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City Council
April 12, 2017
What was decided (9 motions)
9 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That Ottawa Board of Health Report 9; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 23; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 22; Finance and Economic Development Committee Reports 22A and 23; Planning Committee Report 41; Transportation Committee Report 22 and the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor’s Office entitled “Summary of Oral And Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to Bill 73 ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of March 8, 2017”be received and considered.
Moved by Councillor B. Monette, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
Carried
WHEREAS the report entitled 2017 Tax Ratios and Other Tax Policies ( ACS2017-CSD-REV-0002 ) was
Moved by Councillor E. El Chantiry, seconded by Councillor M. Taylor
Carried
WHEREAS several site specific rezoning applications have been received to permit certain institutional uses, including elementary schools, community centres and places of worship, in and adjacent to Industrial Zones that are designated as Employment Areas in the Official Plan; and WHEREAS OPA 180 provided direction with regard to “Urban Employment Areas” to allow for consideration of certain institutional uses, such as community centres, daycares, and places of worship, to be permitted in an Urban Employment Area on a site-specific basis where certain conditions could be satisfied, including demonstration of compatibility with existing and future employment uses; and WHEREAS there is a desire to examine if circumstances exist where select institutional uses may be permitted as of right in some Employment Areas, rather than being subject to a rezoning, to provide more certainty for institutional uses wishing to locate in these areas; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning Services undertake a study relating to select institutional uses in Employment Areas, and provide to Planning Committee and Council by Q1 2018 a report and recommendation(s) on any suggested modification(s) to the Zoning By-law and/or policy documents.
Moved by Councillor J. Harder, seconded by Councillor D. Deans
Carried
WHEREAS the St. Charles Farmers’ Market located at 135 Barrette Street will be displaced as a result of the redevelopment of the St. Charles Church lands located at the corner of Barrette Street and Beechwood Avenue ; AND WHEREAS a temporary location is needed for the Farmers’ Market until it returns to 135 Barrette Street following completion of the redevelopment of the St. Charles Church lands; AND WHEREAS Optimiste Park, 43 Ste. Cecile Street, is a suitable location for a farmers’ market that is near the current location of the Market; AND WHEREAS Optimiste Park is zoned O1-Open Space Zone and a farmers’ market is not a permitted use in that zone; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff be directed to initiate a temporary rezoning to permit a farmers’ market at the Optimiste Park for a period of three years.
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury, seconded by Councillor J. Harder
Carried
the Roadway and Traffic Environment Criteria includes criteria whereby a 30 km/h speed limit will only be considered if the transit service is infrequent (three trips per hour per direction or fewer) and that the roadway has traffic volumes of less than 2500 vehicles per day Whereas there may be residential roads on which schools are located which have more than three transit trips per hour per direction or have more than 2500 vehicles per day that travel on the road WHEREAS there may be a desire for the community to have the speed limit on these residential roadways in front of the schools lowered to 30 km/h; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Criteria 2 of the Roadway and Traffic Environment Criteria reading: Transit Operations: For roads with transit service, a 30 km/h speed limit will only be considered if the service is infrequent (three trips per hour per direction or fewer) or if the road already operates at 30 km/h or more slowly during daytime hours (generally 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Saturday). Be amended to read: Transit Operations: For roads with transit service, a 30 km/h speed limit will only be considered if the service is infrequent (3 trips per hour per direction or fewer), if the road already operates at 30 km/h or more slowly during daytime hours (generally 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday), or if the road is a local or collector road at the main pedestrian entrance to a school; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Criteria 5 of the Roadway and Traff
Moved by Councillor K. Egli, seconded by Councillor J. Leiper Whereas
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be suspended due to timelines, in order to ensure the necessary authority is in place to allow staff sufficient time to coordinate the use of the facility and associated supports, to consider the following Motion: WHEREAS on May 15, 2015, Council approved a list of priority projects for submission for funding consideration under the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, and directed the Treasurer to identify the matching sources of City funding for any projects approved under the program; and WHEREAS the City was successful in its application of a C anada 150 Federal grant for the renovation and expansion of the Manotick Arena, with a required completion date of March 2018; and WHEREAS on December 9, 2015 Council approved the allocation of Canada 150 and Strategic Initiative 37 funding for the Manotick Arena Expansion project, with the balance to come from other City and Community funding; and WHEREAS the current project IO 907956 Manotick Arena has budget authority of $2,796,932 and project financing to date is a combination of Strategic Initiative 37 Funding, Community Partnership Major Capital Funding, Manotick Community Association fundraising, and lifecycle; and WHEREAS the City received 11 competitive bids for the project with the lowest responsive bid being $606,795 greater than the established project authority; and WHEREAS the Manotick Arena suffered fire damage on the morning of January 27, 2017, after the project de
Moved by Councillor S. Moffatt, seconded by Councillor G. Darouze
Carried
BE IT RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion: WHEREAS on December 8, 2010, City Council approved the establishment of a Property Standards and License Appeals Committee composed of five qualified citizen members to hear cases with respect to licensing and property standard appeals; and WHEREAS the Council-approved Appointment Policy (the “Appointment Policy”) for Citizen Members of City Advisory Committees, Boards and Task Forces, and External Boards, Commissions and Authorities provides that the term of office for Council appointees can be two or four years; and WHEREAS the Appointment Policy provides that Members are eligible to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms on the same committee or board (to a maximum of eight years); and WHEREAS on March 25, 2015 City Council approved the appointment of five members to the Property Standards and License Appeals Committee, two of which were approved for a four-year term, the other three members were approved for a two-year term; and WHEREAS the three members appointed to two-year terms are willing to continue on the Committee until the next recruitment process, which will take place at the end of this Term of Council; and WHEREAS extending the terms of these members to the end of this Term of Council would be in keeping with the eight-year term limit set out in the Appointment Policy; and WHEREAS the terms of these members being extended would assist with any quorum issues and avoid th
Moved by Councillor D. Deans, seconded by Councillor M. Taylor
Carried
That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings be read and passed.
Moved by Councillor B. Monette, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
Carried
That the following by-law be read and passed: By-law 2017-124 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of April 12, 2017.
Moved by Councillor B. Monette, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri