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Council passes deal to end Lansdowne dispute
City council has approved a deal that will end a $23.6-million dispute with its Lansdowne Park business partners.
The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group and the city had disagreed over who was responsible for work related to repairing rusty steel structures in the arena roof, which were discovered after a fixed-price contract had been signed. OSEG argued that the roof repair was beyond the scope of the agreement it signed with the city, while the city maintained OSEG was responsible for the costs.
The settlement involves OSEG taking out a loan for $23.6 million, which would be guaranteed by the city so that the business group could secure a more favourable interest rate. The annual payments of principal and interest on the loan would be paid out of revenues under the 30-year Lansdowne agreement between OSEG and the city.
Council approves LRT toilets, but not pay-to-pee
City councillors have approved a plan for public washrooms at Bayview and Hurdman stations at a cost of about $2 million. But if the plan includes pay toilets, they want the matter to return to council.
The capital costs of the washrooms would come from the $80-million LRT project contingency fund. However, there is an estimated $13,000-a-month in extra maintenance costs. At finance committee on Dec. 1, Mayor Jim Watson asked city staff to explore the possibility of pay toilets. This sparked a controversy over whether it was fair to ask transit riders to pay to pee.
On Wednesday, some city councillors opposed the pay-toilets idea and asked if there were lower-cost options, including self-cleaning washrooms, to cut maintenance costs. City manager Kent Kirkpatrick said preliminary research found that while revenue generated by pay toilets would some offset maintenance costs, it wouldn’t cover all of them.
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City council has approved a deal that will end a $23.6-million dispute with its Lansdowne Park business partners.
The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group and the city had disagreed over who was responsible for work related to repairing rusty steel structures in the arena roof, which were discovered after a fixed-price contract had been signed. OSEG argued that the roof repair was beyond the scope of the agreement it signed with the city, while the city maintained OSEG was responsible for the costs.
The settlement involves OSEG taking out a loan for $23.6 million, which would be guaranteed by the city so that the business group could secure a more favourable interest rate. The annual payments of principal and interest on the loan would be paid out of revenues under the 30-year Lansdowne agreement between OSEG and the city.
Council approves LRT toilets, but not pay-to-pee
City councillors have approved a plan for public washrooms at Bayview and Hurdman stations at a cost of about $2 million. But if the plan includes pay toilets, they want the matter to return to council.
The capital costs of the washrooms would come from the $80-million LRT project contingency fund. However, there is an estimated $13,000-a-month in extra maintenance costs. At finance committee on Dec. 1, Mayor Jim Watson asked city staff to explore the possibility of pay toilets. This sparked a controversy over whether it was fair to ask transit riders to pay to pee.
On Wednesday, some city councillors opposed the pay-toilets idea and asked if there were lower-cost options, including self-cleaning washrooms, to cut maintenance costs. City manager Kent Kirkpatrick said preliminary research found that while revenue generated by pay toilets would some offset maintenance costs, it wouldn’t cover all of them.
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