Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (1 motion)
0 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
WHEREAS the application for an official plan and zoning by-law amendment for 325, 327 and 333 Montreal Road, 334 Montfort Street and 273 St. Anne Avenue has raised important questions relevant to the City of Ottawa’s Housing and Homelessness Plan and broader issues of social service delivery that are outside the purview of the Planning Committee; and WHEREAS the application represents an opportunity for a positive social investment that addresses the provision of services for under-housed residents in our City; and WHEREAS there would be an opportunity to improve the proposal through a focussed dialogue with key stakeholders; and WHEREAS the objective of that dialogue would be to explore revisions to the proposal that better meet the goals of the City’s Housing and Homelessness Plan, the Province of Ontario’s Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative and the Government of Canada’s pending National Housing Strategy; and WHEREAS concrete public funding and in-kind commitments should be explored as part of that dialogue to allow for the possibility of modifications to the proposal that are more supportive of Housing First principles; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council approve that consideration of the current planning application be