City Council

That Transportation Committee Report 33 and Planning Committee Report 59 be received and considered; and That the electronic petition submitted by Ecology Ottawa and containing 3,273 signatures be received.

WHEREAS the City has identified pathways through the Greenbelt as described in the Greenspace Master Plan, and that some of these pathways were omitted in the Ottawa Cycling Plan and need to be protected for; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED all pathways in the 2006 Greenspace Master Plan be included in the 2013 Ottawa Cycling Plan Network Concept, and appropriate Transportation Master Plan schedules.

WHEREAS discussions with the National Capital Commission (NCC) have identified the need to include an extension of Industrial Avenue through the Hurdman Station lands in the Road Network Concept maps of the TMP; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Maps 5 and 9 and Table A3 of the TMP be revised to include this Industrial Avenue extension so that the City can protect this future alignment for implementation post-2031 or sooner if funds become available.

That Recommendation 8.b. be replaced by the following: That City Council approve that the Innes-Walkley-Hunt Club Connection be re-evaluated on the Transportation Master Plan prioritization scale by recognizing the Environmental Assessment work completed to date and the connection to development and cycling capacity, such that the project be evaluated in 2 segments: Innes Road to Walkley Road and Walkley Road to Hunt Club Road.

WHEREAS Goulbourn Forced Road is required for the KNL Development Ltd. Subdivision which has Draft Approval; WHEREAS the land requirements to build the Goulbourn Forced Road will be conveyed to the City of Ottawa upon the registration of the KNL Development Ltd. Subdivision; WHEREAS the conditions of draft approval for the KNL subdivision provide that Goulbourn Forced Road is to be developed by the City with a 90% contribution from development charges; WHEREAS traffic studies are required by KNL Development Ltd. for each of the pending phases of the subdivision to determine the timing for the Goulbourn Forced Road; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Goulbourn Forced Road be included in the next Development Charge By-law update following an updated traffic study by KNL Development Ltd. to determine the timing for Goulbourn Forced Road and that it be placed into the Transportation Master Plan at the appropriate time.

That Recommendation 1.c.v be replaced by the following: “v. That City Council approve the prioritization of the projects with a score of 12 currently below the affordability line as follows: Project Description Access to New Development Relieves Congestion Cost Effectiveness Addresses Network Gaps Supports NMT and Transit Total Rank March Road (Urban Portion) Widening of the urban section of March Road north of Old Carp Road 2 1 4 8 5 20 1 Prince of Wales Drive (2) Widen from two to four lanes between Merivale Road and Hunt Club Road 3 5 7 4 2 21 2 Innes-Walkley-Hunt Club (Innes-Walkley) New two lane road from Innes to Walkley 6 6 3 2 6 23 3 Blackburn Hamlet Bypass (Innes Road) Widen from four to six lanes between Innes Road (west entrance to Blackburn Hamlet) and Blackburn Hamlet Bypass Extension 4 2 6 6 7 25 4 Alta Vista Transportation Corridor (2) New four lane road (including two peak-period bus lanes) between the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre and Walkley Road 5 8 9 3 1 26 5 Terry Fox Drive (1) Widen from two to four lanes between Winchester Drive and Eagleson Road at Hope Side Road 1 10 10 1 8 30 6 Prince of Wales Drive (3) Widen from two to four lanes between Colonnade Road and Fisher Avenue 8 7 8 5 3 31 7 Ottawa Road 174 (1) Widen from four to six lanes between Highway 417 and Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard 9 3 1 9 9 31 8 Hunt Club Road Widen from four to six lanes between Riverside Drive and Bank Street 7 9 5 7 4 32 9 Ottawa Road 174 (2) Widen from four to six lanes between J

That staff be directed to look at the feasibility of including a “School to Pool” Pathway south of Mitch Owens Road, between River Road and Dozois Road to improve connectivity between the school site and Manotick in the west, and the Osgoode Pathway in the east in the next revision of the Ottawa Cycling Plan.

WHEREAS discussions with the National Capital Commission (NCC) have identified the need to include an extension of Industrial Avenue through the Hurdman Station lands in the Road Network Concept maps of the TMP; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Schedule E: Urban Road Network of the Official Plan be revised to include this Industrial Avenue extension so that the City can protect this future alignment for implementation post-2031 or sooner if funds become available.

WHEREAS Policy 9b section 3.7.2 permits the severance of the new residential lots in the rural areas provided that the retained land has a minimum area of 10 Hectares; and WHEREAS there are properties in the rural areas with 10 Hectares to 10.7 Hectares that would not allow the creation of a new residential lot with a retained parcel of required minimum area; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Section 3.7.2 of the Official Plan be amended to allow lot severance in rural areas, provided that the retained land has a minimum of 8 Hectares.

WHEREAS policy 9b section 3.7.2 permits the severance of new residential lots in the rural area provided that the retained land has a minimum area of 10 Hectares; and WHEREAS the property at 6430 Snake Island Road being CON 3 N PT LOT 21 RP5R-6526; Part 2 has an area of only 10.1 Ha; and WHEREAS the creation of a new residential lot with an area of 0.8 Hectares (2 acres) could not be created with a retained parcel of the required minimum area; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Section 3.7.2 of the Official Plan be amended to add the following exception policy at the end: 22. Notwithstanding the requirements of Policy 9b above a new residential lot may be created from the property at 6430 Snake Island Road, being CON 3N PT LOT 21 RP5R-6526; Part 2 Osgoode, where the retained parcel has a minimum area of 9.2 Ha;

WHEREAS the Official Plan policy 9(b) Section 3.7.2 permits the severance of new residential lots in the rural area provided that the retained land has a minimum area of 10 hectares; and WHEREAS the property located at 3109 Ashton Station Road has an area of 8.1 hectares; and WHEREAS two portions of this property are separated by Provincially Significant Wetland; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that a new lot be created from the property at 3109 Ashton Station Road with an area of 1.2ha, with the retained parcel being 6.9ha.

THEREFORE RESOLVED that City Council approve that Section 2.3.2 of the Official Plan be amended to read: “Notwithstanding the polices of Section 2.3.2, the properties known municipally as 5640 Bank Street, 7107 Marco Street and part of 7041 Mitch Owens Road shall be connected to municipal water service, when available. The connection will be designed and assessed as a condition of Site Plan Approval”

WHEREAS continued rural residential development is a fundamental tenet of the Official Plan of the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS, as a result of the 2013 Comprehensive Official Plan Review, significant future rural residential development will be limited to villages; and WHEREAS the Village of Cumberland is currently and has historically been a key focus point of rural growth on the eastern side of the City; and WHEREAS additional growth around Cumberland will further enable the village to establish the base necessary to retain schools, jobs, retail and service uses to benefit the rural area and the City; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council approve that: 1. The Official Plan subsection 3.7.2 policy 8 be amended to insert a new subpolicy 8 c) with the following content: “And those lands formerly defined as estate residential in the former City of Cumberland Official Plan in proximity to the Village of Cumberland as illustrated on Annex 3 of this Plan.” 2. The Official Plan include new Annex 3 which identifies the lands in and around the current Village of Cumberland that were formerly designated as Estate Residential under the former City of Cumberland Plan, as appended to this motion as Figure 1, Annex 3 – Appendice 3. 3. Amend subsection 5.4 policy 2 in the Official Plan to insert the words “Annex 3” after the words “Annex 1”.

WHEREAS continued rural residential development is a fundamental tenet of the Official Plan of the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS as a result of the 2013 Comprehensive Official Plan Review significant rural residential development will be limited to the villages, in particular the largest villages, which includes Greely; and WHEREAS the village of Greely has established itself as one of the key focus points of rural growth and additional growth within Greely will further enable the village to establish the base necessary to attract retail and service uses to benefit the rural area; and WHEREAS there is strong community support for this expansion to the village of Greely including the Greely Community Association, Greely Business Association and Cedar Lakes Owners THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Recommendation 3 be amended to read: Approve the position that, with the addition of lands to Greely identified in the attached Schedule, there is sufficient land in Villages and the rural area for residential, employment, and other non-residential and non-employment uses to meet the city’s needs to 2031, and there is no additional need to amend Village boundaries for any purpose; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Schedule to this motion be appended to the amendment as Schedule S60.

WHEREAS Planning Staff are recommending that there not be any expansions to the village boundaries at this time; and WHEREAS to ensure the continued vitality of the rural area it is appropriate to contain within the Official Plan policies that will ensure the long term potential for growth within the villages; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council approve the following policy (numbering to be assigned by Planning and Growth Management Department) into the Official Plan, Section 2: The City shall conduct a comprehensive review in accordance with Section 2.2.1, Policy 9 to determine if there is a need to provide for additional land within large and medium villages, as well as the villages of Sarsfield and Constance Bay. The review shall be submitted to City Council as part of the next Comprehensive Official Plan review.

WHEREAS the proposed City of Ottawa Official Plan Draft amendments deals with the Development Restrictions on Adjacent Lands, Sub- Section 3.7.4 and states where there is an existing licensed pit or quarry, development may be approved within the area of potential impact; and WHEREAS the wording in the proposed motion to amend the Official Plan states in subsection 3.7.4 policy #10 states “New development will not be approved within 500 metres of an existing licensed bedrock quarry or within 300 metres of an existing sand and gravel pit unless it can be demonstrated that the existing mineral aggregate operation, and potential future expansion of the operation in depth or extent, will not be affected by the development.” THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council amend subsection 3.7.4 policy #10 in the proposed motion to state: “New development may be approved within 500 metres of an existing licensed bedrock quarry or within 300 metres of an existing sand and gravel pit if it can be demonstrated that the existing mineral aggregate operation, and potential future expansion of the operation in depth or extent, will not be affected by the development.”

WHEREAS the Kanata North Business Park (KNBP) is one of the largest employment areas in the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS the needs of new businesses vary such that specific restrictions on building heights could hinder economic development in the KNBP and impact jobs in the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS the KNBP could not have been developed if the proposed height restrictions in the draft Official Plan were in effect at the time of development of the KNBP; and WHEREAS flexibility is essential in meeting the business requirements of any proposed development in a business park; and WHEREAS a similar problem exists with respect to the Kanata South Business Park and likely other business parks in the City of Ottawa; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Official Plan be amended by exempting the Kanata North Business Park and the Kanata South Business Park from Policy 30, Section 2.2.2 and from Policy 3 in Section 3.6.5 with respect to any height limitations so that Planning and Growth Management can bring back a secondary plan and zoning by-law amendments specific to these business parks by 2015.

WHEREAS Report ACS2013-PAI-PGM-0207 recommends Council adopt the amendment to Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the Official Plan presented in Document 1; and WHEREAS a Community Design Plan has been initiated for the Mixed Use Centre (MUC) identified on Schedule B of the Official Plan located east and west of Mer Bleue and South of Innes Road; and WHEREAS the above noted MUC designation was based on a 400 metre radius from the future rapid transit stations but current policies support a 600 metre radius (and up to 800 metres walking distance ) from rapid transit stations; and WHEREAS the Community Design Plan and accompanying Secondary Plan will be completed well before the next OP Review; BE IT RESOLVED that the following change be made to Volume 1 of the Official Plan in Document 1: 1. Amend Section 3.6.2, policy 7 by adding a subsection c) that reads: c) Notwithstanding the designation of the Mixed use Centre on Schedule B, the boundary of the Mixed Use Centre may be expanded at the next Employment Land Review to encompass part of the surrounding Employment Area. This expansion must be supported by the findings of the proposed Employment Lands Study and the secondary planning exercise for the community design plan (CDP) and where it can be demonstrated that the employment targets for the existing employment area and the Mixed Use Centre, respectively will be achieved.

WHEREAS the subject lands are owned by Taggart Realty (Taggart), RONA Inc., Wesleyan Church of Canada, McGarry Family Chapels Inc. and Loblaw Properties Limited Lands and; WHEREAS Staff is proposing a land use designation change from “Enterprise Area” to “Employment Area”, as per Schedule S3 of the 2012/2013 City-initiated Comprehensive Five-Year Review of the Official Plan and; WHEREAS the immediate and broader Kanata West area north of Highway 417 is characterized by existing and proposed commercial and hotel development and; WHEREAS the existing MC – Mixed-Use Centre zone and IP – Business Park Industrial Zone, permit a broad range of non-employment, commercial, retail and hotel uses and; WHEREAS the policy direction of the Kanata West Concept Plan (KWCP) encourages a range of non-employment, commercial, retail and hotel uses and; WHEREAS a future transit station is in the centre of the combined lands; WHEREAS the abutting lands to the east and west are currently designated Mixed-Use Centre and Town Centre in the Official Plan; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the subject lands [the lands within the Kanata west area bounded by Didsbury Road to the east, Highway 417 to the south, and the Carp River corridor to the west] remain Enterprise Area and staff be directed to include a review of this area in the Employment Lands Review to be undertaken in the next Term of Council.

WHEREAS staff have proposed that as part of the 2014-2018 Term of Council strategic priority setting and budget process they bring forward a request to undertake further study of Employment Lands with the goal of reviewing Ottawa’s overall strategy on the amount and location of Employment Lands; and WHEREAS it would be prudent to begin work on this study in 2014 such that the results could be brought forward at the beginning of the next Term of Council; and WHEREAS staff have indicated that the study is estimated to cost upwards to $500,000; and WHEREAS the development industry has confirmed that they would be willing to contribute $250,000 towards the study such that work could begin in 2014 and staff has advised that the full $500,000 is required for the study in whatever year it is undertaken; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to negotiate a non-refundable Memorandum of Understanding with the Greater Ottawa Homebuilders Association and/or the Building Owners and Managers Association that would enable work on the Employment Lands review to be completed as soon as possible, and that staff be directed to bring forward a motion to the City Council meeting on November 27 th , 2013 whereby the City’s $250,000 share for the study come from city-wide reserves; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this Memorandum of Understanding be brought to Planning Committee for consideration at the earliest opportunity.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Harder/Qadri motions [Motion Nos. 65/22 and 65/23] with respect to Tartan – Employment Land with the Leitrim CDP and the Urbandale – Riverside South Employment Land Conversion be

WHEREAS the Five-Year Review of the Official Plan provides for an ‘Arterial Mainstreet’ designation on Innes Road that ends at a midblock location and does not extend to Page Road to complete the Innes Road street segment. WHEREAS the land-use designation of ‘Employment Area’ on the Subject Property provided by the Five-Year Review of the Official Plan has existed for many years, has not resulted in employment related development and is anticipated to keep the land vacant indefinitely. WHEREAS the ‘Enterprise Area’ designation has proven to be successful at attracting employment in other parts of Ottawa and is deemed desirable for the Subject Property to facilitate the achievement of job targets; WHEREAS the ‘Enterprise Area’ designation in the Official Plan is intended to allow for a high concentration of jobs and protect employment lands. WHEREAS the owner is committed to working with the economic development group at the City of Ottawa to find high-employment users for the site. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council: 1. Refer the following issue to staff for a report to Planning Committee: “An amendment to Schedule B Urban Policy Plan of the Official Plan to extend the ‘Arterial Mainstreet’ designation along Innes Road to the intersection of Innes Road and Page Road.” 2. Approve an amendment to Schedule B Urban Policy Plan to change the land-use designation of the Subject Property from ‘Employment Area’ to ‘Enterprise Area’ on the condition that before residential dev

That Transportation Committee Report 33 and Planning Committee Report 59 be received and adopted as amended.

T hat By-law 2013-36 3 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.