Regional Council
Ottawa-Carleton
27 May 1998
1:30 P.M.
DRAFT AGENDA
A. NATIONAL ANTHEM
B. PRAYER
C. ROLL CALL
D. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES
E. COMMUNICATIONS*
Issued separately.
* COMMUNICATIONS HELD ON FILE WITH THE REGIONAL CLERK.
F. REGRETS
The following members of Council advising that they will be absent from Council and Committee meetings during the dates indicated:
Councillor D. Holmes 3 - 9 June 1998 (Regional Business)
G. POSTPONEMENTS AND DEFERRALS
CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
REPORT NO. 9
2. OTTAWA-CARLETON STREET AMBASSADOR PROGRAM-
REQUEST FOR FUNDING
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED
That Council approve a grant in the amount of $5,000 to contribute to the Ottawa-Carleton Street Ambassador Program, and that funding for this program come from the Provision for Unforeseen.
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 7
3. Airport Parkway Extended Traffic Impact Study (APETIS) -
REVISED TERMS OF REFERENCE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED
That Council approve:
1. That the original Terms of Reference be retained which do not include the removal of the twinning of the Airport Parkway.
2. The proposed traffic monitoring program pertaining to the implementation of the ramps to/from the Airport Parkway at Hunt Club Road which are currently under construction, attached at Annex 'B'.
3. That representatives from the following organizations be added to the membership of the Steering Committee:
City Centre Coalition
Ottawa East Community Association
Carleton University Administration, Carleton University Student Organization
National Capital Commission
City of Ottawa
MOTION NO 141
Moved by Councillor C. Doucet
Seconded by Councillor P. Hume
RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to bring, by September 30, 1998 new revenue opportunities presently controlled by the Provincial government but could be raised regionally, an example of this kind of initiative would be photo radar or other user-fee options like a gasoline tax.
H. MOTION TO INTRODUCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 9
CORPORATE SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 8 and 10
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 6 and 7
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 8 and 9
I. MOTION TO ADOPT COMMITTEE REPORTS
J. MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY-LAWS THREE READINGS
1. Being a by-law to amend By-law No. 1 of 1996 concerning traffic and parking regulations.
2. Being a by-law to approve area municipalities by-laws (regulating traffic on local streets as follows):
Township of Goulbourn 10-98
K. MOTIONS (OF WHICH NOTICE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY GIVEN)
Moved by Councillor W. Stewart
Seconded by Councillor B. Hill
WHEREAS the Health Services Restructuring Commission has recommended that most tertiary (high-intensity) services be consolidated at one site in Ottawa-Carleton; and
WHEREAS the Health Services Restructuring Commission has stated that the Civic Hospital will therefore lose its designation as a full service hospital with thoracic, vascular, neuro and other complex surgical capabilities to treat patients with brain tumours, aneurysms, lung cancer, serious brain and spinal injuries, and other critical conditions; and
WHEREAS after the proposed restructuring of health services in Ottawa-Carleton the region will therefore have only one trauma centre to treat the most critically injured or seriously ill patients; and
WHEREAS the recommendation of the Health Services Restructuring Commission could put hundreds of thousands of Ottawa-Carleton residents out of reach of critical emergency care within the most expedient time limit; and
WHEREAS the consolidation of tertiary services at one site will have a "domino effect", with gradual erosion of the expertise available to patients at the Ottawa civic Hospital, and creeping deterioration of the level of research and quality of physicians-scientists at the Loeb Research Institute; and
WHEREAS London, Ontario and other communities of similar size to Ottawa-Carleton have more than one full-service hospital site and trauma can be handled at more than one centre; and
WHEREAS a citizens’ group known as Patients First has mounted a public campaign to appeal to the Health Services Restructuring Commission to amend its recommendation regarding the consolidation of tertiary services at one site in Ottawa-Carleton to include full-service designation and trauma centres at two sites in the region;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Regional Council support the request that the Health Services Restructuring Commission amend its recommendation for only one full-service hospital in the region of Ottawa-Carleton to provide for a second full-service designation at the Ottawa Civic Hospital site; and
FURTHER THAT the Regional Chair request that the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Hospital address this issue in the immediate future, giving it the in-depth attention a move with such far reaching consequences deserves.
L. NOTICES OF MOTIONS (FOR CONSIDERATION AT NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING)
M. CONFIRMATION BY-LAW
N. INQUIRIES
O. ADJOURNMENT