The Ottawa Record

City Council

October 28, 2015

What was decided (7 motions)

7 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

C. McKenney That Ottawa Board of Health Reports 4 and 4A (In-Camera) ; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 8; Planning Committee Report 15B; and Transit Commission Report 6 be received and considered; That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider the Planning Committee Report 16, Item 8 of the Agenda (Subsection 29. (3) of Procedure By-law 2014-441 ), due to timelines, as this is the last scheduled Council meeting prior to the Ontario Municipal Board Hearing for 1445-1451 Wellington Street, which will reconvene in early November; and Pursuant to subsection 35 (2) and 35(5) of Procedure By-law 2014-441, Council is being asked to consider the Zoning and Plan of Subdivision – 6279 Fernbank Road item contained in Planning Committee Report 16 (Item 9 of the Agenda).
Moved by Councillor K. Egli
Carried
C. McKenney That Ottawa Board of Health Reports 4 and 4A (In-Camera) ; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 8; Planning Committee Reports 15B and 16; and Transit Commission Report 6 be received and adopted as amended.
Moved by Councillor K. Egli
Carried
WHEREAS The proliferation of e-book devices and the increased availability of e-content have led to a greater number of Ottawans wanting to borrow e-books and e-magazines from their public library; and WHEREAS public libraries, including the Ottawa Public Library are often unable to secure the e-book resources that are available to the general public, or are only able to secure them for limited periods of time and/or at significantly greater expense than the general public; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Public Library Board is committed to providing Ottawa residents with equitable and accessible public library service that provides universal access to a broad range of human knowledge, information and ideas in all its forms; and WHEREAS refusing to sell e-books or e-magazines to public libraries or imposing other terms that unreasonably increase costs undermines Ottawa Public Library's ability to serve Ottawans and are not the answer to a healthy publishing industry; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council through the Mayor send a letter to the Department of Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada asking the federal government to include an examination of publishers’ restrictive practices in making e- books and e-magazines available to public libraries, including the higher prices charged to public libraries, in any upcoming statutory review of the Copyright Act .
Moved by Councillor T. Tierney, seconded by Councillor S. Moffatt
Carried
THAT City Council waive the Rules of Procedure to consider the following motion, due to the October 31 st , 2015, deadline set by the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to consider submissions under the Municipal Legislation review: WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is currently required to invest internally managed funds and the Endowment Fund in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001 and Ontario Regulation 438/97 amended to Ontario Regulation 399/02, which specifically outlines allowable investments; and WHEREAS to ensure the sustainability and sound stewardship of the investment program of the City of Ottawa, the City Treasurer is of the opinion that certain changes should be made to the Municipal Act , 2001 and Ontario Regulation 438/97 amended to Ontario Regulation 399/02, to better allow the prudent investment of internally managed funds and the City of Ottawa Endowment Fund; and WHEREAS the Prudent Investor Standard is an industry accepted best practice in effectively managing a portfolio of investments, and the Standard applies to investments, not in isolation, but in the context of the portfolio of investments and as part of an overall strategy, that should incorporate acceptable risk and return objectives suitable to the stakeholders; and WHEREAS the Province is proposing to confer “Prudent Investor” status on the City of Toronto to enable greater diversification in portfolio management, and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (
Moved by Councillor E. El-Chantiry, seconded by Mayor J. Watson
Carried
THAT the Rules of Procedure be waived, due to timelines, to consider the following motion: WHEREAS the Ottawa Fury FC, have been Ottawa’s professional soccer club since 2014 and in just their second season, the Fury have earned a playoff berth by winning the North American Soccer League’s Fall Season, the first in franchise history and will host the semi-final playoff game at TD Place on November 8, 2015; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Redblacks, Ottawa’s Canadian Football League (CFL) team, has also earned a post season playoff berth with a strong performance in the CFL’s East Division; and WHEREAS the Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA) and the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) have confirmed that they are supportive of identifying Bank Street as “Fury Way / voie du Fury” from the Bank Street Bridge to the 417 Queensway with temporary, bilingual commemorative signs at each intersection; and WHEREAS the Glebe Business Improvement Area (BIA) and the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) have confirmed that they are supportive of identifying Exhibition Way at Landsdowne as “RNation Lane / allée RNation” with a temporary, bilingual commemorative sign located at the corner of Bank Street and Exhibition Way; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) will be consulted on the design of these signs, and have agreed to pay for their production; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council approve the placement of temporary, bilingual commemorative street
Moved by Councillor J. Mitic, seconded by Councillor D. Chernushenko
Carried
C. McKenney That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed. THREE READINGS 2015-311 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to change the name of rue Cuddy Street and chemin Hawthorne Road, municipal highways in the City of Ottawa. 2015-312 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to change the name of cour Beechmont Court, a municipal highway in the City of Ottawa. 2015-313 A by-law to provide for the making of an application for approval to expropriate property in the City of Ottawa for the combined sewage storage tunnel project, as more particularly described in Schedules “A” and “B” to this by-law. 2015-314 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-60 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with private property parking enforcement. 2015-315 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal by-law No. 2015-299 and to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Clyde Avenue, Merivale Road, Preston Street, Hickory Street and Dunning Road). 2015-316 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-530 respecting regulations for winter overnight parking. 2015-317 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Strandherd Drive). 2015-318 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Secondary Plan for the South Nepean Urban Areas 4, 5 and 6, contained within Volume 2a of the Official Plan for th
Moved by Councillor K. Egli
Carried
C. McKenney THAT By-law 2015-323 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.
Moved by Councillor K. Egli
Carried

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