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Ottawa City Council - December 14, 2022
Agenda and supporting documents available at www.ottawa.ca/agendas
A
A
B
B
As
we
begin
our
meeting
today
and
on
behalf
of
Ottawa
city
council,
I
wish
to
acknowledge
that
Ottawa
is
built
on
unseated
anishinaabe,
Algonquin
territory.
The
peoples
of
the
anishinaabe
Algonquin
Nation,
have
lived
on
this
territory
for
Millennia
their
culture
and
presence
have
nurtured
and
continue
to
nurture
this
land.
The
city
of
Ottawa
honors,
the
people
and
land
of
the
United
Nations,
Inuit
and
80
peoples
are
valuable
past
and
present
contributions
to
this
land,
foreign.
F
B
Confirmation
of
the
minutes
and
in
camera
minutes
that
were
distributed
separately
from
the
council
meeting
of
November
28th
and
the
confirmation
of
the
minutes
of
the
council
meeting
on
November
30th.
B
Are
those
carried
thank
you
any
Declarations
of
Interest
councilor
de
gosh.
G
Thanks
bear
in
accordance
with
Section
Five
Five
Point,
one
and
six,
and
then
you
spell
conflict
of
interest
act,
I
Steve
to
declare
potential
deemed
indirect
pecuniary
interest
on
agenda
item
10.2
recommendation
for
appointment
to
the
hydrawada
holding
Inc
board
of
directors,
giving
my
spouse
as
an
employee
of
the
company.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
Communications
that
have
been
received
are
noted
on
your
agenda.
There
are
no
regrets
that
have
been
received
so
counselor
Gower
a
motion
to
introduce
reports.
Please.
B
All
right,
let's
move
to
the
proposed
2023
budget
directions,
timeline
and
consultation
process
and
I
just
wanted
to
start
by
offering
a
few
thoughts
on
on
the
budget
Direction.
B
So,
as
we
all
know,
families
throughout
Ottawa
are
experiencing
an
affordability
crisis
throughout
the
recent
election
campaign,
I
heard
from
thousands
of
residents
who
are
concerned
about
the
rising
cost
of
everything
from
food
to
rent
and
just
a
few
days
ago,
as
we
all
know,
interest
rates
were
increased
again,
putting
more
pressure
on
mortgages
and
other
household
debts.
C
Are
facing
an
affordability
crisis
during
the
last
pain
I
met
with
many
residents,
they
were
worried
about
the
the
race
of
the
cost
of
living
small,
namely
the
raises
in
their
rent
and
the
groceries.
Lately,
interest
rates
were
raised
once
more,
and
this
is
increasing
the
pressure
on
mortgage
and
any
other
type
of
depth.
B
And
tax
increases,
low
freezing
transit
fares
and
cutting
Recreation
fees
for
families
and
the
fact
that
other
candidates
for
mayor
made
very
similar
promises
demonstrates
what
the
vast
majority
of
Ottawa
residents
were
saying
at
the
doors
during
the
election
campaign,
our
residents
expect
their
city
leaders
to
help
them
ease
the
burden
and
keep
life
as
affordable
as
possible.
Beyond
the
majority
who
supported
my
platform,
a
total
of
more
than
90
percent
of
Voters
in
the
mayoralty
race
voted
for
candidates
advocating
for
low
tax
increases.
B
B
Residents
expect
from
us
I
believed
is
to
be
both
compassionate
and
fiscally
to
ensure
we
are
doing
as
much
as
possible
support
the
growing
number
of
vulnerable
people
in
our
city
and,
at
the
same
time,
managing
our
finances
carefully
and
conscientiously.
So
we
are
ready
for
emergencies
and
don't
jeopardize
our
financial
future
I
can
deliver
my
commitment
to
taxpayers,
presenting
a
budget
with
a
low
tax
increase
of
between
two
and
two
and
a
half
percent,
which
will
be
added
to
2.2
percent
in
assessment
growth.
B
C
B
B
Tax
increases,
low
I
will
also
be
supporting
a
mission
to
Target
Productions
and
Recreation
fees
in
areas
of
greatest
need
and
I
will
be
supporting
a
one-year
freeze
on
transit
fares,
which
we
are
offering
to
passengers,
to
help
with
affordability
and
to
work
towards
rebuilding
trust
in
our
transit
system.
There
are
many
significant
economic
factors
and
pressures
impacting
the
budget,
including
inflation,
Rising
interest
rates,
the
costs
inherited
from
the
store,
the
impact
of
the
slower
return
to
Transit
ridership
and
the
exceptional
expenses
resulting
from
covid
and
the
truck
Convoy.
B
I'm
committed
to
working
with
these
other
orders
of
government
to
get
the
funding
we
need
and
I
will
be
pressing
our
case
in
the
weeks
and
months
ahead
in
areas
including
infrastructure,
Transit
and
housing.
Layla
I
met
with
Ahmed
Hussein,
the
federal
Minister
of
Housing
and
diversity
and
inclusion,
and
we
discuss
the
next
round
of
the
federal
rapid
Housing
Initiative
and
how
to
improve
the
National
Housing
co-investment
fund
and
also
how
the
city
can
best
access.
B
The
new
housing
accelerator
fund
I
also
spoke
with
Steve
Clark
Ontario's,
minister
of
Municipal
Affairs
and
Housing
key
and
I
agreed.
We
work
together
to
ensure
Ottawa
will
get
support
from
the
provincial
government
to
address
the
effects
of
Bill
23..
We
need
to
work
together
to
build
more
affordable
housing
process
through
leveraging,
Federal
and
provincial,
affordable
oops
will
be
prepared
a
tight
turn
around
and
would
be
followed
almost
immediately
by
our
work
on
the
2024
budget.
B
That
means
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
in
the
next
to
ensure
the
city
remains
financially
strong
and
can
deliver
its
important
programs
and
services,
especially
for
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
community.
We
also
have
an
opportunity
to
do
more
to
address
the
priorities
we've
all
heard
about
from
across
the
city
throughout
the
campaign,
for
example,
in
addition
to
affordability,
I
also
heard
from
residents
a
great
need
for
more
housing
of
all
types,
the
need
to
improve
our
core
services,
including
repairing
our
roads
and
the
requirement
for
more
social
and
recreational
infrastructure.
B
We
must
also
Empower
OC
Transpo
to
rethink
bus
service
for
users
to
ensure
that
they
get
to
where
they
need
and
want
to
go
when
they
want
to
travel
in
this
post-covered
reality.
Our
budget
decisions
and
discussions
will
be
iterative
and
will
continue
for
weeks
and
months
to
come.
Today
we
take
the
first
step:
I
intend
to
work
with
all
of
you
to
challenge
City
staff
to
find
savings
and
efficiencies.
So
we
have
more
resources
to
invest
in
the
priorities
of
our
residents.
Just
like
families
across
Ottawa
have
to
tighten
their
belts.
B
This
year
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
work
together
to
ensure
that
the
city
does
the
same.
Strong
financial
management
is
the
foundation
of
our
Collective
success.
Together
we
have
an
opportunity
to
to
deliver
the
budget
that
Ottawa
residents
expect
of
us
that
they
voted
for
to
keep
their
lives
as
affordable
as
possible
to
protect
programs
and
services
and
to
help
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
community.
C
I
J
J
J
Award
I
report
the
details,
the
budget
timeline
and
provides
budget
directions
in
advance
of
each
yearly
budget
and
in
this
presentation
this
morning,
we're
going
to
highlight
the
key
elements
that
went
into
the
recommendations
and
provide
an
overview
of
the
budget
process
between
now
and
March.
When
the
budget
will
be
approved
by
Council
.com
before.
J
Have
adopted
strong
financial
policies
and
plans
that
have
led
to
our
financial
sustainability,
and
some
of
these
examples
include
our
long-range
Financial
plans.
We've
also
invested
in
developing
a
fiscal
framework
that
sets
out
our
high-level
roadmap
to
the
city's
sustainable
finances.
Council
has
also
endorsed
a
strategic
Asset
Management
plan
and
a
state
of
the
assets
report
to
support
our
continued
investment
in
infrastructure.
J
J
J
We
also
have
a
very
thorough
credit
rating
from
Moody's
and
standard
and
poor,
then
covet
arrived
in.
Our
community
covet
resulted
in
significant
financial
challenges
for
not
just
Ottawa,
but
all
municipalities
in
the
city
and
these
challenges
May
flow
as
you've
heard
the
mayor
speak
into
future
years.
As
we
move
to
our
post-pandemic
reality.
J
C
Will
be
facing
a
different
Financial
environment.
J
It
also
benefited
from
provincial
and
federal
state
restart
agreement
funds
in
2020,
2021
and
2022,
and
drafting
the
budget
directions.
Staff
have
assumed
that
no
funding
is
available
from
other
levels
of
governments
for
some
of
the
pressures,
but
not
for
others.
As
we
work
towards
the
tabling
of
the
budget
funding
commitments
are
in
place
for
Ottawa
Public,
Health
and
staff
continue
to
advocate
for
additional
funds
for
Transit
and
Social
Services
staff
anticipate
that
some
of
the
post-covered
pressures
that
are
going
to
flow
into
2023
will
include
pressures
from
our
lower
than
normal
Transit
ridership.
J
K
K
So
the
2022-2026
tournament
Council
of
governance
report
sets
out
the
framework
for
the
budget
process
and
provides
direction
to
staff
to
bring
forward
a
report
each
year
that
outlines
the
overall
timetable
and
directions
in
the
quarters
would
disapprove
Council
approved
framework,
as
required
by
the
2022-2026
tournament.
Council
governance
review
has
approved
on
December
7th
at
Council.
K
Council
then,
requests
boards
and
commissions
to
develop
their
draft
budgets
Within
These
allocations.
Again.
These
allocations
are
based
on
the
council
approved
framework
in
the
term
of
council
governance
report,
the
outlaw
police
services,
Ottawa,
Public,
Library,
public
health
committee
of
adjustment
and
crime
prevention
will
prepare
their
own
budgets
and
submissions
to
respective
boards.
K
K
K
This
slide
illustrates
the
impact
to
the
average
homeowner
and
the
tax
bill
based
on
a
2.5
2.5
tax
increase.
The
overall
increase
that
Urban
Home,
real
Home
and
Commercial
average
assessed
property
at
460.
000
is
stayed
at
2.5
percent,
which
results
in
a
104
impact
to
the
urban
home
at
assessed,
value
of
415
000
and
an
85
dollar
impact
to
a
rural
home.
K
K
K
The
cons
the
construction
price
index
is
set
for
2023
is
at
6.3
percent.
This
is
the
inflationary
pressure
that
we
use
to
increase
our
allocation
to
Capital,
which
funds
overall
Capital
program
and
projects
feel
content
continues
to
be
a
hot
ticket
item.
We
continue
to
monitor
that
price.
In
the
last
month
alone,
we've
seen
a
30
Cent
drop
in
the
price
at
the
pumps.
It's
a
very
volatile
commodity,
but
right
now
it's
working
in
our
favor,
so
we
continue
to
monitor
that
impact
and
we'll
bring
forward
a
recommendation
in
the
table.
K
2023
budget
we're
also
seeing
increased
costs
on
our
insurance
and,
of
course,
as
Wendy
mentioned,
our
long
Financial
plans
guide
us
in
terms
of
the
transit
tax,
housing
and
rate
which
identifies
requirements
for
the
capital.
Investments
Reserve
balances
debt
levels
to
maintain
our
Assets
in
a
good
state
of
repair.
K
K
This
will
generate
42.18
million
dollars
in
additional
tax
revenue.
We've
seen
a
surge
in
building
permits
in
recent
years,
and
this
is
the
impact
that's
flowing
through
that
will
benefit
from
in
2023.
final
tax.
Roll
data
will
be
known
from
received
from
Impact
at
the
end
of
the
year.
At
the
end
of
December
heard,
a
budget
process
approved
a
council
to
Services
governed
by
a
board
and
commission
will
be
allocated
to
provide
a
share
with
a
2.2
percent
next
slide.
Please.
K
K
It
is
also
recommended
that
wherever
possible
fees,
including
criminal
incremental
pulse,
cost
recovery
for
those
services
that
continue
to
be
impacted
by
covid
and
require
additional
Services
materials
for
other
costs,
delivered
those
Services
safely
to
the
public.
Water,
Wastewater
and
storm
fees
are
based
on
100
cost
recovery
and
led
by
the
long-range
financial
plan.
These
estimates
for
2023
is
an
increase
in
revenue
of
4.2
percent.
K
It's
always
long-range
financial
plan,
where
we
finalize
this
term
as
a
companion
report
to
the
solid
waste
master
plan,
which
was
detailed
capital
investment
requirements
for
the
next
10
years,
and
the
Financial
Funding
strategies,
trans
Affairs
are
recommended
to
increase
by
2.5
percent
as
driven
range
financial
plan.
Next
slide,
please.
K
K
K
The
city
will
be
using
a
variety
of
methods
to
engage
with
residents
on
the
2023
budget.
Staff
are
here
to
support
Council
dead
consultations,
either
virtually
or
in
person.
Interactive
online
engagement
will
also
occur
through
ottawa.ca
and
engage
Ottawa
as
well
as
City's.
Various
social
media
channels
engage.
Ottawa,
provides
a
comprehensive
online
engagement
platform
that
will
allow
us
to
think
of
residence
in
an
interactive
manner.
K
B
Thank
you
both.
If
counselors
have
the
questions,
please
let
me
know
counselor
luloff
go
ahead.
E
E
I,
like
many
of
my
residents
and
and
citizens
across
the
city,
are
quite
worried
about
what
happens
to
property
taxes
when
the
next
mpac
assessment
hits
It's
been
put
off
over
and
over
and
over
again
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
Cyril
and
Wendy,
if
you
can
just
take
a
minute
to
explain
what
that
would
do
to
a
budget
and
if
we're
committing
today
to
a
2.5
percent
increase
and
then
mpac
comes
back
with
a
12
increase.
E
Does
that
now
mean
that
we're
actually
going
to
go
with,
like
with
with
a
minus
tax
increase
on
our
side,
to
ensure
that
we
balance
out
to
2.5?
Can
you
talk
about
that.
E
Over
and
over
and
over
again
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
Cyril
and
Wendy,
if
you
can
just
take
a
minute
to
explain
what
that
would
do
to
our
budget
and
if
we're
committing
today
to
a
2.5
increase
and
then
mpac
comes
back
with
a
12
increase.
Does
that
now
mean
that
we're
actually
going
to
go
with,
like
with
with
a
minus
tax
increase
on
our
side,
to
ensure
that
we
balance
out
to
2.5?
J
The
first
counselor
I'll-
let
you
know
that
we
don't
have
any
insight
in
terms
of
when
that
next
assessment
cycle
is
going
to
happen,
nor
what
date
they're
going
to
use
in
terms
of
the
assessment
when
the
province
makes
that
announcement,
we
will
be
happy
to
share
that
with
all
of
you,
but
I.
Think,
what's
important
to
remember
in
terms
of
this
is
when
the
nest
next
assessment
happens
and
the
values
come
out.
It
really
depends
on
where
somebody's
property
falls
within
the
average.
J
So
if
your
property
increases
at
the
average
rate
of
properties
across
Ottawa
you're
not
going
to
see
an
impact
to
your
taxes
outside
of
a
budgetary
increase,
if
the
value
of
your
property
is
below
that,
you
will
actually
see
a
decrease.
If
your
property
is
above
the
average,
then
you
will
see
an
increase.
So
it
really
depends
on
where
it's
going
to
come
with
respect
to
the
average
and
the
impact
to
that
individual
property.
E
Okay,
I
understood
so
so
are
we
are
we
anticipating
additional
tax
revenue
like
on,
on
average,
from
the
mpac
assessment?
That
is
that
is
coming?
We.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
ludloff,
so,
just
just
to
be
clear
about
that
and
I'll
ask
the
interim
city
manager
again,
the
the
the
impact
is
not
the
impact
assessments
do
not
actually
affect
the
revenues
of
the
city,
correct,
because
the
if,
if
the
assessments
go
up,
they
may
affect
how
the
distribution
of
property
taxes
among
different
residents
based
on
how
their
individual
assessments
went
up
against
the
average.
B
B
Thank
you,
councilor
leaper,.
L
Thank
you
very
much
mayor.
So
are
we
speaking
to
the
entire
budget
directions
at
this
point
like
if
we
have
comments
about
the
two
and
a
half
percent
Target,
or
is
it
just
questions
at
the
moment
we
have
another
opportunity
to
address
the
larger.
B
I
think
I
think
it's
right
now.
It's
questions
for
the
interim
city
manager
and
the
interim
Chief
Financial
Officer,
perfect
yeah.
L
So
so,
with
respect
to
the
presentation,
what
was
assessment
growth
set
at
in
or
assumed
to
be
in
each
of
the
last
two
years,
for
example,.
K
L
So
the
because
we
have
heard
a
lot
about
the
the
additional
Revenue
that
comes
in
on
top
of
existing
tax
base
from
growth
and
my
understanding,
my
my
recollection,
is
that
you
know
you're
you're
in
the
right
ballpark.
There
we've
been
assuming
assessment
growth
with
each
budget
that
we
put
together
of
around
one
and
a
half
percent
1.6
percent.
L
L
If
we
yeah,
if
we
could
get
that
answer
before
the
end
of
the
meeting,
that
would
be
fantastic.
So
there's
how
many
more
millions
are
expected
to
be
brought
into
the
budget
as
a
result
of
setting
the
Assumption
at
2.2
percent.
L
Million
yes,
yeah,
okay,
so
we
can
actually
work
the
math
backwards,
probably
a
bit
on
that.
So
a
stronger
growth
assessment
at
2.2
percent
might
be
bringing
the
city
roughly
in
10
million
dollars
more
than
we
had
brought
in
in
previous
budgets
as
a
result
of
growth
assessment.
K
That's
a
correct
assumption:
I
mean
we
look
at
previous
budgets
as
a
comparator,
we're
probably
a
little
better
in
terms
of
a
2.5
as
an
example
and
a
2.2
if
we
were
to
use
a
three
percent
tax
increase
and
a
1.5
percent
growth,
we're
actually
slightly
better
because
we're
benefiting
from
that
additional
growth.
This
year,
yeah
and.
L
I,
just
I
I
asked
the
question,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
the
colleagues
understand
that
2.2
million
dollars
of
growth
assessment
assumption
is,
is
not
new
money.
That's
flowing
into
the
system.
We
always
set
an
assumption
around
what
the
growth
the
assessment
growth
is
going
to
be
so
that
2.2
percent
is
not
all
free
money.
It's
a
little
bit
higher
than
what
we've
assumed
to
be
money
coming
in
from
growth
assessment
in
past.
L
M
Thank
you,
my
questions
for
staff.
There
you
mentioned
that
fuel
is
a
hot
button
issue.
How
how
is
the
fuel
for
for
operations
purchased.
K
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
So,
from
a
diesel
perspective,
we
do
use
edging
contracts,
so
that
gives
us
the
ability
to
significantly
risk
mitigate
the
fluctuations
in
diesel.
Today
at
the
pump
diesel
is
about
217
220..
We
could
consider
lower
rates
on
our
Edge
contracts,
so
we
employ
that
mechanism
also
from
a
City
Fuel.
Like
your
your
true
fuel
at
the
gas
pump
for
normal
Vehicles,
we
do
have
feeling
tanks
at
various
sites,
so
we're
actually
able
to
benefit
some
improved
pricing
from
that
as
well.
M
K
Thank
you
so,
from
a
treasury
perspective,
when
we
add
your
contracts,
we
do
have
a
certain
percentage
of
your
percentage
in
the
first
six
months
and
then
over
nine
months
we
reduced
our
percentage,
so
we
may
do
60
to
70
in
the
shorter
term
and
then
do
a
little
bit
less
in
the
longer
term.
Again
because
of
the
volatility
of
that
commodity,
a
long-term
edging
contract
would
not
be
financially
feasible.
So
we
kind
of
do
it
a
little
in
the
shorter
term.
B
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilor
low
and
just
to
be
clear
about
the
sequence
of
events
here,
we'll
we'll
continue
to
take
questions
specifically
about
the
staff
presentation,
and
then
we
will
move
to
motions
on
the
budget
directions
report
and
then
discussion
on
the
report
itself,
so
councilor
Brockington,
you're
next.
N
Thank
you
mayor,
good
morning
to
you
and
and
colleagues,
and
thank
you
staff
for
the
presentation
this
morning
with
staff.
Please
clarify
if
the
recommendations
of
a
direction
of
two
to
two
point:
five
percent
is
staff's
recommendation
or
are
you
implementing
direction
from
the
mayor
on
this
matter?.
K
Mr
Mayor
to
answer
the
question:
that's
the
direction
from
the
mayor's
office.
Okay,.
N
K
Mr
Mayor,
as
approved
by
the
term
of
council
governance
report,
we
we
bring
forward
a
framework
that
follows
all
the
long-range
Financial
plans,
the
fiscal
framework
and
then,
of
course,
the
final
piece
is
that
final
Direction
in
terms
of
what
that
tax
levy
should
be
so
from
there
myself
and
my
staff.
We
work
with
all
the
Departments
and
GMS
to
build
that
budget
and
bring
forward
solutions
to
balance
within
that
Target.
N
Okay,
I
want
to
make
it
clear
that
I
acknowledge
there's
a
difference
between
a
budget
Direction
versus
actual
setting
the
property
tax
rates.
Today,
we're
giving
direction
to
staff
go
and
put
together
your
draft
budget
and
we'll
debate
it
in
a
couple
months,
but
I'm
very
concerned
about
risks
and
underestimating
what
costs
will
be
and
the
last
term
of
council
colleagues,
we
set
the
tax
rate
at
three
percent.
N
So
that's
that's
a
huge
concern
that
I
have
I
understand
in
in
the
Mayors
and
other
arguments
that
there
is
definitely
a
desire
by
the
public
to
contain
costs
and
contain
their
taxes.
Absolutely
agree
with
that
and
I
don't
Champion
tax
increases,
but
I
think
we
have
an
overall
responsibility
to
make
sure
that
the
key
needs
in
this
city
that
the
core
Services
we
deliver
are
met
and
there
comes
a
cost
to
that
and
I
want
to
make
sure
the
numbers
in
our
budget
are
realistic.
N
So
that's
a
huge
concern
that
I
have
particularly
when
the
acting
city
manager
this
morning
said
quote.
We
have
significant
Financial
concerns,
so
why
so
do
I,
so
I
have
an
unease
with
this
direction
that
we
are
establishing
today
and
as
we
get
into
some
of
the
other
motions,
I
will
have
more
to
say
on
that.
Thank
you,
mayor.
O
You
very
much
mayor
and
thanks
to
staff,
for
your
presentation,
I'm
wondering
if,
as
an
organization,
we
have
an
inflation
rate
for
the
city
of
Ottawa,
and
so
can
you
provide
that
number?
What
is
the
city
of
Ottawa
proper
is
not
not
the
city
writ
large,
but
as
an
organization.
What
our
inflation
rate
is.
K
Mr
Mayor,
that's
one
of
the
fundamental
challenges
that
we
struggle
with
every
year.
From
a
finance
perspective,
there
is
no
real
that
I'm
aware
of
said:
Municipal
inflationary
Factor.
Obviously
their
stats
can
bank
account
et
cetera.
So
when
we
look
across
our
organization
and
if
you
were
to
use
the
Consumer
Price
Index
as
a
baseline
Benchmark,
obviously
the
city's,
not
in
the
business
of
of
food
and
those
types
of
Commodities,
so
we're
impacted
quite
differently.
K
So
what
we
do
is
we
try
and
look
at
our
bigger
ticket
items
so
obviously,
as
I
mentioned
compensation
being
the
biggest
budgetary
item
which
are
governed
by
our
Collective
agreements.
So
we
know
that
the
majority
of
those
have
settled
below
two
percent.
When
we
look
at
our
construction
for
Capital,
we
look
at
the
construction
index.
We
also
look
at
our
other
construction
parameters
internally
and
we
set
that
at
6.3
percent.
K
Then
when
we
look
at
other
things
in
terms
of
our
our
parts
or
other
materials,
we
look
at
some
of
the
contracts
that
we
have
so
again.
Some
of
those
are
actually
at
two
percent.
Some
might
be
at
three
percent.
But
again,
when
you
look
at
overall
there's
also
the
volume
component,
so
if,
for
example,
in
our
feet,
our
feed
side
of
the
equation,
obviously
the
prices
of
cars
have
increased
significantly.
O
Okay:
okay,
thank
you
for
that
helpful
to
have
those
figures
would
love
to
see
a
city
of
Ottawa
inflation
number
rolled
up
one
day.
I
know
I've
asked
this
in
previous
budgets
too,
but
seems
like
we
have
most
of
the
pieces
there
to
potentially
get
to
something
like
that
and
would
be
really
helpful
just
in
future
exercises
in
the
previous
three
percent
budget
scenario,
as
councilor
Brockington
mentioned,
one
percent
of
that
was
previously
targeted
for
infrastructure
repairs
and
helping
to
tackle
our
infrastructure
deficit.
O
K
So,
as
outlined
in
the
presentation,
we
will
bring
forward
a
table
budget
that
still
follows
those
long-range
financial
plan
parameters
and
guidelines,
so
we're
still
committed
to
closing
that
infrastructure
Gap.
So
that's
the
heavy
lifting
that
my
me
and
my
team
and
the
various
departments
will
be
working
on
the
next
six
to
eight
weeks
to
ensure
that
there's
no
risk
to
that
that
long-range
financial
plan.
That
commitment
that
was
set
to
close
that
infrastructure,
Gap.
O
That's
good
to
hear
and
I
think
that
brings
me
into
my
last
question
around
the
mitigation
items
you've
mentioned
in
our
in
the
report.
So
we've
talked
about
potential
Capital
project
delays
other
other
things
of
that
sort.
So,
on
the
point
you
just
made
and
and
on
the
point
that's
being
made
in
the
report
when
when
would
Council
see
that
transparency
about
what
projects
are
potentially
being
delayed,
what
things
may
fall
off
the
Wayside
as
a
result
of
the
budget.
K
Mr
Mayor,
so
that
that
will
be
in
the
table
of
budget
documents
on
February
1st.
So
as
we
once
this
report
is
approved
today
or
the
direction
is
set.
That's
where
we'll
do
all
that
and
be
left
in
terms
of
working
with
specifically
infrastructure,
Services
Department,
to
really
get
a
sense
of
what
the
impact
is
there
on
capital
or
what
that
means,
and
we'll
report
that
back
through
the
the
documents
in
the
table.
Budget,
okay
and.
O
What
we
see
as
a
council
very
clearly
what
might
have
been
funded,
what's
not
being
funded,
and
you
know,
changes
to
things
like
DC's.
What
our
expectation
might
be
with
changes
provincially.
Will
that
be
a
clear
list
that
will
that
we'll
get
that
we'll
be
able
to
see.
K
Mr
Mayor,
so
my
my
open.
My
goal
is
that
there'd
be
limited
impact
in
terms
of
renewal
because,
again
we're
sticking
to
our
long-range
Financial
plans
from
a
DC
perspective.
Obviously,
the
impact
of
Bill
23,
we're
monitoring
and
analyzing
that
closely
we're
working
with
my
colleague,
Don
and
his
team
to
make
sure
that
we're
aware
of
the
latest
challenges
that
will
that
will
present.
K
H
You
Mr
Mayor
as
following
up
on
councilman
Art's
question
on
the
impact
from
Bill
23
development
charges
and
otherwise,
specifically,
will
staff
be
recommending
specific
offsets
to
the
loss
options
that
Council
will
have
to
offset
the
loss
from
development
charges
as
part
of
the
budget
report
that
we'll
see.
K
Mr
Mayor,
so
basically,
what
we
will
be
doing
is
at
this
point.
The
plan
is,
and
Dom
might
want
to
top
me
up
after
I
answer.
This
question
is
we're
going
to
be
reviewing
the
analysis
of
what
we
expect,
the
impact
to
be
and,
of
course,
we're
using
our
2019
DC
background
as
the
premise
to
guide
us
throughout
analysis.
H
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
my
math
is
correct.
So
if
a
two
percent
tax
increase
would
mean
an
additional
just
over
39.1
million
dollars
in
revenue,
is
it
safe
to
say
then
that
for
every
one
percent
that
Council
might
choose
to
add
to
taxes,
it
would
mean
an
additional
just
under
19.6
million
dollars?
Is
that
correct.
H
I
think
this
this
is
going
to
be
a
challenging
budget,
partly
because
we
are
a
new
Council
and
the
mayor
mentioned
three
priorities
in
his
opening
remarks:
infrastructure,
Transit
and
housing
I.
Think.
As
a
group,
we
haven't
really
decided
on
what
our
Council
priorities
are.
I
mean
we
all
know
what
we
ran
on
and
we've
certainly
been
talking
to
each
other,
but
it
makes
it
a
a
really
challenging
budget
in
23
to
make
any
2023
to
make
any
I
think
significant
changes.
H
I
always
think
of
the
the
2023
budget
is
almost
a
legacy
of
the
last
term
of
council
and
for
this
for
this
Council
we're
really
looking
at
2024
and
the
next
four
years
beyond
that.
In
terms
of
really
matching
our
spending
to
where
our
Collective
priorities
are
and
I
think,
within
the
first
six
months
of
2023,
we
will
probably
have
a
decision
to
make
on
tournament
Council
priorities
and
that's
really
going
to
direct
any
major
changes
to
our
our
budget
and
our
spending
going
forward.
So
not
that
we
can't
make
changes.
H
B
You
councilor,
Gower
and
I
agree
with
what
what
you're
saying
and
I
think
there
will
be
an
opportunity
early
in
the
new
year
to
have
accounts
have
council
do
a
priority,
setting
exercise
that
will
will
inform
our
future
decisions
and
and
and
particularly
budget
decisions
going
forward.
Counselor
Kavanaugh.
P
Thank
you
very
much
Mr
Mayor
and
thank
you
to
the
finance
team.
I've
got
a
lot
of
work
ahead.
If
you
had
no
doubt
I
appreciate
it,
I
appreciate
the
questions
from
my
colleagues
regarding
the
infrastructure
deficit.
I
share
that
concern.
It's
it's
about
projects
that
get
delayed
and
how
do
we
account
for
the
rising
costs
when
things
get
delayed?
That's
what
I've
seen
so
far.
Is
that
and
and
sometimes
it's
not
even
our
fault
supply
chain
problems
Etc.
So
how
is
that
taken
into
account.
K
Mr
Mayor,
so
again
we
work
closely
with
Tammy's
infrastructure,
Services
team
and
we
look
at
obviously
the
budgetary
impacts,
but
obviously
there's.
Obviously
the
supply
chain
impacts
in
terms
of
actually
delivering
on
those
projects.
So
again
we
try
and
line
that
up
to
ensure
that
you
know
we
can
deliver
on
the
projects
and
reflect
any
potential
shifts
or
delays.
K
We
also
would
like
to
remind
Council
and
the
new
members
specifically.
We
also
come
forward
on
an
annual
basis
in
the
June
time
frame
with
a
annual
Capital
closure
report.
So
again,
that's
kind
of
a
mid-year
pulse
check
in
terms
of
where
we're
at
and
how
things
are
unfolding.
Obviously,
the
last
two
three
years
there's
been
significant
challenges
in
terms
of
the
delivery
of
the
capital
programs
based
on
the
supply
chain
and
the
impacts
of
pandemic.
K
You
know
is
that
gone
we
don't
know,
but
again,
those
are
risks
that
we
employ
when
we
review
the
overall
budget
for
Capital.
Specifically
and
again,
we
use
that
mid-year
report
to
kind
of
come
back
and
update
Council
in
terms
of
what
we're
seeing
as
things
on
fold
as
we
gear
up
for
their
true
construction
season
in
the
March
April
time
frame.
P
Thank
you
very
much.
This
is
kind
of
related,
but
in
terms
of
our
targets
for
affordable
housing.
That
one
concerns
me,
because
those
are
the
costs
that
are
probably
the
ones
that
rise
the
most,
especially
with
land
costs,
and
how
are
we
going
to
hang
on
to
our
targets
to
to
reach
more
affordable
housing?
Are
we
are
we
guaranteeing
a
certain
amount?
Are
we
guaranteeing
a
certain
number
of
units?
How
are
we
find?
How
are
we
looking
at
it.
K
So
we're
using
obviously
the
housing
long-range
financial
plan
is,
is
basically
our
guiding
framework,
so
we're
committed
to
you
know
fun
committed
to
that
funding.
That's
in
that
plan,
Mr
Mayor
did
mention
about
you,
know
seeking
further
funding
and
provincial
Federal
level,
which
will
help.
Obviously,
the
impacts
again
of
the
pandemic
and
economic
factors
of
Supply
is
impacting
pricing.
K
So
again,
these
are
another
layer
of
challenges
that
will
present
ourselves
and
working
with
Donna's
team
in
terms
of
what
the
impacts
is
in
terms
of
the
number
of
units,
because
cost
is
increasing,
but
again
that
that
will
be
put
forward
in
the
table.
2023
budget
documents.
P
Thank
you.
One
of
the
concerns
that
I've
heard
from
residents
is
not
just
their
property
taxes,
but
the
the
fixed
costs
the
water
bill
has
been
was
a
big
controversy.
It's
Revenue
neutral.
It's
meant
to
pay
for
itself,
because
we
need
that
infrastructure,
but
I'm
concerned
about
you
know
making
sure
people
understand
that
that
is
going
to
go
up,
because
it
looks
like
it's
going
to
go
up
quite
a
bit
because
of
those
direct
costs
of
infrastructure,
I've
seen
massive
projects
in
my
own
Ward.
P
So
how
is
that
being
accounted
for
and
I
think
that
we
really
should
make
sure
we
communicate
that
with
the
public
so
that
it's
people
forget
that
that's
a
separate
piece.
K
That's
a
great
question
again:
I
don't
want
to
be
repetitive,
but
the
rate
lrp
really
guides
us
and
I
think
you
alluded
to
exactly
the
the
nature
of
that
operation.
It's
a
very
Capital
intensive
infrastructure
driven
utility
sometimes
is
one
of
those
things
where
it's
at
a
sight
out
of
mind.
We
don't
get
to
see
the
underground
infrastructure,
which
is
very
expensive.
If
you
don't
live
in
the
rollpack
area
award,
you
don't
see
that
big
facility,
sometimes
you
forget
about
the
actual
infrastructure
needed
to
get
that
water
flowing
through
our
Taps.
K
So
so
it
is
true.
I
mean
that
program
is
probably
the
most
intense
Capital
intense
program
we
have
in
the
city.
That
rate
is
due
to
increase
at
4.2
percent
in
2023,
which
is
a
slight
reduction
from
previous
years.
So
when
we
brought
forward
the
rate
lrp
in
2017
2018
time
frame,
there
was
a
little
bit
of
a
up
and
then
slow
slightly
kind
of
falling
down,
and
the
good
thing
is.
We
are
on
track
to
maintain
those
Assets
in
a
good
state
of
repair
and
we're
on
on
course,
for
that.
So.
P
Thank
you.
One
of
the
this
is
more
I,
feel
a
bigger
question,
but
it
always
comes
down
to
property
taxes,
and
we
know
it's
a
regressive
form
of
tax.
We
seem
to
be
having
large
conversations
with
the
province
and
with
the
feds
have
we
looked
at
moving
away
from
property
taxes?
Has
that
conversation
have
been
started?
Perhaps
it's
something
at
am02,
but
just
to
get
away
from
that
and
have
a
more
Equitable
form
of
Taxation.
It's
a
big
question:
it's
not
going
to
affect
this
but
budget,
but
are
those
conversations
possible.
K
First
Mr
Mayor
I,
would
say
all
conversations
are
possible.
Obviously
that's
outside
of
the
box,
thinking
which
is
good
right,
the
more
the
more
we
think
outside
the
box
or
the
more
we
Advocate
upwards.
The
better
to
your
point.
Obviously
the
municipality
is,
is
the
final
stop
in
terms
of
the
taxation
process,
so
you
know,
I
would
certainly
support
those
types
of
conversations
and
engagements
to
kind
of
support.
Any
types
of
this,
if
counsel
it
will
or
engagement
I,
would
certainly
be
here
to
partake
in
that.
G
Oh
thanks
very
much
Mr
Mayor.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
and
part
of
the
exercise.
I
think
is
as
difficult
as
it
is.
Each
and
every
year
is
the
opportunity
to
educate
residents
on
the
complexity
of
the
budget
and
how
the
budget
comes
together
and
I.
Find
residents
are
still
surprised
that
by
law
we
are
required
to
have
a
balance
to
budget,
and
so
that
is
one
of
the
drivers
here.
That
creates
tremendous
pressure
of
that.
G
Unlike
other
levels
of
government
that
can
go
into
deficit
for
operating,
we
can
so
we
have
to
be
responsible
with
our
decisions.
I
was
also
interested
where
counselor
leaper
was
going
with
the
growth
funding
and
the
assessment
that
sounds
like
we're:
we're
sort
of
attacking
it
at
a
based
on
our
on
our
history
and
and
I.
Think
again,
the
public
view
that
well
this.
G
This
is
new
money
that
we're
somehow
making
money
off
this,
and,
in
fact
the
opposite
is
true
that
where
this
growth
comes,
that
money
comes
in,
we
do
need
to
provide
those
services.
So
if
you
live
in
a
high
growth
area
such
as
mine,
you
know
the
residents
expect
that
you
know
the
roads
are
going
to
get
plowed.
The
sides
will
go
plowed,
the
grass
will
get
cut,
bylaw
will
respond
so,
but
you
know
that
is
not
a
windfall
for
us.
It's
actually
going
towards
providing
additional
services.
G
So
my
question
was
just
in
terms
of
the
process
that
the
allocation
of
that
that
it
is
going
to
departments
that
will
be
providing
some
extra
capacity
to
again
plow
the
roads
to
the
sidewalks
cut
the
grass,
the
parks
and
how
is
that
sort
of
allocated
within
the
administration?
So
again
it's
it's
actually
going
to
the
growth
money
is
going
to
the
growth
Services
thanks.
K
Mr
Mayor
so
first
I'll
kind
of
come
back
to
counselor,
leaper's
question
so
at
1.6
assessment
growth,
that's
about
30.1
million
at
2.2
percent,
is
to
42.18
million.
That's
in
the
presentation,
Council
Drew's
to
your
question,
so
we
don't
go
through
the
process
where
we
arbitrarily
just
allocate
that
percentage
equally
across
all
departments.
My
personal
view
is:
that's
not
a
good
Financial,
Prudence
or
stewardship.
K
What
we
do
is
we
work
closely
with
all
departments
and
review
all
pressures.
Specifically.
You
know
we
have
a
storm
on
the
horizon
coming
on
Friday,
so
obviously
we
work
with
Public
Works
team
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
right
increases
there
to
support
their
winter
maintenance
budget
roll
its
maintenance
budget
Etc
same
is
true
for
parks
in
every
other
City
service,
recreational
programs
Etc.
K
So
really
we
we
look
at
a
more
of
a
global
approach,
challenge
each
other
to
really
do
our
due
diligence
to
try
and
fit
in
where
the
the
true
needs
are
because
every
year
there's
a
different
need,
different
impact.
Obviously
some
services
are
more
impacted
by
inflationary
pressures
versus
others.
So
it's
a
very
complex.
You
know:
there's
no
simple!
Mathematical
equation
or
right
way
to
do
it,
it's
very
complex
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
don't
do
that
arbitrary
Flat
Line,
equal
allocation
across
the
board.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Dave,
councilor,
Curry,.
Q
Thank
you
for
the
presentation,
a
couple
of
very
boring
things,
maybe
that
I
want
to
talk
about,
but
when
we
get
the
you'll
get
the
budget
Direction
and
then
you'll
come
back
to
us
and
when
we
get
whatever
you
come
back
to
us
with
the
two
categories
of
insurance
and
Reserves
I
think
are
I
think
are
the
most
problematic.
You
know
there's
a
bit
of
a.
Why
would
you
set
Reserves
at
what
they
are
we've?
Finally,
gotten
them
up
to
be,
maybe
in
a
healthy
state,
but
you
can't
predict
the
future.
Q
None
of
us
can
either,
but
we
have
we're
hearing
on
different
boards.
I
sit
on
we're
hearing
that
there's
significant
risk
with
insurance,
because
insurance
companies
obviously
are
increasing
their
rates,
but
they're
also
refusing
to
insure
things
and
I,
give
you
cyber
security
attacks
and
Ransom
as
one
of
them
and
I.
Just
wonder
in
the
budget
Direction,
because
it's
somewhat
of
a
crystal
ball,
will
there
be
very
specific
and
I'm
hearing
from
other
categories
that
there
will
be
assumptions,
risks
risk
mitigation.
Q
But
if
you
look
at
some
of
the
things
we've
had
so
far,
where
our
insurance
often
is
well,
the
federal
government
will
pay
or
the
provincial
government
will
pay
and
we
have
reserves
and
we
have
insurance.
Q
We've
had
so
many
incidences
recently,
where
we're
then
quite
worried
about
what
we're
going
to
do
and
who's
going
to
pay.
For
that
I'm
wondering
what
we'll
actually
get
in
when
you
give
us
the
budget
on
the
in
those
two
categories.
K
So
Mr
Mayor.
So
if
you
can't
hear
me,
let
me
know,
and
I
can
certainly
speak
louder.
So
yes,
so
we
we
obviously
work
closely
with
Val
and
Mr
White
in
terms
of
what
those
insurance
premium
costs
are,
and
we
will
have
a
specific
item
in
the
budget
for
that
pressure.
I've
identified
that
in
the
presentation,
because
we
know
that
that's
a
significant
pressure
going
into
2023
with
respect
to
reserves.
K
Obviously
we
did
bring
forward
a
reserve
policy
report
back
in
2018
which
established
those
you
know
minimum
maximum
balance
which
we
follow
and
we
do
have
our
reserves
close
to
that
those
levels
today,
but
the
other
components
of
your
your
question:
I'm,
not
sure
Mr
White.
If
you
want
to
address
anything
that
the
counselor
asked
that
I
didn't
address.
R
Mr
Mayor,
certainly
when
we
look
at
the
insurance
portfolio
and
the
city's
integrated
insurance
program,
you
know
appreciating
that
our
renewals
are
done
largely
through
the
rest
of
the
year.
Our
main
program
renews
at
the
end
of
August,
so
any
of
those
costs
are
known
for
almost
three
quarters
of
the
year.
R
To
your
point,
we
have
seen
what
they
call
a
hardening
of
the
insurance
Market,
but
it
would
appear
that
the
peak
of
that
has
passed,
but
we
will
be
working
with
Finance
in
terms
of
both
options
to
mitigate
that
with
respect
to
the
structure
of
the
program,
but
also
to
have
a
sense
of
the
totality
of
what
the
city
requires
for
much
Insurance
perspective
as
part
of
its
overall
risk
management
approach.
B
Thank
you.
Councilor
Curry,
like
you,
I'm
having
trouble
hearing
but
I
understand.
We
have
the
volume
at
the
highest
level,
so
I'll
encourage
everyone
to
speak
at
the
as
close
to
as
possible
to
the
microphone
and
and
project.
You
know
project
like
your
Sean
Devine,
who
has
some
acting
experience.
B
Unfortunately,
he's
not
here
to
hear
that
joke,
but
councilor
Johnson,
councilor
Johnson,
please
go
ahead
in
your
loudest
voice.
Thank.
S
You,
yes
and
I
think
there's
also
an
opportunity
to
try
and
speak
more
excitedly
about
the
budget
that
can
sometimes
help
if
you
modulate
your
voice
to
sound
excited,
so
I'll
try
and
sound
excited
I,
I
guess
you
know.
I
really
appreciate
your
point
to
my
Stittsville
colleague,
pointing
out
that
we
are
a
new
Council
and
with
the
compressed
cycle
we
can
imagine
this
as
a
leg.
A
legacy
budget
and
I
and
I
do
hear
the
rationale
for
that.
S
S
So
the
the
number
that
jumps
out
to
me
is
construction.
Inflation
at
6.3
percent
and
I'd
really
like
to
understand.
Wendy
I
know
that
you
and
I
had
emailed
briefly
over
the
last
week
about
this.
Can
you
let
me
know
what
the
construction
inflation
rate
has
been
for
the
last
two
years?
Let's
say,
as
we've
negotiated
our
budget
comparatively.
K
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I,
don't
have
it
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
I
know
in
in
the
past
couple
years,
I've
seen
rates
as
high
as
5.8
before
that
I've
seen
rates
in
the
1.82
percent
2.7
percent,
so
it
really
is
fluctuating.
6.3
is
probably
one
of
the
largest
ones
that
I've
seen
in
my
tenor
here
at
the
city.
S
Okay,
thank
you
and
I
understand,
then,
that
that
6.3
percent
gets
taken
into
consideration.
When
you
look
at
your
long-range
financial
plan
for
the
year,
so
I
I
mean
do
we
anticipate
that,
as
we
move
into
a
a
a
second
phase
of
how
covet
has
created
pressures
or
perhaps
how
Bill
23
will
create
an
added
opportunity
for
greater
development
in
Ontario
how
that
inflation
rate
may?
What
would
you
call
it
react.
K
K
Aversive
of
6.3
is
probably
what
I
would
suggest
going
forward
with
again,
as
things
do
change,
we
do
come
back
with
regular
updates
to
council,
specifically
on
the
capital
side
through
the
annual
Capital
closure
process,
so
that
would
give
us
a
good
opportunity
to
really
update
Council
and
members
in
terms
of,
if
things
do
significantly
change
and
then,
of
course,
you
know
what
strategies
are
risk
mitigations,
we
would
employ
at
that
time
to
limit
the
risk
of
anything
that
potentially
gets
adopted
through
the
budget
process.
So
hopefully
that
answers
your
question
or
yes,.
S
I
mean
it
does
I
I,
take
the
point
that
we
don't
know,
but
I
think
we
could.
We
could
guess
that,
given
the
the
future
pressures
on
the
construction
industry,
that
those
will
remain
constant
and
likely,
we
will
see
still
a
high
rate
of
inflation.
I
also
wanted
to
know
you
know.
Do
we
anticipate
I,
understand
salaries
are
our
biggest
costs
and
we're
imagining
some
of
these
contracts
being
at
two
percent
I'm,
also
interested
in
ensuring
that
the
city
of
Ottawa
remains
an
attractive
Place
for
skilled
trades.
S
If
we
have
a
labor
shortage
now
and
if
these
construction
pressures
continue
to
climb
I
know
there
are
certain
aspects
of
our
service
that
can
be
seduced
by
the
private
sector,
and
so,
if
we're
trying
to
remain
fiscally
prudent
but
salaries
exceed
otherwise,
we
may
lose
the
opportunity
to
attract
and
retain
good
talent.
So
there
are
some
longer
implications
for
this.
That
comes
with
the
construction
and
capital
budget
that
I
I
am
concerned
about.
S
So
when
it
comes
to
the
6.3
three
percent,
can
you
help
me
understand
really
what
the
decisions
are
because
I
think
what
I'm
struggling
with
is
that
I
understand
the
direction?
Is
one
thing
and
we're
just
setting
a
direction,
and
that's
great
but
I've
never
really
been
an
executive
of
a
corporation
before
where
the
implications
for
your
decision
come
at
a
later
date
and
they're
uncoupled.
S
S
Are
we
going
to
see
deferrals
of
capital
projects,
given
the
current
like?
Is
that
a
solution
I
want
to
know
about
deferrals
of
capital
projects
and
I'd
like
to
understand
the
impacts
on
reserves,
because
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
where
those
tough
decisions
come
from
and
if
it's
not,
if
we're
going
to
maintain
services
and
we're
going
to
maintain
salaries,
is
there
something
in
between
that
we're
going
to
have
to
make
a
decision
on
that
will
impact?
You
know
my
residence
in
college
board.
K
K
Then
what
we
do
is
during
each
subsequent
annual
budget
process.
We
true
up
that
by
the
reflective
inflation
experience
at
that
time,
which
is
probably
the
best
prudent
way
to
do
it,
because
it
really
keeps
us
on
the
line
in
terms
of
what
that
funding
envelope
should
be
then
through
each
annual
budget
process.
What
we
do
is
we
work
closely
with
departments,
mainly
infrastructure
Services,
because
they
have
the
bulk
of
the
capital
programs
and
really
factor
in
any
other
potential
risks
or
price
escalations
that
may
be
occurring
at
this
point.
K
There's
no
plan
for
any
deferrals
in
the
2023
budget.
Really
it's
working
with
that
team
to
ensure
that
the
mechanisms
they
employ
from
a
priority
from
a
delivery
perspective
are
employed
into
that
envelope
and
employed
to
kind
of
correlate
back
to
that
long-range
financial
plan.
K
There's
also
consideration
given
in
terms
of
what
can
be
physically
and
feasibly
delivered
in
the
market,
there's,
obviously
a
capacity
issue
as
well
in
terms
of
what
can
actually
be
delivered.
So
these
are
all
considerations
that
go
into
play
when
my
team
works
with
Tammy's
team
infrastructure
services
and
the
other
Capital
programs
to
kind
of
come
back
with
the
best
kind
of
plan
forward.
So
again,
there's
you
know
I'm,
not
anticipating
or
not
planning
for
any
deferrals
and
be
a
little
bit
repetitive.
K
That's
why
it's
important
for
that
Capital
closure
report
that
you'll
see
when
we
come
in
June
of
that's
of
significance,
because
it
really
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
do
that
that
pulse
check
and
that
check-in
to
kind
of
identify.
You
know
potential
risks
or
delays
and
then,
of
course,
strategies
to
kind
of
address
those,
so,
hopefully,
I
kind
of
roundabout
way
answers
your
question.
S
It
does
and
I
understand
in
my
brief
education
on
roads
that
an
example
of
of
priority
when
we
are
talking
about
Road
reconstruction,
is
that
we
prioritized
arterial
roads.
You
know
as
a
council,
Direction
and
so
local
roads
were.
You
know
chosen
to
be
to
to
defer
those
projects,
and
that
is
how
we
will
make
sure
that
we
don't
do
deferrals.
But
what
what
I'm
really
struggling
with
is
you
know?
I
was
at
the
college
lob
laws
this
weekend.
S
Box
of
Cheerios
is
8.99,
that's
bananas
and
then
you
know:
I
have
kids
that
are
on
their
bicycles
on
our
local
roads
that
are
are
going
over
bumps
or
we
don't
have
the
sidewalks,
and
there
are
certain
trade-offs
that
are,
unfortunately,
being
pitched
against
each
other
in
this
conversation
and
I
and
I
and
I'm
struggling
to
make
the
right
decision
so
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there,
and
thanks
for
letting
me
take
my
full
five
minutes
to
bring
me
up
to
speed.
B
Technically
you
have
23
seconds
left,
but
thank
you,
councilor
Johnson,
all
right.
Let's,
let's
move
from
there.
Obviously
we're
going
to
continue
to
be
talking
about
the
budget
direction
as
we
move
forward
through
these
motions.
So,
let's
move
to
the
Motions
now
beginning
with
the
motion
from
counselor
Curry
seconded
by
me
on
the
paraphrase
for
OC
Transpo,
which
was
introduced
last
council
meeting
so.
Q
I'll
just
read
the
therefore
so,
whereas
all
those
other
things
therefore
be
it
resolved
that
the
2023
budget
will
include
a
transit
fare
freeze
for
one
year,
including
seniors,
pass
equipass
and
youth
fairs.
General
introduction
is
that
you
know
given
a
lot
of
what
we've
talked
about
here.
We
understand
that
costs
are
rising
for
everyone,
and
you
know
I'm
sure
what
you
heard
at
the
doors
was
not
different
from
what
I
heard
at
the
doors
where
people
were
talking
about
the
price
of
Cheerios
at
College
Square.
Q
Oh
no,
that
was
your
award,
but
it
is
it's.
The
Canada
food
bank,
for
example,
is
up.
30
percent
increase
in
need
different
families
entirely
showing
up
at
the
food
bank
these
days
and
prices
are
very
high
wherever
you
go
for
everything.
So
this
is
one
way
and
I
know
that
the
mayor
talked
about
this
in
his
campaign,
but
the
people
in
Canada
for
sure
and
I
know
I've
talked
to
many
of
other.
Q
These
you,
the
rest
of
you,
were
also
in
agreement
that
people
are
are
challenged,
and
this
is
one
way
to
certainly
help
people
manage
their
budgets,
so
I
hope
you'll
support
it.
H
Thank
you.
Can
staff
give
us
an
estimated
dollar
impact
of
what
that
would
mean
for
the
revenue
from
transit
next
year.
K
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
so
we've
heard
that
we're
facing
significant
pressures
in
many
surface
areas
and
Transit
comes
top
of
Mind
our
ridership,
while
slowly
returning,
it's
still
less
than
we
expected
and
hoped
for
so
with
his
proposed
Fair
freeze
and
the
loss
of
five
million
dollars
in
Revenue,
as
well
as
the
safe,
restart
funding
coming
to
an
end.
What
strategies
are
being
used
to
keep
within
the
two
to
two
and
a
half
percent
allocation.
K
Mr
Mayor,
so
that's
been
a
lot
of
effort
and
work
that
we've
been
undertaking
and
we
will
continue
to
undertake
in
the
final
few
weeks
before
we
table
the
budget.
Obviously
my
team
is
working
closely
with
Renee's
team
in
terms
of
what
what
strategies
we
can
employ
in
terms
of
cost
savings,
potential
efficiencies
and
realignments,
so
that
work
is
well
in
our
way,
but
we're
not
in
the
finals
we're
not
in
the
final
stages
yet
ending
direction.
F
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Bradley,
councilor,
leaper,.
L
Thank
you
and
I'll
I'll
certainly
be
supporting
this
as
a
as
a
budget
Direction.
But
I
am
concerned
about
one-off
reasons.
If
we
don't
have
a
Transit
Breeze
in
the
2024
budget,
is
it
stats
anticipation
that
we
would
need
to
inject
10
million
dollars
worth
of
money
into
the
budget
in
order
to
ensure
that
the
budgeting
for
OC
Transfer
works.
K
K
Obviously,
the
plan
is
for
us
to
come
back
with
a
revised
long-range
financial
plan
this
this
term
at
some
point,
so
I
can
only
speak
to
what
staff
would
do
today
in
terms
of
the
directions
set
for
2023.
Obviously,
it
would
be
known
that
that
will
result
in
future
impacts.
K
If
there
isn't
a
you
know,
offsetting
cost
reduction
of
that
impact
or
a
stable
correlated
cost
savings
to
mitigate
that,
but
again,
we'll
take
that
direction
today
in
terms
of
what
it
means
for
2023
and
then
review
the
process
and
come
back
for
2024
and
see
what
the
direction
is
at
that
point.
Okay,.
L
L
And
then
so
that
2020
you'd
have
a
new
base
base
expectation
of
fair
revenue
from
which
you
could
begin
to
work
looking
forward
if
we
and
correcting
from
that
adjustment
that
we're
making
in
the
2023
budget.
Sorry
that's
thinking
out
loud
but
yep.
Thank
you.
N
J
N
N
So
with
Fair
revenues,
plummeting
due
to
covid,
we
have
been
in
what
I
believe
a
serious
financial
situation,
particularly
with
public
transit
and
every
dollar
counts
here,
and,
of
course,
I
want
to
freeze
and
lower
fares
and
taxes
for
the
people
about,
of
course,
I
do
I,
think
raising
fares
and
taxes
are
the
absolute
last
option.
We
should
consider
that
we
have
an
obligation
to
demonstrate
to
the
public
that
we've
taken
initiatives
throughout
this
process
that,
before
you
raise
taxes
before
that's
your
first
option,
you
do
everything
you
can
to
mitigate
those
increases.
N
That's
how
I
think
and
that's
how
I
do
my
budgeting
so
I'm
very
concerned
that
taking
much
needed
revenues
out
of
the
total
transit
fare
or
the
transit
package
will
have
negative
impacts?
N
How
can
this
not
impact
service,
I,
I,
just
can't
see
that
happening.
The
recreation,
fair
or
fee
freeze
was
amended
from
across
the
board
to
targeted
Recreation
fees
to
families
in
need.
That
is
the
right
way
to
go,
and
so,
if
you
want
to
have
a
fair
freeze
rather
than
across
the
board,
I
think
you
target
cohorts
of
Transit
Riders.
We
have
an
equa
pass.
We
have
an
equifare.
We
have
people
on
paratranspo,
we
have
seniors
in
need,
Target
those
groups.
We
really
want
to
help
people
in
need.
N
We
have
Fair
classes
for
those
cohorts
of
riders
and
you
can
freeze
those
fares
and
not
have
a
five
million
dollar
impact.
That's
going
to
hurt
us
for
many
years.
So,
of
course,
I
want
Fair
increases
to
be
mitigated
and
capped,
but
we
have
an
overarching
responsibility
here
to
make
sure
that
decisions
we
make
don't
negatively
impact
the
system
as
a
whole
and
I
believe
this
decision
will
do
that.
N
We
can't
do
more
because
we
don't
have
the
funds
to
do
that
and
I
know
that
there
are
needs
in
my
ward
that
still
can't
be
met,
because
we
don't
have
the
funds
to
do
that
and
now
we're
going
to
reduce
revenues
when
we've
had
in
the
last
three
years
of
300
million
dollar
deficit
before
we've
been
bailed
out,
and
we
know
that
the
Billet
for
2022
won't
match
our
needs
that
the
monies
that
are
coming,
don't
equal
the
deficit
that
we're
generating
so
we're
gonna
rate
our
reserves
to
get
through
2022..
So
we're
in.
N
M
Thank
you.
My
first
question
is
actually
for
the
Mover
mayor.
India,
therefore
be
a
resolved.
It
says,
including
youth
fairs
and
a
bunch
of
other
classes.
There
is
that,
is
that
just
like
some
examples,
or
are
we
targeting.
B
Our
classes
well,
I,
can
speak
to
that
counselor
Curry.
If
you're,
okay,
the
intention
is
to
is
to
freeze
all
fairs
and
passes
so
I
think
those
references
were
included
so
that
it
was
clear
that
it
included.
M
Them
thank
you
yeah.
There
were
some
resident
questions
about
that.
Second
question
is
for
staff
when,
when
we're
determining
the
shortfall
in
Revenue,
the
five
million
dollar
shortfall
in
Revenue,
did
you
take
into
account,
for
example,
when
if
we
did
raise
the
fair,
did
you
take
into
account
that
there
is
a
potential
loss
in
ridership?
M
Is
that
factored
into
that
five
million
dollars
at
all?
Or
is
this
just
like
a
pure,
pure
Revenue
standpoint.
K
Mr
Mayor.
Yes,
that's
a
pure
revenue
revenue
standpoint
perspective.
M
M
So
if
you,
if
it's
just
pure
revenue-
and
you
don't
factor
in
the
possibility
of
lost
ridership
through
a
fair
increase,
that
means
that
five
million
dollars
could
very
well
not
be
true.
Correct.
K
M
B
Thank
you,
councilor
low,
so
I
think
the
point
you're
trying
to
make
counselor
low
is
that
is
that
we
can't
assume
ridership
will
be
at
the
same
level
with
increased
fares
as
it
would
be
with
frozen
fares,
and
therefore
we
might
lose
some
Fair
Revenue
if
we
increase
fares,
so
it
might
not
be
a
difference
of
five
million
dollars.
Is
that
right,
exactly
yep
yep?
Thank
you.
Councilor
low,
counselor
Menard
thank.
O
You
very
much
mayor
and
I
I
appreciate
that
price
elasticity
is
being
recognized
in
the
room
because
we
certainly
were
increasing
transit
fares
throughout
the
pandemic
when
we
had
very
low
ridership
and
I.
Disagree
with
that.
So
I
agree
with
this
motion
I'm
going
to
support
it
because
I
think
we
need
to
catch
up
and
get
our
fares
more
in
line
with
the
rest
of
North
America.
O
We're
very,
very
high
fears
in
Ottawa
compared
to
a
lot
of
cities
in
North
America,
and
we
were
doing
that
while
we
had
steadily
declining
ridership
for
many
years,
including
obviously
in
the
pandemic.
I
did
just
want
to
clarify
about
the
therefore
be
it
resolve,
though,
because
in
the
past,
when
we
have
Frozen
fares,
we've
and
I've
heard
the
line
about
this
is
across
the
board.
But
we
we
used
to
include
the
community
pass
in
there,
so
it's
not
in
there
now
and
if
we're
saying
these
are
just
examples
that
everything
will
be
Frozen.
O
That
would
take
care
of
that.
But
I
want
to
make
sure
I
get
clarity
because
we've
all
we
also
have
the
u-pass
right
and
the
u-pass
has
increased.
Even
when
we've
Frozen
fares
and
students
pay
a
lot
of
money
in
Ottawa
for
the
u-pass
I
I
helped
implement
it
in
the
city
and
I
fought
for
lower
fares
at
the
time
and
they
went.
They
went
up
quite
High
in
Ottawa
for
the
u-pass
for
students
at
University
of
Ottawa,
Carlton,
University
and
Algonquin
College,
as
well
as
Saint,
Paul,
University
I.
O
Believe
so
is
the
u-pass
intended
to
be
Frozen
as
part
of
this
as
well
to
staff
or
or
is
this
is,
was
the
intent,
the
the
items
just
in
the
motion.
O
Okay,
and
does
that
include
the
u-pass?
Yes,
okay,
that's
interesting,
counselor.
B
O
No,
it's
appreciated
and
very
clear
I
appreciate
that,
just
in
the
past
we
haven't
done
the
u-pass
as
part
of
it
and
and
there's
a
there's,
a
process
on
campus
with
referendum,
and
things
like
that,
so
just
to
just
to
be
clear
about
that.
This
is
intended
for
all
and
I
appreciate
that
clarification.
Thank
you.
U
Thank
you
very
much.
I
just
wanted
to
offer
a
perspective
and
and
to
further
what
councilor
low
was
saying.
We
all
know
that
the
ridership
on
OC
Transpo
is
down
and
I
believe
a
large
part
of
that
is
driven
by
the
federal
public
service.
U
The
reason
why
I'll
be
supporting
this
motion
is
because
I
personally
found
as
a
federal
public
servant
when
I
returned
to
work
once
or
twice
a
week
that
the
fares
were
punitive
and
it
actually
made
more
sense
to
drive
when
I
wasn't
going
in
five
days
a
week,
I
was
a
transit
pass
holder
and
it
made
sense
for
me
to
hold
a
monthly
pass
when
I
worked
full-time
in
the
office,
but
when
I
transitioned
to
only
going
in
one
or
two
days
a
week,
it
no
longer
made
sense
for
me
to
balance
out.
U
U
It's
unfortunate
that
the
announcement
from
the
federal
government
did
not
come
forth,
but
I
do
expect
that
we'll
see
an
increase
in
in
transit
and
I
think
in
order
to
incentivize
those
Federal
public
servants
who
may
be
returning
to
work
to
get
back
on
Transit
I
think
we
need
to
keep
the
fares
low
this
year
and
in
terms
of
what
council
Menard
was
mentioning
in
terms
of
elasticity,
I,
absolutely
understand
and
and
normally
I'm
a
bit
more
fiscally
conservative
I
understand
Council
brockington's
point
that
but
I
think
if
we
really
want
to
increase
the
partnership
we
need
to,
we
need
to
freeze
Affairs
this
year.
V
So
traditionally
there's
a
55-45
percentage
split
in
between
rate,
you
know
Transit
users
and
taxpayers.
Will
this
raid
freeze
have
an
impact
on
that
ratio.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Kelly.
All
right
is
the
motion
carried.
Q
Just
wanted
to
make
one
point:
you
were
doing
yes
and
nays.
Okay,
but
I
did
I
just
want
to
one
make
one
point:
okay,.
K
Q
Concept
that
the
money
we
get
from
the
government
is
a
bailout
I
think
that's
a
I,
don't
think.
That's
a
great
word,
I
think
it's
funding
from
other
levels
of
government
right
I
mean
other
levels
of
government
have
a
great
interest
in
our
transit
systems.
Working
well
and
I.
Just
think
we
used
to
always
call
it
funding
from
other
level,
others
other
levels
of
government,
so
I
that
may
continue
again.
Some
of
this
is
Crystal.
Balling
I
also
want
to
say
that
you
know
if
you're
paying
attention
to
the
Bank
of
Canada.
Q
Maybe
everyone
is
they're,
also
messaging,
that
this
is
potentially
nearing
the
end
of
their
of
their
interest
rate
increases,
and
so
when
we
talk
about
this
is
2023
that
we're
talking
2024
will
be
quite
a
different
thing.
Maybe
things
will
change?
Maybe
inflation
will
come
down?
Maybe
there
will
be
no
more
interest
rate
increases.
Maybe
people
will
be
in
a
different
place.
Q
Maybe
our
ridership
will
be
up
lots
of
ifs
lots
of
Crystal
balling,
but
this
is
a
one-year
thing
and
I
think
that
this
is
the
right
thing
to
do
for
right
now.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Curry,
I'll,
add
as
well
that
they're
I
was
at
the
big
city
mayor's
conference.
Last
week
we
met
with
the
with
several
representatives
of
the
federal
government,
including
the
Prime
Minister,
and
the
the
number
one
issue
we
talked
about
was
funding
for
Transit,
so
there
there
is
the
potential
that
there
could
be
more
funding
for
Transit
from
the
federal
government
going
forward
as
well.
All
right,
let's
call
the
vote.
Please.
N
W
F
B
F
F
B
X
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
had
introduced
this
at
the
last
meeting,
so
I'll
just
read
that
therefore
be
resolved,
that
the
20
2023
youth,
recreational
programming
costs
be
decreased
by
10
percent
in
Recreation
programs
targeted
to
Youth
and
children,
and
that
staff
be
directed
to
bring
forward
options
to
achieve
the
decreased
costs
through
initiatives
to
offer
free
or
low-cost
sessions
for
children
and
families
in
participatory
activities,
such
as
public
swimming
skating,
or
to
increase
existing
participant
subsidization
entitlements
for
low-income
families.
X
That
will
not
only
give
them
the
opportunity
to
socialize,
which
is
much
needed
after
the
pandemic,
but
also
to
be
active,
fit
and
engaged
in
the
community.
I
see
this
as
a
very
good
addition
to
our
City's
budget
conversation
and
I
think
that
once
again,
decreasing
the
cost
to
allow
them
to
participate
in
this
fashion
is
an
effective
way
of
building
up
a
stronger
Youth
and
making
sure
that
we're
investing
our
money
wisely.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
dudas,
as
the
seconder
of
this
motion
and
having
campaigned
on
this
commitment.
I'll
provide
a
bit
of
context
as
well
that
when
I
talked
about
it
during
the
campaign,
I
I
imagined
a
an
across
the
board
10
reduction
in
in
Recreation
fees
for
families.
B
Since
the
election
I've
had
conversations
with
some
of
you
and
with
staff
on
the
ability
to
more
effectively
Target
the
people
who
need
those
savings,
the
most
so
we
the
the
motion
here,
reflects
that
that
we
would
be
choosing
programs
that
that
are
that
are
disproportionately
helping
families
in
need,
rather
than
an
across-the-board
cut.
The
cost
would
be
exactly
the
same,
but
we'd
be
allocating
these
savings
more
directly
to
the
people
who
need
it
most
in
our
community
councilor
troster.
Y
Y
I
am
very
concerned,
but
one
thing
I
wanted
to
flag
I,
don't
think
it'll
make
it
into
this
specific
motion,
but
I
do
think
it
needs
to
go
to
Community
Services
committee
as
soon
as
possible
is
the
issue
in
my
ward
in
particular,
is
not
only
the
cost
but
how
quickly
the
spots
fill
up.
So
you
know
on
registration
night
for
swimming
lessons.
The
the
lessons
of
plant
pool
in
my
neighborhood
filled
up
within
four
minutes.
Y
L
You
same
question
as
I
think
for
people
for
Transit.
How
much
is
this
expected
to
cost.
K
So
Mr
Mayor
approximately
estimate
right
now
is
between
three
and
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
What
we
will
be
leveraging
is
the
the
n
and
n
subsea
budget,
which
has
been
underutilized
in
the
past
couple
years
due
to
the
pandemic,
so
that
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
kind
of
Leverage
that
existing
budget
to
kind
of
support
this
program,
obviously
as
program
uptaking
increases
that
might
put
a
pressure
there.
K
L
Now,
within
the
the
context
of
the
overall
budget,
three
or
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
not
much
to
spend
to
accomplish
something.
That's
that's
very
worthwhile,
so
this
will
certainly
have
my
support.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
I
suppose
I'm
a
slightly
less
concerned
now
after
hearing
that
number,
but
to
a
today,
we
have
a
lifeguard
shortage:
we're
not
able
to
deliver
the
amount
of
Aquatics
programs
that
that
that
would
meet
demand.
I'm
wondering
if
this,
if
this
will
hinder
your
efforts
to
get
to
a
place
where
we're
better
meeting
the
demanded
residents
on
aquatic
programming.
Z
So
what
we
have
planned
is
a
suite
of
services
that
we
know
there
are
barriers
to
accessing
those
services
and
I
I
was
glad
to
hear
counselor
Crosser
talk
about
plant
and
the
the
popularity
of
our
swimming
lessons,
and
one
of
the
things
we'd
like
to
come
back
with
in
the
new
year
to
to
to
the
committee
is,
is
ways
of
encouraging
continuous
learning
in
swimming
for
people
that
are
already
in
programs
because
exactly
to
the
counselor's
Point
drowning
prevention
is
one
of
the
main
reasons.
Z
We
offer
these
programs
and
having
a
series
of
lessons
interrupted
by
the
fact
that
you
can't
register
it
may
require
some
policy
considerations,
some
outside
the
box,
thinking
in
terms
of
policies
which
I
think
are
best
debated
outside
the
budget
processed.
But
we're
happy
to
do
that
and
to
put
our
thinking
caps
on
on
how
to
improve
access
in
terms
of
Staffing.
There's,
no
doubt
that
we
continue
to
have
a
a
challenge
with
Staffing
there's
a
couple
of
things
on
the
horizon.
Z
That
will
help
that
one
is
three
years
of
retroactivity
for
our
part-time
staff
that
that
are
working
in
these
positions,
as
as
the
city
settles
with
with
its
collective
bargaining,
the
negotiations.
Z
But
the
other
thing
is
that
the
plan
that
we're
proposing
under
under
this
motion
is
really
making
providing
better
access
to
sessions
that
are
already
planned
for
and
staff.
So
we
don't
think
that
the
the
Staffing
issue
will
in
any
significant
way
impact
this.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for.
E
That
do
you
want
to
do
an
NLS
research
with
me
and
we
could
get
back
on
and
and
help
out
with
the
capacity
issue.
Absolutely.
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Marin,
thank
you,
counselor
dudas,
for
bringing
this
forward
and
for
this
more
nuanced
approach.
My
question
is
more
around
process,
so
just
so
I
understand
so
will
staff
be
bringing
back
options
for
how
this
decrease
will
be
applied
for
council's
consideration
during
the
budget
process.
Z
Mr
Mayor,
yes,
we
do.
We.
We
have
prepared
a
a
series,
a
series
of
possible
options
and
costs
costed
them
out
and
depending
on
the
outcome
of
budget
deliberations,
we
will
move
forward
with
implementing
those.
We
will
give
Council
the
opportunity
to
review
what
is
being
proposed
and
you
can
weigh
in
on
both
the
the
nature
of
the
the
programs
we're
offering,
as
well
as
things
like
frequency
location.
All
of
those
kinds
of
things
we
will
lay
those
all
out
as
part
of
the
budget
process.
Q
Thank
you
just
as
an
overall
comment.
You
know
this.
This
reduction
in
fees
does
is
not
only
about
swimming
as
as
important
as
swimming
is.
But
you
know,
the
cost
of
playing
all
kinds
of
sports
hockey
in
particular
is
so
expensive
for
families
that
many
families
do
rely
on
our
community
centers
I
know
the
richcraft
center
in
Canada
is
packed
solid
with
kids,
who
are
not
playing
organized
Sports,
they're
playing
pickup,
whatever
pick
up,
volleyball
they're,
really
well
used
and
for
the
fees
to
be
reduced
is
is
critical.
I
mean
interesting.
Q
Research
coming
out
that
kids
now
they're
the
optometrists
are
seeing
many
more
kids
who
are
nearsighted
because
they
only
practice
looking
at
things
near
like
their
computer
screens,
instead
of
being
out
playing
sports
or
in
a
Rec
Center
doing
something
where
their
eye
muscles
are
used
to
see
far.
And
it's
it's
quite
interesting.
You
know
the
time
in
the
pandemic
right
now
where
schools
were
not
offering
extracurriculars
right
there
weren't
the
same
teams
that
anything
we
can
do.
I
think
that
get
get
kids
and
families
out
to
use
some
of
our
services.
Q
AA
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
certainly
do
appreciate
the
spirit
behind
the
motion
and
the
direction
in
which
it's
going
and
I'm
also
aware,
similar
to
what
was
discussed
on
the
earlier
motion.
I'm
aware
that
any
fee
lowering
measure
that
we
approve
will
have
an
impact
on
our
overall
revenues,
and
with
that
in
mind,
I
always
want
to
be
looking
to
see
that
what
we
do
will
have
the
maximum
benefit
for
those
who
who
have
the
least
and
for
those
who
need
it
the
most,
and
so
as
I
currently
understand
the
motion.
AA
It's
you
know,
10
across
the
board
reduction
fees
to
all
families
and
as
to
the
at
the
end
of
the,
therefore
be
it
resolve
part
where
it
says,
or
to
increase
existing
participant
subsidization
entitlements
for
lower
income
families.
What
I
essentially
want
to
know
or
question
for
staff?
AA
Have
we
explored
means
where
there
could
be
perhaps
a
different
way
of
setting
rates
based
on
income
of
families
and
I
asked
this,
because
I
did
meet
during
my
campaign.
Several
families
in
community
housing
that
we're
talking
about
whether
or
not
the
the
fees
could
be
based
on
on
their
far
lower
than
my
own,
but
their
far
lower
family
income
level,
so
has
that
been
explored
and
or
is
that
contained
within
this,
therefore
be
it
resolved?
AA
Z
Mr
Mayor,
the
one
of
the
cornerstones
of
what
is
being
proposed
on
this
motion
is
the
city's
hand
in
hand
program
and
to
the
counselor's
point.
The
hand-in-hand
program
is
a
means-tested
program
where
we
do
look
at
a
family's
income
and
allocate
an
offsetting
credit
on
whatever
the
fee
is.
If
it's
a
hundred
dollar
swimming
lesson,
they
can
apply
that
over
the
last
two
years,
Council
has
increased
the
hand-in-hand
annual
allocation
per
participant
from
185
dollars
to
205
dollars.
Z
Part
of
what
this
would
do
is
maintain
that,
because
that
isn't
funded
each
year,
the
treasurer
had
found
supplemental
funding
enabled
to
enable
us
to
do
that.
Z
This
maintains
that
so
that
residents
will
continue
to
be
able
to
have
that
extra
twenty
dollars
per
year
and
I
can
tell
you
that
in
the
case
of
children
most
often
parents
can
allocate
their
205
dollars
to
their
children,
and
we
see
a
lot
of
that,
particularly
for
summer
camps,
so
that
it
can
buy
multiple
weeks
of
programming,
so
hand
in
hand,
does
look
at
income
and
and
does
match
people
with
the
lowest
income
with
the
highest
subsidy.
Thank
you
very.
B
Z
B
Thank
you.
Everyone
appreciate
your
support
on
those
two
measures
that
I
think
will
address
help.
Families
in
our
community
address
affordability,
all
right.
The
next
motion
is
a
motion
from
councilor
leaper
seconded
by
counselor
Menard
related
to
the
budget
process
for
standing
committees.
B
Technically,
this
would
be
a
motion
that
would
require
reconsideration
because
it
actually
relates
to
the
governance
report,
which
has
already
been
passed
but
I
understand.
There
was
a
miscommunication
and
a
misunderstanding
about
the
right
time
to
bring
this
motion
forward,
so
I'm
inclined
to
allow
the
motion
to
proceed
so
councilor
Leeper.
Please
go
ahead.
L
L
So
colleagues,
I,
I'm,
hoping
you
can
help
me
with
some
clarity
about
how
the
budget
process
is
going
to
unfold
over
the
past
couple
of
weeks,
I've
heard
different
interpretations
of
what
committee
is
allowed
to
do
and
if
you'll
bear
with
me
mayor,
I'm,
just
I
want
to
take
people
through
the
the
background
to
this
motion
when
we
passed
governance
review
governance
review
said
that
each
standing
committee
will
work
with
the
budgets
for
the
city
departments
under
their
mandate
and
any
increases
to
those
budgets
will
be
funded
by
appropriate
offsetting
revenues
or
expenditure
reductions
from
within
the
city
budget
as
a
whole
and
I'm.
L
L
Taxes
are
a
form
of
Revenue
at
the
city,
it
might
be
fees
other
forms
of
revenues,
but
it
strikes
me
that
when
we
pass
governance
review
that
we
gave
committees
the
ability
to
recommend
spending
over
and
above
the
allocation
that
would
otherwise
be
within
their
purview
when
we
said
that
they
could
recommend
that
those
new
programs
or
new
spending
be
offset
with
revenues,
but
today
in
budget
directions,
the
committee
process
is
described
as
members
may
move
a
motion
at
a
standing
committee
to
increase
that
committee's
budget
envelope
by
identifying
and
offsetting
reduction
from
a
different
standing
committee's
budget.
L
L
I'm.
Looking
for
clarity
today
from
Council
as
to
how
we
want
to
proceed
because
I
believe
that
those
two
languages
are
mismatched
councilman
Arden
I
have
brought
a
motion.
That
reads,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
standing
committees
be
permitted
to
recommend
increased
Investments
to
their
respective
budgets
as
Financial
pressures
for
consideration
by
Committee
of
the
whole,
even
in
the
absence
of
recommended
offsetting
reductions
elsewhere
in
the
budget
and
recommendations
to
increase
the
city-wide
rate
or
similar
Revenue
sources
to
offset
those
pressures
may
be
considered
at
standing
committee
and
I.
L
I'll?
Leave
it
there.
I
I,
I,
I
I,
know
the
outcome
that
I'm
seeking
is
that
we
would
be
allowed
to
do
it.
But
if
that
is
not
where
Council
wants
to
go,
if
Council
wants
to
absolutely
constrain
committee,
I'm
prepared
to
accept
that
today,
but
I
just
need
to
have
that
Clarity
with
respect
to
how
the
process
is
going
to
unfold.
Thank
you
mayor.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
leaper
and
I'll
say
right
up
front
that,
while
I
I
out
of
respect
for
councilor,
leaper
and
I
wanted
to
allow
the
motion
to
proceed,
I
won't
be
supporting
the
motion.
B
I
think
that
my
I
believe,
based
on
the
conversations
that
councilor,
leaper
and
I,
have
had
over
the
course
of
the
last
week,
or
so
that
our
intent
is
the
same,
that
we
want
to
leave
room
for
counselors
to
be
involved
in
the
in
the
budget
process
and
for
committees
to
be
involved
in
the
budget
process
and
make
recommendations
about
where
we
can
invest
more
money,
and
there
may
be
circumstances
where
we
may
choose
to
have,
for
example,
a
budget
increase
of
more
than
two
and
a
half
percent
in
one
area
and
a
budget
increase
of
less
than
two
percent
two
and
a
half
percent
in
another
area.
B
It
doesn't
have
to
be
the
same
across
the
board.
The
challenge,
I
think,
is
around
the
process
that
we
would
follow
in
order
to
reach
that
point
and
I
think
what's
challenging
about
what
councilor
leaper
is
proposing
is
that
we
could
have
every
committee
come
back
to
cat
to
council
with
a
recommendation
to
spend
more
than
two
and
a
half
percent,
and
then
we
would
find
it
very
difficult
to
keep
the
commitment
in
the
budget
direction
if
it's
passed
of
2.5
percent.
So
I
don't
support
the
motion.
For
that
reason,
I.
B
It
is
possible
at
any
time
for
a
counselor
to
make
a
motion
at
our
final
budget
if,
if
they
want
to
buy
puppies
for
everyone
or
any
other
motion
that
they
would
intend
to
make
to
make
a
motion
saying
I
believe
we
should
spend
an
additional
x
amount
of
money
and
increase
taxes
to
do
it
and
Council
would
be,
would
be
voting
on
that
motion
at
that
time.
B
So
there
is,
there
is
always
room
at
the
final
budget
discussion
to
move
a
motion
to
do
whatever
a
particular
Council
proposed.
B
Counselor
Menard
go
ahead.
Please.
O
That
residents
often
come
to
committee
or
attend
the
sessions
that
we
hold,
but
then
don't
see
the
changes
that
they're
looking
for
reflected
in
the
budget.
Often
the
budget
is
drafted
early
and
it's
hard
to
get
those
types
of
changes
and
right
now,
I
think
our
process
is
not
ideal.
So
if
you
as
a
city
councilor
at
a
committee
meeting
and
the
rest
of
your
committee,
wants
to
increase
and
I'm
not
going
to
say
puppies
I,
don't
think
that's
that's
helpful
but
let's
say
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
some
other
initiative
around.
O
You
know
Transit,
Commission
or
okay
from
you
know,
fedco
I'm,
picking
your
budget
apart,
because
I
want
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
program
that
delegates
have
come
out
and
spoken
to
over
and
over
and
over
again
it
makes
it
nearly
impossible
to
make
those
changes,
because
who,
in
the
right
mind,
would
want
to
go
and
say
I'm
taking
from
fedco
when
I
don't
know
about
that
committee
and
what's
doing
there
to
add
to
this
other
budget
when
you
haven't
talked
with
fedco,
so
the
the
process
as
it
stands
is
not
a
good
process,
and
so
what
the
motion
is
trying
to
correct
is
what
has
always
been
the
case
under
normal
circumstances,
except
for
when
it
comes
to
the
budget.
O
Committees
have
autonomy
to
make
those
choices
based
on
delegations
going
to
those
committees,
and
that
will
then
rise
to
council
or
the
ultimate
Authority
will
be
exercised.
So
do
we
want
committee
autonomy
with
staff
experts
in
the
room?
Are
we
all
professional
enough?
Are
we
all
you
know
in
a
situation
where
we
can
judge
whether
delegates
are
coming
out
and
adding
something
that
we
want
to
add
or
not
add
and
have
a
democratic
vote
at
a
committee?
O
So
that's
what
this
motion
is
trying
to
correct
it's
a
process
thing.
It
doesn't
mean
taxes
are
going
through
the
roof
and
we're
buying
ponies.
That's
not
what
it
is
it's
process
and
right
now,
I
think
the
process
is
not
adequate.
This
process
changed
it
used
to
be
this
way.
That
committees
could
do
this.
That's
how
it
was
always
done
that
changed
right
and
it
changed
I
think
to
our
detriment
to
our
residence
Testament.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Menard,
since
you
spoke
to
the
the
process
that
was
used
in
the
past.
I
want
to
ask
the
interim
city
manager
to
to
offer
some
comments
on
why
we
adopted
the
process
that
we
have
now
and
what
some
of
the
history
was.
If
you
wouldn't
mind,
thank
you.
J
Thank
you
very
much
Mr
Mayor.
Yes,
the
process
was
changed
before
the
change.
It
was
a
very
difficult
process
to
manage
in
terms
of
trying
to
stay
within
the
overall
tax
Target
and
the
processes
outlined
in
the
governance
report
and
I
mean
it
really.
What
it
means
is
we're
doing
the
budget
on
the
Fly,
quite
frankly,
because
we're
trying
to
figure
out
where
all
of
the
funding
sources
are
going
to
be
during
those
discussions.
J
N
Thank
you,
mayor,
I,
think,
like
everyone,
I
would
like
to
see
a
Folsom,
thorough
budget
debate
and
discussion
at
committees.
I
want
all
the
issues
taking
out
there
all
the
delegations
to
come
out
and
really
fulsome
uncovering
of
the
issues
and
make
decisions
at
committee,
which
we
then
recommend
to
committee
the
whole.
N
What
I'm
concerned
about
is,
if
we
remove
any
type
of
budget
cap
committees
could
come
back
to
Committee
of
the
whole
with
a
recommended
budget
that
is
three
percent
more
or
four
percent,
more
five
percent
more
and
then
we're
going
to
get
into
a
situation
at
Committee
of
the
whole,
where
you
have
potentially
multiple
budgets
from
multiple
standing
committees
that
exceed
the
budget
Direction
and
then
we're
going
to
be
in
a
cutting
exercise,
because
if
we
want
to
fit
it
into
that
2.5
percent
cap,
we
have
to
make
some
changes.
N
So
I'm
not
saying
that's
wrong.
I'm
just
saying
we
have
to
understand
what
a
decision
like
this
could
lead
us
to.
So
I
do
believe.
There
needs
to
be
more
flexibility
in
how
committees
make
decisions
so
I
agree
that
the
current
process
there's
room
for
improvement,
I'm.
Just
concerned,
if
you
think
about
some
more
extreme
examples
of
what
could
happen,
this
budget
process
could
be
extended
significantly
in
length,
so
I'm
going
to
ask
the
city
clerk
a
question
about
procedure,
and
that
is.
N
Is
it
possible
for
a
standing
committee
to
approve
its
budget
within
the
cap
that
we've
just
approved
under
the
budget
Direction,
but
still
have
serious
considerations
about
unfunded
budget
priorities
and
pass
motions
that
will
go
to
Committee
of
the
whole?
That
says:
here's
our
budget,
but
we're
concerned
about
that.
We
haven't
been
able
to
fund
a
new
fire
truck.
We
haven't
been
able
to
fund
enough
paramedics.
N
We
are
putting
some
in,
but
we've
run
out
of
funds.
We
we've
debated
this
at
length.
We
can't
cut
any
more,
but
we
want
the
committee
to
hold
a
no.
We
still
have
priorities
and
yes,
any
member
can
move
that
as
a
motion,
but
I
think
it's
more
weight
when
a
committee
says
here's
our
budget
and
we
would
really
like
the
committee
to
consider
these
one
or
two
additional
items
or
priorities.
Procedurally
I
think
that's
doable
just
wanted
a
comment
from
the
city
clerk
Mr.
N
N
Is
it
possible
that
in
the
draft
budget
that's
released
that
some
committees
will
see
budget
increase
of
more
than
2.5
percent
because
of
priorities
and
others
will
have
less
than
2.5
percent
because,
again
lesser
priorities?
Can
you
just
confirm
that
that
is
an
option
as
well.
X
Bring
motions
forward
join
in
the
conversation,
listen
to
delegations,
so
there's
really
no
restrictions
on
a
person's
involvement
as
a
counselor
in
attending
and
being
engaged
in
the
process,
even
at
the
committee
level,
and
we
have
the
delegations
attending
committee
so
that
we
can
do
the
dirty
work
at
committees
and
then
bring
that
to
committee
the
whole
once
again.
That
does
not
supersede
our
ability
to
bring
forward
motions
to
council
and
to
have
that
debated
and
discussed.
But
the
thing
is
we
just
all
went
through
an
election
process.
X
We
have
heard
directly
from
our
residents
about
what
they're
looking
for.
We
know
that
the
direction
is
is
that
they're
they're
feeling
the
pressure
of
all
the
costs
upon
them,
whether
it's
taxes
or
groceries?
I
just
spoke
about
this
they're
feeling
it
and
they
need
us
to
hold
on
to
the
budget,
because
we
have
been
elected
to
make
the
tough
decisions
we
will
hear
from
delegates.
We
will
hear
from
our
communities
and
we'll
each
hold
our
own
individual
award
consultations,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
have
to
live
within
our
means.
X
We
only
have
a
finite
amount
of
money
and
we
only
have
a
finite
amount
of
resources
to
tap
into
and
the
main
one
is
our
taxpayer.
We
know
that
they're
hurting,
so
I
will
not
be
supporting
this
I
think
that
what
would
mean
is
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
at
Committee
of
the
whole
we're
all
going
to
be
sitting
there,
trying
to
balance
the
objectives
of
different
committees,
some
of
who
are
serving
our
most
vulnerable
sector
and
others
in
dealing
with
infrastructure
needs
that
are
growing.
We're
dealing
with
all
these
pressures.
X
We
need
to
do
our
due
diligence
at
committee
level
and
then
bring
forward
really
strong
capped
budgets
to
Committee
of
the
whole,
where
we
can
then
continue
our
discussion.
But
then
we
have
an
equal
playing
field,
so
I
will
not
be
supporting
this
and
I
do
really
look
forward
to
to
doing
those
very
fulsome
budgetary
discussions
at
committee
standing
committee
and
at
those
levels
and
I'll
encourage
all
of
my
Council
colleagues
to
attend
those
meetings,
because
it's
a
very
engaged
process.
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
and
thank
you.
Councilor
leaper,
for
bringing
this
forward
I
agree
that
the
the
previous
budget
process
was
frustrating
for
the
delegates
that
came
out
to
those
committee
meetings.
Very
rarely
did
we
see
changes
made
as
a
result
of
of
their
delegations.
So
to
me,
this
motion
is
about
process
and
good
governance,
we're
all
stewards
of
the
public
purse
and
recognize
that
we're
in
an
affordability
crisis.
So
I
don't
see
this
leading
to
as
councilor
leaper
put
it
puppies
for
everyone.
T
I
think
this
motion
gives
the
committee
the
flexibility
they
need
to
be.
They
need
to
be
responsive
to
the
needs
of
the
community
and
to
the
delegates
that
take
the
time
to
come
out
and
I,
don't
see
it
leading
to
huge
increases
in
the
in
the
targeted
tax
rate.
If
any
we're
recommending
some
amazing
chairs
today
and
I
trust
that
the
chairs
will
be
able
to
manage
this
process
change,
so
I
will
be
supporting
this
motion.
Thank
you.
AA
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
and
thank
you
to
the
move
of
the
motion
for
bringing
this
discussion
forward
because,
as
a
new
counselor
I
don't
have
the
the
benefit
of
experience
of
understanding.
What
the
previous
way
of
doing
things
was
like,
so
I
really
am
trying
to
get
a
proper
sense
of
what
this
amended
process
might
lead
to.
AA
So,
first,
just
for
my
own
Clarity
I
guess
a
question
to
the
clerk
whether
we
carry
on
with
the
current
way
of
budgeting
or
through
the
amended.
The
proposed
way
of
committee
budgeting,
ultimately
Committee
of
the
whole
Council
would
have
final
say
no
matter
the
process.
Is
that
correct,
correct,
Mr,
Mayor,
okay,
then
question
to
the
Mover
and
I
I'm
sure
that
every
counselor
would
have
a
different
perspective
of
this
but
I'll
reserve.
AA
My
question
to
the
Mover
in
the
in
the
current
system
that
you
are
trying
to
amend
a
an
amendment
too
in
the
rob
Peter
to
pay
Paul
system.
Does
it
feel,
like
any
kind
of
recommendation
you
might
want
to
make
for
your
committee
by
the
fact
that
you
then
have
to
recommend
a
decrease
from
another
committee
that
you
may
not
even
be
on
or
likely
would
not
be
on?
Does
it
feel
like
you're,
in
an
adversarial
situation
with
regards
to
how
it
might
impact
other
committees.
L
I
think
over
the
course,
the
last
eight
years
that
I've
been
on
Council,
we,
we
haven't
actually
seen
that
mechanism
really
taken
advantage
of
I'm,
not
sure,
and
colleagues
can
correct
me
if
a
committee
has
ever
voted
to
reduce
another
committee's
budget
in
order
to
make
up
a
shortfall
or
an
identified
shortfall
in
its
own
budget.
L
L
The
the
allocated
budget
for
each
committee
becomes
a
hard
cap
and
very
few
if
any
changes
at
all
are
made
to
committee
budgets.
So
what
we've
seen
in
the
eight
years
is
that
the
draft
budget,
as
it's
presented
at
the
outset
of
the
budget
process,
is
really
the
final
past
budget
because
of
the
constraints
that
are
on
the
Committees
I'll
leave
it
there.
Thank
you.
AA
AA
It
does
feel
like
in
the
current
process
that
all
of
these
committees
have
are
still
operating
in
isolation,
and
so,
if
hypothetically,
it
were
to
feel
that
you
were
acting,
you
know
in
a
challenging
manner
to
another
committee
by
making
this
proposal.
Are
you
therefore
suggesting
that
with
your
Amendment,
where
you
can
put
forth
a
proposed
increase
and
leave
it
for
committee
as
a
whole
to
determine?
AA
Would
that
be
a
more
Collective
way
of
of
determining
those
budgets,
at
least
from
if
you
were
sitting
on
that
committee,
making
that
proposal
in
that
way?
Yeah.
L
That
is
I
think
that's
absolutely
Fair
counselor
the
it
is
easier,
obviously,
for
a
committee
to
recommend
that
it
has
a
pressure
that
needs
to
be
filled
and
that
the
revenue
Source
could
be
an
increased
tax
rate.
Okay,
a
committee
of
the
whole
would
decide
with
an
overview
of
the
entire
budget
and
responsibility
for
the
other
budget.
I
think
would
be
Keen
to
find
an
offset
somewhere
else
in
the
budget
before
it
raised.
L
Taxes
I
just
think
it's
a
it
is
a
less
adversarial
and
more
informed
way
of
of
choosing
between
the
different
priorities
that
we
have
and.
AA
Final
question
to
the
Mover
again
in
the
current
system,
where
you
know
that
to
make
a
recommendation
for
an
increase,
you
have
to
recommend
an
offsetting
decrease
elsewhere.
Does
that
often
make
you
feel
constrained
in
in
thinking
big
or
constrained
in
advancing
what
could
be
a
priority.
B
E
Thank
you
very
much.
This
has
been
a
very
good
discussion
and
I
appreciate
that
we're
having
it
everything
in
life
involves
a
trade-off.
So
when
everything
is
a
priority,
nothing
is
a
priority.
Today
we
made
affordability
in
the
city
of
Ottawa
a
priority
three
times
on
property
taxes,
on
Transit
and
on
Recreation
fees.
So
affordability
is
our
top
priority.
Everything
else
is
going
to
stem
from
that.
E
You
know
I
support
living
within
our
means,
and
we
just
decided
that
our
meat,
what
our
means
look
like
for
the
next
three
years,
so
make
the
case
for
your
priorities
within
the
budget
envelopes
that
are
allotted
you
don't
have
to
Rob
other
committees
to
get
things
done.
You
can,
however,
make
the
case
for
your
priorities
on
Merit
within
the
prescribed
envelope.
That
is
what
committees
are
for
so
you're
only
really
constrained
by
your
ability
to
advocate
for
your
priorities
at
committee.
E
So
I've
been
successful
at
doing
this
over
the
course
of
the
last
four
years.
I
know
many
of
you
around
the
table
have
as
well
so
make
the
case
for
your
priorities
at
committee
within
the
prescribed
envelopes
that
we
have
today,
because
we've
decided
as
a
council
today,
three
times
in
a
row
that
affordability
is
our
number
one
priority.
Thank
you
very
much.
Q
Just
quickly
when
I
was
appointed
last
year,
I
came
right
into
immediately
to
the
budget
process
and
I.
Remember
counselors
saying:
oh:
can
we
move
I
want
to
move
that
11
million
dollars
go
from
here
to
there
and
I?
Remember,
saying
I
think
that's
a
wonderful
idea,
but
I
won't
be
supporting
it
because
it
didn't
seem
to
me
that
this
was
something
that
had
been
built
up
throughout
the
entire
year.
It
was
something
that
was
just
being
done
on
the
Fly
and
I.
Q
Don't
think
we
want
to
do
that,
but
to
the
point
that
counselor
leaper
is
trying
to
make.
Is
that
when
there
are
these
other
priorities
we
don't
get
to?
That
should
be
something
that
is
quite
transparent
to
the
community
that
there
were
these
other
priorities
we
talked
about
all
year
and
we're
not
going
to
get
to
them
in
this
budget.
That's
just
not
going
to
happen,
however.
Q
The
process
I
think
is
what
we
were
really
talking
about
here
and
I
see
it
as
a
process
going
forward
to
what
councilor
Brockington
was
recommending
that
when
that
happens
in
committee,
where
you
see
this
is
really
really
important.
It's
not
happening
in
this
budget
next
budget.
We're
really
going
to
look
more
seriously
at
it,
so
I
won't
be
supporting
this
today.
Q
But
I
am
appreciating
this
conversation
because
it
gets
at
something
that
drove
me
a
little
bit
crazy
last
budget
process
where
people
were
just
picking
things
out
of
the
air
that
had
not
been
discussed
all
through
the
year,
so
I
do
agree
that
it
is
throughout
the
next
year
cycle,
I
think
to
counselor
gower's
point
that
that's
where
we'll
actually
be
able
to
get
at
some
of
the
things
we
maybe
never
have
been
able
to
get
at
so
I
won't
be
supporting
this.
But
I
do
appreciate
this
conversation.
L
You
know
when
we
address
the
larger
budget,
Direction
I'm
very
interested
in
talking
about
the
the
basic
services
that
we
are
are
not
providing
to
Residents
today,
because
we
are
financially
constrained
and
what
I
heard
from
kitchissippi
residents
when
I
was
at
the
door
and
the
Mandate
that
I
have,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure,
because
procedure
matters
that
I
have
that
Clarity
and
in
my
mind
there
is
confusion
today,
so
I'm
I'm,
looking
forward
to
getting
that
Clarity
within
the
next
45
seconds
or
so
from
from
this
Council.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
leaper
I
just
wanted
to
add
a
few
thoughts
and
reactions
to
what
was
said.
I
appreciate
all
the
comments
and
the
the
healthy
discussion
around
this
I.
B
As
I've
said,
my
commitment
is
to
improving
the
budget
process
and
and
having
a
budget
process
that
is
more
inclusive
of
counselors
and
leaves
room
for
different
departments
to
have
different
budget
increases
some
higher
some
lower
than
the
overall
targeted
number,
but
I
don't
believe
that
this
proposed
alternative
improves
the
process
and
I
believe
it
replaces
one
problem
with
another,
which
is
we
would
the
the
challenges
that
we
would
face
that
we
currently
face
with
the
existing
process
would
simply
be
brought
to
the
full
Council
and
that
and
counselor
Devine
you
referred
to
team
Ottawa.
B
I.
Think
you
know
the
nature
of
needing
to
take
money
from
one
part
of
the
budget
and
put
it
in
another
is
going
to
be
adversarial
wherever
that
happens,
it
can
happen
at
the
committee
level
and
or
it
can
happen
at
the
at
the
council.
Table
budgets
are
about
priorities,
budgets
are
about
hard
choices,
and
that
will
always
be
the
case
and
we
will
always.
There
will
always
be
things
that
we
can,
that
we
can.
B
We
want
to
spend
money
on,
but
we
can't
because
of
our
limitations,
so
so
I'm
committed
to
improving
the
budget
process,
no
matter
what
the
outcome
of
this
vote
is
and
I'm
I
think
we
can
be
ready
to
call
the
vote
now.
I
assume
that's
the.
T
Point
of
order
can
I
just
clarify.
Is
this
a
governance
change
so
can
we
actually
revisit
this
in
2024,
or
would
this
be
reconsideration
since
we've
already
waived
reconsideration
once.
AB
AC
AC
A
F
AD
V
AE
B
Thank
you,
everyone
is
the
next
motion.
The.
O
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
I
have
a
few
motions
here.
I
just
want
to
get
clarity
on
which
one
I'm
bringing
so
the
Community
Improvement
I
think.
D
Mr
Mayor
I
believe
the
council.
Menard
may
have
two
motions
that
are
related
to
budget
directions
and
the
community
Improvement
plan.
One
would
be
later
in
the
agenda
right.
O
I
will
so
I
think
the
one
that
we're
talking
about
now
is
the
targeted
versus
across
the
board
percentage
I
believe
so
I'll
go
with
that
one
I'll
read
it
through
and
I
think
it's
self-explanatory.
It's
been
circulated
to
to
counselors
and
actually
missile
dermatologist
want
to
make
sure
we
we've
circulated
the
other
motion.
That's
come
late
as
well.
Around
mental
health
response
teams.
D
Mr
Mayor,
we
do
have
that
second
motion
that
would
be
on
the
screen
after
this
one.
O
Okay,
perfect
thanks
so
much
where's.
The
proposed
2023
budget
directions
recommend
that
the
draft
2023
budget
be
developed
with
a
municipal
tax
increase
between
two
and
two
and
a
half
percent
overall
and
inclusive
of
the
following.
The
city-wide
tax
levy,
which
includes
funding
for
library
and
public
health,
be
increased
by
two
to
two
and
a
half
percent
for
2023
in
that
Council
requests
that
the
library
and
public
health
boards
develop
their
draft
budgets
based
on
the
pro
rata
share
of
his
tax
increase.
O
In
that
Council
request
that
the
Transit
Commission
developed
their
draft
budget
based
on
this
tax
increase
and
whereas
Council
direction
is
required
to
guide
staff
in
the
development
of
the
2023
draft
budget
that
will
be
tabled
with
Council
and
whereas
the
budget
process
is
delayed
in
an
election
year
resulting
in
a
compressed
timeline
and
whereas
these
directions
are
similar
to
those
approved
by
the
previous
council.
With
the
current
time
constraints
to
approve
the
budget.
O
The
current
Council
has
not
yet
had
time
to
develop
an
alternative
approach,
whereas
Council
has
also
not
not
yet
had
the
opportunity
to
conduct
the
2022-2026
terminal.
Council
priority
setting
process
or
establish
the
2022-2026
terminal.
Council
strategic
priorities,
which
would
be
used
to
inform
budget
allocations,
therefore
be
resolved
at
the
2024
budget.
Directions
be
updated
to
reflect
the
2022-2026
council
term
of
priorities,
including
consideration
of
an
alternative
and
more
strategic
approach
to
budget
directions
such
as,
but
not
limited
to
targeted
budget
increases
for
areas
deemed
as
a
priority
through
the
term
of
council.
O
Tabling
report
I
just
want
to
thank
the
the
counselors
who've,
been
speaking
about
this
approach
and
that
we
need
to
change
to
the
2023
budget
approach
given
at
the
shortened
year
for
the
next
year,
as
well
as
the
mayor's
office
for
recognizing
that
we
do
need
to
make
sure
we're
targeting
what
our
priorities
are.
What
council
says
our
priorities
are,
which
I
hope
we
can
have
a
priority
setting
exercise
early
in
2023
to
establish
those
those
pieces.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Menard,
and
thank
you
for
your
collaboration
on
this.
This
is
an
improvement
to
the
budget
process
that
I
do
support.
That
I
think
will
help
us
any
other
thoughts
on
this.
Oh
counselor,
Brockington,
Mr.
N
Mayor,
given
this
motion
mentions
the
2024
process,
just
an
explanation:
why
we're
dealing
with
this
now
and
not
we're
focused
on
the
2023
budget,
so
I'm
just
trying
to
wrap
my
head
around.
Why
we're
concerned
about
the
2024
budget
today.
O
Yeah,
absolutely
I
I
think
we're
all
hoping
for
a
change
based
on
what
we've
seen
we
all
just
got
through
an
election,
and
we
come
in
staff
have
drafted
this
this
budget,
obviously
in
advance,
and
we
we're
using
kind
of
the
older
status
quo
budget
process,
but
I
think
there's
a
will
around
the
table
that
we
want
to
recognize.
This
is
not
ideal.
O
We
do
want
to
change
this
and
I
think
it's
a
signal
to
to
ourselves
to
our
colleagues
to
the
public
that
this
needs
to
change
and
that
our
strategic
priorities
are
going
to
take
precedence
in
the
future
and
so
I
think
that's
why
it's
coming
coming
now
to
to
signal
that
change
and
that
the
current
budget
process
is
not
as
ideal
as
we'd
prefer
it
to
be.
B
All
right,
the
next
motion
is
also
from
councilor
Menard.
O
Okay,
I
believe
this
is
the
community
safety
well-being
fund
outcome
reporting,
and
so
this
has
come
somewhat
late
and
and
I
apologize
to
my
colleagues.
For
that.
We've
we've
worked
on
this
a
little
bit.
O
I
will
I'll
read
it
through
in
that
in
that
vein,
whereas
Council
approved
the
City's
community
safety
and
well-being
plan
on
October
27
2021,
which
includes
goals,
strategies
and
actions
to
address
key
local
priorities,
discrimination,
marginalization
and
racism,
Financial
Security
and
poverty
reduction,
gender-based
violence
and
violence
against
women,
housing
integrated
in
simpler
systems
and
mental
well-being
and
whereas
in
2022
the
police
services,
Police,
Services,
Board,
approved
and
referred
to
council
draft
2022
budget
estimate
based
on
a
two
percent
police
tax
levy
increase,
resulting
in
an
additional
2.1
million
in
unallocated
funds
and
whereas
Council
approved
that
2.1
million
in
unallocated
funds
from
the
2022
budget
to
be
allocated
through
the
community
and
Social
Services
Department
to
community
agencies
in
support
of
the
community
safety
and
well-being
plan
as
follows.
O
A
support
racialized
youth
program
Solutions
across
the
city
that
are
community-based,
culturally
appropriate
and
that
assess
risks
and
promote
protective
factors
such
as
increase
in
employment,
mentorship
and
skills.
Development
for
youth,
B
support,
community-based,
culturally,
appropriate
24,
7
mental
health
prevention,
addictions
and
crisis
Outreach
Services
across
the
city,
and
see
enhance
access
to
culturally
safe
mental
health
programs.
O
Staff
report
back
to
council
via
memo
on
funding
allocations
by
the
end
of
q1,
2022
and
and
that
the
performance
indicators
be
established
for
these
Investments
and
that
performance
outcomes
be
reported
as
part
of
the
council
approved
Community
funding
framework
reporting
process
and
whereas
Council
received
a
memo
entitled
allocation
of
community
safety
and
well-being
fund
on
June
7
2022,
which
outlined
the
allocation
process.
For
the
2.1
million
to
19,
projects
from
18
agencies
therefore
be
resolved.
O
We
established
some
funding
to
start
working
towards
a
mental
health
response,
crisis,
team
and
and
resources
that
would
facilitate
folks
outside
of
just
a
police
response
which
can
be
expensive
and
not
always
the
right
approach
when
it
comes
to
people
experiencing
homelessness,
drug
drug
use
or
Mental
Health
crisis.
O
And
we
want
to
continue
that
good
work
and
and
have
the
reports
back
to
council
based
on,
what's
been
more
than
a
year
of
work
now
to
see
where
we're
at,
as
well
as
identify
funding
sources
needed
to
continue
this
good
work
of
of
Donna
Gray's
team,
I
I.
O
Think
Council
unanimously
passed
a
motion
in
this
regard
and
I
know
we
talked
about
it
during
the
election
as
well,
so
I'm
hopeful
that
we
can
continue
this
work
together
and
that
we
can
identify
needed
funding
sources
for
what
will
be
a
report
back
from
that
guiding
Council
in
2023
and
needed
supports
for
this
type
of
an
Outreach
service.
Thanks.
Y
Thank
you
very
much,
Mr
Mayor.
Thank
you
very
much
councilman.
This
is
a
huge
priority
in
my
neighborhood,
not
only
coming
from
folks
who
work
in
Community,
Health
and
Social
Services,
but
also
from
business
owners.
Y
This
week,
I've
in
the
last
two
weeks,
I've
attended
three
business
Improvement
Association
meetings,
I'm
a
member
of
five
and
one
of
the
number
one
challenges
that
these
businesses
are
dealing
with
is
the
reality
that
homelessness
and
addiction
and
mental
health
challenges
are
ending
up
on
their
doorsteps
and
that's
the
end
point
of
system
failure
if
people
are
not
being
well
taken
care
of
it
has
an
adverse
effect
on
the
whole
city,
so
that
even
Ottawa
tourism
was
talking
to
me
yesterday
about
the
economic
impact
of
ignoring
mental
health,
ignition
mental
health,
addiction
and
and
people
experiencing
homelessness.
Y
The
city
of
Denver
was
able
to
very
successfully
launch
a
non-police
crisis
intervention
team
that
has
reduced
the
rates
of
minor
crime
in
Denver
Colorado
by
34
percent,
since
it
was
implemented
over
the
last
two
three
years.
So
I'm
very,
very
hopeful
about
this
approach,
so
I'm
very
happy
to
support
this
motion.
Y
I
think
what
they're
finding
in
Denver
and
in
other
cities
is
that
this
is
not
only
a
compassionate
and
evidence-based
approach.
It's
also
a
much
smarter
economically.
So
thank
you
very
much.
L
Thank
you
mayor
and
I
too,
will
be
supporting
supporting
this.
It
is
important
to
get
reporting
back,
I
believe
that
the
funding
that
we
caught
out
of
the
police
budget
in
order
to
help
establish
a
new
crisis
response
team
dealing
with
mental
health
and
addiction.
It's
been
too
spread
around
too
many
projects,
but
I
I.
L
The
need
to
go
to
many
of
those
calls
and
I'm
just
not
sure
that
the
way
we've
allocated
the
funding
right
now
is
is
concentrated
enough
and
focused
enough
in
order
to
actually
accomplish
that
so
I'm
I'm
very
keen
to
see
what
some
good
rigorous
reporting
looks
like
with
some
some
performance
indicators.
In
order
to
understand
whether
or
not
we
are
hitting
the
the
targets
we
want
to
it
so
I'll
yeah.
Thank
you.
Bear.
E
Is
such
an
important
discussion
to
be
having
and
I
want
to
ensure
that
it
is
a
fulsome
discussion
and
it's
not
just
something?
That's
handed
over
to
staff
to
to
look
at
so
right
now,
I'd
like
to
move
referral
of
this
to
community
and
protective
services
committee
to
be
discussed
at
their
first
meeting
or
or
when,
when
this
works
out
this
this
also
impacts
emergency
preparedness
and
and
protective
services
committee
as
well.
E
Perhaps
it
needs
to
be
discussed
either
concurrently
or
by
a
joint
committee,
but
I'd
like
to
refer
this
matter
to
committee,
so
that
we
can
have
a
fulsome
discussion
about
what
this
looks
like
I
think
it
is
important
enough
that
people
should
be
able
to
come
back
on
the
board
speak
for
as
long
as
they
need
to
hear
from
the
community
as
to
the
needs,
so
that
we
can
get
some
better
advice
on
this.
I
think
that
this
is
something
that's
going
to
be.
E
That
could
be
a
keystone
piece
of
the
policy
that
that
we
bring
forward
this
term
and
it
deserves
a
fulsome
discussion
at
committee.
Thank
you
very
much.
Councilor.
E
So
my
intention
here
is
to
refer
it
to
committee,
so
it
will
probably
have
to
be
a
joint
committee
to
discuss
this,
which
is
awkward
because
we
just
in
governance,
split
the
Committees
and
now
I'm
asking
to
bring
them
all
together
again
to
discuss
this
important
matter.
I
understand
the
the
irony
in
that.
E
However,
this
is
such
an
important
policy.
I
think
that
I
want
to
give
the
community
an
opportunity
to
have
input
on
this
to
hear
from
the
agencies
that
this
would
affect
to
get
that,
that
deep
advice
that
we
need
and
to
allow
council
members
to
to
come
back
on
the
board
and
to
be
able
to
discuss
the
discuss,
not
on
not
only
the
outcomes
that
we're
looking
for,
but
really
the
approach
that
we
want
to
take,
because
this
is
so
so
important.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Is
there
a
seconder
for
that
motion,
okay,
counselor
dudas?
Would
anyone
like
to
speak
to
the
motion
to
refer
this
to
the
committee
councilor
Menard,
just.
O
A
quick
question
because
I
can
support
that.
If,
if
staff
are
saying
it's
not
going
to
go
there
anyway,
but
my
understanding
is
they'll,
they
will
bring
it
to
committee
and
there
will
be
discussions
committee
on
these
programs.
So
I
don't
want
to
not
do
this
motion,
which
I
think
spells
out
some
important
pieces
around
how
reporting
back
works
if
it
is
going
to
go
to
committee
anyway,
we'll
get
the
council
report.
O
So
just
a
staff
and
Donna
Gray's
group
is:
is
your
intent
to
bring
these
conversations
back
to
committee
and
Council
and
to
have
that
deliberative
guiding
Council
work
go
there
so
that
there
can
be
the
input
that
counselor,
who
left
rightly
is
asking
for
amongst
delegations
and
Council
staff?
O
AF
AF
Thank
you
Mr
Mayor
yeah,
so
the
intent
would
be
that
the
alternate
police
response
the
poll
come
back
to
committee
before
the
full
implementation
plan
and
the
requirements
of
the
implementation
plan.
So
they
end
up
with
that.
That
would
happen
it.
What
I'm
hearing
from
this
motion
is
there's
two
components,
though
there's
the
alternate
response,
but
there
there
also
is
the
requirement
to
report
back
on
the
2.1
million
that
was
allocated
to
community
agencies
towards
preventative
outcomes.
AF
That,
as
well,
would
come
back
to
committee
and
Council
the
reporting
on
those
outcomes
on
a
yearly
basis,
first
reporting
being
in
the
fall
of
2023..
The
intent
then
of
this
Motion
in
the
reporting
back
is
that
we
would
come.
My
understanding
is
that
we
would
come
through
the
budget
process
and
identify
any
additional
budget
requests
and
requirements
that
would
be
required
in
the
2023
budget
and
the
2024
budget
full
for
the
full
implementation
of
a
solution,
and
that
would
address
Council
troster's
question
around.
You
know
the
funding
full
funding
allocation
for
the
full
program.
O
I
think
I
think
that's
acceptable,
I
think
I,
don't
think
we
need
to
refer
the
whole
motion,
then
I
think
it's
a
positive
motion
that
we've
all
kind
of
indicated
we
have
support
for
and
that
we
will
get
back
to
committee
on
those
other
elements
for
delegations
for
deliberation
from
Council,
so
I
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
the
referral
is
needed
if,
if
you
want
to
withdraw
I'm,
not
sure
but
I
think
we're
okay
to
pass
it
and
have
those
items
still
come
back
for
that.
Folsom
discussion.
E
I
guess
I
guess
Donna.
What's
what's
the
difference
between
passing?
Is
there
any
material
difference
in
passing
the
original
motion,
then
what
we
might
be
able
to
glean
from
a
fulsome
discussion
on
these
topics
at
committee?
Is
there
a
material
difference
here?
E
I
I'm,
not
asking
you
to
give
me
political
advice
here,
but
I
mean
I'm
asking
if
there
is
If
there
really
is
a
material
difference
between
passing
this
at
Council
today
and
when
it
comes
to
engagement
when
it
comes
to
the
ability
to
you
know
to
to
prescribe
you
know,
Solutions,
as
we've
heard
them
from
the
community.
E
AF
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor.
No,
so
the
intent
of
this
motion,
which
we
were
intending
to
do
anyway,
is
to
bring
back
that
policy
report
in
the
spring
of
2023
for
council's
consideration,
and
we
would
be
bringing
forward
in
the
budget
any
requirements,
budget
requirements
in
2023
and
2024
as
we
would
as
part
of
the
budget
process.
So
no
and.
AF
E
B
B
Okay
is
the
motion
carried
yes
carried?
Thank
you.
Everyone,
so
I
believe.
That
concludes
the
Motions
related
to
the
budget
Direction
report.
So
we'll
move
to
the
report
itself
now.
Does
anyone
want
to
speak
to
the
report
before
we
vote
on
the
report
itself?
B
Okay,
so
is
the
is
the
budget?
Okay,
sorry,
councilor
troster
go
ahead.
Y
Thank
you
and
I
believe
councilor
King
wants
to
speak
to
you.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Mayor
and
thank
you
very
much
to
colleagues
here
on
Council
I
just
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
affordability
means
something
different
in
the
neighborhood
that
I
represent.
I
know
you've
heard
me
say
it
three
times
already,
but
Somerset
Ward.
We
have
the
lowest
median
income
in
the
city
and
the
highest
rate
of
poverty.
Y
So
the
people
in
my
neighborhood
rely
on
city
services
to
a
huge
degree
and
when
I
was
on
knocking
on
doors
and
spoke
to
10
or
15
000
people,
tax
rates
didn't
come
up.
I'll
tell
you
what
came
up
not
being
able
to
afford
food
not
being
able
to
afford
shelter
when
I
visited
a
group
of
teenagers
at
the
door,
drop-in
center
and
I
asked
them
to
speak
with
me
about
their
hopes
and
dreams
for
the
city.
Y
One
of
them
said
to
me:
I
wish
there
were
food
banks
that
were
closer
to
my
house
and
I
said
I
dream
of
a
city
where
nobody
goes
hungry,
so
I
am
very
concerned
with
this
budget
and
its
impact
on
Services
I,
fully
understand
mayor
your
your
absolute
intention
to
not
reduce
Frontline
Services
I'm
having
trouble
making
the
math
work
I
see.
Some
of
my
colleagues
are
madly
scribbling
math
on
paper.
You
know
a
couple
weeks
ago,
when
we
asked
City
staff
about
the
financial
impact
of
of
the
loss
of
development
charges
from
Bill
23.
Y
We
don't
have
an
agreement
on
paper
that
the
four
government
will
make
the
city
whole
when
it
comes
to
those
losses
and
the
City
of
Toronto
was
only
able
to
sign
a
deal
for
for
one-third
of
those
tremendous
losses
and
I
really
believe
that,
even
if
we're
able
to
achieve
the
status
quo
with
the
tax
increase,
that's
this
low,
the
status
quo
is
not
acceptable.
The
level
of
services
available
in
my
neighborhood
are
not
accessible
acceptable.
We
have
a
wait
list
for
affordable
housing.
That's
more
than
more
than
10
years
long.
Y
We
have
buses,
canceled
and
delayed
which
lead
to
lost
wages,
unsafe
intersections
streets
that
desperately
need
more
traffic,
calming
a
lack
of
green
space,
and
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
bus
that
doesn't
come,
the
pool
that's
gets
drained
at
5
pm
on
a
super
hot
day.
Those
are
signs
of
a
city,
that's
not
working
for
people
and
when
I
ran
for
office,
it
was
not
to
maintain
the
status
quo.
Y
It
was
to
make
those
Services
more
reliable
and
for
us
to
build
a
city
together
where
I
keep
saying
where
no
one
is
Left,
Behind
and
I'm
very,
very
concerned
that
my
residents
will
be
left
behind
by
a
budget
of
this
nature.
So
I
understand,
tax
increases
are
not
ideal
and
I
agree
with
councilor
Kavanaugh
I
spent
six
years
working
for
the
Federation
of
Canadian
municipalities
advocating
for
better
fiscal
tools
for
cities.
Y
We
need
better
tools,
property
taxes
are
deeply
unpopular,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
don't
think
we're
doing
the
city
any
favors
by
starving
ourselves
of
the
resources
that
we
need
to
provide
essential
services
and
also
to
improve
the
end
infrastructure
that
people
so
desperately
need.
So
I
am
very
concerned
about
this
budget.
Direction
I
I,
you
know,
should
should
the
final
budget
come
and
there
truly
are
no
cuts
to
Frontline
services
and
a
tax
increase
of
only
two
to
two
point.
Y
AG
AG
AG
Since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
the
city
has
been
impacted
by
disrupted
Supply
chains,
increased
costs
for
services,
driven
by
a
drastic
labor
shortage.
These
factors
have
dramatically
increased
the
cost
of
implementing
major
projects
such
as
Road
rehabilitation
and
repair
to
other
crumbling
infrastructure,
while
our
city
has
put
off
many
infrastructure
projects
and
looks
to
find
new
efficiencies
to
save
money
while
delivering
essential
Services.
The
reality
is
that
tax
increases
that
are
drastically
less
than
inflation,
ultimately
translate
into
decreased
service
levels,
along
with
fewer
investments
in
transit
infrastructure,
affordable
housing
and
Social
Services.
AG
AG
The
decisions
from
this
budget
direction
will
continue
to
lead
to
deferred
capital
projects
which
will
ultimately
cost
the
city
more
money
down
the
road,
as
we
recently
learned
from
the
inquiry
into
the
city's
largest
Public
Works
project.
Setting
arbitrary
and
unrealistic
cost
targets
can
lead
to
Serious
negative
consequences.
The
city
already
is
experiencing
budget
pressures
due
to
its
Transit
deficit
as
an
example,
while
the
city
was
expecting
that
its
full
Transit
deficit
would
be
covered
by
the
provincial
government
that
full
funding
did
not
materialize
from
The
Province,
resulting
in
a
shortfall.
AG
It
is
evident
that
the
budget
direction
as
proposed
is
not
realistic
to
meet
our
City's
needs,
while
I
appreciate
and
supported
the
amendments
to
this
budget
direction
that
have
been
designed
to
support
residents
who
are
struggling
with
with
the
current
affordability
crisis
by
Way
by
way
of
a
transit
fare,
freeze
and
reduce
Recreation
fees,
I
will
not
be
able
to
support
the
overall
budget
Direction,
which
has
underscored
the
need
for
a
better
approach
to
budgeting,
especially
in
times
of
economic
instability.
Thank
you.
L
You
mayor
and
I'll
try
to
keep
my
comments
brief,
but
this
is
a
is
a
critical
document.
Budget
directions
and
I
am
frustrated
that
the
way
in
which
we
put
a
budget
together
is
not
to
ask
staff
to
propose
to
us
how
much
they
need
to
provide
the
services
that
residents
want.
In
my
view,
that
should
be
our
job
as
a
city
is
to
charge
enough
tax
to
deliver
the
services
that
city
council
reasonably
reasonably
believes
should
be
provided,
but
here
we
are
and
and
we're
talking
about
arbitrary
numbers.
L
It
is
as
though
the
difference
between
two
percent
two
and
a
half
percent
three
percent
is
in
any
way
meaningful
and
I
just
want
to,
as
I
often
do
throughout
the
German
Council
break
down
what
that
means.
L
What
we've
been
told
is
that
every
one
percent
of
tax
increase
on
a
home
that
is
worth
four
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
is
going
to
cost
residents.
Forty
one
dollars
and
sixty
cents
more
a
year,
I
always
like
to
break
that
down
a
little
more.
That
means
a
one
percent:
tax
increase
is
gonna,
cost
three
dollars
and
46
cents
per
month
to
a
homeowner
who
has
a
four
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollar
home
in
kitchissippi,
where
our
homes
are
are
higher
than
average
value.
L
Let's
say
it's
worth
double
that
it's
an
eight
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollar
home
that
one
percent
tax
increase
is
going
to
cost
the
residents
41
and
sorry
83
dollars
and
twenty
cents
more
in
the
course
of
the
year
6.93
a
month.
L
I
believe
that
we
should
be
looking
at
how
much
money
we
need
to
bring
in
to
provide
the
services
that
residents
can
reasonably
expect
and
when
we're
arguing
about
whether
the
numbers
should
be
two
percent
or
two
and
a
half
percent
or
three
percent,
and
the
difference
is
in
the
cup
of
a
of
a
of
a
cup
of
coffee
every
month.
I
do
get
frustrated,
I'm
frustrated
by
the
state
of
city
services.
Today,
Wellington
Street
continues
to
struggle
to
get
repaired
with
the
interlock
brick
on
there.
That
forms
a
trip.
L
Hazard,
Hampton
Park
is
constantly
visited
by
people
who
let
their
dogs
off
leash
and
I
cannot
get
targeted.
Constant
enforcement
to
change
that
behavior,
one
of
the
pro
one
of
the
ways
in
which
you
would
deal
with
the
fact
that
you're
not
bringing
enough
money
in
is
you
don't
necessarily
have
to
cut
Services
I,
fully
anticipate
that
the
budget
will
not
propose
any
new
ftes
for
new
bylaw
officers
to
help
me
deal
with
that
problem
in
Hampton
Park.
L
What
it's
going
to
mean
is
that,
as
the
problems
in
Ottawa
grow
with
population
growth,
our
staff
are
going
to
do
more
with
the
same
resources
and
that's
the
answer.
Year
after
year,
our
staff
do
more
without
new
resources,
and
it's
not
fair
to
ask
them
to
do
that.
There's
a
Breaking
Point
when
garbage
isn't
being
picked
up
on
a
nearly
frequent
enough
basis
when
we
need
more
traffic
calming
and
have
to
tell
our
residents
no
there's
a
there's
breaking
points
for
residents.
There's
breaking
points
for
staff
and
I.
L
Don't
take
any
comfort
in
the
premier's
promise
of
making
us
all
with
respect
to
the
further
Revenue
loss
associated
with
Bill
23..
What
we
have
today
in
order
to
pay
for
the
cost
of
infrastructure,
that's
necessary
because
of
growth.
Is
the
development
charge
regime,
and
that
is
a
very
highly
constrained,
statutory
regime?
L
We
don't
muck
around
with
that,
based
on
the
the
political
flavor
of
the
day,
but
when
we're,
depending
on
funding
that
is
delivered
as
a
result
of
the
largesse
of
a
premier
right,
we
can't
count
on
that
money
being
available
next
year
or
two
years
so
now
or
three
years
from
now
we're
replacing
a
regime
that
is
statutorily
constrained
with
one
that
is
based
on
political
flavor
and
that
should
scare
all
of
us.
That's
not
making
us
whole.
L
That's
stop
Gap
a
stop
Gap,
so
I
can't
support
a
budget
at
two
and
a
half
percent.
My
experience
of
trying
to
maintain
city
services
over
the
course
of
the
last
eight
years
with
arbitrarily
low
tax
caps
has
been
that
city
services
continue
to
deteriorate.
Our
staff
do
their
best,
but
we
can't
keep
asking
them
to
do
what
they
need
to
do
with
the
same
resources.
L
AA
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
so,
like
all
of
my
colleagues,
I've
I've
been
giving
this
matter
a
great
deal
of
consideration
and
I.
Don't
believe
that
I
can
support
this
budget
direction
as
it
currently
stands,
and
that
doesn't
mean
that
I
won't
be
supporting
the
budget,
and
nor
does
it
mean
that
I
don't
absolutely
respect
the
principles
behind
your
budget
Direction
Mr
Mayor,
namely
to
honor
a
promise
you
made
for
the
sake
of
affordability.
AA
The
the
promises
that
I
made
to
Residents
in
my
Suburban
Ward
award
nine
reflect
what
I
heard
the
doors
and
from
across
the
Spectrum
in
Ward
9,
whether
it
was
from
Property,
Owners
or
renters,
or
senior
citizens
or
students
or
working
families.
The
most
consistent
demands
that
I
heard
were
to
fix
our
transit
system
and
to
improve,
or
at
least
repair
our
crumbling
infrastructure.
Now,
on
the
subject
of
infrastructure,
just
yesterday,
my
assistant
and
I
dealt
with
two
residents
in
Ward
9,
both
of
whom
have
raw
sewage
backing
up
into
their
homes.
AA
As
a
result
of
what
may
or
may
not,
but
what
may
be
aging
Municipal
infrastructure
and
literally
I,
was
in
somebody's
basement
and
they
were
showing
me
vegetation
growing
in
their
basement,
which
resulted
from
from
Ross
huge
and
I
know.
We
have
a
climate
action
master
plan,
but
that's
not
our
intentions.
AA
I
won't
go
back
and
and
recite
what
councilor
leaper
was
talking
about
the
differences
between
2.5
percent
and
2
percent,
but
with
those
differences,
as
they
were
so
clearly
laid
out
in
the
budget
directions
report.
It
also
means
that
the
difference
between
2.5
percent
and
three
percent,
which
has
been
the
annual
rate
of
increase,
that's
been
expected
for
the
past
several
years.
The
difference
between
2.5
and
3
is
an
additional
thirty
dollars
and
I'm
not
saying
for
a
second
that
that
additional
thirty
dollars
isn't
a
significant
figure
for
residents.
AA
If
we
were
at
a
moment
of
our
history,
where
we
were
prosperous,
if
we
were
at
a
moment
of
our
history
where
our
infrastructure
was
performing
at
the
level
we
expected
to,
if
we
were
at
a
moment
of
our
history,
where
our
most
vulnerable
communities
and
residents
were
adequately
protected,
then
I
would
gladly
support
a
decrease
to
the
tax
burden.
But
at
this
time
in
our
history,
when
so
much
needs
to
be
done
and
when
so
much
on
our
Horizon
is
uncertain.
I
believe
that
this
is
not
the
most
conservative
and
prudent
approach.
Thank
you.
U
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
did
not
campaign
on
low
taxes
if
you're
a
resident
in
my
area
who
believe
that,
in
a
time
of
Rapid
inflation
in
a
neighborhood
that
is
in
desperate
need
of
repairs,
that
it
was
possible
to
deliver
low
taxes
and
improve
programs
and
services,
you
would
not
have
voted
for
me.
I
was
very
clear
throughout
my
whole
campaign.
That
I
would
expect
him
in
a
mom
of
three
percent.
My
word
is
full
of
roads
and
sidewalks
and
desperate
need
to
prepare
my
agent
Community
facilities.
U
Two
of
them
are
being
used
to
house
a
homeless
population
this
week.
One
of
the
charities
in
my
board
that
delivers
food
to
Residents,
who
are
living
in
hotels
and
motels
that
delivers
meals
to
them,
told
me
that
they
could
no
longer
do
that
because
of
the
funding
that
has
been
cut
off
for
the
province.
U
I
found
myself
conflicted
over
the
last
week,
so
I
did
what
I
should
as
an
elected
official
I
consulted
with
my
residents
over
the
last
week
and
I
will
share
that.
As
somebody
said
today,
affordability
does
mean
different
things.
I've
talked
to
Residents,
who
are
homeowners,
who
are
struggling
to
pay
their
taxes,
because
their
pensions
are
not
indexed
and
food
is
too
expensive.
U
I
talked
to
homeowners,
who
are
some
now
supporting
adult
children
who
can
no
longer
afford
their
mortgage
due
to
the
increasing
rates.
I
spoke
to
Residents,
who
have
had
to
take
on
part-time
jobs
or
alternative
sources
of
income
such
as
Scrappy
metal
or
picking
up
with
bottles
from
recycling
bins.
And
yes,
these
people
are
all
homeowners.
U
So,
although
these
items
are
small,
these
we
talked
about
the
increased
Bean
small
between
two
and
a
half
percent
and
three
percent.
As
someone
who
is
an
optimistic
person
who
always
assures
everyone
that
every
little
bit
makes
a
difference,
I
would
be
remiss
to
not
acknowledge
that
for
struggling
homeowners
that
indeed,
every
little
bit
makes
a
difference.
U
So
after
a
week
of
thought,
I
will
be
supporting
the
overall
budget
directions,
but
I
can
by
no
means
guarantee
that
I
will
support
the
budget
itself,
because
I
am
also
terrified
of
the
cuts
to
programs
and
services.
So
I
will
wait
to
see
what
the
budget
offers,
but
I
will
be
supporting
the
overall
budget
directions.
Today,
after
discussion
and
consultation
with
my
residents.
B
Thank
you,
counselor
Carr,
counselor
Johnson
go
ahead.
S
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I
don't
need
this
on,
so
we
had
an
opportunity
to
speak
earlier
this
week
and
I
expressed.
You
know
my
deep
discomfort
with
this
choice
in
front
of
me
today
and
what
I
struggle
with
is
that
if,
if
we
vote
against
the
budget
Direction
it
it
implies
that
we're
voting
for
an
increase
in
taxes,
I
mean
this
is
one
of
the
sexiest
days
in
city
council,
and
this
will
be
a
meal
for
the
media.
S
S
What
I
needed
to
see
and
what
I
think
is
appropriate,
is
to
understand
the
implications
for
the
budget
Direction
decision
in
front
of
us
and
whether
we
were
able
to
have
a
budget
direction.
That
said
up
to
a
certain
percent
or
a
degree
of
flexibility
that
would
allow
us
to
have
a
different
kind
of
conversation.
I
think
that
could
have
been
satisfactory.
S
I
I
came
from
an
organization
who
experienced
a
rent
freeze
over
covid
right,
so
we
actually
did
have
a
freeze
in
our
Revenue
and
we,
as
at
the
leadership
table,
had
to
make
some
very
difficult
decisions.
We,
our
projected
revenues,
changed
for
two
budget
cycles
and
we
had
to
make
some
real
decisions.
Now
the
budget
was
a
fraction
of
what
this
budget
is,
and
so
the
immediate
pressures
might
have
been
different,
but
I.
S
Think
philosophically
the
question
in
front
of
us
is
the
same:
I
am
in
a
ward
that
is
very
close
to
downtown,
but
is
a
Suburban
Ward.
It
has
many
neighborhoods
that
were
built
in
the
50s
and
the
60s
I
have
the
Pinecrest
Recreation
complex,
which
is
a
beautiful
facility
and
could
be
so
much
more
for
many
more
families
across
the
West
End
of
Ottawa.
We
could
be
positioned
to
support
some
of
the
major
growth
in
Bar
Haven
in
Canada
and
in
Statesville.
S
If
we
received
Investments
That
Could
support
it,
but
right
now
our
roads
are
seeing
an
incredible
amount
of
pressure
from
these
growing
communities
and
I
want
to
know
that
we
are
going
to
be
able
to
make
the
investments
in
our
infrastructure
to
continue
to
support
growth
as
an
outer
Urban
Ward.
We
will
feel
this,
and
so
for
these
reasons,
because
I
cannot
sort
of
thread
the
needle
on
the
transparency
aspect.
I
will
be
voting
against
budget
directions
today
and
you
know
it.
S
It
really
upsets
me
because,
as
I
said,
you
know,
cereal
is
8.99
and
now
I'm
suggesting
to
someone
that
these
other
ways
are
going
to
be
okay,
and
that
will
be
something
I'll
have
to
defend
as
the
elected
official,
but
I
think
that
we
are
in
a
position
to
know
what
history
has
shown
when
we
have
these
types
of
restrictions
and
we
get
what
we
pay
for
and
deferring
decisions
to
later
on,
I,
don't
think,
does
anyone
any
favors,
and
so
we
are
here
to
make
difficult
decisions
and
you
can
cut
the
arguments
both
ways
and
I.
S
Think
on
this
decision.
I
will
be
imagining
that
I'd
like
to
make
some
more
difficult
decisions
today.
Thank
you.
O
Very
much
mayor
appreciate
the
discussion.
We've
been
having
a
lot
of
discussions,
obviously
over
the
last
a
couple
of
weeks
on
governance
and
on
this
report,
and
you
know,
I'm
I've
been
hearing
that
we're
gonna
not
have
cuts
to
Services
and
that
that's
been
clear
that
that's
been
said
over
and
over
that
some
projects
could
be
delayed
and
and
indeed
I'm.
Okay,
with
some
projects
being
being
delayed
or
reviewed,
because
I
have
concerns
about
some
of
some
of
those
projects.
O
We've
also
heard
that
our
inflation
rate,
as
a
city
organization,
largely
based
on
salaries,
is
likely
lower
than
the
overall
City
inflation
rate
and
the
CPI
that
we're
seeing
across
the
country,
and
we
also
heard
that
affordable
housing
was
a
top
priority
in
the
election,
so
was
fixing
public
transit
and
for
me
and
I
think
others
too.
When
you
looked
at
those
polls,
climate
change
was
up
there
as
well,
and
so
the
budget
itself
come
February
and
March
is
going
to
be
exceptionally
important.
O
O
And
so
my
concern
is
mainly
in
the
budget
directions
under
2A
I,
double
I
and
triple
I?
O
O
So
and
then
I
see
the
library
board
in
public
health
which
have
lower
budgets
they're
getting
two
to
two
and
a
half
percent.
But
that
equates
to
you
know:
1.3
million
type
of
thing
for
public
health,
so
you
know
a
little
bit
higher
for
public
health
and
and
yet
we're
increasing
the
police
budget
by
15
million,
so
the
Innovation
there
on
the
health
side
and
our
priorities.
O
When
you
look
at
the
police
services
budget
at
a
15
million
dollar
increase
versus
Public
Health
at
a
million,
it's
not
aligning
with
the
priorities
that
that
I
ran
on
so
I
I
need
to
pull
that
section
out,
because
that's
the
most
that's
the
section
I'm
most
concerned
about
and
I
want
to
vote
against
that
particular
section
in
the
budget
directions
because
I
don't
think
it's
reflective
of
of
my
priorities
in
that
way.
O
So,
mayor,
I,
I
I
did
ask
staff
to
be
able
to
pull
that
in
a
separate
vote
than
the
budget
directions
and
so
Caitlyn
I
think
that'll
be
on
the
screen
for
when
we
actually
take
the
vote.
If
I
can
ask
that
2A
I,
double
I
and
triple
I
be
pulled
out
as
an
item
so
that
I
can
vote
against
that
piece.
B
P
Thank
you
very
much,
yeah
I
think
there's
a
lot.
We
don't
know
yet
about
when
we
take
this
budget,
Direction
and
I'm
going
to
say
a
four
letter
word
that
makes
everybody
shudder
and
that's
snow.
P
It's
coming
it's
coming
this
week
back
in
2019,
we
had
a
big
storm.
We
had
loads
of
big
storms,
we
had
record
snowfalls,
we
had
impacts
and
what
did
I
hear
a
lot
of
concern
and
so
I
put
forward
a
motion
to
look
at
our
our
winter
maintenance
budget
and
that
report
is
coming
in
2023..
P
We
haven't
seen
it
yet,
but
one
thing
that
was
clear
was
that
wasn't
enough
because
it
didn't
take
into
account
as
much
pedestrians,
people
who
are
walking
and
cycling
for
that
matter,
and
that
is
going
to
have
a
price
tag
and
it's
something
very,
very
important
to
our
walkability
of
our
communities.
So
I
want
to
keep
that
in
mind,
not
to
mention
the
fact
that
climate
change
is
costing
us
in
everything.
It
costs
us
in
terms
of
the
winter
maintenance
budget
because
of
freeze
thaw.
P
It
costs
us
a
lot
and
every
time
we
have
these
tornadoes
and
emergencies.
Situations
with
with
weather,
so
those
those
are
big
impacts,
I'm,
so
I'm
very
concerned
about
that,
and
that's
something
I
hear
about
constantly
all
winter
long
I'm
going
to
brace
myself
we're
all
going
to
brace
ourselves
on
Thursday
night
Friday
and
just
a
reminder
that
I
have
the
highest
number
of
seniors
in
the
city
and
they
they
rely
heavily
on
getting
out
and
walking
and
they
need
they.
They
need
that
clearance.
P
P
We
have
not
seen
that
report
so
that
concerns
me
a
great
deal,
affordable
housing
as
I
was
talking
about
before
we
set
aside
a
certain
amount
of
dollars,
but
we
don't
know
how
many
units
we're
going
to
get
as
someone
who's
very
passionate
about
Ottawa,
Community,
Housing
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
see
a
lot
of
affordable
housing
and
I'm
worried
that
the
number
of
units
will
drop.
If
the
costs
are
going
up,
we
won't
get
a
bang
for
our
buck.
P
So
those
are
the
things
I'm
worried
about
I
appreciate,
motions
that
were
proposed
by
councilor
Brown,
for
example,
in
reviewing
our
programs
and
services.
We
have
to
know
that
the
things
that
we
do
have
here
are
we're
getting
our
money's
worth.
I
think
that
is
important.
I'm
always
hearing
concerns
you
know
is
you
know
why.
Why
is
it
cost
so
much
for
this?
P
And
why
are
there
so
many
workers
there
I
I,
do
want
to
see
a
thorough
review
of
of
what
we're
paying
for
and
making
sure
that
we're
efficient,
that's
great
and
I've
already
talked
about
the
fact
that
the
biggest
problem
here
is
that
we
all
know
property
taxes
are
regressive,
but
I
shouldn't
repeat
myself,
but
it's
something
that
we
should
be
pushing
for
as
a
municipality,
along
with
other
municipalities
to
change,
because
it's
putting
a
burden
on
people
with
fixed
incomes.
P
N
Thank
you
mayor
and
thanks
colleagues
for
a
great
discussion
this
morning
and
I
do
again
want
to
acknowledge.
I
acknowledge
that
direction
is
different
than
setting
the
actual
tax
rate.
We
will
have
an
opportunity
in
a
couple
of
months
to
actually
make
that
decision.
We're
trying
to
give
staff
some
guidance
today
to
go
and
put
together
the
draft
budget
and
we're
giving
them
that
direction.
So
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
and
I
also
want
to
say
to
staff.
N
It's
not
your
fault
that
if
work
can't
get
done
because
the
resources
aren't
there
to
do
that.
It's
city
council
that
sets
the
budget
city
council
sets
budget
amounts
and
at
city
council
that
establishes
priority.
So
the
buck
ultimately
stops
with
city,
council
and
I
do
appreciate
pledges
not
to
cut
service
with
the
2023
budget.
But
my
concern
is
that
priorities
that
exist
do
not
receive
the
adequate
levels
of
funding
that
they
need
that.
N
That
is
my
concern,
and
so,
when
I
look
at
River
Ward
roads
that
look
like
jigsaw
puzzles,
some
roads
have
been
repaved.
Some
are
not
even
on
the
plan
yet
to
be
repaved
sidewalks,
where
people
have
been
injured
and
needed,
medical
care
that
still
are
not
fixed
because
we
do
not
have
the
resources
to
fix
these
sidewalks
and
I'm
not
talking
about
one
example.
N
Why
do
I
have
to
fight?
Why
is
that
an
automatic,
the
Mooney's
Bay
Pavilion
nine
years
passed
its
life
cycle
replacement
that
we
close
for
any
special
event
because
it
can't
handle
people
can't
handle
the
numbers
that
that
demand
Services
there,
that
we
should
have
those
monies
secured
and
ready
when
assets
come
to
the
end
of
their
life
cycle.
They
should
be
replaced
at
that
time.
Here
we
have
tired,
worn
out
assets,
go
to
parks.
N
The
advantage
that
some
of
my
colleagues
have
who
represent
words
that
are
younger
whose
infrastructure
is
younger,
is
you're
not
at
that
point.
Yet,
where
your
infrastructure
is
failing
and
you
come
to
parks-
and
you
see
playgrounds
that
are
tired,
looking
signs
where
the
paint
is
completely
peeling
off
or
faded
and
staff.
Tell
me
that's
not
part
of
our
budget.
We
don't
have
a
budget
to
replace
signs
that
look
horrendous.
That's
sending
the
wrong
message
to
the
people
of
the
city.
N
We
can't
extend
the
beach
season
at
Mooney's
Bay
because
we
don't
have
the
lifeguards
or
when
we
have
an
early
spring
and
it's
very
hot.
We
don't
have
the
capacity
in
the
city
to
serve
the
people.
I
could
have
thousands
of
people
at
Mooney's
Bay.
Over
a
weekend.
We
have
no
staff
there.
We
have
no
staff,
we
don't
have
that
capacity.
So
if,
in
the
last
term
of
counsel,
we
set
a
tax
rate
at
three
percent
because
we
acknowledged
we
had
an
infrastructure
backlog
and,
in
particular
wanted
to
address
infrastructure.
N
That's
a
concern
that
we
simply
will
not
have
the
funds
to
address
the
needs
that
our
residents
or
ored
across
the
boards
have
identified.
So
revenues
are
actually
going
down.
When
you
look
at
Transit
revenue
and
parking
revenue
and
Recreation
Revenue,
we
have
inflationary
costs
that
we've
never
seen
in
my
lifetime,
or
at
least
not
in
my
adult
lifetime
I've
not
seen
inflation.
At
this
level.
We
have
grants
now
coming
in
to
offset
Transit
that
are
not
going
to
meet
the
actual
deficit
and
we
have
Bill
23
and
other
costs.
N
N
They've
they've
helped
shape
this
narrative
and
or
at
least
our
residence
Minds,
that
the
tax
rate
has
been
established
when
we're
only
setting
a
budget
direction
today,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
2023
budget
accurately
reflects
the
needs
in
our
community
and
if
you
set
up
budget
Direction,
that's
artificially
low,
we're
just
setting
ourselves
up
for
not
being
able
to
deliver
the
services
and
programs
that
our
residents
are
demanding.
That's
why
I'm
very
concerned
with
the
amount
that's
set
out
in
the
budget
direction
today.
Thank
you.
Mayor
appreciate
the
opportunity.
T
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
I'm,
also
struggling
with
this
decision
today.
I
want
to
Echo
my
colleague,
councilor
Johnson's
comments
and
that
voting
against
budget
directions
doesn't
mean
voting
for
increased
taxes.
As
mayor
Sutcliffe
said
in
the
media,
no
one
campaigned
on
five
or
six
percent
and
I
certainly
did
not.
My
promise
to
the
community
was
that
I
would
ensure
I
would
ensure
that
we
were
strategic
with
our
investments.
T
I've
always
viewed
the
budget
Direction
document
as
a
strategic
priority
setting
document
so
I'm
concerned
that
this
approach
to
budget
directions
does
not
recognize
the
specific
pressures
we
face
as
a
city
or
allow
us
to
advance
our
key
priorities.
It
also
does
not
give
us
much.
Flexibility
to
be
responsive
to
community
needs.
I'm
encouraged
by
the
motion
that
councilman
brought
forward
for
2024
and
I'm
hopeful
that
this
motion
will
produce
a
more
Dynamic
budget
process
for
2024,
and
that
will
be
reflective
of
our
strategic
priorities
that
Council
will
set
in
the
coming
months.
T
So
staff
have
a
tall
order
to
produce
this
budget
and
the
devil
really
will
be
in
the
details.
I,
do
not
not
envy
that
task,
but
I
know
that
we
have
amazing
staff
here
at
the
city
and
I'll
trust
that
they
can
deliver
this
budget
while
still
at
advancing
council's
priorities
or
that
they'll.
Let
Council
know
that
they
can't
so
that
we
can
make
an
informed
decision.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you.
Everyone
I'll
just
raise
two
points
of
clarification.
A
few
people
have
referred
to
this
as
though
it's
a
choice
between
a
tax
increase
or
not
having
a
tax
increase.
That's
the
way
it
was
framed
by
a
couple
of
people.
It's
not.
There
is
a
tax
increase
in
this
budget
direction
of
between
two
and
two
and
a
half
percent.
B
B
The
other
point
that
I
would
make
is
that,
as
councilor
Brockington
pointed
out,
tax
increases
have
been
at
three
percent
in
recent
years,
consistent
with
the
campaign
promises
that
were
made
in
the
previous
election
and
that
there
is
growth
in
this
year's
budget
forecast
growth
that
is
higher
than
what
we
had
in
in
previous
recent
years.
B
So
the
total
amount,
when
you
combine
growth
and
a
2.5
percent
tax
increase,
is
actually
higher
than
when
you
combine
the
three
percent
tax
increase
with
the
previous
levels
of
growth,
so
it
doesn't
create
a
shortfall.
It
actually
is
more
money
available
to
us
in
next
year's
budget,
so
I'll
leave
it
there
and
I
guess.
We
will
vote
first
on
number,
two
among
the
recommendations,
so
we'll
we'll
2A.
B
N
H
D
Y
AC
C
AD
AH
F
F
B
Thank
you.
So,
let's
move
now
to
the
vote
on
the
the
rest
of
the
report.
AC
R
D
Y
AB
V
V
B
Okay,
thank
you.
Everyone
I
am
going
to
recommend
that
we
take
a
15-minute
break
so
that
people
can
grab
some
lunch.
So,
let's
resume
at
1,
35
135.
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
Let's
start
again,
thank
you,
everyone
for
returning
and
we
are
going
to
move
to
item
10
on
the
agenda.
The
nominating
committee
report
and
just
before
we
get
started
I
just
wanted
to
offer
some
quick
thoughts
on
on
this
and
on
the
process
and
where
we've
arrived.
C
B
They're
made
and
the
priorities
of
our
residents
are
Advanced.
Following
the
approval
of
the
governance
report,
the
nominating
committee
has
convened
and
together
we
have
established
the
proposed
membership
of
standing
committees,
the
new
LRT
subcommittee
and
the
Transit
Commission,
as
well
as
the
appointments
of
council,
Liaisons
and
members
of
boards
and
Municipal
organizations.
B
It
is
not,
and
it
was
not
an
easy
task
in
recommending
chairs,
Vice
chairs
and
members
for
10
committees,
one
subcommittee,
the
Transit
Commission,
an
advisory
committee,
10
boards
and
Municipal
organizations,
four
Council,
Liaisons
and
nine
representative
bodies.
The
nominating
committee
had
to
consider
the
requests
of
all
24
counselors
the
needs
of
each
committee
and
our
goal
of
appropriate
Geographic
and
gender
representation.
B
B
And,
of
course,
we
try
to
match
counselors
with
their
priorities
where
they
wanted
to
serve
and
we
kept
an
eye
on
workload
as
well.
There's
no
perfect
solution
to
this
giant
puzzle,
but
I'm,
proud
of
the
work
that
was
done
and
I
think
it
reflects
a
great
team
that
will
serve
residents
well
for
the
next
few
years.
B
My
own
personal
goal
throughout
this
process
was
to
reflect
what
the
people
of
Ottawa
requested
of
us
throughout
the
recent
election
campaign
to
put
the
divisiveness
and
tensions
of
the
past
few
years
behind
us
and
truly
work
together
on
behalf
of
residents
as
a
new
Council,
we
can
set
the
tone
for
how
we
work
together
throughout
the
term.
My
expectation
is
that
each
committee
will
be
respectful,
professional
and
collaborative
in
nature
on
Tonka
Nouveau
concern
as
a
new.
C
B
Half
of
the
city,
we
can
focus
on
our
priorities
and
deliver
progress
and
results
for
the
people
of
Ottawa
I'm,
confident
that
by
coming
together
as
a
strong
team,
we
can
set
aside
partisanship
and
divisiveness
and
work
effectively
together.
That
is
the
expectation
that
I'm
setting
for
myself
and
for
every
member
of
council
I
believe
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
prove
we're
ready
to
collaborate,
compromise
and
build
consensus
to
achieve
our
goals
and
serve
Ottawa
residents.
So
let's
get
started.
Merci.
Thank
you
all
right.
B
We
will
begin
with
10.1,
which
is
appointments
to
standing
committees,
subcommittee
and
Transit,
Commission
and
I
know.
There
are
a
few
motions
regarding
this,
so
we
have
a
motion
from
counselor
Hubley,
councilor,
Hubley,.
B
Councilor
Hubley
may
have
stepped
away
so
plant.
You
can
read
the
the
resolution
if
you
like.
B
B
And
finally,
we
have
a
motion
from
counselor
Tierney,
which
I'll
speak
to
just
briefly
before
the
Motions
made.
If
that's
all
right
the
the
objective
of
the
new
Light
Rail
subcommittee,
the
expectation
was
that
there
would
be
a
lot
of
work
involved
and
that
we
would
keep
it
to
a
a
small
group
of
counselors
to
serve
on
that
committee,
which
is
why
we
had
proposed
the
number
five.
B
It's
been
brought
to
my
attention
that,
after
all,
the
different
pieces
were
put
in
place.
There
was
an
issue
of
gender
balance
on
the
committee,
so
I'm
supportive
of
this
motion
by
councilor
Tierney,
which
would
add
counselor
Kavanaugh,
which
would
first
of
all
add
an
additional
spot
to
the
committee.
B
So
it
would
be
six
members
instead
of
five
and
would
add
councilor
Kavanaugh
to
that
committee
as
a
sixth
member,
but
to
be
clear,
the
first
resolution
here
will
require,
because
it
is
because
it
is
a
reconsideration
of
what
was
approved
in
the
governance
report.
It
will
require
a
three-quarters
majority
and
then
the
second
resolution
will
require,
assuming
the
first
one
is
approved,
would
require
only
a
majority
vote
for
councilor
Kavanaugh
to
join
the
committee.
Councilor
Journey.
AH
Great
Mr
Mayor,
obviously
to
be
able
to
read
this
Motion
in
you've
just
mentioned
the
three
quarters.
Do
we
have
three
quarters
of
the
members
of
the
council
counselor.
B
AH
B
B
Yeah
I
think
it's
10.2.
Okay,
so
is
is
section
10.1
appointments
to
standing
committee
subcommittee
and
Transit
Commission.
Is
that
motion
carried
buried?
Thank
you.
So
we
will
move
now
to
section
10.2
which
is
appointment
to
boards
and
we
have
a
motion
from
counselor
DeRose
counselor
derus.
If
you're
there
yeah.
W
T
Perfect,
so
it's
my
understanding
that
the
shaw
center
has
reached
out
and
would
like
to
maintain
the
current
ratio
of
public
members
versus
members
of
Council
on
the
board.
Both
myself
and
counselor
plant
were
nominated,
and
given
that
this
facility
is
in
Council
of
plants,
ward
I'm
volunteering
to
remove
myself
so
be
it
resolve.
That
recommendation
can
be
amended
to
remove
counselor
Bradley
from
the
shaw
center
board
of
directors,
which
leaves
an
additional
seat
available
for
a
council
appointed
public
member
and
that's
seconded
by
mayor
Sutcliffe.
B
Okay,
thank
you
is
the
motion
carried
all
right,
so
section
10.2,
then,
with
those
amendments
is
section
10.2
carried
all
right.
Thank
you
everyone.
So
now
we
move
to
section
10.3
appointments
to
external
agencies,
Municipal
organizations
I'm
not
aware
of
any
emotions
related
to
section
10.3,
so
is
section
10.3
carried
section,
10.4
appointment
of
council
Liaisons,
again
I'm,
not
aware
of
any
and
emotions,
so
is
section
10.4
carried,
thank
you
and
finally,
I
believe
section
10.5,
which
is
appointment
of
selection
panels
for
advisory
committees,
boards
requiring
public
appointment
and
Committee
of
adjustment.
B
Again
there
are
no
motions,
so
is
that
section
carried
okay?
Thank
you,
everyone
that
work
is
done
and
again
I
want
to
thank
all
the
people
who
worked
so
hard
and
and
captured
all
of
our
objectives
in
that
process.
B
All
right.
So,
let's
move
to
item
11
on
the
agenda,
which
is
a
finance
and
economic
development
committee
report.
B
Okay
is
item
11.1
carried
okay,
which
I'll
just
for
the
record,
read
as
the
land
exchange
of
529,
Trombley,
Road
and
530
tromlay
Road
item
11.2
is
to
waive
the
disposal
of
real
property
policy
to
transfer
lands
to
davidson-shaped
properties.
Is
that
motion
carried
okay?
Thank
you.
We
will
move
now
to
item
12
on
the
agenda,
which
is
postponements
and
deferrals
and
councilor
Brown
I.
Believe
you
have
a
motion
to
defer.
Yes,.
AC
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor
and
I
appreciate
the
extensive
back
and
forth
of
the
last
meeting
of
counsel,
councilor,
Curry
and
I,
along
with
the
mayor's
office,
we're
able
to
have
a
great
discussion
and
from
that
discussion
I
have
a
motion
to
refer
to
audit
committee.
It
says
be
it
resolved
at
the
brown
lulof
motion
number
2022-03-11
be
referred
to
audit
committee
for
consideration
no
later
than
the
first
quarter
of
2023.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Brown
is
the
motion
carried
thank
you
and
related
to
that
counselor,
Curry,
you're,
moving
emotion
or
with
your
withdrawing
effectively
you're
withdrawing
your
other
motion
correct.
Thank
you
all
right.
B
So
we're
now
going
to
move
to
in-camera
items,
and
yesterday
members
of
council
received
a
confidential
Memo
from
the
city
solicitor,
David
white,
with
respect
to
7731
Fernbank
road,
which
is
before
the
Ontario
land
tribunal.
Counselors,
Gower
and
Kitts
will
have
a
motion
later
on.
With
respect
to
this
matter,
which
was
included
in
the
memo,
Legal
Services
advises
that
this
motion
can
be
dealt
with
in
Open
Session.
Do
any
members
need
us
to
go
in
camera
to
ask
questions
of
the
city
solicitor?
B
B
Is
seconded
by
counselor
kits
is
the
motion
carried?
Thank
you,
everyone,
so
item
15
is
motions
of
which
notice
has
previously
been
given.
I'll
note
that
items
15,
1
and
15
2
have
already
been
addressed
in
the
in
the
budget
process.
Correct.
D
Sorry,
Mr
Mayor,
yes,
items
15.1
and
15.2
were
adopted
as
part
of
the
budget
directions.
B
B
You
can
just
read
the
therefore
be
it
resolve
portion.
Therefore,.
B
Okay,
any
comments
or
questions
on
that
is
the
motion
carried
all
right.
Thank
you.
Counselor
Kelly,
counselor
leaper
has
a
motion.
Previous
notice
of
motion,
counselor
leaper.
L
Thank
you
very
much
mayor.
The
the
motion
is
connected
with
the
benefits
package
that
have
been
negotiated.
I'm
trying
to
forget
I
was
trying
to
remember
12
years
ago
with
respect
to
1040
Somerset.
The
priorities
have
changed,
I'll
just
read
the
there's,
therefore
be
it
resolved.
L
The
said
agreements
on
title
colleagues,
I
can
just
say
that
was
some
significant
back
and
forth
with
the
particularly
the
Hindenburg
Community
Association
on
how
to
how
to
use
the
funds.
B
P
Thank
you
very
much,
Mr
Marin.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
move
this
motion.
May
I.
Just
go
for
the
there
force
is
that
okay?
Okay,
therefore
be
it
resolved
that
staff
be
directed
to
review
all
avenues
within
Municipal
jurisdiction
to
eliminate
plastic
waste
like
this
I've
been
I've
been
reusing
this
just
so.
You
know.
P
Within
the
aim
to
promote
the
broader
elimination
of
single-use
plastics
within
the
community
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
city
immediately
ceased.
The
purchase
of
single-use
plastics
such
as
straws
and
stir,
sticks
whenever
possible
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
staff
strive
to
reduce
the
impact
of
plastic
waste
on
the
natural
environment
by
encouraging
ways
through
recycling
for
example,
example
or
highly
engineered
landfill
waste
management
to
prevent
its
use
and
mitigate
the
secondary
effects
from
polluting
the
natural
environment.
H
B
B
You
know
my
my
interpretation
is
that
it.
It
is
this
term
of
counsel,
but.
F
B
Okay
with
that
okay,
and
is
there
any
other,
thank
you
for
raising
that
counselor
Gower,
that's
important
any
other
thoughts
or
comments
on
that
is
the
motion
carried.
Thank
you,
counselor
Carr.
Your
motion
is
next.
B
Okay,
any
oh
counselor
truster
go
ahead.
Y
Thanks
very
much
mayor
I
was
wondering
if
the
Mover
could
explain
a
couple
of
the
terms
that
I'm
not
familiar
with
tearing
and
gating
in
particular
for
those
of
us
who
are
not
project
management
experts
but
see,
but
soon
we'll
be
yeah.
U
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilor,
troster
and
I
I
know
it
is
a
little
bit
technical
and
I'll
just
mention
that
I
initiated
a
took
a
review
of
the
project
management
documentation
that
the
city
has
on
hold.
After
reading.
The
LRT
report
and
I
need
I
think
that
as
Council,
we
need
to
ensure
that
there
is
strong
oversight
on
on
project
that
the
city
has
strong
oversight
on
project
management.
U
So
essentially,
when
a
project
is
tiered,
that
means
that
every
time
you
look
at
a
project
within
within
an
organization
that
you
articulate
the
cost
complexity
risk
of
the
project
as
well
as
stakeholder
impacts
to
determine
what
a
tier
project
is
in.
So
your
lowest
tier
of
project
will
be
a
small
low-risk
projects,
so
putting
in
a
street
sign
or
or
and
the
highest
would
be
for
those
transformational
projects
that
typically
have
the
highest
cost
and
the
biggest
stakeholder
impact,
so
something
like
LRT
or
the
library.
Those
tiers
then
determine
what
project
documentation.
U
Approvals
and
gating
are
required
for
each
project.
So
gating
is
what
happens
when
you
divide
your
project
into
phases
or
stages,
and
then
you
use
those
to
make
a
go
or
no-go
decision
at
the
appropriate
level
of
governance.
Before
you
proceed
to
the
next
gate
and
if
conditions
aren't
met,
you
don't
move
forward
with
the
project
and
I'll
just
mention
that,
incidentally,
typical
gates
are
before
the
testing
phase
of
a
project
and
the
launch
phase
of
a
project.
B
Okay,
thank
you,
councilor
truster.
Thank
you.
Councilor
Carr
is
the
motion
carried
okay?
Next,
we
have
a
motion
from
counselor
Menard,
which
I
believe
we
have
a
new
version
of
the
motion.
Council
memory.
O
Thanks
so
much
mayor
and
yeah,
this
has
gone
back
and
forth
a
little
bit,
so
I'll
read
out
the,
whereas
Clauses
and
the
be
it
resolved.
Just
to
give
Clarity
and
I
asked
could
be
on
the
screen
as
well
and
just
appreciate
everyone's
dialogue
around
these
issues.
O
Whereas
the
city
of
Ottawa
has
historically
taken
advantage
of
provincial
development,
incentive,
Grant
programs,
including
Brownfield,
grant
program
and
the
community
Improvement
plan,
and
whereas
staff
is
currently
preparing
a
program
review,
an
update
for
the
Brownfield
and
Community
Improvement
plan
and
a
report
is
anticipated
in
Q2
2023
and
whereas
the
city
remains
committed
to
bring
forward
or
Revitalize
and
refresh
Economic
Development
strategy.
Official
plan
and
climate
change
master
plan.
And
whereas
current
programs
need
to
be
reviewed
in
the
context
of
these
plans
and
specifically
the
new
official
plan.
O
And
whereas
Brownfield
and
Community
Improvement
plan
has
been
in
place
for
a
number
of
years,
with
the
goal
to
stimulate
business,
investment
and
specific
identified
areas
and
to
encourage
Rehabilitation,
Redevelopment
and
revitalization.
Vitalization
of
the
existing
built
environment
with
limited
impact
and
whereas
a
community
Improvement
plan
specific
for
affordable
housing
is
currently
in
development.
O
O
To
get
to
to
this
point,
where
we're
going
to
evaluate
value
for
money
on
these
programs
to
make
sure
that
they're
meeting
the
requirements
the
council
has
set
out
and
truly
you
know
getting
to
where
we
want
to
be-
which
is
actual
investment
that
that
makes
sense
for
for
our
residents,
so
appreciate
the
the
work
on
this
and
hope
we
can
pass
this
unanimously
today.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Menard,
Council,
yeah,.
AE
AJ
O
Only
for
brownfields
not
cips
that
they
would
be
suspended
for
any
new
applications
or
applications
that
were
in
the
queue
and
in
terms
of
sip
programs.
That
would
that
would
continue
up
until
the
point
of
the
review,
when
the
review
would
bring
back
recommendations
to
City
Council
on
on
where
we
would
move
forward
from
there.
I
know
there's
a
lot
in
the
queue
right
now
for
some
some
are
in
the
queue,
and
so
those
would
obviously
continue
and
it
doesn't
eliminate
options
for
new
applications.
AI
I'm,
sorry
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
it's
clear,
because
we
have
the
main
and
Main
at
the
corner
of
North
River
Road
in
Montreal,
so
they
have
a
development
application.
That's
been
submitted
with
Brownfield
and
their
application
will
be
considered
under
this
framework
that
you've
laid
out
here
correct.
L
Thanks
and
with
respect
to
the
Brownfield
and
I'm
in
a
similar
position
where,
without
getting
in
specifics,
a
proposal
has
a
building
permit
and
I
think
we're
counting
on
applying
for
the
Brownfield
credit.
Does
your
timeline
for
the
review
of
the
Sip
include
timeline
for
the
full
review
of
the
Brownfield
program
as
well?
The.
O
Intent
was
Q2
2023
for
both
of
these
items.
I
know
staff's
already
been
looking
at
them
and
doing
a
review.
I.
Think
staff
since
a
year
ago
has
been
reviewing
the
the
Brownfield
program,
and
so
the
intent
is
early
within
the
next
five
months
and.
O
Certainly
I
think
you
know
therefore,
therefore
be
resolved.
We
could
say
Q2
2023
if
that
works
says
2023
right
now
and
whereas
it
says
Q2
2023
with
that
and.
O
It's
the
affordable,
housing,
Sip
and
other
sip
programs
doesn't
say
Brownfield
now
so
on
the
Brownfield
piece
we
should
add
Q2
2023
as
well.
Okay,
as
long
as
staff
are
okay
with
that
timeline.
AK
L
B
So
councilor
Menard,
that
would
be
in
the
final.
Therefore,
it
be
res
in
their
the
final
section
of
therefore
be
it
resolved.
Is
that
right?
Yes,
that's
correct
that
staff
report
back
in
Q2
2023
on
the
return
on
investment
Etc
excellent!
Thank
you.
Okay!
Thank
you.
Councilor
leaper,
councilor
Gower
go
ahead.
B
AK
Go
ahead,
yeah
just
just
to
point
to
the
clarification
to
councilor
plant's
question,
the
main
and
Main
site
as
both
a
CIP
and
a
brownfields
application.
The
CIP
has
been
approved,
but
the
brownfields
has
not.
AE
O
So
the
intent
of
the
motion
is
to
suspend
any
Brownfield
applications
or
applications
that
have
previously
been
submitted,
but
not
approved
by
city,
council
and
fedco,
but
the
Sip
itself,
that's
in
place
would
remain
in
place
and
anything
in
the
queue
for
the
set
would
also
be
remain
in
place.
The
Brownfield
piece
would
not,
which
quite
frankly,
makes
sense.
O
AI
O
B
So
that
would
need
to
be
moved
and
seconded,
which
we
can
do
if
you
choose.
J
B
Yeah
we're
a
little
bit
of
an
awarded
here
because
we
went
back
to
staff
and
we
were
with
counselor
Gower
a
moment
ago,
but
you
can
you
you
can
come
back
to
that
after
we've
heard
from
other
people.
If
you
want
yes
there's
time,
thank
you
time
for
you
to
find
a
second
or
and
so
on.
So
let's
go
to
councilor
Gower.
H
AK
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Mr
Mayor,
yes,
counselor,
the
majority
of
the
review
will
be
in-house,
but
we
are
poised
to
hire
a
consultant
to
help
us
with
best
practices
across
Ontario
and
so
on.
So
there
is
a
small
Consulting
piece:
okay,.
H
I
realize
some
of
the
conditions
or
environment
has
changed
with
the
changes
to
the
DC's
that
the
motion,
references
but
I
I
do
think
we
need
need
to
get
outside
of
City
staff
to
provide
a
different
perspective
when,
in
the
past,
we've
always
been
advised
that
it
is
a
good
return
on
investment
and
an
advisable
project
to
enter
into
for
cips.
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,.
G
Thanks
Mr
Mayor
I
must
say
I'm
open-minded
to
to
the
to
the
concept
here
that
we
would,
you
know,
pause
and
take
a
review
just
to
determine
the
true
effectiveness
of
this
program
and
I
did
have
a
question
from
my
colleague
who
who's
just
stepped
away:
I
I
guess:
we've
had
several
motions
today
that
I
think
ideally
would
have
gone
to
committee
right
where
we
would
have
had
this
opportunity
to
dialogue,
to
hear
from
delegations
on
it
and
so
I'm.
G
Just
curious
on
on
this
one
councilman
I
was
saying
I'm
open-minded
to
this
I.
Think,
there's
a
good
time
for
a
review
of
this
years
ago.
We
approved
a
project
in
the
Maryville
area,
where
eventually
there
was
a
Walmart.
So
you
kind
of
wondered
you
know
is
this
was
this?
Was
this
what
our
intent
was
here
in
terms
of
trying
to
get
something
going
so
again,
I'm
open-minded
to
this
I.
Just
wonder
why
this
wouldn't
go
to
committee
to
kind
of
have
a
more
fulsome
process.
G
You'd
allow
for
some
consultations.
You
kind
of
hear
people
here
saying:
hey
you
know,
like
you
know,
we've
got
some
tweaks
and
wondering
in
your
mind
what
what's
what's
the
urgency
to
deal
with
it
in
such
manner
today
at
Council?
Well,.
O
Very
fair
question:
I
I
think
the
process
we're
setting
out
here
is
the
right
one.
Normally
we
wouldn't
go
to
Committee
just
to
initiate
a
review.
This.
This
review
will
come
back
to
committee,
so
the
staff's
recommendation
from
the
review
will,
as
I
understand
it,
go
to
respective
committee.
Then
Council
would
make
a
decision
based
on
that
review,
for
any
potential
changes
could
consult
on
it
at
that
point.
O
But
in
this
case
I
think
given
where
the
program's
been
the
last
decade
and
a
half,
it
makes
sense
to
initiate
the
review,
given
the
questions
we've
had
throughout
that
time
and
then
come
back
for
full
consideration
with
with
delegations
and
consultation
at
committee,
when
staff
report
back.
G
Okay,
I
appreciate
the
answer:
I
I
appreciate
it.
I
still
think
we,
this
could
have
come
to
committee
and
and
and
I
would
have
accepted
that
we
don't
have
committees
threat
yet
and
they're
not
up
and
running
so
there
would
have
been
some
time
delay
there
and
I
do
appreciate
that
the
intent
would
be
that
there'd
be
some
further
discussions
coming
out
of
the
report.
So
I'll
continue
to
listen
how
this
evolves.
Thank
you.
Y
Thank
you
so
much
mayor,
so
I
generally
support
this.
This
Motion
in
principle
I
just
have
some
questions
because,
of
course,
alarm,
Bells
go
up
for
me
when
we're
pausing
anything
to
do
with
affordable
housing.
So
I'm.
Just
could
somebody
explain
to
me
what
this
program
did?
Was
this
like
incentives
to
developers
to
build
moderately,
more
affordable
housing
and
what
definition
of
affordability
did
that
program
use.
AK
Ahead,
so
yes,
thanks
for
the
question
to
to
clarify
where
staff
Donna
Gray's
team
specifically
are
developing
a
affordable
housing
CIP,
we
don't
have
one
yet,
so
this
motion
would
allow
that
work
to
continue,
and
that
would
come
back
when
we
report
back
on
the
other
cips
as
well.
AL
AL
I
know
that
there
was
some
unease
around
the
table
and
and
certainly
among
the
East
End
counselors,
because
we
do
have
a
new,
integrated,
Orleans
CIP
that
we're
quite
fond
of
to
encourage
economic
development
in
the
East
End
and
the
Applause
would
have
disrupted
the
progress
being
made
alongside
the
Orleans
Corridor
secondary
plan
and
arrival
of
LRT,
so
I
know
we
heard
from
some
of
the
executive
directors
of
the
bias
expressing
their
concern
as
well
and
just
wanted
to
publicly
thank
you
for
being
receptive
to
that
feedback.
AL
I
think
a
review
is,
is
merited
and
you
have
my
support
on
this
motion.
Thank
you.
Q
Thank
you.
You
know,
I
think
everyone's
in
agreement,
that
the
review
is
fine
when
I
hear
councilor
Plant
say:
oh
wait
a
second.
What
about
my
brownfields
development
site
I'm
wondering?
Are
there
any
others
that
are
exceptions,
that
we
aren't
we're
aware
of,
like
your
staff
sitting
here
right
now?
Thinking,
oh
well,
there's
that
one,
but
there's
two
others.
We
haven't
really
thought
about.
You
know
and
I'm
wondering
what's
happening
with
counselor
Florence
motion
when
we're
getting
to
it
and
but
I
would
like
the
answer
to
that.
First.
B
So
again,
the
question
was
whether
there
are
other
aside
from
concierge
plots,
Brownfield
application,
other
others
that
that
are
also
in
process.
AK
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Yes,
there's
currently
a
total
of
eight
applications
that
are
complete
and
in
process
and
two
that
have
been
submitted,
but
are
not
yet
complete.
AK
Yeah
I
don't
know
that
I
have
them
totaled,
but
they
range
from
and
there's
also
a
property
tax
component
and
a
rehabilitation
Grant
component,
so
I
I
can
work
on
the
math
shortly.
I.
AK
AK
Probably
the
largest
there's
a
range
of
typically
two
to
five
million
there's
one
other
large
one,
okay
about
12
million
yeah.
Thank
you.
B
O
You
talking
about
referring
the
plot
motion
or
the
main
motion
we're
debating
here.
Q
Main
motion
really,
it
seems
to
me
that
if
there's
other
ones
that
we
don't
know
about,
like
counselor
plant,
saying
well,
I
know
about
mine,
I,
don't
know
I
mean
and
how?
What
would
that
mean
to
refer
to
where
and
for
how
long?
And
what
does
the
impact
of
referring
it?
I'm
not
saying
I
want
to
refer
I'm,
just
saying
I'm
hearing
that
we
maybe
don't
understand
this
well
enough.
O
Yeah
I
mean
I,
think
the
the
reviews
meant
to
bring
out
that
information
so
that
there's
a
full
understanding
of
counselors,
including
new
counselors,
who
may
have
not
have
engaged
in
this
in
the
past,
but
I
think
the
fundamental
issues
that
have
been
raised
by
by
reporters
in
the
past
about
this
program
is
that
we're
not
sure
if
we're
getting
good
value
for
money,
would
these
have
been
built
otherwise,
and
are
we
spending
a
lot
of
public
dollars
to
subsidize
things
that
would
have
been
there
anyway?
O
And
so
that's
that's
why
there
would
be
on
we've
worked
through
the
Sip
issue
that
applications
can
still
come
in
there,
the
big
expenses
on
the
Brownfield
side.
That's
really
where
we're
Doling
out
a
lot
of
funds,
I!
Think
in
10
years
there
was
a
report
from
2018
back
10
years
over
70
million
dollars
the
city
had
put
out,
and
so
the
idea
is
look.
Those
sips
can
continue.
O
We've
negotiated
a
solution
on
that,
but
on
the
Brownfield
side,
I,
don't
I
think
a
brief
five-month
pause
until
we
get
that
review
back
makes
a
lot
of
sense
if
those
applications
want
to
come
in
after
that,
this
program
still
is
existing
in
a
different
format.
That
makes
sense.
But
what
we're
saying
is:
let's
have
this
review?
Let's
get
the
information
we
need,
and
then
let's
come
back
to
council
and
committee,
to
have
that
that
discussion
with
full
information
in
front
of
us
with
staffs
report.
Q
You
know
what
and
I
I
totally
get
that
and
I
understand
exactly
what
you're
trying
to
do
here,
I'm
wondering
if
there's
any
risk
legally
I,
don't
know
if
our
legal
counsel
have
any
advice
to
us.
If
we
went
ahead
with
this,
we
all
think
it's
a
good
idea.
What
would
happen
if
there
are
exceptions
and
people
say
you
know?
What
are
you
talking
about?
You
can't
do
this
now
we're
at
this
particular
stage.
Is
there
a
legal
risk
in
us
doing
this
right
now.
R
Mayor
not
with
the
motion,
as
as
it
has
been
written,
I
understand
similar
pauses
have
our
a
similar
pause
had
been
adopted
some
time
ago
for
similar
concerns
without
any
exposure
on
the
part
of
the
city.
In
that
regards.
B
Can
I
just
ask
a
quick
follow-up
to
that
counselor
Karina,
which
is,
would
your
opinion
about
that
change
if
we
allowed
one,
but
not
other
applications
to
proceed?
Does
that
change
the
legal
position
we're
in.
R
Mayor
I,
don't
believe
so
as
long
as
council
is
acting
in
good
faith
in
that
regard,
there
I
don't
believe
it
exposes
the
city
to
a
claim
on
the
part
of
it.
Someone
else
who's
captured
by
the
that
provision,
in
the
same
way
that
if
they
amended
it
to
for
a
different
time
period
or
something
thank.
Q
Honestly,
I'm
going
to
stop
talking,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
people
realize
that
I
don't
know
if
we
should
really
be
doing
this
right
now,
I'm,
not
against
any
of
it.
I
just
think
say
if
there
are
others
that
come
up
unless
somebody
wants
to
say
okay,
but
if
another
one
comes
up,
we
can
deal
with
that
in
a
different
way.
Q
N
Briefly,
mayor
I
I
will
be
supporting
the
motion.
I
believe
that,
after
being
in
existence
for
15
plus
years
a
grant
program,
that's
given
out
probably
we're
not
given
out
but
provided
incentives,
so
probably
100
million
dollars.
It's
wise
to
have
a
review
like
this
and
no
matter
when
you
do
that
review,
there's
probably
always
going
to
be
someone
in
the
queue.
Some
part
of
that
phase
that
we
may
impact
so
I
think
that
the
timelines
of
the
review
are
pretty
short
in
the
grand
scheme
of
things
and
I.
N
Think
we
have
to
ask
our
questions.
Is
this
program
meeting
the
original
mandate?
Is
there
a
better
way
to
do
this,
but
I
support
this
call
and
given
the
amount
of
of
Financial
grants
that
the
city
provides
I,
think
we
have
an
obligation
on
a
cyclical
basis
to
do
this
type
of
review,
so
I
will
be
supporting
the
motion.
AD
My
biggest
concern
is
with
the
signaling
to
the
business
Community
in
terms
of
how
we're
doing
our
developments
and
the
policy
in
terms
of
consistency
and
as
a
new
counselor
I'm
not
comfortable
right
now,
I'm
making
a
decision
based
on
the
information
I
have
and
the
concerns
that
I'm
hearing
in
terms
of
you
know,
onesie
twosy,
potential
exceptions
to
this
and
my
question
for
staff
is:
is
there
a
significant
downside
risk
to
deferring
a
decision
on
this
until
perhaps
we're
more
established
as
a
council.
AK
Oh
in
terms
of
risk
I
don't
know
that
there's
a
significant
difference.
It
would
be
presumably
come
up
sometime
in
January.
Once
you
know,
committee
structures
and
Council
dates
are
set
as
Mr
White
referred
to
I
think
it
was
2009.
There
was
a
similar
pause
for
almost
identical
amount
of
time.
So
it's
not
unprecedented.
V
My
question
would
be
for
staff
here.
This
is
a
program.
That's
used
right
across
the
province,
so
there's
many
municipalities
using
this
program,
I'm
sure
we're
not
the
first
municipality
to
want
to
undertake
a
review.
Have
you
looked
into
what
other
municipalities
may
or
may
not
be
doing,
and
how
they're
reacting
to
this
sort
of
discussion
and
what
they've
determined
from
their
reviews.
AK
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
question,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
is
on
our
work
plan,
certainly
we're
in
regular
communication
and
given
the
changes
through
build
23
and
so
on.
It's
it's
a
evolving
environment
in
terms
of
development
charges,
but
certainly
the
review.
The
the
brownfields
is
a
five-year
review
and
the
five
years
is
up
in
2023
we're
planning
to
review
it
in
any
event,
and
the
other
cips
in
2021
Council
asked
us
to
look
at
all
of
them.
So
their
view
is
planned.
V
And
I
guess
this
question
would
be
for
the
Mover,
so
I
know
a
lot
of
the
motivation
for
this
is
in
response
to
provincial
legislation.
I
know
some
of
the
changes
that
the
province
has
made
has
actually
reduced
the
burden
on
applicants
to
separate
from
this
program
to
for
remediation
efforts
in
terms
of
land
pollution
and
such
so.
The
province
has
reduced
the
need
for
that
for
applicants.
V
So
I
I'm
just
concerned
that
one
of
the
few
incentives
we
have
left
at
our
level
to
to
drive
companies
towards
remediation
efforts
that
we
may
be
losing
that
while
we
pause
it
and
and
I'm
certainly
supportive
of
the
review
but
and
I
know-
I've
talked
to
you
on
and
off
about
this
I'm
not
sold
on
the
pause.
So
I
just
wanted
to
know
what
you
think.
So
there
might
be
some
other
ramifications
of
the
pause
that
may
align
with
your
viewpoints
on
them.
Yeah.
O
No
certainly
a
good
question.
Yeah
I
appreciate
your
discussions
on
this
I'll
say
two
things.
One
is
I
used
to
work
on
some
Brownfield
programs
across
the
country
with
fcm,
it's
very
different
across
municipalities.
When
we
first
brought
this
in,
there
was
motions
to
say:
okay,
let's
have
it
at
25:
let's
have
it
at
10.
It
ended
up
at
50
and
do
we
know
if
that's
the
right
number?
We
don't
that's
what
the
review
will
tell
us
right,
we're
going
to
come
back
and
say:
look.
O
O
The
second
thing
is
that
we're
in
a
period
of
fiscal
restraint
is
what
we're
all
saying
that
we
are
trying
to
save,
where
we
can
without
undue
harm
to
our
residents
and
and
in
this
case,
we're
giving
away
large
incentives,
while
also
the
province
is
making
changes
that
reduce
our
own.
You
know
public
investment
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
way
to
pass
a
motion
on
3
different
things.
It's
not
just
on
one
thing.
O
This
is
on
on
sips
on
the
brownfields,
which
is
part
and
parcel
of
that
and
on
that
private
sector
RFP,
so
I
wouldn't
want
to
throw
away
this
motion
with
those
three
very
important
pieces,
because
we're
worried
about
a
five
month
pause
only
on
brownfields,
where
we've
also
changed
the
the
set
piece
to
to
our
colleagues
in
the
East
End.
O
So
I
think
this
is
highly
reasonable
and
I
think
we
need
to
be
consistent
in
our
approach
from
from
here
on
out
with
with
the
program
and
pass
these
three
pieces,
but
appreciate
the
question
and
kind
of
hope
we
can
get
behind
something
that
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense
and
get
that
review
back
then
have
a
full
debate.
O
AI
B
As
the
secondary
of
the
motion
and
perhaps
councilor
Menard,
you
can
speak
to
this
as
well.
I'm
I
I
have
nothing
against
in
principle.
Against
consequence
motion,
however,
I
think
it
starts
to
get
complicated
if
we're
exempting
one
and
not
others,
and
it
becomes
tricky
so
I,
don't
know
what
your
thoughts
are
on
that
counselor
Menard
I.
O
Just
say
because
I
respect
Council
upon
a
lot
and
the
motion
that
was
brought
or
the
suggested
motion
that
had
been
brought
forward
around
the
sips
and
the
three
different
criteria.
I
think
we've
maintained
that
with
the
changes
that
we've
made
on
the
Sip
side,
but
to
have
more
tens
of
million-
or
you
know
millions
of
dollars,
potentially
expend
you
know
being
put
out
before
we
know
what
this
review
says,
the
review
could
come
back
and
say:
yeah
we're
going
to
give
a
portion
of
that.
O
But
I
think
we
we
ought
to
wait
for
the
review.
Fedco
hasn't
approved,
this
Council
hasn't
approved
it
and
so
I
think
In
fairness
to
the
other
eight
applications
that
are
that
are
in
at
this
point
as
well.
Let's
be
consistent
in
our
approach,
so
I
think
we've
we've
made
changes
to
the
SIP
portion.
I
understand
the
the
view
to
represent
your
community
as
best
as
possible.
I.
O
Think,
though,
this
would
be
more
representative
of
that
development
Community,
not
necessarily
things
like
investments
in
transit
on
Montreal
Road
or
pushes
for
things
like
actual
affordable
housing
which
we're
not
getting
from
from
this
program.
So
I
I
respect
it.
It's
not
something
that
I
think
is
consistent
across
the
way.
B
Any
further
discussion
on
this
would
be
now
on
coliseo
plot's,
Amendment.
B
Okay,
anyone
no
is
the
motion
carried
or
we
can
call
yes
and
nays
on
consejo
Plants,
Amendment.
Okay,
let's
do
that.
V
AC
D
Y
F
D
T
D
Vote
had
counselor
Carr
as
a
yes,
which
would
be
13
to
11.
B
Okay,
thank
you.
So
the
motion
passes
any
other
discussion
on
the
original
motion.
B
Okay,
is
that
motion
carried
or
do
we
need
to
do
the
liaison
on
that
motion
carried
okay.
B
One
descent:
okay,
councilor
Hill!
Thank
you
all
right.
Thank
you.
Everyone
moving
to
item
15.8
and
pardon
oh
item
15
8,
15.8,
counselor,
Menard
I,
believe
you
are
referring.
This
motion
is
that
correct.
O
Yeah
thanks
very
much
mayor
when
I
had
written
this
motion.
There
was
no
LRT
oversight
committee
and
now
there
is
this
belongs
there
and
you
know
for
due
diligence
sake.
I
trust
that
committee
to
go
through
it.
O
I
will
just
say
that,
given
what
we've
heard
and
what
we've
seen
in
that
LRT
report,
I
think
there
needs
to
be,
and
given
our
legal
standing
at
the
moment,
I
think
there
needs
to
be
some
due
consideration
for
this
by
this
by
this
committee
to
make
sure
that
council
is
seeing
everything
they
need
to
see
to
make
a
decision
about
where
we
move
forward,
with,
with
LRT
as
a
whole.
So
appreciate
that
and
yeah
move
to
refer
to
the
LRT
oversight
committee
or
subcommittee.
B
H
Yep
so
that
therefore
be
resolved.
Is
the
council
approve
amending
by
law
2009-320
by
striking
the
words
where
public
consultation
is
required,
pursuant
to
section
41
of
the
planning
act,
as
contained
in
section
2
C
of
the
bylaw,
and
the
intent
here
is
just
to
clean
up
the
wording
of
our
official
bylaws
and
policies
so
that
we
can
continue
to
do
free
consultations
and
not
lose
that
opportunity.
A
B
Thank
you,
councilor
dudas
here
next.
X
This
is
the
the
vut
motion:
okay
I'll,
just
because
I
had
read
it
in
last
time.
I'll
just
read
that
therefore
be
resolved.
X
The
number
of
the
complaints
and
or
inquiries
received
from
residents.
Regarding
the
new
vut
program
and
the
number
of
Declaration
audits
underway
and
I'm.
Bringing
this
forward
I've
spoken
with
a
number
of
you
regarding
this
new
tax.
You
know
when
it
came
to
council
before
I
did
I
did
not
support
it,
and
it
was
predominantly
because
it
puts
the
onus
on
the
taxpayer.
It
requires
them
to
self-identify
on
a
number
of
occasions,
and
it
really
just
puts
it
on
the
individual
as
opposed
to
the
city
being
able
to
to
manage
it
themselves.
X
I
was
also
not
comfortable
with
the
the
tax
itself,
but
that
was
kind
of
lost
in
it
for
me
and
that
we
were
now
requiring
residents
who
might
be
snow,
birds
or
deployed
not
not
present
for
that
time.
To
now
do
the
work
that
we
should
be
doing
if
we're
going
to
be
imposing
something
upon
them
so
I'm
bringing
this
forward,
because
I
would
like
to
see
how
this
is
functioning.
X
B
Thank
you,
councilor
dudas,
any
okay,
councilor
Kavanaugh
go
ahead.
Thank.
P
You
I
just
want
a
clarification
about
how
you
about
complaints,
because,
of
course
we
hear
from
residents
all
the
time
and
they're
not
happy
with
it,
but
do
they
have
to
make
formal
complaints.
Is
that
the
process
is
that
what
they're
you're
after
in
terms
of
that
they're,
not
happy
with
it?
P
Some
I
mean
because
I'm
sure
they'll
be
there's
plenty.
I
did
I
should
clarify
that,
because
I
had
so
many
people,
question
about
how
it
works.
I
had
an
information
session
and
it
was
extremely
well
attended
and
people
learned
a
lot
about
it
and
and
saw
the
models
that
we
went
by
in
terms
of
Vancouver
and
Toronto,
so
they
saw
what
it
was
about
and
and
the
expected
earnings
versus
costs
and
how
many
employees
were
being
used
for.
We
gave
them
everything,
so
that
was
helpful.
I.
P
K
Mr
Mayor,
my
colleague
Joseph,
is
online.
You
can
answer
this
question.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Mayor,
it
I
think
we.
We
would
capture
any
sort
of
complaint
that
came
through
formally
either
through
the
the
mayor's
office
or
through
counselor's
office
or
came
through
as
a
formal
complaint,
because
we
we
received
quite
a
number
of
calls
on
a
daily
basis.
Some
of
them
are
just
asking
questions
on
the
vut.
Perhaps
they
want
to
find
out
how
this
works.
I
P
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
because
a
lot
of
it
is
not
knowing
information
and-
and
we
made
a
and
my
my
information
session,
helped
a
lot
of
people
understand
what
it
was
about
and
how
it
worked.
So
just
saying.
N
Thanks
mayor
I'm,
just
wondering
if
the
Mover
would
be
open
to
a
slight
Amendment,
and
that
would
be
as
part
of
the
first
report
by
the
30th
of
June
2023.
That
staff
also
provides
information
related
to
costs
incurred
to
date,
so
we've
incurred
costs
in
2022,
there'll,
be
costs
and
that's
postage
letter
costs
and
staff.
Ftes
I'd
like
to
know
what
we're
contributing
to
this.
If
we're
going
to
do
ultimately
a
cost
benefit
analysis
I
think
it's
important
at
that
first
report
to
know
what
we've
invested
so
far.
B
Okay,
thank
you
we'll
take
that
as
a
friendly
Amendment.
Okay,
thank
you.
Councilor
Brockington,
councilor
divine.
AA
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
so
I've,
given
the
vacant
unit
tax,
a
lot
of
thought
over
the
past
week,
because
I'm
sure,
like
many
of
you,
I've
received
many
many
emails
over
it,
I'll
be
transparent
in
that
I.
Do
support
the
principle
and
intention
of
the
tax,
but
I
completely
understand
why
we're
getting
so
much
frustration
for
it,
part
of
which
is
likely
due
to
the
novelty
of
it
and
people
are
wrapping
their
brains
around
it.
AA
I've
spoken
at
length
with
Mr
Mahoney
about
this
and
I
can
understand
why,
for
many
people
they
see
this
tax
as
problematic,
but
at
the
same
time,
I
can
see
how
the
intentions
behind
the
tax
serve
a
greater
good
when
it
comes
to
the
city
as
a
whole,
where
it
says
in
the
motion
that
this
program
ultimately
disadvantages.
Seniors
snowbirds
deployed
military
Etc.
AA
From
what
I
understand
of
the
program,
the
the
the
the
people
that
the
program
most
intentionally
and
ultimately
disadvantages
are
the
owners
of
vacant
homes,
which
is
the
goal
and
intention,
and
as
we
passed
it,
it's
a
practice
that
we
as
a
counselor
are
trying
to
discourage
and
in
Reading
over
the
motion
very
carefully
over
the
past
few
days.
It
feels
like
the
motion
is
asking
for
a
report
on
such
an
accelerated
timeline
and
that
we
won't
get
the
best
data
out
of
that
report
and
from
the
conversation
I
had
with
Revenue
Service.
AA
This
past
week,
they've
been
aiming
to
get
back
to
Council
in
2024
after
being
able
to
properly
analyze
throughout
2023
the
results
of
that
and,
while
I
understand
that
the
timeline
that
Revenue
Services
proposing
may
feel
long.
The
schedule
that's
being
proposed
in
this
motion
and
the
data
that's
being
requested
in
this
motion.
AA
It
feels
like
by
the
very
nature
of
what's
being
requested
and
the
timeline
of
when
it's
being
requested,
that
it
will
lead
to
a
foregone
conclusion
that
the
tax
is
more
of
a
nuisance
than
the
tax
is
worth
and
from
the
conversation
I
had
with
Mr
bohuni.
They
said
that
their
objective
for
this
tax
is
to
be
used
as
an
incentive
to
decrease
the
number
of
vacant
homes
to
address
our
housing
crisis.
The
three
methods
they
proposed
are
voluntary,
sorry,
mandatory
declarations,
voluntary
declarations
and
complaints
based
targeting
I.E
snitch
lines.
AA
But
on
the
flip
side
in
the
city
of
Melbourne,
which
utilizes
voluntary
Declaration
of
vacant
properties,
they
are
two
years
into
their
voluntary
declaration
program.
They
have
seen
a
13
percent
increase
in
the
reported
housing
vacancy,
so
they've
achieved
the
opposite
of
what
this
program
is
meant
to
accomplish,
and
so
what
I'm
saying
here
is,
while
I,
while
I
agree
that
the
methodology
being
used
in
this
tax
can
likely
benefit
from
improvements.
AA
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Devine.
Let's
go
next
to
counselor
Derose.
W
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
just
a
quick
question,
I
think,
probably
to
Joseph
what
the
motion.
How
are
you
going
to
be
able
to
capture
the
complaint
that
we're
getting
because
we're
getting
some
of
my
phone
calls
and
and
we're
only
sending
you
some
of
the
email
that
complicated,
which
is
some
people
asking
about
if
they
have
a
three
unit
or
two
unit?
Those
are
the
only
ones
we're
sending
to
you.
W
Do
you
want
us
to
capture
all
those
and
there
is
a
place
you
want
us
to
report
if
we
need
to
have
an
accurate
numbers,
we
need
because
counselors
officers
see
all
these
complaints,
and
sometimes
residents
talk
to
us
during
event
or
when
we're
out
and
conversations
and
in
the
community,
so
I'm
not
sure
how
we're
going
to
capture
all
those
for
us
to
have
a
clear
number
of
those
complaints.
That's
my
concern.
I
Thank
you
very
much
Mr
Mayor,
so
we
we
do
track
formally
track
all
the
complaints
or
that
come
through
our
office
through
Revenue
Services.
Coming
from
counselors,
however,
I
think
if
Council
does,
it
probably
might
be
beneficial
for
Council
to
Define
what
a
complaint
is
so
that,
when
we
report
back
on
those
numbers,
we
are
on
the
same
page
in
terms
of
the
what
a
complaint
constitutes
and
the
number
of
complaints
that
have
actually
come
in.
W
Do
you
want
us
to
capture
the
kind
of
complaint
and
what
is
considered
complaint
or
not,
and
you
want
us
to
send
all
the
emails
that
we've
been
getting
to
because
we
don't
want
to
flood
your
email
address
because
we've
been
getting
lots
of
emails,
all
of
us
as
counselor
I'm
sure
it's
not
I'm,
not
the
only
one
I
need
to
build
it,
but
I
want
you
to
be
a
little
bit
more
clear
on
that.
Please.
I
Again,
we
we
capture
all
the
complaints
that
that
are
sent
over
to
our
office
for
response
and
in
most
cases,
if
they're,
the
the
resident
is
asking
more
than
just
simple
questions
or
is
looking
for
clarification.
Those
will
generally
be
sent
over
to
our
office
for
response,
and
if
we
do
capture
that
as
a
complaint,
then
we
can
report
on
that.
I
However,
if
there
are
basic
questions
that
may
be
coming
through
the
counselor's
office,
perhaps
asking
for
more
information
about
the
program,
we
have
distributed
quite
a
bit
of
information
over
the
last
week
and
a
half,
and
in
the
months
leading
up
to
this,
that
could
potentially
facilitate
counselors
in
responding
to
some
of
those
inquiries
in
terms
of
information.
Hearing
I
do
understand,
because
that
this
is
quite
new
for
residents
of
the
city
of
Ottawa,
that
there
might
be
some
frustrations
that
may
be
encountered.
I
So
we
we
are
keeping
an
eye
on
that
and
we
are
keeping
an
eye
on
what
is
really
deemed
as
registration
and,
what's
what?
What
is
a
formal
complaint
but
anything
that's
coming
to
our
office,
we
would
be
able
to
capture
that.
However,
anything
that
is
being
responded
to
from
counselors
offices,
then
we
probably
would
not
have
purview
of
that
and,
if
counsel
so
wishes,
it
would
not
be
a
bad
idea
for
Council
to
Define
what
they
would
like
to
see.
Staff
report
back
on.
W
Yeah
thanks
that
makes
more
sense
and
I
appreciate
that,
because
we
are
answering
we're
getting
information
from
you
and
we're
sending
them
to
the
resume
part
of
frustration
or
they
don't
have
the
proper
information.
Some
of
them
are
panicking.
I
would
say,
I
would
I,
we
will
keep
track
of
those
and
if,
in
the
next
communication,
when
we
put
communication
out,
if
we
can
be
clear
a
little
bit
more
about
the
tax
and
be
a
little
bit
clearer
about
what
is
all
about
and
what
you're
trying
to
achieve,
it
could
be
also
helpful.
B
Thank
you.
Both
councilor
Tierney.
AH
Mr
Mayor
and
I
want
to
thank
Mr
Mahoney
for
dealing
with
all
the
emails
that
are
coming
in
we're
all
receiving
them
again
I
I,
when
we
were
sold
to
bill
of
goods
on
this,
we
were
under
the
impression
there
would
be
clear
Communications
and
we
want
to
trip
over
ourselves
like
what
we
did
with
the
sewer
line
program
that
we
introduced
as
well
and
I
feel
what
could
really
help
this
situation,
and
forgive
me
if
I'm
wrong
when
I
got
my
cards
and
I
logged
into
my
service
Ottawa,
which
I
do
all
the
time
for
my
water
bills
to
check
my
tax
roll
I
didn't
see
that
simple
little
button
that
we
were
promised.
AH
When
is
that
button
going
to
be
coming,
and
why
aren't
we
telling
people
the
Simplicity
of
that
button
to
be
able
to
actually
go
and
make
yourself
declaration
and
to
councilor
divine's
point?
He
just
whispered
in
my
ear
comes
in
January,
but
do
we
have
a
video
or
something
that
we
could
show
people
I
think
this
is
where
the
confusion's
at
I
keep
telling
people
hold
hold
tight
till
January,
but
they
don't.
They
don't
see
anything.
There's
nothing
tangible.
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Mayor,
the
notice
that
went
out
in
November
was
planned
was
included
as
part
of
our
overall
Communications
plan,
because
this
is
such
a
huge
change
for
residents
in
the
city.
This
is
the
first
time
we're
doing
something
of
this
magnitude
where
we're
going
to
be
asking
residents
to
declare
on
an
annual
basis.
Part
of
the
communication
plan
and
part
of
what
council
had
asked
us
to
do
was
to
ensure
that
we
communicated
effectively
with
residents
to
make
sure
that
they're
aware
of
their
obligation
come
January
1st.
I
The
notice
that
went
out
to
November
was
our
first
opportunity
for
staff
to
and
City
staff
to
communicate
directly
to
Residents
to
make
them
aware
of
their
obligation.
Come
January
1st.
There
have
been
instances
in
the
past
where
we've
rolled
out
programs
and
perhaps
not
given
residents
a
heads
up
in
this
particular
instance
I
think
we
thought
it
to
be
prudent
to
make
sure
that
residents
are
aware
of
their
of
their
obligation
come
January
1st.
So
there
will
be
a
subsequent
notice
that
will
be
coming
out
in
January.
I
That
will
provide
all
the
information
that
residents
need
to
make
that
declaration.
The
web
declaration,
which
is
going
to
be
the
primary
method
of
Declaration,
will
be
available
starting
beginning
of
January.
There
will
also
be
other
methods
of
Declaration,
primarily
by
calling
a
phone
line
that
we
will
include
in
the
letter
where
other
folks
that
do
not
have
access
to
the
internet
or
have
accessibility
issues
would
be
able
to
be
serviced
and
assisted
in
making
their
declaration.
I
So
again,
the
purpose
of
the
November
notice
was
to
build
awareness
and
make
sure
that
residents
understand
what
their
obligations
would
be
come
beginning
of
the
year.
AH
And
and
I
appreciate
that,
thank
you
very
much,
but
I
guess
back
to
my
question.
We've
built
this
now
right,
like
it's
actually
in
development
stage
like
we
actually
have
a
button,
we
can.
We
have
actually
tested
it.
I
assume.
Can
we
not
take
like
five
minutes
and
record
a
video
of
it
actually
how
it
works?
So
we
could
share
it
with
our
residents
about
how
simple
it's
going
to
be
I
mean
I.
Think
that's
a
pretty
simple
thing
we
can
do.
It
doesn't
exist
right
now.
I
Thank
you
very
much,
Mr
Mayor.
Yes,
we
are
wrapping
up
development
and
we're
in
the
process
of
creating
that
video,
which
will
become
available
hopefully
before
the
end
of
the
year,
which
will
show
residents
how
easy
it
is
to
declare.
AH
AL
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
you
know,
I
do
agree
with
some
of
my
colleagues
around
the
table
that
I
I
don't
have
an
issue
with
taxing
vacant
units,
but
I
am
concerned
about
our
process.
I
am
concerned
about
mandatory
declaration
and
the
onus
on
the
homeowner
year
after
year
and
I
I'm
not
convinced
at
this
point
that
we
can't
think
of
a
better
way
going
forward.
AL
I
did
have
a
call
with
a
counselor
in
Vancouver
yesterday
and
their
finance
department,
who
was
able
to
illuminate
some
of
their
lessons
learned
and
to
counselor
cherny's
point
I.
Think
what
my
team
heard
was
the
importance
of
clear
and
repeated
communication
and
the
ease
of
making
the
Declaration
so
I
think
we
need
to
use
all
the
tools
available
to
us
to
over
communicate
about
this,
because
it
is
catching
people
off
guard
I.
Think
in
areas
of
the
city
where
vacant
units
is
not
perhaps
as
prevalent
of
an
issue.
AL
People
are
confused
and
I
think
we
have
to
and
anticipate
that
some
residents
are
going
to
be
charged
an
error
and
have
an
adequate
grace
period.
For
that,
so
I
think
counselor
dudas's
request
to
report
back
on
this
early
is
crucial
to
inform
how
we're
doing
and
where
we
may
need
to
make
adjustments
moving
forward.
Thank
you.
E
Want
to
thank
Mr
Mahoney
for
answering
all
those
emails
that
that
we
keep
sending
them
it
is.
It
is
very
clear
that
our
communication
on
this
has
not
been
to
the
standard
that
we
might
expect.
We've
just
had
another
program
rolled
out.
You
know
our
new
parks
and
recreation
registration
system,
which
I
think
was
a
resounding
success.
Great
obviously,
there
were
some.
E
There
were
some
issues
that
we're
working
through,
of
course,
but
the
videos,
the
communication,
the
proactive
work
that
was
done
prior
to
that
being
rolled
out,
really
led
to
some
excitement
and
and
the
program
being
launched
in
a
way
that
people
understood
exactly
what
they
what
they
needed
to
do
to
to
log
in
so
I
just
want
to
Echo
my
comments.
E
E
E
So
I
think
that
it's
important
that
we
get
this
information
back
as
as
soon
as
possible,
be
it
in
a
preliminary
fashion
or
not
I.
Think
that
having
this
information
before
people
are
given
that
bill
will
help
us
make
a
decision
on
whether
or
not
this
is
something
that
is
effective
or
something
that
we
want
to
continue
on
within
the
future.
Thank
you.
X
Yes,
just
as
a
point
of
clarity
from
Joseph,
potentially
my
understanding
it
and
the
reason
why
I
included
the
words
notice
of
complaint
in
the
emotion
is,
is
that
the
city
actually
has
within
the
vut
a
notice
of
complete
process
where
you
submit
a
notice
of
complaint,
if
you
did
not
submit
a
declaration
by
April
30th
and
need
to
make
a
late
declaration
or
if
you
made
an
error
in
your
so
I'm,
just
getting
this
information
from
the
city's
own
documentation.
So
there
is
a
formal
mechanism
to
file
these
complaints.
X
I
also
do
welcome
counselors,
sharing
these
complaints
in
passing
with
staff
to
to
include
that
in
the
process.
So
there
is
a
formal,
actual
process
that
you
can
file
a
legalesque
complaint.
If
that
is
the
case,
I
do
also
want
to
ask
Joseph.
Is
there
any
other
tax
or
service
administered
by
the
city
of
Ottawa?
That
follows
the
model
of
being
a
yearly
reverse
onus
style
approach
for
required
for
every
single
residential
property
owner.
I
I
So
in
in
2024,
so
when,
when
the
the
program
was
approved
in
recognition
that
this
would
be
a
huge
change,
management
exercise,
Council
asked
two
things
of
us
and
we
included
these
these
in
our
recommendation.
I
One
is
to
ensure
that
we
had
a
robust
Communications
campaign
and
we
have
included
quite
a
number
of
communications,
starting
at
the
beginning
of
this
of
this
year,
either
through
social
media
through
ads
through
posters
through
media
pitches
and
and
other
methods
of
communication,
to
try
to
get
the
word
out
there
and
finally
leading
up
to
the
direct
communication
that
we
send
to
Residents
in
November.
The
second
component
is
that
in
recognition
that
again,
this
was
a
huge
change
management
exercise.
I
Council
asked
worked
with
staff
to
waive
that
250
dollar
fee
in
2023.
However,
in
2024,
if
a
resident
does
not
file
their
declaration
before
the
normal
declaration
date,
they
will
be
charged
a
250
dollar
fee.
That
said,
I
could
note
that,
looking
at
our
benchmarking
exercise
in
terms
of
what
happened
with
Vancouver,
they
had
a
98
success
rate
in
terms
of
the
number
of
residents
that
filed
by
that
initial
deadline
date.
I
So
that's
something
that
we
are
hoping
for
and
we
are
going
to
continue
to
with
a
robust
communication
exercise,
as
laid
out
in
our
communication
plan,
to
make
to
make
sure
that
residents
understand
what
their
obligation
is
and
to
make
sure
that
they're
aware
and
that
they
file
their
declarations
on
time.
The
residents
will
receive
a
letter
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
reminding
them
or
letting
them
know
that
the
Declaration
is
available
for
them
to
go
in
and
file.
I
They
will
also
receive
an
insert
in
their
interim
property
tax
bill
in
February,
letting
them
know
that
that
that
they
they
do
need
to
file
their
declaration
by
March
16th
and
if
they
fail
to
file
for
those
that
fail
or
have
not
filed
it
by
March
16th.
They
will
get
a
subsequent
letter,
letting
them
know
that
they
have
missed
the
normal
deadline,
but
they
still
do
have
time
to
file
a
declaration
by
April
30th.
I
X
I
I
appreciate
that
I
appreciate
your
comments
on
it.
I'll
note,
I
haven't
gotten
my
own
letter
yet
so
robust
Communications
are
essential,
but
we
are
missing
the
mark
on
some
of
it
and
I
understand
that
2023.
Is
that
learning
curve
here?
But
that's
also
why
I'm
putting
this
forward
is
because
once
again,
there's
nothing
wrong
with
getting
the
data
throughout
the
course
of
the
coming
year
for
us
to
make
an
educated
decision
before
people
start
getting
fines
before
people
start
being
deemed
vacant
and
subject
to
the
tax
in
2024.
X
So
I'm
asking
for
support
for
this
motion
so
that
we
can
have
all
the
details
in
front
of
us.
I
wasn't
particularly
keen
on
this
motion
or
sorry
on
this
tax
in
the
first
place,
I'd
be
happy
to
have
thrown
it
out,
but
I
don't
want
to
throw
the
baby
out
with
the
bathwater,
because
I
like
the
intent
of
it
I
like
the
idea
of
generating
more
space
for
for
housing.
X
B
Thank
you,
councilor
dudas
and
I
I
you're,
the
Mover
of
the
motion
and
I
went
to
you
before.
There
were
still
some
other
people
to
speak,
so
I'm
going
to
consider
that
your
wrap
up,
if
that's
okay,
counselor
Curry.
Q
Q
I
spoke
to
my
community
associations,
because
at
the
time
when
we
passed
it,
we
talked
about
how
we
also
have
a
role
in
making
sure
people
understand
and
I
would
want
to
highlight
the
complaint
part
of
this
motion
because
I'm
happy
to
support
this
in
general,
but
the
complaint
part
of
it
we've
had
emails
where
people
complain
and
then
we
send
out
the
response
and
say
hey.
This
is
why
we're
doing
it.
This
is
what
it's
all
about.
Q
If
there's
an
error,
it
can
be
a
corrected
blah,
blah
blah
and
people
write
back
and
say:
oh
okay,
thanks
so
is
that
a
complaint
I
don't
know,
I,
think
that's
what
the
heck
oh
I
see
now
and
we
get
that
all
the
time.
So
if
we
copy
Joseph,
you
know,
Joseph
may
consider
that
a
complaint
and
we
may
not
go
back
and
say
actually
this
person's
okay
with
it.
Q
I
will
say
that
when
we
pass
this,
the
idea
was
I
think
we're
going
to
spend
8
million
I'm
sure
someone
has
the
exact
numbers
and
we
were
going
to
bring
in
32
at
a
total
cost
of
20
total
income
of
26,
or
something
like
that.
That
was
what
we
projected.
It
was
thought
to
be
a
good
idea,
but
the
research
study
to
counselor
Devine's
point
was
really
holistically
afterwards,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
was
it
a
good
idea?
Not
just
simply
were
people
upset
about
it?
Q
So
I
hope
that
when
we
get
this
data
back,
if
people
agree
with
this
that
it
doesn't
discourage
us
from
this
project
overall,
because
that's
a
longer
study
like
that
that
will
take
into
consideration
much
more
information
about
whether
it
really
worked
or
didn't
and
not.
If
you
think
takes
more
time
to
counselor,
defines
Point
anyway,
I'll
support
this
because
nothing
wrong
with
getting
this
information,
but
I.
You
know
we
have
to
analyze
it
in
a
different
way.
When
we
do
get
it
thanks.
M
Thank
you,
mayor
and
I'm,
going
to
start
by
thanking
Joseph
for
for
his
work,
with
all
the
emails
as
well
and
and
actually
to
counselor
Devine,
who
mentioned
the
point
about
the
vacancy
rates
in
Melbourne.
M
I
know
you
can
answer
this
if
you
want,
but
and
and
this
correction
is
actually
in
support
of
your
argument,
the
vacancy
rate
increase
that
you
mentioned
for
15
in
Melbourne's,
the
office
vacancy
rate
in
Melbourne.
The
residential
has
actually
gone
down
from
6.4
to
four.
By
the
way
it
supports
the
argument.
Whatever
my
question
is
actually
my
questions
for
staff:
are
there
any
mechanisms
in
in
our
property
tax
collection
thing
to
to
kind
of
Target
homeowners
who
do
have
multiple
properties?
M
I
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr,
Mayor
and
I
think
that's
a
great
question
because
I
think
there's
a
few
big
assumption
out
there
with
residents
in
terms
of
what
the
city
knows
and
what
the
city
doesn't
know.
One
of
the
things
I
can
tell
you
for
a
fact
that
we
do
not
know
is
who
owns
WIC
properties
and
how
many
properties
you
own
and
if
and
which
property
is.
I
Your
is
your
primary
residence
we
do
not
have
any
individual
I
would
say
identifying,
identifiable
or
unique,
identifying
information
that
we
can
use
to
track
an
individual
such
as
a
SIN
number
or
a
driver's
license.
So,
for
example,
if
I
went
into
our
database
and
pulled
up
John
Smith
I
may
get
250,
John
Smith's
I,
don't
know
which
John
Smith,
if
there
are
completely
different,
John
Smith's
or
if
they're,
all
the
same
John
Smith
that
owns
250
properties.
I
So
it
would
not
be
feasible
for
us
to
be
able
to
Target
individual
owners,
because
I
think
we
would
have
a
huge
amount
of
error
in
terms
of
the
assumptions
that
I
think
we
would
have
to
make
in
terms
of
who
owns
Which
property.
So
I
I
do
want
to
say
that
there's
a
lot
of
data
I
think
that
residents
assume
that
the
city
keeps
and
has,
but
we
we
really
don't
have
that
information
or
we
don't
have
it
to
the
level.
I
I
think
that
we
can
rely
on
and
and
to
an
earlier
point,
I
think.
That's
that
was
raised
by
councilor,
Curry
and
councilor
dudas
about
the
complaints.
I
think
I
do
want
to
differentiate
I.
Think
when
we're
talking
about
complaints,
there
is
a
notice
of
complaint.
That
is
a
part
of
this
program
and
we
are
going
to
be
reporting
on
that.
There
is
a
mechanism
to
file
a
notice
of
complaint.
I
However,
I
think
the
component
that
we
were
talking
about
here
is
or
that
we
were
trying
to
communicate
in
terms
of
if
Council
wants
to
Define.
That
is
some
of
those
inquiries
or
complaints
that
people
are
sort
of
sending
in
maybe
perhaps
because
they're
exasperated
or
or
you
know,
going
through
the
change.
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Mayor.
H
H
If
it
works,
we
have
based
it
on
best
practices,
mostly
around
Vancouver,
where
year
over
year
they
see
a
15
reduction
in
the
number
of
vacant
units,
and
if
my
math
is
right
and
Cyril
I'll
I'll
tell
me
if
I'm
wrong
in
Ottawa,
that
could
mean
close
to
400
units
each
year
that
come
back
on
the
market
and
when
we
have
got
that
list
of
11
000
households
now
looking
for
someplace
affordable
to
live.
That
could
make
a
very
big
difference
and
375
units
at
a
program.
H
Costs
of
eight
million
dollars
would
be
incredibly
good
value
if
it's
successful.
So
there
may
be
some
tweaks
required
to
the
process,
but
overall
I
hope
that
the
numbers
we
see
back
over
the
next
couple
of
years
show
that
we
are
getting
a
good
return
and
making
an
impact
on
our
housing
crisis.
Thank
you.
Mr
Mayor.
B
Thank
you
councilor
Gower,
so
we
have
a
motion
that
has
been
amended
to
include
analysis
of
the
costs
incurred
to
date.
Is
the
motion
carried
okay?
Thank
you.
Everyone.
Thank
you.
Councilor
dudas
1511
is
was
a
motion
from
kose
or
plant
and
concierge
plant
I,
believe
you
are
withdrawing
that
motion.
I'm.
D
Please
Mr
Mayor
there
would
be
two
options
from
the
member.
In
this
case,
one
would
be
to
withdraw
it
with
the
intention
to
bring
It
Forward
at
a
future
date,
which
would
be
up
to
the
member
to
do
with
the
appropriate
notice
if
it
is
to
be
deferred
to
a
date.
Specific
emotion,
moved
and
seconded
would
be
required
to
identify
what
meeting
that
would
be
deferred
to.
AI
B
So
the
motion
is
withdrawn.
Thank
you
all
right.
Let's
move
to
motions
requiring
suspension
of
the
rules
of
procedure
and
we
will
begin
with
a
motion
from
counselor,
Gower
and
seconded
by
counselor
kits
regarding
7731
Fernbank
road.
So
on
suspension
of
the
rules
of
procedure
is
a
is
it
carried?
Okay,.
W
H
Gower,
okay,
whereas
the
provincial
policy
statement
provides
that
that
need
for
the
resource
is
not
a
relevant
concern
when
considering
a
planning
application
in
respect
of
mineral
Aggregate,
and
whereas
this
policy
provision
has
been
consistently
respected
by
the
Ontario
land
tribunal
and
its
predecessor
tribunals.
Therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
legal
services
be
instructed
not
to
oppose
a
rezoning
in
respect
of
7731
Fernbank
Road
for
a
me2
rural
exception
Zone,
provided
that
it
is
in
accordance
with
documents.
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Brown.
Next,
we
have
another
motion
from
counselor
Gower
seconded
by
councilor
DeRose
regarding
the
conservation
authorities
act.
So
on
suspension
of
the
rules
is
that
carried
counselor
Gower.
H
Thank
you,
I
will
skip
ahead
to
the
therefore
be
resolved,
because
there's
a
lot
of
Preamble,
therefore
be
it
resolved.
That
Ottawa
city
council
supports
the
city
of
ottawa's
application
under
the
conservation
authorities,
act
to
have
less
than
70
percent
representation
on
the
three
conservation
Authority
boards,
so
that
the
remaining
city
of
Ottawa
seats
may
be
filled
by
public
members
for
the
2022-2026
term
of
council.
H
For
the
reasons
set
out
in
this
motion
and
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
office
of
the
city
clerk
be
directed
to
provide
a
copy
of
this
motion
to
the
ministry
of
natural
resources
and
Forestry
in
support
of
the
city's
application,
and
a
brief
summary
of
the,
whereas
is,
is
that
in
the
last
term
of
council,
the
provincial
government
changed
the
rules
around
membership
of
of
conservation,
Authority
boards
city
of
Ottawa
has
members
on
three
conservation
conservation.
Authority
boards.
There
are
15
seats
to
fill
in
total
under
the
provincial
rules.
H
They
would
require
70
percent
of
counselors
be
in
the
those
seats.
Typically,
we
have
appointed
two
to
three
per
term
to
those
boards
and
relied
on
public
members
and
their
expertise
to
fill
the
remaining
seats.
But
we
have
to
put
in
a
special
request
to
the
province
which
we
did
earlier
this
year
and
they've
come
back
to
City
staff,
looking
for
greater
reasons
for
justification
for
going
under
that
70
threshold.
H
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Gower.
Is
the
motion
carried
good?
Thank
you.
Next,
we
have
a
motion
from
counselor
kits
seconded
by
me
regarding
the
deputy
mayor's
schedule.
AL
At
some
point,
during
the
term
of
counsel,
the
city
clerk
has
been
delegated
The
Authority,
with
the
concurrence
of
the
mayor
and
the
council's
concerned
to
amend
the
rotation
schedule
during
the
term
and
place
a
bylaw
directly
on
the
council
agenda
for
enactment
to
amend
the
rotation
schedule
as
required.
Therefore
be
it
resolved.
The
council
approved
the
deputy
mayor
rotation
schedule
attached
to
schedule
a
to
take
effect,
beginning
January,
1st
2023
and
direct
the
city
clerk
to
place
a
bylaw
on
the
next
Council
agenda
to
enact
the
associated
deputy
mayor
of
bylaw.
B
Thank
you,
counselor
kits
I'll,
just
add
a
quick
comment
that
if
there
is
any
trading
going
on
just
because
of
people's
schedules
or
preferences
or
whatever
there
was
some
effort
to
ensure
that
there
was
some
Regional
representation
in
the
regional
diversity
in
the
groups
of
three.
So
there
was
some
effort
to
try
and
organize
it.
So
it
wasn't
all
you
know
three
rural
counselors
all
at
once,
or
three
downtown
councilors,
all
at
once,
Etc.
So
let's
just
keep
that
in
mind
as
we
consider
any
possible
moves
going
forward
to
councilor
luloff.
B
B
B
Is
the
motion
carried?
Thank
you
next
motion
requiring
suspension
of
the
rules
is
a
motion
from
counselor
Kavanaugh
regarding
the
correction
of
the
Bia
list
that
was
approved
in
the
governance
report
on
suspension
of
the
rules.
Is
that
carried
councilor
Kavanaugh.
P
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Kavanaugh
is
the
motion
carried.
Thank
you
all
right.
Let's
move
to
notices
of
motion
for
consideration
at
a
subsequent
meeting,
beginning
with
a
motion
from
counselor
Kavanaugh.
P
This
is
a
a
very
serious
issue
and
it's
about
being
in
solidarity
with
the
people
of
Iran,
whereas
on
September
16th
22
year
old,
Kurdish,
Iranian
woman
named
Masa
amini
was
beaten,
tortured
and
murdered
by
Iran's
morality,
police,
while
in
custody
for
for
after
wearing
her
hijab
improperly
and
whereas
the
establishment
of
the
Islamic
Republic
of
Iran
in
1979
has
led
to
increasingly
repressive
restrictions
on
women's
rights,
including
the
enforcement
of
the
mandatory
wearing
of
the
hijab
and
whereas,
although
the
compulsory
dress
codes
are
the
most
visible
sign
of
state-sanctioned
repression
of
women
in
Iran
under
the
current
regime,
it's
not
the
only
one.
P
Whereas
the
Iranian
regime
is
engaged
in
a
massive
brutal
Crackdown
on
protesters
with
International
press
reporting
on
average,
one
child
murdered
a
day
upwards
of
184,
000
arrests
and
detentions
that
allow
for
the
death
penalty
as
punishment
as
of
December
10th,
one
person,
one
protester
was
executed
and
several
others
are
in
death
row
where's.
The
protests
have
powerful
international
support
from
Iranians
and
Nationals
living
in
the
diaspora
and
around
the
world,
including
journalists,
Educators
lawyers
and
activists
in
Berlin,
Toronto,
Los
Angeles,
to
name
a
few.
P
Whereas
this
movement,
which
now
approached
its
fourth
month
with
no
sign
of
abating,
is
called,
is
calling
for
continued
increasing
demonstration
of
international
solidarity
and
support.
Whereas
an
estimated
400
000
Iranian
Canadians
have
chosen
to
call
Canada
home
because
of
its
values
of
equal
rights
for
women,
freedom
of
expression,
freedom
of
peaceful
assembly,
freedom
of
Association
and
Democratic
rights,
and
whereas
the
thesis
is
actively
investigating
several
death
threats
and
intimidation
from
the
Islamic
Republic
State
actors
against
individuals
in
Canada
to
silence
those
who
speak
out
publicly
against
the
regime.
P
B
You
councilor
Kavanaugh.
The
motion
is
seconded
by
councilor
truster.
So
that
is
that's
a
notice
of
motion.
The
next
notice
of
motion
is
from
counselor
kits.
AL
That
may
occur
in
the
context
of
purchases
or
exchanges
from
online
sales
and
whereas,
while
residents
can
carry
out
transactions
in
the
public
Lobby
of
any
Ottawa
police
station,
there
is
not
a
dedicated
space
that
is
actively
monitored
or
specific
signage
designated
a
safe
space
for
this
type
of
activity,
and
whereas
it
has
been
suggested
that
there
are
police
stations
within
Ottawa
that
may
have
the
capacity
to
have
designated
safe
exchange.
Spaces,
therefore,
be
it
resolved.
AL
At
Ottawa
city
council
requests
that
the
Ottawa
Police
Services
Board
explore
the
feasibility
of
piloting,
safe
exchange
areas
or
Community
safety
zones
at
Ottawa
police
stations.
That
would
include
24,
7
surveillance
and
dedicated
signage
for
the
residents
of
Ottawa.
Be
it
further
resolve
that
the
Ottawa
Police
Services
Board
report
back
with
their
findings
to
Ottawa
city
council
by
Q3
of
2023..
Thank
you.
AC
Thank
you,
Mr
Mayor,
whereas
the
city's
commemorative
naming
policy
approved
by
Council
on
July,
24
2002,
outlines
the
criteria
and
process
for
commemoratively
naming
Municipal
streets
parks
and
Facilities
or
parts
thereof,
and
whereas
in
keeping
with
its
power
set
out
in
the
municipal
act,
2001
Council
May
assign
a
commemorative
Name
by
resolution.
Notwithstanding
the
provisions
included
in
the
commemorative
naming
policy
and
whereas
babe
McRae
is
a
longtime
resident
and
volunteer
in
the
village
of
Richmond,
Ward
21,
Rito,
jock
and
whereas
Mr
McRae
and
his
immediate
family
have
been
owners
and
operators
of
several
local
businesses.
AC
Since
the
1950s,
including
the
McRae
General
Store
and
McRae
Bros
laundromat,
making
him
a
well-known
and
respected
resident
of
the
village
of
Richmond
and
whereas
Mr
McRae
has
served
as
member
of
the
Richmond
District
Lions
Club
and
the
Richmond
Lodge
and
whereas
Mr
McRae
has
also
served
as
a
member
of
the
Richmond
Agricultural.
Society,
therefore
be
it
resolve
at
the
park,
formerly
known
as
mainell
Park
located
at
245,
mainel
Road
Richmond
Ontario
be
renamed
the
Babe
McRae
Park
and
be
it
for
the
resolved
that
an
appropriate
stand
and
plaque
be
installed.
AC
Displaying
the
name
and
including
a
brief
history
of
Babe
mcrae's
contributions
and
be
it
further
resolve
at
all
costs
related
to
the
reduction
and
installation
of
the
stand.
Plaque
and
subsequent
event
will
be
funded
through
the
counselor's
office.
Colleagues.
The
only
reason
I
bring
this
forward
now,
instead
of
going
through
the
commemorative
naming
process,
is
Mr
McRae
and
his
family
were
given
devastating
news
of
Mr
mcrae's
stage.
AC
B
Thank
you,
councilor
Brown,
oh
counselor,
dudes.
AJ
B
F
B
Is
the
motion
carried
Gary?
Thank
you,
inquiries,
counselor
King.
AG
Thank
you.
Your
worship
I
have
a
question
to
be
directed
to
OC
Transpo
on
Thursday
December,
8th
police
responded
to
an
assault
against
a
passenger
or
the
Confederation
Line
train.
My
questions
are
concerning
the
emergency
intercom
button.
According
to
Witnesses,
the
button
was
pressed,
but
there
was
no
response
just
a
dial
tone.
My
understanding
is
that
the
train
operators
are
alerted
when
the
intercom
button
is
activated
and
are
trained
to
respond
when
it
is
safe
to
do
so.
AG
My
questions
are
one:
what
are
the
inspection
protocols
to
ensure
that
the
emergency
intercom
button
is
functioning?
How
frequently
is
it
tested
and
who
answers
the
test?
Call
to?
Is
the
current
standard
for
an
acceptable
response
time
to
the
emergency
intercom
being
activated
three?
Does
the
emergency
intercom
call
go
directly
to
the
train
operator?
Four?
Does
the
call
also
signal
the
special
Constable
unit
to
respond
five?
How
long
did
it
take
between
the
emergency
intercom
button
activation
and
when
the
call
was
answered
six?
How
many
operators
are
on
a
train
while
in
operation
seven?
AG
If
there
are
additional
operators
on
the
train,
are
they
equipped
to
also
answer
emergency
situations
or
intercom
calls?
What
is
the
training
operators
receive?
Eight
if
there
is
a
medical
emergency
or
life-threatening
incident?
What
is
the
safety
protocol
and
who
responds?
How
is
the
operated
operator
alerted
and
nine?
What
are
the
usual
instructions
given
to
passengers
when
the
emergency
intercom
has
been
activated?
Thank
you.
Mr.
B
Mayor,
thank
you.
Councilor
King,
all
right
just
before
we
adjourn
I
just
wanted
to
offer
a
personal
comment.
Thank
you
to
all
the
counselors
for
your
hard
work
over
the
last
month,
since
we
were,
we
were
all
sworn
in
it'll
be
a
month
tomorrow,
and
there
was
a
lot
to
do
in
that
first
month,
and
particularly
the
last
three
weeks
with
Council
meetings,
every
Wednesday
we're
not
meeting
next
Wednesday
this
to
be
just
to
be
clear.
B
It
does
so
again
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
your
hard
work
and
collaboration
and
cooperation
on
all
the
many
motions
that
we've
dealt
with
in
the
last
three
weeks.
I
want
to
encourage
you
again
to
get
some
rest
over
the
holidays.
B
I
think
it's
going
to
be
busy
as
committees
start
working
in
January
and
I
want
to
wish
all
of
you
and
everyone
watching
the
very
best
of
the
holiday
season
and
a
Happy
New
Year
I
look
forward
to
working
with
everyone,
as
our
work
continues
for
the
rest
of
December
and
into
what
January.
So
thank
you.
Everyone.