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Planning Committee Planning Committee Minutes 44 Tuesday, 9 May 2017 9:30 a.m. Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West Notes: 1. Please note that these Minutes are to be considered DRAFT until confirmed by Committee. 2. Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by Committee. 3. Except where otherwise indicated, reports requiring Council consideration will be presented to Council on 24 May 2017in Planning Committee Report 44A. Present: Chair: Councillor J. Harder Vice-chair: Councillor T. Tierney Councillors: S. Blais, R. Brockington, R. Chiarelli, J. Cloutier, A. Hubley, J. Leiper, T. Nussbaum, S. Qadri Absent: Councillor R. Chiarelli STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PLANNING ACT FOR MATTERS SUBMITTED POST JANUARY 1, 2007 The Chair read a statement required under the Planning Act explaining that this was a public meeting to consider the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments listed as Agenda Items 4 to 6 on today’s agenda. She advised anyone intending to appeal the proposed amendment to the Ontario PLANNING COMMITTEE 2 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 Municipal Board (OMB) that they must either voice their objections at the meeting or submit comments in writing prior to the amendment being adopted by City Council. The Chair noted that applicants could appeal this matter to the OMB if Council did not adopt an amendment within 120 days of receipt of an application for Zoning and 180 days for an Official Plan Amendment. With respect to agenda item two, Development Charges By-Law Amendment 2017, the purpose of the meeting is to fulfil the requirements of section 12 of the Development Charges Act and to allow any person who attends the public meeting to make representation relating to the proposed by-law. A comment sheet was available at the door for anyone wishing to submit written comments on these amendments. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES Minutes 43 - 25 April 2017 CONFIRMED PLANNING COMMITTEE 3 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 PLANNING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING SERVICES 1. BUILDING BETTER SMARTER SUBURBS- INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS REVIEW UPDATE REPORT ACS2017-PIE-PS-0069 CITY WIDE REPORT RECOMMENDATION That Planning Committee recommend Council receive this report for information. A PowerPoint presentation was provided by Mr. Felice Petti, Manager, Infrastructure Standards Review, accompanied by Mr. Peter Giles, Planner, and Mr. John Moser, Special Advisor to the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department. A copy of the presentation is held on file. Committee heard one delegation on this matter: Mr. Josh Kardish and Mr. Pierre Dufresne, representing the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (GOHBA), expressed general support for this initiative and that in agenda item 2 (Development Charges By-law Amendment 2017) concurrently, as the items are linked. They provided background in terms of GOHBA’s involvement with the two matters and expressed appreciation for the collaborative efforts the City has undertaken, and for the process and implementation surrounding the changes. Planning Committee CARRIED the report recommendation as presented. PLANNING COMMITTEE 4 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 2. DEVELOPMENT CHARGES BY-LAW AMENDMENT 2017 ACS2017-PIE-PS-0064 CITY WIDE REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS That the Planning Committee recommend that Council approve: 1. The City of Ottawa Development Charges Amendment Background Study: Public Transit and Roads and Related Services dated March 24, 2017 attached as Document 1; and 2. That the current Development Charges By-law be amended substantially in the form and content attached as Document 5. A PowerPoint presentation was provided by Mr. John Moser, Special Advisor to the General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department, accompanied by Mr. Tim Marc, Senior Legal Counsel, Planning, Development and Real Estate, Office of the City Clerk and Solicitor, and Hemson Consulting Ltd., represented by Jackie Hall and Craig Binning. A copy of the presentation is held on file. Committee heard two delegations on this matter: Mr. Josh Kardish and Mr. Pierre Dufresne, representing the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (GOHBA), expressed general support for this initiative and that in agenda item 1 (Building Better Smarter Suburbs- Infrastructure Standards Review Update Report) concurrently, as the items are linked. They provided background in terms of GOHBA’s involvement with the two matters and expressed appreciation for the collaborative efforts the City has undertaken, and for the process and implementation surrounding the changes. Mr. Glenn Lucas opposed the report recommendations in terms of the impact on applications within the rural area. He explained that he had purchased a former school in Kinburn to use as an employment centre and indicated that the development charges would be unreasonable. PLANNING COMMITTEE 5 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 Motion No. PLC 44/1 Moved by Councillor T. Tierney WHEREAS the Province has announced grants to the City of Ottawa transit capital program in respect of an extension of the O-Train Extension- Confederation Line West-Bayshore to Moodie in the amount of $47 million and the LRT Maintenance Service Facilities-Moodie, Walkley and Belfast in the amount of $173.3 million; and WHEREAS changes to the Development Charges Amendment Background Study: Transit and Roads and Related Services are required, pursuant to the Development Charges Act, clause 5(1)2 to adjust for anticipated grants, subsidies and other contributions made to a municipality; and WHEREAS these changes do not have an impact on the calculated Public Transit development charge rates included in the proposed 2017 Development Charges By-law as they are with respect to capital projects to be included in the calculation of the future development charge in 2019; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Development Charges By-law Amendment 2017 report be amended by the addition of the following recommendations: 1. The Development Charges Amendment Background Study: Transit and Roads and Related Services be amended by the deletion of pages 77 to 83 inclusive and that such pages be replaced by Document 6 attached to this motion. 2. Document 6 be appended to the staff report in the Report from Planning Committee to Council; 3. Recommendation 1 be amended to read: The City of Ottawa Development Charges Amendment Background Study: Public Transit and Roads and Related Services dated March 24, 2017 attached as Document 1, and as amended by Document 6. 4. Pursuant to the Development Charges Act, subsection 12(3), PLANNING COMMITTEE 6 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 Council determines that no further public meeting is necessary PLANNING COMMITTEE 7 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 PLANNING COMMITTEE 8 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 PLANNING COMMITTEE 9 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 CARRIED with Councillor R. Brockington dissenting Item 2 of Planning Committee Agenda 44, as amended by motion 44/1 and set out in full below, was put to Committee. That the Planning Committee recommend that Council approve: 1. the City of Ottawa Development Charges Amendment Background Study: Public Transit and Roads and Related Services dated March 24, 2017 attached as Document 1, and as amended by Document 6 (replacement for pages 77 to 83 inclusive of the Background Study); 2. that the current Development Charges By-law be amended substantially in the form and content attached as Document 5; and 3. pursuant to the Development Charges Act, subsection 12(3), Council determines that no further public meeting is necessary. CARRIED PLANNING COMMITTEE 10 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LONG RANGE PLANNING 3. SECTION 37 FIVE-YEAR REVIEW ACS2017-PIE-EDP-0010 CITY WIDE REPORT RECOMMENDATION That Planning Committee recommend Council approve the Section 37 Guidelines 2017, attached as Document 1. Ms. Melanie Knight, Planner, and Mr. Alain Miguelez, Program Manager, Community Planning, Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Department responded to questions. The committee received the following correspondence between 2 May 2017 (the date the report was published in the committee agenda) and the time the report was considered by Planning Committee on 9 May 2017, a copy of which is held on file: Email dated May 8, 2017 from Tomas Whillans, President, Centretown Citizens Community Association, expressing support for many of the proposed revisions, but requesting clarification / modification on the following issues: who is involved and when (public consultation); threshold applicability; uplift value (impacted by ‘draw-down factors’); process to determine use of funds for affordable housing; consultation with community groups on changes to existing agreements. Email dated May 8, 2017 from Sheila Perry, President, Federation of Citizens’ Associations of Ottawa (FCA), expressing support but raising concerns and/or suggested changes on the following issues: public consultation provisions; affordable housing funding contributions; inclusion of traffic safety and traffic calming measures in the list of eligible community benefits; frequency and format of reports to Planning Committee; community consultation on proposed changes to existing section 37 agreements; when and how section 37 is applied (minimum threshold, uplift values, draw-down factors). PLANNING COMMITTEE 11 MINUTES 44 TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017 Planning Committee approved the report recommendation as presented.
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