City Council

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 39; Planning Committee Report 72; and the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor’s Office entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of October 10, 2018”, b e received and considered; and That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and table the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor entitled “2018-2022 Council Governance Review”, as this report will be considered by the new Council at its meeting on December 5, 2018.

WHEREAS Report ACS2018-PIE-EDP-0049 recommends official plan changes to the Kanata Town Centre Site Specific Policies; AND WHEREAS based on discussions with land owners of the town centre, minor house keeping adjustments are required to the policy language; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve the following amendments to Document 1 – Site Specific Policy of the staff report: a) Deleting the following text from item i., Section 5.7.5.2: “Together with the lands in the Mainstreet designation and part of the Kanata Regional Shopping Centre designation, this area generally corresponds to the Town Centre designation in the Official Plan”; and b) Deleting the following proposed text from item i., Section 5.7.5.2 under the sub-heading, Phasing: “within the Central Business District and Regional Shopping Centre designations”; and c) Adding in a new item to include the existing text from Section 5.7.5.3 in order to indicate that all reference to “Main Street” within this section are deleted.

That Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 39; Planning Committee Report 72 and the report from the City Clerk and Solicitor’s Office entitled “Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of October 10, 2018” be received and adopted as amended.

WHEREAS at their meeting of November 22 and 23, 2018, the Board of Directors of the National Capital Commission (NCC) approved an amendment to the Greenbelt Master Plan 2013 to permit a soundstage campus and creative hub at 1740 Woodroffe Avenue; and WHEREAS the zoning amendment is in the critical path in the project plan; and WHEREAS it is appropriate that direction be provided as soon as possible to Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development staff to begin the City-led Zoning By-law amendment; THEREFORE Be It Resolved that the Rules of Procedure be suspended to permit the introduction of the following motion: WHEREAS the Ottawa Film Office has secured partnerships to invest 40 million dollars in Ottawa to develop a new soundstage campus and creative hub for the film, television and animation industry; and WHEREAS Ottawa’s film, television and animation industry provides hundreds of skilled jobs to Ottawa residents and contributes over 100 million dollars to the local economy annually; and WHEREAS supporting creative and cultural industries forms part of the City’s economic development strategy; and WHEREAS the soundstage campus and creative hub will create approximately 500 jobs during construction and will generate approximately 40 million dollars in new economic activity within the first few years of operation, creating more than 500 new full-time jobs in Ottawa; and WHEREAS the National Capital Commission (NCC) has undertaken a process of public engagement on loca

BE IT RESOLVED That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, as it is the final meeting of the 2014-2018 Term of Council: WHEREAS Marlene Catterall has served the community of Michele Heights as a volunteer, as City Alderman and Regional Councillor representing Britannia Ward,1976-1985 and as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa West/ Ottawa West-Nepean, 1988-2006; and WHEREAS From the early 1970’s, as a member and then Chair of the Citizens Committee for the Pinecrest-Queensway Neighbourhood Planning Study, she became familiar with all the neighbourhoods in the west end area, including and particularly Michele Heights and its unique needs; and WHEREAS Marlene saw the need for more integrated social services in the area including community health services, organizing the first meeting of local service providers to start the process towards establishing a multi-service centre; and WHEREAS As City Alderman Marlene worked with residents to plan the Michele Heights Recreation Centre in Michèle Park, a centre that still meets the needs of a community that has grown in diversity; and WHEREAS, in support of the community surrounding the park, in addition to the community centre, Marlene and others launched restaurant and clothing store businesses that today we would define as ‘social enterprises’ for the good of the community and the employees; and WHEREAS Marlene’s ongoing efforts to support the Michele Heights and wider community today in engaging in ci

BE IT RESOLVED That the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following motion, as it is the final meeting of the 2014-2018 Term of Council: WHEREAS Mario Poirier was the informal Guardian of Beaverpond Park for more than 20 years, installing protective wire fencing around trees to protect them from beavers with assistance from members of the Ottawa Duck Club, keeping the park clean and leading groups to learn about the environment of the area; and WHEREAS Mario collaborated with City of Ottawa Foresters to create an arboretum in Beaverpond Park by identifying existing trees and arranging for plantings of missing trees as well as attaching numbers to the trees for identification purposes; and WHEREAS Mario created a chart naming 44 species of trees in English, French and Latin and made it available on the Ottawa Duck Club website so that anyone could access the information; and WHEREAS Mario assisted Councillor Marianne Wilkinson in providing a sign at the park providing the information on the chart of 44 tree species as well as assisting in finding the least intrusive way to provide drainage from the planned Kanata Lakes-Marchwood Lakeside lands to the pond; and WHEREAS Mario passed away suddenly on September 17, 2018, the day before he was to take another school group on a tour of the park and arboretum, and members of the community have requested that Mario’s volunteer and selfless contributions are recognized and favoured by having the arboretum, that he was ins

That the by-laws listed on the Agenda under Motion to Introduce By-laws, Three Readings, be read and passed.

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of November 28, 2018.