19 NOVEMBER 2003
1:30 p.m.
DRAFT AGENDA 64
1. Prayer
2. National
Anthem (Councillor
R. Bloess)
3. Roll Call
4. Confirmation of
Minutes
Confirmation
of Minutes of the regular Council meeting of 22 October 2003.
5. Declarations of Interest Arising from Prior Meetings of Council and Committees
6. Communications
From the Ottawa Forests Advisory Committee
respecting expansion of the mandate of the Advisory Committee to include the
protection, acquisition, management and conservation of greenspace and other
environmentally sensitive natural areas in Ottawa.
7. Regrets
No Regrets filed to date.
8. Reconsiderations
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES COMMITTEE AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE JOINT REPORT 2
1. ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY |
That Council approve the
final Environmental Strategy, as presented in Document 1 to this report, as
amended by the following:
1. That the precautionary principle
be included as a criteria in the Annual Report Card for assessing our progress.
2. That the Environmental
Strategy be amended to include the revisions prepared by Ottawa Forests
Advisory Committee in the presentation provided on 9 October 2003.
3. That, accompanying the Annual
Report Card on the City’s Environmental Strategy, staff provide to Committee
and Council the workplan to achieve the Strategy’s objectives.
4. That,
under Section 3.1.2 - A Corporate Environmental Commitment, Page 22, a new #6
be inserted to read “Incorporate environmental factors and costs into the
City’s decision-making on policies, programs and initiatives,”; and renumber
accordingly.
5. That Goal 1 on page 19 of
Ottawa 20/20 – Environmental Strategy be amended to add the following
statement: “A green city values its natural areas and greenspaces, protects
those in public ownership from development and strives to ensure that valuable
ecosystems in private ownership are preserved.”.
6. That Item 5 on page 33 of
Ottawa 20/20 – Environmental Strategy be amended to add the following:
BE IT RESOLVED that staff be
directed to develop a new consolidated ‘Topsoil Removal By-Law” as a priority
so that it could be in place prior to the Spring of 2004; and
FURTHERMORE, that a soils expert be
available to provide advice to City staff as it pertains to the removal of
topsoil, as in keeping with the previous decisions of Council.
CARRIED
Moved by Councillor A.
Cullen
Seconded by Councillor E.
Arnold
That Goal 4 of the Environmental Strategy be
amended by inserting in the sentence “river, creeks and lakes that support
healthy aquatic environments” the following: “and are safe to swim in;”.
LOST on a division of 10 YEAS to 10 NAYS as follows:
Yeas (10): Councillors C. Doucet, P. Hume, E. Arnold, D. Deans, J. Legendre, A. Cullen,
A. Munter, J. Stavinga, R. Bloess and Mayor Chiarelli.
Nays (10): Councillors G. Hunter, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, D. Thompson W. Stewart,
R. Chiarelli, S. Little, D. Eastman, H. Kreling and J. Harder.
Moved by Councillor A. Cullen
Seconded by Councillor E Arnold
That Councillor A. Cullen’s motion be RECONSIDERED at the next regular Council meeting.
Notice of motion for reconsideration was CARRIED pursuant
to Section 61 (4) of Procedure By-law 2002-247 on a
division of 8 YEAS to 12 NAYS as follows:
Yeas
(8): Councillors C. Doucet, E. Arnold, D. Deans, J. Legendre, A. Cullen,
A.
Munter, J. Stavinga and R. Bloess.
Nays (12): Councillors
G. Hunter, P. Hume, G. Brooks, M. Bellemare, D. Thompson,
W. Stewart, R. Chiarelli, S. Little, D. Eastman, H. Kreling, J.
Harder and
Mayor Chiarelli.
9. Motion to Introduce Committee Reports
(Councillors S. Little and R. Bloess)
Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee Report 27
Corporate Services and
Economic Development Committee Report 57A
Emergency and Protective Services Committee Report 39
Planning and Development Committee Reports 61, 62 and 62A (In Camera)
10. Motion to Introduce
Departmental Report(s)
(Councillors S.
Little and R. Bloess)
City Manager’s Office
Council Governance Review - 2003 - 2006 Council
Corporate Services Department
Advisory Committee Annual Reports
Development Services Department
Request to Sponsor Community Investment Funds
Human Resources Department
Report to be dealt with In Camera
11. Motion to Adopt
Committee and Departmental Reports
(Councillors S. Little and R. Bloess)
12. Motions
of Which Notice Has Been Given Previously
MOTION NO. 63/16
Moved by Councillor W.
Stewart
Seconded by Councillor J.
Harder
THAT the Rules of Procedure be waived to
consider and approve the following Motion:
WHEREAS City
Council has adopted a common sense approach to providing high quality bilingual
services where numbers warrant;
AND WHEREAS the official policy on bilingualism
has been working;
AND WHEREAS the City of Ottawa needs a made in
Ottawa solution to the official bilingualism question to stay in the hands of
City Council not the courts;
AND WHEREAS City Council has been acting as an
able arbiter in matters relating to the official bilingualism policy;
AND WHEREAS there is a rigorous debate in the
general community with regard to enshrining the official policy as contained in
the bilingualism by-law in provincial legislation;
AND WHEREAS City Council has no information on
the costs for implementation or maintenance of a bilingualism policy officially
enshrined in provincial legislation;
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED that the bilingualism policy (By-law # 2001-170) be amended as follows:
Expunge
recommendation # 6. Deleting all
reference to the request by the
City of Ottawa to the Province of Ontario to amend the City of
Ottawa
Act, 1999.
13. Notices of Motion
(For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
14. Motion to
Introduce By-laws Three Readings
(Councillors S. Little and R. Bloess)
a) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Development Charges of the former City of Cumberland in respect of the Cardinal Creek Stormwater Facility (Additional Participating Development).
b) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Development Charges of the former City of Cumberland in respect of the Cardinal Creek Stormwater Facility (Participating Development).
c) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Development Charges of the former City of Cumberland in respect of the Cardinal Creek Stormwater Facility (Participating Development).
d) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Development Charges of the former City of Cumberland in respect of the Blackburn Hamlet By-pass.
e) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to close Part of Lot 15, Concession 1 (Ottawa Front), Geographic Township of Gloucester, City of Ottawa formerly in the City of Gloucester..
f) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain lands as common and public highways in the City of Ottawa (Tyrell Place).
g) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain lands as common and public highways in the City of Ottawa (Noblewood Way).
h) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to dedicate and lay out certain lands as common and public highways in the City of Ottawa (Main Street).
i) A by-law of the City of Ottawa of the City of Ottawa to designate 100 – 106 Bridle Park Drive, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
j) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 42 Sumac Street, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
k) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands on Terry Fox Drive, Marsh Sparrow Lane and Turtle Point Drive, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
l) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate 1362 Guthrie Street, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
m) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend Zoning By-law No. of the City of Ottawa, to lift a holding zone in respect of 900 Second Line Road.
n) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend Zoning By-law No. of of the former City of , to lift a holding zone in respect of 4002-4026 Canyon Walk Drive.
o) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Blocks 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18 on Plan 4M-1053, 1900 Hunt Club, as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
p) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate Block 193 on Plan 4M-1102 and Blocks 151 and 152 on Plan 4M-1040 (Goldora Private), as being exempt from Part Lot Control.
q) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2001-17 entitled “A by-law of the City of Ottawa to appoint certain Inspectors, Property Standards Officers and Municipal Law
r) Enforcement Officers in the Building Services Branch of the Department of Development Services”.
s) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law 2001-468 respecting certain Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with the private property parking enforcement program.
t) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Urban Zoning By-law, being By-law No. 1-84 of the former City of Cumberland – 3545-3547 St. Joseph Boulevard.
u) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend The City of Gloucester Zoning By-law, being By-law No. 333 of 1999 of the former City of Gloucester – 965 River Road.
v) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend Zoning By-law No. 40/99 of the former Corporation of the Township of Goulbourn, now City of Ottawa – Goulbourn Housekeeping.
w)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal By-law
Number 2003-537 of the City of Ottawa, and to amend the Zoning
By‑law of the former Corporation of the Township of Osgoode, being By-law Number 2003-230 of the City
of Ottawa – 5508 Osgoode Main Street.
x)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal By-law
Number 2003-540 of the City of Ottawa, and to amend the Zoning
By‑law of the former Corporation of the Township of Osgoode, being By-law Number 2003-230 of the City
of Ottawa – 6275 Apple Orchard Road.
y)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to repeal By-law Number 2003-508
of the City of Ottawa and to amend the
Zoning By‑law, being By-law Number 40-99 of the former
Township of Goulbourn – 9 Orville Street.
z)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Zoning
By‑law, 1998, being By-law
Number 93-98 of the old City of Ottawa – 1233 Wellington.
aa)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Zoning By-law being By-law Number
266 of 1981 of the former Township of West Carleton – Anomaly By-law.
bb)
A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend the Zoning
By‑law, 1998, being By-law
Number 93-98 of the old City of Ottawa – 1384-1400 Start Top.
cc) A by-law of the City of Ottawa to impose special annual drainage rates upon land in respect of which money is borrowed under the Tile Drainage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.T.8;
15. Confirmation
By-law (Councillors S. Little and R. Bloess)
16. Inquiries
17. Adjournment
(Councillors S. Little and R. Bloess)
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