The Ottawa Record

Finance and Economic Development Committee

December 6, 2016

What was decided (7 motions)

7 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That the Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Finance and Economic Development Committee 2017 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, including amended page 55, as follows: 1. Elected Officials - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 25); 2. City Clerk and Solicitor, as follows; i) User fees (p. 27); ii) Operating Resource Requirement (p. 26); 3. City Manager’s Office - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 28); 4. O-Train Construction as follows: i) User fees (p. 30-32); ii) Operating Resource Requirement (p. 29); 5. O-Train Planning – Operating Resource Requirement (p. 33); 6. Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department - General Manager’s Office,– Operating Resources Requirement (p. 34); 7. Economic Development, as follows: i) User fees (p. 36-37); ii) Operating Resource Requirement (p. 35); 8. Service Innovation and Performance Department - General Manager’s Office – Operating Resources Requirement (p. 38); 9. Corporate Communications - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 39); 10. Corporate Programs and Business Services - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 40); 11. Human Resources - Operating Resource Requirement (p. 41); 12. Service Ottawa as follows: i) User fees (p. 43); ii) Operating Resource Requirement (p. 42); 13. Corporate Services Department – General Manager and City Treasurer’s Office- Operating Resource Requirement (p. 44); 14. Finance, as follows: i) User fees (p. 46-47); ii)
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be waived due to timelines, as the date of completion is December 13, 2016, to consider the following motion: WHEREAS in accordance with the Finance and Economic Development Committee’s (FEDC) Terms of Reference, FEDC has the authority to enact debenture by-laws to authorize the issuance of debentures where the project debt authority has been approved by Council and the Treasurer is proceeding with one or more bank loans and interest rate exchange agreements as they apply to debt issues pursuant to Sections 11 and 12, Schedule “B” of By-law No. 2016-360, the Delegation of Authority By-law; AND WHEREAS the Treasurer is proceeding with a 15 year bank loan agreement and interest rate exchange agreement closing by December 13, 2016 to support the purchases of buses and achieve a lower cost of borrowing; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that FEDC approve the addition of the item titled “BANK LOAN AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT BY-LAW” for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law No. 2014-441).
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Carried
That the following by-laws of the City of Ottawa be given three readings and enacted by the Finance and Economic Development Committee in accordance with its delegated authority: Bylaw Three Readings By-Law No. 2016 - 386 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to authorize the borrowing of monies and a bank loan in the principal amount of $20,000,000.00 towards the cost of certain capital works of the City of Ottawa.
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Carried
That the following by-law of the City of Ottawa be given three readings and enacted by the Finance and Economic Development Committee in accordance with its delegated authority: Bylaw Three Readings By-Law No. 2016 - 386 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to confirm proceedings of the Finance and Economic Development Committee, a Committee of the Council of the City of Ottawa at its meeting held on December 6, 2016.
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the following item be added to the agenda of the Finance and Economic Development Committee meeting of December 6, 2016 pursuant to the Procedure By-law subsection 89(3) in order to permit the finalization of the land ownership transactions concerning Palladium Drive. WHEREAS Palladium Drive has been realigned at Campeau Drive; and WHEREAS a portion of the lands onto which Palladium Drive has been realigned is upon lands that legally form part of Highway 417 under the ownership and jurisdiction of the Crown in Right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Transportation of Ontario; and WHEREAS such lands are legally described as Part 6 on Reference Plan 4R-29635 and a transfer of these lands to the City of Ottawa is necessary so that they can form part of Palladium Drive; and WHEREAS it is a requirement of the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario for such transfer to take place that Council signify, by resolution, that it is willing to accept such transfer; THEREFORE be it resolved that Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council adopt the following resolution: The Council of the City of Ottawa hereby confirms to the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario that it will accept the transfer of the lands described as Part 6 on Reference Plan 4R-29635, such parcel to form part of Palladium Drive .
Moved by Councillor K. Egli
Carried
That the Finance and Economic Development Committee waive the Rules of Procedure to consider the following motion, to be considered by Council at the 6 December 2016 meeting, due to timelines.
Moved by Councillor A. Hubley
Carried
WHEREAS The Information Technology Sub-Committee, in considering a report entitled “OTTAWA - SMART CITY” (ACS2016-COS-ITS-0002) at its meeting of March 31, 2016, directed staff to establish an Ottawa-Smart City Sponsor Group and Terms of Reference to further explore Smart City options for the City of Ottawa and provide information updates from the Ottawa-Smart City Sponsor Group to members of the Information Technology Sub-Committee and Council; and WHEREAS at its meeting of June 8, 2016, Council approved a report entitled “SMART CITY INITIATIVES” (ACS2016-CMR-CCB-0033) that recommended that the Finance and Economic Development Committee be assigned governance over Smart City Initiatives, and that staff be directed to come back to the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council with a report on a vision and roadmap for Ottawa to become a Smart City building on the work and investment being made by Hydro Ottawa; and WHEREAS the Economic Development Branch. as part of its 2017 work program, will bring forward a report in Q2 2017 that will provide an over-arching appraisal of the City’s Smart City Initiatives and set out a roadmap for advancing defined Smart Initiatives going forward for the remaining term of Council; and WHEREAS this report will be informed by a Smart City Summit that the Economic Development Branch is planning to hold in late Q1 or early Q2 2017 that will engage a broad spectrum of stakeholders to establish clear directions on Smart City Initiatives
Moved by Councillor A. Hubley
Carried

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