Regional Council

Ottawa-Carleton

23 September 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 9 Septmeber, 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 C. Doucet 2 - 8 October (APTA meeting)

H. RECONSIDERATIONS

Moved by Councillor R. Cantin

Seconded by Councillor B. Hill

RESOLVED THAT Council reconsider Item 7 of Transportation Committee Report No. 17 as follows:

 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 17

7. RICHMOND ROAD (REGIONAL ROAD 36) AND STAFFORD CENTRE ACCESS - PROPOSED CONNECTION TO NORTHSIDE ROAD

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

That Council not support the staff recommendation.

 

 

 

I. MOTION TO INTRODUCE COMMITTEE REPORTS

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 16

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 17 (WAIVED REPORT)

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEE REPORT NO. 20 AND REPORT NO. 21 (IN CAMERA).

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE AND CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JOINT REPORT NO. 1

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO.19

 

 

J. MOTION TO ADOPT COMMITTEE REPORTS

  1. MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS THREE READINGS

  1. Being a by-law to set forth the division of tax rates between existing and downloaded services.

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

Moved by Councillor A. Munter

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

WHEREAS the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission is holding public hearings on future television broadcasting policy; and

WHEREAS numerous parties have provided input, including the municipalities of London, Windsor and Quebec City; and

WHEREAS the need to keep citizens informed about local issues and the importance of having a local perspective on television is becoming more important in an era of increasingly global communications; and

WHEREAS it is in the interest of a healthy local democracy for community groups, civic officials, business leaders and others to be able to have access to their community, and vice versa, through television; and

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council calls on the CRTC to defend and enhance local and regional television programming as a priority in its review of Canadian television policy.

 

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

N. CONFIRMATION BY-LAW

O. INQUIRIES

P. ADJOURNMENT