Joint Meeting of Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

WHEREAS the report ACS2019-PIE-EDP-0031, New Official Plan – High Level Policy Directions, proposes high-level policy directions for the new Official Plan, included in Document 1 of the report; and WHEREAS Big Move 2 - Mobility provides for improved coordination of land use planning and transportation planning, to support the broader city-building vision in the Official Plan in Policy Direction 1; and WHEREAS a policy included in Policy Direction 1 is concerned with short- to medium-term improvements to transit service frequency, reliability and travel times within the Greenbelt; and WHEREAS a modification is needed to clarify that improvements to transit service frequency, reliability and travel times will be necessary in all urban areas as part of the Big Move to increase transit modal share and support increases in ridership; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Document 1 – High Level Preliminary Policy Directions be modified to remove the words, “within the Greenbelt” from the third bullet point in Policy Direction 1 of Big Move 2 – Mobility.

WHEREAS, during a revision of the report ACS2019-PIE-EDP-0031, prior to its submission to the Committee Coordinator for release with the agenda, some notable information regarding the Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan was inadvertently omitted; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that that Planning Committee approve that the Committee Coordinator amend the report before it rises to Council to add the following paragraph at the end of the report section entitled ‘Growth Management Scenarios’: “The Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan (AQCCMP) is currently being updated and a report is expected to be brought to the Standing Committee on Environmental Protection, Water and Waste Management before the end of 2019. The AQCCMP provides a framework for addressing climate change mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation (responding to the current and future effects of climate change). Policies in the new Official Plan will be informed by the directions in the updated AQCCMP.”

WHEREAS report ACS2019-PIE-GEN-0006, Bill 108 Update - City of Ottawa Comments on the Proposed Content of Bill 108 Regulations, was listed on the agenda for consideration at the August 22 joint meeting of the Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, but the report itself was not ready for publication with the agenda; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approve the addition of this document for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 89(3) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law no. 2019-8).