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City Council
September 25, 2013
What was decided (8 motions)
8 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 34A; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 26; and Planning Committee Report 55 be received and considered; and That the Rules of Procedure be waived to receive and consider the report from the President and CEO, Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation , entitled “ Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation - 2012 Annual Report” as Council has directed that these reports rise directly to Council; and, That the Rules of Procedure be waived and delegated authority be lifted from the Transit Commission in this one instance, to receive and consider the report from the Deputy City Manager, Planning and Infrastructure, entitled “Partial Suspension of Weekend O-Train Service for Carleton University Construction” (Item 2 of the Agenda) at today’s meeting, as the Special Meeting of the Transit Commission has been cancelled and, if the desire of Council is to accommodate the construction schedule at Carleton University, the O-Train schedule must be adjusted at the earliest possible date; and, That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider Planning Committee Report 56, because of the urgency of the item contained in the report ( specific reason set out below ). (Waiver of the Rules is being requested for Planning Committee Report 56 (Item 7 of the Agenda), to allow the applicant to begin servicing the site so that construction can begin in December.
Moved by Councillor R. Bloess, seconded by Councillor S. Blais
Carried
That the report from the President and CEO, Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation , entitled “ Manotick Mill Quarter Community Development Corporation - 2012 Annual Report”; the report from the Deputy City Manager, Planning and Infrastructure, entitled “ Partial Suspension of Weekend O-Train Service for Carleton University Construction” ; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 34A; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 26; and Planning Committee Reports 55 and 56 be received and adopted as amended.
Moved by Councillor R. Bloess, seconded by Councillor S. Blais
Carried
WHEREAS a ccording to its by-law, the Quartier Vanier Merchants Association (BIA) Board of Management is currently entitled to “a maximum of nine (9) members, at least one of whom shall be a member of Council”; and WHEREAS on 28 March 2012, City Council approved a report titled “ Quartier Vanier Merchants Association (BIA) Boundary Expansion” (ACS2012-CMR-OCM-0004) which recommended an expansion to the boundary of the Quartier Vanier Merchants Association (BIA) beyond the limits of Ward 12 – Rideau-Vanier but did not recommend a corresponding expansion to the BIA’s Board of Management; and WHEREAS traditionally, when BIA boundaries affect more than one ward, the Board’s membership is structured in such a way that the Councillor for each of the affected wards has a designated seat on that Board; and WHEREAS the Quartier Vanier Merchants Association (BIA) and its Board of Management considers it advantageous and supports having two (2) Councillors on the Board of Management since two (2) separate wards are included in the Business Improvement Area; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to prepare an amending by-law to increase the membership of the Board of Management of the Quartier Vanier Merchants Association (BIA) to “a maximum of ten (10) members, at least two of whom shall be members of Council”; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council approve the appointment of Councillor Peter Clark, the Ward Councillor for Ward 13 – Rideau-Rockcliffe, to the Quartier Vanier M
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury, seconded by Councillor D. Holmes
Carried
WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report has approved the payment in lieu of providing fourteen parking spaces at 111 Richmond Road, for a mid-rise apartment building; and WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report calls for the applicant to pay a total of $36,400 for those fourteen spaces; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that upon the owner agreeing in writing to make a contribution of $36,386 to the City of Ottawa’s Parks and Recreation Department toward improving the Byron Linear Park including provisions to better integrate the popular Westboro Farmers’ Market into the park, the fee for cash in lieu of parking shall be reduced to $1 per space for a total of $14.
Moved by Councillor K. Hobbs, seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
Carried
WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report has approved the payment in lieu of providing 18 parking spaces at 393-401 Richmond Road, for a commercial retail building; and WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report calls for the applicant to pay a total of $54,360; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that upon the owner agreeing in writing to make a contribution of $54,342 to the City of Ottawa’s Parks and Recreation Department toward the creation of a new urban square on Richmond Road and Winston Avenue, the fee for cash in lieu of parking shall be reduced to $1 per space, for a total of $18; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that funds of $15,600 previously contributed to the City by the owner from an application for 337 Richmond Road, toward a public art project at 100 Champagne Avenue be redirected toward this same project at Winston Avenue and Richmond Road.
Moved by Councillor K. Hobbs, seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be waived to allow Council to consider the following Motion, in advance of the Committee of Revision meeting scheduled for Thursday, 26 September: WHEREAS on 10 September 2008, City Council approved the terms of reference for the Local Improvement Committee of Revision; and, WHEREAS the terms of reference state that a quorum will consist of three (3) members as per the governing Local Improvement legislation, Ontario Regulation 586-06; and, WHEREAS Ontario Regulation 586-06 states that a majority of the members of the committee constitute a quorum; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council amend the Terms of Reference for the Committee of Revision to allow for quorum to be two members.
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
Carried
That the following by-laws be enacted and passed: 2013-297 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known as Blocks 13, 14, 20, 22 and 24 on Plan 4M-1483. 2013-298 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 211 and 265 Gossamer Street and 505, 538, 589 and 596 Voie du Pin Rouge Way, as being exempt from Part Lot Control. 2013-299 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Official Plan for the City of Ottawa to revise the policy on notification of statutory public meetings in newspapers. 2013-300 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. 2013-301 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 120 Terence Matthews Crescent. 2013-302 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 580 Industrial Avenue. 2013-303 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 2375 Frank Kenny Road.
Moved by Councillor R. Bloess, seconded by Councillor S. Blais
Carried
THAT By-law 2013-304 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.
Moved by Councillor R. Bloess, seconded by Councillor S. Blais