M E M O / N O T E D E S E R V I C E |
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To / Destinataire |
To Mayor and Members of
Council /
Maire et
membres du Conseil |
File/N° de
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From / Expéditeur |
FromJocelyne St Jean
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Contact :Diane Officer Senior Administrator ext. 21426 |
Subject / Objet |
SubjectThe Garry
J. Armstrong Long Term Care Centre / Centre de soins de longue durée
Garry J. Armstrong
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Date: 06 March 2003 / le 6 mars 2003 |
Island Lodge
has operated as a long term care facility on Porter Island for some 40
years. The complex, providing
accommodation for 331 frail, elderly residents, consisted of two buildings,
Allan House opened in 1964 and Bradford House opened in 1972. Both buildings were classified as “D”
facilities, that is they did not meet the Ministry of Health and Long Term
Care’s structural requirements for a long term care centre and Council has
committed to replace them by 2006.
The
People Services Department of the City of Ottawa developed a two-phase
renovation and replacement plan for Island Lodge in the City of Ottawa:
Phase
one of the plan included the development and construction of the Peter D. Clark
Long-Term Care Centre in the former municipality of Nepean. The Clark Centre consists of 166 beds
relocated from Island Lodge and 50 new dementia care beds awarded to the Region
of Ottawa-Carleton in 1998. This first
phase was completed in May 2001, and, as a result, half the residents and staff
were transferred from Island Lodge to the Clark Centre.
Following
the relocation to the Clark Centre, the remaining residents were consolidated
in Allan House on Porter Island, and Bradford House was demolished. The second and final phase of this project
is to build a new 180-bed facility on the west end of Porter Island, in the
location previously occupied by the now demolished Bradford House. Testing and research has revealed that
Porter Island has in the past had municipal garbage placed upon
it to raise the level of the island to prevent flooding. Soils excavated for the new building will
have to be disposed of at a landfill site, therefore an objective of the
project is to minimize the need for excavation thereby reducing costs.
information previously distributed
to
be listed on health, recreation and social services committee agenda 41– |
information distribuée antérieurement à inscrire à l’ordre du jour 41 du comité de la
santé, des loisirs et des services sociaux – le 20 mars 2003 |
The
relocation of residents from Allan House into the new Garry J. Armstrong
Long-Term Care Centre will effectively make Allan House surplus to city needs
and will allow for the redevelopment of the property under private ownership.
In order to ensure the most cost-effective
use of capital and operating dollars, the Department has developed a four-point
plan:
1.
Use the public-private partnership (3P) process as an opportunity to
reduce capital costs. The City's
capital contribution should be reduced by partnering with a proponent who would
both construct the new building and lease the existing Allan House building,
which is surplus to City needs, for a use compatible with the new centre.
2.
Minimize the environmental impact.
Since excavation and disposal of the contaminated soil on Porter Island
is very expensive, building a seven-storey building in the area of the former
Bradford House will minimize the footprint and the amount of new
excavation. This approach is the most
cost effective on this site.
3. Design the new accommodation in line with
Provincial standards and market demand by providing 40% of the rooms as basic
accommodation. Basic accommodation
requires less capital contribution while still providing excellent quality of
life for residents. This is a higher
proportion of basic accommodation than exists in the City's other long-term
care centres.
4.
Maximize unit capital and operating efficiencies by increasing the
number of beds from 165 to 180.
Providing accommodation for 180 residents allows for an optimal 30
residents on each of the six resident floors, making best use of amenity space
and staff allocation, as well as increasing revenue.
The essential aspects of the project schedule
are:
Request for Qualifications issued in February
2003
Public consultation sessions in March and
July, 2003
Council approval in April 2003 (recommended
short list)
Request for Proposal issued in May 2003
Council approval in August 2003 (recommended
partner)
Construction Start in September 2003
Centre ready for occupancy in April 2005
The public-private partnership approach
provides a unique opportunity for the City to construct a much-needed
replacement for Island Lodge and to offer dignified accommodation to our most
vulnerable seniors.