11. CAPITAL FUNDING SUPPORT – BRUYÈRE
CONTINUING CARE
AIDE AU FINANCEMENT DES IMMOBILISATIONS – SOINS
CONTINUS BRUYÈRE
That
Council approve that Bruyère Continuing Care be remitted $ 126,908.05, representing
the amount paid to the City for building permit fees 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.
Que le Conseil approuve le paiement de 126,908.05$
à Soins Continus Bruyère, représentant le montant payé à la Ville pour les
droits de permis de construction relativement aux projets de
construction entrepris dans le cadre du Programme d'immobilisations de 10 ans
approuvé de l’Hôpital se terminant le 31 mars 2009, comme le stipule
le document 2.
Documentation
1. Deputy
City Manager's report, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability,
dated 10 November 2009 (ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0224)
Corporate
Services and Economic Development Committee
Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique
and Council / et au Conseil
10
November 2009 / 10 novembre 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,
Chief Building Official/Chef du service du bâtiment, Planning and Growth Management/Urbanisme
et Gestion de la croissance
(613)
580-2424 x 41425, Arlene.Gregoire@ottawa.ca
Ref N°: ACS2009-ICS-PGM-0224 |
SUBJECT:
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CAPITAL FUNDING SUPPORT –
BRUYÈRE CONTINUING CARE |
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OBJET :
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AIDE AU FINANCEMENT DES IMMOBILISATIONS – SOINS CONTINUS BRUYÈRE |
That the Corporate Services and
Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve that Bruyère
Continuing Care be remitted $ 126,908.05, representing the amount paid to the City for
building permit fees 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.
Que le
Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande
au Conseil d’approuver le paiement de 126,908.05$ à Soins Continus
Bruyère, représentant le montant payé à la Ville pour les droits de permis de
construction relativement aux projets de construction entrepris dans le
cadre du Programme d'immobilisations de 10 ans approuvé de l’Hôpital se
terminant le 31 mars 2009, comme le stipule le document 2.
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:
1.
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;
2.
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. To date, City Council has reimbursed to the
Ottawa hospitals $8,563,371.50 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 new direction, as approved by Council, was necessary to limit any
budget pressures created as a result of funding the reimbursements through a
depleted City-wide Capital Reserve Fund, while providing the hospitals an
opportunity to recoup fees for committed capital projects.
Bruyère Continuing Care 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 Bruyère Continuing Care was undertaken in accordance
with the criteria established January 23, 2002 and in keeping with the more
recent direction from Council.
Support
for requests for grants to offset building permit fees ($126,908.05) must
be funded from the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund.
RURAL
IMPLICATIONS
N/A
Bruyère Continuing
Care has been consulted and a copy of this report has been forwarded to them for
review and information.
COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)
Councillor Holmes
and Councillor Bédard both support the City’s contribution to assisting the
hospital and its infrastructure program.
There are no legal/risk management impediments to
implementing the recommendations of this report.
E7 Set
a high level and a proactive municipal response to meet the social services,
social housing, supported living and public health needs of Ottawa residents.
N/A
Approval of this report will
result in a total remittance of $126,908.05 to Bruyère Continuing Care to be funded as follows:
·
City-wide Capital Reserve Fund $126,908.05. This amount
represents the Building Permit fees paid by Bruyère Continuing Care. 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, 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.
Document 1 Letter from Bruyère Continuing Care
The Planning and Growth Management Department is to process
the remittance request.
Finance is to prepare the payment to Bruyère Continuing
Care and adjust accounts accordingly.
LETTER FROM BRUYÈRE CONTINUING CARE DOCUMENT
1
SUMMARY OF FEES AND CHARGES DOCUMENT
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