Regional Council
No. 9
26 April 2000
The Region of Ottawa-Carleton
Council Minutes
The Council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton met at Haydon Hall, Regional Headquarters, 111 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, on Wednesday, 26 April 2000 at 1:30 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 1:40 p.m.
The Acting Regional Chair, Herb Kreling, presided and led Council in prayer.
ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.
Confirmation of Minutes
The minutes of the Special Regional Council meeting of 5 April 2000 and of the Regular Council meeting of 12 April 2000 were confirmed.
Declarations of Interest Arising From Prior Meetings Of Council And Committees
No declarations of interest were filed.
Communications
1. The Clerk-Treasurer, Corporation of the County of Perth, the Clerk, County of Wellington, the Chief Administrative Officer/Clerk, County of Lennox & Addington and the Clerk Treasurer, Corporation of the County of Grey advising Mary Jo Woollam, Regional Clerk, of their respective Council’s endorsement of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton’s resolution concerning Child Care Fee Subsidy Guidelines: Changes Introduced by the Ministry of Community and Social Services.
* COMMUNICATIONS HELD ON FILE WITH THE REGIONAL CLERK.
Motion To Introduce Committee Reports
MOTION NO. 61
Moved by Councillor W. Stewart
Seconded by Councillor M. Bellemare
RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 44; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 64; Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 55; and Transportation Committee Report No. 60 be received and considered.
"CARRIED"
Community Services Committee Report No. 44
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Committee Recommendations As Amended
That Council approve:
2. That the Transition Board be advised of the need for space for this very valuable program.
"CARRIED" with Councillors Beamish, Hill and van den Ham dissenting.
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2. Progress Report On The Action Plan To Prevent And End Homelessness In Ottawa-Carleton |
Committee Recommendation
That Council receive this report for information.
MOTION NO. 62
Moved by Councillor A. Munter
Seconded by Councillor R. Cantin
WHEREAS Regional Council is on record as calling on senior governments "for renewed federal and provincial funding for additional social and supportive" housing; and
WHEREAS the Federal Government announced $305 million over three years for "Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative" in housing, which was designed to meet local community needs and assist local strategies to deal with homelessness; and
WHEREAS the Federal Government has now signaled that those dollars can be used for virtually any purpose within the housing/homelessness envelope except to build permanent housing; and
WHEREAS a key element of Ottawa-Carleton’s strategy to prevent and end homelessness is to support the construction of new, permanent housing stock;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council calls on the Federal Government to remove restrictions that would stop this community from using housing dollars for permanent housing, as Council strongly prefers permanent solutions over band-aid measures; and
FURTHER THAT this resolution be circulated to local MPs and Minister Claudette Bradshaw.
"CARRIED"
Item 2 of Community Services Committee Report No. 44 as amended by Motion No. 62 was then put to Council and "CARRIED".
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3. Review of Human Services Departments And Functions |
Committee Recommendations As Amended
That Council:
a) Endorse only the Deloitte and Touche report conclusions that the Region must allocate resources to the Health Department to meet the minimum provincial standards for public health and recommend 22.35 additional FTE’s (including the first 10 FTE’s approved in the 2000 budget) and $48,000 for program expenses be included in the 2001 budget estimates and that the Transition Board be so advised;
b) Request the Transition Board NOT implement the departmental structure outlined in the Human Services Departments and Functions report, as it is inconsistent with the Council resolution of 5 April 2000 and it does not meet Council’s goal of a flatter, leaner and less bureaucratic structure; and,
c) Not agree with separating the Medical Officer of Health function from the management function of the Health Department.
"CARRIED" with Councillors Beamish, Stewart and van den Ham dissenting.
Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 64
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1. The Iv Games Of La Francophonie 2001 Les Ives Jeux De La Francophonie 2001 |
Committee Recommendations as Amended
That Council approve:
1. A financial contribution of $250,000 be made to the Games of La Francophonie Organizing Committee (GFOC) in 2000, to support the fourth Games of La Francophonie to take place in 2001, and that the funding come from the Economic Development Budget;
2. That the Region replace the playing surface at the Frank Clair Stadium/Lansdowne Park and carry out other necessary improvements to the stadium in time to host the soccer competition to be held as part of the Games of La Francophonie 2001;
3. That the Regional Chair and Regional Clerk be authorized to execute the necessary agreements with the GFOC and other partners to implement these recommendations.
Que le Conseil approuve :
1. qu’une contribution financière de 250 000 $ soit versée au Comité organisateur des Jeux de la Francophonie (COJF) en 2000 afin d’appuyer les IVes Jeux de la Francophonie qui auront lieu en 2001, et que la contribution financière vienne des fonds pour le développement économique;
2. que la Région remplace la surface de jeu du Stade Frank Clair au parc Lansdowne et procède aux améliorations nécessaires à temps pour accueillir la compétition de soccer prévue aux Jeux de la Francophonie 2001;
3. Que le président et la greffière de la Région soient autorisés à passer les accords nécessaires avec le COJF ainsi que d’autres partenaires afin d’appliquer ces recommandations.
"CARRIED" with Councillors Davis and Hunter dissenting.
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2. Albion Road and Leitrim Road New Traffic Control Signals Consultant Appointment (ETD00-5020) |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve the appointment of Robinson Consultants, Kanata, to provide preliminary design and the environmental study for the installation of traffic signals at Albion Road and Leitrim Road for a total contract provision of $98,000.
"CARRIED"
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3. New Traffic Control Signals Programme 2000 Consultant Appointment (ETD00-5025) |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve the appointment of Cumming Cockburn Limited, Ottawa to provide detailed design and tender preparation of four intersections on the above-noted programme for a total contract provision of $99,500.
"CARRIED"
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4. New Traffic Control Signals Programme 2000 Consultant Appointment (ETD00-5026) |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve the appointment of Ainley Group, Gloucester to provide detailed design and tender preparation of five intersections on the above-noted programme for a total contract provision of $99,800.
"CARRIED"
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5. Working Safely Above Floor Level Program Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre Professional Engineering Services Award of Contract No. WEPD00-19 |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve a contract award to Harmer Podolak Engineering Consultants Inc., Nepean, to provide professional engineering services to conduct the implementation of corrective actions for the Working Safely Above Floor Level Program for the Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre for a total contract provision up to $138,800.
"CARRIED"
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6. 2000 Tax Rates |
Committee Recommendations
That Council approve:
1. The 2000 tax rates for each Regional service as detailed in Annex A;
2. The taxation requirements for each Regional service as presented in Table 1;
3. The preparation and submission to Regional Council of the necessary by-laws for enactment.
"CARRIED"
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7. Replacement Of Cardiac Monitors / Defibrillators |
Committee Recommendations as Amended
1. That Council approve the funding to the Base Hospital Program of Ottawa-Carleton for the immediate purchase of 35 Zoll Medical M Series Monitor / Defibrillators Multi-Pro Plus Model, and training on the new equipment for all paramedics currently working in Ottawa-Carleton, at a total cost of $930,312 (after trade-in). The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has agreed to fund $232,631 or 25% leaving the Region with the remaining 75% portion at a cost of $697,681.
2. WHEREAS "Early Defibrillation" is the key link in the Chain of Survival for sudden cardiac arrest victims; and
WHEREAS Ottawa-Carleton has Advanced Life Support Paramedics; and
WHEREAS the existing defibrillators are inadequate as a diagnostic and reporting tool for Advanced Life Support Paramedics; and
WHEREAS the existing defibrillators have passed their serviceable lifespan and are failing;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct staff to seek approval from the Transition Board to allow for the immediate replacement of this equipment.
"CARRIED" with Councillors Beamish, Hill and van den Ham dissenting.
Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 55
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1. Osgoode Official Plan - Deferrals 12 and 13 |
Committee Recommendation
That Council lift Deferral Nos. 12 and 13 to the Township of Osgoode Official Plan, and approve the designations as described on the Approval Page attached as Annex I.
"CARRIED"
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2. Canada Lands Company Ltd. - Proposed Subdivision - 363 Smyth Road, Ottawa |
Committee Recommendation as Amended
That Council give draft approval to the proposed subdivision at 363 Smyth Road, Ottawa (06T-99002), subject to the conditions attached as Annex I, as amended by the following:
That Transportation staff and the developer review the intersection of the Smyth/Fairbanks Subdivision entrance to ensure that the through movement to/from Fairbanks and to/from the entrance to the proposed subdivision is a safe movement and that the results of the review are incorporated into the final intersection if required.
MOTION NO. 63
Moved by Councillor P. Hume
Seconded by Councillor C. Doucet
RESOLVED THAT
1. That the Regional Conditions for Final Approval, Canada Lands Company Limited, 363 Smyth Road Subdivision, City of Ottawa be amended by adding the following City of Ottawa conditions that were inadvertently omitted from the Regional staff report:
"17. Prior to the issuance of the first Building Permit for lots 1 to 17, the Registered Owner shall prepare and implement an erosion and sediment control plan to the satisfaction of the Manager of the Environmental Management Branch, appropriate to site conditions, prior to undertaking any site alterations (filling, grading, removal of vegetation, etc.) and during all phases of site preparation and construction in accordance with the current Best Management Practices for Erosion and Sediment Control."
"19. a) Immediately after registration of the Subdivision Agreement, proposed Block 24 shall be conveyed to the City, at no cost to the City, for memorial site purposes as described in 19.b). below."
And that the other conditions be renumbered as necessary.
2. That Regional staff be authorized to give final approval to the above subdivision including amending conditions if deemed necessary.
"CARRIED"
Item 2 of Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 55 as amended by Motion No. 63 was then put to Council and "CARRIED".
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3. Summary of Assigned Functions: Official Plan Amendments, Subdivisions, Condominiums, Part Lot Control By-Laws, Zoning By-Laws, Site Plans and Severances, and Appeals of Four Zoning By-Laws and One Committee of Adjustment Decision |
Committee Recommendation as Amended
That Council receive this report for information purposes and confirm the Planning and Development Approvals Department’s appeal of three zoning by-laws (Annex V & VIII) and one Committee of Adjustment decision (Annex VI).
"CARRIED"
Transportation Committee Report No. 60
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1. Bank Street And McLeod Street Intersection Modifications - Public Hearing |
Committee Recommendations
Having held a public hearing, that Council approve:
1. the proposed roadway modifications as shown in Annex C, and;
2. that westbound left turns and straight-through movements at the intersection of Bank and McLeod Street be prohibited at any time, bicycles excepted.
"CARRIED"
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2. Modifications To Preston Street To Accommodate An Outdoor Patio At 434 ½ Preston Street - Public Hearing |
Committee Recommendations
Having held a public hearing, that Council approve the functional design for the modifications to Preston Street (Regional Road 73) as illustrated in Annex B, subject to the proponent:
a. funding 50% of the total cost of the proposed road works shown; and,
b. executing a Legal agreement with respect to (a) above.
"CARRIED"
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3. Bronson Avenue/Gladstone Avenue Intersection Modifications - Public Hearing |
Committee Recommendations
Having held a public hearing, that Council approve:
1. the intersection modifications for Bronson Avenue at Gladstone Avenue (as shown in Annex B, Ainley Group drawing #GB-01), which incorporates the following measures;
a. Gladstone Avenue narrowings;
b. lane realignment, lane reduction and introduction of eastbound and westbound left-turn lanes for the Gladstone approaches;
c. cycling facilities for the Gladstone Avenue approaches;
d. the closure of the Petro Canada gas station easterly access situated on Gladstone Avenue at Bronson Avenue, and;
2. that staff forward the approved recommendations to the City of Ottawa, such that they may be included in the City’s tender documents and implemented as part of the Gladstone sewer/road rehabilitation and streetscaping project.
"CARRIED"
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4. Modifications to Riverside Drive between Uplands Drive and Kimberwick Crescent to Accommodate Cognos Expansion |
Committee Recommendation
Having held a public hearing, that Council approve the construction of a right-turn lane on Riverside Drive at the Cognos driveway located approximately 130 m. south of Uplands Drive as described in the report subject to the proponent, Cognos Incorporated:
a. funding the total cost for the roadway modification plus any associated utility relocations, and;
b. executing legal agreements with respect to the above.
"CARRIED" with Councillor Doucet dissenting.
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5. Rural Traffic Control Signals - Cost Sharing |
Committee Recommendations As Amended
That Council approve:
1. the cost-sharing arrangement for traffic control signals in the rural municipalities for the rest of 2000 as proposed by staff for unwarranted traffic control signals in the rural townships, using the cost-sharing formula proposed by staff and that the applications be handled in a first come first served basis;
that in light of the rapid growth in the Village of Stittsville, should any of the rural townships choose not to request the one signal installation limit in Annex A, that Stittsville be allowed a second signal installation;
that street lighting and engineering be added to the third bullet in Annex A;
that the cities of Gloucester, Nepean and Kanata be formally invited to participate in this special program;
1. the conditions and procedures as set out in Annex A, guide and regulate the process;
2. that funds be allocated for the Region’s share of the signals from the New Traffic Control Signal capital account to an upper limit of $500,000.00.
MOTION NO. 64
Moved by Councillor M. Bellemare
Seconded by Councillor D. Beamish
RESOLVED THAT the Region continue to fund only those intersection locations that are 100% warranted.
"LOST" on a division of 13 NAYS to 4 YEAS as follows:
NAYS: Councillors Legendre, van den Ham, Byrne, Stewart, Hume, Holmes, Meilleur, Doucet, Davis, Cantin, Hill, Kreling and Chair Chiarelli…13
YEAS: Councillors Beamish, Loney, Bellemare and Hunter…4
Item 5 of Transportation Committee Report No. 60 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillors Beamish, Bellemare and Hunter dissenting.
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6. Alta Vista Drive/Smyth Road Planning Study - Staff Response |
Committee Recommendation
That Council approve this report as the response to the City of Ottawa resolution of 16 February 2000 (attached at Annex "A").
"CARRIED"
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7. Motorcycle Racing - Heron Park |
Committee Recommendations As Amended
1. That Council approve that staff, in conjunction with the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Services, undertake a pilot project to assess the effectiveness of rumble strips as speed control devices, in the Heron Park area and for the specific purpose of deterring late-night motorcycle racing;
2. That Council petition the Provincial Minister of Transportation and his federal counterpart to establish standards for the manufacture, sale and use of effective mufflers for motorcycles;
and that Council seek the support of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for this petition to the relevant legislative authorities.
3. That Council petition the provincial Minister of Transportation to make the use of "flip plates" illegal; that is, that license plates be fixed rigidly to vehicles.
4. That Council approve that the Regional Cycling Advisory Group and Citizens for Safe Cycling be invited to participate in the testing and evaluation of the rumble strips proposed to control the noise problem created by motorcycle racing.
"CARRIED"
Motion to Adopt Committee Reports
MOTION NO. 65
Moved by Councillor M. McGoldrick-Larsen
Seconded by Councillor A. Munter
RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 44; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 64; Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 55; and Transportation Committee Report No. 60 be received and adopted as amended by Motion Nos. 62 and 63.
"CARRIED" with dissents as recorded on various items.
Motion To Introduce By-Laws
MOTION NO. 66
Moved by Councillor M. Bellemare
Seconded by Councillor G. Hunter
RESOLVED THAT the following by-laws be enacted and passed.
By-law 30 of 2000 to adopt Amendment 8 to the Official Plan (1997) of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
By-law 31 of 2000 to adopt an optional property tax class.
By-law 32 of 2000 to set a tax ratio.
By-law 33 of 2000 to set tax rates and requisition levies for general regional purposes, including police services.
By-law 34 of 2000 to set tax rates and requisition levies for transit purposes.
By-law 35 of 2000 to set tax rates and requisition levies for solid waste purposes.
By-law 36 of 2000 to set tax rates and requisition levies for child care purposes.
"CARRIED"
By-laws enacted and passed.
Confirmation By-law
MOTION NO. 67
Moved by Councillor A. Loney
Seconded by Councillor R. van den Ham
RESOLVED THAT by-law 37 of 2000 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.
"CARRIED"
By-law enacted and passed.
Adjournment
Council adjourned at 3:12 p.m.
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CLERK |
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