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City Council today approved a new agreement with Orgaworld Canada that will make it easy for residents to recycle organic waste, keeping it out of landfills.
The report approved today recommended dog waste be allowed in green bins starting in mid-2019, as an improved service for residents. Residents could also put their organic waste in plastic bags.
The revised contract with Orgaworld Canada Ltd., the service provider for the City’s Green Bin program, will expand service for an additional $626,000 per year and end current arbitrations with the company. The new contract will divert more waste, helping to extend the life of the Trail Road landfill, meet new provincial targets for waste diversion and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The remaining 12 years of the contract will see a reduced processing rate, a lower minimum tonnage, more operational flexibility and an end product that could be used as compost and other beneficial products.
Mayor Jim Watson read a Statement of Reconciliation at Council, from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Big City Mayors Caucus, in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Mark Maracle, Co-chair of the Aboriginal Working Committee Leadership Group, presented a work of Inuit art to Mayor Watson at the reading of the Statement of Reconciliation.
Council approved a motion that will examine having a Council Representative Special Liaison for Women’s Issues, and a Women’s Bureau, to provide a gender lens on the City’s policies and practices. Results of this work will be included in the 2018-2022 governance report.
Council received an update on its 10-year plan for housing and homelessness. In the first four years of the plan, more than 100,000 residents have benefitted from housing and support services, delivered by more than 130 community partners. The City has built 364 new affordable and supportive housing units, diverted 1,280 people from emergency shelters and moved 519 single individuals with long shelter stays into permanent housing with supports.
The City has made progress in reducing homelessness, with the number of single women accessing emergency shelters reaching its lowest level in the past decade, and the number of youth accessing shelters decreasing for the second year in a row. Ottawa has also seen a decrease in the number of single men who have been homeless for six months or more in the past year, along with a decrease their average length of stay in a shelter.
Council approved redevelopment of the former All Saints Anglican Church at 315 Chapel Street in Sandy Hill. The project involves construction of a nine-storey building that will include office and retail space on the lower floors and hotel or residential space on the upper floors. The church building is no longer used as a place of worship, but is a designated heritage site and would be retained as part of the project.
The west end of Ottawa may soon be home to a new francophone community centre. Council approved the transfer and sale of 2720 Richmond Road to Le Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario. The property is the site of the former Grant Alternative School. The exterior of the main building and the front lawn is a designated heritage site and will be retained as part of the redevelopment project.
Council approved an amendment to the Right of Way Patio By-law, which requires patios that encroach on the City’s road allowance to have barrier-free access and to leave a clear pathway for pedestrians that is at least two metres wide.
With respect to existing patios on sidewalks that are narrower than two metres, or where City infrastructure limits expanding the pedestrian clearway, the by-law will allow some flexibility. The City will also commit $50,000 to move some of that infrastructure, including signs and benches, where possible, to increase the clearway for pedestrians.
The City is encouraging patio owners to comply with the by-law when the summer patio season begins on April 1, 2018. However, existing patio owners will have until October 31, 2018 to submit applications, with plans for compliant patios, for next summer’s patio season. Patios operating during the winter season will need to comply with the by-law by November 1, 2018. All patios will have to comply with the by-law by April 1, 2019.
Non-exempt retail businesses within the passenger terminal of the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport can stay open on nine statutory holidays, following Council’s approval of an exemption by-law to the Retail Business Holidays Act.
Council approved zoning for a new age-in-place retirement community in Mooney’s Bay, at 3071 Riverside Drive, the site of the former Bayview Public School. Council also approved a proposed nine-storey apartment building for 1946 Scott Street.
Council also approved measures to improve the Cranberry Creek Municipal Drain, a watershed located around the village of North Gower. The work includes installing a pump-station, control structure and dyke system, modernizing plans and profiles for maintenance, and changing the drainage area. The work is expected to help reduce flooding, improve drainage and enhance crop production. The estimated price tag for the proposed work is $1.6 million. All costs will be recovered through assessments to the benefiting landowners, including the City and the Province.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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The report approved today recommended dog waste be allowed in green bins starting in mid-2019, as an improved service for residents. Residents could also put their organic waste in plastic bags.
The revised contract with Orgaworld Canada Ltd., the service provider for the City’s Green Bin program, will expand service for an additional $626,000 per year and end current arbitrations with the company. The new contract will divert more waste, helping to extend the life of the Trail Road landfill, meet new provincial targets for waste diversion and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The remaining 12 years of the contract will see a reduced processing rate, a lower minimum tonnage, more operational flexibility and an end product that could be used as compost and other beneficial products.
Mayor Jim Watson read a Statement of Reconciliation at Council, from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Big City Mayors Caucus, in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Mark Maracle, Co-chair of the Aboriginal Working Committee Leadership Group, presented a work of Inuit art to Mayor Watson at the reading of the Statement of Reconciliation.
Council approved a motion that will examine having a Council Representative Special Liaison for Women’s Issues, and a Women’s Bureau, to provide a gender lens on the City’s policies and practices. Results of this work will be included in the 2018-2022 governance report.
Council received an update on its 10-year plan for housing and homelessness. In the first four years of the plan, more than 100,000 residents have benefitted from housing and support services, delivered by more than 130 community partners. The City has built 364 new affordable and supportive housing units, diverted 1,280 people from emergency shelters and moved 519 single individuals with long shelter stays into permanent housing with supports.
The City has made progress in reducing homelessness, with the number of single women accessing emergency shelters reaching its lowest level in the past decade, and the number of youth accessing shelters decreasing for the second year in a row. Ottawa has also seen a decrease in the number of single men who have been homeless for six months or more in the past year, along with a decrease their average length of stay in a shelter.
Council approved redevelopment of the former All Saints Anglican Church at 315 Chapel Street in Sandy Hill. The project involves construction of a nine-storey building that will include office and retail space on the lower floors and hotel or residential space on the upper floors. The church building is no longer used as a place of worship, but is a designated heritage site and would be retained as part of the project.
The west end of Ottawa may soon be home to a new francophone community centre. Council approved the transfer and sale of 2720 Richmond Road to Le Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario. The property is the site of the former Grant Alternative School. The exterior of the main building and the front lawn is a designated heritage site and will be retained as part of the redevelopment project.
Council approved an amendment to the Right of Way Patio By-law, which requires patios that encroach on the City’s road allowance to have barrier-free access and to leave a clear pathway for pedestrians that is at least two metres wide.
With respect to existing patios on sidewalks that are narrower than two metres, or where City infrastructure limits expanding the pedestrian clearway, the by-law will allow some flexibility. The City will also commit $50,000 to move some of that infrastructure, including signs and benches, where possible, to increase the clearway for pedestrians.
The City is encouraging patio owners to comply with the by-law when the summer patio season begins on April 1, 2018. However, existing patio owners will have until October 31, 2018 to submit applications, with plans for compliant patios, for next summer’s patio season. Patios operating during the winter season will need to comply with the by-law by November 1, 2018. All patios will have to comply with the by-law by April 1, 2019.
Non-exempt retail businesses within the passenger terminal of the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport can stay open on nine statutory holidays, following Council’s approval of an exemption by-law to the Retail Business Holidays Act.
Council approved zoning for a new age-in-place retirement community in Mooney’s Bay, at 3071 Riverside Drive, the site of the former Bayview Public School. Council also approved a proposed nine-storey apartment building for 1946 Scott Street.
Council also approved measures to improve the Cranberry Creek Municipal Drain, a watershed located around the village of North Gower. The work includes installing a pump-station, control structure and dyke system, modernizing plans and profiles for maintenance, and changing the drainage area. The work is expected to help reduce flooding, improve drainage and enhance crop production. The estimated price tag for the proposed work is $1.6 million. All costs will be recovered through assessments to the benefiting landowners, including the City and the Province.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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