City Council

That the motions and reports listed on the Final Council agenda for the Special City Council Meeting of March 25th, 2020 be received and considered .

WHEREAS on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization assessed COVID-19 as a global pandemic; and WHEREAS on March 17, 2020 the Province of Ontario declared a State of Emergency related to the presence of COVID-19 within the province; and WHEREAS, the City of Ottawa has been implementing measures to slow the spread of the virus, including the cancellation of all recreational and cultural programming and the closure of public service counters at City facilities, and encouraging residents to socially distance and self-isolate as required; and WHEREAS, small businesses are the backbone of our local economy and facing financial uncertainty in this evolving situation; and WHEREAS to ensure that the City could provide a grace period for tax payment and tax deferrals for financially impacted residents, including small businesses as soon as possible and without an undue administrative burden, the City Treasurer has established the criteria for eligibility for property tax deferral of the interim and final tax bill in 2020 as further described in Schedule “A”; in accordance with Council’s authority under section 342 of the Municipal Act, 2001 ; and WHEREAS to ens ure that the City could provide a grace period for water and corporate accounts receivable payments for financially impacted customers; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve a penalty free payment grace period to April 15, 2020 for all property owners for the interim tax bill in 2020; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that

WHEREAS in many instances the ability to convey title in new homes requires the lifting of part lot control; and WHEREAS in order to be able to register a part lot control by-law, the legal description, including the subdivision plan number must be contained within the by-law; and WHEREAS there may closings relating to a registered plan of subdivision that will not be able to proceed if a part lot control exemption by-law is not enacted; and WHEREAS the Municipal Act , sections 9, 10, 11 and 23.1 permit the City to delegate the power to enact certain by-laws; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approves the following: 1. Between March 25, 2020 and May 31, 2020, inclusive, Council delegates to the Director of Planning Services of the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department, the authority to enact by-laws for the exemption from Part Lot Control pursuant to the Planning Act , section 50 in respect of the land for which a part lot control exemption is sought. 2. Such authority shall be dependent upon the Director having received the concurrence of the Ward Councillor prior to enactment.

WHEREAS, in the Development Charges By-laws enacted in May, 2019, the indexing date was moved from August 1 to April 1 to avoid indexing during the summer months; and WHEREAS the indexing provision has been appealed to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal; and WHEREAS the rate for indexing only becomes known at the end of February; and WHEREAS staff have been reminded of a Council motion in 2002 that at least three months notice should be provided of the rate of increase pursuant to indexing; and WHEREAS moving to an indexing date of October 1 will avoid indexing during the summer months, allow for three months notice to be given and resolve the appeals of this provision to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal; an WHEREAS during these extraordinary circumstances, Building Code Services could not effectively manage a rush of permit applications if applicants wished to take advantage of the current rates; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1. Council endorse a resolution of the appeals to the indexing provision through the modification of the By-law 2019-156 to provide that the indexing date be October 1 rather than April 1. 2. Council approve that, pending an order of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal, that the indexation for 2018 and 2019 set to proceed on April 1, 2020 be

WHEREAS COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and the Ontario Government has declared a state of emergency to respond to this Public Health Crisis; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa acted decisively and swiftly to protect its residents with measures including closing a number of City facilities; and WHEREAS a number of City facilities closed contain third party businesses as tenants; and WHEREAS these businesses have been significantly impacted by these decisions that were taken to protect the overall health of our community; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct staff to provide rental adjustments for businesses affected by City of Ottawa facility closures to reflect the amount of time that these facilities are closed in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

WHEREAS Council approved on December 11 th , 2019 that an additional joint meeting of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee pursuant to the Planning Act, section 26 would take place in March 2020 to consider growth management policies, intensification, urban land needs and an overview of timelines and milestones; and WHEREAS this meeting was scheduled for March 30, 2020; and WHEREAS due to the release of the Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 and the current extraordinary circumstances it is necessary that this joint meeting be rescheduled; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the additional Joint Meeting of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning Committee take place at a time and date to be determined by the Chairs of these two Committees.

That the motions and reports listed on the Final Council agenda for the Special City Council Meeting of March 25th, 2020 be received and adopted as amended.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion: WHEREAS on March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic WHEREAS the Province of Ontario is now in a state of emergency and COVID-19 pandemic continues to force drastic social distancing measures WHEREAS Over the past two weeks we as a City, as a country and as a world have had to adjust our daily lives quickly to an ever-evolving environment as a result of COVID-19 and WHEREAS health care providers and other workers have continued to put themselves at risk to provide us a ccess to food, transportation and other essential services while most of our population are able to self isolate THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Mayor and City Council Members invite the entire city of Ottawa, to show our appreciation and gratitude to our healthcare workers and all the essential workers who are putting themselves at risk on the front lines to help us as we fight the COVID-19 so we may have access to health care, access to food, transportation and other essential services, to step outdoors from their place of social distancing and self isolation on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm commencing March 25 until April 8 with their voices, their hands, an instrument to express a raucous cheer in support.

That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed.

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of March 25, 2020.