City Council

That Ottawa Board of Health Report 10; Built Heritage Sub-Committee Report 20; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 18; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 23; Planning Committee and Community and Protective Services Committee Joint Report 1; Planning Committee Report 41; Transit Commission Report 11; and the report from the City Clerk “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of April 14, 2021”; be received and considered.

WHEREAS on April 22, 2021, the City’s Planning Committee and Community and Protective Services Committee jointly considered staff report ACS2021-EPS-PPD-0001, concerning the proposed Short-Term Rental By-law; and WHEREAS the proposed By-law addresses many of the concerns expressed by residents over the last number of years, including the requirement of the property owner to exclusively use their principal residence to rent, using a City of Ottawa platform to advertise their property, requiring Ottawa Bylaw to review the floor plan to cap the number of people at either 16 or 32 who may sleep in the rental unit and a commitment to review the pilot program after three years; and WHEREAS there is a risk that safety, health and fire hazards, and nuisances associated with overcrowding of short-term rental properties that the By-law is intended to address will continue to persist without imposing stricter limits on the number of overnight guests beyond what the new by-law is proposing; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the number of persons permitted to sleep in any short-term dwelling unit be limited to 10.

That Ottawa Board of Health Report 10 ; Built Heritage Sub-Committee Report 20; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 18; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 23 ; Planning Committee and Community and Protective Services Committee Joint Report 1; Planning Committee Report 41; Transit Commission Report 11; and the report from the City Clerk “ Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of April 14, 2021 ”; be received and adopted as amended.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion, in order to ensure compliance with applicable by-laws for a mural on Richmond Public School, 3499 McBean Street. WHEREAS a mural on the exterior wall containing the main entrance to the building is not permitted by section 142(3) of the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law 2016-326; and WHEREAS the school community, with the support of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), wishes wish to install a mural painted, by the students and staff, to beautify the Village of Richmond, add art, life and colour while drawing the community to the school; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve an exemption to Section 142(3) of the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law 2016-326, as amended, to permit a mural on the exterior wall containing the main entrance to the building, that is, the west wall at 3499 McBean Street.

C McKenney That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, as the provincial Government has communicated that they will now implement some form of paid sick leave in Ontario, with the topic under immediate consideration. WHEREAS during a January 11, 2021, press conference, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, talked about the importance of paid sick leave provisions to “protect the health of individual workers, workplaces, and the broader community”; and WHEREAS on January 12, 2021, during a press briefing, both the University of Toronto’s Dr. Adalsteinn Brown and Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health, indicated that a pandemic response that relies solely on restricting individual movements — and provides no increased social supports — will not work; and WHEREAS on January 15, 2021, Ontario’s Big City Mayors put out a news release stating that, “too many workers across Ontario are having to choose between going to work sick or losing income” and urging the provincial and federal government “to implement a broader sick day program now that provides greater benefits and can be accessed by employees as quickly as possible”; and WHEREAS, although the federal government has introduced a form of sick leave benefit, it has proven to be insufficient given that: • It is limited in terms of the maximum weekly amount payable to workers; • It is based on full weeks of missed work rather than days of missed w

That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed.