Official Plan Reveals Second Tewin-City MOU

Here is the buried statement in Annex 12 of the mammoth city Official Plan confirming the existence of a second memorandum of understanding between the Tewin Landowners and the City of Ottawa.

The first MOU revealed a shocking set of agreements where, among other things, the city delegated much of its oversight of the Tewin project to Tewin Landowners to the extent of which Tewin Landowners could second municipal employees for the project as well as hire and pay for city employees in oversight roles in the giant project.

Here is the statement:

The Principles for the Tewin Financial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) document states the principles by which both parties, the Tewin landowners and the City of Ottawa, agree to inform the development and execution of an Tewin Financial MOU for future agreements in relation to the development of Tewin lands.

The intent of this document is to outline the Tewin Financial MOU principles for financial commitments and financial mechanism in which the Tewin landowners will fund capital projects required to support this urban growth area. Tewin landowners will pay for the Tewin development through a suite of funding mechanisms identified in Section B. A separate Memorandum of Understanding will also be prepared with the intent of outlining the City staff positions or consultant assignments required to manage the Tewin development, the cost for which will be covered by the Tewin landowners.