2023 City of Ottawa Community Improvement Plan Program Review

Council was asked to

1. Committee Recommendations as amended That City Council: 7.
2. Approve a direction to restructure the Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan program such that all new applications are only eligible for projects qualifying under the new Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan when implemented and direct staff to bring back to Council in Q1 2024 corresponding by-law amendments for approval; 8.
3. Approve a direction that all in-stream applications for the Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan, deemed complete prior to December 14, 2022, be cancelled and that any funding requests be resubmitted and evaluated based on the new restructured Brownfield Redevelopment policy (as amended by Motion 2023-27-02 to direct staff to bring forward the seven deemed complete applications as described in the report as formal reports to be considered by Finance and Corporate Services Committee in Q1 2024 under the rules and criteria prior to the program pause in December 2022).