OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA 48
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
10:00 am
By Electronic Participation
This Meeting will be held
through electronic participation in accordance with Section 238 of the Municipal
Act, 2001 as amended by the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020
No
regrets filed to date.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law
2008-250 for 114 Richmond Road to permit a temporary surface parking lot, as
detailed in Document 2.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That City Council:
1. Approve an extension to April
12, 2021 of the deadline of the City’s remaining three repurchase options
with the Carp Airport Option to Purchase Agreement;
2. Agree to release the remaining
three repurchase options with the Carp Airport Option to Purchase Agreement
being:
• The Option described in Clause
1.3 of the agreement is related to the Core Airport Lands;
• The Option described in Clause
1.4 of the agreement is related to Block 293; and
• The Option described in Clause
1.5 of the agreement is related to Blocks 297, 302, 305 and 319
3. Approve the proposed changes
to the existing Municipal Capital Facility Agreement for the Carp Airport as
described in this report; and
4. Delegate authority to the
General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development to
negotiate, conclude, execute and amend on behalf of the City, the final
documents including the Municipal Capital Facility Agreement and Mortgage for
the Carp Airport in accordance with the contractual and financial parameters
outlined in this report.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the following:
1. That as part of the City’s
COVID 19 economic recovery efforts, direct the Chief Procurement Officer to
identify opportunities to include and encourage the City’s use of social
procurement projects and social enterprises in City procurement, in close
collaboration with City Economic Development staff, staff from the Community
and Social Services Department, City staff on the Human Needs Taskforce,
Invest Ottawa, as well as community stakeholders, such as the United Way East
Ontario and Community Foundation, Buy Social Canada and others as
appropriate, with the intent of ensuring: citizen-led economic efforts, local
social procurement capacity building and job creation initiatives are
included in the City’s overall recovery strategy;
2. That the Chief Procurement
Officer report back to the Finance and Economic development Committee no
later than the end of Q3 2021 with the actions taken to enhance social
sustainability in City Procurement, and recommendations to incorporate social
enterprises in future City procurement for Committee and Council’s
consideration; and
3. That social procurement
opportunities be considered as part of projects initiated by other levels of
government, where appropriate.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the plan for remediation for
the affected Whitewood Avenue properties, as described in this report, as
follows:
1. Approve Option 2, Domestic
water supply and fire protection, consisting of 260 metres of 200 mm diameter
watermain from Doctor Leach Drive, including fire hydrants, be conditionally
approved, as it is consistent with the City’s ultimate servicing strategy for
Manotick, with $1.39 millon of budget authority established, with $1.319
million to be funded from the City’s water rate reserve and $71 thousand to
be funded through cost-recoveries from residents; and
2. That, if the consultation
process with residents cannot be resolved prior to the completion of the
design process of Option 2, staff will proceed with Option 1, with the
establishment of $1.23 million of budget authority funded from the City’s
water rate reserve.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillors Jean Cloutier and
Jenna Sudds as members of Planning Committee.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That council consider the matter.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillor Glen Gower as member
of Built Heritage Sub-Committee.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillors Laura Dudas,
Theresa Kavanagh and Tim Tierney as members of Community and Protective
Services Committee.
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COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
That Council appoint Councillor Catherine Kitts as
Vice-Chair of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.
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COMMITTEE MEETING INFORMATION
Delegations: The committee heard 40 delegations on this item
Debate: The committee spent 8 hours and 23 minutes on this item
Vote:
The committee Carried the report recommendations with multiple amendments and directions
to staff, on a division of 11 YEAS to 1 NAY. Two of the Members dissented on Report Recommendation 5 as amended.
Position of Ward Councillor: City-wide
Position of Advisory Committee: n/a
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PLANNING
COMMITTEE AND AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS
AMENDED
That Council:
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1. approve the corrections
and additions to the main report and documents, as outlined in Motion No
PLC-ARAC 2021-4/1;
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2. direct
staff to include mapping and policies to establish a Gold Belt in the new
Official Plan, as described in this report, such that the Gold Belt be
primarily composed of Agricultural Resource lands, aggregate resource areas
and natural areas and with the intent that this Belt be established to
contain future urban expansion in the City of Ottawa until the end of the
century;
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3. direct
staff to submit to Council amending by-laws to the Tree Protection and Site
Alteration By-laws to apply the relevant provisions of each by-law to protect
trees and natural features on any land areas evaluated in Documents 2 or 3
until such time as the new Official Plan is approved by the Minister of
Municipal Affairs and Housing, and the appropriate limits of each by-law’s
protections are finalised in accordance with that decision;
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4. approve the Category 1 lands
identified in Appendix A and described in Document 2, representing land
clusters of 1,011 hectares that best meet the evaluation criteria and the
Five Big Moves, as candidate areas to be added to the urban boundary in the
new Official Plan, and direct staff to insert this Appendix into the draft
Official Plan for technical circulation purposes, as amended by the
following:
a. that the Pass 2 cluster
in Riverside South, representing 106.29 net hectares, be removed and an
equivalent amount of land be added between the existing Riverside South
Community and the Pass 1 lands proposed to be added so that Riverside South
to form a logical boundary that is contained north of Rideau Road
b. that the South March land
cluster identified in Recommendation 3 be removed and that the land supply (175.35
net hectares) be added to the new community option in Recommendation 5 of the
staff report, as amended
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5. direct staff to include
gating policies for mobility and infrastructure upgrades that are required
before development can take place as part of the recommended urban expansion
of Category 1 lands in Appendix A that will be recommended to Council
in the draft Official Plan;
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6. direct staff that the
remaining 445.35 ha be added into the Urban Boundary on the lands identified
as Tewin, and that staff focus on the creation of a new community on the
Tewin lands; and, that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of
Ontario between now and June to identify the specific lands in the land use
schedule of the new Official Plan, and that it be understood that it is Council’s
intent, in the spirit of a positive and constructive working relationship
with the Algonquins of Ontario and a respect for their objectives for Tewin,
that the planning process for this new community will be an expeditious and
collaborative planning process; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that staff be directed to work with the Algonquins of Ontario and their
representatives to help secure funding from the federal and provincial governments
to support the Tewin development; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that in the draft Official Plan to be presented to Council in 2021, staff
shall recommend necessary policies and technical requirements that are required
before Council approves a secondary Plan for the Tewin development;
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7. direct
staff to monitor the uptake of identified growth lands, and the number of
units created through intensification against the growth management strategy
adopted by Council in May 2020, and report back to Council on the City’s
compliance with the Provincial Policy Statement’s requirement for a 15-year
land supply no later than Q4 2026;
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8. receive
and adopt the Industrial and Logistics Land Strategy, attached as Document 5;
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9. approve
the lands identified in Appendix D, representing land clusters of 140 net
hectares, for inclusion in the urban boundary as new Traditional Industrial,
Freight and Storage lands and direct staff to insert this Appendix into the
draft Official Plan for technical circulation purposes;
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10. approve the lands identified
in Appendix E, representing land clusters of 20 net hectares, as new Rural
Industrial, Freight and Storage lands and direct staff to insert this
Appendix into the draft Official Plan for technical circulation purposes, as
amended by the following:
a. that Council direct staff
to evaluate new LEAR information referenced in Motion No PLC-ARAC 2021-4/2
and consider the validity of the submission and report to Council by June on
whether the City can add an additional 34 gross ha as new Rural Industrial
Freight and Storage on lands at the south west quadrant of the Hwy 416 /
Fallowfield interchange, as shown on attached Schedule A;
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11. direct
staff, through the new Official Plan, to convert the lands shown as
Industrial Area 1 in the Richmond Secondary Plan to a non-industrial land
use; and include an area-specific policy for the area southeast of McBean
Street and the railway with the intention of requiring a secondary planning
process to provide the requirements in Section 12 of the new Official Plan
that amends the Richmond Secondary Plan prior to any approvals for plans of
subdivision or site plans within this area;
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12. approve that the staff
review, to be conducted no later than 2026, of the City’s intensification
targets and 15-year land supply required by the Provincial Policy Statement
consider the following:
• residential
development patterns through intensification and on greenfield lands from
2020 to 2026 and whether that has resulted in any observable change to market
housing demand and affordability;
• a review of gross to
net ratios on land utilization to ensure that the required number of units
from gross hectares are being realized;
• industrial development
patterns from 2020 to 2026, and an assessment of the uptake of lands for
industrial freight and storage and the adequacy of the supply at that
five-year review, particularly in the vicinity of the major highways (417,
416 and 7);
• the potential for
these development patterns to continue over the long-term; and • the adequacy
of the residential and industrial land supply as required by the Provincial
Policy Statement.
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13. approve that
the Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee be
delegated the authority:
i) to hold
the public meetings pursuant to the Planning Act for the consideration of the
comprehensive Official Plan; and
ii) to
receive a report and provide recommendations to Council with respect to any
draft decision by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with respect
to the comprehensive Official Plan.
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COMMITTEE MEETING INFORMATION
Delegations: The committee heard 7 delegations on this item
Debate: The committee spent three hours and thirty minutes on this
item
Vote: The committee Carried the
report recommendations as amended
Position of Ward Councillor(s): City
Wide report
Position of Advisory Committee: Accessibility Advisory Committee
Comments are noted in
report
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS AMENDED
That Council:
1. Receive the results of 2020
Electric Kick Scooter Strategy and Pilot, as outlined in the report; and
2. Approve the continuance of
Ottawa’s Electric Kick Scooter Pilot in 2021 as detailed in the report, with
the proposed changes to the pilot program, revised fee structure and
procurement strategy; and
3. Approve the implementation
of a competitive procurement process and enter into Agreements with
successful proponents of the process; and
4. In recognition of the
increasingly warmer seasonal weather and e-scooter industry operational
practices of making e-scooters unavailable for rent while storing them in
local warehouses during inclement weather, approve an extension of the 2021
season starting April 1st to November 30, 2021, with providers requiring the
concurrence of City staff to deploy in the months of April and November; and
5. Direct staff to report
back to the Transportation Committee and Council at the conclusion of the
2021 pilot project on the potential of extending it past 11 p.m., based on a
review of any issues with e-scooters ridership from dusk to 11 p.m., as well
as comparable data from other jurisdictions where riding is permitted past 11
p.m.; and
6. Direct staff to report back to the Transportation
Committee and Council at the conclusion of the 2021 pilot project for
consideration of future pilot seasons.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve that the City convey to
Zena-Kinder Holdings Ltd the lands described in Document 1 subject to the
terms set forth in Document 2 for a consideration of $1.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council:
1. Approve the Brownfield Redevelopment
Grant application submitted by Carling Richmond Storage GP Corporation, on
behalf of Carling/Richmond Storage Limited Partnership, owner of the property
at 2583 and 2599 Carling Avenue, for a Property Tax Assistance and
Rehabilitation Grant under the Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement
Plan Program not to exceed a total of $1,260,918 for which the grant payment
period will be phased over a maximum of 10 years of development, subject to
the establishment of, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the
Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Agreement;
2. Delegate the authority to the
General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development, to
execute a Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Agreement with Carling Richmond
Storage GP Corporation, on behalf of Carling/Richmond Storage Limited
Partnership, establishing the terms and conditions governing the payment of
the grant for the redevelopment of 2583 and 2599 Carling Avenue, to the
satisfaction of the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic
Development Department, the City Solicitor and the City Treasurer.
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
That Council approve the installation of all-way
stop controls at the intersection of Montfort St and Hannah St.
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the Summaries of Oral and
Written Public Submissions for items considered at the City Council Meeting
of January 27, 2021 that are subject to the ‘Explanation Requirements’ being
the Planning Act, subsections 17(23.1), 22(6.7), 34(10.10) and 34(18.1), as
applicable, as described in this report and attached as Documents 1-5.
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MOTION
Moved
by Councillor C. McKenney
Seconded by Councillor J. Leiper
WHEREAS the building at 131 Balsam
Street is in an advanced state of disrepair due
to a fire at the property; and
WHEREAS given the dilapidated condition of the building and the community’s
safety concerns it would be in the public interest to demolish the building;
and
WHEREAS there is currently no building permit application for a replacement
building;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve demolition control for
the existing building on the property subject to the following conditions;
1. That until the time of the construction of the replacement
building, the registered Owner shall landscape the property to the satisfaction
of the General Manager of Planning Infrastructure and Economic Development. The registered Owner shall prohibit the use of the property
for other interim uses and maintain the property in accordance with the
Property Standards By-law;
2. The landscaping of the property shall be
finalized in collaboration with City staff;
3. The Owner shall pay one hundred percent
securities to the City for the value of landscaping the property, with the
securities to be released once these works are completed;
4. The Owner agrees that to the discretion of the
General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department,
a replacement building must be substantially completed within five years from
the date of this approval and in default thereof, the City Clerk shall enter on
the collector’s roll the sum of $5,000 for the residential dwelling to be
demolished;
5. The registered Owner shall enter into an
Agreement with the City of Ottawa to include the foregoing conditions and pay
all costs associated with the registration of said Agreement. At such time as
a building permit is issued to redevelop the site and the replacement building
is in place, the Agreement will become null and void and will be released upon
request of the Owner. The Owner shall pay all costs associated with the
release of the agreement;
6. The Owner agrees that a demolition permit
will not be issued, and the building cannot be demolished until such time that
the agreement referenced herein has been executed and registered on title;
7. This approval is considered null and void
if the Agreement is not executed within six months of Council’s approval.
MOTION
Moved by Councillor R. Brockington
Seconded by Councillor T. Kavanagh
WHEREAS Mooney’s Bay Park, located in River Ward, along the Rideau
River, is one of the most visited City of Ottawa park; and
WHEREAS, Mooney’s Bay Park offers a number of amenities and
attractions that draw visitors in every season, including the Mooney’s Bay Hill
(the Hill), an attraction popular for tobogganing; and
WHEREAS, the 25-person cap for toboggan hills and ice rinks, as imposed
by Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health, has not been respected on the Hill this
winter, part of a requirement to social distance to reduce the risk of COVID-19
transmission; and
WHEREAS, a 2017 safety audit of the Hill was conducted and
concluded that The Hill poses a number of safety issues and was subsequently
removed from the City’s sanctioned toboggan hill list; and
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2021, the City of Ottawa closed the Hill
for toboggan use; and
WHEREAS, a significant amount of communications from the public
has been received by the local Councillor’s office in support of finding a
solution to open the Hill, respecting health and safety protocols,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff in Recreation, Cultural and
Facility Services be directed to assess the safety issues associated with tobogganing
at Mooney’s Bay Hill and identify options that would assist in mitigating risks
to the satisfaction of the General Manager, Parks Recreation and Cultural
Services, to permit tobogganing on site.
MOTIONS REQUIRING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
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Councillors C. A. Meehan and R. King
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THREE READINGS
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a)
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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b)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to temporarily change the zoning of the lands known municipally
as 114 Richmond Road.
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c)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law
No. 2008-250 to remove the holding symbol from the lands known municipally as
3713 Borrisokane Road.
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d)
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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Simultaneous
interpretation of these proceedings is available.
Accessible formats and communication supports are
available, upon request.
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NOTICE
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the advice of provincial and federal governments, is making significant changes
to services and programming to help protect health and wellbeing of the community.
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