City Council

WHEREAS on February 11, 2021 Planning Committee recommended the approval of a zoning by-law amendment ( ACS2021-PIE-PS-0026) for the property known municipally as 1705 Carling Avenue; and AND WHEREAS, subsequent to Planning Committee, the applicant requested minor changes to the Schedule which sets out the permitted heights, setbacks, and step-backs were required to be consistent with the intended design, which are supported by Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development department; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that Document 8 of the said report, as amended by Motion No PLC 2021-37/4, be replaced by the Schedule shown in Attachment 1 [1] ; and AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no further notice be given pursuant to subsection 34 (17) of the Planning Act.

That staff develop and distribute to Council by May of 2021 a comparison of the capital funding per capita of new affordable housing between the City of Ottawa, the City of Toronto, as well as GTA municipalities over the next 8-10 years.

C. McKenney Be it resolved that Committee Recommendation 2 be removed, and Recommendation 1 be amended to read as follows: 1. Conduct a housing blitz, with community partners such as Refugee613 and the Eastern Ontario Landlords Organization, to identify permanent housing that is affordable and available for the homeless families currently in the shelter system and request that the Province change the guidelines of the Canada Ontario Housing Benefit to use the Average Market Rent (AMR) of $1850 as the AMR of a 3-bedroom, to increase housing blitz success in securing affordable units with private sector landlords. The Fleury/ McKenney Motion 50/4 was divided for voting purposes and put to Council as follows: and Recommendation 1 be amended to read as follows: 1. Conduct a housing blitz, with community partners such as Refugee613 and the Eastern Ontario Landlords Organization, to identify permanent housing that is affordable and available for the homeless families currently in the shelter system and request that the Province change the guidelines of the Canada Ontario Housing Benefit to use the Average Market Rent (AMR) of $1850 as the AMR of a 3-bedroom, to increase housing blitz success in securing affordable units with private sector landlords.

C.A. Meehan That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to add an item with respect to Stage 2 LRT to the agenda.

C. McKenney WHEREAS Report ACS2021-PIE-EDP-0010 recommends the approval of an Official Plan Amendment to establish a Secondary Plan and zoning amendments to implement measures for achieving public realm improvements, and provision of the area as a Protected Major Transit Station Area; and WHEREAS, during the February 25 Planning Committee Meeting, staff had verbally supported a request by the Ward Councillor to add reference to the existing Heritage Designation of the Standard Bread Company Factory and Plant Bath in the Secondary Plan (Document 3); THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve inserting the following policies to Document 3, showing the modifications in red and re-numbering the policies that follow accordingly; 4.1.1.15 Future redevelopment around the Standard Bread Company Factory building shall incorporate design elements including, but not limited to building setbacks, stepbacks, massing, and public spaces that showcase the cultural heritage of that building and site, as designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act . 4.1.4.2 The property is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act . Any redevelopment of this site shall conserve the heritage value and attributes of the designated building and/or site.

C. McKenney WHEREAS, at its meeting of March 3, 2021, Transportation Committee approved the Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design Services’ report entitled Patio Innovation Program 2021 which outlined the initiatives planned for the 2021 patio season to support economic recovery, and sought renewal of the delegation of authority to staff to give effect to those initiatives; and, WHEREAS, the Committee also recommended that Council approve a direction to Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development staff to provide, from existing departmental sources, to Councillors whose Wards contain ROW patios, regular updates on complaints, permit compliance concerns, and the escalation approach for all non-compliant permit holders, and to update Council on the review of the ROW Patio By-law in the fall of 2021 to inform and develop the spring 2022 plan; and, WHEREAS, an integral component of such updates and such a review involves enforcement of the by-law, either reactive, proactive, or both; and, WHEREAS, Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design Services has identified $10,000 from its budget to provide for one (1) enforcement resource in By-law & Regulatory Services over the weekends for the duration of the patio season (May-August), primarily in the ByWard Market and throughout the downtown core, as necessary; and, WHEREAS, in order to extend the enforcement coverage to all ROW patios and on a daily basis for the duration of the patio season, three (3) additional resources are n

WHEREAS Section 223.3 of the Municipal Act, 2001 (the Act) authorizes a municipality to appoint an Integrity Commissioner who reports to Council and is responsible for performing in an independent manner various functions with respect to ethical matters, including overseeing codes of conduct for Members of Council/members of local boards and certain matters under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act ; and WHEREAS Subsection 223.3(1.1) of the Act requires every municipality to ensure that an Integrity Commissioner’s responsibilities are provided for, either by appointing its own Integrity Commissioner or by making arrangements for the Integrity Commissioner’s responsibilities to be provided by an Integrity Commissioner appointed by another municipality; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s Integrity Commissioner position was established in July 2012 and is also delegated the independent statutory roles of the Lobbyist Registrar under Section 223.11 of the Act and the Meetings Investigator under Section 239.2 of the Act; and WHEREAS Robert Marleau was appointed as the City’s first Integrity Commissioner on August 29, 2012, and is currently appointed to a one-year, non-renewable term extension set to expire on August 31, 2021; and WHEREAS recruitment, appointment and contract administration for the City’s Integrity Commissioner is conducted in accordance with the Council-approved Statutory Officer Recruitment, Appointment and Contract Administration Policy and Procedures; THEREFOR

C. McKenney That the Rules of Procedure be Suspended to consider the following motion, as there are community safety concerns and the next City Council meeting is not until April 14, 2021. WHEREAS the building at 257 McArthur Avenue is in an advanced state of disrepair; and WHEREAS given the dilapidated condition of the building and the community’s concerns it would be in the public interest to demolish the building; and WHEREAS there is currently no building permit application for a replacement building; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve demolition control for the existing building on the property subject to the following conditions; 1. That the property Owner pay PIED $ 3,400.72 (includes $406.00 Legal Fee + HST) , which is the fee associated with a demolition control application. 2. That until the time of the construction of the first replacement building, the registered Owner shall landscape the property to the satisfaction of the General Manager of Planning Infrastructure and Economic Development . The registered Owner shall prohibit the use of the property for other interim uses and maintain the property in accordance with the Property Standards By-law; 3. The landscaping of the property shall be finalized in collaboration with City staff; 4. The Owner shall pay one hundred percent securities to the City for the value of landscaping the property, with the securities to be released once these works are completed; 5. The Owner agrees that to the discretion of

That the Rules of Procedure be Suspended to consider the following motion: WHEREAS the City undertaking is undertaking an integrated road reconstruction project in the Eastway Gardens neighborhood in Ward 18, which includes the reconstruction of the roads known as Avenues N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and U beginning in 2021; and WHEREAS some of the driveway widths within the project limits are not in full conformance with the City’s front yard parking restrictions and Private Approach By-law; and WHEREAS, for existing properties, front yard parking restrictions and private approach by-law are normally enforced only on a complaint-driven basis; and WHEREAS there have been no complaints with respect to non-compliant driveways (private approaches) or front-yard parking in this area; and WHEREAS the area residents support providing relief for residents with existing driveways (private approaches) while acknowledging that any future driveways (private approaches) and front-yard parking must be in accordance with City by-laws; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that, in respect of the reconstruction of Avenues N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and U, private approaches be reinstated as they were immediately prior to the reconstruction of these streets.

Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed