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LANSDOWNE
DESIGN COMPETITION – MODIFICATION TO JURY MAKEUP CONCOURS DE DESIGN POUR LANSDOWNE – MODIFICATION À
LA COMPOSITION DU JURY |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve the following:
That the approval provided by Council on
November 16, 2009 with regard to the jury makeup for the Lansdowne canal side
park and open space Competition be modified to add the following members to the
Council-approved jury:
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Three other nationally renowned design
professionals that would include Marianne McKenna as a nominee from the City
and all of whom would be agreed to by the Chair of PEC, the NCC, Parks Canada
and George Dark.
Recommandation
DU Comité
Que le Conseil
approuve ce qui suit :
Que approbation donnée par le Conseil le 16 novembre 2009 en ce qui a
trait à la composition du jury pour le concours relatif à l’aménagement dans
Lansdowne d’un parc et d’espaces libres le long du canal soit modifiée afin
d’ajouter les membres suivants au jury approuvé par le Conseil :
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Trois
professionnels de la conception reconnus à l’échelle nationale, dont Marianne
McKenna à titre de personne nommée par la Ville, qui auront tous été acceptés
par le président du CUE, la CCN, l’Agence Parcs Canada et George Dark.
Documentation
1.
Coordinator’s
report dated 9 February 2010 (ACS2010-CCS-PEC-0006).
Report
to/Rapport au :
9 February 2010
/ le 9 février 2010
Submitted by/Soumis par: Caitlin
Salter-MacDonald, Coordinator of the Planning and Environment Committee / Coordonnatrice du Comité de l’urbanisme et de
l’environnement
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Councillor / Conseiller Peter Hume,
Alta Vista
(613) 613-580-2488, Peter.Hume@ottawa.ca
SUBJECT:
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OBJET :
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CONCOURS DE DESIGN POUR LANSDOWNE – MODIFICATION À LA COMPOSITION DU
JURY |
That City Council approve the following:
That the approval provided by Council on November 16, 2009 with regard
to the jury makeup for the Lansdowne canal side park and open space Competition
be modified to add the following members to the Council-approved jury:
·
Three other nationally renowned design
professionals that would include Marianne McKenna as a nominee from the
City and all of whom would be agreed to by the Chair of PEC, the NCC, Parks
Canada and George Dark.
Que le Conseil approuve ce qui suit :
Que l’approbation
donnée par le Conseil le 16 novembre 2009 en ce qui a trait à la composition du
jury pour le concours relatif à l’aménagement dans Lansdowne d’un parc et
d’espaces libres le long du canal soit modifiée afin d’ajouter les membres
suivants au jury approuvé par le Conseil :
·
Trois
professionnels de la conception reconnus à l’échelle nationale, dont Marianne McKenna
à titre de personne nommée par la Ville, qui auront tous été acceptés par le
président du CUE, la CCN, l’Agence Parcs Canada et George Dark.
Councillor Feltmate, on behalf of Councillor Hume, moved the addition of this item at the Planning and Environment Committee of 9 February 2010. The motion was added and approved.
WHEREAS Council on November 16, 2009
approved Motion 77/22 initiating an open design competition in partnership with
the NCC and Parks Canada for the canal side park and open space component of
the Lansdowne revitalization;
AND WHEREAS Motion 77/22 created a jury
comprising the Chair of PEC, representatives each from the NCC and Parks
Canada, and George Dark, the Chair of the Lansdowne Strategic Design Review and
Advisory Panel (that Council established on November 16 through motion 77/5) to
decide on the winning design proposal through the Design Competition;
AND WHEREAS the City Manager in response to
the direction that the NCC and Parks Canada be included as partners with the
City in the Design Competition has negotiated and signed a Letter of
Understanding related to the Design Competition with the NCC and Parks Canada,
that includes a provision whereby the NCC and Parks Canada are required to be
consulted with and be agreement with any additional members that would be part
of the Jury for the Design Competition;
AND WHEREAS Marianne McKenna, one of the
other design professionals currently serving on the Lansdowne Strategic Design
Review and Advisory Panel, requested as a condition of her joining the panel
that she be included as a jury member for the design competition resulting in
the jury make-up differing from what was approved by Council;
AND WHEREAS the Chair of the Panel and the
Chair of PEC consider it critical to have Ms McKenna serve on the panel as she
was the only potential panel member that was identified and was able to serve
on the panel when it was being established who is fluently bi-lingual;
AND WHEREAS George Dark, as set out in a
memo to the Chair of PEC attached to this motion has advised, based on his
extensive experience with design competitions both as a respondent and as a
jury member, that a larger jury with at least seven members and with several of
these members being design professionals results in the jury deliberation
process being more vigorous and complete and that an odd number of members is
necessary to avoid tie votes when the jury is deliberating;
AND WHEREAS the NCC and Parks Canada have
agreed to Mr. Dark’s assessment of the need to add 2 more jury members and
agree with the appointment of Marianne McKenna,
AND WHEREAS the initial Council direction
did not provide for a make-up as determined by George Dark as being the ideal,
namely an odd number of members (7 or 9) and several design professionals;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary to have the jury
makeup clarified and finalized before the release of the Design Competition RFP
on February 22 as the RFP needs to indicate the jury make-up;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the approval
provided by Council on November 16, 2009 with regard to the jury makeup for the
Lansdowne canal side park and open space Competition be modified to add the
following members to the Council approved jury:
·
Three other nationally renowned design
professionals that would include Marianne McKenna as a nominee from the
City and all of whom would be agreed to by the Chair of PEC, the NCC, Parks
Canada and George Dark
On November 16, 2009 City Council approved Motion 77/22 initiating an open design competition in partnership with the NCC and Parks Canada for the canal-side park and open space component of the Lansdowne revitalization. This motion created a jury to decide on the winning design proposal through the Design Competition. The jury was to comprise the Chair of Planning and Environment Committee (PEC,) representatives from the National Capital Commission (NCC) and Parks Canada, and George Dark, the Chair of the Lansdowne Strategic Design Review and Advisory Panel that Council established on November 16 through motion 77/5.
In response to the directions that the NCC and Parks Canada be included as partners with the City in the Design Competition, the City Manager has negotiated and signed a Letter of Understanding with the NCC and Parks Canada related to the Design Competition, which includes a provision whereby the NCC and Parks Canada are required to be consulted with and be in agreement with any additional members that would be part of the Jury for the Design Competition.
Marianne McKenna, one of the other design professionals currently serving on the Lansdowne Strategic Design Review and Advisory Panel, requested as a condition of her joining the panel that she be included as a jury member for the design competition resulting in the jury make-up differing from what was approved by Council. The Chair of PEC and the Chair of the Panel consider it critical to have Ms McKenna serve on the panel as she was the only potential panel member that was identified and was able to serve on the panel when it was being established who is fluently bilingual.
As set out in a memo to the Chair of PEC (Attached as Document 1) George Dark has advised that a larger jury with at least seven members, and with several of these members being design professionals, results a more vigorous and complete jury deliberation process. He also advised that an odd number of members is necessary to avoid tie votes when the jury is deliberating. The NCC and Parks Canada have agreed to Mr. Dark’s assessment of the need to add two more jury members and agree with the appointment of Marianne McKenna.
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No legal/ risk management implications have been identified. Staff will be available at the Council meeting to speak to any legal/risk management implications.
No financial implications have been identified. Staff will be available at the Council meeting to speak to any financial implications.
Document 1 Memorandum from George Dark, Chair of the Lansdowne Strategic Design Review and Advisory Panel to the Chair of PEC.
Staff will implement the directions of Committee and Council.