The Ottawa Record

City Council

June 8, 2016

What was decided (7 motions)

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

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 17; Audit Committee Report 7; and Transportation Committee Report 15 b e received and considered; and That the Rules of Procedure (Subsection 29.(3)) be suspended to receive and consider Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 15, due to timelines; and That the petition from residents concerning the Airport Parkway, listed under Communications, be received.
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
WHEREAS the French recommendation contained in the above-noted staff report as presented to the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, was incorrect and did not match the English recommendation; and, WHEREAS the English version of the recommendation contained in said report was correct; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the French recommendation be corrected to accurately reflect the wording contained in the English recommendation, as follows: Que le Conseil approuve une modification au Règlement de zonage 2008-250 en ce qui a trait à une partie du 3940, chemin Dunning, afin d’interdire des utilisations résidentielles sur les terres agricoles conservées, et de modifier les dispositions réglementaires, comme il est précisé dans le document 2.
Moved by Councillor S. Blais, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
WHEREAS the staff report entitled “Airport Parkway (Brookfield Road to Ottawa Macdonald- Cartier International Airport) and Lester Road (Airport Parkway to Bank Street) Widening Environmental Assessment Study – Recommendations” was considered by Transportation Committee at its meeting of June 1, 2016; and WHEREAS staff had included a number of internal and external stakeholders as part of the public consultation process, including Healthy Transportation Ottawa, Citizens for Safe Cycling and Accessibility Advisory Committee; and WHEREAS, due to an oversight by staff, the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee (ESAC) did not participate in the consultation process; and WHEREAS the staff report stated that the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee (ESAC) had been included as part of the public consultations and the Advisory Committee has requested that the report be amended to remove the incorrect reference; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the report be amended to remove reference to consulting with the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee (ESAC).
Moved by Councillor K. Egli, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 17; Audit Committee Report 7; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 15; and Transportation Committee Report 15 be received and adopted as amended.
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
WHEREAS it has been five decades since the collapse of the Heron Road Bridge during construction on August 10 th , 1966, which caused the deaths of nine workers and injured 55 more; and WHEREAS that disaster prompted significant changes to construction workplace safety standards in the Province in Ontario; and WHEREAS the deaths of 26 workers in the Westray Mine disaster on May 9 th , 1992, prompted the Federal Government to amend the Criminal Code of Canada in 2004 to hold corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for the health and safety of workers (the “Westray Amendments”); and WHEREAS despite these legislative changes, according to the most recent statistics compiled by the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, 919 workers across Canada died in 2014 as a result of workplace accidents or illnesses and this rate of workplace death and injury has not abated since; and WHEREAS it was not until June 2015 that the first conviction under the Westray Amendments was obtained in the Province of Ontario; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Ottawa City Council petition the Attorney General and the Labour Minister for the Province of Ontario to improve coordination between Occupational Health and Safety Act investigators, police and Crown Attorneys with a view to ensuring that the spirit and intent of the Westray Amendments are properly considered and applied in all cases of workplace fatalities and serious injuries.
Moved by Mayor J. Watson, seconded by Councillor R. Brockington
Carried
That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed. THREE READINGS 2016-202 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose special annual drainage rates upon lands in respect of which money is borrowed under the Tile Drainage Act, R.S.O 1990 , c.T.8. 2016-203 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 and Growth Management Department. 2016-204 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2015-96 respecting the fees for planning applications. 2016-205 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. 2016-206 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at Cobble Hill Drive, Jockvale Road and Fergus Crescent on Plan 4M-1513, as being exempt from Part Lot Control. 2016-207 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at croissant Ensatina Crescent, rue Fameflower Street and croissant Buffalograss Crescent on Plan 4M-1560, as being exempt from Part Lot Control. 2016-208 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at Livery Street on Plan 4M-1503, as being exempt from Part Lot Control and to repeal By-law No. 2016-199. 2016-209 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
THAT By-law 2016-212 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried

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