CAMBRIDGE - Council hopes to finalize plans for the city's long-awaited multiplex at a special council meeting on Monday.

The land lease agreement with Conestoga College has arrived. Concept plans for the facility are being deliberated.

All council needs to do this Monday is vote on the multimillion-dollar project.

"I'm confident that it will go through," said Coun. Frank Monteiro, also the multiplex task force chair.

The city executed a memorandum of understanding with Conestoga College last year to sign a land lease at a future date.

That date is here, but many residents are still unhappy with the choice of location.

"It's done. It was decided," Monteiro said.

Council voted 6-3 to move forward with the Conestoga College location last summer.

The location can only be brought forward again if one of the councillors who voted in favour of the decision were to bring a motion to the table.

"It's not that we're putting people off, we're not," Monteiro said.

"We have a procedural bylaw that we have to follow."

On Wednesday, more than 100 people rallied against the location of the city's new multiplex at the Galt legion, arguing it is far from where most residents live.

Coun. Nicholas Ermeta said he thinks council should consider alternative locations.

"With the volume of complaints, I think we owe it to the public to take a sober, second look," he said.

But Monteiro stands firm that leased Conestoga College lands are the "best bang for the buck" for Cambridge.

"To build this complex elsewhere, there would be extra costs," he said, citing expropriation, environmental challenges and contamination as possible hurdles.

"We wanted it to be near the 401. . We wanted something shovel ready."

Legal departments from both parties negotiated the land lease based on last summer's memorandum.

Once it is signed, the city will be required to pay Conestoga College $2.5 million up front for the right to build and operate the multiplex.

Here are some highlights from the lease agreement:

• The 60-year lease comes with an option to terminate at 50 years

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• The city will pay an annual $2 rental fee

• After the lease ends council can continue on new terms, sell the facility to Conestoga College at a fair market price or the college can ask the city to return the land to its original state

• The college will have classroom space inside the facility and be responsible for its cost

• They can book facility space for up to four hours per week outside of prime-time hours on a cost recovery basis

• They have first dibs on prime-time hours: three hours of ice time, three hours of pool time and three hours of gym time each week. City rates will apply.

• Conestoga College has the right to book up to four days per year for tournaments during non prime-time hours

• Students will be required to pay the same fees as Cambridge residents

• The college will provide free parking outside academic hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

• Multiplex parking will be free for users

• The city will "ensure" Conestoga College students have opportunities for placements and part-time jobs at the multiplex.

Anything can happen this Monday, but Ermeta hopes council will defer the decision.

"We need to step back and put this out to the public," he said.

Monteiro said he can't speak for his fellow councillors, but he's hopeful for a positive outcome.

"If it's not approved, it will derail the whole thing."