Committee Recommendation

That Council receive this report for information.

"RECEIVED"

That Council implement a policy to prohibit tobacco advertising as well as tobacco sponsorship advertising by tobacco companies and/or their "shell" companies on Regional property, and that the Health Department report back in early 2001 about extending this policy to cover all municipal properties in the new City of Ottawa.

"CARRIED" with Councillors Hunter and van den Ham dissenting.

That Council receive this report for information.

"RECEIVED"

Committee Recommendation

That Council receive this report for information.

"RECEIVED"

Committee Recommendations

That Council approve:

1. The award of Contract ETL99-2020 for works associated with the expansion and rehabilitation of the Hazeldean Pumping Station to 1258843 Ontario Ltd. (o/a Phil-Cor Construction), Nepean, in the amount of $3,377,722;

2. The award of Contract ETL99-2021 for the construction of a 600 mm sewage forcemain for the Hazeldean Pumping Station to Lansco Construction Ltd., Gormley, in the amount of $2,023,263;

3. A modification to Contract ETL99-2007 for the supply of engineering field services during the construction phase of the expansion and rehabilitation of the Hazeldean Pumping Station to CH2M Gore & Storrie, Ottawa, in the amount of $681,697, bringing the revised total contract provision to $1,371,847.

"CARRIED"

Committee Recommendation

That Council receive this report for information.

"RECEIVED"

Committee Recommendation as Amended

That Council approve the following:

WHEREAS the year 2000 is the transition year to the new City of Ottawa and new types of planning will have to be undertaken to assist the new Council to identify priorities at both the city and the neighbourhood level,

BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff provide Council with an assessment of what would be a reasonable method of integrating the multi-layers of plans presently in force across the Region,

BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff provide an analysis of what Council will want to consider as the new city plan and the planning process required to get there.

"CARRIED"

Committee Recommendation

That Council endorse the proposed Rivercare 2000 Project.

"CARRIED"

Committee Recommendations

That Council:

1. Lift Deferral No. 22 to the City of Ottawa Comprehensive Official Plan, and approve the designation of "Environmentally Sensitive Area" as described on the Approval Page attached as Annex I, and;

2. Approve Official Plan Amendment No. 34 to the City of Ottawa Official Plan as modified by the Approval Page attached as Annex II.

Uniform Urban Developments,

Carling Avenue Subdivision – City of Nepean

Committee Recommendation

That Council approve the Draft Plan of Subdivision 06T-99019 as outlined in the Draft Plan Approval Report attached as Annex A.

MOTION NO. 10

Moved by Councillor W. Byrne

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

RESOLVED THAT the issue of appropriate management structure be considered {in Condition No. 36} given the challenge that exists with respect to snow and its removal.

"CARRIED"

Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 50 as amended by Motion No. 10 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillor McGoldrick-Larsen dissenting and with Councillors Legendre and Byrne dissenting on the lack of a noise barrier.

Committee Recommendations As Amended

That Council receive the progress report prepared by the ad-hoc Audible Pedestrian Signals Committee and approve the recommendations set out in this staff report as amended as follows:

1. That the mandate of the Audible Pedestrian Signals (APS) Advisory Committee be continued, in order to carry on work as approved by the Transportation Committee and by Council in 1997, as set out by the Fulton brief (Annex B);

2. That during the next 12 months the APS Committee continue to provide advice to the Environment and Transportation Department on APS related issues and begin focusing on other issues raised in the Fulton Brief (Annex B) namely, the broader issues of pedestrian safety and related issues for citizens who are blind, including design and operation of pedestrian facilities as they impact on the mobility of persons who are blind in consultation with the Mobility Management Branch;

3. That the Mobility Management Branch take a lead role in the creation of strategies and initiatives to enhance pedestrian safety for persons who are blind and that consultation with the APS Committee be incorporated into this Branch’s mandate with direction from the Transportation Committee for the Branch to assist the APS Committee in making the transfer from a single focus on APS to the broader focus of the Fulton Brief to ensure citizens who are blind will be involved in future Regional program development and implementation;

4. That the Environment and Transportation Department continue to seek out advice from the APS Committee on audible pedestrian signal issues;

5. That individuals or groups be consulted in the development of strategies for persons with disabilities and these broader issues be addressed by the newly created Mobility Management Branch;

6. That Council approve;

7. That the practice of installing left-turn arrow indications continue;

8. That the Environment and Transportation Department continue to consult with members of the visually impaired community to discuss future installations;

9. That staff maintain a record of requests for audible pedestrian signals;

10. That staff continue the existing practice of forwarding requests and cost estimates for APS at non-Regionally owned intersections to the appropriate agency for consideration,

11. That the APS Committee select one location per year to be marked by an inauguration ceremony and that staff notify the requester and the CNIB as to APS installation dates and that this information be posted on the Region’s Web page;

12. That staff develop a communication plan that identifies the target audience, communication objectives, communication instruments and that it be developed to manage the provision of information by the Region to persons who are blind, deaf-blind or have low-vision. And, that the survey recommended in the report not be undertaken;

13. That the Region continue to supply information upon request in alternate format where ever possible;

14. That staff and the visually impaired continue to identify, obtain, and test push button locator systems and select the preferred device with a cost estimate in time for the 2001 budget;

15. That a tactile path and tactile indicators be introduced in and around Regional Headquarters.

16. That following the public consultation and finalization of the criteria, the Transportation Department hold an annual public meeting with citizens to review applications and select intersections for APS installation in the following year.

"CARRIED"

Committee Recommendations As Amended

MOTION NO. 11

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor M. Meilleur

RESOLVED THAT Item 2 of Transportation Committee Report No. 53 – Noise Barrier Design Standard be referred back to the Committee for further review.

"CARRIED" with Councillor Legendre and Cantin dissenting.

Committee Recommendations As Amended

1. That Council approve the proposed draft noise barrier retrofitting policy attached at Annex "A";

2. That Council approve the minimum number of residences to be considered per barrier section be 5 continuous lots, unless circumstances warrant otherwise.

"CARRIED" with Councillor van den Ham dissenting.

By-law 8 of 2000 to approve area municipality by-laws regulating traffic on local streets as follows: