City Council

That the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor, entitled “ Status Update – Council Inquiries and Motions for the Period Ending 8 May 2015” ; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 4; Finance and Economic Development Committee Reports 3A and 4; Planning Committee Report 6; and Transportation Committee Report 4 be received and considered.

WHEREAS, since amalgamation, it has been common practice for Ward Councillors to work with Traffic Services staff to identify and select suitable sites for the installation of temporary traffic calming measures (such as pole-mounted speed display boards, painting of speed limits on the road, and similar temporary traffic calming devices) that are not covered under existing City programs, funded from Members’ Constituency Services Budget; and WHEREAS, although the Council Expense Policy requires that the transfer of funds to City operations from a Member’s Constituency Services Budget be accomplished by a Council motion to ensure that Members do not add ongoing operating budget pressures without Council consent, City Council approved a recommendation from Transportation Committee on March 26, 2014, that allowed “...Members to purchase those traffic control measures that staff agree will not add ongoing budget pressures without the need for a motion, to be effective only for the remainder of this term and to be reviewed as part of the next term’s Governance Review”; and WHEREAS staff reviewed this exemption as part of the 2014-2018 Council Governance Review (ACS2014-CMR-CCB-0062), and did not recommend an extension of the practice because it was anticipated that the draft 2015 Budget would include an annual fund, split equally among the 23 wards in the City, for the purposes of road safety and traffic calming initiatives; and WHEREAS staff has advised that an annual fund for in

WHEREAS the participation rates of Canadians engaging in healthy physical activities has declined, while inactivity and obesity continues to rise in Canada; and WHEREAS health and fitness ought to be promoted and embraced by Canadians of all ages and abilities; and WHEREAS many Canadian cities have taken up the challenge of encouraging and promoting physical activity, including Calgary, Kamloops, Prince George and Yellowknife; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa promotes active and healthy living through a number of initiatives, including: the freezing of recreation fees for three years in a row, An annual “Try It” campaign for City recreation programs, a series of “I Love to” programs to promote swimming, skating, soccer and other sports, and the Healthy Eating, Active Living Strategy (HEAL); and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa Departments (Ottawa Public Health, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department and others) work together on improving the access to physical activity for the residents; and WHEREAS the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department offers a multitude of recreation and leisure programming that promote health, physical activity and fitness; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that to encourage participation and the promotion of physical activity in Ottawa, that we acknowledge National Health & Fitness day in Ottawa on June 6 th 2015; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the day of June 6 th , 2015 as a step to increase participation and enhance the health of

That By-law 2015-170 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of 13 May 2015 be enacted and passed.