City Council

That Ottawa Board of Health Report 9; the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor entitled, “ S tatus Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 23 August 2013”; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 25; Environment Committee Report 24; and Planning Committee Report 53A be received and considered ; and That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 35; and Planning Committee Report 54, because of the urgency of the items contained in the reports ( specific reasons set out below ); (Waiver of the Rules is being requested for Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 35 (Item 7 of the Agenda), as Council, on July 17, 2013, approved Motion No. 58/4, which stated this item would rise to Council on August 28, 2013). ( Waiver of the Rules is being requested for all of the items of Planning Committee Report 54, due to timelines, as the next regular Council meeting is not scheduled until September 11, 2013.)

WHEREAS it is clear that members of Council are united in wanting to ensure that the Rideau Carleton Raceway (RCR) is sufficiently funded to continue operation in the City of Ottawa ; and WHEREAS the representative from RCR who spoke at the FEDCO meeting of August 26 th clearly indicated that they could continue operations through a combination of funding that the province will provide as replacement to the cut of slots revenues (which was cancelled in the spring) and rental income from the lease of the slots facility; and WHEREAS the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Panel has been studying funding for racetracks in Ontario and will be tabling their findings in about a month, providing an indication of funding that RC would receive once their plan is implemented; and WHEREAS the lease between RCR and Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) that sets the rent to be paid to RCR for the slots facility has, as stated by RCR at the FEDCO meeting, been negotiated and is set to be signed within a few days, providing information on the amount to be received in addition to transitional funding (2014) and the amount to be set by the Province through the report of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Panel in future years; and WHEREAS having this information will provide Council with knowledge about the funding needed to keep RCR operating in the future; and WHEREAS concern has been expressed about having any business given preferential treatment as to the location of a casino operation; and WHEREAS

That Ottawa Board of Health Report 9 ; the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor entitled, “ S tatus Update - Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 23 August 2013”; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 25; Environment Committee Report 24; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 35; and Planning Committee Reports 53A and 54 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report has approved the payment in lieu of providing of two parking spaces at 450 Churchill Avenue, for a townhouse development; and WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report calls for the applicant to pay a total of $5,200 for those two spaces; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that upon the owner agreeing in writing to make a contribution of $5,198 to the City of Ottawa’s Museums & Heritage Programs Unit for the Champlain Park Bur Oak Exhibit Installation, the fee for cash in lieu of parking shall be reduced to $1 per space for a total of $2.

WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report has approved the payment in lieu of providing nineteen parking spaces at 99 Parkdale Avenue, for a high-rise apartment building; and WHEREAS the Staff Delegated Authority report calls for the applicant to pay a total of $49,400 for those nineteen spaces; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that upon the owner agreeing in writing to make a contribution of $26,552 to the City of Ottawa’s Museums & Heritage Programs Unit for the Champlain Park Bur Oak Exhibit Installation and a contribution of $22,829 to the City of Ottawa toward installing planters and other streetscape improvement on Parkdale Avenue, and the fee for cash in lieu of parking shall be reduced to $1 per space for a total of $19.

THAT By-law 2013-279 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.