THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY
OF
OTTAWA-CARLETON
COUNCIL MINUTES
The Council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton met at Haydon Hall, Regional Headquarters, 111 Lisgar Street, Ottawa on Wednesday, 8 July, 1998, at 1:30 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 1:35 p.m. and opened with the singing of the National Anthem, sung by Sarabeth Bryan of St. Mark’s High School Choir.
The Regional Chair, Robert Chiarelli, presided and lead council in prayer.
ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT EXCEPT COUNCILLOR W. BYRNE.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
The minutes of the Council meeting of 24 June 1998, were confirmed.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES
No declaration of interest were filed.
COMMUNICATIONS
1. The Honourable Al Leach, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, updating and thanking members of Council who took the time to respond with comments with respect to draft legislation, for the proposed new Municipal Act. The Ministry is in the process of reviewing the submissions and will consider all comments before introducing a new Municipal Act in the Legislature. Within the next few weeks members of Council will be informed of further consultation with stakeholders on the new Municipal Act.
2. Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), issuing various communiqués on the following:
- Patrick Moyle named new Executive Director of AMO
5. The Council of the Township of Cumberland informing the Regional Clerk of their resolution adopted at their Council meeting of 16 June 1998, reads as follows:
WHEREAS Council concurs with the need to hold a plebiscite on the governance issue in the Ottawa-Carleton Region;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT Council agrees to participate in a plebiscite to include all governance models; and
THAT the participating municipalities be, at a minimum, a majority of the municipalities representing a majority of the population in the region and that Cumberland be a participant in the development of the question(s) to be placed on the plebiscite; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council be bound by the result of the plebiscite.
* COMMUNICATIONS HELD ON FILE WITH THE REGIONAL CLERK.
MOTION TO INTRODUCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
MOTION NO. 195
Moved by Councillor L. Davis
Seconded by Councillor D. Holmes
RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 13; Community Services Committee Report No. 14 (In Camera); Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 14 ; Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 10; and Transportation Committee Report No15, be received and considered.
"CARRIED"
(COMMITTEE REPORTS BEGIN ON PAGE )
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 13
1. DEMENTIA CARE IN OTTAWA-CARLETON
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the following:
"CARRIED" with Councillor McGoldrick-Larsen dissenting.
2. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: NEW LONG TERM BEDS
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council approve the following:
1. Submission of a Request for Proposal to the Ministry of Health for the RMOC to build and operate 90 new long term care beds within existing operating dollars;
2. Incorporation of the dementia care project developed by the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa-Carleton into the Peter D. Clark Long Term Care Centre;
3. Development of an Advisory Committee for the dementia care facility project in conjunction with the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa-Carleton to provide a mechanism for community input on the facility program and to oversee the development, implementation and evaluation of research and education initiatives in the field of dementia care.
"CARRIED" with Councillor McGoldrick-Larsen dissenting.
3. TRANSFER OF FBA CLIENTS TO RMOC SOCIAL SERVICES
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Regional Council approve:
1. The Joint Transition Plan for the transfer of service delivery responsibility for sole support parent and foster care cases from the MCSS local FBA office to the RMOC Social Services Department, as described in this report, subject to final approval by the Minister of Community and Social Services;
2. The establishment of staff positions and the recruitment of staff as described in this report in order to provide services to sole support parents and foster care cases in accordance with the requirements of the Ontario Works Act;
3. The inclusion of the annualized budget estimates in the amount of $4,414,232 gross, $2,207,116 net (minus the reduction in the FBA Administration chargeback), in the development of the 1999 Social Services Department budget, and;
4. The acquisition of required space at 170 Laurier Avenue, beginning January 1, 1999, to be negotiated by Property Services and the Social Services Department, subject to final approval of the lease by Corporate Services Committee and Regional Council, in accordance with usual procedures.
"CARRIED"
4. UPDATE ON ONTARIO WORKS REGULATIONS
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council urge the Minister of Community and Social Services to reconsider / amend the new Ontario Works Regulations in a manner that will more effectively support the employment objectives of the Act.
"CARRIED"
5. 1998 per diem and administration rates for community child care agencies
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council approve:
1. The per diem and administration rates for community child care agencies as presented in the column entitled 1998 Recommended Rates in Schedule A retroactive to 1 January 1998; and
2. The matter of increase in salaries for all child care workers be referred to regional staff for a report in September, with more information on the Province’s funding/cost-sharing intentions and any other relevant material.
"CARRIED" with Councillor Beamish and Cantin dissenting.
6. Strategic Plan for Child Care System
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve:
1. The outlined process for a strategic planning exercise with the child care community, and;
2. An expenditure of up to $20,000 for the strategic planning exercise including up to $15,000 for external consultants to assist with the process.
"CARRIED"
7. FULL FEE RATES IN MUNICIPAL CENTRES
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve increases in the rates charged to full fee payers in child care centres operated by the Region, effective September 1, 1998, as outlined in report.
"CARRIED"
8. Review of Aphasia Centre
committee recommendations
That Council approve:
1. That a one time grant in the amount of $47,400 be allocated for 1998 to maintain the services for people with aphasia and their families and caregivers;
2. That the grant be funded out of the proposed reduction of the Supplementary Aid/Special Assistance budget, as proposed on the Motion on April 23, 1998, for 1998 only;
3. That in 1998 the Social Services Department and the Aphasia Centre identify a cost effective service delivery model for the counselling component of the program, for example by working collaboratively with existing counselling agencies and Community Health and Resource Centres, and;
4. That in 1998 the Health Department support the Aphasia Centre to identify and access resources within the provincial health services/Long Term Care or other appropriate sources to sustain the health component of the program.
"CARRIED"
9. PURCHASE OF SERVICE AGREEMENTS: PLANNED PARENTHOOD OTTAWA
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the following recommendations:
1. That the $25,000 for Insight Theatre from the Health Department’s sustaining grants be transferred to the Healthy Sexuality Programme budget;
2. That a Purchase of Service Agreement for $33,000 (Annex A) be made with Planned Parenthood of Ottawa-Carleton for enhanced Insight Theatre and Théâtre des lueurs production and presentations targeting all grades 7 through 9 within the English Public, French Public, French Private and French Catholic Boards;
3. That a Purchase of Service agreement for $64,000 (Annex B) be made with Planned Parenthood of Ottawa-Carleton for counselling, information and referral programmes required to meet the Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines.
"CARRIED" with Councillors Hunter and Hill dissenting.
10. ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORTS
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council:
1. Authorize and direct the Chair of the Community Services Committee to forward a letter to the Ministers of Health and Community and Social Services requesting their consideration of funding health related items and/or services formerly funded under the Special Assistance and Supplementary Aid Programs for non-social assistance clients under the Ministry of Health;
2. Authorize and direct the Chair to extend an invitation to the Ministers to attend a meeting of the Community Services Committee to allow the Region the opportunity to formally express their concerns on these changes, and;
3. Approve the continuation of the provision of items/services for non-social assistance clients using the Ontario Works Act, Asset and Income Level Guidelines, and for excess costs for assistive devices for social assistance recipients, for which cost-sharing has been discontinued by the Province at a cost of an additional $450,750 net in 1998 ($601,000 annualized).
4. That all recipients of Essential Health and Social Supports be sent a letter at the time of payments informing them that the Conservative Provincial Government has stopped funding, and that funding is now 100% Regional. The regional property tax base is inappropriate, and these supports should be funded by the Provincial Ministry of Health. Recipients are encouraged to contact their provincial representatives.
"CARRIED"
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 14
1. RMOC SUBMISSION OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO BUILD AND OPERATE 90 NEW LONG TERM CARE BEDS - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council receive this report for information.
"RECEIVED"
CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT COMMITTEE
REPORT NO. 14
PROCEDURE BY-LAW AND
CORPORATE POLICY MANUAL AMENDMENTS
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
That Council approve the following amendments to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton’s Procedure By-law (attached at Annex A) and to the Corporate Policy Manual (attached at Annex B) as the first steps toward attaining greater administrative integration with the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission.
"CARRIED"
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 10
1. Tomlinson Environmental services Ltd.
Application for a ministry of environment
certificate of approval Construction
and Demolition waste processing facility
springhill landfill site - Township of Osgoode
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council decline to object to the application for a Certificate of Approval by Tomlinson Environmental Services Ltd. dated 27 January 1998 to permit a Construction and Demolition Waste Processing Facility within the approved Springhill Landfill site on Springhill Road in the Township of Osgoode to recover reusable and recyclable materials, provided that the Certificate of Approval issued by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) is in accordance with the written information provided to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton and that conditions are imposed by the MOE to address the concerns of the Region in this report, as amended by the following:
1. That should the berm be constructed, that it not affect the Springhill / Osgoode Wetland Complex, and;
2. That the comments to the Ministry of the Environment be amended to include the following:
The Region notes that the issue of the appropriate compensation to be paid in respect of the Springhill Landfill under By-law 234 and the proposed Tomlinson Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Facility under the Regional Municipalities Act will be dealt with by Regional Council at a subsequent date. While declining to object to the certificate of approval the Region formally expresses its concern at the depositing of residual waste whose origin is from outside the Township of Osgoode at the Springhill Landfill.
"CARRIED" with Councillor Munter dissenting.
2. Naming Regional Road 31, Township of Osgoode
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the following proposed street name:
That former provincial Highway 31 (now Regional Road 31) from approximately 200 metres south of Mitch Owens Road to the Osgoode/Stormont Dundas & Glengary boundary, be named "BANK STREET" (see Annex 1).
"CARRIED"
3. Revitalization of Lansdowne Park
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive this report for information.
"RECEIVED"
4. Response to Recommendations
of transportation Committee
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive this report for information.
"RECEIVED"
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 15
1. DESIGN STANDARDS FOR NOISE BARRIERS ALONG
REGIONAL ROADS
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED
That Council approve that the RMOC revisit the available products for compliance with the RMOC Standards for Noise Barriers - November 1994.
"CARRIED"
2. RESPonse To Inquiry - Sound Barriers - Nicholas Street Interchange Area
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council approve the following:
1. that staff develop a draft policy priority rating system and implementation program concerning retrofitting noise mitigation measures along the Regional transportation system;
2. the Regional Chair request that MTO construct a berm along the Queensway beside this roadway to protect the community of Ottawa East between Concord and the Queensway on-ramp and a sound barrier from the on-ramp to Nicholas at Colonel By.
"CARRIED" with Councillors van den Ham and Kreling dissenting.
3. Corporate Policy Manual Revision
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council approve the revision to Section 7 of the Corporate Policy Manual so that the public hearing process applied to intersection modifications also be applied to roadway and bridge reconstruction projects as described in this report.
"CARRIED"
4. Light Rail Pilot Project - Progress Report No. 3
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
That Council receive this report for information.
"RECEIVED"
ADOPTION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS
MOTION NO. 196
Moved by Councillor A. Munter
Seconded by Councillor W. Stewart
RESOLVED THAT Community Services Committee Report No. 13; Community Services Committee Report No. 14; Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee Report No. 14 ; Planning and Environment Committee Report No. 10; and Transportation Committee Report No15, be received and adopted.
"CARRIED" with dissents as recorded on various items.
MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS
MOTION NO. 197
Moved by Councillor M. Meilleur
Seconded by Councillor M. Bellemare
RESOLVED THAT the following By-laws be enacted and passed.
1. By-law 50 of 1998 to govern the proceedings of Council and its Committees.
"CARRIED"
By-law enacted and passed.
MOTIONS
MOTION NO. 198
Moved by Counsillor W. Stewart
Seconded by Councillor C. Doucet
RESOLVED THAT the rules of procedure be suspended in order that Council may consider a motion with respect to an appointment to the AMO Board of Directors.
"CARRIED"
MOTION NO. 199
Moved by Counsillor W. Stewart
Seconded by Councillor C. Doucet
RESOLVED THAT Council approve the appointment of Councillor Peter Hume to the Board of Directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) as this Region’s Representative, for the remainder of the term, to expire 30 November, 2000.
"CARRIED"
CONFIRMATION BY-LAW
MOTION NO. 200
Moved by Councillor G. Hunter
Seconded by Councillor P. Hume
RESOLVED THAT by-law 51 of 1998 to confirm the proceedings of Council be enacted and passed.
"CARRIED"
By-law enacted and passed.
ADJOURNMENT
Council adjourned at 2:20 p.m.
CLERK CHAIR