City Council

That Ottawa Board of Health Reports 7 and 7A (In Camera); Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 15; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 13; Environment Committee Report 8; and Planning Committee Report 24 be received and considered.

WHEREAS Beausoleil Day Care Centre, with 49 available child care spaces, was located at 333 York Street also known as the 380 Murray building of Ottawa Community Housing; and WHEREAS Beausoleil Day Care Centre closed at the end of August 2015 in order to complete construction; and WHEREAS the Child Care Modernization Act came into effect August 31, 2015; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has adopted a mandate to serve vulnerable families in areas of the City where there are insufficient child care spaces to meet demand and no other child care providers are able to shift their service offerings; and WHEREAS the City’s French language policy guarantees access to French language services; and WHEREAS Lowertown has a large Francophone population and many local schools in the area are Francophone, and there is an interest among the not-for-profit childcare providers in re-establishing licensed Francophone child care services on York Street after construction is complete; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council direct the General Manager for Community and Social Services, as System Service Manager on behalf of the Province of Ontario, ensure that all the required information and funding opportunities be provided to the not-for-profit childcare providers with potential interest in re-establishing licensed Francophone child care services in Lowertown; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council request that the landlord and a not-for-profit childcare provider make all efforts to resume c

That Ottawa Board of Health Reports 7 and 7A (In Camera); Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 15; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 13; Environment Committee Report 8; and Planning Committee Report 24 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the Ottawa Heart Institute is to hold a 40th anniversary celebration breakfast; and WHEREAS Ruskin Street, from MacFarlane Avenue (entrance to Hospital Parking lot) to Melrose Avenue (roundabout) is required to be closed; and WHEREAS the closure of Ruskin Street, Hutchison Avenue, and MacFarlane Avenue from Kenilworth Street to Ruskin Street as outlined is required to accommodate the event and tent set-up commencing from 7:30pm Tuesday, May 10, 2016; and WHEREAS the celebration breakfast will occur on the morning of Wednesday, May 11, 2016, and that the tent set-up, and tear down, both require three hours; and WHEREAS traffic is to be re-routed to the north of Reid Avenue at the roundabout, and west on Kenilworth Avenue to south on MacFarlane Avenue and east on Ruskin Street to access the hospital parking lot, which is expected to incur a medium amount of impact; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa’s Special Events on City Roads (2001-260) By-Law prohibits road closures before 6:00pm Monday to Friday: WHEREAS parking spaces will be restricted, in the amount of 52 spaces, with 180 vehicle transactions impacted; and WHEREAS the Ruskin Street road closure will end, and re-open at 1:30pm Wednesday, May 11, 2016; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that in order to allow for the issuance of the required permits, Council approve the closure of Ruskin Street, Hutchison Avenue, and MacFarlane from Kenilworth Street to Ruskin Street from 7:30pm Tuesday, May 10, 2016 to 1:30pm Wednesday, May 1

That the Rules of Procedure be waived due to time constraints associated with the Canada Cultural Spaces Program application deadline of April 29, 2016, to consider the following motion: WHEREAS in 2012, City Council approved the Renewed Action Plan for Arts, Heritage and Culture, including the capital priority to expand and redevelop Arts Court and the Ottawa Art Gallery; and WHEREAS, on November 13, 2013, City Council approved the Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment Project Funding Framework and Procurement Process; and WHEREAS the Canada Cultural Spaces Program announced additional funding of $168 million for eligible projects in the Federal Budget in March 2016; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa would greatly benefit from a Federal contribution to the Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment Project; and WHEREAS the Canada Cultural Spaces Program will not fund expenses incurred prior to written funding confirmation and the Ottawa Art Gallery Expansion and Arts Court Redevelopment project has progressed to the Design Development and construction phase; and WHEREAS an expedited application will enable more eligible expenses to be considered for funding; and WHEREAS a Council resolution approving such a request for funding, as well as identification of the authorized signing authority for the application, is required by the Canada Cultural Spaces Program; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council approve an application by the City of Otta

That the Rules of Procedure be waived, due to the time constraints associated with the license application and renewal period due date of April 30th under the Taxi By-law, to consider the following motion: WHEREAS City Council, as part of the 2016 Budget, increased the business licensing administrative fee across all categories from $50 to $55 for the first time in several years to cover increased costs; and WHEREAS on April 13 th , 2016, Council approved the report entitled “Regulating Vehicles-for-Hire in the City of Ottawa – Taxis, Limousines and Private Transportation Companies” (the “Taxi Report”) which noted, among other things, that a $55 license application processing fee would be applied to licensees across all vehicle for hire categories; and WHEREAS due to an administrative error, the notice for the fees indicated $50 for 2016 rather than $55, and staff is recommending the waiver of the $5 fee increase for 2016; and WHEREAS staff has advised that the waiver of this fee would decrease revenues by an estimated $20k for 2016, and this decrease can be accommodated within this existing budget without having an impact on existing services; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council waive the $5 increase in the business license administrative fee (application processing fee) provided in Schedule C of the Taxi By-law (2012-258, as amended) for the 2016 licensing period and approve that any licensees who have already paid the $5 increase for license applications or rene

THAT By-law 2016-147 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.