City Council

That the report from the City Treasurer entitled “ 2013 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets - Tax Supported Programs”; the report from the Committee of Adjustment entitled “ 2013 Draft Operating Estimates – Committee of Adjustment”; the report from Crime Prevention Ottawa entitled “ 2013 Draft Operating Budget – Crime Prevention Ottawa”; the report from Ottawa Municipal Campground Authority entitled “Ottawa Municipal Campground Authority 2013 Operating and Capital Budgets”; the report from the Ottawa Public Library Board, entitled “Ottawa Public Library: Approval of 2013 Draft Budget”; Ottawa Board of Health Reports 6 and 7; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 25; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 18; Environment Committee Report 19, including amended page 48 of the Environment Committee Operating and Capital Budget; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 26A; Information Technology Sub-Committee Report 4; Planning Committee Report 40A; Transit Commission Report 17; and, Transportation Committee Report 22, be received and considered; And that the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider the Ottawa Police Services Board Report 9, as it contains the Ottawa Police Service 2013 Operating and Capital budget and must be considered at today’s meeting ;

That City Council resolve to move into Committee of the Whole pursuant to Section 48 of the Procedure By-law .

WHEREAS intensification and development across the city has generated more revenues for the Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Budget; and WHEREAS staff is experiencing additional requests for Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland Projects and the City’s Parks, Recreation & Cultural Service Dept requires additional staffing resources to manage and implement these requests; WHEREAS Council needs to balance priorities under current financial pressures; and WHEREAS the Corporate Communications Department has a $4.235 Million budget and more than 41 FTEs; THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the Community and Protective Services Committee’s 2013 Draft Budget be amended to add $100k to the Parks, Recreation, and Culture Department’s Operating Resource Requirement for an additional Park Planner to facilitate the implementation of Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland projects; and that the cost of this FTE be offset by a corresponding reduction to the Corporate Communications Operating Resource Requirement in the Finance and Economic Development Committee’s 2013 Draft Budget.

WHEREAS cycling infrastructure and pedestrian connectivity is a priority for the residents of Ottawa; and WHEREAS the Planning and Growth Management Department needs additional human resources to help advance the city’s sustainable vision for the future; and WHEREAS Council needs to balance priorities under current financial pressures; and WHEREAS the Corporate Communications Department has a $4.235 Million budget and more than 41 FTEs; THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the Transportation Committee’s 2013 Draft Budget be amended to add $100k to the Planning and Growth Management Department’s Operating Resource Requirement for an additional FTE to advance the City’s cycling plans and implementation across the city; and that the cost of this FTE be offset by a corresponding reduction to the Corporate Communications Operating Resource Requirement in the Finance and Economic Development Committee’s 2013 Draft Budget.

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa provides funding to a range of not-for-profit community-based agencies which provide access to services and programs within the community in support of the well-being and quality of life of residents; and WHEREAS, as a major corporation and consumer, the City of Ottawa has Standing Offers with vendors to acquire equipment and supplies at discounted and/or bulk rates; and WHEREAS community-based agencies are paying full market value for similar equipment and supplies to support their operations; and WHEREAS any opportunities to reduce operational costs would enable the community-based agencies to redirect savings within their operations, resulting in increased financial autonomy and the potential to lessen reliance on external funding sources; and WHEREAS preliminary discussions with the Deputy City Manager of City Operations and the Chief Procurement Officer have confirmed that there is merit in exploring making available the City’s Standing Offers to not-for-profit agencies which receive funds from the City; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to review the potential for the City of Ottawa to make its Standing Offers available to community-based, not-for-profit agencies receiving City funding contributions and grants and report back to Committee and Council by Q3 of 2013.

That the Committee of the Whole rise and report to City Council.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor’s remarks given at the City Council Meeting on November 28, 2012 be printed in the Minutes of today’s Council meeting.

WHEREAS Document 2 entitled “Details of Recommended Zoning” of Report ACS2012-PAI-PGM-0223 contains a provision that prior to the lifting of the holding symbol, the Applicant is required to obtain Site Plan Approval, which approval must include a condition requiring the owner to enter into a separate agreement with the owners of 125 Hickory Street and 855 Carling Avenue for roadway improvements; AND WHEREAS there was ambiguity related to the details of this condition that had caused the applicant to express a concern that this condition for the lifting of the holding symbol would be subject to the willingness of the other two owners to enter into the cost share agreement for roadway improvements; AND WHEREAS staff reviewed this concern and agreed that further clarity to the wording of the requirements set out in Document 2, Details of Recommended Zoning related to the holding provision were appropriate; AND WHEREAS a motion was passed by Planning Committee at its meeting of November 13, 2012 to institute new wording with further clarity, but this motion inadvertently made reference to the owner of 101 Champagne Avenue South entering into a cost sharing agreement only with the owner of 855 Carling Avenue; AND WHEREAS this motion should have made reference to the owner of 101 Champagne Avenue South entering into a cost sharing agreement with the owners of 855 Carling Avenue and 125 Hickory Street; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Section 1. d. P) iii, as amended by Planning Co

WHEREAS parking rates have an effect on use and turnover of public parking spaces; and; WHEREAS managed parking facilities favour growth and business success; and; WHEREAS Municipal Parking Management Strategy provides guidelines for maximizing use and turnover in off-street parking facilities; and; WHEREAS off-street parking rates do not appear to be consistently maximizing the use of our parking facilities as determined in the Municipal Parking Management Strategy; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed as part of the 2013 work-plan to review off-street rates and report back to Transportation Committee on how the use of off-street facilities will be more effectively and consistently maximized.

That Community and Protective Services Committee Report 18 (Item 2); Planning Committee Report 40A (Items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7); Ottawa Board of Health Report 7 and Transportation Committee Report 22 (Items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) be received and adopted as amended;

That the following by-laws be enacted and passed: THIRD READING 2012- 416 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose special annual drainage rates upon lands in respect of which money is borrowed under the Tile Drainage Act. R.S.O 1990, c.T.8.

THAT By-law 2012-427 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.