Committee Recommendations AS AMENDED
That Council approve the following recommendations:
1. That conditional grants of an estimated $100,000 in lieu of building permit fees, an estimated $68,000.00 for cash in lieu of school board fees, and an estimated $20,000 to fund miscellaneous planning fees that cannot be waived for Action Ottawa projects, subject to the said grants being included in a Municipal Housing Project Facilities and Contribution Agreement between the City and the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa respecting the Cornerstone Supportive Housing Residence for Women at 314 Booth Street that provides for forty-two rental affordable housing units for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities and provides for funding in the amount of $6,300,000 under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program Extension (2009).
2.
That
the recommendation in Action Ottawa – Canada Ontario Affordable Housing Program
Extension (2009): Cornerstone Supportive Housing Residence For Women report (ACS2009-COS-CAS-0021) be amended by replacing “the Incorporated Synod of
the Diocese of Ottawa” with “the proponent approved by the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing, being either The Incorporated Synod of the
Diocese of Ottawa or Cornerstone Housing For Women Foundation”.
RecommandationS MODIFIÉES DU Comité
Que le Conseil approuve les recommandations
suivantes :
1. Que
les subventions conditionnelles suivantes, soit une subvention d’un montant
estimatif de 100 000 $ tenant lieu de frais d’obtention de permis de
construire, une subvention d’un montant estimatif de 68 000$ tenant lieu
de redevances scolaires et une subvention d’un montant estimatif de 20 000
$ visant à éponger divers frais d’urbanisme ne pouvant pas donner lieu à une
dispense pour les projets d’Action Ottawa, à la condition que ces subventions
fassent l’objet d’une entente sur les ensembles de logements municipaux et d’un
accord de contribution entre la Ville et l’Incorporated
Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa concernant la résidence avec services de
soutien pour femmes Le Pilier, devant être aménagée au 314, rue Booth; cette
entente doit prévoir 42 logements locatifs abordables pour aînées et personnes
handicapées à faible revenu et un financement de 6 300 000 $ aux
termes de l’Élargissement du Programme Canada-Ontario de logement abordable
(2009).
2. Que la recommandation dans Action
Ottawa – Prolongement du Programme Canada-Ontario de logement abordable
(2009) : rapport sur Cornerstone Supportive Housing
Residence For Women (ACS2009-COS-CAS-0021) soit modifiée
en remplaçant « the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa »
avec « le promoteur approuvé par le ministère des Affaires municipales et
du Logement, soit The Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa ou la Cornerstone
Housing for Women Foundation ».
Documentation
1. Deputy City Manager's report, City
Operations dated 3 December 2009 (ACS2009-COS-CAS-0021).
2. Extract of Draft Minutes, 3 December 2009.
Report
to/Rapport au:
Community
and Protective Services Committee
Comité des services communautaires et de protection
and Council / et au Conseil
3 December
2009 / le 3 décembre 2009
Submitted by/Soumis par:
Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City
Manager/Directeur municipal adjoint,
City Operations/Opérations municipales
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Stephen
Arbuckle, Acting Manager of Housing,Community and Social Services
Department/Gest.Logement, Services sociaux et communautaires
(613) 580-2424 x44117, Stephen.Arbuckle@ottawa.ca
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Community and
Protective Services Committee recommend that Council approve conditional
grants of an estimated $100,000 in lieu of building permit fees, an estimated
$68,000.00 for cash in lieu of school board fees, and an estimated $20,000 to
fund miscellaneous planning fees that cannot be waived for Action Ottawa
projects, subject to the said grants being included in a Municipal
Housing Project Facilities and Contribution Agreement between the City and the
Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa respecting the Cornerstone
Supportive Housing Residence for Women at 314 Booth Street that provides for
forty-two rental affordable housing units for low-income seniors and persons
with disabilities and provides for funding in the amount of $6,300,000 under
the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program Extension (2009).
RECOMMANDATION DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité des
services communautaires et de protection recommande au Conseil d’approuver les
subventions conditionnelles suivantes, soit une subvention d’un montant
estimatif de 100 000 $ tenant lieu de frais d’obtention de permis de
construire, une subvention d’un montant estimatif de 68 000$ tenant lieu de
redevances scolaires et une subvention d’un montant estimatif de 20 000 $
visant à éponger divers frais d’urbanisme ne pouvant pas donner lieu à une
dispense pour les projets d’Action Ottawa, à la condition que ces subventions
fassent l’objet d’une entente sur les ensembles de logements municipaux et d’un
accord de contribution entre la Ville et l’Incorporated
Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa concernant la résidence avec services de
soutien pour femmes Le Pilier, devant être aménagée au 314, rue Booth; cette
entente doit prévoir 42 logements locatifs abordables pour aînées et personnes
handicapées à faible revenu et un financement de 6 300 000 $ aux
termes de l’Élargissement du Programme Canada-Ontario de logement abordable
(2009).
BACKGROUND
On June 9, 2009, the Federal and Provincial Governments signed agreements
resulting in an extension to
the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program (AHP) that consisted of $540 million in
funding available over 2009/2010 for the creation of new affordable housing units
with dedicated funding for low-income seniors ($307.76 million) and persons with disabilities ($57.7 million). Council approved two Quick Start
projects under the 2009 AHP Extension, the redevelopment of the City owned
property at 245-247 Crichton Street, and the Shepherds of Good Hope Proposal to
acquire and convert the property at 1053-1057 Merivale Road to supportive
housing. In addition, on July 8th, 2009 Council approved the
following report, http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/occ/2009/07-08/cpsc/03%20-%20ACS2009-COS-SOC-0014%20Affordable%20Housing.htm
that provided the following authority:
1. That Housing Services Staff proceed with a Request for
Proposals, under Action Ottawa, to identify construction ready affordable
housing projects that meet the Canada-Ontario New Affordable Housing Program
(2003), Rental and Supportive Component, AHP Extension (2009) (Guidelines soon
to be released);
2. That the Manager
of Housing Services be authorized to recommend to the Minister of Municipal
Affairs and Housing successful projects selected by the 2009 Action Ottawa
Selection Committee for funding under the extended Canada-Ontario Affordable
Housing Program.
3. Upon
receipt of confirmation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing of
an allocation to the City for project specific funding under the extended
Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program, that staff be directed to negotiate
a Municipal Housing Project Facilities Agreement for each proponent to secure
permanent rental affordable housing units under Action Ottawa and exemption
from estimated development charges subject to: (i) the affordable housing
proponent executing a contribution agreement with the City of Ottawa that
provides for funding under the extended Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing
Program for the project, (ii) the Municipal Housing Facilities By-law (2006-1)
and (iii) Council enacting a Municipal Housing Project Facilities By-law for
this project.
4. That the City Clerk and
Solicitor be authorized to forward a project specific Municipal Housing Project
Facilities by-law for each project directly to City Council for enactment in
accordance with the Municipal Housing Facilities By-law 2006-1, subject to
successful negotiation and execution of the Municipal Housing Project
Facilities Agreement for the project.
Following Council Approval above, staff then released an Action
Ottawa Request for Proposals.
Successful projects selected by the 2009 Action Ottawa Selection
Committee were recommended to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
under the extended 2009 Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. In October
2009, a total of 11 projects, comprising of 406 dwelling units, were submitted
to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to be considered for funding
in 2009/2010. On November 5th, 2009, the Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing issued a Conditional Letter of Commitment to the
Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa for the Cornerstone Supportive
Housing Residence for Women indicating that the project was selected for
funding under Year 1 of the AHP (Letter from Assistant Deputy Minister attached
as Document 1).
The subject property located at 314 Booth Street will accommodate the new supportive housing facility, known as the Cornerstone Supportive Housing Residence for Women. The proposed three-storey, 42-unit apartment building will be sited at the northeast corner of the subject land. The proposed development will include interior common spaces, counselling and administrative services on the ground floor, and adequate outdoor amenity space. The proposed building is subject to site plan control approval and has been designed to be compatible and complement the character of the surrounding area. All internal spaces that are accessed by the residents will have a barrier-free path of travel with some units designed for universal access. The main pedestrian access to the building will be located along Booth Street. Planting is proposed throughout the site including boulevard and foundation planting along Eccles Street and Booth Street.
The purpose of the City grant in the amount of $180,000 is to provide the following fee relief:
(a) An Estimated $100,000 for Building Permit Fees
(b) An Estimated $68,00 for Cash in lieu of School Board Fees
(c) An Estimated $20,000 to fund miscellaneous Planning fees that cannot be waived for Action Ottawa Projects.
Due to the short timeframes and the lack of detailed information related to specific proposals, staff were unable to estimate and include the value of Building Permit fees and other applicable charges in the Action Ottawa Report, which was submitted to Council on July 8th, 2009. Staffs are now recommending that the additional fee relief requested in this report be approved as conditional grants to further support the project.
The grants shall be included in the Municipal Housing and Project Facilities and Contribution Agreement for the project and are conditional as the Agreement provides that all funding is to be paid back to the City in the event of breach of the Agreement that includes a twenty year affordability requirement for the project
Additionally, through the
Homelessness Partnerships Strategy, the City contributed $2.1 M towards the
cost of purchasing the property for Cornerstone Supportive Housing Residence
for Women.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no rural
implications with this report.
CONSULTATION
This report was not subject to consultation.
LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:
There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
With
the approval of the recommendations contained in this report $188,000 will be
transferred from the Affordable Housing Capital Building Fund and be used to
create Capital Project “Cornerstone Supportive Housing Residence for Women”.
The
$6.3M in funding from the 2009 Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program
Extension will be provided in accordance with milestones in the Municipal
Capital Housing Project facility and Contribution Agreement and will be
provided by Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing directly to the
proponent.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 - Conditional Letter of Commitment (Immediately follows the report)
DISPOSITION
Housing Services will notify the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing of Council approval and recommendation. Upon receiving Ministry approval, Housing Services will inform the proponent that they may proceed with the project.
Housing Services will work to ensure timely implementation of all necessary funding agreements for the project.
Corporate Development & Environmental Law Branch will forward the project specific Municipal Housing Project Facility by-law to Council for enactment.
Corporate Development &
Environmental Law Branch will review and approve the form and content of the
Municipal Housing Project Facility and Contribution Agreement (MHPF & CA)
for the project.
Document 1
Conditional Letter of Commitment
