City Council

That t he report from Police Services Board entitled “ Board Activity, Training & Performance: 2021 Annual Report ”; the report from the City Clerk entitled “S tatus Update – Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending March 18, 2022”, Audit Committee Report 14; Built Heritage Sub-Committee Report 25; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 35; Planning Committee Reports 56 and 57; and Transportation Committee report 26 be received and considered; and That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider the Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management Report 21 due to the time sensitivity of the item contained in this report.

WHEREAS on March 1, 2022, the Finance and Economic Development Committee approved staff report recommendations on the implementation of a residential Vacant Unit Tax (VUT); and WHEREAS the report requires that all residential property owners make an annual mandatory declaration attesting to the vacancy status of their property for the prior year and failure to declare by the prescribed declaration due date will result in a late declaration fee commencing in 2024; and WHEREAS the report recommends waiving the late declaration fee for all residents in 2023 in recognition that the Vacant Unit Tax is a new program that requires a significant amount of public awareness and communications; and WHEREAS the late declaration fee will be charged commencing in 2024 to promote compliance with the declaration timeline to ensure the effectiveness of the program and reflects the additional administrative costs and manual intervention required with late declarations; and WHEREAS there may be circumstances in 2024 and subsequent years that may prohibit a property owner from making their property vacancy status declaration before the prescribed declaration due date; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that in 2024 and onward, the Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer be given delegated authority to waive the late declaration fee and any associated refund fee: If the City makes an error that resulted in the property owner’s inability to submit the declaration by the prescribed due date; If the proper

WHEREAS at the March 10, 2022, meeting of Planning Committee recommended that Council receive the City’s response to the fifty-five Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force recommendations as shown in Document 1 of report ACS2022-PIE-EDP-0008; and WHEREAS the Planning Committee directed staff to clarify the City’s response concerning the importance of site plan review and consultation process, the streetscape character analysis in mature neighbourhoods and the recent amendments to Residential Fourth Density zoning; and WHEREAS in anticipation of the March 23, 2022, Meeting of Council, staff in consultation with Members of Council, have revised the proposed wording of Document 1 to both clarify and emphasise key points the City’s response. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council replace Document 1 with a revised Document 1 (attached [1] ) clarifying the City’s response to the fifty-five Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force recommendations.

WHEREAS Report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0016 recommends an amendment to the current Official Plan, an amendment to the new Official Plan, and an amendment to the Zoning By-law to allow three residential high-rise buildings of 37, 28, and 16 stories, and one mid-rise eight-storey mixed-use building on a Traditional Mainstreet frontage, where six stories is permitted, at 112 Montreal Road and 314 Gardner Street; and WHEREAS Planning Committee considered Report ACS2022-PIE-PS-0016 on March 10, 2022, as Planning Committee Agenda 58, Item 4; and WHEREAS Planning Committee

That t he report from Police Services Board entitled “ Board Activity, Training & Performance: 2021 Annual Report ”; the report from the City Clerk entitled “S tatus Update – Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending March 18, 2022”; Audit Committee Report 14; Built Heritage Sub-Committee Report 25; Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management Report 21; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 35; Planning Committee Reports 56 and 57; and Transportation Committee report 26 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa stands firmly in support of religious freedom which in Canada is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Human Rights Act ; and WHEREAS Quebec’s Bill 21, an act respecting the laicity of the State , infringes upon those rights by targeting religious and ethnic minorities who wear religious symbols such as hijabs, kippahs and turbans; and WHEREAS on February 26, 2020, Ottawa City Council passed Motion 28/7 to officially oppose Quebec’s Bill 21 and support in principle the constitutional challenge to Bill 21, recognizing the importance of protecting racialized communities against discrimination and the need to uphold our shared values of tolerance and diversity; and WHEREAS On December 15, 2021, the City of Brampton passed a motion that provides financial assistance by way of a one-time contribution to those challenging Bill 21, recognizing the significance of this court case on our foundational value of religious freedoms; and WHEREAS The motion passed by the City of Brampton calls on Canada’s Big Cities to assist in funding this legal challenge and to support racialized communities against the Province of Quebec; and AND WHEREAS The City of Ottawa, as the Nation’s Capital, should join the City of Brampton to support the constitutional challenge of Bill 21 and calls on all other Canadian Big Cities to join the coalition; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, in recognition of Council’s support for the current legal challeng

That City Council approve that the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion as the due date for the interim tax bill was March 17, 2022 and the final tax bill is June 16, 2022, and it is recommended that commercial and retail property owners financially impacted by the 2022 Convoy Occupation have the option to defer their taxes to a later due date; WHEREAS the City was subject to a significant and protracted protest and occupation of streets and public areas in and adjacent to the downtown core for a period of three weeks; and WHEREAS this disruption and the resulting street closures, noise and unacceptable behaviour from protesters severely impacted business operations in the affected area, with many businesses unable to provide a safe environment for employees and customers and opting to limit operating hours or close; and WHEREAS the interim property tax bills have been sent and require payment by March 17, 2022; and WHEREAS pursuant to section 342 of the Municipal Act, 2001 Council may establish parts of the municipality with different due dates for taxes, by property class, and the City Treasurer may receive and approve a taxpayer’s requests to use the alternative due dates; and WHEREAS Council directed the Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer to report back to Council on March 9, 2022, with a proposal to defer the interim 2022 property taxes for affected businesses in the areas impacted by the occupation; and WHEREAS the Chief Financial Officer

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion in order to petition the Government of Canada on this matter WHEREAS the National Capital Region (NCR) crosses the boundaries of two provinces and encompasses two major municipalities, as well as lands under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government; and WHEREAS there are multiple levels of government involved in, and responsible for, decision-making within the NCR, and is collectively represented by 6 different Police agencies – Ottawa Police Service (OPS), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), La Sûreté du Québec (SQ), Le Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG), The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and the Parliamentary Protective Services (PPS); and WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Service, as a municipal police agency, lacks the surge capacity required for the largescale and sporadic events that happen in the nation’s capital; and WHEREAS Ottawa residents cannot be responsible for bearing the indirect financial costs of being the nation’s capital, as well as the substantial loss of operational resources when Ottawa Police are tasked with overseeing demonstration responses; and WHEREAS the Government of Canada does provide financial supports to the City of Ottawa for policing demonstrations this funding is event specific and ignores the substantial indirect additional policing costs borne by the City. For example, the additional security and policing requirements for hosting embassies, foreign vis

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended, to consider the following Motion: WHEREAS recreation benefits individuals, families, neighbourhoods and communities and the City of Ottawa provides high quality programs and leisure opportunities for residents to lead healthy, active lives through recreation and to make our community a great place to live, work and play; and WHEREAS there is an increasing interest in intentional youth development through recreation in Canada that is founded on a substantial and growing body of research to support the role of recreation in the positive development of youth; and WHEREAS Canadian youth are often unrecognized for the valuable contributions they make to communities and Canada’s social, economic and civic landscape; and WHEREAS it is vital to uplift youth voices, particularly during times of crisis, as they are the generation most deeply impacted by the civic, social, and environmental outcomes of our decisions; and WHEREAS meaningful youth engagement through recreation emphasizes access, equity and social justice and leads to positive youth development; and WHEREAS National Youth Week reminds us all of the valuable contributions that recreation and parks can make to youth development and that youth can make to community development; and WHEREAS National Youth Week is endorsed by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and the network of agencies and individuals committed to the positive development of youth; and WHEREA

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, in order to address the current vacancy on the Police Services Board in a timely manner: WHEREAS Subsection 27(9) of the Police Services Act provides that the membership of the Ottawa Police Services Board includes three Members of Council; and WHEREAS on February 16, 2022, Council approved Councillor El-Chantiry and Councillor Leiper to replace two of the three Council Members on the Police Services Board, with one seat remaining vacant due to the resignation of Councillor Meehan; and WHEREAS the City Clerk has undertaken a circulation to seek expressions of interest from Members of Council interested in seeking appointment to the vacant Councillor seat on the Police Services Board; and WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office has received one expression of interest, Namely from Councillor Cathy Curry; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council approve the appointment of Councillor Cathy Curry to the Police Services Board.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion in order to allow the universities to deliver the voucher before the end of the term. WHEREAS the residents of Ottawa saw demonstrations from January 29, 2022, to February 21, 2022, that blocked streets and public areas in and adjacent to the downtown core; and WHEREAS the resulting street closures caused OC Transpo bus routes to be detoured around this area; and WHEREAS the motion adopted by Council on February 16, 2022, made those detoured routes no-charge for 30 days after the state of emergency was lifted; and WHEREAS the motion adopted by Council on February 23, 2022, extended the no-charge service to O-Train Line 1; and WHEREAS University of Ottawa, Carleton University, and Université Saint-Paul students rely on these routes every day, but as U-Pass holders do not benefit from the no-charge routes; and WHEREAS all bus routes near the main campus and Lees Avenue campus of University of Ottawa and the Université Saint-Paul are currently no-charge; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa offer to the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Université Saint-Paul the option to accept, at no charge, QR-coded passes valid for May 2022 travel on OC Transpo, to be distributed to eligible students who held a U-Pass for the January-April 2022 term; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the estimated cost of up to $730,000 be funded from the Transit Operating Reserve and the City seek to recover th

C. McKenney WHEREAS the Mackenzie King Bridge is overdue for rehabilitation because of its structural deterioration; and WHEREAS the rehabilitation project is being coordinated with a redesign of the surface to improve active transportation infrastructure; and WHEREAS staff are soon proceeding with the tendering of the project with planned construction to start this year; and WHEREAS the limits of the Mackenzie King Bridge project are only from Elgin Street to the Rideau Centre entrance, omitting the section easterly towards Waller Street; and WHEREAS the current design is deficient in areas such as: o Missing a pedestrian crosswalk at the stairs to Confederation Park to improve pedestrian safety o Inconsistent cycling infrastructure design in the corridor o Missing the opportunity to expand the project to Waller Street, which would improve cycling connectivity east of the Bridge o Proposed extremely wide lane widths throughout construction area that would encourage speeding; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that all work on this project be

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

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of March 23, 2022.