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From YouTube: Ottawa City Council - Special Meeting July 11, 2019
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You,
mr.
mayor
and
yes,
we
think
it
was
about
ten
years
ago
was
the
last
time
so
reconsideration
under
Section
68
of
the
procedure
by
law,
is
actually
a
two-part
process.
Council
enacted
and
triggered
the
first
part
yesterday
by
having
one
third
in
the
minority
vote
in
favour
of
a
notice
of
reconsideration,
so
that
passed
today's
meeting
to
deal
with
is
actually
for
the
motion
for
consideration
and
I
just
want
to
take
you
through
the
four
or
five
steps.
Mr.
F
mayor,
with
regards
to
section
68
subsection
5
says
if
such
notice
has
been
given
and
accepted
which
it
was
yesterday,
no
action
shall
be
taken
to
carry
into
effect.
The
main
motion
until
after
the
motion
to
reconsider
has
been
disposed
of
so
that
effectively
stops
staff
from
doing
anything.
With
regards
to
the
main
motion.
Until
the
motion
to
reconsider
has
been
addressed
today,
subsection
6,
then
talks
about
every
motion
for
reconsideration
shall
be
considered
at
a
subsequent
meeting
shall
be
declared
lost.
F
So
it's
mandatory
language
unless
the
majority
of
the
whole
council
votes
thereof
and
must
be
moved
by
a
member
who
voted
in
the
majority
in
the
original
decision.
So
councilors
rally
as
indicated,
was
entitled
to
move
this
motion
and
it
is
properly
before
you
for
the
motion
to
not
be
declared
lost,
and
you
see
the
language
is
unusual.
It
is
unless
the
majority,
the
whole
council
votes
thereof.
There
are
only
four
places
in
the
procedure
bylaw,
where
this
council
has
put
a
weighted
vote
that
level
against
itself.
F
So
that
means
that
13
members
of
council,
no
matter
how
many
members
are
present
and
voting-
must
vote
in
favor
of
a
motion
to
reconsider
for
it
to
succeed.
Some
section
7
talks
about
debate
on
the
motion
for
reconsideration
must
be
confined
to
reasons
for
or
against
reconsideration
and
mr.
mayor
I
would
liken
that
to
any
other
procedural
motion.
You
have
dealt
with
at
regular
meetings,
a
motion
to
defer
a
motion
to
refer
in
the
chair.
The
mayor
usually
reminds
members
you're
on
deferral
or
referral.
You
are
not
to
talk
about
the
main
motion.
F
Subsection
68,
sub
8.
Actually,
then
directly
reinforces
that
it
says.
No
discussion
of
the
main
questions
shall
be
allowed
upon
an
accepted
notice
of
motion
for
reconsideration,
which
again
was
yesterday
or
upon
the
motion
to
reconsider
unless
and
until
counsel
shall
have
voted
to
reconsider
the
same.
So
you
have
in
front
of
you
the
motion
to
reconsider
and
the
last
point.
Mr.
mayor,
under
subsection
9
indicates
that
this
is
literally
a
one-shot
deal.
There
is
no
reconsideration
of
a
reconsideration
and
there
is
no
reconsideration
of
a
procedural
motion.
So
there
you
go
okay.
A
Just
before
we
get
into
speakers,
does
anyone
have
any
questions
of
the
clerk
with
respect
to
clarification
of
what
he
just
mentioned?
Oh
okay,
sorry
I
have
councilor
else
and
Terry.
Do
you
want
to
speak?
Hell
threw
rotten
okay,
so
councillor
Olson,
Terry
to
the
clerk
and
then
to
councilor
brockington.
Please
no.
G
H
A
E
Normally,
when
we
have
reconsideration,
we
used
to
have
a
lot
in
the
old
days.
We,
the
purpose
of
reconsideration,
is
to
give
all
of
counsel
the
opportunity
for
some
silver
second
thought
to
talk
to
each
other
to
talk
to
residents
in
that
period
between
the
notice
of
reconsideration
being
accepted
and
the
reconsideration
itself.
E
That's
not
happening
here
today,
but
there
is
an
opportunity
here
today,
if
members
of
council
accepted
to
create
time
to
actually
have
a
shot
at
solving
this
issue,
and
that
would
be
by
accepting
the
motion
motion
of
reconsideration
by
doing
that,
regardless
of
how
the
court
system
disposes
of
it
or
the
l-pad
system
disposes
of
it
because
we'd
end
up
in
both,
we
will
still
have
time,
and
time
is
the
one
thing
that
has
an
opportunity
of
changing
the
outcome.
So
I
just
urge
everybody
to
support
the
reconsideration.
E
I
You
mr.
mayor
wanna
take
a
few
moments
to
ask
my
colleagues
who
voted
against
councilor
Flurry's
motion
yesterday
to
sincerely
reconsider
your
vote
today.
However,
at
first,
like
councillors,
really
I
want
to
express
my
disappointment
at
being
here
today.
The
rules
of
procedure
pertaining
to
reconsideration
are
intended
to
allow
some
time
to
pass
time
for
reflection
time
to
consider
compromise
time
to
put
opposing
parties
together
in
the
hopes
of
finding
a
solution
that
we
can
all
be
proud
of.
I
Less
than
24
hours
does
not
provide
sufficient
time
to
allow
that
to
her
in
a
file
as
contentious
as
this
I
think
it
would
have
been
much
more
considerate
of
the
public
to
allow
the
vote
to
come
to
the
next
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
council
on
August
28th.
But
of
course,
consideration
of
the
public
has
not
been
the
hallmark
of
this
council
on
this
issue.
A
I
You,
mr.
mayor,
so
now
why
reconsider?
It
appears
almost
universally
true
that
councillors
recognize
the
proposed
design
of
the
chateau
laurier
is
incompatible
and
should
not
proceed.
This
is
a
process
issue.
Some
of
the
tables
suggest
it's
not
our
place
to
interfere
with
the
right
of
a
private
landlord
to
dictate
the
design,
but
the
truth
is
City.
Council
is
the
custodian
of
our
local
heritage
and
ensuring
that
proposed
designs
are
compatible.
Is
councils,
responsibility
under
part
4
of
the
Heritage
Act
owners
must
have
the
city's
permission
to
alter
a
heritage.
I
Building
revoking
that
permit
is
perfectly
within
bounds.
Some
members
of
council
worry
revoking.
The
heritage.
Permit
will
result
in
costly
litigation.
That's
a
possibility,
but
far
from
the
only
one
I
would
suggest
more
likely
is
the
potential
for
the
owners
to
hear
the
thousands
of
voices
against
the
proposed
addition
and
start
developing
a
new
plan.
In
fact,
this
is
by
far
our
best
chance
of
making
this
happen.
Yesterday,
four
members
of
council
wrote
to
Largo
owners
imploring
them
to
change
the
design.
I
A
I
A
G
I
Mayor
I
am
firmly
sticking
to
reconsideration
I'm,
telling
the
four
counselors
who
wrote
to
Lorca
yesterday
that
the
most
effective
way
of
getting
the
outcome
that
they're
looking
for
is
to
put
their
actions
into
place
today,
not
just
words
yesterday,
so
to
wrap
up.
We
have
heard
so
many
what-ifs
throughout
this
debate.
What
if
they
take
us
to
court,
what
if
we
lose?
What
if
we
end
up
back
here
all
over
again
well
I
have
a
what!
I
If
what,
if
we
succeed,
what,
if
we
get
this
right,
what
if
we
can
find
a
solution,
we
can
all
be
proud
of
that
our
residents
can
be
proud
of
and
that
this
city
can
be
proud
of
what
if
we
enhance
the
shadow
laurier
so
that
in
a
hundred
years,
our
predecessors
will
fight
just
as
hard
to
protect
this
important,
landmark
I'm
willing
to
fight
for
that
opportunity
and
I.
Ask
every
member
of
council
here
today
to
do
the
same.
Thank.
H
You
your
worship,
on
the
on
the
matter
of
reconsideration.
We
live
in
a
democracy,
and
this
chamber
must
allow
the
free
exchange
of
debate
and
discussion.
The
reconsideration
was
triggered
yesterday
and
I
urge
everyone
to
allow
the
matter
to
be
on
our
agenda
today
for
a
final
discussion.
The
optics
will
be
horrible
for
those
who
vote
against
this.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
Reconsideration,
specifically,
it's
been
nine
years
now
that
I
sit
as
counselor
here
and,
as
you
can
see
according
to
the
clerk,
this
is
the
first
time
that
we've
appealed
to
this
reconsideration
mechanism
in
the
last
nine
years
by
bonier.
There
is
two
purposes
here.
The
first
was
to
to
provide
the
opportunity
to
your
people
in
your
community
to
know
how
you
are
going
to
vote
on
this
matter
councillors
to
give
them
a
period
of
time
to
reach
out
to
you
and
share
with
you
their
concerns.
D
Point
that
we
shouldn't
appeal
to
too
often
this
procedural
tool
here,
but
nonetheless
I
think
it's
important
that
the
community
should
know
where
you
stand.
It's
important
that
you'll
be
able
to
defend
your
position.
Your
vote
I
respect
the
procedural
rules.
It's
not
typical.
It
shouldn't
become
something:
that's
ordinary,
everyday,
but
I'm
sure
that
each
and
every
one
of
you
have
received
emails
begging
you
about
certain
specific
points
in
this
issue,
and
this
gives
you
the
opportunity
to
take
back
a
little
stand
back
a
little
bit
or
thought
of
a
motion
around
our
debate.
D
Yesterday,
everybody,
it
was
quite
firm
in
their
positions
of
people
who
were
reading
from
prepared
notes.
I
think
that
today,
in
24
hours
after
despite
the
fact
that
we
would
have
wished
for
more
time
for
this
reconsideration
date
be
at
the
next,
an
ordinary
meeting
at
the
end
of
August,
but
I
think
that
24
hours
nonetheless
provides
some
further
reflection.