Finance and Corporate Services Committee

WHEREAS, on November 13, 2024, Council received and

That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Finance and Corporate Services Committee Draft 2025 Operating and Capital Budget, as follows: Elected Officials - Operating Resource Requirement (page 2). Office of the City Clerk Budget, as follows; User fees (pages 6-7); Operating Resource Requirement (page 5); Legal Services Operating Resource Requirement (page 9) City Manager’s Office Operating Resource Requirement (page 12); Public Information and Media Relations - Operating Resource Requirement (page 27); Transit Services, Rail Construction Program Service, as follows: User fees (pages 16-18); Operating Resource Requirement (page 15);\ Strategic Initiatives Department, as follows: GM's Office and Business Support Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 20); Economic Development, as follows: User fees (page 23); Operating Resource Requirement (page 22); Housing Solutions and Investment Service, as follows: User fees (page 54) Operating Resource Requirement (page 53) Finance and Corporate Services Department, as follows: Office of the Chief Information Security Officer Operating Resource Requirement (page 25) Human Resources Operating Resource Requirement (page 29-30); ServiceOttawa, as follows: User fees (page 33); Operating Resource Requirement (page 32); Information Technology Services – Operating Resource Requirement (page 35-36); Supply Services - Operating Resource Requirement (page 38); C

WHEREAS one of the key areas of community concern identified in the plan is the limited greenspace; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Community Housing project at 930 Gladstone was not required to pay Cash in Lieu of Parkland, or provide a dedication of 10% of the site towards park space; and WHEREAS West Centretown has one of the lowest percentage tree canopies in the City of Ottawa, per the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, at 13.1% coverage; and WHEREAS West Centretown has one of the lowest percentages of private greenspace in the city, with only 4.6% of land covered by residential parkland; and WHEREAS the Official Plan and the West Downtown Core secondary plan project the addition of roughly 10,000 new housing units in the neighbourhood, and many of these will not have private greenspace; and WHEREAS the high cost of land and existing high density make parkland acquisitions uniquely challenging in Somerset Ward; and WHEREAS finding ways to maximize greenspace in the new development is an ongoing concern that will continue to be relevant as the project progresses through the detailed design phase; and WHEREAS this concept plan includes provision for 1 hectare of new parkspace, and any changes to the concept plan proposed through the detailed design phase must maintain that provision. THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any land occupied by an aboveground District Energy System aboveground installation not be considered parkland for the purposes of the net parkland gain; and BE IT FURTH