PRELIMINARY DUE DILIGENCE REPORT

FOR

LANSDOWNE RE-DEVELOPMENT PLAN

CITY OF OTTAWA

PROJECT NO.: 09-378

AUGUST 2009
DSEL

PRELIMINARY DUE DILIGENCE REPORT FOR LANSDOWNE RE-DEVELOPMENT PLAN AUGUST 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 WATER SUPPLY SERVICING ............................................................................ 2 WASTEWATER SERVICING ............................................................................... 2 STORM DRAINAGE ............................................................................................ 3 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ........................................................................ 4 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................... 7

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TABLES Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Existing Peak Wastewater Release Rates Peak Wastewater Release Rates per Re-development Plan Existing HGL Elevation at Fifth and OConnor Per City Hydraulic Model Required Storage Volumes Existing versus Post Development Runoff Volume During 10mm Event Storage Volume Requirement per City Request FIGURES GEN-1 GEN-2 STM-1 STM-2 Preliminary General Plan Preliminary Ponding Depth Storm Servicing Sketch 10mm Release Storm Servicing Sketch 5-Year Release APPENDICES Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Supplementary Water Supply Information Supplementary Wastewater Information Supplementary Stormwater Information

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INTRODUCTION

DSEL, in partnership with the City of Ottawa, has been retained by the Trinity Development Group, a member of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) referred to herein as Lansdowne Live, to provide an overview of existing servicing constraints and to prepare a functional servicing strategy that supports their application to re-develop Lansdowne Park. Lansdowne Live submitted their initial proposal to the City of Ottawa on October 20, 2008. It was subsequently revised in accordance with the Assessment Framework and a final proposal was submitted on March 18, 2009. The City of Ottawa staff submitted an assessment of the stadium proposal to council on April 6, 2009. On April 22, 2009 Council directed staff to negotiate a partnership agreement with Lansdowne Live to redevelop Lansdowne Park, including the revitalization of the Civic Centre and Frank Clair stadium, enhancing Trade and Consumer show space and protecting the Ottawa Farmers Market. Based on the size and scope of the project council was subsequently informed that it would be too significant an undertaking to finalize a partnership agreement within the specified 60 day period. In lieu of a partnership agreement the group would prepare a Memorandum of Offer of Understanding with the City of Ottawa by September 21, 2009. DSEL was provided available as-recorded information by the City of Ottawa for the existing watermain and sewer network surrounding the subject area as well as geographic information system mapping of the existing watemains and sewers located within Lansdowne Park. The proposed Bank Street modifications were also provided in addition to topographical base maps of the surrounds area. Furthermore, DSEL was provided several geotechnical and environmental building surveys by the City and Lansdowne Live. Additionally, the City provided 2, 5, 10, and 100 year hydraulic grade line elevations at OConnor and Fifth. The information was compiled and is illustrated on the attached figures. The following summarizes the information provided and the results of the preliminary analysis.

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WATER SUPPLY SERVICING

Water supply is delivered to the subject property through existing 400mm and 200mm diameter watermains on Holmwood Avenue and Bank Street. The City has identified in their review of the existing infrastructure that a majority of the watermains were constructed in the early 1900s and therefore will need to be replaced. The City conducted fire hydrant testing of several hydrants surrounding the subject area on 2007-07-31 and 2007-08-01 and discovered that the hydrants had static operating pressures between 58psi and 68psi. Results of the hydrant testing are included as Appendix A. A preliminary water supply network is illustration on Figure GEN-1. 3.0 WASTEWATER SERVICING

The existing development is serviced by a 600mm diameter combined sewer on Holmwood and a 250mm dia combined sewer on Bank Street. The existing peak wastewater flow rates have been determined employing City guidelines based on building type and usage. DSEL has requested water meter data to confirm the peak wastewater discharge. Table 2 summarizes the calculated existing peak flow rates. To account for the partially separated sewers, the existing combined sewer system was evaluated with an infiltration / inflow allowance of 2.5L/s/ha per email received July 28, 2009, included as Appendix B. Table 1 Existing Peak Wastewater Release Rates
Location Frank Clair Stadium North Stands Frank Clair Stadium South Stands Civic Centre Aberdeen Pavilion Horticulture Building Coliseum Infiltration / Inflow Total Peak Wastewater Flow Peak Wastewater Flow (L/s) 30.3 29.8 20.5 0.1 0.03 0.1 19.5 100.2

DSEL estimated the total peak wastewater discharged from the existing development at 100.2L/s. Table 2 summarizes the anticipated peak wastewater flow for the proposed development based on the proposed areas, uses, building heights, and parking provisions prepared by IBI Group Architects on 2009-07-07, included in Appendix B.
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Table 2 Peak Wastewater Release Rates per Redevelopment Plan

Location Frank Clair Stadium Civic Centre Retail Food Store Cinema Aberdeen Pavilion Horticulture Building Office Hotel Residential Infiltration / Inflow Total Peak Wastewater Flow Peak Wastewater Flow (L/s) 55.6 20.5 6.6 2.9 0.9 1.1 0.4 2.3 1.3 6.3 4.4 102.3

The redevelopment of Lansdowne Park will replace the partially separated sewers with a dedicated sanitary sewer that has an infiltration / inflow allowance of 0.28L/s/ha. Based on the current development concept plan the anticipated peak wastewater discharge from the proposed redevelopment of the park is 102.3L/s, which is approximately equal to the pre-development flow. The City is proposing to redirect wastewater from Frank Clair Stadium and the Civic Centre from the current outlet location of Browns Inlet at Bank Street to the Holmwood Avenue combined sewer. Both outlets form a part of the combined sewer system network and therefore the net area remain unchanged. The replacement of the existing on-site sewer network and redirecting flow from the re-developed Frank Clair Stadium and Civic Centre will result in a 67.9 L/s increase at Fifth and OConnor. Appendix B contains wastewater calculation sheets that demonstrate available surplus capacity in the Holmwood and OConnor sanitary sewers under normal peak operating conditions. Existing off-site wastewater flow was provided by the City of Ottawa. A detailed summary of existing and proposed wastewater flow rate calculations as well as calculations sheets for off-site sewers are included with this memorandum. 4.0 STORM DRAINAGE

As illustrated on Figures STM-1 and STM-2, the existing site is tributary to both the Rideau Canal and the combined sewer system on OConnor. A majority of the northern portion of the existing development drains to existing 900mm and 1050mm diameter storm sewers on Holmwood Avenue and OConnor Street, respectively. A 600mm diameter sewer drains the playing field and a portion of the southern parking lot.
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The City has indicated that the combined sewer system is significantly constrained and downstream flooding of basements has occurred in the past. The combined sewer system is a complex network of consisting of numerous cross connections and overflows. The City has developed a hydraulic model of the existing combined sewer system and has provided the hydraulic grade line elevation at OConnor and Fifth as summarized in Table 3. Note that the ground elevation at OConnor and Fifth is 68.00 and that the sewer surcharges to the surface during storm events in excess of a 10-year event. Table 3 Existing HGL Elevation at Fifth and OConnor Per City Hydraulic Model
Storm Event 2-year 5-year 10-year 100-year Simulated HGL Elevation (m) 64.415 67.520 68.000 68.000

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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

DSEL met with City officials, Parks Canada representatives, and Ministry of Environment Representatives on July 15, 2009 to discuss stormwater release rate requirements for the proposed development. The following summarizes the primary concerns regarding the existing stormwater characteristics of the subject land: The existing development contains a combined sewer system. A portion of the existing development outlets untreated stormwater directly into the Rideau Canal. The existing combined infrastructure on OConnor Street has limited capacity for a 2-year event. Frequent rainstorm events, storm events with 5mm of rainfall, result in combined system overflows at the Rideau River Interceptor. The following post-development stormwater strategy was established based on the discussions that took place on July 15, 2009 and approved meeting minutes. The proposed development will provide separated sewers, ie a separate sewers for storm and wastewater. Furthermore, the re-development of the park will introduce green stormwater management solutions including semi-permeable parking and green roofs. The allowable release rates for the 10mm, 2-year, and 5-year storms are: o 10mm event: Post-development to pre-development 10mm rate and volume tributary to OConnor Sewer, no outflow to Canal. o 2-year event: Post-development to pre-development 2-year rate tributary to OConnor, post-development to pre-development 2-year rate to Canal.
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o 5-year event: Post-development to pre-development 2-year rate tributary to OConnor, post-development to pre-development 5-year rate to Canal. The existing development does not have on-site stormwater retention for storm events with runoff rates greater than the inlet capacity of the existing storm sewer system. During these events, the vast majority of the development area sheet drains to the Rideau Canal.

The office of JFSA was retained to provide anticipated storage of runoff volumes during post-development conditions. Appendix C contains model input and output files as well as a description of assumptions and results. Table 4 summarizes release rate targets, post-development flow rates, and storage volumes. The target release rate during a 10mm storm event was determined through hydrologic modeling. Targets for the 2, 5, and 100-year event were determined through the Rational Method and assumes that the development area was assigned an initial time of concentration of 20minutes, representing a level of service and not a calculated time to peak. Due to limitations of outlet control structures a storage-outflow relationship was developed to accurately represent 5-year post development flow. Figure GEN-2 illustrates potential ponding areas and depths. Table 4 Required Storage Volumes
Design Event 10mm 2-year 5-year 100-year Target Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.518 2.030 2.047 2.153 Storage 3 (m ) 0 0 282 1,973 10% Reduction Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.466 1.862 1.881 1.985 Storage 3 (m ) 0 205 541 2,335 25% Reduction Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.389 1.610 1.631 1.733 Storage 3 (m ) 107 495 910 2,880 50% Reduction Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.259 1.191 1.216 1.314 Storage 3 (m ) 241 916 1,506 3,799

The proposed re-development of Lansdowne Park replaces existing hard surface area with 20,265m2 of semi-permeable parking area and 10,568m2 of green roofs. The function of the proposed measures is to reduce runoff volumes and rates during the frequent storm events. Table 5 demonstrates a reduction on runoff volume resulting from the proposed greening of the park. A practical example of semi-permeable parking surface is Geoblock manufactured by Presto Geosystems. A Geoblock unit consist of an engineered base, select topsoil, and vegetation. Geoblock units are constructed of Polyethylene containing up to 97% recycled material. The semi-permeable parking area was modeled with a 12% total imperviousness with 1% directly connected impervious area per Presto Geosystems specifications. Technical specifications have been appended to this memorandum. Technical data supplied by the manufacturer is included in Appendix C.
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Green roofs can reduce peak runoff rates and volumes during frequent rainstorm events as much as 75% as a result of the attenuation of stormwater due to the available volume within the substrate material and ultimately through root up-take and transpiration (J. Mentens et al. / Landscape and Urban Planning 77 (2006) 217-226). Green roofs typically consist of a substrate layer between 150mm to 350mm deep, select planting, and a subdrain collection system. In addition to the above reference Journal article, discussion papers regarding Green roofs are located in Appendix C and include work prepared by CMHC and NRC. Table 5 Existing versus Post Development Runoff Volume During 10mm Event
Subject Area Existing subject area to combined sewer system Existing subject area to Rideau Canal Total Existing Run-off Volume Proposed development to combined sewer system Proposed development to canal Total Proposed Run-off Volume Reduction in Runoff Volume Estimated Runoff 3 Volume (m ) 1,080 187 1,267 865 0 865 215

Due to the capacity constraints in the downstream sewer system, City staff requested that DSEL consider a revised stormwater target from the agreed to rates per meeting minutes. The offices of DSEL and J.F. Sabourin analyzed storage volume requirements to reflect the capacity of the existing 1050mm diameter storm sewer on OConnor and also provided storage volume requirement to attenuate flow beyond the revise target. Table 6 demonstrates the revised storage volume requirements. Table 6 Storage Volume Requirement per City Request
Design Event 10mm 2-year 5-year 100-year Revised Target Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.518 1.436 1.459 1.559 Storage 3 (m ) 0 459 934 3,027 10% Reduction Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.466 1.328 1.352 1.451 Storage 3 (m ) 0 540 1,062 3,232 25% Reduction Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.389 1.165 1.190 1.288 Storage 3 (m ) 107 775 1,372 3,671 50% Reduction Outflow 3 (m /s) 0.259 0.894 0.921 1.017 Storage 3 (m ) 241 1,152 1,867 4,416

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Watermains Reliable water supply and operating pressures are available within the surrounding infrastructure. Existing on-site watermains are greater than 50 years old and require replacement. Buildings greater than four floors will require a booster pump to achieve required pressure at upper levels. Wastewater The total peak wastewater discharged from the existing development was estimated at 100.2L/s. Based on the proposed development plan the anticipated peak wastewater discharge is 102.3L/s. Based on City hydraulic modeling the combined sewer at OConnor and Fifth surcharges to street level during a 2-year storm event, suggesting that flow from Lansdowne cannot leave development area during the period of surcharge. The City is proposing as part of their Bank Street project to redirect flow from Frank Clair Stadium to the OConnor system currently tributary to Browns Inlet. Redirecting flow results in a 67.9L/s increase during normal peak flow conditions at OConnor and Fifth. The proposed increase in wastewater flow remains within the available capacity of the 600mm diameter sanitary sewer on OConnor during normal operating conditions. Stormwater The following post-development stormwater strategy was established based on the discussions that took place on July 15, 2009 and approved meeting minutes. The proposed development will provide separated sewers, ie a separate sewers for storm and wastewater. Furthermore, the re-development of the park will introduce green stormwater management solutions including semi-permeable parking and green roofs. The allowable release rates for the 10mm, 2-year, and 5-year storms are: o 10mm event: Post-development to pre-development 10mm rate and volume tributary to OConnor Sewer, no outflow to Canal. o 2-year event: Post-development to pre-development 2-year rate tributary to OConnor, post-development to pre-development 2-year rate to Canal. o 5-year event: Post-development to pre-development 2-year rate tributary to OConnor, post-development to pre-development 5-year rate to Canal. Based on the above release rate requirements a total storage requirement of approximately 1,973m3 is anticipated. DSEL has determined that the receiving storm sewer, 1050mm diameter, on OConnor does not have capacity to carry the proposed target release rate. The City requested that storage volumes required to attenuate flow an additional
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10%, 25%, and 50% beyond the revised target value be determined. The anticipated storage requirements for a 100-year storm event are: o 3,027m3 per available sewer capacity o 3,232m3 per 10% reduction of target sewer capacity o 3,671m3 per 25% reduction of target sewer capacity o 4,416m3 per 50% reduction of target sewer capacity The proposed green stormwater management solutions; including permeable pavement and green roofs, result in a 215m3 reduction in runoff volume during a 10mm event. Therefore no additional storage is required during the 10mm storm event.

Prepared by, David Schaeffer Engineering Ltd.

Reviewed by, David Schaeffer Engineering Ltd.

Per: Adam D. Fobert, P.Eng.

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Per: Stephen J. Pichette, P.Eng.

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