2. RIDEAU CANAL LANDSCAPE STRATEGY GOVERNANCE MODEL

MODÈLE DE GOUVERNANCE RELATIVEMENT À LA STRATÉGIE D’AMÉNAGEMENT PAYSAGER DU CANAL RIDEAU

planning and environment committee and
agriculture and rural affairs Committee Recommendations AS AMENDED

1. Endorse the proposed governance model for the Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy as set out in Document 1, subject to the change identified in Recommendation 3 below to permit two representatives from the City of Ottawa;

2. Appoint Councillor Doucet as the Member of Council from the Urban Area and Councillor Thompson as the Member of Council from the Rural Area to serve on the Steering Committee. One will serve as a reserve member until the governance model is amended per Recommendation 3; and

3. Request that Parks Canada amend the proposed Governance Model to include two City of Ottawa members on the Steering Committee and direct staff to report back on the outcome of this request.

Recommandations MODIFIÉES du Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement et du Comité de l'agriculture et des affaires rurales

Que le Conseil :

1. appuye le modèle de gouvernance proposé pour la stratégie d’aménagement paysager du couloir Rideau, comme il est exposé dans le Document 1, sous réserve de la modification mentionnée dans la Recommandation 3 ci-dessous visant à permettre à ce que la Ville d’Ottawa ait deux représentants;

2. nomme conseiller Doucet le membre du Conseil du secteur urbain et conseiller Thompson le membre du Conseil du secteur rural pour siéger au Comité directeur. Un membre servira à titre de membre de réserve jusqu’à ce que le modèle de gouvernance soit modifié selon la Recommandation 3; et

3. demande à Parcs Canada de modifier le modèle de gouvernance proposé afin d’inclure deux représentants de la Ville d’Ottawa au Comité directeur, et d’enjoindre le personnel de faire rapport quant à l’aboutissement de cette demande.

Documentation

1. Deputy City Manager’s report (Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability) dated 17 December 2009 (ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0018).

2. Extract of Draft ARAC Minutes, 14 January 2010.

Report to/Rapport au :

Planning and Environment Committee

Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement

and/et

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Comité de l’agriculure et des affaires rurales

and Council / et au Conseil

17 December 2009/ le 17 décembre 2009

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers

Deputy City Manager / Directrice municipale adjointe

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability /

Services d'infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités

Contact Person/Personne-ressource : John Smit, Manager/Gestionnaire, Development Review-Urban Services/Examen des projets d'aménagement-Services urbains, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

(613) 580-2424, 13866 John.Smit@ottawa.ca

Contact Person/Personne-ressource : Derrick Moodie, Manager/Gestionnaire, Development Review-Rural Services/Examen des projets d'aménagement-Services ruraux, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

(613) 580-2424, 15134 Derrick.Moodie@ottawa.ca

City-wide / À l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2010-ICS-PGM-0018

SUBJECT:	Rideau canal landscape strategy governance model

OBJET :	MODÈLE DE GOUVERNANCE RELATIVEMENT À LA STRATÉGIE D’AMÉNAGEMENT PAYSAGER DU CANAL RIDEAU

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

That Planning and Environment Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee recommend that Council:

2. Appoint one Member of Council from the Urban Area and one Member of Council from the Rural Area to serve on the Steering Committee. One will serve as a reserve member until the governance model is amended per Recommendation 3; and

3. Request that Parks Canada amend the proposed Governance Model to include two City of Ottawa members on the Steering Committee and direct staff to report back on the outcome of this request.

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement ainsi que le Comité de l’agriculture et des affaires rurales recommandent au Conseil :

1. d’appuyer le modèle de gouvernance proposé pour la stratégie d’aménagement paysager du couloir Rideau, comme il est exposé dans le Document 1, sous réserve de la modification mentionnée dans la Recommandation 3 ci-dessous visant à permettre à ce que la Ville d’Ottawa ait deux représentants;

2. de nommer un membre du Conseil du secteur urbain et un membre du Conseil du secteur rural pour siéger au Comité directeur. Un membre servira à titre de membre de réserve jusqu’à ce que le modèle de gouvernance soit modifié selon la Recommandation 3;

3. de demander à Parcs Canada de modifier le modèle de gouvernance proposé afin d’inclure deux représentants de la Ville d’Ottawa au Comité directeur, et d’enjoindre le personnel de faire rapport quant à l’aboutissement de cette demande.

BACKGROUND

The Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy is an initiative being undertaken by Parks Canada. When the Rideau Canal was named a World Heritage Site, UNESCO advised Parks Canada "to undertake a study to identify the visual setting of the canal" and to develop guidelines that can be used by all when assessing development in the corridor. On May 13, 2009, City Council supported the Strategy in principle. This study, now referred to as a "Strategy," will be conducted by a group of experts engaged by Parks Canada as a result of a Request for Proposals. The Terms of Reference will be developed in consultation with the Steering Committee. This report has been prepared to seek Committee and Council support for the proposed governance model for the Strategy and to identify the City's representative(s) on the Committee.

DISCUSSION

Recommendation 1

Governance Model

In order to guide the Strategy, a Steering Committee was established earlier this year to further develop the project and assist in the production of Terms of Reference for it. The composition of the initial Steering Committee for the Rideau Canal Landscape Strategy was reviewed in September at a meeting attended by staff of the City, and a revised composition for the Steering Committee was proposed. This revised governance model includes representatives from each municipality and county, as well as representatives from the conservation authorities, the Province, First Nations, Parks Canada, and the National Capital Commission. In addition to the Steering Committee, there will also be a Community Advisory Group and a Technical Advisory Group, which will provide additional information and guidance to the Steering Committee (see Document 1). The proposed governance model assumes that each municipal Council will nominate either a member of Council or a staff member to serve on the Committee and that staff will serve on the appropriate sub-committee. Parks Canada has asked that all of the municipalities along the Rideau Canal endorse the governance model and support the initiative as it proceeds and nominate members to it.

Recommendation 2

City Representative (s)

To continue its work on the Strategy, it is recommended that Council select a representative (Councillor or staff) to sit on the Steering Committee. It may be appropriate to request that the City of Ottawa, as the largest municipality along the Rideau Canal, be represented by two Councillors, one to represent urban interests and the other to represent rural interests.

Recommendation 3

Additional member

The character of the Rideau Canal changes dramatically within the boundaries of the city as it passes through the rural areas to the south to the urban area and the downtown core. In order to ensure that the issues associated with the Canal throughout the city, the largest municipality through which it flows, are properly represented on the Steering Committee, it is recommended that the City have two representatives on it. As the proposed Governance Model has evolved with only one representative from the City, it is recommended that Parks Canada be requested to change the Model to reflect Ottawa's unique situation.

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

The results of the Strategy will affect both rural and urban Ottawa and therefore this report has been forwarded to both Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and Planning and Environment Committee.

CONSULTATION

Staff from Planning and Growth Management have represented the City at two meetings since the development of the Steering Committee Governance Model and have provided input into its structure and the role that the City will play in as the work involved with the Strategy evolves.

COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)

N/A

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

There are no legal/risk management implications associated with this report.

CITY STRATEGIC PLAN

This initiative supports the City Strategic Plan as the results of the Rideau Canal Landscape Strategy and will assist the Planning and Growth Management Department in integrating new growth seamlessly into established communities (F2) and in preserving the character of Ottawa’s rural villages (F5).

TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS

N/A

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

N/A

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 Proposed Governance Model

DISPOSITION

City Clerk to notify Parks Canada (Melissa Francis, Project Co-ordinator, Eastern Ontario Field Unit, Parks Canada Agency, St. Lawrence Islands National Park, 2 County Road 5, Mallorytown, Ontario, K0E 1R0) of City Council's decision with regard to the Governance Model and its nomination(s) to it.

PROPOSED GOVERNANCE MODEL DOCUMENT 1

Rideau Corridor Landscape Strategy

Proposed Governance Model

Notes

Steering Committee

· Municipal and County representatives shall be nominated by their respective councils. Elected officials are preferred however choice of representative (councillor or staff person) is at the discretion of the council.

· Each Conservation Authority board shall nominate a representative.

· Provincial representation on the Steering Committee is to be determined

· The Algonquins of Ontario shall nominate 4 representatives. Further representatives of Aboriginal Communities may be appointed as required.

· The members of the steering committee shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.

Advisory Groups

· Parks Canada shall initially appoint members to the Community Advisory Group. Further members may be appointed on the advice of the Steering Committee and as needs arise.

· The Technical Advisory Group shall be appointed on the advice of the Steering Committee and as needs arise.

· The Steering Committee may form additional Advisory Groups as required during the course of the study.

· Each Advisory Group shall include at least one member of the Steering Committee.