City Council

WHEREAS for each City Council meeting the Clerk’s Office prepares a series of standard procedural motions, which Members of Council are asked move and second on their behalf; and WHEREAS at its meeting of May 13, 2020, Council approved the procedural Motion to Adopt Reports (Motion 33/2 from Councillors Moffatt and Dudas), as set out on Page 8 of Draft Minutes 33; and WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office, in error, provided the mover and seconder with the incorrect wording of the Motion to Adopt Reports, which was then read into the record and adopted by Council; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council amend Motion 33/2 of May 13, 2020 (Motion to Adopt Reports) to replace the words “received and considered” with “received and adopted as amended”; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council Minutes 33 of May 13, 2020 be amended accordingly, and as amended be approved.

That the report from the Integrity Commissioner entitled “ Interim Report to Council on an Inquiry Respecting the Conduct of Councillor Chiarelli ”; Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Joint Report 3; and Planning Committee Report 23; be received and considered.

BE IT RESOLVED that recommendations 1, 2, 5-8, 9, 11, 12, 14 and 16 be deleted and that a new recommendation 1 be adopted as follows: 1. approve the No Expansion Scenario as the Residential Growth Management Strategy for the new Official Plan such that 100 per cent intensification is achieved during the 2041 to 2046 period, resulting in 64 per cent of overall residential growth within the built-up area through intensificatio

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 Council approved the following: 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 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” 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 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 employment land on the basis of strategic additions to the urban employment lands ba

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 prior to Official Plan approval.

WHEREAS the Joint Committee of Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs approved the New Official Plan – Growth Management Strategy (ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0012) on May 19, 2020; and WHEREAS recommendation 8 for Council’s approval is to “approve that Agricultural Resource Area lands are not to be used for urban infrastructure such as storm ponds, water and wastewater infrastructure, sports fields or other uses that support the development of new suburban communities”; and WHEREAS it is important to ensure that all lands in expansion areas must manage the growth within the identified parcels and not to bleed over the line; THEREFORE BE IT REsolved that Council replace recommendation 8 with “approve that Agricultural Resource Area and General Rural lands adjacent to new communities are not to be used for urban infrastructure such as storm ponds, water and wastewater infrastructure, sports fields or other uses that support the development of new suburban communities”.

WHEREAS the Joint Committee of Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee approved the New Official Plan – Growth Management Strategy (ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0012) on May 19, 2020; and WHEREAS recommendation 9 for Council’s approval is to: “approve 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;” and WHEREAS upon review of the statement “ unless the landowner can provide evidence by a qualified subject matter expert that the resource will be exhausted by 2036” it has been determined that it is impractical for staff in Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development to receive and review reports that may be provided by a qualified subject matter expert in a timely fashion during the next phase of the OP evaluation; and WHEREAS the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is the authority that must decide if and when a pit is exhausted; THEREFORE BE IT REsolved that Council remove that last sentence of the recommendation 9

C. McKenney WHEREAS the Joint Committee of Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee approved the New Official Plan – Growth Management Strategy (ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0012) on May 19, 2020; and WHEREAS recommendation 15 for Council’s approval, is as follows, reflecting a Motion from Councillor Moffatt approved by the Joint Committee: 15. approve 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; and WHEREAS it would be appropriate to clarify that any such public benefits would be approved and defined by Council; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that recommendation 15 be amended to read as follows: 15. approve 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

WHEREAS to achieve the intensification targets will mean massive changes in communities within the greenbelt; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED That staff include policies in the Official Plan to: Describe the tools necessary to achieve better design standards including built form and materials, while respecting community character; and Policies to distribute density and stimulate development broadly within the greenbelt to meet above intensification targets, such as proactive rezoning and other incentives.

BE IT RESOLVED that: Staff be directed to use the annual monitoring programme, which already tracks the office space vacancy rates in the City, and track whether excess capacity is being repurposed to meet the needs for the growing residential population; and Staff be directed to include policies in the Official Plan that facilitate conversion of excess office capacity to residential uses; and In the eventuality that the conversion of office spaces is demonstrated to assist the City to exceed its annual intensification targets with the required range and mix of housing types, and where intensification targets allow the City to maintain a minimum 15-year housing supply at all times, that staff include policies in the Official Plan that contemplate slowing down the intake of new greenfield areas through Secondary Plans until such time as the land is proved to be needed to meet the Provincial Policy Statement requirements.

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 the joint Committees of Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommended approval of the Balanced Scenario which included an urban expansion of residential land to the urban boundary; and WHEREAS a Secondary Plan is required for more detailed planning of new greenfield communities; and WHEREAS in an effort to ensure transit is available within a new community as soon as possible; and WHEREAS a Secondary Plan provides more detailed information for a GHG emissions assessment; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, Council direct staff to include policies within the new Official Plan requiring the following to be addressed within the subject Secondary Plan for a new community prior to its approval: Confirmation that transit funding to build the Concept Network in the area subject to the Secondary Plan is secured; and A GHG emissions assessment is completed as part of the Secondary Plan.

C. McKenney 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 the joint Committees of Planning and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommended approval of the Balanced Scenario which included an urban expansion of 1281 hectares of residential land to the urban boundary; WHEREAS in an effort to avoid more costly lands being added to the urban boundary and leap frogging of Agricultural Resource or other constraint lands; WHEREAS an increase in density assigned to existing greenfield lands to a higher overall dwelling units per hectare to reflect the trend of a lower percentage of single detached dwellings would result in a reduced urban boundary expansion; WHEREAS an increase in density assigned to new expansion lands to a higher overall dwelling units per hectare to reflect the trend of fewer single detached dwellings and increasing densities in our suburban communities would result in a reduced urban expansion; WHEREAS Report ACS2020-PIE-EDP-0012 indicated a difficulty in quantifying the potential in the resale market which could satisfy some of the required residential land supply particularly with regard to ground-oriented dwellings; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, Council direct staff to conduct further analysis on the above considerations and report back to the Joint Committees of Pla

That the report from the Integrity Commissioner entitled “ Interim Report to Council on an Inquiry Respecting the Conduct of Councillor Chiarelli ”; Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Joint Report 3; and Planning Committee Report 23; be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization assessed COVID-19 as a global pandemic; and WHEREAS the Government of Ontario and the City of Ottawa have each declared a State of Emergency as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic un der the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, 1990 ; and WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic presents the greatest financial challenge that Canadian cities and communities have seen in generations and many are on the brink of financial crisis as revenues are plummeting, costs are rising, and municipalities cannot run deficits which puts them, and the essential services they provide, further at risk; and WHEREAS the financial impact to the City of Ottawa resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is currently estimated at a net loss of $66 million if the state of emergency continues until June, $123 million if it continues until September, and $186 if it continues until December (and this excludes financial impacts to the Ottawa Police Service, Ottawa Public Health, and Ottawa Public Library); and WHEREAS on April 22, 2020 the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) formally requested the federal government provide at least $10 billion in direct emergency operating funding for Canadian municipalities; and WHEREAS this request for federal emergency funding included $7.6 billion in direct allocations (like the federal gas tax fund) for all local governments, plus $2.4 billion for municipalities with transit systems, as well as additional

C. McKenney WHEREAS drug use, overdoses and addictions continue to be a problem in the City of Ottawa, with overdose emergency department visits that have almost quadrupled and hospitalization rates that have more than doubled between 2009 and 2019, with Fentanyl and analogues implicated in almost 73% of opioid related deaths; WHEREAS, local drug checking data (2019) from Sandy Hill’s CTS indicates that 96.7% of drugs bought as opioids and 42.2% of drugs bought as stimulants contain illicit fentanyl, fentanyl analogues or other synthetic opioids; WHEREAS drug use, overdoses and addictions continue to increase costs to governments (for services such as shelters, healthcare, and emergency services); WHEREAS addiction issues have also been destructive to communities and their economic well-being due to rising crime and violence associated with the drug trade; WHEREAS Ottawa Inner City Health, as a community health partner of the City of Ottawa, aims to improve the health and access to health care for people who are chronically homeless and integrate health care services so that homeless individuals can receive the same quality of health care as other Canadians; WHEREAS since August 2017, Dr. Jeff Turnbull and Ottawa Inner City Health successfully launched Canada’s first ever Managed Opioid Program (MOP) in Ottawa providing controlled amounts of pharmaceutical-grade narcotics (this prescription of narcotics is

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion in order that staff can take action as soon as possible to address the risk to vulnerable road users. WHEREAS on December 11, 2019 Council approved the 2020-2024 Strategic Road Safety Action Plan, a comprehensive and proactive strategy for making Ottawa’s roads safe for all users, which included the theme “Think Safety, Act Safely”; and WHEREAS implementing Mobility Safety initiatives to enhance the safety of vulnerable road users has been identified as an action under the 2020-2022 Term of Council Priorities; and WHEREAS, as a result of changing behaviour patterns as a result of COVID-19, daytime pedestrian and cycling activity on City streets has increased, at the same time as an increased use of delivery services; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Police Service has commenced an operation targeting speeding on our arterial road network; and WHEREAS there is now an opportunity for staff to implement targeted initiatives, in accordance with the Strategic Road Safety Action Plan, to enhance the safety of vulnerable road users during the COVID-19 pandemic; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct staff in Transportation Services (Safer Roads Ottawa), in consultation with Public Information and Media Relations, to develop a public awareness campaign/announcement related to road safety within residential communities, including targeted outreach to delivery companies to remind them of the need to obey speed limits

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion in order to meet the May 31, 2020 deadline as extended by the General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development. WHEREAS on June 14, 2017 City Council approved report ACS2017-PIE-PS-0077 for an adjusted Development Charge rate for 1229 Dwyer Hill Road; and WHEREAS the report required the receipt of building permits prior to December 31, 2017, as well as delegated authority for extension of this time period to the General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development; and WHEREAS through his delegated authority the General Manager has extended the expiry date to May 31, 2020; and WHEREAS the developer is close to rectifying all issues, but has not yet been able to finalize building permits; and WHEREAS the developer has indicated a willingness to pay the full amount of the June 14, 2017 approved Development Charge amount in advance of the building permits being issued for the City to hold in trust; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that advance payment of Development Charges for 1229 Dwyer Hill Road in the amount of $203,180.50 prior to May 31, 2020 be considered as satisfying the requirements set out in the report.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to permit the introduction of the following motion, in order to provide timely support to this initiative, given the short growing season and need for planting to happen in the next few weeks. WHEREAS COVID-19 has led to significant increased food and income insecurity in Ottawa; WHEREAS the demand for community food production has also increased in Ottawa to address these issues; WHEREAS Ottawa City Council and Ottawa Public Health have recognized the need for community food production and publicly supported the opening of community gardens across Ontario and within Ottawa; WHEREAS the City of Ottawa already funds and partners with Just Food on their Community Gardening Network and Community Garden Development Fund to enhance the capacity of community food production in Ottawa; WHEREAS demand by households in Ottawa for assistance to garden has surpassed the capacity of Just Food staff and volunteers to meet in a timely fashion, given the short growing season and need for planting to happen in the next few weeks; WHEREAS Just Food has confirmed the purchase of $5,000 worth of seeds for distribution to Ottawa families with the goal of serving a minimum of 3000 families; WHEREAS Just Food has sourced confirmed supplies for this project with partners including Greely Sand and Gravel, who has committed a $25,000 donation of soil; WHEREAS the City through its Human Needs Task Force has funded Volunteer Ottawa to recruit, train and place vo

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 May 27, 2020.