Front Ending Report – Cost Increase on the Fernbank Trunk Sewer Front Ending Agreement
File No. ACS2026-PDB-PS-0023 – Stittsville (6)
Report Recommendation(s)
That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council:
Authorize the City and delegate authority to the General Manager, Planning, Development and Building Services, to approve an additional authority of $1,660,189.67 (plus applicable taxes) to be added to capital account 910386 and to address the repayment requirements identified in the 2024 Development Charges Amendment Background Study, in relation to the 600-millimetre diameter Collector Trunk Sanitary Sewer on Goldhawk Drive from Abbott Street to Cope Drive, then along future Cope Road, from Goldhawk Drive to Shea Road and continued on future Cope Drive to Fernbank Road as outlined in this report; and in accordance with the Front-Ending Agreement Principles and Policy set forth in Documents 1 and 2 and with the final form and content being to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor; and
Authorize the financial disbursement to reimburse the design and construction costs for Part A works incurred by Fernbank Road Land Owners Group Ltd. (FROG) for an additional $1,660,189.67 plus applicable taxes to a total upset limit of $8,778,901 plus applicable taxes, 100 per cent funded by development charges in accordance with the reimbursement schedule set out in the executed Front-Ending Agreement.
In Camera Items
Information Previously Distributed
Housing Acceleration Plan Item 11 – Terms of References Update #2
File No. ACS2026-PDB-PS-0045
Motions of Which Notice has been Previously Given
Motion – Councillor G. Gower (on behalf of Councillor S. Desroches) – Riverside South Library and Community Centre Height
File No. ACS2026-OCC-CCS-0057 - City-wide
Motion
That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve that staff be directed to bring forward an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment to reduce the minimum building height within 20.0m of the main street and to increase the maximum front yard setback to permit the proposed design of the Riverside South Community Centre and Library to proceed as designed, or as modified, at the earliest opportunity.
Motion – Councillor L. Johnson – Digital Façade Permit at IKEA
File No. ACS2026-OCC-CCS-0058 - City-wide
Motion
That Planning and Housing Committee recommend Council approve:
Exemptions to the Permanent Signs on Private Property By-law (2016-326), as amended, to allow:
The installation of a digital message centre in an MC zone for a commercial use, while the By-law limits this type of sign to a theatre or cinema (Table 3B, Endnote 4);
The maximum area of a wall sign to equal 37% of the wall area, while the By-law limits the size to 25% of the wall area (Table 3A);
To allow a wall sign to straddle over 3 storeys, while the By-law requires a wall sign to be located on the first or second storey (Subclause 131(1)(b)); and
That the fees for minor sign variance totaling $2,487.00 be waived.
Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
Inquiries
Other Business
Adjournment
Next Meeting
May 20, 2026.