City Council

That, pursuant to subsection 33 (5) of Procedure By-law 2006-462, Council receive and consider the Zoning By-law items contained in Planning Committee Report 79 (Items 6 to 11 of the agenda); and That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and table the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor entitled “2014-2018 Council Governance Review” (Subsection 29.(3)), as this report will be considered by the new Council at a Special meeting to be held on December 3, 2014; and That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and consider the remainder of the items in Planning Committee Report 79 (Items 2 to 5 of the agenda) (Subsection 29.(3)), because of the urgency of the items contained in the report ( specific reason set out below ); (Waiver of the Rules is being requested for Planning Committee Report 79 (Items 2 to 5 of the agenda) as these items are urgent and the next regular Council meeting is not scheduled until December 10, 2014.)

That Planning Committee Report 79 be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS this is the last Council meeting in the 2010-2014 Term of Council as well as that of the incumbent Councillor for Ward 13; BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider this motion; WHEREAS on April 24 th , 2013, City Council enacted its first Urban Lanes Management Policies in order to provide an “overarching framework” to address all such concerns over these rear lanes; and WHEREAS the Urban Lanes Management Policies did not take into account the fact that these lanes may require maintenance from time-to-time, may cause the City to be exposed to ongoing liability even though they may no longer have any positive municipal use, and yet discourage residential landowners from purchasing same due to the requirement that such lanes be sold at fair market value; and WHEREAS on January 22, 2014, City Council passed the following Motion concerning a Pilot Project in Ward 13: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to prepare a report on the feasibility of a Pilot Project to offer such rear lanes for sale to abutting residential landowners for a nominal payment where the City has determined that there is no prospect for the lane to serve a public purpose and that the lanes in Overbrook, between Prince Albert Street and Queen Mary Street be the focus of this report. WHEREAS the abutting residential landowners of the Lane concerning this Pilot Project filed the Application for Lane Closing (the “Application”) was submitted to City staff on or ab

That By-law 2014-428 to confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of 26 November 2014 be enacted and passed.