City Council

BE IT RESOLVED t hat the Mayor’s remarks [1] given at the City Council meeting on January 26, 2022, be appended to the Minutes of today’s Council meeting.

That the Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 33; Planning Committee Report 54A; and the reports from the City Clerk entitled “Status Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the period ending January 21, 2022”, and “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of December 8, 2021” be received and considered.

That Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 33; Planning Committee Report 54A; and the reports from the City Clerk entitled “Status Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the period ending January 21, 2022” and “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of December 8, 2021” be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS Conservation Authorities are legislated under the Conservation Authorities Act, and each has its own Board of Directors comprised of members appointed by local municipalities; and WHEREAS in accordance with the C onservation Authorities Act , the City of Ottawa may appoint four (4) Members to South Nation Conservation Board of Directors, which may be Members of Council or City of Ottawa residents appointed by Council; and WHEREAS Ottawa’s current representatives are Councillors George Darouze (Chair of the Board) and Catherine Kitts, and Council-appointed public members Gerrie Kautz and Michael Brown; and WHEREAS one of the City-appointed public members of the South Nation Conservation board, Michael Brown. has advised the City that he will be resigning from the board on January 3, 2022; and WHEREAS in light of a number of new regulations for Conservation Authorities, and the fact that there are no public members on the reserve list, the Chair of South Nation Conservation is recommending that a Member of Council be appointed to fill the seat for the remainder of the Term of Council; and WHERAS Councillor Allan Hubley has expressed a willingness to serve on the Board. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council appoint Councillor Allan Hubley as the City of Ottawa’s fourth representative on South Nation Conservation, until the end of the 2018-2022 Term of Council.

That the Rules of Procedure be Suspended to consider the following motion in order that the new Tenant Member the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation may be appointed without delay. : WHEREAS Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCHC) is committed to engage OCHC tenants in decision-making through tenant engagement as well as membership on OCHC’s Board of Directors; and WHEREAS OCHC’s recent tenant director recruitment process has identified a strong candidate for membership on the Board of Directors; and WHEREAS Ottawa City Council, as the sole Shareholder of OCHC, has the authority to appoint members to the OCHC Board of Directors; and WHEREREAS at is meeting of January 20, 2022, the OCHC Board of Directors approved a recommendation to request the Shareholder appoint OCHC tenant Stephen Sauppe to OCHC’s Board of Directors; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Stephen Sauppe be appointed to the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation Board of Directors as a Tenant Member for a term effective immediately and expiring at the 2023 OCHC Annual General Meeting; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign a written resolution on behalf of the City of Ottawa as Shareholder of OCHC setting out the resolutions approved by City Council.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion, in order that the property owner may address these issues as soon as possible, WHEREAS the building on the parcel of land known as 301 Savard Avenue is considered to be in a state of disrepair; and WHEREAS the property owner is in receipt of funding from Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated for the costs associated with demolition, including the demolition permit, coordination of a Designated Substances Survey, and retention of a demolition contractor; and WHEREAS the funding agreement between the property owner and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated requires the building to be demolished by March 31, 2022; and WHEREAS there is currently no building permit application for a replacement building. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve demolition control for the existing building on the property subject to the following conditions; 1. The registered owner shall obtain a demolition permit prior to the building being demolished. 2. This approval is considered null and void if a demolition permit is not obtained within three months of Council’s approval.

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 January 26, 2022.