City Council

That the report from Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. entitled “Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. – 2022 Annual Report”; the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 6; the Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 7; the Planning and Housing Committee Report 14; the Transportation Committee Report 7; and the report from the City Clerk entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of August 23, 2023” be received and considered.

WHEREAS Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. (Hydro Ottawa) is incorporated under the Ontario Business Corporations Act (OBCA), and pursuant to the OBCA is required to hold an annual meeting of its shareholders within fifteen (15) months from its last annual meeting, which in the case of Hydro Ottawa, occurred at City Council on June 22, 2022; and WHEREAS given the ongoing labour disruption at Hydro Ottawa, Hydro Ottawa is requesting Council consent to the deferral of the Annual General Meeting of Hydro Ottawa and consideration of the Annual report to the meeting of City Council scheduled for October 25, 2023; and WHEREAS the Shareholder Declaration for Hydro Ottawa requires that members of the Board of Directors for Hydro Ottawa be appointed by the City of Ottawa and there are currently four (4) members of the Board of Directors of Hydro Ottawa whose terms were extended at the June 28, 2023 City Council meeting to expire on a date to coincide with the Annual General Meeting for the year 2022; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council: As the sole shareholder of Hydro Ottawa, consents to the deferral of the Annual General Meeting of Hydro Ottawa for the year ended December 31, 2022, to the meeting of City Council scheduled for October 25, 2023; and Authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign a written resolution on behalf of the City of Ottawa as shareholder of Hydro Ottawa setting out the resolutions approved by City Council.

WHEREAS the Omnibus Planning Report, Document 1, Appendix A, currently references the West Downtown Core Plan in Item 43; WHEREAS the existing planning framework for Item 43 is more accurately described by the Wellington West Secondary Plan; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council amend the Omnibus Official Plan Report to replace the reference to the “West Downtown Core Plan” in Document 1, Item 43 with a reference to the “Wellington West Secondary Plan”.

WHEREAS Ottawa’s City Council declared a housing emergency in 2020; and, WHEREAS Ottawa is in the grip of a housing and homelessness emergency that is contributing to an opioid overdose crisis; and, WHEREAS staff are seeking Council’s direction for the preparation of the 2024 budget; and, WHEREAS revenue growth attributable to property assessment growth is 1.5%; and, WHEREAS Council has adopted Term of Council priorities that include addressing the housing and homelessness emergency; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT a portion of new revenues attributable to assessment growth be allocated in the draft budget to Council’s term of Council priorities emphasizing the need to address the housing and homelessness emergency and overdose/drug poisoning crisis. For (10) T. Kavanagh, R. King, J. Leiper, R. Brockington, S. Menard, S. Devine, J. Bradley, S. Plante, A. Troster, and M. Carr Against (14) M. Luloff, L. Dudas, G. Gower, T. Tierney, C. Kitts, G. Darouze, A. Hubley, C. Curry, D. Hill, C. Kelly, D. Brown, S. Desroches, W. Lo, and M. Sutcliffe

WHEREAS Report ACS2023-PRE-PS-0090 (the “Report”) recommends amending the City of Ottawa’s Zoning By-law to permit a low- to high-rise mixed-use development including 444 residential units at 729 Ridgewood Avenue; and WHEREAS the Location Map in Document 1 of the Report erroneously includes a subzone in the new zone; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council amend Planning and Housing Committee Report 14, Item 3: Zoning By-law Amendment – 729 Ridgewood Avenue by replacing Document 1 – Location Map with the document labelled Annex 1 and attached to this motion (held on file with the City Clerk); and THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be no further notice pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended.

WHEREAS the proposed establishment of a northbound reserved bus lane along Bank Street from Chesley Street to Aylmer Avenue would require the establishment of a parking prohibition of three hours between 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm; and WHEREAS currently there is a southbound parking prohibition along this corridor from 3:30 to 5:30 pm; and WHEREAS the proposed northbound bus-only lane would result in no on-street parking on either side of Bank Street in Old Ottawa South between 3:30 pm and 5:30 pm; and WHEREAS the hours between 2:30 pm and 4:30 pm sees significant transit delay, seeing travel times over six minutes per run during this timeframe; and WHEREAS changing the bus-only lane and parking prohibition hours to 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm would result in only one hour along this corridor during which time there would be no on-street parking; and WHEREAS Bank Street is a Traditional Main Street with retail stores and restaurants on the ground floor of each block; and WHEREAS a considered and updated parking strategy for the surrounding residential streets may help to provide needed parking for business patrons and to manage traffic so that parking-seekers will not unduly circle or drive dangerously through the neighbourhood; and WHEREAS businesses along this corridor have requested the timing of the reserved bus lane be reduced so as to limit the timeframe during which there will be no on-street parking available on Bank Street; and WHEREAS businesses along this corridor have requested t

That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 6; the Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 7; the Planning and Housing Committee Report 14; the Transportation Committee Report 7; and the report from the City Clerk entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of August 23, 2023” be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS in keeping with the City's commitment to accountability and transparency, the overarching principle of the Routine Disclosure and Active Dissemination Policy is to advance the view that information held by the City of Ottawa should be made available to the public, and any exceptions to this principle should be limited and specific; and WHEREAS on December 8, 2010, City Council approved the 2010-2014 Governance Review report and established the practice of disclosing the individual office expenses for Members of City Council, including business-related travel, on the City’s website in the spirit of accountability and transparency; and WHEREAS the Senior Leadership Team, being the General Managers and the City Manager, similarly discloses their office expenses including business-related travel on the City’s website, but business-related travel for the Extended Senior Leadership Team, which includes managers and directors, is not proactively disclosed; and WHEREAS total travel expenses for the current Extended Senior Leadership Team totaled $63,111 in 2022, yet disclosures relating to travel for the current Senior Leadership Teams was $14,170, representing 22.45 per cent of the travel for the Extended Senior Leadership Team; and WHEREAS the City of Toronto discloses expenses related to business travel for senior staff positions at the Division Head and Director levels; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that effective January 1, 2024, all business-related travel for the City’s Ext

WHEREAS Vanier represents a Francophone bastion in Ottawa; WHEREAS Vanier is a historically Francophone neighbourhood; WHEREAS French is one of Canada’s two official languages; WHEREAS the Carré de la Francophonie de Vanier has, since 2018, and since its official inauguration by the City of Ottawa on September 25, 2019, proven to be a community hub for advancing, protecting, and celebrating la Francophonie in Canada and elsewhere; WHEREAS, since 2018, the Franco-Ontarian flag had been consistently raised on a temporary flagpole near the Carré de la Francophonie de Vanier during the annual September 25 Franco-Ontarian Day celebrations, pending the installation of a permanent flagpole at the Carré; WHEREAS, on June 24, 2023, for Saint Jean-Baptiste Day, a holiday celebrated by French Canadians to honour their language and their traditions, the Franco-Ontarian flag flew for the first time on the new permanent flagpole set up at the Carré de la Francophonie as part of the City of Ottawa’s Montreal Road Revitalization Project; WHEREAS this initiative is supported by the Vanier Community Association and the Vanier Community Services Centre; THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED THAT Council declare that the flagpole at the Carré de la Francophonie de Vanier be recognized as “the very first official flagpole to exclusively and permanently fly the Franco-Ontarian flag on Montreal Road in the heart of Vanier.”

WHEREAS all City of Ottawa staff reports prepared for Committee and Council consideration follow the corporate standard Council and Committee report template; and WHEREAS the standard Council and Committee report template includes various Implications sections that are meant to provide a high-level summary of how the report recommendations will affect a particular area of focus or how the recommendations comply with relevant standards, policies and legislation, and these Implications sections are completed by the report author (in some cases with the assistance of subject matter experts) or other prescribed staff; and WHEREAS the current standard Council and Committee report template includes certain “mandatory” Implications sections that must be completed for all reports (Financial Implications; Legal Implications), as well as various “mandatory if applicable” Implications sections (Accessibility Impacts; Asset Management Implications; Climate Implications; Delegation of Authority Implications; Economic Implications; Environmental Implications; Indigenous, Gender and Equity Implications; Risk Management Implications; Rural Implications; Technology Implications); and WHEREAS although many City services and programs have a direct impact on children and youth, the standard Council and Committee report template does not include an Implications section that summarizes the effects of report recommendations on this important cohort in areas such as recreation, public transit and ch

WHEREAS the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s publication titled, The Ontario Municipal Councillor’s Guide recognizes that Councillors have “three main roles” to play in the City: a representative, a policy-maker, and a steward; WHEREAS many democratic bodies allow their members to make statements to recognize significant events in constituency they represent (e.g. the passing of a significant member of the community, the success of a local sports team, the contribution of a volunteer organization to the community), as a standard practice; WHEREAS the proceedings of City Council are governed by the Procedure By-law (No. 2022-410) and these rules of procedure do not currently contemplate “Councillor Statements” and such statements only occur on an ad-hoc basis by way of a motion or with the consent of the Mayor; and WHEREAS providing all Councillors with a regular opportunity to make such statements would facilitate their representative role, as outlined in the above-noted Ministry Guide. WHEREAS, in keeping with tradition, City Council is expected to review and make minor adjustments (“tweaks”) to its governance practices in 2024 through the 2022-2026 Mid-term Governance Review; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council direct the City Clerk to undertake a jurisdictional scan on the practice of Councillor Statements, consult with Members of Council and report back on findings and any associated recommendations as part of the 2022-2026 Mid-term Governance Re

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s Procurement By-law (By-law No. 2000-50, as amended) provides for non-competitive contracts, commonly known as sole source contracts, to be awarded in certain circumstances; and WHEREAS with respect to the reporting to Council of non-competitive contracts, Subsection 39(1) of the Procurement By-law provides that the Chief Procurement Officer “shall submit to Council an information report semi-annually containing the details relevant to the exercise of delegated authority for all contracts awarded by Directors exceeding $25,000 and Supply Services shall certify in the report that the awards are in compliance with the Procurement By-law”; and WHEREAS the current reporting/disclosure threshold that exceeds $25,000 does not provide for the disclosure of non-competitive contracts valued at $25,000 or less, resulting in a lack of transparency regarding these sole source contracts; and WHEREAS enhanced reporting to Council of non-competitive contracts valued at $25,000 or less would align with the overarching principle in the Routine Disclosure and Active Dissemination Policy, which is to advance the view that information held by the City should be made available to the public, and any exceptions to this principle should be limited and specific; and WHEREAS the City of Toronto Purchasing and Materials Management Division’s Routine Disclosure Plan dated November 23, 2020, provides for the online disclosure of relevant details regarding non-competitive cont

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion, in order that the property owner may address these issues as soon as possible, WHEREAS the building on the parcel of land known as 240 Presland Road is owned by Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation, and; WHEREAS the building is currently vacant following a fire on February 21st, 2023 and; WHEREAS the project engineer has identified the building as uninhabitable, a risk to adjacent structures, and the public, and; WHEREAS temporary support of the structure and rehabilitation feasibility are not an effective use of funding intended for affordable housing, and; WHEREAS the project engineer has recommended immediate demolition, and; WHEREAS the normal approval process under demolition control could take some time; and WHEREAS, given the unique circumstances, waiving demolition control will permit the site to be made safe for the public and allow the Owner to focus on plans for redeveloping the site; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council waive demolition control approval, and allow the Owners to proceed directly to seeking a demolition permit for the building on 240 Presland Road.

That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following Motion, in order to allow the City to proceed with demolition in a timely manner. WHEREAS the building on the parcel of land known as 115 Spencer Street is owned by the City of Ottawa, and; WHEREAS the building is currently vacant following the acquisition of the property for the provision of parkland in 2022, and; WHEREAS the site is undergoing a design stage and community participation process to finalize the design of the community park, and; WHEREAS the City is aiming to demolish the building in fall of 2023 to allow for the construction of the park in 2024 and; WHEREAS the site is subject to a Demolition Control application and the normal approval process under demolition control could unduly delay the project and restrict meeting the timelines for tendering the project; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council waive demolition control approval, to allow the City to proceed directly to seeking a demolition permit for the building on 115 Spencer Street.

That the rules of procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, as the event will occur prior to the next Council meeting on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. WHEREAS the Orleans Ribfest and Poutinefest is an outdoor festival promoting traditional, gourmet, exotic and different worlds of poutine. Featuring multiple food vendors, musicians and a craft beer garden; and WHEREAS the Orleans Ribfest and Poutinefest is to occur on Friday, September 15, 2023 through Sunday, September 17, 2023; and WHEREAS Centrum Boulevard, from Brisebois Crescent to Prestone Drive is required to be closed to accommodate the festival and on-street festival set-up; and WHEREAS the on-street festival set-up will commence at 9:00 am on Thursday, September 14, 2023 and the festival will begin operation at 11:00 am on Friday, September 15 2023; and WHEREAS the on-street festival take-down will commence at 9:00 am on Monday, September 18, 2023 until 12 pm noon on Monday, September 18, 2023. WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s Special Events on City Streets By-law (2001-260) prohibits road closures before 6:00 pm Monday to Friday; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve the road closure for Centrum Boulevard from Brisebois Crescent to Prestone Drive from 9:00 am on Thursday, September 14, 2023 to 12 pm noon on Monday, September 18, 2023 for the Orleans Ribfest and Poutinefest, providing it meets the requirements, conditions and approval of Special Events Advisory Team (SEAT).

That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed. 2023-388 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2019-397, designating community safety zones throughout the City of Ottawa. 2023-389 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at croissant Companion Crescent, avenue Wanderer Avenue, voie Casting Way, and ruelle Skiff Lane on Plan 4M-1724 as being exempt from Part Lot Control. 2023-390 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint an interim City Clerk and to repeal By-law 2008-391. 2023-391 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2012-370 being a by-law of the City of Ottawa to provide for solid waste management and to repeal by-law No. 2009-396. 2023-392 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (cercle Metric Circle and terrasse Bolt Terrace). 2023-393 A By-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal By-law No. 302-90 and By-law No. 303-90 of the old Corporation of the City of Ottawa, as amended. 2023-394 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2017-180 respecting the appointment of Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with private property parking enforcement. 2023-395 A bylaw of the city of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-499 respecting the designation of fire routes. 2023-396 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2022-291 to change the zoning of the lands known municipally as 28

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of 13 September 2023.

That the proceedings of the City Council meeting of 13 September 2023 be adjourned.