Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (2 motions)
2 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS good planning is vital for ensuring that, as communities grow and new neighbourhoods are established, transportation and infrastructure needs are fully accounted for; and WHEREAS as the Housing Acceleration Plan rolls out, core infrastructure needs may continue to evolve; and WHEREAS ensuring that housing-enabling infrastructure is ready to meet increased demand is vital for delivering on Ottawa’s ambition to become the most housing-friendly city in Canada; and WHEREAS the experience of the Housing Innovation Task Force demonstrates that targeted efforts at reforming processes can meaningfully improve policy outcomes. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Infrastructure and Water (IWD) and Planning and Development (PDBS) staff be directed to jointly undertake a comprehensive review of the City’s transportation infrastructure planning, design and procure-ment framework with the objective of aligning infrastructure delivery timelines with accelerated housing approvals and evolving demand patterns; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this review specifically explore a wide range of ideas, including but not limited to: Find opportunities to improve policy flexibility, including with respect to Master Plans and Official Plan policies, such that local changes in growth patterns can be responded to more rapidly, Reduce internal process delays, simplify processes, and explore earlier, more effective internal and external coordination and clear accountability to achieve higher value and f
Moved by C. Kitts
Carried
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Strategic Initiatives staff immediately explore options provided under the province’s Special Economic Zone framework to cut regulatory barriers and costs City-wide on infrastructure projects, particularly where such projects would enable housing, reduce infrastructure restraints, or improve traffic outcomes and report back to Council should an provincial opportunity be identified; For (13) M. Luloff, L. Dudas, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, T. Tierney, R. King, R. Brockington, C. Kitts, C. Curry, C. Kelly, D. Brown, W. Lo, and M. Sutcliffe Against (4) J. Leiper, S. Menard, L. Johnson, and A. Troster