Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

WHEREAS Report ACS2017-PIE-PS-0131 recommends approval of a Zoning By-law Amendment to permit an Instructional facility limited to training in welding; AND WHEREAS the applicant desires to expand the permitted use of the Instructional Facility to also include training in iron works; AND WHEREAS this application is to expand an existing permitted use to the other half of the property; AND WHEREAS this motion will result in an amendment to the existing exception which shall affect the whole of the property; BE IT RESOLVED that the staff report be amended as follows: by adding the text, “and iron works” after the word, “welding” in the first recommendation; by replacing Document 1 – Location Map with the attached location map; and, by replacing Document 2 – Details of Recommended Zoning with the following: Document 2 – Details of Recommended Zoning The proposed changes to the City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 7771 Snake Island Road: 1. The Zoning Map of By-law 2008-250, entitled the “City of Ottawa Zoning By-law” be amended by rezoning the lands shown as Area A on Document 1 from RC1 to RC1 [668r]; and, 2. Amend Column III of Exception 668r of Section 240 – Rural Exceptions by adding the text, “and iron works” after the word, “welding”. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to section 34(17) of the Planning Act.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the report and recommendation be amended to replace “Mr. Adam O’Connor, P. Eng of McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd” with “Mr. Andy Robinson, P. Eng of Robinson Consultants Inc.”, as the engineer of record.

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) approve the addition of this Item for consideration by the Committee at the November 23, 2017 ARAC Meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-Law, as the By-law in question (Temporary All-Terrain Vehicles and Other Vehicles) is going to expire prior to the next ARAC Meeting. WHEREAS the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) approved a by-law on June 26, 2013 permitting the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) on City of Ottawa roads and road allowances in Osgoode Ward on a trial basis (By-law 2013-199); and WHEREAS on November 25, 2015, Council approved an extension to the trial period and modifications to the by-law; and WHEREAS the by-law will expire on November 23, 2017 and, to formalize the trial, staff must report back to ARAC with an evaluation of the pilot program; and WHEREAS the staff report will not be completed before the trial expires, yet staff and the Ward Councillor support the continuation of the program on a temporary basis; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the trial be extended until January 31, 2019, prior to which time, staff will provide an evaluation report to ARAC that will include a review of how other rural municipalities have approached ATV use.

That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) approve the addition of this Item for consideration by the Committee at the November 23, 2017 meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-Law, as the next ARAC meeting will not take place until February, 2018. WHEREAS the Manotick Arena is currently undergoing an expansion through a joint funding effort between the City of Ottawa, the Federal Government and the community through the Major Capital Partnership Program; and WHEREAS the community funding portion comes through a number of fundraising efforts including naming rights to various room within the expanded arena; and WHEREAS the Georgina Falls Trust Fund was established to manage a bequest to Rideau Township from a resident for the purposes of funding improvements to the Manotick Arena and Centennial Park, and the Trust should be considered community funds on that basis; and WHEREAS the City’s Commemorative Naming Policy, approved by Council on July 24, 2002, outlines the criteria and process for commemoratively naming municipal streets, parks and facilities (or parts thereof); and WHEREAS the results of the community’s engagement on this file has resulted in the selection of names for several rooms requested through sponsorship that do not fit within the Policy criteria; and WHEREAS the Commemorative Naming Policy provides an exception allowing Council to assign a commemorative name by resolution, in keeping with its powers set out in the Municipal Act,