This memo is being provided to the Mayor and Members of
Council as follow-up to an inquiry from Councilor Deans at the August 18, 2011
FEDCO meeting dealing with the status up-date of the Lansdowne Project that
will be considered by Council on August 25, 2011. At the FEDCO meeting, Councillor Deans
inquired as to the application of the City’s Housing First Policy for the
Lansdowne Revitalization given the direction provided by Council in June
2010. This direction set out in Motion
92/24 (Attachment 1), states that the Housing First Policy must be adhered to
with respect to the disposal process for the Residential Air Rights at
Lansdowne. Attachment 2 quotes the
policy statement from the Housing First Policy dealing with the allocation of
proceeds from the sale of City owned residentially zoned lands to fund the
provision of social housing by the City.
In the context of the Council direction provided by Motion
92/24, and the City’s Housing First Policy, this confirms that 25% of the
proceeds from any sale or long term lease in excess of 21 years of the
residential air rights at Lansdowne would be directed into the City’s Housing
Reserve Fund to be used by the City’s Housing Services Branch towards funding
to meet social housing needs elsewhere in the City.
John Smit
cc: Kent
Kirkpatrick, City Manager
Rick
O’Connor, City Clerk and Solicitor
Attachment 1
SPECIAL OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
17, 23, 24, 25 and 28 jUNE 2010
ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL
10:00 a.m.
MINUTES 92
MOTION NO. 92/24
Moved by Councillor D. Holmes
Seconded by Councillor D. Deans
WHEREAS there
are 10,000 households on the City of Ottawa’s waiting list for affordable
housing;
AND WHEREAS
these citizens are currently housed in unacceptable, substandard and unsafe
housing;
AND WHEREAS
the city-owned housing corporation Ottawa Community Housing has a capital need
of $60,000,000 per year to catch up with its building condition needs;
AND WHEREAS
other affordable housing providers in the City of Ottawa are also in need of
capital investment;
AND WHEREAS
the City of Ottawa’s Housing First Policy stipulates that 25% of the net
proceeds from the disposal of surplus property be dedicated to the Housing
Reserve;
THEREFORE BE
IT RESOLVED THAT Recommendation #22 be deleted, and that the Housing First
Policy be adhered to.
CARRIED on a division of 18 YEAS to 6 NAYS as follows:
Attachment 2
Extract from Housing First Policy
The Council approved Housing First Policy description (July 13, 2005) includes the following:
“Enabling the utilization of 25% of the proceeds from the sale of residentially zoned land owned by the City where affordable housing is not developed to fund development elsewhere to meet social housing needs.”
|
|
|