Application by HAC OTTAWA AIRPORT, LP for an Ottawa International Airport Community Improvement Plan grant for 1085 Airport Parkway Private

The recitals

• , the Ottawa International Airport (OIA) is a major economic contributor to the local GDP, estimated at $2.1 Billion in 2017 by WSP Canada, providing employment, wages and various services, and is based on direct, indirect and induced impacts
• , the same study from 2017, calculated the number of jobs, both direct and indirect from the Airport to be 10,776
• , at the April 4, 2023 meeting of the Finance and Corporate Services Committee of the City of Ottawa, OIA CEO Mark Laroche shared his vision to transition the airport in to a HUB, that would ultimately attract more flights, more revenues and more amenities/offerings
• , when the OIA was considering to lease 10 acres of land on Hunt Club Road, covered in a red-pine plantation for a car retailer, resulting in strong community pushback, City Council approved a motion by Councillors Brockington/Deans (February 23, 2022 – Motion 72/13) requesting the following: That a delegation of Council comprised of the Mayor or his designate, one of the co-Chairs of the Planning Committee, and Ward Councillors Deans and Brockington meet with the City’s nominees to the Board of the Airport Authority to express Council’s concern with proceeding with tree cutting before further negotiations on the future of the red pine forest are completed
• , the meeting request was never fulfilled
• , MP David McGuinty (Ottawa-South) has suggested on multiple occasions, for the Airport to meet with the abutting community, to share their vision and strategic outlook, to facilitate greater understanding and awareness and to promote open and constructive communications
• , City Council would benefit from a similar presentation, to understand the Airport’s 2018 master plan, any modifications to it since its approval, current vision for growth and ways to collaborate going forward