City Council

That the Audit Committee Report 14 and Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 29 be received and considered.

BE IT RESOLVED that City Council resolve to move into Committee of the Whole pursuant to Section 52 of Procedure By-law to receive and consider all matters contained in Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 29. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any dissents and declarations of interest recorded during the Committee of the Whole session be deemed to be recorded in the Council session.

WHEREAS the city is the midst of a housing and affordability crisis; and WHEREAS the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal passed by council in 2023 committed $9.75 million towards affordable housing, based on the estimation that air rights would be sold for $39 million; and WHEREAS City Council passed a motion that directed “any additional revenues through the formal Request for Offer process for the disposal of the subterranean and property air rights that are above and beyond the original estimated value of $39 million be split as per the Affordable Housing Land & Funding Policy (50 per cent to the Affordable Housing Reserve Fund and 50 per cent towards the project)”; and WHEREAS the air rights are being proposed to be sold for $65 million less $6.7 million for the cost of integration of the developer’s design, for net proceeds of $58.3 million; and WHEREAS the difference between $58.3 million and $39 million is $19.3 million; and WHEREAS 50% of $19.3 million is $9.65 million; and WHEREAS currently staff have only committed $14.4 million to affordable housing in the current Lansdowne 2.0 proposal, meaning only $4.65 million of the proceeds from the disposal of the subterranean and property air rights that are above and beyond the original estimated value of $39 million—which equates to 24% of the additional $19.3 million—rather than $9.65 million, as directed by Council; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council approve that the additional revenues less the cost of integration from the forma

WHEREAS repayment of the Lansdowne 2.0-related debt is proposed to be offset by $2 million per year for a 40-year term from 2030 to 2070, achieved through a 20% increase to the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT); and WHEREAS a 20% increase, from a rate of 5% to 6%, would achieve approximately $5 million in new revenue in 2026 and the surplus revenue would be applied by the City to other tourism-related uses; and WHEREAS the MAT revenues are a predictable source of revenue intended to reduce the cost to property taxpayers of servicing the Lansdowne 2.0 debt; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT 40% of 1% of the MAT rate be allocated to the Lansdowne Reserve, and a minimum of $2 million be allocated to the budget annually to offset the debt servicing cost of Lansdowne 2.0; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT any amount of the 40% above $2 million be retained in the Lansdowne Reserve to offset any fluctuations in projected revenues from other sources, as required, or to fund other infrastructure needs at Lansdowne Park, to be approved as part of the annual budget approval process as an additional risk mitigation strategy; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this allocation be maintained as a fixed proportion of the MAT rate, such that any future changes to the overall MAT rate do not alter the relative share dedicated to Lansdowne 2.0 repayment; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the remaining 60% of 1% of the MAT rate be allocated to a Tourism Reserve to fund the City’s tourism-related priorities

WHEREAS the Aberdeen Pavilion will be closed for all community and public use for up to 18 months beginning in early 2026, and WHEREAS this Pavilion has been an important community amenity that supports and facilitates programming and special events in the Lansdowne Urban Park, and WHEREAS there are mitigation plans to allow many events and activities, including the Ottawa Farmers Market and 613 Flea to continue at Lansdowne Park during the closure of the Pavilion, and WHEREAS many of these mitigation plans include the use of the Horticultural Building to provide indoor space for activities, and to maintain washroom access to Urban Park visitors, WHEREAS City staff will continue to work with organizations and event organizers using the park to ensure disruptions to them are minimized, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Horticultural Building continue to be operated by the City and available to host programs and activities throughout the 18-month construction period; and

WHEREAS Ottawa City Council voted in 2023 and in 2024 to direct staff to proceed with the plan for Lansdowne 2.0 including an Event Centre with a capacity smaller than the current TD Place arena; and WHEREAS the PWHL introduced an Ottawa franchise in 2024 and the team has been playing at TD Place for two seasons; and WHEREAS members of city council support girls and women’s sports and the Ottawa Charge and want to see them succeed in Ottawa; and WHEREAS the new Event Centre being built as part of Lansdowne 2.0 will be gender-inclusive and responds to a need for purpose-built athlete facilities and gender-specific change rooms for the Charge; and WHEREAS the new facility is a multi-purpose event centre designed to serve the needs of a wide range of sports, cultural, musical, and artistic events and is not a single-use hockey arena; and WHEREAS several different women’s sports teams and events are hosted at Lansdowne and will be hosted in a future Event Centre and a revitalized outdoor stadium, including basketball, volleyball, soccer, rugby, figure skating, and more; and WHEREAS in 2024, representatives of the Ottawa Charge and the PWHL spoke in favour of Lansdowne 2.0, including the proposed new Event Centre; and WHEREAS based in part on feedback from the Ottawa Charge, the capacity of the new Event Centre has been increased from the original plan of 5,500 to 6,600 in the current plan; and WHEREAS for several months the Ottawa Charge has been in ongoing negotiations on a new

WHEREAS Ottawa is in a housing affordability crisis; and WHEREAS one of the core objectives of the Housing Acceleration Plan is to deliver more capacity for affordable and supportive housing development, including through the strategic use of publicly owned lands; and WHERAS another objective is to unlock urban intensification and transit-oriented development; and WHEREAS during the consideration of the Housing Acceleration Plan at a joint meeting of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee and Planning and Housing Committee, held on October 1, 2025, a motion was adopted directing staff to expedite the work related to the next phase of the Municipal Land Strategy to identify additional municipally-owned parcels of land suitable for the development of affordable and supportive housing; and WHEREAS the new Event Centre at Lansdowne Park will lead to a loss of park space of approximately one acre; and THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct staff to work with the Ward Councillor and the community on a plan that creates approximately 1.14 acres of park space; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Council authorize the transfer of $100,000 from the Citywide CIL account to the Ward 17 CIL account, to improve local park features at the discretion of the Ward Councillor, including in the Urban Park at Lansdowne.

WHEREAS the Ottawa Charge are one of Ottawa’s fastest growing sports teams; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Charge play an important role in showing what is possible for young girls in Ottawa and across Canada; and WHEREAS the Ottawa Charge is in the final year of the current lease; and WHEREAS the PWHL has yet to be shown the technical plans for the new arena, eroding their ability to propose building capacity alterations and/or plan for future use; and WHEREAS the current projected decrease in capacity within the arena will make it unviable for the Ottawa Charge and the PWHL; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City and OSEG share the architectural drawings for the Lansdowne 2.0 arena plans with the PWHL by November 14, 2025; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, subject to the City’s role as a limited partner in the Lansdowne Master Limited Partnership and its obligations at law, the City and the Lansdowne Master Limited Partnership work with the PWHL to create a long-term agreement to handle the increased growth of the Ottawa Charge fanbase, including the potential of increasing the arena capacity, and report back to Council in December 2025; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the final seating capacity for the arena remains flexible until the December report back to Council with PWHL concurrence. For (11) T. Kavanagh, R. King, J. Leiper, R. Brockington, S. Menard, L. Johnson, S. Devine, J. Bradley, S. Plante, A. Troster, and M. Carr Against (14) M. Luloff, L. Dudas, G. Gower, T. Tierney, C

BE IT RESOLVED that City Council sitting as Committee of the Whole, rise and report.

WHEREAS under the City of Ottawa’s Accessibility Policy, the City is committed to providing equal treatment to people with disabilities with respect to the use and benefit of City services, programs, goods and facilities in a manner that respects their dignity and that is equitable in relation to the broader public. This commitment extends to residents, visitors and employees with visible or non-visible, permanent or temporary disabilities; WHEREAS this commitment to accessibility applies when the City renews or renovates its aging public infrastructure; and WHEREAS City Council has given final approval to the Event Centre and North Side Stands proposed under Lansdowne 2.0; and WHEREAS the Council-approved City multi-year accessibility plan includes a commitment that the Lansdowne North side stands and event centre will be accessible; and WHEREAS people with disabilities deserve the City of Ottawa’s commitment to accessibility at Lansdowne, whether or not proposals for a new Event Centre and North Side Stands were approved; and WHEREAS the City’s multi-year accessibility plan also commits to the “Nothing Without Us” principle, which emphasizes the importance of including people with lived experience in the design and implementation of policies, programs, and services that impact their lives; and WHEREAS feedback has already been received from City’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and people with disabilities on the barriers of the existing site and facilities. WHEREAS Counc

That the Audit Committee Report 14 and Finance and Corporate Services Committee Report 29 be received and adopted as amended.

That the following by-law be read and passed: To confirm the proceedings of the Council meeting of November 7, 2025.

That the proceedings of the City Council meeting of 7 November 2025, be adjourned.