The Ottawa Record

City Council

April 13, 2022

What was decided (15 motions)

8 carried, 7 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 29; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 24; Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management Report 21A; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 36; Planning Committee Report 58; Transit Commission Report 17; Transportation Committee Report 27 and the report from the City Clerk entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of March 23, 2022” be received and considered.
Moved by Councillor C. Kitts, seconded by Councillor J. Leiper
Carried
WHEREAS The HPDS is a collection of voluntary and required metrics that define high performance of new building projects to advance sustainable and resilient design. WHEREAS The Site Plan Building Energy metric in the report excluded buildings under 2,000m 2 and the Site Plan Control bylaw applies to buildings 600m 2 and greater. WHEREAS Planning applications are ongoing and consideration should be made for pre-consultations made between Council Approval of the High Performance Development Standard and effective date WHEREAS Projects with ongoing applications are not subject to new requirements but, clarity is needed for resubmissions. WHEREAS Additional measures have been identified for review to be included in Tier 2 of the High Performance Development Standard. WHEREAS The new Official Plan may not be approved by the Province and in effect as of June 1, 2022. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT with respect to ACS2022-PIE-EDP-0005 the Planning Committee recommend Council approve the following: 1) Revise the report and supporting documentation, to make all complex site plan control applications subject to the Tier 1 energy requirements, which will lower the energy requirement size threshold: a. On page 7 of the report, second to last bullet point, by deleting the words “over 2,000 square metres gross floor area” immediately following the words “The HPDS Site Plan energy modeling reporting will be required for building” and substituting with “requiring a complex site plan control
Moved by Councillor S. Menard, seconded by Councillor L. Dudas
Referred
WHEREAS the High Performance Development Standard (HPDS) is a collection of voluntary and required metrics that define high performance of new building projects to advance sustainable and resilient design; and WHEREAS Electric Vehicle Charging requirements are anticipated to be included in the new Comprehensive Zoning by law by 2025; and WHEREAS The availability of level 2 electric vehicle charging, particularly in multi-unit residential properties, is one of the largest barriers to electric vehicle adoption; and WHEREAS The metering of electric vehicle charging is an important consideration of design but to minimize costs can be managed through solutions other than utility grade metering; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT with respect to ACS2022-PIE-EDP-0005 that Council approve that Document 3 - High Performance Development Standard Site Plan metrics be updated to revise the Electric Vehicle Charging requirements in Tier 1 and 2 as follows: a) on page 22 replace Tier 1 electric vehicle requirement with the following text: “Where parking is provided, projects are to evaluate EV charging readiness and indicate approach and number of EV ready spaces in conjunction with any requirements as referenced in zoning. (See tier 2 for recommendations)” b) On page 38 by replacing the Tier 2 residential requirement with the following: “Residential buildings All parking spaces for use by residential occupancies including car-share spaces, (excluding visitor parking spaces), shall have an ener
Moved by Councillor L. Dudas, seconded by Councillor S. Menard
Referred
WHEREAS on March 31, 2022, the Community and Protective Services Committee (CPSC) considered and approved the report from the Community and Social Services Department entitled, Respite Services Sustainability Plan; and WHEREAS CPSC approved a motion from Councillor Fleury regarding additional recommendations related to this item, as well as two directions to staff, as set out in the extract of draft minutes that accompanied the report to Council; and WHEREAS when CPSC Report 24 was issued to Council with the Draft Agenda on Friday, April 8 th , 2022, the additional recommendations arising from the motion approved by CPSC were inadvertently omitted from the Committee Recommendations as Amended on the report’s cover page; and WHEREAS a revised report reflecting the complete Committee Recommendations as Amended was provided to Members and posted with the Final Agenda on Tuesday, April 12 th ; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council receive and consider the revised report and Committee recommendations as set out in the Final Agenda.
Moved by Councillor M. Luloff, seconded by Councillor E. El-Chantiry
Carried
WHEREAS the Transit Commission has
Moved by Councillor A. Hubley, seconded by Councillor J. Cloutier
Referred
That a Special meeting of the Transit Commission be called in advance of the June Finance and Economic Development Committee meeting to receive the staff report and recommendations regarding the Transit Long Range Financial Plan and the outline and cost estimates for an extensive review of various transit fare models and their benefits/costs.
Moved by Councillor R. Brockington, seconded by Councillor R. King
Lost
WHEREAS on July 24, 2002, City Council approved, as amended, the Commemorative Naming Policy; and WHEREAS in keeping with its powers set out in the Municipal Act, 2001, Council may assign a commemorative name by resolution, notwithstanding the provisions included in the Commemorative Naming Policy; and WHEREAS former Stittsville resident Constantine Luty has a long historical significance to the community and in Canadian history ; and WHEREAS in the 1940s, Constantine set out to become a fur trader, where he ran a trading post in the northern part of the Hudson Bay ; and WHEREAS this led him to working and living closely with the local Inuit, grading furs and supplying food, a long-standing tradition in Canadian history ; and WHEREAS later in life, Constantine would travel within Canada gathering stories and photos, contributing to the book “Poplarfield & District Millennium Album”, that is included within the National Archives of Canada ; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Paseana Park, located at 852 Paseana Place be named the “Constantine Luty Park”; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an appropriate stand and plaque be installed displaying the name and including a brief history of Constantine Luty’s contributions.
Moved by Councillor G. Gower, seconded by Councillor C. Curry
Carried
C. McKenney WHEREAS the Mackenzie King Bridge Capital Project (the “Project”) is overdue for rehabilitation because of its structural deterioration; and WHEREAS the rehabilitation for this Project is being coordinated with a redesign of the surface to improve active transportation infrastructure; and WHEREAS operational staff proceeded with the tendering of the Project with planned construction to start this year; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that staff submit an information report to the next meeting of the Transportation Committee, and the subsequent Council meeting, on this capital project.
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury
Lost
C McKenney WHEREAS in June 2019, Transportation Services initiated the Cycling Safety Review of High-Volume Intersections—which identifying high-volume intersections with heavy traffic and bicycling interactions along existing bicycling routes in Ottawa; and WHEREAS a total of 74 intersections were identified as part of the preliminary screening exercise based on a combination of high cycling volumes, high volumes of turning motor vehicle traffic, and high posted speed limits; and a total of four or more cycling collisions during the most recent five-year collision data (2014-2018); some locations with three collisions were added to the list if a trend was identified; and WHEREAS of those 74 intersections, 30 locations were screened in for further review; and WHEREAS in September 2020, city staff issued a report titled Cycling Safety Review of High-Volume Intersections in ultimate long-term conceptual designs, which provide separated bicycling facilities and/or protected intersections for 29 of the 30 locations were developed and presented: and WHEREAS the designs for these 29 intersections have not been implemented; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is committed to increasing the bicycling modal share in order to meet transportation targets and environmental targets; and WHEREAS the biggest factor in determining modal share is the existence of safe infrastructure; and WHEREAS the funding necessary to make these intersection improvements was estimated at $32M; and WHEREAS safety
Moved by Councillor S. Menard
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, in order to address the current vacancy on the Ottawa Public Library Board in a timely manner: WHEREAS on March 8, 2022, Councillor Meehan advised that she had stepped down from her seat on the Ottawa Public Library Board (“Board”); and WHEREAS Section 12 of the Public Libraries Act provides that “Where a vacancy arises in the membership of a board, the appointing council shall promptly appoint a person to fill the vacancy and to hold office for the unexpired term, except where the unexpired term is less than forty-five days”; and WHEREAS the City Clerk undertook a circulation to seek expressions of interest from Members of Council interested in seeking appointment to the vacant Councillor seat on the Board, and received one expression of interest, from Councillor Catherine Kitts; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council approve the appointment of Councillor Catherine Kitts to the Ottawa Public Library Board.
Moved by Councillor M. Luloff, seconded by Councillor R. King
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion WHEREAS on March 23, 2022, City Council approved Motion 73/11 providing that the City of Ottawa would offer to the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and Université Saint-Paul the option to accept, at no charge, QR-coded passes valid for May 2022 travel on OC Transpo, to be distributed to eligible students who held a U-Pass for the January-April 2022 term, to be funded from the Transit Operating Reserve and that the City seek to recover the foregone revenue from other levels of government in the request for compensation from the occupation; and WHEREAS, although Algonquin College was not included in the original motion, the Algonquin Students’ Association has since sought to be included in this initiative, as Algonquin Students also live in the occupation-impacted areas; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa provide the same offer to Algonquin College to accept, at no charge, QR-coded passes valid for May 2022 travel on OC Transpo, to be distributed to eligible students who held a U-Pass for the January-April 2022 term, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the estimated additional cost of up to $325,000 be funded from the Transit Operating Reserve and that the City seek to recover the foregone revenue from other levels of government in the request for compensation from the occupation.
Moved by Councillor M. Fleury, seconded by Councillor T. Kavanagh
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion WHEREAS Council at its meeting of March 23, 2022, directed staff to offer a no-charge transit pass for May 2022 to students at the University of Ottawa, Université Saint-Paul, and Carleton University who are U-Pass holders for the January-April 2022 term, at an estimated cost of up to $730,000, and WHEREAS some students who are U-Pass holders would not be able to make use of a May 2022 pass because they will not be in Ottawa or will already have purchased a U-Pass for the May-August 2022 term, and WHEREAS Council wishes to offer some compensation to these students for the disruptions in transit service during the demonstrations in downtown, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff, in cooperation with the three universities, offer to students the choice of either a no-charge transit pass for May 2022 or a refund of $13.25, being the maximum amount authorized by Council on March 23 divided across the approximately 44,100 U-Passes that were issued to students of the three universities for the January-April 2022 term, less the $3.30 estimated unit cost for the City to issue and mail refund cheques, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the maximum amount to be disbursed under this motion, either as a no-charge transit pass for May 2022 or a refund, remain at $730,000, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer ensure that the identification of students eligible for refunds and the issuance of refunds meet all
Moved by Councillor S. Menard, seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
Lost
BE IT RESOLVED that the Kavanagh/Menard Motion be
Moved by Councillor J. Leiper, seconded by Mayor J. Watson
Referred
That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed.
Moved by Councillor C. Kitts, seconded by Councillor J. Leiper
Carried
That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of April 13, 2022.
Moved by Councillor C. Kitts, seconded by Councillor J. Leiper
Carried

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