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1. interprovincial
crossing study – ncc presentation – phase 1 study findings and
recommendations
étude concernant les passages interprovinciaux –
présentation de la ccn – phase 1 conclusions de l’étude et recommandations
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committee
recommendations as amended
1. That
Council approve the following :
a. That
Council endorse the Interprovincial River Crossings EA Study recommendation
that no west end river crossing be carried forward to Phase 2 of this EA Study.
b. That no
corridors in the west end be designated in the City of Ottawa's Official Plan
for possible future river crossings until 2028, when a new environmental
assessment may be undertaken to review the need for such a river crossing.
c. That the corridor for the Lower Duck
option 6 or 7 be protected and included in Phase 2 for evaluation.
d. That Council endorses the NCC
proceeding to Phase 2 of the Interprovincial Crossings EA, as amended by the
preceding recommendations.
e. That the Transportation Committee Chair be directed to communicate via letter
to the NCC that future presentations and reports for consideration by the
Transportation Committee be supported by complete and translated documentation
prior to meeting.
Recommandations
modifiées du comité
1. Que
le Conseil approuve ce qui suit :
a. Que
le Conseil municipal accepte la recommandation de l’étude d’évaluation
environnementale des liaisons interprovinciales voulant qu’aucune liaison
interprovinciale située dans l’ouest de la ville ne fasse l’objet de la phase 2
de cette étude d’évaluation environnementale.
b. Qu’aucun
couloir situé dans l’ouest de la ville ne soit désigné dans le Plan officiel de
la Ville d’Ottawa comme couloir éventuel pour une future liaison
interprovinciale d’ici à 2028, année où une nouvelle évaluation environnementale
pourra être entreprise afin d’examiner la nécessité d’une telle liaison.
c.
Que le couloir de l’option 6 ou 7 de l’île Lower Duck soit protégé et
inclus dans la Phase 2 aux fins de l’évaluation.
d. Que
le Conseil appuie la mise à exécution par la CCN de la Phase 2 de l’évaluation
environnementale des liaisons interprovinciales, telle que modifiée par la
recommandation précédente.
e. Que
la présidente du Comité des transports soit enjointe d’indiquer, par lettre, à
la CCN que les exposés et les rapports à venir pour examen par le Comité des
transports doivent être appuyés par une documentation complète et traduite
avant la réunion.
Documentation
1. Transportation
Committee report dated 13 January 2009 (ACS2009-CCS-TRC-0001).
Report to/Rapport au :
Council / Conseil
13 January 2009 / le 13 janvier 2009
Submitted by/Soumis par : Transportation Committee /
Comité des transports
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Rosemary Nelson
Committee
Coordinator / Coordonnatrice du comité
(613)
580-2424 x21624, Rosemary.Nelson@ottawa.ca
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SUBJECT:
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INTERPROVINCIAL CROSSINGS
STUDY – NCC PRESENTATION – PHASE 1 STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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OBJET :
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ÉTUDE
CONCERNANT LES PASSAGES INTERPROVINCIAUX – PRÉSENTATION DE LA CCN – PHASE 1 CONCLUSIONS DE L’ÉTUDE ET
RECOMMANDATIONS
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
1. That Council approve
the following :
a. That Council endorse the
Interprovincial River Crossings EA Study recommendation that no west end river
crossing be carried forward to Phase 2 of this EA Study.
b. That no
corridors in the west end be designated in the City of Ottawa's Official Plan
for possible future river crossings until 2028, when a new environmental
assessment may be undertaken to review the need for such a river crossing.
c. That the corridor for the Lower Duck
option 6 or 7 be protected and included in Phase 2 for evaluation.
d. That Council endorses the NCC
proceeding to Phase 2 of the Interprovincial Crossings EA, as amended by the
preceding recommendations.
e. That the Transportation Committee Chair be directed to communicate via letter
to the NCC that future presentations and reports for consideration by the
Transportation Committee be supported by complete and translated documentation
prior to meeting.
RECOMMANDATIONS DU COMITÉ
1. Que le Conseil approuve ce qui
suit :
a. Que
le Conseil municipal accepte la recommandation de l’étude d’évaluation
environnementale des liaisons interprovinciales voulant qu’aucune liaison
interprovinciale située dans l’ouest de la ville ne fasse l’objet de la phase 2
de cette étude d’évaluation environnementale.
b. Qu’aucun
couloir situé dans l’ouest de la ville ne soit désigné dans le Plan officiel de
la Ville d’Ottawa comme couloir éventuel pour une future liaison
interprovinciale d’ici à 2028, année où une nouvelle évaluation
environnementale pourra être entreprise afin d’examiner la nécessité d’une
telle liaison.
c. Que
le couloir de l’option 6 ou 7 de l’île Lower Duck soit protégé et inclus dans
la Phase 2 aux fins de l’évaluation.
d. Que
le Conseil appuie la mise à exécution par la CCN de la Phase 2 de l’évaluation
environnementale des liaisons interprovinciales, telle que modifiée par la
recommandation précédente.
e. Que
la présidente du Comité des transports soit enjointe d’indiquer, par lettre, à
la CCN que les exposés et les rapports à venir pour examen par le Comité des
transports doivent être appuyés par une documentation complète et traduite
avant la réunion.
BACKGROUND
At a special meeting of the
Transportation Committee on 12 January 2009, the Committee received a detailed
presentation from the National Capital Commission and their consultants on the
Phase 1 findings and recommendations of the Interprovincial Crossings
Environmental Assessment Study. Phase 1
addresses the needs and justification assessment for crossings of the Ottawa
River. The NCC is seeking endorsement from the City of Ottawa, City of
Gatineau, MTO and MTQ to proceed to Phase 2 of the EA study prior to their
board meeting on 22 January 2009.
As part of the agenda, a summary of the study report (also
provided on CD-rom) and a map of the technically preferred corridor, were
distributed to all members of Council on 5 January.
DISCUSSION
In a memo dated 5 January 2009,
the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
provided a brief overview of the study process and recommendations, as well as
staffs’ technical position and a legal opinion on Council options. The memo was circulated as “Information
Previously Distributed” and listed on the agenda of 12 January.
In a memo dated 9 January 2009,
the City Clerk and Solicitor provided supplementary information to the memo
(referenced above), which focused on the procedure for the meeting of the
Transportation Committee on 12 January 2009.
CONSULTATION
The Committee heard from 44 public delegations on 12
January. The overwhelming majority did
not support the consultant’s report for a variety of reasons, the most common
being in opposition to a crossing at Kettle Island. Given the short timespan between the Committee and Council
meetings, a draft of the Minutes, including the public depositions will not be
available at the time this report rises to Council. This report includes, however, an extract of the Motions
considered by the Committee. Also,
members of Council received all public submissions and deputations received by
the City Clerk’s office.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no financial
implications associated with the preparation of this report.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 - Roche-NCE report entitled “Interprovincial Crossings -
Environmental Assessment Study - Summary Report”, dated 5 January 2009 – Issued
previously and held on file with the City Clerk.(English) (French)
Document 2 - Extract of Draft Minute, 12 January 2009
(Motions considered by the Committee only).
Document 3 - Deputy City Manager memo dated 5
January 2009
Document 4 - City Clerk and Solicitor memo dated 9
January 2009
DISPOSITION
The recommendations of the
Committee will rise to Council on 14 January 2009. Any resulting follow-up by staff will be undertaken as directed
by Council.
Document 2
INTERPROVINCIAL CROSSINGS STUDY – NCC PRESENTATION –
PHASE 1 STUDY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ÉTUDE CONCERNANT LES PASSAGES INTERPROVINCIAUX
– PRÉSENTATION DE LA CCN – PHASE 1
CONCLUSIONS DE L’ÉTUDE ET
RECOMMANDATIONS CITY WIDE / À
L'ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE
Moved by J.
Legendre
WHEREAS the
NCE-Roche Study is currently unavailable; and,
WHEREAS the
current procedure shows a deep disrespect of four governments by a federal
crown corporation; and,
WHEREAS
this study involves one of the most important decisions to be taken in the
National Capital Region;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Transportation Committee recommend to Council that the
City of Ottawa request that the National Capital Commission provide the full
environmental assessment Phase 1 report prior to seeking an endorsement.
LOST
YEAS (3): G. Bédard, J. Legendre, C. Leadman
NAYS (5): R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, A. Cullen, D.
Thompson, M. McRae
Moved by A.
Cullen
That the
Transportation Committee recommend that Council endorse the Interprovincial
River Crossings EA Study recommendation that no west end river crossing be
carried forward to Phase 2 of this EA Study.
CARRIED
Moved by A.
Cullen
That the
Transportation Committee recommend to Council that no corridors in the west end
be designated in the City of Ottawa's Official Plan for possible future river crossings
until 2028, when a new environmental assessment may be undertaken to review the
need for such a river crossing.
CARRIED
YEAS (5): R. Bloess, M. Wilkinson, A. Cullen, D.
Thompson, M. McRae
NAYS (3): G. Bédard, J. Legendre, C. Leadman
Councillor Leadman had proposed the
following Motion, which was deemed redundant by approval of the foregoing
Motions :
Whereas
while the west did not score as high in need and effect as an east end bridge,
the need to protect and continually review the need for a west end
interprovincial bridge should be undertaken as part of a long-term
transportation strategy.
Be It
Resolved That Transportation Committee Recommend to City Council that all
corridors in the west end be retained and protected in the City of Ottawa’s
Official Plan from future development with the exception of the Lac Deschenes
and Britannia Corridors
Moved by
M. Wilkinson
That the corridor for the Lower Duck option 6 or 7 be protected and
included in Phase 2 for evaluation.
CARRIED
YEAS (5): M.
Wilkinson, G. Bédard, J. Legendre, C. Leadman, M. McRae
NAYS (3): R.
Bloess, A. Cullen, D. Thompson
Moved by J. Legendre
WHEREAS the NCE-Roche Study is recommending
that the City of Ottawa protect all nine remaining crossing options to provide
flexibility in selecting other future crossing locations; and,
WHEREAS
such ongoing unsupported protection of all nine remaining crossing options
“will prolong a sense of uncertainty within the community and at the same time
will limit any development potential at these sites”; and
WHEREAS
City staff find it unjustified to protect all corridors and staff do not see
sufficient material in the study which would suggest reasons that some of the
corridors merit protection; and,
WHEREAS
City staff firmly believe that further analysis is required prior to protecting
other crossing corridors and that completion of Phase 1 is the logical vehicle
to accomplish this strategic planning need;
THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Ottawa request that the NCC extend Phase 1 of
the NCE-Roche Study to allow for further analysis “to narrow the choices and
justify the location of additional crossings in the east.”
LOST
YEAS (1): J. Legendre
NAYS (7): R.
Bloess, M. Wilkinson, A. Cullen, G. Bédard, D.Thompson, C. Leadman, M. McRae
Moved
by J. Legendre
WHEREAS
the Phase 1 Summary Report informs us that the proposed bridge fails to
relocate heavy truck transport from King Edward Avenue, a requirement of the
City’s Official Plan, and a concern which was recognized and endorsed by the
NCC; and,
WHEREAS the Phase 1 Summary Report predicts that while 2555 trucks, some
of which will carry hazardous goods, will continue to use King Edward Avenue
and travel through the communities of Lowertown and Sandy Hill, the proposed
bridge will have another 1725 trucks travelling through other residential
communities; and,
WHEREAS the Phase 1 Final Summary Report (5 January 2009) fails to take
into account any of the 1,688 public comments made during the 4th
phase of Public Consultation (Lansdowne Park 25 September – 10 October 2008),
as evidenced by lack of changes or explanations in the Final Summary Report;
and,
WHEREAS the consultants’ Public Consultation Process failed to meet the
basic standards of the City’s Public Consultation Guideline, in that the Final
Summary Report provides no evidence of public concerns having been heard or
recognized in the weighting of criteria; and,
WHEREAS independent engineering analyses of the consultants’ data have
shown that reasonable rebalancing of weightings to reflect the values that the
citizens of Ottawa put on homes and communities would result in another
crossing location being recommended; and,
WHEREAS other crossing locations would not impact on seven (7) of the
City’s ecologically important Urban Natural Areas; and,
WHEREAS a bridge located further east than Kettle Island would
contribute more significantly to inter-provincial commercial transport, and
economic development in the east end of the region; and,
WHEREAS a bridge located further east than Kettle Island would
contribute more significantly to efficient public transit connections; and,
WHEREAS the Final Summary Report has been shown to contain numerous
inconsistencies and questionable methodology,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT because an east-end crossing located at
the Kettle Island Corridor would not be in the best interests of the citizens
of Ottawa, the City reject proceeding with Phase II as recommended in the Final
Summary Report.
LOST
YEAS (2): J.
Legendre, M. McRae
NAYS (6): R.
Bloess, M. Wilkinson, A. Cullen, G. Bédard, D. Thompson, C. Leadman
Moved
by R. Bloess
That the Transportation Committee
recommend that Council endorses the NCC proceeding to Phase 2 of the
Interprovincial Crossings EA.
CARRIED, with J. Legendre dissenting
Moved by C. Leadman
WHEREAS the NCC has requested the
Transportation Committee to endorse the Interprovincial Crossing Study Phase 1
to move forward to Phase 2; and,
WHEREAS the final report was not
available in a consolidated format which would be the proper and normal
process;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Transportation Committee Chair be
directed to communicate via letter to the NCC that future presentations and
reports for consideration by the Transportation Committee be supported by complete
and translated documentation prior to meeting.
CARRIED
That
Transportation Committee and Council receive this report for information.
RECEIVED
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M E M O /
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To / Destinataire
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Mayor and Members of Council
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File/N° de
fichier: ACS2009-ICS-ECO-0007
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From / Expéditeur
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Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure
Services and Community Sustainability
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Subject / Objet
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Interprovincial Crossings Announcement – Phase 1 Report
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Date: January 5, 2009
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Today, the National Capital Commission (NCC) is releasing
the Phase 1 findings and recommendations of the Interprovincial Crossings
Environmental Assessment Study. Phase 1
addresses the needs and justification assessment for crossings of the Ottawa
River.
A summary of the study report on CD-rom and a map of the
technically preferred corridor were distributed to your mailboxes this
morning. Communication materials from
the NCC, including a press release and one page summary, have been saved to the
Councillors’ shared drive.
Further information will also be posted on the Study’s
website at www.ncrcrossings.ca.
The NCC will be presenting the
Study recommendations at a special Transportation Committee Meeting on Monday,
January 12, 2009. The NCC is looking for an endorsement from
the City of Ottawa, City of Gatineau, MTO and MTQ to proceed to Phase 2 of the
EA study prior to their board meeting on January 22, 2009.
Should Committee make a recommendation, it is expected
that this item would then rise to Council on January 14, 2009, to meet the
NCC’s timelines.
This memo is being written to provide a brief overview of
the study process and recommendations, as well as City of Ottawa staffs’ technical
position and a legal opinion on Council options.
Study Process and
Recommendations
The NCC, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and
the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ), in consultation with the City of
Ottawa and Ville de Gatineau, carried out Phase 1 of a two-phase, federal
Environmental Assessment (EA) Study.
The scope of Phase 1 was to define the need for additional
Interprovincial crossings, evaluate different crossing alternatives, recommend
preferred corridors and identify their implementation priorities.
As part of Phase 1, ten
alternative corridor locations were short-listed and subjected to detailed
environmental investigations. The Study
identified an east-end crossing at
Kettle Island (Corridor 5) as a first priority project for implementation based
on its ability to meet the transportation objectives of the Study while
minimizing the overall environmental effects.
In the west, no
corridor ranked significantly higher than the others and they all rated below the east-end bridge
options. As a result, a recommendation
on a preferred west-end crossing location was not formulated. The Study does, however,
conclude that municipalities should protect all corridors that are currently
under public ownership (or can be protected under
existing land use legislations) to provide flexibility in selecting other
future crossing locations.
At this time, the recommendation
is that only the Kettle Island Corridor be carried forward for more detailed
assessment in the subsequent Phase 2 of the EA Study. While Phase 2 of the Study will further assess preliminary design
alternatives for Kettle Island and identify required mitigation measures to
minimize residual environmental effects, it should be noted that significant
concerns were raised at the NCC’s September public consultation session. These concerns include the evaluation
process, and impacts of the Kettle Island Corridor on adjacent communities and
the Montfort Hospital such as air quality, noise, vibration, as well as safety
and health issues. The concerns raised
will also be looked at in more detail during the Phase 2 study.
City of Ottawa Staff
Assessment of the Study
Currently, transit accommodates
approximately 26% of Interprovincial travel demand in the morning peak
hour. As indicated in the
Council-approved Transportation Master Plan (TMP), the objective is to increase
this share to 43% by 2031. Despite the
substantial increase in the role of transit, there will still be significantly
higher Interprovincial vehicular traffic volume.
To address the capacity requirements, and the desire to
remove heavy trucks from King Edward Avenue, the TMP identified the need for
two more Interprovincial crossings, one serving east-end and the other serving
west-end needs by 2031 (Source: TMP
Road Infrastructure Needs Study, Delcan Corporation, Supporting Document # 9 to
the TMP staff report tabled at Joint Transportation and Transit Committee on 10
November 2008).
The TMP modelling
work assumed an east-end bridge at Kettle Island, based on the following
approved Council motion on 27 June 2007:
That the City of Ottawa recommend that the Terms of
Reference of the Interprovincial Crossing EA Study be amended so as to reflect
the City of Ottawa’s position that, if there is to be an east-end bridge
crossing, it be located at Kettle Island.
The TMP
assumption was to be re-visited again following the recommendations of the
Interprovincial Crossings EA Study and the identification of preferred bridge
locations.
Given the TMP analysis and
Council decision in June of 2007, staff support the Study’s recommendation of
Kettle Island as a first priority
project for implementation.
However, staff do not agree with the protection of all nine remaining
crossing options as it will prolong a sense of uncertainty within the community
and at the same time will limit any development potential at these sites. Staff has recommended to the NCC consultants
that further analysis should be undertaken to narrow the choices and justify
the location of additional crossings.
Legal Opinion
Legal Services has provided the following comment:
1.
Council has not taken a position in
this term on where a west-end bridge should be, although it has taken a
position of where it should not be (Lac Deschenes). The results of the technical evaluation are such as to not
recommend a west-end bridge location at this time. There is no procedural impediment to motions concerning the
position of Council with respect to a west-end bridge other than in respect to
any crossing over Lac Deschenes.
2.
Council has endorsed Kettle Island
as a location for an east-end bridge as adopted at the Council meeting of 27
June 2007 as follows:
“That the City of Ottawa recommend that the Terms of
Reference of the Interprovincial Crossing EA Study be amended so as to reflect
the City of Ottawa’s position that, if there is to be an east-end bridge
crossing, it be located at Kettle Island.”
It is staff's opinion
that there is no new information since the Council decision of 27 June 2007 that
would cause one to believe that a
different decision would have been arrived at if the information in the
technical evaluation were known at the time the above recommendation was
adopted.
As such, no
motion is required at this time to endorse the Kettle Island option, and a
motion to identify a different option would be out of order, unless the mover
could convince the Chair or Mayor that, contrary to the view expressed above,
there is indeed new information that would have likely led to a different result
in June, 2007.
The
NCC is looking for an endorsement from the City of Ottawa, City of Gatineau,
MTO and MTQ to proceed to Phase 2 of the EA study prior to their board meeting
on January 22, 2009.
Original signed by:
Nancy
SchepersNancy Schepers
Attach. 2
(Summary of the study report on CD-rom and a map of the technically
preferred corridor).
cc: Kent
Kirkpatrick, John Moser, Vivi Chi, Mona Abouhenidy
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M E M O / N O T E
D E S E R V I C E
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To / Destinataire
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Chair and Members of Transportation
Committee
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File/N° de
fichier: File Number
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From / Expéditeur
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M. Rick O’Connor, City
Clerk and Solicitor
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Subject /
Objet
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Transportation Committee and Council Consideration – Interprovincial
Bridges - Procedure
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Date: DateJanuary
9, 2009
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This memo is to provide supplementary information to the
memo from the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community
Sustainability with respect to the above matter, in particular focusing on the
procedure for the meeting of the Transportation Committee on January 12, 2009.
On January 6, 2009, the National Capital Commission
released the findings of Phase 1 of the Interprovincial Crossing Environmental
Assessment Study. The National Capital
Commission is seeking the confirmation from the Cities of Gatineau and Ottawa
with respect to the conclusions to date and that the environmental assessment
should be continued. As a result of this
request, the conclusions from Phase 1 are being brought forward to Committee
and Council.
Should Council be of the view that the Environmental
Assessment should proceed, the following motion would be appropriate:
That Council endorses the NCC proceeding to
Phase 2 of the Interprovincial Crossings Environmental Assessment.
PRIOR DECISIONS
As referred to in the memo from the Deputy City Manager, on
June 27, 2007, Council adopted the following:
3. That the City of Ottawa support the
recommendation of the Interprovincial Crossing EA Study of NOT carrying forward
the Britannia-Deschenes corridor as part of this Study.
4. That the City of Ottawa recommend that
the Interprovincial Crossings EA Study NOT carry forward crossings of Lac
Deschenes as part of this Study.
6. That the City of Ottawa recommend that
the Terms of Reference of the Interprovincial Crossing EA Study be amended so
as to reflect the City of Ottawa’s position that, if there is to be an east-end
bridge crossing, it be located at Kettle Island.
The Council of the City of Ottawa has therefore taken the
position that the east-end bridge should be located at Kettle Island and that
any west-end bridge should not be located at Lac Deschenes.
REVISITING AN ISSUE
The common law rules with respect to revisiting an issue
previously determined by Council provide that, where Council has made a
decision within a session, such matter may not be revisited unless there is:
1.
Formal reconsideration pursuant to the Rules of Procedure;
2.
New information that would, in the opinion of the Chair,
likely have led to a different result had it been known at the time of the
original decision;
3.
A substantively different motion; or
4.
Waiver of the Rules of Procedure.
The Phase 1 analysis does not
recommend any particular location for a bridge in the west end although it does
recommend the protection of all potential bridge approaches. While Council has taken the position that a
west-end bridge should not be located at Lac Deschenes, Council has not
taken a position with respect to where such a bridge should be located. In the opinion of staff, any motion
providing for a potential location of a bridge in the west end, other than at
Lac Deschenses, would be in order.
With respect to the east end of
the City, Council has taken the position that the crossing should be at Kettle
Island. In the opinion of staff, none of the first three tests for revisiting
an issue have been met. In particular, staff are of the view that
there is no new information in the Phase 1 analysis that would provide the
basis for a different decision with respect to an east-end bridge location that
would have led to a different decision had the results of the Phase 1 analysis
been know on 27 June 2007.
Therefore, it is the opinion of staff that:
- No motion is required at this time to endorse the
Kettle Island option;
- A motion to identify a different east-end option
would be out of order unless the mover can convince the Chair that there
is indeed new information that would have likely led to a different result
in June, 2007; or
- Waiver of the Rules of Procedure would need to be
sought and achieved at Committee and/or Council.
Council would, in the opinion of staff, be able to adopt
any motion with respect to the protection of corridor locations other than
those for which a bridge is proposed.
At the present time, the Official Plan contains the
following policy:
41. The City will work with the
federal and provincial governments and the Province of Quebec and the City of
Gatineau, to determine the location of future bridge crossing(s) of the Ottawa
River. Pending agreement on the
location(s), the City will continue to prohibit development that might hinder
the eventual use of potential crossings and approaches, such as those to Kettle
Island or from Orleans to Angers.
Therefore, if Council adopted a motion to release certain
corridors from protection, that motion would need to be carried forward to the
Official Plan Review.
Finally, Council has not yet taken a position of whether
the study should proceed with Phase 2.
Therefore, a motion to do so, i.e “That Council endorses the NCC
proceeding to Phase 2 of the Interprovincial Crossings Environmental
Assessment”, would be in order.
SUBMISSIONS AND RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS
At the time of this memo,
approximately 38 delegations are registered to speak to Transportation
Committee, including representatives from the National Capital Commission. Consistent with the Procedure By-law,
representatives of the National Capital Commission will provide a presentation
to Transportation Committee and will answer questions from Committee, but they
will not present or answer questions at Council. As consultants retained by the National Capital Commission have
conducted the study, technical responses on the NCC’s Study will only be able
to be obtained at the Committee meeting, unless the NCC and its consultants are
expressly invited to be present and at the table at Council on Wednesday,
January 14, 2009.
I trust that this supplementary information is satisfactory.
“Original signed by”
M. Rick O’Connor
RO/tcm
cc: Members of
Council