OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL

9 NOVEMBER 2011

ANDREW S. HAYDON HALL

10:00 a.m.

 

AGENDA 24

 

 

1.       Prayer

 

 

2.                 National Anthem (Councillor S. Qadri)

 

 

3.                 Announcements/Ceremonial Activities

 

·                     Recognition – City Builder Award

·                     Recognition – City of Ottawa Awards for Heroism

 

 

4.       Roll Call

 

 

5.       Confirmation of Minutes

 

Confirmation of the Minutes of the special and In Camera meetings of 19 October 2011 and the regular meeting of 26 October 2011.

 

 

6.       Declarations of interest including those originally arising from prior meetings

 

 


7.       Communications

 

Responses to Inquiries:

·         20-11U-Pass

·         21-11Jubilee Donations - Use of City Property

 

Other Communications Received:

·         Submission received from residents of the Denbury Condominiums, 2951 Riverside Drive, containing 64 signatures, requesting a bus shelter on Ridgewood Avenue (i.e. at the 87 bus stop going downtown and to South Keys.)

 

·         Correspondence received from Hydro One, advising of a Public Information session to be held on November 10 at the Bilberry Creek Baptist Church (480 Charlemagne Boulevard), from 5 to 9 pm, with respect to the Class Environmental Assessment for a new Transformer Station in Orléans

 

 

8.       Regrets

 

Councillors P. Hume has advised he will be absent from the Council meeting of 9 November 2011.

 

 

9.       Motion to Introduce Reports

(Councillors M. Wilkinson and K. Egli)

 

REPORTS

 

President and CEO, Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation

 

 

1.                   Ottawa community lands development corporation (OCLDC)

2010 annual report

 

LA Société d'aménagement des terrains Communautaires d’Ottawa

rapport annuel 2010

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive the Audited Financial Statements of the Ottawa Community Lands Development Corporation (OCLDC) for the Year 2010 as set out in the Annual Report prepared by Ernst and Young and set out in Document 1 attached. 

 

 


Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability

 

 

1.                   ECONOMIC STIMULUS FUND PROGRAM - STATUS UPDATE

 

programme du fonds de stimulation Économique – rapports d’Étape

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive the Economic Stimulus Fund (ESF) Q3 2011 status report.

 

 

Ottawa Police Services Board Report 3

 

 

1.                   OTTAWA POLICE SERVICE – STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

 

SERVICE DE POLICE D’OTTAWA – PRIORITÉS STRATÉGIQUE

 

 

BOARD RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council receive this report for information.

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT 12

 

 

1.                   ZONING – 3194 Diamondview Road

 

ZONAGE – 3194, Chemin Diamondview

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law 2008-250 to change the zoning of 3194 Diamondview Road from Rural Institutional Subzone 8 with exception (RI8[510r]) and Agricultural Subzone 1 (AG1) to Rural Residential Subzone 12 with exception (RR12[XXXr] and to change the zoning of part of 3126 Diamondview Road from Rural Institutional Subzone 8 with exception (RI8[510r]) to Agricultural Subzone 1 (AG1) to correct the zoning boundary between these two properties as is shown on Document 1 and detailed in Document 2.

 

 

FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT 13

 

 

1.                   motions, directions and inquiries recommended for closure

 

MOTIONS, DIRECTIVES ET DEMANDES DE RENSEIGNEMENTS DONT on recommande LA clôture

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council approve the closure of the Motions, Directions and Inquiries outlined in Document 1.

 

 

 

6.                   Expropriation of lands, ottawa light rail Transit project – Maintenance and Storage properties on Belfast Road and the station entrance on lyon street, City of Ottawa

 

EXPROPRIATION DE TERRAINS, PROJET DE TRAIN LÉGER SUR RAIL D’OTTAWA – INSTALLATIONS D’ENTRETIEN ET D’ENTREPOSAGE SUR LE CHEMIN BELFAST ET ENTRÉE DE LA STATION SUR LA RUE LYON, VILLE D’OTTAWA

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council approve:

 

1.       The expropriation of the lands set out in the attached Schedule "A";

 

2.      The enactment of an expropriation by-law to approve the expropriation of said lands; and

 

3.      The registering of the plans of Expropriation and service of the Notices of Expropriation, Election and Possession pursuant to Sections 9, 10 and 39 of the Expropriations Act.

 


 

 

7.                   BID FOR ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF ONTARIO (AMO) 2014/15/16 CONFERENCES

 

OFFRE POUR LES CONFÉRENCES DE 2014, 2015 ET 2016 DE L’ASSOCIATION DES MUNICIPALITÉS DE L’ONTARIO (AMO)

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

 

That Council direct staff to prepare a submission to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Request for Proposal to host its 2014, 2015, and 2016 conferences.

 

 

 

8.                   OTTAWA STADIUM (300 COVENTRY ROAD) – REQUEST FOR OFFERS TO LEASE PROCESS

 

STADE D’OTTAWA (300, CHEMIN COVENTRY) – DEMANDE D’OFFRES POUR LE PROCESSUS DE LOCATION

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That Council:

 

1.      Direct staff to solicit “best offers to lease” to utilize the Ottawa Stadium facility in the long-term, based on the minimum conditions and guidelines described in this report; and

2.      Approve the delegated authority to the Director, Real Estate Partnerships and Development (REPDO) to negotiate and enter into an amended agreement with Ottawa Sports Group for the use of the Ottawa Stadium facility in 2012.

 

 


PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 18

 

 

4.             ZONING – 346 GLOUCESTER STREET

 

ZONAGE – 346, RUE GLOUCESTER

 

 

Committee recommendation

 

(This matter is Subject to Bill 51)

 

That Council approve an amendment to the Zoning By-law 2008-250, to change the zoning of 346 Gloucester Street from a Residential Fifth Density exception zone R5B[482] H(37) to a new Residential Fifth Density exception zone R5B[xxxx]H(59.3) as detailed in Document 2 and as shown in Document 1.

 

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 19

 

 

1.             150 ELGIN – AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENTS – MORGUARD ELGIN LIMITED

 

150, RUE ELGIN – MODIFICATIONS DES ENTENTES – MORGUARD ELGIN LIMITED

 

 

Committee recommendationS

 

That Council:

 

1.         Approve amendments to the Development, Parking and Non-Merger Agreements between the City and Morguard Elgin Limited dated 21 December 2005 as described in this report and further outlined in Document 1;

 

2.         Delegate authority to the City Manager to finalize and execute amended Development, Parking and Non-Merger Agreements with Morguard Elgin Limited.

                                                                                                           

 

 


TRANSIT COMMISSION REPORT 8

 

 

1.             REVISION OF TRANSIT TAX AREAS FOR 2012

 

                Révisions aux zones fiscales du transport en commun pour 2012

 

 

CommiSSION RecommendationS AS AMENDED

 

That Council:

 

1.         Approve the following two revisions to the transit tax areas, to be effective on January 1, 2012, and that Council enact an implementing by-law:

·         Expanding the Urban Transit Area to encompass all of the current Stittsville Town Transit Area, and abolishing the Stittsville TTA as a separate area; and,

·         Revising the boundary between Rural Transit Area A and Rural Transit Area B so that it follows Century Road between the Rideau River and McCordick Road.

 

2.         Direct staff to correct the transit levy rate improperly applied to the properties in the Rideau-Goulbourn ward for 2011 and provide a means by which identified ratepayers are reimbursed the amount of the overpayment, to be funded from the Transit Capital Reserve.

 

3.         Approve that as part of the planning of the service increases for Stittsville that are described in this report, staff examine the following issues in particular:

 

-     The need for improved access to service for residents in the north western area of the community;

-     The need for increased evening service;

-     The need for convenient daytime service connecting within the community and to major destinations; and,

 

That staff assess how best to address these issues within the budget for 2012 that Council will establish; and,

 

That staff consult with the ward councillor on their conclusions.

 

 

 

 

 


10.     Bulk Consent Agenda

 

That Council approve the Revised Bulk Consent Agenda attached as Document 1.

 

 

11.      Disposition of Items Approved by Committees under Delegated Authority

 

That Council receive the list of items approved by its Committees under Delegated Authority, attached as Document 2.

 

 

12.     Motion to Adopt Reports

(Councillors M. Wilkinson and K. Egli)

 

 

13.     Motions of Which Notice has been Given Previously

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor T. Tierney

Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess

 

WHEREAS that part of Comstock Road adjacent to 1622 Comstock Road and described as Part 39 on Reference Plan 4R-14871 was established as a common and public highway in the former Corporation of the Township of Gloucester; and

 

WHEREAS as result of a road extension and realignment, Part 39 was conveyed by the former Township to a private land owner without the passage of a road closing by-law as required by the Municipal Act; and

 

WHEREAS pursuant to the Municipal Act the passage and registration of a road closing by-law is required prior to the transfer of a public highway or a portion thereof by a municipality to a private land owner; and

 

WHEREAS no record of a road closing by-law ever being passed, or a Council Report of Minutes authorizing the sale or closing of the road has been found; and

 

WHREAS it is now desired to pass a by-law close Part 39; and

 

WHEREAS Part 39 is not required for public road purposes; and

 

WHEREAS notice of this Road Closing By-law has been given in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001 and the City of Ottawa’s Public Notice By-law No. 2002-522; and

 

WHEREAS the Council of the City of Ottawa did not receive any requests to be heard from any person, solicitor or agent, claiming the loss of motor vehicle access to and from the person’s land over any highway;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council authorizes the enactment of a by-law closing Part 39, Reference 4R-14871.

 

 

MOTION

 

Moved by Councillor T. Tierney

Seconded by Councillor R. Bloess

 

WHEREAS the re-opening of the Gloucester Splash Pool was delayed for several months as a result of contractor performance on the addition project; and

 

WHEREAS staff have been able to claim $75,000 from the contractor for lost revenues as a result of that delay; and

   

WHEREAS the community was disadvantaged during that time period as they were without this valuable community service;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the $75,000 be allocated to an account for use by the ward councillor to provide minor capital improvements in the ward.

 

 

14.     Notices of Motion (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

 

 

15.     Motion to Introduce By-laws                                        Three Readings

(Councillors M. Wilkinson and K. Egli)

 

a)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to close part of Comstock Road.

 

b)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to establish certain lands as common and public highway and assume it for public use (Stanmore Street).

 

c)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2004-60 to appoint Municipal Law Enforcement Officers in accordance with private property parking enforcement.

 

d)     A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 201 Lebreton Street North.

 

e)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 101 Dean Martin Crescent.

 

f)       A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2003-530 respecting traffic and parking on highways and to repeal By-law No. 2011-361.

 

g)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 346 Gloucester Street.

 

h)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 404 and 410 Huntmar Drive and parts of 370 and 450 Huntmar Drive.

 

i)        A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 4268 and 4300 Fallowfield Road and part of 2810 Cedarview Road.

 

j)        A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 101, 103, 105, 107, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123 and 125 Abetti Ridge and 205, 208, 241, 243, 257 and 259 Espin Heights as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

k)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 157 to 175 Salisbury Street and 201 to 216 Fairside Private as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

l)        A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 1370 Bank Street as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

m)    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 5271 Fernbank Road as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

n)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 235, 237, 239, 241, 243, 245, 257, 259, 261, 263, 265, 277, 279, 281 and 285 Kinghaven Drive as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

o)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 141, 143, 145 and 147 Whispering Winds Way as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

p)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to designate certain lands at 522 to 528 Harvest Valley Avenue as being exempt from Part Lot Control.

 

q)      A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2008-250 of the City of Ottawa to change the zoning of lands known municipally as 3194 Diamondview Road and part of 3126 Diamondview Road.

 

 

16.     Confirmation By-law (Councillors M. Wilkinson and K. Egli)

 

 

17.     Inquiries

 

 

18.     Adjournment (Councillors M. Wilkinson and K. Egli)

 

 

 

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