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LeBreton Flats public consultations ending today

Monday marks the final day members of the public can submit online feedback on two competing visions to redevelop LeBreton Flats.

NCC to close online questionnaire after Monday

The Devcore Canderel DLS Group made a linear park called Canadensis the spine of its public use area in its proposal. RendezVous LeBreton's bid has a major event centre and LeBreton Square as its public anchor use. (renderings submitted)

Today is the finalday members of the publiccan submit online feedback on two competing visions toredevelopLeBreton Flats.

The National Capital Commission's online questionnaire asks people to weigh in on what they like and dislike about the two proposals put forward byDevcoreCanderelDLSGroup a group backed byQuebec-based billionaires AndrDesmarais and Guy Lalibert andRendezVous LeBreton, which has the backing ofOttawa Senatorsowner Eugene Melnyk.

Both proposals for an area just west of Ottawa's downtown coreinclude an innovation pavilion, linear plazas,public squares, a public library, andan NHL-calibre arena.

The DCDLS bid,"LeBreton Re-Imagined," wouldbring variousnew attractions tothe capital, including a Canadian Communication Centre, a planetarium, a skydiving wind tunnel, askatepark, an automotive museum and aRipley's aquarium all linked by "Canadensis," a botanical linear park featuring plants from across the country.

It will be on display at 360 Albert St.from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday.

RendezVousLeBreton'sbid,called "IlluminationLeBreton," would see five distinct neighbourhoods Pimisi, Bayview, Quartier LeBreton, Asticou and Aqueduct centred around a major events centre.

It is set up in section 203 ofthe Canadian Tire Centre from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.

Community association weighs in

The Dalhousie Community Association, which encompassesLeBretonFlats, announcedMonday itwould not be supporting one proposal over the other.

However, the DCAissued a series of recommendationsthat it felt would makethe"vertical subdivision" a well-integrated part of the city including a grocery store, schools in both official languages, a wide range of housing types, and minimal light pollution.

Go 'beyond the proposals'

MichelleReimerwas one of about 20 urban planners, architects, heritage advocates and other "concerned citizens"who met Saturday at HUB Ottawa to discuss the next steps for LeBreton Flats.

She urged people to go"beyond the proposals" in offering their feedback to the NCC.

"The consultation is taking place at the end of the planning process. It didn't takeplace early on," she said.

"So now we're put in a position to react to a bunch of ideas, versus really looking at that land and looking at the needs of Ottawa and thinking about the national significance of that space. And really engaging broadly speaking [with] what is possible."

An evaluation committee is expected torecommend one of the plans to theNCC'sboard in March2016.

Input from the online questionnaire will "be compiled and submitted to the members of the evaluation committee for their consideration," according to a statement on theNCC'swebsite.

The NCC doesn't intend to announce a winner to the public untilearly 2017, if it has negotiated with the successful bidderand received federal approvals.