Joint Meeting of Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

That the staff report be

WHEREAS the urban expansion detailed evaluation criteria (Document 6) provides evaluation points for proximity to rapid transit and proximity to a rapid transit station; and WHEREAS the current City of Ottawa Official Plan Schedule D shows both current and future Rapid Transit Corridors and Transit Priority Corridors as part of Ottawa’s planned public transit system; WHEREAS the current evaluation criteria do not provide points for the Transit Priority Corridors nor points for park and rides which feed the public transit system; WHEREAS Transit Priority Corridors and Park and Rides promote usage of the rapid transit system, and physical proximity to these features will have advantageous access to transit; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Joint Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council that: 1. Criteria 6 “Availability of Rapid Transit” be renamed “Availability of Rapid Transit or Transit Priority - Isolated Measures”; 2. Points be included in Criteria 6 as follows: a. 6 points for “Within the proximity of an existing Transit Priority Corridor - Isolated Measures” b. 2 points for “Within the proximity of a future Transit Priority Corridor - Isolated Measures” 3. Criteria 7 “Proximity to Nearest Rapid Transit Station” be renamed “Proximity to Nearest Rapid Transit Station, Transit Priority Corridor – Isolated Measures or Park and Ride Feeding the Rapid Transit System” 4. Points be included in Criteria 7 as follows a. For locations within 1.9 km

WHEREAS the City has declared a Climate Emergency, and has recognized that Greenhouse Gas reductions require ambitious coordinated global action; and WHEREAS intensification is projected to have less impact on the City’s community greenhouse gas emissions. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council that 1. Using the staff recommendation, direct staff in Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development to model an intensification target from 60% by 2041-2046 to ramp up to an intensification target by 70% by 2041-2046; and 2. Replace the first recommendation of the staff report so that it reads: “Approve a Revised Balanced Scenario as the Residential Growth Management Strategy for the new Official Plan as described in Document 1 attached, with a revised intensification that increases to 70 per cent in the 2041 to 2046 period; and” based on that revised intensification target; and” 3. That staff be directed to revise the intensification targets for each 5-year period currently detailed on page 4 of the staff report so that there is an appropriate ramping up to the 70% intensification target; and 4. Replace the second recommendation of the staff report so that it reads: “Approve the inclusion of new urban residential land expansion commensurate with the increased intensification target of 70%, which is to be selected using the criteria identified in Document 6 for residential land, and for employmen

(for Councillor Menard) WHEREAS the study on Employment Lands has not been completed and no report produced to support the recommendation; and WHEREAS a decision on land budget was refuted by the OMB in OPA 150 on the basis that an Employment study had not been completed; and WHEREAS the policy direction approved in December on this matter regarding warehousing and distribution facilities in proximity to 400 highway interchanges within the Ottawa city limits concerned Rural Economic Development THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the recommendation to add between 69 ha and 369 ha for employment lands to the city's urban area be set aside until the required studies have been completed, including consultation, with staff to report back at a later date.

WHEREAS in December 2016, the City of Ottawa adopted a new LEAR system that resulted in the identification of the agricultural areas designated as Agricultural Resource Areas as shown on Schedule A on the current City’s Official Plan ; and WHEREAS the Minimum Distance Separation formula was developed by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs to prevent land use conflicts and minimizing nuisance complaints from odour involving livestock facilities. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the joint meeting of Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee recommend that Council approve the following additional exclusions to lands, parcels and clusters of parcels that are to be considered for candidates for inclusion into any proposed urban or village boundary expansion: 1) Lands in an Agricultural Resource Area are to be excluded from any and all consideration as candidate parcels for inclusion in the urban or village boundary 2) Lands in an Agricultural Resource Area are not to be evaluated, considered or ranked in any way that would allow lands to be even remotely associated or considered for inclusion in expanded urban or village settlement areas AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that staff in Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development are directed to adjust the scoring criteria to account for the impacts to existing agricultural and livestock operations and the Minimum Distance Separation . AND Be it further resolved that Agricultural Resource Area la

WHEREAS the report for the New Official Plan – Growth Management Strategy (ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0012) details the growth strategies that would inform the new Official Plan and guide development and growth in Ottawa until 2046; and WHEREAS mineral aggregate extraction conflicts with residential land use. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council that, to recognize and protect the importance of mineral aggregate production (as defined in the Official Plan as ‘Bedrock Resource and Sand and Gravel Resource Areas’) for Ottawa’s construction and infrastructure needs that staff be directed not to score, evaluate, consider or rank in any way residential candidate parcels adjacent to or within 200 metres of Bedrock Resource and 200 metres of Sand and Gravel Resource Areas as identified on Schedule A and B of the Official Plan, unless the landowner can provide evidence by a qualified subject matter expert that the resource will be exhausted by 2036.

WHEREAS Intensification percentage goals will be discussed when the official plan is presented in Q4 2020; and WHEREAS the challenge is that community support is often depended on the type of intensification proposed – low rise, missing middle etc.; and WHEREAS staff have started to identify opportunities with 613flats & new R4 zoning; and WHEREAS in an effort to be more transparent to the Community about what tools the City will use to reach the intensification goal in the new Official Plan; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development staff be directed to, when the official plan is presented in Q4 2020, include in their report (on a conceptual basis) the tool kit that will help the City reach its intensification goals. For clarity, the report is not expected to present the details but general trends such as new R4 zones on arterial roadways, permit semi-detached in R1 zones as some potential examples.

WHEREAS there may be instances where rural parcels outside the 1.9-km radial transit station catchment areas are selected in order to reach the required 1,350-1,650 gross hectares of expansion in the Balanced Scenario; AND WHEREAS in these instances, any candidate lands will need to be feasible and cost-effective to be serviced by transit, along with other hard municipal services; AND WHEREAS the current Official Plan policies for expansion contemplate completion of existing communities and clustering of any further development for any further growth; AND WHEREAS significant planning activities need to occur before exact growth parcels can be designated for development, for example: determining feasibility of rapid transit extension options, examining feasibility of city servicing, and assessing alignment with economic development strategy; AND WHEREAS appropriate financing (through development charges, area specific charges, or other financing mechanisms) may be required to ensure timely construction of new infrastructure and amenities; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Joint Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council that any rural parcels that are beyond the catchment area of an already-planned transit station will need Council confirmation of a funding source or mechanism for any necessary transit network extensions, and any other component of required municipal infrastructure, prior to the approval of its implementing secondary plan; A

(for Councillor McKenney) WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has declared an affordable housing and homelessness emergency recognizing the serious and chronic problems of homelessness and core housing need; and WHEREAS the Provincial Policy Statement requires Official Plans to establish targets for affordable low- and moderate-income households and which aligns with applicable housing and homelessness plan; and WHEREAS the City needs to promote action by its policy approaches to address affordability and by using a coordinated approach with City resources; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Joint Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend to Council that that the draft Official Plan policies should be coordinated with the City’s Refresh of the 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Plan and assess implementation and enabling strategies such as: a) Updated definitions of affordability including an analysis of the geographic differences of affordability within the City; and b) The role of Inclusionary Zoning in providing affordable housing; and c) Providing enabling policies that support the 10 Year and Homelessness Plan in areas of land use, infrastructure, transportation, and the City’s use of its own assets and real estate.

WHEREAS the proposed Residential Growth Management Strategy includes criteria that places emphasis on situating new growth immediately adjacent to existing transit, road infrastructure, retail amenities, etc. yet does not establish minimum timelines for outstanding infrastructure or amenities to be constructed; and WHEREAS the weighting mechanism proposed by Planning Staff to ensure new growth is based on the development of “15 Minute Communities”, a planning concept that emphasizes quality of life aspects be incorporated into new communities with amenities being within short, walkable or cycling distances; and WHEREAS Ottawa has had instances of new communities built based on Community Design Plans, but residents moving into these new areas have not seen the completion of parks, necessary road, pedestrian or cycling infrastructure, schools, commercial amenities within walking distance, or transit for a decade or more after moving in to their new homes; and WHEREAS the negative impact on personal finances and quality of life for residents has been demonstrated in existing communities across Ottawa as a result of putting off the construction of vital infrastructure or walkable amenities; or in those cases where residents have had to wait 15+ years for parks, sidewalks, and necessary road connections to be built. WHEREAS in all instances of new growth development, city planning staff involve representatives from Infrastructure, Transportation, OC Transpo, Economic Development a

WHEREAS a significant investment has been made in Ottawa’s rapid transit system; and WHEREAS intensification along our rapid transit network is a potential key public policy of our new official plan; and WHEREAS the city may own lands in the vicinity of transit stations and own air rights in similar locations; and WHEREAS it may not achieve City Council’s public policy goals to simply dispose of these types of properties; and WHEREAS a transparent competitive process for City lands could spur development consistent with City Council’s transit goals and achieve our public policy goals for services like affordable housing; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVE THAT, in order to encourage and support development at our transit stations and along the transit corridor, staff be directed to advise the appropriate Standing Committee(s) and Council how complex it would be to change current City land disposal polices to create a competitive process for City-owned lands and air rights at rapid transit stations and along the rapid transit network that would offer City owned land at nominal costs in exchange for tangible public benefits (such as long term affordable rental housing) that equals or exceeds the value of the lands or air rights.

WHEREAS several delegations have referenced the Council approved 5 Big Moves Policy direction as an additional lens for providing context to the numerical criteria in the staff report; and WHEREAS broadening the numerical criteria by adding the 5 Big Moves ensures that economic development, mobility, urban design and resiliency become factors in the City’s growth; and WHEREAS existing communities are now. or are striving to be, complete communities with active transportation, economic opportunity and a strong belief in urban design and they have a critical interest in the scoring and selection of land; and WHEREAS to recognize the completeness of existing communities outside of the greenbelt it is important that the selection of expansion lands be as understandable as possible and take into account the capacity of existing or already planned community amenities; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in addition to the numerical criteria recommended in Document 6 that Committee recommend that Council approve the following additional evaluation lens: “That all candidate parcels lands shall be reviewed primarily against the policy directions contained in the Council approved OP policy directions known as the “Five Big Moves” and the numeric criteria. That evaluation will demonstrate how the future development of the lands would advance the policy directions contained therein”. Further be it resolved that the Criteria Section of the Staff report Page 38 Section e. Scoring and selecting