The NCC is gearing up to launch a call for development proposals for the first parcel of land in LeBreton Flats in the coming weeks, CEO Tobi Nussbaum said Thursday.

The CEO of the National Capital Commission answers questions about city building, how the National Capital Region has transformed and the future of LeBreton Flats.

The National Capital Commission has released a draft of its "renewed vision" for the long-empty LeBreton Flats – a plan that divides the site into purpose-built districts.

It's been nearly four months since the NCC cut the cord on the agreement it struck with the RendezVous LeBreton Group to develop the 55-acre site west of Parliament Hill.

The National Capital Commission says the continued expansion of user-created trails threatens the ecological health of the Gatineau Park.

'We need to have a greater vision for the whole site and not just do one little chunk of land at a time,' Ottawa mayor Jim Watson said on Friday.

"We want to ensure the process of building LeBreton is timely, inclusive, visionary and creative, and that it reflects the site's importance both as a capital- and city-building opportunity," Tobi Nussbaum said in his first press conference as CEO of the NCC.

Former ward councillor Tobi Nussbaum resigned in late January to become the CEO of the National Capital Commission. Voting day for the Rideau-Rockcliffe byelection is April 15, with advance voting scheduled for April 5.

Residents of Rideau-Rockcliffe will vote on April 15 to pick a replacement for Tobi Nussbaum, who resigned to become new CEO of the National Capital Commission.

Tobi Nussbaum will no longer be the city councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe ward as of Saturday, Jan. 26, the City of Ottawa confirmed Friday.