The Ottawa Record

City Council

September 12, 2012

What was decided (7 motions)

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

That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 22; Environment Committee Report 17; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 23A; Finance and Economic Development Committee and Governance Renewal Sub-Committee Joint Report 2; and Transit Commission Report 14 , b e received and considered; and, That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 22A, because of the urgency of the item contained in the report ( specific reason set out below .) ( Waiver of the Rules is being requested for Item 1 of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 22A due to construction timelines and the need to complete this project by year’s end. )
Moved by Councillor T. Tierney, seconded by Councillor B. Monette
Carried
WHEREAS the current practice is that Advisory Committee members continue to serve on a committee past the expiration of their term until they are re-appointed or replaced, pursuant to Section 2.6 of the Appointment Policy for Citizen Members of Advisory Committees, Boards, Task Forces, External Boards , Commissions and Authorities; and WHEREAS the above-noted report speaks to term limits and the duration of Members’ terms under the new proposed Advisory Committee structure but is silent on the issue of membership continuity; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct that, notwithstanding the proposed changes with respect to term limits and the duration of Advisory Committee Members’ terms, Section 2.6 of the Appointment Policy will continue to be in effect, allowing Advisory Committee Members to serve past the expiration of their term until they are re-appointed or replaced, subject to the Term Governance Review.
Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson, seconded by Councillor K. Egli
Carried
That the Terms of Reference for the new Accessibility Advisory Committee be amended by adding the following responsibility: “The Accessibility Advisory Committee will be available as a resource to staff, providing input on matters being pursued to achieve Council’s strategic priorities.”
Moved by Councillor M. Taylor, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
Carried
WHEREAS the report of the Advisory Committee Renewal to Support Council’s Term Of Council Priorities recommends that the Built Heritage Sub-Committee includes 4 members of Council including the Vice-Chair of Planning Committee, who shall be Chair, as follows: · One (1) member of the Planning Committee · One (1) member of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee · One (1) member of Council whose ward encompasses a Heritage Conservation District; and WHEREAS the Chair of the Planning Committee undertook a circulation of interest to Members of Council and received responses that meet the above-mentioned criteria; and WHEREAS, although the report of the Advisory Committee Renewal to Support Council’s Term Of Council Priorities provides for the current Members of the Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee (OBHAC) to consider applications on an interim basis until such time as the recruitment for the citizens members of the Built Heritage Sub-Committee is completed, the City Clerk’s office advises that it is advisable to put in place a back-up process should the interim OBHAC not be able to consider applications within the statutory timelines; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following Members of Council be appointed to the Built Heritage Sub-Committee in addition to Councillor Jan Harder, Vice-Chair of Planning Committee: · Councillor Peter Clark; · Councillor Katherine Hobbs; and · Councillor Scott Moffatt; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council members of the Built He
Moved by Councillor P. Hume, seconded by Councillor J. Harder
Carried
That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Reports 22 and 22A; Environment Committee Report 17; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 23A; Finance and Economic Development Committee and Governance Renewal Sub-Committee Joint Report 2; and Transit Commission Report 14 , be received and adopted as amended.
Moved by Councillor D. Deans, seconded by Councillor T. Tierney
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, due to the fact the window of opportunity to receive funding from the Gloucester Historical Society is closing and the desire to have the plaque cast and in place in advance of winter. WHEREAS the Gloucester Historical Society would like to mark the 200 th anniversary of the arrival of Braddish Billings, who was the first permanent settler of Gloucester Township and one of the first residents of what is now the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS Braddish Billings helped shape the community by building a school, churches and the township hall, and became very active in civic affairs as clerk, assessor, path-master, collector, pound-keeper, warden, magistrate, Justice of the Peace and District Councillor; and WHEREAS he also assisted in building Bytown’s first jail and courthouse, and also helped bring Bytown its first railway, which crossed through his farmland; and WHEREAS Linda Thom Park, which is adjacent to Billings Bridge, was once part of the original Billings Estate included land on both sides of the Rideau River and is highly visible to pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists; and WHEREAS both the Gloucester Historical Society and the Old Ottawa South Community Association support the installation of a plaque in Linda Thom Park to recognize the legacy Braddish Billings; and WHEREAS this proposed plaque would be privately funded and a gift to the City of Ottawa and the City of Ottawa’s Parks, Recreation an
Moved by Councillor D. Chernushenko, seconded by Councillor K. Hobbs
Carried
That the following by-laws be enacted and passed: 2012-318 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 936 Woodroffe Avenue. 2012-319 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to include the properties at 2035, 2075, 2201, 2207, 2217, 2229, 2241, 2255, 2287, 2317, 2331, 2339 and 2347 Trim Road and 5210, 5220 and 5330 Innes Road within the Public Service Area. 2012-320 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to levy an annual amount upon Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre for the year 2012. 2012-321 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to levy an annual amount upon provincial education institutions for the year 2012. 2012-322 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to levy an annual tax upon colleges and universities for the year 2012. 2012-323 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to levy an annual amount upon public hospitals or provincial mental health facilities for the year 2012. 2012-324 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-60 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with private property parking enforcement. 2012-325 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 100 to 172 Lerta Way, 200 to 230 Gerry Lalonde Drive and 553 to 567 Strasbourg Street as being exempt from Part Lot Control and to repeal By-law No. 2012-310.
Moved by Councillor T. Tierney, seconded by Councillor B. Monette
Carried

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