5. CAPITAL FUNDING SUPPORT – THE QUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL

Soutien au FINANCEMENT DES IMMOBILISATIONS –QUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

That Council approve:

1. The Queensway Carleton Hospital be remitted $842,007.60, representing the amount paid to the City for Planning application fees ($10,900.60) and the Building permit fees ($831,107.00) for construction projects undertaken pursuant to the hospital’s approved 10-Year Capital Program up to and including March 31, 2009, as noted in Document 2;

2. The Building Permit fees remittance ($831,107.00) be funded from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund; and

3. The Planning Application fees remittance ($10,900.60) be funded from the 2009 Planning and Growth Management 2009 Planning Application fees revenue budget.

RecommandationS du Comité

Que le Conseil approuve:

1. la remise de 842 007,60 $ au Queensway Carleton Hospital, représentant le montant payé à la Ville pour les droits de demandes d’aménagement (10 900,60 $) et les droits de permis de construction (831 107,00 $) relativement aux projets de construction entrepris dans le cadre du Programme approuvé d'immobilisations de 10 ans de l’hôpital se terminant le 31 mars 2009, comme le stipule le document 2;

2. que le versement des droits de permis de construction (831 107,00 $) soient financés par le Fonds de réserve pour immobilisations de la Ville;

3. que le versement des droits de demandes d’aménagement (10 900,60 $) soit financé à partir du budget des recettes des droits de demandes d’aménagement 2009 du Service de l’urbanisme et de la gestion de la croissance.

DOCUMENTATION

1. Deputy City Manager of Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability report dated 9 October 2009 (ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0204)

Report to/Rapport au :

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique

and Council / et au Conseil

09 October 2009 / le 09 octobre 2009

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/Directrice municipale adjointe,

Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability/Services d’infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités

Contact Person / Personne ressource : Arlene Grégoire, Director/Directrice, Building Code Services/Direction des services code du bâtiment, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance

(613) 580-2424 x41425, arlene.gregoire@ottawa.ca

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0204

SUBJECT:	CAPITAL FUNDING SUPPORT – THE QUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL

OBJET :	Soutien au FINANCEMENT DES IMMOBILISATIONS –QUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve that:

2. The Building Permit fees remittance ($831,107.00) be funded from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund; and

3. The Planning Application fees remittance ($10,900.60) be funded from the 2009 Planning and Growth Management 2009 Planning Application fees revenue budget.

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande au Conseil d’approuver :

2. que le versement des droits de permis de construction (831 107,00 $) soient financés par le Fonds de réserve pour immobilisations de la Ville;

BACKGROUND

On January 23, 2002, City Council confirmed its commitment to the quality of life of the community by partnering with Ottawa’s hospitals to tackle the financial challenge of raising $232 million locally to fund the 10-year capital requirements identified by the hospitals. Specifically, Council considered and approved the following recommendations from the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee:

Council will waive development charges on hospital capital projects, on a case-by-case basis, subject to a City staff report confirming that the projects fall within the scope of this 10-year program;

Council will remit permit fees paid to the City on hospital capital projects, on a case-by-case basis, subject to a City staff report confirming that the projects fall within the scope of this 10-year program.

Development by the Ottawa hospitals is specifically exempted from the Development Charges By-law 2004-298 and thus the first recommendation has been satisfied. To date, City Council has reimbursed to the Ottawa hospitals $7,719,551.4 in building permit, planning approval fees and levies to meet the challenge of raising $232 million locally in support of the capital requirements of the local hospitals.

On March 11, 2009, the Corporate Service and Economic Development Committee recommended to Council that it “…revise its policy of reimbursing building permit, planning application and cash-in-lieu of parkland fees paid to the City by hospitals for capital projects to include a sunset clause stating that in order to apply for the reimbursement, the building permit, planning application and cash-in-lieu of parkland fees must have been paid prior to March 31, 2009.”

The Queensway Carleton Hospital has requested reimbursement of fees paid up to March 31, 2009 in relation to capital projects falling within the scope of their 10-Year Capital Funding Program as approved by the Province (refer to letter – Document 1).

Recommendation

Review of the request for reimbursement from the Queensway Carleton Hospital was undertaken in accordance with the criteria established January 23, 2002 and in keeping with the more recent direction from Council, specifically March 11, 2009.

Support for requests for grants to offset building permit fees ($831,107.00) must be funded from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund. Support for funding to offset Planning Application fees ($10,900.60) paid to the City must be funded from the 2009 Planning and Growth Management 2009 Planning Application fees revenue budget.

CONSULTATION

The Queensway Carleton Hospital has been consulted and a copy of this report has been forwarded to them for review and information.

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendations of this report.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Approval of this report will result in a total remittance of $842,07.60 to the Queensway Carleton Hospital, to be funded as follows:

· Planning and Growth Management 2009 operating budget (Planning Application fees) $10,900.60. As at the end of the second quarter, Planning and Growth Management is forecasted to be in a $1.179M deficit position, including a $1.7M revenue shortfall.

· City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund $831,107. This amount represents the Building Permit fees paid by the Queensway Carleton Hospital. In accordance with provincial legislation, funds collected for these purposes cannot be reimbursed from the Building Code Services Permit Fees account. Based on the level of contributions to the City-Wide Reserve Fund and the projected commitments, including the remittance to the Queensway Carleton Hospital, the 2009 year-end balance in the Fund is forecasted to be in a $6.6 million overdraft position. Should Committee and Council approve this grant request, future capital programs will be restricted in order to re-establish a positive Fund balance.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 – Letter from the Queensway Carleton Hospital

Document 2 – Summary of Fees and Charges

DISPOSITION

The Planning and Growth Management Department is to process the remittance request.

Finance is to prepare the payment to the Queensway Carleton Hospital and adjust accounts accordingly.

LETTER FROM THE HOSPITAL DOCUMENT 1

SUMMARY OF FEES AND CHARGES DOCUMENT 2

Application Date	Application Number	Description	Building Permit Fees	Planning Application Fees	Total Fees
5-Aug-05	A05-007182	Modifications to existing vacated room	$ 2,200.50		$ 2,200.50
30-Jan-07	A07-000522	Demolition of former ambulance garage and construct an addition to existing power plant for Cancer Centre	$ 41,850.00		$ 41,850.00
27-Mar-07	A07-002021	Construct a 3 storey cancer treatment facility and 7 storey parking garage	$ 775,424.00		$ 775,424.00
25-Jun-07	A07-005176	REVISION TO Building Permit 0700180 - Revisions to interior alterations	$ 1,350.00		$ 1,350.00
9-Nov-07	A07-009505	Alterations to existing door hardware including maglocks and security functions	$ 675.00		$ 675.00
30-Nov-07	A07-009990	Relocate 2 existing trailers on site and construct 2 new trailers	$ 135.00		$ 135.00
23-Feb-07	D07-12-07-0044	Site Plan Control - development for 3 storey Regional Cancer Centre, 3 parking facilities (1153 spaces) and emergency generating substation.		$ 9,458.60	$ 9,458.60
16-May-07	D07-12-07-0121	Site Plan Control - Demolition and construction of new chiller room		$ 1,442.00	$ 1,442.00
2-May-08	A08-002490	Interior alterations to 2nd floor NUC Medicine Suite & Senior Washroom	$ 4,050.00		$ 4,050.00
13-Jun-08	A08-003865	REVISION TO Building Permit 0709494 - Revise sub-surface foundation design	$ 2,643.38		$ 2,643.38
8-Jul-08	A08-004616	Revision to Building Permit #0709494; revise foundation design to mix of spread footings on bedrock and caissons	$ 1,530.38		$ 1,530.38
15-Jul-08	A08-004857	Interior alterations to 2nd floor Diagnostic Imaging - Room	$ 1,248.74		$ 1,248.74
TOTAL			$ 831,107.00	$10,900.60	$ 842,007.60