City Council

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 41; Environment Committee Report 29; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 43; Planning Committee Reports 67A and 69; and Transportation Committee Report 37 be received and considered.

WHEREAS Report ACS2014-PAI-PGM-0074 recommends revisions to By-law 2012-147, as amended, per the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) interim Order directing staff to reconsider some of the regulations contained within the appealed by-law, and bring forward a revised By-law to the OMB for its consideration and approval following the conclusion of a Hearing; AND WHEREAS the draft revisions to By-law 2012-147 are intended to ensure that appropriate consideration is given to the established streetscape character along a street, within the mature neighbourhoods to which the by-law applies, by requiring the documentation of four land use attributes that affect the look along a street, identified on surrounding lots along both sides of the same street as a lot that is subject to a development application approval or building permit approval; AND WHEREAS through further discussions with appellants and stakeholders pursuant to direction from Planning Committee on March 25 th , 2014, it has been deemed advisable to make certain technical changes to the zoning provisions to ensure clarity of these while ensuring the intent of the revised By-law 2012-147 of protecting the established character of streets within the mature neighbourhoods is maintained in the revised by-law; AND WHEREAS Planning Committee directed that clarification be given to the By-law such that the regulations only affect residential use buildings of four storeys or less, but that the wording in the Action Summary of March 2

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 41; Environment Committee Report 29; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 43; Planning Committee Reports 67A and 69; and Transportation Committee Report 37 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS Canadian demographics indicate that seniors are one of the fastest growing population groups in our communities with nationwide projections that by 2036, their numbers will represent 24.5% or 9.8 million citizens; and WHEREAS according to the 2006 census from Statistics Canada, over 100,000 seniors (aged 65 and over) reside in the City of Ottawa and it is expected that by the year 2031, the number will grow to approximately 250,000 seniors, making up 22% of the total Ottawa population; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has benefited from the many tireless hours of volunteer work and leadership generously donated by local senior citizens; and WHEREAS senior citizens have helped to build our communities through active living, shared knowledge, and a diversity of experiences; and WHEREAS the month of June is recognized by the Province of Ontario as Seniors’ Month; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa City Council declare June 2014, to be Seniors’ Month in the City of Ottawa.

WHEREAS the Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) requires a Council-approved motion by May 16, 2014 for Ottawa Tourism to bid on the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 Annual General Meetings (AGM), Conferences and Tradeshows, and Council is not scheduled to meet until May 28 2014. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council waive the Rules of Procedure to consider the following motion: WHEREAS the City’s economic development strategy focuses on hosting more conferences and events; and WHEREAS the Ottawa’s 2017 sesquicentennial anniversary celebrations aligns with attracting more conferences and visitors; and WHEREAS the City seeks to host the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 AMO annual general meetings, conferences and tradeshows; and WHEREAS AMO requires that its member municipalities pass a council resolution for each bid submitted to host AMO’s AGMs, conferences, and tradeshows; and WHEREAS the City will leverage Ottawa Tourism’s expertise and give the organization the authority to manage the full bid submission and responsibilities for the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 AMO AGMs, conferences, and tradeshows; and WHEREAS hosting these events will not require any funding from the City but the City will contribute in-kind services to the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 AMO conferences, namely a civic greeting and picture of Council for the delegates program, a civic greeting by the Mayor at the Welcome Reception, a civic greeting at the Incoming Host Reception, and the Economic Development and I

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, due to requirements and timelines established by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities: WHEREAS the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) represents the interests of municipalities on policy and program matters that fall within federal jurisdiction; and WHEREAS the FCM Annual Conference is being held from May 30 to June 2, 2014 during which time the Annual General Meeting will be held and will include the election of the FCM Board of Directors; and WHEREAS the FCM requires a motion confirming the City’s representative; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council endorse Councillor Tim Tierney as the City of Ottawa’s representative to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider this motion at today’s meeting, so that the composition of the Transit Commission can be amended in advance of its next meeting scheduled for May 21, 2014. WHEREAS, in considering the Council Governance Review 2010-2014 report (ACS2010-CMR-CCB-0106) on December 8, 2010, City Council approved the creation of the Transit Commission with a composition of eight elected Councillors and four citizen representatives; and WHEREAS the four citizen representatives appointed to the Transit Commission were given a term to expire on November 30 th , 2014, with the current term of Council; and WHEREAS citizen representative Blair Crew tendered his resignation from the Transit Commission on April 22, 2014; and WHEREAS at the start of its new term, City Council will be conducting regular re-examination of the Council and Committee structure as part of the Governance Review Report, including a review of the current Transit Commission model and composition; and WHEREAS there is no list of reserve Commissioners to call upon for replacement purposes in this circumstance; and WHEREAS due to the time of year and the time required to advertise, recruit, interview and appoint a successor to the Commission; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council receive the resignation of Mr. Crew and approve the revised composition of the Transit Commission to be eight elected Councillors and three citizen representatives for the remainder of this term.

THAT By-law 2014-192 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.