Planning Committee

WHEREAS report ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0062 - Zoning By-Law Amendment – Part of 980 Earl Armstrong Road, is to be considered by City Council on May 11, 2016; AND WHEREAS given the particular circumstances of this project it is desirable that Council consider it as soon as possible; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that report ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0062 (Zoning By-Law Amendment – Part of 980 Earl Armstrong Road) proceed to City Council on May 11, 2016 for consideration.

WHEREAS report ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0063 - Zoning By-law amendment 283 Sussex Drive, is to be considered by City Council on May 25, 2016; AND WHEREAS the owner, National Capital Commission, needs to relocate an office tenant from 449 Sussex Drive to 283 Sussex Drive as soon as possible to ensure the completion of the redevelopment of 449 Sussex Drive prior to the 2017 Canada celebrations; AND WHEREAS the National Capital Commission, has requested that report ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0063 advance to the May 11, 2016 Council meeting for the reasons of timing stated above; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that report ACS2016-PAI-PGM-0063 (Zoning By-law Amendment - 283 Sussex Drive) proceed to City Council on May 11, 2016 for consideration.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to section 89. (3) of Procedure By-law 2014-441, Planning Committee approve the addition of this item for consideration by the committee at today’s meeting, due to timelines for registration.

WHEREAS Chair Harder has received an invitation to attend the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ ‘Go West! Sustainability Tour’, which is to take place from Vancouver to Seattle between October 3-7, 2016; and WHEREAS Planning and Growth Management staff concur that the study tour will provide valuable insight and approaches to topics such as urban revitalization, brownfields redevelopment, climate mitigation and adaptation and sustainable energy systems, all of which are germane to the Planning Committee; and WHEREAS the cost to attend the conference is $1600, not including airfare, and Councillor Harder intends to use the full value of the $1000 training credit allocated to each Member in the City Council Administrative Budget (111130) to help offset the cost of trip, if approved, with Planning and Growth Management training and conferences funds to be used for the balance of the costs; and WHEREAS registration should be completed as soon as possible, as seating is limited to 40 participants and is anticipated to fill up quickly; and WHEREAS Chair Harder will be providing the Planning Committee and Council with a written report on the relevant portions of this study tour, in accordance with the requirements adopted as part of the 2014-2018 Governance Report; and WHEREAS Planning Committee has the delegated authority to approve this travel; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Committee approve Councillor Jan Harder’s attendance at the Federation of Canadian Municip