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The City’s Finance and Economic Development Committee today approved a set of directions that would allow staff to explore options to address current challenges at Lansdowne Park and make it a 365-day-a-year destination that all residents and visitors can enjoy. These options are intended to attract five million visitors to the site each year and make the Lansdowne Partnership sustainable over the remaining 33 years of the Agreement.
The recommendations respond to Council’s direction in December 2020 to explore how the City, on its own and working in partnership with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), can address the site’s aging infrastructure, enhance animation, improve public amenities and possibly increase the site’s residential density. The report seeks to meet Council’s urban intensification principles, including for affordable housing, in a way that would ensure the sustainability and long-term financial viability of Lansdowne’s operations and the partnership.
Committee recommends that Council approve that the City investigate the potential to replace the Civic Centre and North Side stands with new and modern structures. They also recommend reviewing and improving the urban park/public realm amenities and programming.
If approved by Council, the Committee’s recommendations are the first steps, meaning that staff will proceed with necessary due diligence and begin the process of extensive public engagement to find out what the public wants to see at an improved Lansdowne Park. If the recommendations in the report are approved, staff anticipate presenting an update and potential proposal to City Council in Q1 2022.
The Committee approved the 2022 budget directions and timelines to develop the draft budget, including the consultation process. The draft budget would include an overall increase of no more than three per cent to the municipal tax rate. The average urban homeowner would pay an additional $119 on their annual property tax bill, while the average rural homeowner would pay an additional $91.
The municipal tax bill is made up of several levies and the report recommends the city-wide levy – the portion that funds most City services, including the Ottawa Public Library and Ottawa Public Health – increase by no more than 2.6 per cent. The Transit Levy would increase by no more than 4.5 per cent, which includes a $5 million contribution to capital to replace the cancelled doubling of the provincial gas tax.
The draft budget would be tabled at a special meeting of Council on Wednesday, November 3, followed by a month of public meetings before Council adopts it on Wednesday, December 8.
The Committee approved terminating both the St. Joseph Boulevard and Orléans community improvement plans and combining them into a single new Integrated Orléans Community Improvement Plan. The new plan would help reinvigorate properties, businesses and main streets, encourage the rehabilitation of lands and buildings and stimulate new growth opportunities, including those stemming from Stage 2 LRT. Integrating the plans would eliminate redundancies, making the plan clearer and more effective. This report will be considered by Council on July 7.
Homeowners could soon have access to new financing to help pay for home energy improvements and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Committee approved the launch of the Better Homes Loan Program, which uses funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to offer residents low-interest loans tied to their properties through local improvement charges.
Residents could qualify for funding up to $125,000 or 10 per cent of the current value of their home for eligible improvements, which include upgrades for space and water heating, as well as renewable energy systems. The program would launch in the third quarter of 2021 for an initial term of three years.
The Committee also received an independent report from external consultant KPMG. Their review assessed the Stage 2 LRT procurement process against the industry’s best practices, including from other jurisdictions, and found that the City’s established procurement process was aligned with best practices worldwide. The report also presents recommended procurement options for LRT Stage 3 and best practices for governance of large-scale procurements. These recommendations would fine tune existing City processes.
Recommendations from today’s meeting will rise to Council on Wednesday, July 21, unless otherwise indicated.
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The recommendations respond to Council’s direction in December 2020 to explore how the City, on its own and working in partnership with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), can address the site’s aging infrastructure, enhance animation, improve public amenities and possibly increase the site’s residential density. The report seeks to meet Council’s urban intensification principles, including for affordable housing, in a way that would ensure the sustainability and long-term financial viability of Lansdowne’s operations and the partnership.
Committee recommends that Council approve that the City investigate the potential to replace the Civic Centre and North Side stands with new and modern structures. They also recommend reviewing and improving the urban park/public realm amenities and programming.
If approved by Council, the Committee’s recommendations are the first steps, meaning that staff will proceed with necessary due diligence and begin the process of extensive public engagement to find out what the public wants to see at an improved Lansdowne Park. If the recommendations in the report are approved, staff anticipate presenting an update and potential proposal to City Council in Q1 2022.
The Committee approved the 2022 budget directions and timelines to develop the draft budget, including the consultation process. The draft budget would include an overall increase of no more than three per cent to the municipal tax rate. The average urban homeowner would pay an additional $119 on their annual property tax bill, while the average rural homeowner would pay an additional $91.
The municipal tax bill is made up of several levies and the report recommends the city-wide levy – the portion that funds most City services, including the Ottawa Public Library and Ottawa Public Health – increase by no more than 2.6 per cent. The Transit Levy would increase by no more than 4.5 per cent, which includes a $5 million contribution to capital to replace the cancelled doubling of the provincial gas tax.
The draft budget would be tabled at a special meeting of Council on Wednesday, November 3, followed by a month of public meetings before Council adopts it on Wednesday, December 8.
The Committee approved terminating both the St. Joseph Boulevard and Orléans community improvement plans and combining them into a single new Integrated Orléans Community Improvement Plan. The new plan would help reinvigorate properties, businesses and main streets, encourage the rehabilitation of lands and buildings and stimulate new growth opportunities, including those stemming from Stage 2 LRT. Integrating the plans would eliminate redundancies, making the plan clearer and more effective. This report will be considered by Council on July 7.
Homeowners could soon have access to new financing to help pay for home energy improvements and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Committee approved the launch of the Better Homes Loan Program, which uses funding from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to offer residents low-interest loans tied to their properties through local improvement charges.
Residents could qualify for funding up to $125,000 or 10 per cent of the current value of their home for eligible improvements, which include upgrades for space and water heating, as well as renewable energy systems. The program would launch in the third quarter of 2021 for an initial term of three years.
The Committee also received an independent report from external consultant KPMG. Their review assessed the Stage 2 LRT procurement process against the industry’s best practices, including from other jurisdictions, and found that the City’s established procurement process was aligned with best practices worldwide. The report also presents recommended procurement options for LRT Stage 3 and best practices for governance of large-scale procurements. These recommendations would fine tune existing City processes.
Recommendations from today’s meeting will rise to Council on Wednesday, July 21, unless otherwise indicated.
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