Regional Council

Ottawa-Carleton

12 August 1998

1:30 P.M.

 

DRAFT AGENDA

 

 

A. NATIONAL ANTHEM

B. PRAYER

C. ROLL CALL

D. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Confirmation of the minutes of the Regular Council meeting of 8 July, 1998.

E. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

F. COMMUNICATIONS*

Issued separately.

 

* COMMUNICATIONS HELD ON FILE WITH THE REGIONAL CLERK.

G. REGRETS

The following members of Council advising that they will be absent from Council and Committee meetings during the dates indicated:

Councillor A. Loney 31 July - 14 August 1998

Councillor A. Munter 21 July - 14 August 1998

Councillor D. Holmes 22 July - 10 August 1998

Councillor G. Hunter 23 July - 23 August 1998

 

H. MOTION TO INTRODUCE COMMITTEE REPORTS

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 15

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEE REPORT NOS. 15 AND 16, AND REPORT NO. 17 (IN CAMERA)

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 11

TRANSPORATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 16

 

I. MOTION TO ADOPT COMMITTEE REPORTS

J. MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS THREE READING

    1. Being a by-law to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers
    2. Being a by-law to stop up, close and authorize the sale of part of St. Patrick, at Charlotte Street, (in the City of Ottawa, and more particularly described in Schedule "A" hereto.)

3. Being a by-law to approve area municipality by-laws (regulating traffic on local streets as follows):

City of Nepean 062-98

 

K. MOTIONS (OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN)

L. NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING)

A. Moved by Councillor M. Bellemare

Seconded by Councillor W. Byrne

WHEREAS the residents of Ottawa-Carleton strongly desire to vote in a referendum in order to choose a model of governance for this region;

AND WHEREAS it is expected that the cities of Gloucester, Nepean and Kanata will hold a referendum concerning municipal restructuring on October 19, 1998, while other municipalities are considering holding such a referendum;

AND WHEREAS it is in the public interest to conduct a region-wide referendum on this issue with a common set of questions in order to obtain clear results as to the will of the entire electorate of Ottawa-Carleton;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT

1. The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC), in conjunction with local municipalities, hold a region-wide referendum on the issue of municipal restructuring on or about October 19, 1998;

2. The costs of the referendum be shared equally between the RMOC (50 percent) and local municipalities (50 percent);

3. An inter-municipal referendum committee composed of three (3) Regional Councillors and three (3) elected representatives of area municipalities develop a common set of questions to be submitted for approval of Regional Council and local municipalities before the end of September 1998;

AND THAT this motion be communicated to all area municipal councils in Ottawa-Carleton inviting their participation within such an inter-municipal referendum committee.

 

B. Moved by Chair R. Chiarelli

Seconded by Councillor C. Doucet

 

WHEREAS the City of Ottawa has initiated a process for the residential, commercial, and other development of Lansdowne Park in order to avoid operating the facility at a financial loss;

WHEREAS planning related issues must eventually be approved by Regional Council;

WHEREAS Lansdowne Park is of broad importance economically, historically, and socially to residents across the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton;

WHEREAS the community associations most directly affected, such as the Glebe and Ottawa South Community Associations, have expressed serious concerns about the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park into private homes;

WHEREAS members of the community at large, including the public advisory group set up by the City of Ottawa as part of the current process, have stated that their input was restricted to choosing between two limited alternatives;

WHEREAS there is growing public sentiment that options for maintaining and improving Lansdowne Park as a public facility on a break-even basis, without continuing taxpayer support, have not been fully explored;

WHEREAS designating or removing a Major Community Facilities designation in the Official Plan is often controversial and may only be contemplated after extensive community consultation within the Official Planning Process in which RMOC is legally required to become involved;

WHEREAS the RMOC is required to respond to Official Plan amendments within 90 days of application and therefore advance preparation is required;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT all efforts be made by RMOC to engage the City of Ottawa in cooperation and in partnership to resolve the future of Lansdowne Park;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to begin preparing detailed information on the community and economic impact of the loss of Lansdowne Park for consideration during deliberation surrounding the Official Plan amendment process;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT a working group be formed including members of Council, staff, residents of the surrounding neighbourhoods, community organizations and businesses to begin consultations aimed at examining and report to Council on alternatives which would preserve Lansdowne Park as a public space without ongoing financial support from the City of Ottawa;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the CAO and Regional Chair be directed to investigate the legal structures by which Lansdowne Park might be placed under community governance through the creation of an independent Lansdowne Park Community Authority operating as a public trust on a break-even basis. The Community Authority would reinvest all revenues into the enhancement and operation of Lansdowne Park as a public place;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the CAO report to Council on the potential financial exposure the Region might choose to assume if called upon to underwrite the operation of a Lansdowne Park Community Authority either alone or in partnership with the City of Ottawa.

M. CONFIRMATION BY-LAW

N. INQUIRIES

O. ADJOURNMENT