Report
to/Rapport au :
Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee
Comité des services organisationnels
et du développement économique
and Council / et au Conseil
05 April 2007 / le 05 avril 2007
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/
Directrice municipale adjointe,
Planning, Transit and the Environment/Urbanisme, Transport en commun et
Environnement
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Arlene Grégoire, Director
Building Services and Chief Building
Official/Direction des services du bâtiment et
Chef du service du bâtiment
(613) 580-2424 x 41425,
arlene.gregoire@ottawa.ca
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SUBJECT: |
THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL - CHEO CAMPUs |
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OBJET : |
sOUTIEN FINANCIER
AUX IMMOBILISATIONS - HÔPITAL D'OTTAWA,
CAMPUS DU CHEo |
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend Council approve that the Ottawa Hospital - CHEO Campus be remitted $702,778.34, the amount being equivalent to the permit fees paid to the City for a construction project undertaken at the CHEO Campus pursuant to the hospital’s approved 10 Year Capital Program as noted in Schedule A to this report.
RECOMMANDATION DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité des
services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande au Conseil
d'approuver la remise à l'Hôpital d'Ottawa, campus du CHEO d'une somme de 702
778,34 $, soit l'équivalent de qu'il a versé en droits de permis à la Ville
pour le projet de construction entrepris sur le campus du CHEO, en application
du programme décennal d'immobilisations de l'Hôpital d'Ottawa, comme en fait
état l'annexe A du présent rapport.
BACKGROUND
At
the City Council meeting of 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 298-2004 and thus the first recommendation has been satisfied. This report relates to the second
recommendation.
Attached
as Document 1 is a copy of the request for reimbursement of permit fees for the
construction projects undertaken pursuant to the hospital’s 10 Year Capital
Funding Program. Review of the request
for reimbursement was undertaken in accordance with the criteria established
January 23, 2002.
On
July 1, 2005, new legislation, the Building
Code Statute Law Amendment Act, 2002 and Ontario Regulation 305/03 took
effect, which necessitated changes on how the municipality administered and
enforced the Ontario Building Code Act and
Building Code. One of the changes
related to the collection of building permit fees, in that these fees could
cover only those costs associated with servicing building permits and enforcing
the Act and Code. In essence, the new legislation required the
building regulatory activities be revenue neutral. Thus, surplus revenues no longer could be generated, nor relied
upon for offsetting the waiver of fees in support of various construction
projects by charitable and non-profit organizations. This impact was discussed in the report presented to Council on
June 22, 2005 entitled “Building Regulatory Changes - Impact of Building Code Statute Law Amendment Act and
Ontario Regulation 305/05” (ACS2005-PGM-BLD-0010). As a consequence, if Council wishes to support requests for
grants to offset building permit fees, it is necessary to fund the offset from
the City-Wide Capital Reserve Fund.
To date, City Council has reimbursed/offset a total of $5,371,206.18 in development related fees to meet the challenge of raising $232 million locally in support of the capital requirements of the local hospitals. The hospitals that have benefitted are: the Ottawa Heart Institute, Queensway Carleton Hospital, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service, Ottawa Hospital - General, Riverside, Civic, and CHEO Campuses, Royal Ottawa, and the Montfort Hospital. Building permit and planning approval fees were offset also for the construction of the respite facility, called the Guest House, at the Perley and Rideau Veteran Health Centre.
CONSULTATION
The Ottawa Hospital - CHEO Campus has been consulted and a copy of this report has been forwarded to them for review and information.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Subject
to Council approval, funds are available in the amount of $702,778.34 from the
City‑wide Capital Reserve Fund, $79,911.34 from the Parkland Reserve
account and $1,515.00 from the PIA revenue account.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 2 - Schedule A
DISPOSITION
The
Planning, Transit and the Environment Department to process the remittance
request.
Corporate Services Department, Financial Services to prepare the payment to the Ottawa Hospital - CHEO Campus and adjust accounts accordingly.
DOCUMENT 1
LETTER FROM CHEO
