THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY

 

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, 28 April 1999 at 1:30 p.m.

The meeting was called to order at 1:40 p.m. and opened with the playing of the National Anthem, performed by the Woodroffe High School Band.

The Regional Chair, Robert Chiarelli, presided and led Council in prayer.

ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT EXCEPT COUNCILLOR BYRNE.

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

The minutes of the Regular Council meeting of 14 April 1999 were confirmed.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS/CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES

The Chair called upon the Chief Administrative Officer, Merv Beckstead, for the presentation of the 1st Annual Rob Dolan Award.

 

The Chief Administrative Officer’s opening remarks were as follows:

"Approximately a year ago, the Region of Ottawa-Carleton experienced a great loss. After a courageous battle with cancer, Rob Dolan, the Region’s first and long-time Director of Information and Public Affairs passed away.

This community mourned the loss of a public relations professional, a father, a husband, and a colleague.

And although today we no longer benefit from his professional public relations skills, his legacy in communication excellence continues.

And it is this legacy that we want to ensure lives on forever in the Ottawa-Carleton community.

Through the Rob Dolan Award, we will every year remember him and his enormous contribution to the public relations field.

The environment in which Rob worked was a difficult one. The Region had resisted for years creating a public relations office.

It goes without saying that people were set in their ways in how to deal with the media. As a colleague stated back in the late 80’s, the Region used to make headlines by accident.

Rob faced the momentous challenge of changing the Corporate culture, of establishing policies and procedures. He made changes. He shook people. He made a difference.

Rob was determined to make Regional Government relevant to people. Rob’s approach was to identify the issue, and then use communications in a targeted manner, with very specific messages.

Through Rob’s leadership and vision, communication campaigns at the Region are focussed and are geared to the various audiences that we serve.

Throughout his career with us at the Region, Rob was determined to ensure that news stories about the Region were fair and balanced and that appropriate attention was given to municipal issues.

Rob used his background in journalism to instill in reporters the importance of getting the story right, in understanding the complexities of the decision-making process and to give municipal issues the attention they deserved.

Rob was so committed to ensuring that reporters dealt with municipal sector adequately that he dedicated his masters thesis to that very cause. He subsequently published it as a book entitled, "A Reporter’s Guide to Municipal Government in Ontario".

Today, with the first Rob Dolan Award presentation, I would like to pay tribute to a communication professional whose legacy we will never forget."

The Chief Administrative Officer then introduced Catherine Graham, Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Public Affairs and Management, Carleton University, to present the Rob Dolan Award to Chad Poulin.

 

 

 

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES

No declarations of interest were filed.

 

COMMUNICATIONS

1. The Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance, responding to the Regional Chair’s letter advising of Council’s support for tobacco consumption legislation similar to Bill S-13. He summarized the ruling made by the Speaker of the House of Commons, in that Bill S-13 was not properly before the House of Commons, and therefore, was withdrawn from the order paper.

Having said that, he explained the Government’s support and stance on the reduction of tobacco consumption, especially among young Canadians. In doing so, he outlined initiatives directed toward achieving this goal which included a comprehensive strategy that has four key elements – legislation, public education, enforcement and research.

 

 

2. The Honourable Allan Rock, Minister of Health responding to the Regional Clerks’ letter, on behalf of Regional Council, concerning Bill S-13, the Tobacco Industry Responsibility Act.

He outlined several key initiatives that Health Canada has recently undertaken in terms of governing the labelling and promotion of tobacco as well as developing strategies to increase public awareness and concern about the use of tobacco and its long-term health risks. He further explained that these activities are part of the Tobacco Control Initiative, the latest Federal Government program on tobacco control. He summarized the key components of this Initiative as being legislation and regulations, enforcement, research and public education.

 

3. The Honourable Al Leach, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, responding to the Regional Clerk’s correspondence, on behalf of Regional Council, requesting that cultural and entertainment facilities be eliminated from the Ineligible Services category of the Development Charges Act, 1997.

He explained that one of the key issues addressed by the new legislation was the increasing use of development charges to fund facilities, such as theatres and museums; and that while benefiting the community as a whole, such facilities are not essential to new developments, nor do they serve them exclusively, therefore the people who buy new homes should not have to pay their entire cost. As a result, the Government concluded that cultural facilities should be excluded since they can be funded in ways that better reflect their patterns of usage.

 

4. The Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Oakville, summarizing a resolution passed by their Council with respect to the Halton District School Board School Construction, Consolidation/Closure and Boundary Modifications Report.

Emphasis was placed on recommendation #3, of the resolution, requesting that the municipalities of Ontario take the appropriate action in contacting both the Province and their local Board seeking clarification on how municipal and community groups’ investments on school sites to be disposed, will be protected.

 

5. Richard and Roseanne Hill writing to Chair Chiarelli regarding the proposal to be considered at Regional Council at its meeting of 28 April 1999 to reconsider a motion to construct an engineered wetland at the Nepean Landfill site to treat groundwater that has been contaminated with leachate, and in general, the future of the Trail Road landfill site. They provided their comments and outlined their concerns with respect to the Leachate wetland that is being proposed as well as with the Landfill Optimization Report.

 

MOTION NO. 76

Moved by Councillor D. Holmes

Seconded by Councillor C. Doucet

RESOLVED THAT Communication No. 3 from the Honourable Al Leach, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, be referred to the Arts Committee.

"CARRIED"

 

 

* COMMUNICATIONS HELD ON FILE WITH THE REGIONAL CLERK.

 

REGRETS

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

Councillor W. Byrne 28 April 1999

 

 

POSTPONEMENTS AND DEFERRALS

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 36

 

MOTION NO. 77

Moved by Councillor H. Kreling

Seconded by Councillor M. Bellemare

RESOLVED THAT Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 36 be considered In Camera pursuant to Subsection 11(1) of the Procedure By-law, as it relates to: personal matters about an identifiable individual, including staff.

"CARRIED"

 

IN CAMERA SESSION

On a motion by Councillor P. Hume, Council arose from In Camera Session.

 

IN OPEN COUNCIL

2. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER PERFORMANCE REVIEW

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council approve:

1. the Chief Administrative Officer’s 1998 Annual Report;

2. the Chief Administrative Officer’s projected Goals and Objectives for 1999;

3. a performance-based salary adjustment and performance bonus in respect of the CAO’s 1998 performance as outlined in the report.

"CARRIED" with Councillors Davis and Doucet dissenting on Recommendation No. 3.

RECONSIDERATIONS

 

MOTION NO. 78

Moved by Councillor W. Stewart

Seconded by Councillor M. McGoldrick-Larsen

RESOLVED THAT Council reconsider Motion No. 66.

"CARRIED"

 

Motion No. 66 reads as follows:

 

MOTION NO. 66

Moved by Councillor M. McGoldrick-Larsen

Seconded by Councillor W. Stewart

WHEREAS the Nepean Landfill Bufferlands Assessment Report, May 1996, recognizes an engineered wetland for treatment of contaminated groundwater from the Nepean Landfill Site as a viable option;

WHEREAS the Trail Road Landfill Asset Management Study Landfill Optimization Report, October 1998, recognizes the future potential of the Trail Road Landfill to be upwards of 25 years;

WHEREAS the Nepean Environmental Committee recommended that the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton give consideration to a pilot project pursing evolving techniques for on-site biology-based treatment of leachate and contaminated ground water including wetlands;

WHEREAS a recent RMOC telephone survey on Leachate management methods concluded 74% agreed leachate should be processed at the Trail Road landfill site where it is produced;

WHEREAS funding for wetland construction is identified in the 1999 Capital Budget, project # 982-42311;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT, subject to design approval, RMOC construct an engineered wetland at the Nepean Landfill site to treat the contaminated groundwater.

 

MOTION NO. 79

Moved by Councillor M. McGoldrick-Larsen

Seconded by Councillor W. Stewart

RESOLVED THAT Council refer Motion No. 66 to the Planning and Environment Committee for further reconsideration as to:

"CARRIED"

 

MOTION TO INTRODUCE COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

MOTION NO. 80

Moved by Councillor G. Hunter

Seconded by Councillor A. Loney

RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 29; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 37; Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 30; and Transportation Committee Report No. 33 be received and considered and that the Rules of Procedure be suspended in order that Council may receive and consider Transportation Committee Report No. 34.

"CARRIED" with Councillor Hunter dissenting on suspension of the Rules of Procedure to receive and consider Transportation Committee Report No. 34.

 

 

(COMMITTEE REPORTS BEGIN ON PAGE )

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 29

1. HOMELESSNESS:ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

That Council:

1. Assume the role of a local service systems manager for homelessness.

2. Direct staff to include in the Community Action Plan (to be presented later in 1999), measures the Region could take to support the development of affordable rental housing through its planning, property and regulatory functions.

"CARRIED"

 

2. CHILD CARE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR 1999

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council:

1. Approve a maximum expenditure of $2,624,000 from the child care capital reserve fund in 1999 to provide capital grants to child care programs within the following groups and that staff manage the grant allocations to specific centres within each group:

New school construction $ 700,000

Programs moving to different schools $ 50,000

Programs existing in non-operational schools

slated for disposal $1,099,000

Community Programs $ 650,000

Minor capital requirements $ 125,000

 

2. Approve a precommitment of the 2000 child care capital budget of up to $600,000 to provide for the balance of funding required for the City View relocation project.

"CARRIED"

 

3. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive this report for information.

"RECEIVED"

 

CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 37

1. R.C.M.P. PULLBACK AND PUMPING STATION UPGRADE:

TEMPORARY FLOW MONITORING STUDY

CONTRACT NO. CA-9637

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the award of Phase 1 for the R.C.M.P. Pullback and Pumping Station Upgrade Study (Temporary Flow Monitoring) to G.A. Clark and Associates, Nepean, for a total contract provision of $78,000.

"CARRIED"

 

 

2. UTILITY CUT RESTORATION - PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM - REGIONAL PARTICIPATION

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the expenditure of $96,000 for the Region’s participation in an international consortium sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada and the US Army Corps of Engineers for the development of practical and cost-effective solutions to extend the life of urban roads experiencing many utility cuts.

"CARRIED"

 

3. SCADA UPGRADE PROGRAMME

EQUIPMENT PURCHASE CONTRACTS CZ0471 AND CZ0472

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council approve the award of:

    1. Contract CZ0471 to Westburne Ruddy Electric Ltd., Ottawa, for the supply of Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller and Remote Telemetry Unit (PLC/RTU) equipment for a total contract provision of $511,493.
    2. Contract CZ0472 to CB Engineering (Eastern) Ltd., Laval, for the supply of Intellution HMI SCADA software for a total contract provision of $210,095.

"CARRIED"

 

4. QUEENSWAY-CARLETON HOSPITAL

GRANT REQUEST

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

That Council approve a grant to the Queensway-Carleton Hospital Expansion Campaign in the amount of $87,000 payable from the Health Care Facilities Reserve Fund.

"CARRIED"

5. YEAR 2000 AND THE REGION OF OTTAWA-CARLETON

REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1999

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council receive the "Region of Ottawa-Carleton Year 2000 Program Report for the First Quarter of 1999" for information.

"RECEIVED"

 

6. LOCAL SERVICES REALIGNMENT (LSR)

IMPACT ON 1999 REGIONAL BUDGET

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council approve:

    1. Amending the 1999 budget for the Public Health Department, Land Ambulance, Social Housing and Child Care services to reflect the revised program costs and cost sharing arrangements as announced by the Provincial government (per Annex B);

    1. Amending the 1999 fund distribution of the one time Payment in Lieu revenues to reflect the 1998 year end actual receipts (per Annex B);

    1. Creating separate levy stabilization reserves for Region Wide, Child Care, Police, Transit and Solid Waste purposes;

    1. Maintaining the 1999 regional taxation requirement at $560.5 million as adopted by Council on February 24, 1999 through contributions to the levy stabilization reserves (per Annex B).

 

 

MOTION NO. 81

Moved by Councillor P. Hume

Seconded by Councillor A. Munter

WHEREAS the Provincial Government has changed the formula for Provincial downloading, thus allocating $15.1 million towards public health and land ambulance services; and

WHEREAS sound fiscal practice dictates that these funds be used as recommended by staff, starting in 2000, to offset the $14.1 million one-time non-recurring PIL money used to balance the 1999 Regional Budget; and

WHEREAS as a result of this new funding formula, the City of Ottawa has lost almost all of their Provincial CRF resulting in some uncertainty as to how much of this health and ambulance money will actually be available to Regional Government and how much of it the Province will seek to claw back; and

WHEREAS, according to the Ministry of Health, the Region of Ottawa-Carleton is not meeting the minimum Provincial standards set out by the mandatory public health guidelines in a broad range of areas including early detection of cervical and breast cancer, post-partum services, tuberculosis control, school health programming, chronic disease and injury prevention, Hepatitis C follow-up, children’s immunization, infectious disease prevention and program to stop teens from smoking; and

WHEREAS the Province has signaled its intention, now that it is once again cost-sharing public health services, to ensure municipalities meet those standards.

1. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the $15.1 million allocated to the Region by the Provincial Government, earmarked for public health and ambulance services, be placed in the Region wide reserve fund on a one-time basis for 1999.

2. FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED THAT Regional Council support, in principle, the objective of meeting all the minimum Provincial standards set out by the Province of Ontario’s mandatory public health guidelines; and

3. FURTHER THAT the Chief Administrative Officer commission an independent review of the Health Department’s activities, structures and compliance to the mandatory guidelines; and

4. FURTHER THAT the CAO, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, submit to the Community Services Committee and Council proposed terms of reference and budget for such a review; and

5. FURTHER THAT the Regional Treasurer be authorized to make the budget adjustments required to incorporate this revenue in the 1999 budget and set the tax rates based on taxation requirement identified in the budget approved by Council.

 

At the request of the Mover and Seconder and with the consent of Council, Recommendation Nos. 1 and 5 were "WITHDRAWN".

 

MOTION NO. 82

Moved by Councillor P. Hume

Seconded by Councillor D. Beamish

RESOLVED THAT the following Recommendations from Motion No. 81 be referred to the Community Services Committee:

2. THAT Regional Council support, in principle, the objective of meeting all the minimum Provincial standards set out by the Province of Ontario’s mandatory public health guidelines; and

3. THAT the Chief Administrative Officer commission an independent review of the Health Department’s activities, structures and compliance to the mandatory guidelines; and

4. THAT the CAO, in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health, submit to the Community Services Committee and Council proposed terms of reference and budget for such a review.

"CARRIED"

 

Item 6 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 37 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" with Councillors Hume and Munter dissenting.

7. 1999 TAX RATES

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council approve:

1. The 1999 tax rates for each Regional service as detailed in Annex A;

2. The preparation and submission to Regional Council of the necessary by-laws for enactment.

"CARRIED"

 

8. PURCHASE OF SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the purchase of SAP R3 system support services from IBM Canada Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, for the period May 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000 at a cost not to exceed $650,000, including GST.

"CARRIED"

 

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 30

1. Brookside Gardens, PLAN OF SUBDIVISION Township of Rideau

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council refuse the proposed Brookside Gardens subdivision so that it may be considered by the Ontario Municipal Board with the associated zoning by-law that has been appealed to the Board by the developer, and that the Regional Clerk issue the ‘Notice of Decision’ attached as Annex D.

"CARRIED" with Councillor van den Ham dissenting.

 

2. PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER DRAFT REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 4 - SOUTH NEPEAN AREA 8

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That, having held a public meeting, Council enact a By-law to adopt draft Regional Official Plan Amendment 4 to the 1997 Regional Official Plan, attached as Annex A to this report, and that staff be directed to issue the required Notice of Adoption.

"CARRIED"

 

3. APPROVAL TO RECEIVE WASTE DISPOSAL SITE LEACHATE AT THE ROBERT O. PICKARD ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

That Council approve, pursuant to section 5.2.2(9) of the Regional Regulatory Code, the receipt of waste disposal site leachate from the Huneault Waste Management Landfill Site at the Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre in accordance with the conditions and fee structure set out in this report as amended by the following:

a) That the conditions for the receipt of Huneault waste leachate to the Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre include ongoing monitoring and reporting to Council by the Region’s Medical Officer of Health.

"CARRIED"

 

4. Conditions of Consent -Greely Sand & Gravel Inc.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the following:

1. The granting of a Consent to Greely Sand & Gravel Inc. for the operation of its leaf and yard waste composting facility located at the South Half Lot 16 and Part of the East Half Lot 17, Concession 3 in the Township of Osgoode, municipally known as 2260 Stagecoach Road, Greely, on the conditions set out in Annex A to this report;

2. Authorize the Environment and Transportation Commissioner to include in the standard conditions of Consent a compensation fee in the amount of $16 per tonne on all residual waste generated from waste management facilities or services located in the Township of Osgoode until such time that the compensation fee issue, under by-law 234, is resolved.

"CARRIED"

 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 33

1. DONATION STATIONS

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

That Council approve that permits be issued on the following conditions:

1. That participants be allowed to enter the roadway;

2. That participants may not collect from medians of less than one metre in width;

3. That barricades designed to direct traffic not be permitted;

4. That traffic not be restricted or excessively delayed;

5. That safety vests must be worn by participants at all times;

6. That there be no age restriction, but every applicant for a permit undertake and acknowledge in writing;

(a) responsibility for each person collecting under his or her supervision;

(b) that each "collector" will abide by the conditions of the permit, and;

(c) that he or she and all participants will sign a waiver, and that this waiver will be sent to the Region immediately following the event, and that a legal guardian will sign the waiver on behalf of those under the age of 16 years;

7. That cones be allowed on the travelled portion of the roadway only if placed by police officers or by regional staff.

 

MOTION NO. 83

Moved by Councillor D. Beamish

Seconded by Councillor R. van den Ham

RESOLVED THAT Item No. 1 of Transportation Committee Report No. 33 be amended as follows:

(A) No. 6 to read, "all participants must be at least 18 years of age"; and

(B) 6c) to read, "all participants sign a waiver that is provided to the Region in advance of the event".

 

At the request of Council, Motion No. 83 was divided.

 

Part "A" of Motion No. 83 was then put to Council and "LOST" on a division of 9 NAYS to 8 YEAS as follows:

NAYS: Councillors Hunter, Bellemare, Holmes, Meilleur, Kreling, Doucet, Davis, Cantin and Legendre…9

YEAS: Councillors Hume, Hill, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Loney, van den Ham, Munter and Chair Chiarelli…8

 

Part "B" of Motion No. 83 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 12 YEAS to 5 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Bellemare, Hume, Hill, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Loney, Cantin, van den Ham, Munter, Legendre and Chair Chiarelli…12

NAYS: Councillors Hunter, Holmes, Meilleur, Kreling and Davis…5

MOTION NO. 84

Moved by Councillor R. van den Ham

Seconded by Councillor D. Beamish

RESOLVED THAT Council add a new recommendation no. 8, to read:

"That an intersection with 20 or more reportable annual vehicular collisions is not eligible for use as a site".

"CARRIED" on a division of 10 YEAS to 7 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Hunter, Bellemare, Hume, Hill, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Loney, van den Ham, Munter and Chair Chiarelli…10

NAYS: Councillors Holmes, Meilleur, Kreling, Doucet, Davis, Cantin and Legendre…7

 

Item No. 1 of Transportation Committee Report No. 33, as amended by Part "B" of Motion No. 83 and Motion No. 84, was then put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 9 YEAS to 8 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Hunter, Holmes, Hill, Doucet, Davis, Cantin, van den Ham, Munter, and Legendre…9

NAYS: Councillors Bellemare, Hume, Meilleur, Kreling, McGoldrick-Larsen, Beamish, Loney and Chair Chiarelli…8

 

2. COMPLETING THE TRANS CANADA TRAIL IN OTTAWA-CARLETON

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

That Council approve:

1. Registering with the Trans Canada Trail Foundation that part of the Carleton Place Subdivision rail corridor in RMOC ownership as part of the Trans Canada Trail with the proviso that this use will not preclude its future role as a transportation and utility corridor and does not reduce its safe and effective operation as an official RMOC cycling transportation route east of Stittsville.

2. Delegation to the Commissioner of Planning and Development Approvals the authority to finalize and sign a Memorandum of Understanding, on behalf of the Region, with Ontario Trails Council for the use, development and management of that part of the Carleton Place Subdivision rail corridor, in RMOC ownership, as part of the Trans Canada Trail.

"CARRIED"

 

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 34

  1. TOURISM SIGNAGE POLICY

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED

That "Riding Operations" be included as a tourism service/facility eligible for signing in Schedule A of the Draft Regional Tourism and Public Services Signing Policy.

"CARRIED"

 

2. WALKING SECURITY INDEX

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

That Council approve the following:

1. WHEREAS the Final Report of the Walking Security Index conducted by Dr. Barry Wellar was received by Council in October 1998 and has since been distributed for public comment, and

WHEREAS the consultation process is now complete and staff are recommending that the Basic Walking Security (BWS) Index and its components as listed, and the Quality of Infrastructure Condition (QIC) Index be adopted for use in evaluating regional intersections, initially as a pilot study, and,

WHEREAS staff recommendations 3 and 4 may be difficult to implement due to data collection challenges and further research on driver behaviour being desirable, and,

WHEREAS Dr. Wellar has prepared a proposal to do a Pilot Project based on staff recommendations 1 and 2 and to conduct further research on driver behaviour by examining 18 intersections including, but not limited to, those intersections which need to be addressed in the Main Street Transportation Study and the Woodroffe Avenue Transportation Study, both of which have recently commenced, and,

WHEREAS the total proposal is at a cost of $87,000 and there are uncommitted funds of approximately $700,000 in the 1999 Transportation Demand Management Budget,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Pilot Project proposal from Dr. Barry Wellar be approved and forwarded to Council, and that Dr. Wellar conduct the pilot study in conjunction with the Main Street and the Woodroffe Avenue Transportation studies.

2. That the $87,000 for the Pilot Project be divided among the following:(amounts are estimated)

$25,000 (Woodroffe Avenue Transportation Study Intersections)

$20,000 (Main Street Transportation Study Intersections)

$42,000 (Proposed Comparative Study Intersections)

3. That the Proposed Comparative Study Intersections include the following intersections:

Merivale and Viewmount

Stafford and Richmond Road

Churchill and Richmond Road

Donald Street and St Laurent Blvd.

4. That the Audible Pedestrian Signals Committee be part of the pilot study.

5. That right-turn cut-offs be analysed as part of the Pilot Project on the Walking Security Index.

6. That the Pilot Project incorporate "stop for pedestrian" signs, including a red octagonal symbol, instead of "yield to pedestrian" signs at pedestrian crosswalks in right-turn cut-offs.

7. That Recommendation No. 5(K) of Section E of the Walking Security Index, Change Yield to Pedestrian Signs to Stop Signs be implemented as soon as possible.

8. That the Driver Behaviour Index (DBI) proposed in the Walking Security Index be used in the pilot study as well as the staff recommendation for the Aggressive Driving Indeces.

9. That the Walking Security Index report be made available in the main public libraries in Nepean, Gloucester and Ottawa.

10. That Council receive the report prepared by Dr. Barry Wellar of the Geography Department of the University of Ottawa, entitled Walking Security Index and approve the recommendations set out in the report, as amended by the foregoing.

 

MOTION NO. 85

Moved by Councillor M. Meilleur

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

RESOLVED THAT Item No. 2 of Transportation Committee Report No. 34 – Walkley Security Index be amended as follows:

be added to the list, and

be removed from the list.

"CARRIED" with Councillor van den Ham dissenting.

MOTION NO. 86

Moved by Councillor L. Davis

Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes

RESOLVED THAT Recommendation No. 3 also be funded from the Transportation Demand Management budget.

"CARRIED" with Councillors van den Ham and McGoldrick-Larsen dissenting.

 

MOTION NO. 87

Moved by Councillor D. Beamish

Seconded by Councillor G. Hunter

RESOLVED THAT additional staff requirements, as requested in the proposal, come from the Transportation Demand Management budget.

"CARRIED"

 

Recommendation No. 2 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 13 YEAS to 4 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Bellemare, Hume, Holmes, Meilleur, Kreling, Hill, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Davis, Cantin, Munter, Legendre and Chair Chiarelli…13

NAYS: Councillors Hunter, Beamish, Loney, and van den Ham…4

 

Recommendation No. 7 was then put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 10 YEAS to 7 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Holmes, Meilleur, Kreling, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Davis, Loney, Munter, Legendre and Chair Chiarelli…10

NAYS: Councillors Hunter, Bellemare, Hume, Hill, Beamish, Cantin and van den Ham…7

All other Recommendations, except Recommendation Nos. 2 and 7, were then put to Council and "CARRIED" on a division of 14 YEAS to 3 NAYS as follows:

YEAS: Councillors Bellemare, Hume, Holmes, Meilleur, Kreling, Hill, Doucet, McGoldrick-Larsen, Davis, Loney, Cantin, Munter, Legendre and Chair Chiarelli…14

NAYS: Councillors Hunter, Beamish and van den Ham…3

 

MOTION TO ADOPT COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

MOTION NO. 88

Moved by Councillor M. Meilleur

Seconded by Councillor L. Davis

RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 29; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 37; Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 30; and Transportation Committee Report Nos. 33 and 34; and Item 2 of Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 36 be received and adopted as amended by Part "B" of Motion No. 83; Motion Nos. 84, 85, 86 and 87 and with Recommendations 2, 3, and 4 of Motion No. 81 being referred to the Community Services Committee (See Motion No. 82).

"CARRIED" with dissents as recorded on various items.

 

 

MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS

 

MOTION NO. 89

Moved by Councillor A. Loney

Seconded by Councillor R. van den Ham

RESOLVED THAT the following by-laws be enacted and passed.

By-law 29 of 1999 to set tax rates and requisition levies for general regional purposes, including police services.

By-law 30 of 1999 to set tax rates and requisition levies for child care purposes.

By-law 31 of 1999 to set tax rates and requisition levies for solid waste purposes.

By-law 32 of 1999 to set tax rates and requisition levies for transit purposes.

By-law 33 of 1999 to approve area municipality by-laws regulating traffic on local streets as follows:

City of Gloucester 82 of 1999

Township of Osgoode 28 of 1999

Township of West Carleton 14 of 1999

Township of West Carleton 15 of 1999

By-law 34 of 1999 to adopt Amendment 4 to the Official Plan (1997) of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.

By-law 35 of 1999 to delegate the authority to grant consents pursuant to the Planning Act, section 53 to the Township of Goulbourn, Osgoode, Rideau and West Carleton.

 

By-law 36 of 1999 to amend section 7.4.9 of the Corporate Policy Manual with respect to the delegated authority of the Environment and Transportation Commissioner.

"CARRIED"

By-laws enacted and passed.

 

MOTIONS

 

MOTION NO. 90

Moved by Councillor M. Meilleur

Seconded by Councillor R. Cantin

WHEREAS Highway 17, running through Ottawa-Carleton from the end of Highway 417 to Arnprior, is the key transportation facility in West Carleton; and

WHEREAS Highway 17 continues to exact an unacceptable toll of traffic crash victims totaling more than two dozen people killed in the last three years, including 15 deaths in just the last year; and

WHEREAS the volume of people and the movement of goods along Highway 17 continues to increase; and

WHEREAS the economic vitality of Ottawa-Carleton’s West Carleton Township relies heavily on Highway 17; and

WHEREAS the Province of Ontario is in the process of designing a new four lane cross section for Highway 17, but with no clear intention of building it in the near future,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Region of Ottawa-Carleton request that the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario make the necessary investments to widen Highway 17 to Arnprior within 3 years.

"CARRIED"

 

CONFIRMATION BY-LAW

 

MOTION NO. 91

Moved by Councillor M. Bellemare

Seconded by Councillor D. Beamish

RESOLVED THAT by-law 37 of 1999 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.

"CARRIED"

By-law enacted and passed.

 

ADJOURNMENT

Council adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

 

 

 

     

CLERK

 

CHAIR