That Volume 2C be amended by adding a new Area Specific
Policy to read as follows:
“xx.) Notwithstanding the provisions of Policy 5.3.3(3)(a) of
the Official Plan, high-rise buildings are not permitted on any parcel of
land on both sides of Smyth Road outside the boundary of the Alta
Vista/Faircrest Heights/Riverview Park Secondary Plan.”
p. [m39.1] That Council modify the CEDCSP so that all Official Plan
Amendments, Zoning By-law Amendments, and Site Plan Control applications
associated with mid-rise, high-rise, and high-rise 41+ buildings within the boundaries
of the Secondary Plan be required to be reviewed by the UDRP until the
completion of an updated UDRP Terms of Reference which may provide more
specific guidance on the role of the Panel in this area; and that the below
text be added to the CEDCSP:
“3.5 Urban
Design
27) Official
Plan Amendments, Zoning By-law Amendments, and Site Plan Control applications
associated with mid-rise, high-rise, and high-rise 41+ buildings within the
boundaries of the Secondary Plan will be reviewed by the UDRP until the
completion of an updated UDRP Terms of Reference which may provide more
specific guidance on the role of the Panel in this area.”
q. [m8.2] That Council commit the City of Ottawa to tenets of social equity,
defined as the fair, just and equitable management of all institutions serving
the public directly, and the fair and equitable distribution of public
services and implementation of public policy, and the commitment to promote
fairness, justice, and equity in the formation of public policy;
r.
[m8.2] That as the City continues to use
the 5 Big Moves to guide further planning efforts, those efforts will be
reviewed using the Equity and Inclusion Lens to advance the City’s racial,
cultural, economic and gender diversity. The City will review potential data
sources, such as the Neighbourhood Equity Index, for the feasibility of
identifying suitable indicator;
s. [m8.2] That Section 2.2.5 be renamed “Gender and Racial Equity” and
that Section 2.2.5 of the Official Plan be replaced with the text approved by
the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-5-32;
t.
[m8.2] That the Official Plan be
further amended by adding the additional wording to Sections 2.1, 2.2.1 and
2.2.4 as approved by the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-5-32;
u. [m8.2] That staff be directed to develop a toolbox, following the
adoption of the Official Plan, to integrate gender, equity and inclusion issues
to use in future planning efforts by the City of Ottawa
v. [m90.3] That Council amend the fourth paragraph [of Section 4.2]
to the following:
“Affordable housing
is defined by the Provincial Policy Statement as the least expensive of:
a) housing for which a low and moderate-income household pays no more
than 30 per cent of the household’s gross annual income for home ownership or
rental housing, or
b) a unit for which the rent is at or below the average market rent
of a unit in the regional market area. Low to moderate income households are
those with incomes in the lowest 60 per cent of the income distribution for
the regional market area. In the case of ownership housing, this
calculation will include households with incomes in the lowest 60 percent of
the income distribution; and in the case of rental housing, this calculation
will include households with incomes in the lowest 60 percent of the income
distribution for renter households.”
w. [m86.1] That Council amend 4.2.2 paragraph 4 of the New Official
Plan to reflect a 20% affordability target, as follows:
"the City shall
set a target that 20 per cent of all new residential units be
affordable. Of all affordable units, 70 per cent are to be targeted to
households whose needs fall within the definition of core affordability, and
the remaining 30 per cent are to be targeted to households whose needs
fall within the definition of market-affordability."
x. [m60.1] That Council add a new sub-section ix to 4.7.2(4)(d) “The
opportunity is specifically identified and can be assessed as being unique
through an economic development based study approved by Council which
demonstrates a high potential for net benefit to the City of Ottawa”;
y. [m60.1] That Council revise Section 4.7.2(4)(d)(vi) with the following
“A servicing study that evaluates a range of alternatives including innovative
alternatives and provides a solution which is acceptable to the City of
Ottawa for all phases of servicing and is approved by Council”.
z. [m52.1] That Council approve adding to Section 9.2.3 of the New
Official Plan immediately following subsection f) with the following wording:
g) Where a
lot that is outside of a historical settlement area, limited residential
infill is permitted and the following conditions apply:
i) The
proposed lot(s) have frontage on an open and maintained public road; and
ii) The proposed
lot(s) are opposite a lot containing a dwelling where its front yard is on
the same road, ; and
iii) The
proposed lot(s) are vacant lot(s) between two existing dwellings with front
yards on the same side of the road, and are situated not more than 250 metres
apart; and
iv) The
proposed and retained lot(s), should be of a similar size to the existing
surrounding lots, and shall not be less than 0.8 hectares ; and
v) The
proposed lot(s) shall be adequately serviced without adversely impacting
existing private services on adjacent lots; and
vi) No more
than two lots will be created from any lot in existence on 13 May 2003, and
no further severances will be permitted from a severed lot
aa. [m52.1] That Council renumber Section 9.2.3 accordingly.
bb.
[m67.1] That Council approve the designation
of ‘collector road’ to be defined within the framework outlined in Section 4
of City-Wide policies, and that Section 13 of the new Official Plan be
amended alphabetically by introducing the following new definition:
"Collector
Street
Collector streets
(which include major collectors and collectors) are the principal streets in
urban and village neighbourhoods and are used by residents, delivery and
commercial vehicles, transit and school buses, and people walking and cycling."
cc. [m35.1] That Sherbourne Avenue be
removed from Schedule B2 as a Minor Corridor; and
dd.
[m35.1] That
Area-Specific Policy 43.1 be deleted from Volume 2C of the Official Plan.
ee. [m65.1] That Council approve the following:
i.
That any complete application for an
amendment to the Official Plan to establish a new or expanded mineral
aggregate operation which has commenced under the current Official Plan be
permitted to continue under the Official Plan policies that existed at the
time of the complete application was received.
ii. And that in accordance with Section 22(2.2) of the Planning Act,
committee and council agree to receive for consideration Official Plan
amendments in support of a licence application under the Aggregate Resources
Act (before the second anniversary of the first day that this Official
Plan came into effect.
ff. [m85.3] That Council amend 5.5.1 to add policy 5) to read as
follows;
“5) Given its location in the
Greenbelt Transect, Moodie Station is not a candidate
for Transit Oriented Development or intensification.”
gg.
[d22.1] That Council modify the New
Official Plan by including added concepts of protection, preservation, and
restauration of existing water resources, as follows:
i.
Amend Section 3.2 on P 46 to read:
4) Intensification is permitted in all designations where development
is permitted taking into account whether the site has municipal water and
sewer services. This Plan supports intensification and the approval of applications
for intensification shall be in conformity with transect and overlay policies
as applicable. When reviewing planning applications for
intensification, the City shall ensure that surface water and groundwater
resources are protected, particularly where the groundwater resource is used
for drinking water.
ii. Amend Section 3.2 on P 51 to read:
17)
To implement the density targets and requirements, the City shall consider
the application of a number of alternative measures to provide water, wastewater
and stormwater capacity, including risk management and/or infrastructure system
upgrades in conjunction with its Asset Management Strategy and other City
programs where opportunities for intensification are limited because of the
cumulative impact of intensification projects on infrastructure system capacity.
In implementing density targets, the City shall ensure that surface
water and groundwater resources are protected.
iii. Amend Section 4.9.1 on page 115 to add the following policy:
5) Where no watershed
or subwatershed plans exist, the City shall otherwise ensure that the quality
and quantity of surface water and groundwater features are protected or
improved in accordance with site-specific studies and the City’s groundwater
management programs.
hh.
[m94.1] That Council approve adding a
new policy to Section 9 of the Manotick Secondary Plan in Volume 2B of the
New Official Plan, immediately following subsection 1) with the following
wording:
“2) On the
lands known municipally as 5497, 5495 and 5491 Manotick Main Road, residential
only uses and front yard parking may be permitted.”
ii. [m89.2]
That Council direct that the McCarthy Woods
remain zoned as EP so as to be protected from future development;
jj. [m89.2] That Policy 7.1(7) be amended to add a new sub-policy (c)
to add the following text:
“The Central
Experimental Farm, west of the new Civic Hospital site, remains for
scientific, educational and cultural purposes only and is not intended for
non-Central Experimental Farm development.”
kk. [m37.1] That Council update item 8, in section 4.1.1 Provide
mobility options to safely and equitably navigate the City, of the draft
revised Official Plan, as follows:
8) The City
shall seek to create networks of complete and healthy streets as
opportunities arise through the construction or reconstruction of
transportation facilities, such as roadways, bridges and transit stations as
part of other capital projects and through the approval of development.
ll. [m37.1] That staff assess how the 10 Indicators of the Healthy Streets
Approach can be incorporated into the update of the Transportation Master Plan.
mm. [m92.1] That Council approve an amendment to section
4.4.1.2)(b)i) of the Official Plan to
read:
“i) Be
a minimum of 400 square metres, or as described in the upcoming Land
First Policy and updated Park Development Manual as directed by the Parks and
Recreation Facilities Master Plan.”
nn.
[m98.1] That Council add
sub-section 6) to Section 4.11 of the draft Official Plan, and
renumber subsequent the policies accordingly as follows:
“6) Large-scale provincially
regulated wind turbines are not permitted on lands designated Agricultural
Resource Area. This policy does not apply to small-scale wind generation associated
with a permitted principal use.”
5.
Adopt the following annexes as
supporting information to the new Official Plan, as presented in Document 10,
as amended by the above-noted Committee motions, where applicable:
Annex 1 Metropolitan
Downtown Core
Annex 2 Development
Zone of Influence
Annex 3 Heritage
Conservation Districts
Annex 4 Local
Plan Framework
Annex 5 Urban
and Rural Areas Subject to Area-Specific Policies
Annex 6 Urban
Areas Subject to a Secondary Plan
Annex 7 Rural
Areas Subject to a Secondary Plan
Annex 8A Watersheds
and Subwatersheds
Annex 8B Subwatershed
Studies and Environmental Plans
Annex 9 Private
Service Enclaves in the Urban Area
Annex 10 Tewin
Community Design Planning Process and Studies
Annex 11 Official
Plan amendments (currently blank)
Annex 12 Principles
for the Tewin Financial Memorandum of Understanding
6.
Receive Document 11: Work Plan Items
Arising from the New Official Plan;
7.
Approve that the Annexes to the
existing Official Plan that do not legally form part of the existing Official
Plan be repealed on the date that the Minister approves the new Official Plan;
8.
Provide direction for staff to prepare
an implementing workplan and associated timelines and resources for new or
updated secondary plans, high performance development standards, guidelines
and by-laws, to be included in Departmental work plans, for consideration by
Planning Committee within 6 months of Ministerial approval of the new Official
Plan as amended by the above-noted Committee motions, where applicable;
9.
Approve the Principles for the Tewin Financial
Memorandum of Understanding, attached as Annex 12 to the new Official Plan, detailing
the financial components of the Tewin expansion lands, and delegate authority
to the General Manager of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development
Department to finalize and execute a Memorandum of Understanding based on
these principles, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor and Chief
Financial Officer;
10.
Direct staff, if necessary, to request
the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, in respect of results of any
Ontario Lands Tribunal hearing respecting the Official Plan, following
Council approval of the plan, to request modification of the adopted Official
Plan, so that the applicable policy is consistent with the ruling of the
Tribunal; and
11.
Direct staff to request the Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing, in respect of any Official Plan Amendments to
the current plan that are adopted by Council and have cleared appeals prior
to Ministerial approval, to modify the Official Plan to incorporate such
amendments;
12.
[m1.1] Adopt Document 7: Draft Adoption
By-law for Official Plan;
13.
Approve the following additional
motions approved by the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural
Affairs Committee:
a. [m3.2] That, further to the ByWard
Market being defined as a Special District, Staff add to their workplan,
after ministerial approval of the New Official Plan, the incorporation of
this defined district in a comprehensive Secondary Plan for the ByWard Market
that includes all the priorities of section 2.2.1 Policy 3, as well as:
i.
alignment with the joint review of the
ByWard Market and Lowertown West Heritage Conservation Districts, which will
review the consideration of heritage impacts of future development adjacent
to the ByWard Market HCD, with the intent to better reflect and respect the
market feel and elements; and
ii. incorporating the Byward Market Public Realm Plan into the
Secondary Plan; and
b. [m3.2] That Council direct staff to work with federal and
provincial partners on developing a three-government-level funding plan to
ensure that significant components of the Byward Market Public Realm Plan are
implemented ahead of the ByWard Market’s 200 Anniversary date in 2027.
c. [m5.2] That Council direct Staff to, in addition to examining the
boundary of the Sandy Hill Cultural Heritage Character Area engage and
consult the University of Ottawa on the possibility of incorporating the
relevant policies, directions and objectives of the University of Ottawa
Campus Master Plan in the Central and East Downtown Core Secondary Plan.
d. [m7.2] That Council direct staff, as a future work plan item post
ministerial Official Plan approval, to expand the boundaries of the Montreal
Road Secondary Plan to include all of Vanier for a new Vanier Secondary plan
which will:
i.
Carry forward the directions of the
existing Montreal Road Secondary Plan, as is; and
ii. Define Vanier’s character; and
iii. Define built form transitions, building heights, urban design and
architectural expression, and appropriate areas for development including
main streets not currently covered by the existing Secondary Plan, arterials
and areas for Transit Oriented Development, etc.; and
iv. Protect, define, and find greenspace in Vanier for community
space, parks and plazas as the area continues to grow and change to ensure
livability; and
v. Review Vanier’s current flood plain and geographic area.
e. [m42.3] That Council direct staff to develop new policies to be
introduced through a future amendment to the new Official Plan that would
allow for consideration of relocations of unbuilt country lot subdivision
from remote, isolated locations to lands that do not abut Villages but would
achieve a better clustering of development; and that these new policies be
presented to Committee and Council for consideration by Q3 2023;
f.
[m42.3] That Council direct staff to
consider whether Policy 3.4.8 a) could also be applied to land for which an
application for subdivision approval was submitted as the current policy only
applies to lands that had received draft approval, final approval or
registration prior to December 31, 2009.
g. [m15.1] That Council, with the goal of maximizing ridership and
trends for ridership of the new Trillium Line South extension, direct Staff
to consider prioritization of a Secondary Plan for the new expansion lands at
Bowesville to support this investment in transit and report back on timing as
part of a future Departmental Workplan report.
h. [m53.1] That following the adoption of the City’s Official Plan,
Council direct staff to prepare terms of reference, including timelines and
resources needed, to complete a thorough study exploring the opportunity to
include the Waller triangle either in a Special District (whether it be
ByWard Market, Parliament and Confederation Boulevard or Rideau Canal) or as
a new section in the Central and Eats Downtown Core Secondary Plan; and
i.
[m53.1] That as part of the Terms of
Reference of this study, that staff also identify other City policies and
programs that enhance the public realm that can apply to this area.
j.
[m12.1] Council direct Staff to prepare
Terms of Reference, identify staff resources and potential funding
mechanisms, for Council’s consideration to prepare a strategic economic
development study about the future potential of the rural lands in proximity
to Bowesville O-Train Station, the Earl Armstrong Extension, and the Rideau
Carleton Raceway and Casino to identify the job creation potential, and the
policies and infrastructure required to realize the economic potential (e.g.,
potential types of business and potential jobs that could be created), and
that the General Manager of Planning Infrastructure and Economic Development
advise Planning Committee of the proposed Terms of Reference and anticipated
study timing after the Minister of Municipal Affairs has granted approval of
the Official Plan.
k. [m16.1] That Council direct Staff to review the e-commerce/ transhipment
industry in the upcoming rewrite of the Zoning By-law, including a review of
related land uses as well as the scale and impact of those uses, to provide greater
clarity in this area.
l.
[m17.1] That Council direct Staff to
include in the revision of the Greenspace and Urban Forest Master Plan,
details on how the targets for the urban tree canopy and urban greenspace in
Policy 4.8.2(2) and Policy 4.8.3(2) will be achieved, including:
i.
Sub-targets for the urban tree canopy;
ii. The identification of residential areas that do not meet the urban
tree canopy and greenspace targets;
iii. Strategies and actions to achieve the targets;
iv. A monitoring and reporting plan.
m. [m22.1] That Council request the Mayor to write to the Minister of
Education and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to request a
review of maximum school site sizes in large urban municipalities to be
consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, reduce property acquisition costs
for the Province and encourage land-efficient practices such as multi-storey schools
and shared facility agreements between school boards and municipalities to
reduce land requirements for new schools.
n. [m25.1] That Council direct Planning Infrastructure and Economic
Development and Finance Services Departments to prepare an information report
to Planning Committee and Council to review existing capital financing
options concerning growth-related infrastructure implemented by various
Ontario municipalities to address this growth management issue, and that the
report be submitted before Q2 2023 to inform the next Development Charges
Background Study and By-law.
o. [m33.1] That, when considering a
reduction in front yard setbacks commensurate with Table 6, staff responsible
for development of the new Zoning By-law be directed to take into consideration
the quality of the adjacent public realm including availability of soil
volume and opportunity for street trees, availability of walkable
infrastructure including sidewalks, and work in coordination with other City
departments with respect to modifications to the public realm to support
livable neighbourhoods and maintain opportunity for tree planting on private
property where the public realm cannot so accommodate; and
p. [m33.1] That prior to such modifications to the right-of-way,
staff have regard for quality of the public realm and promotion of a livable
and walkable street network consistent with Official Plan policy when considering
an application for site-specific amendment or variance to front yard
setbacks.
q. [m36.1] That Council refer this motion [Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-5-25]
to the 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;
r.
[m36.1] That the mitigation measures
incentives study be:
i.
aligned with the Community Improvement
Plan review, expected to be considered by Council in 2023, and
ii. aligned with the High Performance Development Standard to help
alleviate costs which occur while achieving net zero, climate change-focused
buildings.
s. [m44.2] That Council request that the Mayor, on behalf of Council,
write the Chair and the CEO of the National Capital Commission requesting
them to amend their Capital Urban Lands Master Plan to not permit any
development on lands located between Holland Avenue, Fisher Avenue and
Carling Avenue to protect these valued forest features.
t.
[m61.1] That Council direct Staff to
post the flood plain mapping updates (including climate change flood
vulnerable areas) on the City’s website by Q1 2022 and post any further
mapping updates as they are made available from the Conservation Authorities.
u. [m81.1] That staff develop a
“digital twin” geospatial model to support city building initiatives, including
the forthcoming new Zoning By-law, and work towards implementing greater
visual and numerical modelling techniques in the assessment of proposed land
development projects, subject to future workplans.
v. [m82.1] Council direct staff,
following the adoption of the Official Plan, to review and enhance community
engagement practices and procedures, and that this work be added as an item for
future PIED departmental workplan.
w. [m88.1] That Council direct Staff to prepare Terms of Reference,
identify staff resources and potential funding mechanisms, for Council’s
consideration to prepare a strategic economic development study on the future
potential of lands within the suburban southeast transect to identify the
potential for job creation that will help economically diversify Leitrim, any
implementation actions outside of the Official Plan by the City and current
landowners, the identification of required infrastructure and funding mechanisms
that includes alternatives to being financed by the City, and that the
General Manager of Planning Infrastructure and Economic Development advise
Planning Committee of the proposed Terms of Reference and anticipated study
timing after the Minister of Municipal Affairs has granted approval of the Official
Plan.
x. [m93.1] That Council request the Mayor, on behalf of Council, to
write the Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to
request that she meet with a delegation of the City’s Agricultural and Rural
Affairs Committee to discuss steps the Province could take to study how
flexibility might be introduced in Ontario, or how more customized approaches
could be applied at the municipal level.
y. [m43.1] That Council direct the Transportation Master Plan to maintain
Fisher Avenue (Baseline Road to Carling Avenue) at the current 34m right-of-way
except where protected intersections are required for the safety of
pedestrians and cyclists.
z. [m68.2] That Council direct Planning Staff to include, as part of
a future Departmental Workplan, a new Secondary Plan planning process with a
view to establishing policies and directions for the areas that link Manor
Park and the Downtown Core, considering the 15,000 new residential units
comprising Wateridge Village, with a focus on the area involving the
following thoroughfares and the communities associated with them:
i.
St. Laurent Boulevard. North (from
Hemlock to Blasdell)
ii. Hemlock Road/Beechwood Avenue
aa. [m6.2] That Council direct the TMP Update to review the function
of the Vanier Parkway on the transportation network as a whole, and consider
if a redesignation to the Urban Mainstreet is appropriate, given its location
and context within the Inner Urban Transect; and
bb.
[m6.2] That should the review result in
a TMP recommendation for redesignation of the Vanier Parkway to an Urban Mainstreet,
and should this recommendation be approved by Council, that an Official Plan
Amendment be initiated accordingly.
cc. [m55.2] That Council direct Staff to develop, as a future
departmental workplan item after adoption of the new Official Plan, and in coordination
with the Parks and Recreational Facilities Master Plan, a Public Lands
Strategy, which will establish a municipal objectives framework for public
land owners are clear on the City of Ottawa’s public land redevelopment/development
objectives when lands are no longer needed for the public purpose they were
originally used for; and
dd.
[m55.2] That this
framework be a guiding principle for the City’s objectives on planning for
redevelopment, targeted community benefits and potential acquisitions of all
surplus public lands within Ottawa, including:
i.
all federal properties opportunity in the Capital;
ii. unused
transportation corridors held by the Province;
iii. surplus
lands from school boards and the City lands including those near LRT; and
ee. [m55.2] That this framework be guided by the
objectives of the Official Plan including goals of a 15-minute
neighbourhoods; and
ff. [m55.2] That these objectives include the
consideration of community spaces and uses, range of housing types including rental
and affordable options, green buildings standards; and
gg.
[m55.2] That the City
further ask for first right of refusal on schools that have been closed and
are on circulation for reuse or sale to increase recreation, sport, leisure
and art, and other community uses such as social enterprise spaces where
financial resources are available.
hh.
[m95.1] That the Committee of
Adjustment be notified that any proposal in these areas that would involve a
significant increase in the lot coverage must be accompanied by an
engineering study demonstrating that pre and post development drainage flows
are the same or less until such time as a new Drainage By-law is in place,
and that positive drainage is maintained or enhanced in the fronting ditch
system.
ii. [m96.1] That Council direct staff to prioritize the Baseline Corridor
Secondary Plan as a future workplan item after ministerial approval of the
New Official Plan.
14.
Consider the following motions
referred from the Joint Committee:
a.
S. Menard Motion PLC-ARAC 2021-5-57 [m78.1] re: vacant greenfield lands inside the pre- 2021 urban
boundary.
b.
T. Tierney Motion PLC-ARAC 2021-5-61 [m87.1] re: Thunder Road Rural
Industrial and Logistics
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MOTION NO 62/2
Moved by Councillor R. Brockington
Seconder Councillor
R. King
WHEREAS
the report for the New Official Plan (ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0036) presents the
details of the new Official Plan Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Secondary Plans and
Area-Specific Policies), as well as supporting documents and annexes, with the
objective to guide planning for the city’s growth and redevelopment over the
next 25 years; and
WHEREAS on
January 25, 2021, at a joint meeting of the Planning Committee and Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee, the committees reviewed a staff recommendation to identify
and add an additional 270 ha to the urban boundary; and
WHEREAS Council
decided to remove the 173.35 ha South March lands and combine with the 270 ha land
still to be identified to form 445.35 ha of lands known as
the Tewin lands, against City staff recommendations; and
WHEREAS the City’s planning staff did not identify
the Tewin lands as those that should be included in the first tranche
of lands to be included in the necessary 1,011 ha to be added to the urban
boundary, and have identified concerns about the developability of the lands as
well as servicing and transit challenges; and,
WHEREAS
the City of Ottawa has declared a climate emergency and there was limited investigation
into the climate impacts of approving a development project far from existing
urban areas; and
WHEREAS
there was limited assessment of the costs to the city relating to the capital,
operational and lifecycle costs of new infrastructure that will be required to
service the proposed development area; and
WHEREAS Council approved a set of criteria to guide the addition of
lands to the new urban boundary and which sought to ensure that new lands would
meet the goals of the Official Plan, the Provincial Policy Statement, and the
Five Big Moves; and
WHEREAS the
comments from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released this
summer questioned the suitability of
the Tewin lands when evaluated against the policies
expressed in the PPS 2020 in respect to coordinating land use
planning and infrastructure decisions, as well as ensuring that development
occurs in a manner that protects public health and safety, as well as the
environment; and
WHEREAS staff
have confirmed that the timeline to ensure this change would allow for the
Official Plan to be completed this term with the required analysis of Category
1 and 2 lands to redistribute the 445 hectares of expansion land that currently
forms the Tewin expansion lands;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that Council:
a)
Delete the Tewin Lands from Schedule C17 as Urban Expansion
Lands; and
b)
Restore as Urban Expansion Lands on Schedule C17 the South March
land cluster (175.35 net hectares) identified in Document 2 to Joint Planning
and Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee Report 4, Item 1; and
c)
Direct staff to identify an additional 270
hectares to be added to the urban boundary for future neighbourhoods under the
approved Growth Management Strategy, and to report back to Council with
informed recommendations, no later than Q4 2026, by using the following option:
i)
Distributed option: An analysis of
Category 2 lands identified in Appendix B and described in Document 2, both to
the above Report 4, Item 1 of Report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001, which represent parcels
distributed around and contiguous to the existing urban boundary and/or to
lands recommended for inclusion under Recommendation 4 in the above Report 4,
Item 1 of Report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0001, and prepare necessary gating policies
for mobility and infrastructure upgrades that are required before development
can take place
d)
Delete Annexes 10 and 12; and
e)
Delete Recommendation 9; and
f) Delete
Direction 24.1.
LOST
on a division of 8 YEAS and 15 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (8):
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Councillors T. Kavanagh, J. Leiper, C. McKenney, D. Deans,
R. Brockington, R. King, S. Menard, M. Fleury,
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NAYS (15):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, R. Chiarelli, J. Harder,
L. Dudas, G. Darouze, E. El-Chantiry, C. Kitts, T. Tierney, K. Egli, C.A.
Meehan, M. Luloff, A. Hubley, Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 62/3
Moved Councillor S. Menard
Seconder Councillor C. Kitts
WHEREAS prior urban expansions have added lands to the urban area of
Ottawa; and
WHEREAS the Vacant
Urban Residential Land Survey provides a statement of the amount of urban residential
that remains vacant annually;
WHEREAS the Growth Management Strategy for this Official Plan has
determined that this vacant land represents sufficient space to accommodate
66,300 dwelling units of various types;
WHEREAS apartment units represent a minimum of 10% of this number;
WHEREAS these lands are located in the Suburban transect;
WHEREAS Policy 5.4.4.1 calls for greenfield development in the Suburban
Transect to contribute to the evolution towards 15-minute neighbourhoods to the
extent possible;
WHEREAS Policy 5.4.4.2 calls for net residential densities within
secondary plan areas of a minimum of 36 units per net hectare and permit
density increases through intensification and accessory dwelling units;
WHEREAS there are existing vacant urban designated lands outside of
secondary plan areas that have not received draft approval or have complete
applications in process at this time;
WHEREAS the density target for intensification in the suburban
transect is 40 to 60 units per net hectare;
WHEREAS it is more efficient and economical to build to the desired
built form initially than to subsequently retrofit to the desired built form after
the fact;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that the following be added as Policy 3 to Section 5.4.4.:
“3) On
lands with all of the following characteristics prior to the date of adoption
of this Plan, residential development shall strive to achieve a density target of
40 units per net hectare, unless there are technical infrastructure impediments
as determined by the City to achieve this target:
i.
Within the urban area
ii.
Outside of approved Secondary Plans or Community Design Plans
iii.
Have not received draft approval for plan(s) of subdivision
iv.
Have not received site plan approval
v.
Do not have a submission of a complete Planning Act application
for a net increase in existing residential dwellings”
CARRIED with Councillor R. Chiarelli dissenting.
MOTION NO 62/4
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconder Councillor S. Moffatt
WHEREAS there may be site-specific circumstances that should be
examined through the application process to consider the permission for
small-scale non-residential uses within Neighbourhoods; and
WHEREAS Policy 6.3.3(3) of the Official Plan addresses situations
where such uses are not permitted as-of-right; and
WHEREAS it is more appropriate for the Official Plan to avoid
anticipating the City’s position for each such application;
THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that Council amend policy 6.3.3(3), as
amended, as contained on page 173, by deleting the words “shall support” and substituting
with words “will consider permitting”.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/5
Moved by Councillor R. King
Seconder Councillor
M. Fleury
WHEREAS at
the Joint Meeting of Planning Committee and the Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Committee held on October 14, 15, and 18, 2021, the Committees approved the
forwarding to City Council for its consideration Document 9 from that meeting,
being the New Official Plan Volume 2 (Secondary Plans and Area-Specific
Policies); and
WHEREAS Volume
2A (Urban Secondary Plans) includes the final draft version of a revised
Rockcliffe Park Secondary Plan (RP SP) proposed to be adopted by Council in tandem
with Council’s adoption of the New Official Plan; and
WHEREAS members
of the Rockcliffe Park community believe that the RP SP would benefit from
additional minor edits to bring clarity to the policy language of the RP SP
that is consistent with the intent of the Staff revisions to the RP SP while at
the same time remaining complementary to the desirable policy aspects of the
existing Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Plan;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
that Council approve the following minor changes to the RP SP included in
Volume 2A of the New Official Plan, as follows:
- In
Section 2.1 of the RP SP, A Stable Population, delete the final phrase
“and coach houses”
- In
Section 2.2 of the RP SP, Conserving the Character of Rockcliffe Park, add
policies 9), 10) and 11) as follows:
“9) Adjacent lands include lands adjoining a property in Rockcliffe Park
and lands that are separated from it by land used as a private or public road,
lane, trail, right of way, walkway, green space, or park.
10) Established lot
patterns on streets in Rockcliffe Park shall be maintained regardless of any
common ownership of contiguous land.
11) Detached garages shall not be considered accessory buildings for purposes
of setbacks and other regulations.”
- In
Section 3 of the RP SP, Goals and Objectives of the Secondary Plan, in
section 3.1, Maintaining Compatible Form, Density and Character in Rockcliffe
Park, edit the second (middle) sentence/paragraph in the following manner:
- Delete
the opening words, “Development of”
- Add
to the end the words, “as shown in Schedule A – Designations” so that the
second (middle) sentence/paragraph of section 3.1 reads as follows:
“Multi-unit development is
permitted in specific areas located east of the Pond and in an area adjacent to
Beechwood Avenue as shown in Schedule A – Designations.”
- In
Section 3 of the RP SP, Goals and Objectives of the Secondary Plan, in
section 3.1, Maintaining Compatible Form, Density and Character in
Rockcliffe Park, edit the third (last) sentence/paragraph in the following
manner:
- Add
“and uses” after “industrial developments”
- Delete
“the” before “Rockcliffe Park”
- Add
“including short-term rentals of less than 30 days and bed and
breakfasts” after “Rockcliffe Park” so that the third (last)
sentence/paragraph of section 3.1 reads as follows:
“No commercial or industrial
developments and uses are, or will be, permitted within Rockcliffe Park, including
short-term rentals of less than 30 days and bed and breakfasts.”
- In
Section 4.1, Residential Areas and Density, Policy 4) of the RP SP, delete
“coach houses”
- In
Section 4.3 of the RP SP, Conservation Areas, edit Policy 15) in the
following manner:
- Insert
“MacKay Lake and the Pond as” after “protecting and conserving”
- Delete
“and recreational” after “natural”
- Add
“and conservation areas” before “within Rockcliffe Park” so that Policy
15) reads as follows:
“The City
is committed to protecting and conserving MacKay
Lake and the Pond as significant
natural amenities and conservation areas within
Rockcliffe Park.”
LOST
on a division of 2 YEAS and 20 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (2):
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Councillors R. King, M. Fleury
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NAYS (20):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, J.
Leiper, J. Harder, L. Dudas, C. McKenney, G. Darouze, E. El-Chantiry,
C. Kitts, T. Tierney, K. Egli, C.A. Meehan, D. Deans,
R. Brockington, M. Luloff, A. Hubley, S. Menard, Mayor J. Watson
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MOTION NO 62/6
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Seconder Councillor S. Moffatt
WHEREAS potential future residential development in the Carp Airport Area should not prevent or
negatively impact future development potential within the Village of Carp; and
WHEREAS a Local Plan or an amendment to this Area-Specific
Policy would adequately safeguard the servicing intended for future development
in the Village of Carp; and
WHEREAS existing development rights should be protected and carried
forward;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council replace the Area Specific
Policies, Volume 2C, Policy 8.6 Carp Airport with
the following:
On lands designated as Carp Airport Area, the following policies
apply:
a) Permitted uses include airport and related facilities; light industrial
uses; convenience commercial uses, restaurants, hotel, instructional
facilities, institutional uses, professional offices and a dwelling unit
limited to occupancy by a caretaker, security guard, or person providing
similar on-site service;
b) Except for a dwelling unit per (a) above, an airport accessory
residential community as defined in Carp
Airport Municipal Facility and Development
Agreement instrument OC2380639, revised June 9, 2021
and as may be amended from time to time is permitted where the lands
are zoned for this use at the time of adoption of this Official Plan; and
c) On the
remainder of the lands described as Part 1 4R-20588, residential uses as part
of an airport accessory residential community may be considered subject to the
following:
i)
adequate servicing is available for the
development proposed and may not adversely impact servicing
of nearby lands including the Village of Carp,
ii)
that further residential
development does not hinder the intensification or expansion of the
Village of Carp,
iii)
that the proposed residential development
does not conflict with the function or operations of the Carp Road Corridor
including the ability for industrial and commercial uses to expand,
iv)
that the proposed residential development
does not hinder or conflict with ongoing and long-term operation of the Carp
Airport; and
v)
A Local Plan or an amendment to
this Area-Specific Policy will be required to provide detailed
policies which will guide any future
residential development of the subject lands.
d) On lands municipally known as 200 Russ Bradley Road and legally
known as Blocks 10 and 12 on 4M-1511, a cannabis production facility is
permitted.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/7
Moved by Councillor C. Kitts
Seconder Councillor
E. El-Chantiry
WHEREAS sensitive marine clay (otherwise known as Leda clay, quick clay,
or Champlain Sea clay) are characterized as highly sensitive deposits of silt
and clay, which are susceptible to retrogressive slope failures, erosion or
subsidence; and
WHEREAS sensitive marine clays exhibit significantly reduced
strength compared to other soils once disturbed through mechanisms such as
loading, excavation, seismicity, erosion or changes in groundwater levels; and
WHEREAS development on marine clays may also interfere with local
hydrogeologic regimes resulting in poor foundation drainage (reliance and
potential interference with sump pumps) and potential structural problems; and
WHEREAS sensitive marine clays, due to its unique geological
history, are found widely throughout the City of Ottawa including most urban
expansion areas; and
WHEREAS damage has occurred to foundations and structures in some
existing development areas of the City as a result of differential settlement
in sensitive marine clays; and
WHEREAS Ottawa is in a unique geological area due to the presence of
deposits from the post-glacial Champlain Sea, which poses particular challenges
when developing on sensitive marine clays; and
WHEREAS the City’s existing geotechnical reporting guidelines do not
sufficiently address the challenges of characterizing and engineering development
on sensitive marine clays;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Staff to review, update
and/or make recommendations for guidelines, policies standards and processes
for the investigation, design, construction, and approvals of development
(including infill and intensification) on sensitive marine Clays, and that this
work be added as a future departmental workplan item to take place after ministerial
approval of the Official Plan.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/8
Moved by Councillor R. Brockington
Seconder Councillor T. Kavanagh
WHEREAS the draft Official Plan policies accommodate
future growth of the City of Ottawa through both residential intensification
and urban expansion;
WHEREAS the physical transformations resulting from
intensification vary from neighbourhood to neighbourhood;
WHEREAS the application of OP policies to
accommodate intensification by protecting tree canopy, access to greenspace,
etc., is on a city-wide basis;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council
direct staff to develop, as part of the Official Plan monitoring process,
metrics to measure intensification, tree canopy, access to greenspace, at a
sub-Transect level, both including and excluding the greenbelt where
applicable.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/9
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Seconder Councillor M. Fleury
WHEREAS Capital Ward has three universities either partially or
fully located within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS this density of Post-Secondary institutions has driven the supply
of low rise development oriented to university housing in the ward, especially
in the area surrounding Carleton University; and
WHEREAS a specific site plan control process could proactively
address aspects of parking, noise, privacy concerns, waste and recycling for
the areas around all Post-Secondary institutions; and
WHEREAS such a process could proactively save the City a significant
amount of time and resources that have been expended to otherwise manage
longstanding concerns on site and can be better mitigated through the site plan
control process;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Staff to add as a
departmental work item to explore the feasibility of developing a Low-Rise
Apartment Specific Site Plan process for the area surrounding Post-Secondary
institutions, to address some of the neighbouring resident’s developmental
concerns.
CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/10
Moved by Councillor J. Harder
Seconder Councillor L. Dudas
WHEREAS the world of industry and business is rapidly evolving with
changes in technology and business models; and
WHEREAS the success of growth in the future of Ottawa depends on
attracting leading businesses to create jobs to support the growing population,
and per Policy 1.1.2 of the Provincial Policy Statement allows municipalities
to protect employment lands regardless of the planning horizon; and
WHEREAS Policy 1.3.2.6 of the Provincial Policy Statement requires
municipalities to protect employment areas in proximity to major goods movement
facilities and corridors for employment uses that require these locations; and
WHEREAS transportation access remains a critical need of many
businesses choosing their new locations;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct Staff, as part of the
five year review of population growth and land need, to also look at the
absorption of serviced industrial and logistics lands at all highway
interchanges and, should this inventory decline significantly, make
recommendations to Council regarding the designation of additional industrial and
logistics lands at highway interchanges, including the consideration of servicing
options at these locations.
CARRIED
DIRECTION TO STAFF
Considering recent housing starts data from the Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporation shows that only one in six units built over the past five
years was a rental, at a rate of only 17 per cent of all housing starts from
CMCH data made available for rental, and in order to better achieve and exceed
the new affordable housing goals set in the new Official Plan, that Council direct
staff in Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development and Community and
Social Services to work on options for incentives to achieve a greater rate of
rental units in the city working towards a target of 25%.
MOTION NO 62/11
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt
Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
WHEREAS the report for the New Official Plan (ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0036)
presents the details of the new Official Plan Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Secondary
Plans and Area-Specific Policies), as well as supporting documents and annexes,
with the objective to guide planning for the city’s growth and redevelopment over
the next 25 years; and
WHEREAS omissions and corrections for the New Official Plan Report
have been identified since it was published on September 22, 2021, and revised
at Joint Committee on October 18, 2021;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council approve the new Official
Plan modifications listed in Document 13[1].
CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/12
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt
Seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
WHEREAS the report for the New Official Plan (ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0036) was
considered by the Joint Meeting of the Planning Committee and the Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee on October 14, 15 and 18, 2021, and presented to
Council for consideration on October 27, 2021;
WHEREAS the New Official Plan, as amended by Joint Committee and
Council, meets all the Planning Act requirements;
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED that the Council approve that the Official Plan, as amended:
(a) has regard to the
matters of provincial interest listed in the Planning Act, section 2; and
(b) is consistent with policy
statements issued under the Planning Act, subsection 3 (1).
CARRIED with Councillor J. Leiper dissenting.
The
report, as amended, was divided for voting purposes as set out below.
The
Committee Recommendations, as amended by Motion Nos. 62/3,62/4, 62/6, 62/7,
62/8, 62/9, 62/10, 62/11 and 62/12, were then put to Council and CARRIED on a division of 21 YEAS and 2 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (21):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, J. Harder,
L. Dudas, C. McKenney, G. Darouze, E. El-Chantiry, C. Kitts,
T. Tierney, K. Egli, C.A. Meehan, D. Deans, R. Brockington, M. Luloff, R. King,
A. Hubley, S. Menard, M. Fleury, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (2):
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Councillors J. Leiper, R. Chiarelli
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Schedule C-17 (Urban Expansion Areas) was put
to Council separately and CARRIED on a division of 15 YEAS and 8 NAYS, as
follows:
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YEAS (15):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, J. Harder, L.
Dudas,
G. Darouze, E. El-Chantiry, C. Kitts, T. Tierney, K. Egli, C.A. Meehan, R.
Brockington, M. Luloff, A. Hubley, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (8):
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Councillors T. Kavanagh, J. Leiper, R. Chiarelli, C. McKenney,
D. Deans, R. King, S. Menard, M. Fleury
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COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 22
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council receive this report for information.
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RECEIVED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive this report for information.
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RECEIVED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1.
Approve the draft Community Safety and Well-Being Plan as outlined in
this report and attached as Document 1; and
2.
Direct the General Manager of Community and Social Services to
develop a governance structure, an evaluation and performance measurement
framework, and a financial strategy for the administration, implementation, evaluation,
and funding of the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan as set out further in
this report, and to report back to the appropriate Standing Committee of
Council as soon as feasible.
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CARRIED as amended by Motion 62/13 amending
the portion of the report (under the Mental Well-Being section) regarding the
Guiding Council’s short-term outcomes identified in the report:
MOTION NO 62/13
Moved by Councillor
M. Luloff
Seconded by Councillor
D. Deans
That City Council approve the following:
The Guiding Council has set the following as its short-term
outcomes:
·
Increase the range of responses to mental
health and addiction crises including community, service providers, and public
service responses resulting in a decrease in the response of police
·
Provide clarity to the roles and responsibilities
of Ottawa police within the new models of response to crisis intervention in
the community
·
Working with Ottawa communities, identify
training, education and skills required by the Ottawa
Police Service to better respond to mental health and addiction crises, in a respectful
and safe manner and when the crisis is linked to criminal activity as required
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 receive this report for information.
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MOTION NO 62/14
Moved by Councillor M. Luloff
Seconded by Councillor
K. Egli
WHEREAS the report entitled “Social Assistance Modernization,
Transformation and Integration Update” (ACS2021-CSS-GEN-0014) was received by
the Community and Protective Services Committee on October 21, 2021 and will be
received by Council October 27, 2021; and
WHEREAS following the Community and
Protective Services Committee meeting, staff identified an error in the
Discussion Section of the report (Section 3 - Employment Services
Transformation, Page 14 of the original English and Page 16 of the original
French version of the staff report) concerning the 2021 Ontario Works Financial
Assistance budget amount documented as $137 million; and
WHEREAS the
correct 2021 Ontario Work Financial Assistance budget amount is $182
million;
THEREFORE Be It Resolved that Council approve a technical
amendment to the report to reflect the correct 2021 budget amount of $182 million
for Ontario Work Financial Assistance
CARRIED
The Committee recommendations, as amended
by Motion 62/14 were put to Council and CARRIED.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve
Long-Term Care’s five-year strategic direction, which includes renewed
mission, vision, values and strategic priorities, as described in this report;
and
2. Direct
the Director of Long-Term Care to include $100,000 in the 2022 Long-Term Care
budget for the development of a customized person-centred care model as described
in this report; and
3. Direct
the Director of Long-Term Care to report back to Committee and Council on the
implementation plan and approach once confirmation of the LTC provincial
budget revenues have been confirmed for 2022-2023.
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CARRIED
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STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WATER AND WASTE
MANAGEMENT REPORT 19
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve
the Better Buildings Ottawa Strategy attached as Document 1 and summarized in
this report;
2. Approve
and direct staff to launch the Benchmarking and Auditing Program, attached as
Document 2 and summarized in this report;
3. Direct
the Council Sponsors Group to work with the Mayor to request the Government
of Ontario to:
a) Amend
the province''s Reporting of Energy Consumption and Water Use (O.Reg. 506/18)
regulation to mandate industrial, commercial, institutional and multi-unit
residential buildings of 1,850 m2 (approximately 20,000 ft2) or larger and
other building types to report their energy consumption and water use, and to
expand the scope of the regulation to include energy, water and greenhouse
gas emissions disclosure at the address level;
b) Implement
a net zero retrofit code;
c) Provide
authority for municipalities to mandate energy and emissions performance standards
should the Government of Ontario not amend its Energy Consumption and Water
Use regulation;
d) Create
grant and/or rebate programs to improve the business case for deep retrofits
with longer paybacks for all building types; and
e) Demonstrate
leadership through deep carbon retrofits in provincially-owned or leased
buildings in Ottawa.
4. Direct
staff to report back to Council on the City’s legislative authority and
implementation plan to require the following for existing commercial, institutional
and multi-unit residential buildings of 1,850 m2 (approximately 20,000 ft2)
or larger should the Government of Ontario not amend its Energy Consumption
and Water Use regulation:
a) Mandatory
annual energy, water, and greenhouse gas emission benchmarking and disclosure;
b) Mandatory
energy and emissions audits and/or recommissioning reports, and retrofit
plans; and
c) Mandatory
emissions or energy performance targets.
5. Direct
the Council Sponsors Group to work with the Mayor to request the Government
of Ontario to direct the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) and Independent
Electricity System Operator (IESO) to:
a) Implement
rate structure changes that favour electrification and fuel switching away from
natural gas;
b) Fund
electrical service upgrades that are required for Gren House Gas (GHG) reduction
purposes through the rate base;
c) Develop
utility mechanisms to help support and invest in deep emissions retrofits; and
d) Continue
retrofit cost reduction measures, such as performance-based rebates for improved
energy and emission performance.
6. Direct
the Council Sponsors Group to work with the Mayor to request the Government
of Canada to:
a) Release
a model retrofit code that aligns with the targets set in the Paris Agreement;
b) Set
standards for low embodied carbon materials including concrete and steel and
low global warming potential refrigerants;
c) Continue
its commitment to carbon pricing via the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing
Act;
d) Create/expand
grant programs and tax incentives to improve the business case for deep retrofits
with long payback periods;
e) Work
with municipalities to ensure rebates and financing for deep emissions
retrofits include providing a loan backstop for municipal retrofit financing programs
for private buildings;
f) Continue
the enhancement of deep retrofit financing in collaboration with
municipalities through the Canadian Infrastructure Bank; and
g) Support
the manufacturing and supply chains to increase availability of low embodied
carbon materials for the building industry.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Receive
the annual status update on the Climate Change Master Plan, including the
2020 greenhouse gas emissions inventories attached as Document 1 and updates
on the Climate Change Master Plan eight priority actions as summarized in
this report; and
2. Approve
that the 2020 Hydro Ottawa dividend surplus of $800,000 be used to fund the
proposed spending plan attached as Document 3 and summarized in this report.
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CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve
the framework for the Residual Waste Management Strategy, including scope and
timelines, to extend the life of the Trail Waste Facility Landfill.
2. Direct
staff to develop a Landfill Life Calculation Methodology to use more
predictive indicators, to accurately assess the remaining life of the Trail
Waste Facility Landfill for use in long term planning for Solid Waste Services.
3. Direct
staff to investigate and report back on the feasibility of expanding the
capacity at the Trail Waste Facility Landfill.
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MOTION NO 62/15
Moved Councillor S.
Menard
Seconded Councillor S Moffatt
WHEREAS the Residual Waste
Management Strategy report (ACS2021-PWE-SWS-0005) was considered by the
Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management on
October 19th; and
WHEREAS staff in Solid Waste
Services presented the Residual Waste Management Strategy to available members
of the Stakeholder Sounding Board on October 26, 2021 as directed by the
committee;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that
Council receive the summarized feedback from the Sounding Board Meeting
attached to this motion and approve that that a copy of the feedback be posted
publicly with the Council disposition and Minutes as an attachment[2] to the report.
CARRIED
The Committee recommendations, as amended
by Motion 62/15 were put to Council and CARRIED.
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TRANSIT COMMISSION REPORT 14
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COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council approve:
1. That
as soon as possible, the maximum transfer time for OC Transpo conventional bus
service be extended by 60 minutes, until such time that the General Manager
of Transit Services is of the opinion that R1 bus replacement service which
commenced in September 2021 is no longer required; and,
2. That
staff update Council and members of the Transit Commission confirming the timing
for implementation of the extension.
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MOTION NO 62/16
Moved by: Councillor J.
Cloutier
Seconded by: Councillor
C. McKenney
WHEREAS extending the transfer period from 90
minutes (105 minutes early and late in the day) to 120 minutes may allow fare
savings for some existing transit customers and may attract some new short
trips to the transit system; and
WHEREAS staff advised in February 2019 that if
the transfer validity periods were extended to 120 minutes, there would be an estimated
fare revenue loss of approximately $900,000 per year; and
WHEREAS other measures of the same general cost
may provide more benefit for existing customers and may attract more new
customers to the transit system;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that a consideration of a permanent 120-minute transfer period be
referred to the Transit Fare Working Group and staff for their review, for
reporting back to Transit Commission by Q2 2022 and for possible inclusion in
the 2023 Draft Budget, and that this review include a comparative analysis of
other measures that could increase ridership and/or increase the usage of transit
services by existing users.
CARRIED
The Committee
recommendations, as amended by Motion 62/16 were put to Council and CARRIED.
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TRANSIT COMMISSION REPORT 14A
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Council did not resolve in camera. The following recommendations
were put to Council in open session:
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
That
City Council direct the City’s bargaining team to negotiate renewals of the collective
agreements for employees within the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 279 (Para
Transpo) and CUPE 5500, as presented in the confidential report from Transit
Commission submitted to Council on October 20, 2021.
CARRIED
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1.
Receive the listing of projects funded under delegated authority
through the Community Partnership Minor Capital program in 2020 as detailed
in Document 1;
2.
Approve in principle the list of 2021 Community Partnership Major
Capital projects as detailed in Document 2 and within the Council approved
program budget envelope;
3.
Receive the status update of prior year Community Partnership Major
Capital projects previously approved in principle as detailed in Document 3;
and
4.
Delegate authority to the General Manager, Recreation, Cultural and
Facility Services to work with Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program
(ICIP) – Community Culture and Recreation (CCR) Funding Stream Transfer
Payment Agreements (TPA), to set up the detailed financial planning, creation
of accounts, and project management for the ICIP approved projects for
Centennial Park and Trend Arlington Park.
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RECEIVED
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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 October 13,
2021, that are subject to the ‘Explanation Requirements’ being the Planning
Act, subsections 17(23.1), 22(6.7), 34(10.10) and 34(18.1), as applicable, as
described in this report and attached as Documents 1 to 8.
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CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/17
Moved by
Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
That report from the Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation
entitled “Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation 2020 Annual Report”;
the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board entitled “Ādisōke –
Project Update and Funding Strategy”; Joint Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee and Planning Committee Report 5; Community and Protective Services
Committee Report 22; Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and
Waste Water Report 19; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 30;
Transit Commission Reports 14 and 14A; and the report from the City Clerk
entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to
the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting
of October 13, 2021” be received and adopted as amended.
CARRIED
Note: The following Meehan/Deans Motion of which Notice was
previously given at the October 13, 2021 City Council meeting was revised
pursuant to Subsection 59(5) of the Procedure By-law.
MOTION
NO 62/18
Moved by Councillor C. A.
Meehan
Seconded by Councillor
D. Deans
WHEREAS Light Rail Transit Stage Two-the Trillium
Line is an integral extension of Ottawa’s Light Rail System that will provide
service to Carleton University, the Ottawa International Airport and the
growing suburbs in Ottawa’s South end; and
WHEREAS SNC Lavalin is part of TransitNext, the
consortium chosen to design and build the Trillium Line, and was also involved
in the construction of the Confederation Line; and
WHEREAS two years after the Stage One -
Confederation Line was launched, it has been plagued by technical and
mechanical issues that have caused costly, ongoing service disruptions; and
WHEREAS the Confederation Line is currently out
of service due to the latest derailment; and
WHEREAS Remediation and maintenance of the Confederation
Line continues to be problematic; and
WHEREAS Questions have been raised about whether
the quality of the railway design, construction, and installation is
contributing to ongoing service problems on the Confederation Line; and
WHEREAS Trillium Line had a long history of
reliable service since 2015 using the Alstom LINT vehicles and third-party
maintenance services; and
WHEREAS Trillium Line employs significantly
different technology and standards including diesel vehicles and simplified
train control systems; and
WHEREAS Stage Two-The Trillium Line appears to
be behind schedule with an unknown completion date; and
WHEREAS Concerns have been raised about whether
challenges being faced on the Confederation Line are going to repeat themselves
on the Trillium Line due to the involvement of SNC Lavalin on both projects;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Manager
and the Director of Rail Construction immediately initiate and provide as soon
as available a detailed side-by-side comparison of the challenges faced on the
Confederation Line with the technical design on the Trillium Line to provide additional
background information on the Trillium Line design and construction; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and
Director of Rail Construction engage a peer review of the strategy for design, construction,
commissioning, and maintenance of the Trillium Line by the TransitNEXT
organization to identify potential challenges caused by design, construction,
commissioning, training, and/or organizational design that could be remediated
now before the rail line is completed;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that City Manager and
Director of Rail Construction provide an update on the construction timelines
for the Trillium Line Stage 2 at the December Finance and Economic Development
Committee Meeting.
REFERRED by the following motion:
MOTION
NO 62/19
Moved by Councillor L.
Dudas
Seconded by Councillor E.
El-Chantiry
WHEREAS City staff were already planning on providing an update on
the construction timelines for the Trillium Line Stage 2 at the December Finance
and Economic Development Committee Meeting; and
WHEREAS questions related to differences in technology between the
Confederation Line and the Trillium Line have been raised by Members of Council
in many of the previous briefings on this topic; and
WHEREAS the approach to construction oversight of the Trillium Line
includes a dedicated construction monitoring team co-located with the
Contractor in the field which is substantially different than the Stage 1
approach to construction oversight; and,
WHEREAS understanding that staff supports the notion of a peer
review or similar mechanism as part of its due diligence exercise to ensure
that the Trillium Line does not experience the same issues as the Stage 1
Confederation Line, but needs some time to properly assess and craft the scope
of work for a peer review to otherwise protect the City’s interests; and
WHEREAS staff advise that referring this motion to the December
meeting of the Finance and Economic Development Committee would not
significantly impact the timing of the work being proposed, particularly given
the existing quality assurance mechanisms already in place;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council refer the Meehan/Deans
motion to the December meeting of the Finance and Economic Development Committee
and direct the Director, Rail Construction to provide a memorandum to Committee
and Council in advance of that meeting that provides a detailed, side-by-side
comparison of the challenges faced on the Confederation Line with the technical
design on the Trillium Line to provide additional background information on the
Trillium Line design and construction, an outline of the quality assurance
mechanisms in place, as well as a high level analysis and recommendation
related to the engagement of a peer review as identified in the Meehan/Deans
motion.
Motion
62/19 was put to Council and CARRIED on a division of 13 YEAS and 10 NAYS, as follows:
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YEAS (13):
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Councillors J. Cloutier, S. Moffatt, G. Gower, J. Harder, L.
Dudas,
G. Darouze, E. El-Chantiry, C. Kitts, T. Tierney, K. Egli, M. Luloff,
A. Hubley, Mayor J. Watson
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NAYS (10):
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Councillors T. Kavanagh, J. Leiper, R. Chiarelli, C. McKenney,
C.A. Meehan, D. Deans, R. Brockington, R. King, S. Menard,
M. Fleury
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MOTION
Moved by Councillor C.
McKenney
Seconded by Councillor
D. Deans
WHEREAS on August 8, 2021, an equipment/component
failure caused an empty Light Rail Transit (LRT) train to derail while
switching tracks after leaving Tunney’s Pasture Station, leading to an inspection
of the fleet that showed similar problems with nine other vehicles; and
WHEREAS on September 19, 2021, a train derailed
between Tremblay Station and Hurdman Station after two axles became dislodged; and
WHEREAS these are only two of the most recent problems
that have occurred on the City’s multi-billion-dollar LRT Project since it was
unanimously approved by Council in December of 2012; and
WHEREAS Section 274 of the Municipal Act,
2001 expressly provides a municipal council with the statutory authority to
request by resolution, that a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice shall:
a) Investigate any supposed
breach of trust or other misconduct of a member of council, an employee of the
municipality or a person having a contract with the municipality in relation to
the duties or obligations of that person to the municipality;
b) Inquire into any matter
connected with the good government of the municipality; and/or
c) Inquire into the conduct
of any part of the public business of the municipality; and
WHEREAS Section 274 of the Municipal Act,
2001, “remains substantially unchanged from its predecessor section in 1866”;
and
WHEREAS Mr. Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme
Court of Canada noted in a case involving the City of Sarnia in 1998 that,
“much of the history of Canada could be interpreted through the work of
commissions of inquiry” and that the “power to authorize a judicial inquiry is
an important safeguard of the public interest” (emphasis added); and
WHEREAS Justice Binnie also observed that Section
274 of the Municipal Act, 2001, “reflects a recognition through the
decades that good government depends in part on the availability of good information”
and that a “municipality, like senior levels of government, needs from time to
time to get to the bottom of matters and events within its bailiwick”; and
WHEREAS in the Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry
and the Toronto External Contracts Inquiry Madam Justice Denise Bellamy noted
that “a public inquiry is a public investigation, carried out in the public eye”
she also emphasized that “although the findings of a commissioner may affect
public opinion, they cannot have either penal or civil consequences”
(emphasis added); and
WHEREAS Subsection 274(3) of the Municipal
Act, 2001 mandates that a Judge “shall report the results of the
investigation or inquiry to the council as soon as practicable”; and
WHEREAS on October 13, 2021, City Council
approved Motion No. 61/15, which asked the City’s Auditor General to include an
audit of City staff’s recommended approach that led to the procurement and
implementation of the Stage 1 Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, culminating in the
DESIGN, BUILD, FINANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF OTTAWA’S LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (OLRT)
PROJECT (ACS2012-ICS-RIO-0004) report, considered
and approved by City Council on December 12, 2012, which resulted in the
current system, in the Auditor General’s Workplan, to begin as soon as
practicable, as further described in the motion; and
WHEREAS Subsection 223.19(1) of the Municipal
Act, 2001 provides that the Auditor General “reports to council and is
responsible for assisting the council in holding itself and its administrators
accountable for the quality of stewardship over public funds and for
achievement of value for money in municipal operations”; and
WHEREAS Section 223.22 of the Municipal Act,
2001 prescribes a duty of confidentiality with respect to the Auditor General’s
duties, which includes that “The Auditor General and every person acting under
the instructions of the Auditor General shall preserve secrecy with respect to
all matters that come to his or her knowledge in the course of his or her
duties under this Part,” meaning that much of the Auditor General’s work, apart
from reports made by the Auditor General, takes place in private; and
WHEREAS the residents of Ottawa both require and
deserve to know by way of an independent, open and transparent public process
the complete truth of how and why the LRT transit system became the City’s
largest, flawed capital project;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council
approve the following:
1.
That
a judicial inquiry be formally requested to be conducted pursuant to Section
274 of the Municipal Act, 2001, which authorizes a Judge of the Superior
Court of Justice to investigate or inquire into any matter regarding a supposed
breach of trust or misconduct by a Member of Council or a former Member of
Council, a City employee or a former City employee or any person having a
contract with the City of Ottawa, or to any matter connected to the good
government or the conduct of any part of the City’s public business; and
2.
That
the Honourable Geoffrey B. Morawetz, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of
Ontario, be requested to designate a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice for
this statutory inquiry and the Judge so designated as the Commissioner be authorized
to conduct the inquiry in two stages, as follows:
a)
To
obtain, bearing in mind the cost and principles of proportionality, all records
and documents necessary to investigate and understand the following:
i.
The
facts and sequence of events from 2012 to the present regarding the approvals,
development, costs, timelines and operation of the City’s LRT system;
ii.
The
nature, extent and application of the delegation of authority provided to City
staff in all of these matters;
b)
To conduct
public hearings into the matters designated in accordance with the principles
of fairness, thoroughness, efficiency and accessibility.; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Terms of
Reference of the judicial inquiry shall include: to inquire into all aspects of
the LRT transit system as it relates to the good government of the municipality
or the conduct of its public business, including any impacts, financial or
otherwise, on the residents and taxpayers of the City, and to make any recommendations
that the Commissioner considers appropriate and in the public interest as a
result of the inquiry.
MOTION NO 62/20
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
BY-LAWS
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THREE READINGS
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2021-343.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to establish a Small Business Tax Class for the City of
Ottawa.
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2021-344.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa amending By-law No. 50 of 2000 respecting the procurement of
goods, services and construction for the City of Ottawa.
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2021-345.
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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2021-347.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-499 respecting fire routes.
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2021-348.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and
assume them for public use (avenue McManus Avenue).
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2021-349.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to correct the name of voie Dalmation Way, a municipal highway
in the City of Ottawa, to voie Dalmatian Way.
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2021-350.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume
them for public use (rue Antonio Farley Street, voie de l’Arquebuse Way).
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2021-351.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to repeal by-law No. 2021-295 and to establish certain lands as
common and public highway and assume them for public use (Carling Avenue).
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2021-352.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and
assume them for public use (Chapel Crescent).
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2021-353.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at privé Hawker
Private on Plan 4M-1683 and privé Fleet Canuck Private on Plan 4M-1593 as
being exempt from Part Lot Control.
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2021-354.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at avenue Hermes Avenue on Plan
4M-1641 and Plan 4M-1672 as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
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2021-355.
A by-law of the
City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-17 to appoint certain Inspectors,
Property Standards Officers and Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in the
Building Code Services Branch of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development
Department.
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2021-356.
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2021-24 governing the proceedings
of the Council and its Committees.
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2021-357.
A
by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 to remove the holding
symbol from part of the lands known municipally as 6111 Hazeldean Road.
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CARRIED
MOTION NO 62/21
Moved by
Councillor T. Kavanagh
Seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
That the following
by-law be read and passed:
To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of October 27,
2021.
CARRIED
Councillor M. Fleury (OCC 21-14)
The events that followed the 2021 Panda Game highlighted many safety
and wellbeing concerns for residents. Thousands of people were able to gather
and caused mass property damage, posed serious threats to public health and
safety, and were a serious nuisance on the community. Considering what the City
of Kingston has done to bring consequences to those who engage in “nuisance parties”,
I would like to know what similar tools the City of Ottawa may have.
Looking forward to future days and events that have been known to
bring about these kinds of destructive behaviours, I want to ask that the City
clarify the following:
• What
consequences can be given to deter individuals from further engaging in large,
unsanctioned street parties?
• Were
individual fines given out to those who engaged in activities that broke public
health regulations concerning COVID-19 regulations?
• What
can be done proactively to prevent destructive, unsafe, unsanctioned hooligan
parties in Sandy Hill?
• What
and how many fines were issued by bylaw in response to the incident that
followed the Panda Game?
• What
tools does the City have to ensure all risks areas of the Panda Game are
prevented and properly responded to? (including tools within the City’s Special
Events department)
Councillor M. Luloff (OCC 21-15)
A 2018 and 2019 City investment summary in the festival industry
that includes in-kind services, and grants that festivals, fairs and events
access, as well as a list of revenue received by City from the industry that
would include but may not be limited to venues, permits, and service fees.
The meeting
adjourned at 3:47 p.m.
Original
Signed By Original
Signed By
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CITY
CLERK MAYOR