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AUDIT SUB-COMMITTEE
SOUS-COMITÉ DE LA VÉRIFICATION
1. OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL (OAG) - 2011
workplan, REPORTING PROTOCOL AND ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU DU VÉRIFICATEUR GÉNÉRAL (BVG) – PLAN DE
TRAVAIL 2011, PROTOCOLE RELATIF À LA PRÉSENTATION DE RAPPORTS ET GESTION
ACS2011-CMR-ASC-0002 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
That the Finance and Economic
Development Committee recommend Council approve the following, as described in
this report:
1.
OAG 2011 Workplan, as amended by the
following;
That item 7, "Selected Grant Recipients", be amended to
focus on a broader review of the City's grant program;
2.
OAG reporting protocol;
3.
Administrative procedures; and,
4.
That the City Clerk and Solicitor be
delegated the authority to make the required changes to the By-law governing
the OAG and the Terms of Reference for the Audit Sub-committee to reflect the
changes approved with this report.
carried
CITY
MANAGER’S OFFICE
BUREAU DU
DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL
2. Quality Assessment Review - Office of the
auditor general (OAG)
examen de l’évaluation de la
qualité – Bureau du vérificateur général (BVG)
ACS2011-CMR-OCM-0001 CITY-WIDE/ À
L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE
3. STANDING COMMITTEE AUDIO-CASTING AND ACTION MINUTES – COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS
DIFFUSION EN FORMAT AUDIO ET DES
PROCÈS-VERBAUX DE SUIVI POUR LES COMITÉS PERMANENTS - ANALYSE COÛTS-AVANTAGES
ACS2011-CMR-FED-0003 CITY-WIDE/ À
L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE
Councillor Hume spoke to this item, suggesting it was
an opportunity to drag the City’s administrative process into the 21st
century and move away from paper minutes towards a process where the discussion
at Committee and Council could be posted on the web and heard by the community
at large. He remarked that currently, Committee synopsis minutes were produced
in English only whereas Council minutes were action minutes produced in both
official languages. He proposed moving away from synopsis minutes for Standing
Committees and replacing these with an audio feed of the actual discussion that
happened around the Committee table so residents would be able to access the website,
select the issue of interest to them, click on it and hear the actual debate in
full. Further, he remarked that moving to action minutes for Standing
Committee meetings would enable the City to start producing these in both
official languages, as was currently done for Council minutes. He indicated
his understanding was that the audiocasts would be in a searchable format by
subject. He advised that, as a pilot program, the City had been audiocasting
Planning Committee meetings so people could listen from home. Unfortunately,
the pilot program only allowed the City to keep one set of audio recordings on
the website at any one time. As a result, a lot of people questioned why the
City could not take the next step and put all Committees on that archive and
make them searchable. He indicated staff had advised that once Council moved
to its paperless format at the end of this year, not only would they be on the
web but they would be searchable by subject. He felt this was a good step
forward. He advised that ordinarily, he would have put this forward as a
budget increase. However, in keep with a recent Council direction to find an
off-setting saving when adding something in, he had been working with Clerk’s
staff and he believed this was the most efficient way of achieving this service
enhancement. At this juncture, Councillor Hume read the following motion into
the record:
WHEREAS a pilot project has been in place since January 2009,
whereby all Planning and Environment Committee meetings have been audio-casted
live on ottawa.ca; and
WHEREAS providing an audio-cast of the Planning and Environment
Committee meeting to the general public through the City’s public website has
increased the transparency of the Committee’s work, especially as it relates to
the Planning Act; and
WHEREAS the response from the public and staff has been positive and
complaints have pertained to instances of technical difficulties with the
system; and
WHEREAS there is significant interest in extending audio-casting to
all Standing Committees and archiving the audio-casts; and
WHEREAS there is a cost to extending the audio-casting to all
Standing Committees and archiving the audio-casts; and
WHEREAS there will be a reduced need for synopsis minutes if
audio-casts are available; and
WHEREAS a move to action minutes for Standing Committees would yield
savings and also allow for the translation of action minutes with limited cost
increases;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that all public meetings of Standing
Committees, Sub-Committees and the Debenture Committee be audiocast, and that
the audiocasts be archived on ottawa.ca; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Minutes of all Standing Committees,
Sub-Committees and the Debenture Committee be action-only minutes, in English
and French, with the exception of some Planning matters were some additional
detail will be provided; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the one-time start-up costs for
implementing audiocasting be provided from the Elected Officials administration
account (11130).
Responding to a question from Vice-Chair Clark with
respect to start-up costs, Ms. Leslie Donnelly, Deputy City Clerk, advised that
the start-up costs would be approximately $26,000, almost exactly the amount of
savings from the cutbacks to Members’ travel.
Councillor Egli referenced page 28 of the agenda
package, which talked about the result being an estimated savings of $9,700 in
printing costs and free up $41,500 in staff time. He requested clarification
on the term “free up staff time”. Ms. Donnelly indicated if the the proposed
change was implemented, Clerk’s would have less need for Committee Assistants.
That being said, she referenced some of the proposed changes in governance
insofar as a lobbyist registry, a gift registry and support to an integrity
commission, and she advised that she did not yet know what the staffing impacts
would be. However, she submitted that, depending what other changes were
implemented through the governance renewal framework, the resulting impact
would either be that staff time would be freed-up to take on other
responsibilities or there could be a saving of one full FTE.
Councillor Egli wondered what the City would do for
those who did not have access to a computer or to the internet. Ms. Donnelly
acknowledged that there were trade-offs in both choices. However, she noted
that there were free access terminals at libraries as well as many other
locations across the City. Further, she maintained that there would continue
to be action minutes, which was reflective of the standard across Ontario. She
indicated most municipalities produced action minutes. She added that if
Council moved to action minutes for Standing Committee meetings, these would be
translated whereas currently, the synopsis minutes were not translated because
of the time and expense this would entail. She submitted that Committee and
Council may be balancing the issue of the digital divide versus the francophone
community.
Councillor Egli questioned the number of requests the
City received for minutes in French, wondering whether this was an actual need
or a perceived need. Ms. Donnelly indicated staff did not track every inquiry,
whether for audiocasts or for translations. That being said, she explained that
meeting dispositions were currently translated, though they only contained
recommendations and motions approved by Committee. They did not contain
motions defeated by Committee. She re-iterated that it was a question of
balance, that there were trade-offs, and that it would be up to Committee and
Council to decide as to where the best balance was in terms of service to
members of the community insofar as minutes and the availability of
audiocasts.
In reply to a question from Councillor Hubley with
respect to the costs of upgrading audio equipment in the Champlain Room, Ms.
Donnelly suggested that was a life-cycle issue, which would be coming forward
in any case. However, she indicated it was separate from the issue at hand. She
explained that the sound equipment in the Champlain Room had been failing for
some time and facilities staff would be putting forward a budget pressure where
they deemed it most appropriate.
Councillor Wilkinson felt the City should continue to
do synopsis-type minutes, noting that most Members of Council had campaigned on
platforms of keeping people informed and letting the public know what they were
doing. She expressed concerns about residents having to listen to hours of
meeting audio in order to find the item of interest to them. Further, she felt
synopsis minutes were important for archive purposes, arguing that tapes, film
and disks did not last or were no longer retrievable once the technology
changed. She argued that paper could last for hundreds of years. She felt
this proposal would take away from a record of Committees’ activities and she
believed it was important to preserve such information, adding that minutes
were what people really used. She referenced the e-mails received by Committee
on this subject, noting that these had come from people involved in the
community who used Committee minutes to find out information. In closing, she
asked that the motion be divided for voting purposes.
Responding to a series of questions from Councillor
Taylor, Ms. Donnelly confirmed that the audiocasts were not actual physical
media but actually electronic files that would provide flexibility as
technology changed. In terms of searchability, she explained that each report
listed on an agenda would be bookmarked so that a listener could click on a
particular item and listen to only that part of the meeting and hearing it
directly, as it occurred at the meeting rather than reading a clerk’s
interpretation of same in synopsis minutes.
The following written submissions were received by Committee and are
held on file with teh City Clerk :
·
Christian Pupp, Federation of Citizen
Associations of Ottawa Carleton, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Liz Bernstein, Vice President, Lowertown
Community Association, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Caroline Vanneste, President, Glebe Community
Association, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Amy Kempster, Chair, Friends of the Greenspace
Alliance, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Brian Dickson, President, Rockcliffe Park
Residents Association, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Marilyn R. Jenkins, President, Stittsville
Village Association, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Eric Darwin, President, Dalhousie Community
Association, e-mail dated 4 April 2011
·
Kris Nanda, Chair, Riverview Park Community
Association Planning and Development Committee, e-mail dated 5 April 2011
·
Heather Pearlman, Co-Chair, Champlain Park
Community Association, e-mail dated 5 April 2011
Pursuant to Councillor Wilkinson’s request to divide the motion,
Committee proceeded to vote on each “therefore be it resolved” section
therein.
Moved by Councillor P. Hume
WHEREAS a pilot project has been in place since January 2009,
whereby all Planning and Environment Committee meetings have been audio-casted
live on ottawa.ca; and
WHEREAS providing an audio-cast of the Planning and Environment
Committee meeting to the general public through the City’s public website has
increased the transparency of the Committee’s work, especially as it relates to
the Planning Act; and
WHEREAS the response from the public and staff has been positive and
complaints have pertained to instances of technical difficulties with the
system; and
WHEREAS there is significant interest in extending audio-casting to
all Standing Committees and archiving the audio-casts; and
WHEREAS there is a cost to extending the audio-casting to all
Standing Committees and archiving the audio-casts; and
WHEREAS there will be a reduced need for synopsis minutes if
audio-casts are available; and
WHEREAS a move to action minutes for Standing Committees would yield
savings and also allow for the translation of action minutes with limited cost
increases;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that all public meetings of Standing
Committees, Sub-Committees and the Debenture Committee be audiocast, and that
the audiocasts be archived on ottawa.ca; and
CARRIED
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Minutes of all Standing Committees,
Sub-Committees and the Debenture Committee be action-only minutes, in English
and French, with the exception of some Planning matters were some additional
detail will be provided; and
CARRIED
YEAS (5): R. Chiarelli, A. Hubley, P. Hume, M. Taylor, D.
Thompson
NAYS (4): P. Clark, D. Deans, K. Egli, M. Wilkinson
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the one-time start-up costs for
implementing audiocasting be provided from the Elected Officials administration
account (11130).
RAPPORT DE SITUATION - DEMANDES DE
RENSEIGNEMENTS ET MOTIONS DU comitÉ des FINANCES et du développement Économique POUR LA PÉRIODE SE TERMINANT LE 25
mars 2011
Councillor Wilkinson referenced page 33 of the agenda
package, which talked about the Code of Conduct for Members of Council being
brought forward to the Governance Renewal Sub-Committee. She wondered why it
would not be going to Member Services Committee first. Ms. Leslie Donnelly,
Deputy City Clerk, explained that as part of the Governance report approved by
Council in early December, the notion of the Code of Conduct, as well as all
other matters related to the public accountability framework, was incorporated
into the Terms of References for the Governance Renewal Sub-Committee.
Councillor Wilkinson questioned why the matter would
not go to Member Services Committee first to make recommendations to the
Governance Renewal Sub-Committee. Ms. Donnelly explained that whenever a new
governance framework resulted in changes to a Committee’s or a Sub-Committee’s
scope of responsibility, staff automatically re-routed items as appropriate as
a result of those changes. Accordingly, she advised that as a result of the
December 2010 Governance decisions made by this Council, the Member Services
Sub-Committee would no longer deal with Code of Conduct.
Following these exchanges, Committee voted to receive the report.
5. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS BOARDS
OF MANAGEMENT – APPOINTMENTS – 2010 – 2014 terms of council
CONSEILS D’ADMINISTRATION DES ZONES D’AMÉLIORATION COMMERCIALE –
NOMINATIONS - MANDAT DU CONSEIL DE 2010 À 2014
That the Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend
Council approve appointments to the following Business Improvement Area Boards
of Management, as outlined in Document 1, for the term expiring November 30,
2014:
·
Bank Street BIA
·
Barrhaven BIA
·
Bells Corners BIA
·
By-Ward Market BIA
·
Downtown Rideau BIA
·
Glebe BIA
·
Heart of Orléans BIA
·
Preston Street BIA
·
Somerset Street Chinatown BIA
·
Somerset Village BIA
·
Sparks Street BIA / Sparks Street Mall
Authority
·
Vanier BIA
·
Wellington West BIA
·
Westboro BIA
demandes de remboursement traitÉs
pour la pÉriode du 1er OCTOBRE AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2010
7. LITIGATION RECORD – for the period
of 1 October 2010 to 31 December 2010
BILAN DES LITIGES - POUR LA PÉRIODE DU 1er octobre AU 31
DÉcembre 2010
CITY TREASURER AND FINANCE
8. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY – CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER
1, 2010 TO DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND LEGAL OUTSOURCING COSTS
DÉLÉGATION DE POUVOIR – CONTRATS ACCORDÉS POUR LA
PÉRIODE DU 1er OCTOBRE AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2010 ET FRAIS
LÉGAUX D’IMPARTITION
ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0020 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
9. CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES - 2011 LEVIES
PRÉLÈVEMENTS 2011 DES OFFICES DE PROTECTION DE LA
NATURE
ACS2010-CMR-FIN-0018 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
That the Finance
and Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve the 2011 levies as
presented in Document 1 for the following:
1.
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority;
2.
South Nation Conservation Authority; and
3.
Mississippi Valley Conservation
Authority.
BUDGETS DE 2011 POUR LES ZONE D’AMÉLIORATION
COMMERCIAL ET L’ADMINISTRATION DU MAIL DE LA RUE SPARKS
That
the Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend Council:
1. Approve the 2011 budgets and special levies, as presented in
Document 1, for the following:
Bank Street BIA
Barrhaven BIA
Bells Corners BIA
ByWard Market BIA
Carp BIA
Carp Road Corridor BIA
Glebe BIA
Manotick BIA
Orleans BIA
Preston BIA
Rideau BIA
Sparks Street BIA
Sparks Street Mall Authority
Somerset Village BIA
Somerset Chinatown BIA
Vanier BIA
Wellington West BIA
Westboro BIA
2. Enact the BIA levy by-laws and the Sparks
Street Mall Authority by-law for the BIAs and mall authority listed in
Recommendation 1 once the 2011 tax ratios are approved by Council.
provision ponctuelle
et imprévue pour 2011 – financement pour le remplacement de caisses
enregistreuses
ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0007 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
12. 2011
Tax ratios and other tax policies
COEFFICIENTS FISCAUX ET AUTRES
POLITIQUES D’IMPOSITION DE 2011
ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0016 city-wide / À l’Échelle de la
ville
Ms. Marian Simulik, City Treasurer, introduced this item, noting that
a map showing the changes to the urban and rural firs zones was supposed to be
attached to the report but was inadvertently omitted. She apologized for this
error, indicating staff would circulate the map shortly and would ensure it was
included in the report rising to Council.
Mr. Ken Hughes, Deputy City Treasurer, Revenue, spoke from a
PowerPoint presentation, which served to provide Committee with an overview of
the report and its recommendations. A copy of his presentation is held on file
with the City Clerk.
Responding to a series of questions from Councillor Chiarelli with
respect to the impact of capping on properties where the owners were successful
in appealing their assessments, Mr. Hughes confirmed that a property seeing a
reduction would see some of that reduction clawed back in order to finance
properties that were capped. He indicated the proportion of the claw back
would depend on the class of the property in question and it would depend on
what else was happening in that class. He explained that claw-back percentages
varied widely by class and from one year to another. He recalled instances
were the claw-back was almost 100% and other instances were the claw-back was
as low as 12%. He advised that a property owner who had a claw-back would
never see the amount of that claw-back because it was used to cover off the
amount of tax that was not being paid by capped properties within the same
class.
Councillor Hume referenced the multi-residential tax rate, noting that
Committee would be receiving a submission from Mr. Dickie on this subject. He
recalled that the previous Council had somewhat of a strategy and he inquired
as to staff’s position with respect to sitting down with Members of Council and
stakeholders to try to develop a consensus position on how to move forward, or
not as the case may be, with respect to changes in the multi-residential tax
ratio. He felt the City needed some sort of plan or agreement on how to move
forward or where the City should be on this issue. Mr. Hughes confirmed that
this was a difficult issue and one that had been discussed for many years by
staff, Members of Council and stakeholders. He believed it would be helpful to
set-up some sort of Committee to talk about it and reach a consensus.
Having already discussed the matter with the Mayor, Councillor Hume
stated that, subject to Mr. Dickie also expressing interest in participating in
such a working group, he would be moving that direction at the appropriate
time.
Mr. John Dickie, Chair, Eastern Ontario Landlord Organization,
asked that the multi-residential tax ratio be reduced to 1.60. He then
outlined his reasons for making this recommendation as follows:
·
Tenants pay the property taxes on rental apartments through their
rents;
·
The fair tax ratio is 1.0;
·
Most other cities across Canada have ratios of much less than
1.70;
·
Ottawa City Council opted for an equal tax burden on similar
property;
·
An equal tax burden requires a lower tax ratio than 1.70; and
·
An equal tax burden requires a tax ratio of 1.30 to 1.45.
A copy of Mr. Dickie’s detailed written submission is held on file with
the City Clerk.
Mr. Luigi Caparelli, Landlord Representative, Tenants and Landlords
for Fair Taxation, had registered to speak on this item. Unfortunately, he was
no longer in attendance when Committee dealt with this item. A copy of his
written submission is held on file with the City Clerk.
Vice-Chair Clark referenced Councillor Hume’s query with respect to
the delegation’s willingness to participate on a working group. Mr. Dickie
confirmed his interest, indicating he had been working with staff and Members
of Council on this issue for a number of years and that he would be happy to
work further to see if the parties could come to a consensus or at least to
narrow the issues.
At this juncture, Councillor Hume read his motion into the record.
Moved by Councillor P. Hume
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED that the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council
authorize the striking of a working group to develop, if possible, a consensus
position on the issue of the multi-residential tax ratio;
That the
working group be comprised of interested City Councillors, City staff and
interested stakeholders such as EOLO; and
That the
Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council delegate to the Mayor
the responsibility of striking the working group.
Councillor Wilkinson noted that the delegation’s request was for
Council to reduce the multi-residential tax ratio by 0.1 this year, recalling
that the previous year, Council had not reduced yet and the year before that,
Council had reduced it by 0.05. She remarked that the idea had been to
gradually reduce it until it got to about 1.45. Mr. Dickie acknowledged these
statements, but indicated his organization was actually hoping to get it down
to 1.30.
Councillor Wilkinson noted that if Council did strike a working group,
its work would not be completed until next year. Therefore, she wondered if
the delegation had assessed the impact of reducing the tax ratio by 0.05 this
year. Mr. Dickie submitted that the impact would depend on the City’s overall
budgetary increase. He believed moving the multi-residential tax ratio down by
0.05 would put some properties into decrease, though very few, whereas for
others, it would eliminate their tax increase. He advised that, from an
economist’s point of view, it would work its way through the system. However,
if the City wanted the benefit of a notice requiring landlords t reduce rents,
a bigger step would be required. That being said, he indicated his
organization was open to either reduction.
Councillor Wilkinson indicated she would be putting forward a motion
to reduce the multi-residential tax ratio to 1.65 this year. She referenced a
study done about five years prior, which suggested the City should be gradually
decreasing the multi-residential tax ratio to that point and noted that Council
had been bringing it down accordingly until the previous year. Mr. Dickie
referenced the history relative to this matter and confirmed that there had
been some significant decreases in the ratio, which occurred in years when
Council was able to reduce the ratio without losing any money from the previous
year. He indicated the City had essentially gone to a neutral ratio so that it
was not giving up any money. He recalled there had been some smaller moves of
0.05, when Council was trying to deal with this problem in small bites.
In response to questions from Councillor Chiarelli, Mr. Hughes
indicated that in order to trigger a rent reduction, Council would have to
reduce the ratio to 1.6. Therefore, he confirmed that Councillor Wilkinson’s
motion to reduce the multi-residential tax ratio to 1.65 would not trigger an
automatic rent reduction.
Responding to a question from Vice-Chair Clark, Mr. Dickie stated that
he represented approximately half of the private market landlords, about 36,000
units.
At this juncture, Committee voted on the motion put forward by
Councillor Hume.
Moved by Councillor P. Hume
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED that the Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council
authorize the striking of a working group to develop, if possible, a consensus
position on the issue of the multi-residential tax ratio;
That the
working group be comprised of interested City Councillors, City staff and
interested stakeholders such as EOLO; and
That the
Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council delegate to the Mayor
the responsibility of striking the working group.
CARRIED
Speaking to a motion put forward by Councillor Wilkinson, Vice-Chair
Clark inquired as to the impact of tax bills having already been sent out. Mr.
Hughes explained that interim tax bills were always based on 50% of the prior
year’s taxes.
Committee then voted on Councillor Wilkinson’s motion.
Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson
That the Multi-Residential tax ratio be set at 1.65 for 2011.
LOST
YEAS (1): M. Wilkinson
NAYS (9): R. Chiarelli, P. Clark, D.
Deans, K. Egli, A. Hubley, P. Hume, M. McRae, M. Taylor, D. Thompson
Committee voted on the item as amended.
That the
Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve:
1. The
adoption of the following optional property classes in 2011:
·
Shopping centre commercial property class
·
Parking lots and vacant lands commercial property class
·
Office building commercial property class
·
Large industrial property class
·
New multi-residential property class
·
Professional sports facility class
2. The adoption of
the following tax ratios for 2011:
Tax Class
|
Ratios
**
|
|
Residential
|
1.000000
|
|
Multi-Residential
|
1.700000
|
|
New Multi-Residential
|
1.000000
|
|
Farm
|
0.200000
|
|
Managed Forest
|
0.250000
|
|
Pipeline
|
1.539861
|
|
Commercial Broad Class
|
1.956672
|
|
- Commercial *
|
1.863393
|
|
- Office Building *
|
2.251190
|
|
- Parking Lots and Vacant
Land – Commercial*
|
1.220931
|
|
- Shopping Centre *
|
1.549976
|
|
- Professional Sports
Facility *
|
TBD
|
|
Industrial Broad Class
|
2.456381
|
|
- Industrial *
|
2.610968
|
|
- Large Industrial *
|
2.242152
|
* including new construction
classes for BET purposes
** Subject to
final minor revisions upon OPTA close-off
3. The adoption of the following tax ratios and by-laws for the
mandatory property subclasses and the tax rate percentage reduction for
farmland awaiting development:
·
Commercial excess land (i.e. commercial, office and shopping
centre tax classes) - 70% of the applicable commercial property class tax ratio
·
Vacant industrial land, industrial and large industrial excess
land - 65% of the applicable industrial property class tax ratio
·
Farm lands awaiting development subclass I - 75.0% of the
residential property class tax ratio and the corresponding tax rate percentage
reduction for the awaiting residential, multi-residential, commercial and
industrial property classes; and Farm lands awaiting development subclass II -
no tax rate reduction
4. That the tax rates for 2011 be established based on the ratios
adopted herein.
5. a) That the 2011 capping parameters be approved at the higher of
10% of the previous year’s annualized tax or 5% of the 2010 Current Value
Assessment (CVA) taxes; and
b) That
for 2011 capped/clawback properties whose recalculated annualized taxes fall
within $250 of their CVA taxation be moved to their CVA tax for the year; and
c)
That for 2011, properties which have reached their CVA during 2010 or
crossed over from the clawed back category to the capped category remain at CVA
taxes and be excluded from any further and future capping adjustments; and
d) That
for 2011, properties that cross over from the capped category to the clawed
back category remain subject to claw back adjustments.
6.
That the tax level for “new construction” properties be set at a
minimum level of 100% of their CVA taxes for 2011 and future taxation years.
7.
That the property tax mitigation programs currently in place and
detailed in this report be continued for 2011 including the charitable and
vacancy rebate programs, the Farm Grant Program and the Low Income Seniors and
Disabled Persons Complete Tax Deferral Program as previously approved by
Council.
8.
That the equivalent tax ratio for the Professional Sports Facility Class
be adopted to reflect the final 2011 property valuation changes and the
municipal levy increase for a total tax level of $1,625,000.
9.
That a Special Service Area be established for tax levy purposes
starting in 2012 pursuant to section 326 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001,
Chapter 25 for all of Kanata North, Ward 4 to finance the capital costs to bury
hydro lines as approved by Council report ACS2010-CCS-TRC-0013.
10. a) Changes
to the Urban Fire Special Service area for tax levy purposes pursuant to
section 326 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25 as defined in the
attached report to include properties within Document 1 – Fire Zone 46.
b) Changes to the Rural Fire Special Service area for tax levy
purposes pursuant to section 326 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, Chapter
25 as defined in the attached report to exclude properties within Document 1 –
Fire Zone 46.
11. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Finance and Economic
Development Committee and Council authorize the striking of a working group to
develop, if possible, a consensus position on the issue of the
multi-residential tax ratio;
That the
working group be comprised of interested City Councillors, City staff and
interested stakeholders such as EOLO; and
That the
Finance and Economic Development Committee and Council delegate to the Mayor
the responsibility of striking the working group.
CARRIED
as amended
13. DISPOSITION OF 2010 TAX SUPPORTED
OPERATING Surplus/ DEFICIT
RÈGLEMENT DE L’EXCÉDENT / DU DÉFICIT
DE 2010 DES OPÉRATIONS FINANCÉES PAR LES RECETTES FISCALES
ACS2011-CMR-FIN-0021 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
That the Finance
and Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve the following
transfers from/to reserve funds:
1.
That the deficit of $4.6 million in
transit be funded by a transfer from the Transit Capital Reserve Fund.
2.
That the $5.5 million in 2010 budgeted
land sales from the Ottawa Lands Development Corporation be funded from 2011
land sale proceeds.
3.
That the surplus in tax supported
operations be disposed of as follows:
a)
a transfer of $8.3 million to the Winter
Operations Reserve
b) a
transfer of $0.023 million to the Tax Stabilization Reserve
c) a
transfer of $1.7 million to the Corporate Fleet Reserve Fund
d) a
transfer of $4.9 million to the City-Wide Reserve Fund
e) a
transfer of $0.395 million to the Library Reserve Fund
BUREAU PARTENARIATS ET DÉVELOPPEMENT EN IMMOBILIÉRS
14. SALE OF LAND – 3009 HAWTHORNE ROAD
VENTE DE TERRAIN – 3009 CHEMIN HAWTHORNE
ACS2011-CMR-REP-0014 Gloucester-Southgate (10)
That the Finance and Economic Development Committee approve the
following:
1.
Declare the property known municipally as
3009 Hawthorne Road and described as part of Lot 1, Concession 6, Rideau Front
and part of Old Russell Road closed, geographic Township of Gloucester, now in
the City of Ottawa being Part 14, Plan 4R-11163 and Part 8 on Plan 5R-251, save
and except Parts 15 and 16, Plan 4R-11163, containing an area of 0.444 ha
(1.097 acres) and shown hatched on Document “1” attached, as surplus to the
City’s needs;
2.
Approve the sale of the property detailed
in Recommendation 1, subject to any easements that may be required, to Riad
El-Ghazal, for the amount of $342,000 plus HST, if applicable, pursuant to an
Agreement of Purchase and Sale that has been received.
15. Ottawa Stadium - 300 Conventry Rd -
Long Term Strategy
Stade d’Ottawa (300,
chemin Coventry) – Stratégie à long terme – Processus de mise en œuvre
ACS2011-CMR-REP-0016 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
CITY
OPERATIONS
OPÉRATIONS MUNICIPALES
16. CANADIAN COALITION OF MUNICIPALITIES AGAINST RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION - CCMARD
COALITION
CANADIENNE DES MUNICIPALITÉS CONTRE LE RACISM ET LA DISCRIMINATION - CCMCRD
ACS2011-COS-HRS-0003 city-wide / À l’Échelle
de la ville
Councillor Taylor introduced a motion calling on the City to joint the
Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination. He noted that
there was no cost to this; no membership fee and no staff time because most of
the deliverables were things the City was already doing. He explained that the
Canadian Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination was a network of
municipalities interested in sharing experiences and good practices on policies
and programs to combat racism and discriminations. He indicated it was part of
the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He
remarked that some time ago the matter had come forward from on the City’s
advisory committees to the former Corporate Services and Economic Development
Committee where staff was asked to bring forward the current report.
Councillor Wilkinson advised that many of the
Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) municipalities were members of this
coalition and that, as a result, she had been under some pressure to have the
City of Ottawa join. Therefore, she was pleased to see this proposal. She
reported that at the last FCM meeting, there had been an all-day working on
this subject and she encouraged all members of Council to partake in such
discussions should the opportunity arise.
Following these exchanges, Committee voted on the motion.
Moved by Councillor M. Taylor
WHEREAS the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is calling on municipalities
to join a Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and
Discrimination and be part of UNESCO’s international coalition launched in
2004;
AND WHEREAS municipal governments
in Canada, along with other levels of government, have responsibilities under
Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as federal, provincial
and territorial human rights codes, and therefore have an important role to
play in combating racism and discrimination and fostering equality and respect
for all citizens;
AND WHEREAS the Federation of Canadian Municipalities endorses the
Call for a Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and
Discrimination and encourages its members to join;
AND WHEREAS the City’s Equity and Diversity Committee endorsed the
City’s taking appropriate steps to join CMARD;
AND WHEREAS the former Corporate Services and Economic Development
Committee (CSEDC) directed staff to take all necessary steps to identify
currenc practices, programs andpolicies and services that address the CMARDS
Ten Common commitments,
AND WHEREAS the City is presently very active in all areas of the 10
Commitments and well positioned to join the Coalition.
THEREFORE BE IT RESLVED THAT the City of Ottawa agrees:
·
to join the Coalition of Canadian
Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination and, in joining the Coalition,
endorses the Common Commitments and agrees to develop or adapt its own unique
Plan of Action accordingly.
·
That these Common Commitments and the
Municipality’s unique Plan of Action will be an integral part of the
Municipality’s vision, strategies and policies.
·
That In developing or adapting and
implementing its own unique Plan of Action toward progressive realization of
the Common Commitments, the Municipality will cooperate with other
organizations and jurisdictions, including other levels of government,
Aboriginal peoples,3 public and private sector institutions, and civil society
organizations, all of whom have responsibilities in the area of human rights.
·
That the Municipality will set its
priorities, actions and timelines and allocate resources according to its
unique circumstances, and within its means and jurisdiction. The Municipality
will exchange its expertise and share best practices with other municipalities
involved in the Coalition and will report publicly on an annual basis on
actions undertaken toward the realization of these Common Commitments.
17. QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT TO
COUNCIL, q4: OCTOBER 1 TO dECEMBER 31, 2010
rapport TRIMESTRIEL
SUR LE rendement présenté au conseil POUR LE 4E TRIMESTRE, du 1ER
OCTOBRE AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 2010
ACS2011-COS-ODP-0006 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
1. That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee receive the attached report and refer it for
review and discussion at the following standing committee meetings:
·
Transportation Committee – April 6, 2011
·
Planning Committee – April 12, 2011
·
Transit Commission – April 20, 2011
·
Community and Protective Services Committee –
April 21, 2011
·
Environment Committee – April 28, 2011
2. That Council receive the report for information on May 11, 2011 once
it has been reviewed by standing committees.
18. City
of Ottawa Municipal Accessibility Plan 2010 Report and 2011 Plan
Rapport sur le Plan
d’accessibilité municipal de la Ville d’Ottawa 2010 et Plan 2011
ACS 2011-COS-ODP-0004 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE ET VIABILITE DES
COLLECTIVITES
COMMUNITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
SERVICES
SERVICES DE VIABILITÉ DES
COLLECTIVITÉS
Demande de
subvention pour la remise en valeur des friches industrielles – Tega
developments Inc. – 435, avenue gladstone et 62, rue florence (dossier no
F18-04-10-tega)
ACS2011-ICS-CSS-0006 Somerset (14)
That Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend Council:
1. Approve the Brownfields Rehabilitation Grant Application
submitted by Tega Developments Incorporated, owner of the property at 435
Gladstone Avenue and 62 Florence Street, for a Brownfields Rehabilitation
Grant not to exceed $503,800, payable to Tega Developments Incorporated, over a
maximum of 10 years, subject to the establishment of, and in accordance with,
the terms and conditions of the Brownfields Rehabilitation Grant Agreement; and
2.
Delegate the authority to staff to
execute a Brownfields Rehabilitation Grant Agreement with Tega Developments
Incorporated, establishing the terms and conditions governing the payment of
the Brownfields Rehabilitation Grant, for, and redevelopment of,
435 Gladstone Avenue and 62 Florence Street, satisfactory to the Deputy
City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, the City
Clerk and Solicitor and the City Treasurer.
INFORMATION
DISTRIBUÉE AUPARAVANT
A. CITY
OF OTTAWA RESPONSE TO THE PROVINCE’S PROPOSED DRAFT ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT (AODA) INTEGRATED ACCESSIBILITY REGULATION
RÉPONSE DE LA VILLE D’OTTAWA AU PROJET DE RÈGLEMENT
PROVINCIAL INTÉGRÉ SUR L’ACCESSIBILITÉ DEVANT ÊTRE PRIS AUX TERMES DE LA LOI
SUR L’ACCESSIBILITÉ POUR LES PERSONNES HANDICAPÉES DE L’ONTARIO (LAPHO)
ACS2011-COS-ODP-0005 city-wide / À
l’Échelle de la ville
RECEIVED
B. REPORT
ON USE OF DELEGATED AUTHORITY DURING 2010 BY PUBLIC WORKS, AS SET OUT IN
SCHEDULE “B” CITY OPERATIONS PORTFOLIO, OF BY-LAW 2009-231
RAPPORT SUR L’UTILISATION DE LA DÉLÉGATION DE POUVOIRS EN 2010 PAR
TRAVAUX PUBLICS, COMME IL EST INDIQUÉ À L’ANNEXE B DU PORTEFEUILLE DES
OPÉRATIONS MUNICIPALES, DU RÈGLEMENT 2009-231
ACS2011-COS-PWS-0007-IPD city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville
RECEIVED
OTHER BUSINESS
AUTRES
QUESTIONS
Councillor Wilkinson noted that at the last
meeting of the Finance and Economic Development Committee, there was a lot of
discussion about the timing for completion of the Light Rail Project, which was
somewhat disrespectful of staff. She confirmed that she had confidence in the
staff working on this project, in the Deputy City Manager of Infrastructure
Services and Commnity Sustainability, and on the progress they were making.
She reported having met with Mr. John Jensen, Director
of Rail Implementation, and
informed Committee that they were working together on this project as it moved
forward. She apologized to Mr. Jensen and his staff and to Ms. Nancy Schepers,
Deputy City Manager of Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability,
for any statement she made that in any way showed any disrespect to them or
their staff.
INQUIRIES
DEMANDES DES
RENSEIGNMENTS
Councillor Hubley submitted the following written
inquiry:
LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE
Original signed by Original
signed by
D. Blais Vice-Chair
P. Clark
Committee
Coordinator A/Chair
