City Council

That Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 27A; Planning Committee Report 46; Transportation Committee Report 20A and the reports from the City Clerk entitled, “Results of Circulation for Expressions of Interest – Planning Committee and Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation” and “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of July 7, 2021” be received and considered.

C. McKenney WHEREAS the City of Ottawa continues to adapt to the impacts of a global pandemic that has resulted in a significant strain on the capacity of Ottawa Public Health and other public services; and WHEREAS the public has expressed a clear desire to see changes in the way policing is conducted; and WHEREAS the City of Toronto has recently invested in a non-police crisis response team pilot project; and WHEREAS Ottawa Public Health is well positioned to review, investigate, and pursue this in Ottawa should it have the resources to do so; and WHEREAS studies have shown that increased investments in public health provide a broad return on investment, including savings to healthcare, social and justice systems (ex. Every dollar invested in mental health and addictions saves $30 in

BE IT RESOLVED that the Menard-McKenney Motion regarding the Police Services budget be

WHEREAS the Planning Committee is responsible for overseeing all development and planning matters within the urban boundary in accordance with the City’s Official Plan document, including zoning designations, community planning, site design requirements and affordable housing; and WHEREAS in recognition of the traditionally heavy workload associated with this mandate, the Planning Committee meets twice monthly; and WHEREAS, as approved by Council as part of the 2014-2018 Mid-term Governance Review, the Planning Committee Chair receives funding for additional administrative support over and above that received by other Committee Chairs (i.e. being one FTE), to assist with additional work associated with this role; and WHEREAS, in addition to their role established under the Procedure By-law to preside over the twice monthly meetings as well as special meetings and joint meetings, the Chair of Planning Committee currently has a role advising staff on policy development through a dedicated seat on the Council Sponsors Groups for the Official Plan Review, and the Community Benefits Charge By-law and the Transportation Master Plan; and WHEREAS in addition to presiding over meetings in the absence of the Chair, the Planning Committee Vice-Chair sits on the Council Sponsors Group for the New Zoning By-law project; and WHEREAS it is anticipated that the Planning Committee will continue to have an extraordinarily high workload for the remainder of the Term of Council resulting from th

WHEREAS the City Clerk has undertaken a circulation to seek expressions of interest from Members of Council interested in seeking appointment as the Chair of the Planning Committee; and WHEREAS the Clerk’s Office has received three expressions of interest for Chair of Planning Committee, from Councillors Gower, Leiper and Moffatt; and WHEREAS Council has approved the establishment of co-chairs of Planning Committee for the remainder of the 2018-2022 Term of Council; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the appointment of two (2) of the following Members of Council as Co-Chairs of the Planning Committee: 1. Councillor Glen Gower 2. Councillor Jeff Leiper 3. Councillor Scott Moffatt Councillors Glen Gower and Scott Moffatt were appointed as Co-Chairs of the Planning Committee, on the following division of votes: Councillor Gower (14): Councillors T. Tierney, E. El-Chantiry, M. Luloff, G. Gower, L. Dudas, J. Cloutier, G. Darouze, J. Sudds, S. Moffatt, K. Egli, C. Kitts, A. Hubley, J. Harder, Mayor J. Watson Councillor Moffatt (14): Councillors T. Tierney, E. El-Chatiry, M. Luloff, G. Gower, L. Dudas, J. Cloutier, G. Darouze, J. Sudds, S. Moffatt, R. Chiarelli, C. Kitts, A. Hubley, J. Harder, Mayor J. Watson Councillor Leiper (9): Councillors S. Menard, R. King, C. McKenney, R. Brockington, D, Deans, J. Leiper, C.A. Meehan, M. Fleury, T. Kavanagh Recommendation C Councillor Brockington was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors, Ottawa Community Lands Developmen

That Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 27A ; Planning Committee Report 46; Transportation Committee Report 20A and the reports from the City Clerk entitled “ Results of Circulation for Expressions of Interest – Planning Committee and Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation” and “ Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of July 7, 2021 ” ; be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the future Montreal LRT Station is next to a city-owned parcel of land at municipal address 2275 Montreal Road, which is located at the north-east corner of the onramp off of St. Joseph Boulevard onto Regional Road 174; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Staff and Corporate Real Estate Office staff to investigate the potential for a Transit Oriented Development, including opportunities for affordable housing, mixed-use, or employment at that location, and report back on their findings by Q1 2023, taking into account the need for a bus loop on the site.

C. McKenney WHEREAS the opioid crisis is one of the largest public health emergencies of our lifetime, with a death on average about every two hours and a death toll of 21,174 in the last five years (in Canada, January 2016 to December 2020); and, WHEREAS other countries have significantly reduced drug-related fatalities with drug policy reforms such as legal regulation of controlled substances to ensure safe supply, the decriminalization of people who use controlled substances for personal use, along with additional harm reduction strategies; and, WHEREAS the federal government has indicated it is premature to discuss these measures until there are comprehensive supports for people to get well; and, WHEREAS supports are needed, but measures that save lives are essential if people are to survive and access supports and that ensuring real, adequate, and sustained engagement with people who use drugs as a legitimate stakeholder population is essential to effective drug policy reform; and, WHEREAS the Ontario’s Big City Mayors have called on the federal government to decriminalize controlled substances and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has stated that they agree the evidence suggests “decriminalization for simple possession as an effective way to reduce the public health and public safety harms associated with substance use”, causing the government to indicate that it is now “deliberating” over decriminalization; and, WHEREAS the overdose crisis rages, showing few

WHEREAS the Rockcliffe Park Residents’ Association on behalf of the Village of Rockcliffe Park has filed an application for the commemoration of Rockcliffe Park as a Historic District of National Significance with the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (the “Board”); and WHEREAS an endorsement from the municipality is required as part of this application ; and WHEREAS The Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District comprises the entire former village of Rockcliffe Park and was designated under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1997 for its rare and significant approach to estate layout and landscape design; and WHEREAS one of the objectives of the Rockcliffe Park Heritage Conservation District Plan is to conserve and enhance Rockcliffe Park’s unique character as a planned and designed 19th century community characterized by its narrow curving roads, without curbs or sidewalks, large lots and gardens and buildings set within a visually continuous green landscape; and WHEREAS Historic districts constitute appropriate subjects for commemoration by the Board and are classified as geographically defined areas which create a special sense of time and place through buildings, structures and open spaces modified by human use and which are united by past events and use and/or aesthetically, by architecture and plan; and WHEREAS such commemoration does not provide additional regulatory authority on the part of the municipality or that of the federal government in respe

WHEREAS the new OP is expected to guide growth in the City of Ottawa for the next 25 years; and WHEREAS robust modelling is needed for residents and stakeholders to understand the likely changes and impacts of proposed Official Plan (OP) policies as it relates to meeting growth management goals; and WHEREAS the city has not yet shared this modelling, many communities and residents are inferring or guessing as to whether the OP is likely to reach our intensification objectives; and WHEREAS without this modelling residents have limited ability to gauge whether the new OP policies will permit or enable zoning that can be absorbed in neighbourhoods; and WHEREAS the draft new OP included a minimum density requirement of 80 DUs/NHa, and PIED has indicated that they have “done the math”, with respect to the removal of this policy from the new OP and that it is still possible to meet our growth targets; and WHEREAS the draft new OP also included language that would allow upzoning within neighbourhood residential streets up to 4 storeys to meet growth management objectives, and it is critical to understand the likely development potential in new dwelling units for OP policies; and WHEREAS once policy language in the OP is adopted, the City is usually wedded to applications that meet the OP language, regardless of the zoning, so that built form under the OP becomes essentially “as of right”, which is why rationale, supported by modelling, that demonstrates likely outcomes is so critica

WHEREAS big cities who consider expanding their urban boundaries also ensure the costs for such expansions are estimated and noted publicly prior to a decision on expansion; and WHEREAS Ottawa is a big city in Canada; and WHEREAS at the July 6, 2021 meeting of FEDCO, the Report on Budget Directions indicated that the City of Ottawa should “achieve fiscal discipline...” and “....help Council mitigate tax increases to an acceptable level ”; and WHEREAS The staff report on the New Official Plan Growth Management Strategy presented to Council on May 27, 2020 recommended the inclusion of between 1,350-1,650 gross hectares of new urban residential and employment land; and WHEREAS the report did not include any estimates on the cost to taxpayers to build and maintain new infrastructure to support development on greenfield parcels over the long-term, as compared to augmenting existing infrastructure in the built-up area; and WHEREAS recent analysis on growth patterns in cities across the country show that a centrally focused development pattern is more financially efficient than large expansion scenarios, resulting in a net increase of city revenues of 8% and a decrease in tax pressures on residents; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa provide a public estimate of the costs for urban boundary expansion in respect to new infrastructure creation, operation and maintenance over the time horizon of the new Official Plan, and that this information be presented to the joint Co

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion so that the work may proceed without delay, and the next scheduled Council meeting is not until September 8, 2021. WHEREAS the City is undertaking an integrated road reconstruction project in the Westboro community in Ward 15; which includes the reconstruction of Byron Avenue beginning in 2021; and WHEREAS the project limits for the Byron Avenue, Highcroft Avenue and Athlone Avenue Integrated Reconstruction includes private driveway approaches at 458 Byron Avenue, 454 Byron Avenue, and 310 Byron Avenue; and WHEREAS these driveway widths are not in full conformance with the City’s front yard parking restrictions and the City Private Approach By-Law; and, WHEREAS, for existing properties, front yard parking restrictions and private approach by-law are normally enforced only on a complaint-driven basis; and WHEREAS there have been no complaints with respect to non-compliant driveways (private approaches) or front-yard parking in this area; and WHEREAS the area residents support providing relief for residents with existing driveways (private approaches) while acknowledging that any future driveways (private approaches) and front-yard parking must be in accordance with City by- laws; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that, in respect of the rehabilitation of Byron Avenue and its scope, the private approaches identified be reinstated as they were immediately prior to the reconstruction of this str

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 July 21, 2021.