City Council

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 3; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 2; and Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 3 be received and considered; and Pursuant to subsection 73 (4) of Procedure By-law 2014-441, Council is being asked to consider the report from the City Treasurer, entitled “By-Law to Authorize a $150 Million Debenture Issue” (Item 1 of the Agenda and corresponding by-law listed as item l) under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings); and Pursuant to subsections 35(2) and 35 (5) of Procedure By-law 2014-441, Council is being asked to consider the report entitled “Zoning and Plan of Subdivision – 6279 Fernbank Road” contained in Planning Committee Report 5 (Item 6 of the Agenda).

That the report from the City Treasurer, entitled “ By-Law to Authorize A $150 Million Debenture Issue”; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 3; Community and Protective Services Committee Report 2; Finance and Economic Development Committee Report 3; and Planning Committee Report 5 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS the ‎Ottawa International Airport Authority (the “Airport Authority”) has a sign welcoming the public to the Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier Airport (“the Airport”) and to the City of Ottawa, and this sign is located within the City's highway, namely at the entrance to the Airport on the Airport Parkway (the “Sign”); and WHEREAS the Signs on City Roads Bylaw (By-law No. 2003-520, as amended) does not authorize such signs within the City’s highways; and WHEREAS it is desirable to allow the Airport sign to continue to be located on the Airport Parkway, under certain conditions, because the City of Ottawa has recognized the Airport is a significant economic generator for the National Capital Region and it allows for adequate identification in relation to the Airport; and WHEREAS this sign may present an opportunity for the City to partner with the Airport Authority to promote “Ottawa 2017” as a destination for Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations; and WHEREAS recent concerns have also been raised relating to wayfinding signage for parking around the Airport, specifically for the Park N’Fly, and concerns have been raised with respect to the recent removal of the Park N’Fly wayfinding signs and the impact this has had on the nearby residential roads and local neighbourhoods; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council: 1. Approve that the application of Sections 2 to 5 of By-law 2003-520, as amended, be waived as below and as described in this motion to allow the Airport Authori

WHEREAS in the 40 years since the first Ottawa Marathon in 1975, the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend (“Race Weekend”) has grown to become one of the premier marathons in Canada and Ottawa’s largest tourism event; and WHEREAS the upcoming 2015 Race Weekend is expected to draw some 50,000 participants in six athletic events, including the Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon, which is the largest marathon in Canada; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is an active partner in the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend and it is anticipated that the 2015 Race Weekend will generate more than $30 million in economic spinoff for the National Capital Region; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council declare May 22, 2015, to May 24, 2015, to be Race Weekend in the City of Ottawa.

WHEREAS Section 70.(3) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 allows any business owner, director or employee or union member residing in the Province of Ontario to donate to municipal candidates in the City of Ottawa in his or her individual capacity, up to $750 per candidate to a maximum of $5000; and WHEREAS there are concerns that corporate and union donations provide their owners and members with an additional opportunity to donate to election campaigns that is not available to other residents; and WHEREAS other jurisdictions, including Canadian federal elections, do not permit corporate and union donations; and WHEREAS Section 70.1(1) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 permits the City of Toronto to prohibit corporate and union donations for its municipal elections as follows: The City of Toronto may by by-law prohibit a corporation that carries on business in Ontario or a trade union that holds bargaining rights for employees in Ontario from making a contribution to or for any candidate for an office on city council.; and WHEREAS the City of Ottawa is a responsible local government that should be permitted the same legislative authority over these matters as Toronto; and WHEREAS the Government of Ontario has already indicated that it is reviewing the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 ; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa request the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to enact legislation amending the Municipal Elections Act , 1996 to permit the City of

That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed. THREE READINGS 2015-109 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume them for public use (Homesteaders Road, Vaughan Side Road, Holmwood Avenue, Dunrobin Road, Flewellyn Road, Rothbourne Road, Perth Street, Shea Road, Cowell Road, March Road, Station Road, St. Joseph Boulevard, Trainyards Drive, Yorks Corners Road, Marvelville Road, Old Richmond Road). 2015-110 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (River Road, Armstrong Road). 2015-111 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Renaud Road). 2015-112 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of part of the lands known municipally as 3275 Donnelly Drive. 2015-113 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of part of the lands known municipally as 8153 Springhill. 2015-114 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of part of the lands known municipally as 7315 Fernbank Road. 2015-115 A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 1125 and 1129 Clapp Lane.

That By-law 2015-121 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of 15 April 2015 be enacted and passed.