CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
BUREAU DU DIRECTEUR MUNICIPAL
That the Finance and Economic
Development Committee:
1.
Approve
Appendix A to this report; and
2.
Refer
the report to the Transit Commission, Standing Committees and Council for their
consideration and approval as follows:
·
Transportation
Committee – Appendix B: 2 May 2012;
·
Environment
Committee – Appendix C: 3 May 2012;
·
Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee – Appendix D: 10 May 2012;
·
Planning
Committee – Appendix E: 8 May 2012;
·
Transit
Commission – Appendix F: 16 May 2012;
·
Community
and Protective Services Committee – Appendix G: 17 May 2012;
·
Council
– Appendix H: 23 May 2012; and
3. That Council consider and
approve this report in its entirety following consideration by the Transit
Commission and the various Standing Committees.
CARRIED
That the Finance and Economic Development Committee
recommend Council approve the celebratory plan for the 400th
anniversary of Samuel de Champlain’s voyage to Ottawa as described in this
report, and refer associated funding to the 2013 budget process.
CARRIED
That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee and Council receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
CITY
TREASURER AND FINANCE
That the Finance and Economic
Development Committee and Council receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
Direction to staff:
That
staff explore ways of providing clearer explanations of how money is being
spent without necessarily providing a significantly larger report.
That the Finance and Economic
Development Committee and Council receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
That the
Finance and Economic Development Committee:
1. Receive this amended
report for information; and
2. Recommend Council approve
the capital budget adjustments as outlined in Document 5.
That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve:
1. The
adoption of the following optional property classes in 2012:
·
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 2012:
Tax Class
|
Ratios **
|
|
Residential
|
1.000000
|
|
Multi-Residential
|
1.700000
|
|
New Multi-Residential
|
1.000000
|
|
Farm
|
0.200000
|
|
Managed Forest
|
0.250000
|
|
Pipeline
|
1.539271
|
|
Commercial Broad Class
|
1.924496
|
|
- Commercial *
|
1.826951
|
|
- Office Building *
|
2.207164
|
|
- Parking Lots and Vacant Land –
Commercial*
|
1.197053
|
|
- Shopping Centre *
|
1.519664
|
|
- Professional Sports Facility
|
1.826951
|
|
Industrial Broad Class
|
2.428169
|
|
- Industrial *
|
2.574494
|
|
- Large Industrial *
|
2.210831
|
* 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 2012 be established based on the ratios adopted herein.
5. That the 2012 capping and
clawback provisions be as follows:
a)
That capping
parameters be approved at the higher of 10% of the previous year’s annualized tax
or 5% of the 2011 Current Value Assessment (CVA) taxes;
b) That capped/clawback properties whose
recalculated annualized taxes fall within $250 of their CVA taxation be moved
to their CVA tax for the year;
c) That properties which have
reached their CVA during 2011 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;
d) That 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 2012 and future taxation years.
7. That the property tax mitigation
programs be continued and endorsed for 2012, 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; and
a) the associated policies be received
and endorsed; and
b) that any future municipal capital
facility agreements be presented to FEDCO for review and recommendation to
Council for approval.
8.
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 41 and within
Document 2 – Fire Zone 47.
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 41 and to exclude properties
within Document 2 – Fire Zone 47.
9. a) That City Council give
direction to City staff, interested stakeholders such as Eastern Ontario Landlord
Organization (EOLO)
to work together and attempt to find, refine or develop generally accepted
methods of demonstrating the tax burden on multi-residential properties as
compared to residential properties so that City Council can address the
multi-residential tax ratio question.
b) That
City Council request the Province investigate the use of a more sophisticated
valuation model of income capitalization for the Multi-Residential properties
by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to facilitate the
determination of the equivalent tax burden between the residential and
multi-residential property tax classes and among the various property types
within the multi-residential property tax class.
CARRIED
PLANNING
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
URBANISME ET
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
SERVICES D’INFRASTRUCTURE
“It is anticipated that the
MOE will post a Certificate of Property Use (CPU) by mid-May. The CPU will
establish the risk management measures approved by the Ministry of the
Environment regarding the contaminated soils on the Lansdowne site. The CPU
will be posted for a minimum of 30-days, during which time the public will have
the opportunity to provide comment. The City will not issue a Commence Work
Order for the contaminated soil remediation specified in the CPU until such
time as the CPU has been approved by the MOE. Other work such as Coliseum
Building demolition and Horticulture Building relocation may commence earlier,
and any excavated materials required for those works will be handled in
accordance with applicable regulations.”
That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve that staff undertake
the construction works for soil remediation and the relocation of the
Horticulture Building as described in this amended report, to be funded
through the advancement of $12.6 million of existing capital authority to the
2012 spending plan.
REAL ESTATE PARTNERSHIPS AND
DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
BUREAU DES PARTENAIRES
IMMOBILIERS ET DU DÉVELOPPEMENT
That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee receive this report for information.
10. disposal
STRATEGY - 9 Leeming Drive – former St. Thomas School
That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee recommend Council:
1. Approve the staff
recommendation to retain a small portion of the property at 9 Leeming Drive,
shown as Parcel A on Document 2 attached and having an area of approximately
0.124 ha (0.306 acres) to increase the size of Maki Park to allow for future
park development;
2. Declare the remainder of
the property at 9 Leeming Drive, being Parcels B and C on Document 2 attached
as surplus to the City’s needs;
3. Approve the staff
recommendation to market the remainder of the property at 9 Leeming Drive for
sale being Parcels B and C on Document 2 attached and having an area of
approximately 1.00 ha (2.47 acres) and legally described as part Block E,
Registered Plan 442519 to recoup a portion of the $2M expenditure; and
4.
Approve
the transfer of the property described in Recommendation 3 to the Ottawa
Community Lands Development Corporation (OCLDC) to initiate the sale and
redevelopment of this property as described in this report.
That the Finance and
Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve the property settlement for the
acquisition of a strip of vacant lands containing 3.123 ha, shown as Parcel 1
and Parcel 3 on Document 1, as required for the Trim Road (North Service Road
to Innes Road) Project for the amount of $1,614,240 from Claridge Homes (Trim Road)
Inc.
CARRIED
