April 12 - 10:00

City Council

Call to order and moment of reflection
Public notices and meeting information
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Announcements / Ceremonial Activities
Roll Call
Confirmation of Minutes
Minutes of the Council meeting of 22 March 2023
Declarations of Interest Including Those Originally Arising from Prior Meetings
Communications
Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Communications
Other communications received
Petitions
Petition from Ecology Ottawa containing the names of 626 individuals with respect to tree cutting on the Tewin Lands (reference Agenda Item 13.2). A copy is held on file with the City Clerk.  
Regrets
No regrets were filed. 
Motion to Introduce Reports
Moved by L. Dudas Seconded byG. Darouze
City Clerk
Appointments to the Built Heritage Committee
File Number: ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0044 - Citywide Report recommendation That, further to the deliberations of the Selection Panel, Council approve the following appointments to the Built Heritage Committee, all terms to be effective upon Council approval, for the 2022-2026 Term of Council: Vaibhavi Dhote Christine Legault James Maddigan Carolyn Quinn
Appointments to the Board of Health - 2022-2026
File Number: ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0053 - Citywide Report recommendation That, further to the deliberations of the Selection Panel, Council approve the following appointments to the Ottawa Board of Health, all terms to be effective upon Council approval, for the 2022-2026 Term of Council: Brent Bauer Elyse Banham Danielle Brown-Shreves Sabrina Chung Tammy DeGiovanni Nwanneka Ejiofor (Reserve member)
Appointments to the Committee of Adjustment
File Number: ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0047 - Citywide Report recommendation(s) 1.    That, further to the deliberations of the Selection Panel, Council approve the following appointments to Committee of Adjustment, all terms to be effective May 25, 2023, for the 2022-2026 Term of Council: Panel 1 (Urban) Simon Coakeley Ann Tremblay Sharon Lécuyer John Blatherwick Arto Keklikian Panel 2 (Suburban) George Barrett Hélène Roche Jay Baltz Fabian Poulin Heather MacLean Panel 3 (Rural) Terry Otto Jocelyn... (cont)
Appointments to the Property Standards and License Appeals Committee - 2022-2026
File Number: ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0054 - Citywide Report recommendations That, further to the deliberations of the Selection Panel, Council approve the following appointments to the Property Standards and License Appeals Committee, all terms to be effective upon Council approval, for the 2022-2026 Term of Council: Cindy Davidson Kim Hope James Leach Francesco Nisi Chantele Ramcharan Tom Moss (Reserve member)
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 2
Right of Way Patio By-law Update and New Urban Design Guidelines for Commercial Patios
ACS2023-PRE-RHU-0012 - City Wide Transportation Committee Recommendation(s) That Council: Approve the Right of Way Patio By-law as described in the report and in the form in Document 1.  Approve the Urban Design Guidelines for Commercial Patios attached to this report as Document 2.  Delegate authority to the Manager, Right of Way, Heritage and Urban Design for a period of 3 years, in consultation with the Director of Traffic Services, together with the Director of Roads and Parking Services... (cont)
Community Services Committee Report 2
Sale of Naming Rights – Kanata Recreation Complex
File No. ACS2023-RCF-GEN-0001 – Kanata South Committee Recommendations That Council: Approve the naming rights proposal from Tony Graham Automotive Group to rename the Kanata Recreation Complex the “Tony Graham Automotive Group Recreation Complex – Kanata”; and Authorize the General Manager, Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services to finalize and execute a naming rights agreement for the Kanata Recreation Complex, in consultation with the City Solicitor, as outlined in this report; a... (cont)
Environment and Climate Change Committee Report 2
By-Law Exemption for Tree Cutting near Tewin Area
File No. ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0050 - Cumberland (19) Committee recommendation That Council approve that the tree cutting incident near the Tewin lands be referred to the Normal Farming Practices Protection Board.
Wastewater Energy Transfer (WET) Pilot Project – 665 Albert Street
File No. ACS2023-PRE-EDP-0011 – Somerset (14) Committee recommendations That Council: Authorize the General Manager of Infrastructure and Water Services, or their designate, to review and consider the approval of a connection to the City’s wastewater infrastructure to supply wastewater to a proposed Wastewater Energy Transfer (WET) system for the Dream LeBreton development, subject to receipt of a detailed design, a third-party review and to the satisfaction of General Manager; Approve the pr... (cont)
Financial Statements for In-House Solid Waste Collection – External Audit Results
File No. ACS2023-PWD-SWS-0001 – City-wide Committee recommendation That Council receive this report for information.
Electric Vehicle Parking Meter Stations
File No. ACS2023-OCC-CCS-0032 - City-wide Committee recommendations That Council: Direct staff to report back to Environment and Climate Change Committee with recommended updates to the Corporate EV Policy that describe how charging stations are installed and operate on City of Ottawa property, including considerations for: Best practices including reviewing benchmark pricing and competitive bidding practices from other jurisdictions including municipalities, private businesses, and commerc... (cont)
Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 3
Comprehensive Legal Services Report for the Period July 1 to December 31, 2022
ACS2023-CMR-OCM-0003 - Citywide Committee Recommendation That Council Receive this report for information.
Disposition of 2022 Tax and Rate Supported Operating Surplus/Deficit
ACS-2023-FCS-FSP-0004 - City Wide Committee recommendations That Council approve: That the $8.431 million 2022 operating deficit in City-Wide be funded from the Tax Stabilization Reserve. That the Ottawa Police Services surplus of $1.051 million be transferred to the Tax Stabilization Reserve. That the $25.743 million 2022 operating deficit in Transit Services be funded from the Transit Operating Reserve. That the $4.622 million 2022 operating surplus in Ottawa Public Library (OPL) be tran... (cont)
2023 Tax Policy And Other Revenue Matters
ACS2023-FCS-REV-0001 - City Wide Committee Recommendations That Council: Adopt the following optional property tax classes in 2023: Shopping Centre property class Parking Lot and Vacant Land property class Office Building property class Large Industrial property class New Multi-Residential property class Professional Sports Facility property class Adopt the following tax ratios for 2023:Property Class - Ratio*Residential - 1.00000Multi-Residential - 1.40001New Multi-Residential - 1.00000... (cont)
Application by HAC OTTAWA AIRPORT, LP for an Ottawa International Airport Community Improvement Plan grant for 1085 Airport Parkway Private
ACS2023-PRE-EDP-0013 - City Wide Committee Recommendation That Council consider this matter.
Status Update and Amendments to the Better Homes Ottawa Loan Program
ACS2023-PRE-EDP-0014 - City Wide Committee Recommendations That Council: Approve the amendments to the Better Homes Ottawa Loan Program as described in this report; Approve the Better Homes Ottawa Incentive Program as detailed in Document 1 and direct staff to implement the Better Homes Ottawa Incentive Program; and Delegate the authority to the Chief Financial Officer and the General Manager of Planning, Real Estate, and Economic Development to implement certain changes to the Better Homes O... (cont)
Light Rail Sub-Committee Report 2
City Manager’s Delegated Authority with Respect to Stage 1 and Stage 2 Light Rail
File No. ACS2023-TSD-TS-0001 – City-wide Committe Recommendation That Council receive this report for information.
Planning and Housing Committee Report 5A
Zoning By-law Amendment - 262 Armstrong Street
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0027 - Kitchissippi (15) Rising from the Housing and Planning Committee Meeting of 20 March, 2023. Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 262 Armstrong Street, as shown in Document 1, to permit a four-storey low-rise apartment building with four residential units, as detailed in Document 2.
Planning and Housing Committee Report 6
Zoning By-law Amendment – 366 Winona Avenue
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0042 - Kitchissippi (15) Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 366 Winona Avenue, as shown in Document 1, to permit relief from existing performance standards associated with the Residential Fourth Density Zone, Subzone UB (R4UB), as detailed in Document 2, to facilitate the development of two three-storey residential apartment buildings, each containing a total of eight dwelling units.
Zoning By-law Amendment – 949 North River Road
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0039 - Rideau-Rockcliffe (13) Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 949 North River Road, as shown in Document 1, from Residential Fourth Density, Subzone UC (R4UC) to Residential Fifth Density, Subzone B, Maximum Height 18 metres, Urban Exception xxxx (R5B H(18) [xxxx]) to permit a five-storey mid-rise apartment dwelling, as detailed in Document 2.
Transportation Committee Report 3
2022 Electric Kick Scooter Pilot Report (Year 3)
Committee recommendation That Council:  Receive the results of the 2022 season for the shared Electric Kick Scooter Pilot Program, as outlined in this report; Approve the continuation of Ottawa’s shared Electric Kick Scooter Pilot Program in 2023 with the proposed changes and recommendations in this report; Approve the use of a Follow-On Contract to award the 2023 season to the two successful proponents of the competitive process used for the 2022 season; Approve the proposed changes ... (cont)
Strategic Road Safety Action Plan Annual Report
File No. ACS2023-PWD-TRF-0002 - Citywide Committee recommendations That Council: Receive the 2022 Road Safety Action Plan – Implementation Plan Status Update. Approve the 2023 Road Safety Action Plan – Implementation Plan, as outlined in this report.
Bulk Consent Agenda
Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee Report 2
Front-Ending Report – Manotick Watermain Link Phase 2
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0043 - Rideau-Jock (21)  Committee Recommendation(s) That Council approve the following:  Authorize the City and delegate authority to the General Manager, Planning, Real Estate and Economic Development Department, to enter into a Front-Ending Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Minto Communities Inc. in relation to the design and construction of the Manotick Watermain Link Phase 2 project, as outlined in this report, in accordance with the Front-Ending Agreement Principles and Po... (cont)
Clarke Municipal Drain – partial abandonment
ACS2023-IWS-WL-0001 - Barrhaven (3) Committee Recommendation(s) That the Council give three readings to the by-law attached as Document 2 to this report to provide for the abandonment of the Clarke Municipal Drain, East Main Drain, from sta. 0+00 to sta. 14+31 and West Main Drain, from sta. 0+00 to sta. 8+58 located in Lots 12 and 13, Concession 3, former Township of Nepean, Barrhaven West Ward under Subsection 84 (5) of the Drainage Act.  
Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 3
2022 Statement of Remuneration, Benefits and Expenses Paid to Members of Council and Council Appointees
ACS2023-FCS-FSP-0003 - City Wide Committee RecommendationThat Council receive this report for information.
2023 Budgets and Special Levies for Business Improvement Areas (BIA) and Sparks Street Mall Authority
ACS2023-FCS-FIN-0002 - City Wide Committee Recommendations That Council approve the 2023 budgets and special levies, as presented in Document 1, for the following: Bank Street BIA Barrhaven BIA Bells Corners BIA ByWard Market BIA Carp BIA Carp Road Corridor BIA Downtown Rideau BIA Glebe BIA Heart of Orleans BIA Kanata Central BIA Kanata North BIA Manotick BIA Preston BIA Somerset Chinatown BIA Somerset Village BIA Sparks Street BIA Sparks Street Mall Authority Vanier BIA Wellington West BIA... (cont)
Planning and Housing Committee Report 5A
Zoning By-law Amendment – 325 Elgin Street
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0030 - Somerset (14) Rising from the Housing and Planning Committee Meeting of 20 March, 2023.   Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 325 Elgin Street and to change the zoning on a portion of the property into Traditional Mainstreet Zone, Subzone 1, as shown in Document 1, to permit an outdoor commercial patio, as detailed in Document 2.
2022 Annual Report Pursuant to the Building Code Act
ACS2023-PRE-BCS-0002 - City Wide Rising from the Housing and Planning Committee Meeting of 20 March, 2023. Committee recommendation That Council receive this report for information.
Planning and Housing Committee Report 6
Zoning By-Law Amendment – 326 and 330 Wilbrod Street
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0031 - Rideau-Vanier (12) Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 326 and 330 Wilbrod Street, as shown in Document 1, from Residential Fourth Density, Subzone ‘UD’, Urban Exception 480 suffix ‘c’ (R4UD[480]-c) to “Residential Fourth Density, Subzone ‘UD’, Urban Exception XXXX, suffix ‘c’ (R4UD[XXXX]-c) to permit a four-storey low-rise apartment building with site-specific zoning provisions, as detailed in Document 2.
Zoning By-law Amendment – 3713 Navan Road
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0026 - Orléans South-Navan (19) Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 3713 Navan Road, as shown in Document 1, to add an exception permitting Community Health and Resource Centre and Office as additional permitted uses, as detailed in Document 2.
Zoning By-law Amendment – 375 Famille-Laporte Avenue
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0040 - Orléans East-Cumberland (1)  Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 at 375 Famille-Laporte Avenue, from RI5 [389r] to I1B H(15.5) as shown in Document 1, to permit for a residential care facility and future retirement home, as detailed in Document 2.
Zoning By-law Amendment - 2140 Baseline Road
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0045 - College (8) Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 2140 Baseline Road, as shown in Document 1, to permit an enclosed amenity space as a permitted projection above the maximum height, as detailed in Document 2.
Zoning By-law Amendment - 1050 Klondike Road
ACS2023-PRE-PS-0035 - Kanata North (4) Committee recommendation That Council approve an amendment to Zoning By-law 2008-250 for 1050 Klondike Road as shown in Document 1, from Development Reserve to R4T[XXX]-h to permit low-rise dwellings, as detailed in Document 2.
City Clerk – Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions
Summary of Oral and Written Public Submissions for Items Subject to the Planning Act ‘Explanation Requirements’ at the City Council Meeting of March 22, 2023
Report Recommendation That Council approve the Summaries of Oral and Written Public Submissions for items considered at the City Council Meeting of March 22, 2023, that are subject to the ‘Explanation Requirements’ being the Planning Act, subsections 17(23.1), 22(6.7), 34(10.10) and 34(18.1), as applicable, as described in this report and attached as Document 1.
In Camera Items
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 1. 
Motion to Adopt Reports
Moved by L. Dudas Seconded byG. Darouze
Motions of Which Notice Has Been Previously Given
Councillor S. Menard
Moved by S. Menard Seconded byR. Brockington WHEREAS the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) would like to use firework related smoke devices at Ottawa Athletico Games at TD Place and; WHEREAS OSEG has developed procedures to ensure the safety of staff and patrons of the events and;WHEREAS the City of Ottawa prohibits the use of smoke devices in By-law No. 2003-237, as amended, being the Fireworks By-law and; WHEREAS OSEG has used smoke devices in 2017 – 2022 seasons with prior appro... (cont)
Councillor S. Desroches
Moved by S. Desroches Seconded byM. Luloff WHEREAS on January 31, 1923, the Government of Canada authorized the organization of a force to be called the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (“RCNVR”); and WHEREAS the RCNVR served as the backbone of the Royal Canadian Navy recruiting sailors from across the country including the Ottawa area; and WHEREAS Ottawa’s local naval reserve unit, HMCS Carleton, was also formed in 1923; and WHEREAS the RCNVR played a critical role during the Second Wor... (cont)
Councillor L. Dudas
Moved by L. Dudas Seconded byC. Curry WHEREAS Hydro Ottawa Limited ("Hydro Ottawa") is a local distribution company that is wholly owned by the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS Hydro Ottawa is a public service company and community asset whose purpose is to provide efficient and reliable services and help deliver on the City of Ottawa's economic and environmental ambitions; and WHEREAS Hydro Ottawa has the infrastructure, expertise, and service-delivery channels to be one of the most important ena... (cont)
Councillor C. Kelly
Moved by C. Kelly Seconded byD. Brown WHEREAS City Council approved the new Parkland Dedication By-law (No. 2022-280) on August 31, 2022; and WHEREAS the By-law now requires parkland conveyance or cash-in-lieu of parkland to be provided to the City before the issuance of a building permit for a new dwelling if it cannot be demonstrated that parkland dedication has been previously satisfied in accordance with the Planning Act; and WHEREAS the By-law requires conveyance of parkland or cash-in-l... (cont)
Motions Requiring Suspension of the Rules of Procedure
Notices of Motion (for Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)
Motion to Introduce By-laws
Three Readings
Moved by L. Dudas Seconded byG. Darouze a)    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to provide for the partial abandonment of drainage works in the City of Ottawa – Clarke Municipal Drain, East Main Drain, from sta. 0+00 to sta. 14+31 and West Main Drain, from sta. 0+00 to sta. 8+58 located in Lots 12 and 13, Concession 3, former Township of Nepean, Barrhaven West Ward. b)    A by-law of the City of Ottawa to amend By-law No. 2010-115 to amend fees for services and activities of the Corporate Re... (cont)
Confirmation By-law
Moved by L. Dudas Seconded byG. Darouze
Inquiries
Adjournment
Moved by L. Dudas Seconded byG. Darouze

Agenda