The National Capital Commission's plan to rezone 24 hectares of land near the

airport for leased commercial use will likely lead to a business park there, a city

councillor said in reports published Wednesday.

Gloucester-Southgate councillor Diane Deans was quoted Wednesday as

expressing concern over the possibility the environmentally sensitive land will

become a site for office buildings.

Deans said the site, part of a 60-hectare parcel of Greenbelt land between Uplands

Drive and the Airport Parkway, is a part of the city's disappearing green space.

A 1994 study identified the land as part of a sensitive wetland area known as the

Sawmill Creek watershed.

Deans said she will wait to hear how her constituents feel about the issue before

taking a final stand on it. A public meeting on the subject is scheduled for

Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Hunt Club-Riverside Community Centre,

according to the Ottawa Citizen.