City Council

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 15 ; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 16; Planning Committee Report 28 ; and Transportation Committee Report 10; be received and considered.

WHEREAS, at the request of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA), the Finance and Economic Development Committee (FEDC) is recommending Council establish a temporary working group to review governance matters related to the relationship between Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) and the City of Ottawa and bring forward recommendations for consideration as part of the Mid-Term Governance Review or, where applicable, 2022 Term of Council Governance Review; and WHEREAS, as directed by FEDC, the City Clerk has undertaken a circulation for expressions of interest from Members of Council to participate in the working group; and WHEREAS the remainder of the working group will be comprised of Senior Economic Development staff to be selected by the General Manager of Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development, a representative of Legal Services, a representative of the Office of the City Clerk, representatives of City Council appointed by Council, and board members of OCOBIA; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following Members of Council be appointed to participate in the City/ BIA Governance Working Group: Councillor Laura Dudas; Councillor Jenna Sudds; Councillor Eli El-Chantiry; Councillor Mathieu Fleury; Councillor Catherine McKenney; Councillor Jeff Leiper; and Councillor Jean Cloutier

WHEREAS an application for a new six-storey, mid-rise apartment dwelling to be integrated with portions of two existing heritage buildings was considered by Planning Committee on August 27, 2020; and WHEREAS the report ACS2020-PIE-PS-0083, Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment - 278 O’Connor Street, 280 O’Connor Street and 347 Gilmour Street, proposes an amendment to the permitted building height and performance standards; and WHEREAS the reduced minimum visitor parking space rate was omitted in Document 3 - Details of Recommended Zoning; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following provision be added to 2. b) in Document 3: - minimum visitor parking space rate: 0.09 per dwelling unit. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to the Planning Act, subsection 34(17) no further notice be given.

WHEREAS at the Transportation Committee meeting of September 2, 2020, received the interim status report entitled STO Transit Study for Gatineau’s West End: Integration with Ottawa; and WHEREAS Transportation Services Staff were requested to provide additional information, including with respect to transit operations and the impacts of the proposed corridor options on the City’s transit system; and WHEREAS the General Manager of Transportation Services issued a Memorandum dated September 8, 2020 providing additional details in this regard, supplementary to the information included in the staff report; and WHEREAS a correction is required to a statement in the Executive Summary where the Sparks Street tunnel portal was described as being near the site of the Victims of Communism Monument, while it will actually be further to the east and therefore reference to the Monument should be deleted; THEREFORE be it resolved that the September 8, 2020 Memorandum to Council from the General Manager of Transportation Services be appended as Document 6 to the staff report; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report be amended to remove the reference to the Sparks Street tunnel portal as being near the site of the Victims of Communism Monument.

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 15 ; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 16; Planning Committee Report 28 ; and Transportation Committee Report 10; be received and adopted as amended.

C. McKenney WHEREAS on March 9, 2020, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-8, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Conversion Therapy); and, WHEREAS conversion therapy is defined by Bill C-8 as: “… a practice, treatment or service designed to change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual or gender identity to cisgender, or to repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour. For greater certainty, this definition does not include a practice, treatment or service that relates (a) to a person’s gender transition; or (b) to a person’s exploration of their identity or to its development.”; and WHEREAS the Preamble to Bill C-8 cit es the harmful effects to persons subjected to conversion therapy, particularly children, as well as the broader harms it causes to society by promoting myths and stereotypes about sexual orientation and gender identity; and WHEREAS several associations for health professions, such as the Canadian Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Canadian Paediatric Society, have denounced conversion therapy as a practice due to its harmful effects; and WHEREAS some activities associated with conversion therapy may be criminal offences under the Criminal Code of Canada in certain circumstances, such as kidnapping, forcible confinement, assault, and fraud; and WHEREAS the regulation of conversion therapy is better sanctioned at the criminal level because of its pervasive harms to persons; and WHEREAS any m

BE IT RESOLVED that Council suspend the Rules of Procedure to permit the introduction of the following motion, in order to respond in a timely manner to support the local economy as a result of restrictions imposed to address the COVID-19 pandemic: WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve and is causing significant economic effects across the world and locally in Ottawa; and WHEREAS on March 17, 2020, an emergency related to the COVID-19 outbreak was declared in the whole of the Province of Ontario, pursuant to Section 7.0.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , as set out in Order in Council 518/2020; and WHEREAS as part of the emergency declaration, restaurants and retail stores have been significantly limited in their operations, which has resulted in substantial local economic impacts; and WHEREAS due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation and the anticipated capacity restrictions from the Province of Ontario and associated recommendations from Ottawa Public Health that physical distancing be practiced in order to decrease transmission, which will limit the capacities restaurants and their outdoor patios compared to previous years; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa requires permits, processing fees and fees based on the size of the right of way patio and number of seats for café, in accordance with the provisions of the Right of Way Patio By-law No. 2017-92, which includes ensuring a minimum two-metre pedestrian clearway, and compliance with the requirem

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion as Childhood Cancer Awareness month has commenced prior to this City Council meeting. WHEREAS on May 11, 2017 as a result of a controversial flag raising at Ottawa City Hall, a comprehensive review of the City’s Flag Protocol Procedures was conducted to establish objective guidelines by means of which flag raising requests are considered; and WHEREAS on October 9, 2017, a revised Flag Protocol Procedure was enacted to include the following criteria, namely that: an organization seeking to have its flag flown on the City’s property must have a mandate, program or activity that is directly connected to the municipality by way of a relevant funding or partnership agreement; or, it aligns with relevant days of awareness, celebration, importance, commemoration or promotion, as recognized by the Ontario Provincial Government and/or the Canadian Federal Government, or a Ministry or Department thereof; and WHEREAS the month of September is recognized as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by the Canadian Cancer Society; however, it does not meet the objective criteria in the revised Flag Protocol Procedures as it is not officially recognized by the Federal or Provincial Government, or a Ministry or Department thereof; and WHEREAS cancer is the leading cause of disease-related deaths for Canadian children, with 1,700 cases diagnosed annually and with some cancers being terminal upon diagnosis; THEREFORE BE IT RESOL

That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed; and That the following by-law be read and passed, in accordance with the Motion approved at today’s meeting: A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2020-223, entitled, “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 to temporarily allow a relaxation of regulations relating to outdoor commercial patios and pop-up retail stores.” to extend the duration of the temporary zoning to December 31, 2020

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of September 9 th , 2020.