City Council

That the report from the Integrity Commissioner, entitled “ Integrity Commissioner – 2013 Annual Report” ; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 36; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 27A; Finance and Economic Development Committee Reports 38 and 38A ( In Camera ); Planning Committee Report 58A; and Transportation Committee Report 32 be received and considered ; and That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider Planning Committee Report 60, 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 60 (Item 8 of the Agenda), as it impacts a temporary zoning by-law already in effect that expires on December 31, 2013. Without correcting the Ward Boundary by way of this anomaly report, the approved By-law 2013-17 is essentially not in effect for the intended area.)

WHEREAS this past summer PCL Constructors on behalf of Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited approached the City of Ottawa with respect to the Rideau Centre expansion and the associated lane reductions required to facilitate the work; and WHEREAS one area of particular concern to City staff was the construction and related works on the exterior of the southern facade of building adjacent to the Mackenzie King Bridge, for which the contractor will require one lane on the Mackenzie King Bridge for approximately one year in duration; and WHEREAS various options were examined by staff from the Public Works Department and Transit Services, together with the affected contractors being PCL Constructors, Construction C.A.L. Inc., and Govan Brown Inc., and in order to minimize disruption to the public and to public transit services, and, as a result, it is recommended that these works take place at night; and WHEREAS noise from construction and related works is not currently permitted under the Noise By-law 2004-253, and therefore a waiver to the By-law is required for this project; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following waiver of the Noise By-law 2004-253 be granted from December 1, 2013, to February 28, 2015, in relation to the construction work required along the McKenzie King Bridge for the redevelopment of the Rideau Centre, in order to permit construction, vehicular and related noises: (a) Sections 7(1), 7(2), 8(1), 15(1) and 15(2) be waived during the hours of 8:00 p.m. of

That the report from the Integrity Commissioner, entitled “ Integrity Commissioner – 2013 Annual Report” ; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 36; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 27A; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 38 and 38A ( In Camera ); Planning Committee Reports 58A and 60; and Transportation Committee Report 32 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the 160 Elgin complex (“Place Bell Canada”), situated on the block bordered by Elgin, Gloucester, Metcalfe and Nepean Streets, is comprised of a 28-storey office building with 933,000 square feet of office space, a 10-floor above-ground parking garage with approximately 1,000 public parking spaces, a full block of ground-level retail space, and precast concrete paver sidewalks extending to the curb around the entire block; and WHEREAS in November 2011, the City received a letter from the property manager of Place Bell which identified a safety concern regarding sidewalk settlement of “more than [one inch]”along the north side of Nepean Street in the western portion of the block between Metcalfe and Elgin Streets and cracks in the concrete on City property near the Place Bell loading dock; and WHEREAS in February 2012, the City received a letter from Nelligan O’Brien Payne acting on behalf of Place Bell reiterating the comments made in November 2011; WHEREAS settlement has continued along Nepean Street, and has subsequently been observed along the sidewalks surrounding 160 Elgin along Metcalfe, Gloucester and Elgin Streets; and WHEREAS this settlement has caused a substantial difference in grade along the perimeter of 160 Elgin, whose property extends on a two-storey concrete structure under the precast concrete paver sidewalk; and WHEREAS this difference in grade poses a safety risk to pedestrians walking along the sidewalk, and obstructs the ability to clear snow; an

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion. WHEREAS the women and men driving OC Transpo vehicles provide a valuable service to more than 180,000 residents of Ottawa every working day; and WHEREAS the residents of Ottawa value and respect the efforts of OC Transpo employees as they provide this service; and WHEREAS there is national and local concern with the rising number of driver assaults occurring on public transit; and WHEREAS the Canadian Urban Transit Association has reported that, in 2011, the number of assaulted across Canada reached 2,061; and WHEREAS OC Transpo recorded 59 incidents of violence against drivers in 2012; and WHEREAS, on September 27, 2012, the City of Ottawa’s Transit Commission communicated its support for Bill C-402, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (public transportation workers), a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons introduced in February 2012, and reinstated on October 16, 2013; and WHEREAS Bill C-533, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protecting public transportation workers), is a Private Member’s Bill introduced into the Parliament of Canada on June 12, 2013 and also reinstated on October 16, 2013; and WHEREAS this legislation is also designed to stiffen Criminal Code penalties for anyone convicted of assaulting transit operators and, therefore, act as a deterrent to such attacks; and WHEREAS all members of the public transit industry – unions and management alike – recognize the need to protect tra

That the following by-laws be enacted and passed: 2013-343 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal by-law No. 2002-531 and to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Tobermory Crescent). 2013-344 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose Local Improvement Special Charges for the Winding Way Watermain. 2013-345 A by-law of the City of Ottawa To impose Local Improvement Special Charges for the Manotick Sanitary Sewer (Core Area). 2013-346 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose special annual drainage rates upon lands in respect of which money is borrowed under the Tile Drainage Act. R.S.O 1990, c.T.8. 2013-347 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Woodroffe Avenue, Old Almonte Road, Ravenhill Avenue, Sixth Line Road, Nixon Drive and Shillington Avenue). 2013-348 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Greenfield Avenue, Somerset Street, Bronson Avenue, Beechwood Avenue, Galetta Side Road, Dunrobin Road, Baseline Road and Roger Stevens Drive). 2013-349 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2012-456 respecting a water and sewer account fee for change in ownership or occupancy. 2013-350 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. 2013-351 A by-law of

THAT By-law 2013-362 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.