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City Council
October 8, 2014
What was decided (10 motions)
8 carried, 2 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor, entitled “ S tatus Update – Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 3 October 2014”; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 45, Planning Committee Reports 77 and 78, and Transportation Committee Report 40 be received and considered; and, That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 47 (Subsection 29.(3)), because of the urgency of the items contained in the reports ( specific reason set out below ); (Waiver of the Rules is being requested for Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 47 (Items 4, 5 and 6 of the Agenda) due to timelines, as the next regular Council meeting is not scheduled until November 26, 2014).
Moved by Councillor S. Desroches, seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
Carried
WHEREAS at the Planning Committee meeting of August 21, 2014 Committee approved the report’s recommendations but directed staff to meet with a property owner whose property abuts the land in question to discuss outstanding concerns; AND WHEREAS staff have met with the applicant and the property owner and have come to an agreement on some of the concerns but still have outstanding matters to address; AND WHEREAS there are time sensitive commercial interests that would benefit from moving forward with the rezoning of lands not under dispute; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT that Council approve the zoning as set out in Deputy City Manager's report, Planning and Infrastructure, dated 22 July 2014 (ACS2014-PAI-PGM-0179) for areas A, D, and C; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Official Plan amendment and amendment to the Kanata Concept Plan as well as the proposed zoning for Areas B and E be
Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
Deferred
That the item Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment – 3001 Palladium Drive, 405 and 425 Huntmar Drive be
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry, seconded by Councillor S. Qadri
Deferred
WHEREAS, subsequent to consideration by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, an error was discovered in the report entitled “Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendments – 3552, 2680, 3806, 3818 Park of 3882 Barnsdale Road, Part of 3872, 3971, 3976 Greenbank Road and 3984, 3910, 3072 Prince of Wales Drive”, specifically, in the English title, the English recommendation and in Document 1 to the report, the address stated as 3984 Prince of Wales Drive was incorrect; and, WHEREAS the correct address is 3894 Prince of Wales Drive; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the English title, the English recommendation and Document 1 to the report, be corrected by changing 3984 Prince of Wales Drive to 3894 Prince of Wales Drive.
Moved by Councillor D. Thompson, seconded by Councillor S. Blais
Carried
WHEREAS Report ACS2014-PAI-PGM-0216 recommends approval of a development containing an outdoor commercial patio located above the first storey on part of the building; and WHEREAS Planning Committee
Moved by Councillor J. Harder, seconded by Councillor K. Hobbs
Carried
WHEREAS there is a technical correction required to fix the labeling of reference material and a grammatical error in the proposed Official Plan Amendment; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1. Document 5, Proposed Official Plan Amendment, be amended as follows: i. by replacing the text, in 1.11.7.1 – Districts, “Council will require that development within each of the districts provide for achieving the following overall development concept as reflected on Annex 1 to the Secondary Plan.” with the text, “Council will require that development within each of the districts achieve the following overall development concept as reflected on Annex 1 to the Secondary Plan.” ii. by replacing the text, in 1.11.7.3, “Annex A” with the text, “Annex 1” iii. by replacing the text, in 1.11.9, “Schedule B” with the text, “Map 5”. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT pursuant to the Planning Act , subsection 34(17) no further notice be given.
Moved by Councillor J. Harder, seconded by Councillor D. Holmes
Carried
That the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor, entitled “ S tatus Update – Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 3 October 2014”; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 45, Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 47, Planning Committee Reports 77 and 78, and Transportation Committee Report 40 be received and adopted as amended.
Moved by Councillor S. Desroches, seconded by Councillor M. Fleury
Carried
WHEREAS the City of Ottawa prides itself on the large number of parks and public greenspace within its jurisdiction; AND WHEREAS the Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge landscaping is complete and the north-eastern and bridge construction staging area is directly adjacent to Claudette Cain Park; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Staff investigate the amount of those lands not required for public road use and allocate any excess for purposes of parkland dedication in respect of the Claudette Cain Park
Moved by Councillor S. Desroches, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
That the Rules of Procedure be waived to receive and consider this motion at today’s meeting due to timelines, as there is not another Council meeting scheduled prior to the Planning Committee meeting of November 25, 2014. WHEREAS Planning and Growth Management Staff has advised there may be urgent rural zoning by-law amendment reports, that require Committee and Council approval before the end of November, 2014 and, in accordance with the Committees’ Terms of Reference, these reports would be brought before Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee for consideration and recommendation to Council; and WHEREAS Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee does not have a meeting scheduled prior to the Council meeting of November 26, 2014 and Planning Committee is scheduled to meet on November 25, 2014; and WHEREAS the Chairs of both the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and the Planning Committee have agreed that these urgent rural zoning by-law amendment reports can be considered by Planning Committee for recommendation to Council; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve an exception to the Planning Committee Terms of Reference for the November 25th, 2014 Planning Committee meeting to permit Planning Committee to consider any urgent rural zoning by-law amendment reports for recommendation to Council on November 26, 2014.
Moved by Councillor P. Hume, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
That By-law 2014-401 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of 8 October 2014 be enacted and passed.
Moved by Councillor S. Desroches, seconded by Councillor M. Fleury