4. WAIVING OF THE ENCROACHMENT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
314 BOOTH STREET (CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR WOMAN) AND 424 METCALFE STREET
(CENTRETOWN CITIZENS OTTAWA CORPORATION) DISPENSE DES DROITS D’EMPIÈTEMENT POUR DES ENSEMBLES DE LOGEMENTS
ABORDABLES SITUÉS AU 314, RUE BOOTH (FONDATION LE PILIER POUR LES FEMMES) ET
AU 424, RUE METCALFE (CENTRETOWN CITIZENS OTTAWA CORPORATION) |
Committee Recommendation
That Council waive up to $185,000 in
Encroachment Fees for Affordable Housing developments known municipally as 314
Booth Street and 424 Metcalfe Street.
Recommandation DU Comité
Que le Conseil municipal accorde une
dispense des droits d’empiètement pour un montant maximal de 185 000 $ dans le
cas des ensembles portant les adresses municipales 314, rue Booth et 424, rue
Metcalfe.
Documentation
1. Councillor Holmes’s report, Ward 14,
Somerset dated 19 March 2010 (ACS2010- -CCS-CPS-0012).
2. Extract of Draft Minutes, 4 March
2010.
Report to / Rapport au:
Council / Conseil
19 March 2010 / le 19 mars 2010
Coordonnateur de comité
Somerset (14) |
Ref N°: ACS2010-CCS-CPS-0012 |
SUBJECT: WAIVING
OF THE ENCROACHMENT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS 314 BOOTH STREET
(CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR WOMAN) AND 424 METCALFE STREET (CENTRETOWN CITIZENS
OTTAWA CORPORATION)
OBJET: DISPENSE
DES DROITS D’EMPIÈTEMENT POUR DES ENSEMBLES DE LOGEMENTS ABORDABLES SITUÉS AU
314, RUE BOOTH (FONDATION LE PILIER POUR LES FEMMES) ET AU 424, RUE METCALFE
(CENTRETOWN CITIZENS OTTAWA CORPORATION)
That
Council waive up to $185,000 in Encroachment Fees for Affordable Housing
developments known municipally as 314 Booth Street and 424 Metcalfe Street.
Que le Conseil municipal accorde une dispense des
droits d’empiètement pour un montant maximal de 185 000 $ dans le cas des
ensembles portant les adresses municipales 314, rue Booth et 424, rue Metcalfe.
BACKGROUND
On 4 March 2010, the Community and Protective Service Committee suspended the rules and voted on the following Notice of Motion.
WHEREAS
Affordable Housing Developments at 314 Booth Street and 424 Metcalfe Street are
being developed under the City’s Action Ottawa Affordable Housing Program and
have been deemed to be Municipal Housing Facilities under the City’s Municipal
Housing Facilities By-law 2006-1;
WHEREAS By-law
2003-446, a by-law of the City of Ottawa to regulate encroachments on City
highways requires the submission of an application for an encroachment permit
for any proposed encroachments onto City lands;
WHEREAS Schedule
B of By-law 2003-446, requires the payment of a non-refundable fee for
temporary encroachments on the City roadways and sidewalks;
WHEREAS sidewalk
and roadway encroachment fees are estimated to be $85,000 for 314 Booth Street
and $100,000 for both phases of Beaver Barracks at 424 Metcalfe Street until
completion in 2012.
WHEREAS By-law
2003-446, Section 92, entitled WAIVER OF FEES, stipulates that “The General
Manager may waive all or part of the encroachment permit fees in Schedule “B”
of this by-law for registered charitable and non-profit organizations, such as
the United Way and the Santa Claus Parade, where deemed appropriate by the
City”;
THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED THAT City Council exempt up to $185,000 in Encroachment Fees for
Affordable Housing developments known municipally as 314 Booth Street and 424
Metcalfe Street.
CONSULTATION
City Operations – Community and Social Services
Department - Social Housing and Shelter Management Branch-
Staff is supportive of the motion.
Both projects noted in this report provide a significant amount of new affordable rental and supportive housing in the City. The Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation affordable housing development at 424 Metcalfe Street will provide a total of 248 units once both phases are complete, and will include fully accessible apartments, housing with supports and housing suitable for families. The Cornerstone Foundation for Women project at 314 Booth Street will provide 42 units of supportive housing for a diversity women who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Due to the urban nature of both projects and density of development, part of the roadway and/or sidewalk will be required during construction. Staff believes that the exemption of these fees is consistent with other relief (e.g., building permit fees, development charges, parkland levies and planning fees) provided by the City to support the development of affordable rental and supportive housing projects developed under Action Ottawa and the Canada Ontario Affordable Housing Program.
There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.
There are a number of priorities in the Strategic Plan focused on the provision and protection of affordable housing.
Achieve the annual development of 500 housing units affordable to people earning low income. The objective is to close the gap in the affordable and appropriate housing supply
A new activity added to the Sustainable, Healthy and Active City Priority through the 2010 budget process is to “Implement City Housing Strategy” which contains a number of recommendations with the objective of promoting and preserving the stock of affordable housing within the City.
Repair, replace and/or upload all City
housing stock by 2020, including a review of innovative alternatives to
rehabilitate the stock.
Become leading edge in community and urban design including housing creation for those in the city living on low incomes and residents at large.
Sustainable Finances
(transformational)
Fund infrastructure renewal, including closing the gap in
affordable and appropriate housing supply.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Waiving the encroachment fees would result in lost revenues of $185,000 in Planning and Growth Management.
Staff will take the appropriate action following Council’s decision.
WAIVING OF
THE ENCROACHMENT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS 314 BOOTH STREET
(CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR WOMAN) AND 424 METCALFE STREET (CENTRETOWN CITIZENS
OTTAWA CORPORATION)
ACS2010-CCS-CPS-0012 SOMERSET (14)
That the
Community and Protective Services Committee approve the addition of this item
for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 84
(3) of the Procedures By-Law (being By-Law No. 2006-462): Waiving of
Encroachment Fees for Affordable Housing Developments at 314 Booth Street and
424 Metcalfe Street.
CARRIED
Moved by D. Holmes
WHEREAS Affordable Housing Developments at 314
Booth Street and 424 Metcalfe Street are being developed under the City’s
Action Ottawa Affordable Housing Program and have been deemed to be Municipal
Housing Facilities under the Housing Municipal Facilities By-law 2009-1;
WHEREAS By-law 2003-446, a by-law of the City
of Ottawa to regulate encroachments on City highways requires the submission of
an application for an encroachment permit for any proposed encroachments onto
City lands;
WHEREAS Schedule B of By-law 2003-446, requires the payment of a non-refundable
fee for temporary encroachments on the City roadways and sidewalks;
WHEREAS sidewalk and roadway encroachment fees are estimated to be $85,000 for
314 Booth Street and $100,000 for both phases of Beaver Barracks at 424
Metcalfe Street until completion in 2012.
WHEREAS By-law 2003-446, Section 92, entitled WAIVER OF FEES, stipulates that
“The General Manager may waive all or part of the encroachment permit fees in
Schedule “B” of this by-law for registered charitable and non-profit
organizations, such as the United Way and the Santa Claus Parade, where deemed
appropriate by the City”;
WHEREAS all other City fees such as Building Permit, Development Charges,
Parkland Levies, Planning Fees are exempt for Action Ottawa Affordable Housing
projects;
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED THAT City Council exempt
up to $185,000 in Encroachment Fees for Affordable Housing developments known
municipally as 314 Booth Street and 424 Metcalfe Street.
CARRIED