CLOSED CAPTIONING TRANSCRIPT – CITY COUNCIL 27 JUNE 2018

[ \M\M\M ][ \M\M\M ] >> Mayor Jim Watson: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF I COULD ASK MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO TAKE THEIR SEATS.WE'LL START THE MEETING IN ONE MINUTE.GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.[ Speaking French ][ No Translation ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: WELCOME TO OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL FOR THE 27th OF JUNE 2018.BEFORE WE HAVE OUR MOMENT OF REFLECTION, I WOULD ASK -- WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PASSING OF TWO FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS, ONE FROM KANATA AND ONE FROM OSGOODE, SO IF I CAN HAVE COUNCILLOR WILKINSON TO OFFER REMARKS IN HONOUR OF THE LATE KEN BRAUN, FORMER ALDERMAN AS IT WAS CALLED BACK THEN, FOR THE CITY OF KANATA.>> THANKS, Mr. MAYOR.KEN WAS A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF KANATA AND VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY MANY YEARS, INCLUDING PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND HELPING WITH A LOT OF EVENTS IN KANATA.AND IN 1985 HE WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY OF OTTAWA COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THE AREA.AND HE WAS ALWAYS THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WAS ALWAYS HELPFUL AND CALM ABOUT DOING THINGS FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AND HE WOULD KEEP THINGS MOVING VERY WELL.HE LOVED THE -- VERY DEDICATED TO BOTH HIS FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY.HE'S AN ENGINEER, AND WAS AN ENGINEER, AND WORKED IN THE HIGH-TECH. TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE KANATA AREA DO, AND HE LOVED -- WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH HIS LOCAL CHURCH AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF IT.THE FUNERAL IS ACTUALLY TOMORROW, AND THE WAKE IS TONIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT AS A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER I'D LIKE JUST ASK THAT WE REMEMBER HIM AT COUNCIL TODAY.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.AND COUNCILLOR DAROUZE WILL SPEAK IN HONOUR OF THE FORMER COUNCILLOR FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE.>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. WAS REALLY SAD NEWS THAT Mr. McEVOY PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 19th.Mr. McEVOY SERVED AS CITY COUNCILLOR IN THE FORMER TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE, AND HE SERVED THE RESIDENTS FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS.PHIL WAS NOT ONLY INVOLVED IN MUNICIPAL POLITICS BUT ALSO HE WAS A HOME BUILDER IN THE GREELY AND METCALFE AREA.HE WAS A PROUD OWNER AND OPERATOR OF POPLAR GROVE CAMPGROUND OVER 50 YEARS.THIS CAMPGROUND REALLY PROVIDED OSGOODE WARD FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH MANY, MANY YEARS OF FOND MEMORIES WITH THE ONLY INDOOR POOL AND OUTDOOR WATER SLIDE. THE McEVOY FAMILY HAS BEEN ROOTED IN OSGOODE TOWNSHIP SINCE THE MID-1800s WHEN THEY PURCHASED LAND AFTER THEY IMMIGRATED FROM IRELAND, WHICH IS STILL IN THEIR FAMILY TODAY.PHIL WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.ALSO, Mr. McEVOY WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE ELEANOR AND THEIR CHILDREN, BETH, CHRIS, AND DAN, ALONG WITH THEIR FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.SO TODAY WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, OF COURSE. THANK YOU.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA WE EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE LATE KEN BRAUN AS WELL AS THE LATE PHILIP McEVOY, AND IF THOSE RHO ARE ABLE TO COULD PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF PERSONAL REFLECTION AND THOUGHTS TO THE FAMILIES OF THESE TWO FORMER ELECTED OFFICIALS.IF YOU COULD REMAIN STANDING, WE'LL ASK OUR COUNCILLOR QAQISH TO INTRODUCE OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST WHO'S GOING TO SING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR, AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND HERE TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS 12-YEAR-OLD BARRHAVEN RESIDENT ANISHA. ANISHA LOVES TO SING.HER PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY BEGAN WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD. TO DATE SHE'S RELEASED EIGHT COVERS AND WILL BE RELEASING AN ORIGINAL ALBUM NEXT YEAR.SHE HAS PERFORMED IN VARIOUS PLACES ACROSS CANADA, AND BEING BORN AND RAISED IN OTTAWA, WAS NAMED FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR.ANISHA'S IN GRADE 7 AT ADRIAN CLARKSON SCHOOL.IN FACT, SHE WILL BE HEADING TO HER GRADUATION RIGHT AFTER COUNCIL, SO CONGRATULATIONS, ANISHA, AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.>> THANK YOU.[ \M\M\M ][ \M\M\M ]\M O CANADA \M\M OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND \M\M TRUE PATRIOT LOVE \M\M IN ALL OF US COMMAND \M\M CAR TON BRAS SAIT PORTER L'ÉPÉE \M\M IL SAIT PORTER LA CROIX! \M\MTON HISTOIRE EST UNE ÉPOPÉE \M\M DES PLUS BRILLANTS EXPLOITS \M \M GOD KEEP OUR LAND \M\M GLORIOUS AND FREE \M\M O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE \M\M O CANADA \M\M WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE \M[ Applause ]>> THANK YOU.[ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANISHA.THAT WAS A WONDERFUL RENDITION OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, AND WITH THE NEW WORDS AS WELL, SO THANK YOU.THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MAYOR'S CITY BUILDER AWARD. I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF PRESENTING THIS HONOUR TO TWO EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE THROUGH OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERISM AND EXEMPLARY ACTION.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: EACH AWARD RECIPIENT BEING HONOURED TODAY EXEMPLIFIES THE QUALITIES OF A CITY BUILDER IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY.I WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF OUR HONOURED GUESTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ][ End of Translation ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: I'M PLEASED NOW TO INVITE Ms. JUNE GIRVAN TO THE PODIUM AND THE CITY COUNCILLOR FOR HER WARD, MATHIEU FLEURY, AND ALSO INVITE TWO OF JUNE'S GRANDCHILDREN TO JOIN US AT THE PODIUM FOR THIS PRESENTATION, DAMIAN AND NIKITA.WELCOME.[ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: WELCOME.I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY RECOGNIZE JUNE'S DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SO THANK HER FOR HER ENDURING CONTRIBUTION.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ][ End of Translation ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: JUNE IS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED SOCIAL ACTIVIST, COMMUNITY WORKER, AND A CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CANADA. SHY HAS DEVOTED HER LIFE TO NURTURING, PROTECTING, AND GIVING VOICE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAS INVESTED HER TALENTS AND RESOURCES IN BETTERING THEIR LIVES AND LIVES OF NEWLY ARRIVED CANADIANS.JUNE IS THE MOTHER OF THREE WHO MOVED TO CANADA FROM JAMAICA IN THE 1950s.HER CAREER INCLUDED POSITIONS IN TEACHING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND SHE ALSO SERVED AS AN EDUCATION OFFICER WITH THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.AFTER HER RETIREMENT, JUNE FOUNDED THE J'NIKIRA DINQINESH EDUCATION CENTRE IN OTTAWA WHERE SHE IS VOLUNTEER-IN- CHIEF.THE CENTRE SERVES CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES THROUGH UNIQUE PROGRAMS THAT FOSTER INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, RACIAL HARMONY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.JUNE ALSO STARTED A PROGRAM AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY TO EXPAND STUDENTS' EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF INCLUSIVE CITIZENSHIP IN MULTI- CULTURAL SOCIETIES.THE JUNE GIRVAN BURSARY IS AWARDED ANNUALLY.HER CAREGIVING ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE TRULY AN INSPIRATION. SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS ORDER OF ONTARIO, AND IN 2014 THE CANADIAN RACE RELATIONS FOUNDATION CELEBRATED HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY PRESENTING HER WITH THE COMMUNITY CHAMPION SPECIAL AWARD.JUNE IS THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF BLACK HISTORY OTTAWA, AND SHE IS THE PAST RECIPIENT OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DREAMKEEPERS' AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT.I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK JUNE FOR HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND REALLY THE ENTIRE CITY.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ][ End of Translation ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: IT'S MY HONOUR ON BEHALF OF YOUR COUNCILLOR, MATHIEU FLEURY, AND ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS MAYOR'S CITY BUILDER AWARD.[ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: COME ON OUT HERE.WE'LL JUST GET A PICTURE.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON, FRIENDS, COUNCILLORS, CHAIR AND TRUSTEES AND DIRECTOR OF THE OTTAWA CARLETON DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENTS, OFFICIALS, CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS, CHIEF OF POLICE, FELLOW CITIZENS, FELLOW CITY BUILDERS, BLACK HISTORY OTTAWA MEMBERS, 613/819 HUB, EVERYONE.I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BLACK HISTORY OTTAWA BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE IF THEY COULD JOIN ME, PLEASE, QUICKLY.TODAY BEING A WORKING DAY, WE DON'T HAVE A FULL COMPLEMENT, BUT HERE WE HAVE GODWIN AND SARAH.THANK YOU.AND JEAN-MARIE.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.BONJOUR, EVERYONE.YOU ALL DO ME A VERY GREAT HONOUR BY SHARING THIS SPECIAL MOMENT THAT THE MAYOR HAS AFFORDED.I'M PLEASED TO ACCEPT THE RECOGNITION PERSONALLY AND AS BLACK HISTORY OTTAWA, AND WITH MY GRANDGENS.FOR THE WORK WITH YOUTH WITH A FOCUS ON OUR CANADIAN STORY WITH NOW FOCUS ON THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE ON THE PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, THEME BEING RECOGNITION, JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT.MAYOR JIM, YOU HAVE FACILITATED AN HISTORIC MOMENT.YOU HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER CITIZENS OF YOUR MUNICIPALITY WHO ARE OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND ARE ALLIES.YOU HAVE CREATED AN OCCASION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE CITY, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE POLICE IN ALLIANCE WITH US, PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT FOR THE WELL- BEING OF THE CHILDREN WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE PROTECTED AND PROMOTED.YOU HAVE CREATED THE FIRST SUCH ALLY-SHIP IN CANADA, I DO BELIEVE, SO GRATITUDE FOR THIS MOMENT.ONWARD, UPWARD, FORWARD WE GO.IT'S A NICE WAY TO BE MARKING CANADA DAY 2018.MY GRANDGENS HAVE BEEN HAVING A PARTICULAR ROLE IN THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN DOING.THEY PRESIDE OVER THE RECORD OF HONOUR.THE LAST TIME I STOOD AT THIS PODIUM ABOUT THESE MATTERS WAS IN 2005.MY GRANDGENS WERE WITH ME THEN PRESIDING OVER THE RECORD OF HONOUR.THEY HAVE COME TO OTTAWA TODAY TO AGAIN PRESIDE.IMAGINE MY HAPPINESS IN HAVING THEM WITH ME AT THIS MOMENT.THANK YOU, MAYOR JIM, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN.MAYOR, YOUR ADOPTION OF THE U.N. DECADE FOR PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, BY THAT ACTION YOU ARE CHANNELLING JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE AND INSCRIBING YOUR NAME IN THE RECORD OF HONOUR.IN THE MEANTIME, YOU HAVE SIGNED THE RECORD, BUT NOW I OFFER YOU A CINNAMON STICK.THE CINNAMON STICK IS DEDICATED TO THE PHOENIX WHO RISES AGAIN AND CREATES A NEW DAY.MAYOR, YOU'RE CREATING A DAY IN OTTAWA.THANK YOU SO MUCH.[ Applause ]>> COUNCILLORS, FOR YOUR PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DECADE, THE INTENT OF THE DECADE, YOU TOO HAVE INSCRIBED YOUR NAME IN THE RECORD OF HONOUR, AND WE WILL ASK YOU TO SIGN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.THE U.N. DECADE IS WITH THE THEME IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH'S THEME FOR 2018.THE DECADE WAS ADOPTED BY CANADA IN JANUARY 2018, AND IN ONTARIO IN 2017, AND YOU, MAYOR, HAD ADOPTED IT ON MARCH 21, 2018, WHICH, COINCIDENTALLY, WAS THE 225th ANNIVERSARY TO THE DAY OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY BILL IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED BY PETER MARTIN, AN ENSLAVED MAN.IT WAS JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE.THAT DAY MARKED A CRITICAL DAY IN THE HISTORY OF CANADA, BRINGING US TO TODAY.OTHER ANNIVERSARIES WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS YEAR, THE 390th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1628 ARRIVAL OF THE ENSLAVED CHILD CALLED INGENIOUS.THE 225th ANNIVERSARY OF JULY 9, 1793 ACT TO LIMIT SLAVERY.THE 185th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT TO ABOLISH SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE, INCLUDING CANADA.AND THE 180th ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUGUST 2, 1838 ABOLITION OF ENSLAVEMENT OF AFRICAN DESCENT PEOPLE IN JAMAICA, WITH BENEFICIARIES BEING SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, AND ROBERT McGILL, FOUNDER OF McGILL UNIVERSITY.THEY GOT MONEY FROM THE RELEASE OF THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE.THE 175th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF ENSLAVED CHILDREN, AND ADULTS, IN THE FRENCH COLONIES.FOR ALL THIS, MAYOR, YOU HAVE RECORDED YOUR NAME IN THE RECORD OF HONOUR FOR CANADA, AND WE ALL THANK YOU.[ Applause ][ Applause ][ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUNE, FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SO MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE TO CELEBRATE, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO UP TO THE COUNCILLORS' LOUNGE FOR SOME REFRESHMENTS SHORTLY AFTER THE NEXT PRESENTATION.IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME AGNES WARDA TO COME FORWARD ALONG WITH HER CITY COUNCILLOR, KNOXDALE-MERIVALE KEITH EGLI, AND WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, M.P. CHANDRA ARYA, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, AND A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND.IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD NOW, AGNES, AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.WELCOME.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ][ End of Translation ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.WELCOME.AGNES HAS BEEN A STRONG COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND HAS DEMONSTRATED AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO MAKING THE GLENS COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE GLENS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BEGAN IN 2002, AND SHE'S BEEN THE PRESIDENT SINCE 2004, HELPING TO BUILD A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY.SHE IS KNOWN FOR NETWORKS AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WHEN ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE CITIZENS OF HER COMMUNITY. SHE IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND CONTINUES TO BRING PASSION, ENERGY, AND A SENSE OF CARING IN HER EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THE GLENS REMAIN A VIBRANT, GREEN, AND FAMILY-ORIENTED COMMUNITY.AGNES HAS SHOWN GREAT LEADERSHIP ON MANY KEY ISSUES, AND SHE'S HAD ENORMOUS IMPACT ON THE EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER -- [ Audio Difficulties ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES THE IMPACT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.AGNES WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING KNOXDALE-MERIVALE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF WHICH SHE IS CHAIR AND BEEN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERATION OF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF OTTAWA- CARLETON.SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE GREEN BELT MASTER PLAN REVIEW AS A MEMBER OF THE GREEN BELT COALITION AND SERVED ON THE CITY OF OTTAWA'S RURAL ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CONTRIBUTING TO SEVERAL RURAL SUMMITS, WORKSHOPS, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.SINCE 2010, AGNES HAS TAKEN AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE CHAPTER OF THE QUALITY CARE ALLIANCE, ADVOCATING FOR BETTER HOME CARE FOR SENIORS AND, MORE RECENTLY, ESTABLISHING A POPULAR EXERCISE PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AT THE TANGLEWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE.SHE ALSO PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT VOLUNTEER ROLE WITH THE CANADIAN POLISH CONGRESS AND WAS ON THE BOARD OF THAT ORGANIZATION FROM 2001 TO 2014.AGNES IS A TRUE COMMUNITY AND CITY BUILDER, AND SHE'S HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HER OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD AND WELL BEYOND.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SINCERELY CONGRATULATE AND THANK AGNES FOR HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND, REALLY, THE ENTIRE CITY.[ Speaking French ]>> Voice of Translator: [ Inaudible ][ End of Translation ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: AND YOU HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR COMMUNITY ACTIVISM WITH YOU HERE TODAY.IT'S MY PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF COUNCILLOR KEITH EGLI AND ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE MAYOR'S CITY BUILDER AWARD.THANK YOU, AGNES.[ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: COME ON OUT HERE.WE'LL GET A -- [ Applause ]>> MAYOR WATSON, RESPECTIVE COUNCILLORS, COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.IT IS A GREAT HONOUR AND A PROUD MOMENT FOR ME TO BE GIVEN THIS AWARD, AND BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE COUNCIL AND MY PEERS.IT IS ME TODAY STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU RECEIVING THIS AWARD, BUT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTORED ME, TAUGHT ME NEW SKILLS, AND SUPPORTED ME IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY MENTOR COUNCILLOR HARDER WHO HELPED INTRODUCE ME TO THE MUNICIPAL MAZE, AND NOW COUNCILLOR EGLI, WHO HAS BEEN ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE, ENCOURAGING, AND TEACHING ME NEW WAYS HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES.THANK YOU, KEITH.I AM GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN ASSISTING ME, MY COLLEAGUES FROM FEDERATION OF CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, MY FRIENDS FROM THE KNOXDALE-MERIVALE COUNCIL, AND MY FELLOW GLENS COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU.I'M GRATEFUL FOR MY ETHNIC POLISH COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWED ME TO BUILD CANADIAN DIVERSITY AND ENRICH OTTAWA MOSAIC.I SEE MANY FAMILIAR FACES IN THE AUDIENCE.THANK YOU ALL.THIS AWARD IS A SYMBOL OF OUR JOINT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.FINALLY, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT GETTING THIS SPECIAL HONOUR WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT MY FAMILY'S MORAL SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION.SO TO MY HUSBAND AND TO MY MOTHER, THANK YOU.THIS IS A -- [ Applause ]>> THIS IS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE FOR ME, AND I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL WORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN MANY BEAUTIFUL WAYS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.[ Applause ][ Applause ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: COME ON IN, YOU COME ON IN.GET IN THERE.>> TAKE YOUR PICTURE.>> THAT'S GOOD.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> Mayor Jim Watson: WELL, THANK YOU ALL, JUNE, AND AGNES, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING SO MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE TO WITNESS YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, RECOGNIZED JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE CANADA'S 151st BIRTHDAY.MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.[ ROLL CALL ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES.[ Speaking French ][ NO TRANSLATION ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: CARRIED.A DECLARATION OF INTEREST INCLUDING THOSE ORIGINALLY ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS.[ SPEAKING FRENCH ][ NO TRANSLATION ]>> Mayor Jim Watson: NONE?COMMUNICATIONS AS PRESENTED.REGRETS, COUNCILLOR MITIC HAS ADVISED HE WILL BE ABSENT FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 27th, 2018.COUNCILLOR TIERNEY IS ATTENDING HIS SON'S GRADUATION, AND HE WILL BE ARRIVING LATE.MOTION TO INTRODUCE REPORTS.[ SPEAKING FRENCH ][ NO TRANSLATION ] >> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR.THE REPORT FROM HYDRO OTTAWA HOLDING INC. ENTITLED HYDRO OTTAWA HOLDING 2017 ANNUAL REPORT, OTTAWA BOARD OF HEALTH 15, AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT 16, COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT 34, AND ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE PROTECTION COMMITTEE REPORT 21, PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 56(a), TRANSIT COMMISSION REPORT 19, AND THE REPORTS IN THE CITY CLERK AND SOLICITOR'S OFFICE ENTITLED STATUS UPDATE, COUNCIL INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 22nd, 2018, AND SUMMARY OF ORAL AND WRITTEN PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS FOR ITEMS SUBJECT TO THE PLANNING ACT EXPLANATION REQUIREMENTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 13, 2018, BE RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED, AND THAT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE BE SUSPENDED TO RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ITEMS 1 AND 2 OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 66.SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IS BEING REQUESTED FOR ITEM 1 OF PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORTED 66 TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT SUFFICIENT TIME TO PREPARE THEIR SUBMISSION TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION, COMMON PLANNING, DESIGN, AND REALTY TO REFLECT COUNCIL'S DECISION. SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IS BEING REQUESTED FOR ITEM 2 OF PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 66 SO THAT COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER THIS REPORT WITHIN THE THE STATUTORY 90-DAY TIMELINE AND THAT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTIONS 35(5) OF PROCEDURE BY- LAW 2016-377 COUNCIL RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ITEM 3 OF PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT 66 AND THAT COUNCIL WAIVE SUBSECTION 33(4) OF THE PROCEDURE BY-LAW TO RECEIVE RESPONSES TO COUNCIL INQUIRIES O.C.C.1018 WITH THE RESPONSES TO BE SUBSEQUENTLY LISTED AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION -- COMMITTEE.>> Mayor Jim Watson: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT MOTION, PLEASE, COUNCILLOR.ON THE MOTION.CARRIED.WE'LL GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, HYDRO, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, THE MARKETS BOARD WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.HEALTH BOARD, QUARTERLY REPORT.IT'S CARRIED.ESTABLISHMENT OF -- CARRIED.CLERK AND CITY COUNCILLOR.AND COUNCIL INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 22nd, RECEIVED.AUDIT REPORTS, WE HAVE A MOTION, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.A FOLLOW-UP OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT ON AUDIT FOLLOW- UPS.HOLD THAT ONE.IS THAT KEITH -- COUNCILLOR EGLI?DID YOU -- COUNCILLOR CHIARELLI?COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICE COMMITTEE REPORT #34, C.P.O. ANNUAL REPORT.RECEIVED.ITEM 7, HOUSING SERVICES FUNDING ALLOCATION OF HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENT PLAN ENVELOPE 4.[ SPEAKING FRENCH ][ NO TRANSLATION ] >> Mayor Jim Watson: CARRIED.ROOMING HOUSE LICENSE BY-LAW?CARRIED.ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE PROTECTION COMMITTEE, ENERGY SOLUTION PHASE 2 UPDATE?CARRIED.DRINKING WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ANNUAL MANAGEMENT REPORT.[ SPEAKING FRENCH ][ NO TRANSLATION ] >> Mayor Jim Watson: RECEIVED.ITEM 11 -- [ SPEAKING FRENCH ][ NO TRANSLATION ] >> HOLD.>> Mayor Jim Watson: HOLD BY COUNCILLOR HUBLEY.SPECIAL EVENTS, WE HAVE A MOTION, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.ITEM 13, REQUEST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO FOR MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY RE: LANDFILL PROJECTS.THIS IS THE DRAFT LETTER THAT WENT BACK TO COMMITTEE, WE CRAFTED THE LETTER, AND NOW PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE ARE SATISFIED.CARRIED.PLANNING COMMITTEE OFFICIAL AMENDMENT OF THE CLEARY AND NEW ORCHARD STATIONS AREA.CARRIED.ZONING BY-LAW 929 RICHMOND ROAD AND 108 WOODROFFE AVENUE -- [ SPEAKING FRENCH ][ NO TRANSLATION ] >> Mayor Jim Watson: CARRIED.PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 66 APPLICATION TO ALTER THE CHÂTEAU LAURIER HOTEL.HOLD.17 APPLICATION TO ALTER 255 MacKAY STREET.CARRIED.ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT 255 MacKAY STREET?CARRIED.CAPITAL ADJUSTMENT AND CLOSING OF PROJECTS TRANSIT COMMISSION?CARRIED.DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE BULK CONSENT AGENDA?>> YES, Mr. MAYOR, ITEM "C.">> Mayor Jim Watson: ITEM "C"?ANYTHING ELSE?ON BULK CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED, MINUS ITEM NUMBER "C," CARRIED.OKAY?THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SO THOSE STAFF WHO HAVE ITEMS, YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE.HYDRO OTTAWA HOLDING, WE'LL INVITE JIM DURRELL, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND BRYCE CONRAD, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. OF OTTAWA HYDRO, WHO ARE ALREADY AT THE TABLE.THE ANNUAL REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, AND THIS IS THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING.Mr. DURRELL, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, AND BRYCE FOR THE VERY GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST YEAR, AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.>> WELL, THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE.THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO YOU.I'M JOINED BY, AS THE MAYOR HAS ALLUDED, BRYCE CONRAD, OUR C.E.O. AND PRESIDENT; GEOFF SIMPSON, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER; LANCE JEFFERIES, OUR CHIEF DISTRIBUTION OFFICER; JULIE LUPINACCI, OUR CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER; AND OVER THERE, TINA, WHO IS OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING DIRECTOR AND KEEPS US ALL ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.IF I COULD AT THE START, I WOULD LIKE TO PAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO TWO OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCILLOR WILKINSON AND COUNCILLOR HARDER, FOR THEIR INPUT THIS YEAR, AND THEIR REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT COMMITTEE AND BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH WAS APPRECIATED.I'M GOING TO TAKE THE REPORT AS READ AND, IF I CAN, JUST MOVE OFF TO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER SOME GOOD NEWS STORIES. THIS PAST YEAR ONCE AGAIN HAS SEEN HYDRO ONE, THE WORLD OF HYDRO BEING A POLITICAL FOOTBALL, PROVINCIALLY, IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.IT'S AN EASY BALL TO KICK AROUND A FIELD.AND I THINK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE PERSONALLY THAT YOUR HYDRO, AND IT IS "YOUR HYDRO", IT IS OWNED BY THE CITIZENS OF OTTAWA, HAS MORE THAN EFFECTIVELY DELIVERED THE SERVICES TO THEM.SO I THOUGHT I MIGHT FOCUS JUST A NUMBER OF HIGHLIGHTS, WHAT I CALL THE GOOD NEWS STORIES.THE OTHER SIDE OF HYDRO THAT PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE FROM TIME TO TIME, PEOPLE WITNESS MOST OF THE TIME, BUT, FRANKLY, WHEN WE TURN THE SWITCH IN OUR HOUSE, WE EXPECT THE LIGHTS TO COME ON, AND 99.999999% OF THE TIME THEY DO, AND WHEN THINGS ARE THAT GOOD, YOU KIND OF FORGET ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND FOCUS ON THE 0.0000001.SO TO START WITH, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF OTTAWA AND HYDRO ENGAGED IN YOUR LIGHT CONVERSION TO L.E.D.THIS HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS.FOR THE CITY OF OTTAWA AND THE TAXPAYERS OF OTTAWA, STARTING 2020, YOU'LL FIND AN ADDITIONAL $6 MILLION IN YOUR POCKET EVERY YEAR.THAT'S LOT OF MONEY.AND IT'S JUST, TO ME, THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG ON HOW HYDRO OTTAWA AS YOUR COMPANY AND THE CITY OF OTTAWA CAN START TO WORK MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME, WHAT WE WOULD CALL, MAJOR RETROFITS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.YOU HAVE YOUR GHG, YOUR GREENHOUSE GAS FOR 2050.YOU ARE CHALLENGED BY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU CAN ALLOT EVERY YEAR TO ACHIEVE THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF, AND WE THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, MUCH LIKE IN THE LIGHT CONVERSION FOR HYDRO OTTAWA AND THE CITY, TO SPEED THIS UP, AND USING ALMOST IN PRINCIPLE THE SAME MODEL THAT WE USED FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE CONVERSION, GET THIS DOWN MUCH, MUCH QUICKER, WHICH AGAIN WILL SAVE YOU A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND NOT TAX YOUR DEBT OR ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE COULD FUND IT.SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE WELL WORTHWHILE LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.YOUR SERVICE RELIABILITY FOR HYDRO OTTAWA IS ONE OF THE BEST IN ONTARIO, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK AT HYDRO OTTAWA, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A CLIMATE, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT AT TIMES CAN BE VERY HARSH.AND I THINK THE RESPONSE OF OUR PEOPLE IN OUR MINI ICE STORM IN APRIL TO THE WIND STORMS WE HAVE HAD, BEEN TREMENDOUS, AND I APPLAUD THEM, AND I KNOW THAT OUR C.E.O. HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH EACH OF YOU AS EACH OF THESE MINI CRISES UNFOLDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.I KNOW MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE GONE DOWN TO WITNESS THIS ICONIC, REALLY, PIECE OF CANADA, AND IT IS NOW 100% OWNED BY HYDRO OTTAWA AND THUS THE CITY OF OTTAWA, AND ITS TAXPAYERS. IT'S NOT ONLY A PLACE THAT TOURISTS CAN START TO GO AND ENJOY AND SEE SOMETHING THAT'S TRULY REMARKABLE, BUT IT WILL PAVE THE WAY FORWARD FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCILS AND FOR HYDRO OTTAWA TO HAVE A VERY STRONG AND SOUND FINANCIAL FOOTING.WE'RE WORKING AWAY, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF OTTAWA'S COMMITTED TO BEING A SMART CITY, AND HYDRO OTTAWA'S TAKING A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THAT REGARD THROUGH OUR SMART GRID NETWORK.AS LANCE JEFFERIES DESCRIBES IT, A SELF-HEALING NETWORK, AND WE CONTINUE TO SURROUND THE CITY WITH OUR FIBRE, OUR DARK FIBRE, AND WE WOULD HOPE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED AND MOVE OTTAWA INTO THE 22nd CENTURY FASTER THAN IT MIGHT NORMALLY GO.WE CONTINUE TO SPEND $100 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO UPGRADE OUR UTILITY SERVICES.WE DEAL WITH EXPANSION, OBVIOUSLY, LRT, AND I THINK THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU RECEIVE SO FEW COMPLAINTS FROM YOUR CLIENTS, YOUR CUSTOMERS, YOUR CITIZENS IN YOUR PARTICULAR WARDS ABOUT THE SERVICES OF HYDRO, BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE INVESTING.OUR MOBILE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU USE OUR MOBILE.IT'S ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY REGARDED -- I'M GLAD YOU DO, GEOFF.GOOD FOR YOU, COUNCILLOR.IT'S PHENOMENAL.JUST LAST -- TWO SATURDAYS AGO I WAS SITTING OUT IN OUR SCREENED-IN PORCH, AND WE LIVE ON THE RIVER, AND I ONLY SAY THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A WELL AND SEPTIC, SO IF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU WANT TO HAVE A GENERATOR AS A BACK-UP, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR POWER TO GO DOWN AT THE WRONG TIME OR YOU GOT MAJOR PROBLEMS, AND COUNCILLOR El- CHANTIRY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.IN ANY EVENT, I HEARD THE GENERATOR GO OFF, AND I THOUGHT, WHAT'S HAPPENING?BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY, AND I WENT TO MY MOBILE PHONE, NOT BEING THE -- OR BEING THE ADVANCED TECHNICAL WIZARD THAT I AM, HIT THE HYDRO OTTAWA APP, AND SHOWED ME THERE WAS A PLANNED OUTAGE, AND I LOOKED OVER AT MY WIFE AND SAID, THIS WILL BE FIXED IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES HERE.IT'S A GREAT MOBILE APP, AND ENCOURAGE THROUGH YOUR NEWS LETTERS, THROUGH YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOUR PEOPLE, USE IT.IT'S PHENOMENAL, AND IF YOU'RE NOT USING IT YOURSELF, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DIAL IT UP.IT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW.A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO JULIE, OUR CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER, AND IT IS REGARDED ACROSS CANADA BEYOND DOUBT THE FINEST MOBILE APP THAT'S AVAILABLE.AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY, BUT WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS A WORD THAT'S OFTEN USED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT PRACTICED AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE.AND THIS YEAR I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF HYDRO OTTAWA HAVE GIVEN BACK $370,000 TO -- 200,000 TO THE BREAST CANCER AS PART OF OUR MILLION DOLLAR COMMITMENT -- THAT IS OUT OF THEIR POCKETS, NOT OUT OF TAXPAYERS' POCKETS -- AND ANOTHER $170,000 TO UNITED WAY, AND APPLAUD THE PEOPLE, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK FOR HYDRO.I GUESS LAST BUT NOT LEAST AND ONLY BECAUSE IT'S RAISED EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S, AGAIN, A GOOD NEWS STORY, AS YOU ALL KNOW.YOU'VE GOT $21.9 MILLION FROM HYDRO, AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SAY, WHY DOES -- WHY DO YOU TAKE THIS MONEY?LOWER MY BILLS.GENERALLY THEY'RE THE PEOPLE DEAL WITH HYDRO ONE WHO SAY THAT.AND AS YOU KNOW, HYDRO IS A HIGHLY, HIGHLY REGULATED BUSINESS, AND WE OSTENSIBLY HAVE TWO COSTS, LIKE ALL COMPANIES, WE HAVE OPERATING COSTS AND WE HAVE CAPITAL COSTS.THE OPERATING COSTS REPRESENTING MOSTLY OUR DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS, AND WE DO NOT MAKE ANY PROFIT OFF OF IT.IT'S LARGELY A FLOW-THROUGH.WE BUY, WE DISTRIBUTE, AND THAT'S IT.IT'S OUT OF OUR CAPITAL COSTS THROUGH O.E.B., ONTARIO ENERGY BOARD, THAT WE EARN A REGULATED RETURN, AND THEY GIVE US A REGULATED RETURN ON OUR CAPITAL COST TO ENCOURAGE US TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE MORE MONEY WE SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE, SHOULD, IN THEORY, MEAN A MORE RELIABLE HYDRO SERVICE TO YOU AND YOUR CUSTOMERS.AND IT'S OUT OF THAT THAT WE PAY THE DIVIDEND.IF YOU DID NOT ACCEPT THE MONEY, WE WOULD MERELY KEEP IT OURSELVES, USE IT TO INCREASE OUR EQUITY AND REDUCE SOME OTHER CAPITAL COST, AND IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE RATES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.IT'S CONFUSING TO THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL.I UNDERSTAND THAT.I RESPECT THAT.WE TRIED IN A LETTER ONCE.THERE WAS SOME MEDIA ATTENTION, TOO.I ASKED BRYCE TO SEND A LETTER TO ALL OF YOU TO ONCE AGAIN EXPLAINING, AND IT'S WORTHY AGAIN, NOT TO TELL YOU HOW TO USE YOUR NEWSLETTERS, BUT AS YOU PUT THIS OUT, AT LEAST YOU'VE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN WHAT CAN BE A CHALLENGING TOPIC.THAT'S ALL, YOUR WORSHIP.I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL RESPECTFULLY APPROVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR DIVIDEND.IT WAS A STRONG YEAR FOR US.WE HAVE ONE RETURNING BOARD MEMBER, ANDREA JOHNSON, WHO HAS DONE AN EXCEEDINGLY GOOD JOB AS COUNCILLORS WILKINSON AND HARDER WOULD KNOW, AND WE ASK THAT THAT SHE BE RE-APPOINTED, AND WE HAVE THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT THEIR C.V.s ARE INCLUDED.WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK TO FIND THESE PEOPLE, AND WE THINK THAT THEY WILL SERVE YOU AND THE CITIZENS OF OTTAWA VERY EFFECTIVELY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND LAST I WOULD ASK YOU TO APPOINT OUR AUDITOR, KPMG, AND I THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, AND I THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BRYCE AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM.>> Mayor Jim Watson: GREAT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Mr. DURRELL, Mr. CONRAD.WE HAVE THREE QUESTIONERS.COUNCILLOR BROCKINGTON FIRST, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND TO CHAIR DURRELL AND Mr. CONRAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.INDEED IT WAS A GOOD YEAR, 21.9 MILLION. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR BOARD FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'LL JUST GET STRAIGHT INTO MY QUESTIONS.I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THREATS MOVING FORWARD TO THE CORPORATION, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WITH THE NEW PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT THAT'S COMING INTO POWER, ONE OF THEIR PLATFORM ISSUES WAS TO LOWER THE HYDRO RATES ACROSS ONTARIO.CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT COULD IMPACT THE CORPORATION IF THERE'S A MANDATORY DECREASE IN PRICE?>> CYBER SECURITY, ANYBODY AND ANY BUSINESS INCLUDING THE CITY OF OTTAWA IS HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS IT IS REGULARLY DISCUSSED.IT COMES OUT OF OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE.IT'S A CONCERN OF EVERYBODY.WE'VE BEEN REGULARLY KEPT UP TO DATE AS TO THE ADVANCEMENT THAT WE HAVE.ONE OF THE ISSUES, QUITE FRANKLY, AND INTERESTING THAT YOU WOULD ASK IT, BECAUSE HIS NAME, MATT DAVIES IS DOWN AS A NEW BOARD MEMBER, AND MATT IS, IF I COULD SAY ALMOST, THE HEAD OF CYBER SECURITY FOR SIENNA, WORLDWIDE CORPORATION, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS IN, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, WE AS A BOARD NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE.WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TALENT AT THE BOARD, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND CYBER SECURITY IS OF GRAVE CONCERN TO US.I KNOW IT IS TO BRYCE AND OUR PEOPLE.WHILE WE DEAL WITH IT EFFECTIVELY, I'M COMFORTABLE AS BEST WE CAN FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE THAT IT'S CLEARLY IN OUR EYESIGHT.ON HOW RATES WILL AFFECT US, I WISH -- I'LL LET BRYCE TAKE A CRACK AT IT.NONE OF US REALLY KNOW, COUNCILLOR, AND WE KNOW THAT THE PAST GOVERNMENT FROZE RATES, TRIED TO DO THINGS, AND THEY DID THAT BY SPREADING OUT CAPITAL COSTS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH MAY HAVE LOOKED GOOD POLITICALLY BUT IT'S GOING TO COST US ALL CONSIDERABLY MORE MONEY.THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MAGIC OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT ONTARIO FACES IS WELL DOCUMENTED, AND IT'S NOT THE PROBLEM OF THE LAST GOVERNMENT OR THIS GOVERNMENT.IT'S A PROBLEM, QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WAS BORN PROBABLY 40 YEARS AGO, AND EACH SUCCESSIVE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ADEQUATELY DEALT WITH THE ISSUES OF INFRASTRUCTURE.AS A RESULT, THE MAJOR NUCLEAR PLANTS ARE ALL IN VARIOUS STATES OF DISREPAIR.THE COST OF REPAIRING THEM IS ENORMOUS, AND WE ARE STILL -- THAT'S THE MAJOR SOURCE OF OUR ENERGY.SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY RESPECTFUL OF PREMIER-ELECT FORD'S DESIRE TO GRAB CONTROL OF HYDRO RATES.I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, FRANKLY.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S FASCINATING, AND IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE FOR US, IS THAT LOOK AT YOUR OWN HOMES, EACH ONE OF YOU.YOUR FURNACES ARE MUCH MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, YOUR 'FRIDGE', YOUR STOVES, EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS ENERGY-EFFICIENT, SO OUR CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONTINUE TO DROP.THE CURRENT LEVELS THAT HYDRO OTTAWA "ENJOYED", IF I CAN PUT THAT IN QUOTATION MARKS, ARE NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THEY ARE IN 2018, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU TEN YEARS FROM NOW THEY'LL BE LESS.WHAT WE DO THEN AS A RESULT TO PROTECT YOU AND COUNCIL IS WHAT I CALL HORIZONTAL SPACE, AND WE LOOK AT CONTINUING TO POSSIBLY PURCHASE COMPANIES, PURCHASE OTHER HYDROS THAT ARE SMALLER AND CAN BE EFFECTIVELY MANAGED AT A MUCH REDUCED COST.WE LOOK AT HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.WE LOOK AT STREET CONVERSION LIGHT, WHICH WE HAVE NOW BECOME VERY GOOD AT AND DOING THIS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.NOW, I THINK WE CAN CONTROL IT.BRYCE, I'LL LET YOU DEAL WITH THE POLITICAL END OF IT.OR HOW -- BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.>> THANKS AGAIN FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILLOR.I THINK PREMIER-ELECT FORD HAS A MANDATE, CAMPAIGN CHAIR SUGGESTED THERE WILL BE A 12% REDUCTION IN THE BILLS.THAT'S WHAT HE'S PROMOTING.>> DID YOU SAY 12?>> 12%, AND THAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE.I SUSPECT, AS THE CHAIR SAID, THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET.I'M NOT COMPLETELY AWARE OF HOW YOU WILL GET TO 12%.I KNOW HE HAS PUBLICLY MUSED ABOUT TAKING THE HYDRO ONE DIVIDEND THAT IS PAID TO THE PROVINCE AND SORT OF PUTTING THAT BACK INTO RATEPAYERS, IF YOU WILL.HE'S ALSO MUSED ABOUT TAKING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER AND PUTTING THEM ON A TAX ROLLS AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING THEM ON THE RATE BASE.SO THAT'S JUST MOVING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE EQUATION TO THE OTHER.I THINK THERE ARE EFFICIENCIES TO BE HAD IN THE SECTOR.I'D BE LYING IF I SAID OTHERWISE.THERE'S ROOM FOR CONSOLIDATION.WE STILL HAVE FAR TOO MANY HYDRO UTILITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, AND IF PREMIER- ELECT FORD CAN DO NOTHING BUT CONSOLIDATE, THAT WOULD RENDER EFFICIENCIES.WILL IT GET 12 FIRST?>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT DIRECTIVE WITH FORD, THAT THE DIVIDEND TO THE CITY OF OTTAWA WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY, MAYBE NOT ENTIRELY BUT PARTIALLY?>> I DON'T -- AGAIN TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ON FRIDAY MORNING WHEN HE NAMES HIS NEW CABINET. THE EXPECTATION IS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE ARE A WHOLLY-OWNED ASSET OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA, AND THAT WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PROTECT OUR FINANCIAL PROWESS, OUR FINANCIAL SUCCESS.SO SHORT OF SAYING THE GUARANTEE, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER.>> THANKS AGAIN FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.THANK YOU.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR. AS YOU KNOW, YOU WERE DIRECTED IN THE PAST TO NEGOTIATE HYDRO ONE WITH OTTAWA HYDRO, AND YOU WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY AND MAKE A DEAL, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE.NOW WE HAVE A NEW GOVERNMENT IN POWER, A NEW PREMIER.WILL YOU TAKE ON TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM ONCE MORE, OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REQUIRE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT YOU TO DO THAT?>> COUNCILLOR, WE DON'T REQUIRE A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, AND I SAY THAT VERY RESPECTFULLY, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CORPORATION WOULD DO IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY AND BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL.WE THOROUGHLY -- THERE WAS WHAT I WOULD CALL OBFUSCATION FOR YEARS AS WE LOOKED AS TRYING TO PURCHASE HYDRO ONE IN OUR AREA AND MOVE IT FORWARD.I WOULD SAY IN FAIRNESS TO THEIR BOARD CHAIR, DAVID DENISON AND THEIR PRESIDENT, CARM, WHO CAME UP TO VISIT WITH BRYCE AND I, AND WE SPENT A FULL MORNING TOGETHER, AND BRYCE ASSURES ME THAT THE SUBSEQUENT -- AND MY REQUEST OF THEM WAS, CUT THE B.S., GIVE US THE STRAIGHT GOODS, CAN WE DO THIS DEAL OR NOT?AND BRYCE ASSURES ME, ALONG WITH HIS PEOPLE, THAT WE WERE GIVEN THE STRAIGHT GOODS, AND THE STRAIGHT GOODS CAME BACK TO THE BOARD, AND IT DID NOT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE TO YOU AS OUR SHAREHOLDER OR TO OUR CITIZENS TO DO THIS DEAL.AND, FRANKLY, I WAS DISAPPOINTED.I WAS HOPING TO GIVE THEM A BOARD SEAT ON HYDRO OTTAWA, GIVING THEM A PIECE OF HYDRO OTTAWA THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY YOURSELF.BUT FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR WHOLE NEGOTIATION WAS THAT WE DID NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM IMPAIR THE EXISTING HYDRO OTTAWA TAXPAYERS, AND WE COULD NOT SATISFY THAT, AND OTHER ISSUES.AND AS A RESULT -- AND, BRYCE, IF YOU WISH TO ADD SOMETHING, PLEASE DO -- IT DIDN'T WORK.AND I'M VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THOSE OF YOU COUNCILLORS THAT ARE IN OUTLYING AREAS THAT ARE PAYING HIGHER RATES.AND SHORT OF A DIRECTIVE OF THE PREMIER-ELECT, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE PREMIER, TO DO THIS I DON'T HONESTLY SEE IT HAPPENING.I COULD GIVE YOU FALSE HOPE, BUT THE REALITY IS, SHORT OF A DIRECTIVE, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.AND I -- THE ONLY THING THAT I, AND BRYCE ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, ONE OF WAYS THAT THE PREMIER-ELECT CAN GENERATE EFFICIENCIES IN HYDRO, THERE'S 68 L.D.C.s IN ONTARIO LIKE HYDRO OTTAWA.OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A BIG PLAYER.AND THEY SHOULD BE -- THE LAST GOVERNMENT RECEIVED A REPORT BACK IN 2014-15.MY MEMORY IS NOT -- BUT THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 10 OR 11 L.D.C.s IN ALL OF ONTARIO, AND WE KNOW THIS.WE'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF SMALL L.D.C.s UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY AND ELSEWHERE, AND, QUITE FRANKLY, IT MAKES ECONOMIC -- EVERY IMAGINABLE REASON IT MAKES SENSE, BUT YOU'RE DEALING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHO LOOK SUSPICIOUSLY ON BIG PLAYERS LIKE US, AND UNLESS IT'S LEGISLATED, IT WILL PROBABLY BE LEGITIMATELY FIVE OR MORE YEARS BEFORE FINANCIALLY THEY HAVE NO CHOICE AND HAVE TO DO A DEAL.>> WELL, AS YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT HEAR FROM THE NEXT REPORT, SO PERSONALLY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CHANCE, WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AMALGAMATION, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.I KNOW, HAVING SAT ON OTTAWA HYDRO, YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB, AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK WHY IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN SEE HYDRO ONE, YOU KNOW, BECOME PART OF OTTAWA HYDRO.ONE FINAL QUESTION IS L.E.D. LIGHTS YOU MENTION, AND I GUESS THEY'RE MORE ALONG THE STREET LIGHTS TYPE OF THING. IS THERE A PROGRAM FOR PARKS, OR DO WE JUST REDO IT WITH L.E.D. LIGHTS WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CHANGED?>> NO, AND THIS WAS A BOLD MOVE BY THE CITY TO SORT OF TAKE THIS ON, AND FULL CREDIT TO THE FOLKS SITTING TO MY RIGHT.IT WASN'T SIMPLY DONE AS PER THE MAINTENANCE.IT WAS -- THEY MADE A DECISION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS AND DO IT ONCE AND DO IT FOR ALL.IT IS AT THE MOMENT CONFINED TO STREET LIGHTS.THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE TO DO PARK LIGHTS AS WELL, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS TO THAT REGARD, BUT IT'S A GOOD BUSINESS MOVE, AND AGAIN I APPLAUD THE CITY STAFF FOR MOVING IT FORWARD.>> IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE ON THE STREETS, AND BASICALLY -- THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS PUT THE LID ON -- YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE ON THE STREETS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG ADDITION FOR THE PARKS DOWN THE ROAD IF WE WENT THAT ROUTE.SOMETHING THAT FUTURE COUNCIL SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT, AND ENCOURAGE IT.THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILLOR.COUNCILLOR QADRI, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, Mr. DEPUTY MAYOR.JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS ABOUT AMALGAMATION BETWEEN HYDRO ONE AND HYDRO OTTAWA IN THE FUTURE.WE'RE FACING EXACTLY THAT SAME ISSUE, BUT NOW IT'S A NEIGHBOUR-TO-NEIGHBOUR SCENARIO WHERE ONE SIDE OF STREET IS HYDRO ONE, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET IS OTTAWA HYDRO.[ Please Stand By ]>> HAVING SAID THAT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, MR. CHAIR, ABOUT THE APP THAT HYDRO PRODUCED AND THAT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH OF A BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE COUNCILLORS SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE WHERE I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION ABOUT NUMBERS OF HOMES AFFECTED AND SO ON SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE RESIDENT.ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE SOME CHALLENGING PEOPLE STAYING AT HOME WHILE THEY'RE WORKING DOWNTOWN.THEY CAN AT LEAST MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE NEIGHBOUR WHAT HAVE YOU ABOUT THE POWER OUTAGE THAT'S HAPPENED OR IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN.THE ONLY PIECE IN THAT THAT MAY BE LAGGING A LITTLE BIT IS THE REPORT BACK ON THAT APP AS TO WHY THE POWER OUTAGE OCCURRED.IN TERMS OF WAS IT BLAMED ON SOMETHING SO MAYBE IT'S NOT ON THE SAME DAY BUT THE NEXT DAY WHEN YOU DO CALCULATE THAT ITEM TO PROVIDE THAT BACK ON THE APP, AND IF YOU WOULD DO IT WITH A NOTIFICATION TO THE COUNCILLORS AS TO SAY HERE IS THE REASON FOR THAT OUTAGE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PROBLEM.SO THAT WOULD BE ONE SUGGESTION.AND THE OTHER THING IS IN TERMS OF THE APP ITSELF, LIKE I SAID IT'S VERY GOOD AND DOES GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION.THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE FROM HYDRO IS ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE USED TO DO THIS I GUESS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WHERE WE USED TO GET AT LEAST A QUARTERLY UPDATE AS TO THE NUMBER OF OUTAGES IN A PARTICULAR AREA OR ACROSS THE CITY IN DIFFERENT AREAS.I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO PROVIDE BACK FOR INFORMATION'S SAKE TO THE COMMUNITY.SO IF YOU CAN --HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.>> WELL, WE CONTINUE, COUNCILLOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE MOBILE APP, WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IT.I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION I KNOW JULIE LAPANACCI, ONE OF THE MASTER MINDS IS HERE AND SHE'S HEARD YOUR COMMENT AND WE CAN TRY AND DO THAT.IN TERMS OF A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON OUTAGE, DO YOU MEAN TO ALL OF COUNCIL IN AN EMAIL?WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.I THINK IT'S A VALID REQUEST AND IF COUNCIL DEEMS THAT AS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR.COUNCILLOR CHERNUSHENKO PLEASE.>> FIRST OF ALL I DO WANT TO PRAISE THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON THE ROLL-OUT OF THE LED STREET LIGHTS.I COMMENTED WHEN WE HAD OUR OCCASION, OUR PHOTO-OP LAST WEEK I BELIEVE IT WAS ON THE HALFWAY POINT AND I MADE THE COMMENT THAT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A SINGLE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE COLOUR TEMPERATURE OR THE LIGHTING.OF COURSE THAT WAS TEMPTING FATE.ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS CONFRONTED ME ABOUT HOW SHE COULD PUT HER MAKE-UP ON OR READ A BOOK UNDERNEATH THE LIGHTS THAT HAD JUST GONE IN UNDER HER STREET AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOSS OF A NUMBER OF ASH TREES ON THE STREET, THAT WAS QUITE -- PARDON THE PUN GLARING.AND YOU WERE VERY QUICK TO GET THE INFORMATION BACK TO ME.I SORT OF KNEW IT BECAUSE I HAD RED READ READ IT BEFORE.THE COMPLAINT WASN'T ABOUT THE COLOUR TEMPERATURE, THEY'RE TOO LIGHT OR BLUE, EARLY GENERATIONS OF LED HAD THAT PROBLEM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRIGHTER THAN THEY NEED TO BE AND YOU GAVE ME INFORMATION WHICH I PASSED ON QUICKLY ABOUT HOW SUSPECT CAN QUITE LITERALLY TURN THEM DOWN.AND IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, ONCE THEY'RE IN, THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE.AND SO I PASSED ON THAT INFORMATION.SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR CITIZENS TO KNOW, IS IF THEY'RE TOO BRIGHT, TELL US.WE CAN'T FILL IN THOSE WHICH PEOPLE HAVEN'T BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION YET.AND SO WANTED TO MAKE THAT PARALLEL TO CLOSE.SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT TO DO BUT THE FEEDBACK, BARRING A COUPLE HAS BEEN ALMOST UNIVERSALLY POSITIVE AND THERE'S A FIX FOR THAT.I WON'T ASK YOU TO CRYSTAL BALL WITH THE CHANGES OF GOVERNMENT.WE ALL KNOW WITH THE ALMOST CERTAIN LOSS OF CAP AND TRADE AND THE MONEY THAT A LOT OF THAT WAS BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS, THAT WILL AFFECT A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT HYDRO WAS HELPING TO DELIVER.I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SIDE OF THINGS.WE WERE ALL AT THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONFERENCE HERE IN OTTAWA BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WHEN HYDRO MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EV CHARGER COMPANY FLOW AND A PILOT HERE IN OTTAWA.I'M JUST WONDERING SO FAR WHETHER IT'S ON THAT PROGRAM FOR HELPING TO GET VEHICLE CHARGERS INSTALLED IN PEOPLE'S HOMES THROUGH HYDRO OR OTHER ATTEMPTS OR EFFORTS YOU'RE MAKING TO HELP BUILD OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE BUYING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CHARGING IT.DO YOU SEE ANY IMPACTS YET OR ARE THERE ANY CERTAIN ONES OR DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CARRY ON WITH YOUR PLANS?>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILLOR.AND IT'S A GOOD ONE, OBVIOUSLY.THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ANNOUNCED WITH FLOW TWO MONTHS AGO, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONFERENCE, IS STILL INTACT.WE HAVE ROOM FOR 200 CHARGERS --200 FAMILIES OR 200 HOMES THAT WANT TO INSTALL THOSE CHARGERS.WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 115 RIGHT NOW.WE HAVEN'T REALLY MARKETED SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL INTERESTED IN PAR TAKERRING IN THAT PILOT, THEY STILL HAVE TIME AND THERE'S STILL AVAILABILITY.THAT PARTNERSHIP WAS FUNDED LARGELY -- THE RATIONALE FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP AND THE FINANCING CAME THROUGH NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA, SO IT WASN'T A PROVINCIAL PROGRAM, PER SE.SO WE DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE ANY IMPACT WHATSOEVER ON THAT PROGRAM OR THAT PARTNERSHIP.PUTTING THAT ASIDE, OBVIOUSLY GOING FORWARD, WITH THE DISMANTLING OF THE CAP AND TRADE REGIME AS I UNDERSTAND, THE GREEN ON PROGRAMS THAT WERE LAUNCHED HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVELY WOUND UP OR ARE WINDING UP.AND THAT WAS SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FROM THE CAP AND TRADE.THERE WAS SOME EV INCENTIVES THERE.EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY WILL GO AWAY.CONVERSELY -- I MEAN, THE BIG DECISION, THE BIG QUESTION MARK WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE PROVINCIAL INCENTIVES FOR THE PURCHASE OF EV CARS GOES AWAY, AND THAT'S AGAIN -- I LEFT MY CRYSTAL BALL AT HOME THIS MORNING SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN HONEST ANSWER.BUT THAT PROGRAM IS STILL SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION, I WOULD SUGGEST.>> YEAH, THOSE CRYSTAL BALLS ARE OVERRATED, I'VE FOUND, SO FAR.ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE THEN ROLL-OUT, ONE MORE QUESTION, I'M HEARING A LOT FROM CONDOMINIUM OWNERS, THE BOARDS WHO MIGHT BE --I DON'T KNOW BAD PUNS ARE COMING TO MIND -- CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PUTTING IN EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.INDIVIDUAL OWNERS WHO HAVE A CAR WOULD LIKE TO GET ONE BUT AREN'T CONFIDENT THEY CAN CHARGE IT THERE.HAVE YOU ENGAGED AT ALL WITH SORT OF THE CONDOMINIUM WORLD ABOUT HOW TO HELP THEM THROUGH THAT, ANY KIND OF GUIDANCE?>> YEAH, AND IT'S ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION, BECAUSE CONDOMINIUMS OBVIOUSLY REPRESENT A CHALLENGE FOR US IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE VERTICAL AND DENSE.AND THEY HAVE TRADITIONALLY --THE CHARGING OF THE PLUGS IN A GARAGE TEND TO BE COMMON AREA.SO THEY GET BILLED TO THE CONDO CORPORATION, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE AN EV CHARGER YOU WANT A --YOUR DEDICATED PARKING SPOT TO HAVE A CHARGER ATTACHED TO IT.THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH A FEW CONDOMINIUM COURSES.WE'RE LOOKING TO DESIGN AND BUILD A MADE IN OTTAWA SOLUTION.OUR EXPECTATION --WE'RE TRYING TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF FUNDING TO DO THAT JUST TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE, RETROFITTING AN EXISTING CONDO CORPORATION WHERE YOU'RE DIGGING TRENCHES THROUGH THE GARAGE IS NOT A POPULAR THING SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WHICH TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS BUT REST ASSURED WE ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE CONDO ISSUE.>> YEAH, THANK YOU.I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE AN IMPORTANT ROLE COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN HYDRO AND CITY HALL.THERE WAS A PRESENTER AT THE SAME CONFERENCE FROM I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN SURREY, B.C. WHERE THEY HAD CREATED SORT OF BYLAWS FOR CONDOMINIUMS AND EVEN WIRING DIAGRAMS AND THAT SORT OF THING TO HELP CONDO BOARDS THROUGH THIS EYES QUITE COMPLICATED PROCESS AND IF WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.I GUESS WITH YOUR INDULGENCE A BIT OF A COMMENT HERE IF I MAY.IF ANYONE AS WE GO INTO THIS LONG WEEKEND IS LOOKING AT THE GAS PUMP PRICES I'VE NOW OWNED AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR THREE MONTHS AND IT'S COSTING ME $9 A MONTH TO CHARGE THE VEHICLE.ADMITTEDLY, I'M NOT THE BIGGEST DRIVER IN THE CITY.BUT STILL, AND THAT I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP TO ILLUSTRATE HOW OUR RATES ARE VERY MUCH COMPETITIVE AND --THEY'RE DICTATED TO US, AS YOU'VE EMPHASIZED.AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO RELIABLE, I STILL VERY MUCH SEE THAT AS THE WAY TO GO AND I'M GLAD YOU'VE BEEN ON IT FROM THE BEGINNING, SO THANK YOU.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?>> YOUR WORSHIP IF I COULD JUST BEFORE, I WOULD HIKE TO PAY A SPECIAL THANKS ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE BOARD TO OUR THREE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS.I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SERVED US ENORMOUSLY WELL AND SERVED YOU ENORMOUSLY WELL, AND I THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE TO HYDRO OTTAWA.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: AND I ALSO WANT TO --I HAVE THE HONOUR OF BEING ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE WITH MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILLORS WILKINSON AND HARDER AND YOU, MR. CHAIR AND THE NAMES THAT WE SEE AS POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBERS ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE.AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE SITTING ON THE BOARD WITH YOU.SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO BRING THOSE NAMES FORWARD.AND ON THAT, I ASK COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE HYDRO RECOMMENDATIONS.CARRIED?THANK YOU.MERCI.WE WILL NOW RECESS TO HOLD THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF MARCHED OTTAWA MARKETS.WE WILL MOVE INTO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF MARCHET OTTAWA MARKETS.IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY OTTAWA LAST YEAR AS A MUNICIPAL SERVICES COURSE TO MANAGE THE BYWARD AND PARKDALE MARKETS.MEMBERS OF OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL SIT AS THE MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES COURSE AND TODAY IS THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS CORPORATION.IN TERMS OF PROCESS, WE'LL BE RECESSING THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF COUNCIL IN A FEW MOMENTS.MEMBERS SHOULD REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS.MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY REMAIN IF THEY WISH AS THE MEMBERS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.WE'LL BEGIN OUR MEETING OF THE MEMBERS.COUNCILLORS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THEIR AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING DIRECTLY IF THE CORPORATE SECRETARY FOR.WE WILL FIRST SELECT A CHAIR AND I'M SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT TO CHAIR THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?CARRIED.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.WE WILL NOW RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR AND APPROVE ANY MATTERS NOTEDONED AGENDA FOR THE MEMBERS MEETING AND WHEN THE MEMBERS MEETING IS ADJOURNED WE'LL RESUME THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO NO NEED TO INTRODUCE.COUNCILLOR DEANS?>> I HAVE A MOTION HERE TO ACTUALLY RECESS AND SO --CAN I DO THAT NOW?MOVED BY MYSELF AND SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HARDER THAT COUNCIL RECESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THE ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE MARCHEZ OTTAWA MARKETS AND.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WE KNOW ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND MR. JEFF DARWIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARKET SO WELCOME TO YOU BOTH AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS, CHAIR HUME.>> IT'S A PLEASURE FOR OTTAWA MARKETS TO BE HERE.WE HAVE TO OUR FIRST MEETING OF OUR MEMBERS.JOINING ME TODAY IS KAREN ETCHY, OUR CORPORATE SECRETARY.SHE'S AT THE FAR END.ASHLEY HOPKINS WHO IS OUR PROPERTY MANAGER WHO MANAGES OUR HARD ASSETS, OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR LEASING.AND JEFF DARWIN IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.AND DOUG MCLARHERTY IS ON MY RIGHT FROM MNP AND THEY HAVE OUR SURPRISE ADVISORS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND HE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THE BOARD UNDERWENT TO DEVELOP OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION.AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS AND YOU'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION.AND THE MEETING IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO DISTINCT PIECES.WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DISPENSE WITH.THEY'RE ROUTINE ITEMS THAT CLEAN UP OUR INCORPORATION.AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO A MUCH MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION OF THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE FACE, OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.SO MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION, MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS, ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT WE WISH TO HAVE YOU DEAL WITH.WE NEED YOU TO RATIFY BYLAW NUMBER 1, WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WAS PROVIDED TO US BY THE CITY AND CREATED BY BLG UPON INCORPORATION.THE BOARD APPROVED THE BYLAW, NOW IT'S HERE FOR YOUR RATIFICATION.WE NEED TO CONFIRM THE RESIGNATIONS OF THREE OF THE DIRECTORS.WE DID HAVE FOUR DIRECTORS THAT DID NOT JOIN THE BOARD --ONE OF THEM DID NOT JOIN THE BOARD IN INCORPORATION, CHANTEL GINGRAS.SHE WAS REALLY NEVER A DIRECTOR IF YOU'RE WONDERING SO WE NEED FOR YOU TO CONFIRM THE RESIGNATIONS OF THREE DIRECTORS, WE NEED YOU TO FIX THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD.AT CREATION THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS ACTUALLY IN THE DOCUMENTS WERE EIGHT.THE FOUNDATION DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED SHOW NINE AND OUR CORPORATE DOCUMENTS SAY WE CAN HAVE BETWEEN 9 AND 11.SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO FIX IT AT 9 WHICH IS WHAT WE BELIEVE YOUR INTENT WAS WHEN WE STARTED THIS JUST IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY SIX MONTHS.WE WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO ELECT A PANEL OF DIRECTORS AND CONFIRM THEIR THREE-YEAR TERM AND CONFIRM THE CURRENT AND NEWLY -- CURRENT MEMBERS' TERMS OF OFFICE.ALTHOUGH THEY WERE CONFIRMED IN YOUR INITIAL DOCUMENTATION WHEN YOU ESTABLISHED -- OR WHEN THE CITY ESTABLISHED THE CORPORATION THE MEMBERS NEED TO THOSE TERMS OF OFFICE AND THEY WILL BE THE SAME AS YOU ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED.OUR TWO MEMBERS WERE CHOSEN BY A DELEGATION OF THE MEMBERSHIP THAT BEING COUNCILLOR FLEURY, COUNCILLOR LEIPER AND MAYOR WATSON.WE STILL WILL HAVE TWO VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO DELEGATE TO THE BOARD THE ABILITY TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES AND FULFILL THOSE TERMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY CONFIRMED.AND TO APPOINT WELSH AND COMPANY AS OUR FLUB ACCOUNTANT FOR THE ENSUING YEAR AND AUTHORIZE US TO FIX THE REMUNERATION THAT ARE PAID TO THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.WE DON'T HAVE AUDITED STATEMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE HERE QUITE IN ADVANCE OF OF A YEAR OF OPERATION SO WE DON'T HAVE AUDITED STATEMENTS TO PROVIDE TO YOU.WE DID PROVIDE IN OUR DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO YOU A FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE END OF --ALMOST THE END OF MAY THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL COVER THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR BROADER PRESENTATION.BUT WE'LL BE BACK IN JUNE 2019 TO --WITH AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR YOU TO REVIEW.SO MR. MAYOR, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE MEETING OF THE MEMBERS WOULD BE TO APPROVE --ASK QUESTIONS, OF COURSE AND THEN TO APPROVE THE*RG THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, THOSE BEING ITEMS 2 TO 7 LISTED ON YOUR AGENDA.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR HUME.SO WE HAVE ITEMS --I THINK WE CAN BULK THEM TOGETHER UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I GUESS COUNCILLOR DEANS, WILL YOU AND COUNCILLOR HARDER MOVE ITEMS 2 TO 7, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS AS REQUESTED BY THE MSC?CARRIED?SORRY COUNCILLOR DEANS WITH A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE ITEMS.>> JUST WONDERING WHAT CAUSED THE FOUR RESIGNATIONS.>> I THINK IT'S TWO PIECES.A NUMBER OF DIRECTORS SAID IT WAS WORKLOAD RELATED AND I AGREE, THIS IS A START-UP BUSINESS REALLY, AND AND THE WORKLOAD NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH THE CORPORATION, TO CALL FOR THINGS LIKE VENDORS TO WRITE POLICY REALLY WAS NOT IN KEEPING WITH WHAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS THOUGHT THAT THEIR WORKLOAD WAS GOING TO BE SO THEY ADVISED THAT THIS WAS NOT IN KEEPING WITH WHAT THEY FELT THAT THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE CORPORATION AND AS A RESULT THEY DECLINED --SOME OF THEM VERY EARLY ON TO BE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION.I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S --AND WHEN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION COMES FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF RISK IN THIS ENDEAVOR.AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORKLOAD AND THE RISK INVOLVED, I THINK CHANTEL GINGRAS SAID IT CLEARLY, THIS WAS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK AND IT HAD A HIGH LIKELIHOOD TO FAIL AND SHE WASN'T INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN THAT.AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HER TAKE EARLY ON.I THINK WHAT YOU'VE HEAR FROM US IS WE'VE STABILIZED THE ORGANIZATION AND WE HAVE A PATH FORWARD THAT I THINK WILL BE SUCCESSFUL, AND SO I THINK WE'RE OVER THAT HUMP.SO I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD SEE -- YOU MAY SEE WORKLOAD BECOMING AN ISSUE BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE RECOMMENDED AND THE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME FORWARD WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE OF A WORKLOAD THAN BEING ON A GOVERNANCE BOARD, FOR EXAMPLE.>> JUST TWO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, ONE PRESUMABLY YOU'RE CARRYING INSURANCE FOR DIRECTORS, RISK INSURANCE?>> ABSOLUTELY.>> AND SECONDLY, ARE YOU REMUNERATING THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD?>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE PAY YOUR PARKING BUT WE MIGHT.THERE'S NO REMUNERATION WHATSOEVER.>> YOU PROBABLY SHOULD.>> WE'RE A VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION.>> OKAY THANK YOU.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: ON ITEMS 2 TO 7, COUNCILLOR QAQISH PLEASE.>> AS WE TRANSITIONED INTO THIS MODEL SHANNON KENNEY HAD SAID LET'S GET THEM TIME TO GET UP AND GOING BUT A LOT OF THEM DID HAVE CONCERNS AND A LACK OF CLARITY IN TERMS OF THEIR RENTS AND SOME OF THEM HAD INVESTED IN VARIOUS RENOVATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING AND THEY WEREN'T REALLY GETTING A CLEAR MESSAGE OR COMMUNICATION SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN PROVIDE -->> MAYOR JIM WATSON: COUNCILLOR, THAT CAN COME UP DURING THE PRESENTATIONS.THIS IS JUST ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS RIGHT NOW.DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON POINTS 2 TO 7?>> NO, JUST THAT QUESTION.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: WE'LL PUT YOU BACK ON THE LIST FOR AFTER THE PRESENTATION BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.COUNCILLOR LEIPER ON ITEMS 2 TO 7, PLEASE?>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.THE BYLAW IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE GOVERNED.I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN IDEA, WHERE IS THE COMMUNITY IN ALL THAT BYLAW?HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WITH WHOM YOU'LL BE PARTNERING AND WORKING AND AFFECTING AND I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY HERE, OF COURSE, OF PARKDALE MARKET, IS THERE A ROLE FOR THEM IN THE BYLAW?>> I THINK THE ROLE FOR ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IS WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.AND HOW THE INDIVIDUAL EXERCISES UNDER THAT PLANNING PROCESS ROLL OUT.THE BYLAW REALLY GOVERNS HOW WE WILL INTERACT WITH OUR MEMBERS, WHICH ARE YOU FOLKS, EXTERNAL MEMBERS ARE REALLY DEALT WITH WITH OUR EXTERNAL POLICIES AND WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.HOW WE ENGAGE THEM, WHY WE ENGAGE THEM, WHAT WE REALLY LOOK FOR FROM THEM, WHERE -- THE PATH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING IS GOING TO INVOLVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF --I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S CONSULTATION, I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S ENGAGEMENT.WE NEED TO CHANGE POLICIES AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT.WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INVOLVE OUR STAKEHOLDERS IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.IN FACT YOU KNOW WE'VE GONE OUT AND TALKED TO OUR --OUTSIDE OF A BYLAW WE'VE BEEN OUT AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE BIA IN YOUR AREA.I KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.I SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IN COUNCILLOR FLEURY'S WARD AND TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BIA, TO DISCUSS THOSE MATTERS.WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSULTATION SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON., AROUND IMPLEMENTING OUR OFFICIAL PLAN.>> SO THE BYLAW DOESN'T IDENTIFY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AS HAVING A PARTICULAR CONSULTATION ROLE THAT IS PROTECTED BY THE BYLAW, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB THUS FAR OF REACHING OUT, AND I APPRECIATE IT, JEFF, ESPECIALLY IN DEALING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.WHAT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY AS MEMBERS TO INFLUENCE OR TO WEIGH IN ON THE SUCCESS OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS? YOU CAN DISMISS THE BOARD.THAT'S THE ULTIMATE POWER THAT YOU HOE.YOU ALSO ALSO THE HOLD OF AS SITUATION.WE WILL HAVE -- ASSUATION.IF YOU CONTINUE TO BE UNHAPPY, YOU CAN DISMISS THE BOARD.>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE HEADING DOWN THAT PATH, OBVIOUSLY.BUT THANK YOU FOR THE ENGAGEMENT YOU'VE HAD WITH THE COMMUNITY IN HINTENBURG THUS FAR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH YOU.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR LEIPER.ON ITEMS 2 TO 7 AS PRESENTED?CARRIED?PRESENTATION --HOW LONG IS THE PRESENTATION, MR. CHAIR?>> IT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES, MR. CHAIRMAN.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: SO TEN MINUTES, OKAY.(LAUGHTER).>> SO FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE MEMBERS.WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRANSLATION FOR THE PRESENTATION, SO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE, BOTH IT AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN BOTH FRENCH AND ENGLISH SHORTLY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING.AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GOES BUT I'M SURE IT'S COMING UP.BUT WE CAN MOVE PAST -->> MAYOR JIM WATSON: LET'S HAVE THE DEPUTY CLERK PUT IT ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE.>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUGAR COAT THIS FOR YOU.THE COMPETITION CONTINUES TO ERODE OUR MARKET SHARE.THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE PLETHORA OF FARMERS MARKETS, WHETHER THAT BE IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS OR WHETHER AT THE CORNER OF --WHETHER IT'S FOSTER FAMILY FARMS WHO ARE ON THE CORNER OF ALTA VISTA AND CUNNINGHAM, IT IS A VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.WE HAVE INHERITED SOME VERY DIFFICULT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER THAT BE THE BUILDINGS OR THINGS LIKE PUBLIC WASHROOMS.THEY'RE VERY --AND I WILL TELL YOU MANAGING PUBLIC WASHROOMS IN A PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT LIKE THE BYWARD MARKET IS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT PROSPECT.AND WE REALLY REQUIRE NEW PUBLIC OUTDOOR WASHROOMS.AND WE WANT TO TELL YOU THAT --TO THE MEMBERS THAT -- AND WE'LL BE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL DURING THE NEW TERM TO TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES FOR NEW FISCAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR MARKET AREAS TO CREATE THE RIGHT MARKET ENVIRONMENT.WE HAVE CURRENT -- OUR CURRENT REGULATION IS STIFLING.IT IS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE WITH.LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE BUILDING, WE HAVE SOME OFFICE SPACE.WE WOULD LIKE TO LEASE.IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY GOOD RENTAL SPACE BUT IT'S GOOD OFFICE SPACE.THE ZONING BYLAW DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT.SO WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO CHANGE -- AND WE WILL BE UNDERTAKING A CHANGE WITH OUR --IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO THAT AREA.SO I'LL LEAVE THE COMPETITIVE CONTEXT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE FINANCIAL CONTEXT TO MR. DARWIN.>> WE'RE DOWN TO SLIDE 5, THE FINANCIAL CONTEXT.AND I SHOULD SAY IT'S A NEW SURPRISE EVERY DAY IN TERMS OF --I'M PEELING THE ONION AND HAVING A LOOK AT WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED.AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY, OF COURSE, WAS A VERY LARGE ORGANIZATION AND A LOT OF THE COSTS AND SO ON WERE CO-MINGLED AS IT RELATES TO THE MARKET SPECIFICALLY.BUT I SHOULD TELL YOU, BY CUTTING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE EXPENSES FROM THE 2018 BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED BY CITY STAFF TO FEDCO IN 2017, THE MSC HAS REACHED A SHORT TERM STABILITY IN FINANCIAL OPERATIONS.FURTHER MORE, AFTER NEARLY SIX MONTHS OF OPERATIONS THE MSC PROJECTS IT WILL DELIVER A BALANCED PROJECT OF 1.2 MILLION FOR 2018.SO FOR GOING FORWARD BEYOND THIS YEAR, WHICH I CONSIDER STABLE OR IN LINE, WE WILL USE OUR REVENUES FROM OUR INDOOR OPERATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR OUTDOOR OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE PARKDALE MARKET.ADDITIONAL REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES HAVE FURTHER SUPPORT OUR OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES AND OUR FOOD MANDATE.YOU ALSO HAD IN YOUR PACKAGE AN OUTLINE OF THE --OF OUR FIRST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OF OPERATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE ON OUR BUDGET AND OUR YEAR TO DATE.SO IF WE CAN MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 6, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT AND OUR HARD ASSETS.>> OKAY, AFTER OUR TARGETED LEASING INITIATIVES, WE'VE ACHIEVED AN OCCUPANCY RATE OF 99% BY SECURING 53% OF EXPECTED VACANCIES IN 2018.WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED DAILY ON-SITE PROPERTY MANAGER TO ENSURE TENANT RELATIONS AND BUILDING COMPLIANCE.SUBSEQUENT TO OUR LIFE SAFETY BUILDING AUDITS, FULL-TIME SECURITY WAS IMPLEMENTED AND PREPARATION FOR OUR CAPITAL AND LIFE CYCLE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS HAS BEGUN.>> SO --AND WE'LL COME BACK --DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS, COUNCILLOR QAQISH'S QUESTION NOW THROUGH -- OR MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT AT THE END, MR. MAYOR?IT'S UP TO YOU.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: IT'S YOUR CHOICE.>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPROPOSE THE QUESTION?APOLOGIES.I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING IT CORRECTLY.>> SO WE JUST WANT TO --I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MCALEHRTY TO WALK YOU THROUGH VERY QUICKLY THE FIRST --THE CONTEXT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.MNP WAS ASSISTING US IN CREATING THE PLAN, ALONG WITH MR. MCALERTY WAS MR. CAMISO THE FORMER CITY MANAGER OF THUNDER BAY SO WE HAD SOMEONE WHO HAD A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUNICIPAL WORKS AND SO IT WAS WHAT WE BELIEVE QUITE A SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR ON OUR PART.SO -->> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.YOUR SLIDE UP THERE IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN CONTEXT.YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE THAT WE STARTED THE PROCESS BY REVIEWING A NUMBER OF PRIOR REPORTS AND STUDIES, ALL OF WHICH WERE VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING A FOUNDATION TO GET THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS STARTED.ONE OF THE REPORTS, OF COURSE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT A MUNICIPAL SERVICES COURSE BE UTILIZED WHICH IS IN FACT THE CASE.WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILLOR LEIPER, WE DID RECEIVE DETAILED STAKEHOLDER INPUT FROM MOST OF THE BIAS AND THE INTERESTED PARTY AND THAT WAS ALL FED INTO THE PROCESS AND SUMMARIZED AND FED INTO THE PROCESS.WITH RESPECT TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE DETAILED STRATEGIC PLAN IN YOUR PACKAGE BUT YOU'LL NOTE IT'S FOR THE YEARS 2018 TO 2022.WE DID AS PETER SUGGESTED HAVE A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS --I THINK IT WAS FOUR IN TOTAL -- WITH THE BOARD.WE BELIEVE THE PLAN ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE UPDATED AS WE RUN UP AGAINST ADDITIONAL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS.IT IS A TEN-YEAR PLAN AND IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE PLAN IN THE SENSE THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE TALK ABOUT REDEFINING THE BYWARD MARKET AS A PRESINCT AND PETER WILL TALK MORE TO THAT.AS WELL AS A DIFFERENT CONCEPT FOR THE PARKDALE MARKET AS WELL.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.>> THANK YOU, MR. MCALERHTY.IF WE COULD WE'LL MOVE TO OUR --AND YOU ALL I'M SURE ARE AWARE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK AND OUR COMMITMENT, WE'RE DEFINED BY CITY COUNCIL AND WE USE THAT AS THE SPRINGBOARD TO OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS.SO THE KEY --STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR THE COMING TERM RELATE IN THREE BROAD CATEGORIES.FASTTRACKING NEWMARKET REGULATIONS, DELIVERING A DYNAMIC MARKET EXPERIENCE AND TRANSFORMING OTTAWA MARKET.: AND WHEN WE SAY FAST TRACKING NEWMARKET REGULATIONS WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HARD ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AND PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE ASSETS.AND WHEN I MEAN, THE ZONING ON OUR BUILDINGS IS INCREDIBLY RESTRICTIVE.FOOD USES AND RETAIL RESTRICTED TO ARTS AND CRAFTS ARE THE ONLY USES YOU CAN HAVE IN THE BUILDING.AND WE KNOW THAT A DYNAMIC MARKET HAS A VARIETY OF USES AND A VARIETY OF ANCHORS, AND WE NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN PLACE IN THAT MARKET BUILDING.AND THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.I DON'T WANT TO SUGAR COAT THAT, BECAUSE THE REVENUE THAT'S DERIVED FROM THE INDOOR VENDING SUPPORTS THE OPEN AIR MARKETS.SO MONEY WILL BE THIS YEAR FLOWING FROM THE RETAIL OPERATIONS IN THE BYWARD MARKET TO SUPPORT PARKDALE MARKET AND TO SUPPORT THE OPEN AIR VENDING IN AND AROUND THE BYWARD MARKET.SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO OUR OPERATING BYLAWS IN OUR OPEN AIR VENDING.THAT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY TO INTRODUCE... FOR PEOPLE.AND THAT'S VERY CRITICAL IN OUR OPEN AIR VENDING, BECAUSE AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE A DECLINING MARKET SHARE AND IN SOME CASES, WE'RE REACHING A CRITICAL POINT.WE NEED TO HAVE A VARIETY OF VENDING IN AND AROUND THE AREA OF 40 STALLS... (LOSS OF AUDIO)SO WE NEED TO STOP THE DECLINE AND WE NEED TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN START TO GROW THAT SO THAT WE MAINTAIN THE CRITICAL MASS IN THOSE MARKET AREAS, AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT IS TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR US TO WORK WITH ARTISANS, TO BRING IN MICROPROCESSORS, TO PROVIDE THE ABILITIES FOR THESE PLACES TO BECOME EVEN GREATER DESTINATIONS THAN THEY ARE TODAY.ASK THE SECOND KEY STRATEGIC OUTCOME IS DELIVERING A DYNAMIC MARKET EXPERIENCE.IT'S BECOME READILY APPARENT TO US THAT THE MARKET AND MARKETS AND BOTH OF OUR MARKETS DON'T START AT THE OUTDOOR VENDING STANDS.THEY ACTUALLY START AT QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY.IT'S NOT JUST FOCUSED AROUND THE MARKET BUILDING.IT'S WHEN YOU ENTER YORK STREET OR YOU WALK INTO THE BYWARD MARKET.SO WE REALLY HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT OUR MARKETS AS A DISTRICT, AND WE'RE CALLING IT A PRESINCT, USING THE REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED IN THOSE PRECINCTS TO INVEST IN BOTH THE INDOOR AND THE OUTDOOR INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE CREATE A STRONGER DESTINATION IN THOSE AREAS.AND WHETHER IT'S MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE PUBLIC SPACES WORK TOGETHER OR SIMPLY HAVING A PLACE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM IN TERMS OF THE BYWARD MARKET, THOSE ARE KEY PIECES OF THE MARKET PUZZLE.AND THE LAST THING IS REALLY AN AMALGUM OF THE FIRST TWO AND SOME OF OUR OTHER ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS TO REALLY BE FOCUSED ON TRANSFORMING BOTH OF OUR SPACES TO WHERE -- TO A STATE WHERE WE'VE GOT GOOD SOLID PLANS IN PLACE, WE'VE GOT SOLID RETAILERS THAT ARE GENERATING REVENUE, THAT WE ARE USING TO INVEST IN OUR OUTDOOR VENDING.WE'VE GOT SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE FULLY ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC WASHROOMS.THAT'S ANOTHER THING --AND WE'RE THE ONLY PUBLIC WASHROOMS IN THE BYWARD MARKET.BUT IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY, THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE.IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY, YOU'RE IN THE GETTING YOUR STROLLER UP TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRS TO USE THE WASHROOM.SO YOU KNOW, WE NOT ONLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH --TO TRY AND RETROFIT ACCESSIBLE APPROPRIATE WASHROOMS INTO OUR PHYSICAL BUILDING, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BRING THOSE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THAT WE KNOW IS PART OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN THEY COME INTO A FULLY INTEGRATED PUBLIC MARKET EXPERIENCE.SO MR. MAYOR, THOSE ARE OUR THREE STRATEGIC DIRECTIVES THAT FLOW FROM OUR PLAN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HOPE TO DO.A NUMBER OF THESE -->> MAYOR JIM WATSON: CHAIR HUME, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE THREE ITEMS SO MAYBE IF WE CAN GO BACK TO COUNCILLOR QAQISH --IF YOU COULD JUST REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, THIS WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.SO AGAIN, MY QUESTION WAS WITH REGARDS TO COMMUNICATION AND WITH REGARDS TO THE CHANGES THAT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE FACING.AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S UNCERTAINTY FOR THEM IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FROM THEM.SO I'VE HEARD THINGS LIKE YOU'RE DOUBLING THEIR COMMON FEES, YOU'RE TAKING A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR RENTS.AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE A MANDATE, YOU'RE AN AUTHORITY, BUT I THINK --I DON'T THINK YOUR AUTHORITY IS TO BE RUTHLESS WITH BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS AND IMPLEMENTING THESE KIND OF TOUGH REGULATIONS ON THEM.SO IF YOU CAN TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHERE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE AT.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: THE STAFF MIKE.>> I CAN ABSOLUTELY ADDRESS EACH ONE OF THOSE.SO I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON, THE TENANTS WERE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION WAS GOING --WHAT SITUATION WAS GOING TO UNFOLD SO WE TOOK AN INITIATIVE TO SIT DOWN WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL TEN ANAND EXPLAIN THAT THEIR TENANCIES ARE ACTUALLY SOLIDIFIED.THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION AS SOON AS WE WALKED IN, THEIR LEASES WERE TO BE NULL AND VOID.THAT IS NOT THE CASE LEGALLY OR ON THE GROUND.SO WE SAT DOWN WITH EACH ONE OF THEM, EXPLAINING THE SITUATION TO CALM IT, AS FAR AS OPERATING COSTS GO WE ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THEIR OPERATING COSTS AT THE LEVEL THAT THEY WERE CURRENTLY PAYING AND WE DID SO BY THE MSC ACTUALLY HAVING TO PICK UP A PORTION OF THE OPERATING COSTS THEMSELVES, A LARGE PORTION, SO THE TENANTS COULD SUSTAIN THE RENTS THAT THEY WERE CURRENTLY AT.WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MARKET RIGHT NOW IS A HARD MACE TO BE.TOURISM IS IN THE WINTER MONTHS AND WE WANTED TO MIKE SURE WE WEREN'T CLOSING THEIR DOORS AS WE WALK THROUGH.A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING ACTUALLY NEVER TRANSPIRED.WE WORKED VERY HARD TO ENSURE THAT THEY COULD MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESSES AS THEY CURRENT SIT AS WORK WITH THEM EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE WHEN THERE'S ISSUES OF SECURITY WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM TO NET EFFECT THEIR RENTS WHICH MEANT WE WOULD SUCK UP A LOT MORE OF THE COSTS OURSELVES TO ENSURE IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEM IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR QAQISH.WE DID CREATE THIS MUNICIPAL SERVICE CORPORATION SO WE DON'T MICROMANAGE THE MARKET.AND IF PEOPLE -- CONSTITUENTS ARE CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY'RE PAYING TOO MUCH RENT OR WHATEVER, THEY SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE MARKET'S MANAGER, REALLY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE COUNCILLOR FLEURY AND COUNCILLOR LEIPER WERE SORT OF THE WARD HEALERS TRYING TO SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST IF SOMEONE HAS A SPECIFIC CONCERN THEY ADDRESS IT TO THE MARKET -->> I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MAYOR, BUT THEY'VE COME TO ME BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY WEREN'T GETTING THE RESPONSES OR THE COMMUNICATIONS THEY NEEDED SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WORK IS BEING FOLLOWED UP.AND I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE DOUBLING COMMON AREA EXPENSES, INCREASING RENTS FOR BUSINESSES AND TAKING A PERCENTAGE IN RENT.YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT HAPPENING?>> THE OPERATING COSTS ARE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE PAYING LAST YEAR.THE PERCENTAGE RENTS WERE ACTUALLY IN THEIR LEASES AT THE TIME AND WE SUSTAINED THAT ACROSS ANY RENEWALS.NOTHING WAS CHANGED.>> AND FOR HOW LONG WILL YOU BE DOING THAT?>> FOR THE TERM OF THEIR LEASES.WE WERE IN LEASES WHICH STIPULATED PERCENTAGE RENTS AND WE JUST SIMPLY CARRIED ON THE RENEWALS, WHICH IN A LEASING CAPACITY WOULD BE -->> BUT WHEN THOSE LEASES ARE UP, YOU WILL BE DOING THOSE THINGS, YOU WILL BE JACKING EVERYTHING UP AND TAKING A PERCENT -->> IT'S WHAT WAS INHERITED.SO WE HAVE CARRIED THAT FORWARD.WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING.>> BUT WHEN THE LEASES ARE UP -->> WHEN THE LEASES ARE UP, THAT WOULD COME AT THE TIME WHEN WE --THAT HASN'T --THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I WOULD IMAGINE.>> I JUST THINK DERBY APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE DELEGATE THIS GO TO THIS BODY WITH YOU I THINK WE NEED TO BE A BIT MORE COLLABORATIVE BASEDONED FEEDBACK I'VE HEARD AND WE'RE NOT SETTING THIS COMMITTEE UP TO BE RUTHLESS AND SHUT DOWN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME SO I THINK YOU NEED 0 TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.>> JUST IF I --THERE'S ONE THING I CAN ADD, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THAT WE SOLIDIFIED THE LEASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE TO ALLEVIATE WHAT WAS ON THE STREET.WE ESSENTIALLY TOOK THE TENANCY THAT WERE THERE AND WEAPON ENSURED THAT THEY WERE IN PLACE AS THEY STOOD FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.TO RELIEVE I TAKE IT THIS -- ALLEVIATE THIS.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: COUNCILLOR CLOUTIER PLEASE, HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT?>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIFE CYCLE MAINTENANCE FOR HARD ASSETS THAT ARE REQUIRED, THE HARD ASSETS ARE PRIMARILY THE MARKET BUILDING?>> 55 BYWARD AND 70 GEORGE, THE RETAIL SPACES IN 70 GEORGE.>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE 2.5 MILLION-DOLLAR COMES FROM?IS THAT A RECENT ENGINEERING STUDY OR INVESTMENT?>> YES, THAT FIGURE COMES FROM TWO STUDIES THAT WERE DONE.ONE STUDY DONE BY THE CITY THEMSELVES UPON TURNOVER, AND ANOTHER REVIEW DONE BY A LIFE SAFETY REVIEW DONE BY US, AND SO THAT FIGURE COMES FROM --IS AN AMALGUM OF THOSE --THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE TWO STUDIES.AS VETTED BY US, I THINK.>> OKAY.AND YOU ALSO STATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE IS BEYOND THE FINANCIAL CAPACITY OF THE CORPORATION.AND THE ASSETS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY.SHOULD WE EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A REQUEST IN THE NEXT BUDGET FOR FUNDS?>> SO WHEN WE ACCEPTED -- OR WHEN WE BECAME ESTABLISHED, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CITY WAS ALLOCATING RESOURCES THROUGH THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET PROCESS.SO YES, WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE A LIFE CYCLE MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION IN YOUR BUDGETS GOING FORWARD.BUT SOME OF THE MORE CRITICAL PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUTDOOR WASHROOMS, THINGS LIKE THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC REALM STUDY THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AREN'T IN YOUR BUDGET AND WE'RE SAYING TO YOU THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE TYPE OF PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE ARE CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE OF THE MARKET, AND WE'RE TALKING TO YOU AS MEMBERS NOW, WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO THE CITY WHEN THE NEW COUNCIL IS ESTABLISHED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THESE NEED TO BE TERM OF COUNCIL PRIORITIES, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CAPACITY TO MANAGE, WITHOUT CHANGING THE REVENUE MODEL.AND WE ARE --ONE OF THE KEY DIRECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS THE CREATION OF A PRECINCT OF THE BYWARD MARKET PRESINCT THAT WE HOPE OVER TIME MAY BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT REVENUE MODEL, TO WHERE WE ARE --AND INCREASE THE STANDARDS THAT YOU FIND IN THE DISTRICT.BUT THOSE ARE PLANS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE TO COME.BUT RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, COULD WE MANAGE THE 2.$5 MILLION ALL ON OUR OWN?NO IS THE ANSWER.>> LAST QUESTION, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.YOU WILL BE SEEKING CHANGE TO THE ZONING AND INTRODUCING NEW USES IN THE MARKET.AND ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, SLIDE 12, NEW NATIONAL BRAND SPECIALTY TAILORED TENANTS, YOU'LL BE CONSULTING WITH THE CURRENT RETAILERS AS TO HOW THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED WITH THE -->> THE FIRST THING THAT I'LL TELL YOU, COUNCILLOR, IS THAT THE CURRENT TENANCY --THE MAJORITY OF THE CURRENT TENANCIES ARE IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF 2019.WHAT HAPPENS -- WHAT KIND OF RETAILER WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A IN THE RETAILER TO FOCUS TO CROATIA DESTINATION.WE'LL BE CONSULTING WITH OUR MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT USES ARE APPROPRIATE IN THAT BUILDING AND HOPEFULLY WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL ADVICE THAT WE'LL GET, WE'LL REPORT TO PLANNING COMMITTEE ON WHAT WE EXPECT --WHAT WE THINK THE ZONING SHOULD BE.AND AT THAT TIME WE WOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYONE IN ALIGNMENT AS TO WHAT IT WOULD BE.BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM THE BOARD THAT WE BELIEVE THAT A STRONGER ANCHOR PRESENCE WOULD SOLIDIFY OUR REVENUES OUT OF THE BYWARD MARKET BUILDING, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE ABILITIES FOR US TO INVEST IN OUR OUTDOOR MARKETS SO --WHETHER THAT COMES TO PASS OR NOT IS THE NEXT STEP WE NEED TO TAKE.>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE VOLUNTEER BOARD FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY.>> MAYOR JIM WATSON: COUNCILLER DEANS, PLEASE?>> THANK YOU TO PETER AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE BYWARD MARKET.I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THEY NEED A HEALTHY BYWARD MARKET.IT'S AN ANCHOR FOR OUR WHOLE CITY AND IT'S A MAGNET FOR OUR TOURISM AND FOR MANY OTHER THINGS.SO IT'S IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US AND WE APPRECIATE IT.YOU MENTIONED CHANGING THE RETAIL MIX AND WIFE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE AS HAVE YOU AND WE'VE SEEN LOTS OF ITERATIONS OF THAT IN THE BYWARD MARKET IN THE PAST AND AT ONE TIME WE GOT AWAY FROM LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE.I FOR ONE AM NOT GOING TO THE BYWARD MARKET TO BUY PLASTIC STRAWBERRIES.SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT CHANGING THE RETAIL MIX IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT BE PRODUCE.SO WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING?>> WELL, THERE'S TWO, I GUESS.WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UPDATED -- OR RETAIL MIXED STRATEGY, WE NEED TO TALK IN TWO WAYS.FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S THE HARD ASSETS WHERE WE'RE RENTING RETAIL SPACE TO PEOPLE.RIGHT NOW IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO OUR BUILDING, THE USES DON'T COMPLY WITH THE ZONING BYLAW, FIRST OF ALL.THERE IS A DOMINANT --THERE'S A DOMINANCE OF RESTAURANT USES, AND WE THINK WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.IN THE OUTDOOR VENDING MARKET, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO - -WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD, YOU KNOW THERE'S A PREPARED FOOD SECTION, THERE'S THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SECTIONS AND THEN THERE'S THE ARTISAN SECTION.AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TRYING TO TRANSITION AWAY -- TRANSITION AT LEAST IN A COUPLE OF AREAS TO A MORE FARM BASED PRODUCT MIX.AND WE NEED TO DO THAT CAREFULLY AND THAT NEEDS SOME CONSIDERATION.BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IN PRIME GROWING SEASON, MY FRIEND HERE GROWING CUCUMBERS AT HIS FARM AND ME GOING TO THE FOOD TERMINAL AND BUYING IT FROM THE FOOD TERMINAL AND SETTING UP STANDS NEXT TO EACH OTHER ONLY TO HAVE ME UNDERCUT THE FARMER.AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT DRIVES YOUR FARMING COMMUNITY AWAY FROM YOUR PUBLIC MARKET.AND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IS BE VERY CAREFUL IN THAT MIX, BECAUSE YOU WANT YOUR FARMING COMMUNITY TO BE YOUR PUBLIC MARKET.SO YOU NEED A GOOD STRONG POLICY ABOUT LOCAL PRODUCE IN SEASON.YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE LOW BARRIERS TO ENTRY IN THE --THOSE MARKETS SO THAT YOU'VE GOT --SO IF A FARMER OR AN ARTISAN, SOMEONE WHO IS -- I ALWAYS REMIND --YOU REMEMBER BRIAN COBURN, YOU USED TO MAKE TRAINS, RIGHT.IN HIS WORKSHOP AND HE MADE THESE TOY TRAINS AND HE WOULD GIVE THEM AWAY.THAT'S THE TYPE OF ARTISAN YOU WANT IN YOUR BYWARD MARKET SELLING THOSE ARTISANS ALONG YORK STREET.YOU WANT TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE -- (MODEM CONNECTION WAS LOST AND UNABLE TO RECONNECT)TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TESTTEST TEST TEST 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TIME WENT ON AND THERE WASALLEGEDLY IMPROPER COMMUNICATIONBETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THECITY, AT WHAT THE POINT WASMANAGEMENT GOING TO ADVISECOUNCIL OF THIS?OR WAS THIS GOING TO CONTINUEUNTIL THERE WAS AN AUDIT?>> Mr. MAYOR, THE FACT IS WEKNEW THAT THE AUDIT WAS INPROGRESS.WE WERE WAITING OBVIOUSLY FORTHE AUDIT TO BE COMPLETE ANDDEAL WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS TOTHE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.IT WAS OUR PLAN IF IT WASN'T ANAUDIT IT WOULD HAVE KILOMETER TOCOUNCIL TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.BECAUSE THE MINISTER OFENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGEINTERVENTION AND DISCUSSION OFTHE ISSUES AROUND THEENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATIONREQUIRED THERE.SO BECAUSE THE AUDIT WAS INPLACE, WE WERE DEFERRING TO THEAUDITOR GENERAL TO WORK WITH HIMAND HIS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WEWERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THERECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT WOULDBE THE AVENUE TO INFORM COUNCILOF THE STATUS OF THAT PARTICULARFILE.>> LAST QUESTION, WHEN YOU DEALTWITH -- WHEN THE AUDITOR GENERALSTATED THAT THINGS WEREPARTIALLY COMPLETE, IS THATFOLLOWING THE SCALE THAT WE USEWHEN I WAS CHAIR?WHEN YOU HAD LITTLE OR NOACTION, 24% ACTION, INITIATED 25TO 29.PARTIALLY COMPLETE 70 TO 94 AND75 TO 99 OR HAVE YOU DITCHEDTHAT AND GONE WITH SOMETHING ITSMELLS.>> IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME.>> OKAY.>> I'M OUT OF TIME.>> Mayor Jim Watson: COUNCILLOREL- CHANTIRY, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYINGTHAT.IT WAS SOLD FOR ARBITRATION.MY QUESTION TO THIS CITYMANAGER.AND I KNOW YOUR AUDIT COMMITTEEAND THERE WAS LOTS OF QUESTIONSBACK AND FORTH AND WHAT YOU HEARFROM THE AUDITOR AND OUR STAFF,I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHATACTIONS ARE YOU TAKING TO DEALWITH THE AUDIT REPORT?>> Mr. MAYOR, PERHAPS THIS ISA GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDECOUNCIL -- PARTICULARLY THOSETHAT DIDN'T ATTEND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE -- AN UPDATE ON WHEREWE ARE AT THIS WITH PARTICULARFILE.BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL ANSWERTHE COUNCILLOR'S QUESTION MOREFULLY.A COUPLE THING THAT COUNCILSHOULD BE AWARE OF IS THELANDFILL IS CLOSED UNTIL 2019.THEY CANNOT ACCEPT ANY MOREAFTER THAT DATE.THEY EXPIRED IN 2016 AND WEPROVIDED FORMAL NOTICE INJANUARY THAT THE OPERATION WILLNOT BE EXTENDED SO IN EFFECT THESITE IS CLOSED DOWN AND IS NOTACCEPTING ANY OTHER MATERIAL TOTHAT SITE.IN TERMS MIFF INVOLVEMENT ONTHIS, ON -- IN TERMS OF MYINVOLVEMENT WITH THIS, I METWITH Mr. THOMAS SINKMORE ANDMr. MICHAEL -- THE GENERALMANAGER, WE MUST JUST AFTER THEAUDIT.AFTER IT WAS TABLED.THAT WAS OUR SECOND MEETING.WE HAD A FRANK DISCUSSION.AND THE MOECC HAS ACCEPTED THATTHIS PLAN, THE DESIGN ANDENGINEER CAP AND STORM WATERPLANT FOR THIS SITE -- WE ARE INTHE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THATPLAN, CREATING THAT.AND OF ONCE THAT IS DONE WE WILLBE SUBMITTING A DETAILED DESIGNPLAN TO THE MOECC FOR APPROVAL.OUR DISCUSSION WITH TOMLINSONMOVING FORWARD, IT WAS MYJUDGMENT THAT WE COULDN'T DEALWITH THE REST OF THE AUDITORGENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS UNTILWE DEALT WITH THE MOST IMMEDIATEISSUE WHICHS WHAT THEENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.WE ALL FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TODEAL WITH THE IMMEDIATE, MOSTURGENT MATTER NOW AND GET THATOUT OF THE WAY BEFORE WE COULDDISCUSS THE RELATED ISSUES. PARTICULARLY THE FINANCIAL ONESTHAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED INMr. HUGHES' REPORT.TOMLINSON HAS TOLD US THAT THEYARE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH THECITY AND THE MINISTER TOFINALIZE AN APPROVED SOLUTIONFOR CAPPING AND STORM WATERMANAGEMENT.THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THEY AREOBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE TOTALCOST FOR THIS SOLUTION AND THEYARE NOT DISPUTING THE ISSUE OFCOST.AND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM TOPLYNN SON -- TOMLINSON GROUP OFCOMPANIES THAT CHARACTERIZESTHAT.THE DISCUSSIONS ARE FRANK ANDCOME WITH COLLABORATION.I CAN TELL COUNCIL, Mr. MAYOR,THAT THEY STILL HAVE SECTION 37WHICH IS THE SUPPLY PERFORMANCECLAUSE AND THE PROCUREMENT BYLAWBANNING FRIEND FROM CITYCONTRACTS.WE STILL HAVE THE OPTION ONSECTION 47 OF THE PROCUREMENTBYLAW WHICH WOULD CONCLUDECOMPANIES FROM A POTENTIAL BID,A SPECIFIC BID IF THEY AREENGAGED WITH LITIGATION WITH THECITY.SO WE STILL HAVE LEVERAGE TO BEABLE TO INVOKE IF WE DON'T GETTHE COMPLIANCE THAT WE REQUIRE.AS I SAID THERE'S A NUMBER OFRECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE STILLHAVE TO DEAL WITH.PARTICULARLY THE FINANCIAL ONES,THAT Mr. HUGHES HAS RIGHTLYPOINTED OUT THAT WE NEED TO HAVECONVERSATIONS WITH TOMLINSON.THEY AGREED THEY WOULD MEET WITHUS AND DISCUSS ALL THEOUTSTANDING ISSUES ANDRECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THESEEXECUTIVE COMPONENTS.THE EXECUTIVES THAT CAME TO THEMEETING WERE ACTUALLY QUITE CLEAR THAT THEY WISHED TORESOLVE THE ISSUE RESULTED TOSPRING HILL LANDFILL AND MOVEPAST THIS.AND THEIR ACTS SO FAR AND THEIRDISCUSSION IN THE MEETING HASBEEN CONSISTENT WITH THISATTITUDE OF -- LET'S GET PASTTHIS AND LET'S RESOLVE THEOUTSTANDING ISSUE.AS Mr. McDONALD STATED, WEHAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AS ACITY WITH TOMLINSON ON A LOT OFFILES.AND THROUGH MANY YEARS -- THEYARE A LOCALLY GROWN COMPANY.THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFULIN THE OTTAWA AREA AND BEYOND.THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR US.THEY UNDERSTAND THAT.THEY DON'T WANT US TO SELL THEREPUTATION, WE WANT TO MOVEFORWARD.AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVEVERY GOOD, COLLABORATIVEDISCUSSIONS MOVING FORWARD OPTFINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.AND WE HEARD SOME OF THOSEOBVIOUSLY TOMLINSON REACHED OUTTO US TO TALK ABOUT THIS.AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE FOLLOWINGUP WITH THIS, BECAUSE MY ANSWERWAS TO THE COMPANY.WE DON'T NEED A PR RELATIONSHIP.WE NEED AN ACTION PLAN ON.THIS I'M GLAD YOU FOLLOWED UPWITH IT.AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE CITYSTILL HAS AN OPTION.WE HAVE MORE THAT ONE OPTION.ONE TO BLACKLIST THE COMPANY IFTHEY DON'T COOPERATE WITH US,AND B, STILL 25% OF THE LANDFILLIS UNUSED, SO TO SPEAK.SO I CANNOT IMAGINE THE COMPANYWOULD WANT TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, OR WHAT WEALL NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU -- BECAUSE IN THE AUDIT REPORT, ITALSO TALKS ABOUT THE COMPANYREDUCING THE FEE WHEN IT COMESTO DUMPING FEES THROUGH THECOMPANY.ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE -- ORHIRE A THIRD PARTY TO REVIEWEXACTLY WHAT THIS COMPANY OWEDTHE TAXPAYERS IN MONEY WEBELIEVE?I'M SURE YOU WENT THROUGH THEAUDIT REPORT -- TO BE SATISFIEDFOR US AS A TAXPAYER AND AS ACOUNCIL.THIS HAS BEEN DONE BY A THIRDPARTY.>> THEY SENT US INFORMATION OFTHE REVIEW.THEY WILL BE HIRING A THIRDPARTY AUDITOR TO REVIEW.IT IT'S VERY COMPLEX TO ENSURETHAT WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHATTHE SPENDS AND REVENUES ARE, ANDWE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THOSEDISCUSSIONS WITH TOMLINSON WITHRESPECT TO ANY POTION MONIESOWED TO THE CITY PER THE AUDITORGENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS.>> THANK YOU.SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ARE NOTNEXT ROUND OF AUDIT ON THISFILE.ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE THISCOUNCIL AS INFORMATION BECOMESAVAILABLE TO YOU?BECAUSE I HEARD FROM OURSTAFF -- WE DIDN'T RECEIVE -- SOWE HEARD FROM OUR STAFF, YOURECEIVED THOSE 700 SOME PAGES OFDOUCHES AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE ACHANCE TO VIEW IT.BUT HIRING SOME THIRD MATTER.ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK WITHYOUR RECOMMENDATIONS?BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO KEEPON TOP OF THIS ONE.>> WELL THE AUDITOR GENERAL'SRECOMMENDATION HAS TO COME BACKON ANY DECISION CONCERNING PHASEFIVE WHICH IS THE LAST CELL THAT NEED TO BE PILL FILLED.SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO DO THAT.AND WE WILL COME BACK TOCOUNCIL.BUT I'VE EXPLAINED TO THETOMLINSON EXECUTIVES THAT THATRECOMMENDATION WITH STAFF CANNOTHAPPEN UNTIL WE RESOLVE ALL THEOTHER OUTSTANDINGRECOMMENDATIONS.THAT OR IN THE AUDITOR GENERAL'SREPORT.WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE.IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMETIME AM IKNOW THE AUDITOR GENERAL -- IDON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO HIM BUTAT AUTO COMMITTEE, HE INDICATEDHE WILL BE DOING A FOLLOWUP.AND WE WATCHED THIS VERYCLOSELY.SO WE WILL BE SHARING OBVIOUSLYEVERYTHING HAPPENED WITH HIM.AND WHAT I ANSWER IS THEY WILLBRING BACK THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.BECAUSE WE ARE INTERESTED INPURSUING THE LAST CELL.AND OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESSPURPOSES TO UTILIZE THAT LASTCELL.BUT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL ICOME BACK WITH A FULL PACKAGE TOSAY HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATIONSWHERE COUNCIL HAS EVERYTHING INFRONT OF THEM TO MAKE THATRECOMMENDATION.>> DO YOU HAVE -- MAYBE IT'S ASIMPLE QUESTION.DO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TOHIRE A CERTAIN PARTY TO REVIEWWHAT IS IN THE AUDIT'S REPORTCOMPARED TO THE FEE AND THETIPPING FEE AND WHAT EXACTLY ALLTHE CITY OWES IN FUNDING?>> THAT'S CORRECT.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,Mr. MAYOR.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.I THINK Mr. KANELLAKOS YOU CANMAKE IT AVAILABLE TO MEDIA ANDCOUNCIL. BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE TAKINGRESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMEDIATIONAND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONSAND THE WORK THAT THEY HAVEDONE.COUNCILLOR.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR.FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO STARTOFF BY THANKING THE AUDITORGENERAL OR FOR THE GOOD WORK ONTHE AUDIT. IT WAS CERTAINLY ADIFFICULT ONE.THEY DID A FOLLOWUP TO AN AUDITTHAT MANY OF THEM WERE NOT EACHINVOLVED IN, IN THE FIRST PLACE.SO I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK ONIT. AND THE DISCUSSION AT CITYWAS VERY ROBUST ON THE ISSUE.I APPRECIATE Mr. KANELLAKOS'SEFFORT TO -- LET ME SAY THING.IT'S KEY TO THE CITY TO.ME THE KEY PART OF THE AUDIT ISWHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TORESOLVE ISSUES THAT ARE INTHERE.IT'S BEEN A GREAT RECORD THATTHE MANAGEMENT ACCEPTS ALL THEFINDINGS OF THE AUDIT AS THEYHAVE IN THIS CASE HERE.AND EVEN BEFORE WE GOT ITTABLED, Mr. KANELLAKOS WASWORKING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONSSO I APPRECIATE HIS WORK ONTHIS.I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITHWHAT COUNCILLOR CHIARELLIBROUGHT UP.I RECEIVED THE AUDIT. I'MWONDERING IF THE AUDITOR GENERALCAN TELL US IF THERE IS ANYRECORD OR NUMBER OR HOW MANYCOPIES ARE OUT THERE.BECAUSE THIS WEEK, Mr. MAYOR,A LOCAL BLOGGER PUT OUT THATTHEY HAD A COPY OF IT.I'M WONDERING HOW THAT GOT OUTTHERE WITHOUT MEMBERS OF THECOMMITTEE ACTUALLY SEEING IT.EITHER FORMER MEMBERS OR CURRENTMEMBERS. SO IF THE AUDITOR GENERAL COULDTELL US HIS THOUGHTS OR WHATKIND OF CONTROL THERE IS FORTHESE AUDITS.HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN.>> Mr. MAYOR, THROUGH YOU TOTHE COUNCILLOR, I WASN'T AROUNDAT THE TIME.BUT I KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OFPROTOCOL WAS SIMILAR.AND THAT AUDIT REPORTS AREN'TDISTRIBUTED.ESPECIALLY THOSE CONFIDENTIAL TOBE DISCUSSED IN CAMERA.THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HELD FORDISTRIBUTION AT THE AUDITCOMMITTEE ONCE THEY WENT INCAMERA.BUT AS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, THECOMMITTEE DEFERRED THE ITEM.SO THAT REPORT WASN'TDISTRIBUTED.AND I DO NOT KNOW --I DON'T KNOW IF THAT AUDITREPORT ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SEENBY AN INDIVIDUAL IS THE ONE THATWAS TO HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THEOFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL.I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAMEFROM.BUT THERE WERE NO COPIESDISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS OFTHE AUDIT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEAUDIT COMMITTEE DIDN'T GOIN-CAMERA.>> I WONDER IF COUNCILLORCHIARELLI WOULD BE ABLE TO SHARETHAT YOU A DID.WE NEVER HAD IT.COUNCILLOR CHIARELLI IS THE ONLYONE THAT HAD IT.>> Mayor Jim Watson: IT WILL BEA POINT OF PRIVILEGE BYCOUNCILLOR CHIARELLI.>> THANK YOU.I DID NOT SAY WE HAD AUDIT.AS FAR AS I KNOW NOBODY TOOKANYTHING AWAY FROM THATBRIEFING.>> A LOCAL BLOGGER HAS THE COPY NOW.SO AS FAR AS YOU ARE TELLING US,YOU HAVE A COPY IN YOUR OFFICE.THERE'S NO WAY TO DETERMINE IFTHERE'S COPIES OUT THERE.>> LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.NONE HAVE BEEN ABLED ANYWHERE TOTHE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE ONYOUR WATCH?>> NONE HAVE BEEN TABLED.I WAS TOLD SO BY MY PREDECESSOR.I WAS TOLD THAT BY CITY STAFF.AND WE DID NOT DISTRIBUTE IT.>> THEN PERHAPS WHAT WE WILL DOIS FOLLOW IT UP.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.JUST FOR THE RECORD.I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF ITEITHER.A QUICK COMMENT.FIRST OF ALL.THANK YOU TO THE DETAILSINFORMATION FOR THESE QUESTIONS.IT'S VERY HELPFUL.YOU MENTIONED AS AN OPTIONBLACKLISTING THIS CAN.YOU STILL HAVE TOOLS IN THE TOOLCHEST IF NEEDED AND I WATCH TOACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS AN EXTREMEOPTION THAT YOU STATED THAT THECOMPANY IS WORKINGCOLLABORATIVELY WITH YOU IN GOODFAITH AND THAT YOUR OWN STAFFHAVE CONFIRMED THEIR WORKPERFORMANCE IS SOLID.SO I REALLY -- WE NEED TO STRESSTHAT THAT IS AN EXTREME OPTIONTO CONSIDER.AND WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT ISIN THE BEST TRANSFER TAXPAYERS.BECAUSE IF YOU ELIMINATE A MAJORCONTRACTOR IN THE CITY FROMBIDDING THAT, COULD HAVE UPWARDPRESSURE ON PRICES.SO LET'S CONSIDER WHAT IS IN THEBEST INTEREST FOR TAXPAYERS.MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THECLOSURE OF THE LANDFILL.YOU STATE, Mr. CITY MANAGER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR INOCTOBER.YOU CAN ELABORATE THE STAY TUTSON THE WETLAND.YOU CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT IS THEREASON WHY THIS IS GOING TO BECLOSED?>> THAT IS IN FACT THE REASON,Mr. MAYOR.>> GREAT.THANK YOU FOR THATCLARIFICATION.AND THAT IS ALL.>> Mayor Jim Watson: SO ON THEREPORT.CARRIED AND RECEIVED.ITEM NUMBER 11 PROPOSEDGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORT.COMMISSIONER IN CHERNUSHENKO,PLEASE.>> THANK YOU.I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT CONTEXT TOIT.THE FIRST QUESTION, OF COURSE ISWHY ANOTHER TARGET.WE HAVE AN 80% GREENHOUSEREDUCTIONS EMISSIONS TARGET BY2050WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THISONE?THIS IS A PROPOSED 20% REDUCTIONBY 2024.IT IS BOTH A NEW TARGET ASK ITISN'T.ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN.THAT ESSENTIALLY IF YOU AREGOING TO GET 80% BY 2050, YOUNEED TO HIT SOME MARKERS, GUIDEPOSTS ALONG THE WAY.WE COULD AIM FOR THAT 2050 TONOT BOTHER WITH SHORTER TERMTARGETS HOWEVER WE ARE -- WE RUNTHROUGH THE ENVIRO -CENTRE.THE CITY -- LIKE FORTUITOUSLY WEHAD THIS MORNING.HYDRO OTTAWA AND IKEA AND ANUMBER OF OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS INTHE ELECTRICITY SECTOR ANDCONSUMERS AS WELL IN THIS CITYARE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT ISTRYING TO DO IS BRING -- THIS ISA VENUE FOR BRINGING TOGETHERTHE STAKEHOLDERS WHERE THE CITYOF OTTAWA ACKNOWLEDGES WE ARETHE BIGGEST PLAYER BUT ONLY ONEPLAYER IN THE ENERGY CONSUMPTIONAND EMISSIONS PICTURE IN THECITY.WE NEED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ITALL OURSELVES.ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE DON'TCOMMIT TO A TARGET AND JUST SAYTO EVERYBODY ELSE, WHO WAS APART OF THIS.YOU GO DO THE WORK WE ARE NOTGOING TO ADOPT A TARGET.THAT PUTS US ON PRETTY WEAKGROUND TO BE CALLING FOR THECITY AT LARGE TO BE ACHIEVINGTHOSE 10% REDUCTIONS THAT THESIGN TELLS US WE ABSOLUTELY HAVETO ACHIEVE IN ORDER TO AVOIDSOME PRETTY CATASTROPHICCONSEQUENCES.SO IN THAT SENSE, YES, IT'S ANEW TARGET.IT DOESN'T REPRESENT ERADICATINGA MORE AMBITIOUS ONE.WHETHER WE AUGUST TO OR NOT WEWON'T GET INTO TODAY.IT IS TO SAY THE CURB WOULD BYABOUT 2024 WOULD BE ABOUT HERE.SO GIVEN AS MEMBERS OF CARBON163 WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ASHORT-TERM TARGET.20% BY 2024 SEEMS LIKE AREASONABLE ONE.SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT.I DID RECEIVE A LETTER --HOW'S MY TIME HERE.2 MINUTES. FROM CARBON 613ITSELF.THE DIRECTOR OF IT WHO I THOUGHTI WOULD JUST READ THIS TOSITUATE IT.CARBON 613 AND ITS MEMBERS AREENTHUSED TO SET A TARGET FOR THETANGIBLE GOAL OF REDUCING GSCs.TO ASSIST AUTOMOBILE BUSINESSESWITH REDUCTIONS.IT'S A GREAT STEP TOWARDSUSTAINABILITY FOR THE CITY.I BELIEVE THIS COMMITMENT WILLBE TRANSFORMATIONAL TO THE CITYAS A WHOLE AND WILL CREATE ASHIFT IN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ANDRESIDENTS WILLING TONS ADAPT TOCHANGING TREND.I THINK THAT'S KEY.HELPING CREATE A SHIFT INORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THECITY OF OTTAWA ITSELF.SO FOR THAT REASON I THINK IT ISSOMETHING REASONABLE.IT'S CONSISTENT.HIGHLY CONSISTENT WITH TARGETSWE ALREADY ADOPTED.BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE FACTTHAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE DATATHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BYNOW TO TELL US WHERE WE ARE ATTHE MOVEMENT.THE KIND OF BASIS WE WOULD LIKEDTO HAVE HAD IN ORDER TO ANCHORTHIS TARGET IN OUR CURRENT REALPERFORMANCE IS A WEAKNESS ANDIT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVELIKED TO HAVE HAD.BUT GIVEN WE ARE ALREADY OVERDOTO SET THIS TAR GUELPH AND ITASPIRATIONAL.IT SETS A FAIR TARGET FOR THECITY.WE ARE DOING OUR PART.WE ARE A KEY PLAYER HERE, AND WEWILL BE.AND PLEASE COME ALONG WITH US.SO IT'S FOR THAT REASON THATIT'S HERE.AND I SUPPORT IT.I HOPE WILL YOU TOO.>> Mayor Jim Watson: GREAT.THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR HARDER.>> THANK YOU.I JUST HAD A QUESTION.WAYS TALKING TO COUNCILLORWILLIS IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO. I THINK YOU TOWEL US LAST WEEKYOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A REVIEWCOMING FORWARD.IT'S SORT OF LIKE THECONVERSATION WE HAD LAST MEETINGOR THE ONE BEFORE THAT ABOUTWASTE, AND WE DECIDED TO WAGE --AND INCLUDE IT AS PART OF THEREVIEW THAT KEVIN WILEY WASDOING IN HIS SHOP.SO Mr. WILLIS, YOU ARE DOING AREVIEW NEXT YEAR THAT WOULDBRING BACK THE RESULTS ONWHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ACHIEVINGTHE EXISTING TARGET.>> Mr. MAYOR THE TWO MORNINGMILESTONES COMING UP.IN THE LATE FALL WE WILL HAVETHE RESULT OF THE UPDATED BATESLINE INVENTORY OF GREENHOUSE GASEMISSIONS FROM THE WORK THAT ISCURRENTLY UNDERWAY AND WE AREBRINGING AN UPDATED REPORT ONTHE AIR QUALITY AND CLIMB CHANGEMASTER PLAN NEXT YEAR IN THEFIRST PART OF THE NEXT TERM OFCOUNCIL.>> SO I KNOW THAT THATPOLITICALLY MAY NOT BE GOODTIMING FOR WHAT WE ARE HOPING TOACCOMPLISH.BUT THE FACT IS, THOSE ARE TWOBIG PIECES THAT WE ARE DOING.AND I ALSO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW WEDON'T KNOW WHERE THE NEWGOVERNMENT IS GOING AT ALL.AND THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TOTIE INTO OUR ABILITY TO ACHIEVETHINGS.BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEINFORMATION ON WHETHER -- WHEREWE ARE ON TARGET WITH THE 1%THAT WE HAVE AS A TARGET RIGHTNOW BEFORE I START COMMITTING USTO A 20.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR HUBLEY.>> THANK YOU, MAY ARE I DON'T.I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WITH MYCOLLEAGUE CHERNUSHENKO. I LIKE HIS ANSWERS AS TO WHY HEDECIDED TO MOVE THE TARGETS FROM10 TO 12 TO 20678 MY REPORT SAYSWHILE THERE'S NO FINANCIAL IMPCASES.I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THATCOULD HAPPEN.SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IFMr. WILLIS WOULD WANT TO SPEAKTO THAT AND ASSURE US THAT THEREWILL ABSOLUTELY BE MEASURESGOING FORWARD SO THAT WE CANMEASURE OUR PROGRESS AND KNOWFOR SURE THAT WE ARE GETTINGGOOD VALUE FOR OUR MONEY ONTHIS.>> Mr. MAYOR THERE'S NOCONSEQUENCES TO ADOPTING OURTARGET.THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE TARGET THATIS AN INTERN STEP AS A LONG-TERMTARGET.THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INTERIMINITIATIVES.COUNCIL A FEW MINUTES AGO ADOPTWORK ON PHASE ONE AND WE WILL BEREPORTING ON PHASE TWO AND THEAIR QUALITY CLIMATE CHANGE NEXTYEAR.THERE WILL BE CLIMATEIMPLICATIONS BUT THOSE WILL BEREPORTED AT THE TIME.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU,COUNCILLOR.COUNCILLOR, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR.WHEN WE PASSED IN 2016 THETARGET OF REDUCTION OF 10% OFGHD FROM 2012 LEVELS BY 2050, WEDIRECTED -- ACTUALLY COUNCILLORCHERNUSHENKO TO WORK WITH THEDEPARTMENT OF WORKING GROUP TOWORK ON AN IMPLEMENTATION PLANTO REACH THE ABOVE STATEDTARGETS IN THE MOTION.WHAT Mr. WILLIS JUST REFERREDTO IS THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.AND IF Mr. WILLIS CAN REMINDME OF THE TIME OF THIS THAT. THEIVER MEN TAKES WILL COME BACKIN THE FALL THIS YEAR, WON'T IT?>> Mr. MAYOR, WHAT IS COMINGBACK IN THE FALL THIS YEAR, ISTHE RETAINMENT.WE WILL BE REPORTING THAT LATEFALL.THE TWO SIGNIFICANT PIECES THATARE THE I HAVE MEN TAKES PLANARE ENERGY EVOLUTION PROJECT.THAT'S ONE WHERE COUNCIL HASAPPROVED PHASE ONE.AND WE WILL BE BRINGING BACKPHASE TWO IN THE NEXT TERM OFCOUNCIL AS WELL AS THE UPDATE TOTHE AIR QUALITY.CLIMATE CHANGE MASTER PLAN WHICHWILL COME FORWARD AS WELL EARLYNEXT YEAR.THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONVERGENCEBETWEEN THE AIR QUALITY ANDENERGY EVOLUTION AND IF TIMINGWORK OUT WE MAY REPORT THEMTOGETHER.BUT THEY ARE BOTH THEIVER MENTAKES MECHANISMS THAT THECOUNCILLOR IS REFERRING TO.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.SO ON THE REPORT.CARRIED.ITEM 12.SORRY.BY COUNCILLOR HARDER.ITEM 12 WE HAVE A MOTION BYCOUNCILLOR MOFFATT AND LEIPERWHICH REPLACED IT.SOLVE IF COUNCILLOR MOFFATTWOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE IT.>> THANK YOU.OTTAWA SPECIAL EACHS ANDFESTIVALS, THE INDUSTRY IS HAVEI PLANT AND ACTIVE ANDCONTRIBUTES TO SOCIAL ECONOMICSIN OTTAWA.AND CREATES A FAIR FESTIVAL ORSOCIAL, RECREATIONAL COMMUNITYOR SIMILAR EVEN AND WOULDINCLUDE SPORT EVENTSES AND RACESAND THEY CONTRIBUTE MILLIONS OFDOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS MANY SPECIAL EVENTSHAVE ADOPTED PRACTICE TO REDUCETHEIR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTAND REDUCE WASTE AND WHERE THEPUBLIC HAS COME TO RESPECTRECYCLE AT SPECIAL EVENTS ANDWITH OUTDOOR EVENS WHERE 500PEOPLE ARE AT A TIME.REQUESTED BUT NOT REQUIRED FORHE WAS AND IT'S ULTIMATELY SENTTO LANDFILL FACILITIES.AND WHEREAS THE MINISTER OF THEENVIRONMENT CLIMATE CHANGEISSUED A FOOD AND ORGANIC WASTETRAIN WORK WHICH REQUIRED ALLORGANICS BE REMOVED BY THE LANDILL BY 2023 AND WITH THEORGANICS PROGRAM UPDATE IN MARCH2018, STAFF INDICATED THEY WOULDWORK ON A PLAN TO ADDRESS THEPROVINCIAL CHANGES WHICH WOULDINCLUDE CONSULTATIONS TO ACHIEVETHE 2023 GOAL OF NO ORGANICS INTHE LANDFILL AND COSTIVERINDICATIONS TO SPECIAL EVENS ANDWHEREAS MANY SPECIAL EVENTSWOULD REQUIRE BUDGETAUGMENTATION FOR RECYCLING ANDREQUIREMENTS AND THE BUDGET PLANCYCLE TAKES ONE YEAR AT AMINIMUM WHICH MAY INCLUDESPONSOR AGREEMENTS.THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED THATEMERGENCY AND PROTECTIVESERVICES INVOLVE THE SPECIALEVENTS AND PROPERTY BYLAW FORCONVERSATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLEAS PART OF THE NEXT TERM'SCOUNSEL'S BYLAW WORK PROGRAM.THEY INCLUDE THE SCOPE OF REVIEWAND SPECIAL EVENS ON PUBLIC ANDPRIVATE PROPERTY BYLAW.AND THREE EVENTS CENTRAL INPARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS.ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ANDRECREATIONAL AND CULTURALSERVICES DEPARTMENTS.CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH SPECIALEVENT ORGANIZERS TO DETERMINEWHAT RESOURCES MAY BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT SPECIAL EVENTS WITHWASTE COLLECTION WITH THE AIM OFHAVING RECYCLING IN PLACE IN ALLLARGE SPECIAL EVENTS BY 2021FESTIVAL SEASON.AND CITY STAFF CONTINUE TO WORKWITH SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERSINCLUDING TO BUT NOT LIMITED TOTHE OTTAWA FESTIVAL NETWORK ANDTHE COALITION OF TOURISM ANDTHEY RESPECT MEMBERS TO RAISEAWARENESS AND EDUCATE ANDENCOURAGEMENT BEST PRACTICESTHROUGHOUT THE SPECIAL EVENTSCOMMUNITY.SO THIS MOTION STEMS FROM THEDISCUSSION LAST WEEK ATENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.I HAD RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THEMOTION.ABOUT HOW IT WAS NARROW ANDFOCUSED.HOW THE FESTIVAL'S NETWORK DIDCOME TO COMMITTEE TO SPEAK TO AREVIEW OF THE ENTIRE BYLAW.HOW WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OFSPECIAL EVENTS AND ALSO THECONCERN THAT I HAD WITH WHATTYPES OF EVENTS ARE WE LOOKINGAT HERE WITH THE BYLAW.IT WAS TOO BROAD.THIS INTENDS TO DO A FULL SUMMERREVIEW AND WORKING WITH OURPARTNERS IN THE INDUSTRYFESTIVAL NETWORK AND THECOALITION.AS WE GO FORWARD ON.THAT NOW IN DISCUSSING WITH SOMEOF MY COLLEAGUES I KNOWCOUNCILLOR EGLI WAS MENTIONINGTHE CONCERN FOR THE 2021FESTIVAL SEASON.FROM WHAT I UNDER THECIRCUMSTANCES, SPEAKING WITHSTAFF.THEY BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE THATUNDER CONDITION THE OF APPROVALFROM NEXT TERM OF COUNCIL THATTHEY CAN GET THE BYLAW REVIEWCOMPLETED IN TIME, THAT IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE 2020FESTIVAL SEASON.JUST CONFIRMATION THAT IT ISPOSSIBLE.>> THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR.>> JUST ADD FOR COUNCILLOR EGLITHE AMENDMENT THE SECTION ITEM3INSTEAD OF SAYING BY THE 2021FESTIVAL SEASON.WE CHANGED IT DURING THE 2020FESTIVAL SEASON.THAT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS THEMANY COMPONENTS THAT ARE THE KEYASPECT OF WHAT THE COUNCILLORHAS BROUGHT FORWARD ATCOMMITTEE.AND IT ALSO TOUCHES ON THE BROADCONCERNS THAT THE INDUSTRYHAS -- THAT I THINK THAT SOME OFTHE COUNCILLOR ALSO RAISED,INCLUDING MYSELF.AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE WORKINGWITH EVENT CENTRAL AND WORKINGWITH OUR PARTNERS.COLLABORATIVELY ON BRINGINGFORWARD SOMETHING THAT CAN BEBENEFICIAL TO ALL PARTYTHROUGHOUT THE CITY.AND I THINK THE REVIEW OF BYLAW2 IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINKTHERE ARE SOME THING THAT WEHAVE BEEN ADDING MORE IMPACTS TOTHESE FESTIVALS AND SMALLCOMMUNITY EVENTS FOR YEARS.AND I THINK TAKING A WHOLESOMELOOK AT IT ALL AND GIVE US ABETTER IDEA WHAT HAVE WE AREDOING RIGHT AND WHAT WE AREDOING WRONG AND HOW WE CANBETTER PARTICIPATE TO MAKE THEMMORE SUCCESSFUL THESE ARE HUGEFOR US.WE LOVE THESE THINGS AND PROMOTETHESE INCESSANTLY.SO MAKE SURE WE ARE HELPING THEMAND LISTENING TO THEM I THINK ISKEY HERE.>> Mayor Jim Watson: GREAT IWANT TO OFFER A COMMENT, FIRST OF ALL TO THANK THE COUNCILLORFOR BRINGING THIS UP.BECAUSE JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE IWAS AT THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL.THEY HAVE A GREAT RECYCLINGPLAN.EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED THERE WASCAPACITY FOR RECYCLING.AND THEN I WAS AT ANOTHERFESTIVAL EARLIER THIS MONTHWHERE YOU SEE NO RECYCLING ANDYOU SEE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OFBOTTLES, PLASTIC BOTTLES ANDCOKE CANS AND SO ON THROWN INTOTHE GARBAGE THAT WERE JUSTOVERFLOWING THAT WILL GO RIGHTINTO THE LANDFILL AND AS YOUKNOW WHEN IT COMES TO METALPRODUCTS WE TEND TO MAKE MONEYWHEN IT COMES TO THE COST OFMETAL RECYCLE.I THINK COUNCILLOR IS GOING IN ABETTER DIRECTION BUT WE COULD DOA BETTER JOB WITH COMMUNICATINGWITH THOSE FESTIVALS WHY IS ONEFESTIVAL ABLE DO THAT PUNISHYBUT THE OTHER IS NOT.I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOFFATTLEIPER MOTION BECAUSE IT'S WHATTHE COUNCILLOR WAS LOOKING TODO.BECAUSE WE OURSELVES, QUITEFRANKLY SHOULD BE DOING A BETTERJOB.WE SHOULD BE RESPECTING THEBEACHES BUT WE DON'T ON ALL THESTREET.WE HAVE ONE ON ELGIN AND CITYHILL. BUT THAT HAS TO BEEXPANDED.I URGE TO SUPPORT THEMOFFATT/LEIPER MOTION.IT IS GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY BUTALSO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ASWELL.IT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE AND ITHANK ALL THE COUNCILLORS WHOWORKED ON IT.COUNCILLOR FLEURY, PLEASE.>> (SPEAKING IN FRENCH).>> Voice of Translator: I WILLSUPPORT THAT MOTION,Mr. MAYOR.THE FESTIVAL INDUSTRY WAS ABLETO SHARE WITH SOME MEMBERS OFCOUNCIL THEIR WILL TO WORK WITHUS ON THESE NEW MEASURES.SO I WILL ALSO VOTE FOR THISMOTION.[END OF TRANSLATION]WE ARE, ALLOW FOR KEY PARTNERSIN THE SECOND FOR BUT NOTLOOKING INTERNALLY TO SAY WHATARE WE DOING HERE AT THE CITY.SO I'M WONDERING IF AT THE SAMETIME, WE CAN LOOK AT OURFACILITIES AND IN OUR PARKS ANDCOME BACK IN SOME OF THE GOES.BECAUSE IN SOME INSTANCES OURFACILITIES ARE OFFENSER WITHHAVING ONE STREAM.WHICH IS THE GARBAGE.I KNOW DAN AND HIS TEAM HAVEWORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITYCENTRES TO ADD THE OTHER STREAM.BUT I THINK WE CAN'T JUST LOOKTO THE FESTIVAL ARE TOES DOINGTHAT.I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOKINTERNALLY TO SEE WHAT DO WEHAVE IN OUR FACILITIES AND PARKSACROSS THE CITY.COULD IT BE A DIRECTION TO STAFFTHAT IN THE SAME PERIOD WE COMEBACK WITH THE STRATEGY FOROURSELVES?>> YES, Mr. MAYOR, WE WILLTAKE THAT DIRECTION.>> Mayor Jim Watson: MERCI.COUNCILLOR EGLI, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR ANDTHANK YOU, TO COUNCILLORMOFFATT.WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS IN THELAST DAY OR.SO AND THANK YOU TOMr. MONETTE AS WELL.I THINK SCOTT HAS ACCEPTED TOCHANGE IT TO 2020 IS A GOOD NEWS STORY.IT DOES TWO THINGS.IT GET US TO THE ISSUE OFRECYCLING AND DIVERSION MOREQUICKLY AND AT THE SAME TIME, ITALSO GETS THE BYLAW, WHICHEVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE REVIEWEDMORE QUICKLY DONE AS WELL.SO I THINK THAT CHANGE IS APOSITIVE ONE.AND I ALSO -- I'M NOT SURE IFSHE IS STILL IN THE AUDIENCE.YES, SHE IS HIDING BEHIND THEPILLAR.I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR VERYGOOD DIALOGUE ON THIS ISSUE.SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THEMOTION AS AMENDED AND I HOPE MYCOLLEAGUES DO AS WELL.>> Mayor Jim Watson: SORRY,COUNCILLOR.THAT'S IT?COUNCILLOR TAYLOR, PLEASE.>> THANKS VERY MUCH,Mr. MAYOR.I TOO SHARE COUNCILLOR EGLI'SVIEW THAT THIS DOES OPEN THEDOOR TO BEING SOMETHING A LITTLEMORE COMPLETE.BUT THAT BEING SAID I WASSUPPORTIVE OF COUNCILLORBROCKINGTON'S ORIGINAL EFFORT ATTHE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.THE TWO THING I WOULD OFFER FORFEEDBACK WOULD BE FIRST AND FORMOST I KNOW WE ARE MOVING NOW --THANK YOU TO COUNCILLOR MOFFATT.MOVING THE BAR TO 2020.IS THAT IS INCHING CLOSER TOTODAY.I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE THROUGHTHOSE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN STAFFAND THE SECTOR, TO ENCOURAGE,WHERE THEY CAN.VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE IN 2019.THERE COULD BE SMALLER FESTIVALSTHAT ARE CAPABLE OF DOINGSOMETHING IN 2019.AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GODTHING TO DO, IF THEY CAN. AND SECONDLY.JUST FOR THE SENSE OF FINISH.WE MENTIONED ORGANICS THROUGHOUTTHE MOTIONLE BUT TO GET TO --THEREFORE IT BE IT RESOLVED WEMENTIONED RECYCLING AND I DON'TTHINK WE MENTIONED ORGANICS BUTI THINK IT'S IMPLIED AND I THINKIT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ENSUREWHEN WE SAY RECYCLING WE MEANTHE RECYCLING OF ORGANICS ASWELL AS MATERIALS.BACK TO YOU, Mr. MAYOR.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR TAYLOR.COUNCILLOR BROCKINGTON, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU, Mr. MAYOR.I SEE THIS AS A COMPLIMENTARYMOTION.I WILL BE ENDORSING IT ANDVOTING IN FAVOUR.I THINK THE DATE CHANGE IS THERIGHT THING TO DO.THIS IS 2018.IT SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL --SPECIAL EVENTS SHOULD HAVERECYCLING ON SITE ANY WAY.THERE ARE LOGISTICAL CONCERNS ATCOMMITTEE AND THAT WILL COME OUTDURING THE BYLAW REVIEW.I SEE THIS AS QUITECOMPLIMENTARY, AND I WILL BESUPPORTING IT.AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURETHAT IT'S ITEM THREE ASCOUNCILLOR TAYLOR JUSTMENTIONED.IT'S RECOMMENDATION THREE WHEREWE WILL SAY IN THE SECOND LASTLINE, "WITH THE AIM OF HAVINGRECYCLING ASK ORGANIC WASTECOLLECTION IN PLACE AT ALLSPECIAL EVENS BY THE 2020SEASON."SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING INTHERE.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOUFOR INITIATING THIS.COUNCILLOR CHERNUSHENKO, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU FOR. THIS I SUPPORT THIS AND I THINKIT'S GREAT COLLABORATION ON THISCOUNCIL.IT WAS COUNCILLOR BROCKINGTONTHAT WORKED WITH ME AND WITHSTAFF TO COME UP WITH THEORIGINAL DRAFT. WE RECOGNIZEDTHAT SOME CONSULTATION WITH THEINDUSTRY WAS NEEDED AND DID HAVEA MEETING WITH -- I BELIEVE FOURPLAYERS, INCLUDING CAROLINE WHOIS STILL IN THE AUDIENCE NOW.AND THEN LATER IN THE GAME,MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TOOK ONMODIFICATIONS TO IT.SO IT WOULD BE A BYLAW THAT HADTEETH.WORKED TO WHAT WAS ACHIEVABLEBUT ALSO SOMEWHAT AMBITIOUS ANDI THINK WE HAVE A GOOD RULE TOIT TODAY.SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BESOMEWHAT RECOGNIZABLE.>> SO JUST TO REMINDED MEMBERS.ITEM NUMBER 3.WE CHANGED IT TO EVENTS DURINGTHE 2020 FESTIVAL SEASON.AGREED ON THAT?CARRIED.YES, COUNCILLOR TAYLOR?>> ORGANICS AS WELL ASRECYCLING?>> Mayor Jim Watson: YES.THAT'S FINE.AGREED?SO ON THE MOTION AS AMENDED?CARRIED?AND THEN DIRECTION TO STAFF FROMCOUNCILLOR FLEURY, THAT CITYSTAFF DURING THE SAME PERIOD ANDTIMELINE AS THE STREAMS FORORGAN I OBJECTS AND RECYCLINGGOALS TO OUR OTTAWA FESTIVALSWILL ALSO BE A TARGET FOR CITYPARKS AND FACILITIES IN THE 2020TARGET THAT STAFF COME BACK WITHANIVER MEN TAKES PLAN."SO THAT'S ANIVER MEN TAKES TOSTAFF THAT IS AGREEABLE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ISAPPLICATION TO ALER THE CHATEAULAURIER HOTEL.THE HOTEL CHATEAU LAURIER(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)MOTION?COUNCILLOR BROCKINGTON HELDTHIS.>> THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.THERE'S Mr. WILLIS.OKAY.>> Mayor Jim Watson: COUNCILLORBROCKINGTON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.>> YES I WANTED TO MAKE SUREMr. WILLIS WAS HERE.SO FOR YOU, GIVEN THAT STAFFCOMMENTS ON THE FOURTH VERSIONWAS TO RECOMMEND WHAT WAS BEINGPROPOSED, THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS AMOTION BEFORE THAT WAS APPROVEDBY PLANNING YESTERDAY.WE HEARD FROM Mr. JEANYESTERDAY THERE WERE OPTIONS TOREINSTATE THE WORKING GROUPUSING THE GDRP FOR ANOTHER PEERREVIEW.OTHER CONSULTATION.WHAT LOT PROCESS LOOK LIKE THISTIME FOR THE NEXT VERSION.WE HEARD STAFF SAYING IT'SCOMING BACK IN THE NEW YEAR.WHICH I THINK IS REALLY QUICKTIME LINES.WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPENSPECIFICALLY ON PEER REVIEWCONSULTATION.>> MAYOR, THE INTENTION WOULD BENEXT WEEK THE SITE PLAN WITH THEAPPLICANT.THAT WILL LIKELY BE A SIX TONINE- MONTH PROCESS.WE WILL BE WORKING INTENDLY WITHTHEM AND WITH THE URBAN DESIGNREVIEW PANEL.WE WILL BE WORKING WITHARCHITECTS AND A HERITAGEARCHITECT.THEY WILL BE PROVIDING FEEDBACKON THE SITE PLAN.IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING EXPECTED TO BE OPEN DURING THE WINTER ANDFOLLOWING THAT THEY WILL BUILDTO THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE FORCOMMENT AND TO PLANNINGCOMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL.>> MY OTHER QUESTION IS THIS.RIGHT NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDINGOR IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE,ALLOWING AT AN EXPANSION THAT ISMODERN IN NATURE WITH HERITAGECOMPONENTS.A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VERECEIVED AND OTHERS IS THATTHERE'S A PREFERENCE TO HAVE AHERITAGE-TYPE EXPANSION WITHMODERATE COMPONENTS.THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WASPROPOSED.THE MOTION ASKED FOR AMEANINGFUL INCREASE.AND I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHINGABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?>> IT RELATES WITH THEEXPRESSION OF THE BUILDING INTHE NORTH FACADE.WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE TEAMOVER THE NEXT YEAR TORONTOACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO ASPECIFIC PROPORTION OF A STONEON THE BUILDING BUT CERTAINLY MYINTERPRETATION OF MEANINGFUL ISA SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STONE ONTHE BUILDING.>> THANK YOU.JUST GIVEN THAT WE ARE NOW GOINGBACK TO A FIFTH VERSION.MY EXPECTATION IS WE WILL SEESOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT THANWHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR.THANK YOU.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR.COUNCILLOR MONETTE.>> THANK YOU.JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION.IT SAYS IN THE REPORT THAT THEGENERAL MANAGER OF PLANNING HASBEEN DELEGATED TO APPROVE.WILL THIS BE GOING BACK TO PLANNING COMMITTEE AFTER THEINTERNAL MANAGER HAS LOOKED ATIT?>> Mr. MAYOR THE SITE PLAN ISGOING BACK TO PLANNINGCOMMITTEE.AND WE WILL NOT AS A DEPARTMENTBE ISSUING THE APPROVAL UNTILAFTER PLANNING COMMITTEE HASRULED ON THE SITE PLAN.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,Mr. MAYOR.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THAT'S AGOOD POINT BECAUSE I THINK THEREWAS SOME MISINFORMATION ABOUT.THAT ON THE REPORT, THESUBCOMMITTEE AND I KNOW THECOUNCILLOR AND MY OFFICE ALONGWITH COUNCILLOR HARDER AND FORPLANNING AND OUR STAFF WORKEDVERY HARD ON THIS.SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUREFFORTS.ON THE REPORT.CARRIED.OUR NEXT ITEM IS DISPOSITION OFITEMS APPROVED BY COMMITTEEUNDER DELEGATED AUTHORITY.CARRIED.RECEIVED.MOTION TO ADOPT REPORTS?COUNCILLOR DEAN SECONDED BYCOUNCILLOR HARDER.(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)[ PLEASE STAND BY ]IN FACT THE CHIEF TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY THAT THEY'VE TAKEN 24 GUNS OFF THE STREETS THIS YEAR ALONE.[ VOICE OF TRANSLATOR ]I KNOW THAT THE POLICE SERVICE IS DOING EVERYTHING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.[ END OF TRANSLATION ] -- NOTICEABLE IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN CANADA, IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMONPLACE FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO FIND ILLEGAL HANDGUNS AND WEAPONS DURING POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE OTTAWA POLICE SERVICE AS IT CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE SUPPRESSION OF GUN VIOLENCE AND GANG ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.[ VOICE OF TRANSLATOR ]WE HAVE TO PURSUE OUR EFFORTS IN ORDER TO REDUCE VIOLENCE.[ END OF TRANSLATION ]THE REPORT THAT REQUESTED FUNDING FOR THE IMMEDIATE HIRING OF TEN NEW OFFICERS DEVOTED TO THE OPS'S GUNS AND GANGS EFFORTS ON TOP OF THE 75 NEW OFFICERS WE'VE APPROVED THIS TERM OF COUNCIL AND JUST LAST WEEK, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ITS APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NEW FUNDING OF $347.6 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS TO TACKLE THE INCREASE IN GUN-RELATED VIOLENCE AND GANG ACTIVITIES NATION-WIDE.TODAY, THE CHAIR FROM THE OPS BOARD, CHIEF BORDELEAU AND MYSELF HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION WITH RALPH GOODALE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.MINISTER GOODALE REASSURED US THAT CITIES WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLEXIBILITY IN DECIDING HOW NEW DOLLARS ARE USED FOR GUNS AND GANGS PREVENTION AND PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES.WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS FEDERAL INITIATIVE WILL SUPPORT BOTH ENFORCEMENT MEASURES AND COMMUNITY-LED PROJECTS INVOLVING PREVENTION.OUR OFFICERS NEED TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND KEEP A CONSISTENT PRESSURE ON ENFORCEMENT TO CONTAIN CRIME IN OTTAWA.AND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE POLICE BOARD FORMALLY REQUESTING FUNDS TO EXPEDITE THE TARGETED HIRING OF TEN NEW OFFICERS.I ASK THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO STRENGTHEN OUR POLICE FORCE TODAY AND WHEN RESOURCES ARE NEEDED.[ VOICE OF TRANSLATOR ]THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION IN ORDER TO HELP OUR POLICE SERVICES.[ END OF TRANSLATION ]ON MANY OCCASIONS WE DO LIVE IN A SAFE CITY BUT WE HAVE TO REMAIN VIGILANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF SUPPRESSING GUNS AND GANGS ACTIVITY IN OUR CITY AND AS I MENTION, THAT IS THE MOTION THAT'S BEFORE US AND COUNCILLOR DEANS HAS THE FLOOR.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD.SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES IS OBVIOUSLY OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR TEN NO DIRECT ENTRY OFFICERS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY.RECENTLY, THERE HAS BEEN A STRING OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN MY WARD AND ACROSS THE CITY.LAST WEEK IN MY WARD, IT WAS A 16-YEAR-OLD THAT WAS SHOT, AND RESIDENTS, I CAN TELL YOU, ARE INCREASINGLY BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISE IN STREET CRIME IN OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.ASKING THE CHIEF A SIMPLE QUESTION WHICH IS IS THIS ENOUGH?AND TODAY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER RALPH GOODALE RECEIVED A MEMO NOTING THAT CANADA'S POLICING STRENGTH IS LACKING BEHIND ALL OTHER G7 NATIONS AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I WENT ON THE STATS CAN WEBSITE AND LOOKED AT OUR POLICING NUMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER CANADIAN CITIES, AND WE ARE ON THE VERY LOW END OF THE PER CAPITA POLICING.FOR EVERY 100,000, WE HAVE 127 OFFICERS.WHERE IF YOU COMPARE TO CITIES LIKE TORONTO HAVE 180, CALGARY HAS I THINK 163.WE ARE IN THE LOW END SO NOT ONLY IS CANADA ON THE LOW END IN TERMS OF PER CAPITA POLICING, BUT OTTAWA IS IN THE LOW END OF CANADIAN CITIES WHICH DOES MAKE ME WONDER IF WE DO HAVE ENOUGH POLICING STRENGTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.HAVING SAID THAT, I ALSO VERY MUCH RECOGNIZE THAT POLICING IS ONLY ONE PART OF A SAFE COMMUNITY.AND THAT ALTHOUGH WE NEED TO ADEQUATELY RESOURCE OUR POLICE SERVICE INCLUDING, IN MY OPINION, BRINGING BACK MORE COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS, I ALSO AM A BIG PROPONENT OF PREVENTION AND FOR ME, THIS INCLUDES INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE BBRN PROJECT THE REVITALIZATION OF LOW- INCOME NEIGHBOURHOODS THAT COUNCIL TOOK ON THIS TERM AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN PREVENTION IN OUR COMMUNITIES.AND WE HEARD THROUGH THAT BBRN EXERCISE THAT WE NEED MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND JOB FAIRS ESPECIALLY IN ETHNICALLY-DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING NEW COMMUNITIES, AND I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THINGS LIKE THAT.WE ALSO NEED TO FOCUS ON INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-BASED SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.SO MR. MAYOR, I CONGRATULATE YOU ON BRINGING THIS MOTION FORWARD.I THINK IT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS.THESE NEW TEN DIRECT ENTRY OFFICERS IN MY OPINION IS ONE SMALL STEP IN DOING JUST THAT.THANK YOU.>> COUNCILLOR NUSSBAUM, PLEASE.>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE MOTION.I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MECHANICS AND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATION.I DON'T KNOW TO WHOM I SHOULD DIRECT THOSE QUESTIONS BUT I'LL JUST RAISE THEM NOW.IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING, DO WE KNOW YET OR DO WE HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER SALARY DOLLARS FOR POLICE SERVICES WILL BE AN ELIGIBLE USE OF THE FUNDS UNDER THE FEDERALLY- ANNOUNCED PROGRAM?>> YES.>> OKAY.SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S 327 OVER FIVE YEARS AND 100 MILLION ON-GOING AND SO IS THE COMMITMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA THAT IF THESE ARE SALARY DOLLARS THAT ARE INCREASING THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET THAT THOSE WOULD BE DOLLARS WHICH WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON-GOING TO RESPOND TO THE ON- GOING SALARY PRESSURE OF TEN OFFICERS WHO ARE HIRED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THAT PROGRAM?>> WE WENT THROUGH THIS MANY YEARS AGO WHEN THERE'S A PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL PROGRAM TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS, THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT MADE IT A PERMANENT SO IT DIDN'T AFFECT US.THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I BELIEVE IS A FIVE-YEAR COMMITMENT AND THEN WE HAD TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER FOR YOU.THE MINISTER DID COMMIT THAT HE WOULD DO HIS BEST TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT OUR SHARE WOULD BE BASED ON CRIME STATISTICS AND POPULATION BY THE END OF THE SUMMER SO WE COULD BUDGET FOR THE 2019 BUDGET.>> YEAH, AND I NOTICE, TOO, IN THE POLICE SERVICE REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED FOR ITS MEETING MONDAY, THERE WAS MENTION OF THE FACT THAT THE BOARD INTENDS TO HIRE UP TO 30 OFFICERS EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS THAT, OF COURSE, IS A BIT OF AN ESCAPE VALVE INSOFAR AS IF THE MONEY DOESN'T BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE APPLICATION, THEN WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF MONIES AREN'T AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, THE OPS CAN ADJUST ITS HIRING TARGETS TO ABSORB THE TEN OFFICERS FOR WHICH MONEY IS ADVANCED NOW BY REDUCING, IF THEY NEED TO, THE COMPLEMENT OF 30 NEXT YEAR.AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, FOR TWO REASONS.ONE OF THEM IS WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER WE HAVE THE MONEY AND THE SECOND POINT, WHY I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SAFETY VALVE, IS THAT OUR GANG STRATEGY, WHICH WE APPROVED AND WHICH CPO HAS BEEN HEADING UP AND AS COUNCILLOR DEANS NOTED HAS FOUR PILLARS AND ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPRESSION IS ONE OF THEM.I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PILLAR, BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE THREE OTHERS THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED AND NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON AND I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT WHEN WE GET A SENSE OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS NEXT YEAR IS TO WHAT EXTENT CAN WE ENSURE THAT ALL FOUR PILLARS OF OUR STRATEGY ARE FUNDED IN A WAY THAT'S COST EFFECTIVE BECAUSE ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD AT CPS LAST WEEK WAS PREVENTION DOLLARS, WE KNOW, ARE HUGELY IMPORTANT, THAT'S WHAT ALL OF THE RESEARCH TELLS US.IT'S HARD TO MEASURE, BUT I THINK THE KEY THING IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO APPLY AND IMPLEMENT THE FEDERAL FUNDS, WE REALLY DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FOUR PILLARS ARE RESPECTED AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT APPROPRIATE BALANCE IS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE SAFETY VALVE OF A PLAN FOR 30 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ABSORBING SOME OF THE DOLLARS APPORTIONED FOR THOSE FROM THE TEN NEW OFFICERS I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF NOT PRE- JUDGING HOW NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA.SO I'M REASSURED ON THAT POINT.AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS STAGE.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.>> AND I CAN CONFIRM THE MINISTER DID ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT IT WAS NOT JUST GOING TO SUPPRESSION BUT ALSO TO CRIME PREVENTION AND THE CHIEF AND THE CHAIR BOTH ANSWERED POSITIVELY THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNCIL AND THERE ARE FOUR PILLARS TO IT, ONE OF THEM BEING SUPPRESSION.THE OTHER POINT, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE WILL BE GETTING DOLLARS.WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH.WE'RE THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY.OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE CRIME SEVERITY INDEX GOING UP AND WE WILL BE GETTING DOLLARS.WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT AMOUNT IS AND THE MINISTER UNDERTOOK TO US IN OUR CONVERSATION DO HIS BEST TO GET US A SPECIFIC NUMBER.IT HAS TO GO THROUGH, AS YOU KNOW, CONSTITUTIONALLY, THE DOLLARS WILL FLOW THROUGH THE PROVINCE AND THEN THE PROVINCE WILL FLOW THEM BACK TO THE MUNICIPALITIES BUT IT WILL HELP US GREATLY IN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FROM A CRIME PREVENTION POINT OF VIEW BUT ALSO WITH MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET AND THE GUNS AND GANGS UNIT SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE.COUNCILLOR LEIPER.>> WE ARE SPENDING $300,000 PER YEAR ON THE TIME FOR CHANGE PROGRAM AT CPO.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG- TERM -- WHAT THE LONG-TERM PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS AN ON- GOING PROGRAM.IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF FUNDING COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO SPEND ON POLICE HERE.TO COUNCILLOR NUSSBAUM'S POINT, THERE ARE FOUR PILLARS, NEIGHBOURHOOD COHESION, ENFORCEMENT, INTERVENTION AND SUPPRESSION.I SIT ON CPO.IT IS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM THE ACTIVITY THAT FALLS WITHIN THOSE FOUR PILLARS.BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THIS MORNING OF IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT BEST IN THAT FOURTH PILLAR OR IS THERE A BIGGER RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR SMALLER INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE OTHER THREE PILLARS OF OUR STREET VIOLENCE STRATEGY.IT IS GIVING ME CAUSE FOR CONCERN THIS MORNING THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE FUTURE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING WOULD BE PUTTING TOWARD THIS AND ARE WE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR AN OPPORTUNITY COST?I AM OPEN TO HEARING VIEWS THIS MORNING ON SHOULD WE BE DOING THIS NOW OR SHOULD WE BE WAITING UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO BE COMING IN OVERALL?BECAUSE THAT OPPORTUNITY COST, RISK OF AN OPPORTUNITY COST IN TERMS OF NOT PUTTING MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT TURNS OUT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN POLICING AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF STREET VIOLENCE AND GANGS IS A CONCERN TO ME.THANKS.>> THANK YOU.>> (VOICE OF TRANSLATOR): I'LL PURSUE ON THIS.I HAVE TO SUPPORT THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO STRIKE IN TERMS OF CRIME PREVENTION AND THE NEED FOR POLICE SERVICES.NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF PERCEPTION OF SAFETY BUT ALSO FOR REINFORCEMENT.LOOKING BACK, I THINK THERE ARE MANY FACTORS, THERE ARE ABOUT 2,000 POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN OTTAWA AND EVERY TIME ONE RETIRES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OTHER THAT COMES IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL OTHER COMPONENTS AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS MADE BY OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES SO I FOUND RECENTLY THAT WE DON'T KNOW POLICE OFFICERS INDIVIDUALLY ON THE GROUND SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN ADDING TEN NEW OFFICERS, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE MORE PROACTIVE, THEY SHOULD BE ON THE GROUND, IN THE COMMUNITY, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE VISIBLE AND TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO SOMEWHERE SPECIFIC, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.THAT'S IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DO ON THE GROUND.SO MAYBE AT THE END, YOU CAN RESPOND TO THIS.THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF GANGS, STREET GANGS, THAT WE OBSERVE IN THE NEWSPAPERS ARE BETWEEN 15 AND 35 YEARS OF AGE.I THINK ONE TARGET COULD BE THAT FOR EACH DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST IN POLICE SERVICES, WE SHOULD INVEST THE SAME IN YOUTH.FOR EXAMPLE, HIGH SCHOOLS.WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.I THINK EACH HIGH SCHOOL IN RISK COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE PAID TO BASKETBALL, SPORTS AND WE SHOULD PAY FOR THE COORDINATOR, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- YES, WE HAVE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT TO FIGHT AGAINST BECAUSE THEY END UP IN VICIOUS CIRCLES AND INFLUENCED BY THEIR PEERS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE MENTORS OR ROLE MODELS.WE CAN INVEST, FOR EXAMPLE, IN YOUTH FUTURES, IT'S A YOUTH PROGRAM WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY.THEY DO BEAUTIFUL WORK.700 YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GO FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL BENEFIT.SO I'M WILLING TO SUPPORT POLICE OFFICERS, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH MORE, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, FOR ME, GANGS, ESPECIALLY THE STREET GANGS, IT'S NOT OFFICERS THAT CAN PREVENT IT.THEY TAKE ACTION AT THE END OF A CERTAIN INCIDENT.SO MAYBE WE COULD ASSIGN THEIR DUTIES TO SOMETHING MORE PROACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.THE RESPONSE IS NO BECAUSE THE COMMISSION HAS SAID THAT IT WAS FOR GUNS AND GANGS AND THAT WAS THE MOTION THAT WAS MOVED BY MYSELF AND COUNCILLOR EL-CHANTIRY.BY THE END OF THE SUMMER OR FALL, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE COMMUNITIES TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS SAID THAT IT'S ONLY FOR GUNS AND GANGS.>> ANY POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE BEING CALLED IN TO GUNS AND GANGS TO HELP OUT, SO I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU AND SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO ALL SORTS OF THINGS.THE MOTION IS SPECIFIC, IT SAYS TO DEAL WITH THE TEN NEW OFFICERS AND A PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE NEW EQUIPMENT AND A VEHICLE OR A COUPLE VEHICLES FOR NEW OFFICERS.>> OKAY.SO I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOTION.I HOPE THAT THE BOARD CONTINUES TO PURSUE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL COMMUNITY RELATIONS, PROACTIVE RESPONSES, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL, WHEN THOSE DOLLARS DO COME, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS OPENING THAT GYM IN A HIGH SCHOOL ON A FRIDAY NIGHT TO ENSURE THAT OUR YOUTH DON'T GET INFLUENCED.>> YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.WHEN THE DOLLARS COME, THEY DON'T COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY COME TO THE CITY AND THEN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIVIDING THEM UP AND OBVIOUSLY A PORTION WOULD GO TO THE POLICE AND OTHERS WOULD GO TO CPO AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE MANY YEARS AGO A PROGRAM WITH COMMUNITY USES SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE THAT WAS AN OPTION AND WE OPENED UP GYMS AND SO ON AND THAT SLOWLY GOT ERODED AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I THINK IT WORKED WELL.WE SAW IT I KNOW IN MY OLD PROVINCIAL RIDING, COUNCILLOR TAYLOR OF OTTAWA WEST NEPEAN WHEN WE HAD THE MICHELLE HEIGHTS BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN THAT COMMUNITY.I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR?>> I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION.I'M JUST NOT SURE IT'S THE COMPLETE SOLUTION.I'M NOT SURE THAT CONTINUALLY POURING MONEY INTO THE GUNS AND GANGS STRATEGY IS THE TOTAL ANSWER AND I'VE HAD SOME GOOD DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, COUNCILLOR KADRI IS HELPFUL IN GIVING BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT CRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA IS DOING AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS.COUNCILLOR EL-CHANTIRY IS HELPFUL IN WORKING WITH THE OPS AND THE FAITH COMMUNITY IN MY WARD AND NEIGHBOURING WARDS TO BRING TOGETHER POTENTIALLY A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO DEALING WITH THE YOUTH AND THE GUNS AND GANGS.I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THAT SO I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO OPEN OUR BOX OF TOOLS AND OPEN IT WIDE AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER OPTIONS AND THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ARE OUT THERE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.SO AGAIN, I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT.I THINK WE DO NEED MORE POLICE.I'M JUST NOT SURE WE NEED ALL THOSE POLICE IN THE GUNS AND GANGS UNIT.I THINK WE HAVE TO AGAIN GET BACK TO SOLID COMMUNITY POLICING.WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO POLICE IN THE SCHOOLS.MORE OUTREACH, MORE EDUCATION, THOSE THINGS.GUNS AND GANGS IS CERTAINLY PART OF THE SOLUTION AND I DON'T MEAN TO SUGGEST IT'S NOT BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PIECES TO THE PUZZLE AND I THINK WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE BACK TO THAT.AND I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET.AS TO HOW WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS AND HOW WE UTILIZE THOSE OFFICERS.GOING FORWARD.SO AGAIN, I WILL SUPPORT IT.AND I THINK WE DO NEED MORE OFFICERS, I'M JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT HOW THOSE OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD.>> ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR?>> I THINK SOME OF THAT APPREHENSION CAN BE EXPLAINED BY WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH THE POLICE, AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE IF THERE'S TIME CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO GET THE POLICE ON-BOARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT AND SUPPORT THE MOTION.BUT A NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES HAVE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE WILL BE A MUCH MORE FULLSOME DISCUSSION WHEN THE MONEY ARRIVES IN THE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES WHICH I THINK ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SORT OF THE POLICE COMPONENT WHICH IS MORE REACTIONARY.SO MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU.I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT HOW WILL THE DISCUSSION HAPPEN WHEN THE MONEY COMES IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?HOW WILL IT BE DETERMINED WHERE OUR RESOURCES WILL BE GOING?>> WELL, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW IN AN ELECTION YEAR, THE BUDGET PROCESS IS PUSHED BACK INTO THE NEW YEAR SO WE WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE EXACT AMOUNT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD PREMIER-DESIGNATE FORD MENTION BOTH TORONTO AND OTTAWA IN A MEDIA AVAILABILITY SAYING THAT HE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO HELP WITH GUN CRIMES IN OUR CITY.SO IT WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE WANT IN PREVENTION AND OTHER PILLARS AND HOW MUCH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE POLICE AND WE'LL NOTIFY THE POLICE THROUGH THE POLICE SERVICES BOARD AND SO THAT THEY CAN DO IT IN TANDEM IN THEIR BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME.>> THAT'S GREAT.DID MINISTER GOODALE GIVE ANY INDICATION WHEN THE EXACT AMOUNT WILL BE KNOWN TO THE CITY OF OTTAWA?>> WELL, WE ASKED, IF POSSIBLE, TO GET IT BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, AND HE UNDERTOOK THAT HE WOULD GO BACK TO HIS STAFF AND SEE IF THEY COULD START PROVIDING BALLPARK FIGURES.IT STILL HAS TO GO TO, I BELIEVE, THE ESTIMATES PROCESS IN THE FALL, BUT I THINK THERE'S A FAIR ASSUMPTION THAT THERE'S A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF, BASED ON POPULATION AND CRIME, HOW MUCH EACH MAJOR CITY WILL RECEIVE.>> SURE.AND YOU KNOW ACKNOWLEDGING, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, THERE ARE MANY PIECES TO THE PUZZLE, POLICE IS ONE OF THEM.I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS ALONE ARE INDISPUTABLE, THE TRENDS OF THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS OR THE NUMBERS GOING UP, WE CERTAINLY HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF HOMOCIDES I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR.WE DEFINITELY NEED INVESTMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA BUT THERE'S ALSO NO DISPUTE THAT INVESTMENTS PARTICULARLY AT THE PREVENTATIVE FRONT END COMMUNITY FRONT END ARE JUST AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION LATER THIS YEAR.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.>> THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR EL-CHANTIRY.>> I THANK YOU, MAYOR AND TO CLARIFY WHAT'S BEEN SAID AROUND THE TABLE.MR. GOODALE DOES NOT TALK ABOUT CIVILIAN AND POLICING.AS YOU KNOW, IN ALL MUNICIPAL POLICING HAVE 2 TO 1, 2 POLICE OFFICER AND 1 CIVILIAN TO SUPPORT THE ONE SO WHEN HE TALKS, MR. GOODALE, HE TALK ABOUT RCMP DEPLOYMENT, AND TO ANSWER THE COUNCILLOR WHO SAID WE ARE THE LOWEST POLICE FORCE PER CAPITA, WE'RE NOT.DURHAM, HALTON, QUEBEC CITY, AND THE CITY, MY COLLEAGUE WHO NAME, THEY ARE HIGHER IN CRIME THAN WE ARE, THEY HAVE MORE POLICING.YES, OTTAWA HAVE ONE POLICE OFFICER FOR 520 POPULATION, TORONTO HAVE 351, I CAN TELL YOU CITY OF OTTAWA LOST THEM TO TORONTO AS WELL, AND CALGARY AS WELL.SO ALONE, JUST TO GO BY POPULATION, I DON'T THINK REALLY IT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE.I MEAN, I AM THE POLICE BOARD CHAIR, AND WE LOVE FOR YOU TO GIVE US ANOTHER THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS, IF YOU LIKE, AND WE CAN HAVE ONE POLICE OFFICER IN EVERY CORNER.CAN THAT STOP THE CRIME IN OUR CITY?I CAN ASSURE YOU NOT.BECAUSE CRIMES HAPPENING IN THE BATHROOM, IN THE RESTAURANTS, IN DIFFERENT AREA WHICH IS WE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.THE CRIME HAPPENING.AND THEN I HEARD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAYING WE NEED FOOT PATROL.YESTERDAY I WAS IN A MARKET, I HAD THREE POLICE OFFICER ON A BICYCLE, CARS ON EVERY CORNER OF THE BYWARD MARKET, AND THESE OFFICERS ON A BICYCLE, THEY WERE ENGAGED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY PANHANDLERS.WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE NEED TO INVEST -- IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR, WE MADE AN INVESTMENT OR TWO YEARS AGO, $400,000 WENT TO CRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA TO HELP US WITH EXIT STRATEGY AND WORK WITH JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY.100,000, UP TO 400 WENT TO YOUTH COACHING IN THOSE COMMUNITY, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY THE COUPLER TALK ABOUT AND I WAS HOPING HE WOULD TELL ME THERE'S A GOOD RESULT BECAUSE WE'RE HIRING GOOD YOUTH STAFF IN THAT AREA.WE HAVE KIDS AGE 14, 15 WORKING FOR US PART-TIME TO KEEP THOSE KIDS ENGAGED IN BASKETBALL AND OTHER AND IT IS CLEARLY COUNCILLOR FLEURY CAN ASK STAFF ABOUT THE MONEY WE INVEST IN THIS ONE.AND TO COUNCILLOR EGLI, THIS FILE IS CLOSE TO YOUR HEART, BUT NEVERTHELESS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT POLICE OFFICER IN SCHOOL, WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THAT MODEL.WE STILL HAVE 58 POLICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOL, AND ONCE SCHOOL IS OUT, THOSE POLICE OFFICER WILL BE TRANSITIONED TO FOOT PATROL IN OTHER AREA WITHIN THE CITY.SO FOLKS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS NUMBER 10, THIS NUMBER CAME FROM THE CHIEF.HE NEED TO INJECT MORE TO GUNS AND GANG AND HE NEED EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICERS.IN SPEAKING WITH THE MINISTER, AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE SPOKE WITH THE MINISTER, THE MONEY IS COMING TO CITIES AND ESPECIALLY THOSE MUNICIPALITIES WITH HIGH GUN VIOLENCE LIKE OTTAWA, TORONTO, CALGARY, EDMONTON, AND VANCOUVER.UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE NOT FIND THE MODEL HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY.IN THE PAST, SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL GO TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WILL SEND IT DOWN TO MUNICIPALITY.WE'RE HOPING THIS TIME, AND WE HEARD THE NEW PREMIER-DESIGNATE FORD TALK ABOUT TORONTO AND OTTAWA SHOULD RECEIVE MORE MONEY FOR POLICING AND WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH HIM ON THAT.SO STAY TUNED.WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, AND I LIKE THE IDEA WHEN I HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUE, SO CRIME IN OUR CITY IS NOT JUST POLICE ALONE.WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.THERE IS MORE TO DO WITH CRIME PREVENTION, CRIME STOPPER, SOCIAL HOUSING, AND JOBS AND OTHER AREA.SO I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT BUT AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR LEADING ON THIS ONE.THANK YOU.>> GREAT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.>> MAY I JUST ASK THAT IF THE COUNCILLOR IS GOING TO QUOTE ME IF FUTURE HE QUOTE ME ACCURATELY BECAUSE I NEVER SAID THAT THE CITY OF OTTAWA WAS THE LOWEST AS HE JUST PURPORTED I DID.HE SAID WE ARE ON THE LOW END ACCORDING TO STATS CANADA AND THAT IS A FACT.>> OKAY, THANK YOU.ON THE MOTION?CARRIED.THE NEXT MOTION IS BY MYSELF SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HARDER.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS IMPORTANT STUDY HELPING US PLAN THE FUTURE OF OTTAWA'S LRT NETWORK.AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE SOUTH OF THE CITY HAS SEEN RAPID GROWTH OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.[ VOICE OF TRANSLATOR ]AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY IS INCREASING.[ END OF TRANSLATION ] -- BAR HAVEN AS WELL AS THE KANATA STITTSVILLE AREAS OF OUR CITY AND CLEARLY KANATA, STITTSVILLE AND BAR HAVEN IS IT GROWING AND THIS INCLUDES TRANSIT SERVICES.[ PLEASE STAND BY ]>> -- AND FARTHER SOUTH DOWN TO THE AIRPORT AND THE EY CENTRE WITH 50/50 FUNDING FROM THE TWO LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, AND WE SECURED THAT.THAT'S NOW PART OF STAGE TWO.IF WE HAVE MANAGED TO DELIVER RESULTS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AS PART OF STAGE 2, I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE CAN ACHIEVE THESE TWO EXTENSIONS AT THE SAME TIME AS PART OF STAGE 3.THAT IS MY COMMITMENT GOING FORWARD, AND AS AN OUTCOME, I'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS.OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE MANAGED TO ACCOMPLISH MORE AS A COUNCIL AS WE UNITE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND OUR CITY.I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILLOR HARDER FOR THIS INITIATIVE.I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCILLOR QAQISH AND OUR WEST END COUNCILORS FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS ADVOCACY.AND COUNCILLOR MOFFATT AND THE CHAIRS OF THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES.THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN CONNECTING BARRHAVEN TO LRT AND THE REST OF THE O TRAIN SYSTEM, AND I HOPE IT'S ONE YOU WILL ALL SUPPORT.COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.COUNCILLOR MCKENNEY, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION TODAY.IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT AND SUPPORT LIGHT RAIL AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS A COUNCIL.AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATING THE OPENING OF OUR FIRST LIGHT RAIL LINE, AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE MOVE AROUND THE CITY.CERTAINLY IN THE DOWNTOWN.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE TRANSIT AND NOT BRING THEIR CARS INTO THE DOWNTOWN TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE CONGESTION.IT'S ALSO AN AFFORDABLE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO MOVE PEOPLE ABOUT.BUT JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.I WAS LOOKING AT THE TRANSIT PRIORITY, THE AFFORDABLE NETWORK PLAN.I GUESS HAVE WE DONE AN EA ON EACH COMPONENT OF THAT PLAN TO DATE?>> NO.THERE'S THINGS YOU HAVE NOT DONE OUTSIDE OF THE AFFORDABILITY. >> AND IS THERE A PLAN FOR DOING AN EA ON THE CARLING TRANSIT PRIORITY?>> THE CURRENT PLAN IS NEXT TERM OF COUNCIL WILL BRING TOGETHER FOR YOU A STRATEGY, AND THIS MOTION FITS IN NICELY WITH THAT.WHAT HAPPENS IS COUNCIL HAS A STRATEGY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.WE'LL BRING FORWARD HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE TMP TO YOU.THE INPUTS, THE EVIDENCE APPROACH, THE AFFORDABILITY LENS -- OR THE STRATEGY TO GET TO THE AFFORDABILITY LENS.AND THEN WE WOULD PUT IN THE PROJECTS WE WOULD SEE WITHIN THAT.AND OF COURSE COUNCIL GIVES US THE ULTIMATE DIRECTION OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.WHAT THIS MOTION DOES IS GIVES YOU CONTINUOUS MOMENTUM IF AND WHEN THE FUNDING COMES INTO PLACE.AFFORDABILITY IS A KEY DRIVER, AND COUNCIL ALWAYS OVERLAYS THEIR PRIORITIES ON THAT. >> SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THEN, WHEN WE SEE THE NEXT TMP, WE WILL HAVE -- EVEN IF THERE'S NOT BEEN AN EA DONE FOR THE CARLING TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDOR, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT BUSINESS CASES FOR EACH PIECE AND HOW THAT SHOULD FIT INTO THE AFFORDABILITY PLAN; IS THAT CORRECT?>> WE WILL BRING YOU THE LIST OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE SHORT AND THE LONG TERM.AND THEN WE WILL OBVIOUSLY SEEK YOUR DIRECTION ON WHAT THE FOCUS AND THE APPROACH SHOULD BE. >> AGAIN, JUST SO I'M CLEAR, BECAUSE IT WILL BE MY FIRST TMP ON THIS SIDE, IT WILL DEMONSTRATE EACH CORRIDOR AND A BUSINESS CASE FOR EACH.AM I CORRECT IN THAT?>> I'M GETTING CAUGHT UP ON THE WORD BUSINESS CASE.THE TEAM WILL BRING YOU THE OVERALL NETWORK PLAN.YOU'LL SEE HOW ALL THOSE FIT INTO THAT.WHAT WE HAVE TO BRING TO YOU IS THE DRAFT FRAMEWORK OF HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS AND THE SEQUENCING OF THOSE PROJECTS.AND THAT IS THE DIFFICULT PART OF THE TMP DISCUSSION.ESPECIALLY WITH THE EVOLVING TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION TRENDS.YOUR STRONG FOCUS IN THE LAST TWO TERMS OF COUNCIL OF PRIORITIZATION OF ALL MODES AND SO FORTH.SO WE'LL BRING YOU THE BIG PICTURE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE DIRECTION AND THE FOCUS ON HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED. >> OKAY.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR.COUNCILLOR HUBLEY, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN A FULLY CONNECTED CITY.THIS IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE WAY FOR US TO HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT TERM OF COUNCIL WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING THE FUNDING TO DO WHAT IN YOUR WORDS PHASE 3 WILL BE, STITTSVILLE KANATA AND BARRHAVEN.THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF IS AS WE ASKED IN THE KANATA EA, WILL STAFF BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT NEW AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, A LOT OF IT IS COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE KANATA BUSINESSES THAT WILL PROBABLY MAKE THIS A CHEAPER EXPERIENCE THAN, SAY, PHASE 1 WAS. >> YES, MR. MAYOR.NOT ONLY WILL WE DO THAT, BUT WE'LL ALSO BRING FORWARD A STRATEGY ON HOW TO DO A LOOK-AHEAD ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SO WE DON'T LOCK OURSELVES INTO TECHNOLOGIES THAT CANNOT BE ADAPTED, EVEN IF SOME OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND SO FORTH AREN'T READY. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> Mayor Jim Watson: I THINK, COUNCILLOR, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.AND IT TIES IN NICELY WITH THE WORK COUNCILLOR HARDER IS DOING ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND THE RESEARCH PARK, BEING THE SITE FOR TESTING THOSE RIGHT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.IRONICALLY, IT'S RIGHT ALONG THE PATHWAY OF WHERE THE LRT WOULD GO INTO BARRHAVEN.COUNCILLOR FLEURY.NOT HERE.OKAY.COUNCILLOR QADRI. >> I TOO WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION, FEELING THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT AS COUNCILLOR HUBLEY JUST MENTIONED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY.I DO WANT TO THANK KAREN FROM A YEAR AGO FOR GETTING THAT FUNDING.THE THING GOING FORWARD IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT BOTH PROJECTS SHOULD BE DONE COOPERATIVELY AND FOLLOW EACH OTHER OR SIMULTANEOUSLY TOGETHER.I KNOW IT ALL DEPENDS ON FUNDING, AND THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY, MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE TO TAKE ON TO MAKE SURE WE GET FUNDING ON A 50/50 BASIS OR EVEN BETTER FORMULA COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES RECEIVING FROM THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY.I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY OUT IN THE MEDIA THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE AREA BETWEEN BARRHAVEN OR KANATA STITTSVILLE WILL TAKE PRIORITY, I WANT TO ENSURE YOU THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.THAT'S A COMFORTING MESSAGE FOR RESIDENTS OF KANATA STITTSVILLE AND OBVIOUSLY BARRHAVEN.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> Mayor Jim Watson: THANKS, COUNCILLOR QADRI.COUNCILLOR WILKINSON, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.I TOO FULLY SUPPORT THAT.WE DO NEED TO HAVE THESE EAS DONE SO WHEN WE GET FUNDING, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON IT.AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR PUTTING FORWARD THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THIS COULD HAPPEN FASTER.THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THERE.THE BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY THERE, AND WE'RE HAVING -- KANATA AND BARRHAVEN ARE HAVING SERIOUS TRAFFIC ISSUES BECAUSE OF THAT.WE NEED THIS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT.ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ASSIST YOU ON THAT.WHETHER I'M ON COUNCIL OR OFF COUNCIL, I'M GLAD TO HELP YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY-BUILDING EXERCISE.I APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AND TO COUNCILLOR HARDER.TWO PARTNERS IN A VERY NEEDED PROJECT.THANK YOU.>> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILLOR.COUNCILLOR HARDER, ANY COMMENTS?>> NO, I DON'T.JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> Mayor Jim Watson: ON THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.CARRIED.MOTIONS REQUIRING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.COUNCILLOR BROCKINGTON SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR QADRI WITH RESPECT TO A NO-STOPPING ISSUE.THERE'S A SAFETY COMPONENT TO THIS.SO ON SUSPENSION.CARRIED. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.I BELIEVE THE MOTION IS FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.I'M WILLING TO PROVIDE DETAILS IF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL -- IT'S QUARTER TO 2.>> Mayor Jim Watson: ON THE MOTION.CARRIED.THANK YOU.COUNCILLOR WILKINSON SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HUBLEY.THIS IS ON THIS ISSUE OF PEOPLE PARKING IN PARKS AND SO ON.WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WAS THERE SOME DESIRE, COUNCILLOR EGLI, TO FORWARD THIS TO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE?>> THAT'S THE INTENTION, YES.I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE CAN HAVE A FULSOME DISCUSSION. >> Mayor Jim Watson: I THINK IT ALSO GIVES AN INTERIM, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH. >> THE CONCERN ABOUT THE INTERIM IS -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS WE WOULD BE AMENDING OR CHANGING ZONING, EVEN ON AN INTERIM BASIS.BUT WE ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE DOING IT ON THE FLY.I'M NOT SURE THAT'S GOOD POLICY MAKING.I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MATTER COMING TO COMMITTEE FOR A PROPER DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE.I'M JUST NOT -- I'M NOT SURE THAT WE SHOULD BE -- AS COUNCILLOR BROCKINGTON POINTED OUT IT'S ALMOST 2 O'CLOCK, AND THIS IS THE LAST PIECE.I'M NOT SURE WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING POLICY AND ZONING CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE ON SOMETHING WHICH IS DESIRABLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT, TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, BUT IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY.>> Mayor Jim Watson: SO WE HAVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.IS THERE SUPPORT TO SUSPEND IT, OR DO PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THIS GO BACK TO COMMITTEE?DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES?COUNCILLOR HUBLEY. >> MR. MAYOR, I WILL.I THINK WE CAN CALL THIS A PILOT PROJECT FOR THE SUMMER AS THEY STUDY THIS.COUNCILLOR WILKINSON HAS POINTED OUT A PROBLEM THAT PROBABLY EXISTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THIS.I GET COUNCILLOR EGLI'S CONCERNS. >> Mayor Jim Watson: ON SUSPENSION.CARRIED.COUNCILLOR WILKINSON. >> I AGREE THIS IS A PILOT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT IT.I'VE INDICATED THAT.I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT IT.THEY'RE WILLING TO DO A TRIAL.IF THE TRAIL POINTS OUT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS, THIS WILL BE SUSPENDED.BUT I THINK WE HAVE VERY STRONG POLICY INSIDE THIS CITY TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE CYCLING.WHEN YOU HAVE TO CYCLE 30 KILOMETERS TO GET SOMEWHERE, IT'S RATHER A LONG TRIP.IF YOU CAN DRIVE PART WAY AND THEN CYCLE, IT'S ALMOST A RECREATION PROGRAM.WE COULD TAKE IT THAT WAY.IT IS DIFFICULT.WE DO PARK AND RIDES FOR CARS TO GO ON TRANSIT, BUT WE DON'T DO THEM FOR PEOPLE IN CYCLING WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME DISTANCES INVOLVED.I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO TRY THIS OUT.IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL COMMITTEES, BUT WE CAN GET IT STARTED THERE AND COME UP WITH WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO AND HOW WE SHOULD DEAL WITH IT.NOT JUST THIS ONE AREA.I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE FROM OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE THE GREENBELT THAT HAVE THESE LONG COMMUTES THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO CYCLING.PEOPLE SAY PUT THEM ON THE BUSSES.BUT NOT ALL BUSSES HAVE RACKS FOR CYCLING, AND THEY FOUND THAT VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.WHICH IS WHY THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS INFORMALLY FOR FIVE YEARS ALREADY.AND IT'S A CASE OF SAYING, LET'S TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT LEGALLY.IN THE MEANTIME, LET THEM CONTINUE.THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS MOTION SAYS.THANK YOU.>> Mayor Jim Watson: I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE I HAVE WITH THIS IS WE NOW HAVE THREE MORE SPEAKERS TO THIS.THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR ZONING.I WOULD LIKE A PROPER REPORT SO THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT.DO I HAVE A SECONDARY?SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MOFFATT.ON REFERRAL?CARRIED.I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, COUNCILLOR, BUT I THINK BRINGING SOMETHING THIS COMPLEX AT THE LAST MINUTE IS NOT ALL THAT HELPFUL.OKAY.NOTICES OF MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.COUNCILLOR CHERNUSHENKO HAS SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE SECONDED BY MYSELF WITH RESPECT TO NAMING OF THE FOOTBRIDGE LINKING FIFTH AVENUE AND CLEGG. >> GIVEN THAT I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE RUSHED ON, IT IS A NOTICE OF MOTION.YESTERDAY I COMPLAINED OF MY HEAD HURTING FROM BANGING IT AGAINST WALLS.TODAY I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.AND I HAVE GOOD NEWS.I SENT OUT SOME PHOTOS FROM CONSTRUCTION OF OUR BRIDGE YESTERDAY, AND COUNCILLOR QADRI SAYS, THE NAME HAS TO HAVE "V"S IN IT IF THERE'S V PIERS.I TANTALIZED EVEN FURTHER BY SAYING NO "V"S IN IT, SO YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS IT NOT.HE COULDN'T YET.WE'RE TIRED OF CALLING IT THE BRIDGE, THE FOOTBRIDGE, THE FIFTH AND CLEGG BRIDGE, THE CANAL BRIDGE.WE WANT TO GIVE IT A REAL NAME.SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF OTTAWA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO ARE CONSTRUCTING A VITAL PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS THE RIDEAU CANAL; AND WHEREAS THE WARD COUNCILLOR COMPLETED A PUBLIC NAMING PROCESS THAT INCLUDED A GENERAL CALLOUT BY ONLINE FORM AND DIRECT CONTACT; WHEREAS 141 SUGGESTIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE PUBLIC, RESULTING IN 86 UNIQUE SUGGESTIONS AND A SHORT LIST OF 70 SUBMISSIONS ADHERING TO THE CITY'S NAMING GUIDELINES; AND WHEREAS A NAMING COMMITTEE WAS CREATED TO REVIEW ALL SUBMISSIONS COMPRISING OF MYSELF, ONE BOARD MEMBER EACH FROM THREE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, ONE NON-BOARD MEMBER OF EACH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE; WHEREAS THE NAMING COMMITTEE SHORTENED THE LIST TO SIX NAMES, WHICH WERE VETTED BY CITY FOR CLARITY AND DUPLICATION; WHEREAS THE NAMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RIDEAU CANAL FOOTBRIDGE BE NAMED PASSERELLE FLORA FOOTBRIDGE, AFTER FLORA MACDONALD, A PIONEERING FEMALE CANADIAN POLITICIAN AND THE FIRST CANADIAN FEMALE FOREIGN MINISTER, A HUMANITARIAN, AND A BRIDGE BUILDER BETWEEN POLITICAL PARTIES AND CULTURES; WHEREAS FLORA MACDONALD LIVED FOR SEVERAL DECADES ADJACENT TO THE BRIDGE SITE AND WAS A FREQUENT SPEED SKATER ON THE RIDEAU CANAL.THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THAT THE RIDEAU CANAL FOOTBRIDGE LINKING FIFTH AVENUE AND CLEGG STREET BE NAMED PASSERELLE FLORA FOOTBRIDGE. >> Mayor Jim Watson: THANK YOU FOR THAT.WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT NEXT TIME.NEXT IS A NOTICE OF MOTION BY MYSELF SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MCKENNEY WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL MAY 10TH, 2017, AS PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE ELGIN STREET RENEWAL PROJECT WORK TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY PUBLIC PARKING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND DELEGATED THE GM DESIGNATE DATES AND TIMES WHEN PARKING AT CITY HALL WOULD BE FREE OF CHARGE DURING CONSTRUCTION.IT GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THAT FREE PARKING AT THE CITY HALL GARAGE BE PROVIDED ON WEEKDAY EVENINGS AFTER 6 P.M. AND WEEKENDS BEGINNING ON JULY 14TH UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION WORK ON ELGIN STREET AS DESCRIBED IN THIS MOTION.THAT'S TO HELP THE MERCHANTS AND VISITORS TO ELGIN STREET.ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOTICES OF MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF SUBSEQUENT MEETING?A NOTICE OF INTENT.NOTICE OF INTENT FROM THE OTTAWA COMMUNITY LANDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO HOLD THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDER AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 11TH, 2018.MOTION TO INTRODUCE BYLAWS.[ Speaking French ]>> THAT THE BYLAWS LISTED ON THE AGENDA UNDER MOTION TO INTRODUCE BYLAWS THREE READINGS BE READ AND PASSED AND THAT THE RULES BE WAIVED TO PERMIT THE LISTING OF A BYLAW ENTITLED "A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF OTTAWA TO AMEND BYLAW NUMBER 2008-250 TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE LANDS KNOWN MUNICIPALLY AS 1569 1573 LAPERRIERE STREET." >> Mayor Jim Watson: CARRIED. CONFIRMATION BYLAW, PLEASE.COUNCILLOR DEANS AND HARDER.>> THAT THE FOLLOWING BYLAW BE READ AND PASSED TO CONFIRM THE PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 27TH, 2018. >> Mayor Jim Watson: CARRIED.WE HAVE NO WRITTEN INQUIRIES.JUST TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MANY OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WERE OUT PROMOTING FREE BUS SERVICE FOR CANADA DAY COURTESY OF OC TRANSPO, AND WE THANK THE STAFF.THERE'S A SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS, BUT FREE SERVICE THE ENTIRE DAY.AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE OC TRANSPO.>> Voice of Translator: IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO USE THE BUS ON JULY 1ST.[End of Translation]>> THAT THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 27TH, 2018, BE ADJOURNED. >> Mayor Jim Watson: CARRIED.HAPPY CANADA DAY.MEETING ADJOURNED.[\M\M\M]