Reminder – Public Consultation Meeting
Time: Thursday, October 14
Place: Civic Centre Salons, Lansdowne Park
Last Chance to Have your Say
Before Council Votes on Lansdowne Site Plan!
City Councillors, City Hall and OSEG need to know we are still here. It’s not over.
Agenda for Public Meeting on Lansdowne Site Plan
6:30pm - 7:30pm: View Display Boards
7:30pm - 8:00pm: Hear presentation
8:00pm - 9:30pm: Participate in break-out groups
In June, Council directed that the detailed design for Lansdowne provide for a fully integrated Master Plan to be developed cooperatively by the City, the Stadium and Urban Mixed-Use Architectural Team and the Urban Park Design Team through the Site Plan Approval process, under the guidance of the Design Review Panel.
The Ottawa Citizen, sounding a rare negative note on the City’s Lansdowne plans, reported in its front page article on September 29 that the City has “quietly released” the Site Plan. “Quietly”, because the City hoped we wouldn’t notice. “Quietly”, because if you thought the Plan was bad before, it is worse now. Quietly, because OSEG appears to be getting their way on every point.
Approval of this site plan would mean:
- Even more commercial development
- Even less park space
- Dumping “70 vehicles an hour” onto Holmwood Avenue “during morning and afternoon rush hours” (a senior City manager cited in Citizen article)
- Roadways throughout the site
- Reduced sightlines between the Aberdeen Pavillion and Bank Street
- Moving the Horticultural Building
- More residential units
- Higher buildings
- Reduced space for the Ottawa Farmers Market
This is the last public consultation scheduled before Council votes on the integrated site plan on November 24.
It may be our last best chance to influence the Councillors who will be elected on October 25. Come out to this city organized public meeting. If you can’t, comment online here.
If Council says no on November 24, the cost to the city will be minimal compared to the immense cost taxpayers will bear with this badly flawed plan on a site where there is no mass transit and none planned for the future.